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Deacon and Archdeacon (DIACONO E ARCIDIACONO)
Etymologically derived from διάκονος (servant), it is today the second of the Major Orders (v. SACRED ORDER). In the Gospel this name occurs eight times and… -
Deacon and Deaconess (Protestant) (DIACONO E DIACONESSA (PROTESTANTI))
The 19th century, which marked among Protestants a fervor of revival in the work of their home missions, also counts the institution of deacons and… -
Deaconess (DIACONESSA)
The deaconesses were Christian widows, to whom in the early Church liturgical and charitable duties were entrusted. Already St. Paul (Rom. 16:1) names a… -
Dea Dia
A very ancient Roman divinity, as can be deduced from certain elements of her cult, such as the absolute prohibition against using iron tools in the ceremonies… -
Dead Sea (MORTO, MARE)
Lake of Palestine at the end of the Jordan River, set among the steep mountains of Moab to the east and the desert of Judah to the west, about 76 km long, 16… -
Deaf-Mutes (SORDOMUTI)
How many lack the faculty of hearing and speech. In the congenital form, or one that develops in the very first years of life, although it may depend on… -
De Aleatoribus
In this homily, which is part of the large body of works falsely attributed to St. Cyprian, a bishop, after a forceful opening on the responsibility of pastors… -
Deambulatory (DEAMBULATORIO)
By d., or peribolos or ambulatory, is generally meant an annular corridor that runs around the apse, often continuing the side aisles. In buildings with a… -
De Amicis, Edmondo
Writer and journalist, b. at Oneglia on 31 Oct. 1846, d. at Bordighera on 11 March 1908. He attended the Military School of Modena, from which he emerged in… -
Dean (DECANO)
A title borrowed from the last division of the Roman legion (decanus was the name given to the commander of 10 soldiers) and then from the monastic rules… -
De Andreis, Felice
Born at Demonte (Cuneo) on 12 Dec. 1778, died at the "Barrens" (Louisiana, U.S.A.) on 15 Oct. 1820. At the age of 19 he entered the Congregation of the Mission… -
De Angelis, Filippo
Cardinal, b. 16 April 1792 at Ascoli, d. 8 July 1877 at Fermo. Apostolic visitor of the diocese of Forlì, titular bishop of Leuca on 6 July 1826, then in 1830… -
De Angelis, Francesco Antonio
Jesuit, missionary, b. in Naples in 1566, d. at Calleà on 21 Oct. 1622. Sent to Ethiopia, he was first superior at Fremona (1604), whence in 1611 he moved to… -
Dean of the Hall (DECANO DI SALA)
DECANO DI SALA: v. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA. -
Death (MORTE)
It is the end of natural or physical life and comes about through the separation of the two constitutive principles of man: the soul and the body. Through… -
De Baets, Maurice
Theologian, b. in Ghent on 17 April 1863, d. there on 19 September 1931. Having earned his doctorate in theology at the Gregorian University, he taught… -
De Barbari, Jacopo
Venetian painter and engraver, born in all likelihood in Venice between 1440 and 1450, died after 1511. Known in Germany, where he lived for a long time under… -
De Bardi, Giovanni di Antonio Minelli
Sculptor and architect, b. in Padua around the middle of the 15th century, d. in 1527. He is recorded as having been assigned to the restoration of the chapel… -
Debate, El
Spanish Catholic daily newspaper, founded in 1910 in Madrid by a fervent convert, Sebastiano de Luque; at first, for lack of support, it had a rather… -
De Bay, Michael
DE BAY, MICHAEL: v. BAIUS, MICHEL. -
Debbora (DÉBORA)
Prophetess, heroine and poetess, third along with Barak among the "Judges" of Israel (Judg. 4:1-5:31), who delivered them from the oppression of Jabin, king of… -
De Beldemandis, Prosdocimo
Music theorist, b. in Padua between 1370 and 1380. He studied in Padua and Bologna, becoming "magister artium" and "medicinae magister" in 1409 and 1411… -
De Blic, Jacques
Jesuit, theologian, b. at Pommard (Côte-d'Or) on 5 May 1887, d. at Strasbourg on 19 July 1948. He was professor of moral theology first at Vala (1923); then… -
De Bono, Gaspar, Blessed (DE BONO, GASPARE, BEATO)
Born at Valencia on 5 January 1530, died there on 14 July 1604. He received the Dominican habit in 1545. In order to help his family he was able to leave the… -
De Bono Pudicitiae
