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Aubanel, Théodore
Provençal poet, one of the leaders of the Félibrige (b. at Avignon on 26 March 1829, d. there on 24 Oct. 1886). We recall his two collections: La Miougrano… -
Aubé, Benjamin
Historian, b. in Paris on 1 Dec. 1826, d. there on 24 June 1887. A professor in several lycées in France: Pau, Angoulême, Reims, Orléans, Versailles and Paris… -
Aube Nouvelle
A quarterly periodical of political thought and action, published from 1910 in Paris by the "Sillon Catholique" (v.), with the program of contributing to… -
Aubigné, Jean-Henri Merle d' (AUBIGNÉ, JEAN-HENRY MERLE D')
Born in Geneva in 1794, died there in 1872. Son of the merchant L. Merle. The name d'Aubigné was added to that of the Merle family through Jean's paternal… -
Aubigné, Théodore-Agrippa d'
Born at St-Maury (Pons-Saintonge) on 8 February 1552, died at Geneva on 9 May 1630. A man of arms and a poet, an intransigent partisan of the Calvinist sect in… -
Aubry, Jean-Baptiste
Missionary, b. Oct. 5, 1844 at Ourscamps, d. in Kwei chow on Sept. 10, 1882. He studied at the seminary of Beauvais and then in Rome; a priest in 1868, he was… -
Aubry, Noël-Véran
Ascetical writer, b. at Orgon (Avignon) on 23 March 1719, d. at Avignon on 8 January 1756. Having entered the Congregation of the Mission in 1739, a priest in… -
Aubry, Pierre
Musicologist, b. in Paris on 14 Feb. 1874, d. at Dieppe on 31 Aug. 1910. Learned in the Oriental languages, he was a keen scholar of medieval music; he held… -
Aubusson, Pierre d'
Cardinal, b. in 1423, d. at Rhodes in 1503. Enrolled early in the Order of the Knights of Rhodes, he rose through its ranks to the grand mastership in 1476. He… -
A.U.C.A.M. (A.U.C.A.M.)
It arose in Louvain in 1925 through the work of professors and students, on the initiative of the Jesuit Fr. Charles, with the aim of interesting the educated… -
Auch, Archdiocese of (AUCH, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In Gascony, on the left bank of the Gers, Auch, which today has 133,000 inhabitants, is the metropolis of the dioceses of Aire, Bayonne and Tarbes. Called in… -
Aucher, Giovanni Battista
Mechitarist of Venice, b. in Ancyra in 1762, d. in Venice in 1854. Ordained a priest on 4 Jan. 1786, he was assistant general of the Congregation for 30 years… -
Auckland, Diocese of (AUCKLAND, DIOCESI DI)
In New Zealand, a diocese suffragan to Wellington, erected and entrusted to the secular clergy in 1848 with the division of the apostolic vicariate of Western… -
Auctor Beate Saeculi
This is the hymn of Matins for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, composed in 1763 on the occasion of the first granting of the Mass and Office of the… -
Audace
Known only from the Augustinian epistolary (PL 33, 1075-77; ed. Goldbacher in CSEL, 57, pp. 616-618). He had asked St. Augustine for a long piece of writing… -
Audenzio
Anti-Priscillianist writer of the late 4th century, of whom Gennadius says in De viris illustribus, 14: "A., a Spanish bishop, wrote against the Manichaeans… -
Audi
Heretic, born in Mesopotamia, according to Theodoret "a Syrian by origin and language," A. in the 4th century was archdeacon of the Church of Edessa. In the… -
Audi Benigne Conditor
Hymn of Vespers for the season of Lent, in which the verse unfolds in a tone of humble prayer, asking that the Lord, taking into account our fasts and… -
Audienti
AUDIENTI : v. CATECUMENATO. -
Audientia Episcopalis
AUDIENTIA EPISCOPALIS : v. EPISCOPALIS AUDIENTIA. -
Audientia Sanctissimi
When a grace, faculty, dispensation, etc., is requested from a Congregation or other dicastery of the Roman Curia, which even the head of the Congregation or… -
Audiface, Saint, Martyr (AUDIFACE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
AUDIFACE, santo, martire: v. MARIO, MARTA, AUDIFACE and ABACO, saints, martyrs. -
Audiffredi, Giovanni Battista
Dominican astronomer and bibliographer, b. at Saorgio (Nice) on 2 February 1714, d. at Rome on 4 July 1794. After several years of teaching, in 1759 he was… -
