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Agabus (AGABO)
A prophet of the Church of Jerusalem, who appears in two episodes connected with the ministry of St. Paul. While visiting, in 41 (it seems), with other… -
Agag
King of Amalek. To punish the raids and killings he had committed against Israel, God ordered the extermination of the Amalekites (v.), who for centuries had… -
Agaimī, Anna
Maronite visionary of Aleppo (1720-98), better known under the name of Hindiyyah or also Endie. Placed before the alternative of becoming a Visitandine or of… -
Aganoor Pompilj, Vittoria
Writer b. in Padua on 26 May 1855, d. in Rome on 7 May 1910, of an Armenian family, distinguished herself in Venice through countless charitable works, among… -
Agape, Irene and Chione, Saints, Martyrs (AGAPE, IRENE E CHIONE, SANTE, MARTIRI)
Sisters, martyred under the emperor Diocletian in 304 at Thessalonica. Feast on 3 April. When the decree of persecution was published in their city, they fled… -
Agapemonites (Ἀγάπη-μονή: "Dwelling of Love") (AGAPEMONITI (ἈΓΆΠΗ-ΜΟΝΉ: « DIMORA DELL'AMORE »))
English Protestants, followers of H. J. Prince. Prince (1811-99) went from being a physician to becoming a pastor and preacher. An attempt of his to pass… -
Agape, Saint (AGAPE, SANTA)
AGAPE, santa: v. SOPHIA, PISTIS, ELPIS and AGAPE, Sts. -
Agapete (AGAPÈTE)
From the Greek ἀγαπηταί, "beloved." A popular term that in ancient times designated those virgins or widows consecrated to God who lived together with a man… -
Agapetus II, Pope (AGAPITO II, PAPA)
A Roman, he succeeded Marinus II on 10 May 946, and died in December 955. We have no information about his family or his life before the pontificate. He was… -
Agapetus I, Pope, Saint (AGAPITO I, PAPA, SANTO)
Pontiff from 535 to 536. He was descended from a noble Roman family. His father, Gordian, was a priest of the titular church of Sts. John and Paul on the… -
Agape (Ἀγάπη "love, charity" in the New Testament) (AGAPE (ἈΓΆΠΗ « AMORE, CARITÀ » NEL NUOVO TESTAMENTO))
According to the traditional view, a liturgical banquet in use in the Christian communities of the first 4 centuries on the model of and in memory of the Last… -
Agapios, Landos
Greek monk (secular name Athanasius), b. at Candia (Crete) at the end of the 16th century, d. at Venice before 8 March 1664. He took the habit in the great… -
Agapitus of Palestrina (AGAPITO DA PALESTRINA)
Reformed Minor, d. 1815; he was a lecturer in theology and definitor general of his Order, censor of the Theological Academy of the Sapienza, consultor of the… -
Agapitus of Palestrina, Saint, Martyr (AGAPITO DI PALESTRINA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
According to his legend, late and fabulous, he died a martyr at the age of 15, probably during the persecution of Diocletian. On the site of his tomb, today… -
Agapitus of Prato a Tesido (AGAPITO DA PRATO A TESIDO)
AGAPITO da PRATO a TESIDO: v. DAPRÀ. -
Agapitus, Saint, Martyr (AGAPITO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
AGAPITO, santo, martire: v. FELICISSIMUS and AGAPITUS, saints, martyrs. -
Agarei or Agarenes (AGAREI O AGARENI)
An Arab tribe, devoted to pastoralism, against whom the Transjordanian tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh fought. From the order in which the enemies are… -
Agar (AGAR)
Egyptian slave in the service of Sarai (Sarah), wife of Abraham. According to the custom of the time, she was given by her barren mistress to her husband as a… -
Agassiz
Swiss zoologist, b. at Môtier on 28 March 1807, d. at Cambridge, Mass., on 14 Dec. 1873. He popularized comparative anatomy, embryology and zoology in America.… -
Agatangelo of Vendôme and Cassiano of Nantes, Blessed (AGATANGELO DA VENDÔME E CASSIANO DA NANTES, BEATI)
