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Adad
ADAD: v. HADAD. -
Adadremmon (ADADREMMON)
A word that occurs only in Zach. 12:11, where the prophet, foretelling the death of the Messiah (v. 10), compares the mourning that will then prevail to the… -
Adalard, Saint (ADALARDO, SANTO)
Cousin of Charlemagne, born in Artois, probably at Huise near Audenarde in 733. After having lived a court life, whose vices disgusted him, he withdrew to live… -
Adalbero (Adalbert), Bishop of Würzburg (ADALBERONE (ADALBERTO), VESCOVO DI WÜRZBURG)
B. c. 1010, d. at Lambach on 6 Oct. 1090. He studied in Paris, and on 30 June 1045 he succeeded his uncle in the episcopal see of Würzburg, which sided with… -
Adalbero, Archbishop of Reims (ADALBERONE, ARCIVESCOVO DI REIMS)
From the family of the counts of the Ardennes, he was a Benedictine and abbot of Gorze and then a canon of Metz, until, in 969, thanks to Lothair king of… -
Adalbero, Bishop of Laon (ADALBERONE, VESCOVO DI LAON)
B. ca. the middle of the 10th century, d. in 1030. He was a disciple of Gerbert, the future Sylvester II. For his learning and eloquence, he was elected bishop… -
Adalbero I, Bishop of Metz (ADALBERONE I, VESCOVO DI METZ)
He was elected bishop of Metz in 929, and promoted and carried out the restoration of many abbeys, among them those of Gorze (933), Saint-Arnoul (942)… -
Adalbero II, Bishop of Metz (ADALBERONE, II, VESCOVO DI METZ)
Son of Frederick, duke of Upper Lorraine, and of Beatrice, niece of Adalberone I. He was elected bishop of Metz on 16 Oct. 984 and consecrated on 28 Dec. of… -
Adalbert, Abbot of Heidenheim (ADALBERTO, ABATE DI HEIDENHEIM)
He lived ca. 1150. The work Vita s. Wunni-baldi et vita s. Willibaldi was attributed to him, published by Gretser in the appendix to the monograph on Bishop… -
Adalbert, Abbot of São João de Tarouca (ADALBERTO, ABATE DI SAN GIOVANNI DI TAROUCA)
Sent to Portugal by St. Bernard, together with other monks, under the guidance of the abbot Boemondo, he founded with his group the monastery of St. John of… -
Adalbert (Aldebert) (ADALBERTO (ALDEBERTO))
Frankish heretical bishop, who lived in the 8th century. Although he had had himself ordained by ignorant bishops, he boasted of doing without the hierarchy as… -
Adalbert, Archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg (ADALBERTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI BREMA-AMBURGO)
Born at the beginning of the 11th century at Goslar, died 16 March 1072. He studied at Halberstadt; in 1032 he became a canon of Bremen and then provost of… -
Adalbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg (ADALBERTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI MAGDEBURGO)
A Benedictine, of Lotharingian origin. Sent in 961 by William, archbishop of Mainz and son of Otto I, as missionary bishop to the Russian people, he returned… -
Adalbert, Archbishop of Mainz (ADALBERTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI MAGONZA)
Son of Count Sigehard of Saarbrücken, he was chancellor of Henry V, King of Germany. He was elected archbishop in 1109 and in the same year accompanied the… -
Adalbert, Bishop of Pomerania (ADALBERTO, VESCOVO DI POMERANIA)
He was the first in this see, consecrated in Rome by Pope Innocent II and confirmed in his election on 14 Oct. 1140. He built a church at Stolp for the… -
Adalbert III, Archbishop of Salzburg (ADALBERTO III, ARCIVESCOVO DI SALISBURGO)
Son of Ladislaus, Duke of Bohemia, d. in 1200. When he was elected archbishop he was still a deacon, so he had himself ordained and consecrated by Ulrich of… -
Adalbert, Monk and Provost of Speyer (ADALBERTO, MONACO E PREVOSTO DI SPIRA)
He lived around the middle of the 11th century. Two letters of his addressed to Bernold of Constance have survived, in which he takes up the defense of Pope… -
Adalbert of Prague, Saint, Martyr (ADALBERTO DI PRAGA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Of Czech nationality, he was called Vojtěch; among the Slavic peoples he is known and venerated under this name. Educated at Magdeburg, at his confirmation he… -
Adalgar, Saint, Archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg (ADALGARO, SANTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI BREMA-AMBURGO)
First a monk of the monastery of Corvey (Westphalia), he was chosen by St. Rimbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, as his coadjutor and succeeded him in 888.… -
Adalger (ADALGERO)
A Benedictine of the monastery, it seems, of Augsburg in Bavaria and, according to some, also a bishop; he died in 964. There remains from him the Admonitio ad… -
