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Dablon, Claude
Jesuit, missionary among the Redskins, b. at Dieppe on 21 Jan. 1619; d. at Québec, on 3 May 1697. Having landed at Québec in 1655, he took part in several… -
Dacca [Dhaka], Diocese of (DACCA, DIOCESI DI)
It is a suffragan of Calcutta and is entrusted to the Congregation of the Holy Cross. It measures 44,485 sq. km. in area with a population of 18 million… -
Dacia
Under this name in the imperial age was included a vast region of central Europe between Sarmatia and Germany, which was roughly bounded on the west by the… -
Dacier, Anne-Lefèvre
French writer, b. at Saumur in March 1654, d. at Paris on 17 Aug. 1720. Among the many translations from Greek and Latin, notable was her prose translation… -
D'Acquisto, Benedetto
Philosopher, b. at Monreale in 1790, d. there on 7 Aug. 1867. A Franciscan, he passed through all the ranks of his Order up to the provincialate. He taught… -
Dactyli (DATTILI)
Minor deities of Greek religion, in the retinue of Cybele and Rhea, probably pre-Hellenic, Phrygian or Cretan. They were mythical dwarfs, highly skilled… -
Daddi, Bernardo
Florentine painter of the so-called group of the "Giotteschi." Notices from c. 1317 (enrollment in the Arte dei medici e speziali); d. in 1348. His youthful… -
Dadín d'Hauteserre, Antoine (DADIN D'HAUTESERRE, ANTOINE)
Canonist, b. at Cahors in 1602, d. in 1682. He was professor of law at Toulouse. He wrote on law and on history. His principal works are Innocentius III P. M.… -
Dadisho (DĀDĪŠŌ' (DADIESU))
Nestorian abbot, b. in 529 and d. in 604. A native of Bēt-Darājē, a district of Bēt-Arāmājē. He was first a hermit in Adiabene, then a monk in the famous… -
Daduchus (DADUCO)
DADUCO: v. ELEUSINI, MISTERI. -
Daeva
DAEVA: v. ZOROASTRISMO. -
D'Afflitto, Annibale
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, b. in Naples in 1560 into a most noble family originally from the duchy of Amalfi, d. at Reggio Calabria in 1638. Formerly… -
D'Afflitto, Eustachio
Of the dukes of Roccagloriosa, in whom the family of George Castriota, known as Scanderbeg, died out; born in Roccagloriosa, province of Salerno, in 1742 and… -
Dafni
The monastery and church of D. are located 10 km from Athens on the road that led to Eleusis. The complex, dedicated to the Dormitio of the Blessed Virgin… -
Dagobert II, Saint, Martyr (DAGOBERTO II, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Martyr, king of the Franks of Austrasia, son of Sigebert III and grandson of Dagobert I. On the death of his father (656), he was tonsured by Grimoald and… -
Dagon
In the Old Testament it is the name of a god of the Philistines, whose cult is attested at Gaza (Judg. 16:23), at Ashdod (1 Sam. 5:1-7) in the time of the… -
Dahlmann, Joseph
Jesuit Orientalist, b. in Koblenz on 14 Oct. 1861, d. in Tokyo on 22 June 1930. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1878 at Exaeten. Destined at first to teach… -
Dahmen, Peter
Mission historian, b. at Renland (near Trier) on 9 March 1880, he entered the Society of Jesus on 16 Sept. 1898 in order to pass, even before finishing his… -
Dahn, Julius Sophus Felix
German writer, historian and jurist, b. in Hamburg on 9 February 1834, d. in Breslau on 3 January 1912. A fervent nationalist, he was greatly influenced by the… -
Dahomey
DAHOMEY: v. AFRICA (French West Africa); OUIDAH, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. -
Daiferio, Giovanni (GIOVANNI, DAIFERIO)
Cardinal, flourished in the first half of the 12th century. Born of a noble family in Salerno, and created cardinal deacon of the title of St. Nicholas in… -
Daille, Jean (Dallaeus)
Calvinist pastor, b. at Châtellerault on 6 Jan. 1594 and d. at Paris on 15 Apr. 1670. Barely eighteen years old, he was entrusted with the education of the… -
Daisenberger, Johann Nepomuk
Regular canon, b. at Pölling (Middle Franconia) on 10 Feb. 1752, d. at Walleshausen on 14 Nov. 1820. From 1796 to 1803 he was the last provost of Pölling, and… -
Dakar, Apostolic Vicariate of (DAKAR, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The evangelization of the coasts of Senegal dates back to the end of the 18th century and suffered the sad interference of the French authorities, who… -
Dalai Lama
DALAI LAMA: v. LAMAISMO. -
D'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste Le Rond
Philosopher and mathematician, b. in Paris on 16 Nov. 1717, d. there on 29 Oct. 1783. A member of the Academy of Sciences and of the Académie Française, he… -
D'Alessandro, Sebastiano
Bishop and theologian, b. at Motta S. Giovanni (Calabria) on 28 Oct. 1603, d. at Ruvo on 29 Sept. 1672. In 1619 he became a Carmelite, completing his studies… -
Dalgairns, John Dobre
In religion Bernard; Oratorian theologian, of Scottish and Norman origins, b. on the island of Guernsey on 21 Oct. 1818, d. at Burgess Hill, near Brighton, on… -
Dallas, Diocese of (DALLAS, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of Texas, United States of America, suffragan of San Antonio, comprising a territory of approximately 81,800 sq km. It is a… -
Dalle Masegne, Jacobello and Pietropaolo (DALLE MASEGNE, JACOBELLO E PIETROPAOLO)
