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Clairvaux, Abbey of (CLAIRVAUX, ABBAZIA DI)
The famous abbey of C. is indissolubly linked to the name and glory of its abbot St. Bernard. Chosen by St. Stephen Harding to found a new monastery, he set… -
Clairvoyance (CHIAROVEGGENZA)
A fully satisfactory definition of c. is difficult. Etymologically: "clear vision, clarity of perception." Even the most competent authors differ on the… -
Clare Mary of the Passion, Venerable (CHIARA MARIA DELLA PASSIONE, VENERABILE)
Discalced Carmelite mystic, Princess Giovanna Vittoria Colonna-Barberini, b. 11 April 1610 in Orsogna (Chieti) to Don Filippo Colonna, Duke of Paliano, d. in… -
Clarembald of Abras (CLAREMBALDO DI ABRAS)
A disciple of Thierry of Chartres (v.), of whom there is known so far an extensive commentary on Boethius' De Trinitate, written around 1153 (cf. ed. W.… -
Clareno, Angelo
Franciscan (more correctly A. da Chiarino, also called da Cingoli), leader of the zealots or Spirituals (v.), b. at Chiarino (Recanati; or at Fossombrone), d.… -
Clare of Assisi, Saint (CHIARA D'ASSISI, SANTA)
Foundress with St. Francis of the Order of the Poor Clares, called the Second Franciscan Order, b. at Assisi in 1194 into a noble family (but not of the counts… -
Clare of Montefalco, Saint (CHIARA DA MONTEFALCO, SANTA)
Augustinian, b. at Montefalco (province of Perugia) in 1268, d. there on 17 Aug. 1308. At the age of 6 she entered the reclusory founded and governed by her… -
Claret, Anthony Mary, Blessed (CLARET, ANTONIO MARIA, BEATO)
Founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (v.), born at Sallent (Barcelona) on 24 December 1807. Having studied at Vich… -
Claretians (CLARETIANI)
CLARETIANI : v. MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA. -
Clari, Giovanni Carlo Maria
Musician, b. at Pisa on 27 Nov. 1677, d. there on 16 May 1754. He studied first with his father Giovanni Antonio (choirmaster of the cathedral of Pistoia) and… -
Clario, Isidoro
Bishop, exegete and orator, b. at Chiari (Brescia) in 1495 and d. at Foligno on 28 May 1555. His name was Taddeo Cucchi: he was called Clarius from the… -
Clarke, Richard Frederick
English Jesuit writer, b. in London on 24 Jan. 1839, d. at York on 10 Sept. 1900. After good studies at Oxford, he had been ordained minister in the Anglican… -
Clarke, Samuel
Anglican theologian and philosopher, b. in Norwich on 11 Oct. 1675, d. in London on 17 May 1729. His writings were edited by Hoadly, The Works of S. Clarke, 4… -
Clasio, Luigi
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Classes (CLASSI)
The identity of social positions, professions and activities carried out within the community, when compared with the diversity of aptitudes, education and… -
Classicism (CLASSICISMO)
The concept of classicism, like that of Romanticism and, more recently (limited to the figurative arts) of Baroque, besides designating a historically… -
Classification (CLASSIFICAZIONE)
CLASSIFICATION.— It is the operation by which a multitude of related objects is arranged in a hierarchical system of groupings, for the purpose of facilitating… -
Class Struggle (LOTTA DI CLASSE)
LOTTA DI CLASSE: v. CLASSI. -
Clauberg, Johann
Calvinist, b. in 1622 at Solingen (Westphalia), professor of philosophy at Herborn, then at Duisburg, where he d. in 1665. He was the first to spread Cartesian… -
Claude, Jean
Calvinist theologian and polemicist, b. at La Sauvetat (Agenois) in 1619, d. at The Hague in 1687. Son and grandson of Calvinist pastors, and himself a pastor… -
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (LORENESE, GELLÉE CLAUDE, DETTO IL)
Painter, b. at Chamagne (Lorraine) in 1600, d. in Rome on 23 Nov. 1682. His artistic life unfolded almost entirely in Italy. In 1613-14 he is already recorded… -