The first was born on 31 July 1598 at Vendôme, the second on 15 Jan. 1607 at Nantes. Both were martyred at Gondar (Abyssinia) on 7 Aug. 1638 and beatified by… -
Agathangelos (AGATANGELO)
Armenian historian of the 4th century, Roman by nationality. At the behest of King Tiridates he wrote the history of the latter, of St. Gregory the Illuminator… -
Agatha, Saint, Martyr (AGATA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
One of the most popular heroines of Christian antiquity, martyred for the faith at Catania. The date of her martyrdom is not known with certainty, whether it… -
Agatho, Pope, Saint (AGATONE, PAPA, SANTO)
Sicilian, he succeeded Donus in 678, died on 10 January 681. For the gentleness and meekness of his character he made himself loved by all. In very difficult… -
Agatonice, Saint, Martyr (AGATONICE, SANTA, MARTIRE)
AGATONICE, santa, martire: v. CARPO, PAPILO and AGATONICE, saints, martyrs. -
Agaunum (Agaunum or Acaunum) (AGAUNO (AGAUNUM O ACAUNUM))
Present-day Saint-Maurice in Valais, a town of the Tarnade (Tarnaiae or Tarnades of the Roman itineraries), capital of the Nantuates, situated on the shortest… -
Agazzari, Agostino
Musician, b. in Siena on 2 Dec. 1578, d. there on 10 Apr. 1640. Choirmaster, first at the Collegio Germanico in Rome from 1608 to 1630, then at the cathedral… -
Agazzari, Filippo degli
A Sienese Augustinian, of the noble house of the A., b. in 1339, d. 30 Oct. 1422. Having overcome his parents' opposition, at the age of fifteen (1353) he took… -
Agazzari, Stefano, Blessed (AGAZZARI, STEFANO, BEATO)
Regular canon, reformer of the regular canonical life, b. at Siena in 1354, d. at Bologna on 28-29 Oct. 1433. His work, urged and approved by Gregory XII and… -
Agazzi, Rosa
Educationist and educator, b. at Volongo (Cremona) on 26 March 1866. In 1882 Pietro Pasquali (v.), director of the commercial schools of Brescia, entrusted her… -
Agde
AGDE: v. MONTPELLIER. -
Agdisti
AGDISTI: v. CIBELE, MISTERI di. -
Age (ETÀ)
I. CANON LAW. - In general it is a natural condition, which has an influence both on legal capacity and on the capacity to act (v. CAPACITY): whereas the… -
Agelio
Successor, perhaps immediate, of Achesius in the episcopal see of the Novatianist schismatic community of Constantinople, which he held for some forty years… -
Agelli (Ajelli, Agellius), Antonio
Theatine biblical scholar, b. in Sorrento in 1532, d. in Rome on 19 Nov. 1608. Having entered the Theatine Regular Clerics of S. Paolo Maggiore in Naples in… -
Ageltrude
Queen and empress, daughter of Adelchis, prince of Benevento, she married Guy, duke of Spoleto and Camerino. An ambitious and unscrupulous woman, she seconded… -
Agemina (AGEMINA)
It is a synonym for "damascene" work and indicates a > AGEMINA - Detail of the door of the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (11th century). technique of… -
Agenda
A Latin word meaning "that which must be done." Originally it was used in liturgy to indicate the Canon of the Mass and also the whole Mass, according to canon… -
Agen, Diocese of (AGEN, DIOCESI DI)
City of southern France in Languedoc, situated on the Garonne river, at its confluence with the Masse; it is the ancient Aginum, and today has 27,500… -
Agents at the Sacred Congregations (AGENTI PRESSO LE SACRE CONGREGAZIONI)
In the past, the procuratori ospedizionieri (forwarding agents) held notable importance, representing individual dioceses or persons at the Roman Curia.… -
Age of Life (ETÀ DELLA VITA)
AGE OF LIFE.- From the stage of the fertilized egg-cell to extreme old age, the individual passes through a gradual and interconnected series of… -
Age of Man (GENERE UMANO, ETÀ DEL)
The problem of the age of the h. r. remains one of the most difficult and controversial, since its solution is bound up with that of other problems of a… -
Age of the Earth (TERRA, ETÀ DELLA)