Audin, Jean-Marie-Vincent
French man of letters and publisher, b. in Lyon in 1793 and d. in 1851. Among his writings, almost all of a historico-literary character, such as: Michel Morin… -
Audisio, Guglielmo Andrea
Priest, educator, scholar and teacher of ecclesiastical disciplines, b. at Bra in 1802, d. at Rome on 28 Sept. 1882. After his early studies in the local… -
Auditor Contradictarum
AUDITOR CONTRADICTARUM: v. UDITORE. -
Auditor of His Holiness (UDITORE DI SUA SANTITÀ)
The Auditor of H.H. (Auditor S.mi Domini Nostri Papae, whence the false translation "Most Holy Auditor," iudex sacrarum cognitionum, cognoscens vice sacra) is… -
Auditor of the Rota (UDITORE DI ROTA)
I. In the ancient law of the Church, auditor was considered to be the person to whom the instruction of a case was entrusted; it is in the Decretales that this… -
Audit Tyrannus Anxius
Hymn of Matins for the feast of the Holy Innocents. It is part of Prudentius's Hymnus Epiphaniae and consists precisely of stanzas 24, 25, and 34, in which the… -
Audoen (Ouen), Saint (AUDOENO (OUEN), SANTO)
Born in 610 in the vicinity of Soissons, he was blessed as a child by St. Columbanus; while still young - he then bore the name Dadone - he was sent to the… -
Audomar, Saint (AUDOMARO, SANTO)
Also called Omer, born in the vicinity of Coutances, died on November 1, 670. After embracing the monastic life at Luxeuil together with his father Riulfo, he… -
Auger, Emond
One of the most distinguished of the early French Jesuits. Born in Aleman (Champagne) in 1539, he was admitted into the Society in Rome (1550) and formed by… -
Augier, Émile (AUGIER, EMILE)
Dramatic author b. at Valence in 1820, d. in 1889. A continuator of Ponsard, he in turn reacted against Romanticism, causing what was called the "school of… -
Augouard, Prosper-Philippe
Titular Bishop of Sinta, vicar apostolic of the French Congo. Born at Poitiers on 16 September 1852, he entered the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and was… -
Augsburg (Augusta), Diocese of (AUGUSTA (AUGSBURG), DIOCESI DI)
The diocese of A., the most important center of Bavaria after Munich, comprises the southwestern part of this region, with 1,200,000 inhabitants, of whom… -
Augurium Canarium
One of the feriae conceptivae (movable feasts) of Roman paganism. It was fixed from year to year by the pontiffs at a determined period in the phase of the… -
Augurs (ÀUGURI)
Roman priests expert in divination, who from the species, flight, number and song of birds interpreted the divine will, both for private affairs, through the… -
Augusti, Friedrich Albrecht
Exegete, born a Jew in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1696, converted to Lutheranism in 1722, and became pastor at Eschenbergen (Gotha) in 1734, where he died in… -
Augusti, Johann Christian Wilhelm
German Protestant theologian, b. 27 Oct. 1771 at Eschenbergen, d. at Koblenz on 28 Apr. 1841. In 1803 he was professor of theology at Breslau, in 1819 at Bonn.… -
Augustine, Bishop of Canterbury, Saint (AGOSTINO, VESCOVO DI CANTERBURY, SANTO)
Apart from a vague notice by Leo III (PL 102, 1032) which calls him a companion (syncellus) of St. Gregory the Great, his life before the year 596 is… -
Augustine of Alfeld (Aveldensis) (AGOSTINO D'ALFELD (AVELDENSIS))
German Franciscan controversialist, b. at Alfeld (Hanover) in the second half of the 15th century and d. after the year 1532. He held the office of lector in… -
Augustine of Ascoli (AGOSTINO DA ASCOLI)
Augustinian. He was among the first Doctors of his Order after the union, and carried on his scholarly activity at the end of the 13th century. A master in… -
Augustine of Dacia (Dacus) (AGOSTINO DI DACIA (DACUS))
Dominican from Dacia (the medieval Latin designation for Scandinavia), d. 1285. He was provincial of Dacia for 22 years, from 1254 to 1266, and from 1272 until… -
Augustine of Hippo, Saint, Bishop of Hippo (AGOSTINO AURELIO, VESCOVO DI IPPONA, SANTO)
