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Bialyk, Chajim Nachman
The greatest contemporary Hebrew poet. Born in Radi (Volhynia) on January 9, 1873, died in Vienna on July 6, 1934. His poetic activity continued… -
Bianchi, Andrea
Missionary and architect, b. in 1677 in northern Italy (at Chiampo near Vicenza?), entered the Society of Jesus in Rome in 1716 as a coadjutor brother, and… -
Bianchi, Brothers (BIANCHI, FRATELLI)
BIANCHI, FRATELLI: V. FRATELLI BIANCHI. -
Bianchi, Confraternity of (BIANCHI, CONFRATERNITA DEI)
Penitents, dressed in white, widespread in Italy in the last years of the 14th century. In Chieri, as the Chronicon parvum Ripaltus recounts, some commoners… -
Bianchi, Francesco Saverio Maria, Blessed (BIANCHI, FRANCESCO SAVERIO MARIA, BEATO)
Barnabite, b. at Arpino on 2 Dec. 1743 and d. on 31 Jan. 1815 at Naples, where he is buried in the church of S. Giuseppe a Pontecorvo. He was for many years… -
Bianchi, Giovanni Antonio
Scholar, theologian and jurist, b. at Lucca on 2 Oct. 1686 and d. at Rome on 17 Jan. 1768. He entered the Franciscan Order and became a lecturer in philosophy… -
Bianchini, Francesco
Born on 13 Dec. 1662 in Verona, died on 2 March 1729 in Rome, where he went after his studies in Bologna and Padua. Although he had only the minor orders, he… -
Bianchini, Giuseppe
Historian, archaeologist, b. in Verona on 9 Sept. 1704, d. in Rome on 13 Oct. 1764. In 1732 he entered the Congregation of the Oratory in Rome, where Benedict… -
Bianco (di Santi), Blessed, of Siena (BIANCO (DI SANTI) DA SIENA)
Mystical poet, Gesuato, one of the most remarkable figures of the movement begun by the blessed Colombini and the finest religious lyric poet of the second… -
Bianconi, Giacomo, Blessed (BIANCONI, GIACOMO, BEATO)
Born on 7 March 1220 at Bevagna, died there on 22 Aug. 1301; a Dominican in 1236 at Spoleto, he studied at Perugia. He founded the convent of his town, of… -
Biard, Pierre
French Jesuit, one of the initiators of the Society's missions in "New France." Born in Grenoble in 1567 and having entered religious life in 1583, he had been… -
BIBAUX (BIBAUT, BIBANCE, meglio BIEBUYCK), GUILLAUME
BIBAUX (BIBAUT, BIBANCE, meglio BIEBUYCK), GUILLAUME: v. BIEBUYCK, GUILLAUME. -
Bibbiena, Bernardo da
BIBBIENA, BERNARDO da: v. DOVIZI BERNARDO. -
Bibiena, Family of (BIBIENA, FAMIGLIA)
Theatrical architects and decorators, surnamed Galli, originally from Bibbiena. The founder of the family was GIOVANNI MARIA; apprenticed in Albani's workshop… -
Bible (BIBBIA)
Collection of books held sacred, in a number differing between the Hebrews and the Christians. SUMMARY: I. Names and divisions. - II. Sacred character. - III.… -
Biblia Pauperum
A devotional book containing representations of the principal scenes of the life of Jesus, depicted according to the medieval conception, that is, according to… -
Biblical (BIBLICA)
Quarterly journal of the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome (v.). Announced among the purposes of the new institution from its very beginnings, with the… -
Biblical Anthropomorphism (ANTROPOMORFISMO BIBLICO)
It is the depiction of God made in the sacred books, especially of the Old Testament, in "human form," either with bodily organs or phenomena of sensory life… -
Biblical Archaeology (ARCHEOLOGIA BIBLICA)
The science of biblical antiquities, that is, of the civilization of the Jewish people in the time of the Old and New Testaments. SUMMARY: I. Notions and… -
Biblical Canon (CANONE BIBLICO)
CANONE BIBLICO: v. BIBLIA. -
Biblical Chains (CATENE BIBLICHE)
A title, neither original nor appropriate, given to commentaries on the Bible formed from extracts from various authors. The first compilers called them more… -
Biblical Chronology (CRONOLOGIA BIBLICA)
A) OLD TESTAMENT. - The Old Testament, not being a history book that presents events systematically and in chronological order, does not give a continuous and… -
Biblical Concordances (CONCORDANZE BIBLICHE)
