C

2,381 articles · 603 under Co · English index · Indice italiano

Continents (CONTINENTES) Vol. IV, p. 269
CONTINENTES (ABSTINENTES): V. ENCRATITI.
Contingency (CONTINGENZA) Vol. IV, p. 270
CONTINGENZA. — In its generic meaning, c. is that which occurs “as necessary as it is unnecessary or possible” (Aristotle, Anal. Pr., I, 3, 25 a 37). In…
Contini, Giovanbattista Vol. IV, p. 271
CONTINI, GIOVANBATTISTA. – Architect, born in Rome in 1641 and died there in 1723. Rather than from his father Francesco, an architect of very limited abil-…
Continuous (CONTINUO) Vol. IV, p. 271
CONTINUO. – The notion of continuity is connected with that of extension, which is a primitive concept not susceptible to a true definition. Extended is that…
Contius (Le Conte), Antonius Vol. IV, p. 272
CONTIUS (LE CONTE), ANTONIUS. - French jurist, born at Moyon around 1526, died at Bourges in 1577 (or 1586). Professor at Bourges and subsequently at Orléans.…
Contract (CONTRATTO) Vol. IV, p. 274
CONTRACT — I. NOTION. — By legal definition, a contract is the agreement of two or more parties to establish, regulate, or dissolve among themselves a legal…
Contractualism (CONTRATTUALISMO) Vol. IV, p. 277
CONTRACTUALISM. — The doctrine that places the foundation of society and the State in the contract has very ancient origins, since it is already found, in…
Contradiction (CONTRADDIZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 272
CONTRADICTION. — The relation of opposition existing between the affirmation and negation of the same predicate with regard to the same subject, “simultanea…
Contrition (CONTRIZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 279
CONTRIZIONE. – It is the principal act of the virtue of penance, by which the sinner, under the influence of God’s grace, disposes himself for the remission of…
Controversy of C (COSTROVERSIA DI C) Vol. IV, p. 494
CONTROVERSY of C. — This is the customary name for a sacramental controversy that took place in the eighteenth century and originated in the following event. A…
Contucci, Andrea Vol. IV, p. 281
CONTUCCI, ANDREA: v. SANSOVINO, ANDREA.
Contumacy (CONTUMACIA) Vol. IV, p. 281
CONTUMACIA.—Contumacy exists in a proceeding whenever one of the parties, contravening the obligation to appear, remains absent and consequently entirely…
Convalidation (CONVALIDAZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 282
CONVALIDATION. — I. GENERAL NOTIONS. — It is an event subsequent to an annullable juridical act, by which the latter loses that quality and becomes perfected.…
Convent (CONVENTO) Vol. IV, p. 288
CONVENT. — A designation often used, in the vulgar and improper sense, to mean a religious house in general (v. CASA RELIGIOSA). In the strict and specific…
Convent in Lebanon, As-Suwaic (AS-SUVAIC, CONVENTO NEL LIBANO) Vol. II, p. 152
AS-SUVAIC, CONVENT in LEBANON: v. SUVAIR.
Convention of September (CONVENZIONE DI SETTEMBRE) Vol. IV, p. 288
CONVENZIONE di SETTEMBRE. — Italo-French diplomatic act signed in Paris on 15 Sept. 1864 with the aim of finding a solution, if only a temporary one, to the…
Conventuals (CONVENTUALI) Vol. IV, p. 288
CONVENTUALI: v. FRATI MINORI CONVENI-TUALI.
Conversano Vol. IV, p. 289
CONVERSANO - Trulli of Alberobello. of the related notification dispatch and the abrupt termination of all discussion on the matter. In a protest to the…
Conversano, Diocese of (CONVERSANO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 289
CONVERSANO, diocese of. — A suffragan diocese of Bari, perhaps originating at ancient Norba; it was a Roman colony, then a municipium, and was subsequently…
Conversi Vol. IV, p. 290
CONVERSI : v. RELIGIOSI.
Conversion (CONVERSIONE) Vol. IV, p. 290
CONVERSION. — A term derived from the Latin convertere (to turn, to direct), which in theological language generally means the return of the soul that has gone…
Convivium Vol. IV, p. 291
CONVIVIUM. – Bimonthly journal of literature, philosophy, and history founded in Turin in 1929 by Carlo Calcaterra, Paolo Ubaldi, and Luigi Stefanini. It is…
Convocations (CONVOCAZIONI (CONVOCATIONS)) Vol. IV, p. 291
CONVOCAZIONI (CONVOCATIONS). - This is the name given in the Anglican Church to the ecclesiastical assemblies of the Upper House (bishops) and the Lower House…
Convulsionaries of Saint Médard (CONVULSIONARI DI SAN MEDARDO) Vol. IV, p. 291
CONVULSIONARIES OF SAINT MEDARD. — A complex of paranormal phenomena that occurred during the eighteenth century in Paris, in the small cemetery adjoining the…
Conwell, Henry Vol. IV, p. 292
CONWELL, HENRY. - Second bishop of Philadelphia, b. at Moneymore, Londonderry, in 1745, d. there on 22 Apr. 1842. Ordained priest in 1776, parish priest of…
Conza Vol. IV, p. 292
CONZA. — It is ancient Compsa, in the land of the Hirpini. Having passed from Roman to Gothic, Byzantine, and Lombard rule, in 1076 it became part of the…
Cook, Apostolic Vicariate of the Islands (COOK, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLE ISOLE) Vol. IV, p. 292
COOK, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of the ISLANDS. - The evangelization of the C. Islands began in 1894 through the work of the Picpus Fathers, hindered by the…
Cooperation (COOPERAZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 292
COOPERATION. — I. COOPERATION IN EVIL OR IN SIN. 1. Notion and divisions. — C. is etymologically connected with the Latin verb «cooperor» = simul operor and…
Cooperation and Cooperatives (COOPERAZIONE E COOPERATIVE) Vol. IV, p. 294
COOPERAZIONE e COOPERATIVE: v. MUTUALITÀ.
