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Davenport Vol. IV, p. 730
DAVENPORT – State College of Jova. of money, sums which they later recovered through the intervention of various persons and in particular of Miss Anna di…
Davenport, Diocese of (DAVENPORT, DIOCESI DI) Vol. IV, p. 730
DAVENPORT, DIOCESE of. - In the state of Iowa in the United States of America, erected as a diocese by Leo XIII on 8 May 1881, suffragan to Dubuque, with an…
David (DAVIDE) Vol. IV, p. 735
DAVIDE. - Armenian Katholikós of the 12th century, called Althamartzi, that is, of Althamar, because he had been bishop-hegumen of the Armenian cenobium of…
David (Heb. Dāwīdh "Beloved, Dear") (DAVID (CBR. DĀWĪDH «VEZZEGGIATO, DILETTO»)) Vol. IV, p. 731
DAVID (Heb. Dāwīdh “cherished, beloved”). – Second king of the people of Israel (ca. 1000–960 B.C.), whom he brought to the height of prosperity; he remained…
David I, II, III, King of Ethiopia (DAVID I, II, III, RE D'ETIOPIA) Vol. IV, p. 735
DAVID I, II, III, re d'ETIOPIA: v. ETIOPIA.
David of Augsburg (DAVIDE DI AUGUSTA) Vol. IV, p. 736
DAVIDE di AUGUSTA. - Franciscan, mystical writer and German preacher, b. at Augusta (Augsburg, Bavaria) c. 1200, d. there on 15 or 19 Nov. 1272. Little is…
David of Dinant (Dinant) (DAVID DI DINANT (DINAN)) Vol. IV, p. 734
DAVID di DINANT (DINAN). – Medieval philosopher about whose life and activity we have scant information. Born at Dinant in the province of Liège, or, according…
David the Armenian (DAVIDE ARMENO) Vol. IV, p. 735
DAVIDE ARMENO. – Christian Neoplatonic philosopher, born in Armenia (province of Hark), unknown, or almost unknown, in the West until the beginning of the…
David, Armand Vol. IV, p. 734
DAVID, ARMAND. - Missionary and naturalist, b. at Espellette (Basses-Pyrénées) on 7 Sept. 1826, d. at Paris on 10 Nov. 1900. Having become a missionary of St…
David, Clément-Joseph Vol. IV, p. 734
DAVID, CLÉMENT-JOSEPH. — Syrian Archbishop of Damascus. Born in 1829 in Amadia (‘Irāq) to the Zebungi family, he pursued his studies in Mossul and at the…
David, Gérard Vol. IV, p. 735
DAVID, GÉRARD. - Painter, born at Oudewater near Gonda (southern Holland) between 1450 and 1460, died at Bruges on 13 Aug. 1523. He is the principal…
David, Jacques-Louis Vol. IV, p. 735
DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS. – Painter, born in Paris on 30 August 1748, died in Brussels on 29 December 1825. He is the foremost painter of the Neoclassical period…
David, Saint (DAVID, SANTO) Vol. IV, p. 734
DAVID, saint. — Bishop of Menevia (Mynyw in Wales) in the 6th century. In a 10th-century manuscript of the Annales Cambriae, he is said to have died in 601.…
Davila, Enrico Caterino Vol. IV, p. 736
DAVILA, ENRICO CATERINO. — Born at Piove di Sacco (Padova) on 30 October 1576, in 1583 he was in France as a page to Queen Caterina; at the age of eighteen he…
Davino, Saint (DAVINO, SANTO) Vol. IV, p. 736
DAVINO, saint. — Born in Greater Armenia around the year 1000; died in 1050. While still young, he chose the life of solitude. He visited the Holy Land, whence…
Davy du Perron, Jacques Vol. IV, p. 739
DAVY DU PERRON, JACQUES: v. DU PERRON, JACQUES DAVY.
Davy, Humphrey (DAVY, HUMPHBY) Vol. IV, p. 739
DAVY, HUMPHBY. — Born at Penzance, in Cornwall, on 17 December 1778; died at Geneva on 29 May 1829. Of modest family, he was first an apprentice in a pharmacy…
Dax Vol. IV, p. 739
DAX: v. AIRE.
Day of Atonement (ESPIAZIONE, GIORNO DELL') Vol. V, p. 378
ESPIAZIONE, GIORNO dell'. — A solemn day of penance in the religion of Israel, called hippâr. There is a divergence of opinion concerning the meaning of the…
De Aleatoribus Vol. IV, p. 739
DE ALEATORIBUS. - In this homily, which forms part of the large body of works falsely attributed to s. Cipriano, a bishop, after a forceful opening on the…
De Amicis, Edmondo Vol. IV, p. 740
DE AMICIS, EDMONDO. – Writer and journalist, born in Oneglia on 31 October 1846, died in Bordighera on 11 March 1908. He attended the Military School of…
De Andreis, Felice Vol. IV, p. 740
DE ANDREIS, FELICE. - B. at Demonte (Cuneo) on 12 Dec. 1778, d. at the “Barrens” (Louisiana, U.S.A.) on 15 Oct. 1820. At the age of 19 he entered the…
De Angelis, Filippo Vol. IV, p. 741
DE ANGELIS, FILIPPO. - Cardinal, b. 16 April 1792 at Ascoli, d. 8 July 1877 at Fermo. Apostolic visitor of the diocese of Forlì, titular bishop of Leuca on 6…
De Angelis, Francesco Antonio Vol. IV, p. 741
DE ANGELIS, FRANCESCO ANTONIO. – Jesuit, missionary, born in Naples in 1566, died in Calleà on 21 October 1622. Sent to Ethiopia, he was initially superior at…
De Baets, Maurice Vol. IV, p. 741
DE BAETS, MAURICE. – Theologian, born in Ghent on 17 April 1863, died there on 19 September 1931. After obtaining a degree in theology at the Gregorian…
De Barbari, Jacopo Vol. IV, p. 741
DE BARBARI, JACOPO. — Venetian painter and engraver, born probably in Venice between 1440 and 1450, died after 1511. Known in Germany, where he lived for a…
De Bardi, Giovanni Di Antonio Minelli Vol. IV, p. 742
DE BARDI, GIOVANNI di ANTONIO MINELLI. — Sculptor and architect, born in Padua around the middle of the 15th century, died in 1527. He is known to have been…
De Bay, Michael Vol. IV, p. 742
DE BAY, MICHAEL: v. BAIUS, MICHEL.
