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Angennes, Alessandro D'
Bishop, b. in Turin on 29 June 1781 to a noble family, d. in Vercelli on 8 May 1869. He was elected by Pius VII in 1818 to the see of Alessandria and, on 24… -
Anger (COLLERA)
COLLERA: v. IRA. -
Angers, Diocese of (ANGERS, DIOCESI DI)
In western France, a suffragan of Tours, with its see in the city of A., the capital of the department of Maine-et-Loire. The diocese comprises approximately… -
Anghel, Atanasio
Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of Alba Julia, b. at Ciugud, d. 19 Aug. 1713 in his see. Since he had done his studies in Calvinist schools, the Hungarian… -
Angherà, Domenico
Priest and patriot, b. at Potenzano Briatico in 1803, d. at Naples in 1873. A Carbonaro and Mazzinian, he settled in 1846 at Catanzaro, founding there an… -
Angilbert, Saint (ANGILBERTO, SANTO)
Abbot of Centula (Saint-Riquier), one of Charlemagne's principal auxiliaries and confidants and a disciple of Alcuin. Of noble origin, born around 750, died on… -
Angilmo di Luxeuil (ANGELOMO DI LUXEUIL)
Benedictine exegete, among the best of the 9th century, d. around 855. He was trained under a certain Mellinus (PL 115, 108), and taught temporarily at the… -
Angilramnus (ANGILRAMNO)
Benedictine abbot of Sens; bishop of Metz from 768. His pastoral office did not prevent Charlemagne from keeping him at his side, appointing him court… -
Angiolieri, Cecco
Poet b. in Siena around 1260, d. between 1311 and 1313. The few biographical notices about him are drawn from his own Canzoniere. His father had held important… -
Angiolini
Four brothers, born in Piacenza, who lived in the Society of Jesus at the time of its suppression. FRANCESCO, b. in 1750, entered the novitiate of Venice in… -
Angiulli, Andrea
Educationalist b. at Castellana (Bari) in 1837, d. at Rome in 1890, is a well-known representative of Italian pedagogical positivism. Having gone to Germany in… -
Angius, Vittorio
A priest, he was deputy for Lanusei (Nuoro) in the 1st legislature and proposed the abolition of tithes in Sardinia. Re-elected in the 4th legislature by the… -
Anglicanism (ANGLICANESIMO)
By A. is meant the doctrine and ecclesiastical regime of the Anglican Church (Church of England). 1. A. and the Anglican Communion. - The Church of England… -
Anglican Ordinations (ANGLICANE, ORDINAZIONI)
1. Background. - The question concerning the validity of Anglican ordinations, that is, whether ministers ordained according to the rite of the Church of… -
Anglican Ordinations (ORDINAZIONI ANGLICANE)
ORDINAZIONI ANGLICANE: V. ANGLICANE, ORDINAZIONI. -
Anglo-Calvinists (ANGLO-CALVINISTI)
This name is sometimes given to Anglicans, to indicate the Calvinist tendency of their Church. Those who protest above all against such a designation are the… -
Anglo-Catholics (ANGLO-CATTOLICI)
Under this denomination are understood those members of the Anglican church who, while not forming part of the Roman Catholic Church, and without officially… -
Anglona e Tursi, Diocese of (ANGLONA E TURSI, DIOCESI DI)
In the conciliar region of Lucania and the Salerno area, suffragan of Acerenza. Its territory extends over 53 municipalities in the provinces of Matera… -
Anglo-Saxons (ANGLOSASSONI)
From the name "Saxones," given to the Germanic invaders of Britain, and from "Angli," later predominantly used, Paul the Deacon derived the term Angli Saxones… -
Anglo-Saxon Script and Illumination (ANGLOSASSONE, SCRITTURA E MINIATURA)
ANGLOSASSONE, SCRITTURA e MINIATURA: V. INSULARE, SCRITTURA. -
Angola
1. GEOGRAPHY. - It is the largest (with Cabinda and Landana to the N. of the mouth of the Congo, 1.2 million sq. km.), but not the most populous (3.7 million… -
Angora of the Armenians (ANGORA DEGLI ARMENI)
ANGORA degli ARMENI: v. ANCIRA DEGLI ARMENI. -
Angoulême, Diocese of (ANGOULÈME, DIOCESI DI)
An episcopal see, suffragan of Bordeaux, A. (Engolisma) is a city of western France, on a hill washed by the Charente, the ancient capital of the Angoumois.… -
Angra, Diocese of (ANGRA, DIOCESI DI)
Capital city of the Azores, with a population of about 12,000 inhabitants, A. is the seat of a diocese suffragan to Lisbon, erected by Clement VII in 1533… -
Angra Mainyu
ANGRA MAINYU: v. AHRIMAN. -
Angriani, Michele
ANGRIANI, MICHELE: v. AIGUANI, MICHELE. -
Anguier, François and Michel (ANGUIER, FRANÇOIS E MICHEL)
French sculptors from Eu, pupils of S. Guillain. FRANÇOIS (1604-69) executed numerous funerary monuments, among them the notable ones of Henry de Montmorency… -
