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Caath (Heb. Qēhāth) (CAATH (EBR. QÉHÁTH)) Vol. III, p. 175
CAATH (Hebr. Qéháth). - Second son of Levi (Ex. 6, 16; Num. 3, 17; I Par. 5, 27-29 [6, 1-3]), born in Canaan (Gen. 46, 11) and died at the age of 133 (Ex. 6,…
Cabala of the Devout (CABALA DEI DEVOTI) Vol. III, p. 175
CABALA DEI DEVOTI. — Nickname (Cabale des dévois) by which, in France in the seventeenth century, the Compagnia del S.mo Sacramento (v.) was designated; it was…
Caballero, Antonio de S. (CABALLERO, ANTONIO DE S) Vol. III, p. 175
CABALLERO, ANTONIO de S. MARIA. - Friar Minor, prefect of the Franciscan mission in China. Born at Baltanás in the district of Valenza on 20 Apr. 1602, died at…
Cabanillas, Juan José Vol. III, p. 175
CABANILLAS, JUAN JOSÉ. – Spanish organist, born at Algemesi on 6 Sept. 1644, died on 29 Apr. 1712. Before 1668, while not yet a priest, he was exceptionally…
Cabanis, Pierre-Jean-Georges Vol. III, p. 175
CABANIS, PIERRE-JEAN-GEORGES. - Physician and philosopher, born at Cosnac (Corrèze) on 5 June 1757, died at Rueil on 5 May 1808. He began his studies at the…
Cabasilas, Nicola Vol. III, p. 175
CABASILAS, NICOLA. — Celebrated Byzantine theologian of the fourteenth century (d. after 1396), whose life is almost unknown, but whose works, remarkable for…
Cabasilas, Nilos (CABASILAS, NILO) Vol. III, p. 176
CABASILAS, NILO. — Dissident Greek theologian of the fourteenth century. Born in Thessalonica at the end of the thirteenth century, into a noble family, he…
Cabassut, Jean Vol. III, p. 176
CABASSUT, JEAN. - Oratorian, b. at Aix-en-Provence in 1605, d. there on 25 Sept. 1685. He entered the Congregation of the Oratory in 1626. Having initially…
Cabbalah (Heb. Qabbālāh « Tradition ») (CABBALA (EBR. QABBĀLĀH « TRADIZIONE »)) Vol. III, p. 176
CABBALA (Hebr. qabbālāh, “tradition”). — A term originally referring to the prophetic books of the Bible, which since the twelfth century A.D. has designated…
Cabezudo, Nuño Diego Vol. III, p. 177
CABEZUDO, NUÑO DIEGO. - Dominican theologian and polemicist, b. at Villalón (Castile), d. at Segovia while prior in February 1614. He entered religious life at…
Cabezón, Antonio de Vol. III, p. 177
CABEZÓN, ANTONIO de. — Spanish musician, born in 1510 at Castrillo de Matajudíos and died on 25 March 1566. He became blind as a child, and after spending some…
Cabiri Vol. III, p. 178
CABIRI. - Minor Greek divinities, according to some of Phoenician origin, according to others Phrygian. Their nature is debated: gods of the sea who protect in…
Caboto, Giovanni Vol. III, p. 178
CABOTO, GIOVANNI. — Italian navigator, naturalized Venetian in 1476. Having learned of the results of Columbus’s first voyage, he organized, in the service of…
Cabral, Francisco Vol. III, p. 178
CABRAL, FRANCISCO. - Jesuit missionary, b. in the year 1533 on the island of S. Michele (Azores), though of a family from Covilhà (Portugal); d. at Goa on 16…
Cabral, João Vol. III, p. 178
CABRAL, JOÃO. - Portuguese missionary, born at Celorico (province of Beira) in 1599, died at Goa on 4 July 1669. A Jesuit in 1615, he embarked for India in…
Cabrera, Alonso de Vol. III, p. 178
CABRERA, ALONSO de. — Celebrated Spanish preacher, born in Cordova in 1546 of a noble family. Having become a Dominican in Cordova, he developed his rare gifts…
Cabrol, Fernand Vol. III, p. 179
CABROL, FERNAND. — Benedictine monk, scholar and promoter of liturgical science, born in Marseille on 11 December 1855, died at Farnborough on 4 June 1937.…
Cabul (Heb. Kābhūl; Flavius Josephus Χαβούλων or Χαβώλων) (CABUL (EBR. KĀBHŪL; FLAVIO GIUSEPPE ΧΑΒΟΎΛΩΝ O ΧΑΒΏΛΩ)) Vol. III, p. 179
CABUL (Heb. Kābhūl; Flavius Josephus χαβούλων or χαβώλω). - A city of the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:27) and a district of Galilee comprising twenty cities…
Cacault, François Vol. III, p. 179
CACAULT, FRANÇOIS. — French diplomat, born in Nantes on 10 February 1743, died in Clisson on 5 October 1805. A professor at the military school of Paris, he…
Caccia, Guglielmo Vol. III, p. 179
CACCIA, GUGLIELMO: V. MONCALVO (IL).
Cacciaguerra, Bonsignore Vol. III, p. 179
CACCIAGUERRA, BONSIGNORE. - Priest, b. at Siena in 1494, d. at Rome on 30 June 1566. Having gone to Palermo as a young man, he squandered in luxury and…
Cacciatore, Niccolò Vol. III, p. 179
CACCIATORE, NICCOLÒ. — Priest and scholar of astronomy, born in Casteltermini in Sicily on 26 November 1780, died around the middle of the following century.…
Cacciatori, Benedetto Vol. III, p. 180
CACCIATORI, BENEDETTO. — Sculptor, born in Carrara in 1794, died there on 25 September 1871. A pupil of Lorenzo Bartolini, in Milan he left, among other works,…
Caccini, Giovanni Battista Vol. III, p. 180
CACCINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Sculptor and architect, born probably in Firenze on 24 Oct. 1556 and died there in 1612 or ’13. A pupil of Gio. Ant. Dosio, he…
Cacella, Estêvão (CACELLA, ESTEVÃO) Vol. III, p. 180
CACELLA, ESTEVÃO. – Portuguese missionary, born at Avis in 1585, died at Shigatse on 6 March 1630. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1604, he set out for…
Cadal (Cadaloo) (CADALO (CADALOO)) Vol. III, p. 180
CADALO (CADALOO). — Antipope under the name of Honorius II (1061–72), born in Verona of a family of German origin. Bishop of Parma from about 1045, he appears…
Cadaver (CADAVERE) Vol. III, p. 180
CADAVERE: v. DEFUNTI.
