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Balsamo, Ferdinando
Priest, b. at Roziano Gravina on 7 Sept. 1826, d. at Cosenza on 7 Nov. 1869. Under Bourbon rule, he combined pastoral zeal with a lively love of country and… -
Balsamon, Teodoro
One of the best-known canonists of the dissident Greek Church, b. around the middle of the 12th century at Constantinople and d. there after 1195. Having… -
Balsamo, Paolo
Priest and economist, b. at Termini Imerese on 4 March 1764, d. on 4 Sept. 1816. Having entered the archiepiscopal seminary of Palermo, he was ordained a… -
Baltimore, Archdiocese of (BALTIMORA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
A metropolitan see of the United States of America, it was for the country almost the cradle of Catholicism and the center of ecclesiastical organization. For… -
Baltimore, George Calvert
English politician and first lord of his title, b. at Kipling in Yorkshire around 1580, d. 15 April 1632 in London. He entered parliament in 1609; he was… -
Baltzer, Johann Baptist
Theologian, b. at Andernach on the Rhine on 16 July 1803 and d. at Bonn on 1 Oct. 1871. A disciple of Hermes, he taught his doctrines from the chair of Breslau… -
Baluchistan (BELUCISTAN)
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Balue, Giovanni
Cardinal of Anjou. Born at Angle-Luçon in Bithon in 1421, died at Ripatransone in the Marches on 5 December 1491. Of very poor origin, he received his… -
Baluffi, Gaetano
Cardinal, bishop of Imola, b. at Ancona on 28 March 1788, d. at Imola on 11 Nov. 1866. A priest in 1813, vicar general in 1824, bishop of Bagnorea from 1833 to… -
Balustrade (BALAÚSTRA)
A railing consisting of vertical elements identical to one another, called balusters or little balusters, often rising from a common base and always joined at… -
Baluze, Étienne (BALUZE, ETIENNE)
French scholar, b. at Tulle on 24 Nov. 1630, d. at Paris on 28 June 1718. He first studied civil law without passion and without success, to please his father… -
Balzac, Honoré de
French writer b. at Tours on May 20, 1799, and d. at Paris on Aug. 18, 1850. He studied law and attempted the legal profession, but, dominated by a passion for… -
Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez de
French writer b. in 1597 and d. in 1654, and one of the most brilliant writers of the French literary world of the first half of the 17th century. A disciple… -
Balzola, Giovanni
Salesian missionary and explorer. Born on 1 February 1864 at Villa Miroglio (Cuneo), died at Barcellos on 17 August 1927. At the age of twenty he was received… -
Bamah (BAMÁH)
In biblical language, these are places of worship - idolatrous and Yahwistic - often erected on natural or artificial heights. The Septuagint translates στήλη… -
Bamako, Apostolic Vicariate of (BAMAKO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The vicariate in French West Africa, Sudan, was created in 1921 by division of the pre-existing vicariate of the Sahara, directed by the White Fathers. With… -
Bambacari, Cesare Nicola
A distinguished preacher and ascetical writer, b. at Lucca on 13 June 1647, d. there on 16 March 1725. At the age of 17 he entered the Canons Regular of the… -
Bamberg, Archdiocese of (BAMBERGA (BAMBERG), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In Bavaria; it comprises Upper Franconia, the north of Middle Franconia, part of Lower Franconia and of the Upper Palatinate, and the old duchy of Coburg. It… -
Bambozzi, Benvenuto, Venerable (BAMBOZZI, BENVENUTO, VENERABILE)
Conventual Franciscan, born at Cerignano (Osimo) on 23 March 1809, professed religious on 9 Dec. 1833, priest on 14 Sept. 1834, master of novices at Osimo… -
Banaia (BANAIA)
Son of the priest Jehoiada, the most illustrious of the thirty mighty men who made up David's bodyguard (II Sam. 23:20 ff.; I Chron. 11:22-24). Among his feats… -
Bancalari, Michele Alberto
Piarist physicist, b. at Chiavari on 20 Feb. 1805, d. at Genoa on 10 Aug. 1864. He taught physics and mathematics in various colleges of Liguria, but above all… -
Banchi, Serafino
Dominican writer, b. in Florence in the second half of the 1500s, d. in Paris > (phot. Alinari) > BANCO - B. in carved wood from the Collegio del Cambio. Work… -
Banco (BANCO)
A piece of furniture used since antiquity, consisting of a board resting on two or four feet, with side supports and sometimes with a backrest; it can stand… -
Bandello, Matteo
