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Delegate Apostolic(DELEGATO APOSTOLICO)Vol. IV, p. 789 DELEGATO APOSTOLICO. — According to the concept currently in use, the d. a. is a prelate, a titular archbishop, who is sent by the Roman pontiff as his…
Delegate Vicar(VICARIO DELEGATO)Vol. XII, p. 867 VICARIO DELEGATO. — Apostolic vicars, by the nature of their ecclesiastical jurisdiction, did not have the power to appoint a vicar general for themselves, as…
Delegation(DELEGAZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 791 DELEGAZIONE: v. GIURISDIZIONE.
Delehaye, HippolyteVol. IV, p. 791 DELEHAYE, HIPPOLYTE. — Jesuit and Bollandist, distinguished renewer of hagiographical scholarship, born in Antwerp (Belgium) on 19 August 1859, died in…
Deleloë, Jeanne de Saint-MatthieuVol. IV, p. 793 DELELOË, JEANNE de SAINT-MATTHIEU. – Benedictine mystic, born in 1604 at Fauquembergues (diocese of Boulogne), she entered in 1620 the monastery of the…
Delfin, PietroVol. IV, p. 794 DELFIN, PIETRO. — Superior General of the Camaldolese, born in Venice in 1444, died there on 15 January 1525. He entered religious life in 1480 and cultivated…
Delfina de Glandèves, Blessed(DELFINA DE GLANDÈVES, BEATA)Vol. IV, p. 794 DELFINA de GLANDÈVES, Blessed. - Franciscan tertiary, wife of St. Elzear, Count of Ariano (q.v.). Born at Puimichel in Provence in 1284 to the de Glandèves…
Delfini, Giovanni AntonioVol. IV, p. 794 DELFINI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. – Philosopher and theologian of the Conventual Franciscans, born at Pomponesco (Cremona) on 26 March 1507, died at Bologna on 5…
Delfino, Cesare Pietro MicheleVol. IV, p. 795 DELFINO, CESARE PIETRO MICHELE. - Controversialist, b. at Parma on an uncertain date, d. at Rome in 1566. He devoted himself to medicine and the sciences, and…
Delfino, GiovanniVol. IV, p. 795 DELFINO, GIOVANNI. - Cardinal, born in Venice to Nicola D., general of the Republic, and Elisabetta Priuli on 22 April 1617, nephew of a cardinal bishop of…
Delfino, ZaccariaVol. IV, p. 795 DELFINO, ZACCARIA. — Cardinal, born in Venice on 29 May 1527, died in Rome on 19 December 1583. He was bishop of Lesina. In July 1560 he was appointed nuncio…
Delgadillo, CristóbalVol. IV, p. 795 DELGADILLO, CRISTÓBAL. - Franciscan theologian, b. in Madrid, d. there, 27 Oct. 1671. He studied at the Franciscan college of Alcalá; having subsequently gone…
Delgado y Cebrián, Clemente Ignacio, Blessed(DELGADO Y CEBRIAN, CLEMENTE IGNACIO, BEATO)Vol. IV, p. 796 DELGADO Y CEBRIAN, CLEMENTE IGNACIO, blessed. - Dominican, b. on 23 Nov. 1761 (according to others in 1762; in the brief of beatification: 1763) at Villa…
Delhi and Simla, Archdiocese of(DELHI E SIMLA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 796 DELHI e SIMLA, ARCHDIOCESE of. - In 1910, with territory detached from the archdiocese of Agra and partly from the diocese of Lahore, the archdiocese of S. was…
Delicieux, BernardVol. IV, p. 796 DELICIEUX, BERNARD. - Franciscan, born about the middle of the 13th century at Montpellier, died in 1320 at Toulouse. He entered the Order in 1284; he was…
Delinquent(DELINQUENTE)Vol. IV, p. 796 DELINQUENTE. — A preliminary problem is posed by the biological definition of the d.; in effect, it must be established whether or not delinquents constitute a…
Delirium(DELIRIO)Vol. IV, p. 797 DELIRIUM. — A morbid error of appraisal and judgment that cannot be modified by contrary sensations and experiences, reasonable criticism from others, or…
Delisle, Léopold-VictorVol. IV, p. 797 DELISLE, LÉOPOLD-VICTOR. - Historian, b. at Valognes, 24 Oct. 1826, d. at Chantilly, 22 July 1910. Having entered the École des Chartes in 1847, he was…
Delitzsch, Franz JuliusVol. IV, p. 800 DELITZSCH, FRANZ JULIUS. - Lutheran exegete and Hebraist, b. at Leipzig on 23 Feb. 1813, d. there on 4 March 1890. Despite his poverty, he was able to study…
Delitzsch, FriedrichVol. IV, p. 801 DELITZSCH, FRIEDRICH. – Assyriologist, born in Erlangen on 3 September 1850, died in Berlin on 23 December 1922. There, after a brilliant teaching career at…
Delivery of the Keys and the Law(CONSEGNA DELLE CHIAVI E DELLA LEGGE)Vol. IV, p. 245 CONSEGNA DELLE CHIAVI E DELLA LEGGE: v. TRADITIO CLAVIUM; TRADITIO LEGIS.