Cadence in Psalmody (CADENZA NELLA SALMODIA) Vol. III, p. 180
CADENZA NELLA SALMODIA. — When the psalms are sung in their entirety at one time, or performed by alternating the two choirs, or when only certain verses are…
Cades (Cades-Barne) Vol. III, p. 181
CADES (CADES-BARNE). – A locality situated at the extreme southern limit of the Promised Land, formerly called 'En Mišpāš (Gen. 14:7), or “fountain of…
Cadiz and Ceuta, Diocese of (CADICE E CEUTA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 181
CADICE AND CEUTA, DIOCESE OF. — Cadice is a very ancient maritime city on the Atlantic, founded around 140 B.C. by the Phoenicians, who called it Gadir; the…
Cadoc, Saint (CADOC, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 181
CADOC, saint. - Of Llancarvan, a Welsh saint of the 6th century, hermit, abbot, poet (an admirer of Virgil), and at the same time feudal lord. The earliest…
Cadonici, Giovanni Vol. III, p. 182
CADONICI, GIOVANNI. - Italian theologian, b. in Venezia in 1705, d. 27 Feb. 1786, canon of Cremona. Tenaciously opposed to the papal court, he favored…
Cadorna, Raffaele Vol. III, p. 182
CADORNA, RAFFAELE. – Italian general, born in Milan on 9 February 1815, died in Turin on 6 February 1897. Of a deeply Catholic family, difficult in…
Caedmon, Saint (CAEDMON, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 182
CAEDMON, saint. - Benedictine and the first Christian English poet, d. between 670 and 680. As regards his name, Celtic origin or a Hebrew or Chaldean…
Caelenae Vol. III, p. 182
CAELENAE. — There is no doubt that a fairly ancient Christian church existed in the land of the Marsi. In the sixth century, explicit mention is made of a…
Caelestis Agni Nuptiae (CAELESTIS AGNI NUP-TIAS) Vol. III, p. 183
«CAELESTIS AGNI NUP-TIAS». — Hymn of the Vespers of s. Giuliana de' Falconieri (v). It is in the form of a prayer and recalls several episodes from the Saint’s…
Caelestis Aulae Nuntius Vol. III, p. 183
«CAELESTIS AULAE NUNTIUS». — Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Holy Rosary, instituted by Gregory XIII on 1 April 1573 in memory of the victory won at…
Caelestis Urbs Jerusalem (CAELESTIS URBS IERUSALEM) Vol. III, p. 183
«CAELESTIS URBS IERUSALEM». — Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Dedication of the Church, of lofty poetic and mystical inspiration. In the heavenly…
Caeli Deus Sanctissime Vol. III, p. 183
«CAELI DEUS SANCTISSIME». — This is the hymn of Wednesday Vespers, attributed to s. Ambrogio, but with not very solid grounds. The dying day inspires the poet…
Caelitum Joseph Decus Atque Nostrae (CAELITUM IOSEPH DECUS ATQUE NOSTRAE) Vol. III, p. 183
«CAELITUM IOSEPH DECUS ATQUE NOSTRAE». – Hymn of Matins for the feast of s. Giuseppe, found for the first time in a Benedictine breviary of 1580. In a Sapphic…
Caelo Redemptor Praetulit Vol. III, p. 183
«CAELO REDEMPTOR PRAETULIT». — Hymn of Matins for the feast of the Maternity of the Madonna. It is found in a Portuguese breviary of 1700, and only in 1931 did…
Caen Vol. III, p. 183
CAEN. – Currently the capital of the department of Calvados (France). It is first mentioned in 1027 under the name Cadomum, but was still merely a village 12…
Caena Cypriani Vol. III, p. 184
CAENA CYPRIANI. - A short work intended to enliven banquets, attributed, according to Brewer, to Cipriano, a poet from Gaul. It imagines that, during a banquet…
Caesar, Gaius Julius (C. Iulius C. f. C. n. Caesar) (CESARE, CAIO GIULIO (C. IULIUS C. F. C. N. CAESAR)) Vol. III, p. 787
CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (C. Iulius C. f. C. n. Caesar). — Born on 13 July 102 BC, died on 15 March 44 BC. Consul in 59 BC, conqueror of Gaul from 58 to 51 BC,…
Caesar, Julius (CESARE, GIULIO) Vol. III, p. 787
CESARE, GIULIO — Marble head believed to be a contemporary portrait of G. C. — Pisa, camposanto. during which he was victorious in the campaigns in Spain…
Caesarea in Cappadocia (CESAREA DI CAPPADOCIA) Vol. III, p. 787
CESAREA di CAPPADOCIA: v. CAPPADOCIA.
Caesarea Maritima (CESAREA MARITTIMA) Vol. III, p. 788
CESAREA MARITTIMA. – A city of Palestine built between 25 and 12 B.C. by Herod the Great, who dedicated it to Caesar Augustus. There, 38 km south of Carmel,…
Caesarea Mauretania (CESAREA MAURITANIA) Vol. III, p. 788
CESAREA MAURITANIA: v. CHERCHEL.
