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Alabaster (ALABASTRO)
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Alacoque
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Alag
Canon of Auxerre, who lived in the 9th century. Together with the canon Rainogala and under the direction of the monk Erico, he collaborated on the first part… -
Alagoas
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Alagona, Pietro
Italian theologian and canonist, b. in Syracuse in 1549, d. in 1624 in Rome, penitentiary of St. Peter's. A Jesuit from 1564, he held various offices in the… -
Alajuela, Diocese of (ALAJUELA, DIOCESI DI)
In the republic of Costa Rica, suffragan of San José de Costa Rica, erected on 12 Feb. 1921 by Benedict XV. The episcopal residence is in A., the capital of… -
Alaleona, Domenico
Musicologist and composer, b. at Montegiorgio (Macerata) on 16 Nov. 1881, d. there on 24 Nov. 1928. He graduated from S. Cecilia in 1906, presenting as his… -
Alamanni, Cosimo
A renowned cultivator of Thomist philosophy, b. in Milan in 1559 and d. there on 24 May 1624. He entered the Society of Jesus young (1575), and, after the… -
Alamanni, Giovanni
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Alamanni, Luigi
Man of letters, b. in Florence in 1495, d. at Amboise in 1556. He followed the lectures of Francesco Cattani, a disciple of Marsilio Ficino. He took part in… -
Alamany y Conill, José Sádoc
Dominican, b. 13 June 1814 at Vic (Spain) and d. 14 Apr. 1888 at Valencia. He was first at Viterbo, then at Memphis (in America), where in 1848 he became… -
Aland
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Aland, Jan
Polish Jesuit, born in Lviv in 1590, he entered the Society around 1619, died at Nieswieś on 13 March 1641. A professor of rhetoric at Jarosław, he held… -
Alano di Balmerino
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Alano di Farfa
Benedictine, a native of Aquitaine and a monk of St. Mary of Farfa, of which he was elected abbot in 761. Before that, however, he had spent a considerable… -
Alano di Lynn
English Carmelite, a native of King's Lynn (county of Norfolk), d. at Lynn in 1420. Having graduated from the University of Cambridge, he taught Scripture and… -
Alano of Lille (ALANO DI LILLA)
Theologian and philosopher, scholar and poet, b. at Lille between 1115 and 1128, d. at the abbey of Cîteaux in 1202 or 1203 (not to be confused with A. of… -
Alans (ALANI)
A nomadic people of Scythian race. At the time when they appear in history they were living between the Caspian Sea and Lake Aral. Around 350, under pressure… -
Alanus de Rupe (De Rupe, De La Roche, Van den Clip) (ALANO DELLA RUPE (DE RUPE, DE LA ROCHE, VAN DEN CLIP))
Dominican preacher, propagator of the Rosary, b. in Brittany around the year 1428, d. at Zwolle on 8 September 1475. He entered the Dominican convent of… -
Alarcón, Bartolomé de los Ríos y (ALARCON, BARTOLOMÉ DE LOS RIOS Y)
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Alaric II, King of the Visigoths (ALARICO II, RE DEI VISIGOTI)
Son of Euric and Ragnahild, he was elected king of the Visigoths upon his father's death in 484. The Visigothic kingdom extended at that time from the strait… -
Alaric I, King of the Visigoths (ALARICO I, RE DEI VISIGOTI)
A descendant of the noble line of the Balti, he was born in the year 370 and for some time commanded part of the Goths who were foederati attached to the army… -
Alaska (ALASCA)
Territory of northwestern America, belonging to the United States, which bought it from Russia in 1867. 1. GEOGRAPHY. - It has 1.5 million sq. km., 5 times the… -
Alatri, Diocese of (ALATRI, DIOCESI DI)
In southern Lazio, in the province of Frosinone. The see, A., rises on a hill of the Ernici group, near the banks of the Cosa, a tributary of the Sacco. The… -
Alba
Illustrated women's weekly, published in Milan since 21 Dec. 1922, on the initiative of the Compagnia di S. Paolo. It aims at the intellectual and practical… -
Albada, Aggaus
Dutch statesman and theologian, d. in 1586 or 1588. He completed his studies in law at Bourges. Elected in 1561 assessor of the Supreme Tribunal of the Empire… -
Alba, Diocese of (ALBA, DIOCESI DI)
City of Piedmont, capital of the Langhe, in the province of Cuneo, on a fertile plain at the confluence of the Cherasco stream with the Tanaro. It is the… -
Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of (ALBA, FERDINANDO ALVAREZ DI TOLEDO, DUCA D')
B. at Petrahita in 1507, and left fatherless at the age of four, he was raised by his grandfather Federico Alvarez, from whom he inherited monarchical… -
Alba Iulia, Diocese of (ALBA JULIA, DIOCESI DI)
