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- Distraction:
Distraction ( ...
- Prayer of Christ, Feast of the:
This feast occurs on the Tuesday after
- Oremus:
Invitation to pray, said before collects and other short
- Mohr, Joseph:
Born at Siegburg, Rhine Province, 11 Jan., 1834; died at Munich, 7 February, 1892. ...
- Prayer of Quiet:
The Prayer of Quiet is regarded by ...
- Anima Christi:
This well-known prayer dates its ...
- Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende:
"Deus in adjutorium meum intende," with the response: "Domine ad adjuvandum me ...
- Secret:
The Secret ( ...
- Libera Nos:
The first words of the
- Unions of Prayer:
A tendency to
- Hortulus Animæ:
(L ITTLE G ARDEN OF THE S OUL ).
A
- Abba:
Abba is the ...
- Collectarium:
(Sometimes COLLECTARIUS, COLLECTANEUM, ORATIONALE, CAPITULARE), the book which ...
- Antiphon (in the Greek Church):
( antiphonon )
Socrates, the church historian (Hist. ...
- Embolism:
(Greek: embolismos , from the verb, emballein , "to throw in")
- Triduum:
(Three days).
A
- Postcommunion:
The Communion act finishes the essential Eucharistic service. Justin
- Alvarez, Balthazar:
A Spanish mystic, who was the spiritual director of St. Teresa, b. At Cervera, ...
- Grace at Meals:
In Apostolic times
- Apostleship of Prayer, The:
A pious association otherwise known as a league of
- Thanksgiving Day:
A civil holiday observed annually in the United States of
- Acolouthia:
(From the Greek akoloutheo , to follow.)
In ...
- Sext: I. MEANING, SYMBOLISM, AND ORIGIN
The hora sexta of the
- Arias, Francis:
Writer of ascetical treatises, born at
- Presence of God: Doctrinal
All solid devotion and devotional practices must be founded upon ...
- Bede:
(Or B EAD , whence Bedehouse, Bedesman, Bederoll).
The old ...
- Rorate Coeli:
(Vulgate, text), the opening words of
- Nocturns:
( Nocturni or Nocturna ).
A very old term applied to ...
- Alma Redemptoris Mater:
(Kindly Mother of the Redeemer).
The opening words of one of ...
- Agony, Archconfraternity of Holy:
An association for giving special
- Dalila:
(Or Dalila ...
- Cenacle, Religious of the:
The Society ...
- Taverner, John:
Composer, b. in the County of Norfolk, England, about 1475; d. at Boston, ...
- Uniformity Acts:
These statutes, passed at different times, were vain efforts to secure uniformity ...
- Antiochus of Palestine:
A monk of the ...
- Montmirail, John de:
(MONTE-MIRABILI)
Son of Andrew,
- Lord's Prayer:
Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the phrase "Lord's ...
- Felix of Valois, Saint:
Born in 1127; d. at Cerfroi, 4 November, 1212. He is commemorated 20 November. He ...
- Scherer, Georg:
Pulpit orator ...
- Goetz, Marie Josephine:
Second superior-general of the
- Lavabo:
The first word of that portion of Psalm 25 said by the celebrant at
- Terce:
The origin of Terce, like that of
- Banaias:
(Authorized Version Benaiah; Kenrick, Banaiah; Hebrew bnyhw, also bnyh, "Jehovah ...
- Prime: I. THE NAME
The name
- Sandys, Venerable John:
English martyr, born in the
- Advertisements, Book of:
A series of enactments concerning ecclesiastical matters, drawn up by
- García, Anne:
Better known as Venerable Anne of St. Bartholomew,
- Surin, Jean-Joseph:
Born 1600; died at Bordeaux, 1665. He belonged to the
- Gertrude van der Oosten, Venerable:
Beguine ; born at Voorburch, Holland ; died at Delft, 6 Jan., 1358. She was born ...
- Rose of Lima, Saint:
Virgin, patroness of America, born at Lima,
- Little Office of Our Lady:
A liturgical devotion to the Blessed Virgin, in imitation of, and in addition ...
- More, Helen:
(DAME GERTRUDE.)
Benedictine nun of the English Congregation; ...
- Offertory:
(Offertorium.)
The rite by which the bread and wine are ...
- Bernal, Agostino:
Spanish theologian, born at Magallon in Aragon in 1587; died at Saragossa, 13 ...
