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Atamboea [Atambua], Apostolic Vicariate of (ATAMBOEA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In Indonesia. It comprises the western part, under Dutch rule, of the island of Timor, the largest of the islands of the Lesser Sunda, and the islands of Roti… -
Atargatis
She is the principal goddess of the Arameans (Syrians). The name is composed of two elements: the Semitic 'Aytar-Astarte-Ishtar and 'ata. The meaning of this… -
Atavism (ATAVISMO)
The reappearance of morphological, physiological, or psychic hereditary characters from more or less distant ancestors, often very distant ones, which had… -
Atella
An ancient episcopal see in Campania, between Naples and Capua, whose ruins emerge in the territory comprised between the villages of S. Arpino, Grupo and… -
Aten
ATEN (ATON): v. AMENOFI. -
Aterrado, Diocese of (ATERRADO, DIOCESI DI)
In the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil), erected on 8 July 1918 with 16 parishes of the archdiocese of Mariana and 2 of the diocese of Uberaba, suffragan of… -
Athalia (ATALIA (ATHALIA))
Wicked queen of Judah, daughter of Ahab, king of Samaria, and of Jezebel (v.) of Tyre. She was the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah. She brought with her the… -
Athanaric (ATANARICO)
Visigothic chieftain, son of Rothesteus, "judge", that is, chief of the Tervingi settled on the Danube, antagonist of Fritigern. In the struggle against the… -
Athanasian (Pseudo-) Creed (ATANASIANO (PSEUDO), SIMBOLO)
ATANASIANO (PSEUDO), SIMBOLO: V. SIMBOLO ATANASIANO. -
Athanasius, African Bishop (ATANASIO, VESCOVO AFRICANO)
Named by Sozomen (Hist. eccl., IV, 15) in connection with the fourth Council of Sirmium (358). He was at the court of the emperor Constantius with three other… -
Athanasius, Bishop of Anazarbo (ATANASIO VESCOVO DI ANAZARBO)
A disciple of Lucian of Antioch mentioned by Arius, in his letters to Eusebius of Nicomedia, among the bishops who accepted his doctrine (Theodoret, Hist.… -
Athanasius, Bishop of Ancyra (ATANASIO VESCOVO DI ANCIRA)
He was consecrated by Acacius of Caesarea in Palestine, leader of the Homoeans, as successor of Basil of Ancira, leader of the Homoeousians exiled by the… -
Athanasius I, Gammāl (ATANASIO I, GAMMĀL)
Born at Samosata, died in 630-31. He was a monk at Qinneshrin. When he was elected patriarch in 594-95, he was working as a camel driver out of humility in the… -
Athanasius III (II), Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria (ATANASIO III (II), PATRIARCA MELKITA DI ALESSANDRIA)
Died in Crete or in Sinai between 1316 and 1320. A monk at Sinai, he became dissident patriarch of Alexandria in 1276. Because of the harassment of the Mamluks… -
Athanasius of Naples, Saint (ATANASIO DI NAPOLI, SANTO)
Bishop of Naples from 22 Dec. 849 to 15 July 872; son of the famous Neapolitan duke Sergius and of Drosa, his wife, he was born, according to the anonymous… -
Athanasius of Paros (ATANASIO DI PARO)
Greek theologian and dissident polemicist, b. on the island of Paros around 1725, d. on the island of Chios on 24 June 1813. Having chosen the monastic life… -
Athanasius, Saint (ATANASIO, SANTO)
Bishop of Alexandria, Father and Doctor of the Church. 1. LIFE. - As troubled as can be, it is intertwined and almost entirely merged with the history of the… -
Athanasius, Varuchas (ATANASIO, VARUCHAS)
Cretan hieromonk, d. 1708, author and translator of many ascetic books. Worth noting: 1) the translation into Modern Greek of the Ladder of St. John Climacus… -
Atharva Veda
ATHARVA VEDA: V. VEDA. -
Atheism (ATEISMO)
Theory that denies the existence of a personal God. SUMMARY: I. Notion, division and possibility. - II. History and philosophical systems. - III. Doctrine of… -
Athenagoras (ATENAGORA)
An Athenian and philosopher, one of the earliest Christian apologists. I. LIFE. - The almost sole source for the life of A. is his works. Among the ancients… -
Athena (Ἀθήνη) (ATENA ('ΑΘΉΝΗ))
Goddess of Greece. The name, probably pre-Hellenic, must perhaps be connected with that of the Greek city that venerated her most, Athens: for some the goddess… -
Athens (Ἀθ/νχ) (ATENE ('ΑΘ/ΝΧΙ))
Capital of Attica and of the present Kingdom of Greece. SUMMARY: I. A. in antiquity. - II. A. in the Bible. - III. Christianity in A. - IV. Churches and… -
Athleta Christi Nobilis
Hymn of Matins for the feast of St. Venantius martyr, by an unknown author. It was inserted into the breviary in 1670 by Clement X, formerly bishop of… -
Athos, Mount (ATHOS, MONTE)
