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Eubel, Konrad
Conventual Franciscan, historian of the Franciscan Order, b. 19 Jan. 1842 at Sinning (Bavaria), d. 5 Feb. 1923 at Würzburg. Having become a friar in 1864, he… -
Eubulus (EUBULO)
EUBULUS. A prominent member of the community of Rome, remembered in 2 Tim. 4:21. He is the first of the group who greets Timothy: there follow Pudens, Linus… -
Eucharist (EUCARISTIA)
It is the prolongation of the Incarnation (Leo XIII, encyclical Mirae caritatis, 18 May 1902). Just as the Word of God made himself present under human guise… -
Eucharistic Accidents (ACCIDENTI EUCARISTICI)
These are the appearances of bread and wine which, remaining unchanged after transubstantiation (v.), constitute as it were a mysterious "receptaculum" of the… -
Eucharistic Communion (COMUNIONE EUCARISTICA)
It is the real participation, under the external appearances of bread and wine, in the sacrificial banquet, in which the faithful partakes of the body and… -
Eucharistic Congresses (CONGRESSI EUCARISTICI)
Eucharistic congresses are gatherings of the clergy and the Christian people, for the purpose of publicly glorifying the Most Blessed Sacrament, calling the… -
Eucharistic Crusade (CROCIATA EUCARISTICA)
A religious association, arisen and promoted by the Apostleship of Prayer, of which it is a section. Sketched by Fr. A. Bessières (1910-13) and founded at… -
Eucharistic Miracles (MIRACOLI EUCARISTICI)
The Eucharist, although it implies Transubstantiation, the presence "per modum substantiae" of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ and the permanence of the… -
Eucherius of Lyon (EUCHERIO DI LIONE)
Born into a distinguished family, he held important public offices, but around 410 he renounced the secular life and, followed by his wife Galla and his sons… -
Euchites (EUCHITI)
EUCHITI: V. MESSALIANI. -
Euch, Johannes Vol
Bishop, b. into a noble family at Meppen (Hanover) in 1834 and d. at Copenhagen on 17 January 1922. Immediately after his priestly ordination in 1860, he went… -
Euchologion (Εὐχολόγιον) (EUCOLOGIO (ΕΥ̓ΧΟΛΌΓΩΝ))
As the name suggests, it is a collection of ecclesiastical prayers. This liturgical book contains the prayers recited by the priest and the deacon during the… -
Eucken, Rudolf
Philosopher, b. at Aurich on 5 Jan. 1846, d. at Jena on 6 Sept. 1926. He was professor of philosophy at Basel in 1871-74, then at Jena. E. was one of the first… -
Eudemonism (EUDEMONISMO)
From the Greek εὐ-θαυσινός (εὐθαίμων, good genius, and hence "happy"), it is, in a generic sense, every moral system that places in happiness, individual or… -
Eudes, John, Saint (EUDES, GIOVANNI, SANTO)
EUDES, GIOVANNI, santo: v. GIOVANNI EUDES, saint. -
Eudists (EUDISTI)
EUDISTI: v. CONGREGAZIONE di GESÙ e MARIA. -
Eudo of Stella (EUDO DI STELLA)
EUDO di STELLA: v. EONE DELLA STELLA. -
Eudoxia, Empress of Byzantium (EUDOSSIA, IMPERATRICE DI BISANZIO)
Daughter of the Frankish general Bauto, she was married to Arcadius on 27 April 395. An intriguing and domineering woman, she exercised a great influence over… -
Eudoxia (Eudocia), Empress of Byzantium (EUDOSSIA (EUDOCIA), IMPERATRICE DI BISANZIO)
Wife of Theodosius II, born in Athens toward the end of the 4th century, died in Jerusalem in 460. She was called Athenais after the name of her native city… -
Eudoxius (EUDOSSIO)
One of the principal leaders of Arianism in the 4th century, bishop of Constantinople from 360 to 370. Born at Arabissos, in Lesser Armenia, he attended in… -
Eufronius, Patriarch of Antioch (EUFRONIO, PATRIARCA DI ANTIOCHIA)
When at the Arian Synod of Antioch in 330 the bishop Eustathius was deposed, Paulinus of Tyre governed that church for a few months. On his death a certain… -
