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D'Acquisto, BenedettoVol. IV, p. 655 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…
D'Afflitto, AnnibaleVol. IV, p. 656 D'AFFLITTO, ANNIBALE. - Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, b. in Napoli in 1560, of a most noble family originating from the duchy of Amalfi; d. in Reggio Calabria…
D'Afflitto, EustachioVol. IV, p. 656 D'AFFLITTO, EUSTACHIO. - Dei duchi di Roc- (da G. Millet, Le monastère de Daphnī, Parigi 1889) DAFNI - Graph of the mosaics in the basilica of Dafni.…
D'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste Le RondVol. IV, p. 659 D'ALEMBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE LE ROND. – Philosopher and mathematician, born in Paris on 16 November 1717, died there on 29 October 1783. A member of the Academy…
D'Alessandro, SebastianoVol. IV, p. 660 D'ALESSANDRO, SEBASTIANO. – Bishop and theologian, born in Motta S. Giovanni (Calabria) on 28 October 1603, died in Ruvo on 29 September 1672. In 1619 he…
D'Amato, GiuseppeVol. IV, p. 676 D'AMATO, GIUSEPPE. – Barnabite, born in Naples on 18 September 1758, died in Monlhà (Maumalach) in April 1832. A missionary from 1783 in the kingdoms of Ava…
D'Ancona, AlessandroVol. IV, p. 678 D'ANCONA, ALESSANDRO. – Jewish critic and journalist, born in Pisa on 20 February 1835, died in Florence on 9 November 1914. Together with Carducci, he…
D'Andrea, GirolamoVol. IV, p. 678 D'ANDREA, GIROLAMO. - Cardinal, b. in Napoli on 12 Apr. 1812, d. in Roma on 14 May 1868. Having already been, among other things, extraordinary delegate for…
D'Angelo, SosioVol. IV, p. 679 D'ANGELO, SOSIO. – Canonist, born in Mondragone (Caserta) on 22 February 1887, died in Rome on 22 July 1930. He first devoted himself to pastoral ministry,…
D'Angennes, AlessandroVol. IV, p. 679 D'ANGENNES, ALESSANDRO: v. ANGENNES, ALESSANDRO d'.
D'Annibale, GiuseppeVol. IV, p. 691 D'ANNIBALE, GIUSEPPE. — Cardinal, one of the foremost moral theologians of the last century, b. at Borbona (L'Aquila) on 22 Sept. 1815, d. there on 17 July…
D'Annunzio, GabrieleVol. IV, p. 692 D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE. — Poet, b. at Pescara on 12 March 1863, d. at Gardone (Lake Garda) on 1 March 1938. His life often had an impact that exceeded its…
D'Arienzo, Nicola(D'ARIENZIO, NICOLA)Vol. IV, p. 723 D'ARIENZIO, NICOLA. — Musician, born in Naples on 22 December 1842, died there on 25 April 1915. From 1875 to 1904 he taught at the Conservatory of S. Pietro a…
D'Arpino, CavaliereVol. IV, p. 724 D'ARPINO, CAVALIERE: v. CESARI, GIUSEPPE.
D'Arsonval, ArsèneVol. IV, p. 725 D'ARSONVAL, ARSÈNE. - French physician, physiologist, and physicist, b. at Laporcherie (Haute Vienne) on 8 June 1851, d. there on 3 Dec. 1940. Introduced to…
Da GioVol. IV, p. 502 BY GIO. MARIO CRESCIMBENI Canon of the same, and Custodian of Arcadia, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Da Ponte, LorenzoVol. IV, p. 722 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…
Da Ponte, LuigiVol. IV, p. 722 DA PONTE, LUIGI: v. PUENTE, LUIS de la.
Dablon, ClaudeVol. IV, p. 655 DABLON, CLAUDE. - Jesuit, missionary among the Red Indians, b. at Dieppe on 21 Jan. 1619; d. at Québec on 3 May 1697. Having landed at Québec in 1655, he took…
Dacca, Diocese of(DACCA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 655 DACCA, DIOCESE of. - It is suffragan to Calcutta and entrusted to the Congregation of the Holy Cross. It has an area of 44,485 sq. km. and a population of 18…
DaciaVol. IV, p. 655 DACIA. — By this name, in the imperial period, a vast region of central Europe was understood, between Sarmatia and Germania, roughly bounded on the west by…
Dacier, Anne-LefèvreVol. IV, p. 655 DACIER, ANNE-LEFÈVRE. - French writer, b. at Saumur in March 1654, d. at Paris on 17 Aug. 1720. Among her many translations from Greek and Latin, noteworthy…
Dactyli(DATTILI)Vol. IV, p. 728 DATTILI. – Minor divinities of the Greek religion, in the retinue of Cibele and Rea, probably pre-Hellenic, Phrygian, or Cretan. They were mythical dwarfs,…
Daddi, BernardoVol. IV, p. 656 DADDI, BERNARDO. — Florentine painter belonging to the so-called group of the “Giotteschi.” Documented from ca. 1317 (enrollment in the Guild of Physicians and…
Dadisho(DĀDĪŠŌ' (DADIESU))Vol. IV, p. 656 DĀDĪŠŌ' (DADIESU). — Nestorian abbot, born in 529 and died in 604. A native of Bēt-Darājē, in the district of Bēt-Arāmājē. He was first a hermit in Adiabene,…
Daduchus(DADUCO)Vol. IV, p. 656 DADUCO: v. ELEUSINI, MISTERI.
