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Gaal (GAAL)
Leader of the people, who rebelled against Abimelech (v.). He was the son of Obed, while from his words his Canaanite origin may be deduced. He stirred up his… -
Gabaa
Name of several biblical localities situated on hills (Heb. Gibh'ah, construct state Gibh'ath, Vulgate Gabaa, Gabaath "hill"). 1. G. in the tribe of Judah… -
Gabaon (GABAON)
A fortified city of the land of Canaan (Josh. 10:2), the chief city of the Hivite confederation (Josh. 9:2). It was spared, through a stratagem of its leaders… -
Gabbatha
GABBATHA: V. LITHOSTROTOS. -
Gabelus (GABELO)
A relative and a punctual debtor, according to the Vulgate, of Tobit. In the Greek text (Tob. 4:20; Vulg. 4:21) he is called the brother of Gabrias or Gabri.… -
Gabet, Joseph
Missionary of St. Vincent, born at Nevy (diocese of St-Claude) on 6 Dec. 1808, died at Rio de Janeiro on 3 March 1853. Ordained a priest (27 Oct. 1833) and… -
Gabriel (GABRIELE)
Archangel who announced the mystery of the Incarnation. The name means "man of God" or "man in whom God confides." He is named 4 times in Sacred Scripture. To… -
Gabrieli, Andrea
Musician, b. in Venice ca. 1510, d. there in 1586; not much is known about his life, which was presumably spent in the normal discharge of his duties. He was a… -
Gabrieli, Giovanni
Musician, b. in Venice in 1557, d. there on 12 September 1612; from 1575 to 1579 he was at the musical chapel of the court of Munich, then under the direction… -
Gabrieli, Giuseppe
Arabist and librarian of the Accademia dei Lincei, b. at Melendugno (Lecce) on 4 Apr. 1872, d. at Rome on 7 Apr. 1942. From his youth he devoted himself to… -
Gabrielli (Gabriellius), Felice
Franciscan Conventual theologian, b. at Capradosso in the Ascoli area, d. 1684. For his qualities of mind and his ability in governance he was called to… -
Gabrielli, Giovanni Maria de
Cardinal and theologian, b. at Città di Castello (Perugia) on 12 Jan. 1654, d. at Caprarola (Viterbo) on 17 Sept. 1711. A Cistercian monk in 1672, teacher… -
Gabriel Maria, Blessed (GABRIELE MARIA, BEATO)
Gilbert Nicolai (whose name was changed in 1518 to that of G. M. by Pope Leo X), b. at Riom in Auvergne (France) ca. 1463, and d. at Rodez on 27 Aug. 1532.… -
Gabriel of San Vincenzo (GABRIELE DI SAN VINCENZO)
Discalced Carmelite, philosopher and theologian, in the world Giovanni Antonio Beonio. Born at Lodi ca. 1609, died at Rome on 17 Sept. 1671. From 1629 he was a… -
Gabriel of the Sorrows, Saint (GABRIELE DELL'ADDOLORATA, SANTO)
Passionist, in the world Francesco Possenti, b. at Assisi on 1 March 1838, d. at Isola del Gran Sasso (Teramo) on 27 Feb. 1862. An elegant young man at the… -
Gabriel of Venice (GABRIELE DA VENEZIA)
Camaldolese hermit of the Congregation of Monte Corona, born into the Bianchi family in Venice in the early years of the 1700s, died in 1764. Having entered… -
Gabriel Severo (GABRIELE SEVERO)
Greek schismatic polemicist (1541-1616). He completed his studies in Padua and, having settled in Venice from 1572, became bishop of Philadelphia and at the… -
Gabriel y Galán, José María (GABRIEL Y GALÁN, JOSÉ MARIA)
Spanish poet, b. June 28, 1870 at Frades de la Sierra, d. at Guijo de Granadilla on Jan. 6, 1905. A profound Christian sentiment and a sympathy for country… -
Gadara
1. A Greco-Roman city east of the Jordan, identified with the height of Umm Keja 12 km southeast of the Sea of Tiberias on the left bank of the river Jarmuk… -
Gadd, Chronicle of (GADD, CRONACA DI)
A cuneiform tablet preserved in the British Museum (no. 21901) in London is so called from the name of its first decipherer and editor. Both from the form of… -
Gaddi, Taddeo and Agnolo (GADDI, TADDEO E AGNOLO)
Florentine painters of the 14th century. TADDEO (recorded for the years 1327-66) was a disciple of Giotto and, in a certain sense, the most "observant" of the… -
Gad (GAD)
Son of Jacob and of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant (Gen. 30:10, 11), and ancestor of the tribe of the same name. Of this personage only his offspring are recorded… -
Gad (GAD)