Collections, arranged in alphabetical order, of the various words or ideas of the Bible. The individual words or ideas are reported in their immediate context… -
Biblical Correctors (Correctoria Biblica) (CORRETTORI BIBLICI (CORRECTORIA BIBLICA))
Critical works carried out in the 13th-15th centuries to eliminate from the codices of the Vulgate (v.) the errors that had been accumulating in them. The text… -
Biblical Cosmogony (COSMOGONIA BIBLICA)
COSMOGONIA BIBLICA: v. ESAMERONE. -
Biblical Cosmography (COSMOGRAFIA BIBLICA)
The ancient Hebrews had ideas about the structure of the world consonant with those then widespread in the East. They depicted the earth as a flat and round… -
Biblical Criticism (CRITICA BIBLICA)
Criticism, or the art of distinguishing the true from the false, when applied to a literary work, sets out to establish its authenticity (who its author is)… -
Biblical Exegesis (ESEGESI BIBLICA)
ESEGESI BIBLICA: v. INTERPRETAZIONE. -
Biblical Interpretation (INTERPRETAZIONE BIBLICA)
The science that studies and expresses the principles and norms for rightly understanding the Bible, and is called hermeneutics from the Greek ἑρμηνευτική… -
Biblical Introduction (INTRODUZIONE BIBLICA)
The science that provides the knowledge necessary for the reading and interpretation of the Bible (v.). The name "i." was used for the first time in its Greek… -
Biblical Senses (SENSI BIBLICI)
"Sense" is the name given to the meaning that a given phrase takes on when considered in its context, or to the thing expressed in that phrase on the… -
Biblical Studies (ESTUDIOS BÍBLICOS)
Organ of the A(ssociation for the) F(urtherance of) B(iblical) E(studies in) S(pain), Madrid. A quarterly publication of biblical research. Two periods: 1)… -
Bibliographic Classification, Systems of (CLASSIFICAZIONE BIBLIOGRAFICA, SISTEMI DI)
The need for a systematic ordering of bibliographic material for the purpose of immediate retrieval gave rise to special systems of bibliographic… -
Biblische Zeitschrift
A journal of biblical studies, published from 1903 by the Herder publishing house of Freiburg im Breisgau, in connection with the Biblische Studien, a series… -
Bicchieri, Guala
Cardinal, b. at Vercelli around the middle of the 12th century, d. at Rome on 31 May 1227. He entered as a very young man among the canons of St. Eusebius… -
Bichi, Alessandro
Cardinal, b. in Siena in 1596, d. in Rome in 1657. In 1628 he was elected bishop of Isola and sent as nuncio to Naples with the principal task of bringing the… -
Bichier des Ages, Jeanne Elisabeth, Saint (GIOVANNA ELISABETTA BICHIER DES AGES, SANTA)
Co-foundress of the Daughters of the Cross, called Sisters of St. Andrew, b. 5 July 1773, in the ancestral castle "des Ages," on the borders of Berry and… -
Bichi, Vincenzo
Cardinal, b. in Siena in 1668, d. in Rome in 1750. In 1703 he was sent as nuncio to Switzerland and from there in 1709 to Portugal. At first he was not in the… -
Bickell, Gustav
Orientalist, b. in Protestantism on July 7, 1838 in Kassel, d. January 15, 1906 in Vienna. In 1862 a Privatdozent of Semitic philology at Marburg, in 1865 he… -
Biddle, Giovanni
English Protestant, called "Father of the English Unitarians", b. at Wotton-Under-Edge (Gloucestershire), d. in London in 1662. After finishing his studies at… -
Bidermann, Jakob
German Jesuit and man of letters, the most representative author of the famous "Jesuit theater," b. at Ehingen (Württemberg) in 1578, d. at Rome on 20 Aug.… -
Biebuyck (Bibautx, Bibaut, Bibance), Guillaume
General (36th) of the Carthusian Order, d. July 24, 1535. B. at Thielt, in Flanders. Around 1500 he took the religious habit at the Charterhouse of Ghent; in… -
Bieda [Blera] (BIEDA)
Ancient episcopal city of Latium, in the province of Viterbo, rising on a tuff plateau at the confluence of the Biedano stream and the Rio Canale; it is… -
Biederlack, Joseph
Jesuit, b. at Greven (Westphalia) on 27 March 1845, d. at Innsbruck on 15 Nov. 1930. Professor in the theological faculty of Innsbruck and in the Gregorian… -
Biedermann, Alois Emanuel
