Catholic Encyclopedia - Sacrament
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- Ancyra, Councils of:
Three councils were held in the former capital of Galatia (now Angora) in
- Arras, Councils of:
In 1025 a council was held at
- Midwives:
Midwives come ...
- Relationship:
(CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL)
The theologians understand by
- Neophyte:
Neophyte ( ...
- Eymard, Venerable Pierre-Julien:
Founder of the
- Pie Pelicane, Jesu, Domine:
The sixth quatrain of Adoro Te Devote , sometimes used as a separate
- Redemptions, Penitential:
Penitential redemptions are the substitution of exercises (especially alms-deeds), ...
- Baptismal Vows:
The name popularly given to the renunciations required of an adult candidate for ...
- Himerius:
(called also EUMERIUS and COMERIUS)
An
- Canossa:
A former castle of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, in the foothills of the ...
- Blessed Sacrament, Visits to the:
By this devotional practice, which is of comparatively modern development, the ...
- Pyx:
The word pyx ...
- Penance (as a Virtue):
Penance ( ...
- Quarantines:
"Quarantines" is an expression frequently used in the grants of indulgences, and ...
- Taxa Innocentiana:
A Decree ...
- Altar Lamp:
In the Old Testament ...
- Tabernacle:
(TABERNACULUM).
- Tamisier, Marie-Marthe-Baptistine:
(Called by her intimates EMILIA)
Initiator of international ...
- Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament:
An order of nuns, founded by the Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard in 1858, assisted ...
- Distraction:
Distraction ( ...
- Ciborium:
A chalice-like vessel used to contain the Blessed Sacrament. ...
- Arcanum:
An Encyclical ...
- Perpetual Adoration, Religious of the:
A contemplative religious congregation, founded in 1526 by Sister
- Triduum:
(Three days).
A
- Abstemii:
An abstemius is one who cannot take wine without risk of vomiting. As, ...
- Holy Thursday:
The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of ...
- Agrippinus:
Bishop of
- Perpetual Adoration, Religious of:
(Belgium)
A congregation with simple vows, founded at ...
- Spenser, Venerable William:
English martyr, b. at Ghisburn, Yorkshire; executed at York, 24 September, 1589. ...
- Intention:
( Latin intendere, to stretch toward, to aim at) is an act of the
- Aquarians:
(Greek, Hydroparastatai ; Latin, Aquarii ).
A name ...
- Ubiquitarians:
Also called Ubiquists , a Protestant sect started at the Lutheran
- Altar Canopy:
The "Caeremoniale Episcoporum" (I, xii, 13), treating of the ornaments of the ...
- Asperges:
(Latin, aspergere, to wash, sprinkle).
The rite of ...
- Petrobrusians:
Heretics of the ...
- Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament:
(Sacramentines.)
Anton Le Quien, b. in Paris, 23 Feb., ...
- Schwenckfeldians:
The name of a Protestant sect founded by the nobleman Caspar von Schwenckfeld ...
- Canopy:
The canopy, in general, is an ornamental covering of cloth, stone, wood, or metal, ...
- Durandus of Saint-Pourçain:
Philosopher and theologian, b. at Saint-Pourçain, Auvergne
- Faldstool:
(Latin faldistorium ; also facistorium, faudestolus, faudestola ).
- Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of the:
An enclosed congregation and a reform of the Dominican Order devoted to the ...
- Priests' Communion League:
An association of priests established at
- Altar Bell:
A small bell placed on the
- Lambert Le Bègue:
Priest and reformer, lived at Liège, Belgium, about the middle of the ...
- Attigny, Councils of:
In 765, St. Chrodegang of
- Vergilius of Salzburg, Saint:
Irish missionary and astronomer, of the eighth century. Vergilius (or Virgilius, ...
- Eucharist, Introduction to the:
See also EUCHARIST AS SACRIFICE , EUCHARIST AS SACRAMENT , and REAL PRESENCE . ...
- Altar Lanterns:
Lanterns are used in churches to protect the
- Imposition of Hands:
A symbolical
- Tournély, Honoré:
Theologian, b. Antibes, Provence, 28 August, 1658; d. at Paris, 26 December 1729. ...
