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Bartei, Girolamo
Musician of the Order of the Augustinians, b. in Arezzo around 1560. The date of his death is not known. From 1592 to 1598 he was choirmaster at the cathedral… -
Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, Jules (BARTHELEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, JULES)
Philosopher and politician, b. in Paris on 19 Aug. 1805, d. there on 24 Nov. 1895. He was a conformist in politics and collaborated with Cousin, minister of… -
Barthel, Johann Kaspar
German canonist b. in 1697, d. on 8 April 1771. Educated by the Jesuits, he was ordained a priest in 1721. From 1725 to 1727 he studied in Rome, where he was a… -
Barthel, Melchior
Sculptor, b. in Dresden in 1625, d. there on 12 Nov. 1672. He traveled throughout Europe; besides other Italian cities he was in Rome and then in Venice. Here… -
Bartholi (Bartoli), Francesco
Franciscan preacher and writer, also called, erroneously according to A. Mercati, Della Rossa or Rubeae. A native of Assisi, he became a Franciscan toward the… -
Bartholomew Anglicus or of Glanville (BARTOLOMEO ANGLICO O DI GLANVILLE)
English Minorite of the 13th century, distinguished philosopher, theologian and naturalist. He studied at Oxford, as his scientific formation reveals, and then… -
Bartholomew de Martyribus, Venerable (BARTOLOMEO DE MARTYRIBUS, VENERABILE)
Dominican reformer, b. in Lisbon in May 1514, where he was baptized in the church of St. Mary of the Martyrs, from which he took the surname De Martyribus.… -
Bartholomew, Apostle, Saint (BARTOLOMEO (ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΊΟΣ, BARTHOLOMAEUS), APOSTOLO, SANTO)
I. SACRED SCRIPTURE. - One of the twelve apostles in the New Testament, named only in the lists of the Synoptics (Mt. 10:3; Mk. 3:18; Lk. 6:14), where he is… -
Bartholomew, Night of Saint (BARTOLOMEO, NOTTE DI SAN)
It is one of the episodes, perhaps the cruelest, that bloodied France during the wars of religion. Besides the ferocious fanaticism of Huguenot propaganda… -
Bartholomew of Brescia (Bartholomaeus Brixiensis) (BARTOLOMEO DA BRESCIA (BARTHOLOMAEUS BRIXIENSIS))
Decretalist, b. in 1258. He studied Roman law at Bologna under the legist Ugolino dei Presbiteri and canon law under the decretalist Tancred. His output is for… -
Bartholomew, Saint (BARTOLOMEO, SANTO)
Benedictine abbot of Marmoutier (Tours) from about 1063, died in February 1084, known for his learning and reforming activity. His name appears in some ancient… -
Bartimeus (BARTIMEO (ΒΑΡΤΙΜΑ͂Σ))
A blind beggar, healed by Jesus in the territory of Jericho during his last journey to Jerusalem. Only Mk. (10:46) gives his Aramaic name (patronymic) and its… -
Bartmann, Bernhard
Professor of theology, b. at Madfeld, in Westphalia, on 28 June 1860, d. in 1938. Ordained a priest in 1888, he obtained a doctorate in theology at Tübingen in… -
Bartoli, Adolfo
Critic and scholar, b. at Fivizzano (Massa) in 1833, d. at Genoa in 1894. He collaborated with Vieneseux on the Archivio storico italiano, was a teacher from… -
Bartoli, Adolfo
Physicist and chemist, b. in Florence on 19 March 1851 and d. in Pavia on 18 July 1896; he is to be remembered for his works on electrochemistry, especially on… -
Bartoli, Daniello
Born in Ferrara on 12 February 1608, died in Rome, at the Gesù, on 13 January 1685. Not yet sixteen, on 10 December 1623 he entered the Jesuits, who, seeing… -
Bartolini, Domenico
Cardinal, b. May 16, 1813 in Rome, d. in Florence Oct. 2, 1887. Author of various writings of a hagiographic and historical character, though entirely… -
Bartolini, Lorenzo
Sculptor, b. at Savignano in 1777, d. at Florence in 1850. He studied in Paris in David's atelier; he was a companion of Ingres, and with the latter he shared… -
Bartolisti
This is the appellation given from the 15th century onward to the numerous host of jurists who followed that method of studying law which had already enabled… -
Bartolocchi, Giulio
Distinguished Orientalist, b. at Celleno, diocese of Montefiascone (Viterbo), in 1613, d. at Rome on 20 Oct. 1687. He entered the Cistercian Order, and at his… -
Bartolo da San Gimignano, Blessed (BARTOLO DA SAN GIMIGNANO, BEATO)
Parish priest, b. in 1228 of a noble family, in the castle of Mucchio near San Gimignano. In order to become a religious he took refuge in Pisa and entered the… -
Bartolo da Sassoferrato
He is the greatest jurisconsult of the medieval era and certainly one of the highest juridical minds humanity has ever had. Born in 1313 near Sassoferrato in… -
