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Cuba
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The "pearl" and the largest of the Antilles (115,000 sq. km. including the neighboring islands). Elongated and narrow in shape, it extends… -
Cubiculum
It is a common term among the Romans for indicating the bedrooms that opened onto the sides of the atrium of the house. It is often encountered in epigraphy to… -
Cubism (CUBISMO)
This term designates one of the most significant tendencies in modern painting. It had its first manifestations at the beginning of our century and appeared… -
Cubitus (CUBITO)
A linear unit of measure of the ancient Hebrews, as of other Oriental peoples, corresponding to the length of the forearm, from the elbow to the tip of the… -
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 Pius Seminary, he obtained his… -
Cudworth, Ralph
English (Latitudinarian) philosopher and theologian, b. at Aller (Somersetshire) in 1617, d. 26 July 1688 at Cambridge. He studied and taught at Cambridge, was… -
Cuenca, Diocese of (CUENCA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Castile (Spain), suffragan of Toledo. It has an area of 21,797 sq km with 435,000 inhabitants, all Catholic. It has 326 parishes served by… -
Cuénot, Étienne-Théodore, Blessed (CUENOT, ETIENNE-THÉODORE, BEATO)
Of the Paris Foreign Missions, titular bishop of Metellopolis, vicar apostolic of Eastern Cochinchina, martyred there on 14 Nov. 1861. Born 18 Feb. 1802 at… -
Cuera, Diocese of (CUERA, DIOCESI DI)
CUERA, DIOCESI di: v. COIRA, DIOCESI di. -
Cuernavaca, Diocese of (CUERNAVACA, DIOCESI DI)
In the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Mexico City. It was erected by Leo XIII on 23 June 1891 with the bull Illud in primis. It embraces the entire State of… -
Cuff (CUFFIA)
Generally a piece of cloth intended to protect or bind the hair of men or women, especially of nuns. Already known from classical times (see the head of… -
Cuglieri, Pontifical Theological Faculty of (CUGLIERI, PONTIFICIA FACOLTÀ TEOLOGICA DI)
CUGLIERI, PONTIFICIA FACOLTÀ TEOLOGICA DI: v. BOSA, DIOCESI di. -
Cuiabá, Archdiocese of (CUIABÀ, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the center of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Its suffragan dioceses are Corumbá and São Luís de Cáceres, and the nullius prelatures of Chapada… -
Cujavia, Diocese of (CUJAVIA, DIOCESI DI)
CUJAVIA, DIOCESI di: v. WLADISLAVIA, DIOCESI di. -
Culdees (CULDEI)
Religious communities peculiar to Celtic monasticism. Their origins are little known. As a distinct institution, the C. belonged to the reform movement of the… -
Culiacán, Diocese of (CULIACAN, DIOCESI DI)
CULIACAN, DIOCESI di: v. SINALOA, DIOCESI di. -
Cullen, Paul
Cardinal, b. 29 Apr. 1803 at Prospect in County Kildare, Ireland, d. 24 Oct. 1878 in Dublin. He devoted himself to the study of Oriental languages and… -
Culpable (Negligence) (COLPOSO)
COLPOSO: v. DIFESA LEGITTIMA. -
Cultivating Property (PROPRIETÀ COLTIVATRICE)
The land system based on small peasant property makes it possible to unite in the same hands all the factors of production. The farm, with its appurtenances… -
Cult (CULTO)
II. The various kinds of c. - III. Origin and development of Christian c. - IV. C. in non-Christian religions. - V. Popular cult. I. GENERAL NOTIONS. - In its… -
Cult of Fire (FUOCO, CULTO DEL)
The importance of fire for human life explains the formation and development, among many ancient and modern peoples, of a copious mythology that extols its… -
Cult of Stones (PIETRA, CULTO DELLA)
The cult of the stone is universal and is found either in practice or in a state of survival in every latitude. A stone can assume for primitive peoples a… -
Cult of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CUORE DI MARIA, CULTO DEL)
The questions concerning the cult of the Heart of Mary can be reduced to two fundamental ones: its legitimacy and its historical development. I. LEGITIMACY OF… -
Cult of the Sovereign (SOVRANO, CULTO DEL)
In primitive groupings the head of the community holds the double function of king and priest (magician, sorcerer), as one who, being in greater contact with… -
Cults Permitted (CULTI AMMESSI)
Under this designation, Italian legislation from June 1929 until 1943 (and exceptionally even later: cf. decree-laws of 7 June 1946 no. 581 and 30 May 1947 no.… -
Cultural Evolutionism (EVOLUZIONISMO CULTURALE)
A theory that interprets human-social events according to the laws of evolution. SUMMARY: I. History. - II. The concept of evolution. - III. Unsustainability… -
