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Antithesis (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ)(ANTITESI (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ))Vol. I, p. 905 ANTITHESIS (ἀντίθεσις). – Opposition in meaning between two notions or judgments. The terminology is Aristotle’s, for whom a. has a generic scope, encompassing…
Antitrinitarians(ANTITRINITARI)Vol. I, p. 905 ANTITRINITARI. — This name designates all heretics who profess some error against the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, whether they assert that there are…
Antivari (Antibarum; Albanian Tivari, Slav. Bar), Archdiocese Of(ANTIVARI (ANTIBURUM; ALBAN. TIVARI, SL. BAR), ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 907 ANTIVARI (Antiburum; Albanian Tivari, Slavic Bar), ARCHDIOCESE of. — A maritime city on the frontier between Dalmatia and Albania, whose origin is unknown; it…
Antofagasta, Diocese of(ANTOFAGASTA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 908 ANTOFAGASTA, DIOCESE of. – The city of A. lies in northern Chile, in an almost desert region but rich in mineral resources (nitrates), and has a good port; it…
Antoine, Paul-GabrielVol. I, p. 908 ANTOINE, PAUL-GABRIEL. – French theologian, born in Lunéville on 19 January 1678, died in Pont-à-Mousson on 22 January 1743. Having entered the Society of…
Antolini, GianantonioVol. I, p. 908 ANTOLINI, GIANANTONIO. - Architect, b. at Castel Bolognese in 1754. Having begun his artistic education in Bologna, he went on to Rome, where he devoted…
Antologion (Τὸ Ἀνθολόγιον)(ANTOLOGIO (ΤῸ ἈΝΘΑΛΌΓΙΟΝ))Vol. I, p. 908 ANTHOLOGION (τὸ ἀνθολόγιον). — Among the Greeks it is a collection of the principal offices of the sanctoral and temporal cycles scattered in the various…
Antolínez, Agustín(ANTOLINEZ, AGUSTIN)Vol. I, p. 908 ANTOLINEZ, AGUSTIN. — Augustinian theologian, born at Valladolid on 6 December 1554, died at Compostella on 19 June 1626. He made his religious profession in…
Antommarchi, FrancescoVol. I, p. 909 ANTOMMARCHI, FRANCESCO. - Physician, b. at Morsiglia (Corsica) in 1790, d. at Santiago de Cuba on 3 Apr. 1838. He was chosen by Cardinal Fesch and Madame…
Anton, GabrielVol. I, p. 909 ANTON, GABRIEL. – German psychiatrist (1858–1944), professor at the University of Halle. He was the rapporteur for the famous “Declaration” of the Faculty of…
Antonacci, PietroVol. I, p. 909 ANTONACCI, PIETRO. — Jesuit writer, born in Tolentino on 1 July 1801 and died in Rome on 31 October 1874. Received into the Society as a coadjutor brother in…
Antonelli, AlessandroVol. I, p. 909 ANTONELLI, ALESSANDRO - Mole antonelliana (1863) - Torino. in 1587 through the care of Manuele Glinzunios, and repeatedly reproduced in the following…
Antonelli, GiacomoVol. I, p. 909 ANTONELLI, GIACOMO. — Cardinal, born on 12 April 1806 at Sonnino to a modest family that had grown wealthy through government contracts and the drainage works…
Antonelli, GiovanniVol. I, p. 911 ANTONELLI, GIOVANNI. — Scolopian scientist, born at Candeglia, a suburb of Pistoia, on 10 January 1818, died at Florence on 14 January 1871. Having become a…
