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Eman (Heb. Hēmān)(EMAN (EBR. HÉMÁN))Vol. V, p. 184 EMAN (Heb. Hémán). - 1. One (Vulg. Heman) of the 4 sages inferior to Salomone. He was, like Chalcol and Dorda, a son of Mahol (metathesis for Hamul: I Par. 2,…
Emanatism(EMANATISMO)Vol. V, p. 184 EMANATISMO. — Philosophical and religious doctrine that conceives the world as an emanation, derivation, or development of God. E. is generally intimately…
Emancipation, Act of(EMANCIPAZIONE, ATTO DI)Vol. V, p. 185 EMANCIPATION, ACT OF. — It contemplated the repeal of the laws which in Great Britain and Ireland placed Catholics in a state of legal and political…
Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy(EMANUELE FILIBERTO, DUCA DI SAVOIA)Vol. V, p. 186 EMANUELE FILIBERTO, duke of SAVOIA. — Born at Chambéry on 19 October 1528, died at Turin on 30 August 1580. After the death of his elder brothers, he abandoned…
Emanuele of Domodossola(EMANUELE DA DOMODOSSOLA)Vol. V, p. 186 EMANUELE da DOMODOSSOLA. — Capuchin, apologetical writer, in the world Carlo Prinsecco, born on an uncertain date, died on 20 April 1802. He belonged to the…
Emanuele of Jesus Mary(EMANUELE DI GESÙ MARIA)Vol. V, p. 186 EMANUELE di GESÙ MARIA. - Discalced Carmelite theologian and preacher, in the world Michele d'Ambrogio, b. at Saponara-Villafranca (Messina) on 1 Nov. 1621, d.…
Emanuele RomanoVol. V, p. 186 EMANUELE ROMANO: v. IMMANUEL ROMANO.
Emath (Heb. Hāniṯ)(EMATH (EBR. HÁNITH))Vol. V, p. 186 EMATH (Hebr. Hánith). — 1. A very ancient city of Syria, connected with the ports of Arado (Arvad) and Simira (Gen. 18, 8), mentioned in the list of Tuthmosis…
Embalmation(IMBALSAMAZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 950 IMBALSAMAZIONE. - Ancient Christians generally used two types of i.; the first, an economical one, consisted of placing a layer of slaked lime either directly…
Embellishment(ABBELLIMENTO)Vol. I, p. 49 EMBELLISHMENT. — Embellishments, ornaments, or musical flourishes (which the French call agréments, broderies, the Germans Verzierungen, Manieren, Ornamente,…
Ember Days (Ieiunium Quattuor Temporum)(QUATTRO TEMPORA (ICIUNIUM QUATTUOR TEMPORUM))Vol. X, p. 235 QUATTRO TEMPORA (iciunium quattuor temporum). — The three days of fasting and penance (Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) at the beginning of each of the four…
Embezzlement(APPROPRIAZIONE INDEBITA)Vol. I, p. 1015 MISAPPROPRIATION. - This is an offence against property, committed by anyone who, in order to procure an unjust profit for himself or for others, appropriates…
Embolismals(EMBOLISMALI)Vol. V, p. 191 EMBOLISMALI. — Thus the Greeks called the months to which intercalary days were added in order to make the lunar cycle coincide with the solar one (at Athens,…
EmbriachiVol. V, p. 191 EMBRIACHI — Tablets of articulated ivory consoni (14th–15th cent.) — Milan, Casa Cagnola. ...nadad, king of Damascus, and Achab, king of Israel, against…
Embriachi (Embriaci)Vol. V, p. 191 EMBRIACHI (EMBRIACI). - A family of bone and ivory carvers active in Venice between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. BALDASSARRE is the most celebrated,…
Embroidery(RICAMO)Vol. X, p. 499 EMBROIDERY. – Needlework on a pre-existing ground, clearly distinct from lace or net lace, whose ground is made only after the ornaments, in order to hold them…
EmbrunVol. V, p. 195 EMBRUN. — Former diocese and archdiocese of France in the department of the Hautes-Alpes, on the right bank of the Durance. It is the ancient “Eburodunum,” on…
