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Borgia, Carlo, of the Dukes of Gandia (BORGIA, CARLO, DEI DUCHI DI GANDIA) Vol. II, p. 1098
BORGIA, CARLO, of the dukes of 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…
Borgia, Cesare Vol. II, p. 1098
BORGIA, CESARE. - Condottiere, b. in Rome in the summer of 1475, d. in Viana, near Pamplona, on March 12, 1507. The son of Card. Roderico Borgia and Vannozza…
Borgia, Francesco, Saint (BORGIA, FRANCESCO, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1099
BORGIA, FRANCESCO, santo: v. FRANCESCO BORGIA, santo.
Borgia, Gaspare (BORGIA, CASPARE) Vol. II, p. 1099
BORGIA, CASPARE. - Cardinal, b. at Villalpando on 26 June 1580, d. at Madrid on 28 Dec. 1635. He was the son of Francesco B., Duke of Gandia, and Giovanna di…
Borgia, Giovanni Vol. II, p. 1099
BORGIA, GIOVANNI. - Cardinal, called senior to distinguish him from a namesake. Born about 1447 at Valenza, died on 1 August 1503. He was the son of Galcerán…
Borgia, Lucrezia Vol. II, p. 1100
BORGIA, LUCREZIA. – Daughter of Cardinal Roderico and Vannozza, born on 18 April 1480. At the age of 11 she was betrothed to the Valencian Cherubino Giovanni…
Borgia, Luigi Obeste Vol. II, p. 1100
BORGIA, LUIGI OBESTE. – Priest, described by Benedict XV as “the gem of the Roman clergy,” born in Rome on 28 March 1840, and died there on 14 January 1914.…
Borgia, Nilo Vol. II, p. 1100
BORGIA, NILO. – Basilian monk, historian, and liturgist, born in Piana degli Albanesi (Palermo) on 1 March 1870, died in Grottaferrata on 3 March 1942.…
Borgia, Stefano Vol. II, p. 1100
BORGIA, STEFANO. — Cardinal, born at Velletri on 3 December 1731, died while travelling to Lyon on 23 November 1804. He was brought up by his uncle Alessandro…
Borgianni, Orazio Vol. II, p. 1101
BORGIANNI, ORAZIO. - Painter, born in Rome in 1578. He learned the rudiments of drawing from his sculptor brother, known as Guido Scalzo. He spent many years…
Borgiotti, Luisa Vol. II, p. 1101
BORGIOTTI, LUISA. - Co-foundress of the Sisters of Jesus of Nazareth, b. in Turin on 16 Feb. 1802, d. there in the reputation of sanctity on 23 Feb. 1873. She…
Borgo Sansepolcro (BORGO SAN SE-POLCRO) Vol. II, p. 1106
BORGO SAN SE-POLCRO: v. SAN SE-POLCRO.
