Catholic Encyclopedia - V
- Vácz, Diocese of:
(VÄCZ or VACIENSIS).
Located in
- Vénard, Théophane:
(JEAN-THÉOPHANE V&Eaucte;NARD.)
French missionary, ...
- Véron, François:
French controversialist, b. at
- Völuspá:
"The wisdom of the ...
- Vaast, Abbey of Saint:
Situated at Arras, the ancient capital of Artois, Department of Pas-de-Calais, ...
- Vacancy:
The state of being vacant, free, unoccupied: a term applied to an office or ...
- Vadstena, Abbey of:
Motherhouse of the Brigittine Order, situated on Lake Wetter, in the
- Vaga:
A titular see of Numidia, frequently mentioned by historians and ancient ...
- Vaillant de Gueslis, François:
Jesuit missionary, born at Orlxans, 20 July, 1646; died at Moulins, 24 Sept., ...
- Vaison, Ancient Diocese of:
(VASIONENSIS.)
This was suppressed by the
- Valdés, Alfonso de:
Spanish Humanist and chancellor of the Emperor Charles V, born at
- Valence, Diocese of:
(VALENTINENSIS). See also UNIVERSITY OF VALENCE.
Comprises ...
- Valence, University of:
See also DIOCESE OF VALENCE .
Erected 26 July, 1452, by ...
- Valencia:
(VALENTINA).
Archdiocese located in
- Valencia, University of:
At the request of Jaime I the Conqueror,
- Valens, Flavius:
Emperor of the East, b. in Pannonia (now
- Valentine, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died about October, 827. Valentine was by birth was Roman, ...
- Valentine, Saint:
At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in ...
- Valentinian I:
(FLAVIUS VALENTINIANUS).
Emperor of the West, 364-75. Born at ...
- Valentinian II:
(FLAVIUS VALENTINIANUS)
Reigned 375-392; born in Gaul, ...
- Valentinian III:
Reigned 425-55, b. at Ravenna, 3 July, 419; d. at Rome, 16 March, 455; son of ...
- Valentinus and Valentinians:
Valentinus, the best known and most influential of the Gnostic heretics, was born ...
- Valerian:
(Publius
- Validation of Marriage:
Validation of marriage may be effected by a simple renewal of consent when its ...
- Vallée-Poussin, Charles-Louis-Joseph-Xavier de la:
Professor of geology and mineralogy at the
- Valla, Lorenzo:
(DELLA VALLE).
Humanist and philosopher, b. at Rome, 1405; ...
- Valladolid, Archdiocese of:
(VALLISOLETANA).
Bounded on the north by Palencia, east by ...
- Valladolid, University of:
The name of the founder and the date of
- Vallarsi, Dominic:
An Italian priest, born at Verona, 13 November, 1702; died there, 14 August, ...
- Valle, Pietro della:
Italian traveller in the Orient, b. at Rome, 2 April, 1586; d. there, 21 April, ...
- Valleyfield, Diocese of:
(CAMPIVALLENSIS.)
Valleyfield is a thriving city of about ...
- Vallgornera, Thomas de:
Dominican theologian and ascetical writer, renowned for his learning and piety, ...
- Valliscaulian Order:
("Vallis Caulium", or "Val-des-Choux", the name of the first monastery of that ...
- Vallo and Capaccio:
(CAPUTAQUENSIS ET VALLENSIS)
Suffragan
- Vallumbrosan Order:
The name is derived from the motherhouse, Vallombrosa (Latin Vallis umbrosa, ...
- Valois, Henri:
(HENRICUS VALESIUS).
Philologist, b. at Paris, 10 Sept., ...
- Valona:
Titular see, suffragan of Dyrrachium, in Epirus Nova. The ancient name was Aulon, ...
- Valroger, Hyacinthe de:
French Oratorian, born at Caen, 6 January, 1814; died 10 October, 1876. He first ...
- Valva and Sulmona, Dioceses of:
(VALVEN. ET SULMONEN.)