The methods used until a few decades ago to determine the age of the earth are revealed today as totally lacking in scientific rigor. They were based mainly on… -
Age of the Human Race (ETÀ DEL GENERE UMANO)
ETÀ DEL GENERE UMANO: V. GENERE UMANO, ETÀ del. -
Age of the World (ETÀ DEL MONDO)
AGE OF THE WORLD: V. MONDO, ETÀ del. -
Aggada
AGGADA: v. HAGGĀDĀH. -
Aggeus (AGGEO)
Prophet, tenth in the series of the "minor" prophets, the first among those after the exile. He is identical with the prophet of Ezra 5:1; 6:14. His brief… -
Aggravating Circumstances (AGGRAVANTI)
AGGRAVANTI: v. CIRCOSTANZE AGGRAVANTI. -
Aggression (AGGRESSIONE)
AGGRESSIONE: v. DIFESA LEGITTIMA. -
Aggressive (AGGRESSIVI)
AGGRESSIVI: v. GUERRA. -
Aghadoe
AGHADOE: v. KERRY. -
Agiles (Aguileri), Raymond d' (AGILES (AGUILERI), RAMONDO D')
Canon of Le Puy, chaplain of the count of Toulouse, he took part in the first crusade (1096-99). He wrote its history, narrating especially the deeds of the… -
Agilulf, King of the Lombards (AGILULFO, RE DEI LONGOBARDI)
He was chosen as husband by Theodelinda, widow of King Authari, and was elected king of the Lombards at Milan in May 591. He moved against Romanus, exarch of… -
Aging, the Biological Problem of (SENESCENZA, PROBLEMA BIOLOGICO DELLA)
The problem of the senescence of organisms is linked to the condition of the life cycle (v. BIOLOGICAL CYCLES). Every species has its own cycle of development… -
Agioretic, Tome (AGIORITICO, TOMO)
One of the best-known documents of Palamism (v.), of an official character, composed on Mount Athos around 1339-40. Gregory Palamas wished to safeguard the… -
Agliardi, Antonio
Cardinal, b. at Cologno al Serio (Bergamo) on 4 Sept. 1832, d. at Rome on 19 March 1915. From the diocesan seminary he moved to the Apollinare in Rome (1850)… -
Agli-Bol
A deity worshipped at Palmyra, where archaeology attests to the existence of a college of priests, of altars and of sacrifices dedicated to it. It is a lunar… -
Aglipayanism (AGLIPAYSMO)
Under this name and that of the "Philippine Independent Church," the sect founded by the apostate priest Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan, b. at Batao (Philippines)… -
Agli, Stefano d'
Ascetical writer, b. at Cremona in the second half of the 15th century, of the Order of the Humiliati. He wrote two treatises: De hospitalitate and De horis… -
Agnation (AGNAZIONE)
In Roman law, a. was the bond that united all free persons who were under the potestas of the same paterfamilias, or who would have been under it had he not… -
Agnelli, Giuseppe
Jesuit, b. in Naples on 1 April 1621, d. in Rome on 8 September 1706, professor of moral theology, famous as the companion of Segneri in combating Quietism… -
Agnello of Ravenna (AGNELLO DI RAVENNA)
Priest of the 9th century, author of the Liber Pontificalis of Ravenna. Born in Ravenna around 805 to a noble and powerful family, at baptism he also received… -
Agnellus (AGNELLO)
Franciscan, first bishop of Fez, who is believed to have been elected in 1226. After the death of Bishop Velasco, that is, after August 1237, he was appointed… -
Agnellus of Pisa, Blessed (AGNELLO DA PISA, BEATO)
Franciscan and disciple of St. Francis, b. at Pisa ca. 1104, d. at Oxford on 13 March 1232. Having entered the Franciscan Order, he was sent by St. Francis… -
Agnelrosso
Carmelite bishop, b. in Naples in 1645, d. in Potenza on 30 April 1707. He taught theology in Florence and Naples, was rector and then prior of the convent of… -
Agnesi, Astorgio
Cardinal, b. in Naples in 1391, d. in Rome on 10 Oct. 1451: he is buried in the cloister of S. Maria sopra Minerva. Bishop of Mileto (1411) and subsequently of… -
Agnesi, Maria Gaetana
Scholar of mathematical sciences and educator, b. in Milan on May 16, 1718, and d. there on Jan. 9, 1799. Of precocious intelligence, she took part, while… -