Eugene II, Pope (EUGENIO II, PAPA)
He was a Roman priest of the title of St. Sabina when, upon the death of Paschal I, he was elected pontiff (May 11, 824) amid the conflicts provoked by the… -
Eugene I, Pope, Saint (EUGENIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
Son of the Roman Ruffinianus, he was elected by the clergy and people of Rome following the violent removal of Martin I from the see and consecrated on 10 Aug.… -
Eugene of Savoy (EUGENIO DI SAVOIA)
EUGENIO di SAVOIA: v. SAVOIA, EUGENIO di. -
Eugenia, Saint (EUGENIA, SANTA)
EUGENIA, santa: v. APRONIANO, CIMITERO di. -
Eugenics (EUGENICA)
Name used for the first time in 1833 (Eugenics) by Francis Galton, distinguished English statesman (1822-1911), to indicate (according to his most recent… -
Eugenicus, Mark (EUGENICO, MARCO)
EUGENICO, MARCO: V. MARCO EUGENICO EFESINO. -
Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French (EUGENIA DI MONTIJO, IMPERATRICE DEI FRANCESI)
B. at Granada (Spain) on 5 May 1826, to Cipriano Guaman, count of Teba and of Montijo, and to the American Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick, d. at Madrid on 11 July… -
Eugenius (EUGENIO)
Bishop of Carthage, elected in 481, after 24 years of vacant see; through his virtue and his charity he soon became the idol of the people "so that there was… -
Eugenius III, Pope (EUGENIO III, PAPA)
In the world Pietro Bernardo, b. in the environs of Pisa, d. at Tivoli on 8 July 1153. He was a canon of the cathedral of his city and then, at Clairvaux, a… -
Eugenius IV, Pope (EUGENIO IV, PAPA)
Gabriele Condulmer, b. in Venice around 1383, came from a noble Venetian family and was on his mother's side a nephew of Gregory XII. He received his spiritual… -
Eugenius of Toledo (EUGENIO DI TOLEDO)
Called "the poet," to distinguish him from his namesake and immediate predecessor, E. the astronomer, Chindaswinth transferred E. from the see of Sara- >… -
Eugenius, Usurper (EUGENIO, USURPATORE)
When the powerful «magister militum» Arbogast freed himself by the murder of the young emperor Valentinian II, he did not dare himself assume the purple, for… -
Eugenius Vulgarius (EUGENIO VULGARIO)
An ecclesiastic who lived between the end of the 9th century and the first half of the 10th. In Naples he taught grammar and rhetoric; he was perhaps for some… -
Eugippius (EUGIPPIO)
Christian writer of late Latinity, born in the second half of the 5th century, mentioned as still living in a letter of 533. He was one of the disciples of St.… -
Euhemerus (EVEMERO)
Greek philosopher. Almost nothing is known of his life: a native of Messene (it is doubtful whether of that in Sicily or that in the Peloponnese), he was a… -
Eulalia, Saint, Martyr (EULALIA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
A Spanish virgin who suffered a cruel martyrdom at Mérida. It is celebrated, with legendary details, by Prudentius (Peristeph., III) and then by Hydatius, by… -
Eulalius, Antipope (EULALIO, ANTIPAPA)
On the death of Zosimus, which occurred on 27 Dec. 418, the Roman deacons seized the Lateran basilica, preventing the rest of the clergy from entering, and… -
Eulogia
Originally this term indicated the bread offered by the faithful for the Eucharistic Sacrifice but not used for that purpose, and therefore, once blessed, it… -
Eulogius of Alexandria, Patriarch (EULOGIO D'ALESSANDRIA, PATRIARCA)
In office from 580 to 607. Correspondent of Gregory the Great. Opponent of the Novatians and Monophysites. Of his writings only fragments have been preserved… -
Eulogius of Córdoba, Saint (EULOGIO DI CORDOVA, SANTO)
Spanish theologian and martyr of the 9th century. A pupil of the abbot Sperandeo, he distinguished himself by his learning and holiness, was ordained a priest… -
Eumenides (EUMENIDI)
