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Barthei, Girolamo(BARTEI, GIROLAMO)Vol. II, p. 539 BARTEI, GIROLAMO. – Musician of the Order of the Augustinians, born in Arezzo around 1560. The date of his death is unknown. From 1592 to 1598 he was chapel…
Barthel, Johann KasparVol. II, p. 540 BARTHEL, JOHANN KASPAR. – German canon lawyer, born in 1697, died on 8 April 1771. Educated by the Jesuits, he was ordained a priest in 1721. From 1725 to 1727…
Barthel, MelchiorVol. II, p. 540 BARTHEL, MELCHIOR. – Sculptor, b. in Dresden in 1625, d. there on 12 November 1672. He travelled throughout Europe; besides other Italian cities, he visited…
Bartholi (Bartoli), FrancescoVol. II, p. 540 BARTHOLI (BARTOLI), FRANCESCO. – Franciscan preacher and writer, also erroneously called, according to A. Mercati, Della Rossa or Rubeae. A native of Assisi,…
Bartholomew (Gr. Bartholomáios, Bartholomaeus), Apostle, Saint(BARTOLOMEO (ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΊΟΣ, BARTHOLOMAEUS), APOSTOLO, SANTO)Vol. II, p. 546 BARTOLOMEO (Βαρθολομαίος, Bartholomaeus), APOSTOLO, SANTO. - I. SACRA SCRITTURA. - Uno dei dodici apostoli nel Nuovo Testamento nominato soltanto negli elenchi…
Bartholomew Anglicus or of Glanville(BARTOLOMEO ANGLICO O DI GLANVILLE)Vol. II, p. 546 BARTOLOMEO ANGLICO O di GLANVILLE. — English Minorite of the thirteenth century, an eminent philosopher, theologian, and naturalist. He studied at Oxford, as…
Bartholomew of Brescia (Bartholomaeus Brixiensis)(BARTOLOMEO DA BRESCIA (BARTHOLOMAEUS BRIXIENSIS))Vol. II, p. 549 BARTOLOMEO da BRESCIA (Bartholomaeus Brixiensis). - Decretalist, born in 1258. He studied Roman law at Bologna under the legist Ugolino dei Presbiteri and…
Bartholomew, Saint(BARTOLOMEO, SANTO)Vol. II, p. 546 BARTOLOMEO, saint. — Benedictine abbot of Marmoutier (Tours) from about 1063, he died in February 1084, known for his learning and reforming activity. His name…
Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, Jules(BARTHELEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, JULES)Vol. II, p. 540 BARTHELEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, JULES. - Philosopher and politician, b. in Paris on 19 Aug. 1805, d. there on 24 Nov. 1895. He was a political conformist and…
Bartimaeus (Gr. Bartimaîos)(BARTIMEO (ΒΑΡΤΙΜΑ͂Σ))Vol. II, p. 540 BARTIMEO (Βαρτιμᾶς). – A blind beggar, healed by Jesus in the territory of Jericho during his final journey to Jerusalem. Only Mc. (10:46) gives his name (a…
Bartmann, BernhardVol. II, p. 541 BARTMANN, BERNHARD. — Professor of theology, born at Madfeld, in Westphalia, on 28 June 1860, died in 1938. Ordained a priest in 1888, he obtained his…
Bartoli, AdolfoVol. II, p. 541 BARTOLI, ADOLFO. – Critic and scholar, born in Fivizzano (Massa) in 1833, died in Genoa in 1894. Together with Vieneseux, he collaborated on the Archivio…
Bartoli, DanielloVol. II, p. 541 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…
Bartolini, DomenicoVol. II, p. 542 BARTOLINI, DOMENICO. — Cardinal, born on 16 May 1813 in Rome, died in Florence on 2 October 1887. Author of various writings of a hagiographical and historical…
Bartolini, LorenzoVol. II, p. 543 BARTOLINI, LORENZO. — Sculptor, born at Savignano in 1777, died at Florence in 1850. He studied in Paris in David’s atelier; he was a companion of Ingres, and…
BartolistiVol. II, p. 543 BARTOLISTI. — This is the designation given from the fifteenth century onward to the numerous body of jurists who followed that method of studying law which…
Bartolo da San Gimignano, Blessed(BARTOLO DA SAN GIMIGNANO, BEATO)Vol. II, p. 544 BARTOLO da SAN GIMIGNANO, blessed. - Parish priest, born in 1228 into a noble family, in the castle of Mucchio near S. Gimignano. In order to become a…
Bartolo da SassoferratoVol. II, p. 544 BARTOLO da SASSOFERRATO. — He is the greatest jurist of the medieval age and certainly one of the loftiest juridical minds that humanity has ever possessed.…
Bartolo di FrediVol. II, p. 544 BARTOLO di FREDI. — Sienese painter, b. ca. 1330. In 1353 he rented a workshop in Siena in which to practice his art together with Andrea Vanni (v.) and was…
Bartolocchi, GiulioVol. II, p. 545 BARTOLOCCHI, GIULIO. — Distinguished Orientalist, born at Celleno, in the diocese of Montefiascone (Viterbo), in 1613, died in Rome on 20 October 1687. He…