Swiss Protestant theologian, b. at Bendlikon near Winterthur on 2 March 1819 and d. at Zurich on 25 Jan. 1885. In 1837 he studied theology at Basel, then, in… -
Biel, Gabriel
German theologian and philosopher, called "the last of the Scholastics". Born at Speyer between 1410 and 1425, died at Schönbuch in 1495. He studied at… -
Biella, Diocese of (BIELLA, DIOCESI DI)
City of Piedmont, province of Vercelli, called Buiella or Bugella in documents. It was erected into a diocese by Clement XIV, at the request of Charles… -
Biester, Johann Erich
Philosopher, b. in Lübeck on 17 Nov. 1749, d. in Berlin on 20 Febr. 1816. He belonged to the circle of Mendelssohn and Nicolai, and was animated by the spirit… -
Biffi, Eugenio
Of the Institute of Foreign Missions of Milan, bishop of Cartagena (Colombia). Born in Milan on 22 Dec. 1829, as a seminarian in 1848 he took an active part in… -
Biffi, Gian Andrea
Sculptor, active in Milan, where he died in 1631. A pupil of Brambilla, he adhered to the prevailing mannerist taste. From 1599 to 1629 he worked for the… -
Bifora
This is the name given to any window with two adjacent openings, generally divided by a small column, and enclosed in a single architectural frame, whether… -
Bigamy (BIGAMIA)
I. GENERAL NOTIONS. - Under this name (etymologically: "double marriage") are indicated, in theology and in canon law, various facts > (photo Aldo… -
Bigandet, Paul-Ambroise
Vicar apostolic of southern Burma, b. at Malans (France) on 13 Aug. 1813, he entered the Paris Foreign Missions in 1836, and set out in 1837 for Siam. In 1841… -
Bigard, Jeanne and Stephanie (BIGARD, JEANNE E STEPHANIE)
Mother and daughter, foundresses of the "Work of St. Peter the Apostle for the Native Clergy." The mother, Stephanie, b. at Mortagne (diocese of Séez) on 5… -
Bigarelli, Guido
BIGARELLI, GUIDO: v. GUIDO da COMO. -
Biglia (de Bilis), Andrea
Theologian and humanist, b. in Milan around 1395, d., it seems, in the last months of 1435. While still a boy he entered the Augustinian order. He became a… -
Biglia, Melchiorre
Apostolic nuncio, b. in Milan, d. in Prague in Apr. 1571. Of an ancient and noble family, he was a friend of Cardinal Gian Angelo de' Medici, later pope under… -
Bigoni, Angelo
Theologian, preacher and prolific ascetical writer, of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at Corfu on 17 Feb. 1779, d. at Padua, in repute of sanctity, on 3 March… -
Bigordi, Domenico
BIGORDI, DOMENICO: v. GHIRLANDAIO. -
Bihlmeyer, Karl
Dean of the faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Tübingen, b. in 1874, d. there on 27 March 1942. He studied at that University under the guidance… -
Bikoro, Apostolic Prefecture of (BIKORO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
On 10 September 1926 the first Lazarists arrived at B. (Belgian Congo) to evangelize the district of the same name, situated along the middle Congo, shortly… -
Bildt, Carl Nils Daniel
Swedish diplomat and historian, b. in Stockholm on 15 May 1850, d. on 26 Jan. 1931 in Rome. Ambassador of Sweden to the Quirinal from 1889 to 1902 and from… -
Bilio, Luigi
Cardinal, b. 25 March 1826 in Alessandria (Piedmont), d. 30 Jan. 1884 in Rome. Of a very poor family (his father was a shoemaker, his mother a vegetable… -
Bilivert (Biliverti), Giovanni
Painter, b. according to some in Maastricht, but more probably in Florence to a Flemish father in 1576, d. in Florence in July 1644. He was a pupil of Ludovico… -
Billerbeck, Paul
German exegete, b. in 1853, d. in Frankfurt on the Oder, where he was a Protestant pastor, on 23 Dec. 1932. From 1906 he devoted his activity to the systematic… -
Billia, Lorenzo Michelangelo
Philosopher, b. at Cuneo on 1 Dec. 1860, d. at Florence on 10 Apr. 1924. Having joined Morando in defending the condemned Rosminian propositions, in L'esilio… -
Billiart, Marie-Rose-Julie, Blessed (BILLIART, MARIE-ROSE-JULIE, BEATA)
Foundress of the Sisters of Our Lady of Namur (v.), born of a humble family on July 12, 1751 at Cuvilly near Compiègne, diocese of Beauvais, died at Namur on… -
Billik, Eberhard