Della Casa, GiovanniVol. IV, p. 801 DELLA CASA, GIOVANNI. — Born in Mugello on 28 June 1503, died at Montepulciano on 14 November 1556. He was buried in the church of S. Andrea della Valle. After…
Della Cerda (Cerdano), AntonioVol. IV, p. 801 DELLA CERDA (CERDANO), ANTONIO. — Theologian and cardinal of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, born in S. Margherita di Majorca in 1390, died in Rome on 12…
Della Gatta, Bartolomeo (Pier di Antonio dei)Vol. IV, p. 802 DELLA GATTA, BARTOLOMEO (PIER DI ANTONIO DEI). — Camaldolese monk, painter, illuminator, and architect, born in Florence in 1448 and died at Arezzo in 1502 or…
Della Genga Sermattei, GabrieleVol. IV, p. 802 DELLA GENGA SERMATTEI, GABRIELE. - Cardinal, b. at Assisi on 4 Dec. 1801, d. at Rome on 10 Feb. 1861. Nephew of Leone XII, he was ordained priest on 26 Sept.…
Della GrecaVol. IV, p. 803 DELLA GRECA. - Two architects of this name worked in Rome in the seventeenth century. VINCENZO, born in Palermo, died after 1652. Having come to Rome in 1616,…
Della Porta, GiacomoVol. IV, p. 803 DELLA PORTA, GIACOMO. – Born probably in Lombardy ca. 1540 and died in Rome in 1604. After an early period of activity in Genoa, where the church of the…
Della Porta, GiambattistaVol. IV, p. 803 DELLA PORTA, GIAMBATTISTA. - Playwright and polymath, b. in Napoli in 1535, d. there on 4 Feb. 1615. He occupied himself with magic, chemistry, mathematics,…
Della Quercia, JacopoVol. IV, p. 803 DELLA QUERCIA, JACOPO. — Sculptor, born at Quercia, a castle near Siena, probably in 1367, died there on 20 October 1438. Nothing precise is known about his…
Della Robbia, Family(DELLA ROBBIA, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IV, p. 804 DELLA ROBBIA, FAMIGLIA. — LUCA. Sculptor and modeller, born in Florence in 1400, died there on 10 February 1482. In 1431 he began the cantoria of S. Maria del…
Della Rovere, Family(DELLA ROVERE, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IV, p. 807 DELLA ROVERE, FAMIGLIA. - A noble house of very humble origin in Savona, whose fortunes began with the elevation to the papacy in 1471 of FRANCESCO D. R. under…
Della Scala, Family(DELLA SCALA, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IV, p. 808 DELLA SCALA, FAMIGLIA. – It held lordship over Verona from 1259 (officially from 1277) to 1387 and died out in Germany in the sixteenth century. Its origins…
Della Somaglia, Giulio MariaVol. IV, p. 809 DELLA SOMAGLIA, GIULIO MARIA. — Cardinal, born in Piacenza on 29 July 1744, died in Rome on 30 March 1830. A member of the noble Capece Anguillara family of…
Della Torre, Antonio, Blessed(DELLA TORRE, ANTONIO, BEATO)Vol. IV, p. 810 DELLA TORRE, ANTONIO, blessed. - A physician of great renown and great holiness, born in Milan in 1424, he took his doctorate at the University of Padua. He…
Della Torre, Dismas(DELLA TORRE, DISMA)Vol. IV, p. 810 DELLA TORRE, DISMA. – Journalist, born in Genoa on 12 September 1820 into the noble house of the Counts of Lavagna, died there on 17 November 1891. He began…
Della Torre, LelioVol. IV, p. 810 DELLA TORRE, LELIO. - Learned rabbi, b. at Cuneo on 11 Jan. 1805, d. at Padova on 9 July 1871. He taught from 1823 to 1829 at the Colonna-Finzi college in…
Della Valle, Family(DELLA VALLE, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IV, p. 810 DELLA VALLE, FAMIGLIA. - An illustrious Roman house, whose most ancient member was a certain RUSTICO made cardinal by Honorius II in 1219. (fol. Biblioteca…
Della Valle, FedericoVol. IV, p. 811 DELLA VALLE, FEDERICO. - Tragic poet, b. at Asti about 1565, d. in 1628 or 1629, brought again to light by Croce, who reprinted his tragedies, accompanying…
Della Vigna, PietroVol. IV, p. 811 DELLA VIGNA, PIETRO: V. PIER DELLA VIGNA.
Delmare, Paolo MarcelloVol. IV, p. 811 DELMARE, PAOLO MARCELLO. - Theologian, born in Genova in 1734 into an Israelite family, died on 17 Feb. 1824. Baptized in 1753, ordained priest in 1758 in…
Delp, AlfredVol. IV, p. 812 DELP, ALFRED. – Jesuit, born on 15 September 1907 in Mannheim, died on 2 February 1945 in Berlin. Having converted to the Catholic faith, he entered the…
Delphi, Inscription of(DELFO, ISCRIZIONE DI)Vol. IV, p. 795 DELFO, ISCRIZIONE di: v. GALLIONE.