One of the four great Doctors of the Western Church. SUMMARY: I. The man. - II. The works. - III. The doctrine. - IV. The pedagogy. - V. Conclusion. I. THE… -
Augustinian Nuns (AGOSTINIANE, MONACHE)
They trace their origin to St. Augustine. In the 4th century, there already existed in Africa virgins consecrated to God who received the sacred veil from the… -
Augustinian Nuns of the Sacred Heart of Mary (AGOSTINIANE DEL SACRO CUORE DI MARIA)
Their origin is unknown. In 1678 the Augustinian Nuns of Tours opened two houses at Saumur, one of which took over the direction of the hospital existing… -
Augustinian Recollects (AGOSTINIANE RECOLLETTE)
In the 16th century, while among the Augustinians of Spain that reform was beginning which gave rise to the Order of the Recollects (v.) of St. Augustine, the… -
Augustinians (AGOSTINIANI)
AGOSTINIANI: v. RECOLLETTI; ROMITANI DI SANT'AGOSTINO; ROMITANI SCALZI. -
Augustinians of the Assumption (AGOSTINIANI DELL'ASSUNZIONE)
Religious congregation founded in 1845 by Fr. Emmanuel d'Alzon (v.). Its chief purpose is to work for the restoration of higher education according to the… -
Augustinism (Augustinianism) (AGOSTINISMO (AGOSTINIANISMO))
Not only in the history of dogma did the bishop of Hippo exercise an influence of incalculable scope, but also upon the orientation of Western thought, outside… -
Augustinus Beroius
AUGUSTINUS BEROIUS: v. BERO AUGUSTIN. -
Augustus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (AUGUSTO, GAIO GIULIO CESARE OTTAVIANO)
Son of Gaius Octavius and of Atia (daughter of Julia, the younger sister of Julius Caesar), born on 23 September 63 B.C. (691 of Rome), he was adopted and… -
Aula Capitolare
AULA CAPITOLARE: V. CAPITOLO. -
Aulard, François-Victor-Alphonse
Historian of the French Revolution, b. at Montbron on 19 July 1849, d. at Paris on 23 Oct. 1928. Professor of history at the Sorbonne from 1885 to 1922, editor… -
Aumaître, Pierre
One of the last martyrs of Korea. Born on 8 April 1837 at Aizecq, he entered the Paris Foreign Missions in 1859, became a priest in 1862, and set out that same… -
Aunacario (Aunario), Saint (AUNACARIO (AUNARIO), SANTO)
From a noble family, educated at the court of Gontran, king of Burgundy, he was admitted to the sacred Orders by Siagrius, bishop of Autun. Raised to the… -
Auner, Carol
Priest and publicist, b. in Venice in 1865 and d. in Bucharest in 1932. He studied at the Catholic Seminary of Bucharest. He was a canon of the metropolitan… -
Auran (AURAN)
A northern region of Transjordan, of volcanic origin, bounded by Damascus to the north, the Jordan and the Lake of Gennesaret to the west, the tributary Jarmuk… -
Aurea, Saint, Martyr (AUREA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
The date of her martyrdom in Ostia is uncertain. The Passio of A., in Greek Chrysé, and the other Passiones in which she appears are without value. The… -
Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus), Roman Emperor (AURELIANO (LUCIUS DOMITIUS AURELIANUS), IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Born in Pannonia, he was a valiant soldier and commander; he ascended the throne in 270, in a period that was very sad for the empire. To defend Rome he had… -
Aurelian of Arles (AURELIANO DI ARLES)
He governed the episcopal see of this city in the years 546-55. For the two monasteries founded by the Frankish king Childebert at Arles, one for men and… -
Aurelian of Reomé (AURELIANO DI REOMÉ)
French monk who lived in the 9th century. His treatise De musicae disciplina, written around 830, of which two manuscripts survive, one in the abbey of St.… -
Aureli (Aurel), Cesare
Sculptor, b. and d. in Rome (1844-1923). His most significant works are the statue of Cardinal Massaia (1893) in the church of the Franciscans at Tuscolo, near… -
Aureli, Hypogeum of the (AURELI, IPOGEO DEGLI)
Discovered in Rome in 1919 near the Viale Manzoni, this burial complex consists of four chambers built at different levels and made up of an atrium and three… -