De Beldemandis, Prosdocimo Vol. IV, p. 742
DE BELDEMANDIS, PROSDOCIMO. – Theorist of music, born in Padua between 1370 and 1380. He studied in Padua and Bologna, becoming « magister artium » and «…
De Blic, Jacques Vol. IV, p. 743
DE BLIC, JACQUES. — Jesuit, theologian, born in Pommard (Côte-d'Or) on 5 May 1887, died in Strasbourg on 19 July 1948. He was first professor of moral theology…
De Bono Pudicitiae Vol. IV, p. 743
DE BONO PUDICITIAE. — A letter transmitted among the works of St. Cyprian, in which a bishop, in strongly rhetorical language, points out to his faithful the…
De Bus, Cesare, Venerable (DE BUS, CESARE, VENERABILE) Vol. IV, p. 744
DE BUS, CESARE, venerable: v. BUS, CESARE de, venerable.
De Camillis, Giovanni (Giuseppe) Vol. IV, p. 746
DE CAMILLIS, GIOVANNI (GIUSEPPE). - Basilian theologian, born at Scio (Greece) on 7 Dec. 1641, died on 22 Aug. 1706. In 1656 he entered the Pontifical Greek…
De Cara, Cesare Antonio Vol. IV, p. 747
DE CARA, CESARE ANTONIO. — Jesuit, Orientalist, born in Reggio Calabria on 13 November 1835, died in Castelgandolfo on 27 December 1905. He joined the Civiltà…
De Carolis (De Karolis), Adolfo Vol. IV, p. 747
DE CAROLIS (DE KAROLIS), ADOLFO. — Painter and engraver, born in Montafiore dell'Aso on 6 January 1874 and died in Rome on 7 February 1928. Having joined in…
De Centesima, Sexagesima, Tricesima Vol. IV, p. 748
DE CENTESIMA, SEXAGESIMA, TRICESIMA. - Among extracts from works of s. Cipriano and his passio, an homily on the three rewards of human life is included in two…
De Courten, Raffaele Giuseppe (DE COURTEN, RAFFAËLE GIUSEPPE) Vol. IV, p. 754
DE COURTEN, RAFFAËLE GIUSEPPE. - Generale pontificio, n. il 21 genn. 1809 a Sierre nel Vallese, m. a Firenze nel 1904. Il 6 maggio 1832 con il grado di tenente…
De Courten, Vittorio Vol. IV, p. 754
DE COURTEN, VITTORIO. – Papal officer, brother of General Count Raffaele de Courten, born in Sion (Valais) in 1810, died there on 25 November 1887. He entered…
De Cruce (De Pascha; De Ligno Vitae) Vol. IV, p. 758
DE CRUCE (De pascha; De ligno vitae). — A poem of 69 hexameters, found among the works of Tertullian (PL, 2, 1113 ff.) or of Cyprian (Hartel’s edition in CSEL,…
De Cruce, Pietro Vol. IV, p. 758
DE CRUCE, PIETRO. – Composer and theorist of music of the 13th century, born perhaps in Amiens (and therefore called Ambianensis). Although he was a strict…
De Dominis, Marcantonio Vol. IV, p. 762
DE DOMINIS, MARCANTONIO. – Archbishop of Spalato, then apostate and finally Catholic once more, b. probably in 1560 (or 1566) in the city of Arbe (Rab), on the…
De Dominis, Marcantonio (DOMINIS, MARCANTONIO DE) Vol. IV, p. 1065
DOMINIS, MARCANTONIO de: v. DE DOMINIS, MARCANTONIO.
De Donis Dei Vol. IV, p. 763
DE DONIS DEI. – A formula often used, above all, in liturgical furnishings and in ancient Christian inscriptions both in the West and in the East (τὰ σὰ ἐκ τῶν…
De Duodecim Abusivis Saeculi Vol. IV, p. 763
DE DUODECIM ABUSIVIS SAECULI. – A work wrongly attributed to St. Cyprian. According to Hellmann, who prepared a new edition of it, this writing was composed in…
De Duplici Martyrio Ad Fortunatum Vol. IV, p. 763
DE DUPLICI MARTYRIO AD FORTUNATUM. – This work was attributed to St. Cyprian by Erasmus, its first editor. In reality, it is a forgery, written by Erasmus…
De Ecclesia Vol. IV, p. 764
DE ECCLESIA. – From the fourth century, one hundred and ten hexameters of unknown origin in Virgilian verses (cento), describing a religious service with a…
De Evangelio Vol. IV, p. 764
DE EVANGELIO. — A poem of 114 hexameters dealing with the birth and adoration of Christ, wrongly attributed in a ninth-century codex to Hilary of Poitiers. The…
De Excerandis Gentium Diis Vol. IV, p. 764
DE EXCERANDIS GENTIUM DIIS. — In 1630 G. M. Suárez published from a tenth-century manuscript of the Vatican Library a fragment of a Christian apologetic work:…
De Felice, Gaetano Vol. IV, p. 764
DE FELICE, GAETANO. - Journalist, b. in Napoli on 24 Feb. 1863, d. in Roma on 20 June 1936. Having completed his literary studies in Napoli at the school of…
De Ferrari, Defendente Vol. IV, p. 766
DE FERRARI, DEFENDENTE: v. FERRARI, DEFENDENTE.