Delphi, Oracle of(DELFI, ORACOLO DI)Vol. IV, p. 793 DELFI, ORACOLO di. — The principal oracle of Greece, situated in Phocis, 573 m above sea level, on the southern slope of Parnassus, near the Cassotis spring,…
Delpino, FedericoVol. IV, p. 812 DELPINO, FEDERICO. – Botanist, born in Chiavari on 7 December 1833, died in Naples on 14 May 1905. In Florence he worked in the botanical museum and was…
Delrio, Martín AntonioVol. IV, p. 812 DELRIO, MARTÍN ANTONIO. - Jesuit, exegete, and theologian, b. at Anversa on 17 May 1551, d. at Lovanio on 19 Oct. 1608. Of extraordinary erudition and…
Deluge(DILUVIO)Vol. IV, p. 928 FLOOD. – Cataclysm that struck humanity in the time of Noah. I. BIBLICAL ACCOUNT (Gen. 6:1–9:19). – God saw that human wickedness had spread and «repented of…
Deluil-Martiny, Marie de Jésus(DELUIL MARTINY, MARIE DE JÉSUS)Vol. IV, p. 813 DELUIL MARTINY, MARIE de JÉSUS. – Religious, foundress of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus (v.), born in Marseille on 28 May 1841 and died there on 27…
Demagoguery(DEMAGOGIA)Vol. IV, p. 813 DEMAGOGIA. — D., in its etymological sense of the art of guiding the people, has not always had the pejorative meaning attributed to it today. In ancient…
Demantius, ChristophVol. IV, p. 813 DEMANTIUS, CHRISTOPH. – Musician, born in Reichenberg in Bohemia on 15 December 1567, died in Freiberg in Saxony on 20 April 1643. Singer, composer, theorist;…
DemasVol. IV, p. 814 DEMAS. – Disciple of St Paul, mentioned in II Tim. 4:10 with an uncomplimentary remark: “D. has abandoned me out of love for the present age, and has gone to…
Dementia(DEMENZA)Vol. IV, p. 814 DEMENTIA. – More or less rapid and complete loss of the ideational patrimony already formed, occurring in youth or, more often, after the full development of…
Demeter, Ignaz AntonVol. IV, p. 815 DEMETER, IGNAZ ANTON. – Archbishop of Freiburg, born at Augusta on 1 August 1773, died at Freiburg in Br. on 21 March 1842. Parish priest at Lautlingen,…
DemetraVol. IV, p. 815 DEMETRA. – Greek goddess. For Homer and Hesiod she is the goddess of peasants, fields, and crops; bread is her gift, and agricultural labors are sacred to her.…
DemetriadeVol. IV, p. 815 DEMETRIADE. - A Roman virgin and disciple of s. Girolamo, daughter of the consul and senator Olibrio, of the Probi family, and of Giuliana, of the Anicia…
Demetrianus, Saint(DEMETRIANO, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 816 DEMETRIANO, saint. – Bishop of Antioch, father of Domno, who later occupied the same see. D. was elected bishop in 253 and in 256 was taken prisoner and…
Demetrius(DEMETRIO)Vol. IV, p. 816 DEMETRIO. — Alexandrian chronographer, a Hellenistic Jew of the time of Ptolemy IV (222–205 B.C.). He wrote a chronography from Moses to his own time, entitled…
Demetrius (Dimitri), Tuptalo(DEMETRIO (DIMITRI), TUPTALO)Vol. IV, p. 818 DEMETRIO (DIMITRI), TUPTALO. - Dissident bishop of Rostov, b. in 1651, d. in 1709, declared a saint by the Russian dissident Church in 1757. Of Ukrainian…
Demetrius Comazianos(DEMETRIO COMAZIANO)Vol. IV, p. 817 DEMETRIO COMAZIANO. – Archbishop of Ochrid in 1216–17; died ca. 1234. He failed in his attempts to prevent the schism of the Serbian Church in 1220. When…
Demetrius Cydones(DEMETRIO CIDONE)Vol. IV, p. 817 DEMETRIO CIDONE: v. CIDONE.
Demetrius of Moscow, False, called the False Demetrius(DEMETRIO, ZAR DI MOSCOVIA, DETTO IL FALSO DEMETRIO)Vol. IV, p. 817 DEMETRIUS, tsar of MOSCOVY, called FALSE DEMETRIUS. — On 15 May 1591 the child prince Demetrius, son of Ivan the Terrible, had ceased to live. The infant’s…
Demetrius of Phalerum(DEMETRIO DI FALERO)Vol. IV, p. 817 DEMETRIO di FALERO. – An Aristotelian, born around 350 B.C.; for 10 years dictator of Athens, from which he fled (307) to Egypt, under Ptolemy Lagides. He…
Demetrius of Thessalonica(DEMETRIO DI TESSALONICA)Vol. IV, p. 817 DEMETRIO of TESSALONICA, saint — Icon of the Novgorod school (14th century) — Petrograd, Russian Museum. Polish men, for the most part adventurers who had…
Demetrius of Thessalonica, Saint(DEMETRIO DI TESSALONICA, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 817 DEMETRIO of TESSALONICA, saint. - A martyr under Massimiano about 306, whose cult, introduced belatedly into Tessalonica by the prefect of Illyricum Leonzio at…
Demetrius, Patriarch of Alexandria(DEMETRIO, PATRIARCA DI ALESSANDRIA)Vol. IV, p. 816 DEMETRIO, patriarch of ALESSANDRIA. - He succeeded Giuliano in 189 and held the episcopal see for no fewer than 43 years. His name is associated with the…
Demiurge(DEMIURGO)Vol. IV, p. 818 DEMIURGO: v. GNOSI.
