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Boanerges (ΒΟΑΝΗΡΓΕΣ) (BOANERGES (ΒΟΚΝΗΡΓΈΣ)) Vol. II, p. 995
BOANERGES (Βοκνηργές). – Nickname given by Jesus to the two apostles, sons of Zebedee: Giacomo and Giovanni, according to Mk. 3:17, where it is explained as «…
Boarding School (CONVITTO) Vol. IV, p. 291
CONVITTO: v. EDUCAZIONE.
Boaretti, Francesco Vol. II, p. 995
BOARETTI, FRANCESCO. — Preacher and polygraph, b. at Masi, near Padua, on 16 August 1748, d. at Venice on 15 May 1799. He studied at the seminary of Padua,…
Boaz (Heb. Bô'az) (BOOZ (EBR. BÔ'AZ)) Vol. II, p. 1090
BOOZ (Heb. Bô'az). - 1. - Ancestor of David and of the Messiah. He owned at Bethlehem the field in which the widow Ruth (v.), in order to support herself and…
Bobbio Vol. II, p. 999
Bobbio - Commentary on the Psalms with interlinear glosses in Old Irish. Manuscript from B. (8th-9th centuries) - Milan, Ambrosian Library, c. 301 inf., f.…
Bobbio, Diocese of (BOBBIO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 995
BOBBIO, DIOCESE of. — In Lombardy, province of Piacenza, suffragan of Genoa. It comprises municipalities belonging to the provinces of Genoa, Piacenza, Pavia,…
Bobo-Dioulasso, Apostolic Vicariate of (BOBO-DIULASSO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. II, p. 999
BOBO-DIULASSO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of - The mission was established as an apostolic prefecture in December 1927 with territories detached from the immense…
Bobola, Andrew, Saint (BOBOLA, ANDREA, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1000
BOBOLA, ANDREA, santo: v. ANDREA BOBOLA, santo.
Bocalini, Traiano (BOCCALINI, TRAIANO) Vol. II, p. 1003
BOCCALINI, TRAIANO. — Born at Loreto in 1556 to Giovanni da Carpi, he studied at Perugia and Padua; he ultimately settled in Rome as a judge in the Campidoglio…
Boccaccino, Boccaccio Vol. II, p. 1000
BOCCACCINO, BOCCACCIO. — Painter, born in Ferrara around 1467, died in Cremona in 1524 or 1525. He received his initial artistic training in his native city…
Boccaccio, Giovanni Vol. II, p. 1000
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. — I. LIFE. — Until quite recently, biographers, following the example of many purported autobiographical pages, had made B.’s life, at…
Boccardini, Giovanni and Francesco, Florentines (BOCCARDI, GIOVANNI E FRANCESCO, FIORENTINI) Vol. II, p. 1004
BOCCARDI, GIOVANNI and FRANCESCO, Florentines. — GIOVANNI, illuminator, b. in 1460, was a pupil of Zanobi di Lorenzo. His work was highly esteemed, and he was…
Boccasini, Niccolò Vol. II, p. 1004
BOCCASINI, NICCOLÒ: v. BENEDETTO XI.
Boccati, Giovanni di Piermatteo, detto Il Vol. II, p. 1004
BOCCATI, GIOVANNI di PIERMATTEO, known as. - Painter, b. at Camerino about 1420; in 1445 he moved to Perugia, where he is last recorded in 1480. More than from…
Boccherini, Luigi Vol. II, p. 1004
BOCCHERINI, LUIGI. – Musician, born in Lucca on 19 September 1743, died in Madrid on 28 May 1805. He first studied at the seminary of Lucca under Abbé…
Bocchi, Girolamo Vol. II, p. 1004
BOCCHI, GIROLAMO. - Scholar, often and wrongly called “Boutrius,” “Bourti,” etc., born in Florence around 1595. He was first a Conventual Franciscan, then, at…
Boccone Del Povero Vol. II, p. 1005
BOCCONE DEL POVERO. – This name designates not only the entire work but also, in particular, the women’s religious Congregation founded in Palermo in 1880 by…
Bocconi, Paolo (Silvio) Vol. II, p. 1005
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…
Bochart, Samuel Vol. II, p. 1005
BOCHART, SAMUEL. – French Protestant pastor and interpreter of the Bible’s natural history, born at Rouen on 30 May 1599, died at Caen on 16 May 1667. Having…
Bocskay, István Vol. II, p. 1005
BOCSKAY, ISTVÁN. - Prince of Transylvania, b. in 1557, d. in 1606, probably poisoned by the chancellor Michele Kátay. Educated in Vienna and Prague, he soon…
Bodel, Jean Vol. II, p. 1005
BODEL, JEAN. — French poet from Arras, who lived between the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th, whose writings are highly varied in…
Bodenstein, Andreas Rudolf Vol. II, p. 1005
BODENSTEIN, ANDREAS RUDOLF: V. CARLO-STADIO.
Bodin, Jean Vol. II, p. 1005
BODIN, JEAN. – One of the most notable thinkers of the French Renaissance, born at Angers in 1529 or 1530, died at Laon in 1596. He first practised law, then…
Bodoni, Giovanni Battista Vol. II, p. 1006
BODONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. — The most famous printer of the eighteenth century, born in Saluzzo on 16 February 1740, died in Parma on 30 November 1813. A…
Body (CORPO) Vol. IV, p. 344
CORPO. – In general, c. is a material, perceptible reality. In experimental science, c. is a portion of matter with certain specific properties (dimensions,…
Boema, Confession (BOEMA, CONFESSIONE) Vol. II, p. 1006
BOEMA, CONFESSIONE: V. BOEMI, FRATELLI.
