Catholic Encyclopedia - S
- Sámar and Leyte:
The names of two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines, which ...
- Sánchez, Alonzo:
Born in Mondejar, Guadalajara, Spain, in 1547; died at Alcalá, 27 May, ...
- Sánchez, Alonzo Coello:
Born at Benyfayro, Valenciz, Spain, in 1513 or 1515; died at Madrid, 1590. His ...
- Sánchez, José Bernardo:
Born at Robledillo, Old Castile, Spain, 7 September, 1778; d. at San Gabriel, ...
- São Carlos do Pinhal:
(S. CAROLI PINHALENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of the
- São Luiz de Cáceres:
(SANCTI ALOYSII DE CACERES).
Diocese in Brazil, suffragan of ...
- São Luiz de Maranhão:
(SANCTI LUDOVICI DE MARAGNANO).
Diocese ; suffragan of ...
- São Paulo:
(S. PAULI IN BRASILIA).
The ecclesiastical province of ...
- São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos:
(SANCTI SALVATORIS OMNIUM SANCTORUM).
A Brazilian see ...
- São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro:
(S. SEBASTIAN FLUMINIS JANUARII).
The ecclesiastical ...
- São Thiago de Cabo Verde:
(SANCTI JACOBI CAPITIS VIRIDIS).
This
- Séez:
(SAGIUM.)
Diocese embracing the Department of Orne. ...
- Ségur, Louis Gaston de:
Prelate and ...
- Ségur, Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de:
Born 1797; died 1874. Her father was General Rostopchine who ordered the city of ...
- Sénanque:
Cistercian monastery and cradle of the modern
- Sévigné, Madame de:
(Marie de Rabutin-Chantal).
Writer, b. at Paris, 6 Feb., ...
- Sa, Manoel de:
Portuguese theologian and exegete, b. at Villa do Conde (Province ...
- Saavedra Remírez de Baquedano, Angel de:
Spanish poet and statesman, b. at Cordova, 10 March, 1791; d. at Madrid, 22 ...
- Saavedra, Fajardo Diego de:
Statesman and author, b. at Algezares, Murcia, Spain, in 1584; d. at Madrid in ...
- Saba and Sabeans:
This Saba (Sheba) must not be confounded with Saba (Seba) in
- Sabaoth:
(In Hebrew, plural
- Sabbas, Saint:
( Also spelled Sabas).
Hermit, born at Mutalaska near ...
- Sabbatarians, Sabbatarianism:
(Hebrew Shabot rest).
The name, as appears from its ...
- Sabbath:
( Hebrew shabbath , cessation, rest; Greek Sabbaton ; Latin Sabbatum ). ...
- Sabbatical Year:
( Shenath shabbathon , "Year of rest"; Septuagint eniautos anapauseos ; ...
- Sabbatine Privilege:
The name Sabbatine
- Sabina, Saint:
Widow of ...
- Sabinianus, Pope:
The date of his birth is unknown, but he was consecrated pope probably 13 ...
- Sabran, Louis de:
Jesuit ; born in Paris, 1 March, 1652; died at Rome, 22 Jan., 1732. His father, ...
- Sabrata:
A titular see in Tripolitana.
- Sacchoni, Rainerio:
(Reiner.)
A learned and zealous Dominican, born at
- Sacra Jam Splendent:
The opening words of the
- Sacrament, Reservation of the Blessed:
The practice of preserving after the celebration of the
- Sacramentals:
In instituting the
- Sacraments:
Sacraments are outward ...
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the:
The treatment of this subject is divided into two parts:
I. Doctrinal ...
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionaries of the:
(Issoudun).
A religious congregation of priests and lay ...
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionary Sisters of the:
A religious congregation having its general mother house at Rome, founded in 1880 ...
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of the:
(PACCANARISTS).
This
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of the:
An institution of religious women, taking perpetual
- Sacred Heart, Brothers of the:
A congregation founded in 1821 by Père André Coindre, of the
- Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Congregation of the:
Better known as the Congregation of Picpus, was founded by Father Coudrin, b. at ...
- Sacrifice:
(Latin sacrificium; Italian sacrificio; French
- Sacrifice of the Mass:
The word Mass ( missa ) ...
- Sacrilege:
(Latin sacrilegium , robbing a temple, from sacer , sacred, and legere , ...
- Sacris Solemniis:
The opening words of the
- Sacristan:
An officer who is charged with the care of the sacristy, the church, and their ...
- Sacristy:
(Latin sacrastia , vestry).
A room in the church or ...
- Sadducees:
A politico-religious sect of the
- Sadler, Thomas Vincent Faustus:
Born 1604; died at Dieulward, Flanders, 19 Jan., 1680-1. He was received into the ...
- Sadlier, Mary Anne Madden:
Authoress, b. at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, 30 Dec., 1820; d. at Montreal, ...
- Sadoleto, Jacopo:
Cardinal, humanist, and reformer, b. at Modena, 1477; d. at Rome, 1547. His ...
- Sagalassus:
A titular see in Pisidia, suffragan of Antioch.
- Sagard, Théodat-Gabriel:
Recollect lay brother, missionary, and historian, b. in
- Sahagún, Bernardino de:
Missionary and Aztec archeologist, b. at Sahagún, Kingdom of Leon, ...
- Sahaptin Indians:
A prominent tribe formerly holding a considerable territory in Western
- Sahara, Vicariate Apostolic of:
The Sahara is a vast
- Sailer, Johann Michael:
Professor of theology and
- Sainctes, Claude de:
French controversialist, b. at Perche, 1525; d. at Crèvecoeur, 1591. At the ...
- Saint Albans, Abbey of:
Located in Hertfordshire, England ; founded about 793 by Offa, king of the ...
- Saint Albert:
(SANCTI ALBERTI).
The immense territories, known today as the ...
- Saint Andrews and Edinburgh:
(S. A NDREAE ET E DINBURGENSIS ). Archdiocese.
The exact ...
- Saint Andrews, Priory of:
The Priory of ...
- Saint Andrews, University of:
The germ of the university is to be found in an association of learned ...
- Saint Asaph, Ancient Diocese of:
(ASSAVENSIS, originally ELVIENSIS)
This
- Saint Augustine, Abbey of:
A Benedictine monastery, originally dedicated to Sts. Peter and Paul, founded ...
- Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in
- Saint Benedict, Medal of:
A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in
- Saint Bonaventure, College of Saint:
At Quaracchi, near Florence, Italy, famous as the centre of literary activity in ...
- Saint Boniface:
(SANCTI BONIFACII)
Archdiocese ; the chief ecclesiastical ...
- Saint Cloud:
(SANCTI CLODOALDI).
A suffragan of the
- Saint Francis Mission:
(Properly Saint François de Sales, Quebec)
A noted
- Saint Francis Xavier's College, University of:
The University of St. Francis, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, was founded in 1885, ...
- Saint Gall:
(The Diocese of ...
- Saint George's:
(SANCTI GEORGII)
Diocese in Newfoundland. Beginning at ...
- Saint George, Orders of:
Knights of St. ...
- Saint Hyacinthe:
(SANCTI HYACINTHI)
Diocese in the Province of Quebec, ...
- Saint Isidore, College of:
The College ...
- Saint James of Compostela, Order of:
(SANTIAGO DE LA ESPADA).
Founded in the twelfth century, owes ...
- Saint John:
(SANCTI JOANNIS)
Diocese in the Province of New Brunswick, ...
- Saint John's University:
The legal title of a
- Saint Joseph's College, University of:
Memramcook, New Brunswick,
- Saint Joseph, Diocese of:
(S ANCTI J OSEPHI )
The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, was ...
- Saint Louis (Missouri):
(SANCTI LUDOVICI)
Created a
- Saint Louis, University of:
The University of St. Louis, probably the oldest university west of the
- Saint Lucius, Monastery of:
(LUZI)
Located in Chur, Switzerland. The Church of
- Saint Mark, University of:
The highest institution of learning in Peru, located at Lima, under the official ...
- Saint Omer, College of:
The well-known Jesuit
- Saint Paul (Minnesota):
(SANCTI PAULI)
Archdiocese comprising the counties of Ramsey, ...
- Saint Paul-without-the Walls:
( San Paolo fuori le mura ).
An
- Saint Peter, Basilica of: TOPOGRAPHY
The present Church of
- Saint Peter, Tomb of:
The history of the
- Saint Petersburg:
Saint Petersburg, the imperial residence and second capital of Russia, lies at the ...
- Saint Sylvester, Order of:
The Order of Saint Sylvester is neither monastic nor military but a purely ...
- Saint Thomas of Guiana:
(GUAYANA; DE GUAYANA).
Diocese ; suffragan of Caracas, ...
- Saint Thomas of Mylapur:
DIOCESE OF SAINT THOMAS OF MYLAPUR (SANCTI THOMAE DE MELIAPOR).
- Saint Thomas, Diocese of:
(SANCTI THOMAE IN INSULA)
The
- Saint Thomas, University of:
(SANTO TOMÁS)
University in Manila, founded in 1619 ...
- Saint Vincent de Paul, Society of:
An international association of
- Saint-Brieuc:
(B RIOCUM )
Diocese ; comprises the Department of the ...
- Saint-Claude:
(S ANCTI C LAUDII ).
The
- Saint-Cosme, Jean-François Buisson de:
(Or JEAN-FRANÇOIS BISSON DE SAINT-COSME)
Born in ...
- Saint-Denis:
Diocese erected in 1850 as suffragan of Bordeaux, includes the Island of ...
- Saint-Denis, Abbey of:
The Abbey of
- Saint-Dié:
(SANCTI DEODATI)
Diocese comprising the Department of the ...
- Saint-Flour:
(F LOROPOLIS )
Diocese comprising the Department of ...
- Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne:
(DIOCESE OF MAURAMANENSIS)
Includes the arrondissement of ...
- Saint-John, Ambrose:
Oratorian; b. 1815; d. at Edgbaston, Birmingham, 24 May, 1875; son of Henry St. ...
- Saint-Ouen, Abbey of:
Located in Rouen, France, this
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon:
(INSULARUM S. PETRI ET MIQUELONENSIS).
Prefecture apostolic ...
- Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism:
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, was born in Paris, 17 Oct., 1760; ...
- Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de:
Born 16 January, 1675; died in Paris, 2 March, 1755. Having quitted the military ...
- Saint-Sulpice, Society of:
Founded at
- Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de:
Second Bishop ...
- Saint-Victor, Abbey of:
In the year 1108, the famous William of Champeaux ,
- Saint-Victor, Achard de:
Canon regular, ...
- Sainte Anne d'Auray:
A little village three miles from the town of Auray (6,500 inhabitants), in the ...
- Sainte Anne de Beaupré:
Devotion to Saint Anne , in Canada, goes back to the beginning of New France, ...
- Sainte-Claire Deville, Charles:
Geologist, b. at St. Thomas, West Indies, 26 February, 1814; d. in
- Sainte-Claire Deville, Henri-Etienne:
Chemist, b. at St. Thomas, West Indies, 11 March, 1818; d. at Boulogne, 1 July, ...