Democracy(DEMOCRAZIA)Vol. IV, p. 818 DEMOCRAZIA. — According to the etymological meaning, government of the people, or, in the definition of St Thomas, potestas populi. I. HISTORY. — Both as a…
Democritus(DEMOCRITO)Vol. IV, p. 827 DEMOCRITO. – Greek philosopher, born at Abdera (Thrace) about 460 B.C., died there at the age of 109. He travelled throughout the Greek world and probably…
Demographic, Development(DEMOGRAFICO, SVILUPPO)Vol. IV, p. 829 DEMOGRAFICO, SVILUPPO: V. MALTHUSIANESIMO.
Demography(DEMOGRAFIA)Vol. IV, p. 828 DEMOGRAPHY. — In the broad sense, this is the application of statistical, that is, quantitative, methods to population phenomena: it thus consists…
Demon(DÉMONE)Vol. IV, p. 829 DÉMONE. - In Homer d. denotes the nature of the god, his mode of manifestation, his power, whereas θεός (=god) denotes divinity in worship and myth. The…
Demon(DEMONIO)Vol. IV, p. 831 DEMONIO. - In ecclesiastical language, it denotes an angel fallen through rebellion against God and punished in hell. Whereas the “devil” or “satan” is the…
Demoniacal, Manifestations(DEMONIACHE, MANIFESTAZIONI)Vol. IV, p. 829 DEMONIACAL MANIFESTATIONS. — Given the existence of the devil, the question arises whether, beyond the indirect or moral operations of which he is undoubtedly…
Demoniacs(DEMONIACI)Vol. IV, p. 831 DEMONIACI: V. INDEMONIATI.
Demoniacs in the Bible(INDEMONIATI NELLA BIBBIA)Vol. VI, p. 1042 THE DEMON-POSSESSED IN THE BIBLE. — In the Gospels (and Acts), numerous healings of the demon-possessed are narrated. With possessio, one demon (v.) or several…
Demonology(DEMONOLOGIA)Vol. IV, p. 834 DEMONOLOGIA. – Demonology studies beliefs concerning spirits or demons. Primitive peoples imagine that everything is alive insofar as it is endowed with an…
Demonstration(DIMOSTRAZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 931 DEMONSTRATION. — From de-monstrare, to show, to make visible, with a sense of derivation. In the broad sense, every argument by which a proposition or…
Demophilus(DEMOFILO)Vol. IV, p. 828 DEMOFILO. – Bishop of Berea (Macedonia), an Arian, d. ca. 386. Deposed by the Synod of Rimini (350), he obtained from Valens the succession of Eudoxius in the…
DemsusVol. IV, p. 835 DEMSUS. – Village of Transylvania where the oldest church in Romania, today Romanian Catholic, exists. Built with stones, altars, and bas-reliefs taken from…
Denarius(DENARO (LAT. DENARIUS))Vol. IV, p. 835 DENARO (Lat. denarius). — A Roman silver coin (10 asses or 2½ sesterces), equivalent to the Attic drachma. It was the 25th part of the aureus; but under Nero…
Dendrites(DENDRITI)Vol. IV, p. 835 DENDRITI. – From the Greek δένδρον, tree; Christian ascetics who, in the Byzantine East, spent part of their lives within the hollows of large trees. The…
Dendrophori(DENDROFORI)Vol. IV, p. 835 DENDROFORI: v. CIBELE.