Venetian sculptors and architects, brothers, also called "da Venezia". Of Pietropaolo, as private notices, it is known that he made his will in 1403; of… -
Daller, Balthasar
Bavarian priest and politician, b. 22 Jan. 1835 at Gasteig, d. 3 March 1911 at Freising. Ordained a priest in 1861, he later became professor of ecclesiastical… -
Dallet, Claude-Charles
Born at Langres (Haute-Marne) on 18 Oct. 1829. On 5 Oct. 1850 he entered the seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris, and, ordained a priest on 5 June 1852… -
Dall'Ongaro, Francesco
Writer, b. at Mansuè (Treviso) on 19 June 1808, d. at Naples on 10 Jan. 1873. He completed his theological studies at Padua, but abandoned an ecclesiastical… -
Dalmanutha
Locality where, according to Mk. 8:10, Jesus landed with his disciples after the second multiplication of the loaves (Mt. 15:32-35; Mk. 8:1-9), of which no… -
Dalmasio Lippo
Also called L. delle Madonne; Bolognese painter, b. around 1352, d. between 1410 (date of his will) and 1421 (the year in which his heirs are mentioned), son… -
Dalmatia (DALMAZIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - A historical region corresponding to the Adriatic coastal strip of the Balkan peninsula, from the Quarnero to the Gulf of Drin. It consists of… -
Dalmatic (DALMATICA)
A liturgical vestment proper to the deacon. It was a white, ankle-length garment, reserved for the higher classes (emperors, Roman nobles), made of linen or… -
Dalmatio, Saint (DALMAZIO, SANTO)
Archimandrite of the first monastery of Constantinople, d. c. 440. After having been a soldier under Theodosius I, he became a monk in the monastery under the… -
Dal Monte, Bartolomeo
Bolognese priest, b. in Bologna on 12 Nov. 1726, d. there on 26 Dec. 1778. A much sought-after missionary, famous throughout Italy. He preached more than 300… -
Dalton, John
Chemist, b. at Eaglesfield (Cumberland) on 6 September 1766, d. at Manchester on 27 July 1844. Of a poor family, he earned his living by giving lessons as an… -
Dalton, Plain of (DALTON, PIANO DI)
Within the framework of pedagogical activism (v.) a notable place is occupied by the system that goes under the name of the D. Plan, devised by Helen Parkhurst… -
Damage (DANNO)
It indicates, in general, every diminution of being and of goods, whether material or spiritual (reputation, etc.). It therefore extends also to immaterial… -
Damão
DAMÃO: v. GOA, DIOCESI di; INDIA. -
Damaris (Damaride, ΔΆΜΑΡΙΣ, var. ΔΆΜΑΛΙΣ)
A woman converted by the preaching of St. Paul in Athens (Acts 17:34). Δάμαρις, as a woman's name, is not found outside the New Testament; it is found… -
Damascene, Giovanni, Saint (DAMASCENO, GIOVANNI, SANTO)
DAMASCENO, GIOVANNI, santo: v. GIOVANNI DAMASCENO, santo. -
Damascene the Studite (DAMASCENO LO STUDITA)
Greek preacher of the 16th century, b. at Thessalonica in an unknown year, d. in 1577. He was exarch in Little Russia under Metrophanes, patriarch of… -
Damascus (DAMASCO)
DAMASCO: v. STOFFE. -
Damascus (DAMASCO)
Chief city of Syria, since 1946 the capital of the independent Syrian Republic. It currently has 346,000 inhabitants. I. HISTORY. - The name is Ti-mas-qu or… -
Damasus II, Pope (DAMASO II, PAPA)
On the death of Clement II, on 9 October 1047, Benedict IX returned to Rome and succeeded in reoccupying the apostolic see with the help of Marquis Boniface of… -
Damasus I, Pope, Saint (DAMASO I, PAPA, SANTO)
Reigning from 366 to 384, born probably in Rome, where his father, Anthony, made his entire ecclesiastical career (exceptor, lector, deacon and bishop) in his… -
Damasus Magister
Celebrated Italian canonist, who taught in the Studium of Bologna in the early years of the 13th century. Some authors erroneously said he was a Bohemian by… -
D'Amato, Giuseppe
Barnabite, b. in Naples on 18 Sept. 1758, d. at Monlhà (Maumalach) in April 1832. A missionary, from 1783, in the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu, in Burma; a perfect… -
Dames of Saint Louis (DAME DI SAN LUIGI)
A women's congregation with simple vows, founded in Strasbourg in 1842 through the work of Mademoiselle Louise Haußmann, as the women's branch of the institute… -
Damiani, Peter, Saint (DAMIANI, PIETRO, SANTO)
DAMIANI, PIETRO, santo: v. PIETRO DAMIANI, saint. -
Damianites (DAMIANITI)
A sect of the 6th-7th centuries, so called after the Monophysite patriarch of Alexandria, Damian (578-604), who was inspired by Severian Monophysitism. The… -
Damiano of Bergamo (DAMIANO DA BERGAMO)
In the world Zambelli D., an inlay-worker friar, born in Bergamo between 1490 and 1500, died in Bologna on 30 August 1549. The choir stalls of the Bergamasque… -
Damian, Saint, Martyr (DAMIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
DAMIANO, santo, martire: v. COSMA e DAMIANO, saints, martyrs. -
Damia (Δαμιά) (DÀMIA (ΔΑΜΊΑ))
Greek goddess worshipped together with Auxesia. They had a cult at Aegina, at Troezen, where the festival of the Lithobolia was celebrated in their honor, and… -
Damous-el-Karita
DAMOUS-EL-KARITA: v. CARTAGINE. -
Dan
1. Fifth son of Jacob and first of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant (Gen. 30:6; 35:25). At his birth Rachel, playing on the term dan "he judged," exclaims: "The… -
