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Asa (AŠA)
V. AMEŠA SPENTA. ASA. - Third king of Judah after the division of the kingdom, son and successor of Abijah. He reigned 41 years (910-870 B.C.). He repaired the… -
Asaba-Benin, Apostolic Vicariate of (ASABA-BENIN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The mission, entrusted to the Society for African Missions of Lyon, originated from the apostolic prefecture of Upper Niger, which took the name of Western… -
Asahel (ASAEL)
A most agile warrior, nephew of David, son of his sister Zeruiah, younger brother of Joab and Abishai. After the Davidic army, commanded by Joab and Abishai… -
Asam
Family of German artists. HANS GEORG, painter and stucco worker (Rotterdam ca. 1646 - 1711), worked in various monasteries and churches of Bavaria (Tegernsee… -
Asan (Asen)
Name of a Bulgarian dynasty (1186-1258) begun by the three brothers A.: John, Peter and John, who founded the second Bulgarian empire (1186-1396) by raising… -
Asaph (ASAF)
Head of one of the three groups of Temple singers and a sacred poet in the time of David. According to the genealogical tree of I Chron. 6:39-43, he was a… -
Asaph, Saint (ASAF, SANTO)
Bishop of Glasgow, who lived in the 6th century. No literary text has survived concerning the history of this saint, but only local traditions and very brief… -
Asarhaddon (Assur-ahu-iddin «The god Assur gave a brother») (ASARHADDON)
King of Assyria from 681 to 669 B.C. He was the son, perhaps the third, of King Sennacherib (v.), who chose him to succeed him (2 Kings 19:37 = Is. 37:38). His… -
Asbury, Francis
Founder of American Methodism, b. in 1745 at Handsworth, near Birmingham, in England, d. in 1816 at Spotsylvania, near Richmond. From his youth he was a… -
Ascalon (ASCALON)
A Palestinian city between Ashdod and Gaza, almost on the coast. It was a Canaanite center between 2500 and 2000 B.C. It was often subject to Egypt; it appears… -
Ascanio, Nicanore, Blessed (ASCANIO, NICANORE, BEATO)
Spanish Franciscan, martyred in Damascus on 10 July 1860. Born at Villarejo de Salvanco (Madrid) on 10 January 1814, he entered the Order in 1830, but was… -
Ascaricus (ASCARICO)
Bishop of the Asturias in the second half of the 8th century. He addressed to a certain Tuseredo an acrostic on the uncertainty of eternal salvation, formed… -
Ascellino (Asselino, Anselm) (ASCELLINO (ASSELINO, ANSELMO))
Dominican, a native of Lombardy, known for the embassy to the Mongols entrusted to him by Innocent IV. The latter, after the Council of Lyon, wished to send… -
Ascendants (ASCENDENTI)
ASCENDENTI : v. CONSANGUINITÀ; SUCCESSIONI. -
Ascenez (ASCENEZ)
Son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth (Gen. 10:3), designates a branch of the Japhetic stock. Many connect the Aškuza of the cuneiform texts with A., transcribed… -
Ascension (ASCENSIONE)
After appearing repeatedly over forty days, the risen Jesus appeared one last time to the apostles > (photo Alinari) ASCENSION - Detail of the wooden door of… -
Ascension, Islands of (ASCENSIONE, ISOLE)
ASCENSIONE, ISOLE: V. CAPETOWN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. -
Ascension of Isaiah (ASCENSIONE DI ISAIA)
ASCENSION OF ISAIAH: V. ISAIA, ASCENSIONE di. -
Ascetical Theology (ASCETICA, TEOLOGIA)
Systematic doctrine concerning ascesis (v.). The formula "t. a." seems to go back only to the 17th century (in the Franciscan C. Dobrosielski, Summarium… -
Asceticism (ASCESI)
A methodical effort to repress the lower tendencies of nature in order to progressively realize spiritual perfection. SUMMARY: I. Nature. - II. Means. - III.… -
Aschbach, Joseph von
German Catholic historian, b. at Höchst on 29 Apr. 1801, d. at Vienna on 25 Apr. 1882. Having obtained his degree in theology and philosophy at Heidelberg, A.… -
Aschhausen, Johann Gottfried
B. at Oberlauda in 1575, d. at Regensburg in 1622. In 1609 he was elected archbishop of Bamberg by that chapter and in 1617 he also received the diocese of… -