- Sainte-Geneviève, Abbey of:
The Abbey of ...
- Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Abbey of:
(TRIUM FONTIUM AD AQUAS SALVIAS, TRE FONTANE, or THREE FOUNTAINS).
- Saints, Canonization of: HISTORY
According to some writers the origin of beatification and ...
- Saints, Communion of:
( communo sanctorum , a fellowship of, or with, the saints).
- Saints, Legends of the:
Under the term legend the modern concept would include every untrue tale. But ...
- Sala, George Augustus Henry:
Journalist, b. in London, 24 Nov., 1828; d. at Brighton, 8 Dec., 1895, having ...
- Salamanca:
(SALMANTICENSIS, SALMANTINA, SALMANTICAE).
Diocese in
- Salamanca, University of:
This university had its beginning in the
- Salamis:
A titular see in Cyprus.
- Salamis, Epiphanius of:
Born at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, in Judea, after 310; died in 403. While ...
- Salamon, Louis-Siffren-Joseph:
Bishop of
- Salazar, Domingo de:
Born in La Rioja, in the village of La Bastida on the banks of the Ebro, 1512; ...
- Sale:
(SALIENSIS)
Diocese in Victoria, Australia, comprises all ...
- Salem:
(SALMANSWEILER)
Also called Salomonis Villa on account of the ...
- Salerno:
Diocese in Campania, Southern Italy. The city is situated on the gulf of the same ...
- Salesian Society, The:
The Salesian Society, founded by
- Salford:
(SALFORDIENSIS)
The
- Salimbene degli Adami:
(OGNIBENE).
Chronicler, b. at Parma, 9 Oct., 1221; d. ...
- Salisbury, Ancient Diocese of:
(SARUM, SARISBURIENSIS).
The
- Saliva Indians:
The principal of a small group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock ...
- Salle, Saint John Baptist de la:
Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the
- Salmanticenses and Complutenses:
These names designate the authors of the courses of Scholastic
- Salmas:
A Chaldean see, included in the ancient
- Salmeron, Alphonsus:
Jesuit Biblical scholar, born at Toledo, 8 Sept., 1515; died at Naples, 13 Feb., ...
- Salome:
(1) The daughter of
- Salt:
Salt, always used for the seasoning of food and for the preservation of things ...
- Salt Lake, Diocese of:
(LACUS SALSIS).
Includes the State of Utah, and slightly ...
- Salta, Diocese of:
(SALTENSIS).
Comprises the civil Provinces of Salta and Jujuy ...
- Saltillo, Diocese of:
(SALTILLENSIS).
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan ...
- Salto:
(SALTENSIS).
Diocese in Uruguay, suffragan to Montevideo. ...
- Salutati, Coluccio di Pierio di:
Italian Humanist b. in Tuscany, 1331; d. 4 May, 1406. He studied at
- Saluzzo:
(SALUCLIAE, SALUTIENSIS)
Diocese in the Province of Cuneo, ...
- Salvatierra, Juan Maria:
Born at Milan, 15 November, 1648; died at Guadalajara, 17 July, 1717. His
- Salvation:
(Greek soteria ; Hebrew yeshu'ah ).
- Salve Mundi Salutare:
A poem in
- Salve Regina:
The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four
- Salvete Christi Vulnera:
The Roman
- Salvianus:
A Latin writer of Gaul, who lived in the fifth century. Born of
- Salzburg:
(SALISBURGENSIS)
The
- Salzmann, Joseph:
Founder of St. Francis
- Samaria: A titular see, suffragan of
- Samaritan Language and Literature: I. LANGUAGE
The original language of the Samaritans was the vernacular ...
- Sambuga, Joseph Anton:
Theologian, b. at Walldorf near Heidelberg, 9 June; 1752; d. at Nymphenburg near ...
- Samoa:
(Or NAVIGATORS' ISLANDS).
A group of islands situated in ...
- Samogitia:
(SAMOGITIENSIS)
A Russian diocese, also called Telshi ...
- Samos:
Titular see, suffragan of
- Samosata:
a titular see in
- Sampson, Richard:
Bishop of
- Samson:
(Derived from the Hebrew for "sun").
The last and most ...
- Samson:
Abbot of St. Edmunds, b. at Tottington, near Thetford, in 1135; d. 1211. After ...
- Samson, Saint:
Bishop and confessor, born in South
- Samuco Indians:
(Zamuco).
The collective name of a group of tribes in ...
- Samuel, First and Second Books of:
(Also know as the F IRST AND S ECOND B OOKS OF S AMUEL.
...
- San Antonio, Diocese of:
(Sancti Antonii).
Comprises all that portion of the State of ...
- San Carlos de Ancud:
(Sancti Caroli Ancudiæ).
The most southern of the ...
- San Francisco:
(SANCTI FRANCISCI)
Archdiocese established 29 July 1853 to ...
- San Gallo:
A celebrated
- San José de Costa Rica:
(SANCTI JOSEPHI DE COSTARICA).
The Republic of Costa Rica , ...
- San Juan:
(SANCTI JOANNIS DE CUYO).
Diocese in the Argentine Republic ...
- San León del Amazonas:
Prefecture Apostolic in Peru. Though the section of
- San Luis Potosí:
(SANCTI LUDOVICI POTOSIENSIS)
Diocese in Mexico, erected by ...
- San Marco and Bisignano:
(SANCTI MARCI ET BISINIANENSIS)
Diocese in the Province of
- San Marino:
An independent republic
- San Martino al Cimino:
A prelature nullius in the territory of the
- San Miniato:
A city and
- San Salvador:
The name given by Columbus to his first discovery in the New World . It is one ...
- San Salvador:
(SANCTI SALVATORIS IN AMERICA CENTRALI)
Diocese. The Republic ...
- San Sepolcro, Piero da:
Painter, b. at Borgo San-Sepolcro, about 1420; d. there, 1492. The most usual
- San Severino:
(SANCTI SEVERINI)
- San Severo:
(SANCTI SEVERINI)
Diocese in the Province of
- San Xavier del Bac, Mission of:
One of the eight missions founded by the Spanish Padres between 1687 and 1720 in ...
- Sanchez, Thomas:
Born at Cordova, 1550; died in the
- Sanctifying Grace:
Grace ( gratia, Charis ), in general, is a
- Sanction:
( Latin sancire , same root as
- Sanction, Pragmatic:
( pragmatica sanctio ,
- Sanctity:
The term "
- Sanctorum Meritis:
The hymn at ...
- Sanctuary:
A consecrated place giving protection to those fleeing from
- Sanctuary:
The space in ...
- Sanctus: I. HISTORY
The
- Sandals, Episcopal: FORM AND PRESENT USE
Unlike the ancient sandals, which consisted merely of ...
- Sandemanians:
An English
- Sandeo, Felino Maria:
Often quoted under the name of Felinus, Italian canonist of the fifteenth ...
- Sander, Anton:
Historian, b. at Antwerp, 1586; d. at Afflighem, Belgium, 10 Jan., 1664. Having ...
- Sander, Nicholas:
(SANDERS).
Born at Charlwood, Surrey, in 1530; died in ...
- Sandhurst:
(SANDHURSTENSIS).
Diocese in Victoria,
- Sandomir:
(Polish, Sandomierz ; Latin, Sandomiriensis ).
The city ...
- Sands, Benjamin and James: Benjamin F. Sands
- Sandwich Isands:
(H AWAII )
Vicariate Apostolic comprising all the islands ...
- Sandys, Venerable John:
English martyr, born in the
- Sanetch Indians:
A sub-tribe of the Songish Indians . They speak a dialect of the Cowichan ...
- Sanhedrin:
The supreme council and court of
- Sankt Pölten:
Diocese in Lower Austria, derives its name and origin from Fanum Sancti Hippolyti ...
- Sannazaro, Jacopo:
(Latin, ACTIUS SINCERUS SANNAZARIUS).
Italian and Latin poet, ...
- Sanseverino, Gaetano:
Restorer of the Scholastic
- Sansovino, Andrea Contucci del:
Born at Monte San Sovino, Arezzo, 1460; died 1529. He was a sculptor of the ...
- Sant' Angelo de' Lombardi:
(SANCTI ANGELI LOMBARDORUM ET BISACCIENSIS).
Diocese in the ...
- Sant' Angelo in Vado and Urbania:
(SANCTI ANGELI IN VADO ET URBANIENSIS).
Diocese ; S. Angelo ...
- Santa Agata dei Goti, Diocese of:
(S. AGATHAE GOTHORUM)
In the Province of Benevento, ...
- Santa Casa di Loreto:
(The Holy House of Loreto).
Since the fifteenth century, and ...
- Santa Catharina:
(FLORIANOPOLIS; FLORIANOPOLITANA).
Diocese ; suffragan see ...
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra:
(SANCTAE CRUCIS DE SIERRA).
Diocese in Bolivia, erected on 6 ...
- Santa Fe (Argentina):
(SANCTAE FIDEI).
Diocese in the Argentine Republic, ...
- Santa Fe (New Mexico):
(SANCTAE FIDEI IN AMERICA).
Archdiocese in New Mexico, ...
- Santa Lucia del Mela:
Prelature nullius within the territory of the
- Santa Maria (Brazil):
(SANCTAE MARIAE).
A Brazilian see, suffragan of Porto ...
- Santa Maria de Monserrato:
(BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS DE MONTSERRATO).
An
- Santa Marta:
(SANCTA MARTHAE).
Diocese in Colombia, erected in 1535, its ...
- Santa Severina:
(SANCTA SEVERINAE)
Diocese in the Province of
- Santander:
(SANCTI ANDERII, SANTANDERIENSIS).
This
- Santarem:
Prelature nullius created in 1903, in the ecclesiastical Province of Belem do ...
- Santiago del Estero:
(SANCTI JACOBI DE ESTERO)
Diocese in the Argentine Republic, ...
- Santiago, University of:
It has been asserted by some historians that as early as the ninth century a ...
- Santini, Giovanni Sante Gaspero:
Astronomer, b. at Caprese in Tuscany, 30 Jan., 1787; d. at Padua, 26 June, 1877. ...
- Santo Domingo, Archdiocese of:
(SANCTI DOMINICI)
Erected on 8 August, 1511, by Julius II ...
- Santos, João dos:
Dominican missionary in
- Sappa:
(SAPPENSIS, SAPPATENSIS, ZAPPATENSIS).
Diocese in Albania, ...
- Sara:
Sara (Hebrew ...
- Sarabaites:
A class of monks widely spread before the
- Saragossa:
(CAESARAUGUSTANA)
Diocese in
- Saragossa, University of:
This university was not definitively established until 1585 its real founder ...
- Sarajevo, Archdiocese of:
(SERAIUM).
The healthy growth of the Church in Bosnia was ...
- Sarayacú Mission:
The chief Franciscan mission of the Ucavali river country, Department of Loreto, ...
