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Daughters of the Church (FIGLIE DELLA CHIESA)
Religious congregation founded in Venice in 1940 through the work of Sister Maria Oliva of the Mystical Body and canonically erected by the cardinal patriarch… -
Daughters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (FIGLIE DEL S.MO E IMMAGOLATO CUORE DI MARIA (Gerona))
Institute founded in Olot (diocese of Gerona) in 1848 by the priest Gioacchino Masmitja under the Augustinian Rule, which received the decree of praise on 20… -
Daughters of the Most Holy Savior of Posonio (Timavia) (FIGLIE DEL S.MO SALVATORE DI POSONIO (Timavia))
The Congregation is a branch of the Institute of the Sisters of the Most Holy Savior, founded in Alsace in 1849. From that Institute the Austrian branch of the… -
Daughters of the Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (FIGLIE DEI S.MI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA)
The idea and the foundation of the work are due to the marchioness Eugenia Ravasco, who began it in 1868 and then founded in 1871 in Genoa the first house of… -
Faà di Bruno, Francesco
Priest, b. at Alessandria on 29 March 1885 into the well-known family, d. at Turin on 27 March 1888. A captain and combatant at Novara, he studied mathematics… -
Fabbri, Filippo
Scotist philosopher and theologian of the Conventual Franciscans, b. at La Spianata, near Faenza, in 1564, d. at Padua on 28 Aug. 1630. A religious at Faenza… -
Fabbri, Odoardo
Scholar and patriot, b. at Cesena on 13 Oct. 1778, d. there on 7 Oct. 1853. He entered public life with the Cisalpine Republic and then under the Italian… -
Fabbris, Giuseppe
Sculptor, b. at Nove di Bassano on 19 Aug. 1790, d. at Rome on 22 Aug. 1860. He studied in Milan with Gaetano Monti and at the Brera Academy, then in 1813 he… -
Faber, Egidius (Gilles de Smedt) (FABER, EGIDIO (GILLES DE SMEDT))
Theologian and statesman, Carmelite, b. in Brussels ca. 1440, d. in 1506. A doctor of Louvain and an illustrious preacher, he enjoyed the favor of Archduke… -
Faber (Favre, Lefèvre), Pierre, Blessed (FABER (FAVRE, LEFÈVRE), PIERRE, BEATO)
Jesuit, b. 13 April 1506 at Villaret in Savoy. From 1525 he was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, sharing a room with St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis… -
Faber, Frederick William
Oratorian ascetical theologian, b. at Calverley (Yorkshire) on 28 June 1814, d. in London on 26 Sept. 1863. He spent his childhood in Westmorland. From Harrow… -
Faber, Johannes
Dominican preacher and polemicist, b. at Augsburg around 1475, d. in 1530. He was prior of Augsburg (1507), vicar general of the Congregation of Upper Germany… -
Faber Stapulensis
FABER STAPULENSIS: v. LE FÈVRE D'ÉTAPLES. -
Fabianism (FABIANISMO)
A movement of English theorists belonging to the middle class, whose leading exponents are Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb, who sought to give a new formula of… -
Fabian, Pope, Saint, Martyr (FABIANO, PAPA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He was elected in Jan. 236 immediately after the death of Pope Anterus. After the death of Maximinus Thrax the Church had a period of tranquility during the… -
Fabio, Epistle Moral to (FABIO, EPISTOLA MORAL A)
A Spanish poetic composition of the 18th century in tercets of hendecasyllables, attributed to B. L. de Argensola (by Sedano, 1768), to Rioja (by Estala… -
Fabiole (FABIOLA)
Her biographer is St. Jerome in his letter to Oceanus, written precisely on the occasion of F.'s death. Of the most noble family of the Fabii, having gone as a… -
Fabius, Saint (FABIO, SANTO)
Martyr under Diocletian in 303 or 304. According to the Passio (BHL, 2818) composed between the end of the 4th and the first half of the 5th century, when the… -
Fabre, Jean-Henri (FABRE, JEAN-HENRY)
Entomologist, b. at St-Léon (Aveyron) on 22 Dec. 1823, d. at Sérignan (Vaucluse) on 1 Oct. 1915. After a period of teaching at Carpentras, Ajaccio and Avignon… -
Fabretti, Raffaele
Archaeologist, b. at Urbino in 1618, d. at Rome on 7 Jan. 1700, canon of St. Lawrence in Damaso and then of St. Peter's in the Vatican. Although he had various… -
Fabriani, Severino
A priest from Modena, b. at Spilamberto on 7 Jan. 1792, d. on 27 Aug. 1849. He entered the Seminary of Modena in 1806. Ordained a priest on 17 Dec. 1814, he… -
Fabriano, Diocese of (FABRIANO, DIOCESI DI)
The history of the city and territory of F. is linked to that of the Church of Camerino, to whose extensive circumscription F. belonged from its origins… -
