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Aa (Aa.)
A - A secret Catholic society for the formation of young lay students and clerics. The true name of this society is not known; it is known by the mysterious… -
Aachen
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Aachen (Aken), Hans von (ACHEN (AKEN), HANS VON)
German painter, belonging to the Cologne school, b. in 1554, d. in 1615. In 1574 he went to Venice, where he came under the decisive influence of Tintoretto… -
Aachen, Diocese of (AQUISGRANA (AACHEN), DIOCESI DI)
In western Germany; it has 1,152,490 Catholics, 504 parishes, with 967 secular priests and 190 regulars. The city itself had, in 1939, 160,200 inhabitants, of… -
Aaron (ARONNE)
First high priest and progenitor of the priesthood of Israel. Firstborn of Amram, son of Kohath and of Jochebed, both of the tribe of Levi, brother of Moses… -
Handmaids of the Most Holy Sacrament (ANCELLE del S.mo SACRAMENTO)
Religious institute founded in Paris in 1859 by Blessed Peter Julian Eymard and by Marguerite Guillot; it was approved by the Holy See on 21 July 1871. The… -
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Agonizing under the Protection of Saint Joseph (ANCELLE del SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ AGONIZZANTE sotto la protezione di SAN GIUSEPPE)
Institute founded at Imola in 1876 through the work of Lucia Noiret, and established at Bologna in 1897. It received the decree of praise in 1914 and was… -
Harmonium (ARMONIO)
It is a keyboard instrument whose sound is produced by free reeds without resonators, placed horizontally beneath the keyboard. The air is supplied by a… -
Tapestry (ARAZZO)
It is a special fabric made with a high-and-low warp loom using threads of wool and silk colored in many gradations and sometimes also with threads of gold and…