Denifle, HeinrichVol. IV, p. 835 DENIFLE, HEINRICH. – Dominican medievalist theologian, born at Imst (Tirolò) on 16 January 1844, died at Munich on 10 June 1905. Having been orphaned, he…
Denina, CarloVol. IV, p. 836 DENINA, CARLO. - Man of letters and historian, priest and teacher of literature, b. at Revello on 27 Feb. 1731, d. at Paris on 5 Dec. 1813. In 1760 he…
Denis, MauriceVol. IV, p. 836 DENIS, MAURICE. - Painter, b. at Granville (Manche) on 25 Nov. 1870, d. at Paris on 13 Nov. 1943. He is one of the most significant representatives of modern…
Denis, MichaelVol. IV, p. 836 DENIS, MICHAEL. - Austrian Jesuit, learned bibliographer and German poet, b. 27 Sept. 1729 at Schärding am Inn, d. in Vienna on 29 Sept. 1800. A pupil at the…
Denisov, Andrea E SimoneVol. IV, p. 836 DENISOV, ANDREA e SIMONE. – Brothers (A. born in 1664 and died in 1730; S. born in 1682 and died in 1741), princes Myzeckij. At the beginning of the eighteenth…
Denk, JosefVol. IV, p. 837 DENK, JOSEF. – Philologist and collator of the Vetus Latina, born in Munich on 9 August 1849, died there on 22 January 1927. He was a pious priest and zealous…
Denmark(DANIMARCA)Vol. IV, p. 685 DENMARK. - A state in Northern Europe, consisting of a continental part, the Jutland peninsula, attached to Germany, and an archipelago of approximately 500…
Dens, PierreVol. IV, p. 837 DENS, PIERRE. — Belgian theologian, b. at Boom on 12 November 1690, d. at Malines on 15 February 1775. He engaged in several controversies, one of which had…
Dente, MarcoVol. IV, p. 837 DENTE, MARCO. - Engraver, b. at Ravenna around 1492; d. at Rome in 1527. A pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi, he did not possess a strong personality and was…
DenticeVol. IV, p. 837 DENTICE. - Name of a Neapolitan family of musicians, active between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. FABRIZIO, a virtuoso lutenist and composer of…
Denunciation(DENUNCIA)Vol. IV, p. 837 DENUNCIA. — In legal language, this term denotes various acts, which generally consist in reporting some fact to an authority. Used without further…
Denunciation Of New Work And Of Anticipated Harm(DENUNCIA DI NUOVA OPERA E DI DANNO TEMUTO)Vol. IV, p. 838 DENUNCIATION OF A NEW WORK AND OF DREADED DAMAGE. — The actions for the denunciation of a new work and of dreaded damage are two types of judicial actions…
Denver, Archdiocese Of(DENVER, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 838 DENVER, ARCIDIOCESI of. — Archdiocese and capital city of the state of Colorado (United States of America). Its territory comprises thirty-three counties in…
Denyse (Denise, De Nyse, Dionysii), NicolaVol. IV, p. 838 DENYSE (DENISE, de NYSE, Dionysii), NICOLA. – Theologian, born in Beuzeville in Normandy around the middle of the 15th century, died in Rouen on 18 May 1509.…
Denzinger, Heinrich JosephVol. IV, p. 838 DENZINGER, HEINRICH JOSEPH. - Catholic theologian, born at Liège on 10 Oct. 1819, died at Würzburg on 19 June 1883. He studied at Würzburg and in Rome at the…
Deo GratiasVol. IV, p. 839 DEO GRATIAS. - A formula of greeting and thanksgiving already used by s. Paolo (I Cor., 15, 52; II Cor., 2, 14). S. Agostino speaks of it as a distinctive…
Deogratias, Saint(DEOGRATIAS, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 839 DEOGRATIAS, saint. — Elected bishop of Carthage in 454, with the favor of the emperor Valens, during the three years of his episcopate he exercised great…
Deontology(DEONTOLOGIA)Vol. IV, p. 839 DEONTOLOGIA. – From τὸ ἄξον, “duty”: the science of duties. It is the title of Bentham’s posthumous work, Deontology or the science of morality (London 1834),…
Deportation(DEPORTAZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 839 DEPORTAZIONE. — This was a punishment of the Roman imperial period, consisting in compulsory residence on an island or in an oasis, which, according to some,…
Deposit(DEPOSITO)Vol. IV, p. 840 DEPOSIT. — From Lat. depositus (deponere), that is, “laid down”; then “the act of laying down.” It is the contract by which a thing in peaceful possession is…
Deposit of the Faith(DEPOSITO DELLA FEDE)Vol. IV, p. 843 DEPOSIT OF THE FAITH.— The word deposit (Greek παραθήκη) occurs in the letters of St. Paul to Timothy (I Tim. 6:20; II Tim. 1:14), in the writings of several…
Depositio EpiscoporumVol. IV, p. 840 DEPOSITIO EPISCOPORUM. – This is a liturgical document contained in the so-called Chronograph of the year 354 (v.). It contains a list of the dates of the…
Depositio MartyrumVol. IV, p. 840 DEPOSITIO MARTYRUM. - Like the preceding document, it is included in the so-called Chronographer of the year 354 (v.). It comprises a list of the depositions…
Depositio-DepositusVol. IV, p. 840 DEPOSITIO-DEPOSITUS. – Depono, in literary texts as early as the 3rd century, acquired the meaning “to lay in the tomb, to bury,” but always in connection with…
Deposition(DEPOSIZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 844 DEPOSITION. — This is one of the gravest ecclesiastical penalties that can be inflicted upon a cleric, though it is inferior to reduction to the lay state (v.)…
Deposition of Christ(DEPOSIZIONE DI CRISTO)Vol. IV, p. 844 DEPOSITION FROM THE CROSS. — This designation refers to the scene depicting the removal of the dead Jesus from the Cross before his burial. The Gospels recount…
Der Stricker(STRICKER, DER)Vol. XI, p. 864 STRICKER, DER. - A wandering German poet, of whom it is known only that he was native to Franconia and lived in Austria around 1250. Besides a poem on…
Derand (Derrand), FrançoisVol. IV, p. 846 DERAND (DERRAND), FRANÇOIS. - French architect, b. in the diocese of Metz on 20 Feb. 1591; entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen on 25 Apr. 1611; d. at Agde on…
DerbeVol. IV, p. 847 DERBE. - A small town of Lycaonia, visited several times by St. Paul. Stephanus of Byzantium erroneously calls it a fortress and port of Isauria. It stood…
Dereser, Johann AntonVol. IV, p. 847 DERESER, JOHANN ANTON. - Discalced Carmelite theologian and exegete (under the name of Taddeo di S. Adamo), b. 3 February 1757 at Fahr a. Nain (Franconia), d.…
Derna, Apostolic Vicariate of(DERNA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. IV, p. 847 DERNA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - Erected on 22 June 1939 by the division of the former apostolic vicariate of Cyrenaica (now of Bengasi), it comprises the…
Dernbach, BalthasarVol. IV, p. 847 DERNBACH, BALTHASAR. - Benedictine, born in 1548, died at Fulda on 15 March 1606. Of a Protestant family, having converted, he was prince-abbot of Fulda from…
Derogation(DEROGAZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 848 DEROGAZIONE: v. LEGGE.