Dana, James Dwight
Born in Utica (New York) on 12 Feb. 1813, died in New Haven (Connecticut) on 14 Apr. 1895. Professor of geology and natural history at Yale University from… -
Dance (DANZA)
1. It consists of a complex of ordered movements of the body, and especially of the feet, according to the musical time marked by singing or by instruments. It… -
Dance of Death (DANZA MACABRA)
The theme is connected with the meditations common in the 14th and 15th centuries on the transience of human goods and splendors and on the equality of all men… -
Dancers (DANZANTI)
Followers of a fanatical sect that appeared in the second half of the 14th century in Flemish Belgium and in the Rhineland. They were so named because of the… -
D'Ancona, Alessandro
Jewish critic and journalist, b. in Pisa on 20 Feb. 1835, d. in Florence on 9 Nov. 1914. Together with Carducci he initiated the historical method in the study… -
Dandini, Girolamo
Born at Cesena around 1550, he entered the Society of Jesus in Rome on 17 Aug. 1569, and died at Forlì on 29 Nov. 1634. From June 1596 to Aug. 1597, together… -
Dandino, Girolamo
Cardinal, b. at Cesena around 1509, d. at Rome on 4 Dec. 1559; he entered the papal chancery under Paul III, was bishop of Caserta on 14 Nov. 1544, transferred… -
D'Andrea, Girolamo
Cardinal, b. in Naples on 12 April 1812, d. in Rome on 14 May 1868. Having already been, among other things, extraordinary delegate for Umbria (1849), he… -
D'Angelo, Sosio
Canonist, b. at Mondragone (Caserta) on 22 February 1887, d. at Rome on 22 July 1930. He first devoted himself to the care of souls, then in Rome, where he had… -
D'Angennes, Alessandro
D'ANGENNES, ALESSANDRO: v. ANGENNES, ALESSANDRO d'. -
Danger of Death (PERICOLO DI MORTE)
PERICOLO DI MORTE: v. ARTICOLO DI MORTE e i singoli SACRAMENTI. -
Daniel (DANIELE)
Prophet, who gave his name to a sacred book of the Old Testament. SUMMARY: I. The prophet. - II. The book. - III. Critical problems. - IV. Origin of the book.… -
Daniel, Abbot of Scetis (DANIELE)
Abbot in Scetis, who lived in the 6th century and died after Justinian (565). In the texts that survive about the life of D. it is difficult to distinguish… -
Daniel and Companions, Saints (DANIELE E COMPAGNI, SANTI)
Franciscans, martyred in Ceuta in Morocco on 19 Oct. 1227. Their names are D., Agnello, Samuel, Donnulus, Leo and Nicholas. According to Wadding, D.… -
Daniel, Antoine (DANIEL ANTOINE)
DANIEL ANTOINE: v. CANADO AMERICANI, martyrs. -
Daniel, Charles
Jesuit, writer, b. at Beauvais on 31 Dec. 1818; d. at Paris on 1 Jan. 1893. In 1857, with the collaboration of Fr. Ivan Gagarin, he founded the periodical… -
Daniel (Dan'el) (DANEL (DÂN'EL))
An Oriental figure, mentioned in Ex. 14:14-20, to demonstrate the inexorability of God's judgment against an unfaithful land despite the hypothetical presence… -
Daniele da Volterra (Daniele Ricciarelli)
Painter and sculptor, b. at Volterra ca. 1509, d. at Rome on 4 April 1566. His first pictorial education, attested by Vasari and above all by the youthful… -
Daniele of Samarate (DANIELE DA SAMARATE)
Capuchin missionary, in the world Felice Rossini, b. June 11, 1876, entered the Lombard Capuchins in 1891, and left for the mission of Upper Brazil in 1898. He… -
Daniel, Gabriel
Jesuit historian and polemicist, b. at Rouen on 8 Feb. 1649; d. at Paris on 23 June 1728. After a period of teaching he was, in 1683, appointed royal… -
Daniel, Saint (DANIELE, SANTO)
Stylite of the 5th century. The events of this anchorite's life are well known — he was the first to introduce into Byzantium the practice of columns of… -
Danilevskij, Nikolaj Jakovlevic (DANILEVSKIJ, NIROLAJ JAKOVLEVIC)
Russian political writer, b. in Moscow on 10 Dec. 1822, d. in Tiflis on 19 Nov. 1885, famous above all for his book Russia and Europe (St. Petersburg 1871), in… -
Danisi, Ignazio (Ignazio della Croce)
Augustinian theologian, b. at Castellaneta (Taranto) in 1717, d. at Naples on 29 January 1784. Definitor and restorer of the Order, he founded the Accademia… -
D'Annibale, Giuseppe
Cardinal, among the greatest moralists of the last century, b. at Borbona (L'Aquila) on 22 Sept. 1815, d. there on 17 July 1892. He completed his studies at… -
D'Annunzio, Gabriele
Poet, b. at Pescara on 12 March 1863, d. at Gardone (Lake Garda) on 1 March 1938. His life often had a resonance that exceeded its intrinsic force, and… -
Dante, Alighieri
The greatest poet of Catholicism. SUMMARY: I. The man. - II. The minor works. - III. The Comedy. I. THE MAN. Born in Florence between May and June 1265 to… -
Dante Alighieri Society (SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI)
Founded in Rome in 1889 on the initiative of Giacomo Venezian. "It has the purpose of protecting and spreading the Italian language and culture throughout the… -
Dantesque Apostolate (APOSTOLATO DANTESCO)
Under this name, at the inspiration and urging of a learned man of letters from Monsampolo, Nicola Gaetani Tamburini, who in the cult of Dante wished to… -
Danti, Vincenzo
Sculptor and art theorist, b. in Perugia in 1530, d. there on 26 May 1576. A follower, though not a direct pupil, of Michelangelo, he belonged to a family of… -