A letter that has come down to us among the works of St. Cyprian, in which a bishop, in strongly rhetorical language, points out to his faithful the motives… -
De Bus, Cesare, Venerable (DE BUS, CESARE, VENERABILE)
DE BUS, CESARE, venerabile: v. BUS, CESARE de, venerable. -
Debussy, Claude-Achille
Musician, b. at St-Germain-en-Laye (Paris) on 22 Aug. 1862, d. in Paris on 26 March 1918. An artist of great originality, he is the most brilliant… -
Decadence (DECADENZA)
If it is vain to seek in the canon laws the proper expression for lapse, it does not follow from this that the institution of lapse does not have, even in… -
Decadentism (DECADENTISMO)
Decadentism, as a spiritual attitude in which the pessimism of Schopenhauer, the taste of Baudelaire (fascination with mystery, horror of reality, renunciation… -
Decaisne, Joseph
Botanist, b. in Brussels on 7 March 1807, d. in Paris on 8 Feb. 1882. From draughtsman at the Jardin des plantes, he rose to be director of the cultivations at… -
Decalogue (DECALOGO)
The ten commandments (δέκα λόγοι "the ten words", Ex. 34:28), given by God to Moses on Sinai, as obligations of the covenant (Ex. 19:5 ff.) ratified between… -
De Camillis, Giovanni (Giuseppe)
Basilian theologian, b. at Chios (Greece) on 7 Dec. 1641, d. on 22 Aug. 1706. He entered the Pontifical Greek College of Rome in 1656. In 1668 Propaganda Fide… -
Decapolis (DECAPOLI)
A name which in the Gospels (Mt. 4:25; Mk. 5:20; 7:31), in Flavius Josephus (Vita, 65, 341), Pliny (Hist. nat., 5, 18, 74), Ptolemy (V, 14, 18) and in a… -
De Cara, Cesare Antonio
Jesuit, orientalist, b. at Reggio Calabria on 13 Nov. 1835, d. at Castelgandolfo on 27 Dec. 1905. Attached to the Civiltà Cattolica in 1881, he dealt there… -
De Carolis (De Karolis), Adolfo
Painter and engraver, b. at Montafiore dell'Aso, 6 Jan. 1874 and d. at Rome, 7 Feb. 1928. Having entered in Rome the group "In arte libertas," which was headed… -
De' Cavalieri (Del Cavaliere), Emilio
Musician, b. in Rome ca. 1550, d. there in 1602. Educated in music out of a youthful passion rather than for professional purposes, his name appears from 1578… -
De Centesima, Sexagesima, Tricesima
Among extracts from works of St. Cyprian and from his passio, an homily on the three rewards of human life is inserted in two manuscripts. According to this… -
Decentius, Bishop of Gubbio (DECENZIO, VESCOVO DI GUBBIO)
His memory is linked to the famous letter that Pope Innocent I sent him in 416, in reply to certain questions. Some were seeking to introduce new uses and… -
Dechamps, Adolphe
Belgian Catholic statesman, b. 18 June 1807 at Melle near Ghent, d. 16 July 1875 at Scalimont near Manage. He began his career as a journalist. A member of the… -
Dechamps, Étienne (DECHAMPS, ETIENNE)
Jesuit, controversialist, also known by the name Agar de Champ, b. at Bourges on 2 Sept. 1613, d. at Paris on 31 July 1701. Professor of philosophy and… -
Dechamps, Victor-Auguste-Isidore
Cardinal, b. at Melle near Ghent on 6 Dec. 1810, d. at Malines on 28 Sept. 1883. In Oct. 1832 he entered the major seminary of Tournai, followed the higher… -
Dechevrens, Antoine
Jesuit, musician, b. at Chêne (Geneva) on 3 Nov. 1840, d. at Geneva on 17 Jan. 1912. He was choirmaster in churches of the Society, then professor of… -
Decima
I. IN THE BIBLE. - The part (originally, the 10th part) of the produce that the Israelites had to pay over to the Temple and its ministers (priests, Levites)… -
Decio, Filippo
Canonist, b. in Milan in 1454, d. perhaps in Siena ca. 1536. He was first a pupil and later a professor of canon and civil law at Pisa; he subsequently taught… -
Decisors (DECISORI)
Talmudists who, on the basis of Talmudic and Talmudic-rabbinic literature, offer decisions in dogmatic, philosophical-religious and exegetical matters, but… -
Decius (Messius Caius Traianus Decius), Roman Emperor (DECIO (MESSIUS CAIUS TRAIANUS DECIUS), IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Born in Pannonia around 200, died in 251. Sent in 249 to Moesia by the emperor Philip to quell a revolt of the legions, he was elected emperor by them. Having… -
Decora Lux Aeternitatis, Auream
It is the hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Sts. apostles Peter and Paul, composed of the first and sixth stanzas of the hymn attributed to Elpidia in honor… -