Copenhagen (COPENAGHEN (KØBENHAVN)) Vol. IV, p. 295
COPENAGHEN (KØBENHAVN). — Etymologically “merchants’ harbor,” it is the royal and governmental seat, the capital city and the see of the Apostolic Vicar of…
Copernico, Niccolò Vol. IV, p. 296
COPERNICO, NICCOLÒ. – Astronomer and canon, b. on 19 February 1473 at Thorn (Torun) in western Prussia to Niccolò and Barbara Watzelrode; d. at Frauenburg on…
Coppi, Antonio Vol. IV, p. 297
COPPI, ANTONIO. - Historian, b. 22 Apr. 1783 at Andezeno (Turin), d. 26 Feb. 1870 at Rome. He studied literature and philosophy at the College of Chieri.…
Coppo di Marcovaldo Vol. IV, p. 297
COPPO di MARCOVALDO. – Florentine painter. Taken prisoner by the Sienese during the battle of Montaperti (1260), he painted, to ransom himself from captivity,…
Coppée, François-Édouard-Joachim (COPPÉE, FRANÇOIS-EDOUARD-JOACHIM) Vol. IV, p. 296
COPPÉE, FRANÇOIS-EDOUARD-JOACHIM. - French poet, born in Paris on Jan. 12, 1842, died there on Jan. 23, 1908. (from the Nikolaja Kopernika Album, Varnicia…
Copts (COPTI) Vol. IV, p. 297
COPTS. - The name Copts derives from the Greek Αἰγύπτιοι, which the Arabs turned into Qibt. CONTENTS: I. Religious History. - II. The Literature of the Coptic…
Coquilhatville, Apostolic Vicariate of (COQUILHATVILLE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. IV, p. 306
COQUILHATVILLE, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. – The designation derives from Coquilhat, the name of the founder of the city of C. (Belgian Congo), currently its…
Cor Arca Legem Continens Vol. IV, p. 311
« COR ARCA LEGEM CONTINENS ». – Hymn of Lauds for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The heart is the seat of love; in his heart, pierced by the lance,…
Coral (CORALLO) Vol. IV, p. 307
CORALLO. — The working of coral for artistic purposes was characteristic of the peoples of the Mediterranean basin from the earliest times. Although there are…
Corazzini, Sergio Vol. IV, p. 311
CORAZZINI, SERGIO. - Poet, b. in Rome on 6 February 1886, d. there on 18 June 1907. The same friends who supported him during his life oversaw, after his…
Corban (CORBAN (EBR. QORBĀN, GR. ΚΟΡΒΆΝ; VOLG. CORBAN E CORBONA)) Vol. IV, p. 311
CORBAN (Heb. qorbān, Gr. κορβάν; Vulg. corban and corbona). - In Hebrew c., like its Akkadian counterpart qurbān, means “offering” or, according to its…
Corbie Vol. IV, p. 311
CORBIE. — A town situated near the confluence of the Encre and the Somme, 15 km from Amiens, in the department of the Somme, in Picardy (France). Clotaire III…
Corbinian, Saint (CORBINIANO, SANTO) Vol. IV, p. 312
CORBINIANO, saint. - Bishop, one of the evangelizers of Germany, born at Châtres-Arpajon near Melun under the reign of Clotario III, about 670. As a young man,…
Corblin, Jules (CORBLET, JULES) Vol. IV, p. 312
CORBLET, JULES. – Priest, born at Roy (Somme) on 16 June 1819, died at Versailles on 29 April 1886. In 1857 he founded the Revue de l'art chrétien, which he…
Corboli-Bussi, Giovanni Vol. IV, p. 312
CORBOLI-BUSSI, GIOVANNI. - Prelate and diplomat, b. at Urbino on 29 Sept. 1813, d. at Rome on 9 July 1850. He was the son of Curzio and Costanza of the…
Cordara, Giulio Cesare Vol. IV, p. 313
CORDARA, GIULIO CESARE. – Jesuit, born at Alessandria di Piemonte on 16 December 1704, died there on 6 March 1785. Having devoted himself to literary studies,…
Cordemoy, Géraud de Vol. IV, p. 313
CORDEMOY, GÉRAUD de. – French philosopher and historian, born in Paris around 1620, died there on 8 October 1684. In the work Discernement de l’âme et du corps…
Cordoni, Bartolomeo da Città di Castello, Blessed (CORDONI, BARTOLOMEO DA CITTÀ DI CASTELLO, BEATO) Vol. IV, p. 314
CORDONI, BARTOLOMEO da CITTÀ DI CASTELLO, blessed. — An Observant Minor of the Umbrian province, born in 1471 of a noble family, he died near Tunis in 1535,…
Corelli, Arcangelo Vol. IV, p. 318
CORELLI, ARCANGELO. – Violinist and composer, born in Fusignano on 17 February 1653, died in Rome on 8 January 1713. In 1677 he was received in Rome into the…
Corelli, Maria Vol. IV, p. 318
CORELLI, MARIA. - English writer, adopted daughter of Ch. Mackay, b. at Bayswater in 1864, d. at Stratford-on-Avon in 1924. She wrote many works, including: A…
Corenzio, Belisario Vol. IV, p. 321
CORENZIO, BELISARIO. — Painter of Greek origin, born in Acaia in the province of Lecce around 1560 and died after 1640. He seems to have studied under…
Corepiscopus (COREPISCOPO) Vol. IV, p. 321
COREPISCOPO. — The c., or bishop of the countryside (from χώρα = district, and ἐπίσωπος = bishop), formerly governed in the East a rural ecclesiastical…
Coresi Vol. IV, p. 322
CORESI. – Romanian deacon, born ca. 1525 and died in 1600, from an Italo-Greek family that had come from Chios to Wallachia. He was the father of the religious…
Corfinio (San Pelino) Vol. IV, p. 322
CORFINIO (SAN PELINO). – On the Via Valeria in the land of the Peligni. The passio Pelini or Peligni (BHL, 6620–21) was composed by a forger in the 11th…
Corfu, Zante and Cephalonia, Diocese of (CORFÙ, ZANTE E CEFALONIA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 322
