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Beacia
B., to which the see of Castulum (now Baeza, province of Jaén, Spain) seems to have been transferred, appears for the first time in 675, and still existed in… -
Beani, Gaetano
Priest and historian, b. 23 July 1836 in Pisa, d. 13 Feb. 1912 in Pistoia. He studied in Florence, Livorno and Pistoia. Ordained in 1859, he became in 1867… -
Beard (BARBA)
Among the early Christians the beard was a sign of authority, as Clement of Alexandria affirms (Paedagog., III, 11: PG 8, 633). In early Christian art the… -
Beata Nobis Gaudia
Hymn of Lauds for the feast of Pentecost, commonly used in the liturgy since the 10th century. The descent of the Holy Spirit and the preaching of the Apostles… -
Beate Pastor Petre Clemens Accipe
A hymn of Lauds for the feasts of St. Peter, composed of a single strophe, besides the doxology, taken from the hymn attributed to Paulinus II of Aquileia (d.… -
Beatification (BEATIFICAZIONE)
Beatification is an act by which the Supreme Pontiff permits that a servant of God in some region, city, diocese, or religious family be publicly venerated… -
Beatific Vision (VISIONE BEATIFICA)
It is the intuitive knowledge of God, reserved for souls who have passed to the other life in the state of Grace (v.) and completely purified of every… -
Beatitudes, Evangelical (BEATITUDINI EVANGELICHE)
Proclamations (Mt. 5:3-10) that begin the "Sermon on the Mount" (Mt. 5-7), addressed by Jesus to the "disciples" and to the crowd. With them the Master, in… -
Beaton
There are three principal Scottish figures of this name: 1) James, archbishop of Glasgow, uncle of 2) David, cardinal and archbishop of St. Andrews, who was… -
Beato Renano
BEATO RENANO: v. RENANO BEATO. -
Beato, Saint (BEATO, SANTO)
Apostle of Switzerland; nothing is known about him. The legend of the 16th century made him a disciple of the Apostles. Some consider him a saint who never… -
Beato, Saint Nuncupato (BEATO, SANTO NUNCUPATO)
BEATO, santo nuncupato: v. CULTO, CONFERMA del. -
Beatrice della Concezione
Clarisse mystic, b. in 1594, d. in 1646, natural daughter of the Duke of Terranova. Shut up by force by her father in the monastery of the Poor Clares of… -
Beatrice de Silva Meneses, Blessed (BEATRICE DE SILVA MENESES, BEATA)
Born in Ceuta (1424) to noble Portuguese parents. Sister of the blessed Amadeus. Lady-in-waiting to Isabella of Portugal, queen of Castile from 1447, she… -
Beatrice I d'Este, Blessed (BEATRICE I D'ESTE, BEATA)
Benedictine nun, b. on an uncertain date (ca. 1191?) to Azzo VI d'Este and to a Savoy, probably Sofia, daughter of Count Umberto III the Blessed, in the castle… -
Beatrice II d'Este, Blessed (BEATRICE II D'ESTE, BEATA)
Benedictine, daughter of Azzo VII d'Este and niece of the preceding. Already a widow, according to some, she entered the monastery of S. Stefano de Rotta in… -
Beatrice of Nazareth, Blessed (BEATRICE DI NAZARETH, BEATA)
Cistercian nun, b. at Tirlemont ca. 1200, d. at Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, near Lier (Brabant) on 28 Aug. 1268. She embraced the religious life at the age of 17… -
Beatrice of Tuscany (BEATRICE DI TOSCANA)
Marchioness, b. in Lorraine around 1015, d. at Pisa on 28 April 1076. Daughter of Frederick, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and left an orphan of both parents early… -
Beatrice, Saint, Martyr (BEATRICE, SANTA, MARTIRE)
BEATRICE, santa, martire: v. SIMPLICIO, FAUSTINO e BEATRICE (VIATRICE), saints, martyrs. -
Beatty, Chester, Papiri
A group of 12 lots of Greek papyri, purchased in 1930 and 1931 in Egypt by A. Chester B., coming perhaps from the ruins of an unidentified local Christian… -
Beatus of Liébana (BEATO DI LIÉBANA)
Born at Liébana in the Asturias, he was tutor and confessor of Queen Adosinda, Benedictine abbot of Valcavado (diocese of León) and died on 19 February 798. He… -
Beaucaire de Peguillon, François de
Theologian and historian, b. at Cresté on 15 April 1514, d. on 14 February 1591. Elected bishop of Metz in 1555, he went in November 1562 together with… -
Beaucousin, Richard
Carthusian, b. in Paris in 1561, d. in the odor of sanctity in the charterhouse of Cahors on 8 Aug. 1610. After completing his studies in jurisprudence, he… -
Beaudenom, Léopold
Ascetical writer, b. at Tulle on 23 Nov. 1840, d. at Puteaux on 21 Dec. 1916. A much sought-after spiritual director, chaplain of the Ursulines, in order to… -
Beaufort, Henry
Cardinal, brother of Henry IV of England, b. 1377, d. 1447. He played a very important part in English political life. He entered the ecclesiastical career and… -