Located in
- Valverde, Vincent de:
Born at Oropesa,
- Van Beethoven, Ludwig:
Born at Bonn, probably on 16 December, 1770; died at Vienna, 26 March, 1827. The ...
- Van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph:
Born at Mechlin, Belgium, 19 Dec., 1809; died at Louvain, 8 Jan., 1894. ...
- Van Buren, William Home:
Distinguished American surgeon, b. at Philadelphia, 5 April, 1819; d. at New York, ...
- Van Cleef, Jan:
A Flemish painter, b. in Guelderland in 1646, d. at Ghent, 18 December, 1716. He ...
- Van Cleef, Joost:
(JOSSE VAN CLEVE).
The "Madman", a Flemish painter born in ...
- Van Cleef, Martin:
A Flemish painter, born at
- Van de Velde, Peter:
(PEDRO CAMPAÑA).
Painter, b. at Brussels, 1503; d. in ...
- Van De Vyver, Augustine:
Sixth Bishop ...
- Van den Broek, Theodore J.:
Priest and missionary, b. at Amsterdam, Holland, 5 Nov., 1783; d. at Little Chute, ...
- Van der Bundere, Joannes:
(VAN DEN BUNDERE).
A Flemish theologian and ...
- Van der Sandt, Maximilian:
(SANDAUS).
Born at Amsterdam, 17 April, 1578; d. at ...
- Van der Weyden, Rogier:
Painter, b. at Tournai, 1399 or 1400; d. at Brussels, 1464. His original name was ...
- Van Eyck, Hubert and Jan:
Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of
- Vancouver:
(VANCOUVERIENSIS).
Archdiocese ; includes that part of the ...
- Vandal, Albert:
French writer, b. at Paris, 7 July, 1853; d. there, 30 Aug., 1910. His father was ...
- Vandals:
A Germanic people belonging to the
- Vane, Thomas:
The place and
- Vannes, Diocese of:
(VENETENSIS).
Comprises the Department of Morbihan, and was ...
- Vanni, Andrea:
Painter and statesman, b. at Siena, 1320; d. 1414. He entered politics after the ...
- Vanni, Francesco:
Painter, b. at Siena, 1565; d. there, 1609. Vanni was one of the better class of ...
- Varani, Blessed Baptista:
(Varano).
An ascetical writer, b. at Camerino, in the ...
- Vargas y Mexia, Francisco de:
Spanish diplomat and ecclesiastical writer, b. at Madrid, date unknown; d. At ...
- Vargas, Luis de:
Painter, b. at Seville, in 1502; d. there in 1568. He has two claims upon our ...
- Vasari, Giorgio:
Painter, architect, and writer, b. at Arezzo, 1511; d. at Florence, 1574. ...
- Vase, Altar:
Vase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar. The
- Vasquez, Gabriel:
Theologian, b. at Villaescusa de Haro, near Belmonte, Cuenca, 1549 or 1551; d. at ...
- Vatable, François:
(Or better WATEBLED, the name is also written GASTEBLED or OUATEBLE).
- Vatican as a Scientific Institution, The:
Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the ...
- Vatican Council:
The Vatican Council, the twentieth and up to now [1912] the last ecumenical ...
- Vatican Observatory:
The Vatican ...
- Vatican, The:
This subject
- Vaticanus, Codex:
(CODEX B), a Greek manuscript, the most important of all the
- Vaudreuil: Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil
Governor of Canada, born in ...
- Vaughan, Herbert:
Cardinal, and third
- Vaughan, Roger William:
(B EDE ).
Second
- Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas:
Born at Saint-André d'Hebertot, Normandy, 16 May, 1763; died 14 Nov., 1829. ...
- Vaux, Laurence:
(V OSE ).
- Vaux-de-Cernay:
A celebrated Cistercian
- Vavasour, Thomas:
English
- Vavasseur, François:
Humanist and controversialist, b. at Paray-le-Monial, 8 Dec., 1605; d. at ...