Bartolo di Fredi
Sienese painter, b. ca. 1330. In 1353 he rented a workshop in Siena in order to practice his art there together with Andrea Vanni (v.), and he was registered… -
Bartolomei, Enrico (BARTOLOMEI, ENRICO)
Decretalist, b. at Susa (Turin), d. 25 Oct. 1271. He studied at Bologna, where he initially also followed courses in civil law. He in turn taught law at Paris.… -
Bartolomeiti (BARTOLOMITI)
An order of Armenian monks who fled to Italy from the regions of Armenia-Cilicia already threatened by the infidels, and settled in Genoa in 1307 under the… -
Bartolomeo (Cordoni) da Castello
Franciscan ascetical writer, b. at Città di Castello, of the Cordoni family, in 1471; he was a pupil of Poliziano in Florence; after the death of his bride, he… -
Bartolomeo da Bologna, Blessed (BARTOLOMEO DA BOLOGNA, BEATO)
Dominican, probably Italian, commonly but falsely called B. da Bologna, while the oldest documents call him B. de Podio (of or from Poggio?). A missionary in… -
Bartolomeo da Capua
Neapolitan jurist (1248-1328). Professor of law in Naples. Logothete and protonotary at the court of that same city. He left a Glossa aurea on the… -
Bartolomeo da Lucca
In the world Tolomeo Fiadoni, Dominican historian and theologian, b. at Lucca ca. 1236 into a family of merchants and d. at Torcello in 1327. In 1272 we find… -
Bartolomeo da Modena
Dominican theologian and preacher; b. probably at Modena, he was inquisitor at Ferrara, whence he is also called da Ferrara, although it is a question of the… -
Bartolomeo da Palazzolo
Augustinian penitent, b. in 1430, d. at Brescia on 3 Oct. 1502. He was an example of lofty virtues among the Hermits of St. Augustine. It is said that after… -
Bartolomeo da Roma
Regular canon, famous preacher, b. in the second half of the 14th century in Rome, in the district of Campo de' Fiori, d. in 1430 in the Benedictine monastery… -
Bartolomeo da Rossano
BARTOLOMEO da ROSSANO: v. BARTOLOMEO IL GIOVANE. -
Bartolomeo da Salutio, Venerable (BARTOLOMEO DA SALUTÍO, VENERABILE)
Franciscan orator, mystic and poet, in the world B. Cambi, b. at Socana in the Casentino on 3 April 1558, called "da Salutio" from the place of origin or… -
Bartolomeo da San Concordio
Dominican, b. in the contado of Pisa in 1262. Received as a youth into the Dominican Order, he completed his studies at Bologna and Paris; he was later a… -
Bartolomeo da Simeri, Saint (BARTOLOMEO DA SIMÈRI, SANTO)
Organizer of Basilian monastic life in southern Italy after the Norman conquest. From a life of B., dating from the second half of the 12th century, it is… -
Bartolomeo degli Amidei
BARTOLOMEO degli AMIDEI: v. SETTE FONDATORI. -
Bartolomeo della Gatta
BARTOLOMEO della GATTA: v. DELLA GATTA, BARTOLOMEO. -
Bartolomeo della Porta, Fra’ (BARTOLOMEO DELLA PORTA, FRA')
Painter, b. in Florence in 1475, d. at Bagni S. Filippo on 31 Oct. 1517. Knowledge of his early period of activity is scanty, since he himself, moved by the… -
Bartolomeo dello Spirito Santo
Discalced Carmelite (secular name Giacinto Torricelli), a native of Modena (1640), he professed in Milan (1656); in 1676 he was at the seminary of the missions… -
Bartolomeo di Bruges
Philosopher and physician, b. at Bruges ca. 1285, d. probably in 1356. From 1307 to 1309 magister artium at Paris, from 1329 to 1342 physician to Guy of… -
Bartolomeo di Giovanni
Painter, whose personality was reconstructed by Berenson, who called him "pupil of Domenico" because of his collaboration with Domenico Ghirlandaio in… -
Bartolomeo di Rinonico (or di Pisa) (BARTOLOMEO DI RINONICO (O DI PISA))
Friar Minor, b. at Pisa, d. there ca. the year 1401. He was confused by Mariano da Firenze, Marco da Lisbona, Wadding, etc. with the Franciscan Bartolomeo… -
Bartolomeo di Saliceto
Famous jurist, b. in Bologna around 1330, he first taught in his native city, then at the Universities of Padua (1373), of Ferrara (1380), and then again in… -
Bartolomeo di San Filippo Neri
Discalced Carmelite ascetical writer, of noble lineage (in the world Giacomo Antonio Origoni), b. near Varese in 1591, d., while prior at Modena, on 26 Dec.… -
Bartolomeo di Trento
Dominican, hagiographer of the 13th century, b. at Trent, d. ca. 1251. In 1233 he assisted at the first translation of the body of St. Dominic at Bologna. He… -
Bartolomeo do Quental, Venerable (BARTOLOMEO DO QUENTAL, VENERABILE)
Portuguese religious, b. at Fenaes in 1626 and d. at Lisbon in 1698. He founded in Portugal, in imitation of that of St. Philip Neri, the Congregation of the… -
