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Egbert (EGBERTO)
Benedictine, archbishop of York (England), died there on 19 November 766. He was a cousin of the king of Northumbria, Ceolwulf; as a young man he went to Rome… -
Egbert, Archbishop of Trier (EGBERTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI TREVIRI)
Son of Count Theodoric of Holland, educated in the abbey of Egmond, d. in 993. He took part in the politics of the Empire and was in 976-77 chancellor of Otto… -
Egbert of Kalkar, Henry (EGHER, ENRICO DI KALKAR)
EGHER, ENRICO di KALKAR: v. ENRICO di KALKAR. -
Egbert, Saint (EGBERTO, SANTO)
Benedictine, perhaps a bishop, b. in 639 to a noble family in Northumbria (England), d. at the age of ninety on 24 April 729 on the island of Iona. As a young… -
Eger, Archdiocese of (AGRIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In Hungarian Eger, in German Erlau, it is a city of about 30,000 inhabitants, in the district of Heves (Hungary). The bishopric was reportedly erected… -
Eger, Diocese of (EGER, DIOCESI DI)
EGER, DIOCESI di: V. AGRIA, ARCIDIOCESI di. -
Egeria
Latin nun (E. is the best-attested form of the name; Etheria is the rival form), known until now only from a letter of Valerius, abbot of St. Peter in Montes… -
Egerton Papyri (EGERTON, PAPIRI)
A group of papyri acquired by purchase by the British Museum and coming perhaps in part from Oxyrhynchus and in part from the Arsinoite nome; catalogued among… -
Egger, Augustin
Bishop of St. Gallen, b. at Dussang (Thurgau) on 5 Aug. 1833, d. there on 12 March 1906. A student of theology at Tübingen, he was ordained a priest in 1856. A… -
Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph, Blessed (EGIDIO MARIA DI SAN GIUSEPPE, BEATO)
Francesco, in the world Francesco Antonio Pasquale, b. at Taranto on 16 Nov. 1729 to Cataldo Pontillo and Grazia Procaccio, d. at Naples on 7 Feb. 1812. In his… -
Eginus of Verona (EGINO DA VERONA)
He probably descended from a noble family related to the dukes Alabolfinger; he was educated in the monastery of Reichenau, where he received an excellent… -
Église Vivante (EGLISE VIVANTE)
A quarterly journal founded in Louvain in 1949 by the Society of the Auxiliaries of the Missions. Its purpose is to contribute to the study of the theological… -
Eglon
1. King of Moab, who oppressed the southern part of Israel for 18 years (Judg. 3:12-22). Aided by bands of Ammonites and Amalekites, he crossed the Jordan and… -
Egoism (EGOISMO)
From "ego," I, e. is the false and exaggerated love of self, which leads to a veritable idolatry of the "I," erected as the sole measure for relations with all… -
Egregie Doctor, Paul, Instruct Me (EGREGIE DOCTOR PAULE MORES INSTRUE)
Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (25 January), composed of the fourth stanza of the hymn Aurea luce et decore roseo, attributed to… -
Egypt (EGITTO)
E. (Misr according to the local Arabic name) comprises the Nile valley north of the second cataract (Wadi Halfa) with the adjacent territories of the Libyan…