Catholic Encyclopedia - Pope
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- Stephen (VII) VIII, Pope:
(929-31)
Date of birth unknown; died in February or March, ...
- Theodore II, Pope:
Son of Photius. His pontificate lasted only twenty days; neither the date of his ...
- Lando, Pope:
(913-14).
A native of the Sabina, and the son of Taino, ...
- Romanus, Pope:
Of this pope very little is known with certainty, not even the date of his ...
- Agatho, Pope Saint:
Born towards the end of the sixth century in
- Adrian III, Pope Saint:
Pope St. Adrian ...
- John XIV, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. 984. After the death of Benedict VII,
- Ausculta Fili:
A letter addressed 5 December 1301, by Pope
- Adeodatus I, Pope Saint:
(Adeodatus I).
Date of birth unknown; consecrated pope, 19 ...
- Anastasius I, Pope Saint:
A pontiff who is remembered chiefly for his condemnation of Origenism. A Roman by ...
- Anicetus, Pope Saint:
The Roman Pontiff who succeeded Pius towards the year 157, and reigned till ...
- Leo VI, Pope:
The exact dates of the
- Stephen (VIII) IX, Pope:
(939-942)
Date of birth unknown; he became pope about 14 ...
- Benedict V, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died 4 July, 965.
- Leo V, Pope:
Very little is known of him. We have no certainty either as to when he was ...
- Andria, Diocese:
Comprises three towns in the Province of
- Papacy, The:
This term is employed in an ecclesiastical and in an historical signification. In ...
- Urbi et Orbi:
The term Urbi et ...
- Gregory VI:
On the death of
- John XI, Pope:
Date of birth unknown, became pope in 931; d. 936. He was the son of Marozia by ...
- Assistant at the Pontifical Throne:
(ASSISTENS THRONO PONTIFICIO.)
Bishops-assistant at the ...
- Benedict X:
The bearer of this name was an
- Dioscorus:
Antipope, b. at Alexandria, date unknown; d. 14 October, 530. Originally a ...
- Hyginus, Pope Saint:
Reigned about 138-142; succeeded Pope Telesphorus, who, according to Eusebius ...
- Sergius I, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 687-701), date of birth unknown; consecrated probably on 15 Dec., 687; ...
- Wenrich of Trier:
German ecclesiastico-polical writer of the eleventh century. He was a
- Ansegisus:
Archbishop of
- Leo VIII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. between 20 February and 13 April, 965. When the Emperor ...
- Boniface III, Pope:
Pope Boniface III, of Roman extraction and the son of
- Leo VII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. 13 July, 939. A Roman and
- Fanon:
A shoulder-cape worn by the pope alone, consisting of two pieces of white silk ...
- Telesphorus, Pope Saint:
(Lived about 125-136.)
- Tarsicius, Saint:
Martyr. The only positive information concerning this Roman
- Assessor of the Holy Office:
An official of the Congregation of the Inquisition. The Holy Office is better ...
- Vicar of Christ:
(Latin Vicarius Christi ).
A title of the pope implying ...
- John III, Pope:
(561-574).
A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574. He ...
- Marcus, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., 336. After the death ...
- Ascoli-Piceno:
Diocese comprising sixteen towns in the Province of Ascoli-Piceno, two in that of ...
- Arnulf of Lisieux:
(Lexoviensis or Luxoviensis).
In
- Motu Proprio:
The name given to certain papal rescripts on account of the clause
- Eutychianus, Saint, Pope:
He succeeded Pope Felix I a few days after the latter's death, and governed the ...
- Amelia:
The Diocese of ...
- Benedict IV, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died in the summer of 903.
The
- Audiences, Pontifical:
Pontifical Audiences are the receptions given by the pope to cardinals, ...
- John IX, Pope:
(898-900).
Not only is the date of John's birth unknown, ...
- Primacy:
(Latin primatus, primus , first).
The supreme episcopal ...
- Cordell, Charles:
English missionary priest, b. 5 October, 1720; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 ...
- Auditor:
The designation of certain officials of the Roman Curia, whose
- John IV, Pope:
(640-642).
A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the ...
- Sedia Gestatoria:
The Italian name of the portable papal
- Dionysius, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 26 or 27 December, 268. During the pontificate of Pope ...