Bartolomeo of Urbino (Carusi) (BARTOLOMEO D'URBINO (CARUSI))
Augustinian theologian, disciple of Agostino Trionfo, whose D. P. Augustini Milleloquium veritatis (Lyons 1555) he completed and dedicated to Clement VI. The… -
Bartolomeo of Vicenza, also called of Breganze, Blessed (BARTOLOMEO DI VICENZA, DETTO ANCHE DI BREGANZE, BEATO)
Dominican, b. Sept. 18, ca. 1200, d. at Vicenza in 1270; a celebrated preacher, mystical writer, and distinguished for the many offices he held in the service… -
Bartolomeo the Younger, Saint (BARTOLOMEO IL GIOVANE, SANTO)
He flourished between the 10th and 11th centuries and was the most illustrious disciple of St. Nilus, with whom he shared Calabria as his homeland. His feast… -
Bartolomeo Veneto
Painter; notices of his activity run from 1502 (Madonna and Child, Correr Museum, formerly the Donà delle Rose collection) to 1530 (Martinengo Portrait… -
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Engraver of very great fame; b. in Florence in 1727 and d. in Lisbon, where he had gone in 1802 to direct the national Academy, in 1816. He learned the first… -
Bartolucci, Salvatore
Preacher, philosopher and Scotist theologian, of the Conventual Friars Minor, born in Assisi in the first half of the sixteenth century, died in Padua in 1603.… -
Bartolucci, Vincenzo
Papal magistrate, b. in Rome in 1753, d. in 1823. In 1808 he was fiscal advocate of the Apostolic Chamber and dean of the consistorial advocates. After the… -
Bărů
BĂRŮ. - Name of an important class of Babylonian and Assyrian priests, whose main function was to establish the will of the gods, that is, the future. The b.… -
Baruch (BARUCH)
Son of Neriah, secretary of Jeremiah (v.), whose oracles he wrote down, and his faithful companion during the siege of Jerusalem (Jer. 32:12-16; 36:4-32… -
Baruffaldi, Girolamo (Junior) (BARUFFALDI, GIROLAMO (JUNIORE))
Jesuit, man of letters, b. in Ferrara in 1740, d. in 1816. Prefect of the municipal library of his city, he published, besides many short works on Ferrarese… -
Baruffaldi, Girolamo (Senior) (BARUFFALDI, GIROLAMO (SENIORE))
Man of letters, archpriest of Cento, b. at Ferrara in 1675, d. in 1755. He published scholarly pamphlets in Latin and in Italian; he took part in the… -
Barzaghi, Francesco
Sculptor, b. in Milan in 1839, d. in 1892. Trained in the school of V. Vela, he expressed himself with elegant realism. His activity (especially after the… -
Barzana (Barcena), Alonso
Missionary, b. ca. 1529 at Baeza (according to others at Cordova, Vélez Malaga or Velinchón). A disciple of the bl. Giovanni D'Avila, he entered the Society of… -
Barzellotti, Giacomo
Philosopher, b. in Florence in 1844, d. in Rome in 1917. He taught at Pisa and at Rome. A pupil of Mamiani, in part a follower of Kant, never original, his… -
Barzillai
BARZILLAI: v. BERZELLAI. -
Barzizza, Gasparino
Born at Barzizza in the territory of Bergamo, according to Sabbadini in 1359. Having taken his degree at Pavia in 1392 in grammar and rhetoric, he taught in… -
Basaiti, Marco
Painter, active in Venice in the first decades of the 16th century. Trained on Alvise Vivarini, he was subject to some influence from Giovanni Bellini and… -
Basan
Region of northern Transjordan (northeast of Palestine). The Hebrew name Bāfān is generally used with the article; it was a land celebrated for its fertility… -
Bascape (A Basilica Petri), Carlo, Venerable (BASCAPÈ (A BASILICA PETRI), CARLO, VENERABILE)
Barnabite, born of a noble family on 25 October 1550 at Melegnano, died on 6 October 1615 in Novara; at baptism he was named Giov. Francesco. Having taken his… -
Bascio, Matteo da
BASCIO, MATTEO da: v. MATTEO DA BASCIO. -
Basedow, Johann Bernhard
Pedagogue. Born in Hamburg on 11 September 1723, died in Magdeburg on 25 July 1790. He is one of the last representatives of the German Enlightenment. Having… -
Baseggio, Maria Felicita
Mystic, b. in Ferrara on 5 May 1752, to a family of artists originally from Venice, d. in Rovigo on 11 Feb. 1829. Only at the age of 32 could she be received… -
Basen
Major district of the province of Ararat, in Armenia, divided into upper and lower B. It was one of the dioceses that received their first bishop from St.… -
Bas, Giulio
Musician, b. in Venice on 21 April 1874, d. in Genoa on 27 July 1929. Choirmaster and organist in Venice (St. Mark's), and in Rome (St. Louis of the French)… -
Basil and Emmelia, Saints (BASILIO E EMMELIA, SANTI)
