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Boanerges (ΒΟΑΝΗΡΓΕΣ) (BOANERGES (ΒΟΚΝΗΡΓΈΣ))
Nickname given by Jesus to the two apostles, sons of Zebedee: James and John, according to Mk. 3:17, where it is explained as "sons of thunder" (ὅ ἐστιν υἱοὶ… -
Boarding School (CONVITTO)
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Boaretti, Francesco
Preacher and polygraph, b. at Masi, near Padua, on 16 Aug. 1748, d. at Venice on 15 May 1799. He studied at the seminary of Padua, where he later taught… -
Bobbio
Commentary on the Psalms with interlinear glosses in Old Irish. Manuscript from B. (8th-9th centuries) - Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, c. 301 inf., f. 133. >… -
Bobbio, Diocese of (BOBBIO, DIOCESI DI)
In Lombardy, province of Piacenza, suffragan of Genoa. It comprises communes belonging to the provinces of Genoa, Piacenza, Pavia and Parma. Area of the… -
Bobo-Dioulasso, Apostolic Vicariate of (BOBO-DIULASSO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The mission arose as an apostolic prefecture in Dec. 1927 with territories detached from the immense vicariates of Bamako and Ouagadougou (French West Africa)… -
Bobola, Andrew, Saint (BOBOLA, ANDREA, SANTO)
BOBOLA, ANDREA, santo: v. ANDREA BOBOLA, saint. -
Boccaccino, Boccaccio
Painter, b. in Ferrara in about 1467, d. in Cremona in 1524 or 1525. He completed his first artistic education in his homeland on the examples of Ercole Grandi… -
Boccaccio, Giovanni
I. THE LIFE. - Until recently biographers, following in the footsteps of many supposed autobiographical pages, had made of B.'s life, at least up to about his… -
Boccalini, Traiano
Born in Loreto in 1556 to Giovanni da Carpi, he studied in Perugia and Padua; finally he settled in Rome as a judge on the Capitol and a private teacher.… -
Boccardi, Giovanni and Francesco, Florentines (BOCCARDI, GIOVANNI E FRANCESCO, FIORENTINI)
GIOVANNI, illuminator, b. in 1460, was a pupil of Zanobi di Lorenzo. His work was highly esteemed and numerous commissions came to him even outside Florence.… -
Boccasini, Niccolò
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Boccati, Giovanni di Piermatteo, called Il (BOCCATI, GIOVANNI DI PIERMATTEO, DETTO IL)
Painter, b. at Camerino around 1420; in 1445 he moved to Perugia, where he is last recorded in 1480. Rather than from the Marche milieu in which his early… -
Boccherini, Luigi
Musician, b. in Lucca on Sept. 19, 1743, d. in Madrid on May 28, 1805. He first studied in the seminary of Lucca with Abbot Vannucci, then in Rome. Having… -
Bocchi, Girolamo
Scholar, often wrongly called "Boutrius", "Bourti", etc., b. in Florence ca. 1595. He was first a Conventual Franciscan, then at the age of twenty and for… -
Boccone del Povero
This name designates not only the whole work but also, in particular, the female religious congregation founded in Palermo in 1880 by the priest Giacomo… -
Bocconi, Paolo (Silvio)
Born in Palermo on 24 April 1633, died there on 22 December 1704. He was a distinguished naturalist and an excellent botanist, who built up his vast culture… -
Bochart, Samuel
French Protestant pastor, illustrator of the natural history of the Bible, b. at Rouen on 30 May 1599, d. at Caen on 16 May 1667. Having received his first… -
Bocskay, István
Prince of Transylvania, b. in 1557, d. in 1606, probably poisoned by the chancellor Michael Kátay. Educated in Vienna and Prague, he soon became the most… -
Bodel, Jean
French poet, from Arras, who lived between the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th, whose writings are of a very varied character. He is… -
Bodenstein, Andreas Rudolf
BODENSTEIN, ANDREAS RUDOLF: V. CARLO-STADIO. -
Bodin, Jean
One of the most remarkable thinkers of the French Renaissance, b. at Angers in 1529 or 1530, d. at Laon in 1596. He first practiced law, then entered the… -
Bodoni, Giovanni Battista
The most famous printer of the 18th century, born at Saluzzo on 16 February 1740, died at Parma on 30 November 1813. A compositor in the printing house of… -
Body (CORPO)
In general, a body is a sensible material reality. In experimental science, a body is a portion of matter with determinate specific properties (dimensions… -
Boema, Confession (BOEMA, CONFESSIONE)
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Boemi, Fratelli
Under this name three groups of heretics are sometimes confused, which, although they all acknowledge the Bohemians John Hus and Jerome of Prague as their… -
Boerenbond
I. ORIGINS. - It is a Belgian agricultural organization founded at Louvain in 1890, on the initiative of Abbot Mellaerts, who was its originator and its… -