Decoration (DECORAZIONE)
The universally widespread and deeply rooted taste for a decorated setting and object undoubtedly constituted a substratum common to the Greco-Roman world and… -
De Courten, Raffaele Giuseppe (DE COURTEN, RAFFAËLE GIUSEPPE)
Pontifical general, b. 21 Jan. 1809 at Sierre in Valais, d. at Florence in 1904. On 6 May 1832, with the rank of lieutenant, he entered the service of the Holy… -
De Courten, Vittorio
Pontifical officer, brother of General Count Raffaele de Courten, born at Sion (Valais) in 1810, died there on 25 Nov. 1887. He entered the service of the Holy… -
Decree (DECRETO)
It is the particular form that the written orders and measures of the constituted power assume on given occasions. Decrees are as a rule emanations of the… -
Decree of Gelasius (DECRETO DI GELASIO)
DECRETO di GELASIO: v. GELASIO I PAPA. -
Decree of Gratian (DECRETO DI GRAZIANO)
DECRETO di GRAZIANO: v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI. -
Decree of Praise (LODE, DECRETO DI)
It is the first step of the Holy See in the approval of a religious Institute, which thus ceases to be of diocesan right and becomes of pontifical right (can.… -
Decreta Authentica Sacrae Congregationis Indulgentiarum
Under this title is indicated the collection of decrees issued by the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics from 1668 to 1882. It is authentic… -
Decreta Authentica Sacrae Rituum Congregationis
Under this name comes the collection of the decrees and other decisions of the Sacred Congregation of Rites in liturgical matters. The liturgy, in fact, which… -
Decretalists (DECRETALISTI)
This term is customarily used to designate the canonists who concerned themselves with the abundant legislative material issued by the pontiffs of the 12th and… -
Decretals (DECRETALI)
This was the antonomastic name for the letters of the Pontiff containing the laying down of a norm either in a general manner or, more often, for the… -
Decretists (DECRETISTI)
The dissemination of the Decretum Gratiani (v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI), which quickly entered practical use and was widely employed as a textbook in the… -
Decretum Ad Armenos
Bull Exultate Deo, for the union of the Armenians with the Catholic Church, published at the Council of Florence on November 22, 1439. HISTORY. - The first… -
Decrittazione
DECRITTAZIONE: V. CRITOGRAFIA. -
Decroly, Ovide
Born at Renaix (East Flanders) on 23 July 1871 and died at Brussels on 12 Sept. 1932, he is one of the most eminent representatives of the "new schools"… -
De Cruce
A short poem of 69 hexameters, found among the works of Tertullian (PL, 2, 1113 ff.) or of Cyprian (ed. by Hartel in CSEL, III, pp. 305-308). It sings of the… -
De Cruce, Pietro
Composer and music theorist of the 13th century, born perhaps at Amiens (and therefore called Ambianensis). Although he was a pure representative of the period… -
Decurtins, Gaspar
Sociologist, b. 23 Nov. 1855, at Truns (Canton of Grisons), d. there, 30 May 1916. He studied at the monastery of Disentis, then at the gymnasium of Chur and… -
Dedan (Dadan) and Dedanites (DEDAN (DADAN) E DEDANIM)
Name of a locality and of a tribe. The latter is listed by Gen. 10:7 together with the Sabeans among the descendants of Cush (Ethiopians) beyond the Red Sea… -
Dederoth, Johannes (DEDEROTH, IOHANNES)
An important figure in the monastic reform in Germany in the 15th century, d. a victim of the plague on 6 February 1439. From his native city he was called… -
Dedication of the Temple (DEDICAZIONE DEL TEMPIO)
A Jewish feast, which takes place on the 25th of the month of casleu, corresponding to December, and lasts 8 days, to commemorate the purification of the… -
Dedication, Rite of (DEDICAZIONE, RITO DELLA)
It is the consecration of a church to withdraw it from profane use and to make it a sacred place. The first Christian gatherings were held in private houses… -
De Dominis, Marcantonio
Archbishop of Split, then apostate and finally once again Catholic, b. probably in 1560 (or 1566) in the city of Arbe (Rab) on the island of the same name in… -
De Dominis, Marcantonio (DOMINIS, MARCANTONIO DE)
DOMINIS, MARCANTONIO de: v. DE DOMINIS, MARCANTONIO. -
De Donis Dei