Fabrica and Fabbriceria (FABBRICA E FABBRICERIA)
In canon law, "fabbrica" means the church or sacred building in its material structure, and thus the temple and any annexed buildings necessary for worship.… -
Fabrica of Saint Peter (FABBRICA DI SAN PIETRO)
FABBRICA DI SAN PIETRO: V. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE, SACRE. -
Fabricius, Johann Albert
Great scholar, b. in 1668 at Leipzig, d. in 1736 at Hamburg, where he served as librarian and director of the academic Gymnasium. He published the Bibliotheca… -
Fabri, Honoré
Jesuit, polymath, b. at Vivien-le-Grand (Ain) on 5 April 1607, d. at Rome on 8 March 1688. He was at first esteemed as a professor of philosophy, physics and… -
Fabri, Johannes
Born in 1478 at Leutkirch, died in Vienna on 21 May 1541. He took his doctorate in theology at Tübingen and in law at Freiburg. Vicar at Lindau, parish priest… -
Fabris, Luigi Maria
Priest, b. at Vicenza on 6 Dec. 1805, d. there on 10 June 1887. Founder of the Institute of the Sons of Charity, he directed until his death the charity infant… -
Fabro, Antonio (FABRO, ANTONIO (FABER ANTONIUS, ANTOINE FAIVRE))
French jurist, b. at Bourges-en-Bresse on 4 Oct. 1557, d. at Chambéry on 1 March 1624. A pupil of the Jesuits, he later obtained a doctorate in jurisprudence… -
Facchini, Elia, Blessed (FACCHINI, ELIA, BESTO)
B. at Reno Centesc (Ferrara) on 2 July 1839, d. in China at Tai-Yuan-fu (Shansi) on 9 July 1900, a victim of the Boxer persecution. He took the Franciscan… -
Facciolati (Fasolato), Jacopo (FACCIOLATI (FASOLATO), JACOFO)
Italian scholar, b. at Torreglia, on the Euganean Hills, 4 Jan. 1682, d. at Padua, 26 Aug. 1769. Following his priestly vocation, he obtained a doctorate in… -
Facondo of Hermiana (FACONDO DI ERMIANA)
African bishop of the 6th century. What is known of him is closely connected with the part he played in the question of the Three Chapters, of which he was one… -
Factory Council (CONSIGLIO DI FABBRICA)
CONSIGLIO DI FABBRICA: v. FABBRICERIA. -
Faculty (FACOLTÀ)
The proximate and immediate principle of activity in a living being. It expresses the concepts of power, energy, force, capacity. The doctrine of the… -
Faenza, Diocese of (FAENZA, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Ravenna; it is a suffragan of Bologna; the Cathedral is dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle. The diocese has an area of 700 sq km and counts… -
Făgăraș (FAGARAS)
City of Transylvania, formerly the seat of a bishopric established in 1721 by Pope Clement IX, in place of the older one of Alba Iulia. However, only Bishop… -
Fage, Marie-Antoinette
In religion Sister Mary of Jesus, b. in Paris on 7 Nov. 1824, d. there on 19 Sept. 1883. After a sad childhood, orphaned at 14, she was taken in by relatives… -
Fagnani, Prospero
Canonist and theologian, b. at S. Angelo in Vado in 1587, d. in Rome in 1678. Having earned a doctorate in utroque iure at Perugia (1618), he taught canon law… -
Fagnano, Giuseppe
Born on 9 March 1844 at Rocchetta Tanaro (Alessandria), died at Santiago on 18 Aug. 1916. In 1860 he entered the Oratory of St. John Bosco in Turin and… -
Faillon, Étienne-Michel (FAILLON, ETIENNE-MICHEL)
Sulpician, polymath, b. at Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône) on 3 Jan. 1800, d. at Paris on 25 Oct. 1870. Ordained priest on 18 Sept. 1824, he entered the Society of… -
Faith (FEDE)
In the technical sense it is the adherence of the intellect, under the influence of Grace, to a Truth revealed by God, not by reason of intrinsic evidence, but… -
Faithful (FEDELE)
The ancient Christians called fidelis (in Gk. πιστός) the one who had received the sacrament of Baptism, who had obtained the grace of Faith, "Fidem accepit"… -
Faithful Companions of Jesus (FEDELI COMPAGNE DI GESÙ)
Religious congregation founded in Amiens in 1820 by Marie Madeleine Victoire de Bengy, viscountess of Bonnault d'Houet, and approved by Leo XII in 1826. The… -
Faith, Good (and Bad) (FEDE, BUONA (E CATTIVA))
Among the various meanings of the word faith (Latin fides) there is also that of trust and of its foundation (fidelity, loyalty, truthfulness). And it is with… -
Fakenham, Nicola
FAKENHAM, NICOLA: V. NICOLA di FAKENHAM, FALANSTERIO: V. FOURIER, CHARLES. -
Fakir (FACHIRO)
From the Arabic faqir, "poor"; the name is practically attributed in India to mendicant ascetics of all sects, who seek to acquire holiness through penances… -