- Addeus and Maris, Liturgy of:
This is an Oriental liturgy, sometimes assigned to the Syrian group because it ...
- Adoro Te Devote:
("I adore Thee devoutly").
A
- Richardson, Ven. William:
( Alias Anderson.) Last
- Religion, Virtue of:
Of the three proposed derivations of the word "religion", that suggested by ...
- Jeanne de Valois, Saint:
Queen and foundress of the Order of the Annonciades, b. 1464; d. at Bourges, 4 ...
- Sadler, Thomas Vincent Faustus:
Born 1604; died at Dieulward, Flanders, 19 Jan., 1680-1. He was received into the ...
- Manasses:
The name of seven persons of the
- Anna:
(Septuagint
- Anderton, Venerable Robert:
English priest ...
- Pardons of Brittany:
Pardon, from the Latin perdonare , — assimilated in
- Corner Stone:
(Foundation Stone)
A rite entitled "De benedictione et ...
- Libera Me:
(Domine, de morte aeterna, etc.).
The responsory sung at ...
- Bernard, Claude:
A French ecclesiastic known as "the poor
- Messalians:
( Praying folk; participle Pa'el of the Aramaic word meaning "to pray "). ...
- Phylacteries:
( Phulachterion — safeguard, amulet, or charm).
The ...
- Veni Sancte Spiritus Reple:
A prose invocation of the Holy Ghost . The
- Almeida, John:
A Jesuit missionary, born in London, of
- Anaphora:
(Greek, ànaphorá, offering, sacrifice).
A ...
- Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint:
Born at Montegranaro, 1540; died at Ascoli, 12 October 1604. Felix de Nicola was ...
- Vernazza, Tommasina:
Born at Genoa, 1497; died there, 1587. Her father, Ettore Vernazza, was a ...
- Galatino, Pietro Colonna: Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist ; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at ...
- Basil, Liturgy of Saint:
Several Oriental liturgies, or at least several anaphoras, have been attributed ...
- Mège, Antoine-Joseph:
A Maurist Benedictine, born in 1625 at
- Thanksgiving before and after Meals:
The word
- Whitaker, Venerable Thomas:
Born at Burnley, Lancashire, 1614; martyred at Lancaster, 7 August, 1646. Son of ...
- Imposition of Hands:
A symbolical
- Apolytikion:
A dismissal prayer or
- Delphine, Blessed:
A member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born in Provence, France, in 1284; ...
- Seraphina Sforza, Blessed:
Born at
- Abraham (in Liturgy):
While of peculiar interest to the liturgiologist (especially in the classification ...
- Bethsan:
( Hebrew Beth Shean , or Beth Shan , "place of rest"). A city within Issachar, ...
- Emiliana and Trasilla, Saints:
Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century, given in the Roman ...
- Confiteor:
The Confiteor.(so called from the first word,
- Chastellain, Pierre:
Missionary among the Huron Indians, born at Senlis, France, in 1606; died at ...
- Doorkeeper:
(Also called DOORKEEPER. From ostiarius , Latin ostium , a door.)
- Dissen, Heinrich von:
Born 18 Oct., 1415, at Osnabrück, in
- Chaignon, Pierre:
Born at Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, 8 October, 1791, entered the
- Valentine, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died about October, 827. Valentine was by birth was Roman, ...
- Mariales, Kantes:
A Dominican, born about 1580; died at
- Allerstein, August:
(Or Hallerstein).
Jesuit missionary in China, born in ...
- Beads, Use of, at Prayers:
Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of
- Michael de Sanctis, Saint:
(DE LOS SANTOS).
Born at, Vich in Catalonia, 29 September, ...
- Altar Cards:
To assist the
- Obreption:
( Latin ob and repere , "to creep over").
A canonical ...
- Collect:
The name now used only for short
- Abandonment:
(More properly, S ELF -A BANDONMENT )
A term used by ...
- Schoenberg, Matthias von:
Author, b. at Ehingen, in the
- Tschupick, John Nepomuk:
A celebrated preacher, b. at Vienna, 7 or 12 April, 1729; d. there, 20 July, ...
- Burckmair, Hans:
(Or Burgkmair).
A painter of the Swabian school, b. at
- Mellitus, Saint:
Bishop of London and third
- Canute IV, Saint:
Also spelled C NUT .
Martyr and King of Denmark, date of ...
