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Buccapecus, Teobaldo Vol. III, p. 121
BUCCAPECUS, TEOBALDO: v. CELESTINO II.
Buccelli, Domenico Maurizio (BUCELLI, DOMENICO MAURIZIO) Vol. III, p. 121
BUCELLI, DOMENICO MAURIZIO. - Piarist educator, b. in Venezia on 22 Sept. 1788, d. in Ovada on 18 March 1842 in the odour of sanctity. Orphaned, he received a…
Bucceroni, Gennaro Vol. III, p. 121
BUCCERONI, GENNARO. — Theologian, born in Naples on 22 April 1841, he entered the Society of Jesus on 7 September 1856 and died in Rome on 18 February 1918.…
Bucci, Geremia (BUCCHI, GEREMIA) Vol. III, p. 121
BUCCHI, GEREMIA. – Theologian and biblical scholar of the Conventual Minors, born in Udine in the first half of the sixteenth century, died at Ronciglione…
Bucer (Butzer), Martino (BUCERO (BUTZER), MARTINO) Vol. III, p. 121
BUCERO (BUTZER), MARTINO. — A celebrated propagator of the Reformation in Germany, born at Schelestadt (Alsace) on 11 November 1491, died at Cambridge on 28…
Buch (Buche, Busch), Michel-Henri, known as Le Bon Henri (BUCH (BUCHE, BUSCH), MICHEL-HENRI, DETTO LE BON HENRI) Vol. III, p. 122
BUCH (BUCHE, BUSCH), MICHEL-HENRI, called LE BON HENRI. — Founder of the “Frères cordonniers,” born on 13 May 1598 at Arlon (Luxembourg), where he attended the…
Buchanan, George Vol. III, p. 122
BUCHANAN, GEORGE. – Scottish humanist and historian, b. at Killearn on 1 Feb. 1506, d. at Edinburgh on 28 Sept. 1582. In Paris, where he completed his studies,…
Bucharest, Latin Archdiocese of (BUCAREST, ARCIVESCOVATO LATINO DI) Vol. III, p. 120
BUCAREST, LATIN ARCHBISHOPRIC OF. – In Romanian București, capital of Romania (999,658 inhabitants in the 1941 census). It became the capital of the…
Bucharest, United Vicariate of (BUCAREST, VICARIATO UNITO DI) Vol. III, p. 120
BUCAREST, VICARIATO UNITO di. - After the union with Rome that took place in 1700 in Transylvania, the united Romanians were to be represented in B., where…
Bucharev, Aleksandr Matvejevič (BUCHAREV, ALEXANDR MATVEJEVIĆ) Vol. III, p. 122
BUCHAREV, ALEXANDR MATVEJEVIĆ. — Russian writer, known as “the archimandrite Teodoro,” born in 1822 and died in 1871. A dissident religious thinker animated by…
Bucherio, Egidio Vol. III, p. 123
BUCHERIO, EGIDIO: v. BOUCHIER GILLES.
Buchinger, Michael Vol. III, p. 123
BUCHINGER, MICHAEL. – German theologian and preacher, born in Colmar in 1520 and died there in 1571. After studying in Heidelberg and obtaining his bachelor’s…
Buchmanism (BUCHMANISMO) Vol. III, p. 123
BUCHMANISMO. - Thus called by some writers after the name of its founder, Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman. B. is known under various names; at first it was simply…
Buchmann (Bibliaander), Theodore (BUCHMANN (BIBLIANDER), THEODORE) Vol. III, p. 124
BUCHMANN (BIBLIANDER), THEODORE. — Protestant, born ca. 1504 in Bischofszell (Thurgau), died of the plague in Zurich on 26 September 1564. Professor of…
Buchner, Aloys Vol. III, p. 124
BUCHNER, ALOYS. — German theologian, b. at Murnau (Bavaria) on 20 April 1783, and d. at Passau on 29 August 1869. A Benedictine novice at the time of the…
Bucholtz, Franz Bernhard von Vol. III, p. 125
BUCHOLTZ, FRANZ BERNHARD von. – Austrian statesman and historian, born on 10 June 1790 in Münster (Westphalia), died on 14 February 1838 in Vienna. In the…
Buck, Victor de Vol. III, p. 125
BUCK, VICTOR de. — Jesuit, born at Audenarde (Belgium) on 24 April 1817, died at Brussels on 23 May 1876; he entered the Society of Jesus in 1835. Having…
Budde, Karl Vol. III, p. 125
BUDDE, KARL. - Protestant theologian, b. 23 Apr. 1850 at Bensberg (Cologne); in 1873 Privatdozent, in 1879 associate professor of the Old Testament at Bonn,…
Buddha Vol. III, p. 125
