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'Aqibā' (or 'Aqibā') ben Josef, Rabbi('AQIBĀ' (O 'AQIBĀ') BEN JOSEF, RABBĪ)Vol. I, p. 1018 'AQIBĀ' (or 'Aqibā') ben JOSEF, Rabbī. — One of the principal tannaitic doctors, born in Judea around 40, died in 137. Legend has adorned his life with marvels…
Aqra of the Chaldeans(AQRA DEI CALDEI)Vol. I, p. 1018 AQRA dei CALDEI: v. AKRA dei CALDEI.
Aqrabbim (Hebrew Ma'aleh 'Aqrabbim "Ascent of Scorpions")(ACRABBIM (EBR. MA'ALEH 'AQRABBIM «SALITA DEGLI SCORPIONI»))Vol. I, p. 173 ACRABBIM (Heb. Ma'aleh 'aqrabbim, “ascent of the scorpions”). - A locality situated between the Dead Sea and the wilderness of Sin (Num. 34, 3-4; Ios. 15,…
AquaeliciumVol. I, p. 1018 AQUAELICIUM. - A public Roman sacred-magical ceremony, since the pontiffs and magistrates took part in it in expiatory dress, that is, without the toga…
Aquarians(ACQUARIANI)Vol. I, p. 167 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…
Aquarius, Mattia dei GibboniVol. I, p. 1018 AQUARIUS, MATTIA dei GIBBONI. - Dominican theologian, born at Aquaro, near Eboli, on an uncertain date, and died in 1591 in the convent of S. Domenico in…
Aquatint(ACQUATINTA)Vol. I, p. 169 ACQUATINTA. - A method of engraving which, by itself or combined with etching (v.) or drypoint (v.), produces various gradations of chiaroscuro very similar to…
Aqueducts, Vitale(ACQUEDOTTI, VITALE)Vol. I, p. 171 ACQUEDOTTI, VITALE. – Monk of the Camaldolese monastery of S. Apollinare in Classe. He left a manuscript work entitled De antiquitate Classitanae Urbis atque…
AquilaVol. I, p. 1019 AQUILA: v. L'AQUILA. AQUILA (translator of the Bible): V. GRECHE, VERSIONI della BIBBIA.
Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca)(AQUILA E PRISCILLA (PRISCA))Vol. I, p. 1019 AQUILA and PRISCILLA (PRISCA). — Jewish-Christian spouses, “co-workers” of St. Paolo (Rom. 16:3). Coming from Rome following the decree of Claudius (A.D.…
Aquila, KasparVol. I, p. 1019 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…
AquileiaVol. I, p. 1019 AQUILEIA. — Today a village of Friuli in the province of Udine, near the lagoon of Grado, on the Nattissa River, which connects it with the sea. It has barely…
Aquilini, IgnazioVol. I, p. 1022 AQUILINI, IGNAZIO. – Dominican of Amata, born at Ragusa in 1632, died there in the convent of Val di Noce on 7 April 1715. His studies, pursued at Bologna,…
Aquilio, AntonioVol. I, p. 1022 AQUILIO, ANTONIO: V. ANTONIAZZO ROMANO.
Aquino, Carlo D'Vol. I, p. 1022 AQUINO, CARLO d'. — Born in Naples in 1654, died in Rome in 1737. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1669, taught rhetoric in Rome, and was rector at Tivoli.…
Aquino, Filippo D' (Giuda Mordechai)Vol. I, p. 1022 AQUINO, FILIPPO d' (GIUDA MORDECHAI). — Hebraist, b. at Avignon or Carpentras (second half of the sixteenth century), d. in Paris in 1650. He converted from…
Aquino, Ladislao D'Vol. I, p. 1022 AQUINO, LADISLAO d'. - Cardinal, born in Napoli around 1546, of the family of s. Tommaso, died in Roma in 1621. Pio V opened the way to a prelatic career for…
Aquino-Sora-Pontecorvo, Diocese of(AQUINO-SORA-PONTECORVO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 1025 AQUINO-SORA-PONTECORVO, DIOCESE of. — In the province of Frosinone, immediately subject to the Holy See. It has 191,000 inhabitants, distributed among 88…
AquitaniaVol. I, p. 1026 AQUITANIA. – Natural region of south-western France, bounded by the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, and the Atlantic Ocean, formerly inhabited by tribes of…