Minor Greek divinities identified with the Erinyes (v.), although some of the ancients considered them different. They are benevolent, they favor fertility and… -
Eumolpidae (EUMOLPIDI)
EUMOLPIDI: v. ELEUSI, MISTERI di. -
Eunapius of Sardis (EUNAPIO DI SARDI)
Pagan rhetorician, b. around 346; as a young man he was entrusted to the philosopher Chrysanthius, who initiated him into the doctrine of Iamblichus. He then… -
Eunice
Mother of Timothy, disciple of St. Paul. Luke (Acts 16:1) presents Timothy as the son of a "faithful Jewish woman," that is, converted to Christianity; her… -
Eunomians (EUNOMIANI)
EUNOMIANI: v. EUNOMIO. -
Eunomius (EUNOMIO)
Heretic of the 4th century, born in Cappadocia of a humble family, died at Dacora around 395. He spent his life first at Constantinople and later at Antioch… -
Euphemia of Chalcedon, Saint, Martyr (EUFEMIA DI CALCEDONIA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
The acts that have come down to us are not authentic (BHG, 619 ff.; BHL, 2708-14). E. was a virgin consecrated to God; during the persecution of Diocletian her… -
Euphrates (EUFRATA)
Bishop of Cologne. In 344 he was sent by the emperor Constans, together with Vincent, bishop of Capua, to Antioch to obtain from Constantius the return of St.… -
Euphrates (EUFRATE)
EUPHRATES (Sumerian Buramum; Akkadian Puramumu or Purattu, whose most probable meaning is "Great River"; Hebrew Pardh; the Greek term Εὐφράνης derives from the… -
Euphrosyne, Saint (EUFROSINA, SANTA)
Daughter of Paphnutius, a distinguished personage of Alexandria, born around 413. Since her father wanted to force her into marriage, at the age of eighteen… -
Euphrosyne the Younger, Saint (EUFROSINA GIUNIORE, SANTA)
Virgin ascetic, b. in the Peloponnese ca. 854, d. at the age of 69, apparently in 923. Educated in Calabria, she went as a very young girl to Constantinople to… -
Eupolemus (EUPOLEMO)
A Palestinian Hebrew, son of John, mentioned in I Macc., 8:17 and II Macc., 4:11. Sent to Rome around 161 B.C. by Judas Maccabeus, he concluded an alliance… -
Eupolus, Saint, Martyr (EUPLO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He was killed on 12 Aug. 304 in Catania, during the persecution of Diocletian. His cult spread between the 5th and 7th centuries in Sicily and Italy. Of his… -
Eurasianism (EURASISMO)
A political-spiritual orientation that developed within the Russian emigration, but which also finds its connections and reflections in the U.S.S.R.… -
Euric, King of the Visigoths (EURICO, RE DEI VISIGOTI)
B. around 420, d. in Sept. 485, he was the founder of Visigothic power in France and in Spain. Strong and cunning, he ascended the throne in 466 after having… -
Europe (EUROPA)
One of the five continents of the earth. SUMMARY: I. Geography. - II. History. I. GEOGRAPHY. It is the smallest of the three parts traditionally recognized in… -
European Union (UNIONE EUROPEA)
The need to create a European union became practically relevant after the First World War. The existence of a "spirit" and a "sentiment" of Europe before the… -
Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata, Saint (EUSEBIO, VESCOVO DI SAMOSATA, SANTO)
He took part in the election of Meletius to the see of Antioch. At the Synod of Antioch of 363, presided over by the latter, he adhered to the Nicene Council… -
Eusebius Brunone (EUSEBIO BRUNONE)
Vescovo e teologo francese, n. all'inizio del sec. xi, m. a Angers nel 1081. Successo nella cattedra andegavense a Uberto di Vendôme nel 1047, assistette a… -
Eusebius of Alexandria (EUSEBIO D'ALESSANDRIA)
Probably a fictitious figure of the Alexandrian priest John (PG 86, 1, 297-310) who published his own 22 Ascetic Treatises under this name (ibid., 313-462).… -
Eusebius of Caesarea (EUSEBIO DI CESAREA)