Anguillara
A comital family that takes its name from the locality of the same name situated on the southern shore of Lake Bracciano, 33 km from Rome. It is supposed to be… -
Anguisciola (Anguissola), Lucio
Scotist theologian and philosopher, of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at Piacenza, of a patrician family, in 1520 and d. at Pisa on 7 Oct. 1592. In 1572 a… -
Anguissola, Sofonisba
Painter, b. in Cremona in 1527, d. in Palermo in 1625. Through her first teachers, B. Campi and B. Gatti known as il Sojaro, she came into contact with the… -
Angulo, Pedro de
Spanish missionary, b. in Burgos. In 1524 he went to America in search of adventure and glory. But four years later, seized by the zeal to make the cause of… -
Angustia Loci
It is one of the canonical grounds admitted for the granting of a dispensation from matrimonial impediments (especially from the impediments of consanguinity… -
Aniano di Celida (ANIANO DI CELEDA)
The deacon A. of Celeda (place unknown) was one of the most zealous defenders of the Pelagian heresy. Since St. Jerome in one of his letters (Epist. 133) had… -
Anicetus, Pope, Saint (ANICETO, PAPA, SANTO)
According to the list of popes preserved by Irenaeus (Adv. haer., III, 3: PG 7, 851; cf. also Eusebius, Hist. eccl., V, 24, 14), A. succeeded Pius I and was… -
Anile, Antonino
Physician, educator and writer, one of the most notable representatives of twentieth-century Catholic scientific literature, b. at Pizzo di Calabria on 20 Nov.… -
Anima Christi, Sanctify Me (ANIMA CHRISTI, SANCTIFICA ME)
A Eucharistic prayer, in the Roman Missal appended to the florilegium of prayers for thanksgiving after Mass, and granted an indulgence by Pius IX (8 January… -
Animal (ANIMALE)
1. IN NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. - In all natural religions, whether primitive or evolved, a cult has been paid to certain animal species or to particular… -
Animation (ANIMAZIONE)
I. WHAT BIOLOGY SAYS. - The philosophical and theological problem of animation, that is, the identification of the moment at which the rational soul is infused… -
Animatism (ANIMATISMO)
An expression introduced into ethnological and religio-historical subjects by R. R. Marett, and which is meant to characterize a supposed stage chronologically… -
Animism (ANIMISMO)
1. ETHNOLOGY. - This term generally denotes the tendency of certain primitive peoples to attribute a soul not only to man but also to things. In particular… -
Animuccia, Giovanni
A musician of purely religious inspiration who, together with Costanzo Festa (v.), opens the golden tradition of the Roman polyphonic school. Born in Florence… -
Ani, Wisdom (Maxims) of (ANI, SAPIENZA (MASSIME) DI)
Egyptian collection of gnomic sentences, akin, in subject matter, to the biblical wisdom books. The text is found in a papyrus of the 22nd dynasty (945-745… -
Anjou, House of Naples (ANGIÒ, DINASTIA DI NAPOLI)
The House of Anjou, a branch of the family reigning in France, already powerful through its domains beyond the Alps and already embarked upon an Italian policy… -
Anking [Anqing], Archdiocese of (ANKING, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It is located in China, in the western part of the civil province of Anhwei; it was erected as a vicariate on 21 February 1929, by division from the apostolic… -
Ankwo [Anguo], Diocese of (ANKWO, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese of northern China, situated in the central part of the civil province of Hopeh (ancient Chihli). The mission, erected as an apostolic prefecture on 15… -
Anlung
ANLUNG: v. LANLUNG. -
Anna (ANNA)
Name of various women of the Old and New Testaments. 1) ANNA, wife of the Ephraimite Elkanah (v.) living at Ramathaim-zophim (I Sam. 1-2). Beloved by her… -
Annales de La Sainte-Enfance
A bimonthly periodical, official organ of the Society of the Holy Childhood (v.), begun in Paris in 1846. Along with the annual report and the communications… -
Annales de la Société Scientifique
Periodical published in Louvain by the "Société scientifique" of Brussels, founded in 1875, with the aim of fostering the development and dissemination of the… -
Annales de L'Association de La Propagation de La Foi
Official organ of this Association, which later became the Pontifical Society of the Propagation of the Faith (v.). Begun at Lyon and Paris in 1824, as a… -
Annales de Philosophie Chrétienne
Journal founded in 1830 by A. Bonnetty (1798-1879), who retained its editorship until his death, and who was, along with L. de Bonald, L. Bautain, and H. F.… -