Aschites (ASCHITI)
Heretics who trace back to Montanism (v.). Information about them, not always consistent, comes from the ancient writers on heresies, such as Philastrius… -
Asci
ASCI: v. ESPLORATORI CATTOLICI. -
Asclepiades of Gaza (ASCLEPIADE DI GAZA)
A defender of the consubstantiality of the Word, he was opposed by the Arians, who at the Council of Antioch (330) deposed him from his see. Theodoret reports… -
Asclepius (ASCLEPIO)
ASCLEPIO: v. ESCULAPIO. -
Asclepius (ASCLEPIO)
African bishop, of whom Gennadius writes, De viris illustribus, 73 (PL 58, 1102): "A., an African, from the territory of Baiae (an uncertain locality), a great… -
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) (ESCULAPIO (ἈΣΚΛΗΚΤῸΣ))
Greek god of medicine. Numerous etymologies have been proposed to explain his name, both from Greek and from the Semitic languages; some have also supposed a… -
Ascoli, Graziadio Isaia
Glottologist, b. in 1829 at Gorizia, d. at Milan in 1907. A singular example of a self-taught man, during his youth he amassed an extremely vast knowledge of… -
Ascoli Piceno, Diocese of (ASCOLI PICENO, DIOCESI DI)
A bishopric of the Marches, immediately subject to the Apostolic See from its earliest origins. Already mentioned by Julius Caesar under the name Asculum… -
Ascoli Satriano-Cerignola, Diocese of (ASCOLI SATRIANO-CERIGNOLA, DIOCESI DI)
In Apulia, province of Foggia, suffragan of Benevento. It has 15 parishes, 57 diocesan priests and 18 regulars, 86,921 inhabitants, all Catholics. Residence… -
Aseity (ASEITÀ)
The property of a reality that does not derive its being from another. In Christian philosophy, aseity is a perfection exclusive to God, the underived and… -
Asella, Saint (ASELLA, SANTA)
Roman virgin, died at the beginning of the 5th century. St. Jerome praises her greatly, making known in his letter to Marcella (384) her severe life of… -
Aseneth (ASENETH)
ASENETH (Heb. ʾĀsēnath; Septuagint ʾAσενέθ [in manuscripts of Egyptian origin often ʾAσεννέθ]; Egyptian name: ʾivs-n-nt "she belongs to Neith" [goddess of… -
Asensio, Esteban de
Missionary, b. in Spain in 1527, d. in Colombia in 1585. He was the sixth and last holder of the Franciscan custody of Colombia. He entered the Franciscan… -
Aser (ASER)
Happy —). - 1. Eighth son of Jacob, born in Mesopotamia, after Gad, by Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. Gen. 30:13 explains his name with Leah's words: "In my… -
Asfu, Isole
ASFU, ISOLE: v. ARCIPELAGO DEI NAVIGATORI. -
Asham, Roger
Humanist and educationist, b. at Kirby Wiske (Yorkshire) in 1515, d. 23 Dec. 1568. He cultivated humanistic studies and with special care Greek, of which he… -
Ashanti
ASHANTI (COSTA D'ORO): v. KUMASI. -
Ashdod (ASDOD)
ASDOD: v. AZOTO. -
Ashdod (AZOTO)
One of the five Philistine cities (Josh. 13:3), which always remained such (1 Sam. 5:1-8). At 5 km from the Mediterranean, equidistant (55 km) between Gaza and… -
'Asherah ('ASERĀH)
'ASERĀH: v. ASTARTE. -
Ashi ben Simaj (AŠI BEN SIMAJ)
Babylonian Amora (v.) of the sixth generation, b. in 352 and d. in 427. He reopened the academy of Sura, of which he was the head from 375 until his death. His… -
Ashkenaz (plural Ashkhanazim) (AŠKENAZ (PLUR. AŠKHĀNĀZIM))
In modern Judaism, the name for German Jews, as opposed to Sēphārādh (plur. Sēphardhām). From the 10th century A. in Hebrew literature designates Germany and… -
Ashline Annis
ASHLINE ANNIS: v. KILLA. -
Ashoka (Pāli Aśoka) (AŠOKA (PĀLI AŠOKA))
Emperor of India, nephew of the founder of the Maurya dynasty, Candragupta. Having ascended the throne in 272 B.C., he reigned until 233 and brought the empire… -
Ashot I (ASOT I)
King of Armenia, first of the Bagratid dynasty in 885-90, created by the caliph Muhammad Pullah, at the unanimous request of the Armenian princes. He greatly… -
Ashura (AŠURA)
In the most ancient religious texts of India, the word A., which has its counterpart in the Iranian Ahura, means spirit, god (from asu, vital spirit?). It is… -