Claudia de Angelis
Mystic, b. at Anagni in 1675, d. in 1715. Devoted from her earliest years to a life of piety and sacrifice, she was later drawn to Dominican spirituality and… -
Claudian, Saint, Martyr (CLAUDIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
CLAUDIANO, santo, martire: v. PAPIA, DIODORUS and CLAUDIANUS, saints, martyrs. -
Claudianus, Claudius (CLAUDIANO, CLAUDIO)
The last notable Latin poet, born and educated in Alexandria; to the study of Greek, his native language, in which he also wrote verses, he added that of the… -
Claudianus Mamertus (CLAUDIANO MAMERTO)
He was a priest at Vienne in the Dauphiné, where he died in 473 or 474. Around 470 he wrote De statu animae in 3 books, of which the first two contain the… -
Claudia Procula
CLAUDIA PROCULA: v. PROCULA CLAUDIA. -
Claudius, Asterius, Neon, Domnina and Theonilla, Saints (CLAUDIO, ASTERIO, NEONE, DOMNINA E TEONILLA, SANTI)
Martyrs of Aegea (in Cilicia) in 285; the Western martyrologies commemorate them on 23 Aug., while the Greek synaxaria list them on 30 Oct. and 27 Jan. Two… -
Claudius (Ethiopian Galāxodēnos) (CLAUDIO (ETIOPICO GALĀXODĒNOS))
Sovereign of Ethiopia. He succeeded his father Lebna Denghel (David II) in September 1540, at the age of 18. Very little remained then of Christian Ethiopia… -
Claudius II, Emperor, Known as the Goth (CLAUDIO II, IMPERATORE, DETTO IL GOTICO)
Born in Pannonia to a humble family between 214 and 220, he distinguished himself in the army through his great valor. Thanks to the support of the military… -
Claudius, Matthias
Protestant poet and writer, b. at Reinfeld on 15 Aug. 1740, d. at Hamburg on 21 Jan. 1815. After completing his university studies at Jena, he lived in… -
Claudius of Turin (CLAUDIO DI TORINO)
Of Spanish origin, a follower, it seems, of Felix of Urgel. He attended in Lyon the school that Archbishop Leidrad had brought to a high level of efficiency.… -
Claudius Severus (CLAUDIO SEVERO)
Rhetorician and Peripatetic philosopher, teacher of Marcus Aurelius, who makes honorable mention of him in his Meditations (1, 14). He must also be that C. S.… -
Claudius, Roman Emperor (CLAUDIO, IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Fourth emperor (41-54 A.D.), son of Drusus and Antonia, uncle of Caligula, whom he succeeded in the Empire at the age of fifty. Although he had no great… -
Clause (CLAUSOLA)
The term c. (from Latin claudo) means generically final part and specifically the concise conclusion of a discourse. IN LAW. — The term is found in Roman legal… -
Clausel de Montals, Claude-Hippolyte
Bishop, b. at Coussergues (Aveyron) on 5 April 1769, d. on 1 April 1857. Having fled from Saint-Sulpice at the time of the storming of the Bastille, he was… -
Clausi, Bernardo, Venerable (CLAUSI, BERNARDO, VENERABILE)
A most pious priest of the Minims, b. at S. Sisto (Cosenza) in 1789, d. at Paola on 20 Dec. 1849. He entered the Order of the Minims at Paola at a very young… -
Clausure (CLAUSURA)
The name c., from the Latin claudere (to close), has two correlative meanings in the law of religious. It is commonly used to indicate both the law that… -
Claver, Peter, Saint (CLAVER, PIETRO, SANTO)
CLAVER, PIETRO, santo: v. PIETRO CLAVER, saint. -
Clavijero, Francisco-Javier
Mexican Jesuit, b. at Veracruz in 1731, and having entered the novitiate in 1748, he taught rhetoric in Mexico and philosophy at Valladolid and Guadalajara.… -
Clavius, Christoph (CLAVIO, CHRISTOPH)
Celebrated Jesuit mathematician, b. at Bamberg in 1538, d. at Rome on 6 February 1612. Having entered the Society at Rome in 1555, he studied at Coimbra in… -
Clémencet, Charles
Maurist Benedictine, b. at Painblanc in 1703, d. 4 April 1778 in Paris. He collaborated on the Histoire littér. de la France (vols. X and XI), completed the… -