BUDDHA. – The historical reality of B., challenged by E. Senart, who understood him to be a solar god, ceased to be called into question when archaeological…
Buddhism (BUDDHISMO) Vol. III, p. 127
BUDDHISM. — The word is broadly inclusive, and designates not only the philosophical-religious doctrine preached by Gotama Buddha, but also the various forms…
Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Vol. III, p. 130
BUDGE, sir ERNEST ALFRED WALLIS. - English Orientalist, born at Bodmin (Cornwall) on 27 July 1857; died on 23 Nov. 1934. From 1893 to 1924 he was keeper of the…
Budkiewicz, Konstantin Vol. III, p. 131
BUDKIEWICZ, KONSTANTIN. – Priest, born in 1867 in Livonia, died on 30 March 1923 in Petrograd. He studied at the metropolitan seminary of Mohilev and at the…
Budnaeus (Budny), Simone Vol. III, p. 131
BUDNAEUS (BUDNY), SIMONE. - Polish heretic, born in the first half of the 16th century in the duchy of Mazovia (according to Krasinski, in the grand duchy of…
Budé, Guillaume Vol. III, p. 129
BUDÉ, GUILLAUME. – French scholar, born in Paris on 26 January 1468 and died there on 22 August 1540, considered the first humanist of France. After pursuing…
Budé, Guillaume (BUDE, GUILLAUME) Vol. III, p. 130
He studied law in Paris and Orléans with little profit, but his contacts with the Greek Hermonymos and with Lascaris opened up a broader sphere of cultural…
Budějovice (Budweis), Diocese of (BUDÉ JOVICE (BUDWEIS), DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 130
BUDÉ JOVICE (BUDWEIS), DIOCESE of. - A city of Czechoslovakia, the most important in southern Bohemia, founded in the second half of the thirteenth century at…
Buea, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUEA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. III, p. 131
BUEA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - Formerly a prefecture (from 1923) and, since 1939, an apostolic vicariate, this mission comprises all and only the Cameroon…
Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of (BUENOS AIRES, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 131
BUENOS AIRES, ARCIDIOCESI of. — Capital of Argentina, B. A. was founded in 1536 by Pietro de Mendoza and rebuilt in 1580 by Giovanni de Garay after its…
Buet, Charles Vol. III, p. 131
BUET, CHARLES. – French journalist and man of letters, born in Chambéry on 11 October 1846 and died in Paris on 23 November 1897. A fervent and combative…
Bufalo, Gaspar, Blessed (DEL BUFALO, GASPARE, BEATO) Vol. IV, p. 785
DEL BUFALO, GASPARE, blessed. — Apostle of devotion to the Most Precious Blood, born in Rome on 6 Jan. 1786 to a noble but impoverished family, died there on…
Buffalmacco, Buonamico Vol. III, p. 132
BUFFALMACCO, BUONAMICO: v. BUONAMICO DI CRISTOFANO.
Buffalo, Diocese of (BUFFALO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 132
BUFFALO, DIOCESI di. - In the State of Nuova York, of which it is a suffragan diocese. Separated from this diocese on 23 April 1847, from which it received…
Buffier, Claude Vol. III, p. 132
BUFFIER, CLAUDE. — Jesuit, born in Warsaw to French parents on 25 May 1661, died in Paris on 17 May 1737. He was taken to Normandy in his early years and…
Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de (BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, CONTE DI) Vol. III, p. 132
BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, comte de. - Great French naturalist, b. at Montbard (Burgundy) on 7 Sept. 1707, and d. at Paris on 16 Apr. 1788. He began his…
Bugenhagen, Johann Vol. III, p. 132
BUGENHAGEN, JOHANN. – Also called Pomerania after his homeland, he was one of the most influential figures of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. B. at…
Bugia Vol. III, p. 133
BUGIA: v. MENZOGNA. BUGIA (liturgy): v. PALMATORIA.