- Most Precious Blood, Feast of the:
For many dioceses there are two days to which the Office of the
- Christopher, Pope:
(Reigned 903-904). Some hold that Christopher, once Cardinal-Priest of the Title ...
- Eugene I, Saint, Pope:
Eugene I was elected 10 Aug., 654, and died at Rome, 2 June, 657. Because he would ...
- Theodore I, Pope:
Pope from 642 to 649; the date of his birth is unknown. He was a Greek of
- Milic, Jan:
A pre-Hussite reform preacher and religious enthusiast, born at Kremsier in ...
- William, Saint:
(WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, also called WILLIAM OF THWAYT).
- Bova:
DIOCESE OF BOVA.
Situated in the civil province of Reggio, in ...
- Stephen (III) IV, Pope:
Born about 720; died 1 or 3 August, 772. Paul I was not dead when trouble began ...
- Severinus, Pope:
The date of his birth is not known. He was consecrated seemingly on 28 May, ...
- Athenry:
A small inland town in the county Galway, Ireland, anciently called Athnere, from ...
- Easton, Adam:
Cardinal, born at Easton in Norfolk; died at Rome, 15 September (according to ...
- Caius and Soter, Saints:
They have their feast together on 22 April, on which day they appear in most of ...
- Donus, Pope:
(Or D OMNUS ).
Son of a Roman called Mauricius; he was ...
- Fisherman, The Ring of the:
The earliest mention of the Fisherman's ring worn by the
- Conrad of Urach:
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina ; born about 1180; d. 1227. At an ...
- Sabinianus, Pope:
The date of his birth is unknown, but he was consecrated pope probably 13 ...
- Felix IV (III), Pope Saint:
(Reigned 526-530).
On 18 May, 526, Pope
- Anastasius III, Pope:
The one hundred and twenty-third occupant of the Holy See, elected September, ...
- Avignon, University of:
The University of
- John V, Pope:
(685-686).
A Syrian whose father was one Cyriacus; when he ...
- Marinus I, Pope:
(882-884)
There is
- Conon, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d., after a long illness, 21 September, 687. The son, ...
- Speed, Blessed John:
[ alias Spence]
English martyr, executed at Durham, 4 Feb., ...
- John of Segovia:
A Spanish theologian, b. at
- Allocution:
Allocution is a ...
- Aurispa, Giovanni:
A famous ltalian humanist and collector of Greek manuscripts, born about 1369 ...
- Crutched Friars:
(Or Crossed Friars).
An order of
- Stephen (VI) VII, Pope:
(896-7)
Date of birth unknown; died about August, 897. ...
- Gavantus, Bartolommeo:
(GAVANTO)
Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order ; b. ...
- Damasus II, Pope:
(Previously called POPPO)
A native of Bavaria and the ...
- Acciajuoli:
Name of three cardinals belonging to an illustrious Florentine
- Bonizo of Sutri:
(Or BONITHO).
Bishop of Sutri in Central Italy, in the ...
- Auctorem Fidei:
A Bull issued by Pius VI, 28 August, 1794, in condemnation of the Gallican and ...
- Eulogius of Alexandria, Saint:
Patriarch of that see from 580 to 607. He was a successful combatant of the ...
- In Petto:
An Italian translation of the Latin in pectore , "in the breast", i.e. in the ...
- Verecundus:
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- Leo II, Pope Saint:
Pope (682-83), date of birth unknown; d. 28 June, 683. He was a Sicilian, and ...
- Visitors Apostolic:
Officials whom canonists commonly class with papal legates. Visitors differ from ...
- Valdés, Alfonso de:
Spanish Humanist and chancellor of the Emperor Charles V, born at
- Maestro di Camera del Papa:
In former times there were four so-called palace prelates ( prelati
- Stephen (IV) V, Pope:
(816-17)
Date of birth unknown; died 24 Jan., 817. Stephen, ...
- Ciboule, Robert:
Theologian and moralist, born in the Department of Eure, France, at the close of ...
- Preconization:
(Latin præconizare , to publish, from præco , herald, public ...
- Reserved Cases:
A term used for sins whose
- Günther of Cologne:
(also GUNTHAR)
An
- Pius I, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; pope from about 140 to about 154. According to the ...
- Bacchylus:
Bishop of Corinth, whom Eusebius mentions among the prominent second-century ...
- Martin IV, Pope:
(Simon de Brie).
Born at the castle of Montpensier in the old ...
