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AMA (AMULA), vaso liturgico
AMA (AMULA), vaso liturgico: v. AMPOLLA; BOCCALE. -
Amadei, Girolamo
Theologian, b. in Siena around the year 1483, d. in Lucca on 16 February 1543. He was a Servite religious and became vicar general for Germany. Through the… -
Amadeo, Gaetano
Composer, b. at Porto Maurizio (Imperia), in 1824, d. at Nice (Nizza marittima) on 8 April 1893. A pupil of Pacini at Lucca, then of Rossini at Bologna, chapel… -
Amadeo, João da Silva y Menezes
Portuguese Franciscan, born of a noble family between 1420 and 1435, died in Milan in 1484. He is called Amadeus lusitanus (not hispanus), but in Portugal and… -
Amadeo (Omodeo), Giovanni Antonio
Lombard architect and sculptor (1447-1522), he brought decisively Renaissance characteristics to the Lombard tradition. A youthful work was the sculptural… -
Amadeus IX, Third Duke of Savoy, Blessed (AMEDEO IX, TERZO DUCA DI SAVOIA, BEATO)
B. at Thonon on 1 February 1435, d. at Vercelli on 30 March 1472. He was the son of Duke Ludovico and of Anne of Lusignan. In 1452 he married Yolande of… -
Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (AMEDEO V, CONTE DI SAVOIA)
Second-born son of Thomas of Savoy, lord of Piedmont (himself the younger son of Thomas I, count of Savoy) and of Beatrice Fieschi, niece of Pope Innocent IV… -
Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, known as the Green Count (AMEDEO VI, CONTE DI SAVOIA, DETTO IL CONTE VERDE)
Son of Aymon count of Savoy and of Yolande of Montferrat, b. 4 January 1334 at Chambéry. He was left an orphan of his mother quite early (1342) and of his… -
Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, known as the Red Count (AMEDEO VII, CONTE DI SAVOIA, DETTO IL CONTE ROSSO)
Son of Amedeo VI, Count of Savoy, and of Bona of Bourbon, born on 24 February 1360 at Chambéry. In 1377 he married Bona of Berry. When, in 1383, he received… -
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (AMEDEO VIII, DUCA DI SAVOIA)
Son of Amedeo VII, Count of Savoy, and of Bona of Berry, born at Chambéry on 4 September 1383. He succeeded his father on 1 November 1391. His minority… -
Amadia (Amadijah), Diocese of (AMADIA (AMADIJAH), DIOCESI DI)
A residential Chaldean diocese, in Kurdistan, suffragan of Babylon of the Chaldeans. When A. was Nestorian it also included the present dioceses of Zâhû and… -
Amalario of Metz (Amalarius, Amalarius) (AMALARIO DI METZ (AMALARIUS, AMALARIUS))
Medieval theologian and liturgist, about whose life few and disputed historical data exist. He seems to have been born at Metz between 770 and 775. He was… -
Amalecites (AMALECITI)
A nomadic Semitic people, living in the desert zones between the north of Sinai and southern Palestine (Negeb), mentioned in the Bible from the age of Abraham… -
Amalfi, Archdiocese of (AMALFI, ABCIDIOCESI DI)
In the Campanian region, in the province of Salerno, it borders on the dioceses of Sorrento and of Nocera dei Pagani and Sarno and has 37,108 inhabitants, all… -
Amalric (Amalricus, Almaricus, Amauricus), Di Bena (AMALRICO (AMALRICUS, ALMARICUS, AMAURICUS), DI BENA)
Celebrated French theologian and philosopher of the 12th century, a native of Bène (Bènes, Bennes) near Chartres. He completed his higher studies in Paris and… -
Amalric Augerius of Bourges (AMALRICO AUGERIO DI BOURGES)
Augustinian historian, b. at Biterris and lived in the 14th century. He studied theology at Montpellier and became chaplain of Urban V. He wrote (around 1362)… -
Amalteo, Pomponio
Painter, b. at Motta di Livenza in 1505, d. 9 March 1588 at S. Vito al Tagliamento. Throughout his output he remains constantly faithful to Pordenone, whose… -
Amama, Sixtinus