Falasha (Falà) - Emigrant, from Ge'ez Falata (to migrate) (FALASCIA (FALÀ) - EMIGRATO, DAL GE'EZ FALATA (MIGRARE))
Emigrant, from Ge'ez Falata (to migrate). - Small groups of Jewish religion in northern Ethiopia, in the area between Quara to the west of Lake Tana and… -
Falcandus, Hugh (FALCANDO, UGO)
Historian. Nothing is known about his origins; he lived in Sicily during the 12th century and is the author of a Historia or Liber regni Siciliae, in which he… -
Falck, Benedikt
FALCK, BENEDIKT: v. ANASTASIO della CROCE. -
Falcone, Giuseppe
Born in Naples on July 4, 1802, died there on June 13, 1866. He belonged to the Congregation of the Mission (admitted on Dec. 3, 1816) and for several years… -
Falconi, Juan, Venerable (FALCONI, JUAN, VENERABILE)
Mercedarian, b. at Fifiana in 1596, d. in 1638. He was a professor at Segovia and at Alcalá. In his writings Cartilla para saber leer en Cristo, Vida de Dios… -
Falda
A white silk garment tending toward cream, with a long train that the pope girds at his waist and that drags along the ground. Little or nothing is known of… -
Faldstool (FALDISTORIO)
From the German Faltstuhl (folding chair). It is a chair with armrests but without a back, which is placed at the steps of the altar on the Epistle side for… -
Falk, Adalbert
Prussian Minister of Worship, b. at Matschkau (Silesia) on 10 April 1827, d. at Hamm on 7 July 1900. Having entered the judiciary in 1855, he was Minister of… -
Falkland Islands (FALKLAND, ISOLE)
An archipelago composed of two larger islands (West Falkland and East Falkland) and a few hundred islets, facing the eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan.… -
Falletti, Giulia, Marchioness of Barolo (FALLETTI, GIULIA, MARCHESA DI BAROLO)
FALLETTI, GIULIA, MARCHIONESS OF BAROLO: v. BAROLO GIULIA VITURNIA, FRANCESCA, marchioness of. -
Falloppio, Gabriele
Born in Modena in 1523, died in Padua on 9 October 1562. A pupil in Ferrara of Musa Brasavola, he renounced a canonry to devote himself to his beloved studies… -
Falloux du Coudray, Frédéric-Alfred-Pierre de (FALLOUX DU COUDRAY, FRÉDÉRIC-AL-FRED-PIERRE DE)
French politician, b. 7 May 1811 at Angers, d. there 6 Jan. 1885. A descendant of a family of merchants ennobled in 1823 by Louis XVIII with the title of… -
Fall River, Diocese of (FALL RIVER, DIOCESI DI)
City in the State of Massachusetts in the United States of America and seat of a diocese suffragan of Boston, comprising a territory of about 3,120 sq. km. in… -
Faloci Pulignani, Michele
Prelate and historian, b. at Foligno on 9 July 1856; ordained priest on 12 Apr. 1879, professor at the local Seminary and at the regional one of Assisi… -
False (FALSO)
I. F. IN GENERE. - Falsehood (Latin: falsum) in the broadest sense indicates any alteration of the truth. This alteration can be made either orally or in… -
Falsity (FALSITÀ)
FALSITÀ: v. ERRORE: VERITÀ. -
Falso Bordone
Name given to a primitive form of polyphony, characterized by the exclusive use of thirds and sixths as well as by parallel motion in all its parts. The f. b.… -
Faludi, Ferenc
Hungarian poet and man of letters, Jesuit, b. 25 March 1704 at Köszeg, d. 18 Dec. 1779 at Rohoncz, after having lived almost always in Austria, at Vienna… -
Falzacappa, Giovan Francesco
Cardinal, b. at Corneto on 7 Apr. 1767, d. at Rome on 18 Nov. 1840. Having entered the prelature at a very young age, Pius VI entrusted him with the presidency… -
Fame (FAMA)
By this term is meant "the good opinion that is held of a person in a certain environment because of the qualities with which he is believed to be endowed." It… -
Famiano, Saint (FAMIANO, SANTO)
B. at Cologne ca. 1090, d. 8 August 1150 at Gallese (Viterbo). Of a noble family, called Gerardo or Quardo at birth, in his youth he made a pilgrimage out of… -
Familists (FAMILISTI)
A Protestant sect that existed in Holland and England between the 16th and 17th centuries. It was founded between 1539 and 1540 by one Henry Niclaes, a native… -
Family (FAMIGLIA)
It is the institution that brings together the spouses and the children born of their union or assimilated to them. SUMMARY: I. Natural biological foundation… -
Family Allowances (ASSEGNI FAMILIARI)
In Italy this name has been given to the indemnities paid to employees of private firms, in addition to the remuneration deriving from the contractual… -
Family of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Brentana (FAMIGLIA DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ DI BRENTANA)
