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Fiacchi, Luigi
Priest, fabulist, known in Greek as Clasio. Born at Scarperia di Mugello on June 4, 1754, died at Florence on May 25, 1825. He taught mathematics and… -
Fiala
FIALA: V. AMPOLLA. -
Fiammingo, Il
FIAMMINGO, IL: v. DU QUESNOY FRANÇOIS, called il FIAMMINGO. -
Fianarantsoa, Vicariate Apostolic of (FIANARANTSOA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
On the island of Madagascar; it was erected on 10 May 1913 with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of central Madagascar, now of Tananarive, and… -
Fiandino, Ambrogio
FIANDINO, AMBROGIO : V. FIANDINO, AMBROGIO. -
Fibbia
FIBBIA : V. FORMALE. -
Fibula
The Latin term "f." (in Greek περόνη, πάρτη, δαντή) denotes both the safety pin and the belt clasp or buckle. With this term archaeologists generally refer to… -
Fichte, Immanuel Hermann
Thinker, b. in Jena on 18 July 1796, d. in Stuttgart on 8 Aug. 1879, son of Johann Gottlieb (v.), whose works he published in an edition. He taught for a short… -
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
Philosopher, b. May 19, 1762 in Rammenau, a small village in Oberlausitz in Upper Lusatia, d. in Berlin on Jan. 29, 1814. Of precocious intellect, at the age… -
Ficino, Marsilio
Platonic philosopher and restorer of Platonism, b. at Figline in Valdarno on 19 Oct. 1433, to Ficino (an abbreviation of Diotifeci) d'Agnolo di Giusto, a… -
Ficker, Kaspar Julius, von
Jurist and historian, b. at Paderborn on 30 Apr. 1826, d. at Innsbruck on 10 July 1902. He studied at Bonn, Münster and Berlin, and from 1852 was professor of… -
Ficoroni, Francesco de'
Born in 1664 at Lugnano near Valmontone in Latium, died in Rome on 1 February 1747, he was a scholar of antiquity and one of the best-known collectors of his… -
Ficta (False), Music (FICTA (FALSA), MUSICA)
The expression "musica falsa" certainly exists in the first half of the 13th century, since around 1250 Pseudo-Aristotle (Magister Lambertus) treats of it and… -
Fidanza, Giovanni
FIDANZA, GIOVANNI: v. BONAVENTURA, saint. -
Fidati, Simone da Cascina, Blessed (FIDATI, SIMONE DA CASCIA, BEATO)
Born at Cascia ca. 1295, died, it is not known whether at Florence or at Rome, on 2 February 1348. A disciple of Angelo Clareno, head of the Franciscan… -
Fideicommissum (FEDECOMMESSO (FIDEICOMMISSUM))
It is a disposition of last will by which an heir is instituted with the obligation to preserve and transmit, in whole or in part, the inheritance to a… -
Fideism (FIDEISMO)
A theory that exaggerates the importance and the role of faith, diminishing or even rendering almost null the rights of reason, to the point of denying to the… -
Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Saint (FEDELE DA SIGMARINGA, SANTO)
Protomartyr of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and of the S. Congregation of Propaganda Fide, b. at Sigmaringen (Swabia) around the beginning of Oct. 1578… -
Fidelity (FEDELTÀ)
It derives from fides and has the sense of serving fidem. It is a virtue very akin to truthfulness, of which indeed it may be said to form a part, and it is… -
Fides
Monthly magazine of the "Pontifical Work for the Preservation of the Faith in Rome". Founded in 1900, when the proselytism of the various Protestant sects was… -
Fides International Agency (AGENZIA INTERNAZIONALE FIDES)
A missionary information organ, established by the Superior General Council of the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith at its annual assembly in… -
Fieschi, Nicola
Cardinal, of the branch of the counts of Lavagna, b. c. 1456, d. June 15, 1524. He was a man of great virtue and integrity. He received the cardinal's title on… -
Fieschi, Sinibaldo
FIESCHI, SINIBALDO: v. INNOCENZO IV, PAP. -
Fieschi, Tommasina
Mystic, b. in Genoa ca. 1448, d. at Acquasola in 1534. Of the noble F. family, she was probably a distant blood relative of St. Catherine F. Adorno. Educated… -
Figurism (FIGURISMO)
A system of interpreting Holy Scripture, according to which the events and figures of the Bible would be prefigurations of events and personages in the history… -
Fiji (FIGI)
