AgagVol. I, p. 270 AGAG. — King of Amalek. To punish the raids and killings he had committed against Israel, God ordered the extermination of the Amalekites (v.), who had been…
Agaimī, AnnaVol. I, p. 270 AGAIMĪ, ANNA. - Maronite visionary of Aleppo (1720–98), better known by the name Hindiyyah or also Endie. Faced with the alternative of becoming a Visitandine…
Aganoor Pompilj, VittoriaVol. I, p. 270 AGANOOR POMPILJ, VITTORIA. — Writer, born in Padua on 26 May 1855, died in Rome on 7 May 1910, of Armenian family, distinguished in Venice for innumerable…
Agape (Ἀγάπη "love, charity" in the New Testament)(AGAPE (ἈΓΆΠΗ « AMORE, CARITÀ » NEL NUOVO TESTAMENTO))Vol. I, p. 270 AGAPE (ἀγάπη «love, charity» in the New Testament). — According to the traditional view, a liturgical banquet in use in Christian communities of the first four…
Agape, Irene and Chione, Saints, Martyrs(AGAPE, IRENE E CHIONE, SANTE, MARTIRI)Vol. I, p. 273 AGAPE, IRENE and CHIONE, saints, martyrs. — Sisters, martyred under the emperor Diocleziano in 304 at Tessalonica. Feast on 3 April. When the decree of…
Agape, Saint(AGAPE, SANTA)Vol. I, p. 273 Agape, Saint: v. SOPHIA, PISTIS, ELPIS and AGAPE, Saints.
Agapemonites (Ἀγάπη-μονή: "Dwelling of Love")(AGAPEMONITI (ἈΓΆΠΗ-ΜΟΝΉ: « DIMORA DELL'AMORE »))Vol. I, p. 273 AGAPEMONITES (ἀγάπη-μονή: “Abode of love”). - English Protestants, followers of H. J. Prince. Prince (1811-99), originally a physician, became a pastor and…
Agapete(AGAPÈTE)Vol. I, p. 273 AGAPÈTE. – From the Greek ἀγαπηταί, “beloved.” A popular term that originally designated those virgins or widows consecrated to God who lived together with a…
Agapetus I, Pope, Saint(AGAPITO I, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. I, p. 274 AGAPITO I, POPE, saint. – Pontiff from 535 to 536. He descended from a noble Roman family. His father, Gordianus, was a priest of the titular church of SS.…
Agapetus II, Pope(AGAPITO II, PAPA)Vol. I, p. 275 AGAPITO II, POPE. – A Roman, he succeeded Marino II on 10 May 946 and died in December 955. We have no information about his family or his life before the…
Agapios, LandosVol. I, p. 274 AGAPIOS, LANDOS. – Greek monk (secular name Atanasio), born in Candia (Crete) at the end of the 16th century, died in Venice before 8 March 1664. He donned the…
Agapitus II(AGAPITO II)Vol. I, p. 274 AGAPITO II - Silver coin. Relations with the latter soon became closer. Giustiniano, under the pretext of avenging the murder of Amalasunta, had begun the…
Agapitus of Palestrina(AGAPITO DA PALESTRINA)Vol. I, p. 274 AGAPITO da PALESTRINA. - Reformed Franciscan, d. 1815; he was lecturer in theology and general definitor of his Order, censor of the theological Academy of the…
Agapitus of Palestrina, Saint, Martyr(AGAPITO DI PALESTRINA, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. I, p. 274 AGAPITO di PALESTRINA, saint, martyr. - According to his late and fabulous legend, he died a martyr at the age of 15, probably during the persecution of…
Agapitus of Prato a Tesido(AGAPITO DA PRATO A TESIDO)Vol. I, p. 275 AGAPITO da PRATO a TESIDO: v. DAPRÀ.
Agapitus, Saint, Martyr(AGAPITO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. I, p. 274 AGAPITO, saint, martyr: v. FELICISSIMO e AGAPITO, santi, martiri.
