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Cyaxares (CIASSARE)
King of the Medes (635?-584), son of Phraortes, who had died fighting against the Assyrians. Having allied himself in 614 with Nabopolassar (v.), king of… -
Cybele (CIBELE)
Under the name Κυβέλη, Κυβήβη, Κυβηλίς and similar forms, there appears in Greece, as early as the times of Hipponax of Ephesus and of Pindar, who are the… -
Cyclos Magnus (CYCLUS MAGNUS)
Also called the Easter cycle or annus magnus, resulting from the combination of the 28-year solar cycle and the nineteen-year cycle, it constitutes a period of… -
Cydones (Cidonio, Kydones) (CIDONE (CIDONIO, KYDONES))
I. DEMETRIO. - He was a Greek politician, man of letters and theologian of the 14th century, b. at Thessalonica (c. 1324) of a noble family. His teacher was… -
Cynewulf
English poet, probably from Northumbria, who lived in the closing years of the 8th century. Author of four poems: Ascension, The legend of st. Juliana, The… -
Cynics (CINICI)
A Greek philosophical sect, founded by Antisthenes, one of the four that arose from the teaching of Socrates. The name means "followers of the Dog," and "Dog"… -
Cyon, Elia von
Russian physiologist, b. at Telschi in 1843, d. at Paris in 1912. In the first phase of his scientific activity he discovered the accelerator nerves of the… -
Cyprian (CIPRIANO)
A presbyter to whom St. Jerome sent epistle 140. They had previously already been in epistolary correspondence and afterwards had made each other's personal… -
Cyprian and Justina, Saints (CIPRIANO E GIUSTINA, SANTI)
Martyrs, commemorated in the Roman liturgy on September 26 and in the Greek liturgy on October 2. It seems that this C. should be identified with the… -
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Saint (CIPRIANO, VESCOVO DI CARTAGINE, SANTO)
In the history of the ancient Church of the West he is one of the most prominent figures, certainly the first, in common estimation, until the rise of the… -
Cyprian Gallo (CIPRIANO GALLO)
Under this name Peiper published in 1891 a Heptateuch, a paraphrase in hexameters of the first seven books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus… -
Cyprian of Carthage (CIPRIANO DI CARTAGINE)
De catholicae Ecclesiae unitate, ch. 4, in the two recensions, both due to Cyprian himself. From left to right: 1) the Séguier manuscript (seguierianus) of the… -
Cyprian of Eggolsheim (CIPRIANO DA EGGOLSHEIM)
A Capuchin friar of the province of Bavaria, in the world Franz Xaver Fröhlich, b. 20 March 1853, entered the Order as a priest on 19 Sept. 1877, d. at Munich… -
Cyprian of the Nativity (CIPRIANO DELLA NATIVITÀ)
Discalced Carmelite, in the world André de Compans, b. in Paris on 26 Nov. 1605, d. there on 16 Sept. 1680. He entered the Order already a priest. He… -
Cyprian of Toulon, Saint (CIPRIANO DI TOLONE, SANTO)
Bishop of Toulon, b. at Marseilles in 476 and d. in 546. A beloved disciple of St. Caesarius of Arles, he wrote his life in collaboration with two other… -
Cyprian, Zamblak (CIPRIANO, ZAMBLAK)
Dissident metropolitan venerated as a saint by the Russian Church on Sept. 17, b. at Tirnovo (Bulgaria), d. in 1406. Having become a monk on Mount Athos, he… -
Cyprus (Cipro)
Cyprus. - By area (9,283 sq km), it is the third island of the Mediterranean. CONTENTS: I. Geography. - II. History. - III. Ecclesiastical history. - IV.… -
Cyprus of the Maronites, Diocese of (CIPRO DEI MARONITI, DIOCESI DI)
Since 1357 C. of the M. has been the seat of a Catholic bishopric of the Maronite rite (Cyprensis Maronitarum), whose jurisdiction extends over 60,000… -
Cyrenaica (CIRENAICA)
CIRENAICA: v. BENGASI; LIBIA. -
Cyrenaics (CIRENAICI)
Greek philosophical sect, founded by Aristippus of Cyrene (hence the name), one of the four that arose from the teaching of Socrates. Its principal… -
Cyrene (CIRENE)
Ancient and most important city of Cyrenaica, from which the region took its name, situated on the edge of the plateau at 622 m. above the sea and 16 km. from… -
Cyricus and Julitta, Saints, Martyrs (QUIRICO E GIULITTA, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The information concerning them is rather obscure. In the Hieronymian Martyrology they are commemorated on 16 June as martyrs of Antioch, together with 404… -
Cyril (Constantine) and Methodius, Saints (CIRILLO (COSTANTINO) E METODIO, SANTI)
Greek brothers, called "apostles of the Slavs"; they lived in the 9th century. I. AT BYZANTIUM. - C. and M. were born in Thessalonica to the noble magistrate… -
Cyril III Ben Laklak (CIRILLO III BEN LAKLAK)
Patriarch of Alexandria, who lived in the 13th century, a priest by the name of David who simoniacally obtained the Coptic patriarchate of Alexandria under the… -
Cyrillic Alphabet (CIRILLICO, ALFABETO)
It was introduced into Old Slavonic literature in Bulgaria at the turn of the 9th to the 10th century. It is formed on the model of Greek uncial script, as… -
Cyrillona (CIRILLONA)
Syriac poet, who lived toward the end of the 4th century. Only the discovery of his hymns (ed. G. Bickell, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen… -
Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of Constantinople (CIRILLO LUKARIS, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
Born in Candia on the island of Crete, on 13 Nov. 1572, killed in Constantinople on 27 June 1638. I. LIFE. - C. had a very turbulent life. He studied in Venice… -
Cyril of Alexandria, Saint (CIRILLO D'ALESSANDRIA, SANTO)
Father and doctor of the Church of the 5th century; b. around 370, d. June 27, 444; celebrated by the Byzantine Church on June 9 and by the Latin Church on… -
Cyril of Constantinople, Saint (CIRILLO DI COSTANTINOPOLI, SANTO)
Third general of the Order of Carmelites and formerly prior on Mount Carmel, where he died almost a centenarian around 1225. Besides many false prophecies… -
Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint (CIRILLO DI GERUSALEMME, SANTO)
Father and doctor of the Church, celebrated by the Church on March 18. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. Works. - III. Doctrine. I. LIFE. - Born in Jerusalem or its… -
Cyril of Scythopolis (CIRILLO DI SCITOPOLI)
One of the best Greek hagiographers, known above all for the care he takes in documenting and specifying chronology by all the means at his disposal. Born at… -
Cyrinus (CIRINO)
CIRINO: v. QUIRINO. -
Cyrus and John, Saints, Martyrs (CIRO E GIOVANNI, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The biographical information concerning them is extremely scanty. According to the legendary Passio, C. was a physician in Alexandria; having become a monk, he… -
Cyrus, Greek Monophysite Patriarch of Alexandria (CIRO, PATRIARCA GRECO MONOFISITA DI ALESSANDRIA)
He lived at the beginning of the 7th century, died in Alexandria on 24 March 642. In 631 he was elected patriarch of Alexandria by the emperor Heraclius, with… -
Cyrus the Great (CIRO IL GRANDE)
First king of Persia, raised by his conquests to a power dominating anterior Asia; he belonged to the most ancient branch of the dynasty of the Achaemenids… -
Cytogenetics (CITOGENETICA)
CITOGENETICA : v. GENETICA.