Agnes of Assisi, Saint (AGNESE DI ASSISI, SANTA)
Younger sister of St. Clare, born in Assisi in 1197 and died there on 16 Nov. 1253. Fifteen days after Clare had joined the movement stirred up by St. Francis… -
Agnes of Bilzheim (AGNESE DI BILZHEIM)
German Dominican mystic, died at the end of the 13th century. She lived as a conversa in the Dominican monastery of Colmar, dedicated to St. John the Baptist… -
Agnes of Bohemia, Blessed (AGNESE DI BOEMIA, BEATA)
B. in Prague in 1208 and d. there on 2 March 1282. Daughter of Ottokar I, king of Bohemia, and of Constance of Hungary, a relative of St. Elizabeth, she… -
Agnes of Merania (AGNESE DI MERANIA)
Daughter of Duke Berthold of Merania, in 1196 she married Philip II Augustus of France, who had repudiated his first wife Ingeborg, sister of Canute VI of… -
Agnes of Mittelnhiem (AGNESE DI MITTELNHEIM)
AGNESE di MITTELNHEIM: v. UNTERLINDEN. -
Agnes of Montepulciano, Saint (AGNESE DA MONTEPULCIANO, SANTA)
Dominican, b. at Gracciano Vecchio in 1274 (or 1268 or even earlier), d. at Montepulciano on 20 April 1317. At the age of nine she entered the monastery of the… -
Agnes of Nordera (AGNESE DI NORDERA)
Dominican mystic, d. around 1300. At the age of 7 she entered the monastery of the Most Holy Annunciation of Adelhausen (v.) near Freiburg. The "Chronicle" of… -
Agnes of Orlamünde (AGNESE D'ORLAMÜNDE)
Cistercian nun, very well known in the German legend of the White Lady (v. weisse Frau v.), born in an unspecified year to the family of the Dukes of Merania… -
Agnes of Poitiers, Saint (AGNESE DI POITIERS, SANTA)
Abbess of the 6th century, whose feast falls on 13 May. Educated by Queen Radegund, A. became the first abbess of the monastery of the Holy Cross, founded in… -
Agnes, Saint, Martyr (AGNESE, SANTA, MARTIRE)
Of this very famous Roman martyr, probably a victim of the Diocletianic persecution, no genuine acts survive; moreover, nothing is known of her family. There… -
Agni
The god of fire, Agni (pron. agnni), shares with Indra the primacy among the gods of ancient India. The Rgveda dedicates ca. 200 hymns to him, and with his… -
Agni da Lentini, Tommaso
Sicilian Dominican bishop, died in the odor of sanctity at Ptolemais in 1277. Having entered the Order shortly after 1220, he promoted its spread in southern… -
Agnifilo della Rocca, Amico
Cardinal, b. at Roccadimezzo in the Abruzzo, d. at L'Aquila on 28 Oct. or 9 Nov. 1476. He was a canon of St. Mary Major in Rome, then bishop of L'Aquila… -
Agnolo di Ventura
AGNOLO di VENTURA: v. AGOSTINO di GIOVANNI. -
Agnosians (AGNOETI)
A sect connected to Severian Monophysitism, so named because it attributes to the human soul of the incarnate Word ignorance (ἄγνοια in Greek) of certain… -
Agnosticism (AGNOSTICISMO)
It is the spiritual attitude of one who suspends his judgment on the existence and nature of the Absolute and of the Divinity. 1) Notion. The term, put into… -
Agnostos Theos (Unknown God) (ÁGNOSTOS THEÓS (DIO SCONOSCIUTO))
Pausanias (I, 1, 4) knows at Phaleron βωμοί θεῶν ὀνομαζομένων ἀγνώστων, that is, "altars of gods called unknown" (thus Weinreich, in Archiv für… -
Agnus Dei
Liturgical formula introduced into the Mass by Pope Sergius I, following an ancient Greek usage, with direct allusion to the expression of John the Baptist… -
Agnus Dei, Blessing of the (AGNUS DEI, BENEDIZIONE DEGLI)
The Agnus Dei currently in use are medallions of white wax, oval in shape, of varying size, blessed by the Supreme Pontiff on specific occasions, bearing on… -
Agobard, Saint (AGOBARDO, SANTO)
Archbishop of Lyon, b. in Spain in 769 or 779, d. June 6, 840. He was brought as a boy into Gallia Narbonensis and in 792 to Lyon. Here Bishop Leidrad, in view… -
Agonalia (Agonia) (AGONALI (AGONALIA, AGONIA))
Roman festivals that recurred four times a year: on 9 January, 17 March, 21 May and 11 December. We derive these dates from the calendars, which, however, give… -