Dutch Reformed theologian, b. 1593, d. 1629. He was a profound connoisseur of the Hebrew language, of which he published two grammars and a vocabulary. Hostile… -
Amana (Society or Community of the True Inspiration) (AMANA (SOCIETÀ O COMUNITÀ DELLA VERA ISPIRAZIONE))
This sect arose in Germany during the Pietist movement, among those who maintained that the direct inspiration of God had not yet ceased in the Church. In 1714… -
Amandus of Zierikzee (AMANDO DA ZIERIKSEE)
Dutch Franciscan exegete, b. around 1450 on the island of Walcheren, d. 8 June 1534 at Louvain. A doctor of theology, he was renowned as a Greek and Hebrew… -
Amandus, Saint (AMANDO, SANTO)
Born in Aquitaine, to Serenus and Amantia, educated in a Benedictine monastery on the island of Yeu off the coast of Vendée, he received the tonsure at Tours.… -
Aman (AMAN)
Omnipotent minister at the court of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I, 486-65) in Susa. Son of Hammedatha (a Persian name; Vulgate Amadathi), he is described (Esth. 3:1, 10)… -
Amann, Émile (AMANN, EMILE)
French priest, historian and theologian, b. June 4, 1880, d. Jan. 10, 1948. He was educated in Nancy and Paris. In 1919 he was called to the chair of ancient… -
Amanuensis (AMANUENSE)
AMANUENSE : v. SCRIBA -
Amaral, Antonio Caetano do
Portuguese historian and scholar, b. in Lisbon in 1747, and d. there in 1819. He was canon of the see of Evora, which he renounced in 1766, and deputy of the… -
Amaral, Gaspare
Jesuit missionary, b. at Corvaceira in Portugal in 1592. He worked in Goa, in Macao, in Cochinchina, then for seven years in Tonkin. Rector at Macao (1633)… -
Amargosa, Diocese of (AMARGOSA, DIOCESI DI)
In the state of Bahia (Brazil), suffragan of S. Salvatore della Bahia, from which it was separated on 10 May 1941, it comprises twenty-four civil districts.… -
Amari, Emerico
Politician and thinker, b. in Palermo in 1810, d. there in 1870. A complex personality as a scholar, patriot and believer. Imprisoned (1848) and an exile, he… -
Amarillo, Diocese of (AMARILLO, DIOCESI DI)
In Texas (United States), suffragan of San Antonio. Erected on 3 Aug. 1926, it comprises seventy counties of Texas. Catholics 31,144, out of 650,000… -
Amari, Michele (AMÀRI, MICHELE)
Patriot, historian, orientalist, b. in Palermo in 1806, d. in Florence in 1889, one of the principal agitators for the liberation of Sicily from Bourbon rule.… -
Amarna (Tell el-Amarna) (AMARNA (TELL EL-AMARNAH))
A locality on the eastern bank of the Nile, in Middle Egypt, where the archive of Amenophis IV (v.) was discovered by chance in 1887. He had built his capital… -
Amasa (AMASA)
Military leader, son of Abigail, sister of David, and of Jether (or Jetra) the Ishmaelite (I Chron. 2:17) or the Jezreelite (II Sam. 17:25). He sided with the… -
Amasea
The first city of the province of Helenopontus in Asia Minor, on the river Iris; capital of the province in the imperial period, it was heavily damaged by an… -
Amasias (AMASIA)
Two biblical figures. 1. - King of Judah (c. 797-789), son of Joash, whom he succeeded at the age of 25. He avenged the killing of his > AMAT di SAN FILIPPO… -
Amastris (Today Amasrah) (AMASTRIS (OGGI AMASRAH))
City of Paphlagonia, on the Black Sea. Around 300 B.C. Sesamos and other nearby centers were united into a single city, which was thus named after its supposed… -
Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Luigi
Cardinal, b. in Cagliari on 20 June 1796 to a family of Catalan origin, d. in Rome on 30 March 1878. He was protected by Card. Consalvi, governed several… -
Amaterasu
For Shintoists, she is the "great, august divinity that shines in the sky," that is, the sun goddess. At the time when Shinto was still a pure nature religion… -