A formula often used mostly on liturgical furnishings, in ancient Christian inscriptions both in the West and in the East (τὰ σὰ ἐκ τῶν σῶν προσφέραμεν). It is… -
Deduction (DEDUZIONE)
It may be understood in different ways: a) In a generic sense, which is also the one immediately suggested by the term, deduction is the process of reasoning… -
De Duodecim Abusivis Saeculi
Work wrongly attributed to St. Cyprian. According to Hellmann, who produced a new edition of it, this writing was composed in the second half of the 7th… -
De Duplici Martyrio Ad Fortunatum
This work was attributed by Erasmus, its first editor, to St. Cyprian. In reality it is a forgery, written in 1530 by Erasmus himself to justify the ideas of… -
De Ecclesia
From the 4th century, one hundred and ten hexameters of unknown origin in Virgilian verses (cento), which describe a religious service with a sermon on the… -
Deer (CERVO)
The biblical image of Ps. 41, sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, has been rendered in early Christian art by the representation of stags drinking at the… -
Déet (DÉET (DÉET))
An archaic Egyptian form (d.t.; Coptic tē) designating the underworld. In the primitive age the Egyptians, seeing the stars rise and set at such distant points… -
De Evangelio
A poem of 114 hexameters, which treats of the birth and adoration of Christ, wrongly attributed, in a 9th-century codex, to Hilary of Poitiers. The attribution… -
De Excerandis Gentium Diis
Nel 1630 G. M. Suárez pubblicò da un codice della biblioteca Vaticana del sec. X un frammento di una apologia cristiana: De e. g. d. attribuendolo a… -
Defamation (DIFFAMAZIONE)
DIFFAMAZIONE: v. DETRAZIONE; INGIURIA. -
De Felice, Gaetano
Journalist, b. in Naples on 24 Feb. 1863, d. in Rome on 20 June 1936. After completing his literary studies in Naples at the school of Puoti and De Sanctis, he… -
Defendant (CONVENUTO)
CONVENUTO: v. PROCESSO. -
Defensor Civitatis
A civic magistrate for the defense of the humble classes against the abuses and excessive power of local magistrates. It was created at the beginning of the… -
Defensor Ecclesiae
It was originally a legal representative of the Church, with the task of assisting it in trials. Canon 97 of the Codex can. Eccl. Afric. (XI Council of… -
Defensor Fidei
Title granted by Leo X, with the bull Ex supernae dispositionis arbitrio of 11 Oct. 1521, to Henry VIII of England, in recognition of the merits he had… -
Defensor of the Bond (DIFENSORE DEL VINCOLO)
The office of the d. of the b., together with that of the promoter of justice, who intervenes in contentious and penal cases of public interest, may be said to… -
De Ferrari, Defendente
DE FERRARI, DEFENDENTE: v. FERRARI, DEFENDENTE. -
De Ferrariis, Antonio
A Catholic priest of the Greek rite, called il Galateo because he was born at Galatone (Otranto) in 1444. In Naples he frequented the Pontanian Academy, and… -
Deficenti
DEFICENTI: v. MINORATI PSICHICI. -
Definition (DEFINIZIONE)
As a logical function, definition (definire: to delimit, to set the boundaries) is the act by which thought clarifies and determines the content of a concept… -
Definitor (DEFINITORE)
In certain religious orders (among them now the Cistercians, the Friars Minor, the Capuchins, the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, the Recollects and the… -
Defissione
From de-figere "to fasten down" (in Greek κατάδεσμος from καταδεῖν "to bind down") it is the magical action that intends to procure harm to another by means of… -
Deflation (DEFLAZIONE)
A phenomenon whereby the volume of means of payment comes, for various causes, to diminish relative to the mass of goods that are the object of exchange. In… -
De Foe, Daniel
English writer, b. perhaps in Sept. 1660 in London, d. there on 26 Apr. 1731. He began as a merchant and publicist; a nonconformist and dissenter, he then… -
Deforis, Jean-Pierre
Benedictine of St. Maur, critic and apologist, b. at Montbrison (Loire) in 1732, d. at St. Maur on 25 June 1794. He was one of the first entrusted with the… -
De Fratribus Septem Machabaeis Carmen (DE FRATRIBUS SEPTEM MACCABAEIS CARMEN)
This poem in 394 hexameters is handed down under the names of Marius Victorinus and Hilary of Arles. Peiper wishes to attribute it to another Hilary, a… -