- Day, George:
Bishop of
- Registers, Parochial:
One having the
- Denunciation:
Denunciation ( ...
- Conversi:
Lay brothers in a religious order. The term was originally applied to those who, ...
- Mystical Body of the Church:
The analogy ...
- Ashes:
It is not easy to arrive at the fundamental conception of the liturgical use of ...
- Society of the Blessed Sacrament, The:
A congregation of priests founded by Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard in Paris, ...
- Gansfort, John Wessel:
(GANSFORT).
A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at ...
- Votive Offices:
A votive office is one not entered in the general calendar, but adopted with a ...
- Communion of Children:
In order to get some insight into the historical aspect of this subject it
- Blessed Sacrament, Reservation of the:
The practice of preserving after the celebration of the
- Communion, Holy:
By Communion is meant the actual reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. ...
- Tricassin, Charles Joseph:
One of the greatest theologians of the Capuchin Order, b. at
- Valentinian II:
(FLAVIUS VALENTINIANUS)
Reigned 375-392; born in Gaul, ...
- Communion of the Sick:
This differs from
- O Salutaris Hostia:
(O Saving Host).
The first line of the penultimate
- Apotactics:
(From Greek, apotassomai , to renounce).
The adherents of ...
- Tametsi:
("ALTHOUGH")
The first word of
- Apostolicae Curae:
Note: An English translation of
- Ausculta Fili:
A letter addressed 5 December 1301, by Pope
- Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament:
One of the most generally popular of
- Lay Communion:
The primitive discipline of the Church established a different punishment for ...
- Consubstantiation:
This heretical doctrine is an attempt to hold the Real Presence of
- Antonio Maria Zaccaria, Saint:
Founder of the
- Presumption:
(Latin praesumere , "to take before", "to take for granted").
- Canons, Penitential:
Rules laid down by councils or
- Libellatici, Libelli:
The libelli were certificates issued to Christians of the third century. They ...
- Altar Crucifix:
The crucifix is the principal ornament of the altar. It is placed on the altar ...
- Blessed Sacrament, Exposition of the:
Exposition is a manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing It, with ...
- Confessor: (1) Etymology and primitive meaning
The word
- Monstrance (Ostensorium):
(From ostendere , "to show").
- Wirt, Wigand:
Theologian, born at Frankfort about 1460; died at Steyer, 30 June, 1519. He ...
- Ad Sanctam Beati Petri Sedem:
This letter was issued by Alexander VII , and is dated at Rome, 16 October, ...
- Frances d'Amboise, Blessed:
Duchess of Brittany, afterwards Carmelite nun, b. 1427; d. at Nantes, 4 Nov., ...
- Perpetual Adoration, Sisters of the:
(Quimper,
- Washing of Feet and Hands:
Owing to the general use of sandals in Eastern countries the washing of the feet ...
- Ravesteyn, Josse:
Born about 1506, at Tielt, a small town in Flanders, hence often called T ...
- Bonnard, Ven. Jean Louis:
A French missionary and martyr, b. 1 March, 1824 at ...
- Eusebius Bruno:
Bishop of Angers, b. in the early part of the eleventh century; d. at Angers, 29 ...
- Adeodatus:
Son of St. Augustine,
- Adoro Te Devote:
("I adore Thee devoutly").
A
- Dove:
(Latin columba ).
In
- Ticonius:
(Also TYCONIUS, TYCHONIUS, etc.)
An African Donatist writer ...
- Altar Breads:
Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the
- Ceremony:
(Sanskrit, karman , action, work; from kar or ker , to make or create; ...
- Faithful, The:
( Latin fideles , from fides , faith.)
Those who have ...
- Disciples of Christ:
A sect founded in the United States of
- Arca:
A box in which the
- Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe:
A French
- Adelmann:
Bishop of
- Penitents, Confraternities of:
Congregations, with statutes prescribing various penitential works, such as ...
- Adam, John:
A distinguished preacher and a strenuous opponent of Calvinists and Jansenists, ...
- São Carlos do Pinhal:
(S. CAROLI PINHALENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of the
- Irvingites:
A religious sect called after Edward Irving (1792-1834), a deposed Presbyterian ...
