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Aqrabbim (ACRABBIM)
A locality situated between the Dead Sea and the desert of Zin (Num. 34:3-4; Josh. 15:2-3), on the road that climbed from Sela (Petra) to Hebron (Judg. 1:36).… -
Aqra of the Chaldeans (AQRA DEI CALDEI)
AQRA dei CALDEI: v. AKRA dei CALDEI. -
Aquaelicium
A Roman sacro-magical ceremony, public, since the pontiffs and magistrates took part in it in expiatory attire, that is, without the praetexta toga and with… -
Aquarians (ACQUARIANI)
Heretics who appeared in the 2nd century, who substituted water for wine in the celebration of the Eucharist. This practice was common among the Ebionites and… -
Aquarius, Mattia dei Gibboni
Dominican theologian, b. at Aquaro, near Eboli, on an uncertain date, and d. in 1591 in the convent of St. Dominic in Naples. He studied at Bologna (1558), was… -
Aquatint (ACQUATINTA)
An engraving technique which, on its own or combined with etching (v.) or drypoint (v.), produces various gradations of chiaroscuro very similar to those of… -
Aquila
AQUILA: v. L'AQUILA. AQUILA (translator of the Bible): V. GRECHE, VERSIONI della BIBBIA. -
Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca) (AQUILA E PRISCILLA (PRISCA))
Jewish-Christian spouses, "co-workers" of St. Paul (Rom. 16:3). Having come from Rome following the decree of Claudius (year 49-50) that expelled the Jews… -
Aquila, Kaspar
Lutheran theologian, b. in 1488 at Augsburg, where his father was mayor, and d. at Saalfeld in 1560. He completed his education at the university of his native… -
Aquileia
Today a village of Friuli in the province of Udine, near the lagoon of Grado, on the river Nattissa, which connects it to the sea. It has barely 1,200… -
Aquilini, Ignazio
Dominican from Amata, born in Ragusa in 1632, died there in the convent of Val di Noce on 7 April 1715. His studies, undertaken in Bologna, prepared him for… -
Aquilio, Antonio
AQUILIO, ANTONIO: V. ANTONIAZZO ROMANO. -
Aquino, Carlo D'
Born in Naples in 1654, died in Rome in 1737. A Jesuit in 1669, he taught rhetoric in Rome, and was rector at Tivoli. He was a member of the Accademia degli… -
Aquino, Filippo D' (Giuda Mordechai)
Hebraist, b. at Avignon or Carpentras (2nd half of the 16th century), d. at Paris in 1650. He converted from Judaism and was baptized at Aquino, whence he took… -
Aquino, Ladislao D'
Cardinal, b. in Naples around 1546, from the family of St. Thomas, d. in Rome in 1621. Pius V opened the path of a prelate's career to him, calling him to… -
Aquino-Sora-Pontecorvo, Diocese of (AQUINO-SORA-PONTECORVO, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Frosinone, immediately subject to the Holy See. It has 191,000 inhabitants, distributed among 88 parishes. The diocesan priests number 159.… -
Aquitaine (AQUITANIA)
A natural region of southwestern France, bounded by the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and the Atlantic Ocean, already inhabited by tribes of Iberian stock.…