Parents of St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nyssa; B., the son of a wealthy and Christian family of Pontus, was a lawyer and lived in Caesarea of Cappadocia, where… -
Basile, Vincenzo
Jesuit missionary in Dalmatia, b. at Siculiana (Agrigento) on 29 Dec. 1811 and d. at Palermo on 3 March 1882. Having entered the Society in 1827, he was… -
Basiliad (BASILIADE)
A hospital-city founded by St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea, a short distance from the walls of that city. Surrounded by a vast enclosure and duly divided inside… -
Basili, Andrea
Composer, b. at Città della Pieve (1703?), d. at Loreto on 29 Aug. 1777. Organist at the Holy House, he is the author of much sacred music, of an oratorio, of… -
Basilian Fathers (PRETI DI SAN BASILIO)
Toward the end of the 18th century Msgr. d'Avieu, Archbishop of Vienne, was concerned with preparing young priests to fill the gaps left by the French… -
Basilian Monks, Eastern (BASILIANI, MONACI ORIENTALI)
This is the name given to the religious of the East who model their monastic life on the rules of St. Basil. The expression "Order of St. Basil," under which… -
Basilian Monks of Italy (Italo-Greeks) (BASILIANI D'ITALIA (ITALO-GRECI))
"Basilian Order" is a designation of Western origin, which arose in Italy in the Middle Ages to indicate and distinguish the Italo-Greek monks who particularly… -
Basilians (BASILIANE)
Daughter of St. Macrina, a Congregation of the Byzantine rite, founded according to the Statistica della gerarchia e dei Fedeli di rito orientale (Vatican City… -
Basilian Šuwajrite (BASILIANE ŠŪWAJRITE)
A women's congregation founded in 1732 by some unmarried Melkite women of Aleppo, who were already leading a community life in Aleppo, according to the… -
Basili (Basily), Francesco
Son of Andrea, born in Loreto in 1767, died in Rome in 1850, master of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's in the Vatican. He far surpassed his father's fame… -
Basilica
The word b., which derives from the Greek (στού βασιλική), means in the Latin language a large hall for public or private use. From the beginning of the 4th… -
Basilicata
BASILICATA: v. LUCANIA. -
Basilici
A great Byzantine legal compilation, promulgated in Greek under the emperor Leo VI the Wise (886-911), with the title Collection of the entire legislation in… -
Basilides (BASILIDE)
Gnostic heretic, active under Hadrian and Antoninus Pius (120-40) in Alexandria, where he was probably also born. There he kept a school and, with his son… -
Basilides, Saint, Martyr (BASILIDE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
BASILIDE, santo, martire: v. POTAMIENA and BASILIDES, saints, martyrs. -
Basilides, Saint, Martyr (BASILIDE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Of this martyr of Tuscia suburbicaria, buried at the twelfth mile of the Aurelia, near Lorium, between La Bottaccia and Castel di Guido, we have no reliable… -
Basil I, Emperor of Constantinople, called the Macedonian (BASILIO I, IMPERATORE DI COSTANTINOPOLI, DETTO IL MACEDONE)
Born at Adrianople around 827 to a modest family, he seized power through a double murder: that of the caesar Bardas (21 April 866) and that of the emperor… -
Basiliscus, Usurper (BASILISCO, USURPATORE)
Brother-in-law of the Eastern emperor Leo I, consul in 465, he was in command of several military expeditions, among them the one against the Vandals (468)… -
Basilissa, Saint (BASILISSA, SANTA)
BASILISSA, santa: v. GIULIANO e BASILISSA, saints, martyrs. -
Basil of Ancyra (BASILIO DI ANCIRA)
He lived in the 4th century. Originally a physician, he was elected in 336 metropolitan of Ancyra in Galatia. The Council of Sardica in 344 deemed his election… -
Basil of Corfu (BASILIO DI CORFÙ)
A dissident bishop of Corfu who lived between the 12th and 13th centuries, d. around 1220. Thoroughly versed in theological and secular sciences, he is… -
Basil of Gemona (BASILIO DA GEMONA)
BASILIO da GEMONA: v. BROLLO, BASILIO. -
Basil of Saint Francis (BASILIO DI SAN FRANCESCO)
Discalced Carmelite (in the world Francesco de Quintal), missionary; b. in 1595 at Santarem (Portugal) and professed at Montecompatri (Rome) in 1618. He… -
Basil of Soissons (BASILIO DA SOISSONS)
Having entered the Capuchins of the province of Paris on 20 April 1635, he died on 3 March 1698. He was an active member of the Capuchin mission in England at… -
Basil, Saint (BASILIO, SANTO)
Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, born there around 330 and died in 379, doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. Works. - III. Theological thought. - IV.… -