Antonelli, LeonardoVol. I, p. 911 ANTONELLI, LEONARDO. — Cardinal, born at Senigallia on 6 November 1730, died there on 23 January 1811. After having been secretary of the Cipher and prefect of…
Antonelli, Nicola MariaVol. I, p. 911 ANTONELLI, NICOLA MARIA. – Born in Senigallia on 8 July 1698, died in Rome on 24 September 1767. Cardinal, historian, canonist, and Orientalist. He also served…
Antonello da MessinaVol. I, p. 911 ANTONELLO DA MESSINA. — Painter, born in Messina around 1430, died there in 1479. His activity first became known in 1457, when he was commissioned to produce…
Antonello da SalibaVol. I, p. 912 ANTONELLO da SALIBA. — Painter, born in Messina around 1466, died around 1535, nephew of Antonello da Messina. He was a pupil of Iacobello di Antonio and…
Antonello da SerravalleVol. I, p. 912 ANTONELLO da SERRAVALLE. – Venetian painter of the 15th century about whom precise information is lacking; in 1485 he signed a fresco representing the Madonna…
AntoniaVol. I, p. 913 ANTONIA. - A fortress that arose in Jerusalem, on the eastern hill, northeast of the Temple, at the foot of the Bezeta rock. Its purpose was to protect the…
Antonia of Brescia(ANTONIA DI BRESCIA)Vol. I, p. 913 ANTONIA di BRESCIA. - Dominican mystic, born at Brescia about 1407, died at Ferrara on 27 Oct. 1507. Of the Guaineri family, she grew in virtue from childhood.…
Antoniano, SilvioVol. I, p. 915 ANTONIANO, SILVIO. — Cardinal, humanist, educator, b. at Castello (diocese of Penne) on 31 December 1540, d. at Rome on 16 August 1603. Of humble origins,…
Antonians(ANTONIANI)Vol. I, p. 913 ANTONIANI. — These are the disciples of St. Antonio abate. In the Vita Antonii written by St. Atanasio, mention is made of a colony of hermits who, around 306,…
Antonians of Vienna(ANTONIANI DI VIENNE)Vol. I, p. 913 ANTONIANI di VIENNE. - This Order is connected with the epidemics of “holy fire,” so frequent in the Middle Ages. “Holy fire,” or “St. Anthony’s fire,” a…
AntonianumVol. I, p. 915 ANTONIANUM: V. ISTITUTI DI STUDI SUPERIORI. ANTONIAZZO ROMANO. — Painter, born in Rome, died there after 1508. His training took place in contact with the…
Antoniazzo RomanoVol. I, p. 916 ANTONIAZZO ROMANO - Christ in Majesty - Rome, apse of S. Croce in Gerusalemme. so influenced throughout the rest of his activity that, for several works,…
Antoniewicz (Boloż-Antoniewicz), Karol(ANTONIEWICZ (BOLOZ-ANTONIEWICZ), KAROL)Vol. I, p. 916 ANTONIEWICZ (BOLOZ-ANTONIEWICZ), KAROL. - Polish Jesuit preacher and ascetical writer, born of a noble Armenian-rite family on 6 Nov. 1807 at Skwarzawa…
Antonii, Pietro and Giovanni Battista degli(ANTONII, PIETRO E GIOVANNI BATTISTA DEGLI)Vol. I, p. 916 ANTONII, PIETRO and GIOVANNI BATTISTA degli. – Pietro, musician, b. in Bologna in 1648, and d. there in 1720. Chapel master in various churches of his city, he…
Antonij Khrapovickij, Metropolitan of Kiev(ANTONIO CHRAPOVIZKIJ, METROPOLITA DI KIEV)Vol. I, p. 934 ANTONIO CHRAPOVIZKIJ, metropolitan of KIEV. — Alessio C. by secular name, for about 50 years he was one of the most significant representatives of the…
Antonini, Egidio da Viterbo(ANTONINI EGIDIO DA VITERBO)Vol. I, p. 917 ANTONINI EGIDIO da VITERBO : v. EGIDIO DA VITERBO.