- Character, Sacramental:
Character ...
- Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham:
Also known as "the Grammarian", the author of the homilies in Anglo-Saxon, a ...
- Duperron, Jacques-Davy:
A theologian and diplomat, born 25 Nov., 1556, at St-Lô (Normandy),
- Priests' Eucharistic League: I. Object
The Priests' Eucharistic League (Confraternitas sacerdotalis ...
- Sacrilege:
(Latin sacrilegium , robbing a temple, from sacer , sacred, and legere , ...
- Holy Oils:
(OLEA SACRA).
Liturgical Benediction
Oil is a product ...
- Verbum Supernum Prodiens:
The first line of two hymns celebrating respectively the Nativity of
- Tabernacle Societies:
The Association of Perpetual
- Ash Wednesday:
The Wednesday after
- Thais, Saint:
(THAISIS or THAISIA).
A penitent in
- Guthlac, Saint:
Hermit; born about 673; died at Croyland, England, 11 April, 714. Our authority ...
- Chardon, Mathias:
(His name in
- Severinus, Pope:
The date of his birth is not known. He was consecrated seemingly on 28 May, ...
- Altar Frontal:
The frontal ( antipendium,
- Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Congregation of the:
Better known as the Congregation of Picpus, was founded by Father Coudrin, b. at ...
- Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint:
Born at Montegranaro, 1540; died at Ascoli, 12 October 1604. Felix de Nicola was ...
- Adoration, Perpetual:
A term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted
- Sabinianus, Pope:
The date of his birth is unknown, but he was consecrated pope probably 13 ...
- Precedence:
( Latin præcedere , to go before another).
- Humeral Veil:
This is the name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ...
- Braga, Councils of:
Many councils were held in Braga, some of them important. The authenticity of the ...
- Imitation of Christ:
A work of spiritual devotion, also sometimes called the "Following of Christ". Its ...
- Lamp and Lampadarii:
There is very little evidence that any strictly liturgical use was made of lamps ...
- Barbara, Saint:
Virgin and Martyr. There is no reference to St. Barbara contained in the
- Gabriel Possenti, Blessed:
Passionist student; renowned for
- Pacificus of San Severino, Saint:
Born at San Severino, in the
- Rose of Lima, Saint:
Virgin, patroness of America, born at Lima,
- Sacramentals:
In instituting the
- Cross-Bearer:
The cleric or ...
- Abjuration:
A denial, disavowal, or
- Miletus, Vitus:
(Originally MÜLLER)
A
- Dionysius, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 26 or 27 December, 268. During the pontificate of Pope ...
- Diaconicum:
(Greek diakonikon )
The
- Bathe, William:
Writer on music and education, b. at Dublin, Ireland, 2 April, 1564; d. at ...
- Secular Clergy:
( Latin clerus sæcularis )
In the language of ...
- Dunkers:
( German tunken , to dip)
A Protestant sect thus named ...
- Sylvester I, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. According to the "Liber pontificalis" ...
- Elcesaites:
(Or H ELKESAITES ).
A sect of Gnostic Ebionites, whose ...
- Plegmund:
Archbishop of Canterbury, died 2 August, 914. He was a Mercian, and spent his ...
- Alphege, Saint:
(Or ALPHEGE).
Born 954; died 1012; also called Godwine, ...
- Leo II, Pope Saint:
Pope (682-83), date of birth unknown; d. 28 June, 683. He was a Sicilian, and ...
- Benedict I, Pope:
Of the first Pontiff who bore the name of Benedict practically nothing is known. ...
- Roger, Bishop of Worcester:
Died at Tours, 9 August, 1179. A younger son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, he ...
- Michael de Sanctis, Saint:
(DE LOS SANTOS).
Born at, Vich in Catalonia, 29 September, ...
- Altar Cards:
To assist the
- Altar Candlesticks:
An altar-candlestick consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about ...
- Ratramnus:
(Rathramnus)
A Benedictine
- Regeneration:
(Latin regeneratio ; Greek anagennesis and paliggenesia ).
- Forty Hours' Devotion:
Also called Quarant' Ore or written in one word Quarantore , is a devotion in ...
