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CubaVol. IV, p. 611 CUBA. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - The “pearl” and the largest of the Antilles (115,000 sq km with the neighboring islands). Oblong and narrow in shape, it lies entirely…
CubiculumVol. IV, p. 612 CUBICULUM. – This is a common term among the Romans for the sleeping rooms that opened onto the sides of the atrium of the house. It frequently occurs in…
Cubism(CUBISMO)Vol. IV, p. 612 CUBISM. — This term denotes one of the most significant trends in modern pictorial art. It first manifested itself at the beginning of our century and appeared…
Cubitus(CUBITO)Vol. IV, p. 612 CUBITO. — A unit of linear measurement among the ancient Hebrews, as among other Eastern peoples, corresponding to the length of the forearm, from the elbow to…
Cucchi, Tito MariaVol. IV, p. 612 CUCCHI, TITO MARIA. - Italian theologian and bishop, b. at Cerasa (diocese of Fano) on 2 March 1860, d. at Senigallia on 8 Sept. 1938. A pupil of the Pio…
Cudworth, RalphVol. IV, p. 613 CUDWORTH, RALPH. – English philosopher and (latitudinarian) theologian, born at Aller (Somersetshire) in 1617, died on 26 July 1688 at Cambridge. He studied…
Cuenca, Diocese of(CUENCA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 613 CUENCA, DIOCESI of. — City and diocese in Castile (Spain), suffragan of Toledo. It has an area of 21,797 sq km and 435,000 inhabitants, all Catholics. It…
Cuera, Diocese of(CUERA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 613 CUERA, DIOCESI di: v. COIRA, DIOCESI di.
Cuernavaca, Diocese of(CUERNAVACA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 613 CUERNAVACA, DIOCESE di. - In the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Città del Messico. It was erected by Leone XIII on 23 June 1891 with the bull Illud in…
Cuff (Basso Latin Cofea)(CUFFIA (BASSO LAT. COFEA))Vol. IV, p. 613 CUFFIA (late Lat. cofea). - Generally, a piece of cloth intended to protect or confine the hair of men or women, especially religious women. Already known from…
Cuiabá, Archdiocese of(CUIABÀ, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 614 CUIABÀ, ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the center of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Its suffragan dioceses are Corumbá and S. Luigi de Cáceres, and the mullus…
Cujavia, Diocese Of(CUJAVIA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 614 CUJAVIA, DIOCESI di: v. WLADISLAVIA, DIOCESI di.
Culdees(CULDEI)Vol. IV, p. 614 CULDEI. – Religious communities proper to Celtic monasticism. Their origins are little known. As a distinct institution, the C. belonged to the reform movement…
Culiacán, Diocese of(CULIACAN, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 614 CULIACAN, DIOCESI di: v. SINALOA, DIOCESI di.
Cullen, PaulVol. IV, p. 614 CULLEN, PAUL. - Cardinal, b. 29 Apr. 1803 at Prospect in County Kildare, Ireland, d. 24 Oct. 1878 at Dublin. He devoted himself to the study of Oriental…
Cult (Latin Cultus, from colere = to cultivate, honor)(CULTO (LAT. CULTUS, DA COLERE = COLTIVARE, ONORARE))Vol. IV, p. 616 WORSHIP (Lat. Cultus, from colere = to cultivate, to honor). SUMMARY: I. General notions. – II. The various kinds of worship. – III. The origin and development…
Cult Of Fire(FUOCO, CULTO DEL)Vol. V, p. 1085 FIRE, CULT, THE. — The importance of fire for human life explains the formation and development, among many ancient and modern peoples, of an abundant…
