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Azara, José Nicolás de, Marchese di Nibbiano (AZARA, JOSÉ NICOLAS DE, MARCHESE DI NIBIANO)
Aragonese politician and diplomat, b. in 1730, d. in 1804. He was a follower of the philosophy and systems of the Encyclopedists. Appointed general agent of… -
Azariah (AZARIA)
AZARIA (OZIA): v. OZIA. -
Azarian, Aristace (Aristakes)
Second abbot general of the Mechitarist monks of Vienna; titular archbishop of Caesarea, b. in Constantinople on 28 July 1782. He studied in Rome at the… -
Azarias (AZARIA)
Name of many biblical figures (from 25 to 30), of whom the most important are: 1) A., son of Ahimaaz (v.), was a minister of Solomon, and was probably the… -
Azazel
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Azeglio, Cesare Taparelli, Marquis d' (AZEGLIO, CESARE TAPARELLI, MARCHESE D')
Zealous apostle of the good press, father of the well-known writers Luigi (v. TAPARELLI) and Massimo (v. below), born in Turin on 10 February 1763, died in… -
Azeglio, Luigi Taparelli d'
AZEGLIO, LUIGI TAPARELLI d': V. TAPARELLI D'AZEGLIO, LUIGI. -
Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli d'
Politician and man of letters, b. in Turin on 24 Oct. 1798, fourth-born son of Cesare and of Cristina Morozzo di Bianzè, d. 15 Jan. 1866. A man of brilliant… -
Azerbaijan (ASERBAIGIAN)
The largest (85,500 sq. km.), but not the most populous, of the three federated Soviet Republics of the Transcaucasian sector. Having entered the… -
Azevedo, Inácio, Martyr, Blessed (AZEVÊDO, INÁCIO, MARTIRE, BEATO)
Jesuit, born near Porto in 1528 into a family of old nobility, he became a religious at Coimbra in 1548. He was rector of the colleges of Lisbon and Braga and… -
Azevedo, Luiz Gonzaga de (AZEVÊDO, LUIZ GONZAGA DE)
Portuguese Jesuit, b. at Arcos de Val de Vez (Minho) in 1867, d. at La Guardia on 9 March 1930. Having entered the Society in 1898, he taught letters and… -
Azevedo, Manuel de (AZEVÊDO, MANUEL DE)
Portuguese Jesuit, b. in Coimbra on 25 Dec. 1713, d. in Piacenza on 2 Apr. 1796. He lived for many years in Rome and was greatly esteemed by Benedict XIV… -
Azor, Juan
Jesuit, b. at Lorca (Murcia) and d. at Rome in 1603. He taught dogmatic and moral theology also at Rome, where he likewise collaborated in the compilation of… -
Azpilcueta
AZPILCUETA: v. MARTÍN DE AZPILCUETA, NAVARRUS. -
Azpuru y Ximenes, Thomas
Spanish prelate, b. in Saragossa in 1713, d. in Rome in 1772. He was a canon of Murcia, auditor of the Rota for Spain in Rome, and charged with the affairs of… -
Aztecs (AZTECHI)
AZTECHI: v. MESSICO, RELIGIONE del. -
Azul, Diocese of (AZUL, DIOCESI DI)
In Argentina, suffragan of Buenos Aires, in the state of the same name, erected on 20 April 1934, with twenty-three parishes from the diocese of La Plata.… -
Azzanesi, Achille
Pontifical colonel, b. in Rome on 10 Aug. 1823, d. there in 1888. Having entered service on 10 Aug. 1839, he fought against the Austrians at Cornuda and at… -
Azzi, Orazio (Ignazio) degli
Franciscan exegete, b. in Parma on 27 April 1673, d. on 11 November 1757. Within the Order he was a lecturer in theology and a definitor; he was dear to the… -
Azzoguidi, Baldassarre
A noble Bolognese citizen, born in the decade between 1430 and 1440. He was the first to introduce the art of printing into Bologna, taking as partners in the… -
Azzolini, Decio
Cardinal, b. at Fermo on 11 April 1623, d. at Rome on 8 June 1689. Having earned his degree in philosophy at a very young age, he went to Spain in the retinue… -
Azzolino (Ascelinus, Aicelinus, Azelinus, Ezelinus)
A Lombard (from Cremona?), a Dominican, sent by Innocent IV to the "king of the Tartars." He set out from Lyons in March 1245 and probably went to Syria or… -
Azzone de Ramenchis
Italian canonist of the 14th century, son-in-law of Giovanni d'Andrea (v.); he was certainly a professor at Bologna in 1339; d. around 1346. Two works of canon… -
Azzorre
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Azzurri, Francesco
Architect, b. in Rome in 1827, d. there in 1901; president of the Academy of St. Luke, in his major works of civil architecture he reworks classical and…