Adalgis, Saint (ADALGISO, SANTO)
Bishop of Novara. The diptychs of this church assign him 19 years of episcopate, which must have run from 830 or 831 to 849 or 850, and call him "gemma… -
Adaloald, King of the Lombards (ADALOALDO, RE DEI LONGOBARDI)
Son of Agilulf and Theodelinda, born in 602 and baptized at Easter in 603. The following year he was proclaimed by his own father, at Milan, heir to the… -
Adam
French Jansenist writer who hides under the pseudonym of A. According to some (cf. Reusch, II, p. 890) he would be the Capuchin Osmont du Sollier. Placed on… -
Adam (ADAMO)
The first man created by God and father of the human race. SUMMARY: 1. Sacred Scripture. - 2. Rabbinic literature. - 3. Christian archaeology. - 4. Popular… -
Adama (ADAMA)
A city of the Pentapolis (v.), named alongside Zeboiim, on the border of Canaan (Gen. 10:19). Its king Shinab, in coalition with the other kings of the… -
Adamantius (ADAMANZIO)
ADAMANZIO: v. ORIGENE. -
Adam de la Halle (ADAMO DE LA HALLE)
French trouvère, b. near Arras in 1220, d. at Naples in 1287, also called le boste d'Arras. Having been directed toward the priesthood, he married, then… -
Adam, Germanus (ADAM, GERMANO)
B. at Aleppo, d. Oct. 10, 1809. Bishop from 1774, after having been patriarchal vicar of Acre, in 1777 he was elected archbishop of Aleppo. Pius VI (Dec. 5… -
Adami, Adam
Benedictine bishop b. at Mülheim in 1610, d. at Hildesheim in 1663. He pursued philosophical studies at the University of Cologne and in 1628 entered the… -
Adami, Annibale
Jesuit, b. at Fermo on 13 Feb. 1626, d. at Rome on 16 July 1706 or 1707. An assiduous professor of humanities and rhetoric, he left several historical works… -
Adami, Giovanni Matteo
Jesuit missionary and martyr, b. at Mazara, Sicily, in 1574, d. on 12 Oct. 1633. Of a noble family, brought to Rome for his studies, he preferred to enter the… -
Adamites (ADAMITI)
This name is customarily used to designate the adherents of certain doctrines which, beginning in the 2nd century, kept surfacing from time to time in various… -
Adam, Jean
French Jesuit theologian, b. at Limoges on 28 Sept. 1608, entered religious life in 1622, d. at Bordeaux on 12 May 1684. His activity as a preacher and… -
Adam, Juliette
French writer, b. at Verberie (Oise) on 4 Oct. 1836, d. near Callian (Var), on 24 Aug. 1936. She published several novels of no great value and of an… -
Adam, Lucien
Born in Nancy in 1833, died in Brittany in 1918, a magistrate in French Guiana and then in France. Editor of various "artes" (grammars) by ancient… -
Adam, Melchior
Calvinist scholar, b. at Grottkau (Silesia) and d. in 1622 at Heidelberg, where he had taught since 1601. He published in 4 volumes (1615-20), later collected… -
Adamnan, Saint (ADAMNANO, SANTO)
Irish monk, b. at Drumhome, in Donegal, between 623 and 625. From 679 to 704, the year of his death, he was abbot of Iona (Hy). In 686, on a mission from his… -
Adamnus (ADAMANNO)
ADAMANNO: v. ADAMANO. -
Adam of Bremen (ADAMO DI BREMA)
Chronicler of the 11th century, called the "first German historiographer", b. in eastern Franconia or in Thuringia, it is not known when, d. at Bremen before… -
Adam of Clermont (ADAMO DI CLERMONT)
Chronicler, who lived during the 13th century. Two works are attributed to him: a Chronicon still unpublished, which narrates the events of the years 1218-70… -
Adam of Courland (ADAMO DA COURLANDON)
Liturgist, exegete and moralist, b. at Courlandon (Champagne), dean of the chapter of Laon from 1195, d. at Laon in 1233 or 1234. From 1213 to 1217 he was held… -
Adam of Domerham (ADAMO DI DOMERSHAM)
English monk of the abbey of Glastonbury, who lived in the 13th century. He wrote the Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniembus, published by T. Hearne from a… -
Adam of Fulda (ADAMO DI FULDA)
Music theorist and composer, b. in 1445, d. shortly after 1517. Around 1490 he was at the Benedictine abbey of Vormbach near Passau; in 1501 at the court… -
Adam of Marsh (de Marisco) (ADAMO DI MARSH (DE MARISCO))
Born toward the end of the 12th century in Somerset, he completed his studies at Oxford, where he obtained degrees in the faculty of Arts. Ordained a priest… -
Adam of Montaldo (ADAMO DI MONTALDO)
Augustinian, writer, lived in the second half of the 15th century. His work De laudibus familiae de Aura was published by Muratori in the Rerum Italic.… -
Adam of Murimuth (ADAMO DI MURIMUTH)