Antonini, Giovanni BattistaVol. I, p. 916 GIOVANNI BATTISTA ANTONINI – An 18th-century sculptor who worked in Rome; he is mentioned by Titi as part of the group of artists who, by the will of Clement…
Antoninus of Lodi(ANTONINO DA LODI)Vol. I, p. 918 ANTONINO da LODI. – Missionary, in the world Agostino Pezzoni, born on 19 November 1777, he became a Capuchin at Orta on 4 April 1796. After working for…
Antoninus of Piacenza(ANTONINO DA PIACENZA)Vol. I, p. 918 ANTONINO da PIACENZA: v. ANONIMO PIACENTINO.
Antoninus of Reschio(ANTONINO DA RESCHIO)Vol. I, p. 918 ANTONINO da RESCHIO. - Missionary, b. 28 Oct. 1832 at S. Martino di Fisciano near Perugia, d. at Foligno on 19 July 1907. He took the Capuchin habit in 1847…
Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence, Saint(ANTONINO, ARCIVESCOVO DI FIRENZE, SANTO)Vol. I, p. 917 ANTONINO, archbishop of FLORENCE, saint. — A Dominican, of the Pierozzi family, b. in Florence in March 1389, d. at Montughi, near the same city, on 2 Apr.…
Antonio D'AlatriVol. I, p. 924 ANTONIO d'ALATRI. — Painter, active in the second quarter of the 12th century, of whom a single signed work remains: the triptych in the Capitular Museum of S.…
Antonio da AleppoVol. I, p. 924 ANTONIO da ALEPPO. - Friar Minor, missionary in Egypt, b. in 1709, d. at Akmin on 31 Aug. 1766. His baptismal name was Fatah 'Alah, “Happiness of God.” A…
Antonio da AquilaVol. I, p. 924 ANTONIO da AQUILA. – Franciscan missionary, died on 22 August 1679. He studied Arabic at the missionary college of S. Pietro in Montorio in Rome, under the…
Antonio Da BitontoVol. I, p. 925 ANTONIO da BITONTO. – Famous Franciscan theologian and preacher, he died on 25 September 1459 at Atella in Puglia, where he had been provincial vicar of the…
Antonio Da ButrioVol. I, p. 925 ANTONIO da BUTRIO. – Celebrated lay canonist, b. ca. 1338 in Bologna, d. there on 4 October 1408. He studied civil law at the school of Pietro d'Ancarano,…
Antonio da CordovaVol. I, p. 925 ANTONIO da CORDOVA. – Spanish Franciscan, a highly learned writer on sacred and profane disciplines, born in 1485, died at Guadalajara in 1578. He donned the…
Antonio da Encarnação(ANTONIO DA ENCARNACÃO)Vol. I, p. 926 ANTONIO da ENCARNACÃO. - Portuguese Dominican, born in the last years of the sixteenth century at Evora. Having embarked for India at a very young age, on the…
Antonio da Fabriano (Antonio Agostino di Ser Giovanni)Vol. I, p. 926 ANTONIO da FABRIANO (ANTONIO AGOSTINO di SER GIOVANNI). – Painter; he worked from 1451 to 1489, and perhaps beyond, in his native city, where he left his major…
Antonio da FirenzeVol. I, p. 926 ANTONIO da FIRENZE. - Of the Order of Friars Minor; he lectured on the Divina Commedia in Firenze toward the end of the fourteenth century (not in the first…
Antonio Da FuentelapeñaVol. I, p. 926 ANTONIO da FUENTELAPEÑA. - Spanish ascetical theologian, who entered the Capuchins of the province of Castile in 1643, visitor and commissary general of his…