Basin, Thomas
French chronicler, bishop of Lisieux, b. at Caudebec (Seine-Inférieure) apparently in 1412, d. at Utrecht in 1490 or 1491. He studied law in Paris, in Louvain… -
Basra (BÀSSORA)
'AŠŠĀR, VICARIATO PATRIARCALE di. - B. was an ancient Nestorian diocese, called Prath d'Misa, that is, Mesena. G. S. Assemani (Bibl. Orient., IV, Rome 1728… -
Bas-relief (BASSORILIEVO)
BASSORILIEVO: v. RILIEVO. -
Bassano (da Ponte)
A family of painters commonly named after the city of the same name, rather than by the surname Da Ponte, active from the end of the 1400s to the first decades… -
Bassara
BASSARA: v. DIONISO. -
Bassa Volta (BASSA VÖLTA)
BASSA VÖLTA: v. VÖLTA INFERIORE. -
Basse-taille (BASSE TAILLE)
BASSE TAILLE : v. SMALTO. -
Basset, René
French Orientalist, b. at Lunéville on 24 July 1855, d. at Algiers on 14 Jan. 1924. His fame as a scholar is linked to his many works on the Berber dialects… -
Bassi, Agostino
A lawyer by profession and a naturalist by vocation, b. at Mairago (Lodi) in 1773, d. at Lodi in 1856. While studying the calcino or "mal del segno" of… -
Bassianus (Bassano), Saint (BASSIANO (BASSANO), SANTO)
He is the first historically documented bishop of Lodi (c. 374 - c. 409). As such he took part in 381 in the Council of Aquileia and in 389 in the Milanese… -
Bassi, Domenico
Born at Piancastagnaio (Siena) in 1875 and died at Florence in 1942. At the age of 22 he entered the Congregation of the Barnabite religious. In 1898 he went… -
Bassilla
I. THE MARTYR. - In the calendar of the Roman Church of the first half of the 4th century (Depositio Martyrum) she is called a martyr, buried in the cemetery >… -
Bassi, Martino
Architect, b. at Seregno in 1542, d. in 1591. In Milan, where he worked almost always, he was commissioned in 1567 to continue the church of S. Vittore, begun… -
Bassi, Matteo de
BASSI, MATTEO de : v. MATTEO DE BASSI. -
Bassi, Ugo
Barnabite, b. at Cento on 12 Aug. 1801, d. at Bologna on 8 Aug. 1849. After completing his early studies at Bologna, he entered the Barnabites in 1819.… -
Basso
Proconsul, not otherwise identifiable, author of an epitaph of three distichs on a tomb > (photo Pont. Commiss. of Sacred Archaeology) > BASSILLA - Cippus of… -
Bassolis, Giovanni de
Franciscan theologian, b. probably at Bassoles in France in the last decades of the 13th century, d. 4 July 1333. He studied in Paris and was one of Scotus's… -
Bassville (Basseville), Nicolas-Jean-Hugon de
French diplomat and publicist, b. at Abbeville in Picardy on 7 Feb. 1753, d. at Rome on 13 Jan. 1793. Having abandoned his ecclesiastical studies, at the… -
Bastard d'Estang, Jean-François-Auguste
French paleographer and archaeologist, b. at Nogaro on 11 Dec. 1792, d. at the castle of Bachac (near Bouglon, dept. of Lot-et-Garonne) on 16 Apr. 1883. A… -
Basti
Diocese of Roman, Visigothic and Mozarabic Spain, today Baza, in the civil province of Granada. The first known bishop, Eutychianus, attended the Council of… -
Bastian, Adolf
Ethnologist, b. in Bremen on 26 June 1826, d. in Trinidad on 2 Feb. 1905. He founded with Virchow the Berliner Anthropologische Gesellschaft in 1869; in 1886… -
Bastiani, Lazzaro
Venetian painter (b. ca. 1430, d. in Venice in 1512), he is first mentioned in 1449: he must have trained in the Paduan orbit of Squarcione (the Polyptych of… -
Bastiat, Claude-Frédéric
French economist and politician, b. at Mugron on 19 June 1801, d. at Rome on 24 Dec. 1850. A member of the Constituent Assembly and of the Legislative… -
Bastida, Fernando de la
Spanish theologian, b. at Valladolid in 1539, d. there in 1637. Having entered the Jesuits in 1588, he taught theology in his native city; then, called to… -
Baston, Guillaume-André-René
French theologian and polemicist, b. at Rouen on 29 Nov. 1741, d. at St-Laurent on 26 Sept. 1825. He studied theology in Paris and at Angers, where he was… -
Basutoland
A small (30,344 sq. km.) landlocked territory of southern Africa, enclosed between the Orange, Natal and the Cape Colony. It corresponds to the source basin of… -
Batanea
A district (toparchy) of northern Transjordan in the Greco-Roman period, one of the three (along with Trachonitis and Auranitis) into which ancient Bashan (v.)… -
Batavia [Jakarta], Apostolic Vicariate of (BATAVIA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
This mission of the Dutch East Indies, governed today by the Dutch Jesuits, was created as a separate circumscription in 1841 (for the earlier period v. INDIE… -
Bate, Henri