English historiographer, b. in 1274 or 1275, d. in 1347. He took his degree in law at Oxford and around 1312 became one of the rectors of that university.… -
Adam of Perseigne (ADAMO DI PERSEIGNE)
First a regular canon, then a Benedictine and librarian at Marmoutier, and finally a Cistercian in the abbey of Pontigny, where he was master of novices.… -
Adam of Petit Pont (ADAMO di PETIT PONT)
A native of the county of Cambridge, but so called from the quarter of Paris in which, after studying at the school of Matthew of Angers and Peter Lombard, he… -
Adam of Saint Victor (ADAMO DI SAN VITTORE)
Regular canon, one of the most renowned authors of liturgical sequences. Biographical information is scarce. According to the Victorine abbot William of… -
Adam of Usk (ADAMO DI USK)
English chronicler, b. at Usk (Monmouthshire) ca. 1360 or 1365, d. after 1430. He was in Rome, at the court of Boniface IX, in 1402. His chronicle runs from… -
Adamo of Arogno (ADAMO DI AROGNO)
Architect active in the first decades of the 13th century. He is remembered by documents as superintendent of the construction of the cathedral of Trent. While… -
Adam Scotus (ADAMO SCOTO)
Ascetic writer, first Premonstratensian, then Carthusian. He is to be distinguished from the two namesakes, who likewise had connections with the charterhouse… -
Adams, Thomas
English Protestant preacher, b. ca. 1590, and d. ca. 1653. In 1612 he was an Anglican minister at Willington; in 1614 he obtained the pastorate at Wingrave… -
Adam Wodeham (Godham, Goddham) (ADAMO WODEHAM (GODHAM, GODDAM))
English Franciscan, ardent supporter of the "via moderna" or nominalism. He taught at Norwich, London and Oxford, and in the controversy over the freedom of… -
Adana
City of Cilicia, situated on the river Saihun, an ancient Greek episcopal see, dependent on the see of Taurus. When the Armenian kingdom was established in… -
Adapa
In Assyro-Babylonian mythology A. is the son of the god Ea and is "the seed of humanity," that is, the first man. From his father he obtained wisdom, but not… -
Adar
Twelfth month, of 29 days (from mid-February to mid-March approximately), of the Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian (addaru, in Babylonia a month sacred… -
Adarezer (ADARÉZER)
Aramean king of Zobah. The Hebrew name is Hadad'ezer and Hadar'ezer: the latter form, found in Chronicles and in the Septuagint (Ἀδραχάς), in the Vulgate and… -
Adarsa
Thus the Vulgate, 1 Macc. 7:40, which has Adazer in 1 Macc. 7:45 (Adas in the Greek text and in Flavius Josephus; Dessau [Gk. Δασακού] in 2 Macc. 14:16), calls… -
Adautto, Saint, Martyr (ADAUTTO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
ADAUTTO, santo, martire: v. FELICE e ADAUTTO, saints, martyrs. -
Ad Beneplacitum Nostrum
It is a clause sometimes used in rescripts or in other ecclesiastical measures, with a value equivalent to the expressions: donec voluero, quandiu mihi… -
Ad Bestias
Among the Romans the damnatio or datio ad b. was the penalty inflicted on parricides, murderers, seditious persons, arsonists and sometimes prisoners of war.… -
Ad Catacumbas
AD CATACUMBAS: v. CATACUMBAS, cemetery in. -
Ad Catholici Sacerdotii
Opening words of the encyclical with which Pius XI (Dec. 20, 1935: AAS, 28 [1936], pp. 5-53), on the occasion of his sacerdotal jubilee, intended worthily to… -
Ad Corpus, Basilica
This is the technical term used by archaeologists to indicate a basilica that was built near or over the body of a saint in his honor or to provide more easily… -
Adda, Ferdinando D'
Cardinal, b. in Milan in 1649, d. in Rome in 1719. As nuncio he worked hard at the court of King James II of England to bring about the return of that nation… -
Addai, Doctrine of (ADDAI, DOTTRINA DI)
A narrative apocryphon, from the end of the 4th century or the beginning of the 5th, on the introduction of Christianity at Edessa. Written by Labubna, son of… -
Addeo, Doctrine of (ADDEO, DOTTRINA DI)
ADDEO, DOTTRINA DI: v. ADDAI, DOTTRINA di. -
Addis Ababa, Apostolic Vicariate of (ADDIS ABEBA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO)
ADDIS ABEBA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO: v. ETIOPIA. -
Addison, Joseph
English man of letters and essayist, b. at Milston (Wiltshire) in 1672, d. at Kensington in 1719. He came from classical studies and in his youth made a… -
Ad Duas Lauros
AD DUAS LAUROS : v. INTER DUAS LAUROS. -
Ade
ADE : v. INFERI. -
Adelaide (Adelheid), Empress, Saint (ADELAIDE (ADELHEID), IMPERATRICE, SANTA)
B. c. 931, d. at Selz, in Alsace, on 18 Dec. 999. Daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy, she was the wife (947) of Lothair II, king of Italy (d. 950). Imprisoned… -