- Sarbiewski, Mathias Casimir:
The Horace of Poland, b. near Plonsk, in the Duchy of Masovia, 24 February, 1595; ...
- Sardes:
A titular see of Lydia, in
- Sardica:
A titular
- Sardica, Council of:
One of the series of councils called to adjust the doctrinal and other ...
- Sardinia:
The second largest Italian island in the Mediterranean,
- Sarepta:
A titular see in Phoenicia Prima, suffragan of Tyre. It is mentioned for the ...
- Sarkander, Blessed John:
Martyr of the
- Sarnelli, Januarius Maria:
One of S. Alphonsus's earliest companions, fourth son of Baron Angelo Sarnelli ...
- Sarpi, Paolo:
A Servite and anti-papal historian and statesman, b. at Venice, 14 August, ...
- Sarsfield, Patrick:
Born at Lucan near Dublin, about 1650; died at Huy in Belgium, 1693. On his ...
- Sarsina:
DIOCESE OF SARSINA (SARSINATENSIS)
Located in Aemilia, ...
- Sarto, Andrea del:
(ANDREA D'AGNOLO)
Born at
- Sarum Rite:
(More accurately S ARUM U SE )
The manner of regulating ...
- Sasima:
A titular see in Cappadocia.
- Saskatchewan and Alberta:
The twin provinces of the Canadian West, so called because they were formed on ...
- Sassari:
(TURRITANA)
Archdiocese in Sardinia, Italy, situated on the ...
- Sassoferrato, Giovanni Battista Salvi da:
Born at Sassoferrato in the Rome, 1689, where he had passed the greater part of ...
- Satala:
A titular see in
- Satan:
(Greek diabolos ; Latin diabolus ).
The name commonly ...
- Satolli, Francesco:
Theologian, cardinal, first Apostolic delegate to the United States, b. 21 July, ...
- Saturninus, Saint:
St. Saturninus ...
- Sauatra:
A titular see of Lycaonia, suffragan or Iconium. Nothing is known of the ...
- Saul:
Hebrew for postulatus , referring probably to the petition mentioned in
- Sault Sainte Marie:
(SANCTAE-MARIAE-ORMENSIS)
Diocese erected by
- Sault St. Louis:
Or SAULT ST. LOUIS.
An
- Savannah:
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH (SAVANENSIS)
The
- Savaric:
Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, and cousin of the Emperor Henry VI, date of ...
- Savary:
A noble French
- Savigny, Abbey of:
Situated on the confines of
- Savigny, Karl Friedrich:
Diplomatist, born at Berlin, 19 Sept., 1814; died at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 11 ...
- Savona and Noli:
(SAVONENSIS ET NAULENSIS)
Province of Genoa, on the Gulf of ...
- Savonarola, Girolamo:
Born at Ferrara, 21 September, 1452; died at Florence, 23 May, 1498. The ...
- Savoy:
(Italian S AVOJA ; French S AVOIE )
A district in the ...
- Saxe, Jean de:
For a long
- Saxe-Altenburg:
One of the Saxon duchies in the east of
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha:
One of the Saxon-Thuringian duchies; has an area of 751 sq. miles and two chief ...
- Saxe-Meiningen:
A Saxon-Thuringian duchy. It has an area of 953 sq. miles, and 278,792 inhabitants ...
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach:
A grand duchy in Thuringia, also known in recent times as the Grand duchy of ...
- Saxo Grammaticus:
Danish historian of the thirteenth century, author of the "Gesta Danorum". The ...
- Saxony: I. THE SAXON TRIBE
There arose in
- Saxony, Albert of:
(Albert of Helmstädt)
Fourteenth-century philosopher ; ...
- Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs):
Consisting of twenty-eight white marble steps, at Rome, near the Lateran; ...
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar:
(It., DELLA SCALA).
Humanist, b. at Riva on Lake Garda in ...
- Scalimoli:
Theologian, better known by his religious name, ANDREA DI CASTELLANA, from his ...
- Scammon, Ellakim Parker:
Educator, b. at Whitefield, Maine, U.S.A. 27 Dec., 1816; d. at New York, 7 ...
- Scandal: I. NOTION OF SCANDAL
According to
- Scannabecchi, Filippo:
[DALMASIO; LIPPO DI DALMASIO; LIPPO DALLE MADONNE; MURATORI(?)].
- Scapular: I. NAME, MEANING, AND ORIGIN
The
- Scaramelli, Giovanni Battista:
Ascetical writer, b. at Rome, 24 Nov., 1687; d. at Macerata, 11 Jan., 1752. He ...
- Scarampi, Pierfrancesco:
Oratorian, Papal envoy, b. of a noble and ancient
- Scarlatti, Alessandro:
Born in Sicily, either at
- Scarron, Paul:
French poet and dramatist, b. in Paris, 4 July, 1610; d. 7 October, 1660. His ...
- Scepticism:
(Gr. sképsis , speculation,
- Schäftlarn:
Formerly a Premonstratensian, now a Benedictine, abbey, situated on the Isar ...
- Schäufelin, Hans Leonhard:
(Known also as Scheuffelin, Schauffelein, and Scheyffelin).
A ...
- Schäzler, Constantine, Baron von:
Theologian, b. at Ratisbon, 7 May, 1827; d. at Interlaken, 9 September, 1880. By ...
- Schöffer, Peter:
Publisher and printer, b. at Gernsheim on the Rine about 1425; d. at
- Schönborn:
The name of a German noble family, many members of which were prelates of the ...
- Schöningh:
The publishing house of Ferdinand
- Schadow, Friedrich Wilhelm:
Painter, b. at Berlin, 1789; d. at Düsseldorf, 1862. He was the son of the ...
- Schaepman, Herman:
Orator, poet, and statesman, b. at Tubbergen, Holland, 2 March, 1844; d. at Rome, ...
- Schall von Bell, Johann Adam:
An especially prominent figure among the missionaries to China, b. of an important ...
- Schannat, Johann Friedrich:
German historian, b. at Luxemburg, 23 July, 1683; d. at Heidleberg, 6 March, ...
- Schatzgeyer, Caspar:
A foremost opponent of the Protestant Reformers ; b. at Landshut in 1463 or 1464; ...
- Schaumburg-Lippe:
A German principality, surrounded by the Prussian province of
- Schedel, Hartmann:
German Humanist and historian, b. at Nuremberg, 13 February, 1440; d. there on ...
- Scheeben, Matthias Joseph:
Theological writer of acknowledged merit, born at Meckenheim near Bonn, 1 March, ...
- Scheffmacher, John James:
Jesuit theologian b. at Kientzheim, Alsace, 27 April, 1668; d. at Strasburg, 18 ...
- Scheiner, Christopher:
German astronomer, b. at Wald, near Mindelheim, in Swabia, 25 July, 1575; d. at ...
- Schelble, Johann Nepomuk:
Musician, b. 16 May, 1789, at Huffingen in the Black Forest; d. there 6 Aug., 1837. ...
- Schelstrate, Emmanuel:
Theologian, b. at Antwerp, 1649; d. at Rome, 6 April, 1692. While he was a
- Schenkl, Maurus von:
Benedictine theologian and canonist, b. at Auerbach in Bavaria, 4 January 1749; d. ...
- Schenute:
(SCHENUDI, SCHNUDI, SINUTHIUS).
A Coptic abbot. The years ...
- Scherer, Georg:
Pulpit orator ...
- Scherer-Boccard, Theodore, Count von:
A Swiss
- Schinner, Matthæus:
Bishop, cardinal, and statesman, b. at Muhlbach in the Canton of Valais, ...
- Schism: I. GENERAL IDEAS, MORAL CHARACTER, AND PENAL SANCTIONS
- Schism, Eastern:
From the time ...
- Schism, Western:
This schism ...
- Schlör, Aloysius:
Ascetical writer, b. at Vienna, 17 June, 1805; d. at Graz, 2 Nov., 1852. After ...
- Schlegel, Friedrich von:
Poet, writer on æsthetics, and literary historian, the "Messias" of the ...
- Schleswig:
Formerly a duchy and
- Schlosser, John Frederick Henry:
Jurist, b. at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 30 December, 1780; d. there 22 January, ...
- Schmalzgrueber, Francis Xavier:
Canonist, b. at Griesbach, Bavaria, 9 Oct., 1663; d. at Dillingen 7 Nov., 1735. ...
- Schmid, Christoph von:
Writer of children's stories and educator, b. at Dinkelsbuehl, in Bavaria, 15 ...
- Schmidt, Friedrich von:
Born at Frickenhofen, 1825; died at Vienna, 1891, After studying at the technical ...
- Schneeman, Gerard:
Born at Wesel, Lower Rhine, 12 Feb., 1829; d. at Kerkrade, Holland, 20 Nov., 1885. ...
- Schoenberg, Matthias von:
Author, b. at Ehingen, in the
- Schola Cantorum:
A place for the teaching and practice of ecclesiastical chant, or a body of ...
- Scholasticism:
Scholasticism ...
- Scholliner, Herman:
Theologian and historian, b. at Freising in Bavaria, 15 January, 1722; d. at ...
- Schols, Charles Mathieu:
Born of
- Scholz, John Martin Augustine:
An erudite German Orientalist and exegete, b. at Kapsdorf, near Breslau, 8 Feb., ...
- Schongauer, Martin:
(Also known as SCHON).
German painter and engraver, b. at ...
- Schools: In the Church I. The
- Schools, Apostolic:
Where the Church is normally organized the recruitment of the
- Schools, Clerks Regular of the Pious:
Called also Piarists, Scolopli, Escolapios, Poor Clerks of the Mother of God, and ...
- Schorlemer-Alst, Burghard Freiherr von:
Social reformer, b. at Heringhausen, Westphalia, 21 Oct., 1825; d. at Alst, 17 ...
- Schott, Gaspar:
German physicist, b. 5 Feb., 1608, at Königshofen; d. 12 or 22 May, 1666, at ...
- Schottenklöster:
(Scotch Monasteries).
A name applied to the monastic ...
- Schrader, Clement:
Jesuit theologian, b. at Itzum, in Hanover, Nov., 1820; d. at
- Schram, Dominic:
(SCHRAMM).
A Benedictine theologian and canonist, b. at ...
- Schrank, Franz Paula von:
Naturalist, b. at Varnbach near Schärding on the Inn, 21 August, 1747; d. at ...
- Schraudolph, Johann:
Historical painter, b. at Obersdorf in the Allgau, 1808; d. 31 May, 1879. As ...
- Schubert, Franz:
Composer, b. at Vienna, 31 January, 1797; d. there 19 November, 1829. He studied ...
- Schwane, Joseph:
A theological writer, b. at Dorsten in Westphalia, 2 Aril, 1824; d. at ...
- Schwann, Theodor:
German physiologist and founder of the theory of the cellular structure of animal ...
- Schwanthaler, Ludwig von:
Founder of the modern Romantic school of sculpture, b. at Munich in 1802; d ...
