Catholic Encyclopedia - W
- Wörndle, Von, Family: Philip von Wörndle
Of Adelsfried and Weierburg, major of a Tyrolese ...
- Würtemberg, Kingdom of:
In area the third and in population the fourth of the states of the German ...
- Würzburg Abbeys:
See also DIOCESE OF WÜRZBURG and UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG ABBEYS ; ...
- Würzburg, Diocese of:
(HERBIPOLENSIS).
See also UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG and ...
- Würzburg, University of:
See also DIOCESE OF WÜRZBURG and WÜRZBURG ABBEYS ;
- Waagen, Wilhelm Heinrich:
Geologist, and palæontologist, born at Munich, 23 June, 1841; died at ...
- Wace, Robert:
Poet, born at Jersey, about 1100; died at Bayeux, 1174. His maternal grandfather, ...
- Wachter, Eberhard:
Painter, born at Stuttgart, 29 February, 1762; died at Stuttgart, 14 August, 1852. ...
- Wadding, Luke:
Historian and theologian, born at Waterford, Ireland, 16 October, 1588; died at ...
- Wadding, Michael:
(GODINEZ).
Mystical theologian, born at Waterford, ...
- Waire, Venerable:
English friar ...
- Waitzen, Diocese of:
(VÄCZ or VACIENSIS).
Located in
- Wakash Indians:
A linguistic
- Walafrid:
(Walahfrid; surnamed Strabo -- "the Squinter").
German poet ...
- Walburga, Saint:
(WALTPURDE, WALPURGIS; at Perche GAUBURGE; in other parts of
- Waldeck, Principality of:
(Or WALDECK-PYRMONT).
A former state of the German Empire , ...
- Waldenses:
An heretical sect which appeared in the second half of the twelfth century and, ...
- Waldsassen, Abbey of:
("Settlement in the woods").
Located on the River Wondreb, ...
- Waldseemüller, Martin:
(Graecized ILACOMILUS).
Learned Humanist and celebrated ...
- Walenburch, Adrian and Peter von:
Auxiliary
- Wales:
Wales is that ...
- Walkenried:
Formerly one of the most celebrated Cistercian abbeys of Germany, situated in ...
- Wall, Venerable John:
Martyr, born in Lancashire, 1620; suffered near Worcester, 22 August, 1679; known ...
- Walla-Walla Indians:
A Shahaptian tribe dwelling on the Walla-Walla (i.e. rushing water) River and the ...
- Wallenstein, Albrecht von:
(WALDSTEIN).
Born at Hermanic, Bohemia, 24 September, 1583; ...
- Wallon Henri-Alexandre:
Historian and statesman, born at Valenciennes (Nord), in 1812); died at Paris, in ...
- Walmesley, Charles:
Bishop of Rama,
- Walpole, Ven. Henry:
English Jesuit martyr, born at Docking, Norfolk, 1558; martyred at York, 7 April, ...
- Walsh, Edward:
Irish poet, born at
- Walsh, Patrick:
Journalist, United States senator; born at Ballingary, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 1 ...
- Walsh, Peter:
Irish Franciscan, born at Mooretown, County Kildare, about 1608; died in London, ...
- Walsh, Robert:
Publicist, diplomat, born at Baltimore, MD., 1785; died at Paris, 7 Feb., 1859. ...
- Walsh, Thomas:
Born in London, October, 1777; d. there, 18 February, 1849. His father, an Irish ...
- Walsh, William:
Bishop of Meath,
- Walsingham Priory:
Walsingham
- Walsingham, Thomas:
Benedictine historian, died about 1422. He is supposed to have been a native of ...
- Walter of Châtillon:
(GAUTIER DE LILLE, GUALTERUS DE INSULIS; also GAUTIER DE CHATILLON, GAULTERUS DE ...
- Walter of Merton:
Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford, b. probably at Merton ...
- Walter of Mortagne:
A twelfth-century Scholastic philosopher, and theologian, b. at Mortagne in
- Walter of St-Victor:
Mystic philosopher and theologian of the twelth century. Nothing is known ...
- Walter of Winterburn:
An English Dominican, cardinal, orator, poet, philosopher, theologian, b. in ...
- Walter, Ferdinand:
Jurist, born at Wetzlar, 30 November, 1794; died at Bonn, 13 December, 1879. After ...
- Waltham Abbey:
The Abbey of ...
