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Coadjutor (COADIUTORE)
A coadiutore is the holder of a coadiutoria, that is, the cleric whose task it is to assist or supply for a beneficed person in the fulfillment of the… -
Cobelluzio (Cobelluzzi), Scipione
Cardinal, born at Viterbo in 1365, died at Rome on 29 June 1627. After studying at the Nardini college in Rome and obtaining a degree in law, he worked as a… -
Cocainism (COCAINISMO)
Irresistible tendency to take cocaine for pleasure, by injection or, more often, sniffed in powder form through the nose; among the most serious forms of… -
Cocceius, Iohannes
Protestant exegetical theologian, b. at Bremen on 9 Aug. 1603, d. at Leiden on 4 Nov. 1669. He began his studies, including that of Greek, under Metrophanes… -
Cocchia, Antonio
COCCHIA, ANTONIO: v. ROCCO da CESINALE. -
Cocchi, Angelo
Dominican, b. in Florence in 1597, d. at Fogan on 18 Nov. 1633. In 1622 he was sent to Manila, where he applied himself to the study of the Tagalog and Chinese… -
Cochabamba, Diocese of (COCHABAMBA, DIOCESI DI)
In the Republic of Bolivia, erected by Pius IX on 23 June 1847. It has a population of 642,000 inhabitants, of whom 635,000 are Catholics, divided into 53… -
Cochelet, Anastase
Carmelite theologian, b. in 1551 at Mézières (Champagne), d. at Reims in 1624. He was a religious in the convent of Reims, a doctor of theology at the… -
Cochem, Martino da
COCHEM, MARTINO da: v. MARTINO da COCHEM. -
Cochinchina (COCINCINA)
COCINCINA: v. INDOCINA FRANCESE. -
Cochin, Diocese of (COCHIN, DIOCESI DI)
COCHIN, DIOCESI di: v. COCCINO, DIOCESI di: -
Cochin [Kochi] (Coccino), Diocese of (COCCINO (COCHIN), DIOCESI DI)
A city of eastern India on the Malabar coast and the seat of a diocese suffragan to the patriarchal see of Goa. Its territory comprises two strips of land 80… -
Cochin, Pierre-Suzanne-Augustin
French Catholic writer, b. in Paris on 2 Dec. 1823, d. at Versailles on 13 March 1872. A scholar of economic and social problems, he conducted exhaustive… -
Cochlaeus (Dobeneck), Johannes (COCLEO (DOBENECK), GIOVANNI)
Eminent Catholic polemicist, b. in 1479, d. at Breslau on 11 Jan. 1552. He was called C. from the village of Wendelstein (Cochlea) where he was born. He fought… -
Cocle, Celestino
Archbishop, b. at S. Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia) on 23 Nov. 1783 and d. at Naples on 2 March 1857; he was the fifth superior general of the Redemptorist… -
Cocolla
It is a specifically monastic garment and consists of a large robe with wide sleeves, to which is added a hood, either attached to the neck or loose, to be… -
Coconnier, Thomas
Dominican philosopher and theologian, b. at Grazay near Mayenne in France, 26 Aug. 1846, d. at Toulouse 8 March 1908. He was a professor at the major seminary… -
Cocos
COCOS: v. STABILIMENTI DELLO STRETTO. -
Cocquelines, Charles
Tireless editor of the Roman Bullarium, who lived in the 18th century and died in 1758. In 1739 in Rome he began the publication of a Bullarum, privilegiorum… -
Coda, Benedetto
Painter, b. in Venice, or in Ferrara, or in Treviso, d. after 1530. From September 1495 he was in Rimini. Vasari considers him a pupil of Giovanni Bellini, but… -
Code of Canon Law (CODICE DI DIRITTO CANONICO)
CODE OF CANON LAW: v. CODEX IURIS CANONICI. -
Code of Canon Law of the Eastern Rite (CODICE DEL DIRITTO CANONICO ORIENTALE)
As with the codification of Latin canon law, so too for the compilation of a C. of o. c. l., proposals were put forward in the preparatory meetings of the… -
Code of the Alliance (ALLEANZA, CODICE DELLA)
ALLEANZA, CODICE della: v. ESODO. -
Codex (CODICE)
An ancient term denoting a body of writing material — papyrus, parchment, waxed tablet — gathered into quires. Seneca (De brevit. vitae, XVIII, 4) defined it… -
Codex Fuldensis (FULDENSE, CODICE)
FULDENSE, CODICE: v. VOLGATA. -
Codex Gregorianus
This was the name given to a collection of Roman imperial constitutions made in the age of Diocletian, as follows from the attribution of the greater number of… -
Codex Hermogenianus
It is a private collection of imperial constitutions compiled, as most scholars believe, between 314 and 323 A.D., since certain constitutions issued by the… -
Codex Iuris Canonici
This is the name given to the code, promulgated in 1917, containing the universal law of the Latin Church. SUMMARY: I. Necessity of the codification. - II.… -