- Vaz, Blessed Joseph:
A Goanese priest,
- Vecchietta, Lorenzo di Pietro:
Painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and architect, b. at Castiglione di Val d'Orcia, ...
- Vedas:
The sacred books of ancient India. The Sanskrit word veda means "knowledge", ...
- Vega, Andreas de:
Theologian and Franciscan Observantine, b. at
- Veghe, Johannes:
German preacher and religious writer, b. at
- Vegio, Maffeo:
(MAPHEUS VEGIUS.)
Churchman, humanist, poet, and educator, ...
- Veglia, Diocese of:
(VEGIENSIS ET ARBENSIS).
In Austria, suffragan of ...
- Vehe, Michael:
Born at Bieberach near Wimpfen; died at Halle, April, 1559. He joined the
- Veil, Humeral:
This is the name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ...
- Veil, Religious:
In ancient
- Veit, Philipp:
Painter, b. at Berlin, 13 Feb., 1793; d. at Mainz, 18 Dec., 1877. Veit was a ...
- Veith, Johann Emanuel:
Preacher, b. of
- Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y:
Spanish painter, b. at
- Venezuela:
A republic formed out of the provinces which, under Spanish rule, constituted the ...
- Veni Creator Spiritus:
The "most famous of hymns " (Frere), is assigned in the Roman
- Veni Sancte Spiritus Et Emitte Coelitus:
The sequence for
- Veni Sancte Spiritus Reple:
A prose invocation of the Holy Ghost . The
- Venice:
Venice, the capital of a province in Northern Italy, is formed of a group of 117 ...
- Venosa:
(VENUSIN.)
Diocese in Southern Italy. The city is situated ...
- Ventimiglia:
(VENTIMILIENSIS)
Located in the Province of Porto Maurizio, ...
- Ventura di Raulica, Gioacchino:
Italian pulpit ...
- Venturino of Bergamo:
Preacher, b. at Bergamo, 9 April, 1304; d. at Smyrna, 28 March, 1346. He ...
- Venusti, Raffaele:
(VENOSTA.)
Born at Tirano, Valtellina, northern Italy, about ...
- Vera Cruz:
(VERAE CRUCIS or JALAPENSIS).
Diocese of the Mexican ...
- Verapoly, Archdiocese of:
(VERAPOLITANA.)
Located on the
- Verbiest, Ferdinand:
Missionary and astronomer, b. at Pitthem near Coutrai, Also spelled "Kortrijk" ...
- Verbum Supernum Prodiens:
The first line of two hymns celebrating respectively the Nativity of
- Vercelli:
(VERCELLENSIS).
Archdiocese in the Province of Novara, ...
- Vercellone, Carlo:
Biblical scholar, born at Biella,
- Verdaguer, Jacinto:
Poet, b. at Riudeperas, Province of Barcelona, Spain, 17 April, 1845; d. at ...
- Verdi, Giuseppe:
Composer, b. at Le Roncole, Parma, Italy, 10 October, 1813; d. at S. Agata, near ...
- Verdun, Diocese of:
(VIRODUNENSIS.)
Comprises the Department of the Meuse. ...
- Verecundus:
sentence -->
- Vergani, Paolo:
Italian political economist, b. in Piedmont, 1753; d. in Paris, about 1820. As a ...
- Vergerio, Pier Paolo, the Elder:
Humanist, statesman, and canonist, b. at Capodistria, 23 July, 1370; d. at ...
- Vergil, Polydore:
Born at Ubino about 1470; died there probably in 1555. Having studied at
- Vergilius of Salzburg, Saint:
Irish missionary and astronomer, of the eighth century. Vergilius (or Virgilius, ...
- Vering, Friedrich Heinrich:
A German canonist, b. at
- Vermont:
One of the New England states, extends from the line of Massachusetts, on the ...
- Verna, La:
An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated ...
- Vernazza, Tommasina:
Born at Genoa, 1497; died there, 1587. Her father, Ettore Vernazza, was a ...
- Verne, Jules:
Novelist, b. at Nantes, France, 1828; d. at Amiens, 1905. His first literary ...