Cultural Hero (EROE CULTURALE)
This is a figure encountered in the mythology of many primitive peoples and has a secondary and subordinate function in relation to the Supreme Being. He is… -
Cultural Mystery (MISTERO CULTURALE)
New theory concerning the mystical presence of Christ in redeemed humanity, with particular repercussions on the liturgy (Mass and Sacraments): v. CASEL, ODO… -
Cuma
Testimonies of an ancient Christian community at C. are found in two pagan temples erected in the Greek period, rebuilt in the Roman-Augustan age, and… -
Cumaná, Diocese of (CUMANÀ, DIOCESI DI)
In Venezuela (State of Sucre), suffragan of Santiago de Venezuela. It was erected by Pius XI on 12 Oct. 1922, by dismemberment of the diocese of Guayana. It… -
Cumberland, Richard
English philosopher, b. in London on 15 July 1631, d. there on 9 Oct. 1718. C., an Anglican bishop of Peterborough, is known for the struggle he waged against… -
Cummings, Jeremiah Williams
Priest, b. in Washington in Apr. 1814, d. in New York on 4 Jan. 1866. He completed his theological studies at the college of Propaganda Fide in Rome. Having… -
Cumno, Nicephorus (CUMNO, NICEFORO)
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Cumont, Franz-Valéry-Marie
Archaeologist and historian of religions, b. at Alost (Belgium) on 3 Jan. 1868, d. at Woluwe (Brussels) on 20 Aug. 1947. He began his scholarly career as a… -
Cum Sicut Maiestas
Opening words of the bull of Alexander VI (26 March 1500), in which the first organization of the Church for the new lands discovered in India is contained.… -
Cunegonda, Blessed (CUNEGONDA, BEATA)
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Cunegunda, Saint (CUNEGONDA, SANTA)
Empress of Germany, daughter of Sigfrid count of Luxembourg, b. ca. 978, d. at Kaufungen near Kassel (Hesse) on 3 March 1033 or 1039. Between 998 and 1000 she… -
Cuneo, Diocese of (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 extends over 1869 sq… -
Cunha, Rodrigo da
Portuguese historian, bishop of Portalegre (1615) and of Oporto (1619) and finally archbishop of Braga (1623) and Lisbon (1636), b. in Lisbon in 1577, d. there… -
Cunibert, Saint (CUNIBERTO, SANTO)
Bishop of Cologne, born of a noble Frankish family in the Moselle region toward the end of the 6th century, died at Cologne on 12 November 663. Educated at… -
Cunich, Raimondo
Jesuit, b. at Ragusa on 17 Jan. 1719, d. at Rome on 22 Nov. 1794; member of the Academy of Arcadia; he taught rhetoric at the Roman College (1768-73). He… -
Cuniliat, Fulgenzio
Dominican theologian and writer, b. in Venice (to a French father from Lyon) on 22 Feb. 1685, d. there on 9 Oct. 1759. He entered religious life at Conegliano… -
Cuoco, Vincenzo
Born at Civitacampomarano in Molise on 1 Oct. 1770 and died at Naples on 14 Dec. 1823, he is one of the most representative men of Italian culture in the… -
Cupbearer of His Holiness (COPPIERE DI SUA SANTITÀ)
COPPIERE DI SUA SANTITÀ: v. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA. > (from G. Ferrières, F. Coppée et son oeuvre, Paris 1903) > COPPÉE, FRANÇOIS-EDOUARD-JOACHIM - Portrait. >… -
Cura Animarum (CURA D'ANIME)
I. CANON LAW. - In a broad sense, care of souls expresses the whole body of rights and duties that belong ex officio to the various holders of ecclesiastical… -
Curaçao
It is the largest (447 sq. km.) and most populous (80,000 inhabitants) of the 6 islands that make up the Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandsche Antillen-C.). It… -
Curate (CURATO)
The term (from the Latin curatus) generally denotes a priest holding a sacred office having the care of souls. It appears in the Middle Ages (well before… -
Curci, Carlo Maria
Jesuit, orator and polemicist, b. in Naples on 4 Sept. 1809, d. at Careggi (Florence) on 19 June 1891. His name is linked to the strenuous defense of his… -
Curetes (CURETI)
Minor Greek deities; believed to be autochthonous or sons of Zeus, worshipped especially in Crete, where they were said to have been the founders of many… -
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 of the New… -
Curia
This term, used at first to indicate one of the divisions of the Roman people, came also to mean the seat of the Roman senate, and then certain other offices… -
Curial Formulas (FORMOLE DI CURIA)
FORMOLE DI CURIA : v. TERMINOLOGIA DELLA CURIA ROMANA. -
Curial Script (CURIALE, SCRITTURA)
This name designates, because they were used by the scribes of certain curias between the 5th century and the 13th, a group of Latin scripts derived from Roman… -
Curia Muria
