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Cavazzi, Giovanni Antonio, da Montecuccoli (CAVAZZI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO, DA MONTECUCOLI)
Born on 13 Oct. 1621, he entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin of the ancient province of Bologna in 1639. He was one of the most enterprising and… -
Cavazzoni
Two figures of this family are remembered: MARCO ANTONIO, also called Antonio da Bologna, was a pupil and singer in the celebrated singing school that A.… -
Cavedoni, Giacomo
Painter, b. at Sassuolo in 1577, d. at Bologna in 1660. He ingeniously managed to fuse with the Carraccesque principles of his artistic education the… -
Cavedoni, Venanzio Celestino
Priest, b. at Levizzano (Modena) on 17 May 1795, d. at Modena on 26 Nov. 1865. Mezzofanti initiated him into the study of ancient coins. But his scientific… -
Cavellus (Mac-Caugwell), Ugo
Irish Scotist Franciscan, b. at Down in 1571, d. 22 Sept. 1626. After completing his higher studies at the University of Salamanca, he taught theology at the… -
Cavenaghi, Luigi
Painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1844, d. at Milan on 31 March 1918. A pupil at the Brera Academy, he displayed in the frescoes he executed in the Sanctuary of his… -
Cave, William
Born at Pickwell in Leicestershire in 1637, died at Windsor in 1713. Anglican minister. Educated at Cambridge in St. John's College, vicar and rector of many… -
Cavour, Camillo Benso, Count of (CAVOUR, CAMILLO BENSO, CONTE DI)
Statesman, b. in Turin on 10 Aug. 1810, d. there on 6 June 1861. His parents were Marquis Michele, police commissioner in Turin, a man of the ancien régime… -
Cavour, Camillo Benso di
Autograph letter from C. C. to Massimo d'Azeglio (Feb. 1856) - Rome, archive of the Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento. 39. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. - III.… -
Cavour, Gustavo Benso, Marquis of (CAVOUR, GUSTAVO BENSO, MARCHESE DI)
Born January 27, 1806 in Turin, died there February 26, 1864. Elder brother of Camillo Cavour, he inherited from his father, by right of primogeniture, the… -
Caxias del Maragnano, Diocese of (CAXIAS DEL MARAGNANO, DIOCESI DI)
In the State of Maranhão (Brazil), a suffragan of St. Louis of Maragnano, it extends over the eastern region of the State, which is hot but very fertile in… -
Caxias, Diocese of (CAXIAS, DIOCESI DI)
In Brazil; State of Rio Grande do Sul. Erected on 8 Sept. 1934, by division from the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, of which it is a suffragan. It lies in a… -
Cayenne, Apostolic Vicariate of (CAYENNA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CAYENNA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di: v. GUYANA FRANCESE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. CAYES (LES), DIOCESI di: v. LES CAYES, DIOCESI di. -
CAYES (LES), DIOCESI di
CAYES (LES), DIOCESI di: v. LES CAYES, DIOCESI di. -
Cayet, Pierre-Victor-Palma
French theologian, b. of a modest Catholic family at Montrichard (Touraine) in 1525, d. at Paris on 16 March 1610. As a student he went over to Calvinism and… -
Cayman Islands (CAYMAN, ISOLE)
CAYMAN, ISOLE : v. GIAMAICA. -
Cayron, Pierre-Jean
French Jesuit, b. at Rodez on 17 Jan. 1672, entered the novitiate of Toulouse in 1687, d. in great fame of sanctity at Toulouse on 31 Jan. 1754. After fourteen… -
Papier-mâché (CARTAPESTA)
Papier-mâché (not to be confused with "Roman cardboard" or "carton pierre" or "elo-plastica," which is a refinement of ordinary plaster casts by the…