De Ferrariis, Antonio Vol. IV, p. 766
DE FERRARIIS, ANTONIO. – Catholic priest of the Greek rite, known as il Galateo, because he was born at Galatone (Otranto) in 1444. At Naples he attended the…
De Foe, Daniel Vol. IV, p. 768
DE FOE, DANIEL. – English writer, b. perhaps in Sept. 1660 in Londra, d. there on 26 Apr. 1731. He began as a merchant and journalist; a nonconformist and…
De Fratribus Septem Machabaeis Carmen (DE FRATRIBUS SEPTEM MACCABAEIS CARMEN) Vol. IV, p. 769
DE FRATRIBUS SEPTEM MACCABAEIS CARMEN. – This poem, in 394 hexameters, has been transmitted under the names of Mario Vittorino and Ilario d’Arles. Peiper…
De Gregorio, Emanuele Vol. IV, p. 780
DE GREGORIO, EMANUELE. – Cardinal, born in Naples on 18 December 1758, died in Rome on 7 November 1839. At the time of the Roman Republic of 1798, to his great…
De Groot, Johann Vincent Vol. IV, p. 780
DE GROOT, JOHANN VINCENT. – Dominican apologist, born in Schiedam (Netherlands) on 4 July 1848, died in Amsterdam on 26 February 1922. For more than 25 years…
De Guibert, Joseph Vol. IV, p. 780
DE GUIBERT, JOSEPH. - Jesuit, writer on asceticism, b. at Montaigu (Haute Garonne) on 14 Sept. 1877; d. at Rome on 23 March 1942. Professor of dogmatic…
De Hondt Vol. IV, p. 781
DE HONDT: v. PIETRO CANISIO.
De Iesu Christo Deo Et Homine Vol. IV, p. 781
DE IESU CHRISTO DEO ET HOMINE. — One hundred and thirty-seven hexameters, attributed to a Victorinus, like the poem De fratribus VII Macchabaeis, but certainly…
De Induratione Cordis Pharaonis Vol. IV, p. 781
DE INDURATIONE CORDIS PHARAONIS. — A treatise that in the ninth century circulated under the name of St. Girolamo, but which certainly is not the work of the…
De Iona Vol. IV, p. 781
DE IONA. — Poem transmitted under the names of Tertullian and Cyprian, and attributed by Brewer to the poet Cyprianus Gallus. But wrongly: it may be the work…
De Iudicio Domini Vol. IV, p. 783
DE IUDICIO DOMINI. - A poem also entitled Carmen ad Flavium Felicem, which in the past was attributed to Tertulliano or s. Cipriano. But the Flavius Felix…
De Jerphanion, Guillaume Vol. IV, p. 783
DE JERPHANION, GUILLAUME. - Born on March 3, 1877, in Pontèves (Var), died in Rome on Oct. 22, 1948. (courtesy of Fr. I. Ortiz de Urbina) DE JERPHANION,…
De Katholiek (KATHOLIEK, DE) Vol. VII, p. 418
KATHOLIEK, DE. - The first Catholic scholarly journal founded in Holland after the violent Protestant persecution which, for two centuries, had stifled every…
De La Taille, Maurice Vol. IV, p. 784
DE LA TAILLE, MAURICE: v. LA TAILLE, MAURICE de.
De La Vassière, Giovanni Vol. IV, p. 785
DE LA VASSIÈRE, GIOVANNI: v. LA VASSIÈRE, GIOVANNI de.
De Lapide, Joannes Heynlein Vol. IV, p. 784
DE LAPIDE, JOANNES HEYNLEIN: v. HEYNLEIN, JOHANNES VON STEIN.
De Laude Martyrii Vol. IV, p. 784
DE LAUDE MARTYRII. - A rhetorical panegyric (according to Dupin, a school exercise) in honour of martyrdom. The work already appears in the list of writings of…
De Lellis, Teodoro (DE LELLI, TEODORO) Vol. IV, p. 792
DE LELLI, TEODORO. – Bishop, theologian, and jurist, b. in Teramo in 1427, d. in Rome on 31 March 1466. Having taken his degree at Padua in utroque iure, he…
De Ligno Vitae Vol. IV, p. 796
DE LIGNO VITAE: v. DE CRUCE.
De Litio, Andrea Vol. IV, p. 797
DE LITIO, ANDREA. - Abruzzese painter of the second half of the fifteenth century. In the church of S. Maria Maggiore at Guardiagrele there is a fresco with…
De Luca, Giovanni Battista Vol. IV, p. 812
DE LUCA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. – Jurist, born in Venosa in 1614, died in Rome on 5 February 1683. He studied law at Salerno and Naples, where he obtained his…
De Magistris, Simone Vol. IV, p. 813
DE MAGISTRIS, SIMONE. – Ecclesiastical scholar, born at Serra di Scopamene (Corsica) on 28 February 1728, died in Rome on 6 October 1802. Having come to Rome…
De Maistre, Joseph Vol. IV, p. 813
DE MAISTRE, JOSEPH : v. MAISTRE, JOSEPH de.