Bugliari, Francesco Vol. III, p. 133
BUGLIARI, FRANCESCO. - Bishop, b. 14 Oct. 1742 at S. Sofia d'Epiro (Calabria), and d. there 18 Aug. 1806. Having completed his studies at the Italo-Greek…
Buglio, Giovanni Antonio, Baron Del Buglio (BUGLIO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO, BARONE DEL BUGLIO) Vol. III, p. 133
BUGLIO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO, barone del BUGLIO. — An eminent diplomat of the Holy See (in the documents: Jo. Ant. Pulico, or also Belleonix, baro Burgii; in…
Buglio, Ludovico Vol. III, p. 133
BUGLIO, LUDOVICO. - Jesuit missionary and renowned sinologist, b. at Mineo (Sicily) on 25 Jan. 1606, d. at Peking on 12 Oct. 1682. Having entered the Order in…
Buglioni Benedetto And Santi (BUGLIONI BENEDETTO E SANTI) Vol. III, p. 133
BUGLIONI BENEDETTO and SANTI. - A continuator of the art of Della Robbia (v.), BENEDETTO (b. in Firenze in 1461, d. there in 1521) appears superior to Giovanni…
Bugni, Clara Vol. III, p. 134
BUGNI, CLARA. – Mystic, born in Venice on 4 October 1471, died on 17 September 1514. She received the name Bianca at baptism. She joined the Franciscan…
Buichu, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUICHU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. III, p. 134
BUICHU, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - On 5 Sept. 1848 the apostolic vicariate of Central Tonkin, called that of B. in 1924, was detached from the apostolic…
Bukharin, Nikolaj Ivanovič (BUCHARIN, NIKOLAJ IVANOVIČ) Vol. III, p. 123
BUCHARIN, NIKOLAJ IVANOVIČ. — Russian revolutionary, died in 1888, died in 1938. He was one of the foremost representatives of the Bolshevik current and, in…
Bukoba, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUKOBA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. III, p. 134
BUKOBA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — The vicariate of B., evangelized by the White Fathers, was erected in 1929, its territory being taken from those of…
Bulawayo, Apostolic Vicariate of (BULAWAYO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. III, p. 134
BULAWAYO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — The city of B., at approximately 1,362 m on the plateau, is situated along the route of the great railway from the Cape to…
Bulgakov, Macario Vol. III, p. 134
BULGAKOV, MACARIO. — Russian theologian, born in 1816, died in 1882. He became a monk, changing his name from Michele Petrović to Macario; he taught…
Bulgakov, Sergii Nikolaevič (BULGAKOV, SERGII NICOLAJEVIĆ) Vol. III, p. 137
BULGAKOV, SERGII NICOLAJEVIĆ. — A celebrated Russian religious thinker and dissident theologian, born into a priestly family in 1871 and deceased in 1944. He…
Bulgari, Sect of the (BULGARI, SETTA DEI) Vol. III, p. 137
BULGARI, SETTA dei: v. BOGOMILI.
Bulgaria Vol. III, p. 137
BULGARIA. - A Balkan state bordered by Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania, and the Black Sea. CONTENTS: I. Geography. - II. Historical outline of Christianity from…
Bulgaro Vol. III, p. 143
BULGARO. – He is the most illustrious of the so-called four Bolognese doctors whom tradition holds to have been disciples of Irnerius, the founder of the…
Bulino Vol. III, p. 144
BULINO. - It is the instrument with which the copper or steel plate intended as the matrix for prints is engraved directly, without the aid of acids, used…
Bulić, Francesco Vol. III, p. 143
BULIĆ, FRANCESCO — Archaeologist, born at Vranjić (Vragnizza), near Spalato, on 4 October 1846, died at Zagreb on 28 July 1934. Having completed his…
Bull, George Vol. III, p. 144
BULL, GEORGE. - Anglican writer, b. at Wells on 25 March 1634, d. on 17 Feb. 1710. In 1680 Oxford declared him “doctor,” and in 1705 he was promoted bishop of…
Bulla Vol. III, p. 144
BULLA. - A lenticular capsule, hollow inside, made up of two superimposed plates and provided with a loop so that it could be worn around the neck. It…
Bulla Cruciatae Vol. III, p. 145
BULLA CRUCIATAE See: CROCIATA, BOLLA della.