The Institute was founded on 22 Sept. 1880 in Brentana (Milan), and only three years later it was approved, together with its constitutions, by the archbishop… -
Family Pact (PATTO DI FAMIGLIA)
It is the political alliance concluded between the dynasties belonging to the House of Bourbon, reigning in the 18th century in France, Spain, Naples and… -
Fanaticism (FANATISMO)
Fanaticus is usually connected etymologically with fanum "temple," so that fanaticus would be equivalent to "belonging to a sacred temple" (CIL, V, 3924). F.… -
Fancelli Family (FANCELLI, FAMIGLIA)
Tuscan artists, among whom are, in chronological order, Luca, Domenico, Pandolfo, Cosimo. LUCA (b. at Settignano in 1430; d. there in 1495) is remembered as a… -
Fane
FANE: v. OREISNO. -
Fani, Mario
Born in Viterbo to a noble family on 24 Oct. 1845; died in Rome on 4 Oct. 1869. Founder, together with Giovanni Acquaderni (v.), of the Society of Italian… -
Fanning Islands (FANNING, ISOLE)
FANNING, ISLANDS: v. GILBERT, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of the ISLANDS. -
Fano, Diocese of (FANO, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Pesaro. The ancient Fanum Fortunae rises on the Adriatic coast at the point where the Via Flaminia reaches the sea and dominates the fertile… -
Fano, Giulio
Physician and physiologist, b. in Mantua on 29 March 1856, d. there on 27 Sept. 1930. He was professor of general physiology at the University of Rome. To him… -
Fanone
In its present form it is an ornament proper to the Supreme Pontiff alone, which he assumes when he celebrates solemnly, after the canonical hour of terce. It… -
Fansaga (Fansago, Fanzago, Fonsaga), Cosimo
Architect, sculptor and decorator, b. at Clusone (Bergamo) in 1592, d. at Naples on 13 Feb. 1678. He probably received his first instruction in art from his… -
Fantasy (FANTASIA)
It is in general the intermediary function between the immediate appearing of objects to the external senses and the reflected knowledge of them such as is had… -
Fanti, Bartolomeo, Blessed (FANTI, BARTOLOMEO, BEATO)
Carmelite priest, b. in Mantua ca. 1415, d. in 1495. He took the Carmelite habit in 1433 in the convent of Mantua, the center of the reform that took its name… -
Fantino of Calabria, Saint (FANTINO DI CALABRIA, SANTO)
Basilian ascetic of the 10th century, who lived in the famous region of the Mercurion, between Calabria and Lucania, died at Thessalonica on 25 July 970. He… -
Fantino of Tauriano, Saint (FANTINO DI TAURIANO, SANTO)
Patron of Tauriano, in Calabria, whom fragmentary and uncertain reports place in the 4th or 5th century. Converted to the faith in a wondrous manner, he in… -
Fantosati, Antonino, Blessed (FANTOSATI, ANTONINO, BEATO)
Born at S. Maria in Valle, a suburb of Trevi, on 16 Oct. 1842. At the age of 16 he entered the Franciscan Order in the Umbrian province, and at 23 he was a… -
Faraday, Michael
B. at Newington-Butts near London on Sept. 22, 1791, d. at Hampton Court on Aug. 25, 1867. He was one of the greatest scientists of all time, the founder… -
Faraud, Henri-Joseph
B. March 17, 1823 at Gigondas (France), d. Sept. 26, 1890 at St-Boniface (Canada). An Oblate of Mary Immaculate in 1844, he was sent to the mission of the… -
Farcitura
From the French farce, it refers to a series of interpolations into a liturgical text that is sung or recited: "Kyrie farcito," "Epistola farcita." The… -
Fardella, Michelangelo
Philosopher, b. at Trapani in 1650, d. at Naples on 8 Jan. 1718. He was in Messina in contact with G. A. Borelli, and in Paris for three years he frequented… -
Fare, Anne-Louis-Henri de la
Cardinal, b. 4 Nov. 1752 at Luçon (Vendée), d. 10 Dec. 1829 at Paris. From a very ancient family of lower Languedoc, he studied at the Sorbonne. Vicar general… -
Farel, Guillaume
B. at Gap in 1489, d. at Neuchâtel on Sept. 13, 1565. He studied in Paris, where, attracted by the reformer Le Fèvre (1509), he came into contact with the… -
Farfa, Abbey of (FARFA, BADIA DI)
Diocese of Sabina, province of Rieti, comune of Fara Sabina. The monastery is canonically united to that of St. Paul in Rome, which keeps some monks there. The… -
Farges, Albert
Neo-Scholastic Sulpician philosopher, b. in 1848 at Beaulieu, d. on 9 June 1926. He taught in the Seminaries of Bruges and of Nantes, then passed to the… -
Farhat, Germano
Archbishop, b. in Aleppo on 20 Nov. 1670, d. there on 10 July 1732. He studied in the Maronite school directed by Pietro Tolavi, an alumnus of the Maronite… -
F.A.R.I.