- Vernier, Pierre:
Inventor of the instrument which bears his name, b. at Ornans, Franche-Comte, c. ...
- Veroli, Diocese of:
(VERULANA).
Located in the Province of Rome. The city of ...
- Verona:
(VERONENSIS.)
Diocese in Venetia (Northern
- Veronica Giuliani, Saint:
Born at Mercatello in the Duchy of Urbino, Italy, 1660; died at Citt` di ...
- Veronica, Saint:
In several regions of
- Verot, Augustin:
Third Bishop ...
- Verrazano, Giovanni da:
Navigator, b. about 1485, of
- Verreau, Hospice-Anthelme:
A French-Canadian priest, educator, and historian, b. at l'Islet, P.Q., 6 Sept., ...
- Verri, Count Pietro:
Economist, b. at Milan, Dec., 1728; d. there, 29 June, 1797. After studying at ...
- Verrocchio, Andrea del:
Born at Florence, 1435; d. at Venice, 1488. He was called Andrea di Michele di ...
- Versailles:
(VERSALIENSIS).
Diocese ; includes the Department of ...
- Versions of the Bible: Synopsis
GREEK : Septuagint; Aquila; Theodotion; Symmachus; other ...
- Versions of the Bible, Coptic: DIALECTS
The Coptic language is now recognized in four principal ...
- Verstegan, Richard:
( Alias ROWLANDS).
Publisher and antiquarian, born at ...
- Vertin, John:
Third Bishop ...
- Vertot, Réné-Aubert, Sieur de:
French historian, b. at Benetot, Normandy, 25 Nov., 1655; d. in Paris, 15 June, ...
- Veruela:
A celebrated Cistercian monastery and church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. ...
- Vesalius, Andreas:
(WESALIUS.)
The reorganizer of the study of
- Vespasian:
(TITUS FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS).
Roman Emperor, b. at Reate (now ...
- Vespasiano da Bisticci:
( Or FIORENTINO.)
Florentine humanist and librarian, b. ...
- Vespers:
This subject
- Vespers, Music of:
The texts (e.g. antiphons, psalms,
- Vespers, Sicilian:
The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at
- Vespucci, Amerigo:
A famous Italian navigator, born at Florence, 9 March, 1451; died at Seville, 22 ...
- Vessels, Altar:
The chalice ...
- Vestibule (in Architecture):
A hall projecting in front of the
- Vestments: IN WESTERN EUROPE
By liturgical
- Veszprém:
(VESPRIMIENSIS.)
Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Gran, one ...
- Veto, The Royal:
(In the appointment of
- Vetter, Conrad:
Preacher and polemical writer, b. at Engen in the present Grand Duchy of Baden, ...
- Veuillot, Louis:
Journalist and writer, b. at Boynes, Loiret, 11 Oct., 1813; d. in Paris, 7 April, ...
- Vexiö, Ancient See of:
(WEPIONENSIS.)
The Ancient See of Vexiö, in Sweden, ...
- Vexilla Regis Prodeunt:
This "world-famous hymn, one of the grandest in the treasury of the
- Vezzosi, Antonio Francesco:
Member of the Theatine Congregation and biographical writer, born at Arezzo, ...
- Via Crucis:
(Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are ...
- Via Dolorosa:
(Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are ...
- Viader, José:
Born at Gallimes, Catalonia, 27 August, 1765. He received the
- Vianney, Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie:
Curé of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died ...
- Viaticum: Name
Among the ancient Greeks the custom prevailed of giving a supper to ...
- Viator, Clerics of Saint:
St. Viator,
- Viborg, Ancient See of:
(VIBERGAE, VIBERGENSIS.)
The ancient See of Viborg, in ...
- Vicar:
( Latin vicarius , from
- Vicar Apostolic:
(1) In the early ages of the Church, the
- Vicar Capitular:
The
- Vicar of Christ:
(Latin Vicarius Christi ).
A title of the pope implying ...
