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Aechae, Diocese of(AECAE, DIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 231 AECAE, DIOCESI di. — This center stood in the territory of the Dauni, in Capitanata, on the Via Traiana, which, branching off from Benevento, joined the Via…
Aegean, Religion of(EGEA, RELIGIONE)Vol. V, p. 105 EGEA, RELIGIONE — Seal (engraved hard stone). Goddess Mistress of the animals between two lions — Kalkani (Mycenae). with it, the restoration of the…
Aegher of Kalkar, Enrico(AEGHER DI KALKAR, ENRICO)Vol. I, p. 232 AEGHER di KALKAR, ENRICO: v. EGHER ENRICO di KALKAR.
AegyptusVol. I, p. 232 AEGYPTUS. – Italian journal of Egyptology and papyrology, published from 1920 at the School of Papyrology of the Scientific-Literary Academy and, from 1924, at…
AelfricVol. I, p. 232 AELFRIC. — English theologian and scholar, born around 955, died ca. 1020. Abbot of Eynsham and the greatest prose writer of the Anglo-Saxon literature of his…
Aelia CapitolinaVol. I, p. 232 AELIA CAPITOLINA: v. GERUSALEMME.
Aelia Capitolina(ELIA CAPITOLINA)Vol. V, p. 167 ELIA CAPITOLINA: V. GERUSALEMME.
Aelius Aristides(ELIO ARISTIDE)Vol. V, p. 169 ELIO ARISTIDE. — Rhetorician, born at Adrianople in Moesia in 117 A.D. to a wealthy family, died around 189. He studied at Pergamum and Athens. In 137 he…
Aelred (Aelred, Alred, Alred, Ealred, Ethelred) of Hexham, Saint(AELREDO (AELRED, ALRED, ALRED, EALRED, ETHELRED), DI HEXHAM, SANTO)Vol. I, p. 232 AELREDO (AELRED, ALRED, ALRED, EALRED, ETHELRED), of HEXHAM, saint. — English writer, Cistercian abbot of Rievaulx, born in 1110 at Hexham (Yorkshire) to a…
Aeneas(ENEA)Vol. V, p. 233 ENEA. — A paralytic miraculously healed by Peter at Lydda, according to Acts 9:33 ff. The name (Alvèoc), which is also found in Flavius Josephus (Antiq. Iud.,…
Aeneas of Gaza(ENEA DI GAZA)Vol. V, p. 233 ENEA di GAZA. - At the end of the 11th century a new centre of artistic and intellectual culture had been formed at Gaza. E. (c. 450–534) carried on in this…
Aeneas of Paris(ENEA DI PARIGI)Vol. V, p. 233 ENEA di PARIGI. - Bishop and theologian, born at the beginning of the 9th century, died in Paris on 27 Dec. 870. Head of the Chancery of Carlo il Calvo, he…
Aeneas, Silvio Piccolomini(ENEA, SILVIO PICCOLOMINI)Vol. V, p. 233 ENEA, SILVIO PICCOLOMINI: v. PIO II, PAPA.