Bartolomei, Enrico (Henricus de Segusio or Segusia; Hostiensis)(BARTOLOMEI, ENRICO (HENRICUS DE SEGUSIO O SEGUSIA; HOSTIENSIS))Vol. II, p. 545 BARTOLOMEI, ENRICO (Henricus de Segusio or Segusia; Hostiensis). — Decretalist, born at Susa (Turin), died on 25 October 1271. He studied at Bologna, where he…
Bartolomeiti(BARTOLOMITI)Vol. II, p. 556 BARTOLOMITI. — An order of Armenian monks who, having fled to Italy from the regions of Armenia-Cilicia already threatened by the infidels, settled in Genoa in…
Bartolomeo (Cordoni) da CastelloVol. II, p. 549 BARTOLOMEO (CORDONI) da CASTELLO. - Franciscan ascetical writer, born at Città di Castello, of the Cordoni family, in 1471; he was a pupil of Poliziano in…
Bartolomeo da Bologna, Blessed(BARTOLOMEO DA BOLOGNA, BEATO)Vol. II, p. 549 BARTOLOMEO da BOLOGNA, blessed. - A Dominican, probably Italian, commonly but incorrectly called B. da Bologna, whereas the oldest documents call him B. de…
Bartolomeo da CapuaVol. II, p. 549 BARTOLOMEO da CAPUA. — Neapolitan jurist (1248–1328). Professor of law in Naples. Logothete and protonotary at the court of the same city. He left a Glossa…
Bartolomeo da LuccaVol. II, p. 550 BARTOLOMEO da LUCCA. — In the world Tolomeo Fiadoni, Dominican historian and theologian, born in Lucca around 1236 to a family of merchants and died at…
Bartolomeo da ModenaVol. II, p. 550 BARTOLOMEO da MODENA. - Dominican theologian and preacher; probably born in Modena, he was inquisitor in Ferrara, whence he was also called da Ferrara,…
Bartolomeo da PalazzoloVol. II, p. 551 BARTOLOMEO da PALAZZOLO. – Augustinian penitent, born in 1430, died at Brescia on 3 October 1502. He was an example of outstanding virtue among the Hermits of…
Bartolomeo da RomaVol. II, p. 552 BARTOLOMEO da ROMA. - Regular canon, famous preacher, born in the second half of the 14th century in Rome, in the district of Campo de' Fiori, died in 1430 in…
Bartolomeo da RossanoVol. II, p. 552 BARTOLOMEO da ROSSANO: v. BARTOLOMEO IL GIOVANE.
Bartolomeo da Salutio, Venerable(BARTOLOMEO DA SALUTÍO, VENERABILE)Vol. II, p. 552 BARTOLOMEO da SALUTÍO, venerable. – Orator, mystic, and Franciscan poet, in the world B. Cambi, born at Socana in the Casentino on 3 April 1558, called “da…
Bartolomeo da San ConcordioVol. II, p. 555 BARTOLOMEO da SAN CONCORDIO. - Dominican, born in the district of Pisa in 1262. Received into the Dominican Order as a youth, he completed his studies at…
Bartolomeo da Simeri, Saint(BARTOLOMEO DA SIMÈRI, SANTO)Vol. II, p. 555 BARTOLOMEO da SIMÈRI, saint. — Organizer of Basilian monastic life in southern Italy after the Norman conquest. From a life of B., dating from the second half…
Bartolomeo de Martyribus, Venerable(BARTOLOMEO DE MARTYRIBUS, VENERABILE)Vol. II, p. 550 BARTOLOMEO de MARTYRIBUS, venerable. — Dominican reformer, b. at Lisbon in May 1514, where he was baptized in the church of S. Maria dei Martiri, from which he…
Bartolomeo della GattaVol. II, p. 549 BARTOLOMEO della GATTA: v. DELLA GATTA, BARTOLOMEO.
Bartolomeo della PortaVol. II, p. 551 BARTOLOMEO DELLA PORTA - The Virgin enthroned with various saints. Florence, Pitti Gallery. of the Huguenots, in order to win the favor of Charles IX and…
Bartolomeo della Porta, Fra’(BARTOLOMEO DELLA PORTA, FRA')Vol. II, p. 551 BARTOLOMEO della PORTA, friar. — Painter, b. in Florence in 1475, d. at Bagni S. Filippo on 31 October 1517. Knowledge of his first period of activity is…
Bartolomeo dello Spirito SantoVol. II, p. 555 BARTOLOMEO dello SPIRITO SANTO. — Discalced Carmelite (in the world Giacinto Torricelli), originally from Modena (1640), he made his profession in Milan…
Bartolomeo di BrugesVol. II, p. 549 BARTOLOMEO di BRUGES. – Philosopher and physician, b. in Bruges ca. 1285, d. probably in 1356. From 1307 to 1309 he was magister artium in Paris; from 1329 to…
Bartolomeo di GiovanniVol. II, p. 550 BARTOLOMEO di GIOVANNI. - Painter, whose personality was reconstructed by Berenson, who called him an “alunno di Domenico” because of his collaboration with…
Bartolomeo di Rinonico (or di Pisa)(BARTOLOMEO DI RINONICO (O DI PISA))Vol. II, p. 552 BARTOLOMEO di RINONICO (or di PISA). — Friar Minor, born in Pisa, where he died around the year 1401. He was confused by Mariano da Firenze, Marco da Lisbona,…
Bartolomeo di SalicetoVol. II, p. 552 BARTOLOMEO di SALICETO. — A celebrated legal scholar, born in Bologna around 1330, he first taught in his native city, then at the Universities of Padua (1373)…