- John XIII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; enthroned on 1 Oct., 965; d. 6 Sept., 972. After the death ...
- Apostolic Majesty:
A title given to the
- John XIX (XX), Pope:
Enthroned in 1024; d. 1032. After the death of the last patricius of the House of ...
- Valentine, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died about October, 827. Valentine was by birth was Roman, ...
- Pavillon, Nicolas:
Bishop of Alet, b. at
- Erskine, Charles:
Cardinal, b. at Rome, 13 Feb., 1739; d. at Paris, 20 March, 1811. He was the son ...
- Epiphanius of Constantinople:
Died 535.
- Plantaganet, Henry Beaufort:
Cardinal,
- Sixtus I, Pope Saint:
Pope St. Sixtus ...
- Innocent VII, Pope:
(Cosimo de' Migliorati)
Born of humble
- Roger, Bishop of Worcester:
Died at Tours, 9 August, 1179. A younger son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, he ...
- Stephen (II) III, Pope:
Unanimously elected in
- Bogotá:
ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FÉ DE BOGOTÁ (BOGOTENSIS)
...
- Silvia, Saint:
(Also spelled "Sylvia").
Mother of Pope St. Gregory the ...
- Mennas:
Patriarch of
- Sylvester I, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. According to the "Liber pontificalis" ...
- Carneiro, Melchior:
(Carnero).
Missionary
- Bainbridge, Christopher:
Archbishop of York, and Cardinal, b. at Hilton, near Appleby, in Westmoreland, ...
- Celestine III, Pope:
(GIACINTO BOBONE)
The first of the Roman
- Canossa:
A former castle of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, in the foothills of the ...
- Boniface IV, Pope Saint:
Son of John, a physician, a Marsian from the province and town of Valeria; he ...
- Ascelin:
Ambassador of
- Praxeas:
An early anti- Montanist, is known to us only by Tertullian's book "Adversus ...
- Commissary Apostolic:
( Latin Commissarius Apostolicus )
A commissary is one ...
- Adrian of Canterbury, Saint:
An African by birth, died 710. He became
- Alexander VIII, Pope:
Pietro Ottoboni, born at Venice, April, 1610; elected 5 October, 1689; died at ...
- Dalberg, Adolphus von:
Prince-Abbot of
- Minsk:
(MINCENSIS)
A suffragan of Mohileff, in Western Russia. ...
- Adalbert I:
(Or ALBERT).
Archbishop of
- Fano:
(FANENSIS.)
Fano, the ancient Fanum Fortunæ, a city of ...
- Felix I, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 274. Early in 269 he succeeded Saint Dionysius as head ...
- Frankfort, Council of:
Convened in the summer of 794, by the
- Cletus, Pope Saint:
This name is only another
- Miltiades, Pope Saint:
The year of his birth is not known; he was elected pope in either 310 or 311; ...
- Cervia:
DIOCESE OF CERVIA (CERVIENSIS)
Suffragan of Ravenna.
- Tarkin, Saint:
(Talarican.)
Bishop of Sodor (including the western islands ...
- Eusebius, Saint, Pope:
Successor of Marcellus, 309 or 310. His reign was short. The Liberian Catalogue ...
- Marcellina, Saint:
The only sister of
- Durandus, William, the Younger:
Died 1328, canonist, nephew of the famous ritualist and canonist of the same name ...
- Alexander I, Pope Saint:
St. Irenaeus of Lyons, writing in the latter quarter of the second century, reckons ...
- Silverius, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 536-37).
Dates of birth and death unknown. He was ...
- Hilary of Arles, Saint:
Archbishop, b. about 401; d. 5 May, 449. The exact place of his birth is not known. ...
- Nocera:
DIOCESE OF NOCERA (NUCERINENSIS)
Diocese in Perugia, Umbria, ...
- Fabian, Pope Saint:
(FABIANUS)
Pope (236-250), the extraordinary circumstances of ...
- Andechs:
A Benedictine monastery and famous place of pilgrimage on a hill about two ...
- Provision, Canonical:
Canonical Provision is a term signifying regular
- John XV (XVI), Pope:
Enthroned 985; d. April, 996. After
- Dowdall, George:
Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, in 1487; d. at ...
- Sixtus III, Pope Saint:
(XYSTUS).
Consecrated 31 July, 432; d. 440. Previous to his ...