Ashurbanipal (Aššur-bāni-aplu "Assur Creates an Heir") (ASSURBANIPAL (AŠŠUR-BĀN-APLU « ASSUR CREA UN EREDE »))
Assyrian king from 669 to 626 B.C., son and successor of Esarhaddon (v.). He brought the campaign against Egypt to completion, defeating Tirhakah (Taharqu) in… -
Ash Wednesday (CENERI, MERCOLEDÌ DELLE)
In the last years of St. Gregory the Great, the Lenten fast began with the Wednesday preceding the First Sunday of Lent, which was therefore called caput… -
Asi
ASI: v. GERMANI, RELIGIONE dei. -
Asia
One of the five largest continents of the earth. SUMMARY: I. Geography. - II. Ethnography and religions. - III. Asia in the Bible. - IV. Christianity in Asia.… -
Asia Minor (Ἀσία ἡ ἐλάττων, ἡ μικρά Ἀσία) (ASIA MINORE. ('ΑΣΊΑ Ἡ ἘΛΆΤΤΩΝ, Ἡ ΜΙΚΡΆ ἈΣΊΑ))
A rather late designation (4th century AD: cf. Orosius, I, 2) that preceded in learned usage the Byzantine-medieval Anatolia (or "Land of the Levant," ἀνατολή… -
Asiatic Civilization, East (ORIENTE ASIATICO, CIVILTÀ DELL')
The peoples who constituted the civilization of Asia and wove its historical fabric are China in the east, India in the south, and Iran in the southwest… -
Asido
Asidonia (today Medina-Sidonia, civil province and diocese of Cadiz, Spain), a diocese of the Visigothic and Mozarabic periods (7th, 12th centuries), today a… -
Asimbolia
From the Greek à privative and σύμβολον, symbol, representative sign; the temporary or permanent disappearance of groups of memories or of representative… -
Asinara, Island of (ASINI, ISOLE)
ASINI, ISOLE: v. COOK, ISOLE. -
Asini, Festa degli
A medieval, paraliturgical religious celebration intended to commemorate the part played by the ass in various episodes of Holy Scripture (the ass of the… -
Asín Palacios, Miguel
Spanish priest and Arabist, b. in Saragossa on 5 July 1871, d. on 12 Aug. 1944. A member of the Royal Spanish Academy (president from 1943), of the Academy of… -
Asioli, Bonifazio
Musician, b. at Correggio on 30 Aug. 1769; d. there on 18 May 1832. He studied composition at Parma and became maestro di cappella of Correggio in 1786; he… -
Asiongaber (ASIONGABER)
A city in Edomite territory on the Red Sea, at the head of the Elanitic Gulf, near Elath (v.), which is present-day el-'Aqabah. There the Israelites camped… -
Ašipu
The A. ("conjurer, exorcist") is one of the major priests of the Babylonian-Assyrian religion. His task is, by means of magical acts, to remove from a person… -
Asir
ASIR: v. ARABIA. -
Askidas, Teodoro
Origenist monk from Palestine. He appears for the first time in history as hegumen of the "New Laura" near Jerusalem, at the Council of Constantinople of 536.… -
Asmara
Residence of the apostolic vicar of Eritrea (v. ERITREA, vicariato apostolico di) and of the ordinary for Catholics of the Ethiopian rite since 1930. The city… -
Asmodeus (ASMODEO)
ASMODEO: v. AESMA DAEVA. -
Asmodeus (ASMODEO)
A demon (Tob. 3:8) who caused the death of the seven husbands of Sarah, daughter of Raguel, from the very first nights of marriage (ibid. 6:14-17). Following… -
Asola, Giovanni Matteo
Musician b. in Verona ca. 1560, d. in Venice on 1 October 1609. The scanty biographical information is inferred from isolated indications in his own works: it… -
A Solis Ortus Cardine
Hymn of the Roman Breviary for Lauds of the feast of Christmas. Its author is Sedulius, a Latin poet of the 5th century. It is the celebration of the birth of… -
Asolo
A small municipality in the Veneto, in the hills of Treviso. It was an episcopal see at the end of the 6th century, when its bishop was among the schismatics… -
Asor (ASOR)
Name of various localities of ancient Palestine. 1. Canaanite stronghold, which Joshua captured and burned (Josh. 11:1, 10, 13), called Aser in Tob. 1:2 (Greek… -
Asperges Me
Formula with which the ritual sprinklings of holy water are performed (v. ASPERSIONE). It is not easy to decide whether the use of the formula always coincided… -
Aspergillum (ASPERSORIO)