- Vicar-General:
The highest official of a
- Vicari, Hermann von:
Archbishop of
- Vicariate Apostolic (Updated List):
The following is an account of the newly-erected vicariates Apostolic and of ...
- Vice:
( Latin vitium , any sort of defect) is here regarded as a
- Vicelinus, Saint:
Bishop of Oldenburg,
- Vicente, Gil:
Portuguese dramatist, b. about 1470; he was living in 1536. He took up the study ...
- Vicenza, Diocese of:
(VICENTINA).
The city is the capital of a province in Venetia ...
- Vich, Diocese of:
(Vicensis, Ausonensis).
Suffragan of Tarragona, bounded on ...
- Vico, Francescoe de:
Astronomer, b. at Macerata, States of the Church, 19 May, 1805; d. at London, ...
- Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani:
The first
- Victor:
Bishop of Tunnunum (Tonnenna, Tunnuna) in Northern
- Victor I, Pope Saint:
(189-198 or 199), date of birth unknown. The "Liber Pontificalis" makes him a ...
- Victor II, Pope:
(GEBHARD, COUNT OF CALW, TOLLENSTEIN, AND HIRSCHBERG.)
Born ...
- Victor III, Pope Blessed:
(DAUFERIUS or DAUFAR).
Born in 1026 or 1027 of a non-regnant ...
- Victor IV:
Two antipopes of this name.
I.
- Victor of Capua:
A sixth-century
- Victor Vitensis:
An African
- Victoria:
(VICTORIEN. IN INS. VANCOUVER.)
Diocese in southwestern ...
- Victoria Nyanza, Northern:
The Mission of
- Victoria Nyanza, Southern:
Vicariate apostolic erected from the mission of Nyanza, 13 June, 1894, lies north ...
- Victorinus, Caius Marius:
(Called also VICTORINUS MARIUS, or MARIUS FABIUS VICTORINUS, and frequently ...
- Victorinus, Saint:
An ecclesiastical writer who flourished about 270, and who suffered martyrdom ...
- Vida, Marco Girolamo:
Italian Humanist, b. at
- Vieira, Antonio:
Missionary, diplomat, orator, b. at Lisbon, 6 February, 1608; d. at Bahia, ...
- Viel, Nicholas:
Died 1625, the first victim of apostolic
- Vienna:
Vienna -- the ...
- Vienna, University of: Foundation of the ...
- Vienne, Council of:
Pope Clement V, by the Bull "Regnans in coelis" of 12 Aug., 1308, called a ...
- Vierthaler, Franz Michael:
A distinguished Austrian pedagogue, b. at Mauerkirchen, Upper Austria, 25 ...
- Vieta, François:
(VIÈTE.)
Father of modern algebra, b. at ...
- Viger, Denis-Benjamin:
French-Canadian statesman and writer, b. at Montreal, 19 Aug., 1774; d. 1861. ...
- Viger, Jacques:
French-Canadian antiquarian and archaeologist, b. at Montreal, 7 May, 1787; d. ...
- Vigevano:
(VIGLEVANENSIS.)
Diocese in Lombardy, Province of Pavia. The ...
- Vigilius:
Bishop of Tapsus, in the African Province of Byzacena. Mentioned in the "Notitia" ...
- Vigilius, Pope:
Reigned 537-55, date of birth unknown; died at Syracuse, 7 June 555. He ...
- Vigilius, Saint:
Bishop of Trent, martyr, patron of
- Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi da:
A theoretical and practical architect of the Transition Period between the ...
- Vigor, Simon:
French bishop ...
- Vikings:
The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ravaged the coasts ...
- Villalpandus, Juan Bautista:
Born at Cordova, Spain, in 1552; entered the
- Villani, Giovanni:
Florentine historian, b. about 1276; d. of the plague in 1348. Descended from a ...
- Villanovanus, Arnaldus:
(ARNALDUS OF VILLANUEVA, or VILLENEUVE, or BACHUONE).
...