Romanian city, in Transylvania. In Romanian Alba Iulia (from the medieval Latin Alba Iulia: the Weissenburg of the German immigrants, later Karlsburg), in… -
Alba, Juan de
Spanish Carthusian exegete, born into a noble Madrid family in the first half of the 16th century. Thoroughly versed in Greek and Hebrew, after receiving his… -
Albanesi
Members of a particular sect of Italian Catharism (v. CATARI), as opposed to the Concorezzesi (v.) and the Bagnolesi (v.). Already in the second half of the… -
Albanesi, Luigi
Composer, b. in Rome on 3 March 1821, d. in Naples on 4 Dec. 1897. He was a pianist and teacher of good repute; his output of a religious character was… -
Albanès, Joseph-Mathias-Hyacinthe
Priest and ecclesiastical historian, b. at Auriol (Bouches-du-Rhône) on 24 Feb. 1822, d. at Marseille on 3 March 1897. His works on Provençal hagiography and… -
Albani
A Caucasian people inhabiting Aguania, whose fate is bound to that of the Armenians. Tradition names Eliseus as the first preacher of Christianity among the… -
Albania (Alb. Shqipëria or Shqipnia) (ALBANIA (ALB. SHQIPËRIA O SHQIPNIA))
2. Christianity in Albania. - 3. Cultural history. - 4. The Greek-Albanian rite. > ALBANI, FRANCESCO - Self-portrait - Bologna, Pinacoteca. 1. GEOGRAPHY. - It… -
Albani, Alessandro
Cardinal, b. at Urbino on 16 Oct. 1692, d. at Rome on 19 Dec. 1779. A nephew of Clement XI, at the age of fifteen he was a colonel in the pontifical army, but… -
Albani, Family (ALBANI, FAMIGLIA)
Two Albanian refugees, Giorgio and Filippo di Michele de' Lazi, formerly combatants under the orders of Giorgio Castriota Scanderbeg, disdaining to remain in… -
Albani, Francesco
Painter, b. in Bologna on 17 March 1578, d. there on 4 Oct. 1660. Together with Reni he first studied under Calvaert and then at the Accademia dei Carracci, of… -
Albani, Scipione
A physician of great renown, b. in Milan in the 16th century, d. 24 September 1604. Ordained a priest, he was a canon of the collegiate church of S. Maria… -
Albano, Diocese of (ALBANO, DIOCESI DI)
In Latium, in the province of Rome, it is one of the six suburbicarian sees held by a cardinal of the order of bishops. From the Roman Castles it extends as… -
Alban, Saint, Martyr (ALBANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Protomartyr of England, beheaded according to the Passio under Severus (ca. 200), according to later writers under Diocletian. The manuscripts of the 2nd… -
Albany, Diocese of (ALBANY, DIOCESI DI)
In the United States of America, state of New York, suffragan of the archdiocese of New York. Erected on 23 Apr. 1847, it was divided on 31 Jan. 1872 to form… -
Alba Regia [Székesfehérvár], Diocese of (ALBA REALE, DIOCESI DI)
In Hungarian Székesfehérvár, in German Stuhlweissenburg. The city was the residence of the kings of Hungary for 500 years (whence the name), and the place of… -
Albarracín (ALBARRACIN)
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Albaspina, Nicola
Ascetical writer of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. in France ca. 1550, d. after 1620. He was guardian of the convent of Toulouse, then Provincial of… -
Albenga, Diocese of (ALBENGA, DIOCESI DI)
It is the ancient Album Ingaunum or Albinganum, situated on the Gulf of Genoa (Riviera di Ponente). Capital of the Ligurian Ingauni, who, having allied… -
Alber (Alberus), Erasmus
German theologian and poet, b. at Bruchenbrücken (Wetterau) around 1500, d. at Neubramburg on 5 May 1553. A disciple of Luther at Wittenberg, he regarded the… -
Albera, Paolo
Salesian and second successor of St. John Bosco, b. at None on June 6, 1845, d. at Turin on Oct. 30, 1921. He was among the "very first" to give his name to… -
Alberegno, Jacobello
Venetian painter, d. 1397. We have only one work by him, a triptych in the Accademia in Venice, representing the Crucifix with the Madonna and saints. The… -
Albergati, Antonio
Born in Bologna on 16 Sept. 1566, died on 4 Jan. 1634. He was vicar general and archdeacon in Milan (1602-1607), referendary of the Signatura, governor of Todi… -
Albergati, Fabio
Lay moralist, b. in Bologna, of a noble family, he was castellan of Perugia; d. 18 Aug. 1606. He displayed his profound culture in various publications of a… -
Albergati, Niccolò, Blessed (ALBERGATI, NICCOLÒ, BEATO)
Cardinal, b. in Bologna in 1375 to Pier Nicola, of a noble local family, d. in Siena on 9 May 1443. In 1395, after having been enrolled at the Studium, he… -
Albergoni, Eleuterio
Theologian and preacher of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. in Milan in 1560, d. at Montemarano in 1635. Of great theological and biblical erudition, he taught… -
Albergotti, Agostino