Annales des Prêtres Adorateurs
Monthly review, published from January 1, 1888 in Paris by the Priests of the Most Blessed Sacrament (v.). It had been preceded by a provisional bulletin in… -
Annales Ecclesiastici (ANNALI ECCLESIASTICI)
A weekly review of a literary-religious character, founded by Msgr. Scipione de' Ricci, bishop of Pistoia, and published in Florence from June 2, 1780 to 1792.… -
Annali della Propagazione della Fede
ANNALI DELLA PROPAGAZIONE DELLA FEDE: v. ANNALES DE L'ASSOCIATION DE LA PROPAGATION DE LA FOI. -
Annali Dell'Italia Cattolica
Annual review of Catholic activities in Italy, intended in particular for organized Catholics and published from 1925 to 1934 in Milan, on the initiative of… -
Annali Lateranensi
Yearbook of the Pontifical Missionary Ethnological Museum, begun in 1937, the tenth year of the institute's life. Compiled on a strictly scientific plan, it… -
Annam
ANNAM: v. INDOCINA FRANCESE. -
Annamites, Martyrs (ANNAMITI, MARTIRI)
Under this name are understood the one hundred and five who were beatified among the very numerous missionaries, priests and indigenous Christians martyred in… -
Anna of Jesus, Venerable (ANNA DI GESU, VENERABILE)
Discalced Carmelite, disciple and co-worker of St. Teresa, b. at Medina del Campo (Spain) on 25 Nov. 1545, d. at Brussels on 4 March 1621. At the age of ten… -
Anna of Saint Augustine, Venerable (ANNA DI SANT'AGOSTINO, VENERABILE)
Discalced Carmelite, disciple of St. Teresa, b. at Dueña (Palencia) in 1555, d. at Villanueva on 11 Dec. 1624. She took the Carmelite habit at Málaga in 1575.… -
Anna Perenna
Ancient Roman divinity, about whose festival, which fell on the Ides of March, we are amply informed by the Fasti (V, 523-695) of Ovid, who dwells on the… -
Annas (ANNA)
Name of two Jewish high priests of the 1st century A.D. 1) A. (Ánano) I is called 'Αννάς in the New Testament, 'Ανανός by Flavius Josephus. Son of Seth… -
Annata
What before the 14th century was called fructus primi temporis, annalia, annualia, was later called a.: a word which in its specific meaning indicated all the… -
Annat, Francesco
Jesuit, b. at Estain near Annat (Rhodez), on 5 Feb. 1590; d. in Paris on 14 June 1670. Having entered the Society of Jesus on 16 Feb. 1607, after completing… -
Anne Boleyn (BOLEYN (BOLENA), ANNA)
Second wife of Henry VIII of England, b. in 1504 (?), d. in 1536. Daughter of Thomas B., an English gentleman of modest and recent nobility, in her early youth… -
Annecy, Diocese of (ANNECY, DIOCESI DI)
In southeastern France, with its seat at A. (Annecium). Situated at 450 m. on the shores of the lake of the same name, this city is also the capital of the… -
Annegarn, Giuseppe
Historian, b. at Ostberven on 12 Oct. 1794, d. at Braunsberg on 8 July 1843. A priest and from 1856 professor of ecclesiastical history at the lyceum of… -
Anne of Austria (ANNA D'AUSTRIA)
Daughter of Philip III, King of Spain, and of Margaret of Austria-Styria, born 27 Sept. 1601; on 25 Dec. 1615 she was married to Louis XIII, King of France, at… -
Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Blessed (ANNA DI SAN BARTOLOMEO, BEATA)
Discalced Carmelite, in the world Anna García, b. Oct. 1, 1549 in Almendral (near Ávila), d. at Antwerp on June 7, 1626. She entered on Nov. 2, 1570, first as… -
Annet, Peter
English deist, b. in Liverpool in 1693, d. in London in 1769; a vehement but confused polemicist. The newspaper that he founded in 1761, but of which only nine… -
Annexation (ANNESSIONE)
In the broad sense it designates any non-natural increase of a State's own territory however effected, but the term is more commonly used in the restricted… -
Annianus (Aniano) (ANIANO (ANNIANO))
Egyptian monk of the 5th century, author of a Chronographia, cited and used by George Syncellus (9th century), but now lost, which, starting from Adam, stopped… -
Annibaldi (Annibaldeschi) della Molara, Annibaldi degli (ANNIBALDI (ANNIBALDESCHI) DELLA MOLARA, ANNIBALDO DEGLI)
Nephew of Cardinal Riccardo, born in Rome, died at Orvieto in the year 1272. He entered the Order of Preachers at S. Sabina at a very young age. He was soon… -
Annibaldi (Annibaldeschi) della Molara, Riccardo degli
He was created cardinal with the title of St. Angelo by Gregory IX, his great-uncle, in 1237 or 1239. He was appointed, perhaps by Innocent IV, archpriest of… -
Annibale da Genova
Born on September 1, 1723, at the age of 17 he entered the Capuchin Friars Minor; ordained a priest, he preached for several years in Liguria, but, desiring to… -