Caesarea Philippi (CESAREA DI FILIPPO) Vol. III, p. 787
CESAREA di FILIPPO. - City at the southern foot of Mount Hermon, where Ba'al Gādh stood in the time of Joshua. In antiquity the city and the region were called…
Caesarianus, Caesar (CESARIANO, CESARE) Vol. III, p. 789
CESARIANO, CESARE. – Architect, painter, and writer on art, b. in Milan in 1483, d. there on 30 March 1543. He trained under Leonardo and Bramante. He worked…
Caesarism (Caesaropapism) (CESARISMO (CESAROPAPISMO)) Vol. III, p. 792
CESARISM (CAESAROPAPISM). – This is a tendency whereby, in the reciprocal relations between Church and State, the latter is assigned or acknowledged an…
Caesarius of Arles, Saint (CESARIO DI ARLES, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 791
CESARIO di ARLES, saint. — Archbishop of Arles, born around 470–71 in the region of Chalon-sur-Saône, died on 27 August 542. It is known of his life that at…
Caesarius of Heisterbach (CESARIO DI HEISTERBACH) Vol. III, p. 791
CESARIO di HEISTERBACH. - German Cistercian, born at Cologne around 1180, died about 1240. First master of novices, he later became prior of the monastery…
Caesarius of Nazianzus, Saint (CESARIO DI NAZIANZO, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 791
CESARIUS of NAZIANZUS, saint. – He lived in Cappadocia in the 4th century, the brother of St. Gregory and the younger of the family, born in Arianzo in 330;…
Caesarius of San Bonaventura (CESARIO DI SAN BONAVENTURA) Vol. III, p. 791
CESARIO di SAN BONAVENTURA. – Carmelite missionary, in the world Giovanni, son of the distinguished Orientalist Pietro Bertius. Born on 16 March 1615 at Leiden…
Caesarius of Speyer (CESARIO DA SPIRA) Vol. III, p. 791
CESARIO da SPIRA. - Francesco, a disciple of s. Francesco d'Assisi, born at Spira (Germany) in the second half of the 12th century, died at Assisi (?) under…
Caesarius, Saint (CESARIO, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 790
CESARIO, saint. - Martyr of Terracina in Campania. According to the Passio, written between the fifth and sixth centuries by an author who knew nothing of the…
Caetani (Gaetani) Vol. III, p. 184
CAETANI (GAETANI). — According to a family tradition, the C. traced their origins to the consuls (hypati) and dukes of Gaeta; but their reliable genealogy…
Caetani, Costantino Vol. III, p. 187
CAETANI, COSTANTINO. - Benedictine, b. at Siracusa in 1560, d. at Roma on 17 Sept. 1650. On 29 Oct. 1586 he entered the monastery of S. Nicola d'Arona at…
Caetano Vol. III, p. 187
CAETANO: v. DE VIO, TOMMASO.
Caetanus (CAIETANUS) Vol. III, p. 196
CAIETANUS: v. DE VIO TOMMASO.
Caetité, Diocese of (CAETITÉ, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 187
CAETITÉ, DIOCESI of. — In the State of Bahia (Brazil), a suffragan diocese of San Salvador, it occupies the central-southern part of that State, which is…
Cafaro, Paolo, Venerable (CAFARO, PAOLO, VENERABILE) Vol. III, p. 188
CAFARO, PAOLO, venerable. - Born at Cafari, near Cava, on 5 June 1707; died on 13 Aug. 1753 at Caposele. Ordained priest on 22 Sept. 1731, he became parish…
Cafaro, Pasquale Vol. III, p. 188
CAFARO, PASQUALE. – Musician, born in S. Pietro in Galatina (Lecce) on 8 February 1706, died in Naples on 21 October 1787. He studied music at the Conservatory…
Cafelandia, Diocese of (CAFELANDIA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 188
CAFELANDIA, DIOCESI di. — In the Republic of Brazil, State of S. Paulo, suffragan of S. Paulo. It was erected by Pius XI with the bull Ea est in praesenti of…
Caffarini, Tommaso Vol. III, p. 188
CAFFARINI, TOMMASO. — Dominican, properly Tommaso di Antonio (Thomas Antonii) da Siena. Laurent, who restored his surname, commonly calls him “C.” Born in…
Caffaro Vol. III, p. 189
CAFFARO. – Genoese chronicler, born around 1080, died in 1166. Of noble lineage (he was the son of Rustico, lord of Castrofino) and related to the foremost…
Caffi, Francesco Vol. III, p. 190
CAFFI, FRANCESCO. – Composer and music historian, b. in Venice in 1778, d. in Padua in 1874. After serving as a counsellor of the court of appeal in Milan…
Caffieri Vol. III, p. 190
CAFFIERI. - Family of French sculptors of Italian origin. The progenitor, DANIELE, b. at Sorrento in 1603, d. in 1639, was an engineer in the service of Urbano…
Caffè (Il) Vol. III, p. 189
CAFFÈ (IL). — The first journal of collective collaboration, a direct expression of the Milanese « Accademia dei Pugni », founded in the Verri household, and…
Cafá (Caffa, Cofa), Melchiorre (CAFÁ (CAFFA, COFA), MELCHITORRE) Vol. III, p. 187
CAFÁ (CAFFA, COFA), MELCHITORRE. – Sculptor, born in Rome or Malta in 1631 or 1635. He provided sketches and, at times, models for the altars of several…
Cagayan, Diocese of (CAGAYAN, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 190
CAGAYAN, DIOCESE of. – A city of the Philippines in the province of Misamis Oriental, it is the seat of the homonymous diocese, suffragan of Nome di Gesù…
Cagin, Paul Vol. III, p. 190