È uno strumento di argento, oro od altro metallo, che serve a spruzzare di acqua benedetta le persone e gli oggetti. Oltre le pile per l'acqua santa… -
Aspersion (ASPERSIONE)
It is the act of sprinkling holy water on persons or things, usually using a metal instrument or branches of certain plants (v. ASPERSORIUM). Water has always… -
Asperti, Samuele
Jesuit spiritual director, b. at Gorlago (Bergamo) in 1818, d. at Mantua on June 20, 1896. Ordained a priest at Bergamo, he was for some years a missionary in… -
Aspetti, Tiziano
Sculptor, b. in Padua in 1565 and d. in Pisa in 1607. He remains constantly within the sphere of Tuscan Mannerism, particularly that of Giambologna, tempered… -
Aspromonte, Battle of (ASPROMONTE, SCONTRO DI)
The tortuous attitude of the Rattazzi cabinet, which seemed to promise, if not support, at least benevolent neutrality; the illusion that France would limit… -
Ass (ASINO)
Tra i molti animali che l'arte paleocristiana ha ammesso nel suo repertorio, è da annoverare anche l'a. In un affresco del cimitero di Pretestato (Wilpert… -
Ass, Adoration of the (ASINO, ADORAZIONE DELL')
ASINO, ADORAZIONE dell': v. ACCUSE CONTRO I CRISTIANI. -
As-Sam
AS-SAM: v. DAMASCO. -
Assam
ASSAM: v. SHILLONG. -
Assarotti, Ottavio Giovambattista
Piarist, b. in Genoa on 25 Oct. 1753 and d. there on 24 Jan. 1829. Having entered the congregation of the Pious Schools, he devoted himself with zeal and… -
Assassination Attempt (ATTENTATO)
In the broadest sense of the word, it is any violent act directed against another's right. When its object is a right protected by criminal law, its notion… -
Assemani
Name of four celebrated Catholic Orientalists, belonging to an illustrious Maronite family of Lebanon. The name in Arabic is as-Sim'ānī, not as-Sam'ānī. 1.… -
Assemblies of God (ASSEMBLEE DI DIO)
ASSEMBLEE DI DIO : v. PENTECOSTALI. -
Assent (ASSENSO)
An essential moment of judgment (v.), consisting in the act by which the mind adheres to a proposition, that is, affirms the relation of unity or distinction… -
Assereto, Gioacchino
Painter, b. in Genoa in 1600, d. there on 26 July 1649. First a pupil of Borzone and then of Ansaldo, he produced a great many works, both for Genoa and for… -
Asser, Giovanni
English historiographer, b. in the country of Wales, at Menevia, d. in 909, was raised in the monastery of St. David. He lived for some time at the court of… -
Assessor (ASSESSORE)
He is the one who advises and assists the judge in the study and determination of a case. According to the Roman law of the Republic, the intervention of the… -
Assideans (ASIDEI)
"Pious" men of Judaism in the Maccabean and Hasmonean era. The Hebrew ḥāsidhim "pious" (in the Septuagint 'Aou82[6]os) occurs often in the Old Testament (Ps.… -
Assignies, Jean D'
Belgian Cistercian, ascetical writer, born of a noble family around 1565 at Bauffe, near Chièvres. Having entered the abbey of Cambron, he remained there for… -
Assis, Diocese of (ASSIS, DIOCESI DI)
In the State of São Paulo (Brazil), suffragan of São Paulo, erected on 30 Nov. 1928 with thirteen parishes from the diocese of Botucatu. The Cathedral is… -
Assisi, Diocese of (ASSISI, DIOCESI DI)
In Umbria, in the province of Perugia, it has an area of 352.17 sq km with a population of 34,653 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed among 36 parishes… -
Assistance to Parents (ASSISTENZA AI GENITORI)
ASSISTENZA AI GENITORI: v. GENITORI, ASSISTENZA AI. -
Assistants (ASSISTENTI)
ASSISTENTI: v. PENITENZA. -
Assistant to Study (AIUTANTE DI STUDIO)
He is a clerical employee of the Sacred Congregations and offices of the Holy See and represents the highest grade of the minor officials, below the… -
Assistant to the Papal Throne (ASSISTENTE AL SOGLIO)
It is a high honor, instituted in the 16th century, which is granted to ecclesiastical and secular personages, and which entails the privilege of obtaining a… -
Assiut, Diocese of (ASSIUT, DIOCESI DI)