Agarei or Agarenes (Hebrew *Hagrî'îm*; Septuagint: Ἀγαραῖοι ὁ Ἀγαρηνοί)(AGAREI O AGARENI (EBR. HAGRI'ÎM; SETTANTA: ἈΓΑΡΑΙ͂ΟΙ Ὁ ἈΓΑΡΗΝΟΊ))Vol. I, p. 276 AGAREI or AGARENI (Heb. Hagri'îm; Septuagint: Ἀγαραῖοι or Ἀγαρηνοί). - An Arab tribe devoted to pastoralism, against which the Transjordanian tribes of Reuben,…
AgassizVol. I, p. 276 AGASSIZ. LUIGI. — Swiss zoologist, born in Môtier on 28 March 1807, died in Cambridge, Mass., on 14 December 1873. He disseminated comparative anatomy,…
AgatangeloVol. I, p. 278 AGATANGELO. - Armenian historian of the fourth century, Roman by nationality. At the behest of King Tiridate he wrote the history of the latter, of St.…
Agatangelo of Vendôme and Cassiano of Nantes, Blessed(AGATANGELO DA VENDÔME E CASSIANO DA NANTES, BEATI)Vol. I, p. 278 AGATANGELO da VENDÔME and CASSIANO da NANTES, blesseds. - The former was born on 31 July 1598 at Vendôme, the latter on 15 Jan. 1607 at Nantes. Both were…
Agatha, Saint, Martyr(AGATA, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. I, p. 276 AGATHA, Saint and Martyr. — One of the most popular heroines of early Christian antiquity, martyred for the faith at Catania. The exact date of her martyrdom…
Agatho, Pope, Saint(AGATONE, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. I, p. 278 AGATONE, POPE, saint. - A Sicilian, he succeeded Donus in 678 and died on 10 January 681. Through the gentleness and meekness of his character he won the…
Agatonice, Saint, Martyr(AGATONICE, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. I, p. 279 AGATONICE, saint, martyr: v. CARPO, PAPILO e AGATONICE, santi, martiri.
Agaunum (Agaunum or Acaunum)(AGAUNO (AGAUNUM O ACAUNUM))Vol. I, p. 279 AGAUNO (Agaunum or Acaunum). — Present-day Saint-Maurice in Valais, a city of the Tarnade (Tarnaiae or Tarnades in the Roman itineraries), capital of the…
Agazzari, AgostinoVol. I, p. 281 AGAZZARI, AGOSTINO. - Musician, born in Siena on 2 Dec. 1578, died there on 10 Apr. 1640. Chapel master, first at the Collegio Germanico in Rome from 1608 to…
Agazzari, Filippo degliVol. I, p. 281 AGAZZARI, FILIPPO degli. — Sienese Augustinian, of the noble A. family, born in 1339, died on 30 October 1422. Having overcome his parents’ opposition, at the…
Agazzari, Stefano, Blessed(AGAZZARI, STEFANO, BEATO)Vol. I, p. 281 AGAZZARI, STEFANO, blessed. - Regular canon, reformer of the canonical regular life, b. at Siena in 1354, d. at Bologna on 28–29 Oct. 1433. His work,…
Agazzi, RosaVol. I, p. 281 AGAZZI, ROSA. - Pedagogue and educator, born at Volongo (Cremona) on 26 March 1866. In 1882 Pietro Pasquali (v.), director of the commercial schools of…
AgdistiVol. I, p. 282 AGDISTI: v. CIBELE, MISTERI di.
Age(ETÀ)Vol. V, p. 407 ETÀ. – I. CANON LAW. – In general, it is a natural cause that influences both juridical capacity and capacity to act (v. CAPACITÀ): while the former, namely,…
Age Of Life(ETÀ DELLA VITA)Vol. V, p. 409 AGES OF LIFE.—From the stage of the fertilized ovum-cell to extreme old age, the individual passes through a gradual and interconnected series of…
Age of Man(GENERE UMANO, ETÀ DEL)Vol. V, p. 1184 HUMAN RACE, AGE OF THE.—The problem of the age of the human race remains even today one of the most difficult and controversial, since its solution is bound up…
Age of the Earth(TERRA, ETÀ DELLA)Vol. XI, p. 1207 TERRA, ETÀ della. — The methods used until a few decades ago to determine the age of the earth are now revealed to be entirely lacking in scientific rigor.…
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Age Of The World(ETÀ DEL MONDO)Vol. V, p. 409 ETÀ DEL MONDO: V. MONDO, ETÀ del.