Novella writer, b. at Castelnuovo sulla Scrivia around 1485. He entered the Dominican Order at a very young age, perhaps in Rome; his uncle Vincenzo Bandello… -
Bandinelli, Baccio
Sculptor, b. in Florence in 1488, d. there on 6 or 10 February 1560. An artist of very uneven merit, he was trained in the pictorial refinements of Rustici… -
Bandinelli, Rolando
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Bandini (Bandulovich), Marco
Franciscan archbishop, of perhaps Italian origin, b. at Skopje, in Serbia, in an unknown year and d. at Bacău in 1650. His fame is closely linked to the… -
Bandini, Giovanni
Sculptor, b. at Castello (Florence) perhaps in 1540, d. at Florence on 16 April 1599, called Giovanni dell'Opera for having worked in the Opera del Duomo of… -
Bandini, Ottavio
Cardinal, born in Florence, died in Rome on August 1, 1629. He took his degree in law at Pisa. Having gone to Rome, he was appointed apostolic protonotary by… -
Bandjermasin [Banjarmasin], Apostolic Vicariate of (BANDJERMASIN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The first mission station (Laham), founded in 1907 by the Capuchins of the apostolic vicariate of Dutch Borneo, became in 1926 the radiating center of the… -
Bandung, Apostolic Vicariate of (BANDOENG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
From February 1927 the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers) has given impetus to the methodical evangelization of the natives of that part of the vicariate of… -
Banduri, Anselmo
Benedictine and learned Byzantinist, b. at Ragusa in Dalmatia in 1671, d. at Paris in 1743. He did his studies in Italy, where at Florence he met Montfaucon… -
Bañez, Domingo
Dominican theologian, a celebrated student and interpreter of St. Thomas, b. 29 Feb. 1528 at Valladolid and d. 21 Oct. 1604 at Medina del Campo. The original… -
Bangalore [Bengaluru], Diocese of (BANGALORE, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Pondichéry, entrusted to the indigenous secular clergy, and erected in 1940 with territory detached from the diocese of Mysore, with an area of… -
Bangha, Adalberto (Béla)
Hungarian Jesuit, b. at Nyitra in 1880, entered the Society in 1895, d. at Budapest on 28 April 1940. He acquired great fame as a sacred orator and a prolific… -
Bangkok, Apostolic Vicariate of (BANGKOK, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The mission was erected as an independent unit in 1662 and then extended to the territory of Singapore (1827) and in part to Malacca (1840). In 1841 it was… -
Bangor, Controversy of (BANGOR, CONTROVERSIA DI)
After the English Revolution of 1688, which drove out the Stuarts, and after the schism of the so-called Non-Jurors, who, having refused to swear an oath of… -
Bangueolo, Apostolic Vicariate of (BANGUEOLO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
This vicariate, entrusted to the White Fathers, was erected on 28 Jan. 1913, its territory being detached from that of Nyassa (Northern Rhodesia). Its area is… -
Bangui, Apostolic Vicariate of (BANGUI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
New name given in 1940 to the apostolic vicariate of Ubangi-Chari, in French Equatorial Africa, following the detachment of part of its original territory to… -
Banja Luka, Diocese of (BANJALUKA, DIOCESI DI)
City of Bosnia (22,177 inhabitants), capital of the banate of Urbas (area 20,436 sq. km., population about 1,008,000) and seat of the Catholic diocese.… -
Bank (BANCA)
By bank, generally, are meant those organizations which, although without directly producing material goods or services suited to the satisfaction of human… -
Banka and Billiton, Apostolic Prefecture of (BANKA E BILLITON, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Methodical evangelization began in 1912, when the islands of B. and B. (Dutch East Indies), together with almost the entire Riouw archipelago, were… -
Bank Loan for Use (COMODATO BANCARIO)
More commonly it is called pseudo-loan-for-use or bank lending of securities. Pseudo-loan-for-use, because if on the one hand it has aspects that resemble the… -
Bankruptcy (FALLIMENTO)
By this name (from Lat. fallere = to fail), one denotes the act of him who, unable to satisfy all his debts, makes the ces- sion of his goods, so that… -
Banner, Liturgical Use of the (BANDIERA, USO LITURGICO DELLA)
From the 10th century banners are admitted as an ornament in sacred processions, where they precede the cortege, or are carried before individual groups. The… -
Bannesianism (BANNESIANESIMO)