F.A.R.I.: v. FEDERAZIONE ASSOCIAZIONI RICREATIVE ITALIANE. -
Fariana (FERIANA)
It is the name of the modern village in Tunisia, a short distance from which, at the locality Medinet el Kdim, lie the ruins of ancient Thelepte. The city was… -
Farinacci, Prospero
Italian jurist, b. in Rome on 30 Oct. 1554, d. there on 30 Oct. 1616. He studied law at the University of Padua and there received his doctorate, revealing… -
Farina, Filippo
Papal general and Minister of Arms, b. at Ronciglione (Viterbo) in 1795, d. at Rome on 9 July 1857. On 27 Oct. 1816 he entered the corps of the papal… -
Farina, Salvatore
Sardinian novelist, b. at Sorso on 19 Jan. 1846, d. at Milan on 15 Dec. 1918. While he was editing the Gazzetta musicale of the Casa Ricordi, one of his… -
Farini, Luigi Carlo
Physician and statesman, b. at Russi on 22 Oct. 1812, d. at Quarto on 1 Aug. 1866. A medical student at Bologna, he took part in the risings of 1831; then, for… -
Farnese, Family (FARNESE, FAMIGLIA)
Its origins are not well known. It seems to have taken its name, between the 11th and 12th centuries, from its fief of Castrum Farneti. Until the 15th century… -
Faro, Diocese of (FARO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of southern Portugal, capital of the province of Algarve. It has an area of about 5,072 km², with 317,628 inhabitants, of whom 503,747 are… -
Farvacques, Francis
Augustinian theologian, b. in Belgium in the first decade of the seventeenth century and d. around 1670. Professor of sacred sciences in the ancient abbey of… -
Fascism (FASCISMO)
Political movement founded by Benito Mussolini (v.). The origins of fascism go back to the period immediately preceding the First World War: to the internal… -
Fashion (MODA)
From the Latin modus (form, manner, measure), it differs from usage, custom, costume, because it changes almost daily, it constitutes the model to be chased… -
Fasoli, Michele Pio
Missionary and martyr, b. at Zerbo (Pavia) on 3 May 1676, martyred at Gondar (Ethiopia) on 3 March 1716. Having entered the Franciscan Order and been ordained… -
Fasolo, Giovanni Battista
Franciscan, b. at Asti (or at Bergamo?) and active in the 17th century, composer and organist; he was choirmaster of the archbishop of Monreale (Palermo).… -
Fassini, Vincenzo Maria
Dominican theologian and historian, b. at Racconigi on 19 Aug. 1738, d. on 15 July 1787 at Pisa, at whose University he held the chair of Sacred Scripture. An… -
Fassoni, Liberato di San Giovanni Battista
Theologian of the Piarists, b. in Liguria in 1720, d. in Rome on 4 May 1775. Professor at Senigallia and at Rome, he was a member of the Academies of Cagliari… -
Fastidio
A Pelagian, living at the beginning of the 5th century, "Britannorum episcopus", who "scripsit ad Fatalem quendam de vita Christiana librum et alium de… -
Fasting (DIGIUNO)
Fasting, from the ecclesiastical Latin "iejunus," is the state of one who is empty of food. The adjective used as a noun came in the end to mean the exercise… -
Fatalism (FATALISMO)
A philosophical or theological doctrine that holds every event, whether natural or human, to be the ineluctable effect of a superior and necessary connection… -
Fate (FATO)
It is the lot, the destiny that hangs over something or someone according to a process of causes whose unfolding is necessary and whose final result is… -
F.A.T.E.
F.A.T.E.: v. FEDERAZIONE ASSOCIAZIONI TEATRO EDUCATIVO. -
Fatebenefratelli (FATEBENEFATELLI)
FATEBENEFATELLI: v. OSPEDALIERI di SAN GIOVANNI di DIO. -
Fatherland and Patriotism (PATRIA E PATRIOTTISMO)
Patria comes from pater, "father": it is the land in which one is born and in which one's forebears have lived in family continuity. Its external elements are… -
Fatiha (FÂTIHAH)
In Arabic "the opening," "the initial." It is the first chapter (sûrah) of the Quran, and the only one that makes an exception to the general criterion… -
Fátima, Sanctuary of (FÂTIMA, SANTUARIO DI)
In the diocese of Leiria, in the Serra d'Aire range, on a karst plateau, on terrain of the Tertiary era, stands the village of F., unknown to the whole world… -
Fattore, Niccolò (Factor Nicolas), Blessed (FATTORE, NICCOLÒ (FACTOR NICOLAS), BEATO)
Born in Valencia on 29 June 1537 to a Sicilian father, died there on 23 Dec. 1583. In 1557, without his parents' knowledge, he entered the Franciscans in… -
Fattore, Pennini Gianfrancesco detto il (FATTORE, PENNI GIANFRANCESCO DETTO IL)
FATTORE, PENNI GIANFRANCESCO detto il : v. PENNI, GIANFRANCESCO. -
Fattori, Giovanni
Painter, b. in Livorno on 6 Sept. 1825, d. in Florence on 30 Aug. 1908. He is the most famous and the greatest of the Tuscan "Macchiaioli". A pupil of Bezzuoli… -
Faunus (FAUNO)
A very ancient Italic deity, later identified with the Greek Pan. He was the beneficent spirit of the mountains, the countryside and the livestock, in whom… -
Fauré, Gabriel (FAURÈ, GABRIEL)
Musician, b. at Pamiers on 21 May 1845, d. at Paris on 4 Nov. 1924. A pupil of Niedermayer, Dietsch and Saint-Saëns, in 1866 he was organist at Rennes, then at… -
Fauré, Giovanni Battista (FAURÈ, GIOVANNI BATTISTA)
Jesuit, theologian, b. in Rome on 25 Oct. 1702, d. in Viterbo on 5 Apr. 1779. He spent almost his entire life in the Roman College, teaching philosophy… -