AgelioVol. I, p. 282 AGELIO. — Successor, perhaps the immediate successor, of Achesio in the episcopal see of the schismatic Novatian community of Constantinople, which he held for…
Agelli (Ajelli, Agellius), AntonioVol. I, p. 282 AGELLI (Ajelli, Agellius), ANTONIO. - Theatine biblical scholar, b. at Sorrento in 1532, d. at Rome on 19 Nov. 1608. Having entered the Theatine Clerics…
AgeltrudeVol. I, p. 282 AGELTRUDE. - Queen and empress, daughter of Adelchi, prince of Benevento, she married Guido, duke of Spoleto and Camerino. An ambitious and unscrupulous woman,…
Agemina (Da Agiam = Persia, in Arabic)(AGEMINA (DA AGIAM = PERSIA, IN ARABO))Vol. I, p. 282 AGEMINA (from Agiam = Persia, in Arabic). - It is a synonym for work "à la damascene" and indicates a AGEMINA - Detail of the door of the Basilica of S. Paolo…
Agen, Diocese of(AGEN, DIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 283 AGEN, DIOCESE of. — City of southern France in Languedoc, situated on the Garonne River at its confluence with the Masse; it is the ancient Aginum and today…
AgendaVol. I, p. 283 AGENDA. – A Latin word meaning “that which must be done.” At first it was used in the liturgy to indicate the Canon of the Mass and also the entire Mass,…
Agents at the Sacred Congregations(AGENTI PRESSO LE SACRE CONGREGAZIONI)Vol. I, p. 284 AGENTS TO THE SACRED CONGREGATIONS. - In the past, the procuratori ospedizionieri were of considerable importance; they represented individual dioceses or…
Agiles (Aguleri), Ramondo d'(AGILES (AGUILERI), RAMONDO D')Vol. I, p. 287 AGILES (AGUILERI), RAMONDO d’. — Canon of Le Puy and chaplain to the count of Toulouse, he took part in the First Crusade (1096–99). He wrote its history,…
Agilulf, King of the Lombards(AGILULFO, RE DEI LONGOBARDI)Vol. I, p. 287 AGILULF, king of the LONGOBARDS. — He was chosen as a husband by Teodolinda, widow of King Autari, and was elected king of the Longobards at Milan in May 591.…
Aging, The Biological Problem of(SENESCENZA, PROBLEMA BIOLOGICO DELLA)Vol. XI, p. 199 SENESCENZA, PROBLEMA BIOLOGICO of. — The problem of the s. of organisms is linked to the condition of the life cycle (v. CICLI BIOLOGICI). Each species has its…
Agioreita, Nicodemus I'(AGIORITA, NICODEMO I')Vol. I, p. 289 AGIORITA, NICODEMO I'. – A celebrated Greek writer of the modern period (1748–1809), who owes much of his fame to the fact that he used the vernacular for most…
Agioretic, Tome(AGIORITICO, TOMO)Vol. I, p. 290 AGIORITICO, TOMO. - One of the best-known official documents of Palamism (v.), composed on Athos about 1339–40. Gregorio Palamas wished to shield the doctrinal…
Agli, Stefano d'Vol. I, p. 290 AGLI, STEFANO d'. – Ascetical writer, b. in Cremona in the second half of the 15th century, a member of the Order of the Humiliati. He wrote two treatises: De…
Agli-BolVol. I, p. 290 AGLI-BOL. – A deity worshipped at Palmyra, where archaeology attests the existence of a college of priests, altars, and sacrifices dedicated to it. It is a…
Agliardi, AntonioVol. I, p. 290 AGLIARDI, ANTONIO. – Cardinal, born at Cologno al Serio (Bergamo) on 4 September 1832, died in Rome on 19 March 1915. From the diocesan seminary he proceeded…
Aglipayanism(AGLIPAYSMO)Vol. I, p. 290 AGLIPAYSMO. — By this name and by that of the “Philippine Independent Church” is designated the sect founded by the apostate priest Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan,…
Agnation(AGNAZIONE)Vol. I, p. 290 AGNATION. - In Roman law, a. was the bond uniting all free persons who were under the authority of the same paterfamilias, or who would have been under it had…
Agnelli, GiuseppeVol. I, p. 291 AGNELLI, GIUSEPPE. - Jesuit, b. at Napoli on 1 Apr. 1621, d. at Roma on 8 Sept. 1706; professor of moral theology, celebrated as Segneri’s companion in…