Borgo, Carlo Vol. II, p. 1101
BORGO, CARLO. - Man of letters and polemicist, born in Vicenza on 26 July 1731, died in Parma in 1794. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1746, he taught…
Borgofranco Vol. II, p. 1101
BORGOFRANCO. – Also called Villanova or Villafranca, it is a medieval settlement enclosed by walls and moats, generally square or rectangular in plan, with two…
Borgognoni, Teodorico Vol. II, p. 1106
BORGOGNONI, TEODORICO. — Also known as Teodorico da Lucca (improperly, according to those who believe him to have been born in Parma), son of Ugo, a surgeon of…
Borie (Dumoulin-Borie), Pierre-Rose-Ursule, Blessed (BORIE (DUMOULIN-BORIE), PIERRE-ROSE-URSULE, BEATO) Vol. II, p. 1106
BORIE (DUMOULIN-BORIE), PIERRE-ROSE-URSULE, blessed. - Of the Paris Foreign Missions, titular bishop of Acanto, apostolic vicar of western Tonchino, martyred…
Boris and Gleb (BORIS E GLIEB) Vol. II, p. 1106
BORIS and GLIEB. — Two of the twelve sons of s. Vladimiro, prince of Russia, who at Baptism received the names Romano and David. After the death of Vladimiro…
Borneo Settentrionale, Prefecture of (BORNEO SETTENTRIONALE, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI) Vol. II, p. 1106
BORNEO SETTENTRIONALE, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. - By a decree of Propaganda of 4 Sept. 1855, an apostolic prefecture was erected in British Borneo « in insula…
Borrelli, Pasquale Vol. II, p. 1107
BORRELLI, PASQUALE. - Philosopher, born at Tornareccio (Chieti) on 8 June 1782, died at Napoli in 1849. He led a highly eventful and adventurous life. Around…
Borrhoaus (Borrhoic), Martin (BORRHAUS (BORRHAIC), MARTIN) Vol. II, p. 1108
BORRHAUS (BORRHAIC), MARTIN. - Protestant humanist and theologian, also known by the name of Cellarius M., born at Suttgard in 1499, died at Basilea in 1564.…
Borromeo, Carlo, Saint (BORROMEO, CARLO, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1108
BORROMEO, CARLO, santo: v. CARLO BORROMEO, santo.
Borromeo, Edoardo Vol. II, p. 1108
BORROMEO, EDOARDO. – Cardinal, b. 3 Aug. 1822 in Milan, d. 30 Nov. 1881 in Rome. Ordained a priest personally by Pius IX, he remained at this Pope’s side…
Borromeo, Family (BORROMEO, FAMIGLIA) Vol. II, p. 1108
BORROMEO, FAMIGLIA. – The family originated with the Paduan Vitaliano Vitaliani, who adopted the surname of his wife, Margherita, a native of S. Miniato. He…
Borromeo, Federico (BORROMEO, FEDERIGO) Vol. II, p. 1108
BORROMEO, FEDERIGO. - Cardinal, b. in Milano on 18 Aug. 1564 to Giulio Cesare, brother of Gilberto the father of s. Carlo, and Margherita Trivulzio; d. there…
Borromini, Francesco detto Il Castello Vol. II, p. 1109
BORROMINI, FRANCESCO called il CASTELLO. – Born at Bissone on 27 September 1599 and died in Rome in August 1667. After a stay in Milan, which could not have…
Borsano (Brossano), Simone di Vol. II, p. 1113
BORSANO (BROSSANO), SIMONE di. - Cardinal, born into a Milanese family, he became doctor of both laws, in which he was later an eminent master. He was…
Borsi, Giosuè Vol. II, p. 1113
BORSI, GIOSUÈ. — Born in Livorno on 10 June 1888. From his father Averardo, a writer and journalist, he inherited his inclination toward letters. His father’s…
Bortoloni, Mattia Vol. II, p. 1113
BORTOLONI, MATTIA. — Painter, born in 1696 at S. Bellino (Polesine), died at Bergamo in 1750. From A. Balestra he derived a fluid decorative taste, to which,…
Bortolucci, Giovanni Vol. II, p. 1113
BORTOLUCCI, GIOVANNI. - Politician, b. 6 Aug. 1819 at Pavullo nel Frignano, d. 6 March 1900 at Bologna. After completing his early schooling at the seminary of…
Bosa, Diocese of (BOSA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1113
BOSA, DIOCESI of. — City of western Sardinia, in the province of Nuoro, in the lower valley of the Temo River, 5 km from the sea. It is a suffragan of the…
Bosanquet, Bernard Vol. II, p. 1114
BOSANQUET, BERNARD. — Philosopher, born in Northumberland on 14 June 1848, died on 8 February 1923 in London, where he lived continuously from 1881 onward,…
Boscardin, Maria Bertilla Vol. II, p. 1114
BOSCARDIN, MARIA BERTILLA. — Of the Sisters Teachers of St. Dorothea, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts, born in Brendola (Vicenza) on 6 October 1888, died in…
Bosch De Centellas Y Cordon, Balthasar (BOSCH DE CENTELLAS Y CORDONA, BALTHASAR) Vol. II, p. 1114
BOSCH de CENTELLAS y CORDONA, BALTHASAR. — A Camillian, born in Centellas (Spain) in 1650, died in Madrid on 4 December 1714. He lived in Zaragoza, Madrid, and…
Bosch, Hieronymus (van Aeken) Vol. II, p. 1114
BOSCH, HIERONYMUS (VAN AEKEN). - Dutch painter, b. in Bosco Ducale (s'Hertogenbosch) c. 1450, (photo Soprint., Cagliari) BOSA - Facciata della chiesa di S.…
Bosco Ducale Vol. II, p. 1115
BOSCO DUCALE: v. S'HERTOGENBOSCH.
