Busca, IgnazioVol. III, p. 165 BUSCA, IGNAZIO. - Cardinal, b. in Milano on 23 Nov. 1731, d. in Roma on 12 Aug. 1803. Nuncio in Fiandra from Sept. 1775 to June 1785, with the title of…
Busch (pron. Büss), JohannesVol. III, p. 165 BUSCH (pron. Büss), JOHANNES. — The greatest monastic reformer of the Congregation of Windesheim and its principal chronicler. Born in 1399 at Zwolle…
Buschetto (Buscheto)Vol. III, p. 165 BUSCHETTO (BUSCHETO). – Architect and master builder of the cathedral of Pisa, mentioned as such in an act of donation of property to the Opera di S. Maria…
Busembaum, HermannVol. III, p. 166 BUSEMBAUM, HERMANN. — Jesuit, moralist, born at Nottuln (Westphalia) in 1600, died at Münster on 31 January 1669. A professor for several years of philosophy,…
Bushidō(BUSHIDÔ)Vol. III, p. 166 BUSHIDÔ. – The name means “the way of the knights.” Chivalry was held in honor in Japan from primitive times. As early as the Middle Ages, under various…
Bushnell, HoratiusVol. III, p. 166 BUSHNELL, HORATIUS. – American Protestant writer, born at Lichfield (Connecticut) on 14 April 1802, died at Hartford on 17 February 1876. He studied law at…
Busi, GiovanniVol. III, p. 166 BUSI, GIOVANNI: v. CARIANI GIOVANNI.
Busi, LuigiVol. III, p. 167 BUSI, LUIGI. — Painter, born in Bologna on 1/8 May 1838, died there on 2 June 1884. In Rome, where he perfected his studies in painting, he formed friendships…
Business Executive(DIRIGENTE D'IMPRESA)Vol. IV, p. 978 DIRIGENTE D'IMPRESA. – He is like the intermediary between the employer and the worker. In reality, he too is a worker, insofar as he is not bound to the…
Busnelli, GiovanniVol. III, p. 167 BUSNELLI, GIOVANNI. - Jesuit writer, born at Cassina Ferrara (Milan) on 16 March 1866, died in Rome on 31 March 1944. Having completed his sacred studies at…
Busquets, PereVol. III, p. 167 BUSQUETS, PERE. — Francesco, born at S. Felix de Guixola in Catalonia in the fifteenth century. An eminent man of letters, he was one of the most active and…
Bussereau, Jakob FredrichVol. III, p. 167 BUSSEREAU, JAKOB FREDRICH. — Born on 2 February 1865 at Oberhambach (Palatinate), died at Herxheim on 2 July 1919. Ordained a priest in 1886, he was chaplain…
Bussi, Giovanni AndreaVol. III, p. 167 BUSSI, GIOVANNI ANDREA. – Humanist, born in Vigevano in 1417, died in Rome in 1475. Having obtained his doctorate at the Sorbonne, he taught at the Genoese…
Bussi, Giovanni BattistaVol. III, p. 167 BUSSI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Cardinal, of a noble family from Viterbo, born in 1656 in Viterbo, died in Rome in 1726. Pope Innocent XII, recognizing his…
Bussola, DionigiVol. III, p. 168 BUSSOLA, DIONIGI. — Lombard sculptor, d. in 1687. He trained in Rome, in the Berninian and Algardian milieu; from 1645 he worked for Milan Cathedral, executing…
Bussolanti PontificiVol. III, p. 168 BUSSOLANTI PONTIFICI: V. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA.