Derome (De Rome)Vol. IV, p. 848 DEROME (DE ROME). – Family of Parisian bookbinders active from the 17th century onward, of whom 14 members are known. The most famous is NICOLAS-DENIS, known…
Derry, Diocese of(DERRY, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 851 DERRY, DIOCESE of. — In Ireland. The name D. is a transliteration of the Gaelic doire, meaning a grove of oak trees. Within the territory of the diocese there…
Dervishes(DERVISCII)Vol. IV, p. 852 DERVISCII. – The word d., from the Persian darwāf, is commonly explained as “beggar” (from dār = “door”), but its etymology is in fact quite uncertain. In most…
Des Moines, Diocese of(DES MOINES, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 865 DES MOINES, DIOCESE of. — Diocese and capital city of the State of Iowa, United States of America, suffragan of Dubuque. It comprises a territory of…
Des Périers, BonaventureVol. IV, p. 866 DES PÉRIERS, BONAVENTURE. – Born in 1498 (or 1518?) at Arnay-le-Duc (?), died in 1544 (?). He is the author of the Cymbalum mundi (1537), one of the boldest…
Desbordes-Valmore, MarcelineVol. IV, p. 854 DESBORDES-VALMORE, MARCELINE. - Poetess, born at Douai on 20 June 1786, died at Paris on 23 July 1859, after a difficult life. A renowned actress, she later…
Descartes (Cartesius), RenéVol. IV, p. 855 DESCARTES (Cartesius), RENÉ. — Philosopher and scientist, b. at La Haye, in Touraine, on 31 March 1596, d. at Stockholm on 11 February 1650. He completed his…
Descendants(DISCENDENTI)Vol. IV, p. 1000 DISCENDENTI: v. CONSANGUINEITÀ.
Descent of Christ to the Dead(DISCESA DI CRISTO AGLI INFERI)Vol. IV, p. 1002 DESCENT OF CHRIST TO THE INFERNOS: v. PILATE, apocrypha of.
Desecration(DISSACRAZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 1008 DISSACRAZIONE. – It is the act by which an object, a place of worship, or a cleric is deprived of the quality of sacredness acquired through consecration or…
Desgabets, RobertVol. IV, p. 858 DESGABETS, ROBERT. – Benedictine theologian and philosopher, born at Ancemont (diocese of Verdun) in 1620 and died at Breuil on 13 March 1678. He became a monk…
Deshayes, GabrielVol. IV, p. 859 DESHAYES, GABRIEL. - Priest, b. at Beignon (Morbihan) on 2 Dec. 1767, d. at St-Laurent-sur-Sèvre on 28 Dec. 1841. From 1821 superior general of the Missionary…
Desideri, IppolitoVol. IV, p. 859 DESIDERI, IPPOLITO. — Jesuit, missionary, and explorer, born in Pistoia on 21 December 1684, died in Rome on 14 August 1733. Sent to India to re-establish the…
Desiderio da SettignanoVol. IV, p. 859 DESIDERIO da SETTIGNANO. - Florentine sculptor, born at Settignano ca. 1428–31, died 16 Jan. 1464. Perhaps trained in the workshop of Bernardo Rossellino, he…
Desiderio, Saint, Martyr(DESIDERIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. IV, p. 859 DESIDERIO, saint, martyr: v. GENNARO E COMPAGNI, santi, martiri.
Desiderius Cattivo(DESIDERIO CATTIVO)Vol. IV, p. 860 DESIDERIO CATTIVO: V. PECCATI INTERNI.