Boscovich, Ruggero Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1115
BOSCOVICH, RUGGERO GIUSEPPE. – Born on 18 May 1711 in Ragusa: having completed his studies at the Jesuit college of that city, he entered the novitiate of the…
Boselli, Luigi Antonio Vol. II, p. 1116
BOSELLI, LUIGI ANTONIO. - Priest, educator, b. at Genova in 1798, d. there in 1886. He came into contact with and was influenced by the leading Ligurian…
Bosio, Antonio Vol. II, p. 1116
BOSIO, ANTONIO. – Eminent archaeologist, born in Malta in 1575, died in Rome in 1629. He came to Rome at a very young age, studied there under the Jesuits, and…
Bosnia Vol. II, p. 1116
BOSNIA: v. SIRMIO, DIOCESI di.
Bosone Vol. II, p. 1116
BOSONE. – First bishop of Merseburg (968–70), one of the apostles of the Wends. He was a Benedictine monk at S. Emmeram in Regensburg when Emperor Otto I took…
Bosor (Heb. Bēšer) (BOSOR (EBR. BĒŠER)) Vol. II, p. 1117
BOSOR (Heb. Bēšer). — 1. — A Levitical city, counted among the cities of refuge (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 21:30; I Chron. 6:78), commonly identified with…
Bosra Vol. II, p. 1117
BOSRA. – Name of various localities, with uncertain spelling in Greek and Latin: Bosra(h), Bozra, Bostra. 1. – Ancient capital of the Edomites (Heb. Bošrah) in…
Bossi, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 1117
BOSSI, GIUSEPPE. — Painter and writer, born in Busto Arsizio on 17 August 1777, died in Milan on 9 December 1815. A Neoclassicist, he was a superficial…
Bossi, Marco Enrico Vol. II, p. 1117
BOSSI, MARCO ENRICO. – Organist and composer, born in Salò on 25 April 1861; died aboard ship on 20 February 1925, while returning from America. His father…
Bossio (Bossi), Giovanni Angelo Vol. II, p. 1118
BOSSIO (BOSSI), GIOVANNI ANGELO. - Barnabite of Milan, theologian and jurist, General of his Order, born in Milan in 1590, died in Rome on 27 Jan. 1665. He was…
Bosso, Matteo Vol. II, p. 1118
BOSSO, MATTEO. - Theologian, sacred orator, humanist, of the Lateran Canons Regular, born into a noble Veronese family in 1427 or 1428, died at Padua in 1502.…
Bossolari, Jacopo Vol. II, p. 1118
BOSSOLARI, JACOPO: v. BUSSOLARO JACOPO.
Bossu, Jacques Vol. II, p. 1118
BOSSU, JACQUES: v. LE BOSSU, JACQUES.
Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne Vol. II, p. 1118
BOSSUET, JACQUES-BÉNIGNE. — Bishop, orator. I. THE MAN. — B. was born in Dijon on 27 September 1627 into a family of magistrates, and died in Paris on 12 April…
Bost, Ami-Isaac-David Vol. II, p. 1120
BOST, AMI-ISAAC-DAVID. - Protestant writer, b. in Geneva in 1780, d. at Laforce in 1874. At the age of twenty-four, he was ordained to the Calvinist ministry.…
Bostius, Arnold Vol. II, p. 1120
BOSTIUS, ARNOLD. – Flemish Carmelite (descended from the noble Van Vaernewijk family, lords of Borst; he Latinized his name as Bostius). Born in Ghent in 1445,…
Boston, Archdiocese of (BOSTON, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1120
BOSTON, ARCIDIOCESI of. — City of the United States, on the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 375 km northeast of Nuova York, with a broad, well-sheltered harbor…
Bostra Vol. II, p. 1120
BOSTRA. – A city of the Hawrân, ancient capital of the Roman province of Arabia established by Trajan in the year 106. Christianity was introduced there very…
Boström, Christopher Jacob Vol. II, p. 1125
BOSTRÖM, CHRISTOPHER JACOB. – Swedish philosopher, born in Pitea in 1797, died in Upsala, where he was a professor, in 1866. Although following Bibert and…
Bot of Prüfening (BOTO DI PRÜFENING) Vol. II, p. 1131
BOTO di PRÜFENING. - A twelfth-century Benedictine of Prüfening (Regensburg), subsequently identified, as a result of a false reading (Prumensis), with a…
Botany (BOTANICA) Vol. II, p. 1125
BOTANY. - Botany, or phytology, is the science of plants. Plants are studied under three principal aspects: morphological, physiological, and systematic. The…
Botero, Giovanni Vol. II, p. 1131
BOTERO, GIOVANNI. — Born at Bene Vagienna (province of Cuneo) in 1543 or 1544, he was admitted to the Society of Jesus in 1560 and assigned to teaching in…
Botrys (Botrus) Vol. II, p. 1132
BOTRYS (Botrus). — Today Batrun, a city of Phoenicia, whose bishop Porphyrius signed the acts of the Council of Chalcedon (448). Reorganized in 1848, it was…
Botta, Carlo Vol. II, p. 1132
BOTTA, CARLO. — Italian politician and historian, b. at S. Giorgio Canavese on 6 November 1766, d. in Paris on 10 August 1837. A physician of considerable…
Botta, Paul-Émile Vol. II, p. 1132
BOTTA, PAUL-ÉMILE. – Archaeologist and Assyriologist of Italian origin, born in Turin on 6 December 1802; he followed his father’s political ideas and served…
Bottari, Giovanni Gaetano Vol. II, p. 1132
BOTTARI, GIOVANNI GAETANO. — Born in Florence on 15 January 1689, died in Rome on 4 June 1775. He devoted himself to Greek and Latin letters and to…
Bottazzo, Luigi Vol. II, p. 1135
BOTTAZZO, LUIGI. – Musician, born in Presina on 9 July 1845, died in Padua on 29 December 1924. Having become blind at the age of nine, he soon devoted himself…
Bottens, Fulgentius Vol. II, p. 1135
BOTTENS, FULGENTIUS. - Franciscan mystical writer, b. at Courtrai (Belgium) on 31 July (or 31 Aug.) 1637, d. at Bruges on 14 Oct. 1717. He was successively…
Bottero, Giovan Battista Vol. II, p. 1135
BOTTERO, GIOVAN BATTISTA. - Journalist, b. in Nizza on 6 Feb. 1822, d. in Torino on 16 Nov. 1897. He first founded the Opinione, then, in 1848, together with…
Bottero, Hughes-Madelain (BOTTERO, HUGUES-MADELAIN) Vol. II, p. 1135
BOTTERO, HUGUES-MADELAIN. – First bishop of Kumbakonam (India). Born in Chambéry on 20 January 1837, and already a law student in Turin, he entered the Paris…
Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano Filippi) Vol. II, p. 1136
BOTTICELLI, SANDRO (ALESSANDRO di MARIANO FILIPPI). — Painter, born in Florence in 1445, died there on 17 May 1510. His apprenticeship under Filippo Lippi,…
Botticini, Francesco Vol. II, p. 1138
BOTTICINI, FRANCESCO. - Painter, b. in Firenze in 1446, d. there in 1497. On the basis of the sole documented work (the altarpiece for the collegiate church of…
Botucatú, Diocese of (BOTUCATÙ, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1138
BOTUCATÙ, DIOCESE of. – In Brazil, in the State of São Paulo. Erected on 7 June 1908 with territory taken from the vast diocese of São Paulo, of which it is…
Boucat, Antoine Vol. II, p. 1138
BOUCAT, ANTOINE. - Theologian of the Order of Minims, born in the seventeenth century at Bourges and died about 1730. He was general director of the schools of…
Bouchard, James Vol. II, p. 1138
BOUCHARD, JAMES. - American Jesuit, born in 1823 at Muscagola to a Delaware chief and a French woman kidnapped by the Indians. After various adventures within…
Boucher (Bouchier), Gilles (BOUCHIER (BOUCHER), GILLES) Vol. II, p. 1138
BOUCHIER (BOUCHER), GILLES. - Learned Jesuit, born at Arras on 19 October 1576, died at Tournai on 8 March 1665. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1598,…
Boucher, François Vol. II, p. 1138
BOUCHER, FRANÇOIS. - French painter and etcher, b. in Paris in 1703, d. there in 1770. A pupil of Fr. Le Moyne, he initially followed in the footsteps of…
Boudon, Henri-Marie Vol. II, p. 1138
BOUDON, HENRI-MARIE. – Writer on asceticism, born at La Fère (Aisne) on 14 October 1624, died at Evreux on 31 August 1702. Archdeacon of Evreux from 1654, he…
Bougaud, Louis-Victor-Émile (BOUGAUD, LOUIS-VICTOR-EMILE) Vol. II, p. 1139
BOUGAUD, LOUIS-VICTOR-EMILE. — French bishop, orator, and writer, born in Dijon on 26 February 1823, died in Laval on 7 November 1888. He studied philosophy at…
Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe Vol. II, p. 1139
BOUGEANT, GUILLAUME-HYACINTHE. — French Jesuit, historian, and theologian, born in Quimper on 4 November 1690, died in Paris on 3 January 1743. He entered the…
Bouhours, Dominique Vol. II, p. 1140
BOUHOURS, DOMINIQUE. — French Jesuit and man of letters, born in Paris on 15 May 1628, entered religious life in 1644, and died there on 27 May 1702. First a…
Bouix, Marie-Dominique Vol. II, p. 1140
BOUIX, MARIE-DOMINIQUE. — Canonist, born at Bagnères-de-Bigorre on 15 May 1808, died on 26 December 1870 at Montech (Tarn-et-Garonne). A Jesuit, he was…
Boulainvilliers, Henri, Count of (BOULAINVILLIERS, HENRI, CONTE DI) Vol. II, p. 1141
BOULAINVILLIERS, HENRI, count. - Born at St-Saire (Normandy) on 11 Oct. 1658, died in Paris on 23 Jan. 1722. A curious figure: historian, politician,…
Boulanger, Nicolas-Antoine Vol. II, p. 1141
BOULANGER, NICOLAS-ANTOINE. - Born in 1722, died in 1759. Swiss, but lived in France for his career as a military and civil engineer. Having settled in Paris,…
Boule, Pierre-Marcelin Vol. II, p. 1141
BOULE, PIERRE-MARCELIN. – Born at Montsalvy (Coutal) in 1861 and died on 19 July 1945 at Montsalvens. French paleontologist, a pupil of Gaudry and director of…
Boulogne, Étienne (BOULOGNE, ETIENNE) Vol. II, p. 1141
BOULOGNE, ETIENNE - ANTOINE. - French prelate, b. at Avignone on 26 Dec. 1747, d. at Parigi on 13 May 1825. He was elected deputy to the assembly of the…
Boulogne-sur-Mer Vol. II, p. 1141
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER : v. ARRAS, DIOCESI di.