CORFÙ, ZANTE and CEFALONIA, DIOCESE of. - According to tradition, the Gospel was preached by Jason, a disciple of the apostle Paul (Act. 17, 5-9; Rom. 16, 21),…
Corgna, Ascanio della Vol. IV, p. 322
CORGNA, ASCANIO della. – He was a valiant captain and military architect, at the head of the papal troops under Giulio III. Favorable to the imperial party and…
Corgna, Fulvio (Giulio) della Vol. IV, p. 322
CORGNA, FULVIO (GIULIO) della. – Cardinal, son of Francia and Iacopa del Monte, sister of Giulio III, and brother of Ascanio, he belonged to the Order of the…
Coria Vol. IV, p. 323
CORIA – Cathedral Choir (15th century). to vice. Paul, in the First Canonical Epistle, also wishes to correct this rigorist interpretation. I. OCCASION. — 1…
Coria, Diocese of (CORIA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 322
CORIA, DIOCESE of. - A city of Spain, suffragan to Toledo, situated on the eastern borders of Portugal. There is no information concerning the religious life…
Corinth (Kórinthos, Corinthus) (CORINTO (ΚΌΡΙΝΘΟΣ, CORINTHUS)) Vol. IV, p. 327
CORINTH (Κόρινθος, Corinthus). - A city of the Peloponnese, capital of the Roman province of Achaia, famous not only for its wealth, splendor, and corruption…
Corio Vol. IV, p. 328
CORIO: v. KORIUM.
Corippus, Flavius Cresconius (CORIPPO, FLAVIO CRESCONIO) Vol. IV, p. 328
CORIPPO, FLAVIO CRESCONIO. - Formerly a teacher of grammar in a municipality of Africa, he subsequently went to Carthage. In 549 or 550 he published an epic…
Cork, Diocese of (CORK, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 328
CORK, DIOCESI di. — In Éire (Ireland), suffragan of Cashel. The name derives from the Gaelic corcach (market). The origin of the diocese dates back to the…
Cormier, Hyacinthe-Marie (CORMIER, HYACVNTHE-MARIE) Vol. IV, p. 329
CORMIER, HYACVNTHE-MARIE. - Dominican, b. at Orléans on 8 Dec. 1832, d. at Rome on 17 Dec. 1916. A religious from 1856, after making his profession at S.…
Cornacchini, Agostino Vol. IV, p. 329
CORNACCHINI, AGOSTINO. - Sculptor, b. at Pescia in 1685 and d. at Rome shortly after 1740. A pupil of G. B. Foggini, he embraced Baroque in its pictorial and…
Cornaggia-Medici Castiglioni, Carlo Ottavio Vol. IV, p. 329
CORNAGGIA-MEDICI CASTIGLIONI, CARLO OTTAVIO. – Senator, born in Milan on 6 December 1851, died there on 10 April 1905. Deputy for Milan in the XXII and XXIII…
Corneille, Pierre Vol. IV, p. 330
CORNEILLE, PIERRE. - Tragic poet, b. at Rouen on 6 June 1606, d. in Paris on 30 Sept. 1684. His biography, scarcely eventful, offers the vigorous profile of an…
Cornejo Pedrosa, Pietro de Vol. IV, p. 331
CORNEJO PEDROSA, PIETRO de. - Carmelite theologian, b. in 1566 at Salamanca, d. there on 31 March 1618. Appointed holder of one of the chairs of philosophy at…
Cornelisse, Doroteo Vol. IV, p. 333
CORNELISSE, DOROTEO. – Franciscan theologian, born in Steenbergen (Netherlands) on 21 September 1865, died in Nijmegen on 31 December 1940. He successfully…
Cornelius (CORNELIO) Vol. IV, p. 331
CORNELIO. — Roman centurion stationed at Caesarea in Palestine, converted to Christianity through God’s direct intervention and admitted to baptism by St.…
Cornelius a Lapide (Cornelis Cornelis-Sen van den Steen) (CORNELIO A LAPIDE (CORNELIS CORNELIS-SEN VAN DEN STEEN)) Vol. IV, p. 333
CORNELIO a LAPIDE (CORNELIS CORNELIS-SEN van den STEEN). – Celebrated exegete, born at Bocholt (Belgian province of Limburg) on 18 December 1567, died in Rome…
Cornelius, Karl Adam Vol. IV, p. 333
CORNELIUS, KARL ADAM. – German historian, born in Würzburg on 12 March 1819, died in Munich on 10 February 1903. After teaching for some time at the Braunsberg…
Cornelius, Pope (CORNELIO, PAPA) Vol. IV, p. 331
CORNELIO, PAPA. - The Lib. Pont. (I, p. 150), in his biography calls him « natione Romanus »; G. B. De Rossi considered him a relative rather than a client…
Cornely, Karl Joseph Rudolph Vol. IV, p. 333
CORNELY, KARL JOSEPH RUDOLPH. – Distinguished Jesuit exegete, b. at Breyell in the Rhineland on 19 Apr. 1830, d. at Trier on 3 March 1908. He lived for three…
Corner, Luigi (Alvise) (CORNARO, LUIGI (ALVISE)) Vol. IV, p. 329
CORNARO, LUIGI (ALVISE). – He belonged to the illustrious Corner family. Born in Venice in 1475 and died in Padua on 8 January 1566. Passionate about…
Cornice Vol. IV, p. 333
CORNICE. — In addition to being a decorative complement to an object, and particularly to a painting, the c. is also, according to a more strictly aesthetic…
Cornoldi, Giovanni Vol. IV, p. 334
CORNOLDI, GIOVANNI. — Jesuit, one of the principal restorers of Thomism in Italy, born in Venice on 29 September 1822, died in Rome on 18 January 1892.…
Cornomania (CORNOMÀNIA) Vol. IV, p. 334
CORNOMÀNIA. – A Roman popular festival that took place on Saturday afternoon in albis at the Lateran in the presence of the pope and then continued in the…
Cornouailles, Diocese of (CORNOUAILLES, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 335
CORNOUAILLES, DIOCESI di: v. QUIMPER, DIOCESI di.