De Mandato, Pio Vol. IV, p. 813
DE MANDATO, PIO. – Jesuit, born in Naples on 11 December 1850, died in Rome on 11 April 1914. He devoted a large part of his activity to the struggle against…
De Marchi, Emilio Vol. IV, p. 814
DE MARCHI, EMILIO. — Novelist, born in Milan on 31 July 1851, died there on 6 February 1901. He was secretary of the Scientific-Literary Academy of his city, a…
De Maria, Michele Vol. IV, p. 814
DE MARIA, MICHELE. – Jesuit, born in Cervinara (Avellino) on 8 February 1836, died in Rome on 16 February 1913. He was professor of philosophy at the Gregorian…
De Matthias, Maria, Venerable (DE MATTHIAS, MARIA, VENERABILE) Vol. IV, p. 814
DE MATTHIAS, MARIA, venerable. – Religious, founder of the Adorers of the Most Precious Blood, born in Vallecorsa (Frosinone) on 4 February 1805, died in Rome…
De Merode, Xavier (DE MERODE, SAVERIO) Vol. IV, p. 815
DE MERODE, SAVERIO: v. MERODE, SAVERIO de.
De Miraculis Sancti Stephani Vol. IV, p. 818
DE MIRACULIS SANCTI STEPHANI. – Collection of miracles of s. Stefano published by a cleric of the church of Uzala in Africa and dedicated to the city’s bishop…
De Montibus Sina et Sion Vol. IV, p. 834
DE MONTIBUS SINA ET SION. - A writing falsely attributed in some manuscripts to s. Cipriano. The work seeks to explain the apparent contrast between Ex. 2, 3:…
De Mun Vol. IV, p. 835
DE MUN. ALBERTO: v. MUN. ALBERT, CONTE DI.
De Natalibus, Pietro Vol. IV, p. 835
DE NATALIBUS, PIETRO. - Hagiographer, born in Venezia, where he was parish priest of the SS. Apostoli until 1370, when he was appointed bishop of Esquilio…
De Nevo, Alessandro Vol. IV, p. 835
DE NEVO, ALESSANDRO. — Canon lawyer, born in Vicenza, died in the second half of the 15th century. He was a canon of the cathedral of Treviso and, for 26…
De Nobili, Roberto Vol. IV, p. 837
DE NOBILI, ROBERTO. - Jesuit, missionary, b. at Montepulciano (Siena) in Sept. 1577; d. at Mallapur (Madras) on 16 Jan. 1656. Having arrived in India in 1605,…
De Palude, Pietro Vol. IV, p. 839
DE PALUDE, PIETRO: v. PETRUS DE PALUDE.
De Passione Domini Vol. IV, p. 839
DE PASSIONE DOMINI. – Poem in 80 hexameters, of which no manuscript has been preserved. Probably the work of a humanist from the end of the 15th century, it…
De Peyrinis, Lorenzo Vol. IV, p. 839
DE PEYRINIS, LORENZO. — Minimo religious, born in Genoa in 1587, died there on 3 August 1638. An eminent canonist, specialized in the law of Religious Orders,…
De Promissionibus et Praedicationibus Dei Vol. IV, p. 846
DE PROMISSIONIBUS ET PRAEDICATIONIBUS DEI. - A work falsely attributed to Prospero d'Aquitania, although Cassiodoro already knew this authorial name…
De Puniét de Parry, Pierre (DE PUNIET DE PARRY, PIERRE) Vol. IV, p. 846
DE PUNIET DE PARRY, PIERRE. - Liturgista e monaco benedettino, n. a Rochefort-sur-Mer il 24 marzo 1877, m. ad Oosterhout (Olanda) il 4 apr. 1941. Entrato…
De Rebaptismate Vol. IV, p. 847
DE REBAPTISMATE. - Scritto verso il 256-57 contro Cipriano in difesa della validità del Battesimo conferito dagli eretici. L'autore, un vescovo africano, in…
De Recta in Deum Fide Vol. IV, p. 847
DE RECTA IN DEUM FIDE. – Latin translation by Rufinus of the work of Pseudo-Origen or Adamantius. The Greek text, written around 300 in Syria, was authored by…
De Regina Vol. IV, p. 847
DE REGINA: V. GIOVANNI DI NAPOLI.
De Ricci, Scipione Vol. IV, p. 847
DE RICCI, SCIPIONE: V. RICCI, SCIPIONE DE'.
De Roberti, Ercole Vol. IV, p. 848
DE ROBERTI, ERCOLE. — Painter, born in Ferrara in 1456 (or about 1450), died in 1496. Since in documents he sometimes appears with his mother’s surname, which…
De Rossi, Azaria Vol. IV, p. 848
DE ROSSI, AZARIA. - One of the most learned rabbis of the sixteenth century, born in Mantova about 1514, died in Ferrara in 1578. He lived in the principal…
De Rossi, Gian Bernardo Vol. IV, p. 848
DE ROSSI, GIAN BERNARDO. — The greatest Hebraist of Christian Italy, born on 25 October 1742 at Villa Castelnuovo (diocese of Ivrea), died at Parma on 24 March…
De Rossi, Giovanni Antonio Vol. IV, p. 849
DE ROSSI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Architect, b. in Rome in 1616, d. there on 9 Oct. 1695. Raised in the milieu dominated by the great personalities of Bernini,…
De Rossi, Giovanni Battista Vol. IV, p. 849
DE ROSSI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. — Archaeologist, founder of the science of Christian archaeology, b. in Rome on 22 Feb. 1822, d. in the papal palace at…
De Rossi, Giuseppe Vol. IV, p. 851
DE ROSSI, GIUSEPPE. – Abbot and musician, born in Rome around the middle of the seventeenth century, where he died in 1719 or 1720. Chapel master at Castel S.…
De Rossi, Mattia Vol. IV, p. 851
DE ROSSI, MATTIA. - Architect, born in Rome on 14 Jan. 1637, died there on 2 Aug. 1695; he worked with Bernini and accompanied him to France. At the behest of…
De Rossi, Michele Stefano Vol. IV, p. 851
DE ROSSI, MICHELE STEFANO. — Geologist, born in Rome on 30 October 1834 and died at Rocca di Papa on 23 October 1898, he was the inseparable companion in the…
De Rubéis (De Rossi), Bernardo Maria (DE RUBEIS (DE ROSSI), BERNARDO MARIA) Vol. IV, p. 851