Carmelite theologian, b. in Cologne in 1499-1500 and d. on 12 January 1557. His family name was Steinberger. A professor in Cologne and prior of the convent… -
Billiton, Islands (BILLITON, ISOLE)
BILLITON, ISOLE: v. BANKA e BILLITON, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA di. -
Billotet, Édouard (BILLOTET, EDOUARD)
French missionary, died for the faith. Born at Villefrancon (Haute-Saône) on May 3, 1812; ordained priest in 1836, he was vicar at Rioz, then entered the… -
Billot, Louis
An eminent figure of modern theology, b. at Sierck (Metz) on 12 Jan. 1846 and d. at Galloro (Rome) on 18 Dec. 1931. He pursued theological studies in the… -
Billuart, Charles-René
Thomist theologian, b. at Revin on the Meuse (Ardennes) on 8 Jan. 1685, d. there on 20 Jan. 1757. A Dominican (1701), he was five times prior in the convent of… -
Bilocation (BILOCAZIONE)
From the Latin bis and locatio, the simultaneous presence of a person in two different places. Among the portentous facts with which Catholic hagiography is… -
Bilychnis
Monthly review of religious studies, published in Rome from 1912 to 1930 (the emblem, the b., lamp of the Roman catacombs with a double wick and a bipartite… -
Bina, Andrea
Cassinese Benedictine of the abbey of Polirone (Mantua), b. in Milan in 1724, d. there on 8 March 1792. He taught philosophy in the monasteries of Padua… -
Binago, Lorenzo
Barnabite, architect, b. and d. in Milan (1556-1629). His most significant work is the reconstruction of S. Alessandro in Milan, in ample and solemn forms… -
Bination (BINAZIONE)
It is the celebration of two Masses on the same day by the same priest. I. HISTORICAL NOTES. - In instituting the Holy Sacrifice, Jesus did not establish the… -
Binbirkilise (BINBIRKILISA (BIN BIR KILLSÂ, «MILLE E UNA CHIESA»))
This is the name given to the ruins of an ancient Byzantine city in Lycaonia (Asia Minor), characterized by a great number of churches. The desert area in… -
Bindi, Enrico
Bishop, writer, b. at Canapale (Pistoia) on 29 Sept. 1812, d. at Pistoia on 3 June 1876. For 24 years, until 1856, he was an expert professor of letters at the… -
Binding (LEGATURA)
By binding is meant the art of firmly sewing the gatherings of a book and enclosing them between two boards of solid material to preserve them longer: it… -
Biner, Joseph
Swiss Jesuit and canonist, b. at Glaringen (Valais) on 16 July 1697, d. at Rottenburg on 24 March 1766. Received in 1715 into the novitiate of Landsberg, he… -
Binet, Étienne (BINET, ETIENNE)
Ascetical writer, b. at Dijon in 1569, d. at Paris in 1639. He entered the Society of Jesus in Italy at Novellara in 1590; having returned to France in 1603… -
Binet, François
Theologian and preacher of the Order of Minims, b. in 1452, d. in 1524, in repute of sanctity at the convent of Trinità dei Monti. He was prior of the… -
Bingham, Joseph
Anglican theologian, b. in Sept. 1668 at Wakefield (Yorkshire), d. 17 Aug. 1723. Doctor at the University of Oxford, then curate at Headbourn-Worthy, then at… -
Bini (Binius), Severino
Canonist, b. at Randerath (near Aachen) in 1573, d. 14 February 1641 at Cologne, where he carried out his entire priestly, teaching and literary activity.… -
Binterim, Anton Joseph
Historian and archaeologist, b. 19 Sept. 1779 at Düsseldorf, d. 17 May 1855 at Bilk. A Franciscan in 1796, secularized in 1802 following the suppression of the… -
Biocenosis (BIOCENOSI)
The term b., or biological association, introduced by Moebius in 1877, defines the entire complex of living beings that coexist within the same environment and… -
Biochemistry (BIOCHIMICA)
Biochemistry is that part of physiology which studies the chemical composition and the chemical-physical properties of animal or plant organisms in order… -
Biogenetic Law (BIOGENETICA, LEGGE)
The original formulation given by E. Haeckel (v.) in ch. 20 of the work Generelle Morphologie der Organismen (1866), 41st ontogenetic thesis, states that… -
Biological Cycles (CICLI BIOLOGICI)
There is no fundamental difference from the concept of rhythm. Life manifests itself rhythmically (v. BIORHYTHMS): such do the physiological processes appear… -