Adelaide, Archdiocese of (ADELAIDE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It has its center at A., capital of the province of the same name in South Australia, and now counts two suffragan dioceses: Darwin and Port Augusta. The… -
Adelaide of Turin (ADELAIDE DI TORINO)
Daughter of Olderico Manfredi, marquis of Turin, and of Berta of the Obertenga house, b. ca. 1020, d. 1091. Since the only male son of Olderico Manfredi had… -
Adelard II, Cattaneo (ADELARDO II, CATTANEO)
Cardinal, born at Lendinara at the end of the 12th century. He was a canon of Verona and in 1183 or 1184 was created cardinal by Lucius III. At the time of the… -
Adelard of Bath (ADELARDO DI BATH)
English by birth, he completed his studies at Tours and taught at Laon. Dissatisfied with the "gallica studia", he undertook long journeys in southern Italy… -
Adelasio, Gholamo
Politician and priest, b. at Bergamo on 16 March 1763, d. there on 7 April 1828. After completing his studies in Rome at the Collegio del Nazareno, A. was… -
Adelchis, King of the Lombards (ADELCHI, RE DEI LONGOBARDI)
Son of Desiderius (v.), he was associated with the government by his father in 759. Ten years later, when, in order to strengthen the alliance with the Franks… -
Adelchis, Prince of Benevento (ADELCHI, PRINCIPE DI BENEVENTO)
He succeeded his brother Radelgais in 853, at a particularly turbulent moment. He was defeated several times by the Saracens who were then overrunning the… -
Adelfia
In the catacomb of St. John in Syracuse a splendid sarcophagus was found which on a panel of the lid bears the inscription (h)ic Adelfia chiarissima f(emina)… -
Adelhausen
A Dominican monastery and mystical center near Freiburg in Breisgau. The community of Beguines existing there since 1232 was declared exempt from the parish by… -
Adelmann, Bernhard von Adelmannspeiden (ADELMANN, BERNHARD VON ADELMANNSPELDEN)
Humanist, canon of Eichstätt, b. c. 1457 perhaps at Schechingen, d. 16 Dec. 1523. He studied at Heidelberg, Basel and Ferrara. In 1472 he received a canonry at… -
Adelmann, Bishop of Brescia (ADELMANNO, VESCOVO DI BRESCIA)
We know neither the place nor the date of his birth. A beloved disciple of Fulbert (v.) in the famous school of Chartres, he had as a companion Berengar of… -
Adelophagi (ADELÔFAGI)
From the Greek ἀθήλως-φαγεῖν, "to eat in secret": followers of a Christian sect of which only a few notices remain. The A., from the interpretation of certain… -
Adelphi, Society of the (ADELFI, SOCIETÀ DEGLI)
A secret society that arose in France, according to some in 1804, through the work of Col. Oudet, Gen. Lafayette and Luigi Angeloni of Frosinone, according to… -
Ademar of Chabannes (ADEMARO DI CHABANNES)
French Benedictine and chronicler, b. at Chabannes, near Angoulême, ca. 988, d. at Jerusalem in 1034. He became a monk in the abbey of Saint-Cybard near… -
Ademollo, Luigi and Carlo (ADEMOLLO, LUIGI E CARLO)
LUIGI, painter, b. in Milan on 30 April 1764, d. in Florence on 11 February 1839. Having begun his artistic studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, in… -
Aden
Since 1937 a British Crown colony. It consists of the peninsula proper (194 sq km with 50,000 inhabitants) and of the protectorate of the same name, on the… -
Adenulf (Adinolf) (ADENULFO (ADINOLFO))
Abbot of St. Paul's in Rome, d. 8 September 1322. He was a counsellor of Robert, king of Naples, and also enjoyed great esteem with the Roman senate. He was… -
Adenulf (Atenulf) (ADENULFO (ATENULFO))
Archbishop of Capua, d. before 1059. He held the archiepiscopal see from 1008 to 1058. During this time he had to suffer the abuses of Prince Pandulf II, by… -
Adeodatus I (ADEODATO I)
Natural son of St. Augustine, born ca. 372 from his illicit relationship, while he was not yet baptized and only seventeen years old, with a young woman, from… -
Adeodatus I (Deusdedit), Pope, Saint (ADEODATO I (DEUSDEDIT), PAPA, SANTO)
A Roman, son of the subdeacon Stephen, he had been a member of the Roman clergy for forty years when he succeeded Boniface IV after four months of vacant see… -
Adeodatus II (or I), Pope (ADEODATO II (O I), PAPA)
A Roman, he received the tiara in 672, died in 676. The son of Jovinian, he succeeded St. Vitalian. Elected, perhaps, shortly after the latter's death (27… -
Adeodatus of Fano (ADEODATO DA FANO)
Friar Minor Capuchin of the province of the Marches; he took the habit on 5 Oct. 1805 and later went as an apostolic missionary to the East Indies; he worked… -