Clemen, Karl
Protestant, historian of religions, b. at Sommerfeld (Leipzig) in 1865, d. on 8 July 1940 at Bonn, where he was professor of his discipline. Principal works… -
Clemens, Franz Jakob
German theologian, b. in Koblenz on 4 Oct. 1815, d. in Rome on 24 Feb. 1862. After completing his studies, he traveled through Germany and Italy, acquiring a… -
Clemens, Jacob, called non Papa (CLEMENS, JACOB, DETTO NON PAPA)
Musician, b. in Flanders toward the end of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th, d. at Dixmuiden in 1555. He was called Non Papa to distinguish him… -
Clement, Consul (CLEMENTE, CONSOLE)
Titus Flavius C., consul in the year 95, cousin of the emperor Domitian and husband of Flavia Domitilla, a man of "most despicable indolence" according to… -
Clément de Boissy, Atranas-Alexandre (CLÉMENT DE BOISSY, ATRANASE-ALEXANDRE)
French jurist, brother of the bishop of Versailles Augustin, counselor of the Chambre des Comptes of Paris, b. at Créteil in 1716, d. at St-Palaye in 1793. He… -
Clemente da Sant'Elpidio, Blessed (CLEMENTE DA S. ELPIDIO, BEATO)
He is also called C. of Osimo by biographers, but he was born in the village of S. Elpidio, near that city. In 1274 he was prior general of the Hermits of St.… -
Clemente da Terzorio
Capuchin historian of the Province of Genoa, b. 7 Sept. 1865, d. 13 Dec. 1946. A missionary in Montevideo (1891-93), secretary general of the Missions… -
Clemente, Il
Sogari Prospero, known as il C., sculptor and goldsmith, b. at Reggio Emilia on 16 February 1516, d. there on 25 May 1584. He was influenced by ancient… -
Clément, François
Born at Bèze in 1714, died on 29 March 1793 in Paris, he was called a Maurist Benedictine; he devoted his life to historical studies and, on the commission of… -
Clement III, Antipope (CLEMENTE III, ANTIPAPA)
CLEMENTE III, ANTIPAPA: v. GUIBERTO di RAVENNA. -
Clement III, Pope (CLEMENTE III, PAPA)
The Roman Paolo Scolari, cardinal from 1179 and bishop of Palestrina from 1181, was elected pope at Pisa on 19 Dec. 1187 and took the name C. III. His first… -
Clement II, Pope (CLEMENTE II, PAPA)
After the forced abdication of Gregory VI, on Dec. 24, 1046 Suitger, bishop of Bamberg, was named pontiff by the will of Henry III. The validity of his… -
Clementi, Muzio
Musician, b. in Rome on 24 Jan. 1752, d. in London on 10 March 1832. A pupil of Buroni, Cordicelli, Carpani and Santorelli, in 1764 he composed the oratorio… -
Clementine (CLEMENTINA)
Name of the Societas hebraica Parisiensis, founded by French Capuchins in the 18th century and approved by Clement XIII, with the aim of deepening biblical… -
Clementine Constitutions (CLEMENTINE, COSTITUZIONI)
CLEMENTINE, COSTITUZIONI: v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI. CLEMENTINE (PSEUDO), OMELIE E RECOGNITIONES: v. CLEMENTE I, papa. -
Clementine Constitutions (COSTITUZIONI CLEMENTINE)
COSTITUZIONI CLEMENTINE: v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI. -
Clementine Homilies (OMELIE CLEMENTINE)
OMELIE CLEMENTINE : v. CLEMENTE I, -
Clement I, Pope, Saint (CLEMENTE I, PAPA, SANTO)
Pope from 92 to 101, according to Eusebius; author of an epistle to the Corinthians. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. The epistle. - III. Apocryphal works. - IV. Title… -
Clement IV, Pope (CLEMENTE IV, PAPA)
Guido Fulcodi, b. at St-Gilles near Nîmes in Provence at the beginning of the 13th century, was in the service of the king of France precisely at the moment… -
Clement IX, Pope (CLEMENTE IX, PAPA)
Giulio Rospigliosi was born in Pistoia, of a noble family, on 28 January 1600; created cardinal in 1657, elected pope on 20 June 1667, died on 9 December 1669.… -
