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Aias (AIACE)
Galatian adventurer, first Catholic, then Arian. Hydatius calls him senior arrianus, an expression interpreted variously by historians. A priest or bishop… -
Aiblinger, Johann Kaspar
Composer, b. at Wasserburg on the Inn on 23 Feb. 1779, d. at Munich on 6 May 1867. He completed his musical studies at Munich and then, in 1802, with Simon… -
Aicard, Jean-François-Victor
French poet and playwright, b. in Toulon in 1848, d. in Paris in 1921. He interrupted his law studies to devote himself entirely to literature. His first and… -
Aicher, Ottone
Benedictine of the Bavarian abbey of St. Veit, b. in an unspecified place in 1628, d. at Salzburg in 1705. In Germany he did honor to scholarly studies, as in… -
Aichinger, Gregor
Composer b. in Regensburg in 1564, d. in Augsburg on 21 Jan. 1628. He studied in Ingolstadt, was organist in the service of Jakob Fugger and at Sts. Ulrich and… -
Aichner, Simon
Canonist, b. at Terenten (Tyrol) on 19 Oct. 1816, d. at Bressanone on 1 Nov. 1911. Professor of canon law in the seminary of Bressanone, then (1884) bishop of… -
Aidan (Aedán, Aidanus), Saint (AIDANO (AEDAN, AIDANUS), SANTO)
Irish monk, founder and first abbot-bishop of Lindisfarne. We know nothing of his youth. We find him as a monk at Iona in 635, when the pious king of… -
Aiglerio (AIGLERIO)
Abbot of Montecassino (1263-82), born, it seems, in Lyon of a noble Burgundian family, died 4 April 1282. As a youth he consecrated himself to God in the… -
Aignan, François
The ex-missionary Capuchin Father Tranquillo d'Orléans (père Tranquille) was called abbé A.; born in 1644, he joined the Cluniac Benedictines around 1690, and… -
Aignan of Orléans, Saint (ANIANO DI ORLÉANS, SANTO)
Successor of St. Evurtius on the episcopal see of Orléans, known above all in the memory of Sidonius Apollinaris (Epist. VIII, 15) and Gregory of Tours (Hist.… -
Aigrefeuille, Guillaume (the Elder) (AIGREFEUILLE, GUILLAUME (SENIORE))
Cardinal, b. at Lafond, near Saint-Exupéry, ca. 1317, d. at Viterbo in 1369. Having entered the Benedictine Order, he was prior of St. Peter's in Abbeville.… -
Aigrefeuille, Guillaume (the Younger) (AIGREFEUILLE, GUILLAUME (IUNIORE))
Cardinal b. at Saint-Exupéry in 1339, d. at Avignon on 13 Jan. 1401. He studied at Toulouse where, in 1365, he became a doctor in decrees. On 12 May 1367 he… -
Aiguani (Anguani, Anchiani), Michele
Distinguished Carmelite theologian of the 14th century, better known under the name of "Michele of Bologna" because he was a native of Bologna. He completed… -
Aijalon (AIALON)
1. Amorite city (Judg. 1:35), called Ajalāna or Jalāna in the el-Amarna letters, and Ajīrum in Egyptian documents. First mentioned in connection with the… -
Aikenhead, Mary, Servant of God (AIKENHEAD, MARY, SERVA DI DIO)
Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity, b. at Cork (Ireland) on 15 January 1787 to a Catholic mother and an Anglican father who converted at the point of… -
Ailerano, called the Wise, Saint (AILERANO, DETTO IL SAPIENTE, SANTO)
Little is known of his life. He was a monk at Clonard (v.) and, it seems, from 650 he headed that school. Bellesheim judges him one of the "most representative… -
Ailly, Pierre d' (Petrus de Alliaco)
French scientist, philosopher, theologian, confessor to Charles VI, politician, bishop and cardinal, he was one of the most illustrious figures of the Church… -
Aimeric de Malifaye (AIMERICO DE MALIFAYE)