- Pontian, Pope Saint:
Dates of birth and death unknown. The "Liber Pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, 145) ...
- Agapetus II, Pope:
A Roman by birth, elected to the papacy 10 May, 946; he reigned, not ...
- Benedict II, Saint, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died 8 May, 685; was a Roman, and the son of John. Sent ...
- Bruno, Saint:
Bishop of Segni, in Italy, born at Solero, Piedmont, about 1048; died 1123. He ...
- Constantinople, Third Ecumenical Council of:
(SIXTH GENERAL COUNCIL.)
The Sixth General Council was ...
- Celestine IV, Pope:
(GOFREDO CASTIGLIONI.)
A native of Milan, nephew of Urban ...
- Leonard of Chios:
Born at an uncertain date on the Island of Chios, then under Genoese ...
- Clenock, Maurice:
(Or Clynog.)
Date of birth unknown; died about 1580. He was ...
- Advocates of St. Peter:
A body of jurists constituting a
- Benedict IX, Pope:
The nephew of his two immediate predecessors,
- Domnus Apostolicus:
(DOMINUS APOSTOLICUS)
A title applied to the pope, which ...
- Virgilius, Saint:
(VIRGILE).
Archbishop of Arles, died c. 610. According to a ...
- Albero de Montreuil:
Archbishop of Trier, b. near Toul, in Lorraine, about 1080; d. at Coblenz, 18 ...
- Anastasius II, Pope:
A native of Rome, elected 24 Nov., 496; d. 16 Nov., 498. His congratulatory ...
- Eugene II, Pope:
Elected 6 June, 824; died 27 Aug., 827. On the death of Pascal I (Feb.-May, 824) ...
- Bassianus:
Bishop of
- Anastasius Bibliothecarius:
Librarian of the Roman Church, b. about 810; d. 879. He was a nephew of
- Gerard, Archbishop of York:
Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108. He was a nephew of ...
- John II, Pope:
(533-535).
The date of the birth of this pope is not ...
- Chrodegang, Saint:
(Called also CHRODEGAND, GODEGRAND, GUNDIGRAN, RATGANG, RODIGANG and SIRIGANG). ...
- Aldrovandi, Ulissi:
Italian naturalist, b. at Bologna, 11 Sept., 1522; d. there 10 Nov., 1607. He was ...
- Vitalian, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 657-72).
Date of birth unknown; d. 27 January, 672. ...
- John VI, Pope:
(701-705).
A Greek, the date of whose birth is unknown; d. ...
- Clement III, Pope:
(Paolo Scolari).
Date of birth unknown; elected 19 December, ...
- Provisors, Statute of:
The English statute usually so designated is the 25th of Edward III, St. 4 ...
- Jouffroy, Jean de:
French prelate ...
- Felix of Valois, Saint:
Born in 1127; d. at Cerfroi, 4 November, 1212. He is commemorated 20 November. He ...
- Decree:
( Latin decretum , from decerno , I judge).
In a general ...
- Ember Days:
Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora , four times) are the days at ...
- Redeemer, Feast of the Most Holy:
The feast is found only in the special calendar of some dioceses and ...
- Bibiana, Saint:
The earliest mention in an
- Gerdil, Hyacinthe Sigismond:
Cardinal and theologian ; b. at Samoëns in Savoy, 20 June, 1718; d. at ...
- Enthronization:
(From Greek ’enthronízein , to place on a throne).
- Lawrence, Saint:
Martyr ; died 10 August, 258.
St. Lawrence, one of the
- Hincmar:
Bishop of Laon; died 879. In the beginning of 858 the younger Hincmar, a nephew on ...
- James of Brescia:
Theologian of the fifteenth century. He entered the Dominican Order at Brescia, ...
- Biondo, Flavio:
A distinguished Italian
- Conrad of Ascoli, Blessed: Friar Minor and missionary, b. ...
- Stephen (IX) X, Pope:
Born probably about the beginning of the eleventh century; died at Florence, 29 ...
- John X, Pope:
Born at Tossignano, Romagna; enthroned, 914; died at Rome, 928. First a deacon, ...
- Conrad of Hochstadt:
(CONRAD OF HOSTADEN)
Archbishop of
- Balbina, Saint:
Memorials of a St. ...
- Mamertus, Saint:
Bishop of Vienne, date of birth unknown; died shortly after 475. Concerning the ...