Embryology(EMBRIOLOGIA)Vol. V, p. 191 EMBRYOLOGY. – Considered in the strict sense, embryology should deal with the development of the organism until it is contained within the membranes of the egg…
Embryotomy(EMBRIOTOMIA)Vol. V, p. 194 EMBRIOTOMY. — Fetal mutilation undertaken to complete a delivery obstructed by the disproportion between the diameters of the pelvis and those of the fetus, or…
Emerenziana, Saint, Martyr(EMERENZIANA, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. V, p. 195 EMERENZIANA, saint, martyr. — The martyrdom of E. is briefly described at the beginning of the appendix added to the legendary Passio of s. Agnese (v.). The…
Emerobaptists(EMEROBATTISTI)Vol. V, p. 196 EMEROBATTISTI. – A Jewish sect so called because of the daily ablution practiced within it. Hegesippus, cited by Eusebius (Hist. eccl., IV, 22, 7), mentions…
Emerson, Ralph WaldoVol. V, p. 196 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. – American thinker and writer, born in Boston on 25 May 1803 into a Puritan family, died in Concord on 25 April 1882. He studied at…
Emery, Jacques-AndréVol. V, p. 197 EMERY, JACQUES-ANDRÉ. — Superior General of the Sulpicians, born in Gex on 26 August 1732, died in Paris on 28 April 1811. Having entered the novitiate of S.…
EmesaVol. V, p. 198 EMESA. – City of Syria, later called Homs, birthplace of Alessandro Severo and Eliogabalo. Christianity must have penetrated there from apostolic times.…
Emidius, Saint, Martyr(EMIDIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. V, p. 198 EMIDIO, saint, martyr. — Unknown in Christian antiquity; the earliest information appears in the eleventh century, in papal and imperial documents. Probably at…
Emigrant, Emigration(EMIGRANTE, EMIGRAZIONE)Vol. V, p. 198 EMIGRANT, EMIGRATION. - In its proper meaning, it is the abandonment of national territory by one or more members of the community, who transfer to another…
EmiliaVol. V, p. 204 EMILIA. – I. GEOGRAPHY – Region of continental Italy, bounded by the Po, the Adriatic (122 km. of coastline), and the Apennine watershed. In this broader and…
Emilia MVol. V, p. 213 EMILIA M. GUGLIELMA DE RODAT - EMMA OF GURK new house, even adversities and contradictions, which threatened to stifle her work at its birth; but her constancy…
Emilia Maria Guglielma de Rodat, Saint(EMILIA MARIA GUGLIELMA DE RODAT, SANTA)Vol. V, p. 212 EMILIA MARIA GUGLIELMA DE RODAT, saint. — Foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family, born in the castle of Drouello (Rodez) on 6 September 1787, died at…
Emilia, Saint(EMILIA, SANTA)Vol. V, p. 212 EMILIA, saint: v. BASILIO and EMMELLA, saints.
Emilian, Saint(EMILIANI, SANTO)Vol. V, p. 213 EMILIANI, santo.
Emilian, Saint, Martyr(EMILIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. V, p. 213 EMILIANO, saint, martyr. — A servant of a pagan from Durosotrum in Moesia, in July 362, during a festival organized by the vicar of Thrace, Capitolino, he…
Emiliana, Saint(EMILIANA, SANTA)Vol. V, p. 213 EMILIANA, saint. — Aunt of St. Gregorio Magno, she lived in sixth-century Rome and consecrated her virginity to God, together with her sisters Tarsilla and…
Emiliani, Girolamo, Saint(EMILIANI, GIROLAMO, SANTO)Vol. V, p. 213 EMILIANI, GIROLAMO, santo: v. GIROLAMO
Emiliani-Giudici, PaoloVol. V, p. 213 EMILIANI-GIUDICI, PAOLO. — Man of letters, born at Mussomeli (Caltanissetta) on 3 June 1812, died at Ore (Hastings) on 14 August 1872. A Dominican, he taught…
Emily, Diocese of(EMILY, DIOCESI DI)Vol. V, p. 213 EMILY, DIOCESI di: v. CASHEL E EMILY, ARCIDIO- CESI di.