- Walther von der Vogelweide:
Minnesinger and old poet, born about 1170; died in 1228. Only one old document ...
- Walton, Brian:
Biblical scholar, editor of Walton's Polyglot Bible, born at Seymour, or Seamer, ...
- Wandelbert:
Benedictine monk ...
- Wangnereck, Heinrich:
(WAGNERECK).
Theologian, preacher, author, born at Munich ...
- War:
War, in its juridical sense, is a contention carried on by force of arms between ...
- Ward, Hugh:
( Irish, ÆDH BUIDH MAC-AN-BHAIRD).
Hagiographer, born ...
- Ward, James Harman:
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, 1806; killed in attack on Matthias Point, ...
- Ward, Margaret, Saint:
Martyr, born at Congleton, Cheshire; executed at Tyburn, London, 30 Aug., 1588. ...
- Ward, Mary:
Foundress, born 23 January, 1585; died 23 January, 1645; eldest daughter of ...
- Ward, Thomas:
Born at Danby Castle near Guisborough, Yorkshire, 13 April, 1652; d. at ...
- Ward, Ven. William:
(Real name WEBSTER).
Born at Thornby in Westmoreland, about ...
- Ward, William George:
An English writer and convert, eldest son of William Ward, Esq., born in ...
- Warde, Mary Francis Xavier:
Born at Belbrook House, Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland, 1810; died at ...
- Warham, William:
Archbishop of Canterbury, born at Church Oakley, Hampshire, about 1450; died at ...
- Warsaw, Archdiocese of:
(VARSAVIENSIS).
Warsaw (Polish, Warszawa ), on the western ...
- Wartenberg, Franz Wilhelm, Count von:
Bishop of
- Washing of Feet and Hands:
Owing to the general use of sandals in Eastern countries the washing of the feet ...
- Washington, D.C.:
(DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA)
Washington, the capital of the United ...
- Washington, State of:
One of the Pacific coast states, popularly known as the "Evergreen State", the ...
- Water, Holy:
The use of holy water in the earliest days of the
- Water, Holy, Fonts:
Vessels intended for the use of holy water are of very ancient origin, and ...
- Water, Liturgical Use of:
Besides the holy ...
- Waterford and Lismore:
(Waterfordiensis et Lismorensis), suffragan of Cashel. This
- Waterson, Ven. Edward:
Born at London ; martyred at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 7 January 1594 (1593 old ...
- Waterton, Charles:
Naturalist and explorer, born in Walton Hall near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, ...
- Waterworth, James:
Born at St. Helen's, Lancashire, 1806; d. at Old Hall, Newark, 28 March, 1876. ...
- Watteau, Jean Antoine:
French painter, and founder and leader of the school usually known as that of the ...
- Waverley, Cistercian Abbey of:
Situated in Surrey, near Farnham, founded by William Gifford,
- Way of the Cross:
(Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are ...
- Way or State:
The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers. ...
- Way, Ven. William:
( Alias MAY, alias FLOWER).
English
- Wealth, Use of:
The term "wealth" is not used here in the technical sense in which it occurs in ...
- Wearmouth Abbey:
Located on the river Wear, in Durham, England ; a Benedictine monastery ...
- Weathers, William:
Titular Bishop ...
- Webb, Benjamin Joseph:
Editor, historian, born at Bardstown, Kentucky, 25 February, 1814; died at ...
- Webbe, Samuel:
English composer, born in England in 1742; died in London, 29 May, 1816. He ...
- Weber, Beda:
Benedictine professor, author, and member of the National German Parliament, born ...
- Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm:
Physician, member of the Prussian House of Deputies, and poet, born at Alhausen, ...
- Weber, Heinrich:
German Church historian, born at Euerdorf in the
- Weber, Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von:
Composer, born at Eutin, Lower Saxony, 18 December, 1786; died in London, 5 June, ...
- Weedall, Henry:
Born in London, 6 September, 1788; died at Oscott, 7 November, 1859. Both his
- Week, Liturgical:
The week as a measure of
- Wegg-Prosser, Francis Richard:
Only son of Rev. Prebendary Francis Haggit,
- Weingarten:
(MONASTERIUM VINEARUM, AD VINEAS, or WEINGARTENSE).
A ...
- Weis, Nicolaus von:
Bishop of Speyer, born at Rimlingen, Lorraine, 8 March, 1796; died at Speyer, 13 ...