Boero, Giuseppe
Jesuit hagiographer and historian, b. at Ventimiglia on 15 Aug. 1814, d. at Rome on 8 Feb. 1884. After his theological studies, he was attached to the general… -
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus (BOEZIO, ANICIO MANLIO TORQUATO SEVERINO)
I. LIFE. - B. was born in Rome of the noble stock of the Anicii, around the year 480, when the kingdom of Odoacer was about to succumb under the blows of the… -
Boethius of Dacia (BOEZIO DI DACIA)
Scholastic philosopher of the 13th century about whom very little is known. He was not a Dominican, nor a religious, nor a priest, but a simple cleric, a… -
Boethos
Progenitor of the Boethusians, who formed a distinct group within the party of the Sadducees. A priest of Alexandria, B. was the father of Simon, who around 24… -
Boetto, Pietro
Jesuit, cardinal, archbishop of Genoa, b. at Vigone in Piedmont on 19 May 1871, d. at Genoa on 31 Jan. 1946, rightly proclaimed "defensor civitatis." Having… -
Boffito, Giuseppe
Barnabite. Scholar, bibliographer, historian of science, Dante scholar, erudite, b. at Gavi (Alessandria) on 3 July 1869, d. at Florence, in the college "Alla… -
Bofondi, Giuseppe
Cardinal, born of a patrician family at Forlì on 24 Oct. 1795, died at Rome on 2 Dec. 1867; a scholar and man of culture, he entered the ecclesiastical career… -
Bogazköy (BOGHAZKÖY)
It is the Turkish name of a small village east of Ankara in Turkey, very well known among scholars of the civilizations of the ancient East, because not far… -
Bogdani, Pietro
Born around 1630, died in 1688, first bishop of Shkodër (Albania), then archbishop of Skopje. Author of the Cuneus prophetarum de Christo saltatore mundi et… -
Bogdanov
This is the pseudonym of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Malinovsky, Russian revolutionary, physician and philosopher, b. 1873. A member of the Bolshevik faction of… -
Bogino, Giambattista Lorenzo
Born in Turin on July 21, 1701, and died there on February 9, 1784. A distinguished statesman, he was a faithful servant of the Piedmontese monarchy, both in… -
Bogomils (Friends of God) (BOGOMILI (AMICI DI DIO))
A Christian heretical sect that appeared in Bulgaria between the first and second half of the 10th century. The Bogomili take their name from their leader, the… -
Bogotá, Archdiocese of (BOGOTÁ, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the republic of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca. The primatial see and capital of the State, B. is situated at 2,640 m. on the edge of a vast high… -
Bohemia (BOEMIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - Region of central Europe, corresponding to the upper basin of the Elbe (Labe, in Czech), that is to say a quadrilateral closed on every side by… -
Bohemian Brothers (FRATELLI BOEMI)
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Bohemond of Taranto (BOEMONDO DI TARANTO)
Norman prince, son of Robert Guiscard and Alberada, who lived in the 11th-12th centuries. He took part, with his father, in the Norman conquest of southern… -
Bohemond, Prince of Antioch (BOEMONDO, PRINCIPE DI ANTIOCHIA)
Born around 1170, died in 1233, he was the son of Bohemond III and Orguilleuse. On his father's death (1201) he seized the principality of Antioch, against… -
Bohic (Bohic, Boich, Bouhic), Henri
Decretalist, b. in Brittany in 1310, d. ca. 1350. He taught canon law at the University of Paris. He is the author of Distinctione on the Decretals of Gregory… -
Bohier (Boherius), Pierre
Benedictine abbot, later bishop of Orvieto, b. at La Retorte (diocese of Carcassonne). In 1335 he was at the Benedictine abbey of St-Chinian, of which he… -
Böhme, Jacob
Protestant theosophist, b. at Altseidenberg in 1575, d. at Görlitz in 1624. A shoemaker, at first a wanderer, he settled in Görlitz in 1594. Of a mystical… -
Böhmer, Johann Friedrich
Historian, b. 22 April 1795 in Frankfurt am Main, d. there 22 October 1863. Archivist and librarian in his native city, he was secretary and treasurer to Pertz… -
Böhmer, Just Henning (Bohemerus Iustus Henningius)
Protestant jurist, b. in Hannover on 27 Aug. 1674 to a family of Bohemian refugees, d. in Halle on 29 Aug. 1749. He received his doctorate in law at Jena. He… -
Boiano-Campobasso, Diocese of (BOIANO-CAMPOBASSO, DIOCESI DI)
B., a small town at the foot of a northern spur of the Matese, in the center of ancient Samnium and of present-day Molise, in the province of C. It is… -
Boiardo, Matteo Maria
Poet, b. at Scandiano (Reggio Emilia) in 1441 and d. at Reggio Emilia in 1494. He lived at Ferrara at the court of the Este, who entrusted him with honorary… -