It is the easternmost of the three peninsulas that extend southward from the Chalcidian peninsula. It is almost 50 km long and on average 5 to 7 wide. Running… -
Atienza, Juan de
Jesuit missionary. Born at Tordehumos (Valladolid) in 1542, died at Lima on 1 November 1592. A Jesuit in 1564, he was a professor of philosophy, rector of the… -
Atmosphere (ATMOSFERA)
ATMOSFERA: v. METEREOLOGIA. -
Atom (ATOMO)
ATOMO (SISTEMA PERIODICO ISOTOPI): v. MATERIA. -
Atomic Nucleus (NUCLEO ATOMICO)
The study undertaken to discover the intimate constitution of chemical atoms led to the conclusion that every atom really consists of a nucleus and a… -
Atomism (ATOMISMO)
Philosophical and scientific theory that resolves reality into an aggregate of indivisible primary elements, called atoms (from the Greek ἄνωσις… -
Aton
From itu "the disk," this was the proper name of the sun disk, which Amenhotep IV (v. AMENOPHIS IV) adopted as the sole divinity of Egypt, bringing about a… -
Atonement (ESPIAZIONE)
The act by which (either by the sinner himself or by others in his stead) the offense and the wrong done to the divinity by sin are repaired. Like the idea of… -
Atonement, Society of the (ATONEMENT, SOCIETÀ DELL')
ATONEMENT, SOCIETÀ dell': v. RIPARAZIONE. -
Atri
ATRI: v. PENNE. -
Atripalda
ATRIPALDA: v. AVELLINO. > (from P. Crostaroue, Le basiliche cristiane, Rome 1192) > ATRIUM - Reconstruction of the atrium of the ancient basilica of St. Peter. -
Atrium (Atrion, Aidrion) (ATRIO (A-TRIUM, ΑἸΔΡΊΟΝ))
In the Christian architecture of the early centuries it consists of an open space placed directly in front of the church's facade and surrounded by porticoes… -
Attalids (ATTALIDI)
Dynasty of the kings of Pergamon of the Hellenistic period (282-133 B.C.). Its founder was PHILETAERUS (282-262), who was succeeded by EUMENES I (262-241), and… -
Attalo of Petovio (Pettau) (ATTALO DI PETOVIO (PETTAU))
In the 4th century he was a disciple of the Arian Julian Valens, the intruded bishop of that city. After having accepted the Nicene creed, he suddenly returned… -
Attalus of Pergamum, Saint, Martyr (ATTALO DI PERGAMO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
ATTALO di PERGAMO, santo, martire: v. LIONE, SANTI, MARTIRI di. -
Attanasio, Enrico
Priest, orator and writer, b. in Naples in 1831, d. there in 1903. A companion in studies and in tendencies of Fr. Capecelatro, a friend of Fr. Ludovico da… -
Attavanti, Attavante degli
Illuminator, b. perhaps in 1452 at Castelfiorentino, d. not later than 1517. A great number of works by him survive, almost all signed. Of these latter the… -
Attempted Crime (TENTATIVO DI DELITTO)
The notion of attempt (conatus) was outlined by the Italian jurists of the Middle Ages, who correctly recognized its essence in cogitare, agere sed non… -
Attention (ATTENZIONE)
I. PHILOSOPHY. - From the Latin ad and tendere, it is the convergence or direction of consciousness (v.) upon some object of the world, whether external or… -
Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (ATTICO, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
Born at Sebaste, in Armenia, and having gone to Constantinople, he was among the most bitter opponents of St. John Chrysostom and testified against him at the… -
Attila
He was the leader of the Huns around the middle of the 5th century, at first together with his brother Bleda, then, after the latter was killed, alone. He… -
Attilanus, Saint (ATTILANO, SANTO)
Bishop of Zamora. When, at the end of the 9th century, Alfonso III, king of the Asturias (d. 910), reconquered from the Arabs the cities of León and Zamora, he… -
Attimis, Tristano de
Jesuit missionary and martyr; born on July 28, 1707 at Attimis, in Friuli, into a noble family; in 1725 he entered the Society of Jesus at Bologna; in 1743 he… -
Attiret, Jean-Denis
Painter and Jesuit missionary, b. at Dôle on 31 July 1702, d. at Peking on 8 Dec. 1768. Trained in his family in the art of painting and perfected in Rome, he… -
Attis
ATTIS: v. CIBELE, MISTERI di. -
Attribute (ATTRIBUTO)
In grammar it is an accidental element of the proposition and can be a pronoun, a numeral, a participle and, more often, an adjective. In logic it is an… -
Attrition (ATTRIZIONE)
It is the act by which man detests sin for a supernatural motive but one inferior to pure love. For a twofold love of God is distinguished: that of… -
Atum (ATŪM)
In ancient Egyptian: jtm. vocalized as 'atōm, for now without etymology, was the primordial god of Heliopolis: the "Heliopolitan." His temple was called "the…