Bartolomeo di San Filippo NeriVol. II, p. 555 BARTOLOMEO di SAN FILIPPO NERI. – Carmelite Discalced ascetical writer, of noble lineage (in the world Giacomo Antonio Origoni), born near Varese in 1591,…
Bartolomeo di TrentoVol. II, p. 555 BARTOLOMEO di TRENTO. - Dominican, hagiographer of the thirteenth century, b. at Trento, d. c. 1251. In 1233 he witnessed the first translation of the body of…
Bartolomeo do Quental, Venerable(BARTOLOMEO DO QUENTAL, VENERABILE)Vol. II, p. 552 BARTOLOMEO do QUENTAL, venerable. - Portuguese religious, born at Fenaes in 1626 and died at Lisbon in 1698. In Portugal he founded, in imitation of that of…
Bartolomeo of Urbino (Carusi)(BARTOLOMEO D'URBINO (CARUSI))Vol. II, p. 555 BARTOLOMEO d'URBINO (CARUSI). — An Augustinian theologian and disciple of Agostino Trionfo, he completed the D. P. Augustini Milleloquium veritatis (Lyons…
Bartolomeo of Vicenza, also called of Breganze, Blessed(BARTOLOMEO DI VICENZA, DETTO ANCHE DI BREGANZE, BEATO)Vol. II, p. 556 BARTOLOMEO di VICENZA, also called di BREGANZE, blessed. — Dominican, b. 18 September, c. 1200, d. at Vicenza in 1270; celebrated preacher, mystical writer,…
Bartolomeo the Venetian(BARTOLOMEO VENETO)Vol. II, p. 556 BARTOLOMEO VENETO. - Painter; records of his activity extend from 1502 (Madonna col Bambino, Correr Museum, formerly the Donà delle Rose collection) to 1530…
Bartolomeo the Younger, Saint(BARTOLOMEO IL GIOVANE, SANTO)Vol. II, p. 549 BARTOLOMEO il GIOVANE, saint. — Flourished between the 10th and 11th centuries and was the most illustrious disciple of s. Nilo, with whom he shared Calabria…
Bartolomeo, Night of Saint(BARTOLOMEO, NOTTE DI SAN)Vol. II, p. 550 BARTOLOMEO, NOTTE DI SAN. - It was one of the episodes, perhaps the most cruel, that bloodied France during the Wars of Religion. Besides the fierce fanaticism…
Bartolozzi, FrancescoVol. II, p. 557 BARTOLOZZI, FRANCESCO. - An engraver of the greatest renown; b. in Firenze in 1727 and d. in Lisbona, whither he had gone in 1802 to direct the National…
Bartolucci, SalvatoreVol. II, p. 557 BARTOLUCCI, SALVATORE. – Preacher, philosopher, and Scotist theologian of the Friars Minor Conventual, born in Assisi in the first half of the sixteenth…
Bartolucci, VincenzoVol. II, p. 557 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…
Baruch (Heb. "Benedetto")(BARUCH (EBR. «BENEDETTO»))Vol. II, p. 557 BARUCH (Hebr. “blessed”). — Son of Neriah, secretary to Jeremiah (v.), whose oracles he wrote down, and his faithful companion during the siege of Jerusalem…
Baruffaldi, Girolamo (Junior)(BARUFFALDI, GIROLAMO (JUNIORE))Vol. II, p. 559 BARUFFALDI, GIROLAMO (JUNIORE). — Jesuit and man of letters, born in Ferrara in 1740, died in 1816. Prefect of the municipal library of his city, he published,…
Baruffaldi, Girolamo (Senior)(BARUFFALDI, GIROLAMO (SENIORE))Vol. II, p. 559 BARUFFALDI, GIROLAMO (SENIORE). — Man of letters, archpriest of Cento, born in Ferrara in 1675, died in 1755. He published scholarly booklets in Latin and…
Barzaghi, FrancescoVol. II, p. 559 BARZAGHI, FRANCESCO. — Sculptor, born in Milan in 1839, died in 1892. Trained at the school of V. Vela, he expressed himself through elegant realism. His…
Barzana (Barcena), AlonsoVol. II, p. 559 BARZANA (BARCENA), ALONSO. — Missionary, born ca. 1529 at Baeza (according to others, at Cordova, Vélez Malaga, or Velinchón). A disciple of b. Giovanni…
Barzellotti, GiacomoVol. II, p. 559 BARZELLOTTI, GIACOMO. - Philosopher, b. in Firenze in 1844, d. in Roma in 1917. He taught at Pisa and at Roma. A pupil of Mamiani, and partly a follower of…
Barzizza, GasparinoVol. II, p. 560 BARZIZZA, GASPARINO. — Born at Barzizza in the Bergamo area, according to Sabbadini, in 1359. After obtaining his degree at Pavia in grammar and rhetoric in…
Baršawmā(BARŞAWMĀ)Vol. II, p. 538 BARŞAWMĀ. - Eutychian archimandrite, born near Samosata, died in 458. Having become a fanatical follower of Eutyches, Theodosius II charged him with…
Baršawmā of Nisibis(BARŠAWMĀ DI NISIBI)Vol. II, p. 539 BARŠAWMĀ of NISIBI. - Nestorian bishop, d. between 492 and 495. He was a disciple of Hibās at the school of Edessa. Expelled along with the other Persian…
Bas, GiulioVol. II, p. 560 BAS, GIULIO. - Musician, born in Venice on 21 April 1874, died in Genoa on 27 July 1929. He was a maestro and organist in Venice (S. Marco) and in Rome (S.…
Bas-relief(BASSORILIEVO)Vol. II, p. 586 BASSORILIEVO: v. RILIEVO.