Amat, Felix
Historian and treatise writer, b. at Sabadell, in the province of Barcelona, in 1759, d. at Barcelona in 1824. Canon of Tarragona, abbot of St. Ildefonso in… -
Amat, Felix Torres
AMAT, FELIX TORRES: v. TORRES Y AMAT. AMAT di SAN FILIPPO, PIETRO. - Writer b. 1 Oct. 1822 in Sardinia, d. in Rome 15 Feb. 1895. He was first employed at the… -
Amati, Carlo
Architect, b. in Monza on 22 Aug. 1776, d. in Milan on 23 March 1852. He took part in the completion of the sides and the facade of the cathedral of Milan… -
Amato di Montecassino
Benedictine, historian of the 11th century. He was a monk of the famous abbey under Abbot Desiderius (1058-86); he was also a bishop, as reliable documentary… -
Amazonas (Manáos), Diocese of (AMAZZONI (MANÁOS), DIOCESI DI)
In the state of Amazonas (Brazil), which is the largest of the Brazilian states (1,826,000 sq. km.), but very sparsely populated (fewer than 500,000… -
Amazons (AMAZZONI)
A mythical people of warrior women with customs and habits that the Greeks considered barbaric. Legend called them daughters of Ares and Harmonia, or… -
Ambanja, Apostolic Prefecture of (AMBANJA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Located in insular Africa, it derives from the prefecture of Île Sainte-Marie, Nosy Be and Mayotte (the latter belonging to the Comoros group), and was erected… -
Ambarvalia (Ambarvales) (AMBARVALI (AMBARVALIA))
A Roman conceptiva festival, that is, one of those that were proclaimed year by year by the pontiffs in relation to the seasonal cycle, and therefore not… -
Ambassador (AMBASCIATORE)
AMBASCIATORE: v. AGENTE DIPLOMATICO. -
Ambato (Ambaten), Diocese of (AMBATO (AMBATEN), DIOCESI DI)
In Ecuador, suffragan of the metropolitan see of Quito (v.). It was erected on 28 February 1948. BIBL.: AAS, 40 (1948), pp. 311-13. -
Amberger, Christoph
German painter and woodcut artist, b. c. 1500, d. between 1561 and 1562. He belonged to the Augsburg school, and followed above all Burgkmair (v.), and the… -
Ambition (AMBIZIONE)
Etymologically it derives from the Latin word ambire, "to go around" or to canvass for honors or offices. In a broad sense, quite frequent in popular language… -
Ambo (AMBONE)
AMBONE: v. PULPITO. -
Amboise, Georges d'
Cardinal, born in 1460 to a most noble family at Chaumont-sur-Loire, he had a rapid career: already almoner of Louis XI, in 1484 he was bishop of Montauban, in… -
Ambrogi, Anton Maria
Jesuit, born in Florence on 13 June 1713, died in Rome on 11 February 1788. A cultured and scholarly writer, he taught eloquence and poetry at the Collegio… -
Ambrogini, Angelo
AMBROGINI, ANGELO: v. POLIZIANO. -
Ambrogio da Cori (Dei Massari, Coranus, Coriolanus)
Augustinian preacher, humanist and theologian, died in Rome in 1485. A student in Florence in 1452, bachelor in '58, master in '61, regent in Perugia in '63… -
Ambrogio da Fossano
AMBROGIO da FOSSANO: v. BERGOGNONE. -
Ambrogio da Lombez
Capuchin ascetical writer (in the world Jean de Lapeyrie), b. at Lombez on 21 March 1708 into a noble family of Armagnac, d. at Saint-Sauveur-les-Bains on 25… -
Ambrogio Teseo
AMBROGIO TESEO: v. TESEO. -
Ambros, August Wilhelm
Music historian, b. at Myto (Prague) on 17 Nov. 1816, d. at Vienna on 28 June 1876. A teacher at the University and Conservatory of Prague from 1869 and at the… -
Ambrose Catarino (AMBROGIO CATARINO)
AMBROGIO CATARINO: v. POLITI, LANCELLOTTO. -
Ambrose, Deacon (AMBROGIO, DIACONO)
Disciple and correspondent of Origen, confessor of the faith. Of a noble and wealthy family, perhaps Alexandrian, he was a deacon, though he had a wife and… -
Ambrose, Grenkov (AMBROGIO, GRENKOV)