Beaulieu, Bernard-Louis
Missionary in Korea, b. 8 Oct. 1840 at Langon (France), entered the foreign missions of Paris in 1863 and was ordained priest in 1864, set out for Korea with… -
Beaumont, Christophe de
Archbishop of Paris, b. in 1703, d. in Paris on 12 Dec. 1781, exemplary for the rigor of his morals, for his great spirit of faith and for his profound… -
Beauneveu, André
Painter, illuminator, sculptor, perhaps architect, b. in France, he worked between 1360 and 1403 also in Flanders and in England: at the castle of Barr for… -
Beauvais, Diocese of (BEAUVAIS, DIOCESI DI)
In the north-east of France, capital of the department of the Oise at the confluence of the rivers Thérain and Avelon. Over an area of 5,845 sq. km., it has… -
Beauzée, Nicolas
French grammarian and apologist, b. at Verdun on 9 May 1717, d. at Paris on 25 Jan. 1789. Beauzée's fame is linked to his studies in grammar and linguistics.… -
Bebo of Bamberg (BÉBO DI BAMBERG)
A deacon of the 11th century, probably a member of the famous "Schola Bambergensis" founded by St. Henry the Emperor. Present at the solemn meeting between… -
Becanus, Martinus
Jesuit theologian and controversialist, b. 6 Jan. 1563 at Hilvarenbeek (Holland; whence he took his name; his family name would have been Schellekens), d. at… -
Beccadelli, Antonio detto il Panormita
Humanist, b. in 1394 at Palermo (hence the nickname of P.), of a Bolognese family, d. in 1471. He left his native city very early to attend to legal studies at… -
Beccadelli, Ludovico (BECCADELLI, LODOVICO)
Apostolic nuncio; b. in Bologna on 29 January 1501, d. in Prato on 17 October 1572. He completed his literary studies in Padua under Benedetto Lampridio, from… -
Beccafumi, Domenico
Painter, b. around 1486 in the Val di Siena (Siena), d. in Siena in May 1551. He showed himself open to the influences of the masters of his time from his… -
Beccaria, Cesare
Man of letters, economist, jurist. Born in Milan on 15 March 1738, died there on 28 Nov. 1794. He was educated for eight years at Parma, in the Jesuit college… -
Beccaria, Giovanni Battista
Born in Mondovì in 1716, he became a Piarist at the age of 16, taught philosophy and rhetoric in Palermo and Rome, but devoted himself by inclination to… -
Beccari, Antonio
BECCARI, ANTONIO: v. FERRARA, ANTONIO da. -
Beccari, Camillo
Jesuit, historian of the missions, b. in Rome on 14 July 1849. Having entered the novitiate in 1863, he taught for twenty years in various colleges; in 1897 he… -
Beccari, Jacopo Bartolomeo
Born in Bologna in 1692, died in 1766. A chemist and physiologist, he taught chemistry at the University of Bologna: he was the first professor of that subject… -
Beccari, Odoardo
Italian naturalist, explorer, and botanist, b. in Florence on 16 Nov. 1843, d. there on 25 Oct. 1920. An evolutionist, he is to be remembered for his theory of… -
Beccos
BECCOS: v. GIOVANNI BEKKOS. -
Becher, Erich
German philosopher, b. in Reinshagen (Remscheid) on Sept. 1, 1882, d. Jan. 5, 1929 in Munich, where he had been a professor since 1916. Principal works… -
Bechet, Thomas, Saint (BECHET, THOMAS, SANTO)
BECHET, THOMAS, santo: v. TOMMASO BECKET, saint. -
Bechuanaland
BECHUANALAND: v. KIMBERLEY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, apostolic vicariate of. -
Beck, Christian Daniel
Lutheran theologian and philologist, b. in Leipzig on 22 Jan. 1757, d. there on 13 Dec. 1832. He studied ancient philology, theology and history, and in 1785… -
Becker, Christian Edmund
Of the Congregation of the Salvatorians, first apostolic prefect of Assam, and later founder of the medical-missionary Institute of Würzburg. Born on 22 Oct.… -
Becker y González, Jerónimo
Spanish historian and journalist, b. in Salamanca in 1857 and d. in Madrid on 25 March 1925. A serious and conscientious scholar, balanced and with markedly… -
Beck, Jakob Christoph
Swiss Protestant theologian b. and d. at Basel (1711-85), where he taught history (1737), theology (1744), and Old Testament exegesis (1759). His Vollständiges… -
Beckwith, John Charles
Famous propagator of Waldensianism in Italy, b. in 1782, of an English family, at Halifax, in Nova Scotia (Dominion of Canada), d. in 1862. The first of 14… -
Beckx, Pierre-Jean
22nd general of the Society of Jesus, b. 18 Feb. 1795 at Sichem near Diest (Belgium), d. in Rome on 4 March 1887. He entered the seminary of Malines at the age… -
Becoming (DIVENIRE)