Bishop of Arezzo, born there on 25 Nov. 1755 and died on 6 May 1825. He completed his sacred studies in Rome and became a priest in 1779. In the struggle… -
Alberic (Aubry), Blessed (ALBERICO (AUBRY), BEATO)
Second abbot of Cîteaux. We know nothing of his birth, of his intellectual and moral formation before he entered the monastery. He appears for the first time… -
Alberic, Bishop of Ostia (ALBERICO, VESCOVO DI OSTIA)
From the abbey of Cluny, born in the second half of the 11th century, died at Verdun in 1146. He was first sub-prior of the said monastery and subsequently… -
Alberici, Giacomo
Augustinian, b. at Sarnico (Bergamo) in an unspecified year, d. at Rome, in the convent of S. Maria del Popolo, in 1610. He entered the Order in 1570, and… -
Alberic II, Prince of the Romans (ALBERICO II, PRINCIPE DEI ROMANI)
Son of Alberic I, marquis of Spoleto, and of Marozia, who was in turn the daughter of the Roman senator Theophylact and of Theodora, he was born at the… -
Alberic, Monk of Monte Cassino (ALBERICO, MONACO DI MONTECASSINO)
Born at Settefrati in Campania in 1101 (?), died around 1140. At the age of 10, during an illness that for 9 days seemed to have deprived him of life, he had a… -
Alberico da Rosciate
Jurist, b. in Bergamo and d. there in 1354. He studied at Padua in the school of Riccardo Malombra. He practiced the profession of lawyer in his city and… -
Alberic of Monte Cassino (ALBERICO DI MONTECASSINO)
Monk of Montecassino, later cardinal of the title of Sts. Quattuor Coronati, who lived in the 11th century. There is no precise information about his origin… -
Alberic of Reims (ALBERICO DI REIMS)
Medieval scholastic, d. 1141. He was a disciple of Anselm of Laon, a fellow disciple and opponent of Abelard (Hist. calamitatum, coll. 4 and 9: PL. 178, 125… -
Alberic of the Three Fountains (ALBERICO DELLE TRE FONTANE)
Cistercian, d. after 1241, author of a universal chronicle (Chronicon) from the creation of the world to the year 1241. He drew on a great number of sources… -
Albèri, Eugenio
Historian, b. in Padua on 1 October 1807, d. at Vichy in June 1878. He studied law at Bologna, but his temperament naturally inclined him to letters and… -
Alberigo
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Alberini, Marcello
Roman chronicler and memorialist, b. in 1511, d. in 1580. As an adolescent he witnessed the horrors of the sack of Rome of 1527 and was harshly affected by it… -
Alber, János Nepomuk (ALBER, JANOS NEPOMUK)
Hungarian Piarist, exegete and historian, b. at Magyaróvár on 7 July 1753, d. at Pest on 21 June 1830. He taught science and biblical languages and church… -
Albero (ALBERONE)
Archbishop of Trier (1131-1152), a descendant of a noble family of Lorraine, whose hereditary castle of Montreuil (Monterol) was situated near Toul, born ca.… -
Alberoni, Giulio
Cardinal and statesman, b. at Piacenza on 31 (?) May 1664, d. there on 27 June 1752. At the age of twenty he entered the good graces of Msgr. Giorgio Barni… -
Albers, Pietro
Dutch Jesuit and historian, b. at Frasselt on 13 Apr. 1856 and d. at Maastricht on 1 Apr. 1932. Having entered religious life in 1880, he was professor of… -
Albertacci, Vespasiano (called Anfiareo) (ALBERTACCI, VESPASIANO (DETTO AMFIAREO))
Franciscan, calligrapher, b. in Ferrara and active in the second half of the 16th century. From the age of 14 he lived in Venice, where he taught for thirty… -
Albert (Adalbert) of Oberaltaich (ALBERTO (ADALBERT) DI OBERALTAICH)
Benedictine monk, Bavarian, noble knight, b. in 1239, d. on 26 Nov. 1311. He was minister of the counts of Haigerloch, and from 1251 a monk at Oberaltaich.… -
Albertano degli Albertani
Judge of Brescia, of the 13th century. From the explicit of his first treatise, dedicated to his son Vincenzo: De dilectione Dei et proximi et aliarum rerum… -
Albert, Antipope (ALBERTO, ANTIPAPA)
He was bishop of Sabina and was elected in February or March 1102 in St. Peter's by the supporters of Emperor Henry IV, in opposition to the legitimate pontiff… -
Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg (ALBERTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI MAGDEBURGO)
Son of the count of Kefernburg (Thuringia), d. in 1232. After completing his studies at Hildesheim, Paris and Bologna, he was appointed by Innocent III provost… -
Albertario, Don Davide
Priest and Catholic writer, b. at Filighera (Pavia) in 1846, d. at Carenno (Bergamo) on 12 Sept. 1902. For some thirty years, after 1870, he was the most… -
Albertazzi, Adolfo
Novelist and critic, born in Bologna (1865-1924). He contributed to the most important reviews and newspapers in Italy. A pupil of Carducci, he later became a… -