BATE, HENRI: v. ENRICO DI MALINES. -
Bath (BAGNO)
The daily bath in specially built thermal establishments had become so much a part of general custom in the Roman empire that ancient Christian literature… -
Bathilde, Saint (BATILDE, SANTA)
Queen of France, wife of Clovis II, she was the mother of Chlothar, Childeric and Theodoric (Thierry). Of Anglo-Saxon stock, abducted on the British coasts and… -
Báthory, Sigismondo, Prince of Transylvania (BÁTHORY, SIGISMONDO, PRINCIPE DI TRANSILVANIA)
B. in Prague in 1572, d. there in 1613. Raised to the principality at a very young age (1581), he took over its government alone at the age of sixteen.… -
Báthory, Stefano, King of Poland (BÁTHORY, STEFANO, RE DI POLONIA)
B. in 1533, d. at Grodno on 12 Dec. 1586. Elected in 1575 by the petty Polish nobility (Schlachta), after the renunciation of Henry of Valois, he was… -
Bath Qol (BATH QÓL)
A supernatural voice manifesting a divine warning to man, according to the belief that spread in Judaism around the 2nd century B.C. The Hebrew expression… -
Bathuel (BATHUEL)
Son of Nahor and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:23; 24:24). When Eliezer, Abraham's servant, asked for Rebekah as a bride for Isaac, B. appears only to give his… -
Bathurst, Diocese of (BATHURST, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of New Brunswick, in Canada, suffragan of Moncton. Erected on 8 May 1860 at Chatham as a suffragan of Halifax, this diocese lost on 22 Feb.… -
Bathurst, Diocese of (BATHURST, DIOCESI DI)
Erected by detachment from Sydney (Australia) and declared a suffragan by pontifical bull of 20 June 1865; the boundaries were rectified by another bull of 10… -
Bathybius Haeckelii
A gelatinous slime dredged from the bottom of the Atlantic, which T. H. Huxley named thus, identifying in it the primordial living matter of the depths… -
Batiffol, Pierre
French prelate, b. at Toulouse on 27 Jan. 1861, d. at Paris on 13 Jan. 1929; a pupil of St. Sulpice, priest in 1884. He attended the Institut catholique of… -
Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo
Painter, b. in Lucca on 25 Jan. 1708, d. in Rome on 4 Feb. 1787. In Rome, where he went in 1728, he studied the sculptures of the Vatican and the paintings of… -
Batrun of the Maronites (BATRUN DEI MARONITI)
Patriarchal diocese of Antioch of the Maronites. B. is the Arabic translation of Botri. It is the ancient diocese of Gebajl (Byblos) and Botri. Its bishops… -
Battagio (Battacchio), Giovanni
Architect; in 1465-66 he was working to restore the hospital of Lodi, his native city; in 1481 he was in the service of the Duke of Milan; in 1484 he… -
Battandier, Albert
Priest, b. 11 April 1850, at St-Félicien (Ardèche), d. there on 23 May 1921. Having entered the major seminary of Viviers in 1871, he was ordained a priest in… -
Batthyány, József
Hungarian cardinal, b. in Vienna in 1727, d. at Pressburg in 1799. Appointed bishop of Transylvania in 1759; in 1776 he became archbishop of Kalocsa, then of… -
Batticaloa
BATTICALOA: v. TRINCOMALIE. > BAPTISTERY - Exterior of the baptistery of the Arians in Ravenna, erected by Theodoric (early 6th century). -
Battista da Crema
Dominican ascetical writer and director, in the world Carioni, b. at Crema probably around 1460. He appears to have been a disciple of Blessed Sebastiano Maggi… -
Battisti
Some authors trace the origin of their sect back to the origins of Christianity, an assertion rejected by all the other sects. There is no lack of those who… -
Battistini
Name of a missionary society of secular priests (Congregatio sacerdotum saecularium missionariorum de Sancto Ioanne Baptista), now dissolved, approved by a… -
Battle of Castelfidardo (CASTELFIDARDO, BATTAGLIA DI)
The medieval village near Ancona gave its name to the engagement fought at the locality of Crocette, between papal and royal forces, on 18 September 1860. The… -
Battle of Mentana (MENTANA, BATTAGLIA DI)
This locality gave its name to the engagement with which, on Nov. 3, 1867, at the twilight of the Papal State, there came to an end the bitter guerrilla… -
Baucke (Paucke), Florian
Jesuit missionary and writer, b. at Witzingen (Silesia), 24 Dec. 1719, d. at Hradec Jindřichův (or Neuhaus, in Bohemia), 13 Apr. 1780. Having entered the… -
Baudelaire, Charles-Pierre
One of the greatest poets of the French nineteenth century, b. in Paris on 9 April 1821, d. there on 31 August 1867. Of his father it was said that he had worn… -
Baudissin, Wolf Wilhelm von