- Villefranche, Jacques-Melchior:
Publicist, b. at Couzon-sur-Saone, 17 Dec., 1829; d. at Bourg, 10 May, 1904. After ...
- Villehardouin, Geoffroi de:
Maréchal de Champagne, warrior, and first historian in the French ...
- Villeneuve-Barcement, Jean-Paul-Alban:
Vicomte de, b. at Saint-Auban, Var, 8 Aug., 1784; d. at Paris, 8 June, 1850. ...
- Villermé, Louis-René:
French economist, b. at Paris, 10 March, 1782; d. there, 16 Nov., 1863. He was ...
- Villers, Cistercian Abbey of:
Situated on the confines of Villers and Tilly, Duchy of Brabant, present
- Vilna:
(VILENSIS).
Vilna, the capital of Lithuania, is situated at ...
- Vincent de Paul, Saint:
Born at Pouy, Gascony, France, in 1580, though some authorities have said 1576; ...
- Vincent de Paul, Sisters of Charity of Saint:
A congregation of women with simple vows, founded in 1633 and devoted to
- Vincent de Paul, Sisters of Charity of Saint (New York):
(Motherhouse at Mt. St. Vincent-on Hudson, New York; not to be confused with the ...
- Vincent de Paul, Society of Saint:
An international association of
- Vincent Ferrer, Saint:
Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, 1350; died at ...
- Vincent Kadlubek, Blessed:
(KADLUBO, KADLUBKO).
Bishop of Cracow, chronicler, b. at ...
- Vincent of Beauvais:
Priest and encyclopedist. Little is known of his personal history. The years of ...
- Vincent of Lérins, Saint:
Feast on 24 May, an ecclesiastical writer in Southern Gaul in the fifth century. ...
- Vincent, Saint:
(MALDEGARIUS).
Founder and
- Vincent, Saint:
Deacon of Saragossa, and
- Vincentians:
A congregation of secular priests with religious
- Vincenzo de Vit:
Latinist, b. at Mestrina, near Padua, 10 July, 1810; d. at Domo d'Ossola, 17 ...
- Vinci, Leonardo di Ser Piero da:
(LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI)
Florentine painter, ...
- Vindicianus, Saint:
Bishop of Cambrai - Arras, b. if tradition is to be believed, perhaps at ...
- Vineam Domini:
An Apostolic Constitution issued by Clement XI against the Jansenists on 16 ...
- Violence:
Violence ( ...
- Viotti, Giovanni Battista:
Founder of the modern school of violinist, b. at Fontanetto, Piedmont, 23 May, ...
- Viraggio, Jacopo di:
( Also DI VIRAGGIO).
Archbishop of
- Virgilius, Saint:
(VIRGILE).
Archbishop of Arles, died c. 610. According to a ...
- Virgin Birth of Christ:
The dogma ...
- Virgin Mary, Devotion to the: Down to the Council of Nicaea
Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ...
- Virgin Mary, Name of:
The Blessed Virgin
- Virgin Mary, The: The Blessed Virgin Mary ...
- Virginia:
Surnamed "The Old Dominion", "The Mother of States and of Statesmen", one of the ...
- Virginity:
Morally,
- Virtue:
The subject
- Virtue, Heroic:
The notion of heroicity is derived from hero, originally a warrior, a demigod; ...
- Vischer, Peter:
Sculptor and metal founder, b. at
- Visdelou, Claude de:
Born at the Château de Bienassis, Pléneuf, Brittany, 122 Aug., 1656; ...
- Visigoths:
One of the two principal branches of the Goths. Until 375 their history is ...
- Visions:
This article
- Visit ad Limina:
(Sc. Apostolorum )
The visit ad limina means, ...
- Visitation Convent, Georgetown:
Located in the District of Columbia , United States of
- Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: I. THE EVENT
Assuming that the Annunciation and the Incarnation took ...
- Visitation Order:
The nuns of ...
- Visitation, Canonical:
The act of an ecclesiastical
- Visitors Apostolic:
Officials whom canonists commonly class with papal legates. Visitors differ from ...