Agony (AGONIA)
From ἀγωνία = struggle, anxiety, anguish; "the final struggle of the body against death" (cf. Vocab. lingua ital. della R. Accad. d'Ital., s.v.). It presents a… -
Agony, Archconfraternity of the (AGONIA, ARCICONFRATERNITA DELL')
The work of the "Holy Agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Garden of Olives" was instituted in the second half of the last century by A. I. Nicolle, a priest… -
Agony of Jesus Christ (AGONIA DI GESÙ CRISTO)
By "the a. of J. C." is meant that immense accumulation of sufferings to which Jesus was subjected in the garden of Gethsemane, when he began the drama of the… -
Agop, Giovanni Hollov
Armenian Catholic priest, b. in Constantinople in the first half of the 17th century, distinguished as a grammarian, translator into Armenian of several… -
Agostini, Bonifacio
Born at Montolmo (Marche), died in 1698. Having entered the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, he was entrusted with the teaching of theology at Cesena… -
Agostini, Domenico
Cardinal, b. in Treviso on 1 June 1825, d. in Venice on 31 Dec. 1891. He studied at the episcopal Seminary of Treviso and at the University of Padua. On 15… -
Agostini, Gargano da Siena
Master of theology, regent of studies in his homeland (1488-91), commissary general of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Italy. He died in Siena on 19… -
Agostini, Giuseppe
Jesuit moralist, b. in Palermo on 15 March 1575, d. there on 29 May 1643. He taught philosophy in Rome and theology in Lyon, in Avignon and in Palermo, where… -
Agostini, Paolo
Musician b. at Vallerano ca. 1583, d. at Rome in September 1629. He was a pupil and later son-in-law of G. B. Nanino; choirmaster at the church of the Most… -
Agostino da Bergamo
Three Augustinians bore this name: of the first it is only known that he was a professor in Paris from 1303 to 1305. The second, vicar of the Lombard… -
Agostino da Biella
Augustinian theologian and philosopher, from 1495 onward he was a lecturer at Padua; he edited an edition of the Liber elenchorum of Giles of Rome, with his… -
Agostino da Como
Augustinian theologian and preacher, he appears named in the official books of his order in 1388 as resident in Pavia; in 1390 he is called "bachelor"; the… -
Agostino da Coruña
Born at La Coruña in 1510, died in 1590. Having become an Augustinian in 1525, he went (1533) as a missionary to Mexico, where he labored among the Indians of… -
Agostino da Lodi
AGOSTINO da LODI: v. PSEUDO BOCCACCINO. -
Agostino da Montefeltro
Franciscan, orator, b. at S. Agata Feltria on 1 March 1839, d. at Marina di Pisa on 4 April 1921. First a secular priest and canon, then having become a… -
Agostino da Zamora
Spanish Capuchin of the 17th century, writer on asceticism and mysticism, b. at Zamora. Works: La margarita preciosa del Corazón humano: sus excelencias y las… -
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) in 1540 or 1542, he entered the… -
Agostino della Vergine Maria
French Carmelite, in the world Guillaume Goazmoal, b. at Léon (Brittany) and d. at Vannes on 27 June 1689. He made his religious profession in the reform of… -
Agostino Detto Novello, Blessed (AGOSTINO DETTO NOVELLO, BEATO)
B. at Tarano in Sabina, d. May 19, 1309. He completed his studies of law at Bologna. Having risen to great fame, he was taken up by King Manfred as prefect of… -
Agostino di Duccio
Sculptor and architect, (b. in Florence in 1418, d. ca. 1481). His artistic training is unknown; nevertheless, the influence of Donatello is found in him… -
Agostino di Giovanni
Sienese sculptor and architect, of whom there are records from 1310 to 1348, the probable date of his death; he is generally mentioned together with Agnolo di… -
Agostino di Roma