Biological Differentiation (DIFFERENZIAMENTO BIOLOGICO)
The phenomena of b. d. are diverse, but all share the common condition of a gradual evolution of specific physiological and morphological characters. There is… -
Biological Environments (AMBIENTI BIOLOGICI)
By biological environments are meant the various habitats in which conditions sufficient to permit the life of organisms are found. In the manifold varieties… -
Biology (BIOLOGIA)
From the Greek βίος "life" and λόγος "discourse, reasoning," it is the science of life in its normal and pathological phenomenology. According to Treviranus… -
Biometry (Anthropometry) (BIOMETRIA (ANTROPOMETRIA))
I. ORIGINI E DEFINIZIONE. - Biometrics was born at the historical moment when, in the life sciences in general, the qualitative method was beginning to be… -
Biondini, Maria Arcangela
Mystical writer, b. June 24, 1641 to Venetian parents in Corfu, where her father was governor, d. at Arco (Trentino) on Nov. 23, 1712. She entered (1655) the… -
Biondo, Flavio
Humanist and archaeologist, b. at Forlì in 1392, d. at Rome on 4 June 1463 (he added the second name later, by Latinizing the first). He studied in his native… -
Bioregulators (BIOREGOLATORI)
The individual functions of the organism are not carried out in isolation, but are coordinated with one another so that, under physiological conditions, they… -
Biorhythms (BIORITMI)
By b. are meant the rhythmic activities of living beings. In reality every vital phenomenon is rhythmic: the life itself of a species, with the birth, growth… -
Biosphere (BIOSFERA)
From the Greek βίος (= life) and σφαῖρα (= sphere). It was intended to call b. the spherical corpuscle further indivisible, belonging to a hypothetical… -
Biotype (BIOTIPO)
In genetics, a b. is understood as a complex of individuals identical to one another in their endowment of hereditary characters. This concept arose from the… -
Biotypology (BIOTIPOLOGIA)
Science that studies the human individual in all his vital manifestations, in order to determine, in the most complete manner possible, his well-defined… -
Birago, Renato
Cardinal, born in Milan on 2 February 1506 to Galeazzo, who was ambassador of the Duke of Milan in France. He lived at the court of the kings of France… -
Birmingham, Archdiocese of (BIRMINGHAM, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The city is one of the most populous in England, in the county of Warwick, known especially for its metallurgical industries. Originally an administrative… -
Birro
The birrus was an outer garment in the form of a cloak or gabardine that could reach down to the knee and be provided with a hood. The name (Gk. πυρρός) seems… -
Birth Control (CONTROLLO DELLE NASCITE)
CONTROLLO DELLE NASCITE: v. NASCITE, CONTROLLO DELLE. -
Birth Control (NASCITE, CONTROLLO (BIRTH-CONTROL) DELLE)
A form of voluntary or coercive regulation that seeks to subordinate the procreation of individuals to social, hygienic, economic, or racial requirements.… -
Birthday (Dies Natalis) (NATALE (DIES NATALIS))
The Romans commemorated the deceased on the day of their birth; indeed one reads that « Privatae feriae vocantur sacrorum propriorum, velut dies natalis »… -
Bisaccia
BISACCIA : v. CONZA. -
Bisarcio
BISARCIO : v. OZIERI. -
Biscoph, Simon
BISCOPH, SIMON : v. EPISCOPIUS SIMON. -
Biscossi, Sibillina, Blessed (BISCOSSI, SIBILLINA, BEATA)
Dominican mystic, b. in Pavia around 1287, d. there on 19 March 1367. At the age of twelve she lost her sight and, taken in and instructed by Dominican… -
Biseglie (BISCEGLIE)
City in the province of Bari, with a small port on the Adriatic. In the Byzantine age, not before the 7th century, it was erected into a diocese. According to… -
Bisenzio
Ancient episcopal see of Latium on the western shore of Lake Bolsena. An inscription of 254 mentions the «Senatus populusque Visentinus» (CIL, XI, 2914). In… -
Bishop (VESCOVO)