Boemi, Fratelli Vol. II, p. 1006
BOHEMIAN BROTHERS. — Under this name, three groups of heretics are sometimes confused; although they all acknowledge the Bohemians Giovanni Hus and Girolamo of…
Boemondo of Taranto (BOEMONDO DI TARANTO) Vol. II, p. 1009
BOEMONDO of TARANTO. - Norman prince, son of Roberto il Guiscardo and Alberada, who lived in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. He took part with his father…
Boemondo, Prince of Antioch (BOEMONDO, PRINCIPE DI ANTIOCHIA) Vol. II, p. 1009
BOEMONDO, prince of ANTIOCH. — Born around 1170, died in 1233, he was the son of Boemondo III and Orgogliosa. At his father’s death (1201), he seized the…
Boerenbond Vol. II, p. 1009
BOERENBOND. – I. ORIGINS. – It is a Belgian agricultural organization founded in Leuven in 1890 on the initiative of Abbé Mellaerts, who conceived it and…
Boero, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1010
BOERO, GIUSEPPE. — Jesuit hagiographer and historian, born at Ventimiglia on 15 August 1814, died at Rome on 8 February 1884. After his theological studies, he…
Boethius of Dacia (BOEZIO DI DACIA) Vol. II, p. 1013
BOEZIO di DACIA. — A scholastic philosopher of the thirteenth century, of whom very little is known. He was neither a Dominican nor a religious nor a priest,…
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus (BOEZIO, ANICIO MANLIO TORQUATO SEVERINO) Vol. II, p. 1011
BOETIUS, ANICIUS MANLIUS TORQUATUS SEVERINUS. – I. LIFE. – B. was born in Rome, of the noble family of the Anicii, around the year 480, when the reign of…
Boethos Vol. II, p. 1011
BOETHOS. – Progenitor of the Boethosians, who formed a distinct group within the party of the Sadducees. A priest of Alexandria, B. was the father of Simon,…
Boetto, Pietro Vol. II, p. 1011
BOETTO, PIETRO. - Jesuit, cardinal, archbishop of Genova, b. at Vigone in Piemonte on 19 May 1871, d. at Genova on 31 Jan. 1946, rightly proclaimed «defensor…
Boffito, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1013
BOFFITO, GIUSEPPE. - Barnabite. Man of letters, bibliographer, historian of science, Dante scholar, and erudite scholar, born at Gavi (Alessandria) on July 3,…
Bofondi, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1013
BOFONDI, GIUSEPPE. - Cardinal, b. into a patrician family at Forlì on 24 Oct. 1795, d. at Rome on 2 Dec. 1867. A learned and cultivated man, he entered the…
Bogazköy (BOGHAZKÖY) Vol. II, p. 1014
BOGHAZKÖY. - This 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,…
Bogdani, Pietro Vol. II, p. 1013
BOGDANI, PIETRO. - B. ca. 1630, d. 1688, first bishop of Scutari (Albania), then archbishop of Scopia. Author of the Cuneus prophetarum de Christo saltatore…
Bogdanov Vol. II, p. 1013
BOGDANOV. - This is the pseudonym of Alessandro Alexandrovič Malinovskij, Russian revolutionary, physician, and philosopher, b. in 1873. A member of the…
Bogino, Giambattista Lorenzo Vol. II, p. 1014
BOGINO, GIAMBATTISTA LORENZO. - Born in Torino on 21 July 1701 and died there on 9 February 1784. An eminent statesman, he was a faithful servant of the…
Bogomils (Friends of God) (BOGOMILI (AMICI DI DIO)) Vol. II, p. 1014
BOGOMILI (AMICI DI DIO). — Christian heretical sect that appeared in Bulgaria between the first and second halves of the 10th century. The B. derive their name…
Bogotá, Archdiocese of (BOGOTÁ, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1014
BOGOTÁ, ARCIDIOCESI di. — In the Republic of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca. Primatial see and capital of the State, B. is situated at 2,640 m. on the…
Bohemia (BOEMIA) Vol. II, p. 1007
BOEMIA. – I. GEOGRAPHY. – Region of central Europe corresponding to the upper basin of the Elbe (Labe, in Czech), that is, to a quadrilateral enclosed on every…
Bohemian Brothers (FRATELLI BOEMI) Vol. V, p. 1013
FRATELLI BOEMI: V. BOEMI FRATELLI.
Bohic (Bohic, Boich, Bouhic), Henri Vol. II, p. 1017
BOHIC (BOHIC, BOICH, BOUHIC), HENRI. – Decretalist, born in Brittany in 1310, died around 1350. He taught canon law at the University of Paris. He is the…
Bohier (Boherius), Pierre Vol. II, p. 1017
BOHIER (Boherius), PIERRE. — Benedictine abbot, later bishop of Orvieto, born at La Retorte (diocese of Carcassonne). In 1335 he was at the Benedictine abbey…
Boiano-Campobasso, Diocese of (BOIANO-CAMPOBASSO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1018
BOIANO-CAMPOBASSO, DIOCESE of. — B., a small town at the foot of a northern spur of the Matese, in the center of ancient Samnium and modern Molise, in the…
Boiardo, Matteo Maria Vol. II, p. 1018
BOIARDO, MATTEO MARIA. — Poet, born at Scandiano (Reggio Emilia) in 1441 and died at Reggio Emilia in 1494. He lived at Ferrara at the court of the Este…
Boil (Boyl, Buil, Bugl), Bernardo Vol. II, p. 1019
BOIL (BOYL, BUIL, BUGL), BERNARDO. - Born into the noble Aragonese family of the same name in the first half of the 15th century. Secretary to Ferdinand the…
Boileau (Boileau-Despréaux), Nicolas (BOILEAU (BOILEAU-DESPREAUX), NICOLAS) Vol. II, p. 1019
BOILEAU (BOILEAU-DESPREAUX), NICOLAS. — French writer, born in Paris on 1 November 1636, died there on 13 March 1711. He was able to devote himself entirely to…
Boileau, Jacques Vol. II, p. 1019
BOILEAU, JACQUES. - Theologian, canonist, historian, and polemicist, brother of the satirical poet Nicolas, b. in Paris on 16 March 1635. He was vicar general…
Bois-le-Duc, Diocese of (BOIS-LE-DUC, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1020
BOIS-LE-DUC, DIOCESI di: v. s'HERTOGENBOSCH, DIOCESI di.