Aurelio, Saint (AURELIO, SANTO)
Bishop of Carthage and primate of the African Church from 392 to c. 429. While still a deacon he showed great charity toward the poor and zeal for the purity… -
Aureola
AUREOLA: V. NIMBO. -
Aureoli (Auriole, Oriole, etc.), Pietro (AUREOLI (AURIOLE, ORIOLE, ECC.), PIETRO)
Franciscan philosopher and theologian, b. in the diocese of Cahors ca. 1280 (?), d. at Avignon or Aix on 10 (?) January 1322. Nothing is known about the early… -
Auria, Bernardino Bonifacio, Marquis D' (AURIA, BERNARDINO BONIFACIO, MARCHESE D')
AURIA, BERNARDINO BONIFACIO, marchese d': v. BONIFACIO BERNARDINO. -
Auriemma, Tomaso (AURIEMMA TOMASO)
Jesuit ascetical writer, b. in Naples probably in 1614, d. there on 26 Nov. 1671. A religious from 1632, he taught letters and moral theology, then was a rural… -
Aurifaber (Goldsmid), Aegidius
Ascetical writer of the Charterhouse of Würzburg (Germany), d. 20 February 1466 as vicar of the Charterhouse of Zierikzee (island of Schouwen, Holland). He… -
Aurifex Buonfigli, Nicola
Italian Carmelite, b. around 1529 in Siena, where he took the Carmelite habit and earned a doctorate in theology; d. in Siena in 1601. In 1565 he was numbered… -
Auriol
French town in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, famous for two early Christian altars of singular shape, destroyed along with their church by the Revolution… -
Auriol, Pierre d'
AURIOL, PIERRE d': v. AUREOLI. -
Aurispa, Giovanni
Humanist, b. perhaps at Noto, in Sicily, probably in 1569, d. in Ferrara in 1459. He studied at Naples, where he was in the time of Ladislaus of Anjou-Durazzo… -
Aurogallus (Goldhahn), Matthaeus
Lutheran philologist, b. around 1490 at Komotau (Bohemia); having come to Wittenberg (1519), he became professor of Hebrew there (1521), on the recommendation… -
Aurora
Daily newspaper published in Rome from January 1, 1880 to July 11, 1881. It was founded under the auspices of Leo XIII, chiefly through the efforts of the… -
Aurora Caelum Purpurat
Hymn of the Breviary for Lauds in Paschal time, contained in manuscripts of the 9th century. From the stanzas, which flow nimbly and joyfully, bursts forth all… -
Aurora Iam Spargit Polum
Hymn for Lauds of Saturday, contained in manuscripts of the 9th century. As the light of the rising day puts the darkness of night to flight, so divine grace… -
Aurora Islands (AURORA, ISOLE)
AURORA, ISOLE: v. NUOVE EBIDII ISOLE. -
Aurora Soli Praevia
Hymn of Lauds for the feast of the Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes, composed in 1890, the year of the approval of the Office (S. R. Cong., Decreta 1890, fol.… -
Auscentius, Bishop of Durostorum (AUSSENZIO VESCOVO DI DUROSTORO)
He lived in Moesia Secunda (Silistria, in Bulgaria), in the 4th century, a disciple of Ulfilas, the apostle of the Goths, whose life he recounted and whose… -
Ausculta Fili
Bull that Pope Boniface VIII addressed on 5 Dec. 1301 to Philip the Fair, king of France. It begins with the same words as the rule of St. Benedict. In it the… -
Ausonius (AUSONIO)
Decimus Magnus Ausonius, b. at Bordeaux ca. 310, after a thorough literary education, taught in his homeland for thirty years, first grammar and then rhetoric.… -
Auspicio
From Latin auspicium, from avis bird and spe(i)cio I see. Among the Romans the announcers of the divine will were above all birds (ex avibus): later (Servius… -
Auspicius, Bishop of Toul (AUSPICIO, VESCOVO DI TOUL)
He is mentioned twice by Apollinaris Sidonius (Ep., IV, 17; VII, 10). We have from him a poetic letter, written around 475-80, to Arbogast count of Trier, in… -
Austin, Diocese of (AUSTIN, DIOCESI DI)
Pope Pius XII, by the apostolic constitution Ad animarum bonum of 15 Nov. 1947, created the new diocese of A. (Texas, United States), assigning to it territory… -
Australasia
With this term some geographers designate Indonesia or the Indian Archipelago (Dutch Indies); others, however, use it for the whole of Australia, the Malay… -
Australia