- Ambrose of Sienna, Blessed:
Born at Sienna, 16 April, 1220, of the noble
- Lucius II, Pope:
(Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso)
Born at Bologna, unknown ...
- Celestines:
The name given to certain extreme "Spiritual" Franciscans of the Marches, because ...
- Hugh of Remiremont:
Surnamed CANDIDUS or BLANCUS.
Cardinal, born of a noble ...
- Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem:
Apostolic letter issued against Emperor
- Gregory XIV, Pope:
(N ICCOLÒ S FONDRATI ).
Born at Somma, near Milan, ...
- Benedict XI, Pope:
(Nicholas Boccasini)
Born at Treviso, Italy, 1240; died at ...
- Stephen (V) VI, Pope:
(885-91)
Date of birth unknown; died in Sept., 891. His ...
- Renunciation:
( Latin renuntiare ).
A canonical term signifying the ...
- Acta Sanctæ Sedis:
A Roman monthly publication containing the principal public documents issued by ...
- Himerius:
(called also EUMERIUS and COMERIUS)
An
- Apiarius of Sicca:
A priest of ...
- Marcellus II, Pope:
(MARCELLO CERVINI DEGLI SPANNOCHI)
Born 6 May, 1501, at
- Innocent XIII, Pope:
(Michelangelo Dei Conti)
Born at Rome, 13 May, 1655; died ...
- John XVIII (XIX), Pope:
Successor of John XVII, ...
- Abdication:
Abdication, ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a
- Hussey, Thomas:
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at ...
- Referendarii:
The papal office of the
- Nicholas IV, Pope:
(GIROLAMO MASCI)
Born at Ascoli in the Rome, 4 April, 1292. ...
- Liberatus of Carthage:
(Sixth century)
Archdeacon ; author of an important history ...
- Bus, Venerable César de:
A priest and ...
- Strossmayer, Joseph Georg:
(Josip Juraj),
- Boso (Breakspear):
Third English Cardinal, date of birth uncertain, d. at Rome, about 1181. He was ...
- Abbon, Saint:
(Or ABBO.)
Born near
- Venturino of Bergamo:
Preacher, b. at Bergamo, 9 April, 1304; d. at Smyrna, 28 March, 1346. He ...
- Eusebius, Saint:
A presbyter at
- Langham, Simon:
Cardinal,
- Paschal I, Pope:
(817-824)
The date of his birth is unknown; he died in ...
- Sergius III, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; consecrated 29 Jan., 904; d. 14 April, 911. He was a ...
- Le Tellier, Charles-Maurice:
Archbishop of Reims, b. at Turin, 1642; d. at Reims, 1710. The son of Michel Le ...
- Gregory XI:
(PIERRE ROGER DE BEAUFORT).
Born in 1331, at the castle of ...
- Agapetus I, Pope Saint:
(Also AGAPITUS.)
Reigned 535-536. Date of birth uncertain; ...
- Euphemius of Constantinople:
Euphemius of
- Julius I, Pope Saint:
(337-352).
The immediate successor of Pope Silvester, ...
- Boniface of Savoy:
Forty-sixth
- Felix II:
Pope (more properly
- Stephen II, Pope:
On the death of Zachary, a certain
- Innocent XII, Pope:
(ANTONIO PIGNATELLI)
Born at Spinazzolo near Naples, 13 ...
- Boniface II, Pope:
Elected 17 September, 530; died October, 532.
In calling him ...
- Zephyrinus, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 198-217).
Date of birth unknown; died 20 Dec., 217. ...
- Pius VIII, Pope:
(Francesco Xaverio Castiglione).
B. at Cingoli, 20 Nov., ...
- John I, Pope Saint:
Died at
- Alexander IV, Pope:
Pope from 1254-61 (Rinaldo Conti), of the house of Segni, which had already given ...
- Przemysl:
(PREMISLIENSIS)
Latin see in Galicia, suffragan of Lemberg. ...
- Savaric:
Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, and cousin of the Emperor Henry VI, date of ...
- Godfrey of Viterbo:
German writer of the twelfth century. Nothing is known as to the place or date ...
- Sardica, Council of:
One of the series of councils called to adjust the doctrinal and other ...
- Gonzaga, Ercole:
(Hercules.)
Cardinal ; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 ...
- Boniface VI, Pope:
A Roman, elected in 896 by the Roman faction in a popular tumult, to succeed ...