Deger, Ernst
DEGER, ERNST: V. REMAGEN. -
Degli Antoni, Pietro
Composer, b. in Bologna in 1648, d. there in 1720. Maestro di cappella at S. Maria Maggiore, S. Stefano and S. Giovanni in Monte, he was no fewer than six… -
Degli Arcadi
DEGLI ARCADI. IN ROME, By Antonio de' Rodi at the Piazza di Ceri, 1715. -
Degola, Eustachio
Priest, the last and most original figure of Italian Jansenism, b. in Genoa on 20 Sept. 1761, d. there on 17 Jan. 1826. Educated in the school of Molinelli… -
Degradation (DEGRADAZIONE)
Etymologically the privation of a rank or demotion to a lower rank, in canon law it is the most serious of the vindictive penalties applicable only to clerics… -
De Gregorio, Emanuele
Cardinal, born in Naples on 18 Dec. 1758, died in Rome on 7 Nov. 1839. At the time of the Roman Republic of 1798, he was, to his great horror, designated by… -
De Groot, Johann Vincent
Dominican apologist, b. at Schiedam (Holland) on 4 July 1848, d. at Amsterdam on 26 Feb. 1922. For more than 25 years he held the chair of Thomistic… -
De Guibert, Joseph
Jesuit, writer on ascetical theology, b. at Montaigu (Haute-Garonne) on 14 Sept. 1877; d. at Rome on 23 March 1942. A professor of dogmatic theology for… -
Deharbe, Joseph
Jesuit, b. in Strasbourg in Alsace on 1 April 1800, d. at Maria Laach on 8 November 1871. A professor at Brig and in the seminary of Lucerne, with some… -
De Hondt
DE HONDT: v. PIETRO CANISIO. -
Dehon, Jean-Léon
Priest and founder, b. at La Chapelle (Soissons) on 14 March 1843, d. at Brussels on 12 Aug. 1925. In 1869 he was among the stenographers of the Vatican… -
De Iesu Christo Deo Et Homine
One hundred and thirty-seven hexameters, attributed to a Victorinus, like the poem De fratribus VII Macchabaeis, but certainly by another author, who seems to… -
De Induratione Cordis Pharaonis
A treatise that circulated in the 9th century under the name of St. Jerome, but which is certainly not the work of the Saint. The author is probably Pelagius.… -
De Iona
A poem handed down under the names of Tertullian and Cyprian, and which was attributed by Brewer to the poet Cyprianus Gallus. But wrongly: it may be the work… -
Dei Pitati, Bonifazio
DEI PITATI, BONIFAZIO: v. BONIFACIO VERONESE. -
Deisidaimonia
A Greek word meaning "respectful fear, piety toward the gods" (Xenophon, Aristotle), but it is also used with an unfavorable meaning for "the exaggerated fear… -
Deism (DEISMO)
Etymologically d. (from Deus) is identical with theism (from Reis) but its philosophical and historical sense is different. The philosophical meaning common… -
De Iudicio Domini
A poem also entitled Carmen ad Flavium Felicem, which in the past was attributed to Tertullian or St. Cyprian. But the Flavius Felix mentioned in the title is… -
De Jacobis, Justin, Blessed (DE JACOBIS, GIUSTINO, BEATO)
Titular bishop of Nilopolis and first vicar apostolic of Abyssinia, b. in S. Fele (Potenza) on 9 Oct. 1800, d. at Eidale, near the Alighedé valley, on 31 July… -
De Jerphanion, Guillaume
Born on March 3, 1877 at Pontèves (Var), died in Rome on Oct. 22, 1948. > (courtesy of Fr. I. Ortiz de Urbina) DE JERPHANION, GUILLAUME. Portrait. Having… -
De Katholiek (KATHOLIEK, DE)
The first Catholic scholarly journal founded in Holland after the violent Protestant persecution that had for two centuries stifled every expression of… -
Delacroix, Eugène
Painter b. at Charenton St-Maurice on 25 Apr. 1794, d. at Paris on 13 Aug. 1863. First a pupil of Guérin (1816) and then of the School of Fine Arts of Paris… -
Delaforge, Louis
DELAFORGE, LOUIS: v. LA FORGE, LOUIS de. -
Delage, Yves
French zoologist and biologist, b. in Avignon on 13 May 1854, d. at Sceaux on 7 Oct. 1920, director of the zoology laboratory at Roscoff. He is owed research… -
De Lapide, Joannes Heynlein
DE LAPIDE, JOANNES HEYNLEIN: v. HEYNLEIN, JOHANNES VON STEIN. -
Delaporte, Victor
French Jesuit and man of letters, b. at St-Wandrille (Orne) on 6 Nov. 1846, d. at Rennes on 25 Apr. 1910. A Jesuit in 1866 and a priest in 1882, he was… -
De La Taille, Maurice
DE LA TAILLE, MAURICE: v. LA TAILLE, MAURICE de. -
Delation (DELAZIONE)
The disclosure of a person's actions, made to another, for the purpose of arousing or nourishing in the latter's mind feelings of hatred and revenge against… -
Delatte, Paul