Bussolaro, JacopoVol. III, p. 168 BUSSOLARO, JACOPO. - Augustinian preacher, b. at Pavia about 1312, d. at Ischia in 1380. While still young he entered the Hermits of St. Augustine. His fame is…
Buta, Apostolic Vicariate of(BUTA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. III, p. 168 BUTA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - Formerly the apostolic vicariate of Western Uellè in the Belgian Congo, it was created under this name as an apostolic…
Butinone, BernardinoVol. III, p. 168 BUTINONE, BERNARDINO. — Painter, born in Treviglio (Milan) before 1463; recorded until 1507. He is one of the major representatives, together with Zenale and…
Butler, AlbanVol. III, p. 171 BUTLER, ALBAN. — English hagiographer, born at Appletree in the county of Northampton on 24 October 1710, died at St-Omer (France) on 15 May 1773. He studied…
Butler, CharlesVol. III, p. 171 BUTLER, CHARLES. - Born on 14 Aug. 1750 in London, died there on 2 June 1832, B. attended a Catholic school at Hammersmith and then entered the English College…
Butler, CuthbertVol. III, p. 171 BUTLER, CUTHBERT. - Benedictine abbot, learned historian of monasticism, b. in Dublin on 6 May 1858, d. on 1 Apr. 1933 at Ealing (London). After his classical…
Butler, Samuel (Junior)Vol. III, p. 171 BUTLER, SAMUEL (junior). — English writer, born on 4 December 1835 at Langar (Bingham), died there on 18 June 1902. The grandson and son of Anglican clergymen,…
Butler, Samuel (Senior)Vol. III, p. 171 BUTLER, SAMUEL (senior). - English satirical poet, b. in 1612 at Streusham (Worcester), d. in 1680 at Covent Garden (London) of tuberculosis. He was secretary…
Butrint(BUTRINTO)Vol. III, p. 172 BUTRINTO. – Ancient city of Epirus (today in southern Albania, prefecture of Argyrokastro), situated south of Santi Quaranta, in a place near the sea and…
Butti, Enrico AnnibaleVol. III, p. 172 BUTTI, ENRICO ANNIBALE. – Playwright and novelist, b. in Milan on 19 February 1868 and d. on 29 November 1912. He began with a series of novels: L’automa…
Buttress(CONTRAFFORTE)Vol. IV, p. 273 BUTTRESS.—Generic designation for a masonry structure intended to counterbalance the thrusts in vaulted architectural structures. Probably originating in…
BuxentumVol. III, p. 173 BUXENTUM. - It was a city situated on the Lucanian coast between the rivers Melfi and Lao. Some identify its location with that of present-day Policastro,…
BuxtorfVol. III, p. 173 BUXTORF. – Family of Protestant Hebraists from Basel, who succeeded one another in the chair of biblical languages in that city. JOHANNES (I, senior…
Buying and Selling(COMPRAVENDITA)Vol. IV, p. 82 COMPRAVENDITA. — The sale, or c., is the contract by which one person (the seller) transfers ownership of a thing or another right to another person (the…
Buzzetti, VincenzoVol. III, p. 173 BUZZETTI, VINCENZO. — The first and principal promoter, at the beginning of the last century, of the revival of Thomistic philosophy in Italy. Born at Piacenza…
Byblos(BIBLOS)Vol. II, p. 936 BIBLOS. — One of the oldest cities of Phoenicia, called in Greek Βόβλος, Assyr. Gubal (in the letters of el-'Amārnah: Gubla), Egypt. Kbn (from the Twelfth…
Byrne, WilliamVol. III, p. 174 BYRNE, WILLIAM. - Missionary and educator, b. in 1780 in County Wicklow (Ireland), d. on 5 June 1833 at Bardstown, in the state of Kentucky, U.S.A. From his…
Byron, George GordonVol. III, p. 174 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON. – English poet, born on 22 January 1788 in London, died on 19 April 1824 at Missolonghi, in Greece, where he had gone to fight for the…
BytownVol. III, p. 174 BYTOWN: v. OTTAWA, DIOCESI di.
Byzantine(BIZANTE)Vol. II, p. 973 BIZANTE: v. PAMMACHIO.
Byzantine, Art(BIZANTINA, ARTE)Vol. II, p. 973 BYZANTINE, ART. - Of the civilization that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire, with Constantinople as its center, between the 6th and 15th centuries,…
Byzantine, Canon Law(BIZANTINO, DIRITTO CANONICO)Vol. II, p. 987 BIZANTINO, DIRITTO CANONICO. – Originally, this is the proper law of the Church of Byzantium, or Constantinople, which became the common law of all the Eastern…
Byzantine, Literature(BIZANTINA, LETTERATURA)Vol. II, p. 978 BIZANTINA, LITERATURE. – The purely profane literature is excluded here. Moreover, the principal writers and writings belonging to the patristic period before…
Byzantine, Liturgy(BIZANTINA, LITURGIA)Vol. II, p. 982 BIZANTINA, LITURGIA. – This is the name given to the liturgy to which Byzantium imparted its distinctive character and imprint. I. ORIGIN. – Byzantium was not…
Byzantine, Music(BIZANTINA, MUSICA)Vol. II, p. 984 BIZANTINA, MUSICA. — This is the general name given to the musical system of the Churches of the Byzantine rite whose principal center was Byzantium. FIRST…
Byzantium, Patriarchate of(BISANZIO, PATRIARCATO DI)Vol. II, p. 967 BISANZIO, PATRIARCATO di : v. COSTANTINO-POLI, PATRIARCATO di.