Albert, Bishop of Vercelli and Patriarch of Jerusalem (ALBERTO, VESCOVO DI VERCELLI E PATRIARCA DI GERUSALEMME)
He was the first legislator of the Order of Carmelites. The necrology of the church of Vercelli, a source of the first rank for his biography, says that he… -
Albert, Heinrich
Composer, b. at Löbenstein on 8 July 1604, d. at Königsberg on 10 Oct. 1651. He first studied at Dresden (1622), then at Königsberg, where he became organist… -
Alberti
Family of painters originally from Borgo S. Sepolcro, whose activity was carried on mainly in Rome. CHERUBINO, b. at Borgo S. Sepolcro on 24 Feb. 1553, d. in… -
Albert I (Albrecht), King of Germany and Duke of Austria (ALBERTO I (ALBRECHT), RE DI GERMANIA E DUCA D'AUSTRIA)
Born around 1248, firstborn son of Rudolf I of Habsburg. A strong and warlike man, an excellent administrator, he soon knew how, both as duke in Austria (from… -
Albert I (Albrecht) of Brandenburg, called the Bear (ALBERTO I (ALBRECHT) DI BRANDEBURGO, DETTO L'ORSO)
Count of Ballstedt, of the Ascanian family. He dedicated his life to expansion toward the East, beyond the Elbe, against the pagan people of the Wends… -
Alberti, Antonio
Also called Antonio da Ferrara, son of Guido Alberti, painter b. in Ferrara in the last decade of the 14th century and recorded in documents from 1420 to… -
Alberti, Domenico
Composer, b. in 1710 in Venice, d. there in 1740. Of a noble family, he cultivated music not professionally; a pupil of the priest Antonio Biffi and of Antonio… -
Alberti, Giovanni Andrea
Italian Jesuit, b. at Nice in 1610, d. at Genoa on 4 July 1657. He was a praised preacher, and some oratorical works of his survive. More notable are the… -
Alberti, Giuseppe
Painter and architect, b. at Cavalese in Val di Fiemme on 3 Oct. 1640 and d. there on 3 Feb. 1716. He carried on his activity mainly in Trento, where he… -
Albert III of Bavaria-Munich (Albrecht), called the Pious (ALBERTO III DI BAVIERA-MONACO (ALBRECHT), DETTO IL PIO)
Died on 1 March 1460 at Munich. The firstborn son of Duke Ernest, he was very warlike in his youth and distinguished himself first in the struggles waged… -
Alberti, Leandro
Born in Bologna in 1479 and died there in 1551. He became a Dominican at the age of 16 and was a disciple in theology of Fr. Francesco da Priero. Companion of… -
Alberti, Leon Battista
Humanist, b. in 1404, perhaps in Genoa, into a Florentine family exiled from its homeland; d. in Rome in 1472. A. is one of the loftiest personalities of… -
Alberti, Ludovico
Augustinian theologian, b. and d. in Padua (1560-1628). The tombstone, in the church of Sts. Philip and James, calls him the first of his Order who "in patrio… -
Albertinelli, Mariotto
Painter, b. in Florence in 1474 and d. there in 1515. He was a pupil of C. Rosselli, at whose school he underwent the influence, formative for him, of Piero di… -
Alberti, Nicola
Theologian and preacher, b. in Palermo in 1652, d. there in 1707. Learned and pious, he published among other things: Commentari sacro-istorici della vita… -
Albertini, Francesco
Jesuit theologian, b. at Catanzaro on 1 Nov. 1552, d. at Naples on 14 July 1619. At the age of 26, having left the abbey of St. Leonardo, of which he was the… -
Albertini, Giorgio-Francesco
Dominican theologian and preacher, b. 20 February 1732 at Parenzo, where he d. 29 April 1810. In 1745 he took the religious habit at Venice and completed his… -
Albertinus, Aegidius
German satirical poet, b. at Deventer in Holland in 1560 and d. at Munich in 1620. He was secretary to the Elector of Bavaria Maximilian. An admirer and… -
Alberti, Philipp
German Carmelite, a native of Nussia (Neuss, Rhineland), died in Frankfurt in 1506. He entered the Carmelite Order in Frankfurt, earned a doctorate in theology… -
Albert John of Haarlem (ALBERTO GIOVANNI DI HAARLEM)
Carmelite, b. at Haarlem (northern Holland), where he took the religious habit; d. at Louvain in 1496. After his studies at Louvain, he was a lecturer in… -
Albert of Aachen (ALBERTO DI AQUISGRANA)
A not very well-known chronicler of the 12th century: his Latin name Aquensis probably means "of Aachen" (Aix-la-Chapelle), and not "of Aix-en-Provence," as… -
Albert of Austria (ALBERTO D'AUSTRIA)
Cardinal, son of Emperor Maximilian II, born at Neustadt in 1559, died at Brussels in 1621. He was sent early to the court of Philip II of Spain, so that he… -
Albert of Bardowick (ALBERTO DI BARDOWIK)
Chancellor of the city of Lübeck, who lived at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. We have from him a Chronicle of Lübeck, written in 1298 in the local… -
Albert of Behaim (also called Bohemus) (ALBERTO DI BEHAIMB (DETTO ANCHE BOHEMUS))