- Hornyold, John Joseph:
A titular
- Godet des Marais, Paul:
Bishop of Chartres,
- Anabaptists:
(Greek ana , again, and baptizo , baptize ; rebaptizers).
- Catherine of Sweden, Saint:
The fourth child of
- Gorkum, The Martyrs of:
The year 1572, Luther and Calvin had already wrested from the Church a great ...
- Aphraates:
(Greek,
- Bocking, Edward:
(or B OKKYNG ).
English Benedictine, b. of East Anglian ...
- William of Maleval, Saint:
(or ST. WILLIAM THE GREAT).
Died 10 February, 1157;
- Diether of Isenburg:
Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. about 1412; d. 7 May, 1482, at Aschaffenburg. ...
- Tarsicius, Saint:
Martyr. The only positive information concerning this Roman
- Garland:
A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, ...
- Attrition:
Attrition or ...
- Good Faith:
A phrase employed to designate the mental and moral state of honest, even if ...
- Curr, Joseph:
A priest, controversialist and
- Holy Saturday:
In the primitive Church Holy Saturday was known as Great, or Grand, Saturday, ...
- Chrism:
A mixture of oil of olives and balsam, blessed by a
- Hairshirt:
(Latin cilicium ; French cilice ).
A garment of rough ...
- Brus, Anton:
Archbishop of Prague, b. at. Muglitz in Moravia, 13 February, 1518; d. 28 August, ...
- Reordinations: I. STATE OF THE QUESTION
The Oratorian Jean Morin , in the seventeenth ...
- Archontics:
(From archon , prince, ruler).
A Gnostic sect which ...
- Processional Cross:
A processional ...
- Margaret Mary, Saint:
Religious of the Visitation Order.
- MacCaghwell, Hugh:
(Cavellus).
- Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint:
Born at Cologne, 935; died at Toul, 23 April, 994. Belonging to a wealthy and ...
- Biot, Jean-Baptiste:
A physicist and mathematician, born at Paris, France, 21 April, 1774; died. ...
- Metham, Thomas:
A knight,
- Lombard, Peter:
Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Waterford, about 1555; d. at Rome, 1625; belonged to a ...
- Heilsbronn, Monk of:
This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written ...
- Petitions to the Holy See: I. MODE OF PETITIONING
Faculties, indults, dispensations, and other ...
- Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament:
Carmelite nun, b. in Paris, 6 March, 1590; d. there 24 May, 1660. She was the ...
- De Profundis:
("Out of the depths"). First words of Psalm 129. The author of this Psalm is ...
- Witness:
One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof. Witnesses are ...
- Mennonites:
A Protestant denomination of
- Altar of Repose:
(Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more frequently repository). ...
- Pontificale:
( Pontificale ...
- Politi, Lancelot:
(In religion ...
- Ancren Riwle:
Or R EGULA I NCLUSARUM.
The name given to a ...
- Utraquism:
The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of the Calixtines or
- Pullen, Robert:
(POLENIUS, PULLAN, PULLEIN, PULLENUS, PULLY, LA POULE)
See ...
- Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
(DESPONSATIO BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS)
A feast of ...
- Joseph Calasanctius of the Mother of God, Pious Workers of Saint:
Founded at Vienna, 24 November, 1889, by Father Anton Maria Schwartz for all ...
- Corbie, Monastery of:
(Also CORBEY)
A Benedictine
- Creed, Liturgical Use of:
The public use of creeds began in connection with baptism, in the Traditio ...
- Firmilian:
Bishop of
- Tavistock Abbey:
Tavistock Abbey, on the Tavy River in Devonshire, England, founded for ...
- Conrad of Ascoli, Blessed: Friar Minor and missionary, b. ...
- Vasquez, Gabriel:
Theologian, b. at Villaescusa de Haro, near Belmonte, Cuenca, 1549 or 1551; d. at ...
- Age of Reason:
The name given to that period of human
- Macarius of Antioch:
A Patriarch, deposed in 681. Macarius's dignity seems to have been a purely ...
- Altar Vessels:
The chalice ...