Bzovius (Bzowski), AbrahamVol. III, p. 174 BZOVIUS (BZOWSKI), ABRAHAM. – Polish Dominican preacher, celebrated for his fiery oratory. Born at Proszowice in 1567, he died in Rome in 1637, where he spent…
Báthory, Sigismondo, Prince of Transylvania(BÁTHORY, SIGISMONDO, PRINCIPE DI TRANSILVANIA)Vol. II, p. 588 BÁTHORY, SIGISMONDO, prince of TRANSILVANIA. - Born in Prague in 1572, died there in 1613. Raised to the principality at a very young age (1581), he assumed…
Báthory, Stefano, King of Poland(BÁTHORY, STEFANO, RE DI POLONIA)Vol. II, p. 588 BÁTHORY, STEFANO, king of POLONIA. - B. in 1533, d. at Grodno on 12 Dec. 1586. Elected in 1575 by the lesser Polish nobility (Schlachta), after the abdication…
Bäumer, SuitbertVol. II, p. 626 BÄUMER, SUITBERT. – Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Beuron and learned liturgist, born at Leuchtenberg (Rhineland) on 28 March 1845, died at Freiburg im Br.…
Béranger, Pierre-Jean deVol. II, p. 794 BÉRANGER, PIERRE-JEAN de. - French poet, b. in Paris on 19 Aug. 1780, d. there on 16 July 1857. After a wretched and hardship-ridden life, he devoted himself…
Béraud, LaurentVol. II, p. 795 BÉRAUD, LAURENT. – French Jesuit, b. in Lyon on 5 March 1702; he entered the novitiate in 1717 and distinguished himself in the teaching of mathematics,…
Bérault-Bercastel, AntoineVol. II, p. 795 BÉRAULT-BERCASTEL, ANTOINE - HENRI. — Church historian, among the most widely read in his time. Born in Briey in 1720, according to some in 1722, and died…
Bérulle, Pierre deVol. II, p. 862 BÉRULLE, PIERRE de. — Cardinal, founder of the Oratory of France, born on 4 February 1575 in the castle of Serilly (near Troyes), died in Paris on 2 October…
Béziers, Diocese of(BÉZIERS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. II, p. 889 BÉZIERS, DIOCESE OF. - Béziers, included among the territories of the Narbonensis province in the Notitia Galliarum, is today the seat of a subprefecture in…
Böhme, JacobVol. II, p. 1017 BÖHME, JACOB. – Protestant theosophist, born at Altseidenberg in 1575, died at Görlitz in 1624. A shoemaker and initially a wanderer, he settled in Görlitz in…
Böhmer, Johann FriedrichVol. II, p. 1017 BÖHMER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH. — Historian, born on 22 April 1795 in Frankfurt am Main, died there on 22 October 1863. Archivist and librarian in his native city,…
Böhmer, Just Henning (Bohemerus Iustus Henningius)Vol. II, p. 1018 BÖHMER, JUST HENNING (Bohemerus Iustus Henningius). — Protestant jurist, born in Hannover to a family of Bohemian refugees on 27 August 1674, died in Halle on…
Bötticher, PaulVol. II, p. 1138 BÖTTICHER, PAUL: v. LAGARDE PAUL ANTON de.
Büchi, AlbertVol. III, p. 123 BÜCHI, ALBERT. - Swiss historian, b. 1 June 1864 at Frauenfeld, d. 14 May 1930 at Friburgo. He studied at the Universities of Monaco and Vienna, and was a…
Büchner, LudwigVol. III, p. 125 BÜCHNER, LUDWIG. - German philosopher, b. at Darmstadt on 29 March 1824, d. there on 1 May 1899. A physician, he came under the influence of Moleschott and…
Bārāythā'(BĀRĀJTHĀ')Vol. II, p. 472 BĀRĀJTHĀ'. - “External, extraneous” teaching (cf. the Extravagantes in canon law), that is, not included in the Miñāh (v.), the code whose compilation was…
Bāwīt(BÄWÎT)Vol. II, p. 635 BÄWÎT. — Locality in Middle Egypt where the ruins were discovered of one of the most important monasteries of the early Middle Ages, that of Apa Apollo (cf. W.…
BărůVol. II, p. 557 BĂRŮ. – Name of an important class of Babylonian and Assyrian priests, whose principal duty was to establish the will of the gods, that is, the future. The b.…
Bērakhōth(BĚRĀKHÖTH)Vol. II, p. 793 BĚRĀKHÖTH. - First treatise of the Mišnah (v.), in 9 chapters, contained in the twofold Babylonian and Palestinian Talmud. As the title “Blessings” (v.)…