- Holy See:
(From the Latin Sancta Sedes , Holy Chair).
A term ...
- Gravina, Dominic:
Theologian ; b. in Sicily, about 1573; d. in the Minerva, at Rome, 26 Aug., 1643. ...
- Anastasius IV, Pope:
Crowned 12 July, 1153; d. in Rome, 3 December of the following year. It was ...
- Felician and Primus, Saints:
Suffered martyrdom about 304 in the
- Nonantola:
A former Benedictine monastery and prelature nullius , six miles north-east ...
- Crispin of Viterbo, Blessed:
Friar Minor ...
- Adrian II, Pope:
(Reigned 867-872.)
After the death of
- Stephen of Autun:
Bishop, liturgical writer, b. at Bangé (hence surnamed Blagiacus or de ...
- Hatto:
Archbishop of
- Apostolic Letters:
( Litterae apostolicae ).
1. The letters of the
- Attigny, Councils of:
In 765, St. Chrodegang of
- Zosimus, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 417-18).
Year of birth unknown; died 27 December, ...
- Gregory XII:
(ANGELO CORRARIO, now CORRER).
Legal pope during the ...
- Gregory VI, Pope:
(JOHN GRATIAN).
Date of birth unknown; elected 1 May 1045; ...
- Lateran Council, Fifth:
When elected pope, Julius II promised under oath that he would soon convoke a ...
- Raymond VII:
Count of Toulouse, son of Raymond VI, b. at Beaucaire, 1197; d. at Milhaud, 1249; ...
- Lang, Matthew:
Cardinal,
- Boniface V, Pope:
A Neapolitan who succeeded Deusdedit after a
- Urban I, Pope Saint:
Reigned 222-30, date of birth unknown; died 23 May, 230. According to the "Liber ...
- Clement X, Pope:
(EMILIO ALTIERI).
Born at Rome, 13 July, 1590; elected 29 ...
- Bedini, Cajetan:
Italian Cardinal ...
- Gelasius II, Pope:
Born at Gaeta, year unknown; elected 24 Jan., 1118; died at Cluny, 29 Jan., 1119. ...
- Lucius III, Pope:
(Ubaldo Allucingoli)
Born at Lucca, unknown date ; died at ...
- Manfredonia:
(SIPONTINA)
The city of
- Vigilius, Pope:
Reigned 537-55, date of birth unknown; died at Syracuse, 7 June 555. He ...
- Examiners, Apostolic:
So called because appointed by the Apostolic See for service in Rome. In 1570 ...
- Antonelli, Giacomo:
Cardinal ; Secretary of State to Pius IX, b. at Sonnino, in the Papal States, 2 ...
- White, Thomas:
( Alias BLACKLOW, BLACLOE, ALBIUS, ANGLUS).
Born in Essex, ...
- Gregory V, Pope:
Born c. 970; died 4 February, 999. On the death of
- Constantine, Pope:
Consecrated 25 March, 708; d. 9 April, 715; a Syrian, the son of John, and "a ...
- Repington, Philip:
( Also Repyngdon).
Cardinal-priest of the title of SS. ...
- Prelate:
Real Prelate, the incumbent of a prelature, i.e., of an ecclesiastical office ...
- Sisinnius, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died 4 February, 708, Successor of
- Savigny, Abbey of:
Situated on the confines of
- John of Ragusa:
(Sometimes confounded with
- Diether of Isenburg:
Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. about 1412; d. 7 May, 1482, at Aschaffenburg. ...
- Christian:
First Bishop ...
- Vanni, Francesco:
Painter, b. at Siena, 1565; d. there, 1609. Vanni was one of the better class of ...
- Valentinian III:
Reigned 425-55, b. at Ravenna, 3 July, 419; d. at Rome, 16 March, 455; son of ...
- Innocent V, Blessed Pope:
(PETRUS A TARENTASIA)
Born in Tarentaise, towards 1225; ...
- Anima Christi:
This well-known prayer dates its ...
- Euroea:
A titular see of Epirus Vetus in Greece, suffragan of Nicopolis.
- Bril, Paulus:
A brilliant Flemish painter and engraver, born at Antwerp, 1556; died in Rome, ...
- Coronel, Gregorio Nuñez:
A distinguished theologian, writer, and preacher, b. in Portugal, about 1548; d. ...
