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Afec
AFEC: v. APHEC. -
Afer (Africanae Fraternae Ephemerides Romanae)
A periodical publication, issued by the Conference of Catholic Missions of Africa (v.). It appeared from 1932 to 1940 (23 issues). It resumed publication in… -
Affability (AFFABILITÀ)
It is the virtue that regulates the whole exterior conduct of a person (speech, action, manner), so as to make him well accepted and pleasing to those with… -
Affairs, Moral Theology of (AFFARI, MORALE DEGLI)
AFFARI, MORALE degli: v. ECONOMIA e MORALE. AFFARI ECCLESIASTICI STRAORDINARI, CONGREGAZIONE degli: v. CONGREGAZIONI PONTIFICIE. -
Affaitati, Antonio Maria
Capuchin writer, in the world Casimiro, b. in 1660 at Albogasio, of a noble Cremonese family, d. at Milan on 26 April 1721. He entered the Lombard Capuchins at… -
Affani, Ignazio
Painter, b. in Parma on 22 March 1828, d. in Fidenza on 29 July 1889. Trained at the school of Calegari, Pescatori and Scaramuzza at the local Academy of Fine… -
Affection (AFFEZIONE)
AFFEZIONE: v. ORAZIONE AFFETTIVA. -
Affiliation (AFFILIAZIONE)
Under this name, various legal institutions have been called, in different eras and places. HISTORY OF LAW. - In the Middle Ages, among the populations that… -
Affinity (AFFINITÀ)
With this word, derived from the Latin affinitas (as if to signify, according to Modestinus [fr. 4, § 10, D. 38, 10], the drawing near of one generation ad… -
Afflacio, Giovanni
Salernitan physician, of the second half of the 11th century. He is said to have been a disciple of Constantine the African. Seven physicians by the name of… -
Afflitto, Annibale
AFFLITTO, ANNIBALE: v. D'AFFLITTO, ANNIBALE. -
Afflitto, Eustachio (AFFLITTO, EUSTACCHIO)
AFFLITTO, EUSTACCHIO: v. D'AFFLITTO, EUSTACCHIO. > FRESCO - Palimpsest of frescoes (6th-9th cent.) in the apse of S. Maria Antiqua - Rome. -
Affò, Ireneo
Scholar and man of letters, b. at Busseto (Parma) in 1741, d. at Parma in 1797. He was a Friar Minor and until 1777 taught at Ferrara and Guastalla. Making… -
Afforty, Charles-François
Dean of the Sorbonne and canon of the church of St.-Ricul de Senlis, b. in 1706, d. in 1786. He was one of Moreau's most active collaborators in the search for… -
Affre, Denis-Auguste
Archbishop of Paris, b. at Saint-Romme-de-Tarn on 28 Sept. 1793, d. at Paris on 26 June 1848. Ordained priest on 16 May 1818, he entered the Sulpicians and in… -
Affringues, Bruno d'
Carthusian, b. at Saint-Omer in 1546 and d. in the Grande-Chartreuse of Grenoble in 1632. Of noble birth, he combined a choice intellect with great piety and… -
Affrontata
An episode that characterizes many processions of Holy Week, especially in the regions of central-southern Italy. While from one church, with a part of the… -
Afghanistan (AFGANISTAN)
1. GEOGRAPHY. - More than twice the size of Italy (650,000-700,000 sq. km.), A. occupies the NE. part of the Iranian plateau. A country two-thirds mountainous… -
Afiarta
AFIARTA: V. PAOLO AFIARTA. -
Afiqomen (AFIQOMEN)
A special unleavened bread (v.) and its related rite in the present-day Passover supper of the Jews. Three unleavened breads prepared separately (called… -
A Fortiori (understood Ratione) (A FORTIORI (SOTTINTESO RATIONE))
All the more reason. One of the forms of the argument from analogy. It occurs when from a certain affirmation x one concludes to an affirmation y, because the… -
Afra, Saint, Martyr (AFRA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
Victim of the Diocletianic persecution in Augusta (Augsburg). The life (Conversio s. Afrae) is legendary; but the Passio of the 5th century is of better… -
Africa
One of the five largest continents. SUMMARY: I. Geography: 1. A. in general. - 2. French Equatorial A. - 3. French West A. - 4. South-West A. - II.… -
Africanus, Sextus Julius (AFRICANO, SESTO GIULIO)
AFRICANO, SESTO GIULIO: v. SESTO GIULIO AFRICANO. -
Aftartodocetae (AFTARTODOCETI)
A name composed of two Greek words: ἀγάπητος ("incorruptible") and ἀγάπητα ("docetae" [v.]), used to designate the partisans of the Monophysite Julian, bishop…