- Schwarz, Berthold:
(Schwartz).
A German friar, reputed the inventor of ...
- Schwarzburg:
Two small principalities of Central Germany, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and ...
- Schwarzenberg, Friedrich, Prince of:
Cardinal and Prince-
- Schwenckfeldians:
The name of a Protestant sect founded by the nobleman Caspar von Schwenckfeld ...
- Schwind, Moritz von:
Born at Vienna, 1804; died at Munich, 1871. A painter possessing an ...
- Science and the Church:
The words "science" and "Church" are here understood in the following sense: ...
- Scillium:
A titular see in
- Scillium, Martyrs of:
In the year 180 six Christians were condemned to death by the sword, in the ...
- Scopia:
(SCUPI; SCOPIENSIS).
Archdiocese, ancient residence of the ...
- Scotism and Scotists: I. SCOTISM
This is the name given to the philosophical and theological ...
- Scotland:
The term as at present used includes the whole northern portion of the Island of ...
- Scotland, Established Church of:
The religious organization which has for three centuries and a half claimed the ...
- Scoto-Hibernian Monasteries:
A convenient term under which to include the monastic institutions which were ...
- Scots College, The:
Clement VIII gave
- Scott, Ven. Montford:
English martyr, b. in Norfolk, England ; martyred at Fleet Street, London, on 2 ...
- Scotus, Blessed John Duns:
Surnamed DOCTOR SUBTILIS, died 8 November, 1308; he was the founder and leader of ...
- Scranton:
(Scrantonensis).
A suffragan see of Philadelphia, U.S.A. ...
- Screen, Altar:
The Caerem. Episc (I, xii, n. 13) says that if the
- Scribes:
(Greek grammateis, nomodidaschaloi , teachers of the law).
...
- Scriptorium:
A scriptorium ...
- Scripture: Sacred Scripture ...
- Scruple:
(Latin Scrupulus , "a small sharp, or pointed, stone", hence, in a transferred ...
- Scrutiny:
(Latin scrutinium from scrutari to search, to investigate)
- Sculpture:
In the widest sense of the term,
- Scutari, Archdiocese of:
(SCUTARENSIS)
The first known
- Scythopolis:
A titular
- Seña, Balthasar:
Indian missionary and philologist, b. at Barcelona, Spain, about 1590; d. at ...
- Señan, José Francisco de Paula:
Born at Barcelona, Spain, 3 March, 1760; died at Mission San Buenaventura on 24 ...
- Seal:
The use of a
- Seal of Confession, the Law of the:
In the "Decretum" of the
- Seattle:
DIOCESE OF SEATTLE (SEATTLENSIS).
The
- Sebaste:
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea.
- Sebastia:
(SIVAS). An Armenian
- Sebastian Newdigate, Blessed:
Executed at Tyburn, 19 June, 1535. A younger son of
- Sebastian, Saint:
Roman martyr ...
- Sebastopolis:
A titular see in
- Sebenico:
(SIBINICENSIS).
Suffragan of Zara.
- Secchi, Angelo:
Astronomer, b. at Reggio in Emilia, Italy, 18 June, 1818; d. 26 Feb., 1878. He ...
- Sechelt Indians:
(Properly SICIATL).
A small tribe speaking a distinct ...
- Sechnall, Saint:
(Secundinus.)
Bishop and confessor, b. 372 or 373; d. at ...
- Seckau:
DIOCESE OF SECKAU (SECOVIENSIS)
Diocese in Styria, Austria, ...
- Secret:
The Secret ( ...
- Secret, Discipline of the:
(Latin Disciplina Arcani ; German Arcandisciplin ).
A ...
- Sect and Sects: I. ETYMOLOGY AND MEANING
The word "sect" is not derived, as is sometimes ...
- Secular Clergy:
( Latin clerus sæcularis )
In the language of ...
- Secularism:
A term used for the first
- Secularization:
( Latin sæcularizatio )
Secularization, an ...
- Sedgwick, Thomas:
Regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, 1557,
- Sedia Gestatoria:
The Italian name of the portable papal
- Sedilia:
(Plural of Latin sedile , a seat.)
The name given to ...
- Seduction:
( Latin seducere , to lead aside or astray)
- Sedulius:
Christian poet of the fifth century. The name of Cælius, which at times ...
- Sedulius Scotus:
An Irish teacher, grammarian and Scriptural commentator, who lived in the ninth ...
- Seekers:
An obscure Puritan sect which arose in England in the middles of the ...
- Seelos, Francis X.:
Born at Füssen, Bavaria, 11 January, 1819; died at New Orleans, La., 4 ...
- Seerth:
Seerth, a Chaldean see, appears to have succeeded the See of Arzon in the same ...
- Seghers, Charles John:
Bishop of
- Segneri, Paolo:
Italian Jesuit, preacher, missionary, ascetical writer, b. at Nettuno, 21 March ...
- Segni:
(SIGNINSIS).
Located in the Province of Rome. The city, ...
- Segorbe:
(Also CASTELLÓN DE LA PLANA; SEGOBIENSIS; CASTETELLIONENSIS)
- Segovia:
DIOCESE OF SEGOVIA (SEGOVIENSIS, SEGOVIAE).
Diocese in
- Sehna, Diocese of:
(SIHNAH or SEHANENSIS).
A Chaldean see, governed by a ...
- Seidl, Johann Gabriel:
Poet, author of the present Austrian national hymn, b. at Vienna, 21 June 1804; ...
- Seitz, Alexander Maximilian:
Painter, b. at Munich, 1811; d. at Rome, 1888. He studied under Cornelius, and ...
- Sejny, Diocese of:
(AUGUSTÓWO; SEJNESIS, or AUGUSTOVIENSIS).
A
- Sekanais:
(Or more properly, Tshé-'kéh-ne, "People on the Rocks", i.e., the ...
- Seleucia Pieria:
Titular
- Seleucia Trachea:
Metropolitan ...
- Seleucians:
A Gnostic sect who are said to have flourished in Galatia. They derived their ...
- Seleucids:
The name given to the Macedonian dynasty, which was founded by Seleucus, a general ...
- Self-Defense:
Ethically the subject of
- Selgas y Carrasco, José:
Poet and novelist, b. at Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 1824; d. at Madrid, 5 Feb., 1882, ...
- Selge:
A titular see in Pamphylia Prima, suffragan of Side. Situated in a fertile plain ...
- Selinus:
A titular see in Isauria, near the Gulf of Adalia. Selinus, mentioned by ...
- Selvaggio, Giulio Lorenzo:
Canonist and archaeologist, b. at Naples, 10 August, 1728; d. there, November, ...
- Selymbria:
A titular see in Thracia Prima, suffragan of Heraclea. Selymbria, or Selybria, ...
- Sem:
( Hebrew "name", "fame", "renown"; in Septuagint,
- Semiarians and Semiarianism:
A name frequently given to the conservative
- Seminary, Ecclesiastical: I. TERMINOLOGY
The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, Ger. ...
- Semipelagianism:
A doctrine of
- Semites:
The term
- Semitic Epigraphy:
Semitic epigraphy is a new science, dating only from the past fifty years. At ...
- Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp:
Physician and discoverer of the
- Semmes, Raphael:
Naval officer, b. in Charles County, Maryland, U.S.A. 27 September, 1809; d. at ...
- Senan, Saint:
Bishop and confessor, b. at Magh Lacha, Kilrush, Co. Clare, c. 488; d. 1 March, ...
- Seneca Indians:
The westernmost and largest of the five tribes of the celebrated
- Senefelder, Aloys:
Principally known as the inventor of lithography, b. at Prague, 6 Nov., 1771; d. ...
- Senegambia:
(SENEGAMBLE).
Vicariate Apostolic, to which is joined the ...
- Sennen and Abdon, Saints:
(Variously written in early calendars and martyrologies Abdo, Abdus; Sennes, ...
- Sens:
(S ENONIS )
Archdiocese comprising the Department of the ...
- Sens, Councils of:
A number of councils were held at Sens. The first, about 600 or 601, in ...
- Sentence:
(Latin sententia , judgment).
In
- Sept-Fons, Notre-Dame de Saint-Lieu:
Located in the
- Septimius Severus:
Founder of the African dynasty of Roman emperors, b. at Leptis Magna in Africa, ...
- Septuagesima:
( Latin
- Septuagint Version:
The first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, made into popular Greek before ...
- Sepulchre, Holy:
Holy Sepulchre ...
- Sequence or Prose: I. DEFINITION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Sequence ( Sequentia ...
- Serajevo, Archdiocese of:
(SERAIUM).
The healthy growth of the Church in Bosnia was ...
- Seraphic Crown:
( Or Seraphic Rosary.)
A
- Seraphim:
The name, a Hebrew masculine plural form, designates a special class of heavenly ...
- Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint:
Born at Montegranaro, 1540; died at Ascoli, 12 October 1604. Felix de Nicola was ...
- Seraphina Sforza, Blessed:
Born at
- Serapion, Saint:
Bishop of
- Serena, Diocese of La:
(De Serena, Serenopolitana).
Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo ...
- Sergeant, John:
Born at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, in 1623; died in 1710, not, as Dodd ...
- Sergeant, Ven. Richard:
English martyr, executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1586. He was probably a younger son ...
- Sergiopolis:
A titular see in
- Sergius and Bacchus:
Martyrs, d. in the
- Sergius I, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 687-701), date of birth unknown; consecrated probably on 15 Dec., 687; ...
- Sergius II, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; consecrated in 844, apparently in January; d. 27 Jan., ...
- Sergius III, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; consecrated 29 Jan., 904; d. 14 April, 911. He was a ...
- Sergius IV, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; consecrated about 31 July, 1009; d. 12 May, 1012. Peter ...
- Seripando, Girolamo:
Italian theologian and cardinal, b. at Troja (Apulia), 6 May, 1493; d. at
- Seroux d'Agincourt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George:
Born at Beauvais, 5 April, 1730; died at Rome, 24 September, 1814. He was a ...
- Serpieri, Alessandro:
Born at S. Giovanni in Marignano, near Rimini, 31 Oct., 1823; died at Fiesole, 22 ...
- Serra, Junípero:
Born at Petra, Island of Majorca, 24 November, 1713; died at Monterey, ...
- Serrae:
Titular
- Servants of Mary (Order of Servites):
This order was founded on the feast of the Assumption, 1233 when the Blessed ...
- Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament:
An order of nuns, founded by the Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard in 1858, assisted ...
- Servia:
(S ERBIA )
A European kingdom in the north-western part ...
- Servites, Order of:
(SERVANTS OF MARY).
The Order of Servites is the fifth ...
- Servus servorum Dei:
(SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD.)
A title given by the
- Sessa-Aurunca:
(SUESSANA).
Diocese in Campania, Province of
- Sestini, Benedict:
Astronomer, mathematician, b. at Florence, Italy, 20 March, 1816; d. at ...
- Setebo Indians:
A considerable tribe of Panoan linguistic stock formerly centering about the ...
- Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann:
Foundress and first
- Seton, William:
Author, b. in New York, 28 Jan., 1835; d. there, 15 Mar., 1905. His father was ...
- Settignano, Desiderio da:
Born at Settignano, Tuscany, 1428; died at Florence, 1463. He is said to have ...
- Settlement, Act of (Irish):
In 1662 an act was passed by the Irish Parliament, the privileges of which were ...
- Seven Deacons:
The seven men elected by the whole company of the original
- Seven Robbers:
(Septem Latrones), martyrs on the Island of Corcyra (Corfu) in the second ...
- Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, The:
The story is one of the many examples of the legend about a
- Seven-Branch Candlestick:
One of the three chief furnishings of the Holy of the
- Severian:
Bishop of
- Severinus, Pope:
The date of his birth is not known. He was consecrated seemingly on 28 May, ...
- Severus Sanctus Endelechus:
Christian rhetorician and poet of the fourth century. It is possible that his ...
- Severus, Alexander:
Roman emperor, b. at Acco in Palestine, 208, murdered by his mutinous soldiers at ...
- Seville:
ARCHDIOCESE OF SEVILLE (HISPALENSIS).
Archdiocese in Spain, ...
- Seville, University of:
In the middle of the thirteenth century the Dominicans, in order to prepare ...
- Sexagesima:
( Latin
- Sexburga, Saint:
Died about 699. Her sisters, Sts. Ethelburga and Saethrid, were both Abbesses of ...
- Sext: I. MEANING, SYMBOLISM, AND ORIGIN
The hora sexta of the
- Sexton:
(Old English Sexestein, sextein , through the French sacristain from Latin ...
- Sfondrati, Celestino:
Prince-abbot of St. ...
- Sforza, Blessed Seraphina:
Born at
- Shakespeare, Religion of:
Of both Milton and Shakespeare it was stated after their deaths, upon Protestant ...
- Shamanism:
(From Shaman or Saman , a word derived by Bantzaroff from Manchu saman , ...
- Shammai:
(Called ha-Zekan , "the Elder").
A famous
- Shan-si, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern:
The Faith was ...
- Shan-si, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern:
Erected in 1890; there are about 6,000,000 inhabitants; the mission is entrusted ...
- Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern:
This mission was separated in 1894 from Northern Shan-Tung and erected into a ...
- Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern:
Erected by Gregory XVI in 1839. The first
- Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern:
On 2 Jan., 1882, the then
- Sharpe, James:
(Alias POLLARD).
Born at York, 1577; died at Lincoln, 1630. ...
- Shea, John Dawson Gilmary:
Historian, born in New York, 22 July, 1824; died at Elizabeth, New Jersey , 22 ...
- Shea, Sir Ambrose:
Born in Newfoundland, 17 Sept., 1815; d. in London, 30 July, 1905. At the age ...
- Sheil, Richard Lalor:
Dramatist, prose writer, and politician, b. at Drumdowny, County Kilkenny, ...
- Sheldon, Edward:
Translator, b. at Beoley, 23 April, 1599; d. in London, 27 March, 1687. He was the ...
- Shelley, Richard:
English
- Shem:
( Hebrew "name", "fame", "renown"; in Septuagint,
- Shen-si, Northern:
(V ICARIATE A POSTOLIC ).
In 1640 the
- Shen-si, Southern:
The southern part of Shen-si was entrusted in 1885 to the Seminary of Sts. Peter ...
- Shepherd, John:
Musical composer, born about 1512; died about 1563; one of the great English ...
- Sherborne Abbey:
Located in Dorsetshire, England ; founded in 998. Sherborne ( scir-burne , ...
- Sherbrooke:
(S HERBROOKIENSIS ).
Diocese in the Province of Quebec, ...
- Sheridan, Philip Henry:
Born at Albany, N.Y., U.S.A. 6 March, 1831; died at Nonquitt, Mass, 5 August, ...
- Sherson, Martin:
English priest ...
- Shert, Blessed John:
A native of Cheshire; took the degree of B.A. at Brasenose College, Oxford, in ...
- Sherwin, Blessed Ralph:
English martyr, born 1550 at Rodesley, near Longford, Derbyshire; died at Tyburn, 1 ...
- Sherwood, Blessed Thomas:
Martyr, born in London, 1551; died at Tyburn, London, 7 February, 1578. His
- Sherwood, William:
Bishop of Meath, d. at Dublin, 3 Dec. 1482. He was an English ecclesiastic who ...
- Shewbreads:
Heb. "bread of the faces", i.e. "bread of the presence (of
- Shi-koku:
One of the four great islands of Japan, has all area of 7009 square miles, not ...
- Shields, James:
Military officer, b. in Dungannon County Tyrone, Ireland, 12 Dec., 1810; d. at ...
- Shire:
(SHIRENENSIS).
Vicariate apostolic in Nyassaland ...
- Shirley, James:
Poet and dramatist, b. in London, 18 Sept., 1596; d. there Oct., 1666. As a boy ...
- Shrewsbury:
(SALOPIENSIS).
One of the thirteen English dioceses created ...
- Shrines of Our Lady and the Saints in Great Britain and Ireland: I. SANCTUARIES OF OUR LADY A. England
(1) Abingdon -- St. Edward the
- Shroud of Turin:
This name is primarily given to a relic now preserved at Turin, for which the ...
- Shrovetide:
Shrovetide is ...
- Shuswap Indians:
(Properly SU-KHAPMUH, a name of unknown origin and meaning).
A ...
- Siam:
Siam, "the land of the White Elephant" or the country of the Muang Thai (the ...
- Sibbel, Joseph:
Sculptor, b. at Dulmen, 7 June, 1850; d. in New York, 10 July, 1907. As a boy he ...
- Siberia:
A Russian possession in
- Sibour, Marie-Dominique-Auguste:
Born at Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux (Drome,
- Sibylline Oracles:
The name given to certain
- Sicard:
Bishop of
- Sicca Veneria:
A titular see in
- Sichem:
(A.V. Shechem ).
An Israelite city in the tribe of ...
- Sicilian Vespers:
The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at
- Sicily:
The largest island in the Mediterranean. It is triangular in shape and was on that ...
- Sick, Anointing of the: A sacrament of the New
- Side, Altar:
That part of the altar which faced the congregation, in contradistinction to the ...
- Sidon:
The seat of a Melchite and a Maronite see in Syria.
- Sidon:
Titular
- Sidonius Apollinaris:
(CAIUS SOLLIUS MODESTUS APOLLINARIS SIDONIUS).
Christian ...
- Sidyma:
A titular see in Lycia, suffragan of
- Siena:
(SENENSIS)
Archdiocese in
- Siena, University of:
The earliest notices of an advanced school (of grammar and medicine ) at
- Sieni, Cyril:
(Better known as CYRIL OF BARCELONA).
Missionary bishop, b. ...
- Sierra Leone:
(SIERRAE LEONIS, SIERRA-LEONENSIS).
Comprises the English ...
- Sigüenza:
(SEGUNTINA, SEGONTIAE).
Diocese in Spain, suffragan of ...
- Sigebert of Gembloux:
Benedictine historian, b. near Gembloux which is now in the Province of Namur, ...
- Siger of Brabant:
Indisputably the leader of Latin Averroism during the sixth and seventh decades ...
- Sigismund:
King of
- Sign of the Cross:
A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, ...
- Signorelli, Luca:
Italian painter, b. at
- Sikhism:
The religion of ...
- Silandus:
A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. It is not mentioned by any ancient ...
- Silence:
All writers on the spiritual
- Silesia: I. PRUSSIAN SILESIA
Prussian Silesia, the largest province of Prussia, ...
- Siletz Indians:
The collective designation for the rapidly dwindling remnant of some thirty small ...
- Siloe:
(SILOAH, SILOAM).
A pool in the Tyropoean Valley, just outside ...
- Silveira, Ven. Goncalo da:
Pioneer missionary of South Africa, b. 23 Feb, 1526, at Almeirim, about forty ...
- Silverius, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 536-37).
Dates of birth and death unknown. He was ...
- Silvester, Francis:
(F ERRARIENSIS ).
Theologian, b. at
- Silvia, Saint:
(Also spelled "Sylvia").
Mother of Pope St. Gregory the ...
- Simeon:
The second son of
- Simeon of Durham:
(Symeon).
Chronicler, d. 14 Oct., between 1130 and 1138. As a ...
- Simeon Stylites the Elder, Saint:
St. Simeon was ...
- Simeon Stylites the Younger, Saint:
Born at Antioch ...
- Simeon, Canticle of:
(The Canticle ...
- Simeon, Holy:
The "just and devout"
- Simla:
Archdiocese in India, a new
- Simon Magus:
According to the testimony of St. Justin ("First Apolog.", xxvi), whose statement ...
- Simon of Cascia:
(SIMEONE FIDATI)
Italian preacher and ascetical writer, b. ...
- Simon of Cramaud:
Cardinal, b. near Rochechouart in the
- Simon of Cremona:
A theological writer and celebrated preacher belonging to the Order of St. ...
- Simon of Sudbury:
Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Sudbury, Suffolk, England, of middle-class ...
- Simon of Tournai:
Professor in the University of
- Simon Peter: The life of
- Simon Stock, Saint:
Born in the County of Kent, England, about 1165; died in the Carmelite monastery ...
- Simon the Apostle, Saint:
The name of Simon occurs in all the passages of the Gospel and Acts, in which a ...
- Simone da Orsenigo:
A Lombard architect and builder of the fourteenth century whose
- Simonians:
A Gnostic, Antinomian sect of the second century which regarded
- Simony:
(From Simon ...
- Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice:
Martyrs at
- Simplicius, Pope Saint:
Reigned 468-483; date of birth unknown; died 10 March, 483. According to the ...
- Simpson, Richard:
Born 1820; died near Rome, 5 April, 1876. He was educated at Oriel College, ...
- Sin:
The subject is treated under these heads:
I.
- Sinai:
The mountain on which the Mosaic
- Sinaiticus, Codex:
(The symbol is the Hebrew
- Sinaloa:
DIOCESE OF SINALOA (SINALOENSIS)
Diocese in the Republic of ...
- Singing, Congregational:
In his Instruction on sacred music , commonly referred to as the
- Sinigaglia:
(SENIGALLIA), DIOCESE OF SINIGAGLIA (SENOGALLIENSIS)
Diocese ...
- Sinis:
A titular see in
- Sinope:
A titular see in
- Sion:
A titular see in
- Sion:
(Sedunensis)
A Swiss bishopric, depending directly on the ...
- Sioux City:
DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY (SIOPOLITAN).
Erected 15 Jan., 1902, by ...
- Sioux Falls:
DIOCESE OF SIOUX FALLS (SIOUXORMENSIS).
Suffragan of St. ...
- Sioux Indians:
The largest and most important Indian tribe north of Mexico, with the single ...
- Sipibo Indians:
A numerous tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, formerly centring about the Pisqui ...