Hieromonk of the famous dissident monastery of Optina-Pustyn near Kozelsk in central Russia, b. in 1812, d. in 1891. He was the last of a series of great… -
Ambrose, Saint (AMBROGIO, SANTO)
Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Chronology. - II. Life and works: historical and theological significance. - III. The writer. - IV. The… -
Ambrose Sansedoni (AMBROGIO SANSEDONI)
AMBROGIO SANSEDONI: v. SANSEDONI, AMBROGIO. -
Ambrosia
Greek word meaning "immortal": it is used together with "nectar" to indicate the nourishment of the gods. In the Iliad it has a broader meaning; it is the food… -
Ambrosian Brothers (FRATELLI AMBROSIANI)
Monastic congregation which, by a bull of Gregory XI (1375), gathered into a canonical community under the rule of St. Augustine, but with the Ambrosian rite… -
Ambrosian, Chant (AMBROSIANO, CANTO)
This is the chant currently used in the Ambrosian liturgy. In ancient times its extent was much more widespread, reaching as far as Benevento and Montecassino… -
Ambrosiani, Vincenzo
Ascetical writer, b. at Monacilioni (Campobasso) on 9 February 1839, d. there in 1895. He entered the Congregation of the Mission in Naples in 1855. As soon as… -
Ambrosian, Library (AMBROSIANA, BIBLIOTECA)
The Ambrosiana Library belongs to the number of the great libraries erected through the munificence of learned patrons. Founded in 1607 by Federico Borromeo… -
Ambrosian, Liturgy (AMBROSIANA, LITURGIA)
1. ST. AMBROSE AND THE LITURGY. - "The distinctive character of the Ambrosian rite is precisely that of being the ancient Roman rite, so that it has the merit… -
Ambrosian, Pinacotheca (AMBROSIANA, PINACOTECA)
The Ambrosiana Picture Gallery was established by Cardinal Federico Borromeo and attached to the library he founded. As soon as the library had come into… -
Ambrosiaster
A fictitious name, coined by Erasmus of Rotterdam, to designate an ancient anonymous Christian writer, until then identified with St. Ambrose of Milan. Erasmus… -
Ambrosini, Floriano
Architect, active in Bologna between the end of the 16th century and the first decades of the 17th. In 1592 he erected the Dominican church of S. Pietro… -
Ambrosio Maria of Saint Barbara (AMBROGIO MARIA DI SANTA BARBARA)
Discalced Carmelite ascetical writer, in the world G. Domenico Solari, b. in 1645 in Milan, where he received the religious habit in 1663; he died there in… -
Ambrosoli, Ambrogio
Born in Milan on 23 November 1800 and died there on 21 July 1871, a canon, philanthropist, he was a celebrated preacher of his time. A friend of Aporti and of… -
Ambulatory (AMBULACRO)
AMBULACRO: v. DEAMBULATORIO. -
Amedeo Menes de Sylva, Blessed (AMEDEO MENEZ DE SYLVA, BEATO)
Franciscan, b. at Ceuta in 1420 to Rodrigo Gomez de Sylva, royal prince of Castile, and Isabella Menez of the noble family of Villa Reale in Portugal; whence… -
Amelia, Diocese of (AMELIA, DIOCESI DI)
In the Umbrian region, in the province of Terni, bordering on the dioceses of Todi to the north, Spoleto to the east, Narni to the southeast, Orte to the south… -
Amélineau, Émile-Clément
French Egyptologist, b. at La Chaize-Giraud (Vendée) on 28 Aug. 1850, d. at Châteaudun in Jan. 1915. A priest, he followed the courses of G. Maspéro (v.) and… -
Améline, Claude
Oratorian theologian, b. in Paris in 1635, d. there in 1706. At the age of 25 he entered the Oratory and there made the acquaintance of Malebranche. Archdeacon… -
Amelli, Ambrogio Maria
Historian, paleographer and musicologist, b. in Milan on 19 March 1848, d. at Montecassino on 25 Aug. 1933. > (propr. E. Josi) > AMELLI, AMBROGIO - Portrait.… -
Amelote (Amelotte), Denis (AMELOTE (AMELOTTE), DENYS)
Oratorian theologian, b. at Saintes in 1606, d. at Paris in 1679. A doctor at the Sorbonne, he joined Condren (v.), of whom he was one of the principal… -