Boise City, Diocese of (BOISE CITY, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1020
BOISE CITY, DIOCESE 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…
Boisgelin, Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Vol. II, p. 1020
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…
Boissier, Marie-Louis-Gaston Vol. II, p. 1020
BOISSIER, MARIE-LOUIS-GASTON. - French historian, born at Nîmes on 15 Aug. 1823 and died at Viroflay on 10 June 1908. A keen investigator of classical…
Boito, Arrigo Vol. II, p. 1020
BOITO, ARRIGO. – Musician and man of letters, born in Padua on 24 February 1842, died in Milan on 10 June 1918. Of a Venetian father and a Polish mother, he…
Boito, Camillo Vol. II, p. 1021
BOITO, CAMILLO. - Architect, born in Roma on 30 Oct. 1836, died in Milano on 28 June 1914. He held the chair of architecture in Venezia and Milano. More…
Bokelszoon (Beukelszoon, Bockelson, Bockhold), Johann Vol. II, p. 1021
BOKELSZOON (BEUKELSZOON, BOCKELSON, BOCKHOLD), JOHANN. — Leader of Anabaptism in Germany, better known under the name of John of Leiden, b. at Münster around…
Bolaños, Luis Vol. II, p. 1021
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…
Boldetti, Marcantonio Vol. II, p. 1022
BOLDETTI, MARCANTONIO. — Archaeologist, born in Rome in 1663, died there in 1749. A canon of S. Maria in Trastevere and a man of great piety, he was Custodian…
Bolduc (Boulduc), Jacques Vol. II, p. 1022
BOLDUC (BOULDUC), JACQUES. - A Capuchin of the province of Paris, perhaps belonging to the Parisian family of Jean-Baptiste B., of the Academy of Sciences at…
Boleyn (Bolenna), Anna (BOLEYN (BOLENA), ANNA) Vol. II, p. 1022
BOLEYN (BOLENA), ANNA. — Second wife of Henry VIII of England, b. in 1504 (?), d. in 1536. Daughter of Tommaso B., an English gentleman of modest and recent…
Bolgi, Andrea Vol. II, p. 1023
BOLGI, ANDREA. — Sculptor, born in Carrara on 22 June 1606, died of the plague in Naples in 1656; he was a pupil and collaborator of Tacca. With Bernini he…
Bolgini, Giovanni Vincenzo (BOLGENI, GIOVANNI VINCENZO) Vol. II, p. 1022
BOLGENI, GIOVANNI VINCENZO. – Eminent Italian Jesuit and distinguished theologian, born at Macerata on 22 January 1733, died at Rome on 3 May 1811. Having…
Bolingbroke, Henry Saint John, Viscount of (BOLINGBROKE, HENRY SAINT JOHN, VISCONTE DI) Vol. II, p. 1023
BOLINGBROKE, HENRY SAINT JOHN, Viscount. - Politician and philosopher, one of the most advanced representatives of English deism. Born on 1 Oct. 1672 at…
Bolivar Vol. II, p. 1023
BOLIVAR: v. HIOBAMBA.
Bolivar, Simón Vol. II, p. 1023
BOLIVAR, SIMÓN. — Founder of the independent states of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, born on 24 July 1783 at Caracas, died on 17 December…
Bolivia Vol. II, p. 1023
BOLIVIA. – Republic of South America. I. GEOGRAPHY. — Bordered by Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile; among the Andean states, the only one without…
Bolla Vol. II, p. 1025
BOLLA. – Properly denotes the lead seal attached to documents and, by extension, the document itself. I. SEAL. — The use of the lead seal is of Byzantine…
Bolland, Jean Vol. II, p. 1027
BOLLAND, JEAN. — Belgian Jesuit, known for founding the work that took his name (v. BOLLANDISTI), b. 13 Aug. 1596 at Julemont in the Duchy of Limburg…
Bollandists (BOLLANDISTI) Vol. II, p. 1027
BOLLANDISTI. – A scholarly society formed by a small group of Belgian Jesuit fathers, which for three centuries has devoted itself to the publication of the…
Bollario Vol. II, p. 1031
BOLLARIO. — This name designates every collection of papal bulls or constitutions. The first attempt to collect or print such documents separately dates from…
Bollatica, Scripture (BOLLATICA, SCRITTURA) Vol. II, p. 1032
BOLLATICA, SCRIPT. - Also called littera s. Petri, it is the script of conventional and characteristic forms in which papal bulls were written from the end of…
Bologna, Archdiocese of (BOLOGNA, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1032
Bologna, Archdiocese of. — The capital of the homonymous province and the principal city of one of the most fertile and historically rich regions, Emilia,…
Bolsec, Jérôme-Hermès Vol. II, p. 1047
BOLSEC, JÉRÔME-HERMÈS. - Carmelite theologian, b. in Paris, d. 4 Nov. 1585. He abandoned the Order and fled to Ferrara, where for some time he was chaplain to…
Bolsena Vol. II, p. 1047
BOLSENA. - An ancient episcopal see of Latium, in the province of Viterbo, along the Via Cassia, north-east of the lake of the same name. It still retains the…