The smallest of the continents (about 3/4 the size of Europe), the farthest from Europe and the only one situated entirely in the southern hemisphere (setting… -
Austria
A state of central Europe, comprising almost the entire northern slope of the eastern Alps, from the Swiss border (Vorarlberg) to the Burgenland with the… -
Autarchy (AUTARCHIA)
Depending on whether it derives from αὐτάρχια or αὐτάρχια, the term takes on the sense of self-government or of self-sufficiency. The first finds application… -
Authentication (AUTENTICAZIONE)
It is the attribution to a document, a writing or another object of the force of constituting public proof and providing full evidence. Authentication… -
Authority (AUTORITÀ)
In a broad sense authority means any power existing in a superior over subjects, to direct, govern and, if need be, coerce. Authority can be of natural origin… -
Authorization (AUTORIZZAZIONE)
AUTORIZZAZIONE: v. BENEPLACITO; LICENZA. -
Author, Right of (AUTORE, DIRITTO DI)
AUTORE, DIRITTO DI: v. PROPRIETÀ IMMATERIALE. -
Autocephalous Churches (AUTOCEFALE, CHIESE)
"Autocephalous Churches" is the general name for particular Churches that do not depend on any other Church and govern themselves in a completely independent… -
Autocitisi (Autos 'Self' and Ktisis 'Creation') (AUTOCITISI (ΑΥ̓ΤΌΣ «STESSO» E ΚΤΊΣΙΣ «CREAZIONE»))
Self-creation, positing of oneself. The word goes back to B. Spaventa; the concept is central to Gentile's actualism, which conceives reality as the immanent… -
Autocracy (AUTOCRAZIA)
The nominal definition defines the concept of a., which, deriving from αὐτός and κράτος, includes the idea of a force free from any moral and juridical limit.… -
Auto da Fé
According to our lexicographers the a. d. f., a Spanish-Portuguese phrase, would be "the execution of a sentence of the tribunal of the Inquisition"… -
Autodecision (AUTODECISIONE)
The faculty or right of peoples to dispose freely of themselves is designated by the term self-determination or self-disposition. Unknown to international law… -
Autoeducation (AUTOEDUCAZIONE)
AUTOEDUCAZIONE : v. EDUCAZIONE. -
Autofecundation (AUTOFECONDAZIONE)
AUTOFECONDAZIONE : v. FECONDAZIONE. -
Automatism (AUTOMATISMO)
Those actions of the psyche or of the body are called automatic (from the Greek αὐτοματίζω [αὐτόματος], "to move, to act of oneself, by one's own impulse")… -
Autonomy (AUTONOMIA)
From the Greek αὐτονομία, it is, in general, the faculty of governing oneself by one's own laws. I. SOCIAL AUTONOMY. - The principle of the a. of the will… -
Autos
This name designates one-act dramatic compositions on a religious subject, which in Spain reached their period of greatest perfection and success with… -
Autpert, Ambrose (AUTPERTO, AMBROGIO)
Ecclesiastical writer, born of a distinguished family at the beginning of the 8th century in France (Provence? Aquitaine?). He received a careful education… -
Autun, Diocese of (AUTUN, DIOCESI DI)
In central-eastern France, in the department of Saône-et-Loire. The episcopal see is at A., situated on a small hill in the area between the Côte d'Or and the… -
Auxentius (Auxentios), Intrusive Bishop of Milan (AUSSENZIO ('ΑΥΞΉΝΤΙΟΣ), VESCOVO INTRUSO DI MILANO)
The emperor Constantius, having driven Bishop Dionysius from Milan, enthroned there the Arian A. (355). He held the see until his death, which occurred in 374… -
Auxerre
Capital of the department of Yonne (France). Near the settlement of the Gallic Senones, called Autricum, the Romans built a new city, Autessiodorum, furnished… -
Auxiliaries, Saints (AUSILIATORI, SANTI)
This name designates a group of 14 saints to whose intercession the Christian people are accustomed to have recourse in difficult moments: Acacius (May 8)… -
Auxiliary (AUSILIARE)
AUSILIARE: v. COADIUTORE. -
Auxiliatrices of the Souls in Purgatory (AUSILIATRICI DELLE ANIME PURGANTI)
Congregation founded in Paris by Mother Mary of Providence (Eugénie Smet) at the encouragement of St. John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, in 1856. The purpose of…