Codex Theodosianus
This is the title of the great official collection of Roman imperial constitutions, ordered by the emperor Theodosius II and published on 15 February 438 A.D.… -
Codicil (CODICILLO)
CODICILLO: v. TESTAMENTO. -
Codronchi, Antonio
Bishop, b. at Imola on 8 Aug. 1748, d. at Ravenna on 16 Jan. 1826. Pius VI sent him to Turin in 1777 as internuncio and on 14 Feb. 1785 appointed him bishop of… -
Codronchi, Giovanni Battista
Italian physician, b. at Imola in 1547, d. in 1628. He studied at the University of Bologna and practiced in his native town, where he held very important… -
Coducci, Mauro detto Moro (Moretto)
Architect, b. at Lenna in Val Brembana around 1440, d. in 1504. He appears active in Venice for the first time in 1468 for the construction of S. Michele on… -
Coeducation (COEDUCAZIONE)
COEDUCAZIONE: v. COLLEGIATE EDUCATION; COEDUCATION. > (photo Alinari) > CODUCCI, MAURO - Facade of the church of S. Zaccaria (1477), continued on the base… -
Coeffeteau, Nicolas
Dominican archbishop and polemicist, b. at Château-du-Loir in 1574, d. at Paris on 21 April 1623. He took the habit at Le Mans (1588), was sent to Paris to the… -
Coelde, Theodoric (COELDE, THEODORICH)
Preacher, ascetical writer and author of hymns, b. around 1435 at Münster, d. at Louvain on 11 Dec. 1515, called Dietrich von Münster or von Osnabrück, the… -
Coelho, Antonio
Liturgist, b. in Braga on 24 May 1892, d. in Singeverga on 20 Dec. 1938. A Benedictine monk, he spent some years of study in the abbeys of Maredsous and… -
Coello, Claudio
Spanish painter and architect, b. in Madrid, baptized on 2 March 1642, d. there on 20 April 1693. A pupil in his homeland of Francesco Rizi, he was… -
Coena Domini (In)
COENA DOMINI (IN): v. BULLA IN COENA DOMINI. -
Coenobium
International review of free studies, founded in 1907 in Lugano, but printed in Italy, under the direction of G. Renzi. It gathered around itself the most… -
Coercion (COSTRIZIONE)
COSTRIZIONE : v. VIOLENZA. -
Coercion and Coercibility (COAZIONE E COERCIBILITÀ)
The generic and common concept of coazione (coercion) is the opposite of spontaneity, and indicates what is contrary to the natural tendency of the subject. In… -
Coexistence (COABITAZIONE)
From the earliest centuries the Church forbade the cohabitation of clerics with women, unless they were close relatives or otherwise gave no occasion for any… -
Coghetti, Francesco
Painter, b. in Bergamo on 20 July 1802, d. in Rome on 21 Apr. 1875. After studying under Diotti, he followed Camuccini in Rome and from then on was part of the… -
Cogitativa
In Thomist psychology the c. is that one among the internal senses which collaborates most directly with the intellect; and whose object is indicated in the… -
Cognation (COGNAZIONE)
In Roman law this name indicated, as opposed to agnation (v.), the tie existing between persons descended from the same stock, especially if procreated from… -
Cohausz, Otto (COHAUSS, OTTO)
German Jesuit, apologetic and ascetic writer, b. at Nordwalde (Westphalia) on 8 Sept. 1872, d. at Danzig on 3 June 1938. He had been engaged in commerce before… -
Cohen, Hermann
German philosopher, b. at Goswig on July 4, 1842, d. at Berlin on Apr. 4, 1918. He taught from 1879 to 1912 at the University of Marburg and then until his… -
Cohort (COORTE)
Group of soldiers (about 600), forming the tenth part of a Roman legion. In the New Testament the term (σπείρα, cohors) is not always used in a strictly… -
Coimbatore (Coimbatur), Diocese of (COIMBATORE (COIMBATUR), DIOCESI DI)
On 16 March 1845 the pro-vicariate of C. was detached from the apostolic vicariate of the Coromandel Coast, then elevated in 1850 to an apostolic vicariate and… -
Coimbra, Diocese of (COIMBRA, DIOCESI DI)
In Portugal, it extends over 5,300 sq km and has 571,256 inhabitants, of whom 547,428 are Catholics; it has 254 parishes, served by 252 secular priests and 10… -
Coimbra, Leonardo
Portuguese philosopher and politician, b. in the district of Felgueiras on 30 Dec. 1883, d. in an automobile accident in the Serra de Baltar on 2 Jan. 1936. A… -
Coindre, André
Priest, b. in Lyon on 26 Feb. 1787, d. there on 30 May 1826. At the seminary of Argentières he was noted for intelligence and piety. Ordained a priest in 1812… -
Cola dell'Amatrice