It is the school of theological thought that traces back to Bañez (v.), characterized in general by a rigorous adherence to the principles of Thomism and in… -
Banns of Marriage (PUBBLICAZIONI MATRIMONIALI)
They are the means by which the Church intends that the intention of two of the faithful to contract the bond of marriage between themselves be brought to… -
Banquet, Scenes of (BANCHETTO, SCENE DI)
It cannot yet be said that convivial scenes in Early Christian art have found a definitive interpretation. Iconographically, it is true, the individual groups… -
Banská Bystrica (BANSKA BYSTRICA)
BANSKA BYSTRICA: V. NEOSOLIO. -
Bantu (BÀNTU)
Under this name are included many tribes of the southern part of Africa that are not culturally and racially homogeneous. It is in fact an exclusively… -
Baouardy, Maria
In religion Mary of Jesus Crucified, Discalced Carmelite, b. at Abellin (Greek-Melkite diocese of St. John of Acre) on 5 Jan. 1846, d. at Bethlehem on 26 Aug.… -
Baptism (BATTESIMO)
One of the seven Sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ, the first that can be received and that allows one to receive all the others: Sacramentorum ianua et… -
Baptismal Font (FONTE BATTESIMALE)
In Christian antiquity, when the Sacrament of Baptism was administered by immersion, the baptismal font, generally enclosed in a separate building called a… -
Baptism of Dissidents (BATTESIMO DEI DISSIDENTI)
By dissidents are meant here those who belong either to the separated Eastern Churches or to the communions or sects derived from the so-called "Reformation"… -
Baptism of Heretics (BATTESIMO DEGLI ERETICI)
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Baptism of Jesus (BATTESIMO DI GESÙ)
The scene narrated by the Synoptics (Mt. 3:13-17; Mk. 1:9-13; Lk. 3:21-22) and alluded to by John (Jn. 1:32-34) can easily be reconstructed as follows: at… -
Baptism of John (BATTESIMO DI GIOVANNI)
It is the baptism that the precursor (whence the epithet "Baptist" = "baptizer") administered on the banks of the Jordan, inviting the people to change their… -
Baptistery (BATTISTERO)
The word is used by Pliny the Younger with the meaning of a bath tub (Ep., II, 17, 11), and it is still employed in the same sense by Sidonius Apollinaris as a… -
Baqavat (Al-)
Modern name given to the necropolis of the city of Hibis (1842), metropolis of the Great Oasis. The first scholars who described it (cf. W. de Bock, Matériaux… -
Barabbas (BARABBA)
A criminal whose release the Jews asked of Pilate, obtaining instead the crucifixion of Jesus (Mt. 27:15-26; Mk. 15:6-15; Lk. 23:13-25; Jn. 18:39-40). In a few… -
Barabino, Carlo
Architect, b. in Genoa on 11 February 1768, d. there on 3 September 1835. In Rome he received from Barbieri the academic and eclectic education typical of his… -
Barabino, Niccolò
Painter, b. at Sampierdarena in 1832, d. at Florence in 1891. Endowed with an extraordinary facility in fresco and in oil painting, he enriched churches and… -
Barac (BARAC)
Collaborator of Deborah (v.), son of Abinoam, born at Kedesh of Naphtali (Judg. 4, 5). Called by Deborah, in the name of Yahweh, to free the Israelites of the… -
Barachias (BARACHIA)
Name of eight biblical figures: a son of Zerubbabel (1 Chron. 3:20), the father of Asaph (ibid. 6:39; 15:17), a Levite of the family of Elkanah (ibid. 9:16)… -
Barada
BARADA: V. ABANA. -
Baradai
BARADAI: V. GIACOMO BARADAI. -
Baraga, Friedrich
One of the greatest missionaries of modern times in North America and the first bishop of Marquette. Born on June 29, 1797 at Kleindorf in Carniola (Austria).… -
Baralli, Raffaello
Musician, b. at Comigliano (Lucca), on 25 June 1862, d. in 1922. A priest, he was actively involved in Gregorian chant, through his work as a teacher at the… -
Baranović, Lazzaro
Russian preacher of the 17th century, archbishop of Chernigov from 1657, d. 1693. The date of his birth is unknown. A native of Little Russia, B. was first a… -
Baranzano, Redento Giovanni Antonio
Barnabite philosopher and scientist, b. at Serravalle Sesia (Biella) in 1590, and d. at Montargis (Loiret) on 23 Dec. 1622. He distinguished himself as a… -
Baratta, Carlo
Educator, Salesian sociologist, b. at Druogno (Novara) on 10 Oct. 1861, d. at Salsomaggiore on 23 Apr. 1909. Welcomed into the Society by Don Bosco, a teacher… -
Baratta, Francesco
Sculptor, b. at Massa Carrara (c. 1590), d. in 1666 in Rome, where he was a collaborator of G. L. Bernini. His most significant works are the bas-relief with… -
Baratta, Pietro