Bulla In Coena Domini Vol. III, p. 145
BULLA IN COENA DOMINI. — This bull, which enumerates a series of excommunications reserved to the Pope, received its name from being read every year on Holy…
Bullatores Vol. III, p. 145
BULLATORES. - In the papal chancery, they affixed the lead seal to documents (bulla); (photograph by Direzione Generale Musei e Gallerie Pontifici) BULLA -…
Bullet, Jean-Baptiste Vol. III, p. 146
BULLET, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - French apologist and scholar, b. at Besançon in 1699, d. there on 6 Sept. 1775. He was professor of theology and dean at the…
Bulletin of Ancient Literature and Christian Archaeology (BULLETIN D'ANCIENNE LITTERATURE ET D'ARCHEOLOGIE CHRETIENNE) Vol. III, p. 146
BULLETIN D'ANCIENNE LITTERATURE ET D'ARCHEOLOGIE CHRETIENNE. – Founded in Paris in 1911 by P. Batiffol (v.) and P. de Labriolle (v.) to connect the study of…
Bulletin of Christian Archaeology (BULLETTINO DI ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA) Vol. III, p. 146
BULLETTINO DI ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA. — Founded by Giovanni Battista De Rossi in 1863 and compiled entirely by him until his death (1894), with which it came to…
Bullinger, Heinrich Vol. III, p. 147
BULLINGER, HEINRICH. — Swiss Reformer, born at Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau (Switzerland) on 18 July 1504 and died at Zurich on 17 September 1575. After…
Bunderius, Jan Vol. III, p. 148
BUNDERIUS, JAN. — Latinized name of Van den Bundere, a Dominican theologian, born in Ghent in 1481 and died there on 8 June 1557. He studied theology at…
Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias Vol. III, p. 148
BUNSEN, CHRISTIAN KARL JOSIAS. – Lutheran diplomat and scholar, born at Korbach in the principality of Waldeck on 25 August 1791, died at Bonn on 28 November…
Buntić, Didak Vol. III, p. 148
BUNTIĆ, DIDAK. – Croatian Franciscan, born in Paoča in Herzegovina on 9 October 1871, died in Bronjo on 3 November 1922. He studied in Innsbruck, and from 1895…
Bunyan, John Vol. III, p. 148
BUNYAN, JOHN. — English writer and preacher, born on 28 November 1628 at Elstow near Bedford, died in London on 31 August 1688. He served for two years in…
Buon, Family (BUON, FAMIGLIA) Vol. III, p. 149
BUON, FAMIGLIA. – GIOVANNI, architect and sculptor, is first recorded in Venice in 1382; he died there in 1442. He worked together with his son Bartolomeo on…
Buonaccorso (Bonacursus) of Milan (BUONACCORSO (BONACURSUS) DI MILANO) Vol. III, p. 149
BUONACCORSO (BONACURSUS) of MILANO. - A figure of the second half of the 12th century, he was active among the Cathar heretics of Milano as a teacher or doctor…
Buonafede, Appiano Vol. III, p. 149
BUONAFEDE, APPIANO. – His real name was Tito Benvenuto; he was born at Comacchio on 4 January 1716 into an ancient and noble family, and at the age of eighteen…
Buonaiuti, Ernesto Vol. III, p. 149
BUONAIUTI, ERNESTO. – One of the best-known representatives of the modernist movement in Italy, b. in Rome on 25 June 1881, and d. there on 20 April 1946.…
Buonanni, Filippo Vol. III, p. 150
BUONANNI, FILIPPO. – Jesuit, born in Rome on 7 January 1638, died there on 30 March 1725. He was librarian and archivist of the Collegio Romano and…
Buonarroti, Filippo Vol. III, p. 150
BUONARROTI, FILIPPO. — Archaeologist, born in Florence in 1661, died there in 1733. Having come to Rome as a young man, he won the favor of Cardinal Carpegna,…
Buonarroti, Michelangelo Vol. III, p. 151
BUONARROTI, MICHELANGELO: v. MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI.
Buonconsiglio, Giovanni Vol. III, p. 150
BUONCONSIGLIO, GIOVANNI - Deposed Christ - Vicenza, Civic Museum. blimi Maestri Perfetti », « Mondo »), which, sometimes directly, but more often by concealing…
Buonconsiglio, Giovanni, known as Il Marescalco (BUONCONSIGLIO, GIOVANNI, DETTO IL MARESCALCO) Vol. III, p. 151
BUONCONSIGLIO, GIOVANNI, called il MARESCALCO. — Painter from Vicenza, active chiefly in Venice, where he worked from 1495 to 1535. The Pietà in Vicenza, which…
Buonfigli, Nicola Vol. III, p. 151
BUONFIGLI, NICOLA: v. AURIFEX BUONFIGLI, NICOLA.
Buonfiglio dei Monaldi, Saint (BUONFIGLIO DEI MONALDI, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 151
BUONFIGLIO dei MONALDI, saint: v. SETTE FONDATORI.
Buonpedoni, Bartolo, Blessed (BUONPEDONI, BARTOLO, BEATO) Vol. III, p. 151
BUONPEDONI, BARTOLO, blessed: v. BARTOLO da SAN GIMIGNANO, beato.