Bolshevism (BOLSCEVISMO) Vol. II, p. 1041
BOLSHEVISM. - A) Theory and practice of communism in the specific form it assumed and implemented in Russia following the October 1917 Revolution. I. GENERAL…
Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio Vol. II, p. 1048
BOLTRAFFIO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Painter, b. in Milano in 1467, d. there in 1516. He worked almost always in his native city; only in 1500 do we find him in…
Boma, Apostolic Vicariate of (BOMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. II, p. 1048
BOMA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — The Belgian missionaries of Scheut, having founded the first stations at Moada (1889) and B. (1890) in the Belgian Congo,…
Bomarzo Vol. II, p. 1048
BOMARZO. - Ancient episcopal see of Lazio, on the edge of the plateau extending towards the Monti BOLSENA - Processione e rappresentazione di s. Cristina.…
Bombay, Archdiocese of (BOMBAY, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1049
BOMBAY, ARCHDIOCESE of. — The Apostolic Vicariate of B. originated from the one known as that of the Great Mogul, entrusted in 1696 to the Discalced…
Bomologno da Bologna (BOMBOLOGNO DA BOLOGNA) Vol. II, p. 1050
BOMBOLOGNO da BOLOGNA. - Dominican philosopher and theologian, b. at Bologna at the beginning of the 13th century, d. there about 1280. He entered religious…
Bon Vol. II, p. 1050
BON. — Also Bonpo: this is the name of the indigenous religion of the Tibetans, before the introduction of Buddhism into the country. It is also called I…
Bon, Bartolomeo Vol. II, p. 1050
BON, BARTOLOMEO: v. BUON, FAMIGLIA.
Bon, Maria dell'Incarnazione Vol. II, p. 1050
BON, MARIA DELL'INCARNAZIONE. – Ursuline at St-Marcellin (Dauphiné), born in 1636, died in 1680. She wrote a treatise on mental prayer, of which many copies…
Bona Dea Vol. II, p. 1052
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…
Bona, Giovanni Vol. II, p. 1050
BONA, GIOVANNI. — Cardinal, a most learned ascetical and liturgical-historical writer, b. at Pian della Valle near Mondovì on 10 October 1609, d. holily at…
Bonaccorsi, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1051
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 half a year the…
Bonaccorsi, Pierino Vol. II, p. 1051
BONACCORSI, PIERINO: V. PERIN DEL VAGA. BONACCORSO DA BOLOGNA. - Theologian, born at the beginning of the thirteenth century in Bologna, where he entered the…
Bonacina, Ferdinando Vol. II, p. 1052
BONACINA, FERDINANDO. - Missionary, who died for the faith. Born at Reggio Emilia on 7 Apr. 1804, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1826 as a coadjutor…
Bonacina, Martino Vol. II, p. 1052
BONACINA, MARTINO. – Moral theologian, born in Milan around 1585. Professor of canon and civil law at the seminary and subsequently rector of the Swiss College…
Bonada, Francesco Maria Vol. II, p. 1052
BONADA, FRANCESCO MARIA. — Piarist, born on 8 September 1706 in Trinità (Cuneo), in the diocese of Mondovì; died in Rome on 22 December 1755, rector of the…
Bonagrazia da Bergamo Vol. II, p. 1052
BONAGRAZIA da BERGAMO. — Franciscan, born probably in Bergamo (in the world Buoncortese), he entered the Friars Minor as a lay brother shortly before 1310 and…
Bonaguida d'Arezzo Vol. II, p. 1053
BONAGUIDA D'AREZZO. - Decretalist of the 13th century. He taught at Arezzo around 1255. He also appears to have practised the legal profession profitably in…
Bonald, Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Viscount of (BONALD, LOUIS-GABRIEL-AMBROISE, VISCONTE DI) Vol. II, p. 1053
BONALD, LOUIS-GABRIEL-AMBROISE, viscount. – French philosopher and statesman, born at Le Monna near Millau in Rouergue on 2 October 1754 and died at Lyon on 23…
Bonald, Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Vol. II, p. 1054
BONALD, LOUIS-JACQUES-MAURICE de - Cardinal, son of the philosopher, b. at Millau in Aveyron on 30 Oct. 1787 and d. at Lyons on 25 Feb. 1870. Ordained priest…
Bonaluti, Andrea Vol. II, p. 1053
BONALUTI, ANDREA: V. ANDREA DA FIRENZE.
Bonanno Pisano Vol. II, p. 1054
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…
Bonaparte Vol. II, p. 1054
BONAPARTE. — Italian family, descended, according to some, from the Lombard Cadolingi, mentioned in the 11th and 12th centuries; according to others, from a…
Bonaparte-Savoy, Clotilde (BONAPARTE-SAVOIA, CLOTILDE) Vol. II, p. 1056
BONAPARTE-SAVOIA, CLOTILDE: V. SAVOIA BONAPARTE, CLOTILDE di.
Bonaria Vol. II, p. 1056
BONARIA: V. CAGLIARI.