Annibale Padovano
Musician, b. in Padua in 1527, d. in Graz in 1575. From 1552 he was organist of the second organ at St. Mark's in Venice, and from 1566 organist and from 1570… -
Annibali da Latera, Flaminio
Franciscan, writer, b. at Latera (Viterbo) on 23 Nov. 1733, d. at Viterbo on 27 Feb. 1813. Having entered the Order at Orte on 28 Jan. 1750, he devoted himself… -
Annihilation (ANNICHILAZIONE)
ANNICHILAZIONE : v. POTENZA DIVINA. -
Annius of Viterbo (ANNIO DA VITERBO)
Dominican scholar, among the most debated of the Renaissance, b. at Viterbo in 1432, d. at Rome on 13 Nov. 1502. He took the Dominican habit in the convent of… -
Annone, Chant of (Annolled) (ANNONE, CANTO DI (ANNOLLED))
It is a poem in Middle High German, composed between 1077 and 1081 by an ecclesiastic of the monastery of Siegburg near Bonn. To a compendium of ecclesiastical… -
Anno, Saint (ANNONE, SANTO)
Archbishop of Cologne, b. ca. 1010 in Swabia, d. 4 December 1075. He became provost of the canons at Goslar and in 1056 archbishop of Cologne. He was regent… -
Annual Medal (MEDAGLIA ANNUALE)
MEDAGLIA ANNUALE: V. PAPA. -
Annulability (ANNULLABILITÀ)
ANNULLABILITÀ: v. NULLITÀ. ANNULUS (ANULUS) PISCATORIS: v. ANELLO. -
Annulus (Anulus) Piscatoris
ANNULUS (ANULUS) PISCATORIS: v. ANELLO. -
Annunciation (ANNUNCIAZIONE)
It is the angelic message of the incarnation of the Word of God to the Virgin Mary. 1. IN HOLY SCRIPTURE. - The episode (Lk. 1:26-38) takes place at Nazareth… -
Annunciation of the Lord (FESTE, ANNUNZIO DELLE)
On the day of the Epiphany, after the Gospel, the deacon announces the movable feasts of the new year. The melody that accompanies it is very ancient and… -
Annunziata, (Annunciade) Order of the (ANNUNZIATA, (ANNUNCIADE) ORDINE DELLA)
This is the common name for the Order of contemplative nuns founded at Bourges by Blessed Joan of France (Joan of Valois, 1464-1505), daughter of Louis XI… -
Annunziata, Confraternity of the (ANNUNZIATA, CONFRATERNITA DELLA)
It was founded at S. Maria sopra Minerva in Rome by Cardinal Torquemada in 1460, to provide dowries for poor girls. The bestowal of the dowry took place on 25… -
Annunziata, Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (ANNUNZIATA, ORDINE CAVALLERESCO DELLA S.M.A)
The Supreme Order of the Most Holy A., among the oldest in Europe, was the highest of the Savoy monarchy. Founded by Amadeus VI in 1364 under the name of the… -
Annunziatine Celesti
A women's congregation founded in Genoa in 1602 by the feast [of the Annunciation] Vittoria Fornari, who, after her husband's death and having settled her… -
Annunziatine of Lombardy (ANNUNZIATINE DI LOMBARDIA)
A congregation of religious women, also called Sisters of St. Ambrose or of St. Marcellina, which arose in Pavia in 1408 on the initiative of some pious ladies… -
Anomeans and Anomeanism (ANOMEI E ANOMEISMO)
ANOMEI e ANOMEISMO: v. AEZIO; EUNOMIO. -
Anomians (ANOMIANI)
ANOMIANI: v. ANTINOMIANI. -
Anonymous Letters (LETTERE ANONIME)
These are letters that bear no signature and whose writer is unknown. Sending someone an anonymous letter is in itself a morally indifferent act. It will… -
Anonymous of Cuspinian (ANONIMO CUSPINIANEO)
ANONIMO CUSPINIANEO: v. CRONOGRAFO DEL 354; CUSPINIANO, GIOVANNI. -
Anonymous of Matthew (ANONIMO IN MATTEO)
ANONIMO in MATTEO: v. MATTEO. -
Anonymous of Noris (ANONIMO NORISIANO)
ANONIMO NORISIANO: v. CRONOGRAFO DEL 354; NORIS, ENRICO. -
Anonymous of Piacenza (ANONIMO PIACENTINO)
This is the designation for an unknown person who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with some companions, leaving an account of his journey, in which internal… -
Anonymous of Scaliger (ANONYMUS SCALIGERI)
ANONYMUS SCALIGERI: v. SCALIGERI, BARBARUS. -
Anonymous of Valesius (ANONIMO VALESIANO)
Con questo nome si suole indicare un'importante cronaca, pubblicata per la prima volta da H. Valois (Valesio) nel 1636 in appendice alla sua edizione di… -
Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe (ANQUETIL DUPERRON, ABRAHAM-HYACINTHE)
Orientalist, b. in Paris on 7 Dec. 1731, d. there on 17 Jan. 1805. Passionate about ancient Persia, he wanted to know its language and religion, and proposed… -
Ansaldo (ANSALDI)
The following belonged to this family: 1) CASTO INNOCENZO - Dominican theologian, exegete and historian, one of the greatest scholars of his time, b. at… -
Ansaldo, Giovanni Andrea
Painter, b. at Voltri in 1584, d. at Genoa on 20 Aug. 1638. He was influenced by Veronese, by Strozzi, by van Dyck, by Rubens and by the Lombard school. Among… -