- Weislinger, Johann Nikolaus:
Polemical writer, born at Puttlingen in German Lorraine, 1691; died at ...
- Weiss, Johann Baptist:
Born at Ettenheim, Baden, 17 July, 1820; died at Graz, 8 March, 1899. After ...
- Weissenau, Monastery of:
(Originally OWE_AUGIA, then MINDERLAU-AUGIA MINOR, and finally WEISSEN AU-AUGIA ...
- Weitenauer, Ignatius von:
Litterateur, exegete, and Orientalist, born at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, 1 November, ...
- Welbourne, Ven. Thomas:
Martyred at York, 1 August, 1605. Nothing is known about about this
- Weld:
The name of an ancient English
- Weld, Frederick Aloysius:
Youngest son of Humphrey Weld, born at Chidcock Manor, Dorset, 1823; died there, ...
- Welle, Prefecture Apostolic of:
Located in the extreme north of Belgian Congo, Africa, separated by a
- Wellington, Archdiocese of:
(WELLINGTONIENSIS).
Located in New Zealand, originally ...
- Wells in Scripture:
It is difficult for inhabitants of a more humid climate to realize the importance ...
- Wells, Ven. Smithin:
English martyr, born at Brambridge, Hampshire, about 1536; hanged at Gray's Inn ...
- Welser, Bartholomeus:
German merchant prince, born at Augsburg, 1488; died at Amberg, near Turkheim, ...
- Welsh Church:
In giving separate consideration to the Church of Wales, we follow a practice ...
- Welsh Monastic Foundations:
Few saints of the early British Church, as it existed before the Saxon invasion, ...
- Welte, Benedict:
Exegete, born at Ratzenried in Würtemberg, 25 November, 1825; died 27 May, ...
- Wenceslaus, Saint:
( Also Vaclav, Vaceslav.)
Duke, martyr, and patron of ...
- Wendelin of Trier, Saint:
Born about 554; died probably in 617. His earliest biographies, two in Latin and ...
- Weninger, Francis Xavier:
Jesuit missionary and author, born at Wildhaus, Styria, Austria, 31 October, ...
- Wenrich of Trier:
German ecclesiastico-polical writer of the eleventh century. He was a
- Werburgh, Saint:
(WEREBURGA, WEREBURG, VERBOURG).
Benedictine, patroness of ...
- Werden:
(WERTHINA, WEERDA, WERDENA).
A suppressed Benedictine ...
- Werner, Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias:
Convert, poet, and
- Wessel Goesport, John:
(GANSFORT).
A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at ...
- Wessenberg, Ignaz Heinrich von:
Vicar-General and
- Wessobrunn:
(WESSOGONTANTUM, AD FONTES WESSONIS).
A suppressed ...
- West Syrian Rite:
The rite used by the Jacobite sect in
- West Virginia:
A state of the American Union, bounded on the northeast by
- Westcott, Sebastian:
English organist, born about 1524, was a chorister, under Redford, at St. Paul's ...
- Westeraas, Ancient See of:
(AROSI, AROSIENSIS).
Located in Sweden. The
- Western Schism:
This schism ...
- Westminster Abbey:
This most famous of all English abbeys is situated within the precincts of the ...
- Westminster Cathedral:
As a national expression of religious
- Westminster, Archdiocese of:
(WESTMONASTERIENSIS).
Erected and made
- Westminster, Matthew of:
The name given to the supposed author of a well-known English chronicle, the ...
- Weston, William:
Jesuit missionary priest, born at Maidstone, 1550 (?); died at Valladolid, ...
- Westphalia:
A province of
- Wettingen-Mehrerau, Abbacy Nullius of:
A Cistercian
- Wetzer, Heinrich Joseph:
Learned Orientalist, born at Anzefahr in Hesse-Cassel, 19 March, 1801; died at
- Wharton, Ven. Christopher:
Born at Middleton, Yorkshire, before 1546; martyred at York, 28 March, 1600. He ...
- Wheeling, Diocese of:
(WHELINGENSIS).
Comprises the State of West
- Whipple, Amiel Weeks:
Military engineer and soldier, born at Greenwich, Massachusetts, 1818; died at ...
- Whitaker, Venerable Thomas:
Born at Burnley, Lancashire, 1614; martyred at Lancaster, 7 August, 1646. Son of ...
- Whitbread, Venerable Thomas:
( Alias HARCOURT).