AennonVol. I, p. 233 AENNON. - A locality where St. John the Baptist last exercised his ministry before being imprisoned; located near Salim (ἐγγύς τοῦ Σαλίᾳ), it abounded in…
Aeon(EONE)Vol. V, p. 261 AEONS. — According to the conceptions of the Enostics, inherited from the ancient oriental mythologies, the aeons are the personification of abstract concepts,…
Aeon of the Star (Euno, Eudo of the Star)(EONE DELLA STELLA (EUNO, EUDO DE STELLA))Vol. V, p. 261 EONE DELLA STELLA (Euno, Eudo de Stella). — Heretic, born in Brittany, condemned to perpetual imprisonment by the Council of Reims in 1148; died shortly…
Aerio and Aeriani(AERIO E AERIANI)Vol. I, p. 233 AERIO e AERIANI. – A., a fourth-century priest, a native of Pontus, was placed in charge of the charitable institutions of the city of Sebaste, and…
Aernouldt (Arnould), Pierre(AERNOULDT (ARNOULT), PIERRE)Vol. I, p. 233 AERNOULDT (ARNOULT), PIERRE. – Belgian Jesuit and ascetical writer, born on 17 May 1818 at Moere (Western Flanders), died at Cincinnati on 28 July 1865. Having…
Aertnys, JozefVol. I, p. 233 AERTNYS, JOZEF. - Moral theologian, 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…
Aertsen, PeterVol. I, p. 233 AERTSEN, PETER. – Painter, born in Amsterdam in 1507 or 1508, died there in 1575. He worked in Antwerp from 1535 to 1555; he was one of the founders of…
Aeschylus of Lund(ESCHILO DI LUND)Vol. V, p. 346 ESCHILO di LUND. - B. ca. 1100, d. at Chiaravalle on 25 Aug. 1181; in 1134 he was made bishop of Roskilde, and then, in 1138, of the archdiocese of Lund. In…
Aesma DaevaVol. I, p. 233 AESMA DAEVA. - Among the Persians he is the spirit of wrath and strife, and bears as his constant epithet “of the bloody club.” He is devoted to drunkenness,…
Aestheticism(ESTETISMO)Vol. V, p. 397 AESTHETICISM. — This is a designation, with fluid boundaries, for a way of feeling and thinking that subordinates reality and the values of life to art and…
Aesthetics(ESTETICA)Vol. V, p. 392 ESTETICA. – Science of the beautiful and of art. CONTENTS: I. Meaning of the term. – II. Historical synthesis. – III. The problems of aesthetics. I. MEANING OF…
Aeterna Christi MuneraVol. I, p. 234 «AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA». - A hymn of the Roman Breviary for Matins of the Common of the Apostles. Composed by St. Ambrose in eight stanzas, it here contains…
Aeterna Coeli GloriaVol. I, p. 234 «AETERNA COELI GLORIA». - Hymn of the Roman Breviary for the ferial Lauds of Friday. Composed by an ancient imitator of s. Agostino, the hymn was an…
Aeterna Imago AltissimiVol. I, p. 234 «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…
Aeterne Rector SiderumVol. I, p. 234 «AETERNE RECTOR SIDERUM». - Hymn of the Roman Breviary for Lauds on the feast of the Guardian Angels (2 Oct.). Its author is St. Roberto Bellarmino, who…
Aeterne Rerum ConditorVol. I, p. 234 «AETERNE RERUM CONDITOR». - A hymn of the Roman Breviary for Sunday Lauds from the octave of the Epiphany to the 1st Sunday of Lent, and from the 1st Sunday of…
Aeterne Rex AltissimeVol. I, p. 234 «AETERNE REX ALTISSIME». - Hymn of the Roman Breviary for Matins on the feast of the Ascension. Its author is unknown, but it is ancient, though not earlier…
Aeterni PatrisVol. I, p. 235 « AETERNI PATRIS ». — Initial words of the encyclical by which Leo XIII, on 4 Aug. 1879, restored Thomistic philosophy to honor. Having observed how false…
Aetini, AgostinoVol. I, p. 235 AETINI, AGOSTINO. — An Augustinian, born in Torretta di Val Glano (Arezzo) around 1671, he distinguished himself chiefly in biblical teaching. He published…
Aetius(AEZIO)Vol. I, p. 235 AEZIO. — Heretic of the fourth century. According to some, he was born in Antioch and, according to others, in its vicinity, into a very modest family.…
Aetius of Lydda(AEZIO DI LIDDA)Vol. I, p. 235 AEZIO di LIDDA. — Present at the Council of Nicaea in 325, he subscribed to the orthodox faith; but not long before this Arius counted him among his…
AevumVol. I, p. 235 AEVUM. — Journal of historical, linguistic, and philological sciences, published since 1927 by the Faculty of Letters of the Catholic University of the Sacred…