Cornubiensis, Iohannes (John of Cornwall) (GIOVANNI DI CORNOVAGLIA (IOHANNES CORNUBIENIS)) Vol. VI, p. 341
GIOVANNI of CORNOVAGLIA (Iohannes Cornubienis). - Twelfth-century theologian, d. ca. 1176. Little is known of his life; even his place of origin is uncertain,…
Coro Vol. IV, p. 335
CORO. – With the term χερός, the Greeks originally designated the group of dancers who sang the dithyramb around the altar of Dionysus; later, the term came to…
Coro, Diocese of (CORO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 339
CORO, diocese of. — In the Republic of Venezuela. Erected by Pius XI on 1 October 1922, this diocese had already been erected once before by Clement VII on 21…
Coron Vol. IV, p. 340
CORON. - Today Korōnē, a city of the Peloponnese, formerly the seat of a Greek bishopric, mentioned for the first time at the Council of Ephesus (431), and of…
Corona Vol. IV, p. 340
CORONA. — This term refers to a particular form of prayer in which the Pater and the Ave Maria are recited repeatedly, guided by beads strung together on a…
Coronated (CORONATO) Vol. IV, p. 343
CORONATO. – A notary who in the eighth century wrote a legendary life of s. Zenone of Verona, which shortly afterward was abridged by an unknown author into an…
Coronation (INCORONAZIONE) Vol. VI, p. 1027
CORONATION. — Ceremony by which a sovereign is invested with his dignity through the imposition of the crown, symbol of power. The term c. generally also…
Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria Vol. IV, p. 343
CORONELLI, VINCENZO MARIA. - Cartographer and geographer, b. in Venezia on 16 Aug. 1650, d. there on 9 Dec. 1718. He entered the Conventual Minors at a very…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Vol. IV, p. 343
COROT, JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE. - Painter, born in Paris on 16 July 1796, died there on 22 February 1875. Encouraged by the painter A. E. Michallon, he studied…
Corozain Vol. IV, p. 343
COROZAIN. – A city of Galilee visited several times by the Savior, but which did not receive his message and was included, together with Cafarnao and…
Corpi Santi Vol. IV, p. 343
CORPI SANTI. — These are understood to be those bodies which were taken from ancient cemeteries and placed in veneration as the bodies of previously unknown…
Corporal (CORPORALE) Vol. IV, p. 353
CORPORALE. – It is a square of linen on which the Eucharistic Species and the sacred vessels are placed. Its name derives from the office of gathering up the…
Corporation (CORPORAZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 356
CORPORAZIONE. – It may be defined as the voluntary and organized association of those who practice the same profession, with the purpose of facilitating their…
Corporativism (CORPORATIVISMO) Vol. IV, p. 353
CORPORATIVISM. – The term c. may be understood to mean every theoretical tendency and every legislative and practical implementation aimed at organizing…
Corpus Apologetarum Vol. IV, p. 361
CORPUS APOLOGETARUM: v. PATROLOGIA.
Corpus Berolinense Vol. IV, p. 361
CORPUS BEROLINENSE: v. PATROLOGIA.
Corpus Catholicorum Vol. IV, p. 361
CORPUS CATHOLICORUM. – An ordered and complete collection of the historical-apologetic-dogmatic writings of Catholic authors of the sixteenth century…
Corpus Christi, Diocese of (CORPUS CHRISTI, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 361
CORPUS CHRISTI, DIOCESE of. - City in the State of Texas (USA) and seat of a diocese suffragan to S. Antonio. It comprises an area of approximately 22,000 sq.…
Corpus Domas Jejunii (CORPUS DOMAS JEJUNIIS) Vol. IV, p. 361
« CORPUS DOMAS JEJUNIIS ». — Hymn of Matins for the Office of s. Giovanni Canzio, by an unknown author, composed for his canonization, which took place in…
Corpus Domini Vol. IV, p. 362
CORPUS DOMINI – Procession of Corpus Christi in Paris in the 15th century. Drawing from a miniature in the Missal of the Jouvenel des Ursins (15th century),…
Corpus Inscriptionum Vol. IV, p. 363
CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM. — Corpus means a general collection. Many general collections of inscriptions have been made for antiquity. Of those embracing both…
Corpus Juris Canonici (CORPUS IURIS CANONICI) Vol. IV, p. 365
CORPUS IURIS CANONICI. — The term corpus indicates a collection of documents; “corpus iuris” is a collection of legal documents, especially when arranged in…
Corpus Juris Civilis (CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS) Vol. IV, p. 367
CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS. – Since the time of the Glossators, this expression has been used to designate the various parts of Justinian’s legislation, thereby…
Corpus Reformatorum Vol. IV, p. 371
CORPUS REFORMATORUM. — Since the nineteenth century, this title has designated a grand collection of the works of the writers of the Reformation. Still in the…
Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum Vol. IV, p. 371
CORPUS SCRIPTORUM ECCLESIASTICORUM LATINORUM: v. PATROLOGIA.