Basaiti, MarcoVol. II, p. 560 BASAITI, MARCO. - Painter, active in Venezia during the first decades of the sixteenth century. Trained under Alvise Vivarini, he underwent some influence from…
Basam(BASAN)Vol. II, p. 560 BASAN. - Region of northern Transjordan (north-east of Palestine). The Hebrew name Bāfān is generally used with the article; it was a land renowned for its…
Bascape (A Basilica Petri), Carlo, Venerable(BASCAPÈ (A BASILICA PETRI), CARLO, VENERABILE)Vol. II, p. 561 BASCAPÈ (from Basilica Petri), CARLO, venerable. — A Barnabite, born of a noble family on 25 October 1550 at Melegnano, he died on 6 October 1615 at Novara; at…
Bascio, Matteo daVol. II, p. 561 BASCIO, MATTEO da: v. MATTEO DA BASCIO.
Basedow, Johann BernhardVol. II, p. 561 BASEDOW, JOHANN BERNHARD. — Educationalist. Born in Hamburg on 11 September 1723, died in Magdeburg on 25 July 1790. He was one of the last representatives of…
Baseggio, Maria FelicitaVol. II, p. 562 BASEGGIO, MARIA FELICITA. – Mystic, born in Ferrara on 5 May 1752 to a family of artists originally from Venice; died in Rovigo on 11 February 1829. Only at…
BasenVol. II, p. 562 BASEN. — A major district of the province of Ararat, in Armenia, divided into Upper and Lower B. It was one of the dioceses whose first bishop was St. Gregory…
Basil and Emmelia, Saints(BASILIO E EMMELIA, SANTI)Vol. II, p. 581 BASILIO and EMMELIA, saints. — Parents of s. Basilio and s. Gregorio Nisseno; B., the son of a wealthy Christian family from Pontus, was a lawyer and lived in…
Basil I, Emperor of Constantinople, Called the Macedonian(BASILIO I, IMPERATORE DI COSTANTINOPOLI, DETTO IL MACEDONE)Vol. II, p. 580 BASILIO I, emperor of CONSTANTINOPLE, known as the MACEDONIAN. — Born at Adrianople around 827 to a humble family, he seized power through a double…
Basil of Corfu(BASILIO DI CORFÙ)Vol. II, p. 580 BASILIO di CORFÙ. – Dissident bishop of Corfu who lived between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and died around 1220. Extremely learned in theological and…
Basil of Gemona(BASILIO DA GEMONA)Vol. II, p. 580 BASILIO da GEMONA: v. BROLLO, BASILIO.
Basil of Saint Francis(BASILIO DI SAN FRANCESCO)Vol. II, p. 580 BASILIO di SAN FRANCESCO. — Discalced Carmelite (in the world Francesco de Quintal), missionary; born in 1595 at Santarem (Portugal) and professed at…
Basil of Soissons(BASILIO DA SOISSONS)Vol. II, p. 580 BASILIO da SOISSONS. - He entered the Capuchins of the province of Paris on 20 Apr. 1635 and died on 3 March 1698. He was an active member of the Capuchin…
Basil, Saint(BASILIO, SANTO)Vol. II, p. 576 BASILIO, saint. — Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, born there around 330 and died in 379, Doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Life. — II. Works. — III.…
Basile, VincenzoVol. II, p. 562 BASILE, VINCENZO. - Jesuit missionary in Dalmatia, b. at Siculiana (Agrigento) on Dec. 29, 1811 and d. at Palermo on March 3, 1882. Having entered the Society…
Basili (Basily), FrancescoVol. II, p. 565 BASILI (BASILY), FRANCESCO. – Son of Andrea, born in Loreto in 1767, died in Rome in 1850; maestro of the Cappella Giulia at St Peter’s in the Vatican. He far…
Basili, AndreaVol. II, p. 565 BASILI, ANDREA. — Composer, born in Città della Pieve (1703?), died at Loreto on 29 August 1777. Organist at the S. Casa, he is the author of a large quantity…
Basilian(BASILIADE)Vol. II, p. 565 BASILIADE. — A hospital city founded by s. Basil, bishop of Caesarea, a short distance from the walls of that city. Surrounded by a vast enclosure and suitably…
Basilian Fathers(PRETI DI SAN BASILIO)Vol. IX, p. 1184 PRETI DI SAN BASILIO. - Toward the end of the 18th century, mons. d'Avieu, archbishop of Vienne, was concerned with preparing young priests to fill the gaps…
Basilian Monks of Italy (Italo-Greeks)(BASILIANI D'ITALIA (ITALO-GRECI))Vol. II, p. 567 BASILIANI D'ITALIA (ITALO-GRECI). — The term “Basilian Order” is of Western origin, having arisen in Italy during the Middle Ages to designate and distinguish…
Basilian Monks, Eastern(BASILIANI, MONACI ORIENTALI)Vol. II, p. 566 BASILIANI, MONACI ORIENTALI. – This is the name given to the religious of the East who model their monastic life on the rules of s. Basilio. The expression…
Basilian Šuwajrite(BASILIANE ŠŪWAJRITE)Vol. II, p. 565 BASILIANE ŠŪWAJRITE. - A female congregation founded in 1732 by several unmarried Melkite women of Aleppo, who were already living a communal life in Aleppo,…
Basilians(BASILIANE)Vol. II, p. 565 BASILIANE. – Daughters of St. Macrina, a congregation of the Byzantine rite, founded, according to the Statistics of the Hierarchy and Faithful of the Eastern…
BasilicaVol. II, p. 569 BASILICA. — The word b., which derives from the Greek (στού βασιλική), means in Latin an extensive hall for public or private use. From the beginning of the…
BasiliciVol. II, p. 575 BASILICI. — A great Byzantine legal compilation, promulgated in Greek under the emperor Leone VI the Wise (886–911), under the title Collection of the Entire…
Basilides(BASILIDE)Vol. II, p. 575 BASILIDE. — A Gnostic heretic, active under Hadrian and Antoninus Pius (120–40) in Alexandria, where he had probably also been born. There he taught, and…
Basilides, Saint, Martyr(BASILIDE, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. II, p. 575 BASILIDE, saint, martyr: v. POTAMIENA e BASILIDE, santi, martiri.