Agnello da Pisa, Blessed(AGNELLO DA PISA, BEATO)Vol. I, p. 295 AGNELLO da Pisa, blessed. - A Franciscan and disciple of s. Francesco, born in Pisa about 1104, died in Oxford on 13 March 1232. Having entered the Franciscan…
Agnello of Ravenna(AGNELLO DI RAVENNA)Vol. I, p. 295 AGNELLO di RAVENNA. — Priest of the ninth century, author of the Liber Pontificalis of Ravenna. Born at Ravenna around 805 into a noble and powerful family, at…
AgnelrossoVol. I, p. 296 AGNELROSSO. – Carmelite bishop, born in Naples in 1645, died in Potenza on 30 April 1707. He taught theology in Florence and Naples, and was rector and…
Agnes of Assisi, Saint(AGNESE DI ASSISI, SANTA)Vol. I, p. 299 AGNESE of ASSISI, saint. - Younger sister of St. Chiara, born at Assisi in 1197 and died there on 16 Nov. 1253. Fifteen days after Chiara had joined the…
Agnes of Bilzheim(AGNESE DI BILZHEIM)Vol. I, p. 299 AGNESE di BILZHEIM. - German Dominican mystic, who died at the end of the thirteenth century. She lived as a lay sister in the Dominican monastery of Colmar,…
Agnes of Bohemia, Blessed(AGNESE DI BOEMIA, BEATA)Vol. I, p. 300 AGNESE di BOEMIA, blessed. — B. at Prague in 1208 and d. there on 2 March 1282. Daughter of Ottocaro I, king of Bohemia, and of Costanza of Hungary, a relative…
Agnes of Merania(AGNESE DI MERANIA)Vol. I, p. 300 AGNESE di MERANIA. – Daughter of Duke Bertoldo di Merania, she married in 1196 Filippo II Augusto of France, who had repudiated his first wife Ingberg, sister…
Agnes of Mittelnhiem(AGNESE DI MITTELNHEIM)Vol. I, p. 300 AGNESE di MITTELNHEIM: v. UNTERLINDEN.
Agnes of Montepulciano, Saint(AGNESE DA MONTEPULCIANO, SANTA)Vol. I, p. 300 AGNESE da MONTEPULCIANO, saint. — Dominican, born at Gracciano Vecchio in 1274 (or 1268, or even earlier), died at Montepulciano on 20 April 1317. At the age…
Agnes of Nordera(AGNESE DI NORDERA)Vol. I, p. 300 AGNESE di NORDERA. — Dominican mystic, d. around 1300. At the age of seven she entered the monastery of the Most Holy Annunciation of Adelhausen (v.) near…
Agnes of Orlamünde(AGNESE D'ORLAMÜNDE)Vol. I, p. 300 AGNESE d'ORLAMÜNDE. - Cistercian nun, widely known in the German legend of the Dama bianca (v. weisse Frau v.), born in an unspecified year into the family of…
Agnes of Poitiers, Saint(AGNESE DI POITIERS, SANTA)Vol. I, p. 300 AGNESE di POITIERS, saint. — Abbess of the sixth century, whose feast is celebrated on 13 May. Educated by Queen Radegonda, A. became the first abbess of the…
Agnes, Saint, Martyr(AGNESE, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. I, p. 296 AGNESE, saint, martyr. — Of this most famous Roman martyr, probably a victim of the Diocletian persecution, no genuine acts have been preserved; moreover,…
Agnesi, AstorgioVol. I, p. 301 AGNESI, ASTORGIO. - Cardinal, b. at Napoli in 1391, d. at Roma on 10 Oct. 1451; he is buried in the cloister of S. Maria sopra Minerva. Bishop of Mileto (1411)…
Agnesi, Maria GaetanaVol. I, p. 301 AGNESI, MARIA GAETANA. - Scholar of the mathematical sciences and educator, born in Milan on 16 May 1718 and died there on 9 Jan. 1799. Of precocious…
AgniVol. I, p. 301 AGNI. – The god of fire, Agni (pron. agnni), shares with Indra primacy among the gods of ancient India. The Rgveda devotes approximately 200 hymns to him, and…
Agni da Lentini, TommasoVol. I, p. 301 AGNI da LENTINI, TOMMASO. - Sicilian Dominican bishop, d. in the odour of sanctity at Ptolemais in 1277. Having entered the Order shortly after 1220, he…
Agnifilo della Rocca, AmicoVol. I, p. 301 AGNIFILO DELLA ROCCA, AMICO. – Cardinal, born at Roccadimezzo in Abruzzo, died at L’Aquila on 28 October or 9 November 1476. He was a canon of S. Maria…
Agnolo di VenturaVol. I, p. 302 AGNOLO di VENTURA: v. AGOSTINO di GIOVANNI.