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 Trionfo
AGOSTINO TRIONFO: v. TRIONFO AGOSTINO. -
Agramunt, José
Spanish Dominican, b. in 1657, d. in 1732, of the convent of Valencia, where he entered in 1672. A prolific spiritual writer and a preacher of great fame, he… -
Agramunt, Pascual
Spanish Jesuit, b. May 3, 1688 in Valencia, d. there on March 23 or May 27, 1738. Having entered the Society of Jesus, he was entrusted with the teaching of… -
Agraphon (ÁGRAPHON)
An isolated saying (λόγιον) of Jesus (in his earthly life), transmitted outside the canonical Gospels. Not called a. are the entire discourses put into the… -
Agrarian Land Register (CATASTO AGRARIO)
It is the inventory of landed property for fiscal and civil purposes. Its usefulness was recognized by the Chaldeans in 4000 B.C., the Chinese in 2205 B.C.… -
Agrarian Question (AGRARIA, QUESTIONE)
AGRARIA, QUESTIONE: V. RURALE, QUESTIONE. -
Ágreda, María de, Venerable (ÁGREDA, MARIA DE, VENERABILE)
Clarisse mystic, in the world Maria Coronel, b. at Ágreda (Burgos) on 2 April 1602, d. there on 24 May 1665. At the age of 8 she made a vow of virginity, and… -
Agrément (Agrétation, Gradimento)
A term indicating, also in ecclesiastical diplomacy, the approval given by a government to the sending to it of a diplomatic agent. Since no State is obliged… -
Agresti, Livio, called Il Ricciuto (AGRESTI, LIVIO, DETTO IL RICCIUTO)
Mannerist painter from Forlì, whose year of birth is unknown; d. in 1580. He had as his master Francesco Mensocchi, heir to the art of Parmigianino and Dosso… -
Agricola, Alessandro
Musician, b. ca. 1446 in Flanders. From boyhood he was a singer in the chapel of the Sforza in Milan, where he remained until 1474, then in the service of the… -
Agricola (Bauer), Franz
German theologian and polemicist, b. around the middle of the 16th century at Lohn, near Aldenhoven, d. at Sittard on 4 December 1624. After completing his… -
Agricola, Filippo
Painter, b. in Rome on 12 Apr. 1795 (according to some, in Urbino in 1776) to Luigi (himself a painter and author, among other things, of a St. Elizabeth for… -
Agricola, Ignaz
German Jesuit, b. at Zusamalheim, in the diocese of Augsburg, on 31 July 1661, d. at Munich on 23 Jan. 1729. He entered the Order on 29 Sept. 1677, was… -
Agricola Magnus
Benedictine theologian, b. at Augsburg on an uncertain date and d. in 1688. He taught philosophy at the University of Salzburg in 1672. He composed several… -
Agricola, Martin (Martinus Sore)
Musician, the son of a peasant, he Latinized his own surname; b. probably on 6 January 1486 at Schwiebus, d. on 10 June 1556 at Magdeburg, where he spent his… -
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 cathedral he was… -
Agricola, Pelagian (AGRICOLA, PELAGIANO)
Known only from Prosper of Aquitaine, who says (Chronicon, at the year 429: PL 51, 594): "Agricola the Pelagian, son of the Pelagian bishop Severianus… -
Agricola, Rodolfo
Born at Bafloo, near Groningen, in the northern Netherlands, on 17 February 1444. From childhood A. showed an inclination toward music, drawing, wood engraving… -
Agricola, Saint, Martyr (AGRICOLA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
AGRICOLA, santo, martire: v. VITALE e AGRICOLA, saints, martyrs. -
Agricola (Schneider), Johann
Protestant theologian, b. in 1494 at Eisleben, whence the appellation Magister Islebius, and d. in Berlin in 1566. He studied and later taught theology at… -
Agrigento, Diocese of (AGRIGENTO, DIOCESI DI)
In southern Sicily, it is a suffragan see of Monreale, called Girgenti until 1927; today it has about 28,000 inhabitants (35,000 in the municipality) and is… -
Agrippa II (AGRIPPA II)
Son of the preceding, born in 27-28 A.D., died probably between 92 and 93. Educated at the imperial court, he was still in Rome at the death of his father… -