He is the successor of the Apostles in the ordinary government of individual Churches (v. DIOCESE) under the authority of the Roman Pontiff (CIC, can. 329 §… -
Bishop, Edmund
English liturgist, b. at Totnes to an Anglican family on 17 May 1846, d. at Downside on 17 Feb. 1917. First secretary to T. Carlyle, then a member of the… -
Bishop of Spoleto of Spes (SPES, VESCOVO DI SPOLETO)
Born toward the end of the 4th century, he governed the Church of Spoleto for 32 years, from 420 to about 452. Of his life and his activity nothing remains but… -
Bishop of Vercelli, Hatto (ATTONE, VESCOVO DI VERCELLI)
Few reliable facts are known about his life. Of a noble Lombard family, we know that in 924 he was elected bishop of Vercelli, a diocese he governed for a long… -
Bishops and Regulars, Sacred Congregation of (VESCOVI E REGOLARI, SACRA CONGREGAZIONE DEI)
VESCOVI e REGOLARI, SACRA CONGREGAZIONE DEI: v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE. -
Bishops' Assemblies (ASSEMBLEE DEI VESCOVI)
ASSEMBLEE DEI VESCOVI : v. CONFERENZE EPISCOPALI. -
Bisignano
City in the province of Cosenza, the ancient Basidiae, which acquired particular importance in the Byzantine-Norman period, because of its position in the… -
Bismarck, Diocese of (BISMARCK, DIOCESI DI)
In the State of North Dakota (United States of America), suffragan of St. Paul of Minnesota. Erected on 31 Dec. 1909 by the dismemberment of the diocese of… -
Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold, von (BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOFOLD, VON)
German statesman, called the Iron Chancellor, b. at Schönhausen on 1 April 1815, d. at Friedrichsruhe on 30 July 1898. He soon demonstrated a special aptitude… -
Bismillah
BISMILLAH: v. ISLAMISMO. -
Bisomus
With "locus" understood, it means a burial place for two bodies and is terminology proper to the Roman catacombs. Like the similar terms trisomus and… -
Bisping, August
German Catholic exegete, b. at Albersloh on 11 May 1811, d. at Münster on 17 March 1884. A priest in 1836, he was a private lecturer at the theological Academy… -
Bisticci, Vespasiano da
He is the most famous of the great cartolai (1421-98), as the booksellers of the Renaissance were called before printing; and his paradigm in the classical… -
Bistolfi, Leonardo
Sculptor, b. at Casale Monferrato on 14 March 1859, d. at Turin on 2 Oct. 1933. From a naturalistic training he passed to an idealization of reality inspired… -
Bistrica
A small town in northern Croatia with a great Marian sanctuary, whose origins go back to the year 1545, when the people, fleeing before the Turks, brought… -
Bistua
At the Synods of Salona of 530 and 533, there also appears Andria, bishop of the bestoensis ecclesia. His diocese was vast but very poor; the Salonitan Synod… -
Bithynia (BITINIA)
Western region of northern Anatolia, bordering to the north on the Black Sea, to the east on Paphlagonia, to the west on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara) and the… -
Bitonto, Diocese of (BITONTO, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Bari. Inhabited by a Greek colony, of which traces remain in household goods and coins with the inscription BYTONTINON, it was later… -
Bixio, Giuseppe
Missionary, brother of the Garibaldian general Nino. Born in Genoa on 23 May 1819, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1838. A professor of rhetoric at… -
Bizacena
BIZACENA: v. AFRICA SETTENTRIONALE. -
Bizio, Bartolomeo
Chemist, b. at Vicenza on 30 Oct. 1791, d. at Venice in 1862; considered among the greatest scientists of his time by Fr. Secchi in the preface to his book on… -
Bizzochi and Bizzoches (BIZZOCHI E BIZZOCHE)
Men and women (also called Bizzoco, Bizzochero, Bizzocaro, Pinzocaro) who in the 13th and 14th centuries led a devout life and wore the religious habit while… -
Bizzozero (BIZOZERO)
BIZOZERO: V. GERVASIO di S. ELIA. -
Kiss (BACIO)
In Catholic liturgy it is a frequently used gesture and takes on the character of veneration and homage, of affection and fraternal union, or else of… -
Lie (BUGIA)
LIE : v. MENZOGNA. BUGIA (liturgy) : v. PALMATORIA.