Agnosians(AGNOETI)Vol. I, p. 302 AGNOETI. — A sect associated with Severian Monophysitism, so called because it attributes to the human soul of the incarnate Word ignorance (ἀγνόις in Greek)…
Agnosticism(AGNOSTICISMO)Vol. I, p. 302 AGNOSTICISM. – It is the spiritual attitude of one who suspends judgment concerning the existence and nature of the Absolute and of the Divinity. 1) Notion.…
Agnostos Theos (Unknown God)(ÁGNOSTOS THEÓS (DIO SCONOSCIUTO))Vol. I, p. 310 ÁGNOSTOS THEÓS (unknown god). — Pausanias (I, 1, 4) knows at Phaleron βωμοί θεῶν ὀνομαζομένων ἀγνώστων, that is, “altars of unknown gods” (thus Weinreich, in…
Agnus DeiVol. I, p. 311 AGNUS DEI. - Liturgical formula introduced into the Mass by Pope Sergio I, following an ancient Greek usage, with direct allusion to the expression of Giovanni…
Agnus Dei, Blessing of the(AGNUS DEI, BENEDIZIONE DEGLI)Vol. I, p. 311 AGNUS DEI, BENEDICTION of the. — The a. D. currently in use are white-wax medallions, oval in shape and of varying size, blessed by the Supreme Pontiff on…
Agobard, Saint(AGOBARDO, SANTO)Vol. I, p. 312 AGOBARDO, saint. — Archbishop of Lyon, born in Spain in 769 or 779, died on 6 June 840. He was brought as a child to Narbonese Gaul and, in 792, to Lyon. There…
Agonalia (Agonia)(AGONALI (AGONALIA, AGONIA))Vol. I, p. 313 AGONALI (Agonalia, Agonia). — Roman festivals held four times a year: on 9 January, 17 March, 21 May, and 11 December. We derive these dates from the…
Agony(AGONIA)Vol. I, p. 313 AGONIA. - From ἀγωνία = struggle, anxiety, anguish; “the extreme struggle of the body against death” (cf. Vocab. lingua ital. della R. Accad. d'Ital., s.v.).…
Agony of Jesus Christ(AGONIA DI GESÙ CRISTO)Vol. I, p. 315 AGONIA DI GESÙ CRISTO. — By “a. di G. C.” is understood that immense accumulation of sufferings to which Jesus was subjected in the garden of Gethsemane, when…
Agony, Archconfraternity of the(AGONIA, ARCICONFRATERNITA DELL')Vol. I, p. 314 AGONIA, ARCHCONFRATERNITY of the. - The work of the « Holy Agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Garden of Olives » was established in the second half of the…
Agop, Giovanni HollovVol. I, p. 316 AGOP, GIOVANNI HOLLOV. – Armenian Catholic priest, born in Constantinople in the first half of the 17th century, distinguished as a grammarian, translator into…
Agostini, BonifacioVol. I, p. 316 AGOSTINI, BONIFACIO. — Born at Montolmo (Marche), died in 1698. Having entered the Order of Conventual Friars Minor, he was entrusted with teaching theology at…
Agostini, DomenicoVol. I, p. 316 AGOSTINI, DOMENICO. - Cardinal, b. at Treviso on 1 June 1825, d. at Venezia on 31 Dec. 1891. He studied at the Episcopal Seminary of Treviso and at the…
Agostini, Gargano da SienaVol. I, p. 317 AGOSTINI, GARGANO da SIENA. — Master of theology, regent of studies in his homeland (1488–91), and commissary general of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual…
Agostini, GiuseppeVol. I, p. 317 AGOSTINI, GIUSEPPE. – Jesuit moral theologian, born in Palermo on 15 March 1575, died there on 29 May 1643. He taught philosophy in Rome and theology in Lyons,…
Agostini, PaoloVol. I, p. 317 AGOSTINI, PAOLO. - Musician, b. at Vallerano c. 1583, d. at Rome in September 1629. He was a pupil and later son-in-law of G. B. Nanino; maestro di cappella at…
Agostino Da BergamoVol. I, p. 322 AGOSTINO da BERGAMO. — Three Augustinians bore this name: of the first, it is known only that he was a professor in Paris from 1303 to 1305. The second, vicar…
Agostino Da BiellaVol. I, p. 325 AGOSTINO da BIELLA. – An Augustinian theologian and philosopher, from 1495 onward he was a lecturer at Padua; he edited an edition of Egidio Romano’s Liber…
Agostino Da ComoVol. I, p. 325 AGOSTINO da COMO. – An Augustinian theologian and preacher, he appears in the official books of his order in 1388 as residing in Pavia; in 1390 he is called a…
Agostino Da CoruñaVol. I, p. 325 AGOSTINO da CORUÑA. – Born in La Coruña in 1510, died in 1590. Having become an Augustinian in 1525, he went as a missionary to Mexico (1533), where he worked…
Agostino Da LodiVol. I, p. 327 AGOSTINO da LODI: v. PSEUDO BOCCACCINO.