Born in Essex, 1618; martyred at ...
- Whitby, Abbey of:
(Formerly called Streoneshalh). A Benedictine monastery in the North Riding of ...
- Whitby, Synod of:
The Christianizing of Britain begun by St. Augustine in A.D. 597 was carried on ...
- White Fathers:
(MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY OF AFRICA OF ALGERIA).
This ...
- White, Andrew:
Missionary, b. at London, 1579; d. at or near London, 27 Dec., 1656 (O.S.). He ...
- White, Charles Ignatius:
Editor, historian, born at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. 1 February, 1807; died ...
- White, Edward:
Grandfather of Stephen Mallory White , born in County Limerick, Ireland, in the ...
- White, Eustace, Venerable:
Martyr, born at Louth, Lincolnshire, in 1560; suffered at the London Tyburn, 10 ...
- White, Richard, Venerable:
( Vere GWYN).
Martyr, born at Llanilloes, Montgomeryshire, ...
- White, Robert:
English composer, b. about 1530; d. Nov., 1574; was educated by his father, and ...
- White, Stephen:
Antiquarian and polyhistor; b. at Clonmel, Ireland, in 1574; d. in Galway, 1646. ...
- White, Stephen Mallory:
American statesman; born at San Francisco , California, 19 January, 1853; died ...
- White, Thomas:
( Alias BLACKLOW, BLACLOE, ALBIUS, ANGLUS).
Born in Essex, ...
- Whithorn Priory:
Located in Wigtownshire, Scotland, founded about the middle of the twelfth ...
- Whiting, Blessed Richard:
Last Abbot of ...
- Whitsunday:
A feast of the universal Church which commemorates the Descent of the
- Whitty, Ellen:
In religion
- Whitty, Robert:
Born at Pouldarrig near Oylgate, 7 January, 1817; died 1 September, 1895. In 1830 ...
- Whitty, Rose:
Born at Dublin, Ireland, 24 November, 1831; died 4 May, 1911. Of her two sisters ...
- Wibald:
Abbot of Stavelot ( Stablo ), Malmedy, and Corvey, b. near Stavelot in
- Wichita Indians:
A confederacy of Caddoan stock, formerly dwelling between the
- Wichita, Diocese of:
(WICHITENSIS).
Erected in 1887, from the
- Wichmans, Francis:
In religion ...
- Widmer, Joseph:
Catholic theologian, born at Hohenraim, Lucerne, Switzerland, 15 Aug., 1779; died ...
- Widow:
I. Canonical prescriptions concerning widows in the
- Widukind:
Saxon leader, and one of the heads of the Westphalian nobility. He was the moving ...
- Widukind of Corvey:
Historian who lived in the tenth century in the Benedictine
- Wiener-Neustadt, Diocese of:
(NEOSTADTIENSIS).
A suppressed see in Lower Austria. Upon ...
- Wiest, Stephan:
Member of the Order of Cistercians, b. at Teisbach in Lower Bavaria, 7 March, ...
- Wigand, Saints:
( Also rendered VENANTIUS).
Three saints of this name are ...
- Wigbert, Saint:
Companion of St. Boniface, born in England about 675; died at
- Wigbod:
(WICBODUS, WIGBOLD, WIGBALD).
Theological writer of the ...
- Wigley, George J.:
Died in Rome, 20 January, 1866. By profession he was an architect, but ...
- Wilberforce, Henry William:
Born at Clapham, 22 September, 1807; died at Stroud, Gloucestershire, 23 April, ...
- Wilberforce, Robert Isaac:
Born at Clapham, 19 December, 1802; died at Albano, near Rome, 3 Feb. 1857. He ...
- Wilcannia, Diocese of:
(WILCANIENSIS).
Located in New South Wales, one of the six ...
- Wilcox, Robert, Venerable:
English martyr, born at Chester, 1558; suffered at Canterbury, 1 October, 1588. He ...
- Wild, Johann:
Scriptural commentator and preacher, better known by his Latin name FERUS, b. in ...
- Wilfrid, Saint:
Bishop of York, son of a Northumbrian thegn, born in 634; died at Oundle in ...
- Wilgefortis:
A fabulous female saint known also as UNCUMBER, KUMMERNIS, KOMINA, COMERA, ...