Benedictine, b. at Jeumont (Cambrai) in 1848, d. on the Isle of Wight in 1937. In 1890 he was elected third abbot of the monastery of Solesmes, where he had… -
Delattre, Alfred-Louis
Archaeologist, b. at Deville in the diocese of Rouen on 26 June 1850, d. at Carthage on 11 Jan. 1932. He entered the Missions of the White Fathers in Africa in… -
De Laude Martyrii
A rhetorical panegyric (according to Dupin, a school exercise) in honor of martyrdom. The work already appears in the list of Cyprian's writings (the… -
De La Vassière, Giovanni
DE LA VASSIÈRE, GIOVANNI: v. LA VASSIÈRE, GIOVANNI de. -
Delbecque, Norbert
DELBECQUE, NORBERT: v. ELBECQUE, NORBERT d'. -
Delbos, Esteban-Marie-Victor (DELBOS, ESTÉBAN-MARIE-VICTOR)
Philosopher, b. at Figeac (Lot) on 26 Sept. 1862, d. at Paris on 16 June 1916. Professor from 1886 in several lycées (Limoges, Toulouse, Vanvres, Paris) and… -
Del Bufalo, Gaspar, Blessed (DEL BUFALO, GASPARE, BEATO)
Apostle of devotion to the Most Precious Blood, b. in Rome on 6 Jan. 1786 to a noble but impoverished family, d. there on 28 Dec. 1837. Canon coadjutor of the… -
Del Colle, Raffaellino
Raffaello di Michelangelo di Luca di Michelangelo dal Colle, painter, b. at Borgo Sansepolcro in about 1490, d. there on 17 November 1566. He was a pupil of… -
Del Corona, Pio Alberto
Dominican, b. at Livorno on July 5, 1837, d. at Florence on Aug. 15, 1912. A professor, writer, and eminent spiritual director, he was elected coadjutor bishop… -
Del Cossa, Francesco
Painter, b. in Ferrara in 1436, d. there in 1478. Having settled in Bologna in 1470, he restored there in 1472 and completed with a landscape background and… -
Del Duca, Jacopo
Sicilian architect and sculptor; b. perhaps at Cefalù, around 1520, he assisted in Michelangelo's workshop in the last years of the great master's life, d. at… -
Delectatio Morosa
DELECTATIO MOROSA: v. PECCATI INTERNI. -
Deledda, Grazia
Writer, b. at Nuoro on 27 Sept. 1871, d. at Rome on 15 Aug. 1936. An island soul, even in her more than thirty-year residence in Rome she surrounded herself… -
Delegate Apostolic (DELEGATO APOSTOLICO)
According to the currently accepted concept, the a. d. is a prelate, a titular archbishop, who is sent by the Roman pontiff as his representative, with a… -
Delegate Vicar (VICARIO DELEGATO)
Apostolic vicars, by the nature of their ecclesiastical jurisdiction, did not have the power to appoint a vicar general for themselves as the bishops of a… -
Delegation (DELEGAZIONE)
DELEGAZIONE: v. GIURISDIZIONE. -
Delehaye, Hippolyte
Jesuit and Bollandist, distinguished renewer of the science of hagiography, b. at Antwerp (Belgium) on 19 Aug. 1859, d. at Brussels on 1 April 1941. Having… -
De Lelli, Teodoro
Bishop, theologian and jurist, b. at Teramo in 1427, d. at Rome on 31 March 1466. Having graduated at Padua in utroque iure and having soon become an auditor… -
Deleloë, Jeanne de Saint-Matthieu
Benedictine mystic, b. in 1604 at Fauquembergues (diocese of Boulogne), entered in 1620 the monastery of the Benedictine nuns of her native town. In 1635 she… -
Delfini, Giovanni Antonio
Philosopher and theologian of the Conventual Franciscans, b. at Pomponesco (Cremona) on 26 March 1507, d. at Bologna on 5 Sept. 1561. He was regent in various… -
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 then to theological studies. He… -
Delfino, Giovanni
Cardinal, born in Venice on 22 April 1617 to Nicola D., general of the Republic, and Elisabetta Priuli, nephew of a cardinal of the same name who was bishop of… -
Delfino, Zaccaria
Cardinal, b. in Venice on 29 May 1527, d. in Rome on 19 Dec. 1583. He was bishop of Lesina. In July 1560 he was appointed nuncio in Vienna to Emperor Ferdinand… -
Delfin, Pietro
General of the Camaldolese, b. in Venice in 1444, d. there on 15 Jan. 1525. A religious in 1480, he cultivated letters and theology, keeping in touch with the… -
Del Fosso (Fosso), Gaspare
Archbishop, b. at Rogliano (Cosenza) on 6 Jan. 1496, d. at Reggio Calabria on 29 Dec. 1592. He entered the Order of the Minims, in which he was elected general… -
Delgadillo, Cristóbal
Franciscan theologian, b. in Madrid, d. there, 27 Oct. 1671. He studied at the Franciscan college of Alcalá; having then gone to Italy, he was custos of the… -