Boil (Boyl, Buil, Bugl), Bernardo
Born of the noble Aragonese family of the same name in the first half of the 15th century. Secretary to Ferdinand the Catholic, he abandoned the court to lead… -
Boileau (Boileau-Despréaux), Nicolas (BOILEAU (BOILEAU-DESPREAUX), NICOLAS)
French writer, b. in Paris on 1 Nov. 1636, d. there on 13 March 1711. He was able to devote himself entirely to poetry only at the death of his father, who had… -
Boileau, Jacques
Theologian, canonist, historian and polemicist, brother of the satirical poet Nicolas, b. in Paris on 16 March 1635. He was vicar general of the diocese of… -
Boise City, Diocese of (BOISE CITY, DIOCESI DI)
In Idaho (U.S.A.), suffragan of Portland in Oregon. On 25 Aug. 1893 the apostolic vicariate of Idaho, created on 3 March 1868, was erected into a diocese under… -
Boisgelin, Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de
Cardinal, b. 27 Feb. 1732 at Rennes, d. 22 Aug. 1804 at Angervilliers. In 1765 bishop of Lavaur, in 1770 archbishop of Aix, where, besides the government of… -
Bois-le-Duc, Diocese of (BOIS-LE-DUC, DIOCESI DI)
BOIS-LE-DUC, DIOCESI di: v. s'HERTOGENBOSCH, DIOCESI di. -
Boissier, Marie-Louis-Gaston
French historian, b. at Nîmes on 15 Aug. 1823 and d. at Viroflay on 10 June 1908. A tireless investigator of classical antiquity, he left scholarly works… -
Boito, Arrigo
Musician and man of letters, b. in Padua on 24 Feb. 1842, d. in Milan on 10 June 1918. Of a Venetian father and a Polish mother, he studied at the Conservatory… -
Boito, Camillo
Architect, b. in Rome on 30 Oct. 1836, d. in Milan on 28 June 1914. He held the chair of architecture in Venice and in Milan. More important than his… -
Bokelszoon (Beukelszoon, Bockelson, Bockhold), Johann
Leader of Anabaptism in Germany, and better known under the name of John of Leiden, b. at Münster around 1509, and d. executed in the same city in 1536. He did… -
Bolaños, Luis
One of the most illustrious Franciscan missionaries of South America. Born at Marchena (Spain) in 1539, died at Buenos Aires on 11 October 1629. Having become… -
Boldetti, Marcantonio
Archaeologist, b. in Rome in 1663, d. there in 1749. Canon of S. Maria in Trastevere, a man of great piety, he was for 49 years Custodian of the relics and of… -
Bolduc (Boulduc), Jacques
A Capuchin of the province of Paris, belonging, perhaps, to the Parisian family of Jean-Baptiste B., of the Academy of Sciences at the end of the 17th century.… -
Bolgeni, Giovanni Vincenzo
Eminent Jesuit and distinguished Italian theologian, b. at Macerata on 22 Jan. 1733, d. at Rome on 3 May 1811. Having entered religious life (1747), he taught… -
Bolgi, Andrea
Sculptor, b. at Carrara on 22 June 1606, d. of plague at Naples in 1656; he was a pupil and collaborator of Tacca. With Bernini he worked in the Raimondi… -
Bolingbroke, Henry Saint John, Viscount of (BOLINGBROKE, HENRY SAINT JOHN, VISCONTE DI)
Politician and philosopher, one of the most advanced representatives of English deism. B. on 1 Oct. 1672 at Battersea (London), d. there on 1 Dec. 1751, after… -
Bolivar
BOLIVAR: v. HIOBAMBA. -
Bolivar, Simón
Founder of the independent states of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, b. 24 July 1783 at Caracas, d. 17 Dec. 1830 near S. Marta. In 1810 he… -
Bolivia
Republic of South America. I. GEOGRAPHY. - Bordered by Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile; among the Andean states, the only one without its own… -
Bolla
Properly denotes the lead seal appended to documents and, by extension, the document itself. I. SEAL. - The use of the lead seal is of Byzantine origin and was… -
Bollandists (BOLLANDISTI)
A scholarly society made up of a small group of Belgian Jesuit fathers, which has devoted itself for three centuries to the publication of the Acta Sanctorum… -
Bolland, Jean
Belgian Jesuit, known for founding the work that took his name (v. BOLLANDISTS), b. 13 Aug. 1596 at Julemont in the duchy of Limburg (present-day province of… -
Bollario
This name designates any collection of papal bulls or constitutions. The first attempt to collect or print such documents separately dates back to 1550, when a… -
Bollatica, Scripture (BOLLATICA, SCRITTURA)
Also called littera s. Petri, it is the script of conventional and characteristic forms with which papal bulls were written from the end of the 15th century to… -
Bologna, Archdiocese of (BOLOGNA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital of the province of the same name and the principal city of one of the most fertile and history-rich regions, Emilia, B. currently has a population of… -