Energetic partisan of the papacy against the German emperors and active promoter of monastic reform. A native (c. 1180) of the Behaimb family (Bavaria), a… -
Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, First Duke of Prussia (ALBERTO DI BRANDEBURGO-ANSBACH, PRIMO DUCA DI PRUSSIA)
B. 16 May 1490 at Ansbach, d. 20 March 1568 at Tapiau. Destined for the ecclesiastical life, he entered the Teutonic Knights, and scarcely twenty years old, on… -
Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz (ALBERTO DI BRANDEBURGO, ARCIVESCOVO DI MAGONZA)
B. in June 1490, d. at Aschaffenburg on 24 Sept. 1545. Son of John IV, elector of Brandenburg; destined for an ecclesiastical career, he studied at Frankfurt… -
Albert of Hohenberg (ALBERTO DI HOHENBERG)
Bishop of Freising, b. ca. 1303 to the counts of Hohenberg, d. 1359. Already in 1317 named canon of Constance, he studied and taught law in Paris until 1329.… -
Albert of Metz (ALBERTO DI METZ)
Franciscan theologian of the early 14th century. Bachelor of theology in Paris (1302-1303), he was exiled from there for his refusal to join the action against… -
Albert of Orlamünde (ALBERTO DI ORLAMÜNDE)
German Dominican of the 13th century, perhaps a disciple of St. Albert the Great. Modern critics (Grabmann, Geyer) claim for him the authorship of the… -
Albert of Padua (ALBERTO DA PADOVA)
Augustinian preacher, b. in Padua perhaps in 1269, d. in 1323 (or 1328). He completed his studies and obtained his doctoral degree at the Sorbonne, where for… -
Albert of Padua, called Novello (ALBERTO DA PADOVA, DETTO NOVELLO)
Augustinian theologian, d. 1494. A Jew by birth and education, he converted and embraced the religious life, dedicating himself thereafter in a special manner… -
Albert of Prague (ALBERTO DI PRAGA)
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Albert of Riga (or of Buxhöwden) (ALBERTO DI RIGA (O DI BUXNÖVDEN))
Died 17 January 1229. Of the noble family of the Appelderen, in 1189 he was a canon of Bremen and in 1199 bishop of Livonia, with the difficult task of… -
Albert of Saint Egidius (Gilles Leroy) (ALBERTO DI SANT'EGIDIO (GILLES LEROY))
French Carmelite, b. at Dol (Brittany); he was among the first professed of the new Carmelite reform of Touraine, at Rennes, on 2 Aug. 1609. He taught theology… -
Albert of Saint Gaetano (Bagante, Antonio) (ALBERTO DI SAN GAETANO (BAGANTE ANTONIO))
Carmelite ascetical writer, b. 28 Oct. 1701 in Padua. He made his profession among the Discalced Carmelites at Vicenza on 9 Aug. 1720, and d. at Faenza on 22… -
Albert of Sartena, Blessed (ALBERTO DA SARTEANO, BEATO)
Franciscan preacher and missionary, b. at Sarteano (Siena), of the Berdini family, in 1585, d. at Milan on 15 Aug. 1450. Having entered the Friars Minor… -
Albert of Saxony (ALBERTO DI SASSONIA)
Ockhamist philosopher and student of the natural sciences, of the second half of the 14th century. Died in 1390. He studied at the University of Paris, taught… -
Albert of Stade (ALBERT VON STADE)
German religious writer and chronicler of the 13th century. Made abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary of Stade in 1232, he tried in vain to introduce… -
Albert of Strasbourg (ALBERTO DA STRASBURGO)
Chronicler of the 14th century, to whom Cuspinian attributed a chronicle from 1273 to 1349, which he published as an appendix to his work De consulibus… -
Albert of Trapani, Saint (ALBERTO DA TRAPANI, SANTO)
B. in this city in the 13th century (probably in 1212), d. near Messina on 7 Aug. 1306 or 1307, also called Albert degli Abbati, because he was descended from… -
Albert of Trent (ALBERTO DA TRENTO)
Carthusian of the 15th century, whose name is linked to a prophetic vision in which he foretold the disasters that were about to fall upon Italy with the… -
Albertoni, Ludovica degli, Blessed (ALBERTONI, LUDOVICA DEGLI, BEATA)
Born in Rome to the patrician Albertoni family in 1473, died on 31 January 1533. She lost her father Stefano at the age of two. After her mother Lucrezia… -
Alberto, Sotio
Painter, probably from Spoleto, active in the second half of the 12th century. A Cross painted in tempera on parchment applied to wood, coming from the church… -
Albertrandi, Giovanni Battista
Polish Jesuit, b. 7 Dec. 1731 in Warsaw, d. there 10 Aug. 1808. Son of an Italian painter who lived at the court of Stanisław August Poniatowski, he was first… -
Albert the Glossator (ALBERTO GLOSSATORE)
Archpriest of St. Agatha in Bologna, distinguished jurist, he flourished between the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th. He wrote an… -
Albertucci de' Borselli, Girolamo