Nicola Filotesio, called dell'Amatrice after his birthplace, an Abruzzese painter and architect. He lived most of his life in Ascoli Piceno, in the first half… -
Cola di Rienzo
Born in Rome in 1313, died there following a riot on 8 Oct. 1354. He was a notary and a man of no small classical culture, even if acquired and retained in a… -
Colbert de Croissy, Charles-Joachim
Bishop of Montpellier, Jansenist, b. in Paris on 11 June 1667, d. at Montpellier on 8 Apr. 1738. He studied at the Sorbonne, and in 1696 was appointed bishop… -
Colbert, Jean Baptiste
COLBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE: v. MERCANTILISMO. -
Colecchi, Ottavio
Philosopher, b. at Pescocostanzo (Aquila) on 18 Oct. 1773, d. at Naples on 25 Aug. 1847. Ordained a priest in the Dominican Order, he later left it to move to… -
Colenso, John William
Anglican missionary and bishop, b. in Cornwall, England, on 24 Jan. 1814, d. at Natal on 20 June 1883. After completing his studies at Cambridge, he was… -
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
English poet, b. at Ottery St Mary on 21 Oct. 1772, d. in London on 25 July 1834. He studied at Cambridge, conceived a communist experiment (Pantisocracy), and… -
Colet, John
English theologian, humanist and educator, b. in 1467 (?), d. in 1519. The desire to escape from the Middle Ages drove him, not yet thirty years old, to a… -
Colette (Coellet or Boylet, Nicolette), Saint (COLETTA (COELLET O BOYLET, NICOLETTE), SANTA)
Foundress of the Poor Clares known as Colettines, b. at Calceye, near Corbie, on 13 January 1381, d. at Ghent on 6 March 1447. At the age of 21 she became a… -
Coligny, Gaspard de
Famous French Huguenot general of the 16th century, b. at Châtillon-sur-Loing in 1519 and d. in Paris on 24 Aug. 1572. His father, marshal of France, died when… -
Colima, Diocese of (COLIMA, DIOCESI DI)
In the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Guadalajara, erected by Leo XIII on 11 Dec. 1896, with the constitution Si principum, by dismemberment of the… -
Colin, Elie
French missionary and astronomer, b. at Graulhet (Tarn) on 28 Nov. 1852, d. at Tanariva on 11 Apr. 1923. He entered the Jesuit novitiate at Toulouse in 1870.… -
Colini, Ludovico
Franciscan theologian, commonly called L. da Castelplanio, b. at Castelplanio (Ancona) on 31 March 1830, d. at Rome on 19 Dec. 1874. Having taken the habit of… -
Colin, Jean-Claude, Venerable (COLIN, JEAN-CLAUDE, VENERABILE)
Founder of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers), b. at St-Bonnet-le-Troncy (Lyons) on 7 Aug. 1790, d. on 15 Nov. 1875 at Notre-Dame-de-la-Neylière, near the… -
Colivi
In the Byzantine rite this word designates a kind of sweet, made mainly of cooked wheat or rice, with the addition of raisins, pomegranate seeds, almonds or… -
Collado, Diego
Dominican, b. at Majadas (Spain), d. in a shipwreck in 1641. Having reached the Philippines in 1611, in 1619 he was sent to Japan, where persecution was… -
Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum
Anonymous pamphlet that compares, in 16 titles, articles of the Old Testament, especially on criminal matters, with the similar provisions of Roman law… -
Collation (COLLAZIONE)
In ecclesiastical language, especially legal language, this term indicates primarily the second stage of the provision of an ecclesiastical office, that is… -
Collectanea Commissionis Synodalis
A bimonthly organ of the synodal commission created by order of the first plenary Council of China (1924) in order to deal in an organic and practical manner… -
Collectanea Franciscana
A quarterly review, founded at Assisi in 1931 and transferred to Rome in 1941, published under the care of the Historical Institute of the Capuchin Friars… -
Collectanea Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide
Collection of documents concerning the missions. The series of these collections was inaugurated by the Constitutiones apostolicae, brevia, decreta... pro… -
Collectarium (COLLETTARIO)
Sometimes called an orationary, it derives from the sacramentary (v.) inasmuch as in ancient times only this book contained the orations recited by the bishop… -
Collectivism (COLLETTIVISMO)
COLLETTIVISMO: v. SOCIALISMO. -
College of Cardinals (COLLEGIO CARDINALIZIO)
COLLEGE OF CARDINALS: v. CARDINALI. COLLEGIO DELLE VERGINI DELLA BEATA VERGINE. - Institute founded in 1610 in Cremona by the noblewoman Lucia Perotti under… -