A pagan deity, of whom the Bible speaks only in Is. 65:11; nevertheless it appears as a component of certain theophoric names, such as Baalgad (Josh. 11:17… -
Gaertner, Corbinian
Austrian canonist and theologian, b. at Schwaz (Tyrol) on 14 June 1751, d. at Salzburg on 24 May 1824. A Benedictine in the abbey of St. Peter in Salzburg in… -
Gaeta, Archdiocese of (GAETA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The archdiocese of G., immediately subject to the Holy See, is part of the province of Latina, and comprises the territories that were once those of the… -
Gaetano
GAETANO (TOMMASO DE VIO): v. DE VIO, TOMMASO. -
Gaetano Maria da Bergamo
Capuchin moral-ascetical theologian of the ancient province of Brescia, in the world Marco Migliorini, b. 25 Feb. 1672, d. 10 Sept. 1753. After completing his… -
Gaffurio (Gafforio, Gafurino), Franchino
Musician, b. at Lodi on 14 Jan. 1451, d. at Milan on 24 June 1522. He studied plainchant and composition with the friar Goodendag (Bonadies); ordained a… -
Gagarin, Ivan Sergeievich (GAGARIN, IVAN SERGHIEVIĆ)
Jesuit, b. in Moscow on 20 July 1814, d. in Paris on 20 July 1882. From a princely family, he received an education in which Western culture had a great… -
Gagelin, François-Istidore, Blessed (GAGELIN, FRANÇOIS-ISTIDORE, BEATO)
Of the Paris Foreign Missions, martyred in Cochinchina on 17 Oct. 1833. Born on 17 May 1799 at Montperreux (Besançon), on 7 Nov. 1820, not yet a priest, he set… -
Gagini, Family (GAGINI, FAMIGLIA)
Architects and sculptors originally from Bissone on Lake Lugano, active during the 15th and 16th centuries in northern Italy, especially in Genoa, Lombardy… -
Gagliardi, Achille
Jesuit, theologian and writer on asceticism, b. in Padua in 1538, d. in Modena on 6 July 1607. Having entered the Order after university studies in his native… -
Gagliardi, Carlo
Canonist, b. at Bella (Lucania) in 1710, d. at Muro on 1 July 1779. Appointed professor of canon law at Naples by Charles III, he held that chair until 1787… -
Gagliardi, Pietro
Painter, b. in Rome in 1809, d. in Frascati on 18 Sept. 1890. He is among the most characteristic representatives of the Roman academic taste, which… -
Gaguin, Robert
Theologian and man of letters, b. at Calonne-sur-Lys (diocese of Arras) around 1420-25 and d. in Paris on 22 May 1501. He entered the Order of the Trinitarians… -
Gaisser, Ugo Atanasio
Musicologist, b. at Aitrach on 1 Dec. 1853, d. at Ettal on 6 Oct. 1920. A Benedictine monk at Beuron, he later moved to Maredsous, where in 1878 he was… -
Gaius (GAIO)
GAIO: v. CAIO. -
Gaius (GAIO)
Roman jurist, who lived in the age of the Antonines. Nothing is known of his life; but, on the basis of certain peculiarities of his works, some hold that he… -
Galaad
1. A mountainous plateau of Trans- > (courtesy of Max. A. P. Fratze. VIII i Rerum Gallicarum Annales. Miniature from the manuscript offered to the King -… -
Galamini, Agostino
Master General of the Order of Friars Preachers and cardinal, b. at Brisighella (Ravenna) in 1552, d. at Osimo on 4 (or 6?) Sept. 1639. He had already been… -
Galano, Clemente
Theatine missionary. Born in Sorrento, he professed at the convent of the SS. Apostoli in Naples on 25 February 1628. Having completed his studies, in 1636 he… -
Galante, Andrea
Jurist, b. at Casale Monferrato on 30 July 1871, d. at Rome on 26 July 1919. A pupil of Francesco Ruffini, from whose school illustrious representatives of… -
Galante, Gennaro Aspreno
Priest, historian and archaeologist, b. in Naples on 6 Oct. 1842, d. there on 11 June 1923. As a young man he showed himself passionate about archaeological… -
Galanti, Giuseppe Maria
Historian and economist, b. at Santacroce del Sannio on 25 Nov. 1743, d. at Naples on 6 Oct. 1806. A disciple of Genovesi, he devoted himself to historical… -
Galantini, Ippolito, Blessed (GALANTINI, IPPOLITO, BEATO)
Born in Florence on 12 Oct. 1565 to a family of the common people, he was a weaver and remained a layman all his life, though he instructed himself in the… -
Galápagos, Apostolic Prefecture of the Islands of (GALAPAGOS, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DELLE ISOLE DI)
By decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Consistory, dated 6 May 1950, the new apostolic prefecture was erected, comprising the entire archipelago of the… -
Galassi, Vincenzo
Papal general, b. in Rome in 1766, d. there in 1847. A veteran of the Russian campaign; in 1816 he entered the papal army with the rank of colonel. Brigadier… -
Galasso
Under the name of G. di Matteo Piva there has been taking shape, in recent decades, the figure of a fifteenth-century Ferrarese painter, who has taken the… -
Galata
European suburb to the east of Istanbul. From the 8th century the term had designated one of the quarters of Constantinople, also so called by the Turks, which… -
Galateo, Il
GALATEO, IL : V. DE FERRARIS ANTONIO. -
Galatia (GALAZIA)
Region inhabited by the Galatians. From Galatia properly so called the name passed to the Roman province established at the death of Amyntas, last king of the… -
Galatians, Epistle to the (GALATI, EPISTOLA AL)
One of the four major letters of St. Paul, addressed to the Churches of Galatia, deeply disturbed by Judaizing propaganda. SUMMARY: I. Occasion, recipients and… -
Galatino, Pietro
Franciscan theologian, b. at Galatina (Lecce) ca. 1460, called by some of the Colonna family, by others, of the Mongio. D. at Rome ca. 1540, he is buried in… -
Galdino, Saint (GALDINO, SANTO)
Archbishop of Milan (18 Apr. 1166-10 Apr. 1176). Of the Milanese family of the Valvarsi della Sala, he was chancellor and archdeacon of Milan under the… -
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (GALEAZZO MARIA SFORZA, DUCA DI MILANO)
GALEAZZO MARIA SFORZA, duca di MILANO: v. SFORZA, FAMILY. -
Galen, Claudius (GALENO, CLAUDIO)
Physician and philosopher, b. at Pergamum in 129 A.D., d. there in 201. He traveled to Smyrna, Corinth, Alexandria, and in 162 he was in Rome. He was court… -
Galen, Clemens August von
Cardinal, b. 16 March 1878 in Dinklage Castle (Oldenburg), d. 22 March 1946 in Münster. Ordained priest in 1904. He was a parish priest, first in Berlin until… -
Galenus (Van Galen), Mathieu
Theologian, b. at West Cappel in Zeeland in 1528, d. at Douai on 15 Sept. 1573. He studied at Ghent and at Louvain. In 1559 he became a professor at the… -
Galeotti, Leopoldo
Writer and politician, b. at Pescia on 13 Aug. 1813, d. at Florence on 28 Aug. 1884. He is among the most balanced of the neo-Guelphs in his little volume… -
Galerius Maximianus (GALERIO MASSIMIANO)
Roman emperor, b. in Illyricum around the middle of the 3rd century, d. at Nicomedia in May 311. Of obscure family origin, he was a savage, coarse, ignorant… -
Galiani, Celestino
Monk and abbot of the Celestines, b. at S. Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia) on 8 Oct. 1681, d. at Naples on 26 July 1753. Most erudite, he taught moral theology and… -
Galiani, Ferdinando
Writer and economist, b. at Chieti on 2 Dec. 1728, d. at Naples on 30 Oct. 1787. Secretary of the Neapolitan Embassy in Paris from 1759 to 1769. Among his most… -
Galilee (GALILEA)
Historical name designating the portion of the Palestinian plateau north of the plain of Esdrelon. The name Gálíl ("circle," "district"), originally reserved… -
Galilee (GALILEA)
In medieval monasteries the name of g. was almost constantly given to the vestibule that connected the church with the outer atrium, with the cloister and with… -
Galilei, Alessandro
Architect, b. in Florence on 25 July 1691, d. in Rome on 21 Dec. 1736. He spent seven years of his youth in England, winning there a good reputation if, on… -
Galilei, Galileo
Born on 15 Feb. 1564 in Pisa to Vincenzo, a Florentine, and Giulia degli Ammannati of Pescia; in his boyhood he was with the Vallombrosan monks; he then… -
Galilei, Vincenzo
Musician and theorist, father of Galileo, b. in Florence around 1533, d. there at the end of June 1591. A skilled player of the viola and lute, he championed… -
Galilei, Virginia
Natural daughter of Galileo and Marina Gamba, b. in Padua on 13 Aug. 1600, d. in Arcetri on 2 Apr. 1634. Entrusted at the age of 14, together with her sister… -
Galimberti, Luigi
Cardinal, b. 26 April 1836 in Rome, d. there 7 May 1896. He obtained a doctorate in theology and in utroque iure at the Roman Seminary and was ordained a… -