Agrippa I (AGRIPPA I)
Jewish king, who lived between 10/9 B.C. and 44 A.D., of the Herodian dynasty, son of Aristobulus and Berenice. He was educated in Rome at the imperial court.… -
Agrippa of Nettesheim, Cornelius Heinrich (AGRIPPA DI NETTESHEIM, CORNELIUS HEINRICH)
Philosopher, b. at Cologne in 1486 into a noble family. After a wandering and adventurous life he died, it seems at Grenoble, in 1535. His principal work… -
Aguado, Francesco
Spanish Jesuit, b. at Torrejón de Ardoz on 11 Oct. 1572, d. at Madrid on 15 Jan. 1654. He spent his whole life in offices of government: superior, rector… -
Aguania, Albania of the Caucasus (AGUANIA, ALBANIA DEL CAUCASO)
AGUANIA, ALBANIA del CAUCASO: v. ALBANI. -
Aguas Calientes, Diocese of (AGUAS CALIENTES, DIOCESI DI)
In the republic of Mexico (state of Aguas Calientes), suffragan of Guadalajara. The city, whose name derives from the nearby thermomineral springs, was founded… -
Agucchi, Giovanni Battista
Apostolic nuncio. Born on 20 November 1570 to a Bolognese family, died in 1632 at Motta di Livenza. He was secretary to his uncle, Cardinal Filippo Sega… -
Agucchi, Girolamo
Cardinal, brother of the preceding, b. in 1554, d. in Rome on 17 April 1605. In the service of his uncle, Cardinal Filippo Sega, he followed him to France and… -
Aguesseau, Henri François d'
Born at Limoges in 1668, died at Paris in 1751. Jurist and French politician; after various offices he was appointed chancellor in 1717, an office he held at… -
Aguilar, Alfonso de
Cardinal, inquisitor general of Spain; b. in Madrid in 1653, d. there in 1699. He soon became a canon of the cathedral of Cordova, and since he enjoyed the… -
Aguilar, Diego
Augustinian, died in 1620. He pronounced his vows in the convent of Valencia in 1570. In his last years he passed into the congregation of the Discalced… -
Aguilar, Francesco Antonio de
Augustinian of the convent of Cordova, in the 17th century, d. in 1700. He was called to important offices not only in his religious province of Andalusia, but… -
Aguilar, Gaspar Honorato de
Spanish man of letters, born in Valencia and living from 1561 to 1623, he was among the first ten members of the Valencian Academy "de los Nocturnos" (1591)… -
Aguilar, José
Peruvian Jesuit, b. in Lima on 7 Aug. 1652, d. in Panama on 20 Feb. 1798. He taught philosophy and theology, was rector of the colleges of Lima and Chuquisaca… -
Aguilar, Juan Ignacio
Peruvian Jesuit, b. at Huamanga in 1719, deported to Italy under Charles III, d. at Ferrara in 1799. A good preacher in the indigenous Quechua language, he… -
Aguilera, Emmanuele
Sicilian Jesuit, b. at Licata on 23 Dec. 1677, d. at Palermo on 27 Oct. 1740. A professor in Rome of philosophy and then, for fourteen years, of theology, he… -
Aguilon, François d'
Belgian Jesuit, b. in Brussels on 4 Jan. 1567, entered the novitiate of Tournai in 1586. Ordained priest in 1596, he spent the rest of his life in the college… -
Aguirre, José Sáenz de (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 author, a professor of Sacred… -
Agur, Son of Jakeh (AGUR, FIGLIO DI JAQEH)
Unknown sage, author of a group of maxims in Prov. 30. St. Jerome in the Vulgate, identifying him with Solomon, interpreted the two names as symbolic… -
Agurto, Pedro de
Augustinian, first bishop of Cebu in the Philippines, b. in Mexico, on an unknown date. Having entered the Order, in 1553 he matriculated at the Mexican… -
Agustín, Antonio (AGUSTIN, ANTONIO)
Distinguished Spanish jurist and theologian, b. in Saragossa on 26 February 1517, d. in Tarragona on 31 May 1586. He studied in Salamanca, Padua and Bologna… -
Aguzzoni (Uguccioni), Francesco (AGUZZONI, (UGUCCIONI), FRANCESCO)
Cardinal, born at Urbino, doctor of canon and civil law. He was made bishop of Faenza in 1378 by Urban VI, who in 1380 sent him as nuncio to Castile and Aragon…