- Arias, Francis:
Writer of ascetical treatises, born at
- Lateran Councils:
A series of five important councils held at
- Sitifis:
(Sitifensis).
Titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis. Sitifis, ...
- Paschasius, Saint:
A deacon of the Roman Church about 500; died after 511. Almost all that is ...
- Thomas Woodhouse, Blessed:
Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573, being disembowelled alive. Ordained ...
- Reynolds, William:
(RAINOLDS, RAYNOLDS, REGINALDUS)
Born at Pinhorn near ...
- Stephen (V) VI, Pope:
(885-91)
Date of birth unknown; died in Sept., 891. His ...
- Messalians:
( Praying folk; participle Pa'el of the Aramaic word meaning "to pray "). ...
- Peter of Arbues, Saint:
(Correctly, PETER ARBUES).
Born in 1441 (or 1442); died 17 ...
- Christian:
First Bishop ...
- Van der Weyden, Rogier:
Painter, b. at Tournai, 1399 or 1400; d. at Brussels, 1464. His original name was ...
- Francis Caracciolo, Saint:
Co-founder with John ...
- Universalists:
A Liberal Protestant sect -- found chiefly in North
- Gropper, John:
An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest,
- Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the:
One of the most recent congregations of religious women in the
- Hilary of Poitiers, Saint:
Bishop, born in that city at the beginning of the fourth century; died there 1 ...
- Alumbrados:
(Alumbrados.)
The name assumed by some false mystics who ...
- Ritual:
The Ritual ( ...
- Ceremonial:
The book which contains in detail the order of religious
- Arles, The Synods of:
The first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to ...
- Bread, Liturgical Use of:
In the
- Juliana of Liège, Saint:
Nun, b. at Retinnes, near Liège, Belgium, 1193; d. at Fosses, 5 April, ...
- John V, Pope:
(685-686).
A Syrian whose father was one Cyriacus; when he ...
- Santa Fe (New Mexico):
(SANCTAE FIDEI IN AMERICA).
Archdiocese in New Mexico, ...
- Maury, Jean-Siffrein:
Cardinal and statesman, born at Valréas, near Avignon, 26 June, 1746; ...
- Campagna, Girolamo:
Born in Verona, 1552; died about 1623 or 1625. He was an able, but not strikingly ...
- Margaret Pole, Blessed:
Countess of Salisbury,
- Contrition:
( Latin contritio --a breaking of something hardened).
In ...
- Bagot, Jean:
Theologian, born at Rennes, in France, 9 July, 1591, died at Paris, 23 August, ...
- Bell, James:
Priest and martyr, b. at Warrington in Lancashire, England, probably about 1520; ...
- Zacharias Chrysopolitanus:
A famous exegete of the Premonstratensian Order ; born at
- Epiklesis:
Epiklesis ( ...
- Pelisson-Fontanier, Paul:
French writer, born at Béziers in 1624 of Protestant
- Eucharistic Congresses:
Eucharistic ...
- Birds (in Symbolism):
Many kinds of birds are used in
- Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature:
Adam's importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal ...
- Eustachius and Companions, Saints:
Martyrs under the Emperor Hadrian, in the year 188. Feast in the West, 20 ...
- Briand, Joseph Olivier:
Seventh Bishop ...
- Quam singulari:
A decree of ...
- Orley, Barent Van:
(Bernard)
Painter, b. at Brussels, about 1491; d. there 6 ...
- Marianus of Florence:
A Friar
- Eyston, Charles:
Antiquary, born 1667; died 5 November, 1721; he was a member of the ancient
- Zigliara, Tommaso Maria:
( Baptismal name, FRANCESCO).
Cardinal, theologian, and ...
- Confession, Lay:
This article does not deal with
- John of Fermo, Blessed:
More often called JOHN OF LA VERNA, from his long sojourn on that holy mountain, ...
- Raymond VII:
Count of Toulouse, son of Raymond VI, b. at Beaucaire, 1197; d. at Milhaud, 1249; ...
- Tanner, Edmund:
Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland, 1574-1579; born about 1526; died 1579. The ...
- Marriage, Validation of:
Validation of marriage may be effected by a simple renewal of consent when its ...