- Attila the Hun:
King and general of the Huns; died 453. Succeeding in 433 to the kingship of ...
- Palatini:
( Latin palatium , palace)
The designation, primarily, of ...
- Crescentius:
The name of several leaders of the Roman aristocracy in the tenth century, ...
- Marinus II, Pope:
Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. A Roman, and a
- Burchard of Würzurg, Saint:
First bishop ...
- Leo IV, Pope:
(Reigned 847-55)
A Roman and the son of Radoald, was ...
- John XII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; reigned 955-64.
The younger Alberic, ...
- Innocent VIII, Pope:
(Giovanni Battista Cibò)
Born at Genoa, 1432; elected ...
- Heribert, Saint:
Archbishop of
- Calvary, Congregation of Our Lady of:
A congregation founded at Poitiers, in 1617, by Antoinette of ...
- Adrian V, Pope:
(OTTOBUONO FIESCHI).
A Genoese, and nephew of Innocent IV. He ...
- Rota, Sacra Romana:
In the Constitution "Sapienti Consilio" (29 June, 1908), II, 2, Pins X ...
- Ancona and Umana:
An Italian
- Benedict III, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. 17 April, 858. The
- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico:
Astronomer, b. at Perinaldo (Nice,
- Francis Caracciolo, Saint:
Co-founder with John ...
- Ostiensis:
Surname of LEO MARSICANUS, Benedictine chronicler, b. about 1045; d. 22 May, ...
- Cura Animarum:
( Latin cura ...
- Beaune, Renaud de:
A French Bishop, b. in 1527, at
- Innocent VI, Pope:
(ETIENNE AUBERT)
Born at Mont in the
- Geoffrey of Vendôme:
(GOFFRIDUS ABBAS VINDOCINENSIS.)
A cardinal, b. in the ...
- Andrew Bobola, Saint:
Martyr, born of an old and illustrious Polish family, in the Palatinate of ...
- Stephen I, Pope Saint:
Although there is some
- Flavian, Saint:
Bishop of Constantinople, date of birth unknown; d. at
- Abundius:
An Italian bishop, b. at
- Stephen, Saint:
First King of Hungary, b. at Gran, 975; d. 15 August, 1038.
...
- Alife:
A diocese ...
- Odescalchi, Carlo:
Cardinal, prince, archbishop, and Jesuit, b. at Rome, 5 March, 1786; d. at ...
- Zenobius, Saint:
Bishop of
- Bonosus:
Bishop of Sardica, a heretic in the latter part of the fourth century. Against ...
- Gregory of Heimburg:
Humanist and Statesman, b. at Würzburg in the beginning of the fifteenth ...
- Peter the Hermit:
Born at Amiens about 1050; d. at the monastery of Neufmoutier (Liège), ...
- Capitulations, Episcopal and Pontifical:
Capitulations were agreements, by which those taking part in the
- Dionysius, Saint:
Bishop of
- Chieregati, Francesco:
(C HIEREGATO )
Papal nuncio, b. at Vicenza, 1479; d. at ...
- Barcelona, University of:
See also BARCELONA.
This was an outgrowth of the ...
- Allatius, Leo:
(Alacci).
A learned Greek of the seventeenth century, b. on ...
- Baldwin:
Archbishop of
- Bruni, Leonardo:
An eminent Italian humanist, b. of poor and humble
- Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Seventh
- Eleutherius, Pope Saint:
Pope (c. 174-189). The Liber Pontificalis says that he was a native of Nicopolis, ...
- Zachary, Pope Saint:
(ZACHARIAS.)
Reigned 741-52. Year of birth unknown; died in ...
- Martin I, Pope Saint:
Martyr, born at
- Ama:
( Or Amma.)
A Semitic term meaning mother, adopted by the ...
- Honorius II, Pope:
(Lamberto Scannabecchi)
Born of humble
- Michael of Cesena:
(MICHELE FUSCHI)
A
- Justus, Saint:
Fourth
- Sexton:
(Old English Sexestein, sextein , through the French sacristain from Latin ...
- William of Perth, Saint:
(Or ST. WILLIAM OF ROCHESTER).
Martyr, born at
- Pectorale:
( Crux Pectoralis ).
The name of the cross used by the ...
- Colman, Saint, of Kilmacduagh:
Bishop and patron of Kilmacduagh, born at Kiltartan c. 560; died 29 October, 632. ...