- Sirach, Book of:
(Abbrev. Ecclus.; also known as the Book of Sirach.)
The ...
- Siricius, Pope Saint:
(384-99).
Born about 334; died 26 November, 399,
- Sirleto, Gugliemo:
Cardinal and scholar, born at Guardavalle near Stilo in Calabria, 1514; died at ...
- Sirmium:
(SZERÉM, SIRMIENSIS)
Sirmium, situated near the modern ...
- Sirmond, Jacques:
One of the greatest scholars of the seventeenth century, born at Riom in the ...
- Sisinnius, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died 4 February, 708, Successor of
- Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio:
On 27 October, 1829, at the request of
- Sisters of the Little Company of Mary:
A congregation founded in 1877 in England to
- Sistine Choir:
Although it is known that the Church, from her earliest days, employed music in ...
- Sitifis:
(Sitifensis).
Titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis. Sitifis, ...
- Sitjar, Buenaventura:
Born at Porrera, Island of Majorca, 9 December, 1739; died at San Antonio, ...
- Siunia:
A titular see, suffragan of
- Six Days of Creation:
Hexaemeron ...
- Sixtus I, Pope Saint:
Pope St. Sixtus ...
- Sixtus II, Pope Saint:
(XYSTUS).
Elected 31 Aug., 257, martyred at Rome, 6 Aug., ...
- Sixtus III, Pope Saint:
(XYSTUS).
Consecrated 31 July, 432; d. 440. Previous to his ...
- Sixtus IV, Pope:
(FRANCESCO DELLA ROVERE)
Born near Abisola, 21 July, 1414; ...
- Sixtus V, Pope:
(FELICE PERETTI).
Born at Grottamare near Montalto, 13 ...
- Skara, Ancient See of:
(SCARAE; SKARONENSIS, SCARENSIS).
Located in
- Skarga, Peter:
Theologian and missionary, b. at Grojec, 1536; d. at Cracow, 27 Sept., 1612. He ...
- Skoda, Josef:
Celebrated clinical lecturer and diagnostician and, with Rokitansky, founder of ...
- Slander:
Slander is the ...
- Slavery and Christianity:
How numerous the
- Slavery, Ethical Aspect of:
In Greek and Roman civilization slavery on an extensive scale formed an ...
- Slaves:
(Déné "Men").
A tribe of the great ...
- Slavonic Language and Liturgy:
Although the Latin holds the chief place among the liturgical languages in which ...
- Slavs in America:
The Slavic races have sent large
- Slavs, The: I. NAME A. Slavs
At present the customary name for all the Slavonic ...
- Slomšek, Anton Martin:
Bishop of Lavant, in Maribor, Styria, Austria, noted Slovenian educator, born ...
- Slotanus, John:
(SCHLOTTANUS, VAN DER SLOOTIEN), (JOHN GEFFEN)
Polemical ...
- Sloth:
One of the seven capital sins. In general it means disinclination to labour or ...
- Slythurst, Thomas:
English confessor, born in Berkshire; died in the Tower of London, 1560. He was ...
- Smalkaldic League:
A politico-religious alliance formally concluded on 27 Feb., 1531, at Smalkalden ...
- Smaragdus, Ardo:
Hagiographer, died at the Benedictine monastery of Aniane, Herault, in Southern ...
- Smith, James:
Journalist, b. at Skolland, in the Shetland Isles, about 1790; d. Jan., 1866. He ...
- Smith, Richard:
Bishop of Chalcedon, second
- Smith, Richard:
Born in Worcestershire, 1500; died at Douai, 9 July, 1563. He was educated at ...
- Smith, Thomas Kilby:
Born at Boston, Mass., 23 Sept., 1820; died at New York, 14 Dec., 1887; eldest ...
- Smits, William:
Orientalist and exegete, b. at Kevelaer in the Duchy of Geldern, 1704; d. 1 Dec., ...
- Smyrna:
LATIN ARCHDIOCESE OF SMYRNA (SMYRNENSIS), in
- Snorri Sturluson:
Historian, born at Hvammr, 1178; died 1241. Snorri, who was the son of Sturla ...
- Snow, Venerable Peter:
English martyr, suffered at York, 15 June, 1598. He was born at or near Ripon and ...
- Sobaipura Indians:
Once an important tribe of the Piman branch of the great Shoshonean linguistic ...
- Sobieski, John:
Born at Olesko in 1629; died at Wilanow, 1696; son of James, Castellan of
- Social Contract, The:
Du Contrat Social, ou Principes du droit politique , is the title of a work ...
- Socialism:
A system of social and economic organization that would substitute state ...
- Socialistic Communities:
This title comprehends those societies which maintain common ownership of the ...
- Societies, Catholic:
Catholic societies are very numerous throughout the world; some are international ...
- Societies, Catholic, American Federation of:
An organization of the
- Societies, Secret:
A designation of which the exact meaning has varied at different times.
...
- Society:
Society ...
- Society of Foreign Missions of Paris:
The Society of ...
- Society of Jesus, The:
(Company of Jesus, Jesuits)
See also DISTINGUISHED JESUITS , ...
- Society of the Blessed Sacrament, The:
A congregation of priests founded by Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard in Paris, ...
- Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, The:
An institution of religious women, taking perpetual
- Society, The Catholic Church Extension: IN THE UNITED STATES
The first active agitation for a church
- Socinianism:
The body of doctrine held by one of the numerous Antitrinitarian sects to ...
- Sociology:
The claims of
- Socorro:
(DE SUCCURSU.)
Established in 1895 as a suffragan see of the ...
- Socrates:
A historian of the Early Church, b. at
- Socrates:
Greek philosopher and educational reformer of the fifth century B.C.; born at ...
- Sodality: I
The sodalities of the Church are pious associations and are included ...
- Sodality (Confraternity):
( Latin confraternitas , confratria )
A confraternity or ...
- Sodom and Gomorrha:
Sodom, a city of
- Sodoma:
(GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI, or DE'BAZZI, often miscalled RAZZI, more usually known by ...
- Sodor and Man:
(SODORENSIS).
The early history of this see is extremely ...
- Soissons:
Diocese of
- Solanus, Saint Francis:
South American missionary of the Order of Friars
- Solari:
(SOLARIO)
A
- Solemnity:
(From Latin solet and annus -- a yearly celebration).
...
- Solesmes:
A Benedictine monastery in Department of Sarthe, near Sablé, France. It ...
- Soli:
A titular see in Cyprus, suffragan of Salamis.
- Solicitation:
( Latin sollicitare )
Technically in
- Solimôes Superiore:
A prefecture Apostolic in the State of Amazonas, Brazil, erected by a
- Solomon:
Our sources for the study of the life, reign, and
- Solomon Islands, Northern:
(PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF THE NORTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS)
...
- Solomon Islands, Southern:
PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF THE SOUTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS (INSULARUM SOLOMONIARUM). ...
- Solomon, Psalms of:
Eighteen apocryphal psalms, extant in Greek, probably translated from a Hebrew, ...
- Solsona:
DIOCESE OF SOLSONA (CELSONENSIS).
Diocese in Lérida, ...
- Somaliland:
A triangular-shaped territory in the north-eastern extremity of Africa, projecting ...
- Somaschi:
Name of a charitable religious congregation of regular clerics, founded in the ...
- Somerset, Thomas:
Confessor, born about 1530; died in the Tower of London, 27 May, 1587; second son ...
- Son of God: IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
The title "son of God" is frequent in the Old ...
- Son of Man:
In the Old Testament ...
- Song, Religious:
(Sacred Song)
Religious song is the general designation given ...
- Songish Indians:
A tribe of some importance formerly holding the south coast of
- Sonnius, Franciscus:
Theologian, b. at Zon in Brabant, 12 August, 1506; d. at Antwerp, 30 June, 1576. ...
- Sonora:
(DE SONORA)
Diocese in the Republic of
- Sophene:
A titular see, suffragan of
- Sophists:
A group of Greek teachers who flourished at the end of the fifth century B.C. They ...
- Sophonias:
The ninth of the twelve
- Sophronius:
Sophronius,
- Sora:
A titular see in Paphlagonia, suffragan of Gangra.
- Sorbait, Paul de:
Physician, b. in Hainault, 1624; d. at Vienna, 19 April, 1691. He went to school ...
- Sorbonne:
This name is frequently used in
- Sorin, Edward:
The founder of Notre Dame,
- Sorrento:
Archdiocese in the Province of Naples, with one suffragan, Castellamare. The city ...
- Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Seven:
There are two such days:
Friday before Palm Sunday, ...
- Soter and Caius, Saints:
They have their feast together on 22 April, on which day they appear in most of ...
- Soto, Dominic:
Dominican, renowned theologian, b. at Segovia, 1494; d. at Salamanca, 15 Nov., ...
- Soul:
(Greek psyche ; Latin anima ; French ame ; German Seele ).
- Soul, Faculties of the: I. MEANING
Whatever doctrine one may hold concerning the
- South American College in Rome, The:
(Legal title, COLLEGIO PIO-LATINO-AMERICANO PONTIFICIO).
The ...
- South Carolina:
One of the thirteen original colonies of the United States, has an area of 30,570 ...
- South Dakota:
The thirty-ninth state, admitted to the Union on 2 November, 1889, is officially ...
- Southerne, Venerable William:
English martyr, suffered at Newcastle-under-Lyme, 30 April, 1618. An
- Southwark:
DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK (SOUTHWARCENSIS)
Suffragan of ...
- Southwell, Venerable Robert:
Poet, Jesuit,
- Southworth, Saint John:
English martyr, b. in Lancashire, 1592, martyred at Tyburn, 28 June, 1654. A ...
- Sovana and Pitigliano:
DIOCESE OF SOVANA AND PITIGLIANO (SUANENSIS ET PITILIANENSIS).
- Sozomen, Salaminius Hermias:
One of the famous historians of the early Church, born at Bethelia, a small town ...
- Sozopolis:
Titular see in the Balkans, suffragan of Adrianopolis. The town, at first called ...
- Sozusa:
A titular see of Palestina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea. The town, at first ...
- Space:
( Latin spatium ).
The
- Spagni, Andrea:
Educator and author, born at Florence, 8 Aug., 1716; died at Rome, 16 Sept., ...
- Spain:
This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south-western ...
- Spalato-Macarsca (Salona):
DIOCESE OF SPALATO-MACARSCA (SPALATENSIS ET MACARSCENSIS).
...
- Spalding, Martin John:
Seventh
- Spallanzani:
A distinguished eighteenth-century scientist, b. at Scadiano in Modena, Italy, ...
- Spanish Armada, The:
The Spanish Armada, also called the Invincible Armada ( infra ), and more ...
- Spanish Language and Literature:
Spanish, a Romance language, that is, one of the modern spoken forms of Latin, is ...
- Spanish-American Literature:
The literature produced by the Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, Central ...
- Spanish-American Universities:
The University of St. Mark's at
- Sparta:
A celebrated town of the Peloponnesus, mentioned several times under this name or ...