Basilides, Saint, Martyr(BASILIDE, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. II, p. 575 BASILIDE, saint, martyr. — Of this martyr of the Tuscia suburbicaria, buried at the twelfth mile of the Via Aurelia, near Lorium, between Bottaccia and Castel…
Basiliscus, Usurper(BASILISCO, USURPATORE)Vol. II, p. 581 BASILISCO, usurper. - Brother-in-law of the Eastern emperor Leone I, consul in 465, he led several military expeditions, among them that against the Vandals…
Basilissa, Saint(BASILISSA, SANTA)Vol. II, p. 581 BASILISSA, Saint: v. GIULIANO and BASILISSA, Saints, Martyrs.
Basin, ThomasVol. II, p. 581 BASIN, THOMAS. - French chronicler, bishop of Lisieux, born at Caudebec (Seine-Inférieure) apparently in 1412, died at Utrecht in 1490 or 1491. He studied law…
Basra(BÀSSORA)Vol. II, p. 585 BÀSSORA - 'AŠŠĀR, VICARIATO PATRIARCALE di. - B. was an ancient Nestorian diocese, called Prath d'Misa, that is, Mesena. G. S. Assemàni (Bibl. Orient., IV,…
Bassa Volta(BASSA VÖLTA)Vol. II, p. 582 BASSA VÖLTA: v. VÖLTA INFERIORE.
Bassano (da Ponte)Vol. II, p. 581 BASSANO (DA PONTE). — Family of painters commonly designated by the name of the city of the same name, rather than by the surname Da Ponte, active from the end…
Bassano, Jacopo(BASSANO (IACOPO))Vol. II, p. 582 BASSANO (IACOPO) – Rest during the Flight into Egypt – Milan, Ambrosiana Picture Gallery. (Anderson photograph) In Bassano, the light, which kindles flashes…
Basse-taille(BASSE TAILLE)Vol. II, p. 583 BASSE TAILLE : v. SMALTO.
Basset, RenéVol. II, p. 582 BASSET, RENÉ. – French Orientalist, born in Lunéville on 24 July 1855, died in Algiers on 14 January 1924. His reputation as a scholar is linked to his many…
Bassi, AgostinoVol. II, p. 583 BASSI, AGOSTINO. – A lawyer by profession and a naturalist by vocation, born in Mairago (Lodi) in 1773, died in Lodi in 1856. Studying calcino, or “mal del…
Bassi, DomenicoVol. II, p. 583 BASSI, DOMENICO. - Born at Piancastagnaio (Siena) in 1875 and died at Firenze in 1942. At the age of twenty-two he entered the Congregation of the Barnabite…
Bassi, MartinoVol. II, p. 583 BASSI, MARTINO. - Architect, b. at Seregno in 1542, d. in 1591. In Milan, where he worked almost continuously, he was commissioned in 1567 to continue the…
Bassi, Matteo deVol. II, p. 583 BASSI, MATTEO de : v. MATTEO DE BASSI.
Bassi, UgoVol. II, p. 583 BASSI, UGO. – Barnabite, born at Cento on 12 August 1801, died at Bologna on 8 August 1849. Having completed his early studies at Bologna, he entered the…
Bassianus (Bassano), Saint(BASSIANO (BASSANO), SANTO)Vol. II, p. 583 BASSIANO (BASSANO), saint. - He is the first historically documented bishop of Lodi (c. 374–c. 409). In this capacity he took part in the Council of Aquileia…
BassillaVol. II, p. 583 BASSILLA. - I. LA MARTINE. - In the calendar of the Roman Church of the first half of the 4th century (Depositio Martyrum) she is called a martyr, buried in…
BassoVol. II, p. 585 BASSO. - Proconsul, not otherwise identifiable, author of an epitaph of three couplets on a tomb BASSILLA - Tombstone of Tollia Asclepia (c. 3rd century).…
Bassolis, Giovanni deVol. II, p. 585 BASSOLIS, GIOVANNI de. - Minorite theologian, born probably at Bassoles in France during the last decades of the 13th century, died on 4 July 1333. He studied…
Bassville (Basseville), Nicolas-Jean-Hugon deVol. II, p. 586 BASSVILLE (BASSEVILLE), NICOLAS-JEAN-HUGON de. — French diplomat and publicist, b. at Abbeville in Piccardia on 7 February 1753, d. in Rome on 13 January 1793.…
Bastard d'Estang, Jean-François-AugusteVol. II, p. 586 BASTARD D'ESTANG, JEAN-FRANÇOIS-AUGUSTE. — French palaeographer and archaeologist, born at Nogaro on 11 December 1792, died at the château of Bachac (near…
BastiVol. II, p. 586 BASTI. — Diocese of Roman, Visigothic, and Mozarabic Spain, today Baza, in the civil province of Granada. The first known bishop, Eutychianus, attended the…
Bastian, AdolfVol. II, p. 586 BASTIAN, ADOLF. - Ethnologist, born in Bremen on 26 June 1826, died in Trinidad on 2 Feb. 1905. In 1869 he founded, together with Virchow, the Berliner…
Bastiani, LazzaroVol. II, p. 586 BASTIANI, LAZZARO.—Venetian painter (born ca. 1430, died in Venice in 1512), he is first mentioned in 1449: he must have trained in the Squarcionesque Paduan…
Bastiat, Claude-FrédéricVol. II, p. 587 BASTIAT, CLAUDE-FRÉDÉRIC. — French economist and political figure, born in Mugron on 19 June 1801, died in Rome on 24 December 1850. A member of the…
Bastida, Fernando de laVol. II, p. 587 BASTIDA, FERNANDO de la. - Spanish theologian, born at Valladolid in 1539, died there in 1637. Having entered the Jesuits in 1588, he taught theology in his…
Baston, Guillaume-André-RenéVol. II, p. 587 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…
BasutolandVol. II, p. 587 BASUTOLAND. — A small (30,344 sq km) inland territory of southern Africa, lying between the Orange, Natal, and the Cape Colony. It corresponds to the headwater…
BataneaVol. II, p. 588 BATANEA. - A north-Transjordanian district (toparchy) in the Greco-Roman period, one of the three (along with Trachonitis and Auranitis) into which the ancient…
Batavia, Apostolic Vicariate of(BATAVIA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. II, p. 588 BATAVIA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO. — This mission of the Dutch East Indies, now administered by the Dutch Jesuits, was established as a separate ecclesiastical…
Bate, HenriVol. II, p. 588 BATE, HENRI: v. ENRICO DI MALINES.