Archipelago of 250 islands (80 inhabited) in the South Pacific; Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are of volcanic origin, the others coral. The humid tropical climate… -
Filagato
FILAGATO: v. GIOVANNI XVI, ANTIPAPA. -
Filangieri, Gaetano
Jurist, b. in Naples on 22 Aug. 1753, d. at Vico Equense on 21 July 1788. He owes his fame, very great in his own times, now almost faded, to the work Scienza… -
Filarete
Antonio Averlino or Averulino, called il F., Italian sculptor and architect, b. in Florence around 1400, d. after 1465. The son of a master carver, he was… -
Filarete of Calabria, Saint (FILARETE DI CALABRIA, SANTO)
Basilian ascetic, b. in Palermo in 1020 to Calabrian parents who had been deported by the Saracens, d. 6 April 1070. His family regained its freedom in 1038… -
Filaret (Fedor), Nikitić Romanov, Patriarch of Moscow (FILARET (FEDOR), NIKITIĆ ROMANOV, PATRIARCA DI MOSCA)
He was one of the boyars or grandees at the court of the last Rurikid, Theodore (1584-98). Boris Godunov forced F. to become a monk. The "false Demetrius"… -
Filaret Gumilevskij (FILARETE GUMILEVSKIJ)
Archbishop of Chernigov (1805-66), born Konobejevskij, called "humilevskij" from the Latin humilis, on account of his small stature and humility. After… -
Filaret, Vasilij Michajlovič Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (FILARETE, VASILIJ MICHAJLOVIĆ DROZDOV, METROPOLITA DI MOSCA)
Born 26 Dec. 1782, died 19 Nov. 1867, he studied at Kolomna and in the lavra of the Most Holy Trinity, where he also began to teach. Having become a monk, he… -
Filargo, Pietro, Cardinal (FILARGO, PIETRO, CARDINALE)
FILARGO, PIETRO, cardinale: v. ALESSANDRO V. ANTIPOPE. -
Filastrius of Brescia (FILASTRIO DI BRESCIA)
Ecclesiastical writer of the 4th century, d. between 391 and 397. From the discourse delivered in his honor by his successor St. Gaudentius, on the 15th… -
Filea and Filoromo, Saints, Martyrs (FILEA E FILOROMO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
In his youth Filea held important civil offices; rich, learned, and influential, he later became bishop of Tmuis. Arrested with other bishops in the… -
Filelfo, Francesco
Autograph letter to Ottaviano Ubaldini, with which F. sends the Consolatio ad Jacobum Marcellum patricum Venetum... de obitu Volcrt filii (1461) - Vatican… -
Filiation (FILIAZIONE)
It is the legal relationship between parents and children, or the relation of sonship. At the basis of the relationship of filiation there lies, in natural… -
Filibert, Saint (FILIBERTO, SANTO)
B. 616-20, d. 20 Aug. 685. Apostle and patron of the Vendée. Of a noble family, probably originally from Eauxe, he was educated at the court of Dagobert I… -
Filicaia, Vincenzo da
Poet, b. in Florence on 30 Dec. 1642. Educated by the Jesuits, he attended law studies in Pisa, cultivated philosophy and theology, and also devoted himself to… -
Filigree (FILIGRANA)
I. NELL'ARTE. - This name designates a work of goldsmithing in gold or silver threads twisted together, interwoven to form often arabesques or designs… -
Filioque
A term introduced by the Latin Church into the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, usually recited at Holy Mass (« Et in Spiritum Sanctum... qui ex Patre Filioque… -
Filipepi, Sandro
FILIPEPI, SANDRO: v. BOTTICELLI, SANDRO. -
Filipović, Simeone
Franciscan, b. at Seonica in Bosnia on 30 Sept. 1732 to a very devout family, d. at Ripatransone (Italy) on 9 May 1802. He studied in Italy and, having… -
Filippini
FILIPPINI: v. ISTITUTO DELL'ORATORIO DI S. FILIPPO NERI; ORATORIO. FILIPPO, priest attached to the monastery of St. Vitus, improperly called antipope: v.… -
Filippi (Philippi[s]us), Pietro Paolo
Dominican theologian from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, died a nonagenarian before June 1690. Having entered the Order of St. Dominic in Rome (convent of S. Maria… -
FILIPPO, prete addetto al monastero di S. Vito, chiamato impropriamente antipapa
FILIPPO, prete addetto al monastero di S. Vito, chiamato impropriamente antipapa: v. ANTIPAPA (3. Antipapi impropriamenti detti, 5: Enc. Catt., I, col. 1489). -
Filippucci, Alessandro Francesco Saverio
Jesuit missionary, b. at Macerata on 5 Jan. 1632, d. at Macao on 15 Aug. 1692. Received into the novitiate of Rome in 1651, he set out in 1660 for the missions… -
