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Cybele(CIBELE)Vol. III, p. 918 CIBELE. – Under the name Κυβέλη, Κυβήβη, Κυβηλίς and similar forms, there appears in Greece, from the time of Hipponax of Ephesus and Pindar, who are the first…
Cyclos Magnus(CYCLUS MAGNUS)Vol. IV, p. 652 CYCLUS MAGNUS. - Also called the Paschal cycle or annus magnus, since it results from the combination of the solar cycle of 28 years and the nineteen-year…
CynewulfVol. IV, p. 653 CYNEWULF. – English poet, probably from Northumbria, who lived in the latter part of the eighth century. Author of four poems: Ascension, The legend of st.…
Cynics(CINICI)Vol. III, p. 980 CINICI. – Greek philosophical school, founded by Antisthenes, one of the four that arose from the teaching of Socrates. The name means “followers of the Dog,”…
Cyon, Elia VonVol. IV, p. 653 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…
Cyprian(CIPRIANO)Vol. III, p. 983 CIPRIANO. - A presbyter to whom s. Gerolamo sent epistle 140. They had previously already corresponded by letter and later became personally acquainted,…
Cyprian and Justina, Saints(CIPRIANO E GIUSTINA, SANTI)Vol. III, p. 987 CIPRIANO AND GIUSTINA, saints. — Martyrs, commemorated in the Roman liturgy on 26 September and in the Greek liturgy on 2 October. It seems that this C. should…
Cyprian Gallo(CIPRIANO GALLO)Vol. III, p. 986 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,…
Cyprian of Carthage(CIPRIANO DI CARTAGINE)Vol. III, p. 984 CIPRIANO DI CARTAGINE, saint — De catholicae Ecclesiae unitate, chapter 4, in the two recensions, both attributable to the same C. From left to right: 1)…
Cyprian of Eggolsheim(CIPRIANO DA EGGOLSHEIM)Vol. III, p. 986 CIPRIANO da EGGOLSHEIM. – Capuchin friar of the province of Bavaria, in the world Francesco Saverio Fröhlich, born on 20 March 1853; he entered the Order as a…
Cyprian of the Nativity(CIPRIANO DELLA NATIVITÀ)Vol. III, p. 986 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…
Cyprian of Toulon, Saint(CIPRIANO DI TOLONE, SANTO)Vol. III, p. 986 CIPRIANO of TOULON, saint. — Bishop of Toulon, born in Marseille in 476 and died in 546. The favorite disciple of St. Cesarius of Arles, he wrote his life in…
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Saint(CIPRIANO, VESCOVO DI CARTAGINE, SANTO)Vol. III, p. 983 CIPRIANO, bishop of CARTAGINE, saint. — In the history of the ancient Church of the West, he is one of the most prominent figures, indeed certainly the…
Cyprian, Zamblak(CIPRIANO, ZAMBLAK)Vol. III, p. 986 CIPRIANO, ZAMBLAK. — Dissident metropolitan venerated as a saint by the Russian Church on 17 September, born in Tirnovo (Bulgaria), died in 1406. Having become…
Cyprus(Cipro)Vol. III, p. 987 Cipro. — In terms of area (9,283 sq. km), it is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean. SUMMARY: I. Geography. — II. History. — III. Ecclesiastical…
Cyprus of the Maronites, Diocese of(CIPRO DEI MARONITI, DIOCESI DI)Vol. III, p. 989 CYPRUS of the MARONITES, DIOCESE of. – Since 1357, C. of the M. has been the seat of a Catholic bishopric of the Maronite rite (Cyprensis Maronitarum), whose…
Cyrenaica(CIRENAICA)Vol. III, p. 995 CIRENAICA: v. BENGASI; LIBIA.
Cyrenaics(CIRENAICI)Vol. III, p. 995 CIRENAICI. — Greek philosophical sect, founded by Aristippo of Cirene (whence the name), one of the four that arose from the teaching of Socrates. Its…
Cyrene(CIRENE)Vol. III, p. 996 CIRENE. - The ancient and most important city of Cirenaica, from which the region took its name, situated on the edge of the plateau 622 m. above the sea and…
Cyricus and Julitta, Saints, Martyrs(QUIRICO E GIULITTA, SANTI, MARTIRI)Vol. X, p. 259 QUIRICO and GIULITTA, saints, martyrs. - The information concerning them is rather obscure. In the Hieronymian Martyrology they are commemorated on 16 June as…
Cyril (Constantine) and Methodius, Saints(CIRILLO (COSTANTINO) E METODIO, SANTI)Vol. III, p. 1006 CYRIL (CONSTANTINE) and METHODIUS, saints. — Greek brothers, called the “apostles of the Slavs”; they lived in the 9th century. I. IN BYZANTIUM. — C. and M.…
Cyril III Ben Laklak(CIRILLO III BEN LAKLAK)Vol. III, p. 1002 CIRILLO III BEN LAKLAK. - Patriarch of Alex- andria, who lived in the thirteenth century; a priest named David, who simoniacally obtained the Coptic…
Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of Constantinople(CIRILLO LUKARIS, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)Vol. III, p. 1005 CIRILLO LUKARIS, patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE. — Born in Candia on the island of Crete on 13 November 1572; killed in Constantinople on 27 June 1638. I. LIFE. –…
Cyril of Alexandria, Saint(CIRILLO D'ALESSANDRIA, SANTO)Vol. III, p. 998 CIRILLO D'ALESSANDRIA, saint. - Father and Doctor of the Church of the fifth century; born about 370, died 27 June 444; celebrated by the Byzantine Church on 9…
Cyril of Constantinople, Saint(CIRILLO DI COSTANTINOPOLI, SANTO)Vol. III, p. 1003 CIRILLO of CONSTANTINOPLE, saint. – Third superior general of the Carmelite Order and formerly prior on Mount Carmel, where he died, almost a centenarian,…
Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint(CIRILLO DI GERUSALEMME, SANTO)Vol. III, p. 1003 CYRIL of JERUSALEM, saint — Father and Doctor of the Church, celebrated by the Church on 18 March. SUMMARY: I. Life. — II. Works. — III. Doctrine. I. LIFE. —…
Cyril of Scythopolis(CIRILLO DI SCITOPOLI)Vol. III, p. 1006 CIRILLO di SCITOPOLI. – One of the finest Greek hagiographers, known above all for the care he takes to document and establish chronology by every means at his…
Cyrillic Alphabet(CIRILLICO, ALFABETO)Vol. III, p. 998 CIRILLICO, ALFABETO. - It was introduced into Palaeoslavic literature in Bulgaria at the turn of the 9th to the 10th century. It is fashioned after Greek…
Cyrillona(CIRILLONA)Vol. III, p. 1007 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…
Cyrinus(CIRINO)Vol. III, p. 1007 CIRINO: v. QUIRINO.
Cyrus and John, Saints, Martyrs(CIRO E GIOVANNI, SANTI, MARTIRI)Vol. III, p. 1008 CIRO and GIOVANNI, saints and martyrs. - Very scant biographical information concerning them is available. According to the legendary Passio, C. was a…
Cyrus the Great (Cuneiform Inscriptions Kuruš; Heb. Kôreš)(CIRO IL GRANDE (ISCRIZIONI CUNEIFORMI KURUŠ; EBR. KÔREŠ))Vol. III, p. 1008 CIRO the GREAT (cuneiform inscriptions Kuruš; Hebr. Kôreš). — First king of Persia, which his conquests raised to the position of the dominant power in western…
Cytogenetics(CITOGENETICA)Vol. III, p. 1018 CITOGENETICA : v. GENETICA.