Protestant theologian, exegete of the "religionsgeschichtliche Schule," b. at Sophienhof, near Kiel, on 26 Oct. 1847, d. at Berlin on 6 Feb. 1926. In 1874 a… -
Baudot, Jules
Benedictine, b. at Notre-Dame-de-l'Isle (Eure) on 4 Aug. 1857, d. at the abbey of St. Michel de Farnborough on 24 Dec. 1929. Rather a compiler and popularizer… -
Baudot, Prosper
French Jesuit, b. at Saint-Dié (Vosges) in 1846, entered the novitiate in 1872, exercised his ministry at Nancy and in Paris; d. at Vevey (Switzerland) on 31… -
Baudouin, Louis-Marie, Venerable (BAUDOUIN, LOUIS-MARIE, VENERABILE)
Priest, b. at Montaigu on 2 Aug. 1765, d. at Chavagnes on 12 Feb. 1835. A vicar at Luçon, he was imprisoned by the revolutionaries, but managed to take refuge… -
Baudouinville [Moba], Apostolic Vicariate of (BAUDOINVILLE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It was erected, under the name of Upper Congo, in January 1887 with territory taken from the apostolic vicariate of Tanganyika. From this vicariate some White… -
Baudrand, Barthélemy
Ascetical writer, b. at Névache (Hautes-Alpes) in 1701, a Jesuit in 1721, subsequently professor, preacher and rector, d. at Vienne on the Rhône in 1787. After… -
Baudrillart, Henri-Marie-Alfred
Cardinal, b. in Paris on 6 Jan. 1859, d. there on 19 May 1942. Having earned degrees in history and law, he entered the Congregation of the Oratory in 1890… -
Baudry (Bauldry), Michel (BAUDRY (BAULDRY) MICHEL)
Liturgist, b. at Evron around 1585, d. in 1660. He worked to complete the Ritual published by Msgr. De Montchal, archbishop of Toulouse, undertaking long and… -
Baumann, Émile (BAUMANN, EMILE)
French writer, b. in Lyon on 24 Sept. 1868, d. in 1941. A thinker and philosopher, he published notable mystical essays (Trois villes saintes, 1912; L'anneau… -
Bäumer, Suitbert
Benedictine monk of the abbey of Beuron and learned liturgist, b. at Leuchtenberg (Rhineland) on 28 March 1845, d. at Freiburg im Breisgau on 12 Aug. 1894, a… -
Baumgarten, Michael
Protestant theologian, b. at Haseldorf (Holstein), on 25 March 1812 and d. at Rostock on 21 July 1889. He distinguished himself throughout his life in the… -
Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob
Protestant theologian, called by Voltaire "the crown of German scholars." Born at Wolmirstädt, near Magdeburg, on 14 March 1706, died at Halle on 4 July 1757.… -
Baumgartner, Alexander
Swiss Jesuit, literary critic and historian, b. at St. Gallen on 27 June 1841, d. at Luxembourg on 5 Sept. 1910. He was the son of the well-known historian and… -
Baumgartner, Gallus Jakob
Swiss politician, b. at Altstätten on 15 Oct. 1797, d. at St. Gallen on 12 July 1869. After the July Revolution in France, he carried on active propaganda for… -
Baumstark, Anton Joseph Maria
Eminent German Orientalist, b. at Constance on 4 Aug. 1872 to Reinhold, a Catholic writer, and Clementina Beck, d. on 31 May 1948. Having completed his… -
Baumstark, Reinhold
Catholic publicist, born in Freiburg im Breisgau on 24 Aug. 1831 and died in Mannheim on 29 Jan. 1900. Prepared by his historical meditations, he converted… -
Baunard, Louis-Pierre-André
French prelate and writer, b. at Bellegarde in 1828, ordained priest in 1852, d. in 1919. Already known as an apologist (Le doute et ses victimes, Paris 1866… -
Bauny, Étienne (BAUNY, ETIENNE)
French Jesuit and moralist, b. at Mauzon (Ardennes) in 1564, d. at Saint-Pol-de-Léon on 3 December 1649. Having entered religious life in 1593, he was for many… -
Baur, Ferdinand Christian
Protestant theologian, b. at Schmieden on 22 June 1792, d. at Tübingen on 2 Dec. 1860. He studied at the University of Tübingen, in order to follow the career… -
Bausset, Louis-François de
Cardinal, born at Pondicherry in India to a French family on 14 December 1748; he pursued his studies in France with the Jesuits. A priest in 1773, vicar… -
Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie
Philosopher and theologian, b. in Paris on 17 Nov. 1796, d. there on 15 Oct. 1867. He studied from 1813 at the "École Normale," where his teacher was Victor… -
Bautzen
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Bavaria (BAVIERA)
Historical region of southern Germany which, from the foot of the outer Prealps (Swiss, Bavarian and Salzburg), extends northward beyond the Danube, as far as… -
Bavarians (BAVARI)
Of Marcomannic stock (v. MARCOMANNI) from the great Germanic stem and coming from the territory of present-day Bohemia, the "Baiuvari" or Bavarians, involved… -
Bāwīt (BÄWÎT)