Fauriel, Claude-Charles
Writer, b. at St-Etienne, 21 Oct. 1772, d. at Paris 15 July 1844. He had cultural ties with the leading French and foreign men of letters of the period (Mme de… -
Fausta, Flavia Maxima (FAUSTA, FLAVIA MASSIMA)
Daughter of the emperor Maximian, born probably in Rome in 298. When Galerius set out to suppress the usurpation of Maxentius, and the latter, to defend… -
Faustinus (FAUSTINO)
A Roman priest, a follower of the schism of Ursinus against Damasus, on account of which he had to leave Rome, and of the sect of the Luciferians. There… -
Faustinus and Jovita, Saints, Martyrs (FAUSTINO E GIOVITA, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The information concerning them is scanty and uncertain. They are certainly commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 16 February. A church in honor of F.… -
Faustinus, Saint Martyr (FAUSTINO, SANTO MARTIRE)
FAUSTINO, santo martire: v. SIMPLICIUS, FAUSTINUS and BEATRIX, holy martyrs. -
Faustus of Byzantium (FAUSTO DI BISANZIO)
Celebrated Armenian historian who lived in the period between the 4th and 5th centuries, born of a noble family and a priest. His residence in Byzantium earned… -
Faustus of Milevi (FAUSTO DI MILEVI)
African Manichaean bishop of the 4th century. Born in Africa, at Mileve, although with an almost purely literary education and quite limited even in this… -
Faustus of Riez (FAUSTO DI RIEZ)
Ecclesiastical writer, b. in Brittany at the beginning of the 5th century, d. after 485. He entered the monastery of Lérins at a young age, and was elected… -
Fava (Faba), Guido
Born before 1190, died around 1250. Along with Buoncompagno he was the most authoritative voice of the grammar school of the first half of the 13th century in… -
Favaroni, Agostino del
Augustinian theologian, b. in Rome ca. 1360, d. in Prato in 1443 in the odor of sanctity. He completed his theological studies in Bologna, where, sent there in… -
Favouritism (FAVOREGGIAMENTO)
FAVOREGGIAMENTO: v. COOPERAZIONE. -
Favre, Jules
Statesman, b. in Lyon on 21 March 1809, d. at Versailles on 20 January 1880. A lawyer of wide renown, he always fought in the radical ranks and during the… -
Fazio degli Uberti
FAZIO degli UBERTI: v. UBERTI, FAZIO degli. -
Fea, Carlo
Archaeologist, b. at Pigna, near Oneglia in Liguria, on 4 June 1753, d. at Rome on 17 March 1836, buried in S. Lorenzo in Lucina. Having gone to Rome while… -
Fear (TIMORE)
From the Latin timor, it is the trepidation or disturbance of the mind because of an impending danger or an imminent evil. It can be considered either as a… -
Fear of God (TIMORE DI DIO)
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Feast of Corpus Christi (CORPUS DOMINI, FESTA DEL)
Procession of Corpus Christi in Paris in the 15th century. Drawing from a miniature of the Missal of the Jouvenel des Ursins (15th century), destroyed in the… -
Feast of the Dead (MORTI, FESTA DEI)
The f. of the m. (2 November; for the liturgy, v. DEFUNTI, IV. IV. Commemoration of all the faithful departed) gives rise to a series of manifestations that… -
Feast of the Tabernacles (TABERNACOLI, FESTA DEI)
One of the three annual feasts of Israel, together with Passover and Pentecost, at which "every male" had to "appear before the Lord God" (Ex. 23:17) in… -
Febadio
Anti-Arian polemicist, bishop of Agennum (Agen, department of Lot-et-Garonne) in Gaul, wrote after the publication of the second formula of Sirmium a book… -
Febronia, Saint, Martyr (FEBRONIA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
The information about her personality and her martyrdom is uncertain; the earliest accounts are from the 7th century. She was venerated in Constantinople, in… -
Febronio, Giovanni Nicola
FEBRONIO, GIOVANNI NICOLA: v. MONTHEIM, JOHANN NIKOLAUS. -
Fechner, Gustav Theodor
German philosopher, b. at Gross-Särchen (Lower Lusatia) on 19 Apr. 1801, d. after a long university career at Leipzig on 16 Nov. 1887. In his thought, strongly… -
Fecundation (FECONDAZIONE)
It is the union of the male germ cell with the female germ cell, that is, of two gametes of different sex. In most organisms, and chiefly in all multicellular… -
FEDE e DISCIPLINA (CONFERENZE)
FEDE e DISCIPLINA (CONFERENZE): v. CONFERENZE PANCRISTIANE. -
Fedele da Fanna
Friar Minor, b. at Fanna in Friuli on 24 Dec. 1838, d. at Quaracchi on 12 Aug. 1881. He was the originator and the most active collaborator of the critical… -
Fedele, Pietro
Historian and politician, b. at Minturno on 15 April 1873, d. at Rome on 9 Jan. 1943. First a professor in secondary schools, he then spent long years in… -
Federalism (FEDERALISMO)
FEDERALISMO: V. IDEA FEDERALISTICA. -
Federalist Idea (IDEA FEDERALISTA)
Under the name of federalist idea, or more properly of federalism (from Latin foedus, alliance), are comprised the doctrine and the political movements aimed… -
Federation of Associations of the Clergy in Italy (F.A.C.I.) (FEDERAZIONE TRA LE ASSOCIAZIONI DEL CLERO IN ITALIA)
Attempted in various forms since the beginning of this century through movements in individual Italian dioceses (e.g., Bologna, Turin, Sicily) that sought to… -
Federation of Educational Theatre Associations (F.A.T.E.) (FEDERAZIONE ASSOCIAZIONI TEATRO EDUCATIVO (F.A.T.E.))