In the strict sense it is the coming into being of a being or of any of its determinations, as opposed to perishing or falling apart; in the broad sense, every… -
Beda of Saint Simon Stock (BEDA DI SAN SIMONE STOCK)
In the world Walter Travers; Discalced Carmelite, b. in 1619 to Protestant parents in Devonshire (England). Having come to Rome, he was converted in 1644 and… -
Beddì, Girolamo (BEDDI, GIROLAMO)
BEDDI, GIROLAMO: v. MAZZOLA BEDOLI, GIROLAMO. -
Bede, the Venerable, Saint (BEDA, IL VENERABILE, SANTO)
Doctor of the Church, b. in 672-73 on the site where Benedict Biscop founded, in 674, the double monastery of Jarrow and Wearmouth. He was offered to this… -
Bedetti, Giuseppe, Servant of God (BEDETTI, GIUSEPPE, SERVO DI DIO)
Priest, b. in Bologna on 23 July 1799, d. there on 4 Jan. 1889. Since in his youth he had been unable, because of his health, to remain in the Jesuit… -
Bedini, Gaetano
Cardinal, born at Senigallia on 15 May 1806, died at Viterbo on 6 Sept. 1864. After completing his studies in the local seminary, he was ordained a priest and… -
Bedjan, Paul (BEDJAN, PAOLO)
Orientalist, priest of the Mission, b. at Khosrova in Persia in 1838, and after having been a zealous missionary among the Christians of the Chaldean rite, d.… -
Bedoli, Girolamo
BEDOLI, GIROLAMO: v. MAZZOLA BEDOLI, GIROLAMO. -
Beecher
Name of a distinguished Connecticut family in the United States, descended from one of the founders of the New Haven colony. The most celebrated members of… -
Beelen, Johann Theodor
Exegete, b. in Amsterdam on 12 Jan. 1807, canon at Liège, doctor and professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, where he d. on 31 March 1884. Principal… -
Beelphegor (BEELPHEGOR)
It was originally the name of a divinity, the Phoenician Ba'al (v.), which took various titles from the localities where it was worshiped. It is therefore a… -
Beelsephon (BEELSEPHON)
A locality on the Isthmus of Suez toward the Red Sea, not better identified, near which the Hebrews camped before the departure from Egypt (Ex. 14:2 and 9… -
Beelzebub
Form of the Vulgate based on the reading of a few Greek codices of the New Testament, for which Beelzebul is to be preferred, a form attested by the best… -
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Musician, b. in Bonn on 17 Dec. 1770, d. in Vienna on 26 March 1827. A descendant of a family of musicians of Flemish origin, he first studied with his father… -
Befana
BEFANA : v. EPIFANIA. -
Begarelli, Antonio
Sculptor, b. at Modena ca. 1499, d. there in 1565. He carried on his activity at Modena, Ferrara, Parma, Mantua, giving concrete form to the Emilian plastic… -
Beggary (MENDICITÀ)
It is begging as a trade, one of the consequences of the phenomenon of pauperism. Generally accompanied by vagabondage, by the blunting of the moral sense and… -
Begnudelli-Basso, Francesco Antonio
Italian canonist, b. around 1644 in Trentino. Vicar general in his homeland from 1675, canon, and from 1696 vicar general in Freising, where he d. on 9 Oct.… -
Beguines and Beghards (BEGHINE E BEGARDI)
The Beguines belong to that category of persons who follow a life midway between that of simple laypeople and that of religious properly so called. Hence in… -
Begunni
BEGUNNI (o STRANNIKI): v. RAZKOLNIKI. -
Beham, Fratelli
German painters, engravers and woodcut artists. HANS SEBALD, b. in Nuremberg in 1500, d. in Frankfurt in 1550; BARTHEL, b. in Nuremberg in 1502, d. in Italy in… -
Behavior (COMPORTAMENTO)
It may be defined as the practical attitude that the animal and man assume in the concrete situations of life. It therefore consists of a moment, which may be… -
Behaviorism (BEHAVIORISMO)
BEHAVIORISMO: v. COMPORTAMENTO. -
Behemoth (BĒHĒMÖTH)
Plural of bēhēmāh, a Hebrew word of generic meaning (= "beast"). Among the ancient translators, some simply transliterated the Hebrew term (Peshitta and… -
Behring, Emil Adolf
Born at Hausdorf on 15 March 1854 and died on 31 March 1917 at Marburg. German physician, hygienist and bacteriologist, professor at the University of Marburg… -
Being (ESSERE)
ESSERE : V. ENTE, ESSERE. -
Being, Entity (ENTE, ESSERE)
In ordinary language they can be synonyms. In philosophical reflection they are usually taken as concrete and abstract: "ente" is said of that which has being… -
Beira, Diocese of (BEIRA, DIOCESI DI)
In Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, with a port on the estuary of the Buzi River. It has about 25,000 inhabitants and is the principal maritime outlet of… -
Beirut
The ancient Βερμώος or Berytus, Berito (v.). It is currently the capital of the Republic of Lebanon. The territory, which was previously a French mandate… -