- Alcmund, Saint:
Bishop of Hexham ; died 781. Though we know practically nothing of the
- John Nelson, Blessed:
English Jesuit martyr, b. at Skelton, four miles from York, in 1534; d. at Tyburn, ...
- Bathilde, Saint:
(Or BATILDE).
Wife of
- Abrahamites:
(1) Syrian
- None:
This subject
- John Joseph of the Cross, Saint:
Born on the Island of Ischia, Southern Italy, 1654; d. 5 March, 1739. From his ...
- Andlaw, Venerable William:
Martyred at York 4 July, 1597. He was born at Etton in Yorkshire of a well-known ...
- Viader, José:
Born at Gallimes, Catalonia, 27 August, 1765. He received the
- Jarlath, Saint:
Patron of the
- Ite Missa Est:
This is the versicle chanted in the Roman Rite by the deacon at the end of ...
- Blaise, Saint:
Bishop and martyr.
The ninth-century martyrologies of
- Gandolphy, Peter:
(Or Gandolphi.)
Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, ...
- Compline:
The term Complin (Compline) is derived from the Latin completorium , ...
- Godeberta, Saint:
Born about the year 640, at Boves, a few leagues from Amiens, in
- Carvajal, Luisa de:
Born 2 Jan., 1568, at Jaraizejo,
- Hambley, Ven. John:
English martyr ...
- Gerhard of Zütphen:
(ZERBOLT OF ZUTPHEN)
Born at Zütphen, 1367; died at ...
- Holiness:
(A.S. hal , perfect, or whole). Sanctitas in the Vulgate of the
- Dichu, Saint:
The son of an Ulster chieftain, was the first convert of
- Recusants, English:
The first statute in which the term "Popish Recusants" is used is 35 Eliz. c. 2, ...
- Machutus, Saint:
(Maclovius; Malo). Born about the year 520 probably in
- Anchieta, Joseph:
A famous Jesuit missionary, commonly known as the
- Gertrude of Aldenberg, Blessed:
Abbess of the Premonstratensian
- Susanna and Tiburtius, Saints:
Roman martyrs, feast 11 August. The story is related in the legend of
- Sykes, Edmund:
Born at Leeds ...
- Ciccione, Andrea:
An Italian sculptor and architect, born in
- Francis of Paula, Saint:
Founder of the Order of Minims; b. in 1416, at Paula, in Calabria,
- Hensel, Luise:
Poetess and convert ; born at Linum, 30 March, 1798; died at Paderborn, 18 ...
- Mary de Cervellione:
(or DE CERVELLO)
Popularly styled "de Socos" (of Help). ...
- Peter de Regalado, Saint:
(REGALATUS)
A
- Liberatore, Matteo:
A philosopher, theologian, and writer, born at Salerno, Italy, 14 August, 1810; ...
- Sherson, Martin:
English priest ...
- Angelus: PRESENT USAGE
The
- Christ, Temptation of:
In the
- Cousin, Jean:
French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician, born at Soucy, near ...
- Joseph Calasanctius of the Mother of God, Pious Workers of Saint:
Founded at Vienna, 24 November, 1889, by Father Anton Maria Schwartz for all ...
- Creed, Liturgical Use of:
The public use of creeds began in connection with baptism, in the Traditio ...
- Associations, Pious:
Under this term are comprehended all those organizations, approved and ...
- Ausonius, Decimus Magnus:
A professor and poet born about A. D. 310; died, probably, about A.D. 394. The son ...
- Egbert, Archbishop of York:
Archbishop of York, England, son of Eata, brother of the Northumbrian King ...
- Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint:
Born at Sant' Angelo, near Fermo, in the
- Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel:
Inventor; b. at Vidalon-lez-Annonay, Department of Ardèche, France, 26 ...
- Theobald, Saint:
Born at Provins in the Province of Champagne, France, in 1017; died at Salanigo in ...
- Relatives, Duties of:
The general
- Exorcist:
( See also DEMONOLOGY, DEMONIACS, EXORCISM, POSSESSION.)
...
- Cochin, Jacques-Denis:
A preacher and philanthropist, born in Paris, 1 January, 1726; died there 3 June, ...
- Walter of Winterburn:
An English Dominican, cardinal, orator, poet, philosopher, theologian, b. in ...
- Mary Anne de Paredes, Blessed:
Born at Quito, Ecuador, 31 Oct. 1618; died at Quito, 26 May, 1645. On both sides ...