Clement Mary Hofbauer, Saint (CLEMENTE MARIA HOFBAUER, SANTO)
B. Dec. 26, 1751 at Tasswitz (Austria), d. in Vienna on March 15, 1820. After a hard and laborious youth, he lived for some time as a hermit, and then attended… -
Clement of Alexandria (CLEMENTE ALESSANDRINO)
Greek ecclesiastical writer. SUMMARY: I. Person. - II. Works. - III. Doctrine. I. PERSON. - 1. Life. - Titus Flavius C., surnamed the A., born around the… -
Clement of Ancyra, Martyr (CLEMENTE DI ANCIRA, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in all the martyrologies on 23 January. According to the Passio, a rhetorical and naively bold writing, he would have been born in 258… -
Clement of Jesus (CLEMENTE DI GESÙ)
Carmelite missionary, in the world Giovanni Peano. Born in Alessandria on 7 April 1731, he professed on 27 September 1749. A missionary in Malabar from 1757… -
Clement of Ohrid, Saint (CLEMENTE DI OCRIDA, SANTO)
Called "the Slav" or "the Bulgarian," bishop, d. in 916. He accompanied Sts. Cyril and Methodius on the mission to Moravia. After the death of St. Methodius… -
Clement of Smolensk (CLEMENTE DI SMOLENSK)
Russian monk, elected in 1149 metropolitan of Kiev during the absence of the titular, the Byzantine Michael, despite the oath sworn not to proceed to elections… -
Clement, Pseudo (CLEMENTE, PSEUDO)
CLEMENTE, PSEUDO: v. CLEMENT I, § III: apocryphal works. -
Clement, Saint (CLEMENTE, SANTO)
Byzantine hymnographer, who lived in the 9th century. It seems certain that he was a monk of Stoudion and not at Grottaferrata, as G. Sciommari believed (Vita… -
Clement VII, Antipope (CLEMENTE VII, ANTIPAPA)
CLEMENTE VII, ANTIPAPA: v. ROBERTO di GINEVRA. -
Clement VIII, Antipope (CLEMENTE VIII, ANTIPAPA)
CLEMENTE VIII, ANTIPAPA: V. SANCHEZ MUÑOZ, EGIDIO. -
Clement VIII, Pope (CLEMENTE VIII, PAPA)
Ippolito, son of Silvestro Aldobrandini, an illustrious jurist, and of Lisa Deti, b. at Fano on 24 Feb. 1536, was raised to the pontificate on 30 Jan. 1592; d.… -
Clement VII, Pope (CLEMENTE VII, PAPA)
Giulio de' Medici, b. in Florence on 26 May 1478, a month after the Pazzi conspiracy, of which his father Giuliano had been a victim; the latter had had him by… -
Clement VI, Pope (CLEMENTE VI, PAPA)
Pierre Roger, b. in 1291 at Maumont (Corrèze) to Guillaume, lord of Rosière, and to Guillemette de Mestre. At the age of ten he entered the Benedictine… -
Clement V, Pope (CLEMENTE V, PAPA)
Bertrand de Got, b. in Gascony, was bishop of Comminges (1295-97), then archbishop of Bordeaux (1297-1305). His election, after the long Conclave of Perugia… -
Clement XIII, Pope (CLEMENTE XIII, PAPA)
Carlo Rezzonico, b. in Venice on 7 March 1693 to a family originally from Como and only recently inscribed in the Libro d'oro (1687). He studied at the Jesuit… -
Clement XII, Pope (CLEMENTE XII, PAPA)
Lorenzo Corsini, b. in Florence on 7 April 1652; d. in Rome on 6 Feb. 1740. He studied in Rome at the Roman College, and earned a doctorate in both laws at… -
Clement XI, Pope (CLEMENTE XI, PAPA)
Giovanni Francesco Albani, b. at Urbino on 23 July 1649, was educated in Rome and was not unconnected with the circle of Queen Christina of Sweden. Appointed… -
Clement XIV, Pope (CLEMENTE XIV, PAPA)
Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio, son of Lorenzo Ganganelli, b. 31 Oct. 1705 at Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna in the district of Rimini, where his father practiced… -
Clement X, Pope (CLEMENTE X, PAPA)
Emilio Altieri, b. in Rome of the ancient Altieri family on 12 July 1590; a doctor of both laws, he was in 1623 auditor at the nunciature of Poland, then on 26… -
Cleomenes (CLEOMENE)
Heretic; he taught the patripassian doctrine (the Father is identical with the Son, having suffered in Christ) in Rome at the beginning of the 3rd century… -