- Cousin, Germain, Saint:
Born in 1579 of humble
- Baylon, Saint Pascal:
Born at Torre-Hermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, 24 May, 1540, on the Feast of ...
- Lugo:
DIOCESE OF LUGO (LUCENSIS)
Diocese in Galicia, Spain, a ...
- Baltimore, Provincial Councils of:
These councils have a unique importance for the Church in the United States ...
- Le Loutre, Louis-Joseph:
A missionary to the Micmac Indians and
- Angelus, Silesius:
(Johannes Scheffer)
Convert, poet, controversialist, the son ...
- Bercharius, Saint:
(BERERUS).
Abbot of Hautvillers in Champagne, b. 636; d. 28 ...
- Direction, Spiritual:
In the technical sense of the term,
- Eucharist, Early Symbols of the:
Among the symbols employed by the Christians of the first ages in decorating ...
- MacGeoghegan, James:
Born at Uisneach, Westmeath, Ireland, 1702; died at Paris, 1763. He came of a ...
- Junípero Serra:
Born at Petra, Island of Majorca, 24 November, 1713; died at Monterey, ...
- Duckett, John, Venerable:
A Martyr, probably a grandson of Venerable
- Conversion:
(From the classical Latin converto, depon. convertor , whence conversio , ...
- Subdeacon:
The subdiaconate is the lowest of the sacred or major orders in the Latin Church. ...
- São Thiago de Cabo Verde:
(SANCTI JACOBI CAPITIS VIRIDIS).
This
- Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo, Saint:
Archbishop of
- Lataste, Marie:
Born at Mimbaste near Dax, France, 21 February, 1822; died at Rennes, 10 May, ...
- Diario Romano:
( Italian for "Roman Daybook")
A booklet published annually ...
- Ardilliers, Notre Dame des:
(Latin argilla , French argile , colloquial ardille , clay).
- Margil, Antonio:
Born at Valencia, Spain, 18 August, 1657; died at Mexico, 6 Aug., 1726. He ...
- Bethany Beyond the Jordan:
( Bethania peran tou Iordanou ).
In the text of St. John's ...
- Doré, Pierre:
(AURATUS)
Controversialist, b. at
- Cornelius:
( Kornelios )
A
- Oxenham, Henry Nutcombe:
An English controversialist and poet, born at Harrow, 15 Nov., 1829; died at ...
- Coelde, Theodore:
(THEODORE OF MÜNSTER; THEODORE OF OSNABRÜCK; DERICK, DEDERICK, or ...
- Dalberg, Adolphus von:
Prince-Abbot of
- Impanation:
An heretical doctrine according to which
- Beaune, Renaud de:
A French Bishop, b. in 1527, at
- Artoklasia:
(Greek artos = bread, klao = to break; the breaking of bread).
- Boniface II, Pope:
Elected 17 September, 530; died October, 532.
In calling him ...
- Altar, Portable:
A portable ...
- Baptistery:
The separate building in which the Sacrament of
- Autun: THE DIOCESE OF AUTUN
(Augustodonum).
Comprises the ...
- Capharnaum:
A titular see of Palestine. Its name (also KAPERNAUM) means village of
- Altar, Privileged:
An altar is said to be privileged when, in addition to the
- Angilbert, Saint:
Abbot of Saint-Riquier, died 18 February, 814. Angilbert seems to have been ...
- William, Blessed:
Abbot of Hirschau, monastic reformer, born in Bavaria ; died at Hirschau, 5 ...
- Chrismal, Chrismatory:
Formerly used to designate the sheath, or cloth-covering ( theca ) in which
- Sisters of the Little Company of Mary:
A congregation founded in 1877 in England to
- Bonosus:
Bishop of Sardica, a heretic in the latter part of the fourth century. Against ...
- Cohen, Hermann:
A Discalced ...
- Gröne, Valentin:
A Catholic ...
- Franciscan Order:
A term commonly used to designate the members of the various foundations of ...
- Maxfield, Venerable Thomas:
( Vere Macclesfield)
English
- Allatius, Leo:
(Alacci).
A learned Greek of the seventeenth century, b. on ...