Dadín d'Hauteserre, Antoine(DADIN D'HAUTESERRE, ANTOINE)Vol. IV, p. 656 DADIN D'HAUTESERRE, ANTOINE. – Canonist, born at Cahors in 1602, died in 1682. He was a professor of law at Tolosa. He wrote on law and history. His principal…
DafniVol. IV, p. 657 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…
Dagobert II, Saint, Martyr(DAGOBERTO II, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. IV, p. 658 DAGOBERTO II, saint, martyr. - Martyr, king of the Franks of Austrasia, son of Sigiberto III and grandson of Dagoberto I. Upon his father’s death (656), he was…
DagonVol. IV, p. 658 DAGON. — In the Old Testament this is the name of a god of the Philistines, whose worship is attested at Gaza (Iudc. 16:23), at Ashdod (I Sam. 5:1–7) in the…
Dahlmann, JosephVol. IV, p. 658 DAHLMANN, JOSEPH. — Jesuit Orientalist, born in Coblenz on 14 October 1861, died in Tokyo on 22 June 1930. He entered the Society of Jesus at Exaeten in 1878.…
Dahmen, PeterVol. IV, p. 658 DAHMEN, PETER. - Historian of the missions, b. at Renland (near Trier) on 9 March 1880, he entered the Society of Jesus on 16 Sept. 1898, in order to proceed,…
Dahn, Julius Sophus FelixVol. IV, p. 659 DAHN, JULIUS SOPHUS FELIX. - German writer, historian, and jurist, b. at Hamburg on 9 Feb. 1834, d. at Breslau on 3 Jan. 1912. An ardent nationalist, he was…
DahomeyVol. IV, p. 659 DAHOMEY: v. AFRICA (French West Africa); OUIDAH, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of.
Daiferio, Giovanni(GIOVANNI, DAIFERIO)Vol. VI, p. 347 GIOVANNI, DAIFERIO. — Cardinal, flourished in the first half of the 12th century. Born into a noble family at Salerno, he was created by Callistus II in 1120…
Daille, Jean (Dallaeus)Vol. IV, p. 659 DAILLE, JEAN (DALLAEUS). — Calvinist pastor, born at Châtellerault on 6 January 1594 and died in Paris on 15 April 1670. At the age of barely eighteen, he was…
Daisenberger, Johann NepomukVol. IV, p. 659 DAISENBERGER, JOHANN NEPOMUK. — Regular canon, born in Pölling (Mittelfranken) on 10 February 1752, died in Walleshausen on 14 November 1820. From 1796 to 1803…
Dakar, Apostolic Vicariate of(DAKAR, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. IV, p. 659 Dakar, Apostolic Vicariate of. — The evangelization of the Senegalese coasts dates back to the late 18th century and suffered from the unfortunate…
Dal Monte, BartolomeoVol. IV, p. 670 DAL MONTE, BARTOLOMEO. — Bolognese priest, born in Bologna on 12 November 1726, died there on 26 December 1778. A highly sought-after missionary, famous…
Dalai LamaVol. IV, p. 659 DALAI LAMA: v. LAMAISMO.
Dalgairns, John DobreVol. IV, p. 660 DALGAIRNS, JOHN DOBRE. - Bernard in religion; Oratorian theologian, of Scottish and Norman origins, b. on the island of Guernese on 21 Oct. 1818, d. at Burgess…
Dall'Ongaro, FrancescoVol. IV, p. 661 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…
Dallas, Diocese of(DALLAS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 660 DALLAS, DIOCESE — Diocese and city in the State of Texas, United States of America, suffragan of S. Antonio, comprising an area of approximately 81,800 sq. km.…
Dalle Masegne, Jacobello and Pietropaolo(DALLE MASEGNE, JACOBELLO E PIETROPAOLO)Vol. IV, p. 660 DALLE MASEGNE, JACOBELLO and PIETROPAOLO. – Venetian sculptors and architects, brothers, also called « da Venezia ». Of Pietropaolo, as private information, it…
Daller, BalthasarVol. IV, p. 661 DALLER, BALTHASAR. – Bavarian priest and politician, born on 22 January 1835 at Gasteig, died on 3 March 1911 at Freising. Ordained a priest in 1861, he…
Dallet, Claude-CharlesVol. IV, p. 661 DALLET, CLAUDE-CHARLES. – Born at Langres (Haute-Marne) on 18 October 1829. On 5 October 1850 he entered the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris and,…
DalmanuthaVol. IV, p. 661 DALMANUTHA. – A locality where, according to Mc. 8:10, Jesus landed with the disciples after the second multiplication of the loaves (Mt. 15:32–35; Mc. 8:1–9),…
Dalmasio LippoVol. IV, p. 661 DALMASIO LIPPO. — Also called L. delle Madonne; Bolognese painter, b. around 1352, d. between 1410 (the date of his will) and 1421 (the year in which his heirs…
Dalmatia(DALMAZIA)Vol. IV, p. 667 DALMAZIA. – I. GEOGRAPHY. – Historical region corresponding to the Adriatic marginal strip of the Balkan Peninsula, from the Quarnaro to the Gulf of Drin. It…
Dalmatic(DALMATICA)Vol. IV, p. 661 DALMATICA. – Liturgical vestment proper to the deacon. It was a white, ankle-length garment reserved for the higher classes (emperors, Roman nobles), made of…
Dalmatio, Saint(DALMAZIO, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 670 DALMAZIO, saint. — Archimandrite of the first monastery of Constantinople, d. ca. 440. After having been a soldier under Theodosius I, he became a monk in the…
Dalton, JohnVol. IV, p. 670 DALTON, JOHN. — Chemist, born in Eaglestfeld (Cumberland) on 6 September 1766, died in Manchester on 27 July 1844. Coming from a poor family, he earned his…
Dalton, Plain of(DALTON, PIANO DI)Vol. IV, p. 670 DALTON, PLAN of. — Within the framework of pedagogical activism (v.), a notable place is occupied by the system known as the D. plan, devised by Elena…
Damage(DANNO)Vol. IV, p. 691 DANNO. — In general, denotes every diminution of being and of goods, both material and spiritual (fame, etc.). It therefore also extends to immaterial things,…
Damaris (Damaride, ΔΆΜΑΡΙΣ, var. ΔΆΜΑΛΙΣ)Vol. IV, p. 671 DAMARIS (DAMARIDE, Δάμαρις, var. Δάμαλις). - A woman converted by the preaching of St. Paul in Athens (Act. 17, 34). Δάμαρις, as a woman’s name, is not found…
Damascene the Studite(DAMASCENO LO STUDITA)Vol. IV, p. 671 DAMASCENO lo STUDITA. - Greek preacher of the 16th century, born in Salonico in an unknown year, died in 1577. He was exarch in Little Russia under Metrofane,…
Damascene, Giovanni, Saint(DAMASCENO, GIOVANNI, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 671 DAMASCENO, GIOVANNI, santo: v. GIOVANNI DAMASCENO, santo.