Bolsec, Jérôme-Hermès
Carmelite theologian, b. in Paris, d. 4, name in 1585. He abandoned the Order and fled to Ferrara, where for some time he was chaplain to the duchess Renata.… -
Bolsena
Ancient episcopal see of Latium, in the province of Viterbo, along the via Cassia, to the north-east of the lake of the same name. It still preserves today the… -
Bolshevism (BOLSCEVISMO)
A) Theory and practice of communism in the specific form that this assumed and put into effect in Russia following the Revolution of October 1917. I. GENERAL… -
Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio
Painter, b. in Milan in 1467, d. there in 1516. He worked almost always in his native city; only in 1500 do we find him in Bologna, where he enjoyed the… -
Boma, Apostolic Vicariate of (BOMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The Belgian missionaries of Scheut, having founded the first stations of Moada (1889) and B. (1890) in the Belgian Congo, spread into Mayumbe, opening there… -
Bomarzo
Ancient episcopal see of Latium, on the edge of the plateau that extends toward the Cimini Mountains and not far from the Tiber. In the Roman Synod of 649 a… -
Bombay [Mumbai], Archdiocese of (BOMBAY, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The apostolic vicariate of B. originates from the one called of the Great Mogul, entrusted in 1696 to the Discalced Carmelites, whose seat was transferred to… -
Bomologno da Bologna (BOMBOLOGNO DA BOLOGNA)
Dominican philosopher and theologian, b. in Bologna at the beginning of the 13th century, d. there ca. 1280. He became a religious and completed his studies in… -
Bon
Also Bonpo: it is the name of the autochthonous religion of the Tibetans, before the introduction of Buddhism into the country. It is also called I Ha-chos… -
Bonaccorsi, Giuseppe
Missionary of the Sacred Heart, b. in Rome on 18 Dec. 1874, d. there on 7 March 1935. He founded and directed for one semester the Rivista storico-critica… -
Bonaccorsi, Pierino
BONACCORSI, PIERINO: v. PERIN DEL VAGA. BONACCORSO DA BOLOGNA. - Theologian, born at the beginning of the 13th century in Bologna, where he entered the… -
Bonacina, Ferdinando
Missionary, died for the faith. Born at Reggio Emilia on April 7, 1804, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1826 as a lay brother. Extremely skilled in various… -
Bonacina, Martino
Moralist, born in Milan around 1585. Professor of canon and civil law in the seminary and then rector of the Helvetic college of the same city, founded by St.… -
Bonada, Francesco Maria
Piarist, born on Sept. 8, 1706 in Trinità (Cuneo), diocese of Mondovì, died in Rome on Dec. 22, 1755, rector of the Urban College "de Propaganda Fide." He… -
Bona Dea
Originally an epithet of a goddess who protected pastures and woods, she was identified, after the conquest of Taranto (271 B.C.), with Damia, a Greek divinity… -
Bona, Giovanni
Cardinal, a most learned ascetical and historical-liturgical writer, b. at Pian della Valle near Mondovì on 10 Oct. 1609, d. in holiness at Rome on 28 Oct.… -
Bonagrazia da Bergamo
Franciscan, born probably at Bergamo (in the world Buoncortese), he entered among the Friars Minor as a lay brother shortly before 1310, died on 19 June 1340.… -
Bonaguida d'Arezzo
Decretalist of the 13th century. He taught at Arezzo around 1255. He also practiced, as it seems, the forensic profession in Rome with profit. Not before 1263… -
Bonald, Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Viscount of (BONALD, LOUIS-GABRIEL-AMBROISE, VISCONTE DI)
French philosopher and statesman, b. at Le Monna near Millau in Rouergue on 2 Oct. 1754 and d. at Lyon on 23 Nov. 1840. A member of the central administration… -
Bonald, Louis-Jacques-Maurice de
Cardinal, son of the philosopher, b. at Millau in the Aveyron on 30 Oct. 1787 and d. at Lyons on 25 Feb. 1870. A priest in 1811, he was for some time chaplain… -
Bonaluti, Andrea
BONALUTI, ANDREA: V. ANDREA DA FIRENZE. -
Bonanno Pisano
Sculptor and architect of the second half of the 12th century. The bronze leaves of the main door of the cathedral of Monreale bear his name in the following… -
Bonaparte
Italian family, descended, according to some, from the Lombard Cadolingi, mentioned in the 11th and 12th centuries; according to others, from a notary B. of… -
Bonaparte-Savoy, Clotilde (BONAPARTE-SAVOIA, CLOTILDE)
BONAPARTE-SAVOIA, CLOTILDE: V. SAVOIA BONAPARTE, CLOTILDE di. -
Bonaria
BONARIA: V. CAGLIARI. -
Bonatelli, Francesco
Spiritualist philosopher, b. at Iseo on 25 April 1830, d. on 13 May 1911 at Padua, where he taught at the University. He opposed positivism and idealism. He… -