- Helpidius, Flavius Rusticius:
The name of several Latin writers. It appears in the manuscript of Pomponius ...
- Novena:
(From novem , nine.)
A nine days' private or public ...
- Forty Hours' Devotion:
Also called Quarant' Ore or written in one word Quarantore , is a devotion in ...
- Carissimi, Giacomo:
The most influential and prolific Italian composer of his time, b. in 1604 at ...
- Candlestick, Triple:
A name given along with several others (e.g. reed, tricereo, arundo, triangulum, ...
- Nicholas of Osimo:
(AUXIMANUS).
A celebrated preacher and author, b. at Osimo, ...
- Amen:
The word Amen ...
- Peterssen, Gerlac:
(GERLACUS PETRI)
Born at Deventer, 1377 or 1378; died 18 ...
- Sacra Jam Splendent:
The opening words of the
- Peter of Arbues, Saint:
(Correctly, PETER ARBUES).
Born in 1441 (or 1442); died 17 ...
- Sebastian, Saint:
Roman martyr ...
- Invitatorium:
The Invitatorium, as the word implies, is the invitation addressed to the faithful ...
- Primer, The:
The common English name for a book of devotions which from the thirteenth to the ...
- Foley, Henry:
Born at Astley in Worcestershire, England, 9 Aug., 1811; died at Manresa House, ...
- Preface:
( Latin Præfatio ).
The first part of the Eucharistic ...
- Marius Aventicus, Saint:
(Or AVENTICENSIS)
Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and ...
- Holy Name, Litany of the:
An old and popular
- Leonard of Limousin, Saint:
Nothing absolutely certain is known of his history, as his earliest "Life", ...
- Felix of Cantalice, Saint:
A Capuchin friar, b. at Cantalice, on the north-western border of the Abruzzi; d. ...
- Massoulié, Antoine:
Theologian, born at Toulouse, 28 Oct., 1632; died at Rome, 23 Jan., 1706. At an ...
- Benziger, Joseph Charles:
Founder of the
- Bell, James:
Priest and martyr, b. at Warrington in Lancashire, England, probably about 1520; ...
- Monica, Saint:
Widow ; born of
- Canonical Hours: I. IDEA
By canonical hour is understood all the fixed portion of the
- Conciliation, Industrial:
Industrial Conciliation is the discussion and adjustment of mutual differences by ...
- Larue, Charles de:
Born 29 July, 1685 (some say 12 July, 1684), at Corbie, in
- Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature:
Adam's importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal ...
- Goar, Saint:
An anchorite of Aquitaine; b. about 585; d. near Oberwesel (Germany), 6 July, ...
- Rosh Hashanah:
The first day of Tishri (October), the seventh month of the Hebrew year. Two ...
- Halicarnassus:
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. It was a colony from ...
- Elzéar of Sabran:
Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, born in the castle of Saint-Jean de Robians, ...
- Ambo (in the Russian and Greek Church):
Its use has now practically disappeared in the Roman Rite and the only reminder ...
- Payeras, Mariano:
Born 10 Oct., 1769, at Inca, Island of Majorca; died 28 April, 1823. He received ...
- Placidus, Saint:
St. Placidus,
- Mayoruna Indians:
A noted and savage tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, ranging the forests between ...
- Cunegundes, Blessed:
Poor Clare and patroness of
- Hasslacher, Peter:
Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876. He was one of ...
- Adauctus and Felix, Saints:
Martyrs at Rome, 303, under
- Elcesaites:
(Or H ELKESAITES ).
A sect of Gnostic Ebionites, whose ...
- Edmund the Martyr, Saint:
King of East Anglia, born about 840; died at Hoxne, Suffolk, 20 November, 870. The ...
- Smalkaldic League:
A politico-religious alliance formally concluded on 27 Feb., 1531, at Smalkalden ...
- Ferdinand, Blessed:
Prince of Portugal, b. in Portugal, 29 September, 1402; d. at Fez, in Morocco, 5 ...
- Bercharius, Saint:
(BERERUS).
Abbot of Hautvillers in Champagne, b. 636; d. 28 ...
- Doxology:
In general this word means a short verse praising
- Windsor:
A town of great antiquity, on the Thames, in Berkshire, England ; quaintly ...
- Riccardi, Nicholas:
A theologian, writer and preacher; born at Genoa, 1585; died at Rome, 30 May, ...