Amen
Biblical and liturgical acclamation. 1. BIBLICAL USE. - Derived from the root 'āman' "to be firm, to sustain," the word Amen (Heb. 'āmēn; Septuagint: 'Αμήν)… -
Amendolia, Tommaso Maria
Dominican theologian of the 17th century, b. at S. Giorgio di Polistena (Calabria), he lived for a long time in Naples where he taught theology: he was still… -
Amen-em-ope
Egyptian high official, son of Kanccht, resident at Persepolis, who lived, according to A. Erman, H. O. Lange, R. Griffith, around 1000 B.C. To "the youngest… -
Amenophis III and IV (AMENOPHIS III E IV)
Pharaohs (7th and 8th) of the 18th Egyptian dynasty (1410-1358 B.C.). Amenophis III. - Adoptive son of Thutmose IV, he ascended the throne very young and had a… -
Amenti (AMENTI)
It is the name borne by the region of the dead in ancient Egypt (Plut., De Is., 29). A very ancient concept in Egypt is that the sun which rises at dawn in the… -
Amenza
A state of mental confusion with hallucinations of various kinds and motor restlessness; capable of complete recovery, it manifests in acute form… -
Amerbach, Elias Nicolaus
Musician, b. in Naumburg around 1530, d. in Leipzig in 1597. Organist at the church of St. Thomas in Leipzig (1560), he belongs, together with B. Schmidt, G.… -
Ameretat
AMERETAT: v. AMESA SPENTA. -
America
One of the five largest continents of the earth, divided into three parts: northern, central, southern. SUMMARY: I. GEOGRAPHY: 1. North and Central America; 2.… -
America
Weekly periodical, published in New York by Jesuits chosen from the American provinces of the Order. Founded in 1909 to replace the monthly Messenger, it… -
American Bible Society (SOCIETÀ BIBLICA AMERICANA)
SOCIETÀ BIBLICA AMERICANA: v. BIBLICHE, SOCIETÀ. -
American Board
AMERICAN BOARD: v. CONGREGAZIONALISTI. -
Americanism (AMERICANISMO)
This term designates a religious doctrine and movement of liberal and naturalistic inspiration, which matured within Catholicism toward the end of the 19th… -
Amerisi, Michelangelo
AMERISI, MICHELANGELO: v. CARAVAGGIO. -
Amesha Spenta (AMEŠA SPENTA)
Under the Persian name A. is understood a group of entities, which appear frequently, now one, now another, or several together, in almost every stanza of the… -
Amette, Léon-Adolphe
Cardinal, born at Douville (Evreux) on 6 September 1850, died at Antony (Paris) on 29 August 1920. He began his studies at the seminary of Evreux and continued… -
Ameyden (Amydenus), Théodone
Belgian bibliographer and polyglot, b. in 1586, d. in 1656. He settled in Rome in 1605, where he married. For a time an abbreviator; a member of the college of… -
Amfiteatrov, Anton
Russian dissident theologian of the 19th century (1815-79), pupil and doctor of the Ecclesiastical Academy of Kiev. He concerned himself greatly with the… -
Am Hâ-Âres (AM HÂ-ÂREŞ)
A Hebrew expression ("people of the land"), which in the earliest documents indicates simply the people of a particular region or the country folk (Gen. 42, 6… -
Amiatino, Codex (AMIATINO, CODICE)
AMIATINO, CODICE: V. VOLGATA. -
Amicarelli, Ippolito
Patriot priest, b. at Agnone on 10 Aug. 1823, d. at Naples on 24 Nov. 1889. Ordained a priest, he devoted himself to preaching and teaching; but having fallen… -
Amici, Giovanni Battista
Italian physicist, astronomer, mathematician and biologist, b. in 1786, d. in 1863. Brilliant for the introduction of the immersion objective (1840), later… -
Amicizia Islands (AMICIZIA, ISOLE DELL')
AMICIZIA, ISOLE dell': v. TONGA (ISOLE). -
Amico, Antonino
A priest from Messina, canon of the cathedral of Palermo, where he died on 22 October 1641. The year of birth of this celebrated Sicilian scholar is unknown… -