In Egypt. Pope Pius XII, by the apostolic constitution Ex Petri cathedra, dated 10 Aug. 1947, erected the diocese of A., assigning to it part of the territory… -
Assmayer, Ignaz
Musician, b. in Salzburg on 11 Feb. 1790, d. in Vienna on 31 Aug. 1862. A pupil of Michael Haydn, he was an organist and renowned composer. Master of the Court… -
Association (ASSOCIAZIONE)
The association may be defined as a group of men freely constituted within the State for the attainment of a common purpose through the union of forces. It… -
Associationism (ASSOCIAZIONISMO)
ASSOCIAZIONISMO: v. IDEE, ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE. -
Association of Ideas (ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE IDEE)
ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE IDEE: v. IDEE, ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE. -
Association of Ideas (IDEE, ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE)
It is the fact that the images of consciousness, like ideas and cognitive contents in general, present themselves in connection with one another so that the… -
Association of Sunday Schools (ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE SCUOLE DOMENICALI)
ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE SCUOLE DOMENICALI: v. DOMENICALI, SCUOLE. -
Associations of Catholic Action (ASSOCIAZIONI DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)
ASSOCIAZIONI DI AZIONE CATTOLICA : v. AZIONE CATTOLICA; AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA. -
Assuerus (ASSUERO)
Persian king who is discussed extensively in Esth. (the Septuagint erroneously replaces him with "Artaxerxes"). He also appears in Esd. 4:6; Tob. 14:15 (Greek… -
Assumption (ASSUNZIONE)
This term is customarily used to express the privilege according to which Mary Most Holy, at the end of her earthly life, was glorified in soul and body in… -
Assumptionists (ASSUNZIONISTI)
ASSUNZIONISTI: v. AGOSTINIANI DELL'ASSUNZIONE. -
Assumption of Moses (ASSUNZIONE DI MOSÈ)
ASSUNZIONE di MOSÈ: v. MOSÈ, ASSUNZIONE di. -
Assur (AŠŠUR)
1. DEITY. - National god of the Assyrians, who gave his name to the capital of the kingdom. He is one of the few gods who did not penetrate into Babylonia… -
Assyrians (ASSIRI)
A people settled on the middle Euphrates, thus named from Aššur (v). It was commonly held that they were originally Subareans, who, first colonized by the… -
Assyria, Religion of (ASSIRIA, RELIGIONE DELL')
ASSIRIA, RELIGIONE dell': v. BABILONIA. -
Astalli, Fulvio
Born at Sambuci near Tivoli, of a noble Roman family, died in Rome in 1721. Clement X, bound to him by ties of kinship, enrolled him among the clerics of the… -
Astaroth
A city between the Sea of Galilee and the Auran, the ancient residence of Og, king of Bashan (Josh. 9:10; 12:4). After the conquest of Canaan it was assigned… -
Astarte
It is the Greek name of the principal goddess of the Chaldeans. In the Hebrew text of the Old Testament she is called 'Aštoreth instead of 'Aštereth, with a… -
Astengo, Giambattista
Priest, b. at Savona in 1817, d. near Balaclava on 3 May 1855. Educated in the Piarist Schools, after spending some time among the Capuchins of Genoa, he had… -
Asterisk (ASTERISCO)
Così è denominata una piccola stelletta usata nei libri liturgici per segnare, con pausa, la metà di ogni versetto nei salmi, in modo da facilitare la… -
Asterius, Bishop of Amasea (ASTERIO, VESCOVO DI AMASEA)
He lived between the 4th and 5th centuries, and we have no information about his life, except that, before becoming bishop of Amasea, he was a rhetor and… -
Asterius of Cappadocia (ASTERIO DI CAPPADOCIA)
A rhetorician by profession, described by St. Athanasius as a "many-headed sophist and advocate of the Arian heresy," he was born in Cappadocia to a pagan… -
Asterius of Petra in Arabia, Saint (ASTERIO DI PETRA NELL'ARABIA, SANTO)
He took part with the 80 Eastern bishops in the Council of Sardica (autumn 343); but together with Arius, bishop of Petra in Palestine, he broke away from them… -