Corpus Scriptorum Orientalium Vol. IV, p. 371
CORPUS SCRIPTORUM ORIENTALIUM: v. PATROLOGIA.
Corradini, Antonio Vol. IV, p. 371
CORRADINI, ANTONIO. - Sculptor, born in Este toward the end of the 17th century, died in Naples on 12 August 1752. An excellent decorator, he owed the full…
Corradini, Pietro Marcellino Vol. IV, p. 371
CORRADINI, PIETRO MARCELLINO. - Cardinal, b. at Sezze in 1658, d. at Rome on 8 Feb. 1743. Of humble origin, he won in the Curia a reputation as an excellent…
Corrado d'Ascoli, Blessed (CORRADO D'ASCOLI, BEATO) Vol. IV, p. 372
CORRADO d'ASCOLI, Blessed. - Franciscan, born at Ascoli on 18 Sept. 1234 to the nobles Francesco Milani and Agnese Saladini, died there on 17 Apr. 1289. A…
Corrado dell'Assunta Vol. IV, p. 372
CORRADO dell'ASSUNTA. - Discalced Carmelite and missionary, in the world Giov. Pietro Dinnard, b. in Vienna on 15 Oct. 1654. He professed the Carmelite…
Corrado of Brundelsheim (CORRADO DI BRUNDELSHEIM) Vol. IV, p. 372
CORRADO di BRUNDELSHEIM. — Abbot (by surname Soccus = perhaps Schul) of the Cistercian monastery of Heilsbronn (v.) or Fons salutis (diocese of Bamberg), died…
Corrado, Saint (CORRADO, SANTO) Vol. IV, p. 372
CORRADO, saint. — Bishop of Constance. His noble parents entrusted him to the clergy of the cathedral of Constance, and Bishop Notingo (920–34) chose him as…
Correction of Sentences (CORREZIONE DELLE SENTENZE) Vol. IV, p. 383
CORRECTION OF JUDGMENTS. — The c. of j. is the special procedure provided by law for correcting a judgment affected by a material error. For it to be available…
Correctors (CORRETTORI) Vol. IV, p. 382
CORRECTORIA. — Polemical writings by Franciscans and Dominicans concerning the doctrine of s. Thomas during the 25 years after his death. The Franciscan…
Correggio, Antonio Allegri, Known as Il (CORREGGIO, ANTONIO ALLEGRI, DETTO IL) Vol. IV, p. 380
CORREGGIO, ANTONIO ALLEGRI, detto il. — Born in Correggio near Reggio Emilia before 30 August 1489, died there on 5 March 1534. He perhaps began his artistic…
Correggio, Giorgio (CORESSION, GIORGIO) Vol. IV, p. 322
CORESSION, GIORGIO. – Dissident Greek theologian, b. at Chios in 1554 and d. around 1654. He attended the Universities of Pisa and Padua, practised medicine in…
Correr, Antonio Vol. IV, p. 381
CORRER, ANTONIO. – Cardinal, born in Venice in 1369. He was the nephew of Angelo C., later Pope Gregorio XII, and lived with the religious of S. Giorgio in…
Corrida Vol. IV, p. 384
CORRIDA: v. SPORT.
Corrigan, Michael Augustine Vol. IV, p. 384
CORRIGAN, MICHAEL AUGUSTINE. - Archbishop, b. at Newark (New Jersey), 13 Aug. 1839, d. at New York, 5 May 1900. President of Seton Hall College and vicar…
Corruption (CORRUZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 384
CORRUZIONE: v. FUNZIONARI; MINORENNI.
Corruption of Minors (MINORENNI, CORRUZIONE DI) Vol. VIII, p. 637
MINORS, CORRUPTION by. — The corruption of minors is understood as the action of one who commits acts of lust with persons below an age averaging around 16…
Corsi, Cosimo Vol. IV, p. 384
CORSI, COSIMO. — Cardinal, b. at Firenze on 10 June 1798, d. at Agnano on 7 Oct. 1870. A page of Elisa Bonaparte, he later entered the clergy; appointed…
Corsi, Francesco Vol. IV, p. 384
CORSI, FRANCESCO. - Missionary in India, born at Pistoia in 1568, died at Agra on 1 Aug. 1636. He entered the Society of Jesus in Rome in 1587 and, after the…
Corsica Vol. IV, p. 384
CORSICA. — In extent, it is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean, although covering less than half the area of the two largest (8722 sq km).…
Corsini, Edoardo Vol. IV, p. 391
CORSINI, EDOARDO. — Piarist, born in Fanano, in the locality of Felicarolo, on 4 October 1702; died in Pisa on 30 November 1765. An illustrious polymath, he…
Corsini, Family (CORSINI, FAMIGLIA) Vol. IV, p. 391
CORSINI, FAMIGLIA. — It is recorded in Florence as early as 1271 (enrolled in the Wool Guild); in the following century it attained great wealth, providing the…
Corte (Corti, Curte), Niccolò da Vol. IV, p. 394
CORTE (CORTI, CURTE), NICCOLÒ da. - Sculptor, born at Cima di Valsolda (Lugano), at an unknown date; died at Granada in 1552. In Genoa in 1530 he executed the…
Cortenovis, Gherardo Vol. IV, p. 394
CORTENOVIS, GHERARDO. - Barnabite missionary, apostolic vicar of Ava and Pegu, b. at Bergamo on 28 Oct. 1729. Having become a Barnabite in 1748, he first…
Cortenovis, Marcello Vol. IV, p. 394
CORTENOVIS, MARCELLO. – Barnabite missionary and naturalist, born in Bergamo in 1732. Brother of Gherardo (v.) and of four other Barnabites, he departed for…
Cortese, Gregorio Vol. IV, p. 395
CORTESE, GREGORIO. - Cardinal, reformer of the Benedictines, and theologian, in secular life Giovan Battista Andrea, born at Modena in 1483 and died at Rome on…
Cortese, Paolo Vol. IV, p. 395