Adeste Fideles (ADESTE, FIDELES)
A delightful rhymed hymn, in which the visit of the shepherds to the newborn Savior is narrated and the faithful are invited to hasten to Bethlehem to adore… -
Adhémar (Ademaro) de Monteil, Family (ADHÉMAR (ADEMARO) DE MONTEIL, FAMIGLIA)
Originating in the Dauphiné and dating back to the 8th century, it was made illustrious by many ecclesiastical figures, among whom the following are… -
Adhemar of Le Puy (ADEMARO DI MONTEIL)
Bishop of Le Puy, born in the first half of the 11th century. He was first a knight, then entered the clergy and around 1061 became bishop of Le Puy. He took… -
Ad Hominem, Argument (AD HOMINEM, ARGOMENTO)
A form of indirect argument, by which one concludes against an opponent starting from his own assertions and principles (Aristotle, Analyt. pr., I, 23, 41 a 37… -
Adiabene (ADIABÈNE)
A region situated on the left bank of the Tigris with Arbela as its ecclesiastical capital, inhabited by a population of predominantly Aramaic origin; the… -
Adiafori (ADIAFORTI)
ADIAFORTI : v. CONGREGAZIONALISTI. -
Adiaphora (ADIAFORA)
Under this name is indicated a famous controversy in the Protestant field. Adiaphora (from ἀδιάφορα "indifferent things and acts") are defined by the… -
Adi Granth
"The fundamental book," also called simply Granth, "Book" (par excellence, in a religious sense: Bible) or Granth Sahib, "The holy fundamental book": a… -
Adigrat
ADIGRAT: v. TIGRAI. -
Adimantus ('Adimantos ho Adēmantos) (ADIMANTO ('ΑΔΕΊΜΑΝΤΟΣ Ο 'ΑΔΉΜΑΝΤΟΣ))
Manichaean preacher of the 3rd century. According to Augustine he was also called Addas; he had been one of Mani's first disciples and enjoyed the highest… -
Adimari, Alemanno
Cardinal, b. in Florence, perhaps in 1362, d. in Rome between 17 and 27 Sept. 1422. He held a canonry and then a parish in his native city. Elected by Boniface… -
Adimari, Ubaldo, Blessed (ADIMARI, UBALDO, BEATO)
Born around 1247 in Florence, he took part from his youth in the heated party struggles of that time. Of gigantic stature, bold and warlike, he led a life of… -
Adinolfi, Pasquale
Priest and writer, b. in Rome on 5 Nov. 1816, d. on 20 Jan. 1882. Ordained in 1839, he devoted himself, exploring archives and studying documents, to original… -
Adler, Guido
Musicologist b. at Eibenschütz on 1 Nov. 1855, d. at Vienna on 15 Feb. 1941. He studied law at the University of that city, but devoted himself to… -
Adler, Jakob Georg Christian
Danish Orientalist (1756-1834), from 1792 general superintendent of the Duchy of Schleswig. As a young man (1780-82) he consulted the principal libraries of… -
Ad Libitum
It is an expression that has various uses in the liturgy. With regard to the "Rubrics" it refers to the free use of certain "Collects" (v.). Musically it… -
Ad Lucem (AD LUCEM)
It was founded in Lille in 1931 among the students of the Catholic university and officially constituted in 1932, in order to provide the missions with… -
Adlung, Jakob
Musician, b. at Bindersleben, near Erfurt, on 14 Jan. 1699, d. at Erfurt on 5 July 1762. He was an organist (1727), and later a professor at the gymnasium of… -
Ad Mentem (Iuxta Mentem, Iuxta Modum)
It is one of the formulas quite commonly used in the replies customarily given by the dicasteries of the Roman Curia, especially by the Sacred Congregations… -
Ad Metalla
The sentence to forced labor in the mines ad metalla was, after the death penalty, the most severe punishment, and was therefore called proxima morti (Dig.… -
Administration of the Property of the Holy See (AMMINISTRAZIONE DEI BENI DELLA S. SEDE)
After Sept. 20, 1870, the patrimony of the Holy See was reduced almost exclusively to the offerings with which the piety of the faithful of every part of the… -
Administrative Unions (UNIONI AMMINISTRATIVE)
This designation covers those unions of States for specific purposes of international cooperation that are governed by pacts of union. These determine the… -
Admission (AMMISSIONE)
The name of the supreme god of the Egyptian pantheon, later also of the Greco-Roman world. The Egyptian name is Amūn, which the Greeks rendered as Ἄμμων; the… -
Admonition (AMMONIZIONE)
A word used in canon law to designate the more or less solemn act by which the ecclesiastical superior calls someone back to the observance of his duties.… -
Ad Multos Annos
A greeting and wish for long life that a consecrated bishop addresses to his consecrator at the end of the consecration ceremony, repeating it three times, now… -
Ad Novatianum