Cult of Stones(PIETRA, CULTO DELLA)Vol. IX, p. 841 PIETRA, CULTO della. — The cult of the stone is universal and is found either in active form or in a survival state under every latitude. A stone may assume a…
Cult of the Immaculate Heart of Mary(CUORE DI MARIA, CULTO DEL)Vol. IV, p. 628 HEART OF MARY, CULT OF. — The questions relating to the cult of the H. of M. can be reduced to two fundamental ones: its legitimacy and its historical…
Cult of the Sovereign(SOVRANO, CULTO DEL)Vol. XI, p. 609 SOVRANO, CULTO del. – In primitive communities, the head of the community performs the dual function of king and priest (magician, sorcerer), as one who, being…
Cultivating Property(PROPRIETÀ COLTIVATRICE)Vol. X, p. 108 PEASANT PROPRIETORSHIP. — The landholding system based on small peasant proprietorship brings together in the same hands all the factors of production. The…
Cults Permitted(CULTI AMMESSI)Vol. IV, p. 615 PERMITTED RELIGIONS. — By this designation, Italian legislation, from June 1929 until 1943 (and, exceptionally, even thereafter: cf. decree-laws of 7 June 1946…
Cultural Evolutionism(EVOLUZIONISMO CULTURALE)Vol. V, p. 559 CULTURAL EVOLUTIONISM. — A theory that interprets human and social events according to the laws of evolution. SUMMARY: I. History. — II. The concept of…
Cultural Hero(EROE CULTURALE)Vol. V, p. 328 CULTURAL HERO. — This is a figure encountered in the mythology of many primitive peoples and has a secondary and subordinate function vis-à-vis the Supreme…
Cultural Mystery(MISTERO CULTURALE)Vol. VIII, p. 684 CULTURAL MYSTERY. – New theory concerning the mysterious presence of Christ in redeemed humanity, with particular implications for the liturgy (Mass and…
Cum Sicut MaiestasVol. IV, p. 623 «CUM SICUT MAIESTAS». - Opening words of the bull of Alessandro VI (26 March 1500), which contains the first organization of the Church for the new lands…
CumaVol. IV, p. 622 CUMA. — Testimonies to an ancient Christian community at C. are found in two pagan temples erected during the Greek period, rebuilt in the Roman-Augustan age,…
Cumaná, Diocese of(CUMANÀ, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 622 CUMANÀ, DIOCESE of. - In Venezuela (State of Sucre), suffragan of Santiago de Venezuela. It was erected by Pius XI on 12 Oct. 1922, by dismemberment of the…
Cumberland, RichardVol. IV, p. 622 CUMBERLAND, RICHARD. – English philosopher, born in London on 15 July 1631, died there on 9 October 1718. C., Anglican bishop of Petersborough, is known for…
Cummings, Jeremiah WilliamsVol. IV, p. 622 CUMMINGS, JEREMIAH WILLIAMS. – Priest, born in Washington in Apr. 1814, died in New York on 4 Jan. 1866. He completed his theological studies at the College of…
Cumno, Nicephorus(CUMNO, NICEFORO)Vol. IV, p. 623 CUMNO, NICEFORO : v. NICEFORO CUMNO.
Cumont, Franz-Valéry-MarieVol. IV, p. 623 CUMONT, FRANZ-VALÉRY-MARIE. — Archaeologist and historian of religions, born at Alost (Belgium) on 3 January 1868, died at Woluwe (Brussels) on 20 August 1947.…
Cunegonda, Blessed(CUNEGONDA, BEATA)Vol. IV, p. 623 CUNEGONDA, beata : v. KINGA, beata.
Cunegonda, Saint(CUNEGONDA, SANTA)Vol. IV, p. 623 CUNEGONDA, saint. - Empress of Germany, daughter of Sigfrido, count of Lussemburgo, born about 978, died at Kaufungen near Kassel (Assia) on 3 March 1033 or…
Cuneo, Diocese of(CUNEO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 623 CUNEO, DIOCESI DI. — In southern Piedmont, it borders to the north with Fossano and Saluzzo, to the east with Mondovì, to the south and west with France, and…
Cunha, Rodrigo daVol. IV, p. 624 CUNHA, RODRIGO da. – Portuguese historiographer, bishop of Portalegre (1615) and of Oporto (1619), and finally archbishop of Braga (1623) and Lisbon (1636),…