Buonpensiere, Enrico Vol. III, p. 151
BUONPENSIERE, ENRICO. – Dominican theologian, born in Terlizzi on 26 October 1853, died in Rome on 18 January 1929. He successively taught dogmatic and moral…
Buonriccio, Angelico Vol. III, p. 151
BUONRICCIO, ANGELICO. — Venetian theologian, who entered at a young age among the Canons Regular of the Most Holy Savior of Bologna, of which he became…
Buontalenti, Bernardo Vol. III, p. 151
BUONTALENTI, BERNARDO. - Architect, sculptor, painter, and miniaturist, b. in Firenze about 1536, d. there on 6 June 1608. A most notable figure of Florentine…
Buonvicino (Bonvicino), Ambrogio Vol. III, p. 152
BUONVICINO (BONVICINO), AMBROGIO. – Sculptor and stucco artist, born in Milan in 1552, died in Rome in 1622, where he had moved in 1581. Trained under Prospero…
Burali, Paolo d'Arezzo, Blessed (BURALI, PAOLO D'AREZZO, BEATO) Vol. III, p. 152
BURALI, PAOLO d'Arezzo, blessed. - Born at Itri in 1511. He took a doctorate in law at Bologna and practised as a lawyer at Naples with such success that, in…
Buralli, Giovanni Da Parma, Blessed (GIOVANNI (BURALLI) DA PARMA, BEATO) Vol. VI, p. 371
GIOVANNI (BURALLI) da PARMA, blessed. — Sixth minister general of the Franciscan Order, born in Parma ca. 1208, died at Camerino on 19 March 1289. Having…
Buratto Vol. III, p. 152
BURATTO. — This is the name given to a fabric with a wide weave, on which embroidery is worked with needle stitches in a color different from, and generally…
Burbank, Luther Vol. III, p. 152
BURBANK, LUTHER. – American botanist, b. in 1849, d. in 1926. He was the first in the United States to devote himself to selection and hybridization, with…
Burchard (Brocard) of Mount Zion (of Saxony) (BURCARDO (BROCARDO) DEL MONTE SION (DI SASSONIA)) Vol. III, p. 155
BURCARDO (BROCARDO) del MONTE SION (di SASSONIA). – Traveller in the Holy Land, author of a famous Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, born at Barby in Magdeburg around…
Burchard II (BURCARDO II) Vol. III, p. 152
BURCARDO II. - Bishop of Halberstadt (1059–1088), of a noble Swabian family and nephew of Archbishop Annone of Cologne, he was provost at Goslar when Empress…
Burchard of Basel (BURCARDO DI BASILEA) Vol. III, p. 152
BURCARDO di BASILEA. — Bishop, born around 1040, died, it seems, in Basle on 12 April 1107. Son of Ulrich, count of Féni, he was a canon of Eichstätt and…
Burchard of Worms (BURCARDO DI WORMS) Vol. III, p. 155
BURCARDO di WORMS. — Born in 965 into the family of the counts of Reichenbach-Ziegenhain, around the year 1000 he was elected bishop of Worms by Otto III,…
Burchard of Würzburg, Saint (BURCARDO DI WÜRZBURG, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 155
BURCARDO di WÜRZBURG, saint. – Anglo-Saxon Benedictine, disciple and collaborator of s. Bonifacio (v.), in 741 he was ordained bishop of Würzburg by him,…
Burchard, Giovanni (BURCARDO, GIOVANNI) Vol. III, p. 152
BURCARDO, GIOVANNI. – Papal master of ceremonies, liturgist, and historian, born at Nieder-Haslach (Alsace) around 1450, died in Rome on 16 May 1506. Having…
Burchiello, Domenico Vol. III, p. 155
BURCHIELLO, DOMENICO. - Poet, born in Firenze in 1404 and died in Roma in 1449. Son of Giovanni, a woodworker, and of Antonia, a weaver, he worked as a barber…
Burckhardt, Jacob Vol. III, p. 156
BURCKHARDT, JACOB. — Protestant historian, born in Basel on 25 May 1818, died there on 8 August 1897. After completing his secondary-school studies, he…
Burdach, Karl Friedrich Vol. III, p. 156
KARL FRIEDRICH BURDACH – Physician, anatomist, and physiologist, born in 1776, died in 1847; professor at the University of Königsberg, a great scholar of the…
Burg, Joseph Vitus Vol. III, p. 157
BURG, JOSEPH VITUS. - Bishop, b. at Offenburg on 27 Aug. 1768, d. at Magonza on 22 May 1833. Having entered the Franciscan Order in 1787, he exercised the…
Burgenland, Apostolic Administration of (BURGENLAND, AMMINISTRAZIONE APOSTOLICA DI) Vol. III, p. 157
BURGENLAND, APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATION. — Established on 18 May 1922 and comprising the parts of the Hungarian dioceses of Giavarino and Sabaria that passed to…
Burgkmair, Hans Vol. III, p. 157
BURGKMAIR, HANS. — German painter, draughtsman, and woodcut artist, born in Augsburg in 1473, died there in 1531. He received his artistic training under his…
Burgos (Isveglies), Alessandro Vol. III, p. 161
BURGOS (ISVEGLIES), ALESSANDRO. - Conventual Franciscan Minor, philosopher, theologian, orator, and historian of extensive learning and most pious life, b. at…
Burgos, Diocese of (BURGOS, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 157
BURGOS, DIOCESE of. — In Old Castile (Spain). Once the Greek or Roman origin of the city of B. has been rejected as unfounded, its foundation—and consequently…
Burgt, Francesco Pietro van der Vol. III, p. 161
BURGT, FRANCESCO PIETRO van der. – Priest and canonist, born in Uden (the Netherlands) on 12 February 1825, died at Rysemburg on 14 May 1896. He first taught…
Burgundian (BORGOGNONE) Vol. II, p. 1106
BORGOGNONE (COURTOIS JACOPO e FAMIGLIA): v. COURTOIS, FAMIGLIA.