Bouquet, Martin Vol. II, p. 1141
BOUQUET, MARTIN. - Benedictine monk, b. at Amiens on 6 Aug. 1685, d. at Paris on 6 Apr. 1754. He entered the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1707. Having become…
Bouquillon, Thomas-Joseph Vol. II, p. 1141
BOUQUILLON, THOMAS-JOSEPH. - Belgian moral theologian, b. at Warneton on 16 May 1840, d. at Brussels on 5 Nov. 1902. A graduate of the Gregorian University, he…
Bouquin, Charles Vol. II, p. 1141
BOUQUIN, CHARLES. — Dominican theologian and apologist, born at Tarascona on the Rhône in 1622, died at Buix in the Dauphiné on 14 February 1698. A religious,…
Bourassé, Jean-Jacques Vol. II, p. 1142
BOURASSÉ, JEAN-JACQUES. - Archaeologist and historian of Touraine, b. at 8.te-Maure (Indre-et-Loire) on 22 Dec. 1813 and d. at Tours on 4 Oct. 1872. Ordained a…
Bourbon, Carlo di (BORBONE, CARLO DI) Vol. II, p. 1091
BORBONE, CARLO di. — Born around 1433 to Carlo I, Duke of Bourbon; died in Lyon on 13 September 1488. At the age of eleven he was appointed archbishop of Lyon…
Bourdaloue, Louis Vol. II, p. 1142
BOURDALOUE, LOUIS. – Jesuit, preacher, born at Bourges on 20 August 1632, died at Paris on 13 May 1704. After several years of teaching philosophy and moral…
Bourdeilles, Hélie Vol. II, p. 1142
BOURDEILLES, HÉLIE. - Franciscan, cardinal, born at the castle of Bourdeilles (Périgueux) between 1410 and 1415, died at the castle of Artennes (Tours) on 5…
Bourdichon, Jean Vol. II, p. 1142
BOURDICHON, JEAN. - Painter and miniaturist (b. c. 1457, d. 1521), he headed the “school of Tours” at the close of the fifteenth century and the beginning of…
Bourdon, Adrien (BOURDOISE, ADRIEN) Vol. II, p. 1145
BOURDOISE, ADRIEN. – French priest, b. at Brou in 1584, d. in Paris in 1665, apostle and reformer of the clergy, for whom he founded in Paris in 1611 the…
Bourg-en-Bresse, Diocese of (BOURG-EN-BRESSE, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1145
BOURG-EN-BRESSE, DIOCESI di. — Capital of the Ain department on the left bank of the Reyssouze River; it was erected in 1515 at the request of Francesco I, but…
Bourgeoys, Marguerite, Venerable (BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, VENERABILE) Vol. II, p. 1145
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, venerable. - Foundress of the Congregation of Notre-Dame (v.), born at Troyes on 17 Apr. 1620, died at Montréal on 12 Jan. 1700. Of…
Bourges, Archdiocese of (BOURGES, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1145
BOURGES, ARCHDIOCESE of. — City in central France, capital of the department of Cher; the archdiocese also extends into the department of Indre. Under the name…
Bourget, Paul Vol. II, p. 1146
BOURGET, PAUL. — French poet, novelist, and critic from Amiens, born 2 September 1852, died in Paris on 25 December 1935. Member of the Académie Française from…
Bourgon, François (BOURGOING, FRANÇOIS) Vol. II, p. 1147
BOURGOING, FRANÇOIS. – French Oratorian, disciple of Bérulle (v.) and his second successor, born in Paris on 18 March 1585, died there on 22 October 1662. In…
Bourignon De La Porte, Antoinette Vol. II, p. 1147
BOURIGNON DE LA PORTE, ANTOINETTE. – Visionary, born on 13 January 1616 at Lille (France), died on 30 October 1680. Of a restless, eccentric, fanciful…