Delgado y Cebrián, Clemente Ignacio, Blessed (DELGADO Y CEBRIAN, CLEMENTE IGNACIO, BEATO)
Dominican, b. 23 Nov. 1761 (according to others in 1762; in the brief of beatification: 1763) at Villa Felice (Saragossa); d. in prison, at Nam-Dinh, on 2 July… -
Delhi and Simla [Shimla], Archdiocese of (DELHI E SIMLA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In 1910, with territory detached from the archdiocese of Agra and in part from the diocese of Lahore, the archdiocese of S. was erected, which was entrusted to… -
Delicieux, Bernard
Franciscan, b. around the middle of the 13th century at Montpellier, d. in 1320 at Toulouse. He entered the Order in 1284; he was a lector in the convent of… -
De Ligno Vitae
DE LIGNO VITAE: v. DE CRUCE. -
Delilah (DALILA)
A woman, debated whether Hebrew or Philistine, wife or companion (probably Philistine and a lover) of Samson (v.) and certainly the fatal cause of his end… -
Delinquent (DELINQUENTE)
A problem of a preliminary character is the biological definition of the delinquent; in effect, the question is to establish whether or not delinquents… -
Delirium (DELIRIO)
Errore morboso dell'apprezzamento e del giudizio non modificabile da sensazioni ed esperienze contrarie, ragionevole critica altrui, evidenza di fatti opposti.… -
Delisle, Léopold-Victor
Historian, b. at Valognes, 24 Oct. 1826, d. at Chantilly, 22 July 1910. Having entered the École des Chartes in 1847, in 1852 he was entrusted at the National… -
De Litio, Andrea
Abruzzese painter of the second half of the fifteenth century. In the church of S. Maria Maggiore in Guardiagrele there is a fresco with the image of St.… -
Delitzsch, Franz Julius
Lutheran exegete and Hebraist, b. in Leipzig on 23 February 1813, d. there on 4 March 1890. Despite his poverty he was able to study theology and Oriental… -
Delitzsch, Friedrich
Assyriologist, b. at Erlangen on 3 Sept. 1850, d. on 23 Dec. 1922 in Berlin. There, as the crowning of a brilliant career as a teacher first at the University… -
Delivery of the Keys and the Law (CONSEGNA DELLE CHIAVI E DELLA LEGGE)
CONSEGNA DELLE CHIAVI E DELLA LEGGE: v. TRADITIO CLAVIUM; TRADITIO LEGIS. -
Della Casa, Giovanni
Born in Mugello on June 28, 1503, died at Montepulciano on Nov. 14, 1556. He was buried in the church of S. Andrea della Valle. After various wanderings for… -
Della Cerda (Cerdano), Antonio
Theologian and cardinal of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, b. at S. Margherita di Majorca in 1390, d. at Rome on 12 Sept. 1459. Being procurator general at… -
Della Chiesa, Bernardino
Franciscan, bishop of Beijing, b. in Venice on 8 May 1644, d. in Lintsing on 21 Dec. 1721. Consecrated titular bishop of Argos (1680), he was sent to China.… -
Della Gatta, Bartolomeo (Pier di Antonio dei)
Camaldolese monk, painter, miniaturist and architect, b. in 1448 in Florence, d. in Arezzo in 1502 or 1503. Having entered the convent of the Angeli at a young… -
Della Genga Sermattei, Gabriele
Cardinal, b. at Assisi on 4 Dec. 1801, d. at Rome on 10 Feb. 1861. A nephew of Leo XII, he was ordained a priest on 26 Sept. 1830. Created archbishop of… -
Della Greca
Two architects of this name were active in Rome in the seventeenth century. VINCENZO, b. at Palermo, d. after 1652. Having come to Rome in 1616, he was first a… -
Della Paglia, Antonio
DELLA PAGLIA, ANTONIO: v. PALEARIO AONIO. -
Della Porta, Bartolomeo
DELLA PORTA, BARTOLOMEO: v. BARTOLOMEO DELLA PORTA. -
Della Porta, Giacomo
Born probably in Lombardy around 1540 and died in Rome in 1604. After a youthful period of activity in Genoa, where the church of the Santissima Annunziata is… -
Della Porta, Giambattista
Playwright and polymath, b. in Naples in 1535, d. there on 4 February 1615. He occupied himself with magic, chemistry, mathematics and physics; he traveled… -
Della Quercia, Jacopo
Sculptor, b. at Quercia, a castle near Siena, probably in 1367, d. there on 20 October 1438. Nothing precise is known about his training except that, like many… -
Della Robbia, Family (DELLA ROBBIA, FAMIGLIA)
LUCA. Sculptor and modeller, b. in Florence in 1400, d. there on 10 February 1482. In 1431 he began the cantoria of S. Maria del Fiore; between 1437 and 1439… -
Della Rovere, Family (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 the name Sixtus IV. The… -