Its establishment was resolved in 1910 in Rome by the supreme Council of the Società della Gioventù Cattolica Italiana and it was constituted at the beginning… -
Federation of Italian Recreational Associations (F.A.R.I.) (FEDERAZIONE ASSOCIAZIONI RICREATIVE ITALIANE (F.A.R.I.))
A work of the Gioventù Femminile di Azione Cattolica, established in Rome in 1944 and from 1945 extended also to northern Italy immediately after the… -
Federici, Giacomo
Bolognese doctor and professor of theology and law, d. at Trieste on 8 Sept. 1652. In the De electione et potestate prædiciorum et eliberum officiolium… -
Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (FEDERICO DA MONTEFELTRO, DUCA DI URBINO)
B. at Gubbio in 1422, to Guidantonio, d. at Ferrara on 10 Sept. 1482. In 1444 he succeeded his brother Oddantonio, who had been killed by the people of Urbino.… -
Federico di Gesù (Joannes Martin Schellhorn)
Theologian, b. 6 Nov. 1721 in Munich, d. 16 Oct. 1788 in Augsburg. On 24 May 1741 he made his religious profession among the Discalced Carmelites, taught canon… -
Fedorov (pron. Fiódorov), Nikolaj Fedorovič (FEDOROV (PRON. FIÓDOROV), NICOLAJ FEDOROVIĆ)
Born in 1828, died in 1903. A solitary Russian thinker, little known during his lifetime. The illegitimate son of a Prince Gagarin, he studied at Tambov and… -
Fehrenbach, Konstantin
German politician, b. 11 January 1852 at Wellendinger (Baden), d. 26 March 1926 at Freiburg im Breisgau. A deputy of the Center Party in the Baden Diet, he was… -
Feigenwinter, Ernst
Catholic politician and sociologist, b. in Reinach (Basel) on 13 March 1853, d. in Bern on 15 Sept. 1919. He defended the rights and freedom of the Church in… -
Feijóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo
Benedictine and Spanish writer, b. 8 Oct. 1676 in Casdemero (Orense), d. 26 Dec. 1764 in Oviedo, where he had taught theology. A "free citizen of the republic… -
Feldmann, Joseph
German philosopher, priest, b. at Olpe (Meschede) on 23 Feb. 1878, d. at Paderborn on 29 July 1927. He earned his doctorate in philosophy and theology in Rome.… -
Felician, Saint, Martyr (FELICIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
FELICIANO, santo, martire: v. PRIMO E FELICIANO, saints, martyrs. -
Felicissimus and Agapitus, Saints, Martyrs (FELICISSIMO E AGAPITO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Depositio martyrum on 6 Aug. as buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus. However, nothing is known of their life or of their mar- >… -
Felicity, Saint, Martyr (FELICITA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
She is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 23 November as buried in the cemetery of Maximus on the Via Salaria Nuova. Over her tomb Pope Boniface I… -
Feliński, Zygmunt Felix
Archbishop of Warsaw, b. 6 Oct. 1822 at Wojutyn (Volhynia), d. 1895 at Kraków. He entered the Seminary of Zhytomyr in 1851, whence he passed to the… -
Felix and Adauctus, Saints, Martyrs (FELICE E ADAUTTO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The oldest and most reliable notice concerning them is a Damasan poem from which it is gathered that a certain priest Verus prayed at their tombs. These are… -
Felix and Fortunatus, Saints, Martyrs (FELICE E FORTUNATO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
Commemorated today in the Roman Martyrology on June 11, they were venerated solemnly in Aquileia on August 14, in accordance with the Hieronymian Martyrology… -
Felix, Antonius (FELICE, ANTONIO)
Procurator of Judea from 52 to 60 A.D. A slave emancipated by Antonia, mother of the emperor Claudius (v.). Supported at court by his brother Pallas and a… -
Felix, Bishop of Aptungi (FELICE, VESCOVO DI APTUNGI)
He appears in 311 when he took part in the consecration of Bishop Caecilian of Carthage, which marked the beginning of the Donatist schism. He was therefore… -
Felix, Bishop of Trier, Saint (FELICE, VESCOVO DI TREVIRI, SANTO)
He was elected on the occasion of the Council assembled at Trier in 385 for the Priscillianist controversy, succeeding Britton. Sulpicius Severus (Dial., III… -
Felix, Bishop of Urgell (FELICE, VESCOVO DI URGEL)
In office at Urgel (ca. 782) in the Hispanic March, d. in 818. Together with Elipandus, he was the principal champion of Adoptionism, which he defended with… -
Félix, Célestin-Joseph (FELIX, CÉLESTIN-JOSEPH)
Jesuit, lecturer, b. at Neuville-sur-l'Escaut (diocese of Cambrai) on 28 June 1810, d. at Lille on 6 July 1891. After four years of teaching at Brugelette, he… -