Beissel, Stephan
Art historian, b. at Aachen on 21 April 1841, d. at Valkenburg (Holland) on 31 July 1915. A Jesuit from 1871. From 1880 he was an assiduous contributor to the… -
Beistel, Columban
Franciscan ascetical writer from Baden, b. in 1708, d. at Kreuzberg on 5 Aug. 1771. He published: Schola disciplinae Religiosa id est Asce- siologia… -
Beja, Diocese of (BEJA, DIOCESI DI)
City in Portugal, in the province of Alemtejo, on a plateau at 300 m. of altitude, with ca. 15,000 inhabitants. B. was erected as a diocese, suffragan of… -
Bektashiyah (BEKTĀŠIJJAH)
An order of dervishes (v.) whose eponym is the Muslim saint Hāggī Bektāš Vali. According to legendary accounts he was born in Nišāpūr and was a disciple of… -
Bela I (Albert, Adalbert), King of Hungary (BĒLA I (ALBERTO, ADALBERTO), RE D'UNGHERIA)
He reigned from 1060 to 1063. He succeeded his brother Andrew I, against whom he had rebelled and whom he had defeated at Mosony. Having stifled the last pagan… -
Bela III, King of Hungary (BĒLA III, RE D'UNGHERIA)
He reigned from 1172 to 1196. Son of Géza II, he spent his youth at the court of the Byzantine emperor Manuel Comnenus, with the title of "despotes," that is… -
Bela II the Blind, King of Hungary (BĒLA II IL CIECO, RE D'UNGHERIA)
He reigned from 1131 to 1141. Son of Prince Álmos, while still a child he was blinded by King Kálmán the Bookish, following an attempt by Álmos to usurp the… -
Bela IV, King of Hungary (BĒLA IV, RE D'UNGHERIA)
He reigned from 1235 to 1270. Having ascended the throne, he had just finished re-establishing political and economic order and royal authority, greatly shaken… -
Belarus (White Russia) (BIELORUSSIA (RUSSIA BIANCA))
One of the 16 federated Republics constituting the U.S.S.R. Having proclaimed itself autonomous in 1918 and adopted the Soviet regime in 1920, it was… -
Bel (Babylonian "Lord") (BĒL (BABILONESE «SIGNORE»))
Name corresponding to the Canaanite Ba'al (v.), of the Babylonian god Marduk (v.). The god Enlil, "lord of the earth," held the title of B. before the… -
Belbello da Pavia (Luchino B.)
Illuminator. Notices from 1448 to 1462. He worked at the court of Mantua for the Gonzagas and at that of Milan for Francesco Sforza; besides various minor… -
Belcari, Feo
Florentine writer, b. of a noble family on 4 Feb. 1410. A profoundly religious spirit, he also took part in the public life of his city: he was one of the… -
Belcastro
Former episcopal city of Calabria, on the south-eastern slopes of the Sila, between Catanzaro and S. Severina. The old Calabrian chroniclers made it the… -
Belem do Grao Para, Archdiocese of (BELÉM DO GRÃO PARÁ, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In Brazil, State of Pará. City founded in 1616 on the estuary of the Pará; today it has a population of 500,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the State of… -
Belem, Santa Maria de (BELÉM, SANTA MARIA DE)
Portuguese Hieronymite monastery in Lisbon. It has beside it a large church and a famous cloister. On the whole it is the most considerable monument in Lisbon.… -
Beleth, Giovanni
Theologian, professor and rector of the University of Paris, perhaps of English origin, d. 1182. Trithemius (c. 415) records his Sermones, Pithoeus a Gemma… -
Belfast
BELFAST: v. DOWN. -
Belgian Congo (CONGO BELGA)
In ancient times the name C. was understood to include present-day French Equatorial Africa, the Portuguese possessions of Angola and the Congo, and those of… -
Belgium (BELGIO)
A state of northwestern Europe (30,508 sq. km.; slightly more than Piedmont), bordering on Holland, Germany, Luxembourg and France. SUMMARY: I. Geography - II.… -
Belgrade (BEOGRAD)
BEOGRAD: v. BELGRADO. -
Belgrade (Beograd), Archdiocese of (BELGRADO (BEOGRAD), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In Yugoslavia. It has an area of 48,550 sq. km.; 60,410 faithful (of whom over 40,000 in B. itself), who live among 3,260,000 dissidents, almost all Serbs. In… -
Belgrado, Giacomo
Jesuit and scientist, b. in Udine on 16 Nov. 1704, entered the novitiate on 16 Oct. 1724; he first taught letters in Venice, then, after his priestly… -
Belial
A term that in the Hebrew Bible (28 times) indicates the hidden wickedness at work in the world, later becoming the name of the supreme genius of evil (Satan).… -
Beligatti, Cassiano
Born in Macerata in 1708, died there in 1785. A Capuchin (1725) of the province of the Marches, he set out with nine other confreres for Tibet in 1738… -