Bonatelli, Francesco Vol. II, p. 1056
BONATELLI, FRANCESCO. — Spiritualist philosopher, born in Iseo on 25 April 1830, died on 13 May 1911 in Padua, where he taught at the University. He opposed…
Bonavenia, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1056
BONAVENIA, GIUSEPPE. — Jesuit, born at Arpino (Frosinone) on 16 June 1844, died in Rome on 18 January 1920. He devoted himself above all to archaeological…
Bonaventure d'Amiens (BONAVENTURA D'AMIENS) Vol. II, p. 1061
BONAVENTURA D'AMIENS. - Franciscan missionary, martyr in Languedoc. Born into the Lieurin family, he donned the habit of the Reformed Minors in Rome. In 1624,…
Bonaventure da Barcelona, Blessed (BONAVENTURA DA BARCELLONA, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1061
BONAVENTURA DA BARCELLONA, blessed. – Before entering the Order of Friars Minor (1640), he was called Michele Battista Gran; born in Riudoms, in the province…
Bonaventure da Coccaglio (BONAVENTURA DA COCCAGLIO) Vol. II, p. 1061
BONAVENTURA DA COCCAGLIO. - Capuchin preacher, born Paolo Bianchi, of the ancient province of Brescia, b. 25 July 1713, d. 17 March 1778. He carried on an…
Bonaventure da Palazzolo (BONAVENTURA DA PALAZZOLO) Vol. II, p. 1061
BONAVENTURA DA PALAZZOLO. - Franciscan missionary, born at Palazzolo (Vercelli) on 23 April 1601, of the Relli family, died at Torino on 2 October 1657. In…
Bonaventure da Potenza, Blessed (BONAVENTURA DA POTENZA, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1062
BONAVENTURA da POTENZA, blessed. — A Conventual Franciscan, born in Potenza on 4 January 1651, died at Ravello on 26 October 1711. He entered religious life in…
Bonaventure di Peraga, Blessed (BONAVENTURA DI PERAGA, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1061
BONAVENTURA DI PERAGA, blessed. – Of the family of the counts of Peraga, from whose Roman stock descended the Badoer of Padua (and he himself was called di…
Bonaventure, Saint (BONAVENTURA, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1057
F. BONAVENTURE, Saint. - Doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. His writings. - III. The doctrine of the Seraphic Doctor. - IV. Iconography. I. LIFE. —…
Bonavino, Cristoforo Vol. II, p. 1062
BONAVINO, CRISTOFORO: v. FRANCHI AUSONIO.
Bonazzi, Benedetto Vol. II, p. 1062
BONAZZI, BENEDETTO. - Cassinese Benedictine of the abbey of Cava dei Tirreni, philologist and writer, born in Napoli on 11 Oct. 1840 into the noble family of…
Bonazzi, Giuseppe Maria Vol. II, p. 1062
BONAZZI, GIUSEPPE MARIA. — Friar Minor, missionary in Chile, b. in Rome on 15 June 1814, d. in Peru in 1869. He departed for the missions in 1837 and was…
Boncompagni di Mombello, Carlo Vol. II, p. 1063
BONCOMPAGNI di MOMBELLO, CARLO. — Politician, b. in Turin on 25 July 1804, d. there on 14 December 1880. Having graduated in law in July 1824, he entered the…
Boncompagni, Family (BONCOMPAGNI, FAMIGLIA) Vol. II, p. 1062
BONCOMPAGNI, FAMILY. — According to tradition, it originated in Umbria, but we find it in Bologna, where it belonged to the “middling class.” CRISTOFORO (b.…
Boncuori (Buoncuori, Buoncuore, sometimes erroneously Bocardo), Saint (BONCUORI (BUONCUORI, BUONCUORE, TALVOLTA ERRONEAMENTE BOCARDO), SANTE) Vol. II, p. 1063
BONCUORI (BUONCUORI, BUONCUORE, sometimes erroneously BOCARDO), SANTE. - Conventual Friar Minor, born at Monte San Pietrangeli (province of Ascoli Piceno),…
Bondi, Clemente Vol. II, p. 1064
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,…
Bondo, Apostolic Vicariate of (BONDO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. II, p. 1064
BONDO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - The Crocigeri missionaries, who arrived in B. (Belgian Congo) on 13 Dec. 1920, under the direction of the apostolic prefect of…
Bondolfi, Pietro Vol. II, p. 1064
BONDOLFI, PIETRO. - Founder of the Swiss Institute for Foreign Missions, commonly called that of Bethlehem (v.). Born in Rome on 10 April 1872 to Swiss parents…
Bonelli, Michele Vol. II, p. 1064
BONELLI, MICHELE. — Cardinal, born at Bosco in the diocese of Tortona on 25 December 1541, died in Rome on 29 March 1598. On his mother’s side, he was the…
Bonet, Honoré Vol. II, p. 1064
BONET, HONORÉ. — French Benedictine who lived in the second half of the 14th century and is generally known by the name “prieur de Salon,” after an abbey in…
Bonet, Nicolas Vol. II, p. 1065
BONET, NICOLAS. – Minorite theologian, born probably at Tours in the last decades of the 13th century, died before 27 October 1343. A student at the University…
Bonetti, Antonio Maria Vol. II, p. 1065
BONETTI, ANTONIO MARIA. – Catholic publicist, born in Bologna in 1849, died in Rome on 7 August 1896. A volunteer in the Papal army from 1868 to 1870, he then…
Bonfado, Jacopo Vol. II, p. 1065
BONFADO, JACOPO. - Italian man of letters and humanist, b. at Salò on Lake Garda around 1500, d. in 1550. He is counted among the earliest followers of the…
Bonfante, Pietro Vol. II, p. 1065
BONFANTE, PIETRO. - Jurist, b. 29 June 1864 at Poggio Mirteto, d. in Rome on 21 Nov. 1932. Professor of Roman law at the Universities of Camerino, Messina,…