CAGIN, PAUL. - Liturgist, b. at Béthune on 7 June 1847, d. at Solesmes on 8 Apr. 1923. Having entered the Benedictine Order in 1879 and been ordained priest in…
Cagli e Pergola, Diocese of (CAGLI E PERGOLA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 190
CAGLI e PERGOLA, DIOCESI di. — In the Marche, in the province of Pesaro, suffragan of Urbino. The ancient Callium, perhaps derived from a station on the Via…
Cagliari, Archdiocese of (CAGLIARI, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 190
CAGLIARI, ARCIDIOCESI di. – The principal city of Sardinia, with approximately 60,000 inhabitants, situated on the southern coast, it is the provincial capital…
Cagliero, Giovanni Vol. III, p. 193
CAGLIERO, GIOVANNI. — Cardinal, born at Castel-nuovo d'Asti on 11 January 1838, died in Rome on 28 February 1926. Having met s. Giovanni Bosco for the first…
Cagliola, Filippo Vol. III, p. 193
CAGLIOLA, FILIPPO. - Theologian, historian, Conventual writer, born in Malta at the beginning of the seventeenth century, died in Naples in 1653. Having…
Cagliostro, Alessandro, Count of (CAGLIOSTRO, ALESSANDRO, CONTE DI) Vol. III, p. 194
CAGLIOSTRO, ALESSANDRO, count of. — Famous adventurer of the eighteenth century. His real name was Giuseppe Balsamo, born in 1743 to prosperous Palermitans; in…
Cagnacci, Guido Vol. III, p. 194
CAGNACCI, GUIDO. – Painter, born in S. Arcangelo di Romagna on 20 January 1601, died in Vienna in 1681. In Bologna he studied drawing in particular, and in…
Cahagne, Taurin Vol. III, p. 194
CAHAGNE, TAURIN. – Born at Heubécourt (department of Eure) on 27 May 1826, died at Carcassonne on 1 September 1899. He entered the priesthood among the…
Cahana Vol. III, p. 194
CAHANA. – Various Jewish doctors among the Amoraim (v.) bear this name, the Aramaic form of the Hebrew kōhēn (“priest”). It is difficult to determine in each…
Cahier, Charles Vol. III, p. 194
CAHIER, CHARLES. — French Jesuit and archaeologist, born in Paris on 26 February 1807, died there on 27 February 1882. He devoted almost his entire life to the…
Cahiers de la Nouvelle Journée Vol. III, p. 194
CAHIERS DE LA NOUVELLE JOURNÉE. - These are the continuation of La nouvelle journée, directed by P. Archambault. They are published irregularly, generally four…
Cahiers de la Quinzaine Vol. III, p. 195
CAHIERS DE LA QUINZAINE. – Founded by Charles Péguy in 1900. At first, the founder published some C. of a socialist and anticlerical character, on Loisy, on…
Cahiers des Archives de Philosophie Vol. III, p. 195
CAHIERS DES ARCHIVES DE PHILOSOPHIE. – Founded in Paris in 1923. Each issue, which has no fixed periodicity, concerns a historical or doctrinal subject…
Cahiers du Monde Nouveau Vol. III, p. 195
CAHIERS DU MONDE NOUVEAU. — With the subtitle Tribune internationale de langue française. Founded in Paris in 1945 to ensure the effective presence of…
Cahiers Laënnec Vol. III, p. 195
CAHIERS LAËNNEC. – Periodical publication issued in Paris from 1935, on the initiative of the « Conférence Laënnec », with the aim of addressing medical…
Cahors, Diocese of (CAHORS, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 195
CAHORS, DIOCESI of. — In France, capital of the department of Lot, on the peninsula formed by the River Lot. It is a suffragan of Albi. Area: 5,213 sq. km.;…
Cahour, Arsène Vol. III, p. 196
CAHOUR, ARSÈNE. - French Jesuit and writer, b. at St-Hilaire du Harcouët (Manche) on 8 June 1806, d. at Le Mans on 14 Sept. 1871. Having entered the novitiate…
Caiani, Maria Anna Vol. III, p. 196
CAIANI, MARIA ANNA. – In religion M. Margherita, born in Poggio a Caiano on 2 November 1863, died in Florence on 8 August 1921. Although inclined toward…
Caiaphas (Arab. Haifā) (CAIFA (ARAB. HAJFĀ)) Vol. III, p. 196
CAIFA (Arab. Hajfā). - A city situated at the southern extremity of the bay of S. Giovanni d'Acri, at the foot of Mount Carmel; capital of the northern…
Caicò, Diocese of (CAICÒ, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 196
CAICÒ, DIOCESE of. — In the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, suffragan of Paraíba, situated in the central-southern part of the State, in a hot region but…
Caillau, Armand-Benjamin Vol. III, p. 197
CAILLAU, ARMAND-BENJAMIN. - French priest, b. in Paris on 22 Oct. 1794, d. there on 4 July 1850. He rendered distinguished service to patrology and…
Caimi, Bernardino, Blessed (CAIMI, BERNARDINO, BEATO) Vol. III, p. 197
CAIMI, BERNARDINO, blessed. — Born in Milano in the second half of the fifteenth century. Having entered the Order of Friars Minor of the Observance at a very…
Cain (Heb. Qajin = Ar. Qajn «Smith», Name Linked in Gen. 4:1 by Folk Etymology to Qānāh «To Possess») (CAINO (EBR. QAJIN = AR. QAJN « FABBRO », NOME RIALLACCIATO IN GEN. 4, 1, PER ETIMOLOGIA POPOLARE, A QĀNĀH « POSSEDERE »)) Vol. III, p. 197
CAINO (Hebr. Qajin = Ar. qajn, “smith,” a name connected in Gen. 4:1, by popular etymology, with qānāh, “to possess”). — First son of Adam and Eve, brother of…
Cainan Vol. III, p. 197
CAINAN. - 1. Heb. Qēnān, Gr. Καϊναν (-αμ), son of Enos (Gen. 5:9; I Par. 1:2), grandson of Seth, great-grandson of Adam, died at the age of 910 years (Gen.…