Belin, Albert
Benedictine bishop and writer, b. at Besançon, according to others at Dôle around 1610, and d. at Belley on 29 April 1677. Having pronounced his religious vows… -
Belisarius (BELISARIO)
Famous Byzantine general. Born around 500, died in 565. Having received the assignment of driving the Ostrogoths out of Italy, in a short time he conquered… -
Belisarius (BELISARIO)
Together with a certain Liberatus he is presented as the author of two acrostic and telestic poems (v. TELESTICA) compiled from the verses of Sedulius, and… -
Belize, Apostolic Vicariate of (BELIZE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The mission, begun in 1851 by the Jesuits of the apostolic vicariate of Jamaica and detached from it for the erection of the apostolic prefecture of Honduras… -
Beljajev, Nicola Jakovlevič (BELJAJEV, NICOLA JAKOVLEVIĆ)
Russian theologian and polemicist of the 19th century, d. 1894. He was a professor at the Ecclesiastical Academy of Kazan, and later inspector. B. concerned… -
Bellacci, Tommaso da Florence, Blessed (BELLACCI, TOMMASO DA FIRENZE, BEATO)
Franciscan of the Observant Friars Minor, b. in Florence in 1370, d. at Rieti on 31 Oct. 1447. Having abandoned the dissipations of his youth and become a… -
Bella Dum Late Furerent Et Urbes
Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the seven holy founders of the Order of the Servants of Mary, canonized by Leo XIII in 1888. The celebration of the feast was… -
Bellamy, Jean-Julien
Theologian, b. at Moustoir-ac in 1857, d. at Vannes on 22 May 1903. He first taught philosophy, then Sacred Scripture and church history at the major seminary… -
Bell, Andrew
BELL, ANDREW: v. MUTUO INSEGNAMENTO. -
Bellano, Bartolomeo
Sculptor, b. in Padua ca. 1434, d. there between 1496 and 1497. It is believed that he collaborated on the two cantorias of San Lorenzo in Florence, thus… -
Bellarino, Giovanni
Barnabite theologian, b. at Castelnuovo (Brescia) in 1552, d. at Milan on 28 Aug. 1630. He studied at the University of Brera in Milan, and taught philosophy… -
Bellarmine, Robert, Saint (BELLARMINO, ROBERTO, SANTO)
BELLARMINO, ROBERTO, santo: v. ROBERTO BELLARMINO, saint. -
Bellary [Ballari], Mission sui iuris (BELLARY, MISSIONE SUI TURIS DI)
It is a suffragan of Madras (India) and entrusted to the Friars Minor of the English province. Erected in 1928, it comprises the territory of the district of… -
Bellasis, Edward
English jurist, b. 14 Oct. 1800 at Basilden, d. 24 Jan. 1873 at Hyères (France). He became a jurist of Parliament, a post he held until his retirement in 1866… -
Bellati, Antonio Francesco
Orator and writer, born at Camporeggiano in Garfagnana on 2 November 1665. Having entered the Society of Jesus at Bologna on 24 May 1681, he taught letters for… -
Bellati, Bartolomeo
Scotist theologian and great preacher of the Conventuals, b. at Feltre, of a noble family, in the early 1400s, d. at Rome in 1479. In 1472, on the occasion of… -
Bellay, Jean du
Cardinal, younger brother of Guillaume, b. in 1492, d. in Rome in 1560. He began his ecclesiastical career at a very young age and in 1526 became bishop of… -
Bell, Charles
Born in Edinburgh in 1774, died at Hallow Park on 28 April 1842. He was a great scholar of nervous physiology. Contrary to the opinions of his time and of… -
Bellecius, Ludwig
German ascetical writer, b. at Freiburg im Breisgau on 15 Feb. 1704, a Jesuit from 1719, d. at Augsburg on 21 Apr. 1757. He taught philosophy and theology for… -
Bellelli, Fulgenzio
Augustinian theologian, b. at Buccino, in Campania, in 1675, d. at Rome on 22 Jan. 1742. He was professor of philosophy and theology in the principal houses of… -
Belleméra, Egidio de (BELLEMERA (AEGIDIUS DE BELLAMERA, O DE BELLEMERA), EGIDIO DE)
Italian decretalist, d. around 1392. In the great Western Schism he followed the party of the antipope Clement VII. According to his own account (Cap. Si in… -
Bellermann, Christian Friedrich
Protestant pastor, b. 18 July 1793 in Erfurt, d. at Bonn on 24 March 1863. He was the son of a professor of theology, who left us, besides various biblical… -
Bellesheim, Alfons
Born at Monschau on 16 December 1839, died at Aachen on 5 January 1912, ordained priest (1862), canon of Cologne (1886), canon provost of the cathedral of… -
Bellesini, Stephen, Blessed (BELLESINI, STEFANO, BEATO)
Born in Trent on 25 Nov. 1774, died at Genazzano on 2 Feb. 1840. At the age of sixteen he entered the Augustinians, completing his novitiate in the convent of… -
Belleville, Diocese of (BELLEVILLE, DIOCESI DI)