Damascus(DAMASCO)Vol. IV, p. 671 DAMASCO: v. STOFFE.
Damascus(DAMASCO)Vol. IV, p. 671 DAMASCUS. — The principal city of Syria, since 1946 the capital of the independent Syrian Republic. It currently has 346,000 inhabitants. I. HISTORY. — The…
Damasus I, Pope, Saint(DAMASO I, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 674 DAMASUS I, POPE, saint. - Reigned from 366 to 384, born probably in Rome, where his father, Antonius, pursued his entire ecclesiastical career (exceptor,…
Damasus II, Pope(DAMASO II, PAPA)Vol. IV, p. 676 DAMASO II, POPE. - At the death of Clemente II, on 9 October 1047, Benedetto IX returned to Rome and succeeded in reoccupying the Apostolic See with the help…
Damasus MagisterVol. IV, p. 676 DAMASUS MAGISTER. - A celebrated Italian canonist, who taught at the Studium of Bologna in the early years of the thirteenth century. Some authors erroneously…
Dames of Saint Louis(DAME DI SAN LUIGI)Vol. IV, p. 677 DAME DI SAN LUIGI. – A women’s congregation under simple vows, founded at Strasbourg in 1842 through the efforts of Miss Luisa Haußmann, as the female branch…
Damia (Δαμιά)(DÀMIA (ΔΑΜΊΑ))Vol. IV, p. 677 DÀMIA (Δαμία). — Greek goddess venerated together with Auxesia. They were worshipped in Aegina and in Trezene, where the festival of the Lithobólia was…
Damian, Saint, Martyr(DAMIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. IV, p. 677 DAMIANO, saint, martyr: v. COSMA e DAMIANO, saints, martyrs.
Damiani, Peter, Saint(DAMIANI, PIETRO, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 677 DAMIANI, PIETRO, saint: v. PIETRO DAMIANI, saint.
Damianites(DAMIANITI)Vol. IV, p. 677 DAMIANITI. - A sect of the sixth and seventh centuries, so called after the Monophysite patriarch of Alexandria, Damiano (578–604), who drew inspiration from…
Damiano of Bergamo(DAMIANO DA BERGAMO)Vol. IV, p. 677 DAMIANO da BERGAMO. - In secular life Zambelli D., friar and inlayer, born at Bergamo between 1490 and 1500, died at Bologna on 30 Aug. 1549. The choir stalls…
DamãoVol. IV, p. 671 DAMÃO: v. GOA, DIOCESI di; INDIA.
DanVol. IV, p. 677 DAN. – 1. The fifth son of Jacob and the first of Bala, Rachel’s maidservant (Gen. 30, 6; 35, 25). At his birth Rachel, playing on the term dan, “he judged,”…
Dana, James DwightVol. IV, p. 678 DANA, JAMES DWIGHT. - B. in Utica (Nuova York) on 12 Feb. 1813, d. at N. Haven (Connecticut) on 14 Apr. 1895. Professor of geology and natural history at Yale…
Dance(DANZA)Vol. IV, p. 716 DANZA. — 1. It consists in a complex of ordered movements of the body, and especially of the feet, according to the musical tempo marked by singing or…
Dance of Death(DANZA MACABRA)Vol. IV, p. 718 DANZA MACABRA. — The theme is connected with the meditations common in the 14th and 15th centuries on the transience of earthly goods and human splendors, and…
Dancers(DANZANTI)Vol. IV, p. 721 DANZANTI. — Followers of a fanatical sect that appeared in the second half of the fourteenth century in Flemish Belgium and the Rhineland. They were so called…
Dandini, GirolamoVol. IV, p. 678 DANDINI, GIROLAMO. - B. at Cesena around 1550, he entered the Society of Jesus in Rome on 17 Aug. 1569, and d. at Forlì on 29 Nov. 1634. From June 1596 to Aug.…
Dandino, GirolamoVol. IV, p. 678 DANDINO, GIROLAMO. — Cardinal, born in Cesena around 1509, died in Rome on 4 December 1559; he entered the papal chancery under Paul III, became bishop of…
Danger of Death(PERICOLO DI MORTE)Vol. IX, p. 717 PERICOLO DI MORTE: v. ARTICOLO DI MORTE and the individual SACRAMENTI.
Daniel (Dan'el)(DANEL (DÂN'EL))Vol. IV, p. 678 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…
Daniel, Antoine(DANIEL ANTOINE)Vol. IV, p. 679 DANIEL ANTOINE: v. CANADO AMERICANI, martiri.