Ansalone, Pietro
Ascetical writer, b. at S. Severino (Salerno) in 1633, d. at Naples in 1713. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1651, he taught letters and philosophy and… -
Ansaloni, Giordano (Giordano di Santo Stefano)
Dominican, martyr of Japan. Born at S. Stefano (Agrigento) in 1600, he was sent to Salamanca to pursue his studies there. In 1625 he obtained permission to… -
Anse, Councils of (ANSE, CONCILI DI)
It is a small town in the diocese of Lyon, which was the seat of important provincial councils. At the first (994), the archbishops of Lyon, of Vienne, and of… -
Ansegisus, Saint (ANSEGISO, SANTO)
Benedictine, abbot of Fontenelle, b. perhaps near Saint-Rambert in the diocese of Lyon ca. 770 into an ancient noble family, d. at Fontenelle on 20 July 833.… -
Ansello (i.e., Anselmo) (ANSELLO (CIOÈ ANSELMO))
Benedictine, called the Scholastic (Ansellus Scholasticus). With the authors of the Histoire littéraire de la France it was believed, until today, that he was… -
Anselm, Archbishop of Milan (ANSELMO, ARCIVESCOVO DI MILANO)
A. II, on the cathedra from 6 March 883 to 27 Sept. 896, is the titular figure of the celebrated medieval collection of legal texts, called precisely the… -
Anselm, Bishop of Lucca, Saint (ANSELMO, VESCOVO DI LUCCA, SANTO)
Nephew of the famous Anselm of Baggio, later Pope Alexander II. Born in 1036, died at Mantua on 10 March 1086. He was a canon of the cathedral of Milan and… -
Anselmi, Giuseppe
Born at Cherasco in 1769 and died there in 1842, the abbot A. was first a teacher of rhetoric at Casale, then of letters at the Royal Military Academy of… -
Anselmi, Michelangelo
Painter, b. in Lucca around 1491, d. in 1555 or 1556. He was first influenced by Sodoma, then (1520) by Correggio; he also drew close to Pordenone and… -
Anselm of Aosta (ANSELMO D'AOSTA)
I. LIFE. - He was born at Aosta, in Piedmont, in 1033 or at the beginning of 1034, of a noble family. His father, Gandulf or Gandulfo, of Lombard origin, a man… -
Anselm of Besate, called the Peripatetic (ANSELMO DA BESATE, DETTO IL PERIPATETTO)
Wandering master of the 11th century, one of the first representatives of the dialectic reviving in early scholasticism. Of his life it is known only that he… -
Anselm of Campione (ANSELMO DA CAMPIONE)
Progenitor of the family of artists of the same name (v. CAMPIONESI, maestri), he took part as architect and sculptor in the last phase of the construction of… -
Anselm of Esch (ANSELMO D'ESCH)
Capuchin ascetical writer, b. at Esch-sur-la-Sure (Luxembourg), probably in 1710, d. at Mondorf on 21 Nov. 1783. Neither his family name nor the date of his… -
Anselm of Havelberg (ANSELMO DI HAVELBERG)
He was first bishop of Havelberg in Brandenburg (1129-55), then archbishop of Ravenna (1155-58), with the honorary title of exarch; d. near Milan, on 12 Aug.… -
Anselm of Laon (Anselmus Laudunensis) (ANSELMO DI LAON (ANSELMUS LAUDUNENSIS))
Theologian, b. at Laon (?) ca. 1050, d. there on 15 July 1117. A. was probably a disciple of Anselm of Aosta (or of Canterbury), when the latter was directing… -
Anselm of Nonantola, Saint (ANSELMO DI NONANTOLA, SANTO)
Formerly duke of Friuli, brother of Giseltruda, wife of the Lombard king Aistulf. Having embraced the monastic life, he received by donation from Aistulf, in… -
Anselm of Ribemont (ANSELMO DI RIBEMONT)
Count of Ribemont, near Saint-Quentin (France), a descendant of the counts of Valenciennes, he was one of the first crusaders in 1095 with Godfrey of Bouillon… -
Anselm V of Pusterla (ANSELMO V DELLA PUSTERLA)
Archbishop of Milan from 1126, d. in Rome on 14 Aug. 1136. He was in constant conflict with the papacy. Supported by his people, he took the side of Conrad of… -
Anseramo (Anserano) of Trani (ANSERAMO (ANSERANO) DA TRANI)
Architect and sculptor active in the second half of the 13th century. He was a skilled marble-worker fond of bizarre and fanciful ornaments. His masterpiece… -
Ansgar, Saint (ANSCARIO, SANTO)
Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, apostle of Scandinavia, b. in 801 in northern France, d. at Bremen on 3 February 865. He was educated in the monastery of… -
Anshelm, Valerius (ANSHELM, VALERIS)
Chronicler, b. at Rottweil in Württemberg, d. at Bern in 1546. In 1504 he settled in Bern, where he devoted himself to teaching. He then went to Rottweil, but… -
Anson of Lobbes (ANSONE DI LOBBES)
Died in the 800s. Probably born in Luxembourg, he was a Benedictine in the abbey of Lobbes (province of Hainaut, in Belgium), where in 766 he was elected… -
