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Egbbert, Saint(EGBERTO, SANTO)Vol. V, p. 105 EGBERTO, saint. — Benedictine, perhaps a bishop, born in 639 to a noble family in Northumbria (England), died at the age of ninety on 24 April 729 on the…
Egbert of Kalkar, Henry(EGHER, ENRICO DI KALKAR)Vol. V, p. 109 EGHER, ENRICO di KALKAR: v. ENRICO di KALKAR.
Egbert of Trier(EGBERTO DI TREVIRI)Vol. V, p. 105 EGBERTO DI TREVIRI – Evangelary of E. of T. (977-92). Miniature depicting Jesus and the centurion – Trier, Stadtbibliothek. EGBERTO. - Benedictine, archbishop…
Egbert, Archbishop of Trier(EGBERTO, ARCIVESCOVO DI TREVIRI)Vol. V, p. 105 EGBERTO, archbishop of TREVIRI. – Son of Count Teodorico of Holland, educated in the abbey of Egmond, d. in 993. He took part in the politics of the Empire and…
Egbátane ('Eubáttena')(EGBÁTANE ('ΕΥ̓ΒΆΤΤΕΝΑ'))Vol. V, p. 40 EGBÁTANE ('Εὐβάττενα'). - Two cities of Media, one of which was the capital of northern Media (Media Atropatene), while the other, farther south, was the…
Eger, Archdiocese of(AGRIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. I, p. 358 AGRIA, ARCHDIOCESE of. - In Hungarian Eger, in German Erlau, it is a city of approximately 30,000 inhabitants in the district of Heves (Hungary). According to…
Eger, Diocese of(EGER, DIOCESI DI)Vol. V, p. 107 EGER, DIOCESI di: V. AGRIA, ARCIDIOCESI di.
EgeriaVol. V, p. 107 EGERIA. - A Latin nun (E. is the most established form of the name, Eteria is the alternative), known previously only from a letter by Valerius, abbot of S.…
Egerton Papyri(EGERTON, PAPIRI)Vol. V, p. 108 EGERTON, PAPIRI. — A group of papyri acquired by the British Museum and perhaps originating partly from Oxyrhynchus and partly from the Arsinoite nome;…
Egger, AugustinVol. V, p. 109 EGGER, AUGUSTIN. — Bishop of St. Gallen, born at Dussang (Thurgau) on 5 August 1833, died there on 12 March 1906. A student of theology at Tübingen, he was…
Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph, Blessed(EGIDIO MARIA DI SAN GIUSEPPE, BEATO)Vol. V, p. 112 EGIDIO MARIA di SAN GIUSEPPE, blessed. — Francesco, in the world Francesco Antonio Pasquale, was born at Taranto on 16 November 1729 to Cataldo Pontillo and…
Eginus of Verona(EGINO DA VERONA)Vol. V, p. 112 EGINO da VERONA. — He probably descended from a noble family that was related to the Alabolfinger dukes; he was educated in the monastery of Reichenau, where…
EglonVol. V, p. 135 EGLON. - 1. King of Moab, who oppressed the southern part of Israel for 18 years (Judg. 3, 12-22). Assisted by bands of Ammonites and Amalekites, he crossed…
Egoism(EGOISMO)Vol. V, p. 136 EGOISMO. — From “ego,” I, egoism is the false and exaggerated love of oneself, which leads to a veritable idolatry of the “I,” erected as the sole measure for…
Egregie Doctor, Paul, Instruct Me(EGREGIE DOCTOR PAULE MORES INSTRUE)Vol. V, p. 136 «EGREGIE DOCTOR PAULE MORES INSTRUE». — Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Conversion of s. Paolo (25 January), composed of the fourth stanza of the hymn…
Egypt(EGITTO)Vol. V, p. 113 I. GEOGRAPHY. Egypt (Misr according to the local Arabic denomination) comprises the Nile Valley north of the second cataract (Wadi Halfa), along with the…
Église Vivante(EGLISE VIVANTE)Vol. V, p. 135 EGLISE VIVANTE. — Quarterly journal founded in Louvain in 1949 under the auspices of the Society of Missionary Auxiliaries. Its aim is to contribute to the…
