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Ea
E A. - One of the principal male deities of the pantheon of the Sumerians, the Babylonians and Assyrians and of other nations of the ancient East. The name is… -
Eabani
EABANI: v. GILGAMEŠ. -
Eadmer (EADMERO)
Benedictine historian and theologian, called the "Singer," b. between 1060 and 1064, d. at Canterbury on 13 January 1124. English by origin, educated in… -
Eagle (in Christian Archaeology) (AQUILA (NELL'ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA))
The eagle appears in early Christian art only as an ornamental motif, as in a cubiculum of the Cemetery of Callixtus in Rome, or on an ivory pyxis found at… -
Early Christian Painting (PITTURA CRISTIANA ANTICA)
PITTURA CRISTIANA ANTICA: v. ICONOGRAFIA CRISTIANA ANTICA. -
Early Christian Symbols (SIMBOLI PALEOCRISTIANI)
SIMBOLI PALEOCRISTIANI: v. PERSONIFICAZIONI; PITTURA; SCULTURA. -
Earthly Paradise (PARADISO TERRESTRE)
A most fertile garden, the cradle of the human race, prepared by the Creator so that Adam and Eve might lead there, in familiarity with him, a life free from… -
Earthquake (TERREMOTO)
TERREMOTO: v. SISMOLOGIA. -
Easter (PASQUA)
The major feast of the Israelites and of Christians. It was instituted by Moses to commemorate the exodus of Israel from Egyptian oppression; among Christians… -
Eastern Churches (CHIESE ORIENTALI)
CHIESE ORIENTALI: v. ORIENTALI, CHIESE. -
Eastern Schism (SCISMA D'ORIENTE)
SCISMA D'ORIENTE: v. COSTANTINOPOLI, PATRIARCATO DI. -
East New Guinea, Apostolic Vicariate of (NUOVA GUINEA ORIENTALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLA)
Located in the north-western part of N. G., under Australian mandate and entrusted to the Society of the Divine Word. The territory, detached from the… -
East Prussia (PRUSSIA ORIENTALE)
GEOGRAPHY. - In the German tradition (East Prussia passed to Germany in 1618), this name (Ost-Preussen) denoted the NE extremity of the territory of the Reich…