Dominican, b. in Bologna around 1432, and d. there in 1497. A celebrated preacher, he devoted himself especially to historical studies concerning his Order… -
Albertus Beneventanus
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Albertus Magnus, Saint, Doctor (ALBERTO MAGNO, SANTO, DOTTORE)
SUMMARY: 1. Life. - 2. The personality, the doctor and the saint. - 3. The writings. - 4. The doctrinal influence. - 5. The student of the natural sciences. 1.… -
Albert VII of Mecklenburg, called the Handsome (ALBERTO VII DI MECLEMBURGO, DETTO IL BELLO)
B. in 1486, d. in 1547. From 1508 he governed with his brother Henry V the Peaceful; from 1520, after a division of the duchy had been made by common… -
Albi, Archdiocese of (ALBI, ARCIDIORESI DI)
Metropolis of southwestern France with its seat at A., a city of 30,000 inhabitants, situated on the left bank of the Tarn, a tributary of the Garonne… -
Albigensians (ALBIGESI)
1. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. - With this denomination, deriving from the region of Albi (Lat. Albiga or Albia, a city of southern France), are commonly… -
Albinaggio (Francis Aubaine, Middle English Escheat) (ALBINAGGIO (FRANC. AUBAINE, MEDIO INGLESE ESCHEAT))
The right of a. or of albinato (perhaps from the Latin alibi natus, born elsewhere) is, in its proper sense, that right by which the feudal lord or the king or… -
Albini, Alessandro
Bolognese painter (1568-1646), a follower of Carracci. For the tomb of Agostino Carracci he painted a small picture with "Pandora and Prometheus," engraved by… -
Albini, Carlo Domenico
Oblate missionary of Mary Immaculate, b. at Menton on 26 Nov. 1790, d. at Vico on 23 May 1839. In the seminary of Nice, a priest (1815) and then a professor… -
Albino
Roman patrician, senator and consul, accused by the referendary Cyprian, in 523, of conspiring with the Eastern emperor, Justin, against Theodoric; his defense… -
Albizzi, Francesco
Cardinal, b. at Cesena in 1593, d. at Rome on 3 Oct. 1684. A lawyer in his native city, he received holy orders after being widowed. After a brief period in… -
Alboin, King of the Lombards (ALBOINO, RE DEI LONGOBARDI)
Elected in 565, he defeated the Gepids and killed their king Cunimund, whose daughter Rosamund he then married. In 568 he began the conquest of Italy, at the… -
Albo, Josef
Spanish Jewish apologist and theologian. He lived successively in Daroca (province of Saragossa) and in Soria (Castile); d. in 1444. He took part in the… -
Alborghetti, Luigi
Papal diplomat, b. in Rome in 1773, d. in 1835. From a noble Bergamasque family, bound in friendship with Vincenzo Monti, he was very young when he became… -
Albornoz, Gil (Egidio) Álvarez Carrillo de
Spanish cardinal, politician and warrior, b. at Cuenca in 1310 into a most noble family, descended from the kings of Castile on his father's side and from… -
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg
Musician, b. 3 Feb. 1736 at Klosterneuburg. A distinguished theorist, teacher and composer, after having held several offices in various Austrian cities he was… -
Albret, Amanhit d'
Cardinal, b. in France, d. at Casteljaloux, near Bazas, between June and Dec. of the year 1520. Brother of Charlotte, wife of Cesare Borgia, he was the first… -
Albrici, Maddalena, Blessed (ALBRICI, MADDALENA, BEATA)
Born toward the end of the 14th century, in Como, into a noble family, died on 13 or 15 May 1465. Left an orphan while still a girl, she was able without… -
Albrigi (Albrizi), Vincenzo
Musician, b. in Rome on 26 June 1631, d. in Prague on 18 Aug. 1696. He studied in Rome, then was maestro di cappella to Queen Christina of Sweden; he then… -
Album, L' (Literary and Fine Arts Journal) (ALBUM, L' (GIORNALE LETTERARIO E DI BELLE ARTI))
Roman illustrated weekly (first of 4, then of 8 quarto pages), founded and directed by Giovanni de Angelis, published from 8 March 1834 to 3 May 1862. Given… -
Alcalá de Henares
City of central Spain (the Complutum of the Romans) in the province of Madrid, formerly the seat of a diocese (v. MADRID). 1. THE UNIVERSITY. - The first idea… -
Alcázar, Baltasar del
Satirical poet, b. in Seville in 1530, d. in Ronda in 1606. In his youth he served on the galleys of the Marquis of S. Cruz; having left arms, he held… -
Alcázar, Ilario
Spanish Dominican missionary, b. in 1818 at Villatobas (Toledo), d. in Avila on 15 Sept. 1870. Having become a Dominican, he was sent to the Philippines… -
Alcázar, Luis de (Ludovicus ab [o de] Alcásar) (ALCÁZAR, LUIS DE (LUDOVICUS AB [O DE] ALCASAR))
Jesuit exegete, b. in Seville on 6 April 1554, d. there on 14 July 1613. He taught philosophy and, for twenty years, Sacred Scripture at Cordoba and Seville.… -
Alchemy (ALCHIMIA)