Antonio Da GaetaVol. I, p. 926 ANTONIO da GAETA. - Missionary, son of Francesco Laudati, duke of Marzano. He was first a Knight of Malta and then a Capuchin (1632). After some years of…
Antonio da GerusalemmeVol. I, p. 926 ANTONIO da GERUSALEMME. — Franciscan missionary in Palestine. It is not known exactly where or when he was born; he knew four Oriental languages. In 1717 he…
Antonio da GradiscaVol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO da GRADISCA. - Capuchin missionary, born at Gradisca in 1663, of the barons Zucchelli. He entered the convent of Gradisca and set out as a missionary…
Antonio Da Königstein (Coningsteyn)Vol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO da KÖNIGSTEIN (CONINGSTEYN). - Dutch Franciscan (his surname is Bruich, or Brockwy, or Brakwy), preacher and controversialist at the time of the…
Antonio Da Moneglia (A Monelia)Vol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO da MONEGLIA (a Monelia). - Franciscan mystical theologian, apparently died in 1527. A Ligurian, he belonged to the Bolognese province, in which he was…
Antonio da MonzaVol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO da MONZA. – Miniaturist, perhaps also engraver, a Franciscan active in Milan at the end of the 15th century. His only known work is a signed leaf from…
Antonio da Negroponte (erroneously Ferruccio)(ANTONIO DA NEGROPONTE (ERRONEAMENTE FERRUCCIO))Vol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO da NEGROPONTE (erroneously Ferruccio). — Venetian painter of the 15th century. Through the only ANTONIO DA NEGROPONTE - Madonna in trono. Venice, S.…
Antonio da Olivadi, Venerable(ANTONIO DA OLIVADI, VENERABILE)Vol. I, p. 928 ANTONIO da OLIVADI, venerable. - Preacher and ascetical writer, b. in 1653 at Olivadi (Catanzaro), entered the Capuchins of the province of Reggio Calabria in…
Antonio da ParmaVol. I, p. 932 ANTONIO da PARMA: v. GERARDO DA PRATO.
Antonio Da PisticciVol. I, p. 932 ANTONIO da PISTICCI. – Franciscan missionary. From Rome, where he studied Oriental languages at the missionary college of S. Pietro in Montorio, he departed in…
Antonio Da RiminiVol. I, p. 932 ANTONIO da RIMINI. – An Observant Friar Minor, born in Rimini in an unspecified year. He flourished around 1450. He was vicar of the Umbrian province and is…
Antonio Da VercelliVol. I, p. 933 ANTONIO da VERCELLI. - Friar Minor, born in the first decades of the 15th century, perhaps in Balocco (province of Vercelli), from which, according to some, he…
Antonio Das Chagas (Latin A Plagis; Fonseca Soares)(ANTONIO DAS CHAGAS (LAT. A PLAGIS; FONSECA SOARES))Vol. I, p. 925 ANTONIO das CHAGAS (Lat. a Plagis; FONSECA SOARES). - Portuguese Franciscan, ascetical writer and preacher, b. at Vidigueyra on 25 June 1631, d. at Torres…
Antonio de ArandaVol. I, p. 925 ANTONIO DE ARANDA. - Spanish Franciscan theologian of the 16th century, born at Aranda de Duero, died about 1555. He was confessor to Maria, queen of Hungary…
Antonio de GuevaraVol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO de GUEVARA: v. GUEVARA, ANTONIO de.
