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Alsted, Johann Heinrich
German Protestant theologian, b. in 1588 at Ballersbach (Nassau), d. at Weissenburg in 1638. In 1616 he was professor of philosophy, then of theology, first in… -
Altamirano, Diego Francesco de
Jesuit, born in Madrid on 25 Oct. 1625, died in Lima on 22 Dec. 1715. Having set out for the missions of Paraguay, he taught theology at Cordoba in Tucumán… -
Altamirano, Pedro Ignacio
Spanish Jesuit, b. at Cártama (Malaga) on 31 July 1693, and entered the Society in 1708, in the province of Andalusia. Around 1725 he passed to the province of… -
Altamura, Francesco Saverio
Painter, b. at Foggia in 1826, d. at Naples on Jan. 6, 1897. He reacted against the academicism of the period, creating his own style within the veristic… -
Altar (ALTARE)
A flat, horizontal surface, raised from the ground, destined for sacrifice. 1. HEBREW ARCHAEOLOGY. - In the Old Testament (Hebr. and Phoen. mizbāh "that on… -
Altdorfer, Albrecht
German painter, woodcut artist and architect, b. shortly before 1480 at Amberg, d. between 12 February and 29 March 1538 at Regensburg. He is one of the… -
Alteca Boteca (ALTECABOTECA)
Corrupted form of 'Al tēhl ha-'abhōtēhā ("Be not like your fathers"): the opening words by which is usually cited the anti-Christian work written around 1396… -
Altemps (Hohenems), Marcus Sittich d'
Cardinal, b. at Hohenems (Vorarlberg) in 1533, d. at Rome in 1595. A nephew on his mother's side of Card. G. A. de' Medici of Milan, the future Pius IV, he… -
Altercatio de Anima
Fragment of a dialogue (?) against traducianism. The author proves from Holy Scripture that souls are created directly by God. The manuscripts and John of… -
Altercatio Heracliani
ALTERCATIO HERACLIANI: v. ERACLIANO. -
Altercatio of Jason and Papiscus (ALTERCATIO DI GIASONE E PAPISCO)
ALTERCATIO di GIASONE e PAPISCO: v. ARISTONE di PELLA. -
Alter, Franz Karl
Jesuit philologist, b. at Engelsberg (Czechoslovakia) on 21 Jan. 1749, d. at Vienna on 29 March 1804. Having entered (1766) the Bohemian province of the… -
Alternative (ALTERNATIVA)
ALTERNATIVA: v. PROVVISTA CANONICA. -
Alteserra, Antonio
ALTESERRA, ANTONIO: v. DEDIN D'HAUTESERRE. -
Altfried (ALTFRIED (ALTFRIED))
Bishop of Hildesheim from 851 until his death on 15 August 874. He was a Benedictine monk of Corvey (near Minden in Westphalia), and worked under Louis the… -
Althamar
Island on Lake Van, it was the seat of the antikatholikos of the Armenian Church. The first in this seat was the antikatholikos David Thornikean… -
Althamer, Andreas
Lutheran theologian and humanist, b. ca. 1500 at Brenz, near Gundelfingen (Württemberg) — whence also the appellations "Brentius, Gundelfingius" —, d. 1539. He… -
Althan, Michael Frederick d' (ALTHAN, MICHELE FEDERICO D')
Cardinal, viceroy of Naples, b. at Glatz (Silesia) in 1682, d. at Vácz (Hungary) in 1734. Canon of Olomouc and of Wrocław, auditor of the Rota for Austria in… -
Althusius (Althus, Altusio), Johannes
German Protestant jurist, b. in East Frisia or in the principality of Wittgenstein, ca. 1556, d. at Emden in 1638. In 1590 he was appointed professor of law… -
Altichiero da Zevio
Painter b. at Zevio near Verona in 1320, d., perhaps at Verona, after 1390. After having worked, it seems, in Verona in the palace of the Scaligeri, he carried… -
Alticozzi (Alticotti), Lorenzo