Died in 1196. From 1142 he was Latin patriarch of Antioch. Most steadfast in the defense of the city against the Muslims and of divine rights against the kings… -
Aimerich, Mateo
AIMERICH, MATEO: V. AYMERICH, MATEO. -
Aimeric of Piacenza (AIMERICO DI PIACENZA)
Twelfth master general of the Dominicans. Whether he was a descendant of the Giliani family, as Echard maintains (Script. Ord. Praed., I, 494), or was called… -
Aimoin (Aimoinus, Aymoinus) of Saint-Germain (AIMOINO (AIMOINUS, AYMOINUS) DI SAN GERMANO)
Monk in the Parisian monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, often confused with Aimoinus of Fleury. A monk before 845, he directed the school and was chancellor… -
Aimoin (or Aimone) of Fleury (AIMOINO (O AIMONE) DI FLEURY)
Born into a noble family of Périgord, he entered Fleury around 980 and died there around 1008. By order of his abbot Abbo he composed: Historiae Francorum… -
Aimo, Bishop of Halberstadt (AIMONE, VESCOVO DI HALBERSTADT)
B. around 778, d. 26 or 27 March 853. According to some, his birthplace was in Eng- IN OKTYMVIDPOSITVSESTKORPVS BONEMERIEFAVSTIIE QUIFVITSVISAMABILISP… -
Aimone (Heimo)
German historiographer, d. July 31, 1139. He was a canon of St. James of Bamberg, and wrote a Chronographia in the form of annals that runs from the creation… -
Ainalov, Dimitri Vasilevich (AINALOV, DIMITRI VASILEVIC)
Russian art historian, a disciple of Kondakov, b. in 1862, d. in 1939. Despite his pedagogical activity in the faculties of Byzantine and Old Russian Art at… -
Ain Karim (AIN KARIM)
Village located 7 km. west of Jerusalem ( - Karem of Ios, 15, 59, according to the Septuagint), which, according to a well-founded tradition dating back to the… -
Ainsworth, Henry
English nonconformist theologian, b. at Swanton Morley (Norfolk) in 1571, d. at Amsterdam, poisoned, it is said, by the Jews in 1622 or 1623. He studied at… -
Ainu
AINU: v. PRIMITIVI, RELIGIONE dei. -
Ain Zara
A locality in Libya, about 13 km south of Tripoli, where a very notable early Christian necropolis has been found, generally consisting of tombs built above… -
Aion
AION: v. EONE. -
Aire, Diocese of (AIRE, DIOCESI DI)
Bishopric of southern France, suffragan of the metropolis of Auch. Its territory is the department of the Landes with 240,000 inhabitants, of whom 200,000 are… -
Airoldi Aliprandi, Cesare
Priest, b. in Milan on 26 Oct. 1800, d. there on 3 Jan. 1891. He was in the seminary first at Monza, then at Milan, and took his degree at Pavia. Because of… -
Airoldi, Cesare
Politician, b. in Palermo on 2 Nov. 1774, d. in Florence on 28 Dec. 1858. He studied in Pavia, but upon the arrival of the French he returned to Sicily, where… -
Aissaoua
French form of the name of the Muslim brotherhood of the 'Isawiyya (in Maghrebi pronunciation Aisawiyya), founded in Morocco in the 16th century by the famous… -
Aix, Archdiocese of (AIX, ARCIDIOCESI D')
A French metropolitan see city, in Provence, Aix is the oldest Latin colony in Gaul, founded around the year 120 B.C. by the consul Gaius Sextius, near the… -
Firm (AZIENDA)
An organic combination of the factors of production carried out for the purpose of producing goods or rendering services in the most economical form. The term… -
High Relief (ALTORILIEVO)
HIGH RELIEF: v. RILIEVO. -
Ring (ANELLO)
It cannot be determined with certainty when the ring assumed in the Church the meaning of authority, dignity and pre-eminence that caused it to be reserved to…