Burgundians (BURGUNDI) Vol. III, p. 161
BURGUNDI. — The first mention of the B. is found in Pliny (Nat. Hist., IV, 99), before their settlement beyond the Vistula. Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, but…
Burgundionum Lex Romana Seu Papianus Vol. III, p. 162
BURGUNDIONUM LEX ROMANA SEU PAPIANUS: v. LEGGI ROMANO-BARBARE.
Burgundy (BORGOGNA) Vol. II, p. 1102
BORGOGNA. – French historical region, whose name perpetuates the memory of the Burgundians (a Germanic population that entered France around the 5th century)…
Buridan, Giovanni (BURIDANO (BURIDANUS), GIOVANNI) Vol. III, p. 162
BURIDANO (Buridanus), GIOVANNI. — Philosopher and scientist, born in Béthune at the end of the thirteenth or the beginning of the fourteenth century. Rector of…
Burke, Edmund Vol. III, p. 162
BURKE, EDMUND. — Born in Dublin in 1729, died at Beaconsfield in 1797. He was among the most notable figures of the Whig party; in 1765 he became secretary to…
Burkitt, Francis Crawford Vol. III, p. 162
BURKITT, FRANCIS CRAWFORD. - Anglican critic and exegete of the New Testament, b. in London on 3 Sept. 1864; from 1905 holder of the Norris Chair at the…
Burlamacchi, Pacifico Vol. III, p. 163
BURLAMACCHI, PACIFICO. - Dominican, cultivator of the memory of Savonarola, b. in Lucca around 1465, he inherited from his father and his mother Angelica…
Burlergh (Burley, Burlarus), Walter Vol. III, p. 163
BURLERGH (BURLEY, BURLARUS), WALTER. - English scholastic. The details of his life are uncertain and disputed. Born in 1275, he is considered a disciple of…
Burlington, Diocese of (BURLINGTON, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 163
BURLINGTON, DIOCESE of. - In the State of Vermont, so named by Samuel de Champlain, south of Canada. In 1666 a Sulpician priest came from Montréal to celebrate…
Burma (BIRMANIA) Vol. II, p. 964
BURMA. – I. GEOGRAPHY. – In English Burma; a region of southern Asia (N.W. Indochina) comprising almost the entire basin of the Irrawaddy and the middle and…
Burma, Apostolic Vicariate of Southern (BIRMANIA MERIDIONALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLA) Vol. II, p. 966
SOUTHERN BURMA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — Mission created in 1866 (under the name of South-Western B.) and definitively in 1870 (v. BIRMANIA), and which has…
Burma, Eastern (BIRMANIA ORIENTALE) Vol. II, p. 966
BIRMANIA ORIENTALE: v. TOUNGOO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di.
Burma, Northern (BIRMANIA SETTENTRIONALE) Vol. II, p. 966
BIRMANIA SETTENTRIONALE: v. MANDALAY, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di.