Daniel, CharlesVol. IV, p. 679 DANIEL, CHARLES. - Jesuit, writer, b. at Beauvais on 31 Dec. 1818; d. at Paris on 1 Jan. 1893. In 1857, with the assistance of Fr. Ivan Gagarin, he founded the…
Daniel, GabrielVol. IV, p. 679 DANIEL, GABRIEL. - Jesuit historiographer and polemicist, b. at Rouen on 8 Feb. 1649; d. at Paris on 23 June 1728. After a period of teaching, he was appointed…
DanieleVol. IV, p. 679 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. The origin…
Daniele and Companions, Saints(DANIELE E COMPAGNI, SANTI)Vol. IV, p. 682 DANIELE and COMPAGNI, saints. - Franciscans, martyred in Ceuta, Morocco, on 19 Oct. 1227. Their names are D., Agnello, Samuele, Donnulo, Leone, and Niccolò.…
Daniele da VolterraVol. IV, p. 685 DANIELE DA VOLTERRA - The Assumption. Fresco in the Della Rovere Chapel in the Church of Trinità dei Monti. The last figure on the right, in the act of…
Daniele da Volterra (Daniele Ricciarelli)Vol. IV, p. 685 DANIELE da VOLTERRA (DANIELE RICCIARELLI). – Painter and sculptor, b. at Volterra ca. 1509, d. in Rome on 4 Apr. 1566. His first artistic education, attested…
Daniele of Samarate(DANIELE DA SAMARATE)Vol. IV, p. 685 DANIELE da SAMARATE. – Capuchin missionary, in the world Felice Rossini, born on 11 June 1876, he entered among the Lombard Capuchins in 1891 and departed for…
Daniele, Saint(DANIELE, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 682 DANIELE, saint. - A Stylite of the fifth century. We are well informed about the life of this anchorite, the first to introduce into Byzantium the practice of…
Danilevskij, Nikolaj Jakovlevic(DANILEVSKIJ, NIROLAJ JAKOVLEVIC)Vol. IV, p. 685 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…
Danisi, Ignazio (Ignazio della Croce)Vol. IV, p. 691 DANISI, IGNAZIO (IGNAZIO DELLA CROCE). - Augustinian theologian, b. at Castellaneta (Taranto) in 1717, d. at Naples on 29 Jan. 1784. Definitor and restorer of…
Dante Alighieri Society(SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI)Vol. XI, p. 513 SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI. – Founded in Rome in 1889 on the initiative of Giacomo Venezian. “It aims to safeguard and spread the Italian language and culture…
Dante, AlighieriVol. IV, p. 693 DANTE, ALIGHIERI. - The greatest poet of Catholicism. SUMMARY: I. The man. - II. The minor works. - III. The Commedia. I. THE MAN. Born in Florence between May…
Dantesque Apostolate(APOSTOLATO DANTESCO)Vol. I, p. 994 APOSTOLATO DANTESCO. — Under this name, through the inspiration and encouragement of a learned man of letters from Monsampolo, Nicola Gaetani Tamburini, who…
Danti, VincenzoVol. IV, p. 716 DANTI, VINCENZO. – Sculptor and theorist of art, b. in Perugia in 1530, d. there on 26 May 1576. A follower, though not a direct pupil, of Michelangiolo, he…
Daphnephoria(DAFNEFORIE)Vol. IV, p. 657 DAFNEFORIE. — Festivals in honor of Apollo, celebrated in various cities of Greece. In Thebes, a procession was held, preceded by a boy whose parents were…
Daprà, AgapitoVol. IV, p. 722 DAPRÀ, AGAPITO. – Franciscan Orientalist, born on 22 May 1653 at Tesoro (Val di Fiemme, Trento), died in November 1687 at Padua. In 1680 he was in Rome at the…
Dar-es-Salaam (Arabic Dār-es-Salām), Apostolic Vicariate of(DAR-ES-SALAAM (ARABO DĀR-ES-SALĀM), VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. IV, p. 723 DAR-ES-SALAAM (Arabic Dār-es-Salām), APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - This African mission (Tanganyika) was created as an apostolic prefecture on 16 Nov. 1887, with…
Darboy, GeorgesVol. IV, p. 722 DARBOY, GEORGES. — Archbishop of Paris, born on 16 January 1813 at Fayls-Billot (Haute-Marne), died on 24 May 1871 in Paris. Ordained a priest in December…
Darby, John NelsonVol. IV, p. 722 DARBY, JOHN NELSON. – One of the principal founders of the sect of the Darbists (v. DARBITI), or Plymouth Brethren, b. in London on 18 Nov. 1800, d. at…
Darbyites (Plymouth Brethren)(DARBITI (PLYMOUTH BRETHREN))Vol. IV, p. 722 DARBITI (PLYMOUTH BRETHREN). – Protestant sect, originating in Ireland between 1827 and 1829 and spreading in England. Its adherents (among them A. N. Groves,…
Dareste, CamilleVol. IV, p. 723 DARESTE, CAMILLE. — French physician and naturalist, born in Paris in 1822, died there in 1899. He directed the teratology laboratory at the “Ecole des hautes…
Daria, Saint, Martyr(DARIA, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. IV, p. 723 DARIA, saint, martyr: v. CRISANTO e DARIA, saints, martyrs.