College of the Chinese (CINESI, COLLEGIO DEI)
CINESI, COLLEGIO dei: v. RIPA, MATTEO. -
Collegia Funeraticia
Term coined by Theodor Mommsen (De Collegii, p. 91) to designate certain "Confraternities" or ancient Roman corporations, established with the primary purpose… -
Collegiate Church (COLLEGIATA)
COLLEGIATA: v. CAPITOLO. -
Collegio
COLLEGIO: V. EDUCAZIONE COLLEGIATA, PERSONE MORALI. -
Collegio di San Pietro in Montorio
Founded by Fr. Tommaso Obicini of Novara. He had spent 10 years in Palestine as a missionary and knew well the necessity of the Arabic language for… -
Collegium Cultorum Martyrum
Founded on 6 January 1879 by Mariano Armellini (v.), Adolfo Hytrek, Orazio Marucchi (v.) and Enrico Stevenson (v.), all disciples of G. B. De Rossi (v.). Its… -
Collenbusch, Samuel
Protestant Pietist and mystic, b. 1 Sept. 1724 at Wichlinghausen (near Barmen in the Rhenish Prussia), physician at Duisburg (1756), then from 1784 at Schwelm… -
Colletta
It denotes: 1) the place of assembly which in the ancient Roman Orders is regularly indicated on the individual days of Lent (for example, Collecta ad S.… -
Colletta in the New Testament (COLLETTA NEL NUOVO TESTAMENTO)
The Church of Jerusalem, during the first decades of its life, lived in destitution and in constant need of financial assistance. The subsequent persecutions… -
Colletta, Pietro
Historian, b. in Naples on 23 Jan. 1775, d. at Verramista, in the villa of the Capponi, on 11 Nov. 1831. He took part as a soldier in political life, first in… -
Collevacino, Pietro
Born in Benevento; he was a subdeacon and notary of Pope Innocent III, and a cardinal from 1205. Entrusted by Innocent III with collecting the Decretals of the… -
Colle Val d’Elsa, Diocese of (COLLE VAL D'ELSA, DIOCESI DI)
In Tuscany, province of Siena, suffragan of Florence. The origins of this diocese are to be sought in the two parish churches of St. Salvatore (de Colle) and… -
Colli
FRANCESCO di PAOLA, baron, pontifical general, b. at Alessandria in 1726, d. at Rome on 20 July 1802. An expert connoisseur of artillery, he entered the… -
Colli, Bonifacio de'
Cofounder of the Theatines, died in holiness at Venice on 28 Aug. 1558. Of the noble family of the C. of Alessandria, having earned a degree in jurisprudence… -
Collier, Arthur
English philosopher and priest of the Anglican Church, b. in 1680, d. in 1732. A contemporary of Berkeley, with whom he agrees in the conclusion, though… -
Colli Marchini, Michelangelo Alessandro
Baron, general, b. at Alessandria or Vigevano in 1756, d. in Piedmont in 1809. He was sent by Pius VI to defend his domains from a further Jacobin advance.… -
Collins, Anthony
English deist, b. at Heston on 21 June 1676, d. in London on 31 Dec. 1729. A friend and disciple of Locke, he defended "free thought." While admitting a… -
Collio, Francesco
Italian theologian, b. at Brusimpiano, pieve of Arcisate, in the second half of the 16th century, d. at Milan in 1640. Having become an Oblate of Sts. Ambrose… -
Colliridiani
Under this name St. Epiphanius condemned certain women who had introduced from Thrace into Arabia the practice of particular rites in honor of the Virgin Mary… -
Collodi, Carlo
Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini, b. in Florence on 24 Nov. 1826, d. there on 26 > (from M. Parenti, Rarità bibliografiche dell'Ottocento, Bergamo 1915, p. 111) >… -
Colloids (COLLOIDI)
The colloidal state of matter is of particular interest both because it is the condition of many industrial products of very great practical value (rubbers… -
Colloredo, Hermits of (COLLOREDO, EREMITI DI)
COLLOREDO, HERMITS OF: v. BERNARDO da ROGLIANO. -
Colloredo, Leandro di
Cardinal, born of a noble family at Colloredo di Montalbano in Friuli in 1639. Having left his family early in order to attend to his spiritual and cultural… -
Collucianisti
COLLUCIANISTI: v. LUCIANO d'ANTIOCHIA, saint, martyr. -
Colluthus (COLLUTO)
A schismatic Alexandrian priest who, during the episcopate of Alexander (312-28), arrogated to himself the power to ordain priests and deacons, consecrating… -
Colmar, Joseph Ludwig
Bishop of Mainz, b. in Strasbourg on 22 June 1760, d. in Mainz on 15 Dec. 1818. Ordained priest on 20 Dec. 1783, he was appointed curate of the church of St.… -
Colobium (Κολόβος)