Ansuino da Forlì
Painter, he appears for the first time in Padua as a collaborator (1434-37) of Fra Filippo Lippi in the chapel of the Podestà, now destroyed. In the Ovetari… -
Ansuinus, Bishop of Camerino, Saint (ANSOVINO, VESCOVO DI CAMERINO, SANTO)
The Vita recounts that he was confessor of the emperor Ludovico, that he accepted the episcopate on the condition of being exempted from military service… -
Antamoro, Paolo Francesco
Cardinal, b. in Rome on 15 Nov. 1712, d. there on 15 Dec. 1795. Of an ancient patrician family, he was the son of Tommaso Antamoro, who was vice-lieutenant of… -
Antarado
A city on the northern Phoenician coast opposite Aradus (v.), of which it was the ancient colony; today it is Tartus with 3,500 inhabitants. Rebuilt by the… -
Antegnati
A Brescian family of organ builders who, from the 15th to the 16th century, enriched Italy with numerous instruments, true masterpieces of organ-building… -
Antelami, Benedetto (ANTÈLAMI, BENEDETTO)
Architect and sculptor. The surname is an appellation that was given, from the 12th century onward, to the master masons and builders originating from the… -
Antelmi, Joseph
French theologian and ecclesiastical historian, b. at Fréjus in 1648, d. there in 1697. He took his degree in theology at Lyon, was a canon of the cathedral of… -
Antelm, Saint (ANTELMO, SANTO)
Bishop of Belley (France), b. in 1107 to a noble family in the castle of Chignin (Savoy), d. at Belley on June 26, 1178. He was first a secular priest at… -
Antenati, Cult of the (ANTENATI, CULTO DEGLI)
The cult of the a. is distinguished from the simple cult of the dead, in that it is directed to the progenitors of one's own lineage taken collectively, while… -
Antequera, Oaxaca, Archdiocese of (ANTEQUERA, OAXACA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It comprises a large part of the state of Oaxaca, in the southern region of Mexico, on the Pacific coast. Erected as a diocese by Paul III on 21 June 1535, it… -
Antero Maria di San Bonaventura (ANTÈRO MARIA DI SAN BONAVENTURA)
Theologian, exegete and preacher, in the world Filippo Miccone, b. 5 Sept. 1620 at Sestri Ponente (Genoa), d. 7 July 1686. Altering the date on his baptismal… -
Anterus (Anterote), Pope, Saint (ANTÈRO (ANTÈROTE), PAPA, SANTO)
His pontificate was very brief: from the end of November 235 to 3 January 236. He succeeded Pontian, who, exiled to Sardinia by the emperor Maximinus… -
Anterus, Pope (ANTÈRO, PAPA)
Sepulchral inscription - Rome, cemetery of St. Callistus. (Int. Pont. Comm. d'Arc. note) a great solemnity by the mihado, especially at the solemn moments of… -
Antesteria ('Ανθεστῆρια) (ANTESTÈRIE ('ΑΝΘΕΣΤΗ͂ΡΙΑ))
Festivals common to all Ionian peoples; about the Attic ones we are, naturally, better informed. They lasted three days and took place on the 11th, 12th and… -
Anthem
From the Greek ἀντιφανή = antiphon, an English term used to designate, in the liturgy of the Anglican Church, a religious composition on a biblical text in the… -
Anthemius of Tralles (ANTEMIO DI TRALLE)
Byzantine architect, who together with Isidore of Miletus erected in 532 the church of St. Sophia in Constantinople, realizing the greatest example of a dome… -
Anthology (ANTOLOGIA)
Scientific and literary journal, founded in Florence by Gian Pietro Vieuxseux in Jan. 1821 and suppressed in 1833 by the Government of Tuscany. It arose as a… -
Anthony, Archbishop of Novgorod (ANTONIO, ARCIVESCOVO DI NOVGOROD)
Various political vicissitudes brought this monk, whose secular name was Dobrynia Jadrejkovič, in 1211 to the episcopal see of Novgorod, his native city, then… -
Anthony III Studites, Patriarch of Constantinople (ANTONIO III STUDITA, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOFFOLI)
A Studite monk, he became syncellus of the patriarch Basil. When the latter resigned because he supported the Pope of Rome against the antipope Boniface VII, a… -
Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Saint (ANTONIO MARIA ZACCARIA, SANTO)
Founder of the Barnabites and of the Angelics, he died on 5 July 1539 at Cremona, where he had been born toward the end of 1502 to Lazzaro, a Cremonese… -
Anthony of Amandola, Blessed (ANTONIO DA AMANDOLA, BEATO)
Augustinian preacher, born to the peasant Sempliciano Migliorati (Megliorati, Meliorati) on 17 January 1355 near Amandola (Ascoli Piceno), died there on 25… -
Anthony of Padua, Saint (ANTONIO DI PADOVA, SANTO)