Darius(DARIO)Vol. IV, p. 724 DARIO. – Name of three Persian kings belonging to a cadet branch of the Achaemenids (v.). D. I. — King of Persia from 522 to 485 B.C., after Cyrus and…
Darius III(DARIO III)Vol. IV, p. 725 DARIO III — Battle of Isastra D. and Alessandro Magno, Detail of the figure of D. on the war chariot. Musician from Pompeii — Naples, National Museum. whether…
Darius the Mede(DARIO IL MEDO)Vol. IV, p. 724 DARIO the Mede. — A figure mentioned in the book of Daniel (v.) as king of Babylon between the end of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, represented by Baldassarre…
Darién, Apostolic Vicariate of(DARIÉN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. IV, p. 723 DARIÉN, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - The mission of D. is situated in the southeastern part of Panama and includes the least civilized area of the country.…
Darras, Joseph-EpiphaneVol. IV, p. 724 DARRAS, JOSEPH-EPIPHANE. - Historian, b. at Troyes in 1825, d. at Paris on 8 Nov. 1878. He studied at Troyes, where he was ordained priest and obtained a…
Darwin, Charles RobertVol. IV, p. 725 DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT. — English naturalist and theorist of biology, b. at Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809, d. at Down on 19 April 1882. A voyage, which lasted…
Darwin, Diocese of(DARWIN, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IV, p. 725 DARWIN, DIOCESE of. — It comprises the whole of the Northern Territory, which is largely desert and is inhabited by many of the remaining aborigines throughout…
Darwinism(DARVINISMO)Vol. IV, p. 726 DARVINISMO. — In D.’s work, one must distinguish the original scientific investigations from the speculative views that bear his name. D. was certainly one of…
Dasam GranthVol. IV, p. 726 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…
Dasbach, Georg FriedrichVol. IV, p. 726 DASBACH, GEORG FRIEDRICH. — German priest and politician, b. at Horhausen in the Westerwald on 9 December 1846, d. at Bonn on 11 October 1907. Ordained a…
Dasio, Saint, Martyr(DASIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. IV, p. 726 DASIO, saint, martyr. - He is commemorated in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum on 5 Aug. and 4 Oct. as a martyr of Axiopolis, whereas the Passio says that he…
DathanVol. IV, p. 728 DATHAN. – An Israelite of the tribe of Reuben who, in the desert, rebelled against Moses together with his brother Abiron, accusing him of deceiving the people…
Dati, LeonardoVol. IV, p. 728 DATI, LEONARDO. - Humanist Dominican bishop, b. in Florence in 1408. First secretary to Cardinals G. Orsini and F. Condulmer, then to Callisto III, Pio II,…
Datius, Saint(DAZIO, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 739 DAZIO, saint. – He succeeded Magno in the episcopal see of Milan around 530. In 535, a letter from Cassiodorus authorized him to take provisions from the state…
Dativus, Saint, Martyr(DATIVO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. IV, p. 728 DATIVO, saint, martyr: v. SATURNINO, DATIVO, FELICE, AURELIO e CONSOCI, saints, martyrs.
Daudet, LéonVol. IV, p. 728 DAUDET, LÉON. - Writer and politician, son of Alphonse, born in Paris on November 16, 1867, died in St-Rémy (Paris) on June 30, 1942. (da Sœur Moudoux,…
Daughters of Bethlehem(FIGLIE DI BETHLEM)Vol. V, p. 763 FIGLIE DI BETHLEM. – Religious congregation founded in Milan in 1864 by Virginia Besozzi to receive and educate poor girls. Approved by the Holy See and spread…
Daughters of Calvary (Mexico)(FIGLIE DEL CALVARIO (MESSICO))Vol. V, p. 757 FIGLIE DEL CALVARIO (Mexico). — Religious institute founded in Mexico City at the initiative of the pious and wealthy young ladies Enrichetta and Ernestina…
Daughters of Charity (Strasbourg)(FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ (STRASBURGO))Vol. V, p. 758 FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ (Strasburgo). – Religious congregation founded in Strasburgo in 1734 by Sister Francesca Genoveffa Pichard, who had left the monastery of…
Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de' Paoli (Paris)(FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DI SAN VINCENZO DE' PAOLI (PARIGI))Vol. V, p. 759 FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DI SAN VINCENZO DE' PAOLI (Parigi). — Religious institute founded by s. Vincenzo de' Paoli (v.) and by s. Luisa di Marillac (v.). Its…
Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood(FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE)Vol. V, p. 759 FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE. – Institute founded by canon Tommaso Maria Fusco at Pagani (Salerno) in 1872. Its purpose is the education of…
Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus(FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESU)Vol. V, p. 759 DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. – At La Salle-de-Villiers in 1823, the abbot Catroux and Rosa Giet founded this new religious congregation…
Daughters of Charity, Called Servants of the Poor(FIGLIE DELLA CARITÀ, DETTE SERVE DEI POVERI)Vol. V, p. 759 DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY, called SERVANTS OF THE POOR. - Institute founded in Montréal in 1843 by Msgr. Ignazio Bourget and Mrs. Marie Emmélie Eugène Tavernier,…
Daughters of Christ the King (Granada)(FIGLIE DI CRISTO RE (GRANATA))Vol. V, p. 763 FIGLIE DI CRISTO RE (Granata). – Religious institute founded in Granata on 26 May 1876 by Canon G. Gras Granollers. It obtained the decree of praise on 15…
Daughters of Compassion, Servants of the Lord(FIGLIE DELLA COMPASSIONE, SERVE DEL SIGNORE)Vol. V, p. 760 DAUGHTERS OF COMPASSION, SERVANTS OF THE LORD. — On 5 December 1841, the noblewoman Alfonsa Petit, after the death of her husband and daughters, devoted…
Daughters of Divine Love (Vienna)(FIGLIE DEL DIVINO AMORE (VIENNA))Vol. V, p. 758 DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE LOVE (Vienna). – A female religious institute founded in Vienna in 1868 by Francesca Lechner for the education and instruction of young…