The name derives from the Arabic al, the article, and from the Greek χημία or χημεία = fusion. In the popular conception, a. is the science and at the same… -
Alcher of Clairvaux (ALCHERO DI CHIARAVALLE)
Cistercian monk of Clairvaux, where he was a disciple of St. Bernard. Little is known of his life: he seems to have died around 1180. To satisfy a doubt of his… -
Alchindi
ALCHINDI: v. KINDÍ-AL. -
Alciati, Andrea
Jurist and humanist, b. at Alzate near Como on 8 May 1492, d. at Pavia on 12 Jan. 1550. Having obtained his doctorate at Bologna in 1514, he practiced law at… -
Alciati della Motta, Gian Paolo
A Socinian from Milan according to some, from Savigliano in Piedmont according to others, born around 1510, died at Danzig in 1580. At first he devoted himself… -
Alciati, Francesco
Cardinal, born in Milan in 1522, died in Rome in 1580. Nephew and heir of the famous jurist Andrea, he was a disciple and then his successor at the University… -
Alciati, Terenzio
Theologian and historian, b. in Rome on 15 Nov. 1570, d. there on 12 Nov. 1651. A Jesuit from 1591. On the advice of Urban VIII he began a history of the… -
Alcimus (ALCIMO)
Contemporary and antagonist of Judas Maccabeus (v.). He changed his Hebrew name 'Eljāqim (or Jēhōjāqim) to the Greek 'Αλκίμωσ in order to display his adherence… -
Alcock, John
English bishop, promoter of humanism before Fisher (v.) and Colet (v.), b. at Beverley in 1430, d. at Ely in 1500. He attended the University of Cambridge and… -
Alcoholism (ALCOOLISMO)
I. MEDICINA. - A morbid state due to the immoderate use of alcohol or of spirits, in quantities such as to reach alcoholic intoxication. Most commonly wine is… -
Alcoran (ALCORANO)
ALCORANO: V. CORANO. -
Alcuin (ALCUINO)
Counsellor of Charlemagne. The Anglo-Saxon name, Alhwin (Alchoin, Alcuin, Alclavine, that is Ealh-wine "friend of the temple"), was Latinized as Alcuinus… -
Aldhelm (Aldhelmus or Althelm; Old English Ealdhelm (= Old Helmet), Saint (ALDELMO (ALDHELMUS O ALTHELMUS; ANGLOSASS. EALDHELM (= ANTICO ELMO), SANTO)
Of a royal Saxon family, born in Wessex around 640, perhaps in 639, died on 25 May 709. His first teacher was the Irish monk Maildulf (Irish Maedulf), founder… -
Aldobrandini
Florentine family, to which it was not so much ancient nobility of blood and importance of offices held that gave celebrity as the man who was raised from it… -
Aldovrandini, Giuseppe
Musician, b. in Bologna around 1673, d. there on 8 February 1707. Appointed prince of the Accademia filarmonica, he was also in the service of the duke of… -
Aldrovandi, Ulisse (ALDROVANDI, POMPEO)
Cardinal, b. in Bologna on 23 Sept. 1668, d. at Montefiascone on 16 Jan. 1752. Having come to Rome in 1696, he was appointed in 1706 auditor of the Rota and… -
Aleandri, Ireneo
Architect, b. at Sanseverino Marche in 1795, d. at Macerata in 1885. A pupil of the Roman Academy of St. Luke, he varied with elegance the neoclassical forms… -
Aleandro, Girolamo
Cardinal, b. at Motta, in Friuli, on 13 February 1480, d. at Rome on 1 February 1542. He first studied in his homeland, at Pordenone, at Venice, and then at… -
Aleandro, Girolamo, the Younger (ALEANDRO, GIROLAMO, DETTO IL GIOVANE)
Scholar, b. at Motta di Livenza on 29 July 1574, d. at Rome on 9 March 1629. After completing his legal and literary studies at Padua, he moved to Rome, where… -
Aleardi, Aleardo (born Gaetano) (ALEARDI, ALEARDO (N. DI BATT. GAETANO))
Poet, born in Verona on 14 November 1812, died there on 17 July 1878. He suffered Austrian imprisonment at Mantua (1852) and at Josephstadt (1859). After 1860… -
ALEATORIBUS DE (attribuito a s. Cripiano)
ALEATORIBUS DE (attribuito a s. Cripiano) : v. DE ALEATORIBUS. -
Aleatory (ALEATORI)
ALEATORI (CONTRATTI): v. CONTRACTS. ALEATORIBUS DE (attributed to St. Cyprian): v. DE ALEATORIBUS. -
Alecsandri, Vasile
Romanian writer and politician intimately linked to the political and artistic life of his people, b. 1819, d. 1890. A revolutionary of '48, he fought in the… -
Alegambe, Philippe
Born in Brussels on 22 January 1592, died in Rome on 6 September 1652. After completing his studies he went to Spain, then to Sicily as page to the viceroy… -
Alegre, Francisco-Xaver
Mexican historian and man of letters, b. at Vera Cruz on 12 Nov. 1729, a Jesuit in 1747. He was in Mexico as historiographer of his religious province when… -
Alemagna
ALEMAGNA: V. GERMANIA. -
Alemán, Louis, Blessed (ALEMAN, LOUIS, BEATO)
Cardinal, archbishop of Arles, b. at Arbent (Bugey, in France) around 1390, d. at Salon (Bouches-du-Rhône) on 15 Oct. 1450. He obtained a doctorate in decrees… -
Alemanni (ALAMANNI)
Also called Alemanni or Suebi, they were one of the great Germanic tribes that later formed the kingdom of the Eastern Franks and of Germany. During the 3rd… -