Bonavenia, Giuseppe
Jesuit, b. at Arpino (Frosinone) on 16 June 1844, d. at Rome on 18 Jan. 1920. He devoted himself above all to archaeological studies, benefiting from the… -
Bonaventure da Barcelona, Blessed (BONAVENTURA DA BARCELLONA, BEATO)
Before entering the Order of Friars Minor (1640) his name was Michele Battista Gran; he was born at Riudoms in the province and diocese of Tarragona on 24 Nov.… -
Bonaventure da Coccaglio (BONAVENTURA DA COCCAGLIO)
Capuchin preacher, in the world Bianchi Paolo, from the ancient province of Brescia, b. 25 July 1713, d. 17 March 1778. He carried on an intense activity as a… -
Bonaventure d'Amiens (BONAVENTURA D'AMIENS)
Franciscan missionary, martyr in Languedoc. Born into the Lieurin family, he took the habit of the Reformed Minors in Rome. In 1624, favored by Urban VIII and… -
Bonaventure da Palazzolo (BONAVENTURA DA PALAZZOLO)
Franciscan missionary, b. at Palazzolo (Vercelli) on 23 Apr. 1601, from the Relli family, d. at Turin on 2 Oct. 1657. In 1628, urged by the Sacred Congregation… -
Bonaventure da Potenza, Blessed (BONAVENTURA DA POTENZA, BEATO)
Conventual, b. at Potenza on 4 Jan. 1651, d. at Ravello on 26 Oct. 1711. He became a religious in 1666. Because of his attraction to the mystical life, he left… -
Bonaventure di Peraga, Blessed (BONAVENTURA DI PERAGA, BEATO)
Of the family of the counts of Peraga, from whose Roman stock the Badoer of Padua descended (and he himself was called of Padua), Augustinian, b. at Padua on… -
Bonaventure, Saint (BONAVENTURA, SANTO)
Doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. The writings. - III. The doctrine of the Seraphic Doctor. - IV. Iconography. I. LIFE. - St. B. was born in 1221… -
Bonavino, Cristoforo
BONAVINO, CRISTOFORO: v. FRANCHI AUSONIO. -
Bonazzi, Benedetto
Cassinese Benedictine of the abbey of Cava dei Tirreni, philologist and writer, b. in Naples on 11 Oct. 1840 from the noble family of the barons of S.… -
Bonazzi, Giuseppe Maria
Friar Minor, missionary in Chile, b. in Rome on 15 June 1814, d. in Peru in 1869. He set out for the missions in 1837 and was ordained a priest in Dec. of the… -
Bon, Bartolomeo
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Boncompagni di Mombello, Carlo
Politician, b. in Turin on 25 July 1804, d. there on 14 Dec. 1880. Having graduated in law in July 1824, he entered the state administrative career. Being… -
Boncompagni, Family (BONCOMPAGNI, FAMIGLIA)
According to a tradition it would be originally from Umbria, but we find it in Bologna, where it belonged to the "middle class." CRISTOFORO (b. 1470, d. 1546)… -
Boncuori, Saint (BONCUORI, SANTE)
Conventual Franciscan, born at Monte San Pietrangeli (province of Ascoli Piceno), more probably than at Penna S. Giovanni as others would have it, in the early… -
Bondi, Clemente
Jesuit and poet, b. at Mezzano Superiore (Parma) on 27 June 1742, d. at Vienna on 20 June 1821. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1760, he was studying… -
Bondo, Apostolic Vicariate of (BONDO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The Crocigeri missionaries, having arrived at B. (Belgian Congo) on 13 Dec. 1920, under the direction of the apostolic prefect of Western Uélé founded the… -
Bondolfi, Pietro
Founder of the Swiss Institute of Foreign Missions, commonly called of Bethlehem (v.). Born in Rome on 10 April 1872 to Swiss parents from Poschiavo; he did… -
Bonelli, Michele
Cardinal, b. at Bosco in the diocese of Tortona on 25 Dec. 1541, d. at Rome on 29 March 1598. A nephew on his mother's side of Pius V, he first studied at the… -
Bonet, Honoré
French Benedictine who lived in the second half of the 14th century and is generally known under the name of "prieur de Salon," from the name of an abbey in… -
Bonet, Nicolas
Franciscan theologian, b. probably at Tours in the last decades of the 13th century, d. before 27 Oct. 1343. A student at the University of Paris, he obtained… -
Bonetti, Antonio Maria
Catholic publicist, b. in Bologna in 1849, d. in Rome on 7 Aug. 1896. A volunteer in the pontifical army from 1868 to 1870, he devoted himself to journalism… -
Bonfado, Jacopo
Italian man of letters and humanist, b. at Salò on Lake Garda around 1500, d. in 1550. He is numbered among the first followers of the Protestant movement in… -
Bonfante, Pietro
Jurist, b. 29 June 1864 at Poggio Mirteto, d. at Rome on 21 Nov. 1932. Professor of Roman law at the Universities of Camerino, Messina, Parma, Turin, Pavia… -
Bonfigli, Benedetto
Painter, b. in Perugia c. 1420 and d. there in 1496. He was one of the principal representatives of the 15th-century Umbrian school. He is mentioned for the… -