Amico, Bernardino (Bernardino da Gallipoli)
Franciscan of the Observant Minors, b. at Gallipoli in the kingdom of Naples (the years of his birth and death are unknown to us). In 1596 he was commissary of… -
Amico, Francesco
Jesuit theologian, b. in Cosenza on 2 April 1578, d. on 31 January 1651. Admitted to the Jesuit novitiate in 1596, he soon displayed a singular liveliness of… -
Amico, Vito Maria
Benedictine, Sicilian scholar, b. at Catania on 15 February 1697, d. there on 5 December 1762. In 1713 he entered the monastery of S. Niccolò di Arena… -
Amida
Present-day Diyarbakır, situated on the left bank of the Tigris, not far from Edessa. It was the capital of the Roman province of Mesopotamia. Christianity… -
Amidani (or de Amidanis), Guglielmo (AMIDANI (O DE AMIDANIS), GUGLIELMO)
Augustinian religious of the 14th century, b. at Cremona, d. at Novara in 1355. He was prior general of his Order (1326-42) and bishop of Novara (1342-55). He… -
Amidano, Giulio Cesare
Painter, b. in Parma in 1566, d. there in 1630. In old guides and dictionaries he is falsely called Pomponio A. He was a pupil of Pomponio Allegri and of… -
Amiel, Henri-Frédéric (AMIEL, HENRI-FRÉDERIC)
Thinker and poet, b. in Geneva on 27 Sept. 1821 and d. there on 11 May 1881. Professor of aesthetics and then of philosophy at that University, he felt keenly… -
Amiens, Diocese of (AMIENS, DIOCESI DI)
In northern France, suffragan of Reims. It comprises the entire territory of the department of the Somme (6,277 sq. km. and 473,916 inhabitants). Catholics… -
Amiot, Joseph
Jesuit missionary in China, b. at Toulon on 8 February 1718, d. at Beijing on 9 October 1793. A versatile mind, in addition to the sacred sciences he devoted… -
Amiroutzes, George (AMIROÚTZES, GIORGIO)
Byzantine Aristotelian philosopher, b. at Trebizond at the beginning of the 15th century, d. suddenly after 1469. Since he belonged to one of the foremost… -
Amitābha (Amitāyus)
One of the countless buddhas of Mahāyāna Buddhism, "the Great Vehicle," systematized, several centuries after its first appearance, by the Indian philosopher… -
Amiternum (AMITERNO)
Ancient diocese of Latium in the land of the Sabines, and a city on the site where the village of S. Vittorino now stands, so called in memory, it seems, of… -
Amitto
A sacred garment of cloth (approx. 0.70 x 0.80 m.), to be placed around the neck and over the shoulders, provided with ribbons to tie its ends on the chest.… -
Amman (Ammon), Kaspar
Augustinian theologian, b. at Hasselt (Liège) around 1450, d. in 1524. He was a master of theology, prior at Lauingen and provincial of his Order (1500-1503… -
Amman, Johann Konrad
Swiss physician, b. in Schaffhausen in 1669, d. in Warmond in 1724. He practiced medicine in Holland, where, finding himself treating a deaf-mute girl, he set… -
Ammannati, Bartolomeo
Architect and sculptor, b. at Settignano on 18 June 1511, d. at Florence on 22 April 1592; a pupil of Baccio Bandinelli, he profited from the influence of… -
Ammannati Piccolomini, Jacopo
Cardinal, b. in 1422, d. in 1479. He studied letters in Florence and took his doctorate in jurisprudence in Siena. He was secretary to Cardinal Domenico… -
Ammia
A Christian woman endowed with the prophetic charism, who probably lived in the first half of the 2nd century in Philadelphia. Her memory is preserved for us… -
Ammiani, Sebastiano
Augustinian, b. at Fano, d. 30 July 1568. In 1547 a student at Rome, he then moved on to Bologna, Pavia, Treviso, teaching until 1557, in which year he was… -
Ammianus, Marcellinus (AMMIANO, MARCELLINO)
A pagan Latin historian of the 4th century, born at Antioch of a noble family. The year of his birth is not known, though it may be held to have occurred… -