Father of ecclesiastical history. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. Historical works. - III. Apologetic works. - IV. Exegetical works. - V. Dogmatic works. - VI.… -
Eusebius of Cremona, Saint (EUSEBIO DI CREMONA, SANTO)
Priest and disciple of St. Jerome. Born of a distinguished family of Cremona around the middle of the 4th century, while still young he renounced the… -
Eusebius of Dorylaeum (EUSEBIO DI DORILEO)
A zealous and learned layman, very prominent at Constantinople, later bishop of Dorylaeum. He reacted publicly against Nestorius during the discourse delivered… -
Eusebius of Emesa (EUSEBIO DI EMESA)
Born at Edessa, he was elected bishop of Emesa because of his knowledge of Greek and Syriac. His Semitic style still finds expression in his rhetoric. Little… -
Eusebius of Nicomedia (EUSEBIO DI NICOMEDIA)
He was first bishop of Berytus (Beyrouth), from which around 318 he had himself transferred to the far more important see of Nicomedia, the imperial residence.… -
Eusebius of Vercelli, Saint (EUSEBIO DI VERCELLI, SANTO)
Born in Sardinia. In the Church of Rome he held the office of lector and later, around 345, he was appointed bishop of Vercelli. He is regarded as the apostle… -
Eusebius, Pope, Saint (EUSEBIO, PAPA, SANTO)
Cubiculum where Pope E. was laid (4th century) with the fragments of the Damasian field - Rome, cemetery of St. Callistus. EUSEBIUS, POPE, saint. - He was… -
Eusebius, Saint (EUSEBIO, SANTO)
In the Jeronymian Martyrology there is commemorated on Aug. 14 a certain E., founder of the titular church of the same name on the Esquiline. The Gregorian… -
Eusebius, Saint (EUSEBIO, SANTO)
Bishop of Laodicea, who lived in the 3rd century. As deacon of Alexandria, he accompanied his bishop before the tribunal. He then distinguished himself in… -
Eusepi, Cecilia
Pious virgin, b. at Monteromano (Viterbo) on 17 Feb. 1910, d. at Nepi on 1 Oct. 1928. She entered at the age of thirteen as an aspirant to the probationary… -
Eustace of Arras, called Buisine (EUSTACHIO DI ARRAS, DETTO BUISINE)
Distinguished Minorite theologian, b. probably at Arras ca. 1225, d. 7 April 1291. At the University of Paris he was a disciple of St. Bonaventure and of… -
Eustachio and Companions, Saints, Martyrs (EUSTACHIO a consu, santi, martiri)
Of Εὐστάθιος Πλακίδας (Eustathius, Placidus, Eustasius), Theopista, his wife, and Theopistus and Agapius, his sons, no reliable historical information has been… -
Eustathians (EUSTAZIANI)
This was the name given to those heretics who, harking back to Eustathius, bishop of Sebaste, exaggerated his ascetic teachings, reviving the Encratite… -
Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch (EUSTAZIO, VESCOVO D'ANTIOCHIA)
An opponent of Arianism at the Council of Nicaea (325) and also later. The emperor Constantine sent him into exile (330), where he died in 337. Only his… -
Eustathius, Bishop of Sebaste (EUSTAZIO, VESCOVO DI SEBASTE)
B. at the beginning of the 4th century, d. after 377. In the dogmatic field he was restless, straying into semi-Arianism and later denying the divinity of the… -
Eustathius, Bishop of Thessalonica (EUSTAZIO, VESCOVO DI TESSALONICA)
He lived in the second half of the 12th century. He is one of the most important figures of the Byzantine period; he was a deacon of Hagia Sophia in… -
Eustochium, Saint (EUSTOCHIO, SANTA)
Third-born daughter of the illustrious Roman matron Paula and of the senator Toxotius, she consecrated herself to God while still very young. The first… -
Eustorgius, Saint (EUSTORGIO, SANTO)
He is said to have been bishop of Milan between 343-50. He is remembered with praise by St. Athanasius and St. Ambrose as a zealous and fervent orthodox; but… -
Eustratios (EUSTRAZIO)