In Illinois (United States of America); a suffragan diocese of Chicago. It was erected on January 7, 1887, by the dismemberment of that of Alton (today… -
Belley, Diocese of (BELLEY, DIOCESI DI)
In the department of the Ain, between the Rhône and Saône rivers. It has an area of 5,825 sq. km.; it numbers 443 parishes, 718 diocesan priests and 421… -
Bell'Huomo (Bellomo), Gottardo
Jesuit ascetical writer, b. at Castiglione delle Stiviere (Mantua) on 7 June 1612, d. there on 26 Nov. 1690. A professor of letters, philosophy and theology… -
Belli, Giuseppe Gioachino (BELLI, GIUSEPPE GIOACCHINO)
Born in Rome on Sept. 7, 1791, died in Rome on Dec. 21, 1863. General Valentini, his paternal uncle, was shot in 1798; as a child B. followed his mother in… -
Bellings, Richard
Irish statesman and historian, b. in Dublin in an unknown year, d. in 1677. A member of the Irish Parliament through his marriage to a daughter of Viscount… -
Bellini
A celebrated family of painters to whom is essentially owed the renewal of Venetian painting from the beginning of the fifteenth century to the early years of… -
Bellini, Vincenzo
Musician, b. in Catania on 1 Nov. 1801, d. at Puteaux (Paris) on 24 Sept. 1835. The son of an organist, he studied at the college of St. Sebastian in Naples… -
Bellino, Saint (BELLINO, SANTO)
From Padua, of the Bertaldo family. Already a priest in 1107, he was a canon and then archpriest of the Cathedral; exiled to Este with Bishop Sinibaldo (1110)… -
Bellintani, Mattia da Salò
Capuchin preacher and writer, b. at Gazzane (Roè Volciano) on 29 June 1535, d. on 20 July 1611. He was distinguished for virtue, apostolic activity and… -
Bellinzaga (Berinzaga) Lomazzi, Isabella Cristina
Mystic, whose doctrine had a wide influence on the later school of spirituality, also called "the Milanese lady" because she was born in Milan around 1551 and… -
Belli, Pasquale
Architect, b. in Rome on 13 Dec. 1752, d. there on 31 Oct. 1833. Pupil and assistant of P. Camporese. On the death of R. Stern (1820) he completed the… -
Belli, Pietro Paolo
Dominican, architect, b. at Jesi ca. 1727-30, d. at Pesaro on 2 Oct. 1807. He worked for several churches of his Order, among them the church of Ancona (1781)… -
Bellisomi, Carlo
Cardinal, b. 30 Sept. 1739 in Pavia, d. 9 Aug. 1808 in Cesena. Of a patrician family, he was educated in Rome at the Clementine College. After his father's… -
Belli, Valerio
Engraver of gems and medallist, b. in 1468 at Vicenza (for which reason he was called Valerio Vicentino), d. there in 1546, after a long stay in Rome and in… -
Bello
BELLO: v. ESTETICA. -
Bellona
Originally connected with Mars, by the middle of the 4th century she was already a war deity in her own right (Livy, VIII, 9, 6), to whom in 296 B.C. a temple… -
Belloy, Jean-Baptiste, de
Cardinal, b. 9 Oct. 1709 at Morangles (Oise), d. 10 June 1808 at Paris. Bishop of Glandèves from 1752 to 1755, when he moved to the see of Marseilles, where he… -
Belluga y Moncada, Luis Antonio
Spanish cardinal and theologian, b. at Motril in 1662, d. at Rome in 1743. He established the Congregation of the Oratory at Cordova. Bishop of Cartagena… -
Belluno and Feltre, Diocese of (BELLUNO E FELTRE, DIOCESI DI)
B., a city of Venetia (about 27,000 inhabitants), is the capital of the province of the same name (3,676 sq km, and about 235,000 inhabitants), of which the… -
Belluti, Bonaventura
A most learned Scotist philosopher and theologian of the Conventual Friars Minor, born at Catania around 1600 and died there on 18 May 1676. He studied… -
Belmonte Bermúdez, Luis
Spanish poet and playwright, b. in Seville probably in 1587, d. around 1650. An imaginative and brilliant author of about 25 comedies (several of which appear… -
Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of (BELLO HORIZONTE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City of Brazil, at 785 m. of altitude, at the foot of the Sierra do Espinhaço, in a healthy region full of waters, capital of the State of Minas Geraes… -
Belser, Johannes EV
New Testament exegete, b. at Billingendorf in Württemberg on 20 Oct. 1850, d. there on 20 Oct. 1916. Ordained priest on 2 Aug. 1875, he was for six years… -
Belshazzar (BÉLŠA'ŠŠAR)
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Belshazzar (BALTASSAR)
King of the Neo-Chaldean dynasty, known to us from the prophet Daniel and from the quasi-Danielic paraphrase of Flavius Josephus (Antiq. Jud., X, 231-48). At… -
Belsunce de Castelmoron, Henri-François-Xavier