Felix (Fink), Felix of Antwerp (FELICE (FINK) DA ANVERSA)
Capuchin missionary and writer of the province of Belgium, b. at Antwerp on 11 Jan. 1868, entered the novitiate on 13 May 1886, departed for the mission of… -
Felix II, Antipope (FELICE II, ANTIPAPA)
Archdeacon of the Roman church, after the Arian Council of Milan in 355, despite the promise of fidelity to the legitimate pontiff Liberius, driven into exile… -
Felix III, Pope (FELICE III, PAPA)
Strictly speaking he should be called F. II, because the preceding one was an antipope. He reigned from 483 to 492. His father, also named Felix, was a priest… -
Felix I, Pope (FELICE I, PAPA)
In the Liber Pontificalis he is called a Roman, the son of a certain Constantius. He was pope from 269 to 274. He intervened in the question concerning the… -
Felix IV, Pope (FELICE IV, PAPA)
Reigning from 526 to 530. Born in Samnium to a certain Castorius, he was elevated to the supreme pontificate through the influence of Theodoric, king of the… -
Felix of Cantalice, Saint (FELICE DA CANTALICE, SANTO)
A Capuchin lay brother of the Roman province, b. at Cantalice (Rieti) in 1515, he worked as a peasant until the age of 30, made his religious profession in… -
Felix of Nicosia, Blessed (FELICE DA NICOSIA, BEATO)
Lay brother Capuchin of the Messina province, b. at Nicosia (Enna) on 5 Nov. 1715, entered the novitiate at Mistretta on 19 Oct. 1743, d. at Nicosia on 31 May… -
Felix of Nola, Saint (FELICE DI NOLA, SANTO)
Of a noble family originally from Syria, from childhood he consecrated himself to the Lord and was ordained a priest by Bishop Maximus of Nola. During the… -
Felix of Prato (FELICE DA PRATO)
Augustinian exegete, b. in Prato in the second half of the 15th century to Jewish parents, d. in Rome around 1560. For some time he was an ardent and highly… -
Felix of Valois, Saint (FELICE DI VALOIS, SANTO)
Cofounder of the Order of the Trinitarians, of whom there is no reliable biographical information. Born ca. 1127, of the royal family of Valois, as the… -
Felix, Saint, Martyr (FELICE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
FELICE, santo, martire: v. NABORE e FELICE, saints, martyrs. FELICE, saint, martyr: v. NARCISO e FELICE, saints, martyrs. FELICE, saint, martyr: v. SATURNINO… -
Felix V, Antipope (FELICE V, ANTIPAPA)
After the deposition of Pope Eugene IV, the Council of Basel (v.) elected, on 5 Nov. 1439, Duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy (v.). The election was carried out… -
Feller, François-Xavier
Jesuit, scholar and skilled apologist, b. in Brussels on 18 April 1736, d. in Regensburg on 23 May 1802. Having completed his course of studies, he began his… -
Felonius (FELONIO)
It is the Roman paenula (Gr. φελόνιον, by corruption of φεινάλιον or φενάλιον), but from the ancient and ample form that envelops the whole body. The Slavs and… -
Felten, Joseph
Exegete and scholar of modern New Testament criticism, b. at Düren on 9 February 1851, d. at Bonn on 11 December 1929. Professor from 1877 of theology at St.… -
Feltre, Diocese of (FELTRE, DIOCESI DI)
FELTRE, DIOCESI di: v. BELLUNO E FELTRE, DIOCESI di. -
Feminism (from Fr. Féminisme) (FEMMINISMO (DAL FRANC. FÉMINISME))
It is the complex of theories, issues and struggles agitated and conducted on the feminist front for the equalization of woman with man on the civil, social… -
Fenaja, Benedetto
Vicegerent of Rome, b. there on 20 Feb. 1736, d. in Paris on 20 Dec. 1812. Having entered the Congregation of the Mission on 6 Nov. 1751 and been ordained a… -
Fenaroli, Fedele
Composer and music theorist, b. at Lanciano on 25 April 1730 and d. at Naples on 1 January 1818. He studied with Durante, Leo and Porpora at the Conservatory… -
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe
Writer, b. of a noble family on 6 Aug. 1651 in the castle of Fénelon (Périgord), d. 7 Jan. 1715 at Cambrai. He began at the University of Cahors the studies… -
Fenestella Confessionis
Both in block altars and in chest altars there is sometimes found a rectangular opening faced with marble that allowed objects to be brought close to the tomb… -
Feng Shui (FENGS SHUI)
The term f. s. (lit. "wind and water") designates in China a "pseudo-scientific system that is supposed to teach how and where to build tombs, temples, and… -
Fengsiang [Fengxiang] (Fongsiang), Diocese of (FENGSIANG (FONGSIANG), DIOCESI DI)
It is located in northern China, in the civil province of Shensi. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 16 Nov. 1932, with territory detached from the… -
Fengtien
FENGTIEN: v. MUKDEN, DIOCESI di.