Desiderius, King of the Lombards(DESIDERIO, RE DEI LONGBARDI)Vol. IV, p. 859 DESIDERIO, King of the LOMBARDS. - He obtained the throne in 757 upon the death of Aistulf, thanks to promises made to Pope Stephen II to restore the conquests…
Design(DISEGNO)Vol. IV, p. 1003 DISEGNO. — It may be defined, in brief, as the graphic necessity of an artist, manifested both on sheets of paper (that is, in the technique proper to it) and…
Desing, AnselmVol. IV, p. 864 DESING, ANSELM. — Benedictine, born at Amberg on 15 March 1699, died at Ensdorf on 17 December 1772. He taught at Freising, Ensdorf, and Salzburg; in 1761 he…
Desirant, BernardVol. IV, p. 864 DESIRANT, BERNARD. - Augustinian theologian, b. at Bruges on 21 May 1656, d. at Rome on 2 March 1725. He distinguished himself by his extensive theological…
Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, JeanVol. IV, p. 864 DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, JEAN. – French poet and writer, born in Paris in 1595, died there on 28 October 1676. In the preface to the poem Clovis ou la France…
Despair(DISPERAZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 1007 DISPERAZIONE. — Psychologically and morally, d. is the positive and direct opposite of supernatural hope. Psychologically, d. shares with hope the same…
Despotism(DESPOTISMO)Vol. IV, p. 866 DESPOTISM. — In contemporary political science, the term has a pejorative meaning and serves to signify an absolute authority that governs above and outside…
Desprez, JosquinVol. IV, p. 867 DESPREZ, JOSQUIN. — The foremost composer of the Netherlands, who lived in the second half of the 15th century, b. around 1450 in Hainaut, d. on 27 Aug. 1521…
Desprez, Julien-FlorianVol. IV, p. 867 DESPREZ, JULIEN-FLORIAN. - Cardinal, b. 14 Apr. 1807 at Ostricourt, archdiocese of Cambrai, d. 20 Jan. 1895 at Toulouse. Ordained priest in 1829, he…
Despuig y Dameto, AntonioVol. IV, p. 867 DESPUIG Y DAMETO, ANTONIO. — Cardinal, born of a noble family at Palma de Mallorca on 31 March 1745, died at Lucca on 2 May 1813. An exemplary priest of broad…
DesservantsVol. IV, p. 868 DESSERVANTS. - A designation peculiar exclusively to French ecclesiastical law, having no counterpart in official canonical terminology. In pre-Napoleonic law…
DessièVol. IV, p. 868 DESSIÈ. – City of Ethiopia, in Amhara, with 36,000 inhabitants (1939). It is one of the region’s principal road junctions and commercial centers, which gained…
Destiny(DESTINO)Vol. IV, p. 868 DESTINO : v. FATO.
Destutt de Tracy, Antoine-Louis-ClaudeVol. IV, p. 868 DESTUTT de TRACY, ANTOINE-LOUIS-CLAUDE. - Politician and philosopher, b. in Paris on 10 June 1754, d. there on 10 March 1836. He joined the first movements of…
Desurmont, AchilleVol. IV, p. 868 DESURMONT, ACHILLE. - Redemptorist, b. at Tourcoing (Lille) on 23 Dec. 1828, d. at Thury-en-Valois on 23 July 1898. Ordained priest in 1853, he was spiritual…
Detention(DETENZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 868 DETENZIONE : v. POSSESSO.
Determinism(DETERMINISMO)Vol. IV, p. 868 DETERMINISM. — This is the conception of a strict, necessary, and inevitable dependence between the elements of a process of becoming that stand in a…
Detraction(DETRAZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 869 DETRAZIONE. - I. DEFINITION. - Detraction (from the Latin detrahere = “to take away”) is the unjust denigration of another’s reputation, by spreading true or…
Detroit, Archdiocese of(DETROIT, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 871 DETROIT, ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the State of Michigan in the United States of America. Its territory of approx. 13,800 sq km comprises the counties of Lapeer,…
Deus in AdiutoriumVol. IV, p. 872 « DEUS IN ADIUTORIUM ». — The second verse of Ps. 69, highly esteemed by the early Christians. Giovanni Cassiano (Collationes, 10, 10: PL 49, 842) recommends…
Deus Scientiarum DominusVol. IV, p. 872 « DEUS SCIENTIARUM DOMINUS ». — Apostolic constitution, beginning with words taken from I Sam. 2:3, promulgated on Pentecost, 24 May 1931, to regulate teaching…
Deus Tuorum MilitumVol. IV, p. 872 « DEUS TUORUM MILITUM ». — Hymn of Vespers for the Common of a Martyr, written toward the end of the sixth century. The Christian martyr, despiser of earthly…
DeusdeditVol. IV, p. 872 DEUSDEDIT. - A native of Limousin, he was probably a Benedictine monk, a cardinal by 1078, and died between 1097 and 1100. He was one of the strongest…
Deusdedit, Pope(DEUSDEDIT, PAPA)Vol. IV, p. 872 DEUSDEDIT, PAPA: V. ADEODATO I PAPA.