- Paul I, Pope:
(757-67)
Date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 28 June, 767. ...
- Promulgation:
( Latin promulgare, to make known, to post in public).
I. PROMULGATION ...
- Sixtus IV, Pope:
(FRANCESCO DELLA ROVERE)
Born near Abisola, 21 July, 1414; ...
- Balue, Jean:
A French cardinal, b. probably c. 1421, in Poitou; d. 5 October, 1491, at
- Guastallines:
Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), ...
- Berin, Saint:
Confessor, first
- Fredoli, Berenger:
Cardinal-Bishop of
- Jovinianus:
An opponent of
- Dillon, Arthur-Richard:
A French prelate, b. at St-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, 1721; d. in London, 1806. ...
- Berrettini, Pietro:
(Called Pietro da Cortona)
A distinguished Italian painter, ...
- Cross, Daughters of the:
(Also called the Sisters of St. Andrew).
The aim of this ...
- Marcellus I, Saint, Pope:
His date of birth unknown; elected pope in May or June, 308; died in 309. For ...
- Nogaret, Guillaume de:
Born about the middle of the thirteenth century at St. Felix-en-Lauragais; died ...
- Raymond of Peñafort, Saint:
Born at Villafranca de Benadis, near Barcelona, in 1175; died at Barcelona, 6 ...
- Burchard of Basle:
(Also of HASENBURG or ASUEL, from his ancestral castle in Western Berne,
- Pension, Ecclesiastical:
The right to ...
- Otto IV:
German king and Roman emperor, b. at Argentau (Dept. of Orne), c. 1182; d. 19 May, ...
- Bertinoro:
Bertinoro, anciently called Forum Truentinorum, and, at the
- Bakócz, Thomas:
Cardinal and statesman, b. about 1442, in the village of Erdoed, county ...
- Acceptance:
Acceptance, in
- Latin Church:
The word Church ( ecclesia ) is used in its first sense to express whole ...
- Ambrose of Camaldoli, Saint:
An Italian theologian and writer, b. at Portico, near Florence, 16 September, ...
- Farnese, Alessandro:
The name of two cardinals. For the elder see POPE PAUL III. The young ...
- Matilda of Canossa:
Countess of Tuscany, daughter and heiress of the Marquess Boniface of Tuscany, ...
- Cornelius, Pope:
Martyr (251 to 253).
We may accept the statement of the ...
- Chichele, Henry:
(Or Chicheley)
Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Higham ...
- Petre, Family of:
The Petres are one of those staunch and constant families, which have played a ...
- Guarantees, Law of:
(LA LEGGE DELLE GUARENTIGIE)
A name given to the
- Valentinian II:
(FLAVIUS VALENTINIANUS)
Reigned 375-392; born in Gaul, ...
- Apostolicum Pascendi Munus:
A Bull issued by Clement XIII, 12 January, 1765, in defense of the
- Siricius, Pope Saint:
(384-99).
Born about 334; died 26 November, 399,
- Adalbert:
Archbishop of
- Devolution:
( Latin devolutio from devolvere )
- Rinuccini, Giovanni Battista:
Born at Rome, 1592; d. at Fermo, 1653; was the son of a Florentine patrician, his ...
- Robert of Molesme, Saint:
Born about the year 1029, at Champagne, France, of noble
- Auxilius of Naples:
The name (probably fictitious, according to Hefele ) of an ecclesiastic to whom ...
- Abra de Raconis, Charles François d':
A French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 of a Calvinistic ...
- Agnus Dei:
The name Agnus ...
- Adeodatus (II), Pope Saint:
(Reigned 672-676).
A
- Foppa, Ambrogio:
Generally known as CARADOSS0.
Italian goldsmith, sculptor, ...
- Urban VII, Pope:
Giambattista Castagna, born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1521; elected pope, 15 September, ...
- John XVI (XVII):
Antipope 997-998; d. probably in 1013. After the death of
- Raymond VI:
Count of Toulouse, b. 1156; d. 1222; succeeded his father, Raymond V, in 1195. ...
- Gregory X:
Born 1210; died 10 January, 1276. The death of Pope
- Vacancy:
The state of being vacant, free, unoccupied: a term applied to an office or ...
- Macarius of Antioch:
A Patriarch, deposed in 681. Macarius's dignity seems to have been a purely ...
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