- Species:
In scholastic terminology,
- Speckbacher, Josef:
A Tyrolean patriot of 1809, born at Gnadenwald, near Hall, in the Tyrol, 13 ...
- Speculation:
A term used with reference to business transactions to signify the investing of ...
- Spedalleri, Nicola:
A priest, theologian, and philosopher, born at Bronte in the Province of ...
- Spee, Friedrich Von:
A poet, opponent of trials for witchcraft, born at Kaiserswerth on the Rhine, 25 ...
- Speed, Blessed John:
[ alias Spence]
English martyr, executed at Durham, 4 Feb., ...
- Spencer, The Hon. George:
( In religion ...
- Spenser, John:
( alias HATCLIFFE and TYRRWHIT)
- Spenser, Venerable William:
English martyr, b. at Ghisburn, Yorkshire; executed at York, 24 September, 1589. ...
- Speyer:
DIOCESE OF SPEYER (SPIRA)
Diocese in Bavaria. The city ...
- Speyer, Johann and Wendelin von:
German printers in
- Spillmann, Joseph:
Author, b. at Zug, Switzerland, 22 April, 1842; d. at Luxembourg, 20 February, ...
- Spina, Alphonso de:
Spanish Franciscan, date of birth unknown; died about 1491. A convert from ...
- Spina, Bartolommeo:
Scholastic theologian, born at
- Spinola, Christopher Royas de:
Bishop of Wiener-Neustadt, born of a noble Spanish family, near
- Spinoza, Benedict:
(d'Espinosa, Despinoza).
Born at Amsterdam, 24 Nov., 1632; ...
- Spire:
(From the Anglo-Saxon word spir , meaning "a stalk" or "shoot").
- Spirit:
( Latin spiritus , spirare , "to breathe"; Gk. pneuma ; Fr. esprit ; ...
- Spirit, Holy: I. SYNOPSIS OF THE DOGMA
The doctrine of the
- Spiritism:
Spiritism is ...
- Spirito Santo:
(SPIRITUS SANCTI)
Suffragan of São Sebastião ...
- Spiritual Direction:
In the technical sense of the term,
- Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius:
A short work composed by St. Ignatius of Loyola and written originally in ...
- Spiritualism:
The term "spiritualism" has been frequently used to denote the
- Spirituals:
A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second ...
- Spokan Indians:
An important tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely cognate with the ...
- Spoleto:
ARCHDIOCESE OF SPOLETO (SPOLETANO).
Archdiocese in the ...
- Spondanus, Henri:
(DE SPONDE)
A convert from Calvinism,
- Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico:
Composer, born at Magolati, near Jesi, Ancona, 14 Nov., 1774; died there, 14 ...
- Spoons, Apostle:
A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with ...
- Sporer, Patritius:
Moral theologian, born at Passau, Bavaria ; died there, 29 May, 1683. In 1637 he ...
- Sportelli, Cæsar:
Born at Nola ...
- Springfield:
Diocese of
- Sprott, Venerable Thomas:
(Spratt)
English martyr, b. at Skelsmergh, near Kendal, ...
- Squamish Indians:
A considerable tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, speaking a distinct language, ...
- Squiers, Herbert Goldsmith:
Army officer and diplomatist; b. at Madoc, Canada, 20 April, 1859; d. at London, ...
- Squillace:
(Squillacensis).
Suffragan
- Sri Lanka:
An island (266 1/2 miles long and 140 1/2 miles broad), to the south-east of
- Stöckl, Albert:
A neo-Scholastic philosopher and theologian, born at Möhren, near ...
- Stabat Mater:
The opening words of two companion hymns, one of which (Stabat
- Stadler, John Evangelist:
A Bavarian hagiographer, b. at Parkstetten, in the
- Staff, Pastoral:
(Or PASTORAL STAFF).
The
- Stained Glass:
The popular name for the glass used in the making of coloured windows. The term is ...
- Stalls:
Stalls — ...
- Stanbrook Abbey:
An abbey of ...
- Stanfield, William Clarkson:
English painter, b. at Sunderland, 1793; d. at Hampstead, near London, 1867. He ...
- Stanislas Kostka, Saint:
Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about 28 October, 1550; died at
- Stanislaus of Cracow, Saint:
Bishop and martyr, born at Szczepanów (hence called Szczepanowski), in the ...
- Stanislawow:
Diocese of
- Stanley Falls:
Vicariate Apostolic in the Belgian Congo. It is bounded on the east by the ...
- Stansel, Valentin:
Astronomer, b. at Olmütz, Moravia, 1621; d. at Bahia, Brazil, 18 Dec., 1705. ...
- Stanyhurst, Richard:
Catholic controversialist, historian, and devotional writer, born at Dublin, ...
- Stanza:
An Italian word signifying room, chamber, apartment. In English the term is ...
- Stapf, Joseph Ambrose:
Theologian, born at Fliess in the valley of the Upper Inn in the Tyrol, Austria, ...
- Staphylus, Friedrich:
Theologian, born at Osnabrück, 27 Aug., 1512; died at Ingolstadt, 5 March, ...
- Stapleton, Theobald:
Theobald ...
- Stapleton, Thomas:
Controversialist, born at Henfield, Sussex, July, 1535; died at Louvain, 12 Oct., ...
- Starowolski, Simon:
Born at Stara Wola, near Cracow, 1585; died at Cracow, 1656; studied at ...
- Starr, Eliza Allen:
Born at Deerfield, Massachusetts, 29 August, 1824; died at Durand, Illinois, 8 ...
- State and Church:
The Church and the State are both perfect societies, that is to say, each ...
- State or Way:
The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers. ...
- State, Allegiance to the:
By civil ...
- States of the Church:
( Italian Lo Stato della Chiese )
Consists of the civil ...
- States, Papal:
( Italian Lo Stato della Chiese )
Consists of the civil ...
- Station Days:
Days on which in the early Church
- Stations of the Cross:
(Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are ...
- Statistics of Religions: I. DEFINITION
This study concerns itself with religious bodies, the number ...
- Statistics, Ecclesiastical:
In dealing with statistics, both theoretically and practically, it is unimportant ...
- Stattler, Benedict:
Jesuit theologian, born at Kötzting, Bavaria (
- Staudenmaier, Franz Anton:
A theologian, born at Donzdorf, Würtemberg, 11 Sept., 1800; died at
- Staupitz, Johann Von:
Abbot, born at Motterwitz near Leisnig (or Moderwitz near Meustadt an der Orla) ...
- Stauropolis:
A titular
- Stavanger, Ancient See of:
(STAVANGRIA; STAVANGRENSIS)
Located in
- Stedingers:
(A word meaning "those living along a shore")
A tribe of ...
- Stefaneschi, Giacomo Gaetani:
A cardinal-deacon, born at Rome, about 1270; died at Avignon, 23 June, 1343. He ...
- Steffani, Agostino:
A titular
- Steinamanger:
(SZOMBATHELY)
Located in Hungary, suffragan of Gran, founded ...
- Steinle, Eduard Von:
An historical painter, born at Vienna, 2 July, 1810; died at Frankfort, 19 Sept., ...
- Steinmeyer, Ferdinand:
(FARMER)
Ferdinand Steinmeyer, Jesuit missionary, born in ...
- Steno, Nicolaus:
(Niels Steensen)
An eminent Danish anatomist and geologist, ...
- Stephen (II) III, Pope:
Unanimously elected in
- Stephen (III) IV, Pope:
Born about 720; died 1 or 3 August, 772. Paul I was not dead when trouble began ...
- Stephen (IV) V, Pope:
(816-17)
Date of birth unknown; died 24 Jan., 817. Stephen, ...
- Stephen (IX) X, Pope:
Born probably about the beginning of the eleventh century; died at Florence, 29 ...
- Stephen (V) VI, Pope:
(885-91)
Date of birth unknown; died in Sept., 891. His ...
- Stephen (VI) VII, Pope:
(896-7)
Date of birth unknown; died about August, 897. ...
- Stephen (VII) VIII, Pope:
(929-31)
Date of birth unknown; died in February or March, ...
- Stephen (VIII) IX, Pope:
(939-942)
Date of birth unknown; he became pope about 14 ...
- Stephen Harding, Saint:
Confessor, the third
- Stephen I, Pope Saint:
Although there is some
- Stephen II, Pope:
On the death of Zachary, a certain
- Stephen of Autun:
Bishop, liturgical writer, b. at Bangé (hence surnamed Blagiacus or de ...
- Stephen of Bourbon:
Illustrious writer and preacher, especially noted as a historian of medieval ...
- Stephen of Muret, Saint:
Born 1045; died at Muret, 8 February, 1124, founder of the
- Stephen of Tournai:
Stephen of Tournai, canonist, born at Orléans, 1128; died at Tournai, ...
- Stephen, Saint:
One of the first
- Stephen, Saint:
First King of Hungary, b. at Gran, 975; d. 15 August, 1038.
...
- Stephens, Henry Robert:
Belgian theologian, born of English parentage at Liège, 5 August, 1665; died ...
- Stephens, Thomas:
(Also known in
- Steps, Altar:
In the beginning altars were not erected on steps. Those in the catacombs were ...
- Steuco, Agostino:
(STEUCHUS)
Exegete, born at Gubbio, Umbria, 1496; died at ...
- Stevenson, Joseph:
Archivist, born at Berwick-on-Tweed, 27 Nov., 1806; died in London, 8 Feb., 1895. ...
- Stevin, Simon:
Born at Bruges ...
- Stifter, Adalbert:
Poet and pedagogue, b. at Oberplan in Bohemia, 23 October, 1805; d. at Linz, 28 ...
- Stigmata, Mystical:
To decide merely the facts without deciding whether or not they may be explained ...
- Stipend:
[ Latin stipendium , a tax, import, tribute; in military use, pay, salary; ...
- Stockholm:
Stockholm, the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden, is situated on Lake Maelar at the ...
- Stoddard, Charles Warren:
An American author, born 7 August, 1843, at Rochester, N. Y.; died 23 April, 1909, ...
- Stoics and Stoic Philosophy:
The Stoic School was founded in 322 B.C. by Zeno of Cittium and existed until the ...
- Stolberg: 1. Friedrich Leopold, Count zu Stolberg
Born at Brammstedt in Holstein ...
- Stole:
A liturgical vestment composed of a strip of material from two to four inches ...
- Stole, Altar:
An ornament, having the shape of the ends of a stole, which in the
- Stolz, Alban Isidor:
Catholic theologian and popular author, b. at Bühl, Baden, 3 Feb., 1808; d. ...
- Stone, Altar:
A solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, large enough to hold ...
- Stone, Corner:
(Foundation Stone)
A rite entitled "De benedictione et ...
- Stone, John, Blessed:
English martyr, executed at the Dane-John, Canterbury, probably in December, ...
- Stone, Marmaduke:
Jesuit, b. at Draycot, 28 Nov., 1748; d. at St. Helens, 22 Aug., 1834. He was ...