Sculptor, active in Venice between the end of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th. He reacted against the sumptuous Baroque spread in Venice by the… -
Bārāythā' (BĀRĀJTHĀ')
Teaching that is "exterior, extraneous" (cf. in canon law the Extravagantes), that is, not included in the Miñāh (v.), the code whose redaction was based on… -
Barbalonga, Antonio
Painter of the Alberti family, b. in Messina in 1600, d. in 1649. In his youth he came to Rome, where he was a follower of Domenichino, with whom he… -
Barbara, Saint, Martyr (BARBARA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
Concerning the life and martyrdom of B. no historical records worthy of credence have been preserved. The Passio is a late compilation (7th century) full of… -
Barbarelli, Giorgio
BARBARELLI, GIORGIO: v. GIORGIONE. -
Barbarian Laws (LEGGI BARBARICHE)
By "barbaric laws" in the strict sense, therefore excluding the Romano-barbaric ones (v.), are meant those laws (also called Germanic or popular) that the… -
Barbarians (BARBARI)
The word, Greek in origin, at first meant the stammerers, that is, those who spoke a language different from Greek, and was accordingly applied even to peoples… -
Barbaric Art (BARBARICA, ARTE)
Under the name Barbarian art are included the artistic manifestations of the Nordic peoples, and in particular of the Germanic race, who invaded between the… -
Barbarigo, Gregorio, Blessed (BARBARIGO, GREGORIO, BEATO)
Born in Venice to Gian Francesco and Lucrezia Leoni on Sept. 16, 1625, died in Padua on June 18, 1697. Having completed his studies in Padua, he accompanied… -
Barbarigo, Marco Antonio
Cardinal, archbishop of Corfu from 1678 to 1685, bishop of Montefiascone and Corneto (Tarquinia) from 1687 to 1706. Born in Venice to Agostino and Chiara… -
Barbari, Jacopo de'
BARBARI, JACOPO de': v. DE' BARBARI, JACOPO. -
Barbaro, Ermolao (Senior) (BARBARO, ERMOLAO (SENIORE))
Son of Zaccaria, brother of Francesco, the celebrated humanist and statesman, born in Venice around 1410, died there on 12 March 1471. He was an apostolic… -
Barbaro, Ermolao (the Younger) (BARBARO, ERMOLAO (IUNIORE))
Nephew of the namesake bishop of Verona, born in Venice to Zaccaria in 1453, died in Rome on 21 May 1493. Between 1460 and 1470 he was in Rome with his father… -
Barbaro, Francesco
A most splendid figure of a humanist and statesman, born in Venice around 1398 to the senator Candiano, died there in the second half of January 1454. He was… -
Barbarus
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Barbastro, Diocese of (BARBASTRO, DIOCESI DI)
In the northern part of Spain in the province of Huesca, suffragan of Saragossa. Situated on the last spurs of the Pyrenees, at 332 m. above sea level, B.… -
Barbatelli, Bernardino
BARBATELLI, BERNARDINO: v. POCCETTI. -
Barbatianus (BARBAZIANO)
A Milanese monk from the time of St. Ambrose. He left the monastery founded by the Saint in Milan to take refuge in Vercelli, from where he spread the… -
Barbato, Saint (BARBATO, SANTO)
Born at Cerreto at the beginning of the 7th century, died on 19 February 682. His life, written in the 9th century, is legendary. He succeeded Hildebrand in… -
Barbaziano, Saint (BARBAZIANO, SANTO)
His cult was centered in Ravenna and Emilia in the 9th century, when a native of Ravenna wrote a life of him that has no historical value (PL 145, 769-75).… -
Barbeliti
Also called Barbeliotae by Irenaeus and Theodoret, they were one of the principal Gnostic sects of the 2nd and 3rd centuries. They derive their name from the… -
Barbera, Mario
Jesuit and writer, b. at Mineo (Catania) on 17 April 1877, d. at Rome on 5 November 1947. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1891 and completed his… -
Barberi, Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo da Castelvetro)
The most illustrious interpreter of Bonaventuran thought among the Capuchins of his time, b. at Castelvetro (Modena) on 1 Jan. 1615, d. at Modena > (phot.… -
Barberi, Domenico
BARBERI, DOMENICO: V. DOMENICO DELLA MADRE DI DIO. -
Barberini, Family (BARBERINI, FAMIGLIA)
A famous house of Tuscan origin. Having enriched itself through commerce, it changed its original name of Tafani to that of B. from the castle of the same name… -
Barberis, Alberto
Neo-Scholastic philosopher, of the Congregation of the Mission, b. in Monferrato on 14 Jan. 1847, d. in Piacenza at the Alberoni College on 2 July 1896. He… -
Barbero, Domenico