Daughters of Divine Providence(FIGLIE DELLA DIVINA PROVVIDENZA)Vol. V, p. 761 DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE. – Religious institute, founded in Rome in 1832 by Elena Bettini for the instruction and education of young people. Approved by…
Daughters of Jesus (Salamanca)(FIGLIE DI GESÙ (SALAMANCA))Vol. V, p. 763 DAUGHTERS OF JESUS (Salamanca). – On 6 August 1901, in anticipation of subversive laws, this Institute was definitively approved under Salamanca. The following…
Daughters of Jesus (Verona)(FIGLIE DI GESÙ (VERONA))Vol. V, p. 763 FIGLIE DI GESÙ (Verona). – A women’s religious institute founded in Verona for the instruction and education of young women by the priest Pietro Leonardi…
Daughters of Mary(FIGLIE DI MARIA)Vol. V, p. 763 FIGLIE DI MARIA. — Association of young women whose purpose is to honor the Most Blessed Virgin through particular practices of piety, to promote the personal…
Daughters of Mary and Joseph, Called Dames de Marie (Mechelen)(FIGLIE DI MARIA E GIUSEPPE, DETTE DAMES DE MARIE (MALINES))Vol. V, p. 765 FIGLIE DI MARIA E GIUSEPPE, called DAMES DE MARIE (Malines). — A religious institute founded at Olost-Gand (Belgium) at the beginning of the nineteenth century…
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians(FIGLIE DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE)Vol. V, p. 765 FIGLIE DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE. – Institution founded at Mornese in 1868 through the initiative of the local parish priest, Don Peszarino, and Blessed Maria…
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Agen)(FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (AGEN))Vol. V, p. 765 FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (Agen). - Fondato nel 1816 dal ven. Guglielmo Giuseppe (fot. Felicia) FIGLIE DI MARIA - The audience granted by the Holy Father Pius…
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Savona)(FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (SAVONA))Vol. V, p. 766 DAUGHTERS OF MARY IMMACULATE (Savona). — The Institute was founded on 1 March 1854 in Albisola Marina, near Savona, by Sister Teresa Vallega, on the initiative…
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Zakroczym)(FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (ZAKROCZYUM))Vol. V, p. 766 FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (Zakroczyum). – On 21 Nov. 1891, the Capuchin Fr. Onorato Kuzminski, with the approval of the diocesan Ordinary, laid the…
Daughters of Mary Immaculate for Domestic Service(FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA PER IL SERVIZIO DOMESTICO)Vol. V, p. 766 DAUGHTERS OF MARY IMMACULATE FOR DOMESTIC SERVICE. — Institute founded in Madrid in 1876 by the Bl. Vincenza Maria Lopez Vicuña under the guidance of Fr.…
Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe (Mexico)(FIGLIE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA DI GUADALUPE (MESSICO))Vol. V, p. 766 DAUGHTERS OF MARY IMMACULATE OF GUADALUPE (Mexico). — Following a suggestion received from Pius IX in 1879, the priest Antonio Plancarte y Labastida founded…
Daughters of Mary Missionaries (Apecania)(FIGLIE DI MARIA MISSIONARIE (APECANIA))Vol. V, p. 766 FIGLIE DI MARIA MISSIONARIE (Apecania). - The Institute was founded by the Cremonese priest Giacinto Bianchi in 1875 at Pigna (diocese of Ventimiglia), with…
Daughters of Mary Our Lady(FIGLIE DI MARIA NOSTRA SIGNORA)Vol. V, p. 766 FIGLIE DI MARIA NOSTRA SIGNORA. — Institute founded in New Britain (United States) by the Polish priest Luciano Bojanowski, for the direction of an orphanage…
Daughters of Mary, Called Sisters of Saint Philomena(FIGLIE DI MARIA, DETTE SUORE DI SANTA FILOMENA)Vol. V, p. 765 DAUGHTERS OF MARY, called SISTERS OF SAINT PHILOMENA. — A religious institute founded at Louvese in France in 1841 through the work of the Jesuit Fathers…
Daughters of Mercy and of the Cross (Palermo)(FIGLIE DELLA MISERICORDIA E DELLA CROCE (PALERMO))Vol. V, p. 761 FIGLIE DELLA MISERICORDIA E DELLA CROCE (Palermo). – The Institute originated in Partinico (Monresle) in 1892, chiefly through the work of Mother Maria Rosa…
Daughters of Mercy of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Bayeux)(FIGLIE DELLA MISERICORDIA DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (BAYEUX))Vol. V, p. 761 DAUGHTERS OF THE MERCY OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARIA (Bayeux). — They were founded at Blon, in the diocese of Bayeux, in 1842, and received the decree of…
Daughters of Our Lady at Mount Calvary (Rome)(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA AL MONTE CALVARIO (ROMA))Vol. V, p. 767 FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA AL MONTE CALVARIO (Rome). - The Institute arose in 1641 through the work of Virginia Centurione Bracelli, and underwent many…
Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (Wellington)(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA COMPASSIONE (WELLINGTON))Vol. V, p. 767 DAUGHTERS OF OUR LADY OF COMPASSION (Wellington). — Religious congregation founded in 1883 at Jerusalem, in the diocese of Wellington, through the efforts of a…
Daughters of Our Lady of Deliverance (Grenoble)(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA DELIVRANCE (GRENOBLE))Vol. V, p. 767 FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA DELIVRANCE (Grenoble). — This Institute of nuns was founded in Martinique on 2 February 1868 by Fr. Dufrieu. In 1884 the nuns…
Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA MISERICORDIA)Vol. V, p. 767 DAUGHTERS OF OUR LADY OF MERCY. — Institute founded in Savona in 1837 by St. Maria Giuseppa Rossello under the guidance of Bishop Agostino De Mari, for the…
Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows (Tarbes)(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEI DOLORI (TARBES))Vol. V, p. 767 FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEI DOLORI (Tarbes). — Institute founded at Tarbes in France on 28 March 1866 through the efforts of the devout Miss di St-Frae, with…
Daughters of Our Lady of the Missions (Southwark)(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLE MISSIONI (SOUTHWARK))Vol. V, p. 767 DAUGHTERS OF OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS (Southwark). – Founded in Lyon in 1861 by Sister Maria del S. Cuore for the education and instruction of young people and…