Bishop of Marseilles, b. in the castle of La Force (Dordogne) on 8-9 Dec. 1670 to parents of Protestant origin, and d. at Marseilles on 4 June 1755. Baptized… -
Beltraffio
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Beltrame, Giovanni
Missionary, explorer, educator, b. 11 Nov. 1824 at Valeggio sul Mincio and d. 8 Apr. 1906 at Verona. A pupil of the Mazza institute of Verona, he was accepted… -
Beltrami, Andrea
Salesian, b. at Omegna (Novara) on 24 June 1870, d. at Valsalice (Turin) on 30 Dec. 1897. Having attended the gymnasium at the boarding school of Lanzo, he… -
Beltrami, Luca
Architect and art writer, b. in Milan on 13 Nov. 1854, d. in Rome on 8 Aug. 1933. A professor at the Brera Academy and director of the office for the… -
Beltrán, Domingo
Spanish Jesuit and sculptor, b. at Vitoria ca. 1535, trained as a sculptor and architect in Italy, before entering the Society of Jesus on 21 April 1561 at… -
Bema
From the Greek βῆμα (βλῆμ = to go, to walk). The meaning of the term B. is very different, whether in ancient Greece or in Rome, in the Christian churches, and… -
Bembo, Benedetto
Brescian painter, in 1462 he signed a polyptych with the Virgin, the Child and four saints that was formerly in the Castle of Torchiara (Parma) and later in… -
Bembo, Bonifacio e Gianfrancesco
BONIFACIO, a 15th-century painter of Brescian origin, a notable portraitist, worked especially in Cremona, in Milan and in the Castle of Pavia, where he… -
Bembo, Illuminata
A Poor Clare of rare culture and virtue, daughter of Lorenzo Bembo, Venetian senator. In 1432 she took the habit of St. Clare in the monastery of Corpus Domini… -
Bembo, Pietro
I. LIFE. - Born in Venice on May 20, 1470 to Bernardo, a politician of the Venetian Republic, who knew how to appreciate good studies and took his son with him… -
Benadad (BENADAD)
Three kings of Aram-Damascus: B. I, son of Tabrimmon, because of the large gifts he received, went over to helping Asa, king of Judah (910-870), against… -
Benaglio, Giuseppe
Theologian, vicar general of Bergamo, born there on 22 November 1767 into a noble family and died on 18 January 1856. As soon as he was ordained he entered the… -
Benamozegh, Elia
Jewish writer, b. in Livorno in 1823 and d. there in 1900. A rabbi, preacher and lecturer at the rabbinical college of Livorno, he published in Hebrew 'Emath… -
Ben 'Asher (BEN 'ASÉR)
A family of Masoretes of Tiberias, perhaps belonging to the sect of the Karaites (v.), to whom is due the present vocalic and accentual punctuation of the… -
Benavente, Álvaro de
Augustinian missionary in China. Born in 1646 in Salamanca, he entered the Order of Augustinians in 1663 and set out for the Philippines in 1668. Together with… -
Benavides, Alonso
Born in an unknown year, on the island of S. Miguel, and having entered the Franciscan order in the convent of Mexico (1603), he was the first "custos" of the… -
Benavides, Miguel de
Dominican missionary and prelate, b. at Carrión de los Condes (province of Palencia) in 1552, d. at Manila on 26 June 1605 or 26 July 1607 in the odour of… -
Benci di Cione Dami
Architect of Comacine origin; he worked in Florence, where he died in 1588. In 1549-50 he worked with Neri di Fioravante on the church of S. Carlo and on the… -
Benci, Francesco
One of the best humanists of the Society of Jesus in the 16th century, b. at Acquapendente in 1542 (his baptismal name was Plautus) d. in Rome on 6 May 1595. A… -
Bendigo
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Bendis and Bendidia (BENDIS (ΒΕΝΔΊΣ) E BENDIDIE (ΒΕΝΔΊΔΕΤΟ))
Bendis is a Thracian goddess, identified by the Greeks with Artemis; Thracian women offered her ears of grain. She was also worshipped in Bithynia, where a… -
Bendl, Giovanni Giorgio
Sculptor and painter, b. in 1630, d. in Prague on May 25, 1680. Framing his works within the taste of his time, he contributed effectively to giving a Baroque… -
Benedetti, Pietro (BENEDETTI, PIETRO)
Maronite Orientalist, b. in 1663 at Baḥā (Lebanon), not at Ġuṣṭā (al-Mašrīq, 21 [1923], p. 274), d. in Rome in 1742. He pursued his studies at the Maronite… -
Benedetto da Maiano
Architect, sculptor and wood carver, b. at Maiano in 1442, d. at Florence on 24 May 1497. As an architect he belonged to the Brunelleschian current, as the… -
Benedetto da Urbino, Blessed (BENEDETTO DA URBINO, BEATO)
Capuchin, in the world Marco Passione, b. at Urbino on 13 Sept. 1560, d. at Fossombrone (Marche) on 30 Apr. 1625. At only 22 years of age he obtained a degree… -
Benedetto dei Grazzini, called da Rovezzano (BENEDETTO DEI GRAZZINI, DETTO DA ROVEZZANO)