- Book of Common Prayer: I. HISTORY
On 21 January, 1549, the first Act of Uniformity was passed ...
- Pinna da Encarnaçao, Mattheus:
A writer and theologian, born at Rio de Janeiro, 23 Aug., 1687; died there, 18 ...
- Pfister, Adolf:
An educationist, born at Hechingen in Hohenzollern, 26 Sept., 1810; died at ...
- Baraga, Frederic:
First Bishop ...
- Diemoth:
Diemoth, an old German word for the present "Demuth", the English "
- Duckett, John, Venerable:
A Martyr, probably a grandson of Venerable
- Bril, Paulus:
A brilliant Flemish painter and engraver, born at Antwerp, 1556; died in Rome, ...
- Chadwick, James:
Second Bishop ...
- Dedication, Feast of the:
Also called the Feast of the Machabees and Feast of
- Frowin, Blessed:
Benedictine abbot, d. 11 March, 1178. Of the early
- Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Saint:
Missionary in Brittany and Vendee; born at Montfort, 31 January, 1673; died at ...
- Orate Fratres:
The exhortation (" Pray brethren that my
- Margil, Antonio:
Born at Valencia, Spain, 18 August, 1657; died at Mexico, 6 Aug., 1726. He ...
- Coustou, Nicholas:
French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 9 January, 1658; d. at Paris, 1 May, 1733. He was ...
- Lochner, Stephen:
A painter, born at Meersburg, on the Lake of Constance, date of birth unknown; ...
- Redemptoristines:
The cradle of the
- Quadragesima:
( Latin, the fortieth).
- Aengus, Saint (the Culdee):
An Irish saint who flourished in the last quarter of the eighth century, and is ...
- Graffiti:
The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude ...
- Deicolus, Saint:
(DICHUIL)
Elder brother of St. Gall, b. in Leinster, ...
- Laura:
The Greek word
- Remuzat, Ven. Anne-Madeleine:
Born at Marseilles, 29 Nov., 1696; died 15 Feb., 1730. At nine years of age she ...
- Barletta, Gabriel:
(Sometimes called Barlete, De Barolo, Barolus)
Preacher, b., ...
- Campaña, Pedro:
Flemish painter, known in
- Litany:
(Latin litania , letania , from Greek lite ,
- Peregrinus:
The canons of Priscillian, prefixed to the Epistles of St. Paul in many ...
- Maratta, Carlo:
An Italian painter, b. at Camerino, in the Rome, 15 December, 1713. From very ...
- Catherine of Genoa, Saint:
(CATERINA FIESCHI ADORNO.)
Born at
- Doyle, Richard:
English artist and caricaturist, b. in London, September, 1824; d. there 11 ...
- Barnabas of Terni:
( Interamna )
- Borie, Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin:
Bishop-elect of Acanthus,
- Gibbons, John:
Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; ...
- Mallinckrodt, Herman von:
German parliamentarian; born 5 Feb., 1821, at Minden,
- Minister:
The term
- Kochowski, Vespasian:
Born at
- Margaret, Saint:
Virgin and
- Pectorale:
( Crux Pectoralis ).
The name of the cross used by the ...
- Guastallines:
Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), ...
- Cyprian and Justina, Saints:
Christians of
- Hamilton, John:
Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, ...
- Pelusium:
A titular
- Holy Water:
The use of holy water in the earliest days of the
- Seitz, Alexander Maximilian:
Painter, b. at Munich, 1811; d. at Rome, 1888. He studied under Cornelius, and ...
- Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament:
One of the most generally popular of
- Sacramentals:
In instituting the
- Epiklesis:
Epiklesis ( ...
- Pectorius of Autun:
The name with which the important document frequently known as the Inscription of ...
- Taunton, Ethelred:
Writer, born at Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, 17 Oct., 1857; died in London, 9 ...
- Isidore the Labourer, Saint:
A Spanish daylabourer; b. near Madrid, about the year 1070; d. 15 May, 1130, at ...
- Gelasius I, Pope Saint:
Died at Rome, 19 Nov., 496. Gelasius, as he himself states in his letter to the ...
- Mitylene:
A titulary archbishopric in the island of Lesbos. Inhabitated, first by the ...
- Passion Offices:
The recitation of these offices, called also Of the Instruments of the Passion, ...
- Coucy, Robert De:
A medieval French master-builder and son of a master-builder of the same name, ...
- Virgilius, Saint:
(VIRGILE).