DE RUBEIS (DE ROSSI), BERNARDO MARIA. - Dominican historian and theologian, born at Cividale del Friuli on 8 Jan. 1687, died at Venice on 28 Jan. 1775. He…
De Ruggiero, Guido Vol. IV, p. 851
DE RUGGIERO, GUIDO. – Historian of philosophy and publicist, born in Naples on 23 March 1888, died in Rome on 29 December 1948. Professor of the history of…
De Sanctis, Francesco Vol. IV, p. 852
DE SANCTIS, FRANCESCO. – Literary critic and politician, born at Morra Irpina (Avellino) on 28 March 1817, died at Naples on 19 December 1883. Having begun the…
De Sanctis, Gioacchino Vol. IV, p. 853
DE SANCTIS, GIOACCHINO. — Physician, born in Frascati in 1788, died in the reputation of holiness at Patrica (Frosinone) on 15 December 1855. After obtaining…
De Sanctis, Luigi Vol. IV, p. 853
DE SANCTIS, LUIGI. – Apostate, born in Rome on 31 December 1808 and died in Florence on 31 December 1869. Having entered, while still young, the Congregation…
De Santi, Angelo Vol. IV, p. 854
DE SANTI, ANGELO. — Jesuit, born in Trieste on 12 July 1847, died in Rome on 28 January 1922. Having completed his studies, he immediately devoted himself to…
De Sarlo, Francesco Vol. IV, p. 854
DE SARLO, FRANCESCO. – Philosopher, born in S. Chirico Raparo (Potenza) on 15 February 1854, died in Florence on 14 January 1937. He began as a physician, but…
De Singularitate Clericorum Vol. IV, p. 864
DE SINGULARITATE CLERICORUM. — This is an admonition that begins with the words « Filii carissimi »: « ne clerici cum feminis commorentur » (ch. 1). The book…
De Smedt, Charles Vol. IV, p. 864
DE SMEDT, CHARLES. — Belgian Jesuit and historian, born at Ghent on 6 April 1833; he entered the novitiate in 1851 and was ordained a priest in 1863. Professor…
De Smet, Louis Vol. IV, p. 865
DE SMET, LOUIS. – Belgian moral theologian and canonist, born in 1868, died in 1927. Professor in Bruges. Writings: Commentarius in decretum de sponsalibus et…
De Smet, Pierre-Jean Vol. IV, p. 865
DE SMET, PIERRE-JEAN. — Jesuit missionary, born at Termond (Belgium) on 30 January 1801; died at St Louis (Missouri) on 23 May 1873. He emigrated to the United…
De Sodoma Vol. IV, p. 865
DE SODOMA. – A short poem of 167 hexameters recounting, on the basis of Gen. 19, the end of Sodoma. The author is the same as the one who wrote the poem De…
De Spectaculis Vol. IV, p. 865
DE SPECTACULIS. — A short treatise attributed to s. Cipriano (in the manuscripts, Cipriano’s letters follow), which, in the form of an epistle, admonishes the…
De Verbi Incarnatione Vol. IV, p. 875
DE VERBI INCARNATIONE. – A poem in Virgilian verses (cento) on the Incarnation, falsely attributed by E. Martène to Sedulio. BIBL.: Edition by Ioha Huemer of…
De Veuster, Damiaan Vol. IV, p. 875
DE VEUSTER, DAMIAAN. - B. at Tremeloo (Belgium) on 3 Jan. 1840. He entered the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts (known as Picpus) and departed in Oct. 1863…
De Vico, Francesco Vol. IV, p. 875
DE VICO, FRANCESCO. - Jesuit and astronomer, b. at Macerata on 19 May 1805. At Siena he had been a pupil of the learned Piarist astronomer Giovanni Inghirami,…
De Vio, Tommaso detto il Gaetano Vol. IV, p. 875
DE VIO, TOMMASO, known as il GAETANO. — Dominican philosopher and theologian, born in Gaeta on 20 February 1468 and died in Rome on 10 October 1533. I. LIFE. –…
De Vitry, Philippe Vol. IV, p. 877
DE VITRY, PHILIPPE. - Poet, composer, and music theorist, born at Vitry (Champagne) on 31 Oct. 1291 and died on 9 June 1361 at Meaux, the city of which he had…
De Vogüé, Charles-Jean-Melchior (DE VOGUÉ, CHARLES-JEAN-MELCHIOR) Vol. IV, p. 877
DE VOGUÉ, CHARLES-JEAN-MELCHIOR. — Archaeologist, born in Paris into an ancient noble family of the Vivarese on 18 October 1829, and died there on 10 November…
De Vries, Hugo Vol. IV, p. 879
DE VRIES, HUGO. — Dutch botanist and biologist, b. in Haarlem on 16 February 1848, d. in Lunteren on 20 May 1935; he was professor of botany at Amsterdam from…
De Waal, Anton Joseph Johann Maria Vol. IV, p. 880
DE WAAL, ANTON JOSEPH JOHANN MARIA. — Born at Emmerich on 3 May 1836, died in Rome on 23 February 1917. Ordained a priest at Münster on 11 October 1862, he was…
De Wulf, Maurice Vol. IV, p. 880
DE WULF, MAURICE. - Distinguished historian of medieval philosophy, born at Poperinge in Belgium on 6 Apr. 1867 and died there on 23 Dec. 1947. From 1894…
De Zelada, Francesco Saverio Vol. IV, p. 881
DE ZELADA, FRANCESCO SAVERIO. — Cardinal, born in Rome on 27 August 1717, died there on 19 December 1801. Initiated into an ecclesiastical career by Cardinal…
De' Cavalieri (Del Cavaliere), Emilio Vol. IV, p. 747
DE' CAVALIERI (DEL CAVALIERE), EMILIO. — Musician, born in Rome ca. 1550, died there in 1602. Educated in music out of youthful passion, and not for…
De' Tudeschi (De Tudisco), Niccolò (Panormitanus, Abbas Siculus, Abbas Modernus) Vol. IV, p. 872
DE' TUDESCHI (DE TUDISCO), NICCOLÒ (Panormitanus, Abbas Siculus, Abbas Modernus). - Canon lawyer, born in Catania in 1386, died in July 1445. He was a monk of…
Dea Dia Vol. IV, p. 739