Sculptor, b. at Campale (Pistoia) in 1474, d. at Vallombrosa in about 1552. Trained in the taste popularized by Benedetto da Maiano, he resolved his… -
Benedetto di Bindo
Sienese painter, a native of the Val d'Orcia, lame. He is recorded in the Breve dei pittori senesi of 1389. In 1411-12 he worked, together with others, on the… -
Benedetto di Sant'Andrea (BENEDETTO DI S. ANDREA)
Monk and chronicler in the monastery of St. Andrew in flumine in the region of Monte Soratte, he flourished in the second half of the 10th century. He is the… -
Benedicamus Domino
Formula adopted at the end of Mass in place of the Ite missa est on Sundays and ferias of Lent and Advent, on vigils and on days when the Gloria is omitted, as… -
Benedict, Archbishop of Milan, Saint (BENEDETTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI MILANO, SANTO)
The surname Crispo has been arbitrarily assigned to him; he occupied the see of Milan from March 685 to March 732. Paul the Deacon says of him that he was "a… -
Benedict Biscop (Baducino), Saint (BENEDETTO BISCOP (BADUCINO), SANTO)
Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow, b. in Northumbria of noble Anglo-Saxon stock around 628, d. 12 January 690. B. served at the court of King Oswiu (Oswy) until the… -
Benedict III, Pope (BENEDETTO III, PAPA)
Roman, son of Peter, he succeeded St. Leo IV (d. July 17, 855). Having been ordained cardinal priest of St. Callixtus by Leo IV, the electors came to fetch him… -
Benedict II, Pope, Saint (BENEDETTO II, PAPA, SANTO)
On the death of St. Leo II (3 July 683) B., a Roman, was called to succeed him; but he was not consecrated until 26 June 684, owing to the delay of the… -
Benedictine, Art (BENEDETTINA, ARTE)
In the strict sense the term designates — and for this reason it is used by a good part of modern criticism — an artistic movement that had its center in… -
Benedictine Fasces (FASCE BENEDETTE)
This is the name given to the swaddling clothes for infants that the popes were accustomed to send to the newborn sons and daughters of kings, after having… -
Benedictine Historical Review (RIVISTA STORICA BENEDETTINA)
Italian Benedictine historical periodical, first quarterly, then (from 1912) bimonthly, founded in 1906 by an editorial board composed of one member from each… -
Benedictines (BENEDETTINI)
Under the generic name of B. may be included all the numerous religious families that in the course of the centuries have taken as the norm and foundation of… -
Benedictines of Divine Providence (BENEDETTINE DELLA DIVINA PROVVIDENZA)
Religious congregation founded in Voghera in 1855 by the sisters Giuseppina and Maria Schiapparoli, who had left the Institute of the B. of Ronco Scrivia in… -
Benedictines of Lviv (BENEDETTINE DI LEOPOLI)
Congregation of the Armenian rite. Founded in the second half of the 17th century, it received the Rule of St. Benedict in 1690 from Alexander VIII. They have… -
Benedictines of Our Lady of Calvary (BENEDETTINE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL CALVARIO)
Reform of the great Benedictine Order carried out by Fr. Joseph of Tremblay, the illustrious Capuchin better known under the name of the "Grey Eminence," with… -
Benedictines of Our Lady of Providence (BENEDETTINE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA PROVVIDENZA)
Congregation founded by Sister Benedetta Cambiagio, who, with the consent of her husband Giovanni Frassinello, established in Pavia in 1826 the House of the… -
Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration of Clyde (BENEDETTINE DELLA PERPETUA ADORAZIONE DI CLYDE)
Congregazione femminile che ebbe origine ad opera di alcune religiose del monastero benedettino « Maria-Rickenbach », in Svizzera, le quali nel 1874 si… -
Benedictines of Saint Gertrude (BENEDETTINE DI SANTA GELTRUDE)
In 1850 some monasteries of the B. in the United States, which lived independently and autonomously, began a movement of union into religious congregations sui… -
Benediction (BENEDIZIONE)
In its liturgical meaning it is a rite performed by a sacred minister, by which, with the invocation of the name of God, some good is conferred or requested.… -
Benedictional (BENEDIZIONALE)
A book that contained the formulas to be used for the various blessings. A first collection of these is found in the East in the Sacramentary of St. Serapion… -
Benedict I, Pope (BENEDETTO I, PAPA)
He is believed to have been elected shortly after the death of John III (d. July 13, 574), but he was not consecrated until June 3, 575. He was Roman, the son…