Daphnephoria (DAFNEFORIE)
Festivals in honor of Apollo, celebrated in various cities of Greece. At Thebes a procession was held, preceded by a boy whose parents were both living; his… -
Da Ponte, Lorenzo
Man of letters, b. at Ceneda (Belluno) in 1749. A Jew, he was baptized by Bishop Da Ponte, who had taken him in out of charity and whose name he assumed. He… -
Da Ponte, Luigi
DA PONTE, LUIGI: v. PUENTE, LUIS de la. -
Daprà, Agapito
Franciscan Orientalist, b. May 22, 1653 at Tesoro (Val di Fiemme, Trento), d. in Nov. 1687 at Padua. In 1680 he was in Rome at the missionary college of S.… -
Darboy, Georges
Archbishop of Paris, b. 16 Jan. 1813 at Fayls-Billot (Haute-Marne), d. 24 May 1871 in Paris. Ordained a priest in Dec. 1836, he was appointed vicar of the… -
Darbyites (Plymouth Brethren) (DARBITI (PLYMOUTH BRETHREN))
A Protestant sect, which arose in Ireland between 1827 and 1829 and spread to England. Its adherents (among them A. N. Groves, founder of the Baghdad mission… -
Darby, John Nelson
One of the principal founders of the sect of the Darbyites (v. DARBITI) or Plymouth Brethren, b. in London on 18 Nov. 1800, d. at Bournemouth on 29 Apr. 1882.… -
Dar-es-Salaam, Apostolic Vicariate of (DAR-ES-SALAAM, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
This African mission (Tanganyika) was created as an apostolic prefecture on 16 Nov. 1887 with territory detached from Zanzibar (v.); it was named Southern… -
Dareste, Camille
French physician and naturalist, b. in Paris in 1822, d. there in 1899. He directed the laboratory of teratology at the "École des hautes études" in Paris. He… -
Daria, Saint, Martyr (DARIA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
DARIA, santa, martire: v. CRISANTO e DARIA, saints, martyrs. -
Darién, Apostolic Vicariate of (DARIÉN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The mission of D. is located in the southeastern part of Panama and comprises the whole less civilized zone of the country. Evangelization was begun in the… -
D'Arienzo, Nicola (D'ARIENZIO, NICOLA)
Musician, b. in Naples on 22 Dec. 1842, d. there on 25 Apr. 1915. From 1875 to 1904 he taught at the conservatory of S. Pietro a Maiella. He composed numerous… -
Darius (DARIO)
Name of three Persian kings, belonging to a cadet branch of the Achaemenids (v.). DARIUS I. - King of Persia from 522 to 485 B.C., after Cyrus and Cambyses… -
Darius the Mede (DARIO IL MEDO)
Figure mentioned in the book of Daniel (v.) as king of Babylon between the end of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, in the person of Belshazzar (Dan. 6:1), and the… -
D'Arpino, Cavaliere
D'ARPINO, CAVALIERE: v. CESARI, GIUSEPPE. -
Darras, Joseph-Epiphane
Historian, b. at Troyes in 1825, d. at Paris on 8 Nov. 1878. He studied at Troyes, where he was ordained a priest and obtained a teaching post, which he had to… -
D'Arsonval, Arsène
French physician, physiologist and physicist, b. at Laporcherie (Haute Vienne) on 8 June 1851, d. there on 3 Dec. 1940. Initiated into physiology by Bernard… -
Darwin, Charles Robert
English naturalist and theorist of biology, b. at Shrewsbury on 12 Feb. 1809, d. at Down on 19 Apr. 1882. A voyage, which lasted from 1851 to 1856, decided… -
Darwin, Diocese of (DARWIN, DIOCESI DI)
It comprises the whole of the Northern Territory, which is largely desert and is inhabited by many of the aborigines remaining in all of Australia. It was… -
Darwinism (DARVINISMO)
In D.'s work one must distinguish original scientific research from the speculative views that take their name from him. D. was certainly one of the most… -
Dasam Granth
It is an addition to the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs (v.), compiled by Govidh Sing (1657-1701), the tenth and last in the series of their gurus or… -
Dasbach, Georg Friedrich
German priest and politician, b. at Horhausen in the Westerwald on 9 Dec. 1846, d. at Bonn on 11 Oct. 1907. Ordained a priest in 1871, he exercised the… -
Dasius, Saint, Martyr (DASIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in the Martirologio geronimiano on 5 Aug. and 4 Oct. as a martyr of Axiopolis, while the Passio says he died at Durostorum in Moesia on 20… -
Dathan
An Israelite of the tribe of Reuben who in the desert, together with his brother Abiram, rebelled against Moses, accusing him of deceiving the people with… -
Dati, Leonardo
Humanist Dominican bishop, b. in Florence in 1408. Secretary first to Cardinals G. Orsini and F. Condulmer, then to Callixtus III, to Pius II, to Paul II, whom… -
Datius, Saint (DAZIO, SANTO)
He succeeded Magnus in the episcopal see of Milan around 530. In 535 a letter from Cassiodorus authorized him to take provisions from the state granaries to… -
Dativus, Saint, Martyr (DATIVO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
DATIVO, santo, martire: v. SATURNINO, DATIVO, FELICE, AURELIO and COMPANIONS, saints, martyrs. -
Daudet, Léon
Writer and politician, son of Alphonse, b. in Paris on 16 Nov. 1867, d. at St-Rémy (Paris) on 30 June 1942. > (from Sœur Moudoux, L'Hôtel-Dieu premier hôpital… -
Daughters of Bethlehem (FIGLIE DI BETHLEM)