Bath Qol(BATH QÓL)Vol. II, p. 589 BATH QÓL. – A supernatural voice manifesting a divine warning to man, according to the belief that spread in Judaism around the second century B.C. The Hebrew…
Bathsheba (Hebrew Bath-Sheba'; Septuagint: Βηραθβέε and Βηθαθβέε)(BETHSAIBA (EBR. BATH-SEBA'; SETTANTA: ΒΗΡΑΤΒΈΕ E ΒΗΘΑΤΒΈΕ))Vol. II, p. 877 BETHSAIBA (Hebr. Bath-Seba'; Septuagint: Βηρατβέε and Βηθατβέε). — Wife of Uriah the Hittite (II Sam. 11:3). She was sinfully loved by David, who seduced her…
Bathuel (Hebrew: Bethá'el)(BATHUEL (EBR. BÉTHÁ'ÉL))Vol. II, p. 589 BATHUEL (Hebr. Béthá'él). – Son of Nachor and father of Rebecca (Gen. 22:23; 24:24). When Eliezer, Abraham’s servant, asked for Rebecca as a wife for Isaac, B.…
Bathurst, Diocese of(BATHURST, DIOCESI DI)Vol. II, p. 589 BATHURST, DIOCESE of. — In the province of New Brunswick, Canada, suffragan to Moncton. Established on 8 May 1860 at Chatham as a suffragan diocese of Halifax,…
Bathybius HaeckeliiVol. II, p. 589 BATHYBIUS HAECKELII. – Gelatinous mud dredged from the bottom of the Atlantic, which T. H. Huxley named thus, identifying in it the primordial living matter of…
Batiffol, PierreVol. II, p. 589 BATIFFOL, PIERRE. – French prelate, born at Toulouse on 27 January 1861, died in Paris on 13 January 1929; a student of S. Sulpizio, he was ordained a priest…
Batilde, Saint(BATILDE, SANTA)Vol. II, p. 590 BATILDE, saint. - Queen of France, wife of Clodoveo II, she was the mother of Clotario, Childerico, and Teodorico (Thierry). Of Anglo-Saxon stock, abducted on…
Batoni, Pompeo GirolamoVol. II, p. 591 BATONI, POMPEO GIROLAMO. - Painter, b. at Lucca on 25 Jan. 1708, d. at Rome on 4 Feb. 1787. At Rome, where he went in 1728, he studied the sculptures of the…
Batrun of the Maronites(BATRUN DEI MARONITI)Vol. II, p. 591 BATRUN dei MARONITI. — Patriarchal diocese of Antioch of the Maronites. B. is the Arabic translation of Botri. This is the ancient diocese of Gebajl (Biblos)…
Battagio (Battacchio), GiovanniVol. II, p. 591 BATTAGIO (BATTACCHIO), GIOVANNI. — Architect; in 1465–66 he was engaged in restoring the hospital of Lodi, his native city; in 1481 he was in the service of…
Battandier, AlbertVol. II, p. 591 BATTANDIER, ALBERT. — Priest, born on 11 April 1850 at St-Félicien (Ardèche), died there on 23 May 1921. He entered the major seminary of Viviers in 1871 and…
Batthyány, JózsefVol. II, p. 616 BATTHYÁNY, JÓZSEF. – Hungarian cardinal, born in Vienna in 1727, died in Presburg in 1799. Appointed bishop of Transylvania in 1759; in 1776 he became…
BatticaloaVol. II, p. 616 BATTICALOA: v. TRINCOMALIE. BAPTISTERY — Exterior of the Arian baptistery in Ravenna, erected by Theodoric (early 6th century).