Cleophas (CLEOFA)
A name which in the Vulgate (Cleophas) corresponds to two different names in the Greek New Testament. While Κλεόπας (Lk. 24:18) is a Greek name (a contraction… -
Clergy Assemblies (ASSEMBLEE DEL CLERO)
ASSEMBLEE DEL CLERO: v. CLERO, ASSEMBLEE del. -
Clergy, Assembly of the (CLERO, ASSEMBLEE DEL)
According to canonical provisions, the clergy of each diocese gathers with the bishop at its head in the diocesan synod (v.); bishops gather in provincial… -
Clergy, Clerics (CLERO, CHIERICI)
By divine right the members of the Church are divided into the two categories of clerics and laity. To the former belong (whether by divine right or not… -
Clergy Gymnasium (PALESTRA DEL CLERO)
A fortnightly review of ecclesiastical culture and practice, begun at Rovigo on 1 November 1921. It contains articles on the various ecclesiastical sciences… -
Clerical and Clericalism (CLERICALE E CLERICALISMO)
"Clerical" is one of those adjectives that are periodically coined to be used in a derogatory sense, as happened in the sixteenth century with the word… -
Clericatus
CLERICATUS: v. CHIERICATO, GIOVANNI. -
Clerici, Bernardo
Friar Minor, missionary in Bolivia, b. in Pompejana on 5 Jan. 1825, d. in Tumapasa on 1 June 1907. C. became a Franciscan in the Observant Province of Bologna… -
Clerics (CHIERICI)
CLERICS: V. CLERO. -
Clerics of Saint Viator (CHIERICI DI SAN VIATORE)
Religious congregation, founded for teaching and the sacred ministry by the priest Louis Querbes (1793-1859), parish priest of Vourles near Lyon, in 1823. It… -
Clermont-Ferrand, Diocese of (CLERMONT-FERRAND, DIOCESI DI)
In France, currently formed by the department of Puy-de-Dôme; it is a suffragan of Bourges, comprises 5 archpriestries (Clermont, Ambert, Thiers, Issoire and… -
Clermont-Ganneau, Charles
Orientalist, b. in Paris on 17 February 1846, d. there on 15 February 1923. From 1890 he taught Semitic epigraphy and antiquities at the Collège de France.… -
Clermont-Tonnerre, Anne-Antoine-Marie-Jules, Duke of (CLERMONT-TONNERRE, ANNE-ANTOINE-MARIE-JULES, DUCA DI)
Cardinal, b. in Paris on 1 January 1749, d. at Toulouse on 21 February 1830. Abbot of Montierender, bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, ecclesiastical peer of the… -
Clervaux (Clerf)
Benedictine abbey of Sts. Maurice and Maurus, in Luxembourg, erected in 1909 to succeed the abbey of St. Maurus of Glanfeuil (diocese of Angers), which the… -
Cles, Bernardo
Cardinal, b. at Cles on 11 March 1485, d. at Bressanone on 28 July 1539. He studied at Bologna; during the pontificate of Leo X, he was elected (12 June 1514)… -
Clet, François-Régis, Martyr, Blessed (CLET, FRANÇOIS-RÉGIS, MARTIRE, BEATO)
Born in Grenoble on 19 Aug. 1748. As a boy he was distinguished for innocence, piety and a great love of study; his fellow pupils would later call him a… -
Cletus, Pope (CLETO, PAPA)
CLETO, papa: v. ANACLETO, papa. -
Cleveland, Diocese of (CLEVELAND, DIOCESI DI)
City in the State of Ohio in the United States and suffragan of Cincinnati. Its territory comprises 14 counties of northeastern Ohio, with an area of about… -
Cleves (CLEVE)
Two painters of this name. Of Joos van C. (Joos van der Beke) the Elder, the year of birth is unknown; he died in Antwerp in 1540. This painter, hitherto known… -
Clichtove, Josse
Humanist and theologian, b. at Newport in 1472 or 1473, d. at Chartres on 22 Sept. 1542. From the beginning of the 16th century he figures among the most… -
Clifford, William Joseph
English prelate, b. 24 Dec. 1823 at Irnham (diocese of Nottingham), d. 1893 at Both. Elected bishop of Clifton in Feb. 1857, he governed this diocese until his… -
Clifton, Diocese of (CLIFTON, DIOCESI DI)