It is a long, tight tunic, without sleeves. It is worn by the Savior on the cross, as, for example, in the now almost destroyed painting of the cemetery of St.… -
Colocci, Angelo
Humanist, b. at Iesi in 1467, d. at Rome on 1 May 1549. There he studied, devoting himself in particular to the ancient lyric poetry of Provence, entirely… -
Colocza (Hung. Kalocsa), Archdiocese of (COLOCZA (UNGH. KALOCSA), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
A city in Hungary, in the county of Pest, seat of the archdiocese of Kalocsa-Bacs. The city was founded by St. Stephen in the year 1000, and in the same year… -
Cologne, Archdiocese of (COLONIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The archdiocese of C. forms, together with its suffragan sees of Limburg, Trier, Aachen, Münster and Osnabrück, the ecclesiastical province of C., also called… -
Coloma, Luis
Celebrated Spanish Jesuit and novelist, b. at Jérez de la Frontera on 9 Jan. 1851. He attempted various careers before entering the novitiate of the Society on… -
Colomba
One of the most frequent birds in purely decorative compositions, the dove, both in early Christian literature and art, is part of a symbolic complex so rich… -
Colombe, Michel
Sculptor, b. in Brittany around 1430-40, d. before 1519. From 1491 he settled in Tours, where in 1500 he received the commission to execute a medal in honor of… -
Colombia
State of South America; the only one on the continent that faces both the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea. I. GEOGRAPHY. - It is a very vast country (1,100,000… -
Colombi, Bonaventura
Theologian, distinguished preacher of the Order of Conventuals, b. at Nice toward the beginning of the 17th century, d. after 1670. He left various works of… -
Colombière, Claude, Blessed (COLOMBIÈRE, CLAUDE, BEATO)
COLOMBIÈRE, CLAUDE, beato: v. LA COLOMBIÈRE, CLAUDE, blessed. -
Colombina
By this name is known the feast of the "explosion of the cart" which takes place in Florence every year on Holy Saturday, at the moment when the bells are rung… -
Colombini, Giovanni, Blessed (COLOMBINI, GIOVANNI, BEATO)
Sienese, b. in 1304; a wealthy merchant and respected citizen, married to Biagia Cerretani (1342); urged by her to read the life of St. Mary of Egypt (1355)… -
Colombo in Ceylon, Archdiocese of (COLOMBO IN CEYLON, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The evangelization of the island of Ceylon was begun by the Franciscans in 1517. The island depended ecclesiastically on the bishop of Goa (India); in 1558 it… -
Colombo, Sisto
Salesian priest, scholar of ancient Christian literature, b. in Milan in 1878, d. in Turin in 1938. He was a libero docente of Latin literature at the… -
Colonial Law (COLONIALE, DIRITTO)
The moral and juridical aspect of the colonial question began to attract the attention of Catholic theorists as early as the 16th century, when the discovery… -
Colonization (COLONIZZAZIONE)
The history of modern c. begins with the discovery of the lands beyond the ocean, in search of which the Portuguese and Spanish explorers set out. One of the… -
Colonna
It is a load-bearing element of circular section, generally of marble or stone, with a base and capital connected to similar ones by an entablature or by… -
Colonna, Egidio
COLONNA, EGIDIO: V. EGIDIO ROMANO. -
Colonna, Family (COLONNA, FAMIGLIA)
The first C. remembered by history is that PERTUS DE COLONNA who under Paschal II (1099-1118) had occupied Cave, a territory of the Holy See, and had been… -
Colonna, Francesco
Dominican and writer, b. at Treviso ca. 1432 or 1433, d. ca. 1527. From an acrostic: Poliam frater Franciscus Colonna peramavit, he is considered the author of… -
Colonna, Giovanni Paolo
Son of an organ builder, b. 16 June 1637 in Bologna, died there 28 Nov. 1695. He first studied in his native city with the organist Filippuzzi, and then in… -
Color (COLORE)
Both the sensation produced by matter permeated with a light that determines in it a "quality," and the light itself that defines such quality, are called… -
Colossae (COLOSSE)
A city of Greater Phrygia, on the left bank of the Lycus, 25 km from Laodicea. Built against the severe and picturesque backdrop of Mount Cadmus, on the road… -
Colossians, Epistle to the (COLOSSESI, EPISTOLA AI)
One of the "captivity epistles," addressed by St. Paul to the faithful of Colossae (v.). SUMMARY: I. The content. - II. The errors combated. - III. The… -