Agostino Da MontefeltroVol. I, p. 327 AGOSTINO da MONTEFELTRO. — Franciscan, preacher, b. at S. Agata Feltria on 1 March 1839, d. at Marina di Pisa on 4 April 1921. First a secular priest and…
Agostino Da ZamoraVol. I, p. 328 AGOSTINO da ZAMORA. — Spanish Capuchin of the 17th century, writer on asceticism and mysticism, born in Zamora. He wrote: La margarita preciosa del Corazón…
Agostino Della Croce (Da Cruz)Vol. I, p. 325 AGOSTINO della CROCE (da CRUZ). — Portuguese religious, in the world A. Pimenta, brother of the celebrated poet Diego Bernardes. Born at Ponte da Barca (Minho)…
Agostino Della Vergine MariaVol. I, p. 328 AGOSTINO della VERGINE MARIA. — French Carmelite, in the world Guglielmo Goazmoal, born at Léon (Brittany) and died at Vannes on 27 June 1689. He made his…
Agostino Detto Novello, Blessed(AGOSTINO DETTO NOVELLO, BEATO)Vol. I, p. 327 AGOSTINO known as NOVELLO, Blessed. - Born at Tarano in Sabina, died 19 May 1309. He completed his studies in law at Bologna. Having attained great renown, he…
Agostino Di Dacia (Dacus)Vol. I, p. 326 AGOSTINO di DACIA (Dacus). - A Dominican of Dacia (the medieval Latin designation for Scandinavia), d. 1285. He was provincial of Dacia for 22 years, from 1254…
Agostino Di DuccioVol. I, p. 326 AGOSTINO di DUCCIO. — Sculptor and architect (born in Florence in 1418, died c. 1481). His artistic education is unknown; nevertheless, especially in his very…
Agostino Di GiovanniVol. I, p. 326 AGOSTINO di GIOVANNI. - Sculptor and architect from Siena, documented from 1310 to 1348, the probable year of his death; he is generally remembered together…
Agostino Di RomaVol. I, p. 327 AGOSTINO di ROMA: v. FAVARONI AGOSTINO. AGOSTINO di SANTA MARIA. - French Carmelite tertiary, missionary, in the world G. P. Bouteloup, b. in Paris on 31 May…
Agostino TrionfoVol. I, p. 328 AGOSTINO TRIONFO: v. TRIONFO AGOSTINO.
Agramunt, JoséVol. I, p. 356 AGRAMUNT, José. – Spanish Dominican, born in 1657 and died in 1732; he belonged to the convent of Valencia, where he entered in 1672. A prolific spiritual…
Agramunt, PascualVol. I, p. 356 AGRAMUNT, PASCUAL. — Spanish Jesuit, born on 3 May 1688 in Valenza, died there on 23 March or 27 May 1738. Having entered the Society of Jesus, he was…
Agraphon (Greek: "Unwritten Thing"; plural Agrapha)(ÁGRAPHON (GRECO: «COSA NON SCRITTA»; PLURALE AGRAPHA))Vol. I, p. 356 ÁGRAPHON (Greek: “unwritten thing”; plural agrapha). — An isolated saying (λόγιον) of Jesus (during his earthly life), transmitted outside the canonical…
Agrarian Land Register(CATASTO AGRARIO)Vol. III, p. 637 CATASTO AGRARIO. — This is the inventory of landed property for fiscal and civil purposes. Its usefulness was recognized by the Chaldeans 4000 years B.C., the…
Agrarian Question(AGRARIA, QUESTIONE)Vol. I, p. 357 AGRARIA, QUESTIONE: V. RURALE, QUESTIONE.