It is a short work that has come down to us, mutilated at the end, under the name of St. Cyprian (v.). It takes a position against the rigorism of Novatian… -
Ad Nutum
In current canon law, ecclesiastical offices are called conferred a. n. when their holder can be removed at the discretion of the superior without canonically… -
Adolescence (ADOLESCENZA)
One of the most important of the ages of life (v.); an age of profound crisis that affects the whole individual on the organic, psychological, and moral… -
Adolfo da Denderwindeke
Capuchin ascetical author, b. at Denderwindeke (Belgium) on 1 May 1863, d. on 7 Dec. 1925. In the Order he was for many years master of novices, definitor and… -
Adolph I, Archbishop of Mainz (ADOLFO I, ARCIVESCOVO DI MAGONZA)
Count of Nassau, grandnephew of King Adolf of Nassau, b. ca. 1353, d. 6 February 1390. By his uncle Gerlach, Archbishop of Mainz, he was proposed to that… -
Adolph II, Archbishop of Mainz (ADOLFO II, ARCIVESCOVO DI MAGONZA)
Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden, great-nephew of the preceding, d. 6 Sept. 1475 at Eltville. Appointed by Pope Pius II archbishop of Mainz on 2 Aug. 1461, following… -
Adolph III, Archbishop of Cologne (ADOLFO III, ARCIVESCOVO DI COLONIA)
B. in 1511, d. in the castle of the Schauenburgs, from whom he was descended, at Brühl in 1556. A canon first of Cologne, then of Mainz and coadjutor of the… -
Adolph of Anhalt (ADOLFO D'ANHALT)
Bishop of Merseburg, b. 16 Oct. 1458, d. there 24 March 1526. Of the princes of Anhalt, he was directed toward an ecclesiastical career. Having become bishop… -
Adolph of Essen (ADOLFO DI ESSEN)
Carthusian ascetical writer, b. in the second half of the 14th century. After having studied philosophy, law and theology with distinction at Cologne, in 1378… -
Adolph, Saint (ADOLFO, SANTO)
Twenty-eighth bishop of Osnabrück (1216-24), b. ca. 1185 to the counts of Tecklenburg in Westphalia, d. there on 28 or 30 June 1224. Directed toward an… -
Adommim (ADOMMIM)
A locality that marked the northern border of the tribe of Judah with that of Benjamin (Josh. 15:7; 18:18). It is identified with Tal'at ed-Damm ("ascent of… -
Adonai
ADONAI: v. DIO. -
Adonias (ADONĪA)
Fourth son of David (and of Haggith), born in Hebron after David had been proclaimed king of Judah (II Sam. 3:4; I Chron. 3:2). When David was by then old, A.… -
Adonibezec (ADONIBÉZEC)
Canaanite king of Bezeq, a city identified by some with present-day Bezhab southeast of Lydda, by others with the Bezeq of Saul (1 Sam. 11:8), perhaps Hirbet… -
Adonis (ADONE)
Mythical hero, lover of Aphrodite, whose legend, despite various divergences, is summarized in the following cycle: 1) death during the hunt by a boar; 2) the… -
Adonisedec (ADONISÉDEC)
Amorite king of Jerusalem at the time when Israel, led by Joshua, penetrated into Palestine. When the Israelites had captured Jericho and Ai, and the… -
Adon, Saint (ADONE, SANTO)
Archbishop of Vienne, in the Dauphiné. Of a noble family, born at the beginning of the 9th century, in the diocese, it seems, of Sens. By the abbot Sigulf, a… -
Adoption (ADOZIONE)
This term designates the institution whose purpose is the transfer of an individual from one kinship group to another, through the creation of a filiation that… -
Adoration (ADORAZIONE)
Etymologically a. (from Lat. ad os) is the gesture of bringing the hands to the lips and then turning them toward a simulacrum or any sacred object as a sign… -
Adoration of the Cross (ADORAZIONE DELLA CROCE)
ADORAZIONE della CROCE: v. CROCE. -
Adoration of the Magi (ADORAZIONE DEI MAGI)
ADORAZIONE dei MAGI: v. EPIFANIA. -
Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Malabarese Sisters of the (ADORAZIONE del S.mo SACRAMENTO, SUORE MALABARESI dell')
This congregation was founded recently by Msgr. Thomas Kurialachery (1873-1925). Its purpose is the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the instruction of… -
Adoration of the Pope (ADORAZIONE DEL PAPA)
ADORAZIONE del PAPA: v. SOMMO PONTEFICE. -
Adoratrices of the Most Blessed Sacrament (ADORATRICI del S.mo SACRAMENTO)
The Congregation was founded at Rivolta d'Adda by the priest Francesco Spinelli following a split that arose over a financial collapse in the Institute of the… -
Adoratrices of the Most Blessed Sacrament (ADORATRICI del S.mo SACRAMENTO)
A religious institute founded at Córdoba in Argentina in 1885 by some pious ladies under the direction of Bishop Giovanni C. Tissera, to make reparation for… -
Adoratrices of the Most Precious Blood (ADORATRICI DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE)