Religious congregation founded in Milan in 1864 by Virginia Besozzi to take in and educate poor girls. Approved by the Holy See and spread throughout Lombardy… -
Daughters of Calvary (Mexico) (FIGLIE DEL CALVARIO (MESSICO))
A religious institute that arose in Mexico City through the initiative of the pious and wealthy young ladies Enrichetta and Ernestina Larrainea in 1885 for the… -
Daughters of Charity, called Servants of the Poor (FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ, DETTE SERVE DEI POVERI)
Institute founded in Montréal in 1843 by Msgr. Ignazio Bourget and by Mrs. Marie Emmélie Eugène Tavernier, widow Gamelin, for the care of the poor and the sick… -
Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de' Paoli (Paris) (FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DI SAN VINCENZO DE' PAOLI (PARIGI))
Religious institute founded by St. Vincent de Paul (v.) and St. Louise de Marillac (v.). Its origins go back to 1617, when St. Vincent established at… -
Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood (FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE)
Institute founded by Canon Tommaso Maria Fusco at Pagani (Salerno) in 1872. Its purpose is the education of infants and children in nurseries, schools and… -
Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESU)
At La Salle-de-Villiers in 1823, Abbot Catroux and Rose Giet founded this new religious congregation for the instruction and education of youth in the… -
Daughters of Charity (Strasbourg) (FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ (STRASBURGO))
Religious congregation founded in Strasbourg in 1734 by Sister Françoise Geneviève Pichard, who had left the monastery of St. Paul of Chartres. The sisters… -
Daughters of Christ the King (Granada) (FIGLIE DI CRISTO RE (GRANATA))
Religious institute founded in Granada on 26 May 1876 by the canon G. Gras Granollers. It obtained the decree of praise on 15 Feb. 1898 and approval on 16 Aug.… -
Daughters of Compassion, Servants of the Lord (FIGLIE DELLA COMPASSIONE, SERVE DEL SIGNORE)
On 5 December 1841 the noblewoman Alfonsa Petit, after the death of her husband and daughters, consecrated herself entirely to the service of the poor sick… -
Daughters of Divine Love (Vienna) (FIGLIE DEL DIVINO AMORE (VIENNA))
A female religious institute founded in Vienna in 1868 by Francesca Lechner for the education and instruction of young women. Approved by the Holy See in 1891… -
Daughters of Divine Providence (FIGLIE DELLA DIVINA PROVVIDENZA)
Religious institute, founded in Rome in 1832 by Elena Bettini, for the instruction and education of youth. Approved by the Holy See, it today has 22 houses… -
Daughters of Jesus (Salamanca) (FIGLIE DI GESÙ (SALAMANCA))
On August 6, 1901, on the eve of suppressive laws, this Institute was definitively approved under Salamanca. The following year, though only ad experimentum… -
Daughters of Jesus (Verona) (FIGLIE DI GESÙ (VERONA))
A female religious institute founded in Verona for the instruction and education of young women by the priest Pietro Leonardi (1769-1844), a man of great… -
Daughters of Mary (FIGLIE DI MARIA)
An association of young girls whose purpose is to honor the Most Holy Virgin with particular devotional practices, to promote the personal sanctification of… -
Daughters of Mary and Joseph, called Dames de Marie (FIGLIE DI MARIA E GIUSEPPE, DETTE DAMES DE MARIE (MALINES))
A religious institute founded at Olost-Gand (Belgium) at the beginning of the 19th century with the aim of giving a Christian education to young women; it… -
Daughters of Mary, called Sisters of Saint Philomena (FIGLIE DI MARIA, DETTE SUORE DI SANTA FILOMENA)
Religious institute founded at Louvese in France in 1841 through the work of the Jesuit Fathers Fuoillot and Robin, who entrusted the formation of the first… -
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FIGLIE DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE)
Institution founded at Mornese in 1868 on the initiative of the local parish priest Fr. Peszarino and of the blessed Maria Domenica Mazzarello in a modest… -
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Agen) (FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (AGEN))
Founded in 1816 by the venerable William Joseph > (phot. Felicia) > DAUGHTERS OF MARY - The audience of the Holy Father Pius XII for the First Centenary of the… -
Daughters of Mary Immaculate for Domestic Service (FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA PER IL SERVIZIO DOMESTICO)
Istituto fondato a Madrid nel 1876 dalla b. Vincenza Maria Lopez Vicuña sotto la guida del p. Isidore Hidalgo y Soba, for the care and material and spiritual… -
Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe (Mexico) (FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA DI GUADALUPE (MESSICO))
Following a suggestion received from Pius IX in 1879, the priest Antonio Plancarte y Labastida founded this religious Institute in Zamora (Mexico), with the… -
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Savona) (FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (SAVONA))
The Institute was founded on 1 March 1854 in Albisola Marina, near Savona, by Sister Teresa Vallega, on the initiative of Canon Francesco Piccone. The first… -