Battista da CremaVol. II, p. 617 BATTISTA DA CREMA. — Dominican ascetic writer and spiritual director, in the world Carioni, born in Crema probably around 1460. He seems to have been a…
BattistiVol. II, p. 620 BATTISTI. — Some authors trace the origin of their sect back to the origins of Christianity, an assertion rejected by all the other sects. Some are accustomed…
BattistiniVol. II, p. 624 BATTISTINI. - Name of a missionary society of secular priests (Congregatio sacerdotum saecularium missionariorum de Sancto Ioanne Baptista), now dissolved,…
Battle of Castelfidardo(CASTELFIDARDO, BATTAGLIA DI)Vol. III, p. 593 CASTELFIDARDO, BATTAGLIA. – The armed engagement fought at Crocette, between papal and royal forces on 18 September 1860, took its name from the medieval…
Battle of Mentana(MENTANA, BATTAGLIA DI)Vol. VIII, p. 423 MENTANA, BATTLE OF. — This locality gave its name to the engagement by which, on 3 November 1867, at the twilight of the Papal States, the bitter guerrilla war…
Baucke (Paucke), FlorianVol. II, p. 624 BAUCKE (PAUCKE), FLORIAN. — Jesuit missionary and writer, b. at Witzingen (Silesia) on 24 Dec. 1719, d. at Hradec Jindřichův (or Neuhaus, in Bohemia) on 13…
Baudelaire, Charles-PierreVol. II, p. 624 BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES-PIERRE. – One of the major poets of nineteenth-century France, born in Paris on 9 April 1821, died there on 31 August 1867. It was said of…
Baudissin, Wolf Wilhelm vonVol. II, p. 625 BAUDISSIN, WOLF WILHELM von. - Protestant theologian, exegete of the «religionsgeschichtliche Schule», b. at Sophienhof, near Kiel, 26 Oct. 1847; d. at Berlin,…
Baudot, JulesVol. II, p. 625 BAUDOT, JULES. - Benedictine, b. at Notre-Dame-de-l'Isle (Eure) on 4 Aug. 1857, d. at the abbey of S. Michel de Farnborough on 24 Dec. 1929. More a compiler…
Baudot, ProsperVol. II, p. 625 BAUDOT, PROSPER. – French Jesuit, born at Saint-Dié (Vosges) in 1846, entered the novitiate in 1872, exercised his ministry in Nancy and Paris; died at Vevey…
Baudouin, Louis-Marie, Venerable(BAUDOUIN, LOUIS-MARIE, VENERABILE)Vol. II, p. 625 BAUDOUIN, LOUIS-MARIE, venerable. – Priest, born at Montaigu on 2 August 1765, died at Chavagnes on 12 February 1835. A curate at Luçon, he was imprisoned by…
Baudouinville, Apostolic Vicariate of(BAUDOINVILLE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. II, p. 625 BAUDOINVILLE, VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF. — It was erected, under the name of Upper Congo, in January 1887, with territory taken from the Apostolic Vicariate of…
Baudrand, BarthélemyVol. II, p. 625 BAUDRAND, BARTHÉLEMY. - Ascetical writer, b. at Névache (Hautes-Alpes) in 1701, Jesuit in 1721, subsequently professor, preacher, and rector, d. at Vienne on…
Baudrillart, Henri-Marie-AlfredVol. II, p. 626 BAUDRILLART, HENRI-MARIE-ALFRED. – Cardinal, born in Paris on 6 January 1859, where he died on 19 May 1942. Having graduated in history and law, he entered the…
Baudry (Bauldry), Michel(BAUDRY (BAULDRY) MICHEL)Vol. II, p. 626 BAUDRY (BAULDRY) MICHEL. – Liturgist, born at Evron around 1585, died in 1660. He worked to complete the Ritual published by Mgr De Montchal, archbishop of…
Baumann, Émile(BAUMANN, EMILE)Vol. II, p. 626 BAUMANN, EMILE. - French writer, b. at Lione on 24 Sept. 1868, d. in 1941. A thinker and philosopher, he published notable mystical essays (Trois villes…
Baumgarten, MichaelVol. II, p. 626 BAUMGARTEN, MICHAEL. – Protestant theologian, born in Haseldorf (Holstein) on 25 March 1812 and died in Rostock on 21 July 1889. Throughout his life he…
Baumgarten, Siegmund JakobVol. II, p. 626 BAUMGARTEN, SIEGMUND JAKOB. - Protestant theologian, called by Voltaire “the crown of German scholars.” Born at Wolmirstädt, near Magdeburg, on 14 March 1706;…
Baumgartner, AlexanderVol. II, p. 627 BAUMGARTNER, ALEXANDER. – Swiss Jesuit, literary critic and historian, born at S. Gallen on 27 June 1841, died in Luxembourg on 5 September 1910. He was the…
Baumgartner, Gallus JakobVol. II, p. 627 BAUMGARTNER, GALLUS JAKOB. - Swiss politician, b. at Altstätten on 15 Oct. 1797, d. at S. Gallo on 12 July 1869. After the July Revolution in France, he…
Baumstark, Anton Joseph MariaVol. II, p. 627 BAUMSTARK, ANTON JOSEPH MARIA. – Eminent German Orientalist, born in Constance on 4 August 1872 to Reinhold, a Catholic writer, and Clementina Beck; died on 31…
Baumstark, ReinholdVol. II, p. 627 BAUMSTARK, REINHOLD. - Catholic publicist, born at Freiburg im Breisgau on 24 Aug. 1831 and died at Mannheim on 29 Jan. 1900. Disposed by his historical…
Baunard, Louis-Pierre-AndréVol. II, p. 627 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…
Bauny, Étienne(BAUNY, ETIENNE)Vol. II, p. 628 BAUNY, ETIENNE. — French Jesuit and moralist, born at Mauzon (Ardennes) in 1564, died at Saint-Pol-de-Léon on 3 December 1649. He entered religious life in…
Baur, Ferdinand ChristianVol. II, p. 628 BAUR, FERDINAND CHRISTIAN. — Protestant theologian, born at Schmieden on 22 June 1792, died at Tübingen on 2 December 1860. He studied at the University of…
Bausset, Louis-François deVol. II, p. 628 BAUSSET, LOUIS-FRANÇOIS de. - Cardinal, b. at Pondichéry in India, of a French family, on 14 Dec. 1748; he pursued his studies in France with the Jesuits.…
Bautain, Louis-Eugène-MarieVol. II, p. 629 BAUTAIN, LOUIS-EUGÈNE-MARIE. – Philosopher and theologian, born in Paris on 17 November 1796, where he died on 15 October 1867. From 1813 he studied at the…
BavariVol. II, p. 629 BAVARI. – Of Marcomannic stock (v. MARCOMANNI), belonging to the great Germanic family and originating in the territory of present-day Bohemia, the “Baiuvari”…
Bavaria(BAVIERA)Vol. II, p. 630 BAVARIA. - A historical region of southern Germany that, from the foot of the Outer Prealps (Swiss, Bavarian, and Salzburg), extends northward beyond the…
Baxter, RichardVol. II, p. 636 BAXTER, RICHARD. — English Protestant theologian, born at Rowton in 1615, died in 1691. He was ordained an Anglican minister in 1638, but did not abandon the…
Bay of James, Apostolic Vicariate of(BAIA DI JAMES, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. II, p. 416 BAIA DI JAMES, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO of. — Entrusted to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, this vicariate was erected on 3 December 1938, by division of the…
Bay of Whales(BALENA, BAIA DELLA)Vol. II, p. 445 BALENA, BAIA della: v. AFRICA.