Cunibert, Saint(CUNIBERTO, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 625 CUNIBERTO, saint. — Bishop of Cologne, born of a noble Frankish family in the region of the Mosella toward the end of the 6th century, he died in Cologne on 12…
Cunich, RaimondoVol. IV, p. 625 CUNICH, RAIMONDO. – Jesuit, born in Ragusa on 17 January 1719, died in Rome on 22 November 1794; member of the Accademia dell'Arcadia; taught rhetoric at the…
Cuniliat, FulgenzioVol. IV, p. 625 CUNILIAT, FULGENZIO. - Dominican theologian and writer, b. in Venezia (of a French father from Lione) on 22 Feb. 1685, d. there on 9 Oct. 1759. He entered…
Cuoco, VincenzoVol. IV, p. 625 CUOCO, VINCENZO. — Born at Civitacampomarano in Molise on 1 October 1770 and died at Naples on 14 December 1823, he was one of the most representative figures…
Cupbearer of His Holiness(COPPIERE DI SUA SANTITÀ)Vol. IV, p. 297 COPPIERE DI SUA SANTITÀ: v. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA. (da G. Ferrières, F. Coppée et son oeuvre, Parigi 1903) COPPÉE, FRANÇOIS-EDOUARD-JOACHIM - Portrait. (photo…
Cura Animarum(CURA D'ANIME)Vol. IV, p. 632 CURA D'ANIME. - I. CANON LAW. - In the broad sense, c. d'a. expresses the totality of the rights and duties that belong ex officio to the various holders of…
Curate(CURATO)Vol. IV, p. 637 CURATO. – The term (from the Latin curatus) generally denotes a priest holding a sacred office involving the care of souls. It appears in the Middle Ages (long…
CuraçaoVol. IV, p. 631 CURAÇAO. – It is the largest (447 sq. km.) and most populous (80,000 inhabitants) of the six islands that constitute the Dutch Antilles (Nederlandsche…
Curci, Carlo MariaVol. IV, p. 637 CURCI, CARLO MARIA. — Jesuit, orator, and polemicist, born in Naples on 4 September 1809, died at Careggi (Florence) on 19 June 1891. His name is linked to the…
Curetes(CURETI)Vol. IV, p. 638 CURETI. – Minor Greek divinities; believed to be autochthonous or sons of Zeus, they were venerated especially in Crete, where they were said to be the…
Cureton, WilliamVol. IV, p. 638 CURETON, WILLIAM. – English Orientalist, b. at Westbury (Wiltshire) in 1804, d. in London on 17 June 1864. His name is linked to an important Syriac manuscript…
CuriaVol. IV, p. 638 CURIA. — This term, initially used to designate one of the divisions of the Roman people, came also to signify the seat of the Roman senate, and subsequently…
Curia MuriaVol. IV, p. 641 CURIA MURIA: v. ARABIA.
Curial Formulas(FORMOLE DI CURIA)Vol. V, p. 908 FORMOLE DI CURIA : v. TERMINOLOGIA DELLA CURIA ROMANA.
Curial Script(CURIALE, SCRITTURA)Vol. IV, p. 640 CURIALE, SCRITTURA. — This name designates a group of Latin scripts, derived from Roman cursive, because they were used by the scribes of certain curiae…
Curione, Celio Secondo(CURIONE, CELIO, SECONDO)Vol. IV, p. 641 CURIONE, CELIO, SECONDO. - Italian Protestant, born at Ciriè (Piedmont) on 1 May 1503, died at Basilea on 24 Nov. 1569. Having distinguished himself among the…
Curiosity(CURIOSITÀ)Vol. IV, p. 641 CURIOSITÀ. – An excessive desire to know and to acquire knowledge, both in the intellectual sphere and in the sensory-experimental sphere. The desire for…
Curitiba, Archdiocese of(CURITIBA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 642 CURITIBA, ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the State of Paraná, Brazil, it is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of the same name, which comprises the…
Curium(KURION)Vol. VII, p. 474 KURION (KYRION): v. GEORGIA: II. History.