Colucci, Giuseppe
Archaeologist and historian of the Marche, b. at Penna S. Giovanni (archdiocese of Fermo) on 19 March 1752, d. at Fermo on 16 March 1809. After his first… -
Columba (Colum), Saint (COLOMBA (COLUMBA), SANTO)
Of Jona, a great Irish saint of the 6th century, placed by the ancient hagiography of the island in a triad with St. Patrick and St. Brigid. By lineage he is… -
Columbanus (Colum, Colman, Columba, Palumba), Saint (COLOMBANO (COLUM, COLMAN, COLUMBA, PALUMBA), SANTO)
Abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio, b. in Ireland in the province of Leinster around 540, d. at Bobbio on 23 November 615. A rich and ardent young man, he bade… -
Columbus, Christopher (COLOMBO, CRISTOFORO)
The great navigator was born in Genoa, as is unanimously attested by archival documents, by declarations of Columbus himself or of his family members, and by… -
Columbus, Diocese of (COLUMBUS, DIOCESI DI)
Capital of the State of Ohio in the United States and seat of a diocese suffragan of Cincinnati, comprising as its territory the southeast of Ohio, that is, 23… -
Colymbion (Κολύμβιον)
It is a basin or vessel in which holy water was blessed and kept (holy water stoup), first in the atrium, then at the entrance of the church. It is also called… -
Coma
Deep sleep (from κοιμάω = I sleep) with muscular relaxation, abolition of sensation, loss of consciousness, while the conditions of respiration, circulation… -
Comacchio, Diocese of (COMACCHIO, DIOCESI DI)
Episcopal see of Emilia, in the province of Ferrara, suffragan of Ravenna. Its origin has often been traced back to the 6th century, assigning as the first… -
Comacini, Masters (COMACINI, MAESTRI)
Builders, natives of the ancient diocese of Como. The expression "Magister Comacinus cum colligantes[sic] suis" and "cum consortibus suis" appears for the… -
Comana
An Armenian city of Asia Minor, in the province of Pontus. It was famous in paganism as a city under the theocratic government of the goddess Enyo-Ma; its… -
Comayagua, Diocese of (COMAYAGUA, DIOCESI DI)
COMAYAGUA, DIOCESI di: v. TEGUCIGALPA, DIOCESI di. -
Comba, Emilio
Waldensian pastor and historian, b. at S. Germano Chisone (Pinerolo) on 31 Aug. 1839, d. at Guttanen (Switzerland) on 3 Sept. 1904. After completing his early… -
Comboni, Daniele
Bishop and missionary in Africa, b. at Limone sul Garda (March 15, 1831), he was educated for the priesthood by Nicola Mazza, apostle of charity in Verona. Won… -
Comenius (Komenšky), Jan Amos (COMENIUS (KOMENSKY), GIOVANNI AMOS)
Czech pedagogue, b. at Niunice, in Moravia, on 28 March 1592, d. at Amsterdam on 15 Nov. 1670. LIFE. - The information about his very troubled life is somewhat… -
Comensoli, Gertrude
Born at Biceno on Jan. 10, 1847, died at Bergamo on Feb. 18, 1903. Of a poor family, she worked for 13 years as a domestic servant, giving constant examples of… -
Comes (*Liber Comitis*, *Liber Comicus*) (COMES (*LIBER COMITIS, LIBER COMICUS*))
The C. must originally have been simply a book of private spiritual reading, containing a collection of texts from Holy Scripture and from other devout… -
Comestor, Peter (COMESTORE, PIETRO)
COMESTORE, PIETRO : v. PIETRO COMESTORE. -
Comet (COMETA)
The typical form of a c. (from the Greek κομήτης) consists of a head or coma, which surrounds a brighter nucleus, and of a tail extending in the direction… -
Comgall, Saint (COMGAL, SANTO)
Irish monk of the 6th century, of the Dal Araide, born in 517, he founded around 557 the famous monastery of Bangor on Belfast Lough, where he died in 602.… -
Comillas, Claudio López y Bru, Marquis of (COMILLAS, CLAUDIO LOPEZ Y BRÚ, MARCHESE DI)
B. May 14, 1853 in Barcelona, d. Apr. 18, 1925 in Madrid. The death of his elder brother set him on a life of more intense fervor; but also into a melancholy… -
Comillas, Pontifical Seminary and University of (COMILLAS, SEMINARIO E UNIVERSITÀ PONTIFICIA DI)
Center of ecclesiastical culture in Spain, in the province of Santander, founded, on the suggestion of Fr. Tommaso Gomez, a Jesuit, by the Marquis and… -
Cominform
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Cominform (KOMINFORM)
The dissolution of the Comintern (May 1943) led to a new policy of the communist parties: in the international field to a policy of close collaboration with… -
Comino (Comin), Giuseppe