Cainites (CAINITI) Vol. III, p. 197
CAINITI. – I. The stock of Cain (v.), of which Gen. 4:17–24 speaks. They are credited with the first material progress of humanity through the founding of a…
Caird, Edward Vol. III, p. 200
CAIRD, EDWARD. - English philosopher, b. at Greenock (Scotland) on 22 March 1835, d. at Oxford on 1 Nov. 1908. From 1866 to 1893 he held the chair of moral…
Caird, John Vol. III, p. 200
CAIRD, JOHN. – English philosopher and theologian, brother of Edoardo, born in Greenock, Scotland, on 15 December 1820, died on 30 July 1898. He studied at the…
Cairns, Diocese of (CAIRNS, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 200
CAIRNS, DIOCESE of. - A city in the province of Queensland, Australia, and a suffragan diocese of Brisbane. Its territory, comprising part of northern…
Caius (Gaius, Γάιος) (CAIO (CAIUS, GAIUS, ΓΆΛΟΣ)) Vol. III, p. 198
CAIO (Caius, Gaius, Γάλος). — Name of several disciples of the Apostles. In the Greek New Testament the name Γάλος occurs five times: in three cases the…
Caius of Rome and the Alogi (CAIO DI ROMA E GLI ALOGI) Vol. III, p. 199
CAIO di ROMA e gli ALOGI. — Eusebius reports that the works of Berillus of Bostra, of Hippolytus (without geographical indication), and of C. were found in the…
Caius, Pope, Saint (CAIO, PAPA, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 199
CAIO, POPE, saint. - The Liber Pontificalis states that he was of Dalmatian origin, and indeed a relative of the emperor Diocletian (the latter addition is…
Cajal, Santiago Ramón y Vol. III, p. 200
CAJAL, SANTIAGO RAMÓN y. – Spanish anatomopathologist and histologist, born in Petilla de Aragón in 1852, died in 1934, known for the histological techniques…
Cajamarca, Diocese of (CAJAMARCA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 200
CAJAMARCA, DIOCESE of. – In the Republic of Peru, department of C., suffragan of Trujillo. Established on 5 April 1908, it comprises the department of C., with…
Cajazeiras, Diocese of (CAJAZEIRAS, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 200
CAJAZEIRAS, DIOCESE of. - Republic of Brazil, State of Parahyba do Norte. Erected by Pius X on 6 Feb. 1914 by the bull Maius Catholicae Religionis incrementum,…
Cajazzo, Diocese of (CAJAZZO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 200
CAJAZZO, DIOCESE of. — On the boundary between Molise and Campania. C. is the ancient Calatia, a city of Oscan origin, subsequently occupied by the Etruscans…
Calabar, Apostolic Vicariate of (CALABAR, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. III, p. 201
CALABAR, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — In Nigeria, at the estuary of the Cross. Missionary work in the territory of the apostolic vicariate of C. began with the…
Calabiana, Nazari Luigi, Count of (CALABIANA, NAZARI LUIGI, CONTE DI) Vol. III, p. 201
CALABIANA, NAZARI LUIGI, count of. — Bishop, born on 27 July 1808 at Savigliano, died on 23 October 1893 at Milan. Elected bishop of Casale on 12 April 1847,…
Calabozo, Diocese of (CALABOZO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 202
CALABOZO, DIOCESE of. — In the Republic of Venezuela, State of Guárico, suffragan of Santiago del Venezuela. Founded on 7 March 1863, it received its first…
Calabrese Vol. III, p. 202
CALABRESE: v. PRETI MATTIA.
Calabrese Cavalier, The (CAVALIER CALABRESE, IL) Vol. III, p. 697
CAVALIER CALABRESE, il: v. PRETI, MATTIA.
Calabria Vol. III, p. 202
CALABRIA. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - In antiquity this name designated the Salentine Peninsula, and only after the 7th century the other, larger peninsula which, south…
Calahorra and La Calzada, Diocese of (CALAHORRA E LA CALZADA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 206
CALAHORRA e LA CALZADA, DIOCESI di. — C. is a city in northern Spain, in the old kingdom of Castile, in the province of Logroño, and the seat of a diocese…
Calamaia Vol. III, p. 206
CALAMAIA: V. ELEUSINI, MISTERI.
Calamatta, Luigi Vol. III, p. 206
CALAMATTA, LUIGI. – Engraver and lithographer, born in Civitavecchia on 21 June 1801 or 12 June 1802; died in Milan on 8 March 1869. From 1822 he lived chiefly…
Calamo Vol. III, p. 209
CALAMO : v. STRUMENTI SCRITTORI.
Calancha, Antonio Vol. III, p. 209
CALANCHA, ANTONIO. — Born in La Plata, Peru, in 1584; died in Lima on 1 March 1654. At the age of fourteen he donned the Augustinian habit. He became famous…
Calandione Vol. III, p. 209
CALANDIONE. - Patriarch of Antioch, who succeeded in 481 Stefano II, slain by the Monophysites, he owed his elevation to the emperor Zenone and to the…
Calandrelli, Alessandro Vol. III, p. 209
CALANDRELLI, ALESSANDRO. - Scholar of military science, b. in Roma on 8 Oct. 1805, d. at Albano Laziale in 1888. An artillery officer, he reorganized the…
Calasanz, Joseph, Saint (CALASANZIO, GIUSEPPE, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 209
CALASANZIO, GIUSEPPE, saint: v. GIUSEPPE CALASANZIO, saint.