Archbishop of Arles, died c. 610. According to a ...
- Turnebus, Adrian:
Philologist, b. at Andely in
- Brosse, Jean-Baptiste de la:
A Jesuit missionary, born 1724 at Magnac, Angoumois,
- Plagues of Egypt:
Ten calamities inflicted on the Egyptians to overcome Pharao's obstinacy and ...
- Capuchinesses:
A branch of the
- Jerusalem, Liturgy of:
The Rite of
- Chrodegang, Saint:
(Called also CHRODEGAND, GODEGRAND, GUNDIGRAN, RATGANG, RODIGANG and SIRIGANG). ...
- Cross, Sign of the:
A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, ...
- Jaricot, Pauline-Marie:
Foundress of the
- Temptation:
( Latin tentare , to try or test).
- Teresa of Lisieux, Saint:
(Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus)
Carmelite of Lisieux, ...
- Lawrence Justinian, Saint:
Bishop and first
- Janssen, Arnold:
Founder and first superior-general of the
- Adamnan, Saint:
(Or Eunan).
Abbot of Iona, born at Drumhome, County Donegal, ...
- Peltrie, Madeleine de la:
née CHAUVIGNY
A French noblewoman, and foundress, ...
- Taylor, Frances Margaret:
(MOTHER M. MAGDALEN TAYLOR)
- Juliana Falconieri, Saint:
Born in 1270; died 12 June, 1341. Juliana belonged to the noble Florentine
- Ember Days:
Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora , four times) are the days at ...
- Dawson, Æneas McDonnell:
Author, b. in Scotland, 30 July, 1810; d. in Ottawa, Canada, 29 Dec., 1894. He ...
- Wilhelm V:
Son of Duke Albrecht V. Born at Munich, 29 September, 1548; died at Schlessheim, ...
- Samson:
(Derived from the Hebrew for "sun").
The last and most ...
- Wessobrunn:
(WESSOGONTANTUM, AD FONTES WESSONIS).
A suppressed ...
- Gluttony:
(From Lat. gluttire , to swallow, to gulp down), the excessive indulgence in ...
- Dominic of Prussia:
A Carthusian
- Peñalver y Cardenas, Luis Ignatius:
Bishop of New Orleans,
- Garnier, Charles:
Jesuit Missionary, born at Paris, 1606, of Jean G. and Anne de Garault; died 7 ...
- Mayhew, Edward:
Born in 1569; died 14 September, 1625. He belonged to the old English
- Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament:
An order of nuns, founded by the Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard in 1858, assisted ...
- Pius III, Pope:
(Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini).
B. at Siena, 29 May, ...
- Montmorency, Anne, First Duke of:
Born at Chantilly, 15 March, 1492; died at Paris, 12 November, 1567. He belonged ...
- Waterton, Charles:
Naturalist and explorer, born in Walton Hall near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, ...
- González, Zeferino:
Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher, b. at Villoria in the Province ...
- Pionius, Saint:
Martyred at Smyrna, 12 March, 250. Pionius, with Sabina and Asclepiades, was ...
- Itinerarium:
A form of
- Hermanos Penitentes, Los:
(The Penitent Brothers), a
- Macrina the Younger, Saint:
Born about 330; died 379. She was the eldest child of Basil and Elder Emmelia, the ...
- Gil of Santarem, Blessed:
A Portuguese Dominican : b. at Vaozela,
- Peter Urseolus, Saint:
(Orseolo)
Born at Rivo alto, Province of Udina, 928; at Cuxa, ...
- Gozzolini, Saint Sylvester:
Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble
- Divine Office:
("Liturgy of the Hours"
I. THE EXPRESSION "DIVINE OFFICE"
- Tehuantepec:
(Tehuantepecensis)
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, ...
- Frances of Rome, Saint:
(Bussa di Leoni.)
One of the greatest mystics of the fifteenth ...
- Mystical Theology:
Mystical theology is the science which treats of
- Cinites:
(A.V. Kenites).
A tribe or
- Joseph of Leonessa, Saint:
In the world named Eufranio Desiderio; born in 1556 at Leonessa in Umbria; died ...
- Hymn:
A derivative of the Latin hymnus , which comes from the Greek hymnos , ...
- Sieni, Cyril:
(Better known as CYRIL OF BARCELONA).
Missionary bishop, b. ...