Italian Jesuit theologian, b. at Cortona on 25 March 1689, d. in 1777. He was rector of the Scots College in Rome. He wrote: Summa Augustiniana... in six… -
Altieri
A Roman family, already known in the Middle Ages, belonging to the middle nobility, which took an active part in city life. The first to make a name for… -
Altieri, Ludovico
Cardinal, b. in Rome on 11 July 1805, to Paluzzo and Maria Anna of Saxony, d. at Albano on 11 Aug. 1867. After having been a secret participating chamberlain… -
Alting, Jakob
Calvinist Hebraist, b. at Heidelberg in 1618, d. at Groningen in 1679. He was the son of the Calvinist theologian Johan Heinrich (v.), whose works he… -
Alting, Johan Heinrich
Dutch Calvinist theologian, b. 17 February 1583 at Emden, where his father Menso (1541-1612) was a Protestant preacher, d. at Groningen on 25 August 1644. He… -
Altino
It is a municipium of the Scaptian tribe on the Venetian coast, on the Via Annia at its crossing with the Claudia Augusta. Its first bishop appears in 381 with… -
Altmann, Saint (ALTMANNO, SANTO)
A native of Westphalia, he studied in Paris and was a professor at Paderborn. He was appointed by Henry III provost of the chapter of Aachen and court… -
Altmeyer, Jean-Jacques
Belgian philosopher and historian, b. in Luxembourg in 1804, d. in Brussels in 1877. Having earned degrees in philosophy and in law (1831-32), he was appointed… -
Altogradi, Nicola
Jesuit missionary in America, b. in Lucca on 1 Sept. 1689, d. 11 Feb. 1759. Having entered the novitiate in 1706, he passed in 1723 to the province of Peru… -
Altomonte (Hohenberg), Martino
Painter, b. in Naples on 8 May 1657 (?), d. in Vienna on 14 Sept. 1745. He was in Rome a pupil of Gaulli, of Giacinto Brandi and of Maratti. Summoned in 1684… -
Alton
ALTON: v. SPRINGFIELD. -
Altoona, Diocese of (ALTOONA, DIOCESI DI)
In Pennsylvania (United States), suffragan of Philadelphia. Erected on 30 May 1901, A. comprises the eight counties of the state of Pennsylvania detached from… -
Altum, Bernardo
German zoologist, b. in Münster on 31 Dec. 1824, d. in Eberswald on 1 Feb. 1900. A specialist in ornithology; ordained a priest in 1849. His principal work… -
Altura, High Place (ALTURA, ALTO LUOGO)
ALTURA, ALTO LUOGO: v. BÂMÂH; BÂMÔTH. -
Altus Ex Olympi Vertice (ALTO EX OLYMPI VERTICE)
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for Lauds on the feast of the dedication of a church. By an unknown author, of the 7th or 8th century; altered in its metrical form… -
Alumbrados (Illuminati)
Name used to designate those Spanish pseudo-mystics who in the 16th and 17th centuries boasted of acting constantly under the influence of a direct and… -
Aluminature (ALLUMINATURA)
ALLUMINATURA: v. MINIATURA. -
Alumnus
In the Greco-Roman world it was permitted to get rid of newborn infants, even free ones, who were exposed either in the places where refuse was thrown or in… -
Alunnatico
ALUNNATICO: V. SEMINARISTICO. -
Alunno, Niccolò (Niccolò di Liberatore)
Painter, b. at Foligno ca. 1430, d. there in 1502. From his earliest work, the panel painted in 1458 at Deruta for the church of the Franciscans, the… -
Álvarado, Alonso de
Spaniard, missionary in the Far East. In 1530 he entered the Augustinian Order at Salamanca, and in 1542 he set out for Mexico; from there he later went on to… -
Álvares, Gaspar Afonso (ÁLVARES, GASPAR AFFONSO)