Deutero-Isaiah(DEUTERO-ISAIA)Vol. IV, p. 873 DEUTERO-ISAIA: v. ISAIA.
Deuterocanonical Books(DEUTEROCANONICI, LIBRI)Vol. IV, p. 873 DEUTEROCANONICI, LIBRI: v. BIBBIA.
Deuteronomy(DEUTERONOMIO)Vol. IV, p. 873 DEUTERONOMY. — The fifth book of the Pentateuch, called by the Jews, from its opening words, ’ēlēh had-dēbhārīm (“these are the words”) or had-dēbhārīm (“the…
Deutinger, MartinVol. IV, p. 874 DEUTINGER, MARTIN. — Philosopher, b. at Langenpreising (Upper Bavaria) on 24 March 1815, d. at Pfäfers (Switzerland) on 9 Sept. 1864. He studied in Munich,…
DevadattaVol. IV, p. 874 DEVADATTA. – Cousin and disciple of the Buddha, who entered the monastic community in the twentieth year of the Perfect One’s preaching. He aspired to a…
Devas, Charles StantonVol. IV, p. 874 DEVAS, CHARLES STANTON. — English economist of the Christian social school, b. at Woodside (Old Windsor) on 26 August 1848, d. in London on 6 November 1906. In…
Devil(DIAVOLO)Vol. IV, p. 903 DIAVOLO. — An invisible personal power, mentioned in the Bible, which directs the forces of evil, in opposition to the designs of God and to man’s detriment.…
Devine, ArthurVol. IV, p. 875 DEVINE, ARTHUR. – Passionist theologian, in religion Arturo di S. Paolo della Croce, born at Kilmacter (Ireland) on 3 December 1849, died at Mount Argus…
Devote Virgins of Saint Catherine(DEVOTE VERGINI DI SANTA CATERINA)Vol. IV, p. 877 DEVOTE VERGINI DI SANTA CATERINA. - A female congregation founded around 1579 in the diocese of Warmia through the efforts of the local bishop, Msgr. Martino…
Devoti, GiovanniVol. IV, p. 877 DEVOTI, GIOVANNI. - Canon lawyer, b. in Rome on 11 July 1774 and d. there on 18 Sept. 1820. He held various offices in the Curia, was bishop of Anagni and…
Devotio ModernaVol. IV, p. 878 DEVOTIO MODERNA. — A movement of religious renewal which arose in the Netherlands in the second half of the fourteenth century and developed chiefly in that…
Devotion(DEVOZIONE)Vol. IV, p. 878 DEVOZIONE. – I. GENERAL NOTIONS. – The word devotion is not always properly understood. This term is often confused with devotions in the plural. The latter…
Devotion to the Sorrowful Mother(ADDOLORATA, DEVOZIONE ALLA)Vol. I, p. 198 ADDOLORATA, DEVOZIONE alla. — A devotion commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary during the various events of her earthly life. It has a solid foundation…
Devotional Little Song(CANZONCINA DEVOTA)Vol. III, p. 398 CANZONCINA DEVOTA. — A brief lyrical composition in honor of God, the Virgin Mary, and the saints, or a didactic composition for the religious education of the…
Devotional Little Song(CANZONCINA DEVOTA)Vol. III, p. 398 CANZONCINA DEVOTA. — A brief lyrical composition in honor of God, the Virgin Mary, and the saints, or a didactic composition intended for the religious…
Dewey, JohnVol. IV, p. 880 DEWEY, JOHN : V. STRUMENTALISMO.
Dexterarum IunctioVol. IV, p. 881 DEXTERARUM IUNCTIO. — For the Romans, the solemn act of the celebration of marriage culminated in the clasping of the spouses’ right hands, by which they thus…
Dez, JeanVol. IV, p. 881 DEZ, JEAN. - Jesuit theologian and apologist, b. at Ste-Manehould (Marne) on 3 Apr. 1643, d. at Strasbourg on 12 Sept. 1712. He was one of the forerunners of…
Deza, DiegoVol. IV, p. 881 DEZA, DIEGO. - Dominican theologian, b. at Toro in Spain around 1444, d. at Seville on 9 June 1523. He taught (1480) at the University of Salamanca and for…
Deza, PedroVol. IV, p. 881 DEZA, PEDRO. - Cardinal, born at Seville of a noble family on 24 February 1520, died at Rome on 27 August 1600. For 8 years he was vicar general of the…
Démia, CharlesVol. IV, p. 818 DÉMIA, CHARLES. – Priest, b. at Bourg (Bresse) on 3 October 1636, d. at Ainay (Lione) on 25 October 1689. A pupil of the Jesuits and the Sulpicians, ordained a…
Déodat, Marie De BaslyVol. IV, p. 839 DÉODAT, MARIE de BASLY. - Franciscan theologian, one of the restorers of the Scotist school, born at Basly en Bessin (Calvados) on 11 Oct. 1862, died at Le…
Dévaud, EugèneVol. IV, p. 874 DÉVAUD, EUGÈNE. – Priest, born in Fribourg on 7 March 1876. First an inspector of elementary schools, he later became professor and director of the normal…