- Wilhelm of Herle:
Painter, born at Herle in Dutch
- Wilhelm V:
Son of Duke Albrecht V. Born at Munich, 29 September, 1548; died at Schlessheim, ...
- Wilhering, Cistercian Abbey of:
(HILARIA).
Situated on the
- Will:
(Latin voluntas, Greek boúlesis, "willing" German Wille, French ...
- Will and Testament of Clerics:
Roman law ...
- Will, Free:
RELATION OF THE QUESTION TO DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY ...
- Willaert, Adrian:
Composer and founder of the Venetian school, b. at Bruges, or, according to other ...
- Willehad, Saint:
Bishop at ...
- Willems, Pierre:
Philologist, born at Maastricht, 6 January, 1840; died at Louvain, 23 February, ...
- William:
Born in Brittany, died at Marmoutiers, 23 May, 1124. For a
- William:
Abbot of Saint-Bénigne at Dijon, celebrated Cluniac reformer, b. on the ...
- William Carter, Venerable:
English martyr, born in London, 1548; suffered for treason at Tyburn, 11 January, ...
- William Exmew, Blessed:
Carthusian monk ...
- William Filby, Blessed: Blessed William Filby
Born in Oxfordshire between 1557 and 1560; suffered ...
- William Hart, Blessed:
Born at Wells, 1558; suffered at York, 15 March, 1583. Elected Trappes Scholar at ...
- William Lacy, Blessed:
Born at "Hanton", Yorkshire (probably Houghton or Tosside, West Riding); suffered ...
- William of Auvergne:
Bishop of Paris, medieval philosopher and theologian. Born at Aurillac in ...
- William of Auxerre:
A thirteenth-century theologian and professor at the University of
- William of Champeaux:
A twelfth-century Scholastic, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Champeaux, near ...
- William of Conches:
A twelfth-century Scholastic philosopher and theologian, b. about the year 1100. ...
- William of Digulleville:
(DEGULLEVILLE).
A French poet of the fourteenth century. ...
- William of Ebelholt, Saint:
(Also called WILLIAM OF PARIS and WILLIAM OF THE PARACLETE.)
...
- William of Gellone, Saint:
Born 755; died 28 May, c. 812; was the second count of Toulouse, having attained ...
- William of Jumièges:
(Surnamed CALCULUS.)
Benedictine historian of the eleventh ...
- William of Maleval, Saint:
(or ST. WILLIAM THE GREAT).
Died 10 February, 1157;
- William of Malmesbury:
Born 30 November, about 1090; died about 1143. He was educated at Malmesbury, ...
- William of Moerbeke:
Scholar, Orientalist, philosopher, and one of the most distinguished men of ...
- William of Nangis:
(GUILHELMUS).
A medieval chronicler, who takes his name ...
- William of Newburgh:
Historian, b. at Bridlington, Yorkshire, 1136; d. at Newburgh, Yorkshire, 1198, ...
- William of Norwich, Saint:
Born 1132; died 22 March, 1144. On Holy Saturday, 25 March, 1144, a boy's corpse ...
- William of Ockham:
Fourteenth-century Scholastic philosopher and controversial writer, born at or ...
- William of Paris, Saint:
Abbot of Eskill in Denmark, born 1105; died 1202. He was born of a noble French ...
- William of Perth, Saint:
(Or ST. WILLIAM OF ROCHESTER).
Martyr, born at
- William of Poitiers:
Norman historian, born of a noted family, at Préaux near Pont Audemer, ...
- William of Ramsey:
Flourished about 1219. Nothing is known of his
- William of Sens:
A twelfth-century French architect, supposed to have been born at Sens. He is ...
- William of Shoreham:
( Or de Schorham.)
An English religious writer of the ...
- William of St-Amour:
A thirteenth century theologian and controversialist, born in
- William of St-Thierry:
Theologian and mystic, and so called from the monastery of which he was abbot, ...
- William of Turbeville:
(TURBE, TURBO, or DE TURBEVILLE).
Bishop of Norwich ...
- William of Tyre:
Archbishop of
- William of Vercelli:
(Or WILLIAM OF MONTE VERGINE.)
The founder of the
- William of Ware:
(William de Warre, Guard, Guaro, Varro or Varron.)
Born at ...
- William of Wayneflete:
Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England, b. towards the end of the ...
- William of Wykeham:
Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England and founder of Winchester
- William Perault:
(PERAULD, PERALDUS, PERALTUS).
Writer and preacher, b. at ...