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Curione, Celio Secondo (CURIONE, CELIO, SECONDO)
Italian Protestant, b. at Ciriè (Piedmont) on 1 May 1503, d. at Basel on 24 Nov. 1569. Having distinguished himself among the best Piedmontese humanists and… -
Curiosity (CURIOSITÀ)
Excessive craving to know and to learn, both in the intellectual field and in the experimental sensory field. The desire to know is natural to man, who… -
Curitiba, Archdiocese of (CURITIBA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the State of Paraná, Brazil, it is the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province of the same name, which comprises the dioceses of Ponta Grossa and… -
Curium (KURION)
KURION (KYRION): v. GEORGIA: II. History. -
Curse (MALEDIZIONE)
The curse is a daughter of wrath and consists in invoking evil upon others. Being formally a sentence, the curse can also be conditional, and thus the… -
Cursive Minuscule, Script (MINUSCOLA CORSIVA, SCRITTURA)
Today this expression generally denotes the Latin script, predominantly documentary in nature, that developed between the end of the 3rd century and the… -
Cursive, Script (CORSIVA, SCRITTURA)
By cursive writing is meant that traced rapidly, currenti calamo, as opposed to upright or set writing. I. IN GREEK PALEOGRAPHY. - In Greek antiquity, from the… -
Cursor (CURSORE)
This term is already found in use among the Romans to indicate persons charged, above all by the public authority, with carrying notices, documents, etc., to… -
Cursus
The ancient orators, in delivering their speeches, were accustomed to modulate the ends of sentences in order to make their cadence stand out and to prepare… -
Curtea de Argeș (CURTEA DE ARGES)
City in Romania, capital of the Arges district, formerly the capital of the principality of Wallachia. In the 14th century it became the seat of the first… -
Curtensian System (CURTENSE, SISTEMA)
This is the medieval economic and administrative system that governed the curtes, which consisted of a territorial estate and the whole body of buildings and… -
Cusanus, Nicolaus (CUSANO, NICCOLÒ)
CUSANO, NICCOLÒ: v. NICCOLÒ da CUSA. -
Cusanus, Nicolaus (NICCOLÒ CUSANO)
Cardinal, humanist philosopher and scientist, b. at Cues (Trier) in 1401, d. at Todi on 8 Aug. 1464. His real name was Nicolaus Criffis (Krebs = "crab," a… -
Cusco, Archdiocese of (CUZCO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the Republic of Peru, department of C. In chronological order it is the first diocese of Peru, having been erected by Paul III on 8 January 1537. C. was… -
Cusmano, Giacomo
Priest, founder of the pious "Work of the Mouthful of the Poor," b. at Palermo on 15 March 1834, d. there on 14 March 1888. He was a physician when in 1859 he… -
Cuspide
The term c. (or spire, pinnacle, arrow) commonly designates the highest part of a building that ends in a point. Cusps of this kind are found in medieval… -
Cuspinian, Johann
The family surname varies: Spieshaym, Spiessham, Spiessheimer; humanist, politician, physician and imperial archivist, b. at Schweinfurt in 1473, d. at Vienna… -
Custodes Hominum Psallimus Angelos
Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Guardian Angels (Oct. 2). There are three Sapphic stanzas inspired by the need for heavenly help in the continuous… -
Custody of the Holy Land (CUSTODIA DI TERRA SANTA)
An international body composed of Franciscans chosen from all parts of the world, which by the will of the supreme pontiffs presides over the worship and honor… -
Custom (CONSUETUDINE)
C. (consuetudo) can indicate either the continuous repetition of uniform acts on the part of a community (similium alicuius communitatis actuum frequentia), or… -
Cutbert of Brighthelmston (CUTBERTO DA BRIGHTHON)
Capuchin writer of the English province, b. at Brighton on 27 Oct. 1866, d. at Assisi on 22 March 1930. He entered the Order on 27 Oct. 1881, was then superior… -
Cutha (CUTHA)
Region from which, besides Babylon, Avah, Emath, and Sepharvaim, Sargon deported inhabitants to Samaria to colonize it (2 Kings 17:24-30). From these… -
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Saint (CUTBERTO DI LINDISFARNE, SANTO)
A contemporary of Wilfrid, Theodore of Tarsus and Benedict Biscop, he belongs to the period of conflicts between Celtic and Roman influence in the Anglo- >… -
Cuttack, Diocese of (CUTTACK, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Madras (India), it is entrusted to the Spanish missionaries of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists). Its territory was dismembered from the…