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Edda
It is the title of the two most famous monuments of ancient Nordic literature, whose most probable meaning is that of "poetic art" or of "fable", of which one… -
Eden
The place where the earthly paradise was located (Gen. 2:8, 15). The Hebrew "edhen," according to the ancients, means "delight, pleasure" (II Sam. 1:24; Ps. 25… -
Edesius, Saint, Martyr (EDESIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
The story of this martyr is known to us from Eusebius; born at Araxa in Lycia around the middle of the 3rd century into a noble and wealthy family, but pagan.… -
Edessa ('Edessa) (EDESSA ("E-ΔΕΣΣΑ))
Originally Orhai, whence the name Osroene for the region of which it was the capital, it was situated to the northwest of Mesopotamia on the river Scirtus; by… -
Edict (EDITTO)
Etymologically (from the Latin edicere) it means that which is made known to the public by means of oral communication. I. IN ROMAN LAW. - In Roman law the… -
Edict of Milan (EDITTO DI MILANO)
After the victory over Maxentius in 312, the emperors Constantine and Licinius met in Milan in the first months of 313. Their good accord was strengthened also… -
Edict of Restitution (RESTITUZIONE, EDITTO DI)
It is the decree of Emperor Ferdinand II of 6 March 1629, in which it was established that Catholic princes could expel dissidents, and only adherents of the… -
Edictum Theodorici
EDICTUM THEODORICI: v. TEODORICO I, king of the OSTROGOTHS. -
Edinburgh, Diocese of (EDIMBURGO, DIOCESI DI)
EDIMBURGO, DIOCESI di: v. SANT'ANDREA ed EDIMBURGO, DIOCESI di. -
Edmond (EDMONDO)
Born at Nuremberg in 840, died on 20 November 870. Of ancient Saxon royal stock, he professed Christianity from childhood; at the age of 15 he began to reign… -
Edmonton, Archdiocese of (EDMONTON, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital of the province of Alberta in Canada, with the dioceses of Calgary and St. Paul and the apostolic vicariates of Grouard and Mackenzie as suffragans. In… -
Edmundite Fathers (PADRI DI SANT'EDMONDO)
Religious congregation founded at Pontigny (France) in 1843 by the priest Giovanni Battista Muard for the preaching of missions to the people. At first they… -
Edmund Rich, Saint (EDMONDO RICH, SANTO)
Archbishop of Canterbury, b. ca. 1180, d. 16 Nov. 1240. Also called Edmund of Abingdon from his birthplace in the county of Berks, or of Pontigny from that of… -
Edmunston, Diocese of (EDMUNSTON, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Canada erected on 16 Dec. 1944 by Pope Pius XII with the apostolic constitution Ad animarum bonum, by detaching it from the diocese of… -
Edoardo d'Alençon
Capuchin historiographer, b. at Alençon (Orne) on 10 April 1859, d. at Rome on 1 September 1928. He entered religious life in the province of Paris on 6… -
Edom (Idumea)
Name by which are called: 1) the adult Esau (Gen. 25, 30; 36, 19); 2) his descendants and their land (Ex. 15, 15; Num. 20, 14 ff.; Judg. 5, 4; 11, 17 f.; II… -
Edomites (EDOMITI)
Inhabitants of Edom (v.), also called Idumeans (Septuagint: Iḍhūm). Esau, having abandoned the land of Canaan, came to settle in the mountain of Seir. His… -
Edrai (EDRAI)
1. City of Transjordan, residence of Og, king of Bashan (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:3; 13:12). Occupied by the Israelites, E. was assigned to the tribe of Manasseh… -
Education (EDUCAZIONE)
The art of forming the man in the child, as such: that is, with all the perfection that his nature entails. SUSCHARO: I. Concept of education. - II.… -
Edward III, King of England (EDOARDO III, RE D'INGHILTERRA)
Son and successor of Edward II, born at Windsor on 13 Nov. 1312 and died at Sheen on 21 June 1377. He began the Hundred Years' War against France, to whose… -
Edward II, King of England (EDOARDO II, RE D'INGHILTERRA)
Firstborn son of E. I, b. at Carnarvon on 25 Apr. 1284, d. at Berkeley Castle (Gloucestershire) on 21 Sept. 1327. In 1301 he was named prince of Wales, a title… -
Edward II the Martyr, King of England (EDOARDO [II] IL MARTIRE, RE D'INGHILTERRA)
B. in 961-63, d. March 18, 978. Firstborn son of King Edgar and his first wife Æthelflæd, baptized at a very young age by Dunstan, bishop of Canterbury, he… -
Edward I, King of England (EDOARDO I, RE D'INGHILTERRA)
Firstborn son of Henry III Plantagenet, b. at Westminster on June 18, 1239, and d. at Burgh (Scotland) on July 7, 1307. In the years 1270-72 he took part in… -
Edward IV, King of England (EDOARDO IV, RE D'INGHILTERRA)
B. at Rouen on 25 Apr. 1442, d. in Apr. 1483. Founder of the dynasty of the House of York, as the most (by courtesy of Dr. D. Hagenhart) EDWARD II. - John of… -
Edward the Confessor (EDOARDO [III] IL CONFESSORE)
B. at Islip (Oxfordshire) in 1002, d. 5 Jan. 1066 at Westminster. Son of King Ethelred and of Emma of Normandy, because of a new Danish invasion he was taken… -
Edward VI, King of England (EDOARDO VI, RE D'INCHILTERRA)
B. 12 Oct. 1537, d. 6 July 1553. Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, he came to the throne at the age of 9 in 1547. In the first two years of his reign power… -
Edward V, King of England (EDOARDO V, RE D'INCHILTERRA)
Born at Westminster on 3 Nov. 1470, died in London in June 1483. He inherited the throne from his father Edward IV on 9 Apr. 1483 at the age of thirteen. But…