Curse(MALEDIZIONE)Vol. VII, p. 1133 MALEDIZIONE. - Cursing is the offspring of anger and consists in invoking evil upon others. Being formally a sentence, cursing may also be conditional; this…
Cursive Minuscule, Script(MINUSCOLA CORSIVA, SCRITTURA)Vol. VIII, p. 641 MINUSCULE CURSIVE, SCRIPT. – This expression is now generally used to designate Latin script, predominantly documentary in nature, which developed between the…
Cursive, Script(CORSIVA, SCRITTURA)Vol. IV, p. 393 CORSIVA, SCRITTURA. – By s. c. is meant writing traced rapidly, currenti calamo, as opposed to upright or formal writing. I. IN GREEK PALEOGRAPHY. — In Greek…
Cursor(CURSORE)Vol. IV, p. 642 CURSORE. – This term was already used among the Romans to designate persons charged, especially by the public authority, with carrying news, documents, etc.,…
CursusVol. IV, p. 642 CURSUS. — In delivering their speeches, the ancient orators were accustomed to modulate the endings of their sentences in order to bring out their cadence and…
Curtea de Argeș(CURTEA DE ARGES)Vol. IV, p. 649 CURTEA DE ARGES. – City of Romania, capital of the Arges district, formerly the capital of the principality of Wallachia. In the 14th century it became the…
Curtensian System(CURTENSE, SISTEMA)Vol. IV, p. 649 CURTENSE, SISTEMA. — This is the medieval economic and administrative system that governed the curtes, consisting of a territorial estate and the whole of the…
Cusanus, Nicolaus(CUSANO, NICCOLÒ)Vol. IV, p. 649 CUSANO, NICCOLÒ: v. NICCOLÒ da CUSA.
Cusanus, Nicolaus(NICCOLÒ CUSANO)Vol. VIII, p. 1066 NICCOLÒ CUSANO. - Cardinal, philosopher, and humanist scientist, born at Cues (Trier) in 1401, died at Todi on 8 Aug. 1464. His real name was Nicolaus Criffis…
Cusco, Archdiocese of(CUZCO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 652 CUZCO, ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the Republic of Peru, department of C. Chronologically, it is the first diocese of Peru, having been erected by Paul III on 8…
Cusmano, GiacomoVol. IV, p. 649 CUSMANO, GIACOMO. – Priest, founder of the pious “Opera del boccone del povero,” b. in Palermo on 15 March 1834, d. there on 14 March 1888. He was a physician…
CuspideVol. IV, p. 649 CUSPIDE. - Con il termine c. (o guglia, pinnacolo, freccia) si designa comunemente la parte più elevata di una costruzione che termina in una punta. C. di tale…
Cuspinian, JohannVol. IV, p. 650 CUSPINIAN, JOHANN. - The family surname varies: Spieshaym, Spiessham, Spiessheimer; humanist, politician, physician, and imperial archivist, b. at Schweinfurt…
Custodes Hominum Psallimus AngelosVol. IV, p. 650 « CUSTODES HOMINUM PSALLIMUS ANGELOS ». — Vespers hymn for the feast of the Guardian Angels (2 October). It consists of three sapphic stanzas inspired by the…
Custody of the Holy Land(CUSTODIA DI TERRA SANTA)Vol. IV, p. 650 CUSTODIA DI TERRA SANTA. – An international institution composed of Franciscans chosen from all parts of the world, which, by the will of the supreme pontiffs,…
Custom(CONSUETUDINE)Vol. IV, p. 254 CONSUETUDINE. — C. (consuetudo) may indicate either the continuous repetition of uniform acts on the part of a community (similium alicuius communitatis actuum…
Cutbert of Brighthelmston(CUTBERTO DA BRIGHTHON)Vol. IV, p. 651 CUTBERTO da BRIGHTHON. - Capuchin writer of the English province, born at Brighton on 27 Oct. 1866, died at Assisi on 22 March 1930. He entered the Order on 27…
Cuthah (Hebrew Kútháh)(CUTHA (EBR. KÚTHÁH))Vol. IV, p. 652 CUTHA (Hebr. Kútháh). – Region from which, in addition to Babylon, Avah, Emath, and Sepharvaim, Sargon transported inhabitants to Samaria in order to colonize…
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Saint(CUTBERTO DI LINDISFARNE, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 651 CUTBERTO di LINDISFARNE, santo. - Contemporary of Wilfrid, Theodore of Tarsus, and Benedict Biscop, he belongs to the period of conflicts between Celtic and…
Cuttack, Diocese of(CUTTACK, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 652 CUTTACK, DIOCESE of. — A suffragan of Madras (India), it is entrusted to the Spanish missionaries of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists). Its territory…
Cuénot, Étienne-Théodore, Blessed(CUENOT, ETIENNE-THÉODORE, BEATO)Vol. IV, p. 613 CUENOT, ETIENNE-THÉODORE, blessed. - Of the Paris Foreign Missions, titular bishop of Metellopolis, apostolic vicar of eastern Cochinchina, where he was…