Ammirati, Bernardino
Friar Minor, missionary in China, b. at Montalto in Liguria on 17 Nov. 1827, d. at Wuchang on 22 Jan. 1875. He took the religious habit at the retreat of… -
Ammirato, Scipione
Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the retinue of Charles of… -
Ammon
Son of Lot, born from the incest committed by his younger daughter while he, drunk, was sleeping. The Hebrew name 'Ammôn (from ben-'ammî "son of my kinsman")… -
Ammon (AMMONE)
Egyptian deity, worshipped at Thebes (v.). The name was interpreted as "creator of all things," then falsely as "he who hides his name" (Plutarch, De Iside… -
Ammonites (AMMONITI)
A people (Hebr. Bēnē-ʿAmmōn "children of Ammon," twice [1 Sam. 11:11; Ps. 83 Hebr., 8] only ʿAmmōnī, gentilic adjective ʿammōnī; Septuagint υἱοὶ Ἀμμών and… -
Ammonius (AMMONIO)
Scrittore ecclesiastico alessandrino del tempo di Origene. Eusebio (Hist. eccl., VI, 19, 9-10) e dopo di lui s. Girolamo ne lodano gli scritti, ma lo… -
Ammonius of Alexandria (AMMONIO DI ALESSANDRIA)
Priest and steward of the Church of Alexandria, in the second half of the 5th century; in 458 he signed the letter of the bishops of Egypt to the emperor Leo I… -
Ammonius Sacca (AMMONIO SACCA)
Philosopher who lived in Alexandria between 175 and 242 A.D.: he is the founder of Neoplatonism. As a young man he earned his bread as a porter of sacks… -
Ammonius, Saint (AMMONIO, SANTO)
A descendant of a wealthy family of Alexandria, he was a hermit and the principal founder of the monastic colonies of the Nitrian desert in Egypt. After 18… -
Amnesia
Loss of the faculty of remembering, due to alteration of the traces (symbols) impressed in the nerve centers in relation to the individual's representation of… -
Amnon (AMNON)
Firstborn son of David, by his second wife Ahinoam of Jezreel, born in Hebron (II Sam. 3:2). Seized by a wicked passion for his sister Tamar, daughter of David… -
Amolo
Bishop of Lyon from 841 to 852: died on 31 March 852. He wrote against the errors of Gottschalk (v.) concerning predestination: Epistola ad Gotheschalcum; De… -
Amon (AMON)
King (14th) of Judah (probably 641-39 B.C.; F. X. Kugler, A. Pohl: 639-38 B.C.). Son of Manasseh and of Meshullemeth, he succeeded his father at the age of 22.… -
Amon Rie
AMON RIE: v. AMMONE. -
Amores (AMORI)
AMORI: v. GENI. -
Amorites (AMOREI)
Name (Aramaic 'āmōrā', plur. 'āmōrā'ē and in Hebrew form 'ēmōrā'im, "expounder") originally given to the lower Jewish teachers who expounded to the people the… -
Amorrhites (AMORRITI)
A people settled in Canaan before Israel (Hebrew hā-'Emōrī, always with the article and in the singular, Septuagint 'Αμορραῖοι, hence Vulgate Amorrhaei). It is… -
Amort, Eusebius
German theologian of the 18th century, b. at Bibermühle, near Tölz, in Bavaria, on 15 Nov. 1692, d. 5 Feb. 1775. He entered, while still young, the Order of… -
Amortization (AMMORTIZZAZIONE)
In current commercial language, this word has various meanings which agree in indicating the extinction, for the most part gradual, of a debt or of an income… -
Amos (AMOS)
Third of the minor prophets, in the order of the Bible. 1. THE PROPHET. - Asserting that he is "neither a prophet, nor the son of a prophet" (7:14), A.… -
Ampelius, Saint, Martyr (AMPELIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
AMPELIO, santo, martire: v. SATURNINUS, DATIVUS, AMPELIUS and COMPANIONS, Sts., martyrs. -
Ampère, André-Marie
French physicist, mathematician and philosopher, b. at Poleymieux near Lyon on 22 Jan. 1775, d. at Marseille on 11 June 1836. He is the greatest physicist of… -
Amphidromia
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Amphidromies (Ἀμφι-Ἄβρωμα) (ANFIDROMIE (ἈΜΦΙ-ἌΒΡΩΜΑ))