Bourne, Francis Vol. II, p. 1148
BOURNE, FRANCIS. - Cardinal, b. 23 March 1861 at Clapham, a suburb of London, d. 1 Jan. 1935 in London. He studied theology at the college of S. Sulpizio in…
Bourret, Ernest Vol. II, p. 1148
BOURRET, ERNEST. – French historian and apologist, born at Lubro (Ardèche) in 1827, died at Rodez on 10 July 1896. He studied theology in Paris, but because of…
Bourse (BORSA) Vol. II, p. 1111
BORSA. — To preserve the corporal with decency and reverence when it was reduced to its present dimensions, the borsa (purse) was introduced. In ancient times…
Bousset, Wilhelm Vol. II, p. 1148
BOUSSET, WILHELM. - Orientalist, b. on 2 September 1865 at Lübeck, the son of a Protestant pastor of Huguenot origin; d. at Giessen on 8 March 1916. He studied…
Boutault, Michel Vol. II, p. 1148
BOUTAULT, MICHEL. – French Jesuit, born in Paris on 1 November 1608, entered the Order in 1625, died at Pontoise on 12 May 1689, after a life devoted to…
Bouthillier de Rancé, Armand-Jean Le (BOUTHILLER DE RANCÉ, ARMAND-JEAN LE) Vol. II, p. 1148
BOUTHILLER de RANCÉ, ARMAND-JEAN le. — Cistercian, founder of the Trappists. Born in Paris into a noble family on 9 January 1626; died at La Trappe (county of…
Boutroux, Étienne-Émile-Marie (BOUTROUX, ETIENNE-EMILE-MARIE) Vol. II, p. 1149
BOUTROUX, ETIENNE-EMILE-MARIE. – French philosopher, born in Montrouge (Seine) on 28 July 1845 and died in Paris on 23 November 1921. After completing his…
Bouts, Dirk (Thierry) Vol. II, p. 1150
BOUTS, DIRK (THIERRY). - Dutch painter, born at Haarlem between 1400 and 1420, died in 1475 at Louvain. The following works are documented: the Last Supper (in…
Bouvet, Joachim Vol. II, p. 1150
BOUVET, JOACHIM. - Missionary, born near Le Mans on 18 July 1656, he entered the Jesuit order in 1678 and was one of the first six Jesuit mathematicians whom…
Bouvier, Jean-Baptiste Vol. II, p. 1150
BOUVIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE. — Bishop of Le Mans, theologian, born in St-Charles-la-Forêt (Mayenne) on 16 January 1783 into a poor family, died in Rome on 28…
Bouvier, Pierre Vol. II, p. 1150
BOUVIER, PIERRE. — French Jesuit, born at Chantenay (Brittany) in 1848, died in Paris in 1925. A preacher esteemed for his profound learning, he was the first…
Bova Vol. II, p. 1151
BOVA. – B. is a small town in the Aspromonte opposite Capo Spartivento. Together with S. Lorenzo, Africo, Roccaforte, Condofuri, and Roghudi, it forms a small…
Bovara, Giovanni Vol. II, p. 1151
BOVARA, GIOVANNI. – Priest and educator, born at Malgrate (Como) on 30 September 1734 and died in Milan on 13 October 1812. A man of broad legal culture, in…
Boverio, Zaccaria Da Saluzzo Vol. II, p. 1151
BOVERIO, ZACCARIA DA SALUZZO. — Capuchin writer of the Piedmontese province, b. in 1568, d. at Genoa on 31 March 1638. Missionary against the Protestants of…
Bovettino De' Bovettini (Boatinus Mantuanus) Vol. II, p. 1151
BOVETTINO DE' BOVETTINI (Boatinus Mantuanus). — Decretalist, born in Mantua in the first half of the 12th century, died in Aug. 1300. He taught for 43 years at…
Bovillus (Bonelles or Bonillé), Carolus (BOVILLUS (BONELLES O BONILLÉ), CAROLUS) Vol. II, p. 1152
