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Aechae, Diocese of (AECAE, DIOCESI DI)
This center arose in the land of the Daunians, in Capitanata, on the Via Traiana which, branching off from Benevento, joined the Via Egnatia at A. It was of… -
Aegean, Religion of (EGEA, RELIGIONE)
The conventional name "Aegean" is given to the civilizations of the countries washed by the Aegean Sea (Greece, the islands, Anatolia) from the Neolithic to… -
Aegher of Kalkar, Enrico (AEGHER DI KALKAR, ENRICO)
AEGHER di KALKAR, ENRICO: v. EGHER ENRICO di KALKAR. -
Aegyptus
Italian journal of Egyptology and papyrology, published since 1920 at the School of Papyrology of the Accademia scientifico-letteraria and since 1924 at the… -
Aelfric
English theologian and scholar b. around 955, d. ca. 1020. Abbot of Eynsham, the greatest prose writer of Anglo-Saxon literature of his age, he was able to… -
Aelia Capitolina
AELIA CAPITOLINA: v. GERUSALEMME. -
Aelia Capitolina (ELIA CAPITOLINA)
ELIA CAPITOLINA: V. GERUSALEMME. -
Aelius Aristides (ELIO ARISTIDE)
Rhetorician, b. at Adrianople in Moesia in 117 AD to a wealthy family, d. ca. 189. He studied at Pergamum and Athens. In 137 he visited Rhodes and Egypt… -
Aelred of Hexham, Saint (AELREDO, DI HEXHAM, SANTO)
English writer, Cistercian abbot of Rievaulx, b. in 1110 at Hexham (Yorkshire) of a noble family, d. 12 Jan. 1167 at Rievaulx. He spent his youth (1124-33) as… -
Aeneas of Gaza (ENEA DI GAZA)
At the end of the 11th century a new center of artistic and intellectual culture had formed at Gaza. A. (ca. 450-534) carried on in this city, as a Christian… -
Aeneas of Paris (ENEA DI PARIGI)
Bishop and theologian, b. at the beginning of the 9th century, d. in Paris on 27 Dec. 870. Head of the Chancery of Charles the Bald, he distinguished himself… -
Aeneas, Silvio Piccolomini (ENEA, SILVIO PICCOLOMINI)
ENEA, SILVIO PICCOLOMINI: v. PIO II, PAPA. -
Aeon (EONE)
According to the conceptions of the Gnostics, inherited from the ancient Eastern mythologies, the aeons are the personification of abstract concepts, emanated… -
Aeon of the Star (Euno, Eudo of the Star) (EONE DELLA STELLA (EUNO, EUDO DE STELLA))
Heretic, b. in Brittany, condemned to perpetual imprisonment by the Council of Reims of 1148; d. shortly thereafter. Uneducated and a maniac, he believed… -
Aerio and Aeriani (AERIO E AERIANI)
A., a priest of the 4th century, a native of Pontus, was placed in charge of the charitable institutions of the city of Sebaste, and in particular of the great… -
Aernouldt (Arnoult), Pierre
Belgian Jesuit and ascetical writer, b. 17 May 1818 at Moere (West Flanders), d. at Cincinnati on 28 July 1865. Having set out for Missouri, he entered the… -
Aertnys, Jozef
Moralist, b. at Eindhoven on 15 Jan. 1828, d. on 30 June 1915. A novice of the Redemptorists at St. Trond (Belgium) in 1845, he took his vows the following… -
Aertsen, Peter
Painter, b. in Amsterdam in 1507 or 1508, d. there in 1575. He worked from 1535 to 1555 in Antwerp; he was one of the founders of still-life painting, which he… -
Aeschylus of Lund (ESCHILO DI LUND)
Born ca. 1100, died at Clairvaux on 25 Aug. 1181; in 1134 he was made bishop of Roskilde, then in 1138 of the archdiocese of Lund. In 1152 Cardinal Nicholas… -
Aesma Daeva
Among the Persians he is the spirit of wrath and strife, and has as his constant epithet "of the bloody club." He is given over to drunkenness, from which he… -
Aestheticism (ESTETISMO)
It is a designation, with fluctuating boundaries, of a way of feeling and thinking that subordinates reality and the values of life to art and to aesthetic… -
Aesthetics (ESTETICA)
Science of the beautiful and of art. SUMMARY: I. Meaning of the term. - II. Historical synthesis. - III. The problems of a. I. MEANING OF THE TERM. - The use… -
Aeterna Christi Munera
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for Matins of the common of apostles. Composed by St. Ambrose in eight stanzas, it here gives only four of them: 1, 2, 6, 7, leaving… -
Aeterna Coeli Gloria
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for the ferial Lauds of Friday. Composed by an ancient imitator of St. Augustine, the hymn was "abecedarian"; but in a later… -
Aeterna Imago Altissimi
Hymn of the Roman Breviary at Matins for the feast of Christ the King. Its author is Fr. Vittorio Genovesi, S.J., who, adapting himself to the theological and… -
Aeterne Rector Siderum
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for Lauds of the feast of the Guardian Angels (Oct. 2). Its author is St. Robert Bellarmine, who in it displays his simple, candid… -
Aeterne Rerum Conditor
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for the Sunday Lauds from the octave of the Epiphany to the 1st Sunday of Lent and from the 1st Sunday of October to Advent. It is… -
Aeterne Rex Altissime
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for Matins of the feast of the Ascension. By an unknown but ancient author, though not earlier than the 5th century. The hymn greets… -
Aeterni Patris
Opening words of the encyclical with which Leo XIII, on 4 August 1879, restored Thomistic philosophy to honor. Having noted how false doctrines open the way to… -
Aetini, Agostino
Augustinian, b. at Torretta di Val Glano (Arezzo), around 1671, distinguished himself chiefly in biblical teaching. He published Biblia aurea, seu loci… -
Aetius (AEZIO)
Heretic of the 4th century. He was born, according to some, at Antioch and, according to others, in its vicinity, into a very modest family. Educated by Arian… -
Aetius of Lydda (AEZIO DI LIDDA)
Present at the Council of Nicaea in 325, he subscribed to the orthodox faith; but not long before, Arius had counted him among his supporters. In 330 he took… -
Aevum
Journal of historical, linguistic and philological sciences, published since 1927 by the Faculty of Letters of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of…