- Diepenbeeck, Abraham van:
An erudite and accomplished painter of the Flemish School, b. at
- Eusebius, Saint, Pope:
Successor of Marcellus, 309 or 310. His reign was short. The Liberian Catalogue ...
- Mount Calvary, Congregations of: I. DAUGHTERS OF MOUNT CALVARY
Founded in 1619 by
- Gardellini, Aloisio:
Born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1759; died there, 8 Oct., 1829. He is famous chiefly for ...
- Lobera, Ann:
(Better known as V ENERABLE A NN OF J ESUS ).
Carmelite ...
- Fish, Symbolism of the:
Among the symbols employed by the primitive Christians, that of the fish ranks ...
- Vaast, Abbey of Saint:
Situated at Arras, the ancient capital of Artois, Department of Pas-de-Calais, ...
- Definitors (in Religious Orders):
Generally speaking, the governing council of an order. Bergier describes them as ...
- Stedingers:
(A word meaning "those living along a shore")
A tribe of ...
- Eyre, Thomas:
First president of Ushaw
- Foster, John Gray:
Soldier, convert, b. at Whitfield, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 27 May, 1823; d. at ...
- Nicolas, Armella:
Popularly known as "La bonne Armelle", a saintly French serving-maid held in high ...
- Espence, Claude D':
(ESPENCÆUS)
A French theologian, born in 1511 at ...
- Holy Water:
The use of holy water in the earliest days of the
- Corpus Christi, Feast of:
(Feast of the Body of Christ)
This feast is celebrated in ...
- Rose of Viterbo, Saint:
Virgin, born at Viterbo, 1235; died 6 March, 1252. The chronology of her
- O'Devany, Cornelius:
(Conchobhar O'Duibheannaigh)
Bishop of Down and Connor, ...
- Minimi:
Minimi (or M ...
- Scrutiny:
(Latin scrutinium from scrutari to search, to investigate)
- Fear (from a Moral Standpoint):
(CONSIDERED FROM A MORAL STANDPOINT.)
Fear is an ...
- Rhosus:
A titular see in Cilicia Secunda, suffragan to Anazarba.
- Pectorius of Autun:
The name with which the important document frequently known as the Inscription of ...
- Sadoleto, Jacopo:
Cardinal, humanist, and reformer, b. at Modena, 1477; d. at Rome, 1547. His ...
- Ferrer, Saint Vincent:
Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, 1350; died at ...
- Drexel, Francis Anthony:
Banker, b. at Philadelphia, U.S.A. 20 June, 1824; d. there 15 Feb., 1885. He was ...
- Altar Candles:
For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the
- Bengtsson, Jöns Oxenstjerna:
(JOANNES BENEDICTI).
Archbishop of Upsala, Sweden, b. 1417; ...
- Berengarius of Tours:
Born at Tours ...
- Bar-Kepha, Moses:
One of the most celebrated Jacobite
- Clare of Montefalco, Saint:
Born at Montefalco about 1268; died there, 18 August, 1308. Much dispute has ...
- Baptism:
One of the Seven
- Paulinus, Saint:
Archbishop of York, died at Rochester, 10 October, 644. He was a Roman
- Commandments of the Church:
We shall consider:
I. The
- Uniformity Acts:
These statutes, passed at different times, were vain efforts to secure uniformity ...
- Discipline of the Secret:
(Latin Disciplina Arcani ; German Arcandisciplin ).
A ...
- Catechumen:
"Catechumen," in the early Church, was the name applied to one who had not yet ...
- Rice, Edmund Ignatius:
Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the
- Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Order of the:
Founded in the early part of the seventeenth century by Jeanne Chezard de Matel. ...
- Optatus, Saint:
Bishop of Milevis, in Numidia, in the fourth century. He was a convert, as we ...
- Ivo of Chartres, Saint:
(YVO, YVES).
One of the most notable
- Smith, Richard:
Born in Worcestershire, 1500; died at Douai, 9 July, 1563. He was educated at ...
- Salvation:
(Greek soteria ; Hebrew yeshu'ah ).
- Bonizo of Sutri:
(Or BONITHO).
Bishop of Sutri in Central Italy, in the ...
