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Byblos(BIBLOS)Vol. II, p. 936 BIBLOS. — One of the oldest cities of Phoenicia, called in Greek Βόβλος, Assyr. Gubal (in the letters of el-'Amārnah: Gubla), Egypt. Kbn (from the Twelfth…
Byrne, WilliamVol. III, p. 174 BYRNE, WILLIAM. - Missionary and educator, b. in 1780 in County Wicklow (Ireland), d. on 5 June 1833 at Bardstown, in the state of Kentucky, U.S.A. From his…
Byron, George GordonVol. III, p. 174 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON. – English poet, born on 22 January 1788 in London, died on 19 April 1824 at Missolonghi, in Greece, where he had gone to fight for the…
BytownVol. III, p. 174 BYTOWN: v. OTTAWA, DIOCESI di.
Byzantine(BIZANTE)Vol. II, p. 973 BIZANTE: v. PAMMACHIO.
Byzantine, Art(BIZANTINA, ARTE)Vol. II, p. 973 BYZANTINE, ART. - Of the civilization that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire, with Constantinople as its center, between the 6th and 15th centuries,…
Byzantine, Canon Law(BIZANTINO, DIRITTO CANONICO)Vol. II, p. 987 BIZANTINO, DIRITTO CANONICO. – Originally, this is the proper law of the Church of Byzantium, or Constantinople, which became the common law of all the Eastern…
Byzantine, Literature(BIZANTINA, LETTERATURA)Vol. II, p. 978 BIZANTINA, LITERATURE. – The purely profane literature is excluded here. Moreover, the principal writers and writings belonging to the patristic period before…
Byzantine, Liturgy(BIZANTINA, LITURGIA)Vol. II, p. 982 BIZANTINA, LITURGIA. – This is the name given to the liturgy to which Byzantium imparted its distinctive character and imprint. I. ORIGIN. – Byzantium was not…
Byzantine, Music(BIZANTINA, MUSICA)Vol. II, p. 984 BIZANTINA, MUSICA. — This is the general name given to the musical system of the Churches of the Byzantine rite whose principal center was Byzantium. FIRST…
Byzantium, Patriarchate of(BISANZIO, PATRIARCATO DI)Vol. II, p. 967 BISANZIO, PATRIARCATO di : v. COSTANTINO-POLI, PATRIARCATO di.
