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Articolo di Morte
It is the point or moment of death, taken morally, that is, considered with a certain elasticity, in such a way as to allow the inclusion of all the time that… -
Drach, David Paul
Hebraist, b. in Strasbourg on 16 March 1791, d. in Rome in Jan. 1865. Son of a well-known rabbi and Talmudist, at the age of 12 he attended the Talmudic school… -
Draconzio, Blossio Emilio
Born in Africa, perhaps at Carthage; he composed most of his works between 484 and 496. Of his life we know the details that he himself gives: he studied under… -
Dragišić, Giorgio
Croatian Franciscan, humanist, philosopher, theologian, b. at Srebrenica in Bosnia around the middle of the 15th century, d. at Barletta in 1520. He studied in… -
Dragone
A (mythical) monster that in the ancient East symbolized the cosmic forces hindering human life and well-being; it represents the devil (v.) or Satan in Rev.… -
Dragonetti, Luigi
Patriot and politician, b. at Aquila on 1 Oct. 1791, d. there on 21 Feb. 1871. A deputy in the Neapolitan Parliament, he was subsequently appointed by… -
Dragoni, Giovanni Andrea
Musician, b. at Mendola ca. 1540, d. at Rome in 1598. A pupil of Palestrina, he was choirmaster of St. John Lateran from 1576. He published a book of Motets… -
Dragonnades
DRAGONNADES : v. CAMIBARDI. -
Drama (Ἄρχιμῆ) (DRAMMA (ἌΡΧΙΜΉ))
Hellenic coin. According to the Greek translation of the Septuagint and the Vulgate, it already appears in the 5th century B.C. as a monetary unit (Esth.… -
Dream (SOGNO)
The dream is the realm of the subconscious; in it, in fact, psychic activity elaborates a material that is unfamiliar to the consciousness of the waking state… -
Dreux-Brézé, Pierre-Simon-Louis-Marie de
French bishop, b. 2 June 1811 at Brézé (Maine-et-Loire, diocese of Angers), d. 5 Jan. 1893 at Moulins. He studied at the seminary of St. Sulpice and was… -
Dreves, Guido Maria
Jesuit, poet and scholar of medieval hymnology, b. in Hamburg on 27 Oct. 1854, d. at Mitwitz (Bavaria) on 1 June 1909. His passion for poetry (he was the son… -
Dreves, Lebrecht
German poet, b. in Hamburg on 12 Sept. 1816, d. in Feldkirch on 19 Dec. 1870. Editor of the Neue Hamburger Blätter, after studying law at the University of… -
Drexel (Drexelius), Jeremias
Jesuit, writer on asceticism, b. 15 Aug. 1581 in Augsburg to Protestant parents; d. in Munich on 18 Apr. 1638. Having lost his father, he became a Catholic; in… -
Dreyfus, Alfred
French officer, b. 9 Oct. 1859 at Mulhouse, d. 12 July 1935 at Paris. A staff captain in 1893, he was arrested on 15 Oct. of the following year, on suspicion… -
Drey, Johann Sebastian
Theologian and apologist, b. at Killingen on 16 Oct. 1777, d. at Tübingen on 16 Feb. 1853. Ordained priest in 1801, he was assigned to parish ministry, and at… -
Driedo, Jean
Theologian, b. at Darisdonk (whence the name D.; his family name was Neys) near Turnhout in Brabant in 1478 or the beginning of 1479, d. at Louvain on 4 August… -
Driesch, Hans
Biologist and philosopher, b. at Kreuznach on 28 Oct. 1867, d. on 16 Apr. 1941. He studied at Hamburg, Freiburg, Munich and Jena, where he took his degree… -
Drisdale River Mission (DRISDALE RIVER, MISSIONE DI)
It is an autonomous mission detached from the apostolic vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia and erected by decree of 4 May 1910 for the evangelization… -
Drogo (DROGONE)
Bishop of Metz, papal vicar. Natural son of Charlemagne, born on 17 June 801, compelled by Louis the Pious in 818 to embrace the ecclesiastical state, he was… -
Drogone, called of Reims (Drogo Cardinalis) (DROGONE, DETTO DI REIMS (DROGO CARDINALIS))
Cardinal bishop of Ostia, b. in Champagne (2nd half of the 11th century), d. 19 December 1138. He embraced the monastic life at St. Nicasius of Reims, where he… -
Dromore, Diocese of (DROMORE, DIOCESI DI)
In Ireland. The name derives from the Gaelic Drom-mór, which means a great rock. It comprises part of the counties of Down, Armagh and Antrim. The bishop… -
Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von
German Catholic poet and writer, b. at Hülshoff Castle (Münster), 10 January 1797, d. at Mersburg Castle (Constance) 24 May 1848. Living in the full Romantic… -
Droste zu Vischering, Clemens August von (DROSTE ZU VISCHERING, KLEMENS AUGUST VON)
Bishop, b. 21 Jan. 1773 at Münster, d. there 19 Oct. 1845. Ordained priest in 1798, he was from 1815 to 1820 vicar general of the diocese of Münster. In 1818… -
Droste zu Vischering, Maria (Maria of the Divine Heart) (DROSTE ZU VISCHERING, MARIA (MARIA DEL DIVIN CUORE))
A religious of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, born into a noble family at Münster on 8 September 1863, died at Porto (Portugal) on 8 June 1899, in the… -
Drouart de Lezey, Louis
A descendant of the old Lorraine nobility, born at Dunkirk on 27 April 1849. Having entered the seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris on 30 September 1869… -
Drouin, Hyacinthe-René
Dominican theologian, b. at Toulon ca. 1680, d. at Ivrea (Piedmont) on 30 Sept. 1740. Having entered the Order at Toulon (1696), he took his degree at Paris… -
Druids and Druidism (DRÚIDI E DRUIDISMO)
From the Celtic druis (dru- intensive and "vids" seer: "he who is very wise"; cf. Irish sui, Welsh syw with the same meaning), according to some; from the… -
Drumont, Édouard
Writer, b. in Paris on 3 May 1844, d. there on 3 Feb. 1917. Converted to Catholicism, he began the antisemitic struggle, denouncing Jewish responsibilities… -
Drunkenness (UBRIACHEZZA)
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Drusilla (Δροσώλια)
Third daughter of Herod Agrippa I, sister of Agrippa II, of Berenice and of Mariamme. She was 6 years old at the death of her father (44 A.D.), by whom she had… -
Drusus (DRUSO)
Praenomen borne by two figures of the family of Augustus. 1) Nero Claudius Drusus (called the Elder), son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and of Livia, the second… -
Druthmar (Cristiano of Stavelot) (DRUTMARO (CRISTIANO DI STAVELOT))
Benedictine exegete, b. at the beginning of the 9th century in Aquitaine, d. ca. 870, probably at Stavelot. He was formed in the monastery of Corbie, then a… -
Družbicki, Kaspar
Polish Jesuit, preacher and writer, b. 6 Jan. 1590 at Sieradz (Greater Poland), d. at Poznań on 2 Apr. 1662. He taught logic, governed many colleges, was… -
Druzes (DRUSI)
A people inhabiting Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, the surroundings of Damascus and the Hawrān massif. The D. are distinguished by a religion of their own and… -
Dryads (DRIADI)
Minor Greek divinities. They are the nymphs of trees; they play with Pan, the satyrs and the fauns. Generally they were not considered immortal. They belong to… -
Dryden, John
The most representative poet of Restoration England, b. at Aldwinkle, in Northamptonshire, in the second half of 1631, d. in London on 1 May 1700. An…