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Bourges)(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL SACRO CUORE (BOURGES))Vol. V, p. 767 DAUGHTERS OF OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART (Bourges). - The Institute owes its existence to Fr. J. Chevalier, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart,…
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Naples)(FIGLIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL SACRO CUORE (NAPOLI))Vol. V, p. 767 DAUGHTERS OF OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART (Naples). — They originated in Montefalcione (Archdiocese of Benevento) in 1888 through the work of Ida Cassi and…
Daughters of Providence (Modena)(FIGLIE DELLA PROVVIDENZA (MODENA))Vol. V, p. 761 FIGLIE DELLA PROVVIDENZA (Modena). — In 1828 the Community of the Figlie di Gesù, which in Modena was in charge of the charity school, was dissolved. Following…
Daughters of Saint Anne(FIGLIE DI SANT'ANNA)Vol. V, p. 771 FIGLIE DI SANT'ANNA. – Institute founded in Piacenza in 1866 by Rosa Gattorno (born in Genova in 1831, died in Roma in 1900), a woman of great virtue who,…
Daughters of Saint Camillus(FIGLIE DI SAN CAMILLO)Vol. V, p. 768 Daughters of St Camillus. — Institute founded in Rome in 1892 by Sister Giuseppina Vannini and Fr Luigi Tezza for the care of the sick, both in hospitals and…
Daughters of Saint Francis de Sales (Imola)(FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES (IMOLA))Vol. V, p. 768 FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES (Imola). - The Institute was founded in 1869 at Lugo, in the diocese of Imola, by the provost of the Collegiate Church, Canon…
Daughters of Saint Francis of Assisi (Strigonis)(FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI (STRIGONIS))Vol. V, p. 768 DAUGHTERS OF SAN FRANCESCO D’ASSISI (Strigonis). — The Institute had its beginnings in 1894 through the work of Anna Mutter, who, together with several…
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Girona)(FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (GERONA))Vol. V, p. 768 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…
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Santiago de Chile)(FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (SANTIAGO DEL CILE))Vol. V, p. 768 DAUGHTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH (Santiago del Cile). — The Institute was founded in 1866 through the work of Msgr. Gioacchino Lavrain Gandarillas, titular archbishop…
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Turin)(FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (TORINO))Vol. V, p. 768 DAUGHTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH (Turin). — Institute founded at Rivalba, Turin, in 1877 by the priest Clemente Marchisio, for the preparation of everything required…
Daughters of Saint Joseph (Venice)(FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (VENEZIA))Vol. V, p. 768 FIGLIE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (Venezia). — This Institute was founded on 30 April 1850 by Mons. Luigi Carbulotto, parish priest of S. Giacomo Dall'Orio in Venezia, to…
Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence (Como)(FIGLIE DI SANTA MARIA DELLA PROV-VIDENZA (COMO))Vol. V, p. 771 FIGLIE DI SANTA MARIA DELLA PROV-VIDENZA (Como). - D. Luigi Guanella, having become parish priest of Pianello Lario in 1881, found there an orphanage for girls…
Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence (La Rochelle)(FIGLIE DI SANTA MARIA DELLA PROV-VIDENZA (LA ROCHELLE))Vol. V, p. 771 DAUGHTERS OF SAINT MARY OF PROVIDENCE (La Rochelle). - The Institute was founded at Saintes, in the diocese of La Rochelle, in 1817 by De Rupt, parish priest…
Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph(FIGLIE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE E SAN GIUSEPPE)Vol. V, p. 758 DAUGHTERS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND SAINT JOSEPH. – The founder of the Institute was Giacomo Heeren, parish priest of Oirschot, in Holland, who, around…
Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy(FIGLIE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE DELLA MISERICORDIA)Vol. V, p. 758 DAUGHTERS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF MERCY. – A religious congregation founded at Pina, in the diocese of Majorca, in 1856 through the efforts of the priest…
Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sorrowful(FIGLIE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE ADDOLORATA)Vol. V, p. 758 DAUGHTERS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF SORROWS. – A religious institute of the Third Order of S. Francis, founded at Zakrazin (Poland) in 1881 through the…
Daughters of the Cross (Palermo)(FIGLIE DELLA CROCE (PALERMO))Vol. V, p. 760 DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS (Palermo). - Founded by Fr. Nunzio Russo of Palermo, the Institute was canonically erected by the bishop of Cefalù in 1893; but in 1924,…
Daughters of the Cross (Saint-Brieuc)(FIGLIE DELLA CROCE (SAINT-BRIEUC))Vol. V, p. 760 FIGLIE DELLA CROCE (Saint-Brieuc). - The origin of this Congregation goes back to St. Francesco di Sales, who in 1619 arranged in Paris with madame Marie…
Daughters of the Cross, Called Sisters of Saint Andrew(FIGLIE DELLA CROCE, DETTE SUORE DI SANT'ANDREA)Vol. V, p. 761 DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS, called SISTERS OF SANT'ANDREA. — Institute founded at Maillé, in the diocese of Poitiers, in 1807 by St. Andrea Uberto Fournet and St.…
Daughters of the Crucified of Saint Mary Magdalene(FIGLIE DEL GROCIFISSO DI SANTA MARIA MADDALENA)Vol. V, p. 757 DAUGHTERS OF THE CRUCIFIED OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE. - In 1836 the priest Giovanni Quilici, parish priest of Livorno, gathered several women into an association…
Daughters of the Divine Redeemer (Giavarino)(FIGLIE DEL DIVIN REDENTORE (GIAVARINO))Vol. V, p. 758 FIGLIE DEL DIVIN REDENTORE (Giavarino). - At Niederbronn, in the diocese of Strasbourg, an institute known as that of the Divine Redeemer was founded in 1849…