- William the Clerk (of Normandy):
French poet of the thirteenth century. Nothing is known of his
- William the Conqueror:
King of England and Duke of Normandy.
William was the ...
- William the Walloon:
Date of birth unknown; d. (probably) 22 Dec., 1089. He became
- William, Blessed:
Abbot of Hirschau, monastic reformer, born in Bavaria ; died at Hirschau, 5 ...
- William, Saint:
(WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, also called WILLIAM OF THWAYT).
- William, Saint:
Bishop of St-Brieuc, born in the
- Williamites:
There were two
- Willibald and Winnebald, Saints:
(WUNIBALD, WYNNEBALD).
Members of the Order of St. Benedict, ...
- Willibrord, Saint:
Bishop of Utrecht,
- Willigis, Saint:
Archbishop of Mainz, d. 23 Feb., 1011. Feast, 23 February or 18 April. Though of ...
- Williram:
(WALTRAM, WILTRAM).
Scriptural scholar, b. in Franconia (near ...
- Wilmers, Wilhelm:
Professor of
- Wilmington, Diocese of:
(WILMINGTONIENSIS).
Erected 3 March, 1868. It includes what ...
- Wilton Abbey:
A Benedictine
- Wilton, Richard:
Died December 21, 1239. He was a medieval scholar of whom little is known except ...
- Wimborne Minster:
( Also WIMBURN or WINBURN).
Located in Dorsetshire, ...
- Wimmer, Boniface:
Archabbot, b. at Thalmassing, Bavaria, 14 January, 1809; d. at St. Vincent ...
- Wimpfeling, Jakob:
Humanist and theologian, b. at Schlettstadt, Alsace, 25 July 1450; d. there, 17 ...
- Wimpina, Konrad:
(WIMINAE, WIMINESIS).
Theologian, b. at Buchen in Baden, about ...
- Winchester, Ancient See of:
(WINTONIA, WINTONIENSIS).
This
- Winckelmann, Johann Joachim:
Archaeologist and historian of ancient art, born at Stendal near Magdeburg, in ...
- Windesheim:
An Augustinian monastery situated about four miles south of Zwolle on the Issel, ...
- Winding Sheet of Christ, Feast of the Holy:
In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of
- Windischmann, Friedrich Heinrich Hugo:
Orientalist and exegete, b. at Aschaffenburg, 13 December, 1811; d. at Munich, ...
- Windischmann, Karl Joseph Hieronymus:
Philosopher, b. at Mainz, 25 August, 1775; d. at Bonn, 23 April, 1839. He attended ...
- Window, Rose:
A circular window, with mullions and traceries generally radiating from the ...
- Windows in Church Architecture:
From the beginning
- Windsor:
A town of great antiquity, on the Thames, in Berkshire, England ; quaintly ...
- Windthorst, Ludwig:
Born near Osnabrück, 17 January, 1812; died 14 March, 1891. He came from a ...
- Wine, Altar:
Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the
- Winefride, Saint:
Born at Holywell, Wales, about 600; died at Gwytherin, Wales, 3 Nov., 660. Her ...
- Wingham, Thomas:
Born in London, 5 January, 1846; died there, 24 March, 1893. He studied music at ...
- Winnebago Indians:
A tribe of Siouan stock closely related in speech to the Iowa, Missouri, and ...
- Winnebald and Willibald, Saints:
(WUNIBALD, WYNNEBALD).
Members of the Order of St. Benedict, ...
- Winnoc, Saint:
Abbot or
- Winona, Diocese of:
(WINONENSIS).
Established in 1889, suffragan of St. Paul, ...
- Winslow, Jakob Benignus:
(WINSLOW).
Physician and anatomist, b. at Odense, Denmark, ...
- Winwallus, Saint:
Abbot of Landevennec; d. 3 March, probably at the beginning of the sixth century, ...
- Winzet, Ninian:
Benedictine abbot ...
- Wipo:
(WIPPO).
Apparently a native of Burgundy, lived in the ...
- Wireker, Nigel:
Satirist, lived about 1190. He describes himself as old in the "Speculum ...
- Wirt, Wigand:
Theologian, born at Frankfort about 1460; died at Steyer, 30 June, 1519. He ...
- Wisconsin:
Known as the "Badger State", admitted to the Union on 29 May, 1848, the ...
