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Esarhaddon (Assur-ahu-iddin «The god Assur gave a brother»)(ASARHADDON (ASSUR-AHU-IDDIN « IL DIO ASSUR DIEDE UN FRATELLO »))Vol. II, p. 71 ASARHADDON (Assur-ahu-iddin, “the god Assur gave a brother”). — King of Assyria from 681 to 669 B.C. He was the son, perhaps the third, of King Sennacherib…
Esau (Hebrew: עֵשָׂו)(ESAU (EBR. ÈFAW))Vol. V, p. 340 ESAU (Hebr. Èfaw). – Firstborn of Isaac and Rebecca. The Bible explains this name, whose scientific etymological meaning eludes us, by reference to a…
Escardination(ESCARDINAZIONE)Vol. V, p. 341 ESCARDINAZIONE : v. INCARDINAZIONE.
EscatocolloVol. V, p. 341 ESCATOCOLLO : v. DOCUMENTO.
Eschatology(ESCATOLOGIA)Vol. V, p. 341 ESCHATOLOGY. – From ἄρχεται, “last,” and λόγος, it is the doctrine concerning the ultimate end of humanity. It is generally divided into individual and…
Eschius (Van Eesch), NikolausVol. V, p. 347 ESCHIUS (VAN EESCH), NIKOLAUS. — An ascetic-mystical theologian and representative of the practical mysticism of the school of Gerardo (v.) Groot, born at…
Escobar y Mendoza, AntonioVol. V, p. 349 ESCOBAR Y MENDOZA, ANTONIO. — Jesuit, moral theologian, born at Valladolid in 1589, died there on 4 July 1669. At first he applied his talent to certain…
Escobar, Andrea deVol. V, p. 349 ESCOBAR, ANDREA de. - A very distinguished Benedictine theologian and canonist of the fifteenth century, born in Lisbon. His works, for the most part…
Escobar, Marina de, Venerable(ESCOBAR, MARINA DE, VENERABILE)Vol. V, p. 349 ESCOBAR, MARINA de, venerable. — Brigidine mystic, one of the most significant figures of Catholic Spain in the early seventeenth century; born at Valladolid…
Escorial (El Escorial)(ESCORIALE (EL ESCORIAL))Vol. V, p. 349 ESCORIALE (EL ESCORIAL). — Town approximately 40 km from Madrid, famous for a magnificent complex of buildings, founded by Filippo II in memory of the victory…
Esdraelon(ESDRELON)Vol. V, p. 355 ESDRELON. - A plain of Palestine, between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, Galilee and Samaria, so called (Iud. 1, 8; 4, 5; 7, 3) in the Hellenized form of…
Esenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich(ESENIN, SERGEJ ALEKSANDROVIĆ)Vol. V, p. 355 ESENIN, SERGEJ ALEKSANDROVIĆ. – Russian lyric poet, born in the village of Kozminsk on 21 February 1895. He is undoubtedly the best known—outside Russia—and,…
Eshcol ('Eshōl' 'Grape Cluster')(ESCHOL ('ESHŌL «GRAPPOLO D'UVA»))Vol. V, p. 347 ESCHOL ('eshōl “grape cluster”). – An Aramean, brother of Mambre, one of Abram’s allies, who followed him in the raid against Chodorlahomor, king of Elam (Gen.…
Eshmon(ESMÓN)Vol. V, p. 370 ESMÓN. — Principal god of the Phoenician city of Sidon, consistently identified by the Greeks with their Asclepius. The etymology of the name E. is uncertain;…
Eshowe, Apostolic Vicariate of(ESHOWE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. V, p. 363 ESHOWE, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — With territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Natal, the apostolic prefecture of Zululand was erected on 27 Aug.…
Eskimos(ESCHIMESI)Vol. V, p. 347 ESCHIMESI. – Collective name for a group of small tribes inhabiting Greenland, Labrador, the Canadian Arctic as far as Alaska, and Siberia. The E. became known…
Esmein, Jean-Paul-Hippolyte-Emmanuel, known as Adhémar(ESMEIN, JEAN-PAUL-HIPPOLYTE-EMANUEL, DETTO ADHÉMAR)Vol. V, p. 370 ESMEIN, JEAN-PAUL-HIPPOLYTE-EMANUEL, known as ADHÉMAR. — Historian of law and canonist, born at Touvérac (Charente) on 1 February 1848, died in Paris on 20…
Esmeraldas, Apostolic Prefecture of(ESMERALDAS, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. V, p. 370 ESMERALDAS, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. — The mission of E. comprises the homonymous province situated in the northern part of the Republic of Ecuador. It was…
Esparza Arrieda, Martín de(ESPARZA ARTIEDA, MARTIN DE)Vol. V, p. 373 ESPARZA ARTIEDA, MARTIN de. — Jesuit theologian, born in Escsároz (Navarra) on 29 March 1606, died in Rome on 21 April 1689. He taught dogmatic theology in…
Espence, Claude-Togniol de(ESPENCE, CLAUDE-TOGNIEL DE)Vol. V, p. 374 ESPENCE, CLAUDE-TOGNIEL de. - French theologian, b. at Châions-sur-Marne in 1511, d. at Paris on 5 Oct. 1571. Even before taking his degree, in 1540, he was…
Esperen, Zeger-Bernhard van(ESPEN, ZEGER-BERNHARD, VAN)Vol. V, p. 374 ESPEN, ZEGER-BERNHARD, van. — Belgian theologian and canonist, secular priest, b. at Louvain on 9 July 1646, d. at Amersfoort (Holland) on 2 October 1728.…