- Stone, Mary Jean:
Born at Brighton, Sussex, in 1853; died at Battle, Sussex, 3 May, 1908. She was ...
- Stones, Precious, in the Bible:
Precious stones are stones remarkable for their colour, brilliancy, or rarity. ...
- Stoning in Scripture:
Palestine being a very rocky country, the abundance of stones made it natural to ...
- Stonnes, James:
English priest, b. 1513; d. after 1585. He was ordained at
- Stonyhurst College:
The history of Stonyhurst as a school dates back to a period considerably
- Story, Blessed John:
( Or Storey.)
Martyr ; born 1504; died at Tyburn, 1 June, ...
- Stoss, Veit:
Sculptor, b. at
- Stoup:
Vessels intended for the use of holy water are of very ancient origin, and ...
- Stradivari Family, The:
The name Stradivari goes back to the
- Stradivari, Antonio:
The famous Cremonese violin-maker, b. in 1649 or 1650; d. at Cremona, 18 or 19 ...
- Strahov, Abbey of:
A Premonstratensian
- Strain, John:
Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, born at Edinburgh, 8 December, 1810; died ...
- Stransham, Venerable Edward:
English martyr, born at
- Strasburg:
(ARGENTINENSIS)
A German
- Stratonicea:
A titular see in Caria (
- Streber, Franz Ignaz Von:
Numismatist and theologian, born at Reisbach, Lower Bavaria, 11 Feb., 1758; died ...
- Streber, Franz Seraph:
Numismatist and nephew of Franz Ignaz von Streber, born at Deutenkofen, Lower ...
- Streber, Hermann:
Son of Franz Seraph Streber, b. at Munich, 27 Sept., 1839; d. at Tölz, 9 ...
- Strengnäs, Ancient See of:
(STRENGAE, STRENGENSIA; STRENGENESIS).
Located in Sweden. ...
- Striking of the Breast:
Striking of the breast as a liturgical act is prescribed in the Holy
- Stripping of an Altar:
On Holy Thursday the ...
- Strossmayer, Joseph Georg:
(Josip Juraj),
- Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement:
Cardinal, Duke of York, known by the Jacobites as "Henry IX, King of Great ...
- Studion:
(Latin Studium ), the most important monastery at Constantinople, situated not ...
- Stuhlweissenburg:
DIOCESE OF STUHLWEISSENBURG (ALBAE REGALENSIS)
Diocese in ...
- Sturluson, Snorri:
Historian, born at Hvammr, 1178; died 1241. Snorri, who was the son of Sturla ...
- Stylites:
Stylites were ...
- Styria:
( German Steiermark)
A duchy and Austrian crownland, ...
- Suárez, Francisco:
Doctor Eximius ...
- Subdeacon:
The subdiaconate is the lowest of the sacred or major orders in the Latin Church. ...
- Subiaco:
(SUBLACUM, SUBLACEUM, SUBLAQUEM).
A city in the Province of ...
- Subreption:
( Latin subreptio ).
In
- Subsidies, Episcopal:
( Latin subsidia , tribute, pecuniary aid, subvention)
...
- Substance:
( Latin sub-stare, substantia )
Substance, the first of ...
- Suburbicarian Dioceses:
A name applied to the dioceses nearest Rome, viz. Albano,
- Sudan:
The Vicariate Apostolic of
- Sufetula:
A titular see of North Africa.
- Sugar, Venerable John:
(Suker).
Born at Wombourn, Staffordshire, 1558; suffered at ...
- Suger:
Abbot of St-Denis, statesman and historian, b. probably at or near St-Denis, about ...
- Suicide:
This article
- Suidas:
( Souidas, Soudas )
Author of, perhaps, the most important ...
- Suitbert, Saint:
(Suidbert [or Swithbert]).
- Sullivan, Alexander Martin:
Irish politician, lawyer and journalist, b. at Bantry in 1830; d. at Dartry Lodge, ...
- Sullivan, Peter John:
Soldier, lawyer, born at Cork, Ireland, 15 March, 1821; died at Cincinnati, Ohio, ...
- Sully, Maurice de:
Bishop of Paris, born of humble
- Sulpicians in the United States:
The Sulpicians came to the United States at the very rise of the American ...
- Sulpicius Severus:
An ecclesiastical writer, born of noble
- Sulpitius:
Two bishops ...
- Sumatra:
Sumatra, erected by a
- Summæ:
(SUMMULÆ)
- Summer Schools, Catholic:
A Catholic ...
- Sunday:
Sunday (Day of ...
- Superior:
(SUPERIORENSIS)
Situated in the northern part of Wisconsin, ...
- Supernatural Adoption:
( Latin adoptare , to choose.)
- Supernatural Gift:
A
- Supernatural Order:
The
- Superstition:
[From supersisto , "to stand in terror of the
- Supper, The Last:
The meal held by Christ and His ...
- Suppression of Monasteries in Continental Europe:
Under this title
- Suppression of Monasteries in England:
From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by
- Supremi disciplinæ:
Motu Proprio of ...
- Sura:
Titular see in
- Surin, Jean-Joseph:
Born 1600; died at Bordeaux, 1665. He belonged to the
- Surius, Laurentius:
Hagiologist, born at the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, 1522; died at Cologne, 23 ...
- Surplice:
A large-sleeved
- Susa:
(Greek Sousan, Sousa )
The capital of the Kingdom of Elam, ...
- Susa:
(SEGUSIN; SEGUSIENSIS)
Diocese in the Province of Turin, ...
- Susanna and Tiburtius, Saints:
Roman martyrs, feast 11 August. The story is related in the legend of
- Suso, Blessed Henry:
(Also called Amandus , a name adopted in his writings). German mystic, born at ...
- Suspension (in Canon Law):
Suspension, in
- Sutton, Sir Richard:
Co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford, date of birth unknown; d. September or ...
- Sutton, Ven. Robert:
Priest, martyr, b. at Burton-on-Trent; quartered at Stafford, 27 July, 1587. He is ...
- Swan, Order of the:
A pious confraternity, indulgenced by the pope, which arose in 1440 in the ...
- Sweden:
The largest of the three Scandinavian countries and the eastern half of the ...
- Swedenborgians:
The believers in the religious doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. As an ...
- Sweinheim, Konrad:
See also KONRAD SWEYNHEIM .
Both printers; Pannartz died ...
- Swetchine, Sophie-Jeanne Soymonof:
Writer, b. at Moscow, 22 Nov., 1782; d. in Paris, 10 Sept., 1857. She was a ...
- Sweynheim, Konrad:
See also ARNOLD PANNARTZ AND KONRAD SWEINHEIM .
(SCHWEINHEIM) ...
- Swinomish Indians:
A tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely connected with the Skagit. They ...
- Swithin, Saint:
(SWITHUN).
Bishop of Winchester ; died 2 July, 862.
- Switzerland:
(Confederatio Helvetica)
A confederation in the central part ...
- Sydney:
ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY (SYDNEYENSIS).
The vast territories ...
- Syene:
A titular see in Thebian Secunda, suffragan of Ptolemais.
- Sykes, Edmund:
Born at Leeds ...
- Syllabus:
( syllabos , "collection")
The name given to two series of ...
- Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint:
Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble
- Sylvester I, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. According to the "Liber pontificalis" ...
- Sylvester II:
Reigned 999-1003; also called Gerbert. Born at or near Aurillac, Auvergne, ...
- Sylvester, Bernard, of Chartres:
( More properly , of Tours.)
A twelfth-century philosopher ...
- Sylvester, Order of Saint:
The Order of Saint Sylvester is neither monastic nor military but a purely ...
- Sylvestrines:
A minor ...
- Sylvia, Saint:
(Also spelled "Sylvia").
Mother of Pope St. Gregory the ...
- Sylvius, Francis:
Theologian, born at Braine-le-Comte, Hainault, Belgium, 1581; died at Douai, 22 ...
- Symbolism:
Symbolism may ...
- Symmachus the Ebionite:
Author of one of the Greek versions of the
- Symmachus, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 19, July, 514. According to the "Liber pontificalis" ...
- Symphorian and Timotheus, Saints:
Martyrs whose feast is observed on 22 August. During the pontificate of ...
- Symphorosa, Saint:
Martyred with her seven sons at Tibur (Tivoli) towards the end of the reign of ...
- Synagogue:
The place of assemblage of the Jews. This article
- Synaus:
(SYNAITANSIS)
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, ...
- Synaxarion:
( synaxarion ...
- Synaxis:
Synaxis (
- Syncelli:
( sygkelloi , from syn , with, and kellion , the Græcized
- Syncretism:
From sygkretizein (not from sygkerannynai .)
An ...
- Synderesis:
Synderesis , ...
- Syndic, Apostolic:
A layman, who in the name, and by the authority, of the
- Syndicalism:
The term
- Synesius of Cyrene:
Bishop of Ptolomais, neo-Platonist, date of birth uncertain; d. about 414. He ...
- Synnada:
Titular
- Synod:
(Greek synodos , an assembly).
A general term for ...
- Synods, National:
According to the recent
- Synoptics:
The name given since Griesbach's
- Syntagma Canonum:
A canonical collection made in 1335 by Blastares, a Greek
- Syon Monastery:
Syon Monastery, Middlesex, England, founded in 1415 by King
- Syra:
DIOCESE OF SYRA (SYRENSIS).
A Latin diocese, suffragan of ...
- Syracuse:
Archdiocese of
- Syracuse:
(Syracusensis)
The
- Syria: GEOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN
A country in Western ...
- Syriac Hymnody:
To the general consideration set forth in the article HYMNODY AND HYMNOLOGY must ...
- Syriac Language and Literature:
Syriac is the important branch of the group of Semitic languages known as ...
- Syrian Rite, East:
Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite.
History and ...
- Syrian Rite, West:
The rite used by the Jacobite sect in
- Syro-Chaldaic Rite:
Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite.
History and ...
- Syro-Jacobite Liturgy:
The rite used by the Jacobite sect in
- Syro-Malabar Church:
An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming ...
- Syro-Malabar Rite:
Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite.
History and ...
- Szántó, Stephan:
Born in the
- Szatmár:
DIOCESE OF SZATMAR (SZATMARIENSIS)
Diocese in Hungary, ...
- Sze-Ch'wan (Eastern):
Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Sze-Ch'wan
The mission of ...
- Sze-Ch'wan (North-western):
Vicariate Apostolic of North-western Sze-Ch'wan
The mission of ...
- Sze-Ch'wan (Southern):
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Sze-Ch'wan
On 24 January, ...
- Szentiványi, Martin:
Born at Szentivàn, 20 October, 1633; died at Nagy-Szombàt (Tyrnau), ...
- Szepes:
(SZEPES; SCEPUSIENSIS).
A
- Szujski, Joseph:
Born at Tarnow, 1835; d. at Cracow, 1883. He studied at Tarnow, then at
- Szymonowicz, Simon:
Known also by the Latin name of Somonides, b. at Lemberg, 1558; d. 1629. He ...
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