Fillastre, Guillaume
Born at La Suze (Maine), around 1348. He studied law, was a priest and an orator of great fame. Dean of Reims in 1392. He revealed his personality at the Synod… -
Fillion, Louis-Claude
Exegete, b. at St-Bonnet-de-Joux (Saône-et-Loire, France) on 25 June 1843, d. at Issy on 12 Dec. 1927. At the Seminary of Autun he was a pupil of F. Vigouroux… -
Filocalo, Furio Dionisio
Renowned calligrapher of the 4th century. His name appears at the head of the calendar with which the collection of the Chronographer of 354 (v.) begins. In… -
Filomarino, Ascanio
Archbishop of Naples, b. 1583, d. 1666. He found himself in bitter conflict with the Spanish viceroy Duke of Medina (1637-1644), at first over questions of… -
Filomarino, Francesco Maria da Napoli
Capuchin theologian and preacher, b. in Naples in 1598, d. 7 March 1683. Of the princely family of the Filomarino (formerly Filamarino), he professed among the… -
Filomusi Guelfi, Francesco
Italian jurist and philosopher, b. at Tocco Casauria (Abruzzo) on 21 Nov. 1842, d. there on 22 Oct. 1922. Professor of philosophy of law and of civil law at… -
Filopanti, Quirico
FILOPANTI, QUIRICO: v. BARILLI, GIUSEPPE. -
Finality, Finalism (FINALITÀ, FINALISMO)
By f. is meant the correspondence that a natural process or any human fact has with a certain result toward which the agent tends: this correspondence requires… -
Finality in Human Activity (FINALITÀ NELL'ATTIVITÀ UMANA)
Finality is one of the most universal characteristics of reality and therefore is also one of the most universal notions of the human mind. To the intuition of… -
Final Perseverance (PERSEVERANZA FINALE)
It indicates the continuation of the just man (that is, of one who is already in a state of sanctifying Grace and is by now adorned with the infused virtues)… -
Fina (Seraphina), Saint (FINA (SERAFINA), SANTS)
Virgin, b. at San Gimignano (Tuscany) in 1238 to Cambio and Imperia; she lived in the world as a model of modesty and piety, of charity and industriousness, of… -
Fine (AMMENDA)
AMMENDA: V. MULTA. -
Finiguerra, Maso
Goldsmith, niellist and draughtsman, b. in Florence in March 1426, d. there in Aug. 1464. A pupil of his father Antonio, he was at first an assistant to… -
Finite (FINITO)
That which has an end, that is, a "limit" in any order. There is a finite number when it results from the repeated addition of the same unit; a finite… -
Fini, Tommaso
FINI, TOMMASO: V. MASOLINO DA PANICALE. -
Finke, Heinrich
FINKE, HEINRICH. [- Eminent medievalist, b. at Krechling in Westphalia on 13 June 1855, d. at Freiburg in Brisgau on 14 Dec. 1938. Having taken his degree at… -
Finland (FINLANDIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The territory of F., larger than Italy (331,759 sq. km.), has roughly the shape of a quadrilateral, enclosed between the Gulf of F. and the… -
Finn, Francis
American Jesuit and storyteller, b. in St. Louis (United States) on 4 Oct. 1859, d. in Cincinnati on 2 Nov. 1928. After a brief period of teaching literature… -
Finnian of Clonard (Finnian, Finlan, Findian), Saint (FINNIANO DI CLONARD (FINNIAN, FINLAN, FINDIAN), SANTO)
Irish monk, b. at Myshall (County Carlow) around 470, and d. at Clonard, in 549 or 522 (not to be confused with the namesake St. Finnian of Moville, Ulster).… -
Fintan (Findan), Saint (FINTAN (FINDAN), SANTO)
Benedictine, b. in Leinster (Ireland) at the beginning of the 9th century, d. at Rheinau in 878. Captured in a raid by the Normans and carried off to the… -
Fiorentini, Francesco Maria
Physician from Lucca, d. 1673. Passionate about historical studies, he produced an edition of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum according to the manuscript… -
Fiorentino, Francesco
Philosopher, b. at Sambiase (Catanzaro) on 1 May 1834, d. at Naples on 22 Dec. 1884. He did his early studies in his native town, then at the Seminary of… -
Fiorenzo di Lorenzo
Painter, b. in Perugia ca. 1445, d. before 1525. Educated in the traditionalist Umbrian milieu that had in Niccolò da Foligno and Bonfigli its most… -
Firenzuola, Agnolo
Man of letters, b. in Florence in 1493, d. at Prato on 27 June 1543. A friend of Aretino, then a Vallombrosan monk and procurator of his Order at the… -