Espero and Zoe, Saints, Martyrs(ESPERO E ZOE, SANTI, MARTIRI)Vol. V, p. 378 ESPERO and ZOE, saints, martyrs. — They are commemorated together with their sons Theodulus and Cittacus on 2 May. They were servants of a certain Catalus, a…
Espinosa, Diego deVol. V, p. 381 ESPINOSA, DIEGO de. - Cardinal, b. in 1502 at Martín-Muñoz de las Posadas (Segovia) to a noble but poor family, d. at Madrid on 5 Sept. 1572. The reputation as…
Espinosa, PedroVol. V, p. 381 ESPINOSA, PEDRO. - Spanish poet, b. at Antequera in 1578, d. at Sanlúcar de Barrameda on 21 Oct. 1650. After a disappointment in love, he led an eremitical…
EspostiVol. V, p. 383 EXPOSED CHILDREN. – These are children of an unknown father or of a mother who does not consent to being named, entrusted to the care of the community (State…
Ess, Leander vanVol. V, p. 385 ESS, LEANDER van. — Translator and propagator of the Bible, born at Warburg (Westphalia) on 15 February 1772, died at Affolderbach (Odenwald) on 13 October…
Essence(ESSENZA)Vol. V, p. 386 ESSENCE. — I. It indicates the nature of a thing as such and therefore that which is signified in its definition. If the “being” (v.) is the subsistent…
Essenes(ESSENI)Vol. V, p. 385 ESSENI. — A Jewish religious association that existed in Palestine from approximately 150 B.C. to A.D. 70. They are mentioned by Pliny, Philo, and Josephus…
Esser, ThomasVol. V, p. 387 ESSER, THOMAS. - Last secretary of the S. Congregation of the Index, born at Aachen on 7 Apr. 1850, died at Rome on 13 March 1926. He studied at Bonn,…
Est, Van WilhelmVol. V, p. 387 EST, VAN WILHELM : V. ESTIUS, GULIRLMUS.
Estaço, AchillesVol. V, p. 387 ESTAÇO, ACHILLES. - Portuguese humanist, b. at Vidigueira (Evora) in 1524, d. at Rome in Sept. 1581. He studied philology and theology at Coimbra, Pa- ris, and…
Este, House of(ESTE, FAMIGLIA D')Vol. V, p. 389 ESTE, FAMIGLIA d'. — It descended from a branch of the Obertenghi, of Lombard origin. ALBERTO AZZO II (d. 1097), great-grandson of Marquis Oberto I, who lived…
Este, Pamphilia D'(ESTE. PAMIGLIA D')Vol. V, p. 391 ESTE. FAMILY of - Autograph of Ippolito II d'E., preserved in the State Archives of Modena (12 March 1571). Giulio plotted, together with Count Albertino…
Esther (Heb. 'Estēr; Vulg. Esther)(ESTER (EBR. 'ESTÉR; VOLG. ESTHER))Vol. V, p. 391 ESTER (Heb. 'Estér; vern. Esther). – Jewish heroine after whom the eighth of the Hagiographa is named, and, in the Hebrew Bible, the fifth of the maghillath or…
Estienne, Family(ESTIENNE, FAMIGLIA)Vol. V, p. 398 ESTIENNE, FAMIGLIA — Frontispiece of Ulrich von Hutten’s Arts versificatoria, Paris 1528. and tense, beyond the bounds of current logic and morality, in…
Estimative Faculty(ESTIMATIVA)Vol. V, p. 398 ESTIMATIVA. - It is the interior faculty by which the animal apprehends things useful or harmful to its life, and corresponds to what in modern psychology is…
Estius, Guilielmus (Messel van Est, Willem)(ESTIUS, GUILLELMUS (MESSEL VAN EST, WILLEM))Vol. V, p. 399 ESTIUS, GUILLELMUS (MESSEL VAN EST, WILLEM). — Exegete, theologian, and hagiographer, born at Gorkum (Holland) in 1542, died at Douai on 20 September 1613.…
EstoniaVol. V, p. 399 ESTONIA. – Since 3 November 1940, it has constituted one of the federated republics of the Soviet Union; formerly a Danish, Polish, Swedish (1629), and Russian…
Estouteville, Guillaume DeVol. V, p. 402 ESTOUTEVILLE, GUILLAUME de. – Cardinal of a noble Norman family, b. ca. 1403, d. in Rome on 22 January 1483. A Benedictine, after having governed various…
Estrées, César D'Vol. V, p. 402 ESTRÉES, CÉSAR d'. - Cardinal, b. in Paris on 5 Feb. 1628, d. there on 18 Dec. 1714. Son of Francesco Annibale, he took his doctorate at the Sorbonne and was…
EstudiosVol. V, p. 406 ESTUDIOS. — Monthly Catholic journal of general culture. It was founded in 1933 in Santiago de Chile, with the task of exerting a beneficial influence in the…
Esukonziani(ESUCONZIANI)Vol. V, p. 407 ESUCONZIANI: v. AEZIO.
Esztergom (Gran), Archdiocese of(STRIGONIA (ESZTERGOM, GRAN), ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 864 STRIGONIA (ESZTERGOM, GRAN), ARCHDIOCESE of. — City and archdiocese in Hungary. The archdiocese has an area of 7,706 sq km and a population of 1,236,392…
Esztergom, Archdiocese of(ESZTERCOM, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. V, p. 407 ESZTERCOM, ARCIDIOCESI di: v. STRICONIA, ARCIDIOCESI di.