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Zakroczym) (FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (ZAKROCZYUM))
On Nov. 21, 1891, the Capuchin Father Onorato Kuzminski, with the approval of the diocesan Ordinary, laid the foundations of this Congregation in Zakroczyum… -
Daughters of Mary Missionaries (Apecania) (FIGLIE DI MARIA MISSIONARIE (APECANIA))
The Institute was founded by the Cremonese priest Giacinto Bianchi in 1875 in Pigna (diocese of Ventimiglia) with the assent of the local Ordinary. The… -
Daughters of Mary Our Lady (FIGLIE DI MARIA NOSTRA SIGNORA)
Institute founded in New Britain (United States) by the Polish priest Lucian Bojanowski, for the direction of an orphanage in the form of a pious association.… -
Daughters of Mercy and of the Cross (Palermo) (FIGLIE DELLA MISERICORDIA E DELLA CROCE (PALERMO))
The Institute originated in Partinico (Monreale) in 1892, chiefly through the work of Mother Maria Rosa Zangara, and it currently has its generalate in… -
Daughters of Mercy of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Bayeux) (FIGLIE DELLA MISERICORDIA DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA)
They were founded at Blon, in the diocese of Bayeux, in 1842, and received the decree of praise on 20 February 1861 and that of approval on 21 March 1864. The… -
Daughters of Our Lady at Mount Calvary (Rome) (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA AL MONTE CALVARIO (ROMA))
The Institute arose in 1641, through the work of Virginia Centurione Bracelli, and was subject to many vicissitudes until it reached its present stability… -
Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (Wellington) (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA COMPASSIONE (WELLINGTON))
Religious congregation founded in 1883 at Jerusalem, in the diocese of Wellington, through the work of a pious woman, Susanna Aubert, who had gone from Lyon to… -
Daughters of Our Lady of Deliverance (Grenoble) (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA DELIVRANCE (GRENOBLE))
This institute of sisters was founded in Martinique on 2 February 1868 by Fr. Dufrieu. In 1884 the sisters were called to Grenoble by Msgr. Fava, formerly… -
Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA MISERICORDIA)
Istituto fondato a Savona nel 1837 da s. Maria Giuseppa Rossello sotto la guida del vescovo mons. Agostino De Mari, for the instruction and education of the… -
Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows (Tarbes) (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEI DOLORI (TARBES))
Institute founded at Tarbes in France on 28 March 1866, through the work of the pious young lady of St-Frae with the assistance of Canon Ribes and with the… -
Daughters of Our Lady of the Missions (Southwark) (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLE MISSIONI (SOUTHWARK))
Founded in Lyon in 1861 by Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart for the education and instruction of youth and of women, especially in countries of heretics or… -
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Bourges) (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL SACRO CUORE (BOURGES))
The Institute owes its existence to Fr. J. Chevalier, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, who founded it in 1882 at Issoudun together with Mrs.… -
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Naples) (FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL SACRO CUORE (NAPOLI))
They had their origin in Montefalcione (archdiocese of Benevento) in 1888 through the work of Ida Cassi and with the approval of the local Ordinary. The… -
Daughters of Providence (Modena) (FIGLIE DELLA PROVVIDENZA (MODENA))
In 1828 the Community of the Figlie di Gesù, which in Modena had charge of the charity school, was dissolved. Following this, three sisters of the dissolved… -
Daughters of Saint Anne (FIGLIE DI SANT'ANNA)
Institute founded in Piacenza in 1866 by Rosa Gattorno (b. in Genoa in 1831, d. in Rome in 1900), a woman of great virtue who, after the death of her husband… -
Daughters of Saint Camillus (FIGLIE DI SAN CAMILLO)
Institute founded in Rome by Sister Giuseppina Vannini and Fr. Luigi Tezza in 1892, for the care of the sick both in hospitals and at home. It has over 200… -
Daughters of Saint Francis de Sales (Imola) (FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES (IMOLA))
The Institute was founded in 1869 in Lugo, diocese of Imola, by the provost of the Collegiate church, canon Cavina, and by Sister Ippolita Fantini, who with a… -
Daughters of Saint Francis of Assisi (Strigonis) (FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI (STRIGONIS))
The Institute had its beginnings in 1894 through the work of Anna Mutter, who, with some companions, had gone from Switzerland to Budapest to care for the sick… -
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Girona) (FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (GERONA))
At the beginning of 1875 two young women of modest family, Maria Comas and Maria Gri, desirous of living a life of retirement and recollection, rented a house… -