CORTESE, PAOLO. - Humanist, born in Rome in 1465 to a family originally from S. Geminiano, died in 1510. A friend of Pico della Mirandola and Poliziano, he was…
Cortese, Tiburzio Vol. IV, p. 395
CORTESE, TIBURZIO. - Bishop, b. at Modena in 1738, d. there on 30 Dec. 1823. Elected bishop of his city in 1786, he devoted himself to the education of the…
Corti, Bonaventura Vol. IV, p. 395
CORTI, BONAVENTURA. – Ecclesiastic and naturalist, born at Scandiano (Emilia) on 26 February 1729, died at Reggio Emilia on 30 January 1813. He was professor…
Cortie, Aloysius (CORTIE, ALOVSIUS) Vol. IV, p. 395
CORTIE, ALOVSIUS. – Jesuit, astronomer, b. in London on 22 April 1859, d. at Stonyhurst on 16 May 1925. From 1891 he was a member of the R. Astronomical…
Cortivo, Giovanni Battista Vol. IV, p. 395
CORTIVO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. – Augustinian theologian, b. in Fiume in 1607, d. in Vienna in 1787. Professor of theology and philosophy, and an uncommon…
Cortés, Hernán Vol. IV, p. 394
CORTÉS, HERNÁN. - B. at Medellín in 1485, d. at Siviglia on 2 Dec. 1547. Ambitious and avid for glory and adventure, in 1504 he was at S. Domingo, and in 1511…
Corumbà, Diocese of (CORUMBÀ, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 396
CORUMBÀ, DIOCESE of. - Situated in the western part of the State of Mato Grosso, in Brazil, suffragan of the archdiocese of Cuiabà, with an area of…
Corvinus, Matthias (CORVINO, MATTIA) Vol. IV, p. 396
CORVINO, MATTIA. — Born perhaps in 1440 at Cluj to Giovanni Hunyadi, Hungarian regent; the premature death of his father (1456) opened the way to dynastic and…
Corybantes (CORIBANTI) Vol. IV, p. 323
CORIBANTI. – Minor Greek divinities, perhaps pre-Hellenic, originating in Phrygia. The Greeks said that they were either autochthonous, or sons of the Idaean…
Cosenza, Archdiocese of (COSENZA, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 405
COSENZA, ARCHDIOCESE of. — C., the ancient metropolis of Brutium, on the far northern spurs of the Sila, at the confluence of the Crati and the Busento,…
Cosimo I, II, and III de' Medici (COSIMO I, II E III DE' MEDICI) Vol. IV, p. 406
COSIMO I, II e III de' MEDICI: v. MEDICI, FAMIGLIA.
Cosma da Carboniano (Der Gomidas Kennmurjian), Blessed (COSMA DA CARBONIANO (DER GOMIDAS KENNMURGIAN), BEATO) Vol. IV, p. 406
COSMA da CARBONIANO (Der Gomidas Kennmurgian), blessed. — Armenian, born in Constantinople in 1656; died in 1707. Married and parish priest of the dissident…
Cosmas Indicopleustes (COSMA INDICOPLEUSTE) Vol. IV, p. 406
COSMA INDICOPLEUSTE. – Byzantine writer of the first half of the 6th century. Born in Egypt, he was initially a merchant, and around 520 travelled in East…
Cosmas of Prague (COSMA DA PRAGA) Vol. IV, p. 407
COSMA da PRAGA. - Bohemian priest and chronicler, b. c. 1045 in Praga, d. there in 1125. He was in Liegi, then in Germany, and subsequently, in 1092, in Rome.…
Cosmas of Santo Stefano (COSMA DI SANTO STEFANO) Vol. IV, p. 407
COSMA di SANTO STEFANO. – Carmelite, better known by the name of Cosma de Villiers, born in St-Denis (near Paris) on 8 September 1683, he was professor of…
Cosmas Presbyter Vol. IV, p. 408
COSMAS PRESBYTER. - Bulgarian author of the 10th century. He composed a treatise against the Bogomils (v.) of the first Bulgarian empire, which is our…
Cosmas the Melodist (COSMA IL MELODE) Vol. IV, p. 407
COSMA il MELODE. — The date and place of C.’s birth are unknown; it is known only that he was the brother of Giovanni Damasceno and that, in his father’s…
Cosmati Vol. IV, p. 408
COSMATI. - This generic designation includes the marble-workers active in Rome, in various localities of Lazio, and generally in central Italy, from the…
Cosmetic Surgery (CHIRURGIA ESTETICA) Vol. III, p. 903
AESTHETIC SURGERY. — In the broad sense, this means that branch of surgery concerned with improving patients’ appearance by correcting anatomical imperfection…
Cosmo da Castelfranco Vol. IV, p. 410
COSMO da CASTELFRANCO: v. PIAZZA, PAOLO.
Cosmogony (COSMOGONIA) Vol. IV, p. 410
COSMOGONY. - It is the complex of doctrines that explain the origin and formation of the universe. The problem of the origin of the world and of man has…
Cosmology (COSMOLOGIA) Vol. IV, p. 415
COSMOLOGIA. — From the Greek κόσμος (world) and λόγος (discourse), it is the branch of natural philosophy that studies corporeal being in general and the…
Cosmopolitanism (COSMOPOLITISMO) Vol. IV, p. 419
COSMOPOLITANISM. – The etymological derivation of the term (from cósmos and pólis) also expresses its concept. C. is that conception which regards man as a…
Cossa (Coscia), Baldassare, Antipope (COSSA (COSCIA), BALDASSARE, ANTIPAPA) Vol. IV, p. 420
COSSA (COSCIA), BALDASSARE, ANTIPOPE. — Of a noble Neapolitan family. Hostile legends spread concerning his youth; it is certain that he was a familiar of…
Cossa, Francesco del Vol. IV, p. 421
COSSA, FRANCESCO del: v. DEL COSSA, FRANCESCO.