DEA DIA. — A very ancient Roman divinity, as may be deduced from certain elements of her cult, such as the absolute prohibition against using iron instruments…
Deacon and Archdeacon (DIACONO E ARCIDIACONO) Vol. IV, p. 890
DIACONO and ARCIDIACONO. — Etymologically derived from διάκονος (attendant), it is today the second of the major Orders (v. ORDINE SACRO). In the Gospel this…
Deacon and Deaconess (Protestant) (DIACONO E DIACONESSA (PROTESTANTI)) Vol. IV, p. 896
DIACONO and DIACONESSA (PROTESTANTI). – The nineteenth century, which among Protestants marked a fervent revival of their internal missionary work, also saw…
Deaconess (DIACONESSA) Vol. IV, p. 882
DIACONESSA. — The d. were Christian widows to whom, in the primitive Church, liturgical and charitable duties were entrusted. Already St. Paul (Rom. 16:1)…
Dead Sea (MORTO, MARE) Vol. VIII, p. 865
MORTO, MARE. – Lake of Palestine at the end of the Jordan River, enclosed between the steep mountains of Moab to the east and the desert of Judah to the west,…
Deaf-Mutes (SORDOMUTI) Vol. XI, p. 586
SORDOMUTI. — Those who lack the faculties of hearing and speech. In the congenital form, or one that develops during the very earliest years of life, although…
Deambulatorio Vol. IV, p. 739
DEAMBULATORIO. – By d., or peribolos or ambulatory, one generally means a ring-shaped corridor running around the apse, often continuing the aisles. In…
Dean (DECANO) Vol. IV, p. 746
DECANO. – A title borrowed from the last division of the Roman legion (decanus was the name given to the commander of 10 soldiers) and subsequently from the…
Death (MORTE) Vol. VIII, p. 852
DEATH. - It is the end of natural or physical life and occurs through the separation of the two constitutive principles of man: the soul and the body. Due to…
Deathbed Confession (ARTICOLO DI MORTE) Vol. II, p. 58
ARTICLE OF DEATH. – This is the point or moment of death, understood morally, that is, considered with a certain latitude, so as to include all the time that…
Debate, El Vol. IV, p. 742
DEBATE, EL. — Spanish Catholic daily newspaper, founded in 1910 in Madrid by a fervent convert, Sebastiano de Luque, it initially led a rather difficult…
Deborah (Heb. Dēbhōrāh «bee»; LXX Δεββόρζ; Vulg. Debora) (DÉBORA (EBR. DĒBHORĀH «APE»; SETTANTA ΔΕΒΒΌΡΖ; VOL. DEBORA)) Vol. IV, p. 743
DÉBORA (Heb. Dēbhorāh, “bee”; Septuagint Δεββόρζ; Vulg. Debora). — Prophetess, heroine, and poetess, third with Barac among the “Judges” of Israel (Iudc. 4,…
Debussy, Claude-Achille Vol. IV, p. 744
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE-ACHILLE. – Musician, born in St-Germain-en-Laye (Paris) on 22 August 1862, died in Paris on 26 March 1918. An artist of great originality, he…
Decadence (DECADENZA) Vol. IV, p. 744
DECADENZA. – Although it is futile to seek in the canonical laws the proper expression for forfeiture, it does not follow that the institution of forfeiture…
Decadentism (DECADENTISMO) Vol. IV, p. 744
DECADENTISMO. - Decadentism, as a spiritual attitude in which Schopenhauer’s pessimism, Baudelaire’s taste (fascination with mystery, horror of reality,…
Decaisne, Joseph Vol. IV, p. 745
DECAISNE, JOSEPH. — Botanist, born in Brussels on 7 March 1807, died in Paris on 8 February 1882. Beginning as a draftsman at the Jardin des plantes, he went…
Decalogue (DECALOGO) Vol. IV, p. 745
DECALOGUE. — The Ten Commandments (δέκα λόγοι “the ten words,” Ex. 34:28), given by God to Moses on Sinai as the obligations of the covenant (Ex. 19:5 ff.)…
Decapolis (DECAPOLI) Vol. IV, p. 747
DECAPOLIS. – A name which in the Gospels (Mt. 4:25; Mc. 5:20; 7:31), in Fl. Giuseppe (Vita, 65, 341), Pliny (Hist. nat., 5, 18, 74), Ptolemy (V, 14, 18), and a…
Decentius, Bishop Of Gubbio (DECENZIO, VESCOVO DI GUBBIO) Vol. IV, p. 748
DECENZIO, bishop of GUBBIO. – His memory is linked to the famous letter that Pope Innocent I sent him in 416, in response to several questions. Some wished to…
Dechamps, Adolphe Vol. IV, p. 748
DECHAMPS, ADOLPHE. — Belgian Catholic statesman, born on 18 June 1807 at Melle near Ghent, died on 16 July 1875 at Scalimont near Manage. He began his career…
Dechamps, Victor-Auguste-Isidore Vol. IV, p. 748
DECHAMPS, VICTOR-AUGUSTE-ISIDORE. – Cardinal, born at Melle near Ghent on 6 Dec. 1810, died at Malines on 28 Sept. 1883. In October 1832 he entered the major…
Dechamps, Étienne (DECHAMPS, ETIENNE) Vol. IV, p. 748
DECHAMPS, ETIENNE. – Jesuit controversialist, also known by the name of Agar de Champ, born in Bourges on 2 September 1613, died in Paris on 31 July 1701.…
Dechevres, Antoine (DECHEVRENS, ANTOINE) Vol. IV, p. 749
DECHEVRENS, ANTOINE. - Jesuit, musician, b. at Chêne (Geneva) on 3 Nov. 1840, d. at Geneva on 17 Jan. 1912. He was choirmaster in churches of the Society, then…
Decima Vol. IV, p. 749
DECIMA. — I. IN THE BIBLE. — A portion (originally, the tenth part) of the products that the Israelites were required to pay to the Temple and its ministers…
Decio, Filippo Vol. IV, p. 751
DECIO, FILIPPO. — Canonist, born in Milano in 1454, died perhaps in Siena around 1536. He was first a student and then a professor of canon and civil law at…