Calasanz, Joseph, Saint (GIUSEPPE CALASANZIO, SANTO) Vol. VI, p. 500
GIUSEPPE CALASANZIO, santo. - B. at Peralta de la Sal, in Aragon, in 1556 or 1557 of a modest family, perhaps of ancient nobility, d. in Rome on Aug. 25, 1648.…
Calasio, Mario da Vol. III, p. 209
CALASIO, MARIO da. — Friar Minor, born at Calasio in the Abruzzi in 1550, died in Rome on 24 January 1620. He entered the Franciscan Order at a young age and…
Calatayud, Pedro de Vol. III, p. 209
CALATAYUD, PEDRO de. - Spanish Jesuit and ascetical writer, born at Tafalla (Navarre) on 1 Aug. 1689, died at Bologna on 27 Feb. 1773. After a period of…
Calatrava Vol. III, p. 210
CALATRAVA. – Spanish chivalric order founded in 1158 by Raimondo, Cistercian abbot of Fideiro, entrusted by Sancio III, king of Castile, with the defense of…
Calbayog, Diocese of (CALBAYOG, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 210
CALBAYOG, DIOCESI di. – City in the province of Samar in the Philippine Islands, and seat of the suffragan diocese of Nome di Gesù (Cebù), comprising the…
Calbulo Vol. III, p. 210
CALBULO. – African Christian poet, perhaps a bishop, who lived at the beginning of the sixth century. The Latin Anthology (no. 378, ed. A. Riese) preserves one…
Calchi Vol. III, p. 212
CALCHI. — 1. LODOVICO MARIA. — Dominican reformer and apostle, born in Milan into a senatorial family on 26 Dec. 1669, died at Troia (province of Foggia) on 20…
Calco Vol. III, p. 213
CALCO. - It is the reproduction of objects worked in relief, obtained by means of impressions taken from the original with wax, clay, plaster, or another…
Calco, Giacomo Vol. III, p. 213
CALCO, GIACOMO. – A Carmelite, originally from Lodi and professor at the University of Pavia. Having gone to Paris, there he championed the cause of Henry…
Calcondyla (CALCONDÌLA) Vol. III, p. 213
CALCONDÌLA. - I. DEMETRIO. Greek humanist, grammarian, and philologist, b. in Constantinople, of an Athenian family, in 1423 and d. in Milan in 1511. From…
Calcutta, Archdiocese of (CALCUTTA, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 214
CALCUTTA, ARCHDIOCESE of. — The archdiocese of C. consists of the western part of the former apostolic vicariate of Bengal (1834), divided into two (eastern…
Caldara, Polidoro Vol. III, p. 214
CALDARA, POLIDORO: V. POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO.
Caldeira, Bonifacio Vol. III, p. 217
CALDEIRA, BONIFACIO. – Friar Minor, known as Bonifacio Indiano, born at Meliapore in 1586, died at Como on 1 March 1661. He was of royal lineage and, after his…
Caldera (Caldeira), Fernando Vol. III, p. 217
CALDERA (CALDEIRA), FERNANDO. - Spanish mystical writer, of the Order of Minims, born in Madrid about 1560, died there in 1633. After completing his studies,…
Calderini, Giovanni Vol. III, p. 217
CALDERINI, GIOVANNI. – A celebrated lay canonist of the 14th century (d. in 1365). He taught in Bologna around the middle of the 14th century. In addition to…
Calderini, Guglielmo Vol. III, p. 217
CALDERINI, GUGLIELMO. – Architect, born in Perugia on 3 March 1837, died in Rome on 12 February 1916. Professor of architecture first at the Academy of Fine…
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro Vol. III, p. 217
CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA, PEDRO. - Playwright, b. in Madrid on Jan. 17, 1600, d. there on May 25, 1681. He pursued his studies first at the Jesuit college in…
Caldes, Pedro Vol. III, p. 219
CALDES, PEDRO. — Spanish Carthusian, born in 1537 at Llummayor, on the island of Majorca. He first lived among the Franciscans for 15 years and was an…
Caldora, Giacomo Vol. III, p. 219
CALDORA, GIACOMO. – Powerful baron and captain from Abruzzo, b. at Castel del Giudice, on the Sangro, in 1368, and d. on 15 November 1439. Elected captain…
Caleb (Heb. «Dog») (CALEB (EBR. «CANE»)) Vol. III, p. 219
CALEB (Hebr. “dog”). — A contemporary and collaborator of Giosuè. Of the tribe of Judah, he was, together with Giosuè, among the twelve sent by Mosè, while he…
Caleca, Manuele Vol. III, p. 220
CALECA, MANUELE. - Grammarian and theologian of Constantinople, 14th–15th century. Opposed to Palamism, he abandoned the literary teaching to which he had…
Caledonia Vol. III, p. 220
CALEDONIA: V. NUOVA CALEDONIA.
Calegari, Family (CALEGARI, FAMIGLIA) Vol. III, p. 220
CALEGARI, FAMIGLIA. — SANTO, engraver and sculptor, b. in Brescia in 1662, d. in 1717. He worked in Rome under the influence of Bernini and Algardi. A skilled…
Calendar (CALENDARIO) Vol. III, p. 217
CALENDAR. — The liturgical year is divided into periods generally of seven weeks each: Annunciation or Advent, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Apostles, Summer,…
Calendar (CALENDARIO) Vol. III, p. 220
CALENDAR. - Initially, this term indicated among the Romans the register in which bankers noted the interest on loans accrued on the first (kalendae) of each…
Calendar of the Universal Church (CALENDARIO DELLA CHIESA UNIVERSALE) Vol. III, p. 232
CALENDAR OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH. — One can speak of a c. of the Universal Church only from the year 1568 onward, that is, from the time when Pius V imposed…
Calenzio, Generoso Vol. III, p. 236
CALENZIO, GENEROSO. - Oratorian scholar, b. at Napoli in 1831, d. at Roma on 11 Dec. 1915. In 1863 he entered the Congregation of the Oratory in Roma and…
Calepino, Ambrogio Vol. III, p. 236
CALEPINO, AMBROGIO. - Of the family of the counts of Caleppio, b. at Caleppio (Bergamo), around 1440, and d. in 1510 or 1511. An Augustinian friar of extremely…
Calepodius (CALEPODIO) Vol. III, p. 236
CALEPODIUS. — No liturgical or topographical document bears witness to the cult rendered to C. as a martyr apart from the Passio s. Callisti, which affirms his…
Calgary, Diocese of (CALGARY, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 237
CALGARY, Diocese of. - A city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and a suffragan see of Edmonton (formerly St. Albert), comprising the southern part of…
Cali, Diocese of (CALI, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 237
CALI, DIOCESI di. — In the Republic of Colombia, department of Valle del Cauca, suffragan of Popayán. Erected by Pius X on 7 June 1910, it has a territorial…
Caliari, Paolo Vol. III, p. 237
CALIARI, PAOLO: v. PAOLO VERONESE.