Female religious congregation founded at Acuto in 1834 by the venerable Maria De Mattias for the instruction and education of youth in nurseries and schools of… -
Adoratrices Slaves of the Most Blessed Sacrament and of Charity (ADORATRICI SCHIAVE del S.mo SACRAMENTO E DELLA CARITÀ)
They were founded at Madrid by St. Mary Michael of the Most Blessed Sacrament (v.) in 1845 for the re-education of fallen young women and the preservation of… -
Adorers of the Cross of Jesus Sacramented (CROCIFISSE ADORATRICI DI GESÙ SACRAMENTATO)
Congregation of sisters founded at S. Giorgio al Cremano (Naples), in 1885, by Sister Maria Pia della Croce Notari. They devote themselves particularly to… -
Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Montmartre (ADORATRICI DEL S. CUORE DI GESÙ DI MONTMARTRE)
They were founded by Adèle Garnier at the basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre in Paris, on the site where, before the French Revolution, stood an abbey… -
Adorni, Anna Maria
Born at Fivizzano on 15 June 1805, died at Parma on 7 February 1893. Widow of Domenico Botti, attached to the ducal court of Parma, she first enrolled in the… -
Adorno, Francis (ADORNO, FRANCESCO)
Jesuit preacher, b. in Genoa on 13 Sept. 1533, d. there on 13 Jan. 1586. He became acquainted with the Society of Jesus in Portugal and entered it on 10 June… -
Adorno, Giovanni Agostino
Cofounder of the Clerics Regular Minor (v.), born in Genoa in 1551, died in Naples on 29 September 1591. Following the traditions of his noble dogal family, he… -
Adorno Hinojosa, Gonzalo
Spanish Jesuit theologian, b. at Jerez de la Frontera on 7 Sept. 1751, d. on 17 Feb. 1812 at Viterbo, where he had been deported with the Spanish Jesuits in… -
Adoro Te Devote
A rhythm attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas, proposed by the Roman Missal as a prayer after Mass. The A. consists of seven stanzas, each of four verses, rhymed… -
Adozianism (ADOZIANISMO)
I. GENERAL NOTION. - In a broad sense it is the error of those who deny the divinity of Jesus Christ, either really or by the formulas they employ, affirming… -
Adragna, Antonio Maria
Born in Trapani on 1 October 1818, a professed religious (2 October 1839) of the Conventual Friars Minor, a priest in 1841, a doctor of the College of St.… -
Adraldo (Arraldo, Ayraldo)
Bishop, a native of Vendôme, died at Chartres on 1 February 1075. In 1033 he became a monk of the Trinity of Vendôme and later of Cluny, where he was held in… -
Adramelech
Son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (704-681), in Assyrian Adar-malik. A. and his brother Sharezer, because they were not chosen to succeed him, killed their… -
Adramelech (ADRAMELECH)
A divinity probably Syrian (Adad-malik) of the inhabitants of Sepharvaim (perhaps Sabara'in) transplanted by Sargon into Samaria. Others hold that it is an… -
Ad Regias Agni Dapes
Hymn for Vespers of Paschal time, by an unknown author, but which is already found in manuscripts of the 6th century. It may be called "the song of the triumph… -
Adrenaline (ADRENALINA)
ADRENALINA: v. ORMONI. -
Adret Shelomoh ben Abraham (ADRET SHÉLÔ-MÔH BEN ABRAHAM)
Jewish decisor, b. around 1235 in Barcelona, d. in 1310. He studied under distinguished masters, among them Nahmanides. Around 1280 he was appointed "Rab… -
Adrevald of Fleury (ADREVALDO DI FLEURY)
French Benedictine monk, b. between 814 and 820, d. around 878-79. He wrote Miracula s. Benedicti, in which he narrates the miracles that occurred in the… -
Adria, Diocese of (ADRIA, DIOCESI DI)
A., now 22 km. from the open sea, had a very active port in the period of the Roman republic; and until the 10th century it remained the only important center… -
Adriaensens, Adriaen
Born in Antwerp, a Jesuit in 1546, superior of the community of Louvain (1551-61), where he died on 18 October 1580. After 1567 he published in Flemish a… -
Adriaensz (Adrianssen), Cornelius
Distinguished theologian b. at Dordrecht in 1521, d. at Bruges on 14 July 1581. He studied at Bruges under Cassander, whom he succeeded. Having entered the… -
Adriani, Francesco
Friar Minor, who lived in the 14th century. He completed his higher studies in Paris, graduating from the Sorbonne. He distinguished himself in preaching and… -
Adriani, Giovanni Battista
Florentine historian (1513-79), son of the humanist Marcello da Virgilio. In the siege of Florence of 1530 he was among the defenders of the city against the… -
Adrian III, Pope, Saint (ADRIANO III, PAPA, SANTO)