An Attic family festival, whose purpose was to purify the newborn child and all those who had come into contact with it from the ritual impurity connected with… -
Amphilochie, Bishop of Hotin (AMFILOHIE, VESCOVO DI HOTIN)
A Romanian humanist of the 18th century; the dates of his birth and death are uncertain. A mathematician, philosopher and author of the first didactic manuals… -
Amphilochius, Saint (ANFILOCHIO, SANTO)
Bishop of Iconium in Lycaonia, friend of Sts. Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus, born at Caesarea in Cappadocia around 340-45. Trained in the school of Libanius… -
Amphion, Saint (ANFIONE, SANTO)
Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia, he took part in the Councils of Ancyra (314), Neocaesarea (314), and Nicaea (325). An opponent of the Arians, he is commended… -
Amphipolis (ANFIPOLI ('ΑΜΦΙΠΌΛΙΣ))
City of eastern Macedonia (today the village of Neokhori [on], about 5 km from the Aegean Sea, on the river Strymon (today Struma), which surrounds it on two… -
Amphitrite (ANFITRITE ('ΑΜΦΙΤΡΊΤΗ))
Greek sea deity. The name must be the same as that of other marine beings in which the element trit appears: the etymologies from Greek ("current," "mobile")… -
Amplius
The wording of the decisions of the Sacred Congregations (v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE; CURIA ROMANA) is generally drawn up in brief formulas: affirmative ("yes")… -
Ampulla (AMPOLLA)
A small vessel with a narrow neck and a body of varying shape, intended to hold the wine and water for Holy Mass, the holy oils, aromatic essences and the… -
Ampulla of Blood (AMPOLLA DI SANGUE)
With this expression and other similar ones, from the beginning of the 17th century, people have customarily designated those small phials or glass vessels… -
Ampurias and Tempio, Diocese of (AMPURIAS E TEMPIO, DIOCESI DI)
In Sardinia, in the province of Sassari. It embraces the north-eastern territory of the island, roughly comprised within the triangle formed by the Sardinian… -
Amraphel (AMRAFEL (SETTANTA) ἈΜΑΡΡΆΛ))
King of Shinar, who with Arioch (v.) and Tidal followed Chedorlaomer (v.) of Elam in the expedition against the Syro-Palestinian peoples, then against the… -
Amrhein, Andreas
Founder of the Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilia for the Foreign Missions (Benediktiner von St. Ottilien für auswärtige Missionen). Born at Gunzwil… -
Amri (AMRI)
Sixth king of Israel (884-873 B.C.), founder of the fourth dynasty, who ascended the throne in the 27th year of Asa king of Judah (I Kings 16:16-28). He was… -
Amrta
The a., which in the Rgveda (v.) is the drink of the gods, able to confer immortality, has its earthly counterpart in soma, "the pressed one," the fermented… -
Amulet (AMULETO)
A word of uncertain etymology (from Latin amoliri "to remove"?; from Arabic himālah "pendant, hanging ornament"?) that refers to objects believed, wrongly, to… -
Amulio, Marcantonio
Cardinal, of the noble Venetian family da Mula, b. in 1505, d. in Rome on 13 March 1570. Podestà of Venice in 1529 and then ambassador of the Republic to… -
Amun, Saint (AMUN, SANTO)
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Amusements (DIVERTIMENTI)
I. GENERAL NOTIONS. - Etymologically the word d. from diverto means a turning aside, a digression. And in reality d. is a diverting of the tension of the mind… -
Amyot, Jacques
French writer, b. at Melun on 30 Oct. 1513, d. there on 6 Feb. 1593. He studied in Paris, rapidly excelling in his knowledge of the classical world; a priest… -
Amyraut, Moïse
Calvinist theologian, b. at Bourgueil in Sept. 1596, d. at Saumur on 8 Jan. 1664. He studied law at Poitiers, then theology at Saumur, where he was already a…