- Fontana, Carlo:
An architect and writer; b. at Bruciato, near Como, 1634; d. at Rome, 1714. There ...
- Erconwald, Saint:
Bishop of London, died about 690. He belonged to the princely
- Gerard, Archbishop of York:
Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108. He was a nephew of ...
- Raymond VI:
Count of Toulouse, b. 1156; d. 1222; succeeded his father, Raymond V, in 1195. ...
- Fonseca, Pedro Da:
A philosopher and theologian, born at Cortizada, Portugal, 1528; died at ...
- Budweis:
(Czech, BUDEJOVICE; Latin BUDOVICIUM; BOHEMO-BUDVICENSIS).
...
- Pluscarden Priory:
Founded in 1230 by Alexander III , King of Scotland, six miles from Elgin, ...
- Bernard Tolomeo, Saint:
Founder of the congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto, born at
- Heinrich von Meissen:
Usually called "Frauenlob" (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b. ...
- Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi:
A Bull of Pius IX (1846-78) which regulates anew the system of censures and ...
- Burchard of Basle:
(Also of HASENBURG or ASUEL, from his ancestral castle in Western Berne,
- Stradivari, Antonio:
The famous Cremonese violin-maker, b. in 1649 or 1650; d. at Cremona, 18 or 19 ...
- Fleming, Thomas:
Archbishop of Dublin, son of the Baron of Slane, b. in 1593; d. in 1665. He ...
- Candles:
The word candle ( candela , from candeo , to burn) was introduced into the ...
- Christ, Temptation of:
In the
- Louis Allemand, Blessed:
Cardinal,
- Bobadilla, Nicolaus:
Born at Valencia, Spain, 1511; died at Loretto, Italy, 23 September, 1590. After ...
- Echternach, Abbey of:
(Also EPTERNACH, Latin EPTERNACENSIS).
A Benedictine ...
- Sedia Gestatoria:
The Italian name of the portable papal
- Attracta, Saint:
(Or ST. ARAGHT).
A contemporary of
- James of Sarugh:
A writer of the Syrian Church "the flute of the
- Nectarius:
( Nechtarios ),
- Wilhelm V:
Son of Duke Albrecht V. Born at Munich, 29 September, 1548; died at Schlessheim, ...
- Crescens:
Crescens, a companion of St. Paul during his second Roman captivity, appears but ...
- Corporation Act of 1661:
The Corporation ...
- Faber, Frederick William:
Oratorian and devotional writer, b. 28 June, 1814, at Calverley, Yorkshire, ...
- Catechism, Roman:
This catechism differs from other summaries of
- William of Auvergne:
Bishop of Paris, medieval philosopher and theologian. Born at Aurillac in ...
- Dominic of Prussia:
A Carthusian
- Hincmar:
Bishop of Laon; died 879. In the beginning of 858 the younger Hincmar, a nephew on ...
- Names, Christian:
" Christian ...
- John of Paris:
( Called also Quidort and de Soardis).
Theologian and ...
- Constantinople, Fourth Ecumenical Council of:
(EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL.)
The Eighth General Council was ...
- John III, Pope:
(561-574).
A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574. He ...
- Cult, Disparity of:
( Disparitas Cultus )
A diriment impediment introduced by ...
- Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy:
Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896. He was educated at ...
- Creswell, Joseph:
( vere Arthur)
Controversialist, b. 1557 of Yorkshire stock ...
- Baptismal Font:
A basin or vase, serving as a receptacle for baptismal water in which the ...
- Gregory VIII, Pope:
(ALBERTO DI MORRA).
Born about the beginning of the twelfth ...
- Ambrose of Sienna, Blessed:
Born at Sienna, 16 April, 1220, of the noble
- Genesius: (1) Genesius (of ...
- Infidels:
(Latin in , privative, and fidelis .)
As in ...
- Duc, Fronton du:
(Called in Latin Ducæus.)
A French theologian and ...
- Paschasius Radbertus, Saint:
Theologian, b. at Soissons, 786; d. in the Monastery of Corbie, c. 860 (the date ...
- Marcellus I, Saint, Pope:
His date of birth unknown; elected pope in May or June, 308; died in 309. For ...
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