Asterius, Saint, Martyr (ASTERIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
ASTERIO, santo, martire: v. CLAUDIO, ASTERIO E NEONE, saints, martyrs. -
Asterius, Turcius Rufus (ASTERIO, TURCIO RUFO)
Consul of the West in 494 A.D.; according to indications in ancient manuscripts, he would have published the Paschale Carmen of Sedulius: but this report is… -
Aster or Asterisk (Ὁ Ἀστήρ. Ὁ Ἀστερίσκος) (ASTER O ASTERISCO (Ὁ ἈΣΤΉΡ. Ὁ ἈΣΤΕΡΊΣΚΟΣ))
It is an instrument made of two metal plates, bent into a semicircle, crossed and sometimes fixed at the crossing point to a star-shaped block. In the… -
Astete, Gaspar
Distinguished Spanish catechist, b. at Salamanca ca. 1537, a Jesuit in 1555; he was master of novices, rector of the Colleges of Burgos and of Villimar; d. at… -
Astigi
ASTIGI: v. SIVIGLIA. -
Aštišad
Ancient city of Armenia, in the province of Duruperan, on the Arazani, a tributary of the Euphrates, very famous in pagan antiquity as a sacred city; it was… -
Astolf, King of the Lombards (ASTOLFO, RE DEI LONGOBARDI)
He succeeded his brother Rachis in 749. Resuming the anti-Byzantine policy of his predecessor, before July 751 he had Ravenna occupied, thereby putting an end… -
Astorini, Pietro Elia
Carmelite, b. in 1651, d. in 1702. Highly cultivated in philosophy and the Oriental languages, lively and open to new ideas, he was anti-Aristotelian. Accused… -
Astorri, Pier Enrico
Sculptor, b. in Paris on 23 July 1882, d. on 30 May 1926. He studied in Piacenza and in Milan. Having won the competition for the statue Piedmont on the altar… -
Astragalus (ASTRAGALO)
ASTRAGALO (Architettura): v. ORDINI ARCHITETTONICI. -
Astrain, Antonio
Jesuit and historian, b. at Undiano (Navarre) on 17 November 1857, d. at Loyola on 4 January 1928. Endowed with excellent qualities as a writer and historian… -
Astral Deities (ASTRALI, DIVINITÀ)
The natural tendency to animate things has also populated the sky, in its planetary and astral manifestations, with divine beings, and woven around them a vast… -
Astrology (ASTROLOGIA)
It is the art of knowing the future by observing the aspect, position and influences of the planets and the constellations. 1. HISTORY. - Such an art was the… -
Astronomical Observatories (OSSERVATORI ASTRONOMICI)
I. HISTORICAL NOTES. - Leaving aside the very ancient Chinese astronomical observatories, about which our information is quite uncertain, it is known that in… -
Astronomy (ASTRONOMIA)
Among ancient peoples, astrology (v.) was the mother of astronomy. Since, according to the common opinion, the destiny of men depended on the constellations… -
Astros, Paul-Thérèse-David de
Cardinal, b. at Tourvès on 15 Oct. 1772, d. at Toulouse on 29 Sept. 1851. He entered the clergy in the year 1790, was ordained a priest in 1807 and shortly… -
Astroy, Barthélemy d'
Belgian Franciscan, famous controversialist and ascetical writer, b. at Ciney (Namur), d. at Liège on 6 Dec. 1681. In his Order he was lector, provincial of… -
Astruc, Jean
French physician, b. 19 March 1684 at Montpellier, where he received his doctorate and distinguished himself in combating the plague, d. 1766 in Paris. Having… -
Astyages (ASTIAGE)
Last king of Media (584-50 B.C.), son of Cyaxares (v.). Around 553 Cyrus (v.), king of Anshan in Susiana and vassal of A., rebelled against his lord, and… -
Aśvaghoṣa (AÇVAGHOŞA)
AÇVAGHOŞA: v. ASVAGHOŞA. -
Aśvaghoṣa (AŠVAGHOŠA)
Indian poet — lyric, epic, dramatic — as well as philosopher and, according to his Tibetan biographer, musician, musical composer and itinerant director of… -
Aśvin (AŠVIN)
To the "lords of horses" (Aśvin) and horsemen, who, awakened by the Dawn, appear together in the morning sky, the Rgveda (v.) dedicates 54 hymns. They are… -
Aśvins (AÇVINI)
AÇVINI: v. AŞVIN. -
Asylum, Right of (ASILO, DIRITTO DI)
It is the right of immunity acquired by one who, guilty or in conflict with the authority that administers justice, takes refuge in a sacred place or near a…