Alemanni
ALEMANNI: V. ALAMANNI. -
Alemanni, Giuseppe
Painter, b. at Correggio in 1675, d. at Rimini in 1739. He learned the art of painting in his native town from Giuseppe Capretti, and in 1695 he went to Rome… -
Alemanno, Johanan
Jewish Platonizing philosopher, born, according to some, in Constantinople, but who lived in Florence in the second half of the 15th century. He was among the… -
Alenda, Gaspar
Franciscan missionary, b. at Elche (Spain) around 1580, d. on the island of Hermosa on 8 August 1642. He set out together with Fr. Pietro de la Concepción for… -
Aleni, Giulio
Jesuit missionary and sinologist, b. at Brescia in 1582, entered the novitiate of Novellara in 1610. Having set out for the missions, he reached Macao at the… -
Aleotti, Antonio
Painter of the school of Ferrara, b. at Argenta, was active between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th. The only document concerning him… -
Aleotti, Giov. (ALEOTTI, GIOV)
Born in 1546, died in Ferrara in 1636. An architect and treatise writer (he wrote on hydraulics), he carried on his activity in the service of Alfonso II… -
Aleppo
City of northern Syria, not far from Antioch, formerly called Hallob, in Greek Χαλυβών, and by Seleucus Nicator (312-281 B.C.) named Βέροια or Βερόη. The… -
Aleria, Diocese of (ALERIA, DIOCESI DI)
Ancient bishopric of Corsica, which took its name from an ancient city, formerly a Phocaean colony, situated on the banks of the Tavignano. The existence of… -
Alès, Adhémar D'
French Jesuit, theologian, historian and apologist, b. at Orléans on 2 Dec. 1861, d. at Paris on 24 Feb. 1938. First devoted to the literary formation of his… -
Alès (Alais, according to pre-1926 spelling) (ALÈS (ALAIS, SECONDO LA GRAFIA ANTERIORE AL 1926))
City in southern France (department of Gard), of ancient Celtic origin (Alestum, Alesiensis civitas: whence the heraldic coat of arms with half-spread wings).… -
Ales Diei Nuntius
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for the ferial lauds of Tuesday. It consists of stanzas 1, 2, 21, 25 of a long hymn by Prudentius (late 4th century), the first of… -
Ales e Terralba, Diocese of (ALES E TERRALBA, DIOCESI DI)
In Sardinia; a suffragan of Oristano, from the second half of the 6th century. The first see was Usellis, whose date of foundation remains uncertain (5th-6th… -
Alès, Nicolò
Czech painter, b. at Mirotice in Bohemia on 18 Nov. 1852, d. at Prague on 10 July 1913. A pupil of Trenkwald and of Sweerts, he soon arrived at a style of his… -
Alessandria, Diocese of (ALESSANDRIA, DIOCESI DI)
In Piedmont, at the confluence of the Bormida and the Tanaro, in a strategic position of great importance. A. was founded in 1168, with the approval of the… -
Alessandrina da Letto, Blessed (ALESSANDRINA DA LETTO, BEATA)
B. at Letto (Sulmona) in 1385, d. at Foligno in 1458. She took the habit of the Poor Clares in 1400. She was in Aquila, and, with other sisters, departed by… -
Alessandrino de La Ciotat
Capuchin mystical writer, in the world Honoré Colombo, b. at La Ciotat (Lower Provence) in 1629, took the religious habit in 1647, d. at Marseilles in 1706.… -
Alessandri (or d'Alessandro), Antonio (ALESSANDRI (O D'ALESSANDRO), ANTONIO)
Ascetical writer of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at Pescopagano (Lucania) around 1625, d. at Naples in 1662. A pupil in Rome at the college of St.… -
Alessandro
ALESSANDRO, santo, martire: v. GIORDANI, CIMITERO dei. -
Alessandro da Sant'Elpidio (ALESSANDRO DA S. ELPIDIO)
Augustinian theologian and canonist, b. in 1265 at S. Elpidio in the Marca d'Ancona. The surname Fassitelli is attributed to him, though it is passed over in… -
Alessandro D', Sebastiano
ALESSANDRO d', SEBASTIANO: V. D'ALESSANDRO, SEBASTIANO. -
Alessandro of Saint Francis (ALESSANDRO DI SAN FRANCESCO)
Discalced Carmelite ascetical writer, of the noble Ubaldini family (by name Lelio), b. in Rome on 18 Oct. 1588, d. there on 16 Apr. 1630. He entered the Carmel… -
Alessandro of Saint Teresa (ALESSANDRO DI SANTA TERESA)
Flemish Carmelite (in the world Van den Berghe), b. in 1639 in Brussels, d. in Louvain in 1686. For many years, in the college of the Order at Louvain, he… -
Alessi, Andrea
Dalmatian architect and sculptor, b. in Durazzo in 1425 and d. in Spalato between 1503 and 1507. He was trained in the school of Marco da Troia, in whose… -
Alessi, Galeazzo
Architect, b. in Perugia probably in 1512, d. there on 30 Dec. 1572. Having trained almost certainly in Rome in contact with Michelangelo, after returning to… -
Alessio da Salò (ALESSIO, DA SALÒ)
ALESSIO, da SALÒ: v. SEGALA ALESSIO.