- Visits to the Blessed Sacrament:
By this devotional practice, which is of comparatively modern development, the ...
- Vitalian, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 657-72).
Date of birth unknown; d. 27 January, 672. ...
- Vitalini, Bonifazio:
(DE VITALINIS).
Jurist, b. at Mantua, Italy, about 1320; d. ...
- Vitalis and Agricola, Saints:
Martyred at
- Vitalis of Savigny, Saint:
Founder of the monastery and Congregation of Savigny (1112), b. at Tierceville ...
- Vitalis, Saint:
Martyr. His legend, which is of little historical value, relates that he was ...
- Vitelleschi, Muzio:
Born at Rome ...
- Vitellius, Lucius:
Proclaimed Roman Emperor by the soldiers at
- Vitensis, Victor:
An African
- Viterbo and Toscanella:
(VITERBIENSIS ET TUSCANENSIS).
The city of Viterbo in the ...
- Vitoria:
(VICTORIENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of Burgos, in Spain, ...
- Vittorino da Feltre:
(VITTORINO DE' RAMBALDONI).
Humanist educator, b. at Feltre, ...
- Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Saints:
According to the legend, martyrs under
- Viva, Domenico:
Writer, b. at Lecce, 19 Oct., 1648; d. 5 July, 1726. He entered the
- Vivarini:
A family of ...
- Vives, Juan Luis:
Spanish humanist and philosopher, b. at Valencia, 6 March, 1492; d. at Bruges, 6 ...
- Viviers:
(VIVARIUM).
Diocese ; includes the Department of ...
- Vivisection:
Defined literally the word
- Vizagapatam, Diocese of:
Located in the east of India, suffragan to Madras. It is bounded on the north ...
- Vizeu:
(VISENSIS).
Diocese in north central Portugal. The bishopric ...
- Vladimir the Great, Saint:
(VLADIMIR or VOLODOMIR).
Grand Duke of Kieff and All Russia, ...
- Vocation, Ecclesiastical and Religious:
An ecclesiastical or religious vocation is the special gift of those who, in the ...
- Vogüé, Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte de:
Critic, novelist, and historian, born at Nice, 25 February, 1848; died in Paris, ...
- Vogler, George Joseph:
Theorist, composer and organist, b. at Würzburg, 15 June 1749, d. at ...
- Volk, Wilhelm:
(Pseudonym, LUDWIG CLARUS).
Born at Halberstadt 25 Jan., ...
- Volksverein:
(PEOPLE'S UNION) FOR CATHOLIC GERMANY.
A large and important ...
- Volta, Alessandro:
Physicist, b. at Como, 18 Feb., 1745; d. there, 5 March, 1827. As his
- Volterra:
(VOLTARRANENSIS).
Diocese in Tuscany. The city stands on a ...
- Volterra, Daniele da:
(RICCIARELLI).
Italian painter, b. at Volterra, 1509; d. in ...
- Voluntarism:
Voluntarism ( ...
- Voluntary:
Wilful, proceeding from the will. It is requisite that the thing be an effect of ...
- Voluntary Association, Right of: I. LEGAL RIGHT
A
- Von Gagern, Max, Freiherr:
Born at Weilburg (in Nassau), Germany, 25 March, 1810; died at Vienna, 17 ...
- Vondel, Joost van Den:
Netherland poet and convert, b. at Cologne, 17 Nov., 1587, of
- Voragine, Jacopo de:
( Also DI VIRAGGIO).
Archbishop of
- Votive Mass:
( Missa votiva )
A
- Votive Offerings:
The general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to God, or a saint, ...
- Votive Offices:
A votive office is one not entered in the general calendar, but adopted with a ...
- Vows: I. GENERAL VIEW
A vow is defined as a promise made to God. The promise is ...
- Vrau, Philibert:
"The holy man ...
- Vrie, Theodoric:
Historian of the Council of
- Vulgate, Revision of:
In the spring of 1907 the public press announced that Pius X had determined to ...
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