Decisors (Heb. Pōsēqim, pl. of Pōsēq) (DECISORI (EBR. PŌSĒQIM, PLUR. DI PŌSĒQ)) Vol. IV, p. 751
DECISORS (Hebr. pōsēqim, plural of pōsēq). — Talmudists who, on the basis of Talmudic and Talmudic-rabbinic literature, offer decisions in dogmatic,…
Decius (Messius Caius Traianus Decius), Roman Emperor (DECIO (MESSIUS CAIUS TRAIANUS DECIUS), IMPERATORE ROMANO) Vol. IV, p. 751
DECIO (Messius Caius Traianus Decius), ROMAN EMPEROR. — B. in Pannonia around 200, d. in 251. Sent to Moesia in 249 by the emperor Philip to suppress a revolt…
Decor Lux Aeternitatis, Auream (DECORA LUX AETERNITATIS, AUREAM) Vol. IV, p. 752
« DECORA LUX AETERNITATIS, AUREAM ». — This is the hymn of Vespers for the feast of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, composed of the first and sixth stanzas…
Decoration (DECORAZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 752
DECORAZIONE. — The universally widespread and deeply rooted appreciation of the beautified environment and object undoubtedly constituted a common substratum…
Decree (DECRETO) Vol. IV, p. 756
DECRETO. — This is the particular form assumed on certain occasions by the written orders and measures of the constituted authority. Decrees are ordinarily…
Decree of Gelasius (DECRETO DI GELASIO) Vol. IV, p. 756
DECRETO di GELASIO: v. GELASIO I PAPA.
Decree of Gratian (DECRETO DI GRAZIANO) Vol. IV, p. 756
DECRETO di GRAZIANO: v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI.
Decree of Praise (LODE, DECRETO DI) Vol. VII, p. 884
DECREE OF PRAISE. — It is the first step taken by the Holy See in approving a religious Institute, which thus ceases to be of diocesan right and becomes of…
Decreta Authentica Sacrae Congregationis Indulgentiarum Vol. IV, p. 754
DECRETA AUTHENTICA SACRAE CONGREGATIONIS INDULGENTIARUM. — This title designates the collection of decrees issued by the S. Congregation of Indulgences and…
Decreta Authentica Sacrae Rituum Congregationis Vol. IV, p. 754
DECRETA AUTHENTICA SACRAE RITUUM CONGREGATIONIS. — This is the name given to the collection of the decrees and other decisions of the S. Congregation of Rites…
Decretalists (DECRETALISTI) Vol. IV, p. 755
DECRETALISTI. — This term is customarily used to designate the canonists who dealt with the abundant legislative material issued by the pontiffs of the 12th…
Decretals (DECRETALI) Vol. IV, p. 755
DECRETALI. — The letters of the Pontiff containing a rule, either in a general manner or, more often, for the resolution of a particular question brought…
Decretists (DECRETISTI) Vol. IV, p. 756
DECRETISTS. – The dissemination of the Decretum Gratiani (v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI), which rapidly entered practical use and was widely employed as a textbook…
Decretum Ad Armenos Vol. IV, p. 756
DECRETUM AD ARMENOS. - The Bull Exultate Deo, concerning the union of the Armenians with the Catholic Church, published at the Council of Florence on November…
Decrittazione Vol. IV, p. 757
DECRITTAZIONE: V. CRITOGRAFIA.
Decroly, Ovide Vol. IV, p. 757
DECROLY, OVIDE. — Born at Renax (Eastern Flanders) on 23 July 1871 and died at Brussels on 12 September 1932, he was one of the most eminent representatives of…
Decurtins, Gaspar Vol. IV, p. 758
DECURTINS, GASPAR. — Sociologist, born on 23 November 1855 at Truns (Canton of Grisons), died there on 30 May 1916. He studied at the monastery of Disentis,…
Dedan (Dadan) and Dedanites (DEDAN (DADAN) E DEDANIM) Vol. IV, p. 759
DEDAN (DADAN) and DEDANIM. - The name of a locality and of a tribe. The latter is numbered by Gen. 10, 7 together with the Sabaeans among the descendants of…
Dederoth, Johannes (DEDEROTH, IOHANNES) Vol. IV, p. 759
DEDEROTH, IOHANNES. – An important figure in the monastic reform in Germany in the 15th century, he died as a victim of the plague on 6 February 1439. From his…
Dedication of the Temple (Heb. Hānuk-Kāh) (DEDICAZIONE DEL TEMPIO (EBR. HĀNUK-KĀH)) Vol. IV, p. 761
DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (Heb. hānuk-kāh). — Jewish feast, held on the 25th day of the month of casleu, corresponding to December, and lasting 8 days, to…
Dedication, Rite of (DEDICAZIONE, RITO DELLA) Vol. IV, p. 759
DEDICATION, RITE OF. — This is the consecration of a church in order to withdraw it from profane use and make it a sacred place. The earliest Christian…
Deduction (DEDUZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 763
DEDUZIONE. — It may be understood in different ways: a) In the generic sense, which is also the one immediately suggested by the term, d. is the process of…
Deer (CERVO) Vol. III, p. 784
DEER. — The biblical image of Ps. 41, sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, was rendered in ancient Christian art by the representation of deer drinking at…
Deet (Deet) (DÉET (DÉET)) Vol. IV, p. 764
DÉET (DÉET). - Archaic Egyptian form (d.t.; Coptic tē) denoting the underworld. In primitive times the Egyptians, seeing the stars rise and set at such distant…
Defamation (DIFFAMAZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 919
DIFFAMAZIONE: v. DETRAZIONE; INGIURIA.