Franciscan, celebrated preacher, doctor of the Church; called of Padua, because he died there. 1. SOURCES FOR THE LIFE. - Besides the works of A., the… -
Anthony Primaldo (Grimaldo) and Companions, Blessed Martyrs (ANTONIO PRIMALDO (GRIMALDO) E COMPAGNI, BEATI, MARTIRI)
Gedik Ahmed Pasha, admiral of the fleet of Mehmed II, having conquered Otranto, put to death on the nearby hill of Minerva, on 14 Aug. 1480, about 800… -
Anthony, Prior of Crato (ANTONIO, PRIORE DI CRATO)
Portuguese prince, b. in 1531 in Lisbon, d. in Paris in 1595. Having entered the Order of St. John, he obtained the very wealthy priory of Crato and the title… -
Anthony the Abbot, Saint (ANTONIO ABATE, SANTO)
Defined by St. Athanasius as the founder of asceticism, b. around 250 at Coma (today Qeman) on the western bank of the Nile, in middle Egypt, of Christian… -
Anthony the Pechersky, Saint (ANTONIO PECERSKIJ, SANTO)
Father of Russian monasticism, b. at Liobecia, near Tchernigov, d. at Kiev on 7 May 1073; celebrated by the Russian Church on 10 July. From his youth, A.… -
Anthropogony (ANTROPOGONIA)
ANTROPOGONIA: v. COSMOGONIA. -
Anthropoids (ANTROPOIDI)
ANTROPOIDI: v. UOMO. -
Anthropology (ANTROPOLOGIA)
It is the science of man. The term is used both in philosophy and in the natural sciences. More commonly used at present is the naturalistic term, but it does… -
Anthropometry (ANTROPOMETRIA)
ANTROPOMETRIA: v. BIOMETRIA. -
Anthropomorphism (ANTROPOMORFISMO)
A. (from the Greek ἄνθρωπος "man," and μορφή "form") is generally the tendency of man to project himself onto the things that surround him and to give the… -
Anthropomorphites (ANTROPOMORFITI)
ANTROPOMORFITI: v. ANTROPOMORFISMO; AUDI. -
Anthropomorphs (ANTROPOMORFI)
ANTROPOMORFI: v. UOMO. -
Anthropophagy (ANTROPOFAGIA)
ANTROPOFAGIA: v. CANNIBALISMO. -
Anthropos
International review of ethnology and linguistics founded in 1906 at Mödling, near Vienna, by Father Wilhelm Schmidt of the Society of the Divine Word, and… -
Anthroposophy (ANTROPOSOFIA)
ANTROPOSOFIA: v. STEINER, RUDOLPH. -
Antibiotics (ANTIBIOTICI, DA ἈΝΤΊ = CONTRO, E ΒΊΟΣ = VITA)
The term antibiosis was used for the first time, in 1889, by P. Vuillemin, to designate certain manifestations of vital competition among microorganisms. It… -
Antichi, Prospero
ANTICHI, PROSPERO: v. PROSPERO BRESCIANO. -
Antichrist (ANTICRISTO)
Adversary of Christ who, at the end of time, will seduce many Christians with satanic prodigies and cunning, and will finally be annihilated by Christ at his… -
Anticlericalism (ANTICLERICALISMO)
ANTICLERICALISMO: v. CLERICALISMO. -
Antidicomarianites (Antimarianites and Antimarians) (ANTIDICOMARIANITI (ANTIMARIANITI E ANTIMARIANI))
Heretics of the 4th century who followed the doctrines of Helvidius (v.) and Jovinian (v.), and who spread especially in Arabia. These, as the name itself… -
Antifinalism (ANTIFINALISMO)
ANTIFINALISMO: V. FINALISMO. -
Antigonish, Diocese of (ANTIGONISH, DIOCESI DI)
In Nova Scotia, Canada, a suffragan diocese of Halifax. On Sept. 21, 1844, the diocese of Nova Scotia, that is, Halifax (erected on Feb. 15, 1842), was split… -
Antigonus (ANTIGONO)
Name of two Jewish princes of the Hasmonean dynasty. 1) Son of John Hyrcanus I, born around 135 B.C. After his father's death (105), he shared in the reign of… -
Antigua
ANTIGUA: v. INDIE OCCIDENTALI BRITAONICHE. -
Anti-Intellectualism (ANTI-INTELLETTUALISMO)
ANTI-INTELLETTUALISMO: v. AGNOSTICISMO; INTELLETTUALISMO. -
Anti-Lebanon (ANTI-LIBANO)
ANTI-LIBANO: v. LIBANO. -
Antilles (ANTILLAS)
Seat of the Armenian patriarchate of Sis of the non-united Armenians. Transferred to Lebanon in 1930, this patriarchate has reorganized its dioceses, has… -
Antilles (ANTILLE)
This name designates the long island complex that, stretching between the two Americas from Florida to Venezuela, closes off the American Mediterranean and… -
Antilogy (ANTILOGIA)
The term (ἀντιλογία) means "contradiction"; it is used by students of biblical sciences to designate those cases in which two passages of the Bible appear to… -
Antimension
It is the portable altar of the Greeks. The Latin Church in time adopted only portable altars of stone, while the Greek Church made use of wood and also of… -
Antimus, Bishop of Nicomedia (ANTIMO, VESCOVO DI NICOMEDIA)
Prelate of that city in Bithynia, martyred at the beginning of the 4th century (3 Sept. 302?) during the persecution of Diocletian. His feast is celebrated on… -
Antimus, Bishop of Tyana (ANTIMO, VESCOVO DI TIANA)
A contemporary of St. Basil (4th century) and for a time even a friend, he soon became his antagonist when, after the province of Cappadocia was divided and… -