Bonfim, Diocese of (BONFIM, DIOCESI DI)
In the State of Bahia (Brazil). Erected on 6 April 1933 by the bull Adaptus Christi fidelium regimini. It borders to the north with the dioceses of Barra… -
Bonfrère, Jacques
Belgian Jesuit, exegete, b. at Dinant on 12 April 1573, d. at Tournai on 9 May 1642. A worthy disciple of Cornelius a Lapide, he first taught philosophy and… -
Bongars, Jacques
French diplomat, b. at Orléans in 1554, d. at Paris on 29 July 1612. After studying first in Germany and then in France, he went to perfect his philological… -
Bonghi, Ruggero
Writer, critic, politician, b. in Naples on 21 March 1826, d. at Torre del Greco on 22 Oct. 1895. A vivid and versatile intellect, he remained until the age of… -
Bonhomini (Bonomi), Giovanni Francesco
Nuncio, bishop of Vercelli, b. 6 Dec. 1536 at Cremona. He did his early studies in his native city and then followed courses in law at Bologna and Pavia. He… -
Boniface III, Pope (BONIFACIO III, PAPA)
After the death of Pope Sabinianus, a year later the Roman B. was given to him as successor; he was consecrated on 19 February 607. He had held numerous and… -
Boniface II, Pope (BONIFACIO II, PAPA)
Of Germanic stock but born in Rome, consecrated on 22 Sept. 530, died on 17 Oct. 532. Before dying, Felix IV, to avoid struggles and schisms, designated, with… -
Boniface I, Pope, Saint (BONIFACIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
The funeral rites of Pope Zosimus had not yet ended when the archdeacon Eulalius, eager to succeed him, returned to the Lateran basilica with some priests and… -
Boniface IV, Pope, Saint (BONIFACIO IV, PAPA, SANTO)
A native of the Abruzzi, after a vacancy of ten months he succeeded Boniface III and governed the Church for about seven years (608-15), which were very sad on… -
Boniface IX, Pope (BONIFACIO IX, PAPA)
When Urban VI died in Rome on 15 Oct. 1389, he left the papacy in a very difficult position; Clement VII sat as anti-pope in Avignon, while those who had… -
Boniface, Martyr, Saint (BONIFACIO, MARTIRE, SANTO)
A martyr of this name is unknown to the ancient testimonies of the Roman tradition, although he is commemorated in the Martyrologium Romanum on May 14. It is… -
Boniface of Savoy, Blessed (BONIFACIO DI SAVOIA, BEATO)
Born in the castle of Ste-Hélène-du-Lac in 1207 to Count Thomas I and Margaret of Geneva. Having entered the Grande Chartreuse of Grenoble, he was elected… -
Boniface, Saint, Martyr (BONIFACIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Apostle of Germany, b. around 675 in Wessex, in Britain. In his family he bore the name Wymfrith, and from childhood he felt a religious vocation, so that his… -
Boniface VII, Antipope (BONIFACIO VII, ANTIPAPA)
Died in 985, antipope in June-July 974, and again from Aug. 984 to July 985. Taking advantage of the absence of Emperor Otto II, who was engaged in the… -
Boniface VIII, Pope (BONIFACIO VIII, PAPA)
Benedetto Caetani, Supreme Pontiff from 1294 to 1303, b. at Anagni between 1220 and 1230, of noble parents. Having gone to Rome at a young age, he immediately… -
Boniface VI, Pope (BONIFACIO VI, PAPA)
La morte di papa Formoso, avvenuta il 4 apr. 896, segnò l'inizio di lunghi gravi tumulti in Roma, causati dai due partiti opposti di Arnolfo, re di Germania, e… -
Boniface V, Pope (BONIFACIO V, PAPA)
Born in Naples, he succeeded Deusdedit or Adeodatus in the pontificate on 8 Nov. 618, and was consecrated on 23 Dec. 619. At this time, even before B. was… -
Bonifacio dei Vitalini
A decretalist of the 14th century, a native of Mantua. He was professor of canon law first at Padua, then at Avignon. When he was apostolic protonotary he… -
Bonifacio Veronese (Bonifacio de' Pitati)
Painter, b. in Verona around 1487, d. in Venice in 1553. Dated works are scarce; none is known with certainty earlier than 1530, the period in which B. already… -
Bonifatiusverein für das Katholische Deutschland
The Association of St. Boniface for Catholic Germany was founded in 1849 on the initiative of Prof. I. Döllinger, organized by Count Joseph Stolberg-Stolberg… -
Bonifazio da Ceva
Franciscan, b. at Ceva (Piedmont), of a noble marquisal family, between 1460 and 1470, d. at Paris on 12 April 1517 (Easter day). He entered (ca. 1495), among… -
Bonilla, Alonso de
Spanish poet, born toward the end of the 16th century and considered, together with his contemporary Alonso de Ledesma, a precursor of conceptismo a lo divino… -
Bonilla, Juan de
Spanish Franciscan, b. around the middle of the 16th century. In 1571 he was superior of the Observant convent of Villasilos (Palencia). He was very well… -