Daughters of the Divine Saviour (Buenos Aires)(FIGLIE DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (BUENOS AIRES))Vol. V, p. 758 DAUGHTERS OF THE DIVINE SAVIOUR (Buenos Aires). - Mother Maria Antonia de la Paz y Figueroa, in 1795, had founded a “beaterio,” that is, an association of…
Daughters of the Divine Saviour (Vienna)(FIGLIE DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (VIENNA))Vol. V, p. 758 FIGLIE DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (Vienna). - The Institute originated in 1849 through the work of Elisabetta Eppinger, assisted by the Reverend Davide Richard,…
Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess (Seville)(FIGLIE DELLA DIVINA PASTORA (SIVIGLIA))Vol. V, p. 761 DAUGHTERS OF THE DIVINE SHEPHERD (Siviglia). — Institute founded in 1885 by Fr. Faustino Mingues, of the Piarist Schools, at Sanlucar di Berraneda, archdiocese…
Daughters of the Divine Zeal(FIGLIE DEL DIVIN ZELO)Vol. V, p. 758 FIGLIE DEL DIVIN ZELO. — Religious congregation, founded by the canon Annibale Maria di Francia in 1887 through the gathering of the first members who wished…
Daughters of the Heart of Jesus(FIGLIE DEL CUORE DI GESÙ)Vol. V, p. 757 FIGLIE DEL CUORE DI GESÙ. – A religious congregation founded at Malines in 1872 by Maria Deluil Martiny under the direction of the Jesuit Fr. Calange, and…
Daughters of the Heart of Mary (Paris)(FIGLIE DEL CUORE DI MARIA (PARIGI))Vol. V, p. 757 FIGLIE DEL CUORE DI MARIA (Paris). — After the suppression of the religious orders in France, the Jesuit Fr. Picot de la Clorivière in 1790 conceived the idea…
Daughters of the Holy Cross (Liège)(FIGLIE DELLA SANTA CROCE (LIEGI))Vol. V, p. 762 FIGLIE DELLA SANTA CROCE (Liège). — A religious institute founded in Liège, Belgium, in 1833, with the specific purpose of educating girls, especially those…
Daughters of the Immaculate Conception (Buenos Aires)(FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (BUENOS AIRES))Vol. V, p. 762 FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIO- NE (Buenos Aires). — The Institute’s juridical existence dates back to Sept. 1904, when the archbishop of Buenos Aires…
Daughters of the Immaculate Conception (Reggio Calabria)(FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (REGGIO CALABRIA))Vol. V, p. 762 FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (Reggio Calabria). — In 1897, Signora Brigida Pastorino laid the foundations of the Society of the F. of the I. C. of Reggio…
Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary(FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE)Vol. V, p. 762 FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIO- NE DELLA BEATA MARIA VERGINE. — The Institute began in Rome in 1854, where two noble Polish ladies, Giuseppina Karska and…
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Langres)(FIGLIE DELL'IMMACOLATO CUORE DI MARIA (LANGRES))Vol. V, p. 762 DAUGHTERS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (Langres). - The Institute was founded around 1835 at St-Loup-sur-Anjou, in the diocese of Langres, by the diocesan…
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Los Angeles)(FIGLIE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (LOS ANGELES))Vol. V, p. 757 DAUGHTERS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (Los Angeles). — Institute founded in July 1848 by Fr. Giocchino Masmita y Puig in Olot, Diocese of Gerona (Spain);…
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Warsaw)(FIGLIE DEL CUORE PURISSIMO DI MARIA (VARSAVIA))Vol. V, p. 757 DAUGHTERS OF THE MOST PURE HEART OF MARY (Warsaw). - The Congregation was founded at Wilno in 1884 by the Capuchin Fr. Onorato Kuzminski, founder of other…
Daughters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus(FIGLIE DEL SACRATISSIMO CUORE DI GESÙ)Vol. V, p. 763 DAUGHTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS. - It originated as a Congregation of diocesan right in the apostolic prefecture of Niigata by decree of 31 May…
Daughters of the Oratory (Lodi)(FIGLIE DELL'ORATORIO (LODI))Vol. V, p. 762 FIGLIE DELL'ORATORIO (Lodi). — Institute founded in Regona (diocese of Cremona) around 1870 by the local parish priest Vincenzo Grossi. In 1901 the motherhouse…
Daughters of the Presentation of Mary(FIGLIE DELLA PRESENTAZIONE DI MARIA S)Vol. V, p. 761 FIGLIE DELLA PRESENTAZIONE DI MARIA S. MA AL TEMPIO (Como). - They arose in Borgo S. Vitale, Como, in 1833 through the initiative of two young women, Francesca…
Daughters of the Sacred Heart (Bergamo)(FIGLIE DEL SACRO CUORE (BERGAMO))Vol. V, p. 763 DAUGHTERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY, ADORERS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE SACRAMENT (Angers). – Shortly before the French Revolution, the parish priest of…
Daumer, Georg FriedrichVol. IV, p. 729 DAUMER, GEORG FRIEDRICH. – Philosopher and poet, born on 5 March 1800 in Nuremberg, died in Würzburg on 14 December 1875. In Nuremberg, as a student, he came…
Dauversière, Jérôme Le Royer de LaVol. IV, p. 729 DAUVERSIÈRE, JÉRÔME LE ROYER de la. – Founder of the Congregation of the Hospitaller Daughters of S. Joseph and promoter of the foundation of Montréal, born at…
Davanzati, BernardoVol. IV, p. 730 DAVANZATI, BERNARDO. - Scholar, born in Firenze on 31 Aug. 1529, died there on 29 March 1606. He belonged to the Florentine Academy, then to that of the…
Davanzati, ChiaroVol. IV, p. 730 DAVANZATI, CHIARO. — Florentine poet of the second half of the thirteenth century. Almost 200 poems remain by him, mostly love poems, but also moral,…
Davanzo, Blessed(DAVANZATO, BEATO)Vol. IV, p. 730 DAVANZATO, blessed. - Franciscan tertiary, born at Poggibonsi in 1200, died in 1295. In the very year (1221) in which St. Francis established the Third Order…
Daveluy, Marie Nicolas AntoineVol. IV, p. 730 DAVELUY, MARIE NICOLAS ANTOINE. — Born on 16 March 1818 at Amiens (France). Ordained a priest (1841), he entered (1843) the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of…
DavenportVol. 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…