Antonio della Madre di DioVol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO della MADRE DI DIO. - 1. Spanish exegete, Discalced Carmelite, b. at Valladolid, d. in 1679. He was general visitor of the West Indies and taught at…
Antonio Dello Spirito SantoVol. I, p. 932 ANTONIO dello SPIRITO SANTO. — Discalced Carmelite mystical writer, born in Monte Moro Velho (Coimbra), Portugal. At the proposal of Pietro II, king of…
Antonio detto MelissaVol. I, p. 927 ANTONIO called MELISSA. - A Greek monk of the 11th century, erroneously called Melissa, from the title of his principal work, Μέλισσα, the Bee. The Melissa is…
Antonio Di Averara (De Averaria)Vol. I, p. 925 ANTONIO di AVERARA (De Averaria). — Carmelite preacher, born at Averara (Bergamo), died at Ferrara in 1523. Having entered the Carmelites of the Mantuan…
Antonio di GiustoVol. I, p. 926 ANTONIO di GIUSTO. – Florentine sculptor, born in 1479, who moved to France with his brothers Giovanni (d. 1549) and Andrea. In 1507 he sculpted the funerary…
Antonio Di San GiuseppeVol. I, p. 932 ANTONIO di SAN GIUSEPPE. — Spanish Discalced Carmelite, born in 1716 at Zornosa (Biscay), died at Burgos in 1794. Having become a Carmelite at Tudela in 1732,…
Antonio Di TagritVol. I, p. 933 ANTONIO of TAGRIT. — A Jacobite theologian, known by the title of Rhetor, because in 825 he wrote a treatise on rhetoric, which is unique of its kind in Syriac…
Antonio Di VincenzoVol. I, p. 933 ANTONIO di VINCENZO. - Architect, born about 1350 and died between 1401 and 1402. His name is particularly associated with the basilica of S. Petronio in…
Antonio Maria Da RignanoVol. I, p. 934 ANTONIO MARIA da RIGNANO. - Franciscan, theologian and writer, in the world A. Fania, born at Rignano Garganico (Foggia) on 5 February 1804, died at Rome on 23…
Antonio VenezianoVol. I, p. 933 ANTONIO VENEZIANO. - Fourteenth-century painter of Venetian origin. Between 1370 and 1388 he worked in Siena, Florence, and Pisa. In Florence he came under the…
Antonio, Poet(ANTONIO, POETA)Vol. I, p. 919 ANTONIO, poet. - Presumed author of the Carmen adversus gentes, attributed by the manuscripts to Paolino di Nola. The poem (the 32nd), in 255 hexameters, in…
Antonioli, CarloVol. I, p. 934 ANTONIOLI, CARLO. - Piarist man of letters, b. at Correggio (Modena) on 2 Sept. 1728, d. at Pisa on 1 Nov. 1800. While still very young he was sent to Pisa at…
Antoniotti, AmedeoVol. I, p. 935 ANTONIOTTI, AMEDEO. - Ascetical writer, b. at Biella in 1634, d. in 1712. Having become a Barnabite in 1654, he promoted Christian piety by example, preaching,…
Antra Deserti Teneris Ab AnnisVol. I, p. 935 « ANTRA DESERTI TENERIS AB ANNIS ». - A hymn of the Roman Breviary for Matins of the feast of s. Giovanni Battista. It is by Paolo Diacono (eighth century) and…
Antsirabé, Apostolic Vicariate Of(ANTSIRABÉ, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. I, p. 949 ANTSIRABÉ, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO — The mission originated from the apostolic prefecture of Betafé, erected on 15 May 1913 by detachment from the vicariate of…
Antwerp, New(ANVERSA, NUOVA)Vol. I, p. 950 ANVERSA, NUOVA: v. NUOVA ANVERSA.
AnuVol. I, p. 949 ANU. - A Babylonian divinity who personifies the sky, as his name also signifies (Sumerian An “sky”). In any case, his domain is the sky, and the highest part…
Anubis (Egyptian Inp.w, "Jackal")(ANUBI (EGIZ. INP.VO « SCIACALLO »))Vol. I, p. 950 ANUBI (Egypt. inp.vo “jackal”). - It is the jackal, often confused with the bellicose wolf of Asjut, which the Greeks believed to be a dog, whence the name…
Anzengruber, LudwigVol. I, p. 950 ANZENGRUBER, LUDWIG. - Dramatist and narrator, b. in Vienna on 29 Nov. 1839, d. there on 10 Dec. 1889. With the rural drama Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld,…
Anzer, Johann BaptistVol. I, p. 950 ANZER, JOHANN BAPTIST. - German bishop, missionary in China, b. 16 May 1851, d. at Rome, 24 Nov. 1903. A member of the Societas Verbi Divini of Steyl…
AnzioVol. I, p. 950 ANZIO. – Volscian city 58 km from Rome, with a famous harbor (Caenon), subjugated by the Romans in 338 B.C., who, toward the end of the Republic, populated it…