In the south of the Bristol Channel (England); it comprises the county borough of Bristol and the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. The… -
Climacteric Age (CLIMATERICA, ETÀ)
Attribution given by the ancients to certain periods of life, recurring at fixed times (every seven or nine years); critical points of particular difficulty… -
Clinge (Kling), Konrad
German theologian, of the Conventual Franciscans, b. at Nordhausen (Thuringia) ca. 1483-84, d. at Erfurt on 10 March 1556. He received his doctorate in… -
Clinicians (CLINICI)
With this name (from κλίνη = bed), which in Latin referred both to physicians and to the sick confined to bed (notable examples of this second meaning are… -
Clitherow, Margaret, Blessed, Martyr (CLITHEROW, MARGARET, BEATA, MARTIRE)
Called "the Pearl of York," born in York around 1552 to Thomas Middleton, a wax merchant and sheriff of York. Raised in heresy, in 1571 she married the… -
Clitunno, Tempietto del
CLITUNNO, TEMPIETTO del: v. SPOLETO, DIOCESI di. -
Clock (OROLOGIO)
Since antiquity there have been reports of instruments for measuring time applied to buildings; nevertheless the clock understood as an element, even a… -
Clogher, Diocese of (CLOCHER, DIOCESI DI)
In Eire (Ireland), suffragan of Armagh. The name comes from the Gaelic Clochar (= stone church). The see was founded by St. Patrick, who around 454 designated… -
Cloisonné
CLOISONNÉ: v. SMALTO. -
Cloister (Claustrum) (CHIOSTRO (CLAUSTRUM))
In the monastic sense it indicates, in remote times, that enclosed site which, according to the most ancient rules of St. Pachomius, of St. Basil, of Sts. Paul… -
Clonfert, Diocese of (CLONFERT, DIOCESI DI)
In Eire (Ireland), suffragan of Tuam. The name derives from the Gaelic Cluain Fearta Breanaina (= meadow of Brandan's grass). The origins of the diocese go… -
Clopinel, Jean
CLOPINEL, JEAN: v. MEUNG, JEAN de. -
Clorivière, Pierre-Joseph Picot de
French Jesuit, b. at St-Malo on 29 June 1735, d. at Paris on 9 Jan. 1820. He entered the novitiate of Paris in 1756, but the suppression of the Society of… -
Clotilde, Saint (CLOTILDE, SANTA)
Daughter of the Arian king Childeric, born in Lyon around 474, after the killing of her parents she was entrusted to the guardianship of her uncle Gundobad… -
Cloud of Unknowing ('Nube della Non Conoscenza')
Mystical text, anonymous, composed in England in the Midland dialect, around the middle of the 14th century and published for the first time, with a… -
Clouet, Jean
Painter and draughtsman, b. in the Low Countries (?) around 1485, d. in Paris in 1540. He is recorded at Tours from 1516, where he also executed large… -
Clovio, Giulio
Miniaturist, b. at Grizane in Croatia, d. at Rome on 5 Jan. 1578. His name in his native language was Jurai (that is, George) Glovichsich. In 1516 he was in… -
Clovis, King of the Franks (CLODOVEO, RE DEI FRANCHI)
He was of royal stock and belonged to the tribe of the Salian Franks; b. in 446, at the age of 15 he was already king. Raised in the pagan religion, he… -
Cloyne, Diocese of (CLOYNE, DIOCESI DI)
In Ireland, a suffragan of Cashel. The name comes from the Gaelic Cluain (= meadow). The diocese was founded around 580 by St. Colman, the first bishop, who is… -
Cluj-Gherla, Diocese of (CLUJ-GHERLA, DIOCESI DI)
Cluj is a city in Romania, the capital of Transylvania, with 99,720 inhabitants (1937 census). A very ancient city, called Napoca by the Dacians and… -
Cluny
City in the Rhône region, department of Saône-et-Loire, diocese of Mâcon, with the remains of the Benedictine abbey of the same name, called the "second Rome,"… -
Clypeate, Image (CLIPEATA, IMMAGINE)
With the expression "imago clipeata," which is already found in Macrobius (Saturn., II, 3), one usually designates the figure or, more often, the half-bust of…