Bonilli, Pietro
Priest, b. at San Lorenzo di Trevi on 15 March 1841, d. at Spoleto on 5 Jan. 1935. He was parish priest at Cannaiola for thirty-five years, then canon… -
Bonini, Alessandro da Alessandria
Franciscan, b. at Alessandria (Piedmont) around 1270, d. at Rome on 5 Oct. 1314. Having taken the habit of the Friars Minor, he was sent to Paris, where he… -
Bonizo of Sutri (BONIZONE DI SUTRI)
Born perhaps at Cremona around 1045, died according to tradition on 14 July 1089. From his youth he took part in the Pataria movement as a supporter of the… -
Bonjean, Christophe
Missionary, archbishop of Colombo. Born at Riom (France) on 23 Sept. 1823, he entered the seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris and was ordained a priest… -
Bonjour, Guillaume
Orientalist and exegete, b. at Toulouse in 1670, d. in China on 23 Dec. 1714. He belonged to the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine. The early years of his… -
Bon, Maria dell'Incarnazione
Ursuline at St-Marcellin (Dauphiné), b. in 1636, d. in 1680. She wrote a treatise on mental prayer, of which many copies were made. It was printed in Italian… -
Bonnard, Clément
One of the greatest missionary bishops of India in the last century. Born at St-Maurice-sur-Dargoire (France) on 20 May 1796, ordained priest in 1821, he… -
Bonnard, Jean-Louis, Blessed (BONNARD, JEAN-LOUIS, BEATO)
Of the Paris Foreign Missions, martyred in Tonkin on 1 May 1852. Born on 1 March 1824 at St-Cristôt-en-Jarret (Loire), he entered the seminary of the Missions… -
Bonnechose, Henri-Marie-Gaston de
Cardinal, b. in Paris on 30 May 1800, d. at Rouen on 28 Oct. 1883. He first pursued a forensic career, but the July Revolution (1830), which obliged him to… -
Bonner, Edmund
Bishop of London, whose origin is obscure and whose date of birth is uncertain (late 15th century), perhaps as a result of the slanders concerning the… -
Bonnet, Alfred-Maximilien
French philologist, b. in Frankfurt am Main on 3 Nov. 1841, to a Swiss Huguenot family; he obtained French nationality and d. at Montpellier on 20 Feb. 1917.… -
Bonnet, Charles
Psychologist and naturalist, b. in Geneva on 13 March 1720, d. there on 20 June 1793. A complex figure whose works reflect the influence of his scientific… -
Bonnetty, Augustin
French philosopher and historian, b. at Entrevaux on 9 April 1798, d. at Paris on 29 March 1879. In 1830 he founded the Annales de philosophie chrétienne… -
Bono, Giovanni, Blessed (BONO, GIOVANNI, BEATO)
Born of a noble family in Mantua in 1168. After a dissipated youth, enlightened by divine grace, following an illness, he returned to God. Having withdrawn to… -
Bonomelli, Geremia
Bishop, b. 12 Sept. 1831 at Nigoline di Franciacorta in the diocese of Brescia, to a very modest peasant family, d. there 3 Aug. 1914. He completed his… -
Bonomi, Ermete
Archivist, b. in 1734 at Milan, d. April 22, 1816 there. A Cistercian monk and priest, he held the offices of librarian and archivist of the monastery of… -
Bonomo, Giovanna Maria, Blessed (BONOMO, GIOVANNA MARIA, BEATA)
Benedictine, b. 15 Aug. 1606 in Asiago (Vicenza), d. 1 March 1670 at Bassano. After her mother's death she was educated in the monastery of St. Clare at Trent… -
Bononio, Saint (BONONIO, SANTO)
Abbot of Lucedio in the Vercelli area, d. 1026. A Camaldolese monk, among the most fervent followers of St. Romuald, he lived for some time in the monastery of… -
Bonorva
BONORVA: v. SASSARI. -
Bonoso, Bishop of Naissus (BONOSO, VESCOVO DI NAISSO)
He is more commonly known as bishop of Sardica, but this is an oversight of Marius Mercator. It is not certain when he was elected to the episcopal see; he… -
Bonsignore, Stefano
Bishop of Faenza, b. at Busto Arsizio on 23 Feb. 1738, d. at Faenza on 23 Dec. 1826. Professor of theology and literature in the seminary of Milan, he was… -
Bonsignori, Benedetto
Benedictine abbot, biblical exegete, b. ca. 1510, d. at Florence in 1567. Even in the world he distinguished himself by his keen intellect and his knowledge of… -
Bonsignori (Monsignori), Girolamo
Veronese painter, active in the second half of the 15th century. He was a pupil of Mantegna, to whom he remained faithful for almost his entire life; only in… -
Bontempi, Gaudenzio da Brescia
Capuchin theologian b. in 1612, d. March 25, 1672. Definitor and preacher, he is known above all in the history of theology for the work Palladium theologicum… -
Bonvesin da Riva
Poet and teacher of grammar, b. in Milan between 1240 and 1250, d. there on 13 March 1315. Of an aristocratic family, he entered the Order of the Humiliati.… -