Firmian, Leopold Anton Eleutherius von
Archbishop of Salzburg, b. 27 May 1679 in Munich, d. 22 Oct. 1744 in Salzburg. Bishop of Lavant in 1718, then of Seckau and of Ljubljana, on 4 Oct. 1727 he was… -
Firmian, Leopold Ernst
Cardinal, b. in Trento on 22 Sept. 1708, d. in Passau on 13 March 1783. Appointed bishop of Seckau, he was transferred to Passau by Clement XIII on 26 Sept.… -
Firmicus Maternus (FIRMICO MATERNO)
Latin writer of the 5th century A.D., under whose name go a treatise on astrology, of pagan sentiments, and a Christian apologetic work. Of senatorial rank and… -
Firmilian of Caesarea (FIRMILIANO DI CESAREA)
One of the most eminent figures of the episcopate of his time, he was bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia from 230. He maintained cordial relations with Origen… -
Firrao, Giuseppe
Cardinal, b. in Naples on 20 July 1736, d. there on 24 Jan. 1830. Namesake and kinsman of the Firrao (1669-1744) who played so large a part in the Vatican… -
First and Second Intention (INTENZIONE PRIMA E SECONDA)
INTENZIONE PRIMA E SECONDA: v. LOGICA. -
Firstborn (PRIMOGENITO)
Every male that was the first birth (Heb. bēkhār, whose synonym is pēter rēhem, rendered exactly by the Vulgate as "qui aperit vulvam"), man or animal, was… -
Firstfruits (PRIMIZIE)
PRIMIZIE (DIRITTO): v. DECIME; OBLAZIONI. FIRSTFRUITS. - A taking from the first fruits of the soil, sacred to the Lord like the firstborn, to be offered at… -
Fischart, Johann
Writer, b. in Mainz (?) in 1546, d. in Strasbourg in 1590. He was the most vigorous and free German personality of the second half of the century, marked by… -
Fischer, Engelbert Lorentz
German philosopher, priest, b. at Aschaffenburg on 12 Oct. 1845, d. as parish priest at Würzburg on 17 Jan. 1923. In his principal work Überphilosophie (Berlin… -
Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard (FISCHER, ERLACH JOHANN BERNHARD VON)
Architect, b. in Graz in 1656, d. in Vienna on 5 April 1723. He is the greatest of the Austrian architects of the Baroque period. Having come to Italy young… -
Fish (PESCE)
It is one of the most ancient Christian symbols. In Greek, fish is called ΙΧΘΥC, and the letters composing it form the acrostic ΙΧΘΥC ΧΡΙCΤΟC ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟC CΩΤΗΡ… -
Fishacre, Richard
Dominican theologian, d. 1248. He was the second master of his Order at Oxford and the first English Dominican to compose a commentary on the Sentences of… -
Fisher, Irving
American economist, b. at Sawgertes (New York) on 27 Feb. 1867, d. at New York on 29 Apr. 1947. Professor of mathematics at Yale, in 1895 he became assistant… -
Fisher, John, Saint (FISHER, JOHN, SANTO)
FISHER, JOHN, santo: v. GIOVANNI FISHER, saint. -
Fisherman (PESCATORE)
Christ said to the two fishermen Peter and Andrew: "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men" (Mt. 4:19; Mk. 1:17; Lk. 5:10). Tertullian teaches that we… -
Fishing and Hunting (Auceps, Venatio, Piscatio) (PESCA E CACCIA (AUCUPIUM, VENATIO, PISCATIO))
They are arts of conquest of game and aquatic animals which, living in their native freedom and therefore without an owner, can constitute an object of… -
Fishta, Gjergj (FISHTA, GIORGIO)
Albanian Franciscan and poet, b. in Zadrima on 13 Oct. 1871, d. at Shkodër on 30 Dec. 1940. In Bosnia he attended courses in philosophy and theology and… -
Fiume, Ignatius (FIUME, IGNAZIO)
Dominican bishop and polemicist, b. near Aversa in 1621, d. in Naples in May 1694. A religious in Naples, professor and finally regent of the Studium of S.… -
Fiume Maddalena, Apostolic Prefecture of (FIUME MADDALENA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
The mission is located in the northwestern regions of the Republic of Colombia and embraces the entire territory extending along the right bank of the… -
Fiume [Rijeka], Diocese of (FIUME, DIOCESI DI)
City in Venezia Giulia immediately subject. It has united the abbatial title of S. Giacomo de Abbatia. It has an area of 1,014.87 km² with a population of… -
Five-Year Faculties (FACOLTÀ QUINQUENNALI)
FACOLTÀ QUINQUENNALI: v. QUINQUENNALI, FACOLTÀ. -
Fixed Ideas (IDEE FISSE)
IDEE FISSE: v. PSICOSI OSSESSIVA.