Della Scala, Family (DELLA SCALA, FAMIGLIA)
It held the lordship of Verona from 1259 (officially from 1277) to 1387 and died out in Germany in the 16th century. Its origins are obscure; nevertheless it… -
Della Somaglia, Giulio Maria
Cardinal, b. at Piacenza on 29 July 1744, d. at Rome on 30 March 1830. Of the noble Capece Anguillara family of the counts D.S., in 1774 he was secretary of… -
Della Torre, Antonio, Blessed (DELLA TORRE, ANTONIO, BEATO)
A physician of great renown and great holiness, b. in Milan in 1424, he received his doctorate at the University of Padua. He was inspired by the conviction… -
Della Torre, Dismas (DELLA TORRE, DISMA)
Journalist, b. in Genoa on 12 Sept. 1820 to the noble house of the counts of Lavagna, d. there on 17 Nov. 1891. He began his studies in the seminary of Genoa… -
Della Torre, Lelio
Learned rabbi, b. in Cuneo on 11 Jan. 1805, d. in Padua on 9 July 1871. He taught from 1823 to 1829 at the Colonna-Finzi college in Turin, and then, until his… -
Della Valle, Family (DELLA VALLE, FAMIGLIA)
Illustrious Roman house, whose earliest member was a RUSTICO made cardinal by Honorius II in 1219. > (phot. Vatican Library) > DELLA VALLE, FAMILY -… -
Della Valle, Federico
Tragic poet, b. at Asti around 1565, d. in 1628 or 1629, brought back to light by Croce, who reprinted his tragedies, accompanying them with a critical essay.… -
Della Vigna, Pietro
DELLA VIGNA, PIETRO: V. PIER DELLA VIGNA. -
Del Lungo, Isidoro
Man of letters, b. at Montevarchi on 20 Dec. 1841, d. at Florence on 4 May 1927. A pupil of the Scolopi, and one of the most venerated teachers, he… -
Delmare, Paolo Marcello
Theologian, b. in Genoa in 1734 to a Jewish family, d. 17 February 1824. Baptized in 1753, ordained a priest in 1758 in Rome, where he devoted himself to works… -
Del Medigo, Elia
Philosopher and Talmudist, b. in Candia (for which reason he is often called Helias Cretensis) ca. 1460, d. there ca. 1493. Along with a strictly Jewish… -
Del Medigo, Giuseppe Salomone
Jewish astronomer, mathematician and philosopher, b. in Candia (Crete) on 16 June 1591, d. in Prague on 16 Oct. 1655. He practiced the profession of physician… -
Del Muscio, Gian Gaetano
Piarist, mathematician, b. at Foggia on 5 February 1746, d. at Naples, archbishop of Manfredonia, on 25 December 1808. Among the most distinguished Neapolitan… -
Delp, Alfred
Jesuit, b. 15 Sept. 1907 in Mannheim, d. 2 Feb. 1945 in Berlin. Having converted to the Catholic faith, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1926 and in 1939… -
Del Pas, Angel, Venerable (DEL PAS, ANGEL, VENERABILE)
Spanish Friar Minor, theologian, exegete, preacher and ascetical writer, b. at Perpignan (Catalonia) in 1540, d. at Rome on 23 Aug. 1596. He preached in many… -
Delphi, Inscription of (DELFO, ISCRIZIONE DI)
DELFO, ISCRIZIONE di: v. GALLIONE. -
Delphina de Glandèves, Blessed (DELFINA DE GLANDÈVES, BEATA)
Franciscan tertiary, wife of St. Elzéar, count of Ariano (v.). Born at Puimichel in Provence in 1284 to the de Glandèves family. Left an orphan at the age of… -
Delphi, Oracle of (DELFI, ORACOLO DI)
It is the principal oracle of Greece, situated in Phocis, at 573 m. above sea level, on the southern slope of Parnassus, near the Cassotis spring, over a… -
Delpino, Federico
Botanist, b. at Chiavari on 7 Dec. 1833, d. at Naples on 14 May 1905. In Florence he worked in the botanical museum and was appointed professor at the forestry… -
Del Ricco, Gaetano
Piarist, mathematician, b. in Florence on June 3, 1756, d. there on Feb. 4, 1818. He studied mathematics under Fr. Canovai, with whom he later joined forces… -
Delrio, Martín Antonio
Jesuit, exegete and theologian, b. at Antwerp on 17 May 1551, d. at Louvain on 19 Oct. 1608. Of extraordinary erudition and culture, he published, when barely… -
Delta of the Nile, Apostolic Vicariate of (DELTA DEL NILO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DEL)
DELTA DEL NILO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO del: v. EGITTO. -
De Luca, Giovanni Battista
Jurist, b. at Venosa in 1614, d. at Rome on 5 February 1683. He studied jurisprudence at Salerno and at Naples, where he obtained his degree at the age of 21… -
Deluge (DILUVIO)
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 that he had…