Agresti, Livio, Called Il Ricciuto(AGRESTI, LIVIO, DETTO IL RICCIUTO)Vol. I, p. 358 AGRESTI, LIVIO, known as RICCIUTO. — Mannerist painter from Forlì, whose year of birth is unknown; he died in 1580. His teacher was Francesco Mensocchi, heir…
Agricola (Bauer), FranzVol. I, p. 359 AGRICOLA (BAUER), FRANZ. – German theologian and controversialist, born around the middle of the sixteenth century at Lohn, near Aldenhoven, died at Sittard on…
Agricola (Schneider), JohannVol. I, p. 359 AGRICOLA (SCHNEIDER), JOHANN. – Protestant theologian, born in 1494 at Eisleben, whence the appellation Magister Islebius, and died in Berlin in 1566. He…
Agricola MagnusVol. I, p. 363 AGRICOLA MAGNUS. – Benedictine theologian, born at Augsburg on an unspecified date and died in 1688. He taught philosophy at the University of Salzburg in…
Agricola, AlessandroVol. I, p. 359 AGRICOLA, ALESSANDRO. – Musician, born around 1446 in Flanders. From a young age he was a singer in the Sforza chapel in Milan, where he remained until 1474;…
Agricola, FilippoVol. I, p. 359 AGRICOLA, FILIPPO. - Painter, b. in Rome on 12 Apr. 1795 (according to some, in Urbino in 1776), son of Luigi (also a painter and, among other things, author…
Agricola, IgnazVol. I, p. 359 AGRICOLA, IGNAZ. – German Jesuit, born at Zusamalheim, in the diocese of Augsburg, on 31 July 1661, died at Munich on 23 January 1729. He entered the Order on…
Agricola, Martin (Martinus Sore)Vol. I, p. 359 AGRICOLA, MARTIN (Martinus Sore). - Musician, son of a peasant, who Latinized his surname; b. probably on 6 Jan. 1486 at Schwiebus, d. 10 June 1556 at…
Agricola, MichaelVol. I, p. 360 AGRICOLA, MICHAEL. — Born around 1508 or 1512 at Torsby, in the parish of Perna or Pernaja, and died suddenly on 9 April 1557 near Viborg (Viipuri), in whose…
Agricola, Pelagian(AGRICOLA, PELAGIANO)Vol. I, p. 360 AGRICOLA, PELAGIAN. - Known only from Prospero di Aquitania, who says (Chronicon, ad a. 429: PL 51, 594): “A., a Pelagian, son of the Pelagian bishop…
Agricola, RodolfoVol. I, p. 360 AGRICOLA, RODOLFO. – Born at Bafloo, near Groningen, in the northern Netherlands, on 17 February 1444. A. showed an inclination toward music, drawing, wood…
Agricola, Saint, Martyr(AGRICOLA, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. I, p. 359 AGRICOLA, saint, martyr: v. VITALE e AGRICOLA, santi, martiri.
Agrigento, Diocese of(AGRIGENTO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 363 AGRIGENTO, DIOCESI di. — In southern Sicily, it is a suffragan see of Monreale, called Girgenti until 1927; it now has approximately 28,000 inhabitants (35,000…
Agrippa I (Marcus Julius; or Herod Agrippa)(AGRIPPA I (MARCUS IULIUS; O ERODE AGRIPPA))Vol. I, p. 364 AGRIPPA I (Marcus Iulius; or HEROD AGRIPPA). — A Jewish king, who lived between 10/9 B.C. and A.D. 44, of the Herodian dynasty, son of Aristobulus and…
Agrippa II (Marcus Julius; or Herod Agrippa)(AGRIPPA II (MARCUS IULIUS; O ERODE AGRIPPA))Vol. I, p. 365 AGRIPPA II (Marcus Iulius; or ERODE AGRIPPA). — Son of the preceding, born in A.D. 27–28, died probably between 92 and 93. Educated at the imperial court, he…
Agrippa of Nettesheim, Cornelius Heinrich(AGRIPPA DI NETTESHEIM, CORNELIUS HEINRICH)Vol. I, p. 365 AGRIPPA di NETTESHEIM, CORNELIUS HEINRICH. – Philosopher, born in Cologne in 1486 to a noble family. After an unsettled and adventurous life, he died,…
Agrément (Agrétation, Gradimento)Vol. I, p. 358 AGRÉMENT (agrétation, gradimento). — A term indicating, also in ecclesiastical diplomacy, the approval given by a government for the dispatch to it of a…
Aguado, FrancescoVol. I, p. 366 AGUADO, FRANCESCO. - Spanish Jesuit, b. at Torrejón de Ardoz on 11 Oct. 1572, d. at Madrid on 15 Jan. 1654. He spent his entire life in positions of…