Jesuit missionary, b. near Coimbra in 1626, d. at São Tomé on 24 November 1708. Having entered the religious order in 1641, he left for India in 1647 and was… -
Álvares, João
Benedictine monk of the Military Order of Avis, b. at Torres Novas at the beginning of the 15th century, d. after 1470. Secretary of the "holy infante," i.e.… -
Álvarez, Baltasar
Spanish ascetical theologian, b. at Cervera del Rio Alhama (1533 or 1534), d. at Belmonte (Toledo) on 25 July 1580. A Jesuit in 1555, he devoted almost his… -
Álvarez de Paz, Diego
One of the principal spiritual authors of the Society of Jesus. Born in Toledo in 1560, a Jesuit in 1578, he was attending the theology lectures of Fr. Gabriel… -
Álvarez de Toledo, Gabriel
Spanish writer, b. in Seville in 1662 to a noble family of Portuguese origin, and d. in 1714. He was among the founders of the R. Academia Española, and held… -
Álvarez de Toledo, Juan
Cardinal, b. in 1488 to the dukes of Alba, d. in 1557. He took the Dominican habit at St. Stephen's in Salamanca. He became bishop of Cordova (1523), of Burgos… -
Álvarez, Diego
Spanish Dominican, b. at Medina del Rio-Seco, in Old Castile, around the middle of the 16th century. He was professor of theology in Spain and later in Rome… -
Álvarez, Manoel
Portuguese Jesuit, b. at Ribeira Brava (Madeira) in 1526 and d. at Evora on 30 Dec. 1582. He was rector of the colleges of Coimbra and Evora; but above all an… -
Álvarez Pereira, Nuno, Blessed (ÁLVAREZ PEREIRA, NONIO, BEATO)
Constable of Portugal, born at Bom Jardim in 1360 to a noble family. Although honored by Queen Eleanor, seeing that her government was fatal to the homeland… -
Álvaro, Paolo (Paulus Albarus, Alvarus), of Cordova (ÁLVARO, PAOLO (PAULUS ALBARUS, ALVARUS), DI CORDOVA)
Spanish medieval writer, a Jew by origin, b. near Cordova at the end of the 8th century and d. probably in 861. He was a fellow pupil of St. Eulogius (v.) at… -
Álvaro, Pelayo (Pelagius) (ÁLVARO, PELAYO (PELAGIO))
Bishop of Silves, author of various politico-religious works, b. in Spain around 1275-80. He taught canon law at Bologna and Perugia, until in 1304, at Assisi… -
Alvastra (Alwastra, Alvastrum, Alvaster) (ALVASTRA (ALWASTRA, ALVASTRUM, ALVASTER[8]))
An ancient Cistercian abbey in Sweden, on the eastern shore of Lake Vätter, south of Vadstena, in the diocese of Linköping, in the province of Östergötland.… -
Alva y Astorga, Pedro de
Spanish Franciscan theologian, b. at Carbajales (Compostela), d. at Brussels in 1667. Of extraordinary learning and activity, a jubilate lecturer and… -
Alvelda (Albelda), Juan Gonzales d'
Spanish theologian, b. at Navarrette (Saragossa) on 18 Jan. 1585, d. in 1622. Having become a Dominican, he was professor of theology at the University of… -
Alvelt, Agostino
Franciscan, from Alfeld (Hildesheim), died in 1532 or later, one of the first opponents of Luther and one of the most effective Catholic controversialists of… -
Alviano, Bartolomeo d'
Condottiere b. at Rocca d'Alviano, of the noble Liviani family, in 1455, d. at Bergamo in 1515. He began his career in 1478 in the pay of the Pope and the king… -
Alzog, Johannes Baptist
Church historian, b. at Ohlau on 29 June 1808, d. at Freiburg im Breisgau on 1 March 1878. Ordained a priest in 1834, he was professor of church history and… -
Alzon, Emmanuel d'
Founder of the Augustinians of the Assumption (v.), born at Le Vigan (Gard, France) on 30 Aug. 1810, died at Nîmes on 21 Nov. 1880. The sole heir of a noble…