Missionary of the Institute for Foreign Missions of Milan, and first Italian vicar apostolic of Hyderabad (Deccan, India). Born at Foglizzo on 14 Nov. 1820, a… -
Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules
French writer, b. at Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in 1868, d. in Paris in 1889. A personal and effective novelist, he took a stand against naturalism, proclaiming… -
Barbier de Montault, Xavier-Marie-Joseph
French scholar, b. at Loudun on 6 February 1830, d. at Blaslay on 29 March 1901. Having gone to Rome at the age of 23, he stayed there a long time, and… -
Barbieri, Clelia
Foundress, together with Clara Donati, of the Minims of Our Lady of Sorrows (v.), born in Bologna on 13 February 1847, died there on 13 July 1870. Her life was… -
Barbieri (de Barberis), Filippo
Dominican theologian, b. at Syracuse ca. 1426, d. at Palermo in 1487. He taught theology at Catania. From 1476 to 1486 he was inquisitor general in Sicily… -
Barbieri, Francesco
BARBIERI, FRANCESCO: V. GUERCINO. -
Barbieri, Giuseppe
Preacher, b. at Bassano Veneto in 1774 and d. at Padua in 1852. He was a Benedictine monk and a professor at the University of Padua, where he succeeded… -
Barbi, Michele
Philologist and man of letters, b. at Sambuca Pistoiese in 1867, d. at Florence in 1941. Formerly a librarian at Florence, in 1906 he became lecturer in… -
Barbo, Ludovico
Reformer of Benedictine monastic life and distinguished ascetical writer, b. in Venice in 1381 or 1382, d. there in Sept. 1443, in the monastery of S. Giorgio… -
Barbo, Marco
Cardinal, b. in Venice around 1420, d. in Rome on 2 March 1491. Related by kinship to Paul II, whose surname he bore, he held under him, as cardinal, the… -
Barbo, Paolo
Philosopher and theologian, b. at Soncino (Crema) and therefore also called Soncinas. Having entered the Dominicans while still young, he taught philosophy and… -
Barbosa, Agostinho
Canonist, b. at Guimarães (Portugal) on 17 Sept. 1590. He took his doctorate in utroque iure at Coimbra, and shortly afterwards went to Rome, where he spent… -
Barbosa Machado, Diego
Writer and bibliographer of Portugal, b. in Lisbon in 1682, d. in the abbey of St. Adrian of Sever in 1772. With his four volumes of the Bibliotheca lusitana… -
Barbour, John
Scottish poet, archdeacon of Aberdeen, b. ca. 1316, d. 1395. He perhaps studied at Oxford and Paris. In 1375 he wrote the patriotic poem The Brus, in complets… -
Barcellona, Antonino
Oratorian theologian, b. in Palermo on 22 Nov. 1726, d. there on 28 June (5 May, according to A. Narbone) 1805. Having entered the Filippini of Palermo at a… -
Barcelona, Diocese of (BARCELLONA, DIOCESI DI)
Concerning the Celtiberian or Carthaginian city of B., the Barcino of the Roman era, the documents are silent even in the 3rd century. Lamenting this lack… -
Barclay, Alexander
Scottish poet, b. in 1475, d. at Croydon (Surrey) in 1552. It is debated whether he did his studies at Oxford or at Cambridge; probably in both places. He had… -
Barclay, William
Scottish jurist and theologian, b. at Aberdeen around 1543 and d. at Angers on 3 July 1608. After having been at the Scottish court in his youth, already… -
Barcos, Martino de
Jansenist theologian, b. at Bayonne in 1600 and d. on 22 Aug. 1678. Nephew of Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, the famous abbot of Saint-Cyran, he studied together… -
Bardel, Claude
Bishop, b. at Thiers on 23 Feb. 1851, d. at Séez on 16 Feb. 1926. A priest in 1874, vicar general of the dioceses of Clermont and of Bourges in 1891 and 1893… -
Bardenhewer, Otto
Born on March 16, 1851 in München-Gladbach (Rhineland), died in Munich on March 23, 1935. He studied theology and Oriental languages in Bonn, taking his degree… -
Bardesanes (BARDESANE)
Gnostic, born, according to the Chronicle of Edessa, in 1754 and died, according to the Chronicle of Michael the Syrian, in 222 (cf. F. Nau, Patrologia… -
Bardi, Donato di Betto
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Bardi, Girolamo
Physician, b. at Rapallo in 1600 into a distinguished Genoese family. In 1619 he became a Jesuit, but after five years, on account of his health, he left the… -
Bardili, Christoph Gottfried
German philosopher, b. at Blaubeuren in Württemberg on 18 May 1761, d. at Mergelstetten on 5 June 1808. He wrote on philosophy and on the history of… -
Bardone di Oppershofen, Saint (BARDONE DI OPPERSHOFEN, SANTO)
Archbishop of Mainz, b. around 980. A monk in the great abbey of Fulda, then abbot of several monasteries, he was appointed archbishop of Mainz by the emperor… -