Bonvicino, Alessandro
BONVICINO, ALESSANDRO: V. MORETTO (II). -
Bonvisi, Giovanni, Blessed (BONVISI, GIOVANNI, BEATO)
Franciscan, born in Lucca at the beginning of the 15th century. From childhood he showed an inclination toward a retired and penitential life. Having gone to… -
Book (LIBRO)
This name is properly given to the writing material which, after suitable preparation, is used to receive and disseminate the graphic expression of thought… -
Book of Cerne (CERNE, LIBRO DI)
It is a collection of prayers for private use, which once belonged to the abbey of C., near Dorsetshire in England, and is now preserved at the University of… -
Book of Common Prayer (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER («LIBRO DELLA PREGHIERA COMUNE»))
After the Bible this is the only official book of the Anglican or Church of England. In it are found: the official devotional (morning and evening prayers)… -
Book of Common Prayer (COMMON PRAYER BOOK)
COMMON PRAYER BOOK: v. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. -
Book of Hours (LIBRO D'ORE)
From the ecclesiastical Latin "Horae" (the seven parts into which the divine office is divided) it is a devotional book for the use of the faithful… -
Book of the Dead (LIBRO DEI MORTI)
Name by which the first Egyptologists designated a collection of formulas, prayers and religious hymns written on papyrus rolls which, from the New Kingdom… -
Book of Wisdom (SAPIENZA)
Book of the Old Testament. In Latin it is called Liber Sapientiae, but in the more ancient authors the designation Sapientia Salomonis is also documented… -
Books and Publishers, Morality of (LIBRI ED EDITORI, MORALITÀ DEI)
The publisher does not exercise merely an industrial activity, because his purpose is the diffusion of thought, carried out by means of the book. The ideas… -
Booth, William
Social reformer and founder of the Protestant sect the "Salvation Army," b. at Nottingham on 10 April 1829, d. blind in London on 20 Aug. 1912. The son of a… -
Booz (BOOZ)
1. - Ancestor of David and of the Messiah. He owned in Bethlehem the field in which the widow Ruth (v.) used to go to glean in order to support herself and her… -
Boppert, Konrad
Ascetical writer, b. at Constance on 10 February 1750, d. at St. Paul in Carinthia on 31 July 1811. A Benedictine monk at St. Blasien in the Black Forest, he… -
Bora, Caterina von
Born into a noble but impoverished family at Klein-Laussig on 29 January 1499, at the age of ten she was placed with the Cistercian nuns of the monastery of… -
Borba, Diego de
Born in the city of Borba (Evora, Portugal). He belonged for some time to the Franciscans. In the year 1538 he went with the Franciscan bishop Giovanni di… -
Borborian (Borborite) (BORBORIANI (BORBORITI))
Antinomian Gnostics; Epiphanius was the first to call them by this name, but they probably existed even earlier (cf. Clement of Alexandria, Strom., II, 20, and… -
Bordeaux, Archdiocese of (BORDEAUX, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
A city of southwestern France, it rises on both banks of the Garonne, near the beginning of the great Gironde estuary, 95 km from the Atlantic. It is a great… -
Bordes, Charles
Musician, b. at Vouvray-sur-Loire on 12 May 1863, d. at Toulon on 8 Nov. 1909. A pupil of César Franck, he was choirmaster at St-Gervais in Paris. On a… -
Bordone, Paris
Painter, b. in Treviso in 1500, d. in Venice in 1571. Trained in Titian's workshop, he long suffered the influence of the great master, later departing from it… -
Boreel, Adam
Founder of the Boreelists, b. at Duinbeke (Holland), in 1603, d. in 1667. In his office of Protestant minister in the province of Zeeland, at a certain point… -
Borghese
We find this family in Siena, where its members appear in the 13th century as jurists, city officials, and orators. In the 15th century AGOSTINO had missions… -
Borghese, Scipione
Son of Ortensia B., wife of Francesco Caffarelli, born in Rome in 1576 and died on October 2, 1633. As soon as he was elected Pope, Paul V made him a member of… -
Borghi, Giuseppe
Man of letters and teacher of rhetoric, b. at Bibbiena on 4 May 1790, d. at Rome on 30 May 1847. A priest, he was later under-librarian at the Riccardiana in… -
Borghini, Vincenzo Maria
Benedictine monk, philologist and archaeologist, b. in Florence on 29 Oct. 1515, d. on 18 Aug. 1580. A profound scholar of pure Tuscan, he carried out studies… -
Borgia, Carlo, of the Dukes of Gandia (BORGIA, CARLO, DEI DUCHI DI GANDIA)
Cardinal, b. in Madrid on 30 Apr. 1663, d. at La Granja on 8 Aug. 1773. Third son of the ninth duke of Gandia and of Maria Ponce de León. Having obtained a…