- Drumgoole, John C.:
Priest and philanthropist, b. at Granard, Co. Longford, Ireland, 15 August, ...
- Milde, Vinzenz Eduard:
Prince-
- Antinoe:
(or ANTINOPOLIS)
A titular see of the Thebaid, now Esneh ...
- Frances d'Amboise, Blessed:
Duchess of Brittany, afterwards Carmelite nun, b. 1427; d. at Nantes, 4 Nov., ...
- Clonard, School of:
Clonard (Irish, Cluain Eraird , or Cluain Iraird , Erard's Meadow) was ...
- Wolstan, Saint:
Benedictine, and
- Ferdinand III, Saint:
King of Leon ...
- Pallotti, Vincent Mary:
The founder of the Pious
- Colmar, Joseph Ludwig:
Bishop of
- Adjuration:
(Latin adjurare , to swear; to affirm by oath ).
An ...
- Mundwiler, Fintan:
Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Meinrad, Indiana, born at Dietikon in ...
- Priests' Communion League:
An association of priests established at
- William the Walloon:
Date of birth unknown; d. (probably) 22 Dec., 1089. He became
- Dominus Vobiscum:
An ancient form ...
- Rerum Crerator Optime:
The hymn for ...
- Sanctus: I. HISTORY
The
- Lidwina, Saint:
Born at Schiedam, Holland, 18 April 1380; died 14 April, 1433. Her father, Peter ...
- Golden Calf:
An object of worship among the Hebrews, mention of which occurs principally in
- Conwell, Henry:
Second Bishop ...
- Robert of Luzarches:
(LUS).
Born at Luzarches near Pontoise towards the end of the ...
- Ratisbonne, Maria Theodor:
A distinguished preacher and writer, and director of the
- Canticle:
Although the word is derived from canticulum , (diminutive of canticum , a ...
- Rosary, Confraternity of the:
In accordance with the conclusion of the article ROSARY no sufficient evidence is ...
- Erhard of Ratisbon, Saint:
Bishop of that city in the seventh century, probably identical with an
- Teresa of Avila, Saint:
Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada
Born at Avila, Old ...
- Cogitosus:
An Irishman, an author, and a
- Hatto:
Archbishop of
- Mass, Nuptial:
"Missa pro sponso et sponsa", the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It ...
- Bassi, Matthew of:
Founder and first Superior-General of the Order of Friars
- Miserere:
The first word of the Vulgate text of Psalm 1 (Hebrew, li). Two other
- Judde, Claude:
French preacher and spiritual father; born at Rouen, about 20 December, 1661; ...
- Burns, James:
Publisher and author, b. near Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, 1808; d. in ...
- Devotions, Popular:
Devotion, in the language of ascetical writers, denotes a certain ardour of ...
- Zuñi Indians:
A Pueblo tribe residing at Zuñi on the bank of the Rio Zuñi near the ...
- Ave Maria:
The Hail Mary ...
- Padilla, Juan de: Friar Minor, protomartyr of the United States of
- Prayer:
(Greek euchesthai , Latin precari , French prier , to plead, to beg, to ...
- Philippi:
(Greek Phílippoi , Latin
- Paray-le-Monial:
A town of five thousand inhabitants in the Department of Sâone-Loire,
- Otto of Passau:
All we know of him is in the
- Philomena, Saint:
On 25 May, 1802, during the quest for the graves of Roman martyrs in the Catacomb ...
- Christine of Stommeln, Blessed:
Born at Stommeln near Cologne, in 1242; died 6 November, 1312.
- Cincture:
( Latin Cingulum .)
The
- Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Alexander Leopold:
A titular
- Egyptian Church Ordinance:
The Egyptian Church Ordinance is an early
- Heynlin of Stein, Johann:
(A LAPIDE)
A theologian, born about 1425; died at Basle, 12 ...
- Arias Montanus, Benedictus:
Orientalist, exegete, and editor of the "Antwerp Polyglot", born at Frejenal de la ...
- Heliae, Paul:
(POVL HELGESEN)
A Carmelite, opponent of the Reformation in ...
- Blanchet, Augustin Magloire:
Brother of François Norbert Blanchet , first
- Matins: I. NAME
The word "Matins" ( Latin Matutinum or Matutinae ), comes ...
- Faithful, The:
( Latin fideles , from fides , faith.)
Those who have ...
- Vigilius, Saint:
Bishop of Trent, martyr, patron of
- Day, George:
Bishop of
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