Antimus I, Patriarch of Constantinople (ANTIMO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
He held the see from July 535 to March 536. A secret adherent of Monophysitism, he was a favorite of the empress Theodora. First appointed to the see of… -
Antimus VII, Patriarch of Constantinople (ANTIMO VII, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
Born at Gianina around 1835, died in 1913. After occupying various sees, he was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople in Jan. 1895. He remained in office only… -
Antimus VI, Patriarch of Constantinople (ANTIMO VI, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
He occupied the patriarchate three times in the years 1845-48, 1853-55, 1871-73, after having been a monk at Athos and metropolitan of Serres, Brusa and… -
Antinomians (ANTINOMIANI)
The word was coined by Luther himself in the controversy with Johann Agricola, his disciple, to characterize the doctrine by which it was maintained that the… -
Antinomy (ANTINOMIA)
From the Greek ἀντινομία (ἀντί against, νόμος law) it is the contradiction or inconsistency of a law, which gives rise to interpretations in the opposite… -
Antioch in Pisidia (ANTIOCHIA DI PISIDIA)
A city of Asia Minor, founded by Seleucus I (312-280 B.C.) with colonists from Magnesia, on a site famous for the sanctuary of the Phrygian god Men. It stood… -
Antioch in Syria (ANTIOCHIA DI SIRIA)
City in the fertile valley of the Orontes River, 25 km. from the sea, today Antāhijah. CONTENTS: I. A. in the Bible. - II. A. in Christian archaeology. - III.… -
Antiochus (ANTIOCO)
Commander of the army of Philip, king of Macedonia. His son Seleucus followed Alexander the Great to Asia and, after the conqueror's death, founded the kingdom… -
Antiochus, Bishop of Ptolemais (Phoenicia) (ANTIOCO, VESCOVO DI TOLEMAIDE (FENICIA))
A celebrated orator, called by some "Chrysostom." Having become a friend of Severian of Gabala and of other opponents of St. John Chrysostom, bishop of… -
Antiochus, Saint, Martyr (ANTIOCO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
In Sulci, on the island of St. Antiochus (Sardinia), the relics of a St. A. were venerated from as early as the 6th century, as attested by an inscription of… -
Antioquia, Diocese of (ANTIOQUIA, DIOCESI DI)
The department of A., which is the most populous in the republic of Colombia, comprises the mountainous region that faces the Gulf of Darien. The diocese… -
Antipas, Julius Herod (ANTIPA, JULIUS HERODES)
Tetrarch, son of Herod the Great and of the Samaritan Malthake, in the New Testament always called Herod (as on his coins). Born in 20-22 B.C., he was brought… -
Antipas, Saint, Martyr (ANTIPA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He suffered martyrdom at Pergamum, probably under Domitian, certainly at a date earlier than the Apocalypse of St. John, since the letter to the angel of… -
Antipater (ANTIPATRO)
Three members of the Herodian family. 1. Progenitor of the Idumean family of the Herods, often wrongly confused with the father of Herod the Great. Rich and… -
Antipater, Bishop of Bostra (ANTIPATRO, VESCOVO DI BOSTRA)
He was consulted in 457 by the emperor Leo I on the authority of the Council of Chalcedon. The reply has not come down to us. About his life we have no other… -
Antipatris (ANTIPATRIDE (ANTIPATRIS))
A Palestinian city founded on the site of ancient Aphec (v.) in the plain of Sharon by Herod the Great, who named it after his father Antipater (Flavius… -
Antipendium (ANTEPENDIO)
ANTEPENDIO : v. PALIOTTO. -
Antiphon (ANTIFONA)
From ἀντιφανή = alternating chant between two choirs. It is a brief formula, composed of one or more phrases that highlights the meaning of the psalm: it is… -
Antiphonary (ANTIFONARIO)
The name derives etymologically from antiphon (v.); today, however, when one speaks of an a., what is meant is the liturgical book containing all the chants… -
Antipodes (ANTIPODI)
Those who inhabit a part of the earth diametrically opposite to a given place. Therefore, to admit the existence of the antipodes is for us, now, equivalent to… -
Antipope (ANTIPAPA)
He is one who, elevated to the Papacy in a non-canonical manner, claims for himself its dignity and authority. He is therefore a usurper (sometimes in good… -
Antisemitism (ANTISEMITISMO)
Aversion to the Jewish people, occurring in ancient and modern times, based on social rather than religious grounds. The term is very improper (one ought to…