BayeuxVol. II, p. 636 BAYEUX. — City on the Aure River, department of Calvados; it had various names in antiquity: Ptolemy calls it Arigenus Biducosiorum, the Peutinger Table:…
Bayle, PierreVol. II, p. 637 BAYLE, PIERRE. – Protestant philosopher and man of letters, b. at Carla (Ariège) on 18 November 1647, d. at Rotterdam on 28 December 1706. In 1669 he abandoned…
Bayley, James RooseveltVol. II, p. 637 BAYLEY, JAMES ROOSEVELT. - American prelate, b. on 23 Aug. 1814 at Rye (New York), d. on 3 Oct. 1877 at Newark. Raised in Protestantism, he became rector of…
Bayma, GiuseppeVol. II, p. 637 BAYMA, GIUSEPPE. — Theologian and scientist, born in Chieri on 9 November 1816, died at S. Clara on 7 February 1892. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1832…
Bayonne, Diocese of(BAIONA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. II, p. 423 BAIONA, DIOCESI of. — In south-western France, in the department of the Basses-Pyrénées, suffragan of Auch. Known under the name of Lapurdum, as the residence…
BazianusVol. II, p. 638 BAZIANUS. – Canonist, born in Bologna, died on 22 February 1197. He was a canon of the cathedral of Bologna. A large series of glosses on the texts of…
Bazin, Jean-BaptisteVol. II, p. 638 BAZIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE. — Franciscan ascetical writer, born at Auxonne (Côte-d'Or) in 1637, died at Dijon in 1708. A bachelor of theology at the Sorbonne, he…
Bazin, RenéVol. II, p. 638 BAZIN, RENÉ. – French novelist, born in Angers on 26 December 1853, died in Paris on 20 July 1932. Noble is the effort to encompass in his work all the social,…
BazzanoVol. II, p. 641 BAZZANO. - Two miles from L'Aquila in Abruzzo, on the river Aterno. It is the ancient Vicus Ofidius. Its parish church is dedicated to St. Giusta, whom the…
Bazzini, AntonioVol. II, p. 641 BAZZINI, ANTONIO. — Composer and violinist, born in Brescia in 1818, died in Milan in 1897. Chapel master in Brescia, then professor and director of the Milan…
Bañez, DomingoVol. II, p. 466 BAÑEZ, DOMINGO. – Dominican theologian, celebrated student and interpreter of St. Thomas, born on 29 February 1528 at Valladolid and died on 21 October 1604 at…
Báthory, Sigismondo, Prince of Transylvania(BÁTHORY, SIGISMONDO, PRINCIPE DI TRANSILVANIA)Vol. II, p. 588 BÁTHORY, SIGISMONDO, prince of TRANSILVANIA. - Born in Prague in 1572, died there in 1613. Raised to the principality at a very young age (1581), he assumed…
Báthory, Stefano, King of Poland(BÁTHORY, STEFANO, RE DI POLONIA)Vol. II, p. 588 BÁTHORY, STEFANO, king of POLONIA. - B. in 1533, d. at Grodno on 12 Dec. 1586. Elected in 1575 by the lesser Polish nobility (Schlachta), after the abdication…
Bäumer, SuitbertVol. II, p. 626 BÄUMER, SUITBERT. – Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Beuron and learned liturgist, born at Leuchtenberg (Rhineland) on 28 March 1845, died at Freiburg im Br.…
Bārāythā'(BĀRĀJTHĀ')Vol. II, p. 472 BĀRĀJTHĀ'. - “External, extraneous” teaching (cf. the Extravagantes in canon law), that is, not included in the Miñāh (v.), the code whose compilation was…
Bāwīt(BÄWÎT)Vol. II, p. 635 BÄWÎT. — Locality in Middle Egypt where the ruins were discovered of one of the most important monasteries of the early Middle Ages, that of Apa Apollo (cf. W.…
BărůVol. II, p. 557 BĂRŮ. – Name of an important class of Babylonian and Assyrian priests, whose principal duty was to establish the will of the gods, that is, the future. The b.…