Bardstown
BARDSTOWN: v. LOUISVILLE. -
Baresman
BARESMAN: v. IRAN. -
Baretti, Giuseppe
Polymath, b. in Turin on 25 Apr. 1719, d. in London on 5 May 1789. He received his first literary education and his taste for Bernesque poetry at Guastalla… -
Barga
In the province of Lucca, made famous by Pascoli, who is buried there. The principal monument is the Cathedral, Romanesque, built in several phases between the… -
Bargellini, Giulio
Painter, b. in Florence on 14 Feb. 1875, d. in Rome in 1936. Even in times of rampant verism, he remained faithful to a deliberately archaic style of painting… -
Barhadbēsabbā (BARHADBÈSABBĀ)
Historian and Nestorian, b. at Bet Asbaje (Persia); he was a pupil of the school of Nisibis under the direction of Hēnānā, in the second half of the 6th… -
Bar Hebraeus, Gregory (BAR EBREO, GREGORIO)
Syriac Jacobite writer, b. at Melitene in 1226, d. at Marāghah in 1286. His baptismal name was John, later changed to that of Gregory Abū 'l-Faraǧ, when he was… -
Bari, Archdiocese of (BARI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In Apulia, in the province of Bari of the same name, it has about 464,000 inhabitants, 53 parishes, 245 secular priests and 120 regular clergy, 2 seminaries (a… -
Bar Iesu (Βαρησοῦς: "son of Jesus") (BAR IESU (ΒΑΡΙΗΣΟΎΣ: « FIGLIO DI GESÙ »))
A Jew devoted to magic, a "pseudoprophet" nicknamed Elymas ('Εὐχάς'), a term of Arabic origin ('alim' = wise man, pl. 'ulamā'). He lived at Paphos with Sergius… -
Barigioni, Filippo
Architect and sculptor, b. in Rome in 1690, d. there in 1753. He carried out most of his activity in Rome: his principal work of sculpture is the monument of… -
Barili, Antonio di Neri
Architect and carver, b. in 1453, d. in 1517 in Siena. More than in works of architecture, he excelled in carving and inlay, passing on the artistic heritage… -
Barilli, Giuseppe
Polymath, soldier, teacher, b. at Budrio on 20 Apr. 1812, d. at Bologna on 18 Dec. 1894. In 1848, professor of hydraulics and mechanics at the University of… -
Baring, Maurice
English writer, b. in London on 27 April 1874, to an aristocratic family, d. on 14 December 1945. He was educated at Eton, where he met Arthur Benson, who… -
Barisano da Trani
Sculptor and bronze founder of the 12th century. The door of the cathedral of Trani (1175), the other of the cathedral of Ravello (1179) and the side one of… -
Barisini, Tommaso
BARISINI, TOMMASO: V. TOMMASO da MODENA. -
Bar-Jona (Bariona) (BAR IONA (ΒΑΡΙΩΝΑ͂Σ))
Patronymic surname of the apostle Simon surnamed Peter (Mt. 16:17); it is an Aramaic form (bar Jōnā) to be translated "son of Jonah," jōnā (Heb. jōnāh) being… -
Bar-Kochba (BAR-COCHÉBA)
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Bar Kokhba (BAR KŌKHĒBHĀ)
Leader of the last revolt of the Jews under the emperor Hadrian. His name has come down to us in various forms. Christian sources call him Bar Kōkēbhā or "son… -
Barlaam and Ioasaph (Iosaphat) (BARLAAM E IOASAPH (IOSAPHAT))
These are the two main characters of a hagiographic novel translated from Georgian into Greek by the holy Iberian Euthymius the Hagiorite (d. 13 May 1028) and… -
Barlaam di Seminara
Theologian and scientist of the 14th century, b. around 1290 at Seminara (Calabria) and d. bishop of Gerace in 1350. Contrary to the opinion commonly held… -
Barlaam, Saint, Martyr (BARLAAM, SANTO, MARTIRE)
A native of Antioch in the 4th century. In his praise there are a homily of Chrysostom (PG 50, 675-82), one attributed to St. Basil (ibid., 31, 484-89), and… -
Barlach, Ernst
Sculptor and draughtsman, b. in 1870 at Wedel (Hamburg), d. at Rostock in 1938. Together with Lehmbruck, he is considered one of the most eminent modern German… -
Barletta
In the province of Bari, on the Adriatic Sea. I. THE DIOCESE. - Called Baretum by Strabo, Barulum by the Latins. In Roman times it was the port of Canusium… -
Barletti, Carlo
Piarist physicist, b. at Rocca Grimalda (Alessandria) on 22 May 1735, d. at Pavia on 25 February 1800. After teaching physical sciences in various houses of… -
Barnaba (Bernard) of Siena (BARNA (BERNA) DA SIENA)
Painter of the Sienese school of the 14th century. Mentioned by Ghiberti as "most excellent, most skilled and most learned," it is not known when he was born.… -
Barnaba da Modena
A Modenese painter active in the second half of the fourteenth century. He is first recorded in 1364, when he decorated the Ducal Palace of Genoa. He had by… -
Barnaba di Palma