A Roman, son of Benedict, he was pope from 884 to 885, succeeding Marinus. We have neither his biography in the Liber Pontificalis nor any letter of his. The… -
Adrian II, Pope (ADRIANO II, PAPA)
Born in Rome in 792 to one of the foremost families, which had already given the Church the popes Stephen IV (816-17) and Sergius II (844-47). Before entering… -
Adrian I, Pope (ADRIANO I, PAPA)
Pontiff from 1 (6) February 772 to 26 (25) December 795. Born in Rome of an aristocratic family, having lost his father Theodore at a tender age, he received… -
Adrianists (ADRIANISTI)
A little-known Dutch Protestant sect of the 16th century. It owes its name to Adrian Hamsted, b. at Dordrecht in 1524, d. at Bruges in 1581. During the reign… -
Adrian IV, Pope (ADRIANO IV, PAPA)
He is the only Englishman to have ascended the papal throne; his name was Nicholas Breakspear and he was the son of Robert, a cleric of Bath. Having failed to… -
Adriano da Corneto
ADRIANO da CORNETO: v. CASTELLESI. -
Adrian of Nicomedia, Saint, Martyr (ADRIANO DI NICOMEDIA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
According to the legendary Passio, A. was converted following the courageous bearing, during torture, of 23 Christians, victims of the Diocletianic… -
Adrian of Nisida (ADRIANO DI NISIDA)
Benedictine, of African origin, abbot of Nisida near Naples, d. in 709 (or 710?). Pope Vitalian wanted him as archbishop of Canterbury, but he declined the… -
Adrian of Oudenbosch (ADRIANO DI OUDENBOSCH)
Belgian Benedictine, died at Liège c. 1482. He took the habit in the convent of St. Lawrence in Liège and professed in 1441. A cantor, librarian and, later… -
Adriano of Moscow (ADRIANO DI MOSCA)
Tenth and last patriarch of Moscow and of Russia, b. 2 Oct. 1627 and d. 15 Oct. 1700. Archimandrite in the monastery of Chudov, he was consecrated in 1686… -
Adriano van den Eeckhoute
Belgian Carmelite, died at Ghent in 1498. Prior of the convent of Ghent in 1466, preacher and confessor at the court of Burgundy, he enjoyed an authority that… -
Adrian VI, Pope (ADRIANO VI, PAPA)
Pontiff from 1522 to 1523. Born at Utrecht on 2 March 1459, he was the son of Florenz Boeyens and Gertruda. The family was neither rich nor poor. After his… -
Adrian V, Pope (ADRIANO V, PAPA)
Pontiff in 1276. On the death of Innocent V a conclave followed in Rome, watched over by Charles of Anjou in his capacity as senator of the city; after eight… -
Adricomius, Christian Kruick van (ADRICOMIO, CHRISTIAN KRUCK VAN)
Dutch Palestinologist, b. at Delft on 14 Feb. 1533, d. at Cologne on 20 June 1585. The humanist Martin Dorpius, his great-uncle, saw to his early education.… -
Adrumetum (ADRUMETO)
An agricultural and commercial center in Byzacena, today Sussa (French Sousse) in Tunisia. It was called for some time Hunuricopolis and then Iustinianopolis… -
Ad Sanctos
This Latin expression ("near the saints") designates the custom of the ancient Christians of being buried, when possible, next to the tombs of the martyrs. It… -
Adson, Emeric (ADSONE, EMERICO)
Benedictine, hagiographer, born of a noble family in the Jura around 920, died in 972. He became a monk at Luxeuil and taught at Toul, but in 968 he was… -
Aduarte, Diego
Spanish Dominican, b. in Saragossa in 1566. After completing his studies at Alcalá and entering the Order in 1585, ten years later he went as a missionary to… -
Adulation (ADULAZIONE)
Exaggerated and unreasonable praise directed at others for a self-interested motive. Adulation always arises from and is nourished by some secret passion, such… -
Adullam
ADULLAM: v. ODOLLAM. -
Adult (ADULTO)
ADULTO: v. ETÀ. -
Adultery (ADULTERIO)
It is the illicit union of two persons of different sex, of whom at least one is married. 1. HISTORICAL NOTES. - Among ancient peoples, the violation of… -
Advent (AVVENTO)
It is the period that begins the liturgical year and prepares for Christmas (v.), as Lent (v.) does for Easter. In the Roman rite it begins with the Sunday… -
Adventists (Second Adventists) (AVVENTISTI (ADVENTISTS, SECOND ADVENTISTS))
This name, which designates certain Protestant sects of America, derives from the belief of their faithful in the second coming of Christ on earth. Its founder… -
Advertising (PUBBLICITÀ)
The word p. is used in two different senses: 1) as an instrument of public control over governmental activities or the management of large industrial… -
Advocate (AVVOCATO)
I. CANON LAW. - Assistance in trials undertaken in Rome by patrons on behalf of their clients was initially an aristocratic and unpaid office (oratores), which…