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Santiago de Chile) (FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (SANTIAGO DEL CILE))
The Institute was founded in 1866 through the work of Msgr. Gioacchino Lavrain Gandarillas, titular archbishop of Anagarbo, in Santiago, Chile, and approved by… -
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Turin) (FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (TORINO))
Institute founded at Rivalba, Turin, in 1877 by the priest Clemente Marchisio, for the preparation of what is needed for divine worship, such as: hosts, wine… -
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Venice) (FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (VENEZIA))
This Institute was founded on 30 April 1850 by Msgr. Luigi Carbulotto, parish priest of S. Giacomo Dall'Orio in Venice, to gather and educate the daughters of… -
Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence (Como) (FIGLIE DI SANTA MARIA DELLA PROV-VIDENZA (COMO))
Don Luigi Guanella, having become parish priest of Pianello Lario in 1881, found there an orphanage for girls begun by his predecessor, with the assistance of… -
Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence (La Rochelle) (FIGLIE DI SANTA MARIA DELLA PROV-VIDENZA (LA ROCHELLE))
The Institute was founded at Saintes, in the diocese of La Rochelle, in 1817 by the parish priest of the Cathedral, De Rupt. The diocesan Ordinary approved it… -
Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph (FIGLIE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE E SAN GIUSEPPE)
Il fondatore dell'Istituto fu Giacomo Heeren, parroco di Oirschot, in Olanda, che diede vita, verso il 1820, ad un'associazione di pie donne per l'assistenza… -
Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (FIGLIE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE DELLA MISERICORDIA)
Congregazione religiosa sorta a Pina, diocesi di Majorca, nel 1856 per opera del sacerdote Gabriele Maria Ribas e di sua sorella Giuseppa, per l'educazione… -
Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sorrowful (FIGLIE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE ADDOLORATA)
Istituto religioso del Terz'ordine di S. Francesco sorto a Zakrazin (Polonia) nel 1881, ad opera del p. Honoratus of Biała, a Capuchin, and of Lucia Szewczyk… -
Daughters of the Cross, called Sisters of Saint Andrew (FIGLIE DELLA CROCE, DETTE SUORE DI SANT'ANDREA)
Institute founded at Maillé, diocese of Poitiers, in 1807 by St. Andrew Hubert Fournet and by St. Joan E. Bichier des Ages for the various works of the… -
Daughters of the Cross (Palermo) (FIGLIE DELLA CROCE (PALERMO))
Founded by the priest Nunzio Russo of Palermo, the Institute was canonically erected by the bishop of Cefalù in 1893, but in 1924, at the wish of the… -
Daughters of the Cross (Saint-Brieuc) (FIGLIE DELLA CROCE (SAINT-BRIEUC))
The origin of this Congregation goes back to St. Francis de Sales, who in 1619 arranged in Paris with Madame Marie l'Huillier de Villeneuve the institution of… -
Daughters of the Crucified of Saint Mary Magdalene (FIGLIE DEL GROCIFISSO DI SANTA MARIA MADDALENA)
In 1836 the priest Giovanni Quilici, parish priest of Livorno, gathered several women into a pious association to give shelter to endangered and abandoned… -
Daughters of the Divine Redeemer (Giavarino) (FIGLIE DEL DIVIN REDENTORE (GIAVARINO))
In Niederbronn, in the diocese of Strasbourg, an institute known as that of the Divine Redeemer arose in 1849 through the work of Elisabeth Eppinger, approved… -
Daughters of the Divine Saviour (Buenos Aires) (FIGLIE DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (BUENOS AIRES))
In 1795 Mother Maria Antonia de la Paz y Figueroa had founded a "beaterio," that is, an association of pious persons who, while not taking vows, lived a common… -
Daughters of the Divine Saviour (Vienna) (FIGLIE DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (VIENNA))
The Institute has its first origin in 1849, through the work of Elisabeth Eppinger, assisted by the Reverend David Richard, parish priest of Niederbronn in… -
Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess (Seville) (FIGLIE DELLA DIVINA PASTORA (SIVIGLIA))
Institute founded in 1885 by Fr. Faustino Mingues, of the Piarists, at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, archdiocese of Seville, for the free education of poor girls. On… -
Daughters of the Divine Zeal (FIGLIE DEL DIVIN ZELO)
Congregazione religiosa, fondata dal canonico Annibale Maria di Francia, nel 1887, con la riunione delle prime aggregate che desideravano dedicarsi alle… -
Daughters of the Heart of Jesus (FIGLIE DEL CUORE DI GESÙ)
Congregazione religiosa fondata a Malines nel 1872 da Maria Deluil Martiny sotto la direzione del gesuita P. Calange, ed approvata dalla S. Sede il 9 ag. 1896.… -
Daughters of the Heart of Mary (Paris) (FIGLIE DEL CUORE DI MARIA (PARIGI))
After the suppression of the religious orders in France, the Jesuit Father Picot de la Clorivière in 1790 conceived the idea of forming a society of women who… -
Daughters of the Holy Cross (Liège) (FIGLIE DELLA SANTA CROCE (LIEGI))