Calicut, Diocese of (CALICUT, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 240
CALICUT, DIOCESE of. — It is a suffragan diocese of Bombay in India: it comprises almost the whole of Malabar, with an area of 8,500 km² and a population of…
Caligari, Giovanni Andrea Vol. III, p. 241
CALIGARI, GIOVANNI ANDREA. — Nuncio, born in Brisighella on 14 October 1527, died in Bertinoro on 19 January 1613. He was auditor to Cardinal Francesco…
Caligraphy (CALCOGRAFIA) Vol. III, p. 213
CALCOGRAFIA. — A word formed from the Greek terms χαλκός (copper) and γράφο (I write), properly denoting the technique of engraving by incision into copper.…
Calini, Muzio, Bishop (CALINI, MUZIO, VESCOVO) Vol. III, p. 241
CALINI, MUZIO, bishop. - Born into a noble Brescian family in an unspecified year, he died at Terni (the city of which he was bishop) in April 1570. He…
Calino, Cesare Vol. III, p. 241
CALINO, CESARE. - Jesuit and preacher, b. in Brescia on 14 Feb. 1670, d. in Bologna on 19 Aug. 1749. After several years of teaching literature at Faenza,…
Caliph and Caliphate (CALIFFO E CALIFFATO) Vol. III, p. 240
CALIPH and CALIPHATE. - The Arabic title halifah means “successor,” “lieutenant,” and appears frequently in the Qur'an as well, but never in the technical…
Calippi, Lorenzo (CALEPPI, LORENZO) Vol. III, p. 237
CALEPPI, LORENZO. — Cardinal, born in Cervia on 29 April 1741, died in Rio de Janeiro on 10 January 1817. After attending the Collegio dei Nobili in Ravenna,…
Calisse, Carlo Vol. III, p. 242
CALISSE, CARLO. – Historian of law, born in Civitavecchia on 29 January 1859, died on 23 April 1945. Deputy, senator, and honorary president of the Council of…
Calistines (CALISTINI) Vol. III, p. 242
CALISTINI. – Hussite politico-religious sect of the 15th century, so called because its adherents claimed the use of the Eucharistic chalice for all the…
Callegari, Giuseppe Vol. III, p. 242
CALLEGARI, GIUSEPPE. - Cardinal, b. 4 Nov. 1841 in Venezia, d. 14 Apr. 1906 in Padova. Ordained priest in 1864, he was a teacher of grammar and literature, as…
Calles, Sigismund Vol. III, p. 242
CALLES, SIGISMUND. – Jesuit, Austrian historian, b. at Aspach on 12 March 1695, d. in Vienna on 3 January 1761. He donned the habit of the Society in 1711 and…
Callewaert, Camille Vol. III, p. 242
CALLEWAERT, CAMILLE. - Liturgist, b. at Zwevegem on 1 Jan. 1866, d. at Bruges on 6 Aug. 1943. Having completed his studies at the seminaries of Roeselare and…
Calligari, Ernesto (Mikròs) Vol. III, p. 245
CALLIGARI, ERNESTO (MIKRÒS). - Journalist, b. at Bonassola (Spezia) on 7 March 1858, d. at Carrodano (Spezia) on 19 Aug. 1929. Having graduated in law, he…
Callinicus (CALLINICO) Vol. III, p. 245
CALLINICUS. – Meletian bishop of Pelusium in Egypt (4th century), adversary of St. Athanasius and suffragan of John Arkaff; he was one of the four Meletian…
Callinicus I, Patriarch of Constantinople (CALLINICO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI) Vol. III, p. 245
CALLINICUS I, patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE. — He held this office from 693 to 705. His severe admonitions against the emperor Justinian II ulti- mately made him…
Callinteria (Καλλυντήρια) (CALLINTERIE (ΚΑΛΛΥΝΤΉΡΙΑ)) Vol. III, p. 245
CALLINTERIE (Καλλυντήρια). – Ancient Athenian festivals in honor of Athena, generally mentioned together with the Plinterie (v.). Nothing has been handed down…
Callirhoe (CALLIROE) Vol. III, p. 245
CALLIROE. - A region of thermal springs east of the Dead Sea, a little south of Zerqà Mà'in, called by the Arabs Hammàm ez-Zàrà. In a broad amphitheatre 4 km…
Callistus I, Patriarch of Constantinople (CALLISTO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI) Vol. III, p. 245
CALLISTO I, patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE. – At first a monk on Mount Athos and a convinced follower of the doctrine of Gregory Palamas, he succeeded Isidore I…
Callistus I, Pope, Saint (CALLISTO I, PAPA, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 245
CALLISTO I, POPE, saint. - The Lib. Pont. and the Liberian Catalogue call him a Roman from the region across the Tiber (« de regione Urbe Ravennantium ») and…
Callistus II, Pope (CALLISTO II, PAPA) Vol. III, p. 248
CALLISTO II, POPE. — For many years (from 1088) archbishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné, Guido, son of Guglielmo, count of Burgundy, carried out fervent activity…
Callistus III, Antipope (CALLISTO III, ANTIPAPA) Vol. III, p. 249
CALLISTO III, ANTIPAPA: V. GIOVANNI, ABATE DI STRUMI.