Metropolitan of Nicaea, who lived in the 11th-12th centuries, d. after 1117. A dissident and anti-Latin, he wrote several philosophical and theological works… -
Euthanasia (EUTANASIA)
From "good" and "death." In its currently current sense it means: "merciful, painless killing of a patient considered by now incurable or tormented by… -
Euthymius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (EUTIMIO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
B. around 834 at Seleucia (Isauria), d. in exile on 5 Aug. 917. A monk, he was confessor of the emperor Leo VI, with whose help he founded the monastery of… -
Euthymius the Great, Saint (EUTIMIO IL GRANDE, SANTO)
Distinguished ascetic, b. at Melitene in Armenia in 377, d. in Palestine in 473. He owes his name to the fact that his parents, asking God for a son, were… -
Euthymius the Younger, Saint (EUTIMIO IL GIOVANE, SANTO)
Monk of Mount Athos, b. ca. 828, d. in 898. He founded the famous Peristerse monastery and had among his disciples St. John Kolobos and Basil, metropolitan of… -
Eutizio, Abbey of (EUTIZIO, ABBAZIA DI)
EUTIZIO, ABBAZIA di : v. NORCIA. -
Eutrapelia
EUTRAPELIA : v. DIVERTIMENTI. -
Eutropius, Saint (EUTROPIO, SANTO)
Born in Marseille to a noble family in the first half of the 5th century. He spent a rather dissolute youth, but after the death of his wife he was brought… -
Eutropius the Presbyter (EUTROPIO IL PRESBITERO)
Theologian, who lived in the 4th-5th centuries, of whom Gennadius speaks (De vir. ill., 49). He was probably Spanish and carried on his activity in the north… -
Eutyches (EUTICHE)
Born in 378, probably at Constantinople, he embraced the religious life as a young man in a monastery in the surrounding area, where he had as his teacher a… -
Eutyches and Eutychianism (EUTICHE E EUTICHIANESIMO)
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Eutyches, Saint, Martyr (EUTICHE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
EUTICHE, santo, martire: v. GENNARO and COMPANIONS, saints, martyrs. -
Eutychian, Pope, Saint (EUTICHIANO, PAPA, SANTO)
By the anonymous author of the Liber Pontificalis he is called a Tuscan, the son of a certain Marinus. It is not possible to establish exactly the… -
Eutychius (EUTICHIO)
Patriarca melkita di Alessandria, in arabo Sa'id b. Barric, n. al Cairo nell'877, m. nel 940. Scrisse gli annali dalla creazione fino al 938, nei quali, fra… -
Eutychius, Saint (EUTICHIO, SANTO)
Patriarch of Constantinople, b. ca. 512, d. April 22, 582. In 553 he was elected to the Byzantine see. He intervened immediately in the controversy over the… -
Eutychius, Saint, Martyr (EUTICHIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
EUTICHIO, santo, martire: v. PLACIDO, EUTICHIO e consuoi, saints, martyrs. -
Eutychius, Saint, Martyr (EUTICHIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Unknown to the most ancient hagiographic documents, he is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 2 July as buried in the cemetery of Callistus in Rome.… -
Eutychus (Εὐτύχος) (EUTICO ("ΕΥ̓ΑΥΤΌΣ"))
A young man raised from the dead by St. Paul at Troas (Acts 20:9-12). With the recklessness proper to his age (he is called first ναυτάς, v. 9, then παῖς, v.… -
Eutymian Schism (EUTIMIANI, SCISMA DEGLI)
EUTIMIANI, SCISMA degli: v. EUTIMIO I. -
Euzoius, Bishop of Antioch, formerly Deacon of Alexandria (EUZOIO, VESCOVO DI ANTIOCHIA, GIÀ DIACONO DI ALESSANDRIA)
He was one of the first followers of Arius, together with whom he was excommunicated and deposed in 320 by Alexander, bishop of Alexandria (Socrates, Hist.… -
Euzonius (EUZOIO)
Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, where he had been a fellow student of St. Gregory Nazianzen at the school of a certain Thespele. The emperor Valens replaced…