Burne-Jones, Edward (BURNES-JONES, EDWARD) Vol. III, p. 163
BURNES-JONES, EDWARD. – Painter and decorator, born in Birmingham in 1833, died in London in 1898. He abandoned ecclesiastical studies to devote himself to…
Burning Bush (ROVETO ARDENTE) Vol. X, p. 843
ROVETO ARDENTE. – The expression recalls the miraculous event of Ex. 3:2–22, which contains the account of the “vocation of Moses” (v.). The future leader,…
Burns, Robert Vol. III, p. 163
BURNS, ROBERT. — Scottish lyric poet, born 25 January 1759, died 21 July 1796. Born on a farm in Ayrshire during a stormy night, he led a life that was…
Buronzo Del Signore, Carlo Luigi Vol. III, p. 164
BURONZO DEL SIGNORE, CARLO LUIGI. - Archbishop of Turin, b. at Vercelli on 23 Oct. 1731, d. there on 22 Oct. 1806. He was vicar general at Vercelli, then…
Burriel, Andrés Marco Vol. III, p. 164
BURRIEL, ANDRÉS MARCO. - Spanish Jesuit, b. at Buenache de Alarcón in 1719, d. there in 1762. He taught rhetoric and philosophy in the colleges of the Society…
Bury, Richard Aungerville de Vol. III, p. 164
BURY, RICHARD AUNGERVILLE — Bishop of Durham, b. 24 Jan. 1287 at Bury St Edmunds, d. 14 Apr. 1345 at Durham. He was tutor to King Edoardo III; from 1323 he…
Bus, César de, Venerable (BUS, CÉSAR DE, VENERABILE) Vol. III, p. 164
BUS, CÉSAR de, venerable. - Priest, b. at Cavaillon on 3 Feb. 1544, d. at Avignon on 15 Apr. 1607. Of a family of Italian, perhaps Milanese, origin, he was…
Busaeus (Buseo) Vol. III, p. 164
BUSAEUS (BUSEO). – A Latinized surname, from the Dutch Bury, borne by three brothers, all Jesuits, compatriots and relatives of St. Peter Canisius: PIETRO…
Busca, Ignazio Vol. III, p. 165
BUSCA, IGNAZIO. - Cardinal, b. in Milano on 23 Nov. 1731, d. in Roma on 12 Aug. 1803. Nuncio in Fiandra from Sept. 1775 to June 1785, with the title of…
Busch (pron. Büss), Johannes Vol. III, p. 165
BUSCH (pron. Büss), JOHANNES. — The greatest monastic reformer of the Congregation of Windesheim and its principal chronicler. Born in 1399 at Zwolle…
Buschetto (Buscheto) Vol. III, p. 165
BUSCHETTO (BUSCHETO). – Architect and master builder of the cathedral of Pisa, mentioned as such in an act of donation of property to the Opera di S. Maria…
Busembaum, Hermann Vol. III, p. 166
BUSEMBAUM, HERMANN. — Jesuit, moralist, born at Nottuln (Westphalia) in 1600, died at Münster on 31 January 1669. A professor for several years of philosophy,…
Bushidō (BUSHIDÔ) Vol. III, p. 166
BUSHIDÔ. – The name means “the way of the knights.” Chivalry was held in honor in Japan from primitive times. As early as the Middle Ages, under various…
Bushnell, Horatius Vol. III, p. 166
BUSHNELL, HORATIUS. – American Protestant writer, born at Lichfield (Connecticut) on 14 April 1802, died at Hartford on 17 February 1876. He studied law at…
Busi, Giovanni Vol. III, p. 166
BUSI, GIOVANNI: v. CARIANI GIOVANNI.
Busi, Luigi Vol. III, p. 167
BUSI, LUIGI. — Painter, born in Bologna on 1/8 May 1838, died there on 2 June 1884. In Rome, where he perfected his studies in painting, he formed friendships…
Business Executive (DIRIGENTE D'IMPRESA) Vol. IV, p. 978
DIRIGENTE D'IMPRESA. – He is like the intermediary between the employer and the worker. In reality, he too is a worker, insofar as he is not bound to the…
Busnelli, Giovanni Vol. III, p. 167
BUSNELLI, GIOVANNI. - Jesuit writer, born at Cassina Ferrara (Milan) on 16 March 1866, died in Rome on 31 March 1944. Having completed his sacred studies at…
Busquets, Pere Vol. III, p. 167
BUSQUETS, PERE. — Francesco, born at S. Felix de Guixola in Catalonia in the fifteenth century. An eminent man of letters, he was one of the most active and…
Bussereau, Jakob Fredrich Vol. III, p. 167
BUSSEREAU, JAKOB FREDRICH. — Born on 2 February 1865 at Oberhambach (Palatinate), died at Herxheim on 2 July 1919. Ordained a priest in 1886, he was chaplain…
Bussi, Giovanni Andrea Vol. III, p. 167
BUSSI, GIOVANNI ANDREA. – Humanist, born in Vigevano in 1417, died in Rome in 1475. Having obtained his doctorate at the Sorbonne, he taught at the Genoese…
Bussi, Giovanni Battista Vol. III, p. 167
BUSSI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Cardinal, of a noble family from Viterbo, born in 1656 in Viterbo, died in Rome in 1726. Pope Innocent XII, recognizing his…
Bussola, Dionigi Vol. III, p. 168
BUSSOLA, DIONIGI. — Lombard sculptor, d. in 1687. He trained in Rome, in the Berninian and Algardian milieu; from 1645 he worked for Milan Cathedral, executing…
Bussolanti Pontifici Vol. III, p. 168
BUSSOLANTI PONTIFICI: V. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA.