Religious institute founded in Liège, Belgium, in 1833, with the special purpose of educating girls, especially the poor, of rehabilitating female prisoners… -
Daughters of the Immaculate Conception (Buenos Aires) (FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (BUENOS AIRES))
The Institute's juridical existence dates back to Sept. 1904, when the archbishop of Buenos Aires recognized it as an Institute of diocesan right. Its origins… -
Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE)
The Institute had its beginning in Rome in 1854, where two noble Polish ladies, Giuseppina Karska and Marcellina Darowska, under the guidance of the g.… -
Daughters of the Immaculate Conception (Reggio Calabria) (FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (REGGIO CALABRIA))
In 1897 Mrs. Brigida Pastorino laid the foundations of the Society of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of Reggio Calabria. Encouraged and helped by… -
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Langres) (FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATO CUORE DI MARIA (LANGRES))
The Institute was founded around 1835 at St-Loup-sur-Anjou, diocese of Langres, by the diocesan bishop, at whose inspiration a pious lady consecrated herself… -
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Los Angeles) (FIGLIE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (LOS ANGELES))
Institute founded in July 1848 by Fr. Joaquín Masmitjà y Puig, in Olot, diocese of Gerona (Spain); in 1871, at the invitation of Msgr. Amat Taddeo, bishop of… -
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Warsaw) (FIGLIE DEL CUORE PURISSIMO DI MARIA (VARSAVIA))
The Congregation was founded at Vilnius in 1884 by the Capuchin Father Honorat Kuzminski, the founder of other institutes in Poland, which had the structure of… -
Daughters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (FIGLIE DEL SACRATISSIMO CUORE DI GESÙ)
It originated as a Congregation of diocesan right in the apostolic prefecture of Niigata by decree of 31 May 1920. The foundress was the German sister Teresa… -
Daughters of the Oratory (Lodi) (FIGLIE DELL'ORATORIO (LODI))
Institute founded in Regona (diocese of Cremona) around 1870 by the local parish priest Vincenzo Grossi. In 1901 the generalate house moved to Lodi, where it… -
Daughters of the Sacred Heart (Bergamo) (FIGLIE DEL SACRO CUORE (BERGAMO))
Institute founded in Bergamo in 1831 by Canon Giuseppe Benaglio and by the venerable Teresa Eustochio Verzeri. Its purpose is education and instruction through… -
Daughters of the Sacred Heart (Bergamo) (FIGLIE DEL SACRO CUORE (BERGAMO))
Shortly before the French Revolution the parish priest of Baugé in the diocese of Angers, René Bersult, availing himself of the work of the pious young lady… -
Daumer, Georg Friedrich
Philosopher and poet, b. March 5, 1800 in Nuremberg, d. in Würzburg on Dec. 14, 1875. In Nuremberg, as a student, he came under the influence of his teachers… -
Dauversière, Jérôme Le Royer de La
Founder of the Congregation of the Hospitaller Daughters of St. Joseph and promoter of the founding of Montreal, b. at La Flèche (Anjou, France), of a family… -
Davanzati, Bernardo
Scholar, b. in Florence on 31 Aug. 1529, d. there on 29 March 1606. He was a member of the Florentine Academy, then of that of the Alterati - D. was the tenth… -
Davanzati, Chiaro
Florentine versifier of the second half of the 13th century. Nearly 200 poems by him survive, most of them love poems, but also moral, theological and… -
Davanzo, Blessed (DAVANZATO, BEATO)
Franciscan tertiary, b. at Poggibonsi in 1200, d. in 1295. In the very year (1221) in which St. Francis established the Third Order at Poggibonsi, the pious… -
Daveluy, Marie Nicolas Antoine
Born on 16 March 1818 in Amiens (France). Ordained a priest (1841), he entered (1843) the seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris and in 1844 set out for… -
Davenport, Diocese of (DAVENPORT, DIOCESI DI)
In the state of Iowa in the United States of America, erected as a diocese by Leo XIII on 8 May 1881, suffragan of Dubuque, with a territory of about 29,700 sq… -
David (DAVIDE)
Armenian katholikos of the 12th century, called Althamartzi, that is, of Althamar, because he was bishop-egumen of the Armenian cenobium of the same name on… -
David, Armand
Missionary and naturalist, b. at Espellette (Basses-Pyrénées) on 7 Sept. 1826, d. in Paris on 10 Nov. 1900. Having become a missionary of St. Vincent (1848)… -
David, Clément-Joseph
Syriac Archbishop of Damascus. Born in 1829 at Amadia ('Irāq) into the Zebungi family, he pursued his studies at Mosul and at the College of Propaganda in… -
David, Gérard
Painter, b. at Oudewater near Gouda (southern Holland) between 1450 and 1460, d. at Bruges on 13 Aug. 1523. He is the principal representative of the Bruges… -
David (DAVID (CBR. DĀWĪDH «VEZZEGGIATO, DILETTO»))
Second king of the people of Israel (c. 1000-960 B.C.), who brought it to the height of prosperity; he remained in the Bible as the ideal of the Yahwist king.… -
David I, II, III, King of Ethiopia (DAVID I, II, III, RE D'ETIOPIA)
DAVID I, II, III, re d'ETIOPIA: v. ETIOPIA.