Spanish Franciscan, born in Palma (Cordova) to a humble Sicilian family (whence he is also called B. of Sicily) in 1460, died there, in the reputation of… -
Barnaba di San Carlo
Discalced Carmelite, born Francesco Bertarelli, b. at Melegnano (Milan), professed at Milan in 1627, and in 1641 was sent as a missionary to the East; there… -
Barnabas (BARNABA)
A distinguished collaborator of the Apostles, especially associated with St. Paul. His name was Joseph, and he was surnamed B. by the Apostles, that is, "son… -
Barnabites (BARNABITI)
BARNABITI: v. CONGREGAZIONE DI S. PAOLO. -
Barocci, Ambrogio, known as Ambrogio of Milan (BAROCCI, AMBROGIO, DETTO AMBROGIO DA MILANO)
Sculptor, son of Antonio, who came out of the workshop kept in Ferrara by the Mantuan Albertino de' Rasconi. In 1472 in Urbino, he carved friezes for the doors… -
Barocci, Federico
Painter, b. at Urbino, according to Bellori in 1528 (according to other sources in 1535), d. there on 30 Sept. 1612. His great-grandfather was Ambrogio B., a… -
Barolo, Carlo Tancredi Falletti, Marchese di
Philanthropist and educationist, b. in Turin on 26 Oct. 1782 and d. there on 4 Sept. 1838. At the age of 22, a page at the Napoleonic court, he met Giulia of… -
Barolo, Giulia Viturnia Francesca, Marchesa di
Born in the Vendée to the family of the minister Colbert, on her estate of Maulevrier, on 27 June 1785, d. at Turin on 19 Jan. 1864. She was an exile in… -
Baroncelli, Niccolò
Sculptor, also called Nicolò dal Cavallo, b. in Florence, d. in Ferrara in 1453. He was a pupil of Brunelleschi; then, having gone to Padua (before 1434), he… -
Barone, Veronica
Mystic, b. at Vizzini (Catania) on 16 Dec. 1856, d. there in the odor of sanctity on 4 Jan. 1878. At Baptism she received the name Febronia. In childhood she… -
Baronius, Caesar, Venerable (BARONIO, CESARE, VENERABILE)
Cardinal and distinguished historian, b. at Sora, 30 Oct. 1538, began his studies at Veroli, continued them at Naples on 29 Oct. 1556, enrolling in the faculty… -
Baronius, Justus
Protestant convert, b. at Xanten (Silesia) ca. 1570; the year and place of his death remain unknown. Educated in a rigid Calvinism, but shaken by the… -
Barontus (Baron of Berry) (BARONTUS (BARON DU BERRY))
Monk of the 7th century; belonging to a noble family, he retired to a monastery after stormy life experiences. In an anonymous account, probably by one of his… -
Baron, Vincent
Preacher and controversialist, b. 17 May 1604 at Martres, d. in Paris on 21 Jan. 1674. Dominican at Toulouse in 1621. A profound theologian, of vast culture… -
Baronzio, Giovanni
Painter from Rimini, already dead by 1362. In 1345 he signed a polyptych now in the gallery of Urbino; a crucifix signed in the same year is also attributed to… -
Baroque, Art (BAROCCA, ARTE)
The term "baroque", which today criticism uses in a historical sense, that is, without any intrinsic value judgment, to indicate the art of the seventeenth… -
Barozzi, Giacomo
BAROZZI, GIACOMO: V. VIGNOLA. -
Barozzi, Pietro
Humanist bishop, b. in Venice in 1441, d. in Padua on 10 January 1507. Barely thirty years old, he was appointed bishop of Belluno (1470), then was transferred… -
Bar Qappara
Palestinian rabbi (early 3rd century AD), one of the oldest disciples of R. Jehudhah han-Nasi, whom he assisted in the redaction of the Mishnah. He belonged to… -
Barquisimeto, Diocese of (BARQUISIMETO, DIOCESI DI)
In the republic of Venezuela, State of Lara, suffragan of Santiago de Venezuela, with residence at B. Erected on 4 May 1847, it was inaugurated only in 1867… -
Barradas, Manoel
Portuguese Jesuit missionary, b. at Monforte (Alentejo) in 1572, d. at Cochin in India on 31 July 1646. Having entered the novitiate of Evora in 1587, he set… -
Barradas, Sebastião
Portuguese Jesuit, b. in Lisbon in 1542, entered the novitiate there (1558), d. at Coimbra on 14 April 1615. Professor of Sacred Scripture at the Universities… -
Barra do Piraí, Diocese of (BARRA DO PIRAÍ, DIOCESI DI)
In Brazil, State of Rio de Janeiro; erected on 4 Dec. 1922 with parishes of the diocese of Nictheroy, suffragan of S. Sebastiano of Rio de Janeiro. In the bull… -
Barra do Rio Grande, Diocese of (BARRA DO RIO GRANDE, DIOCESI DI)
In Brazil, State of Bahia, erected as a diocese on 20 Oct. 1913 with 19 parishes of the archdiocese of St. Salvador of Bahia, of which it was made a suffragan.… -
Barral, Louis-Mathias de
French prelate, b. at Grenoble on 20 Apr. 1746, d. on 6 June 1816. Having become bishop of Troyes in 1790, he refused to take the civil oath required by the… -