Bussolaro, Jacopo Vol. III, p. 168
BUSSOLARO, JACOPO. - Augustinian preacher, b. at Pavia about 1312, d. at Ischia in 1380. While still young he entered the Hermits of St. Augustine. His fame is…
Buta, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUTA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. III, p. 168
BUTA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - Formerly the apostolic vicariate of Western Uellè in the Belgian Congo, it was created under this name as an apostolic…
Butinone, Bernardino Vol. III, p. 168
BUTINONE, BERNARDINO. — Painter, born in Treviglio (Milan) before 1463; recorded until 1507. He is one of the major representatives, together with Zenale and…
Butler, Alban Vol. III, p. 171
BUTLER, ALBAN. — English hagiographer, born at Appletree in the county of Northampton on 24 October 1710, died at St-Omer (France) on 15 May 1773. He studied…
Butler, Charles Vol. III, p. 171
BUTLER, CHARLES. - Born on 14 Aug. 1750 in London, died there on 2 June 1832, B. attended a Catholic school at Hammersmith and then entered the English College…
Butler, Cuthbert Vol. III, p. 171
BUTLER, CUTHBERT. - Benedictine abbot, learned historian of monasticism, b. in Dublin on 6 May 1858, d. on 1 Apr. 1933 at Ealing (London). After his classical…
Butler, Samuel (Junior) Vol. III, p. 171
BUTLER, SAMUEL (junior). — English writer, born on 4 December 1835 at Langar (Bingham), died there on 18 June 1902. The grandson and son of Anglican clergymen,…
Butler, Samuel (Senior) Vol. III, p. 171
BUTLER, SAMUEL (senior). - English satirical poet, b. in 1612 at Streusham (Worcester), d. in 1680 at Covent Garden (London) of tuberculosis. He was secretary…
Butrint (BUTRINTO) Vol. III, p. 172
BUTRINTO. – Ancient city of Epirus (today in southern Albania, prefecture of Argyrokastro), situated south of Santi Quaranta, in a place near the sea and…
Butti, Enrico Annibale Vol. III, p. 172
BUTTI, ENRICO ANNIBALE. – Playwright and novelist, b. in Milan on 19 February 1868 and d. on 29 November 1912. He began with a series of novels: L’automa…
Buttress (CONTRAFFORTE) Vol. IV, p. 273
BUTTRESS.—Generic designation for a masonry structure intended to counterbalance the thrusts in vaulted architectural structures. Probably originating in…
Buxentum Vol. III, p. 173
BUXENTUM. - It was a city situated on the Lucanian coast between the rivers Melfi and Lao. Some identify its location with that of present-day Policastro,…
Buxtorf Vol. III, p. 173
BUXTORF. – Family of Protestant Hebraists from Basel, who succeeded one another in the chair of biblical languages in that city. JOHANNES (I, senior…
Buying and Selling (COMPRAVENDITA) Vol. IV, p. 82
COMPRAVENDITA. — The sale, or c., is the contract by which one person (the seller) transfers ownership of a thing or another right to another person (the…
Buzzetti, Vincenzo Vol. III, p. 173
BUZZETTI, VINCENZO. — The first and principal promoter, at the beginning of the last century, of the revival of Thomistic philosophy in Italy. Born at Piacenza…
Büchi, Albert Vol. III, p. 123
BÜCHI, ALBERT. - Swiss historian, b. 1 June 1864 at Frauenfeld, d. 14 May 1930 at Friburgo. He studied at the Universities of Monaco and Vienna, and was a…
Büchner, Ludwig Vol. III, p. 125
BÜCHNER, LUDWIG. - German philosopher, b. at Darmstadt on 29 March 1824, d. there on 1 May 1899. A physician, he came under the influence of Moleschott and…