Venetian bookseller and printer of the 18th century, b. at Cittadella, d. at Padua around 1762. From its foundation (1717) he directed the printing house that… -
Comintern
COMINTERN: v. INTERNAZIONALE. -
Comintern (KOMINTERN)
KOMINTERN : v. INTERNAZIONALE. -
Comita
COMITA: v. COSMA da CARBONIANO. -
Comma Ioanneum (COMMA GIOVANNEO)
Famous verse inserted in the first epistle of St. John concerning the three heavenly witnesses who attest to the divinity of Jesus Christ, one of the classic… -
Commemoration (COMMEMORAZIONE)
Quando di uno o più santi o di una feria, vigilia od ottava non si può recitare l'ufficio e la Messa per l'occorrenza di una festa di rito più elevato, allora… -
Commendation (COMMENDA)
From the letters of Gregory the Great it appears that sometimes, for the needs of the Church, the pope entrusted to a bishop also the government of a second… -
Commendatore di Santo Spirito
It is the title of a prelature instituted by Leo X on 15 Dec. 1515 for the rector of S. Spirito, who thereby lost his hospitaller character and assumed that of… -
Commendone, Giovanni Francesco
Cardinal, nuncio, born in Venice on 17 March 1524 and died in Padua on 25 December 1584; thanks to his solid humanistic and theological training and to his… -
Commentarium Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Sancti Francisci Conventualium
Official organ of the Conventual Friars Minor, published in Rome under the title Notitiae ex Curia Fratrum minorum conventualium from Nov. 1907 (with notices… -
Commentarium Pro Religiosis
A bimonthly journal published in Rome by the missionary Sons of the Heart of Mary (Claretians). It appeared in Jan. 1920 to illustrate everything relating to… -
Commerce (COMMERCIO)
By commerce is meant human activity directed toward the exchange of consumer goods and factors of production. The economic foundation of individual exchange… -
Commer, Ernst
Neo-Thomist philosopher and theologian, b. in Berlin on 18 Feb. 1847, d. in Graz on 24 Apr. 1928. He taught philosophy in Regensburg and Liverpool, apologetics… -
Commissioner (COMMISSARIO)
This name designates one of the senior officials of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, who, assisted by two helpers ("first" and "second companion")… -
Commodian (COMMODIANO)
Concerning this Christian poet, neither the place where he was born nor the age in which he lived is known with certainty. From the epithet Gaseus, which is… -
Commodilla, Cemetery of (COMMODILLA, CIMITERO DI)
Near the via Ostiense: entrance on the present-day via delle Sette Chiese. The name is found in the index of cemeteries (v.). The martyrs venerated in it were… -
Commodus (M. Aurelius Commodus Antoninus), Roman Emperor (COMMODO (M. AURELIUS COMMODUS ANTONINUS), IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Born at Lanuvium on 31 Aug. 161, died at Rome on 31 Dec. 192. Associated in the empire from 176 by his father Marcus Aurelius, he succeeded him in March 180.… -
Common Good (BENE COMUNE)
The concept of the common good has a fundamental importance in Catholic sociology, which recognizes in it the essential and immanent end of society and the… -
Common Life (VITA COMUNE)
In canonistic language it has a twofold meaning. It can indicate: 1) living together under the same roof with mutual relations; 2) the special manner of… -
Common Sense (SENSO COMUNE)
The expression has two principal meanings in philosophy, one psychological, the other epistemological. In psychology, common sense is the internal sense that… -
Commonwealth (COMMONWEAL)
A weekly magazine started on November 12, 1924, in New York by Michael Williams, a brilliant writer and essayist, born in Halifax (Canada) in 1877. It deals… -
Communalies (COMUNALIE)
Also called communa, consorterie, partecipare, università, vicine, they are remnants of collective property that, owing to natural, ethnic and demographic… -
Communal Theory (GEMEINDETHEORIE)
Theory of the "creative collectivity" formulated by the "sociological school," founded by E. Durkheim, heir to the positivism of A. Comte, who made use of the… -
Commune (COMUNE)
In the history of Italy, as also in that of the whole West, the c. [commune] is of great importance, that is, the autonomous government that is constituted not… -
Commune (La) of Paris (COMUNE (LA) DI PARIGI)
Revolutionary movement (18 March-27 May 1871) directed by the "Central Committee of the National Guard." It is linked to the events of the Franco-Prussian War… -