- Wisdom, Book of:
One of the deutero-canonical writings of the Old Testament, placed in the Vulgate ...
- Wisdom, Daughters of:
(LES FILLES DE LA SAGESSE).
Founded at
- Wise Men (Magi):
(Plural of Latin magus ; Greek magoi ).
The "wise men ...
- Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick:
Cardinal, first
- Witchcraft:
It is not easy to draw a clear distinction between magic and witchcraft. Both are ...
- Witness:
One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof. Witnesses are ...
- Witt, Francis Xavier:
Reformer of church music, founder of the St. CeciliaSociety for ...
- Wittenberg:
The city is in Prussian
- Wittman, George Michael:
Bishop-elect of Ratisbon, b. near Pleistein, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, 22 (23?) Jan., ...
- Wittman, Patrizius:
Catholic journalist, b. at Ellwanger, Würtemberg, 4 January, 1818; d. at ...
- Witzel, Georg:
(WICELIUS).
Theologian, b. at Vacha, Province of Hesse, ...
- Wladislaw, Diocese of:
(Polish WLOCLAWEK; Latin VLADISLAVIENSIS ET POMERANLAE).
...
- Wolff, George Dering:
Editor, b. at Martinsburg, West
- Wolfgang, Saint:
Bishop of
- Wolfram von Eschenbach:
Generally regarded as the greatest of Middle-High-German epic poets, date of ...
- Wolgemut, Michael:
Painter and engraver, b. at Nuremberg, 1434; d. there, 1519. He was the most ...
- Wolowski, Louis-François-Michel-Reymond:
Born at Warsaw, 31 Aug., 1810; d. at Gisors, Eure, 15 Aug., 1876. His father, a ...
- Wolsey, Thomas:
Cardinal,
- Wolstan, Saint:
Benedictine, and
- Woman: Of late years the position of
- Wood, Thomas:
Priest and confessor, b. about 1499; d. in Wisbech Castle before 1588. After being ...
- Wood-Carving:
In general, the production from wood of objects of trade or art by means of sharp ...
- Woodcock, Venerable John:
English Franciscan martyr, b. at Leyland, Lancashire, 1603; suffered at ...
- Woodhead, Abraham:
Born at Almonbury, Yorkshire, about March, 1609; died at Hoxton, Middlesex, 4 May, ...
- Woodhouse, Blessed Thomas:
Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573, being disembowelled alive. Ordained ...
- Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison:
Priest and scientist, b. at Southwark, London, 15 Nov., 1832; d. at Sydney, New ...
- Worcester, Ancient Diocese of:
(WIGORNIENSIS.)
Located in England, created in 680 when, at ...
- Words (in Canon Law):
To give the
- World, Antiquity of the:
Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world. Two groups of ...
- Wormwood:
( Hebrew la'anah .)
Wormwood, known for its repulsive ...
- Worship, Christian: NOTION AND CHARACTERISTICS
The word worship (Saxon weorthscipe , ...
- Worsley, Edward:
Born in Lancashire, England, 1605; died at Antwerp, 2 Sept., 1676. He is said ...
- Worthington, Thomas, D.D.:
Third President of
- Wounds, The Five Sacred: Devotion
The revival of religious
- Wouters, G. Henry:
Historian, b. at Oostham, Belgian Limburg, 3 May, 1802; d. 5 January, 1872. In 1829 ...
- Wright, Venerable Peter:
Martyr, b. at Slipton, Northamptonshire, 1603; suffered at Tyburn, 19 May, 1651. ...
- Wright, William:
Born at York, 1562; died 18 Jan., 1639. Though he came late (23) to his studies, ...
- Wulfen, Franz Xaver Freiherr von:
Botanist, b. at Belgrade, 5 November, 1728; d. at Klagenfurt, 17 March, 1805. He ...
- Wulfram, Saint:
(VULFRAMNUS.)
Bishop of Sens, missionary in Frisi, born at ...
- Wyart, Théophile-Louis-Henri:
(In religion ...
- Wyche, Saint Richard de:
Bishop and confessor, b. about 1197 at Droitwich, Worcestershire, from which his ...
- Wyclif, John:
(WYCLIFFE, or WICLIF, etc.).
Writer and "reformer", b. ...
- Wyntoun, Andrew of:
Scottish chronicler, born (as we know from the internal evidence of his ...
- Wyoming:
Wyoming, the forty-fourth state admitted to the American Union, derives its name ...
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