BĀWĪT. - A locality in Middle Egypt near which were discovered the ruins of one of the most important monasteries of the early Middle Ages, that of Apa Apollo… -
Baxter, Richard
English Protestant theologian, b. at Rowton in 1615, d. in 1691. He was ordained an Anglican minister in 1638, but did not abandon the nonconformist doctrines… -
Bayer
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Bayeux
City on the river Aure, in the department of Calvados; it had various names in antiquity: Ptolemy calls it Arigenus Biducosiorum, the Peutinger Table… -
Bayle, Pierre
Protestant philosopher and man of letters, b. at Carla (Ariège) on 18 Nov. 1647, d. at Rotterdam on 28 Dec. 1706. In 1669 he left Calvinism to embrace the… -
Bayley, James Roosevelt
North American prelate, b. 23 Aug. 1814 at Rye (New York), d. 3 Oct. 1877 at Newark. Raised a Protestant, he became rector of St. Peter's Church in Harlem. In… -
Bayma, Giuseppe
Theologian and scientist, b. at Chieri on 9 Nov. 1816, d. at Santa Clara on 7 Feb. 1892. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1832, he immediately… -
Bay of James, Apostolic Vicariate of (BAIA DI JAMES, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Entrusted to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, this vicariate was erected on 3 Dec. 1938, by the dismemberment of the diocese of Timmins and Hearst. Population… -
Bay of Whales (BALENA, BAIA DELLA)
BALENA, BAIA della: v. AFRICA. -
Bayonne
BAYONNE: v. BAIONA. -
Bayonne, Diocese of (BAIONA, DIOCESI DI)
In southwestern France, department of the Basses-Pyrénées, suffragan of Auch. Known under the name of Lapurdum, as the residence of a tribune of the cohort of… -
Bazianus
Canonist, b. in Bologna, d. 22 February 1197. He was a canon of the cathedral of Bologna. To him is attributed, on the basis of the sigla Ba, or Bax, that… -
Bazin, Jean-Baptiste
French Franciscan ascetical writer, b. at Auxonne (Côte-d'Or) in 1637, d. at Dijon in 1708. A bachelor of theology at the Sorbonne, he was guardian in several… -
Bazin, René
French novelist, b. at Angers on 26 Dec. 1853, d. at Paris on 20 July 1932. Noble is the effort to encompass in his work all the social, religious and… -
Bazzano
Two miles from L'Aquila in Abruzzo, on the Aterno river. It is the ancient Vicus Ofidius. Its parish church is dedicated to St. Giusta, whom the passio assigns… -
Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio
BAZZI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO: v. SODOMA (IL). -
Bazzini, Antonio
Composer and violinist, b. in Brescia in 1818, d. in Milan in 1897. Choirmaster in Brescia, then professor and director of the conservatory of Milan. A… -
Beacia
B., to which the see of Castulum (now Baeza, province of Jaén, Spain) seems to have been transferred, appears for the first time in 675, and still existed in… -
Beani, Gaetano
Priest and historian, b. 23 July 1836 in Pisa, d. 13 Feb. 1912 in Pistoia. He studied in Florence, Livorno and Pistoia. Ordained in 1859, he became in 1867… -
Beard (BARBA)
Among the early Christians the beard was a sign of authority, as Clement of Alexandria affirms (Paedagog., III, 11: PG 8, 633). In early Christian art the… -
Beata Nobis Gaudia
Hymn of Lauds for the feast of Pentecost, commonly used in the liturgy since the 10th century. The descent of the Holy Spirit and the preaching of the Apostles… -
Beate Pastor Petre Clemens Accipe
A hymn of Lauds for the feasts of St. Peter, composed of a single strophe, besides the doxology, taken from the hymn attributed to Paulinus II of Aquileia (d.… -
Beatification (BEATIFICAZIONE)
Beatification is an act by which the Supreme Pontiff permits that a servant of God in some region, city, diocese, or religious family be publicly venerated… -
Beatific Vision (VISIONE BEATIFICA)
It is the intuitive knowledge of God, reserved for souls who have passed to the other life in the state of Grace (v.) and completely purified of every… -
Beatitudes, Evangelical (BEATITUDINI EVANGELICHE)
Proclamations (Mt. 5:3-10) that begin the "Sermon on the Mount" (Mt. 5-7), addressed by Jesus to the "disciples" and to the crowd. With them the Master, in… -
Beaton
There are three principal Scottish figures of this name: 1) James, archbishop of Glasgow, uncle of 2) David, cardinal and archbishop of St. Andrews, who was… -
Beato Renano
BEATO RENANO: v. RENANO BEATO. -
Beato, Saint (BEATO, SANTO)
Apostle of Switzerland; nothing is known about him. The legend of the 16th century made him a disciple of the Apostles. Some consider him a saint who never…