Commune, The, of Paris (COMMUNE, LA, DE PARIS)
COMMUNE, LA, DE PARIS: v. COMUNE, LA, DI PARIGI. -
Communication in Sacred Matters (COMUNICAZIONE NELLE COSE SACRE)
By these terms is meant the participation of Catholics in the sacred ceremonies (prayers, services, sermons, rites) performed by non-Catholics (heretics… -
Communication of Languages (IDIOMI, COMUNICAZIONE DEGLI)
The term "i." which, according to its etymology, means property and in vulgar usage means native tongue, philosophically indicates an attribute proper to a… -
Communication of Privileges (COMUNICAZIONE DEI PRIVILEGI)
COMUNICAZIONE DEI PRIVILEGI: v. PRIVILEGI. -
Communio
It is the antiphon that in the solemn Mass is sung by the choir after the Communion of the celebrant; in all Masses it is simply read by the celebrant himself.… -
Communion of Saints (COMMUNE SANCTORUM)
It is the third of the great parts into which the Roman Missal and Breviary are divided, and it comprises a collection of liturgical formulas (Masses and… -
Communion of Saints (COMUNIONE DEI SANTI)
Article of the Apostles' Creed. SUMMARY: I. Formula of the Creed. - II. Nature of the Communion of Saints. - III. Subject. - IV. Object. - V. Errors. I.… -
Communion of the Tongues (COMUNICAZIONE DEGLI IDIOMI)
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Communism (COMUNISMO)
A name given to several doctrinal currents, not always in agreement with one another, except in their aspiration to make the enjoyment of economic goods… -
Commutation (COMMUTAZIONE)
COMMUTAZIONE: v. LEGATO PIO; SODDISFAZIONE; VOTO. -
Commynes, Philippe de
French historian and politician, b. at Hazebrouck (Flanders) around 1447, d. at Argenton on 18 Oct. 1511. He held various offices, first at the court of… -
Comnenos Papadopulos Ugulos, Niccolò
COMNENOS PAPADOPULOS UGULOS, NICCOLÒ: v. PAPADOPULOS COMNENOS, NICCOLÒ. -
Como, Diocese of (COMO, DIOCESI DI)
In Lombardy it is part of the province of C., and it comprises the whole of that of Sondrio (province 3,123 sq. km.) and also the Marchirolo and Cuvio valleys… -
Compactata
COMPACTATA: v. BOEMI, FRATELLI. -
Compagni, Dino
Born around 1260 in Florence, died February 26, 1324. Enrolled in the Arte della Lana, he upheld the democratic ordinances in collaboration with Giano della… -
Companation (COMPANAZIONE)
COMPANAZIONE: v. BUCARISTIA. -
Companies of Divine Love (AMORE, COMPAGNIE DEL DIVINO)
COMPANIES OF DIVINE LOVE: v. DIVINO AMORE, COMPAGNIE DEL. AMORE and PSYCHE. - The myth of P. (the soul) found poetic expression in books IV-VI of Apuleius'… -
Company of Charity (COMPAGNIA DELLA CARITÀ)
Founded in Rome on 1 January 1519 by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, into which cardinals, prelates of the Curia, merchants and other officials soon entered, who… -
Company of Divine Love (COMPAGNIA DEL DIVINO AMORE)
Although the Compagnie del Divino Amore were generally confraternities, they must nonetheless be kept distinct because they played an important part in that… -
Company of Saint Paul (COMPAGNIA DI SAN PAOLO)
A pious institution, also called the Compagnia della fede cattolica, founded in Turin on 25 January 1563 for the exercise of charity and the defense of… -
Company of Saint Ursula (COMPAGNIA DI SANT'ORSOLA)
Founded at Dôle in France in 1606 by the venerable Anna of Xaintonge, it had a common origin with similar companies that arose in the 16th century. It was… -
Company of the Blessed Virgin Mary (COMPAGNIA DELLA BEATA VERGINE MARIA)
In 1664 in Manila, in the Philippine Islands, near the residence of the Jesuits, a house was opened for pious women, called Devote (Beatas) of the C., under… -
Company of the Daughters of Mary Our Lady (COMPAGNIA DELLE FIGLIE DI MARIA NOSTRA SIGNORA)
Founded by St. Joan of Lestonnac, baroness of Montferrand Landiras, in 1607, it was the first institute in France dedicated to teaching. It spread rapidly… -
Compassionists, Servants of Mary (COMPASSIONISTE, SERVE DI MARIA)
Congregation founded by Sister Maria Maddalena Starace at Castellammare di Stabia in 1871. The sisters devote themselves to the formation of youth in boarding… -
Compensation (COMPENSAZIONE)
Set-off is the extinction, total or partial, of two or more debts (and the corresponding credits) when someone is at the same time creditor and debtor of…