BOVILLUS (BONELLES OR BONILLÉ), CAROLUS. — Theologian, philosopher, and man of letters, born at Saucourt (Picardy) around 1470–75, died as a canon and…
Bovino Vol. II, p. 1152
BOVINO – Cathedral (11th–12th centuries). philosophy of history, in which he set himself up as an emulator of G. Ferrari. He loved the paradoxical and the…
Bovino, Diocese of (BOVINO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. II, p. 1152
BOVINO, DIOCESE of. — A town in the province of Foggia, on the spur between the valley of the Cervaro and the Biletra valley. The long, narrow gorge known as…
Bovio, Giovanni Vol. II, p. 1152
BOVIO, GIOVANNI. - Thinker and politician, born at Trani in 1837, died at Napoli on 15 April 1903. In his time he was one of the most prominent and admired…
Bovio, Giovanni Antonio Vol. II, p. 1153
BOVIO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Carmelite theologian, born at Bellinzago in the Novarese district, died on 12 Aug. 1622 at Molfetta. Doctor of theology, regent of…
Boxers, Society of (BOXERS, SÈTTA DEI) Vol. II, p. 1153
BOXERS, SÈTTA dei. – After 1898, the so-called “Society of Good and Sincere Friends,” in Chinese “I huo t’oen,” joined the very numerous secret societies of…
Boycott (BOICOTTAGGIO) Vol. II, p. 1019
BOYCOTTING. - A boycott consists in an agreement entered into by several persons to break off economic relations with a third party; as well as in the action…
Boyer, Pierre-Denis Vol. II, p. 1153
BOYER, PIERRE-DENIS. - Theologian and preacher, b. at Sévérac-l'Eglise (Alverniè) on 29 Oct. 1766 and d. at Paris on 24 Apr. 1842. A cousin of mons.…
Boyle, Robert Vol. II, p. 1154
BOYLE, ROBERT. – Celebrated English scientist of the seventeenth century, b. at Lismore (Munster), Ireland, on 25 January 1627, d. in London on the 10th or,…
Boylesve, Marin de Vol. II, p. 1154
BOYLESVE, MARIN de. - French Jesuit writer, b. at La Coltrie (near Angers) on 28 Nov. 1813, d. at Le Mans on 22 Feb. 1892. Having entered religion in 1831, he…
Boym, Michał (BOYM, MICHAL) Vol. II, p. 1154
BOYM, MICHAL. - Missionary and sinologist, b. in 1614 (?) in Lwów (Lemberg), Poland, d. Aug. 22, 1659 in China in Kwangsi. Having entered the Society of Jesus…
Boys' Town (Village, Republic, Community) of the (RAGAZZI, CITTÀ (VILLAGGIO, REPUBBLICA, COMUNITÀ) DEI) Vol. X, p. 292
RAGAZZI, CITTÀ (VILLAGE, REPUBLIC, COMMUNITY) dei. — An educational or re-educational institution for the moral and professional formation of children—orphans…
Boyvin, Jean-Gabriel Vol. II, p. 1155
BOYVIN, JEAN-GABRIEL. – Theologian of the Friars Minor Recollects, born at Vire in Normandy in the first half of the seventeenth century, died before 1681. He…
Bozio, Tommaso Vol. II, p. 1155
BOZIO, TOMMASO. – Born at Gubbio in 1548, he took a degree in law at Perugia. He then entered the Congregation of the Oratory of Rome, where he distinguished…
Bozzetto Vol. II, p. 1155
BOZZETTO. - A model in painting or sculpture, executed on a small scale in order summarily to define the compositional lines and bring out the masses (that is,…
Böhme, Jacob Vol. 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 Friedrich Vol. 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, Paul Vol. II, p. 1138
BÖTTICHER, PAUL: v. LAGARDE PAUL ANTON de.