Barranquilla, Diocese of (BARRANQUILLA, DIOCESI DI)
In the western part of the Republic of Colombia, department of the Atlantic, suffragan of Cartagena. The episcopal see is in B., capital of the department… -
Barré, Nicolas
Popular educator and ascetical writer, b. at Amiens on 21 Oct. 1621, d. in the odor of sanctity at Paris on 31 May 1686. At the age of twenty he entered the… -
Barrès, Maurice
Born at Charmes-sur-Moselle (Vosges) on 22 Sept. 1862, died in Paris on 4 Dec. 1923. From 1883 he began to make himself known by writing in newspapers and… -
Barret, John
English Carmelite, a native of King's Lynn (Norfolk), d. 12 July 1593 at Norwich. He took his degree in 1533 at the University of Cambridge. When the religious… -
Barreto, Francisco
Portuguese Jesuit missionary, b. at Montemor-o-novo in 1599. Having set out for the Indies, he was professor of philosophy and theology there, rector at Coulam… -
Barrett, Jean Arnold
Bishop, b. at Looz on 22 February 1770, d. at Namur in 1835. Having completed his studies in Rome and been ordained a priest, he returned to his homeland… -
Barrio y Fernández, Mariano
Cardinal, b. at Jaca on 21 Nov. 1805, d. at Valencia on 26 Nov. 1876. Professor of canon law at the University of Huesca, he was appointed bishop of… -
Barron, Edward
First vicar apostolic of the Two Guineas. Born in Ireland, at Waterford, in 1801, died at Savannah on September 12, 1854. He studied at the Urban College, then… -
Barron, Vicente (BARRÓN, VICENTE)
Spanish Dominican, confessor of St. Teresa, b. around 1505. He studied at the theological college of the Dominicans in Salamanca. Around 1534 he was in Ávila… -
Barros, João de
Portuguese writer and historiographer, b. at Viseu in 1496, d. near Pombal in 1571. In 1520 he published the Crónica do Imperador Clarimundo, which, conceived… -
Barrow, Isaac
English Protestant mathematician and theologian, b. in London in 1630, d. there on 4 May 1677. He lived abroad for many years and studied in France, Italy… -
Barruel, Augustin de
Jesuit publicist, b. at Villeneuve-de-Berg (Ardèche) on 2 Oct. 1741, d. at Paris on 5 Oct. 1820. Received into the Society on 15 Oct. 1756; he was forced to go… -
Barry, Paul du
French spiritual writer, b. at Leucate in 1587, a Jesuit from 1605, preacher, rector, provincial, d. in 1661 at Avignon. He belongs to the small group of… -
Barsabas (BARSABA)
A patronymic surname of two disciples of the Apostles, who are supposed by some (e.g., C. a Lapide, E. Jacquier) to be brothers because of the identity of the… -
Bar Ṣalibi (BAR ŞALİBİ)
BAR ŞALİBİ: V. DIONISIO BAR ŞALİBİ. -
Barsanian (BARSANIANI)
Setta monofisistica (v. MONOFISISMO) degli acefali, i quali elessero Barsanufio (donde il loro nome) come loro capo pretendendo consacrarlo vescovo mediante… -
Barsanti, Eugenio
Scolopian physicist and mathematician, b. at Pietrasanta on 12 Oct. 1821, d. at Seraing (Belgium) on 18 Apr. 1864. He taught physics and mathematics at… -
Barsanuphius and John, Ascetics (BARSANUFIO E GIOVANNI, ASCETI)
B., also called Barsanupius or Barsanorius, but not to be confused with the namesake leader of the Barsanians (v.), was a holy monk who lived between the 5th… -
Baršawmā (BARŞAWMĀ)
Eutychian archimandrite, b. near Samosata, d. in 458. Having become a fanatical follower of Eutyches, Theodosius II charged him with representing all the… -
Baršawmā of Nisibis (BARŠAWMĀ DI NISIBI)
Nestorian bishop, d. between 492 and 495. He was a disciple of Hibās in the school of Edessa. Expelled along with the other Persian fellow-disciples, who like… -
Barsech, Basilio
An Armenian priest of Constantinople, he died in Rome in 1693 and was buried in S. Maria Egiziaca, then the hospice of the Armenians. He was given the task of… -
Barsottini, Geremia
Born in Versilia at Levigliani, commune of Stazzema, on 8 May 1812. At the age of 18 he entered the Congregation of the Piarists (Scolopi) and had as his… -
Barsov, Nicola; Ivanović
Famous Russian dissident theologian, b. in 1838, d. in 1903. He was a master in theology and for 25 years a professor at the Ecclesiastical Academy of St.… -
Bar Sūdajlē, Stefano
Syriac Monophysite writer, b. at Edessa in the second half of the 5th century. He later lived as a monk in his native city. In his youth he spent some time in… -
Bartas, Guillaume Salluste du
French poet, b. at Montfort near Auch in 1544, d. at Paris in 1590. A not intolerant Huguenot, he served Henry of Navarre, the future Henry IV, on several…