Bonfigli, Benedetto Vol. II, p. 1065
BONFIGLI, BENEDETTO. - Painter, born in Perugia about 1420 and died there in 1496. He was one of the leading representatives of the fifteenth-century Umbrian…
Bonfim, Diocese of (BONFIM, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1065
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 on the…
Bonfrère, Jacques Vol. II, p. 1066
BONFRÈRE, JACQUES. - Belgian Jesuit and exegete, b. at Dinant on 12 Apr. 1573, d. at Tournai on 9 May 1642. A worthy disciple of Cornelio a Lapide, he taught…
Bongars, Jacques Vol. II, p. 1066
BONGARS, JACQUES. - French diplomat, born at Orléans in 1554, died at Paris on 29 July 1612. After studying first in Germany and then in France, he went to…
Bonghi, Ruggero Vol. II, p. 1066
BONGHI, RUGGERO. – Writer, critic, and politician, born in Naples on 21 March 1826, died at Torre del Greco on 22 October 1895. A lively and versatile…
Bonhomini (Bonomi), Giovanni Francesco Vol. II, p. 1069
BONHOMINI (BONOMI), GIOVANNI FRANCESCO. — Nuncio, bishop of Vercelli, born on 6 December 1536 at Cremona. He completed his first studies in his native city and…
Boniface I, Pope, Saint (BONIFACIO I, PAPA, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1072
BONIFACIO I, POPE, saint. — The funeral rites of Pope Zosimus had not yet ended when the archdeacon Eulalius, eager to succeed him, returned to the Lateran…
Boniface II, Pope (BONIFACIO II, PAPA) Vol. II, p. 1072
BONIFACIO II, POPE. - Of Germanic stock but born in Rome, consecrated on 22 Sept. 530, died on 17 Oct. 532. Before dying, Felice IV, in order to avoid…
Boniface III, Pope (BONIFACIO III, PAPA) Vol. II, p. 1072
BONIFACIO III, POPE. - When Pope Sabiniano died, after a year the Roman B. was given to him as successor, and was consecrated on 19 February 607. He had held…
Boniface IV, Pope, Saint (BONIFACIO IV, PAPA, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1073
BONIFACIO IV, PAPA, saint. — Originally from Abruzzo, after a vacancy of ten months he succeeded Bonifacio III and governed the Church for approximately seven…
Boniface IX, Pope (BONIFACIO IX, PAPA) Vol. II, p. 1078
BONIFACE IX, POPE. — When Urban VI died in Rome on 15 October 1389, he left the papacy in extremely difficult circumstances; Clement VII was seated as antipope…
Boniface of Savoy, Blessed (BONIFACIO DI SAVOIA, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1078
BONIFACIO di SAVOIA, blessed. — Born in the castle of Ste-Hélène-du-Lac in 1207 to Count Tommaso I and Margherita di Ginevra. Having entered the Grande…
Boniface V, Pope (BONIFACIO V, PAPA) Vol. II, p. 1073
BONIFACIO V, POPE. – Born in Naples, he succeeded Deusdedit or Adeodatus in the pontificate on 8 November 618 and was consecrated on 23 December 619. At this…
Boniface VI, Pope (BONIFACIO VI, PAPA) Vol. II, p. 1073
BONIFACIO VI, POPE. — The death of Pope Formosus, which occurred on 4 April 896, marked the beginning of long and serious disturbances in Rome, caused by the…
Boniface VII, Antipope (BONIFACIO VII, ANTIPAPA) Vol. II, p. 1073
BONIFACIO VII, ANTIPOPE. - D. in 985; antipope in June–July 974, and again from Aug. 984 to July 985. Taking advantage of the absence of Emperor Ottone II,…
Boniface VIII, Pope (BONIFACIO VIII, PAPA) Vol. II, p. 1073
BONIFACE VIII, POPE. — Benedetto Caetani, Supreme Pontiff from 1294 to 1303, was born at Anagni between 1220 and 1230 to noble parents. He went to Rome at a…
Boniface, Martyr, Saint (BONIFACIO, MARTIRE, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1069
BONIFACIO, martyr, saint. — A martyr of this name is unknown to the ancient testimonies of the Roman tradition, although he is commemorated in the…
Boniface, Saint, Martyr (BONIFACIO, SANTO, MARTIRE) Vol. II, p. 1069
BONIFACE, Saint, Martyr. — Apostle of Germany, born about 675 in Wessex, Britain. His family name was Wynfrith, and from childhood he felt the religious…
Bonifacio dei Vitalini (Bonifatius de Vitalinis, de Vitellinis, de Vitellinis) Vol. II, p. 1078
BONIFACIO dei VITALINI (Bonifatius de Vitalinis, de Vitellinis, de Vitellinis). - A decretalist of the fourteenth century, native of Mantua. He was a professor…
Bonifacio Veronese Vol. II, p. 1079
BONIFACIO VERONESE - Moses Saved from the Waters - Milan, Brera Picture Gallery. (Alinari photograph) nassi: Commentarius in Clementinas constitutiones a Io.…
Bonifatiusverein für das Katholische Deutschland Vol. II, p. 1079
BONIFATIUSVEREIN FÜR DAS KATHOLISCHE DEUTSCHLAND. - The Association of St Boniface for Catholic Germany was founded in 1849 on the initiative of Prof. I.…
Bonifazio da Ceva Vol. II, p. 1079
BONIFAZIO DA CEVA. – Franciscan, born at Ceva (Piedmont), of a noble marquessial family, between 1460 and 1470, died in Paris on 12 April 1517 (Easter Day). He…
Bonilla, Alonso de Vol. II, p. 1081
BONILLA, ALONSO de. - Spanish poet, born toward the end of the 16th century and regarded, together with his contemporary Alonso de Ledesma, as a precursor of…