Defendant (CONVENUTO) Vol. IV, p. 288
CONVENUTO: v. PROCESSO.
Defensor Civitatis Vol. IV, p. 764
DEFENSOR CIVITATIS. — A civic magistrate for the defense of the humbler classes against the abuses and excessive power of the local magistrates. It was created…
Defensor Ecclesiae Vol. IV, p. 765
DEFENSOR ECCLESIAE. – At first, he was a legal representative of the Church, whose task was to assist it in legal proceedings. Canon 97 of the Codex can. Eccl.…
Defensor Fidei Vol. IV, p. 766
DEFENSOR FIDEI. — Title conferred by Leo X, through the bull Ex supernae dispositionis arbitrio of 11 October 1521, upon Henry VIII of England, in recognition…
Defensor of the Bond (DIFENSORE DEL VINCOLO) Vol. IV, p. 916
DEFENDER OF THE BOND. — The office of the defender of the bond, together with that of the promoter of justice, who intervenes in contentious and penal cases of…
Deficenti Vol. IV, p. 766
DEFICENTI: v. MINORATI PSICHICI.
Definition (DEFINIZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 766
DEFINITION. — As a logical function, definition (definire: to delimit, to set boundaries) is the act by which thought clarifies and determines the content of a…
Definitor (DEFINITORE) Vol. IV, p. 766
DEFINITOR. – In certain religious Orders (including at present the Cistercians, Friars Minor, Capuchins, the Third Order Regular of s. Francesco, the…
Defissione Vol. IV, p. 768
DEFISSIONE. - From de-figere "to fix beneath" (in Gr. κατάδεσμος from καταδεῖν "to bind beneath") is the magical action intended to cause harm to another by…
Deflation (DEFLAZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 768
DEFLATION. – A phenomenon whereby the volume of the means of payment, for various reasons, decreases in relation to the mass of goods being exchanged. In order…
Deforis, Jean-Pierre Vol. IV, p. 769
DEFORIS, JEAN-PIERRE. – Benedictine of S. Mauro, critic and apologist, born at Montbrison (Loire) in 1732, died at S. Mauro on 25 June 1794. He was one of the…
Deger, Ernst Vol. IV, p. 779
DEGER, ERNST: V. REMAGEN.
Degli Antoni, Pietro Vol. IV, p. 779
DEGLI ANTONI, PIETRO. - Composer, b. at Bologna in 1648, d. there in 1720. Chapel master at S. Maria Maggiore, S. Stefano, and S. Giovanni in Monte, he was six…
Degli Arcadi Vol. IV, p. 502
DEGLI ARCADI. IN ROMA, Per Antonio de' Rodi alla Piazza di Ceri, 1715.
Degola, Eustachio Vol. IV, p. 779
DEGOLA, EUSTACHIO. — Priest, the last and most original figure of Italian Jansenism, born in Genoa on 20 September 1761, died there on 17 January 1826.…
Degradation (DEGRADAZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 780
DEGRADATION. – Etymologically, deprivation of rank or relegation to a lower rank, in canon law it is the most severe of the vindicatory penalties applicable…
Deharbe, Joseph Vol. IV, p. 780
DEHARBE, JOSEPH. — Jesuit, born at Strasbourg in Alsace on 1 April 1800, died at Maria Laach on 8 November 1871. A professor at Briga and at the seminary of…
Dehon, Jean-Léon Vol. IV, p. 781
DEHON, JEAN-LÉON. - Priest and founder, b. at La Chapelle (Soissons) on 14 March 1843, d. at Bruxelles, 12 Aug. 1925. In 1869 he was among the stenographers of…
Dei Pitatis, Bonifazio (DEI PITATI, BONIFAZIO) Vol. IV, p. 781
DEI PITATI, BONIFAZIO: v. BONIFACIO VERONESE.
Deisidaimonia Vol. IV, p. 781
DEISIDAIMONIA. – A Greek word meaning “respectful fear, reverence toward the gods” (Xenophon, Aristotle), but it is also used in a pejorative sense for…
Deism (DEISMO) Vol. IV, p. 781
DEISM. — Etymologically, d. (from Deus) is identical with theism (from Reis), but its philosophical and historical meaning is different. The philosophical…
Del Colle, Raffaellino Vol. IV, p. 785
DEL COLLE, RAFFAELLINO. - Raffaello di Michelangelo di Luca di Michelangelo dal Colle, painter, b. at Borgo S. Sepolcro around 1490, d. there on 17 Nov. 1566.…
Del Corona, Pio Alberto Vol. IV, p. 785
DEL CORONA, PIO ALBERTO. — Dominican, born in Livorno on 5 July 1837, died in Florence on 15 August 1912. A professor, writer, and eminent spiritual director,…
Del Cossa, Francesco Vol. IV, p. 785
DEL COSSA, FRANCESCO. — Painter, born in Ferrara in 1436, died there in 1478. Having settled in Bologna in 1470, in 1472 he restored the Madonna del Baraccano…