FIBULA – F. in the form of a bird in gold filigree à pomme. Merovingian art (6th century) – Paris, collection of Countess de Behaque.
Circulation. Elementary schools: 140 with 9443 pupils; middle schools: 120 with 10,285 pupils; upper schools: 11 with 4265 pupils. Various charitable works are active, and Catholic Action is also organized.
BIBL.: Archivio di Propaganda, Prospectus status missionis, pos. prot. n. 979/40; MC, pp. 107–108; AAS, 5 (1913), pp. 235–236. Saverio Paventi