Callistus III, Pope (CALLISTO III, PAPA) Vol. III, p. 249
CALLISTO III, POPE. — Alfonso di Borgia (Borja), born at Canals near Xàtiva (Valencia) on 31 December 1378, studied at the University of Lérida in Catalonia,…
Callistus, Pope (CALLISTO, PAPA) Vol. III, p. 246
CALLISTO, POPE, saint — Dejunti in beatitudine, fresco in the cubiculum called of the five Saints (296–304) — Rome. the ground in which the darnel grows mixed…
Calloni, Vincenzo Vol. III, p. 250
CALLONI, VINCENZO. - Franciscan missionary, born at S. Maria a Colle (Lucca) on 24 March 1844. He was sent to the missionary college of S. Carlo in S. Lorenzo,…
Callot, Jacques Vol. III, p. 250
CALLOT, JACQUES. - Engraver and draughtsman, b. at Nancy about 1594, d. there in 1635. In 1608 he arrived in Italy, after making his first experiments in…
Cally, Pierre Vol. III, p. 251
CALLY, PIERRE. - Cartesian theologian and philosopher, born at Mesnil-Hubert (Orne) in the seventeenth century and died at Caen on 31 December 1709. After…
Calmet, Augustin Vol. III, p. 251
CALMET, AUGUSTIN. — One of the most famous commentators on the Bible and historians of the Church of the eighteenth century, born at Ménil-la-Horgne (Lorraine)…
Calmette, Jean Vol. III, p. 251
CALMETTE, JEAN. - Missionary and Indologist, b. at Rodez (Aveyron, France) on 5 May 1693, d. in February 1740. A Jesuit in 1709, he left for India, where he…
Calonicus (CALONICO) Vol. III, p. 251
CALONICO: v. TEMISTIO.
Calonymos ben Calonymos (Qalōnymōs ben Qalōnymōs) (CALONIMOS BEN CALONIMOS (QALŌNIMŌS BEN QALŌNIMŌS)) Vol. III, p. 251
CALONIMOS ben CALONIMOS (Qalōnimōs ben Qalōnimōs). - Rabbi, born in 1286 at Arles in Provence, he lived for some years in Italy. Among his writings he left a…
Caltagirone, Diocese of (CALTAGIRONE, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 252
CALTAGIRONE, DIOCESI di. - City of eastern Sicily. The Saracens called it Qal'at al-gīrān, that is, Castle of the Caves. The diocese covers an area of 2,000…
Caltanissetta, Diocese of (CALTANISSETTA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 252
CALTANISSETTA, DIOCESI of. — In Sicily, erected by Gregory XVI (25 May 1844) with jurisdiction over 17 municipalities, which until then had belonged to the…
Calumnies Against Christians (CALUNNIE CONTRO I CRISTIANI) Vol. III, p. 252
CALUNNIE CONTRO I CRISTIANI: v. ACCUSE CONTRO I CRISTIANI.
Calumny (CALUNNIA) Vol. III, p. 252
CALUNNIA: v. DETRAZIONE.
Calusco, Taddeo Vol. III, p. 252
CALUSCO, TADDEO. – Preacher and biblical scholar, born in Milan in the second half of the 17th century, died there on 21 April 1720. He became an Augustinian…
Caluso, Valperga Tommaso di Vol. III, p. 252
CALUSO, VALPERGA TOMMASO di: v. VALPERGA DI CALUSO TOMMASO.
Calvary (CALVARIO) Vol. III, p. 252
CALVARIO. — The place where Jesus «suffered outside the gates (of Jerusalem)» (Hebr. 13:2), called «the place of the skull» (κρενίου τόπος) and in Greek…
Calvi and Teano, Diocese of (CALVI E TEANO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 253
CALVI and TEANO, DIOCESES of. — Dioceses of Campania, united aeque et principaliter in 1818, with the episcopal residence in T. Area: 447.4 sq km; parishes…
Calvin (Calvinus, Cauvin, Chauvin, Calvin Jean) (CALVINO (CALVINUS, CAUVIN, CHAUVIN, CALVIN JEAN)) Vol. III, p. 253
CALVINO (CALVINUS, CAUVIN, CHAUVIN, CALVIN JEAN). - The most important initiator of Protestantism in France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Among the…
Calvinus, Justus Vol. III, p. 263
CALVINUS, JUSTUS. – Controversialist, born at Wetter (Hesse) in May 1572, died at Mainz between 1616 and 1621. While attending the theology course at…
Calybita, Giovanni, Saint (CALIBITA, GIOVANNI, SANTO) Vol. III, p. 237
CALIBITA, GIOVANNI, saint: v. GIOVANNI CALIBITA, saint.
Calzari Vol. III, p. 263
CALZARI. — Under the name of calzari one commonly understands everything that covers the foot and the leg, whether shoe or stocking; but, speaking…
Calò, Pietro Vol. III, p. 251
CALÒ, PIETRO. – Dominican, hagiographer, born at Chioggia, died perhaps at Cividale del Friuli on 11 December 1348. In 1307 he was appointed lector at the…
Camagüey, Diocese of (CAMAGÜEY, DIOCESI DI) Vol. III, p. 264
CAMAGÜEY, DIOCESE of. — City in the province of C. on the island of Cuba, and a suffragan diocese of Santiago di Cuba. It comprises the civil province of C.…
Camaiani, Pietro Vol. III, p. 264
CAMAIANI, PIETRO. - Nuncio, b. at Arezzo on 1 June 1519, d. at Ascoli Piceno on 27 July 1579. He was a canon of Florence when, on 12 Feb. 1552, he was…
Camaldolese (CAMALDOLESI) Vol. III, p. 264
CAMALDOLESI: v. BENEDETTINI CAMALDOLESI.
Camaldolese Benedictines (BENEDETTINI CAMALDOLESI) Vol. II, p. 725
BENEDETTINI CAMALDOLESI. — I. CONGREGATION OF THE HERMIT MONKS. — The Camaldolese Congregation arose as a branch of the Benedictine Order in 1012 and is…