Aguas Calientes, Diocese of(AGUAS CALIENTES, DIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 366 AGUAS CALIENTES, DIOCESE of. - In the republic of Mexico (state of Aguas Calientes), suffragan to Guadalajara. The city, whose name derives from the nearby…
Agucchi, Giovanni BattistaVol. I, p. 366 AGUCCHI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Apostolic nuncio. B. on 20 Nov. 1570 to a Bolognese family, d. in 1632 at Motta di Livenza. He was secretary to his uncle, Card.…
Agucchi, GirolamoVol. I, p. 366 AGUCCHI, GIROLAMO. - Cardinal, brother of the preceding, b. in 1554, d. in Rome on 17 Apr. 1605. In the service of his uncle, Card. Filippo Sega, he followed…
Aguesseau, Henri François d'Vol. I, p. 366 AGUESSEAU, HENRI FRANÇOIS d'. - Born at Limoges in 1668, died at Paris in 1751. French jurist and statesman; after holding various offices he was appointed…
Aguilar, Alfonso deVol. I, p. 366 AGUILAR, ALFONSO de. — Cardinal, inquisitor general of Spain; born in Madrid in 1653, died there in 1699. He soon became a canon of the cathedral of Cordova,…
Aguilar, DiegoVol. I, p. 366 AGUILAR, DIEGO. – Augustinian, d. in 1620. He professed his vows in the convent of Valencia in 1570. In his final years, he joined the congregation of the…
Aguilar, Francesco Antonio deVol. I, p. 366 AGUILAR, FRANCESCO ANTONIO de. – Augustinian of the convent of Cordova in the seventeenth century; he died in 1700. He was appointed to important offices not…
Aguilar, Gaspar Honorato deVol. I, p. 366 AGUILAR, GASPAR HONORATO de. – Spanish man of letters, originally from Valenza and living from 1561 to 1623, he was among the first ten members of the…
Aguilar, JoséVol. I, p. 367 AGUILAR, JOSÉ. — Peruvian Jesuit, born in Lima on 7 August 1652, died in Panama on 20 February 1798. He taught philosophy and theology, served as rector of the…
Aguilar, Juan IgnacioVol. I, p. 367 AGUILAR, JUAN IGNACIO. – Peruvian Jesuit, born in Huamanga in 1719, deported to Italy under Charles III, died in Ferrara in 1799. A good preacher in the…
Aguilera, EmmanueleVol. I, p. 367 AGUILERA, EMMANUELE. — Sicilian Jesuit, born in Licata on 23 December 1677, died in Palermo on 27 October 1740. Professor of philosophy in Rome and…
Aguilon, François d'Vol. I, p. 367 AGUILON, FRANÇOIS d'. - Belgian Jesuit, born in Brussels on 4 January 1567; he entered the novitiate at Tournai in 1586. Ordained priest in 1596, he spent the…
Aguirre, José Sáenz de(AGUIRRE, JOSÉ SAENZ DE)Vol. I, p. 367 AGUIRRE, JOSÉ SAENZ de. - Benedictine theologian, b. at Logroño (Spain) in 1630, created cardinal by Innocent XI in 1686, d. at Rome in 1699. The A., professor…
Agur, Son of Jakeh(AGUR, FIGLIO DI JAQEH)Vol. I, p. 367 AGUR, son of JAQEH. — An unknown sage, author of a group of maxims in Prov. 30. St. Girolamo in the Vulgate, identifying him with Solomon, interpreted the two…
Agurto, Pedro deVol. I, p. 368 AGURTO, PEDRO de. – Augustinian, first bishop of Cebù in the Philippines, born in Mexico, on an unknown date. Having entered the Order, he enrolled at the…
Agustín, Antonio(AGUSTIN, ANTONIO)Vol. I, p. 368 AGUSTIN, ANTONIO. - Distinguished Spanish jurist and theologian, b. at Saragozza on 26 Feb. 1517, d. at Tarragona on 31 May 1586. He studied at Salamanca,…
Aguzzoni (Uguccioni), Francesco(AGUZZONI, (UGUCCIONI), FRANCESCO)Vol. I, p. 368 AGUZZONI, (UGUCCIONI), FRANCESCO. - Cardinal, born at Urbino, doctor of canon and civil law. He was created bishop of Faenza in 1378 by Urbano VI, who in 1380…
Ágreda, María de, Venerable(ÁGREDA, MARIA DE, VENERABILE)Vol. I, p. 357 ÁGREDA, MARIA de, venerable. — A mystic Poor Clare, in the world Maria Coronel, born at Ágreda (Burgos) on 2 April 1602, died there on 24 May 1665. At the age…