Cossart, Gabriel Vol. IV, p. 421
COSSART, GABRIEL. — Jesuit, sacred orator, poet, and canonist. Born at Pontoise on 22 Nov. 1615, died on 18 Sept. 1674 at the College of Clermont in Paris,…
Cost of Living Index (SCALA MOBILE) Vol. XI, p. 29
SCALA MOBILE. – This is the legal technical instrument for preserving over time the purchasing power of the working and clerical classes intact with respect to…
Costa Rica Vol. IV, p. 458
COSTA RICA. — I. GEOGRAPHY. — The smallest of the Central American republics facing both oceans: 50,000 sq. km (the relevant figures are not very reliable),…
Costa y Llobera, Miquel (COSTA Y LLOBERA, MIGUEL) Vol. IV, p. 459
COSTA Y LLOBERA, MIGUEL. — Priest and one of the most representative contemporary Catalan poets, born in Pollensa (Balearic Islands) on 10 March 1854, died in…
Costa, Lorenzo Vol. IV, p. 421
COSTA, LORENZO. - Painter, b. in Ferrara around 1460, d. in Mantua on May 3, 1535. He was a pupil in his native city of Cosmé Tura, as the St. Sebastian in…
Costadoni, Anselmo Vol. IV, p. 422
COSTADONI, ANSELMO. - Learned Camaldolese monk (in the world Giovanni Domenico), born in Venezia on 6 October 1714, died there on 23 January 1785. He professed…
Costanzo, Camillo, Blessed (COSTANZO, CAMILLO, BEATO) Vol. IV, p. 456
COSTANZO, CAMILLO, blessed. - Martyr in Japan, born at Motta Bovalina (diocese of Gerace) in Cala- bria, in 1572; having taken part, in the troops of Ambrogio…
Coster, Laurens Vol. IV, p. 459
COSTER, LAURENS. - Dutch from Haarlem (his real name was Janszoon), who lived in the middle of the COSTA RICA - 1) State borders; 2) Ecclesiastical district…
Costolone Vol. IV, p. 461
COSTOLONE. – This is the name given to the arch generally placed diagonally, which constitutes the load-bearing framework of vaults. This principle was not…
Cotelier, Jean-Baptiste Vol. IV, p. 462
COTELIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - Philologist, born at Nîmes in 1627, died in Paris on 12 Aug. 1686. From childhood he showed exceptional aptitude for study and…
Coton, Pierre Vol. IV, p. 462
COTON, PIERRE. - Jesuit, controversialist, b. at Néronde (Loire) on 7 March 1564; d. at Paris on 19 March 1626. First a preacher in southern France, where he…
Cotta Vol. IV, p. 462
COTTA. – A white tunic worn by priests in rites not associated with Mass, and by clerics. Christian liturgy always required ecclesiastics, without distinction,…
Couderc, Marie-Victoire-Thérèse, Venerable (COUDERC, MARIE-VICTOIRE-THÉRÈSE, VENERABILE) Vol. IV, p. 467
COUDERC, MARIE-VICTOIRE-THÉRÈSE, venerable. - Co-foundress of the Institute of Our Lady of the Retreat at the Cenacle (v. SUORE DEL CENACOLO), b. at…
Coudrin, Pierre-Marie-Joseph Vol. IV, p. 467
COUDRIN, PIERRE-MARIE-JOSEPH. – Born at Coussay-les-Bois (Poitiers) on 1 March 1768, died in Paris on 27 March 1837. After studying at the college of…
Coulibeaux, Jean-Baptiste (COULBEAUX, JEAN-BAPTISTE) Vol. IV, p. 467
COULBEAUX, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - Lazarist missionary in East Africa, b. in 1843 and d. in Paris on 22 Oct. 1921. He reached Africa at only twenty-seven years of age…
Council (CONCILIO) Vol. IV, p. 118
COUNCIL. — I. ORIGIN. — The rise of heresies in the second century A.D. imposed upon the bishops the necessity of assembling in meetings to legislate…
Council of State (CONSIGLIO DI STATO) Vol. IV, p. 250
CONSIGLIO DI STATO. – The C. di S., which passed from the legislation of the Kingdom of Piemonte (itself an imitator of Napoleonic legislation), with…
Councils of Attigny-sur-Aisne (ATTIGNY-SUR-AISNE, CONCILI D') Vol. II, p. 221
ATTIGNY-SUR-AISNE, CONCILI d'. - Nothing in particular is known of the First Council of A., except that it was held in 765, with the participation of about…
Counsel, Gift of (CONSIGLIO, DONO DEL) Vol. IV, p. 249
COUNSEL, GIFT OF. — One of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is classified among the intellectual gifts, since it illumines the intellect. It is the gift…
Counsellors of Nunciature (CONSIGLIERI DI NUNZIATURA) Vol. IV, p. 249
CONSIGLIERI DI NUNZIATURA: V. NUNZIATURA.
Count Marcellino (CONTE MARCELLINO) Vol. IV, p. 260
CONTE MARCELLINO : v. MARCELLINO COMES.
Count Palatine (Of the Sacred Palace) (CONTE PALATINO (DEL SACRO PALAZZO)) Vol. IV, p. 267
COUNT PALATINE (OF THE SACRED PALACE). — An honorific title by which popes, emperors, and sovereigns honored deserving persons. This title derived its origin…
Counter-Reformation (CONTRORIFORMA) Vol. IV, p. 281
CONTRORIFORMA: v. RIFORMA CATTOLICA.