Bonilla, Juan de Vol. II, p. 1081
BONILLA, JUAN de. — Spanish Franciscan, born around the middle of the 16th century. In 1571 he was superior at the Observant convent of Villasilos (Palencia).…
Bonilli, Pietro Vol. II, p. 1081
BONILLI, PIETRO. – Priest, b. at San Lorenzo di Trevi on 15 March 1841, d. at Spoleto on 5 January 1935. For thirty-five years he was parish priest at…
Bonini, Alessandro da Alessandria Vol. II, p. 1081
BONINI, ALESSANDRO da ALESSANDRIA. - Franciscan, born at Alessandria (Piemonte) around 1270, died in Rome on 5 October 1314. Having assumed the habit of the…
Bonizo of Sutri (BONIZONE DI SUTRI) Vol. II, p. 1081
BONIZONE di SUTRI. — Born perhaps in Cremona around 1045, he died, according to tradition, on 14 July 1089. From his youth he took part in the Pataria movement…
Bonjean, Christophe Vol. II, p. 1082
BONJEAN, CHRISTOPHE. — Missionary, archbishop of Colombo. Born at Riom (France) on 23 September 1823, he entered the seminary of the Paris Foreign Missions and…
Bonjour, Guillaume Vol. II, p. 1082
BONJOUR, GUILLAUME. — Orientalist and exegete, born at Tolosa in 1670, died in China on 23 December 1714. He belonged to the Order of the Hermits of S.…
Bonnard, Clément Vol. II, p. 1082
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, he was…
Bonnard, Jean-Louis, Blessed (BONNARD, JEAN-LOUIS, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1082
BONNARD, JEAN-LOUIS, blessed. – Of the Paris Foreign Missions, martyred in Tonkin on 1 May 1852. Born on 1 March 1824 at St-Cristôt-en-Jarret (Loire), he…
Bonnechose, Henri-Marie-Gaston de Vol. II, p. 1083
BONNECHOSE, HENRI-MARIE-GASTON de. - Cardinal, b. in Paris on 30 May 1800, d. in Rouen on 28 Oct. 1883. He initially pursued a legal career, but the July…
Bonner, Edmund Vol. II, p. 1083
BONNER, EDMUND. — Bishop of London, whose origins are obscure and whose date of birth is uncertain (end of the fifteenth century), perhaps as a result of the…
Bonnet, Alfred-Maximilien Vol. II, p. 1083
BONNET, ALFRED-MAXIMILIEN. - French philologist, b. at Frankfurt am Main on 3 Nov. 1841, of a Swiss Huguenot family; he obtained French nationality and d. at…
Bonnet, Charles Vol. II, p. 1083
BONNET, CHARLES. - Psychologist and naturalist, b. in Ginevra on 13 March 1720, d. there on 20 June 1793. A complex figure whose works reflect the influence of…
Bonnetty, Augustin Vol. II, p. 1083
BONNETTY, AUGUSTIN. - French philosopher and historian, born at Entrevaux on 9 Apr. 1798, died at Paris on 29 March 1879. In 1830 he founded the Annales de…
Bono, Gaspar, Blessed (DE BONO, GASPARE, BEATO) Vol. IV, p. 743
DE BONO, GASPARE, blessed. — Born at Valenza on 5 January 1530, died there on 14 July 1604. He donned the Dominican habit in 1545. In order to help his family,…
Bono, Giovanni, Blessed (BONO, GIOVANNI, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1084
BONO, GIOVANNI, blessed. — Born into a noble family at Mantova in 1168. After a dissipated youth, enlightened by divine grace following an illness, he returned…
Bonomi, Ermete Vol. II, p. 1087
BONOMI, ERMETE. – Archivist, born in 1734 in Milan, died there on 22 April 1816. A Cistercian monk and priest, he held the positions of librarian and archivist…
Bonomo, Giovanna Maria, Blessed (BONOMO, GIOVANNA MARIA, BEATA) Vol. II, p. 1087
BONOMO, GIOVANNA MARIA, blessed. — Benedictine, born on 15 August 1606 in Asiago (Vicenza), died on 1 March 1670 in Bassano. After her mother’s death, she was…
Bononio, Saint (BONONIO, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1088
BONONIO, saint. - Abbot of Lucedio in the Vercelli area, d. 1026. A Camaldolese monk, among the most fervent followers of s. Romualdo, he lived for some time…
Bonorva Vol. II, p. 1088
BONORVA: v. SASSARI.
Bonoso, Bishop of Naissus (BONOSO, VESCOVO DI NAISSO) Vol. II, p. 1088
BONOSO, bishop of NAISSO. — He is more commonly known as the bishop of Sardica, but this is an error on the part of Mario Mercatore. It is not known with…
Bonsignore, Stefano Vol. II, p. 1088
BONSIGNORE, STEFANO. — Bishop of Faenza, born in Busto Arsizio on 23 February 1738, died in Faenza on 23 December 1826. Professor of theology and literature at…
Bonsignori (Monsignori), Girolamo Vol. II, p. 1088
BONSIGNORI (MONSIGNORI), GIROLAMO. — Veronese painter, who lived in the second half of the 15th century. He was a pupil of Mantegna, to whom he remained…
Bonsignori, Benedetto Vol. II, p. 1088
BONSIGNORI, BENEDETTO. – Benedictine abbot and biblical exegete, born around 1510 and died in Florence in 1567. Already in secular life he distinguished…
Bontempi, Gaudenzio da Brescia Vol. II, p. 1088
BONTEMPI, GAUDENZIO DA BRESCIA. - Capuchin theologian, born in 1612, died on 25 March 1672. Definitor and preacher, he is known above all in the history of…
Bonvesin da Riva Vol. II, p. 1089
BONVESIN da RIVA. - Poet and grammar teacher, born in Milan between 1240 and 1250, died there on 13 March 1315. Of an aristocratic family, he joined the Order…
Bonvicino, Alessandro Vol. II, p. 1089
BONVICINO, ALESSANDRO: V. MORETTO (II).