Eminescu, Mihai(EMINESCU, MIRAI)Vol. V, p. 213 EMINESCU, MIRAI. — The greatest Romanian poet, born at Ipotești (Botoșani) on 15 January 1850, died at Bucharest on 15 June 1889. At sixteen, he published…
Emma (Hemma) of Gurk, Saint(EMMA (HEMMA) DI GURK, SANTA)Vol. V, p. 213 EMMA (HEMMA) di GURK, saint. - Born in the second half of the 10th century into a noble family, died at Gurk on 29 June 1945. After the death of her husband…
Emmanuel (Hebrew 'Immanā'ēl "God Is With Us", Septuagint 'Εμμανουήλ")(EMANUELE (EMMANUELE; EBRAICO 'IMMANĀ'ĒL «CON NOI [È] DIO», SETTANTA 'ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ»))Vol. V, p. 185 EMANUELE (EMMANUELE; Hebrew ‘Immanā’ēl «With us [is] God», Septuagint ‘Εμμανουήλ»). — Symbolic name (from a customary expression of good augury: Ex. 3:12; Ios.…
EmmausVol. V, p. 214 EMMAUS. — 1. A city famous in the history of the Maccabees (I Mach. 3:40; 4:3; 9:50), capital of a toparchy in 47 B.C. (Fl. Josephus, Bell. Ind., III, 5),…
Emmerano, Saint(EMMERANO, SANTO)Vol. V, p. 215 EMMERANO, saint. - Missionary bishop in Bavaria or at the court of the Bavarian dukes in the 7th or at the beginning of the 8th century. His biographer Aribo,…
Emmerick, Anna KatharinaVol. V, p. 215 EMMERICK, ANNA KATHARINA. – Mystic, n. 8 Sept. 1774 at Fiamale near Coesfeld (Westphalia), d. 9 Feb. 1824 at Dülmen. The daughter of poor but deeply religious…
Emmerico of Hungary, Saint(EMMERICO D'UNGHERIA, SANTO)Vol. V, p. 216 EMMERICH of HUNGARY, St. — Son of St. Stephen, king of Hungary, and of Gisela, sister of St. Henry II, king of Germany. Born in the year 1007 at…
EmorroissaVol. V, p. 216 EMORROISSA. — Early Christian funerary art represented the healing of the E. narrated by the three Synoptic Gospels (Mt. 9:20–22; Mk. 5:25–34; Lk. 7:43–48),…
Emotion(AMOZIONE)Vol. I, p. 682 AMOZIONE. - A. or removal, or more often deprivation (though this latter term is generally used when a penal sanction is involved), is the dismissal of the…
Emotion(EMOZIONE)Vol. V, p. 217 EMOZIONE. - I. PSICOLOGIA. - It is the reaction to a sensation or image that disturbs our organic or psychic equilibrium, a reaction constituted, as a unified…
Emotional or Passional States(STATI EMOTIVI O PASSIONALI)Vol. XI, p. 724 STATI EMOTIVI O PASSIONALI : V. EMOZIONE; PASSIONE.
Empedocles of Agrigento(EMPEDOCLE DI AGRICENTO (ἘΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗ͂Σ, EMPEDOCLES))Vol. V, p. 218 EMPEDOCLE of AGRICENTO (Ἐμπεδοκλῆς, Empedocles). - A complex figure as physician, naturalist, philosopher, and statesman, in whose regard legend and history…
Empedocles of Agrigento(EMPEDOCLE DI AGRIGENTO)Vol. V, p. 219 EMPEDOCLE of AGRIGENTO – E. painted by Luca Signorelli in the chapel of B. Bozio in the cathedral of Orvieto (1502–1504). between the physical interpretation…
Emphyteusis(ENFITEUSI)Vol. V, p. 236 ENFITEUSI. - I. CONCEPT. - Emphyteusis (from the Greek ἐκράτευσις = plantation) is a real right over immovable property (usually rural property), whereby one…
Empire of the East(ORIENTE, IMPERO D')Vol. IX, p. 224 ORIENT, EMPIRE OF THE I. ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE EAST The Byzantine Empire, which historically has always called itself—and should be called—the Roman Empire of…
Empiricism (From Greek ἐκπέτρις « experience »)(EMPIRISMO (DAL GRECO ἘΚΠΈΤΡΙΣ « ESPERIENZA »))Vol. V, p. 219 EMPIRICISM (from the Greek ἐκπέτρις, “experience”). — It is the valorization of facts belonging to common experience. Against the abstractions of pure…
Empoli, Jacopo Chimenti detto L'Vol. V, p. 220 EMPOLI, JACOPO CHIMENTI detto l'. – Michelangelo shows Leone X the designs for the façade of S. Lorenzo and for the Laurentian Library – Florence, Museo…
Ems, Punctuation of(EMS, PUNTAZIONE DI)Vol. V, p. 220 EMS, PUNTAZIONE di. — This is the name given to the declaration made by the Rhenish episcopate on the occasion of the establishment of the apostolic nunciature…
Emser, HieronymusVol. V, p. 221 EMSER, HIERONYMUS. — Theologian and controversialist b. at Weidenstetten near Ulm on 28 March 1478, d. at Dresden on 8 November 1527. Magister artium (1499), a…
Emulation(EMULAZIONE)Vol. V, p. 221 EMULATION. - Psychologically, it is the feeling that impels one to equal and even surpass others in the possession of a good or personal quality (wealth,…