Couperin, Family (COUPERIN, FAMIGLIA) Vol. IV, p. 467
COUPERIN, FAMIGLIA. – Descendants of a MATHURIN C. from the beginning of the 17th century, the C., like the Bach family, were a family of fervent musical…
Couplet, Philippe Vol. IV, p. 468
COUPLET, PHILIPPE. – Missionary in China, born at Malines (Belgium) on 31 May 1622; he entered the Society of Jesus there on 11 October 1640 and departed for…
Courland (CURLANDIA) Vol. IV, p. 642
CURLANDIA: V. LETTONIA.
Courtecuisse (Brievcuisse, Breviscoxa), Jean (COURTECUISSE (BRIÈVECUISSE, BREVISCOXA), JEAN) Vol. IV, p. 468
COURTECUISSE (BRIÈVECUISSE, Breviscoxa), JEAN. — Born at Haleine (Orne) around 1353, he was one of the most active ecclesiastics during the Western Schism and…
Courtois, Jacques, detto Il Borgognone Vol. IV, p. 469
COURTOIS, JACQUES, known as the BORGOGNONE. – Painter and engraver, born on 12 February 1621 at St-Hippolyte in Franche-Comté and died in Rome on 14 November…
Cousin, Jean, Il Vecchio Vol. IV, p. 469
COUSIN, JEAN, the ELDER. - French painter, wood engraver, sculptor: born c. 1490 in Sens (?), died in Paris c. 1561. From 1538 he is documented in Paris. (from…
Cousin, Victor Vol. IV, p. 469
COUSIN, VICTOR. – Philosopher, born in Paris on 28 November 1792, died at Cannes on 14 January 1867. He taught at the École Normale from 1814 to 1820, and at…
Coussemaker, Charles-Edmond-Henri de Vol. IV, p. 470
COUSSEMAKER, CHARLES-EDMOND-HENRI de. - Musicologist, b. at Beilleul on 19 Apr. 1805, d. at Lilla on 10 Jan. 1876. He studied law in Parigi and served as a…
Coustant, Pierre Vol. IV, p. 470
COUSTANT, PIERRE. – Benedictine of the Congregation of S. Mauro, born at Compiègne on 30 April 1657, died at the abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés near Paris on 18…
Coustou, Family (COUSTOU, FAMIGLIA) Vol. IV, p. 471
COUSTOU, FAMILY. - A family of French sculptors. NICOLA, born at Lyons on 8 Jan. 1658, died at Paris on 1 May 1773, was a pupil of his uncle A. Coysevox, but…
Cousturier (Sutor), Pierre Vol. IV, p. 471
COUSTURIER (SUTOR), PIERRE. - Carthusian theologian, b. at Chemiré le Roi around 1490, d. at Parc Sainte Marie (Le Mans), 18 June 1537. Having entered…
Coutances, Diocese of (COUTANCES, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 471
COUTANCES, DIOCESE of. - Diocese and city of France in the department of La Manche. It extends over 5,800 sq. km. It comprises six archpriesthoods (C.,…
Covarrubias, Didaco (COVARRUVIAS, DIDACO) Vol. IV, p. 471
COVARRUVIAS, DIDACO. – A renowned Spanish jurist, b. in Toledo on 25 July 1512 and d. in Madrid on 27 Sept. 1577. After studying under Martino de Azpilcueta…
Covenanters Vol. IV, p. 471
COVENANTERS. — This name derives from covenant (pact), and refers to the pact by which the Presbyterians of Scotland united for the patriotic-religious purpose…
Coverdale, Miles Vol. IV, p. 471
COVERDALE, MILES. - English religious writer, b. at Coverdale (County of York) in 1488, d. in February 1568. He was an Augustinian friar at Cambridge, where he…
Covington, Diocese of (COVINGTON, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 472
COVINGTON, DIOCESE of. - A city in the State of Kentucky (USA) and the seat of a diocese suffragan to Louisville. Its territory, situated east of the Kentucky…
Cowper, William Vol. IV, p. 472
COWPER, WILLIAM. - English poet, b. at Great Berkhamstead in 1731, d. at East Dereham in 1800. He studied at Westminster School (1741) and, in 1750, served a…
Cowton (de Couton), Robert Vol. IV, p. 472
COWTON (de COUTON), ROBERT. - English philosopher, Franciscan. The life and doctrine of C. are too little known for an exact idea to be formed of his…
Coysevox, Charles-Antoine Vol. IV, p. 472
COYSEVOX, CHARLES-ANTOINE. — Sculptor, born in Lyons on 29 September 1640, died in Paris on 10 October 1720. He initially followed the Berninian manner, then…
Cozza, Lorenzo Vol. IV, p. 472
COZZA, LORENZO. — Cardinal, known for theological learning and gifts of governance, born on 31 March 1654 at S. Lorenzo Vecchio (Viterbo), died in Rome on 18…
Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe Vol. IV, p. 473
COZZA-LUZI, GIUSEPPE. - Learned Italian Basilian monk, b. at Bolsena on 4 Dec. 1837. He became a Basilian at the abbey of Grottaferrata, where he became a…
Cozzarelli, Giacomo Vol. IV, p. 473
COZZARELLI, GIACOMO. - Son of Bartolomeo di Marco. Sculptor and architect, b. in Siena on 20 Nov. 1455, d. on 23 March 1515. He resided in Urbino from the time…
Cozzarelli, Guidoccio Vol. IV, p. 473
COZZARELLI, GUIDOCCIO. — Sienese painter and illuminator, documented from 1450 to 1516. His first signed work is a panel with the Madonna in trong, s. Gerolamo…
Córdoba, Archdiocese of (CORDOBA, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 314
CORDOBA, ARCIDIOCESI di. - City and archdiocese in the Argentine Republic on the Rio Primero. In 1700 the bishopric of Tucumán was transferred to C. The see…