Bonvisi, Giovanni, Blessed (BONVISI, GIOVANNI, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1089
BONVISI, GIOVANNI, blessed. – Franciscan, born in Lucca at the beginning of the fifteenth century. From childhood he showed an inclination toward a withdrawn…
Book (LIBRO) Vol. VII, p. 791
BOOK. — This name properly denotes the writing material which, after suitable preparation, is used to receive and disseminate the graphic expression of…
Book of Cerne (CERNE, LIBRO DI) Vol. III, p. 773
CERNE, BOOK of. — This 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…
Book of Common Prayer (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER («LIBRO DELLA PREGHIERA COMUNE»)) Vol. II, p. 1089
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER («Book of Common Prayer»). — After the Bible, this is the only official book of the Anglican or Church of England. It contains: the…
Book of Common Prayer (COMMON PRAYER BOOK) Vol. IV, p. 64
COMMON PRAYER BOOK: v. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
Book of Hours (LIBRO D'ORE) Vol. VII, p. 794
LIBRO D'ORE. – From the ecclesiastical Latin “Horae” (the seven parts into which the divine office is divided), this is a devotional book for the use of the…
Book of L (LIBRO DI L) Vol. VII, p. 522
BOOK OF L. — Apocryphal, mentioned in a biblical catalogue of the 10th century (Vat. cod. 423, f. 415), after the books of the Old and New Testaments, in third…
Book of the Dead (LIBRO DEI MORTI) Vol. VII, p. 793
LIBRO DEI MORTI. — Name by which the first Egyptologists designated a collection of religious formulas, prayers, and hymns written on papyrus rolls which, from…
Books and Publishers, Morality of (LIBRI ED EDITORI, MORALITÀ DEI) Vol. VII, p. 782
BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS, MORALITY of. — The publisher does not engage merely in an industrial activity, because his purpose is the dissemination of thought,…
Booth, William Vol. II, p. 1090
BOOTH, WILLIAM. – Social reformer and founder of the Protestant sect “Salvation Army,” born in Nottingham on 10 April 1829, died blind in London on 20 August…
Boppelt, Konrad (BOPPERT, KONRAD) Vol. II, p. 1090
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…
Bora, Caterina von Vol. II, p. 1091
BORA, CATERINA von. - Born into a noble but impoverished family at Klein-Laussig on 29 Jan. 1499, at the age of ten she was placed with the Cistercian nuns of…
Borba, Diego de Vol. II, p. 1091
BORBA, DIEGO de. - Born in the city of Borba (Evora, Portugal). For some time he belonged to the Franciscans. In the year 1538 he went with the Franciscan…
Borborian (Borborite) (BORBORIANI (BORBORITI)) Vol. II, p. 1092
BORBORIANI (BORBORITI). - Antinomian Gnostics; Epifanio was the first to call them by this name, but they probably existed earlier as well (cf. Clemente…
Bordeaux, Archdiocese of (BORDEAUX, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1092
BORDEAUX, ARCHDIOCESE of. — City of south-western France, situated on both banks of the Garonne, near the beginning of the great Gironde estuary, 95 km. from…
Bordes, Charles Vol. II, p. 1093
BORDES, CHARLES. – Musician, born in Vouvray-sur-Loire on 12 May 1863, died in Toulon on 8 November 1909. A pupil of César Franck, he was choirmaster at…
Bordone, Paris Vol. II, p. 1093
BORDONE, PARIS. - Painter, b. at Treviso in 1500, d. at Venezia in 1571. Trained in the workshop of Tiziano, he long underwent the influence of the great…
Boreel, Adam Vol. II, p. 1094
BOREEL, ADAM. - Founder of the Boreelites, born at Duinbeke (Holland) in 1603, died in 1667. While serving as a Protestant minister in the province of Zeeland,…
Borghese Vol. II, p. 1094
BORGHESE. – We find this family in Siena, where its members appear in the 13th century as jurists, civic officials, and orators. In the 15th century AGOSTINO…
Borghese, Scipione Vol. II, p. 1095
BORGHESE, SCIPIONE. – Son of Ortensia B., wife of Francesco Caffarelli, born in Rome in 1576 and died on 2 October 1633. As soon as he was elected Pope, Paul V…
Borghesia Vol. II, p. 1095
BORGHESIA. — In a broadly generic sense, the term b. designates the intermediate class between the class possessing wealth, culture, and political power for…
Borghi, Giovanni, called Tata (BORGI, GIOVANNI, DETTO TATA) Vol. II, p. 1097
BORGI, GIOVANNI, known as TATA. — Master builder and guardian of orphans. Born in Rome on 18 February 1732, he died there on 28 June 1798. Most devout and…
Borghi, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1097
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 later became assistant…
Borghini, Vincenzo Maria Vol. II, p. 1097
BORGHINI, VINCENZO MARIA. - Benedictine monk, philologist, and archaeologist, b. at Firenze on 29 Oct. 1515, d. 18 Aug. 1580. A profound student of the pure…
Borgia (properly Borja) (BORGIA (PROPRIAMENTE BORJA)) Vol. II, p. 1097
BORGIA (properly BORJA). – Noble family of Navarre in Aragon, it acquired fame when Alfonso became Pope under the name of Callistus III (v.) and hastened to…