Galla, Apostolic Vicariate of (GALLA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
GALLA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di: v. HABAR, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. -
Gallandi (Galland), Andrea
Oratorian, b. 7 Dec. 1709 in Venice, d. there 12 Jan. 1779. Editor of the Bibliotheca Graeco-Latina veterum Patrum (14 vols. in folio, Venice 1765-81, 2nd ed.… -
Galla Placidia
Daughter of Theodosius I, born around 386; in 402 she followed her brother Honorius, who had become emperor of the West, to Ravenna. Taken captive by Alaric… -
Galle, Diocese of (GALLE, DIOCESI DI)
On the Island of Ceylon; it comprises two civil provinces, namely the Southern Province and that of Sabaragamuwa. It was erected by a brief of Leo XIII of 16… -
Galleffi, Pietro Francesco
Cardinal, b. at Cesena on 27 Oct. 1770, d. at Rome on 18 June 1837. Having completed his studies in Rome at the Accademia dei nobili ecclesiastici, he was… -
Gallego, Fernando
Spanish painter, b. ca. 1440. Although his name indicates that he was a native of Galicia, tradition holds that he was born in Salamanca, where most of his… -
Gallego, Juan Nicasio
Spanish poet, b. at Zamora on 14 Dec. 1777, d. at Madrid on 9 Jan. 1853. He studied the humanities in Salamanca, where he received Holy Orders and entered into… -
Gallensis, Johannes (John of Wales) (GIOVANNI DI GALLES (WALES, GUALENSIS, L'ALENSIS))
Celebrated English theologian of the Friars Minor, b. in the county of Wales in the first half of the 13th century, d. in Paris ca. 1303 (according to Little… -
Gallerani, Alessandro
Jesuit, orator and writer, b. at Cento (Ferrara) on 9 April 1833, d. at Rome on 1 December 1905. After some years of teaching literature at Sinigallia and at… -
Gallerani, Andrea, Blessed (GALLERANI, ANDREA, BEATO)
Son of Ghezzolino, a Sienese nobleman, born toward the end of the 12th century, died on 19 March 1251. He was first a valiant soldier in his homeland; then… -
Gallese
GALLESE: v. CIVITA CASTELLANA, ORTE E GALLESE, DIOCESI di. -
Galletti, Giuseppe
Statesman, b. in Bologna on 11 Aug. 1798, d. there on 26 July 1873. A conspirator in 1821, he became known through the events of 1831, and was thereafter one… -
Gall, Franz-Joseph
German physician, b. at Tiefenbronn on 9 March 1758, d. in Paris on 22 Aug. 1828. He studied in Vienna and devoted himself with particular assiduity to the… -
Gallia Christiana
Abbreviated title of the well-known work in 13 folio volumes on the bishoprics of ancient Gaul, published in the 18th century by the Benedictines of the… -
Gallicanism (GALLICANESIMO)
A body of doctrines on the Church and of political attitudes, prevalent in France under the ancien régime (with remnants in the 19th century), which tended to… -
Gallican Liberties (LIBERTÀ GALLICANE)
LIBERTÀ GALLICANE: v. GALLICANESIMO. -
Gallican Liturgy (GALLICANA, LITURGIA)
It is the complex of official rites and prayers that was in use, especially before Charlemagne, in the Latin West, particularly in Gaul and, in a somewhat… -
Gallicano Chant (GALLICANO, CANTO)
In a broad sense the term Gallican chant extends to all forms of monodic liturgical music of the Western Church that are not of the Roman Church, that is… -
Gallicano, San Pietro in
GALLICANO, SAN PIETRO in: v. GERUSALEMME. -
Gallicanus, Saint, Martyr (GALLICANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated on June 25. Unknown to the ancient martyrologies, he was introduced into them by Ado. In the Liber Pontificalis, in the life of Pope… -
Gallienus, Roman Emperor (GALLIENO, IMPERATORE ROMANO)
B. around 218, d. at Milan in July 268. Son of Valerian and of Egnatia Mariniana, he married Cornelia Salonina, by whom he had two sons. In 253 he was… -
Gallifet, Joseph
Jesuit theologian and promoter of devotion to the Sacred Heart, b. at Aix on May 3, 1663, d. at Lyon on Sept. 1, 1749. A religious at Avignon in 1678, he had… -
Gallina, Giacinto
Playwright, b. in Venice on 31 July 1852, d. there on 13 Febr. 1897. From boyhood he lived in the Venetian theatrical milieu, and for very many years he was… -
Gallio (GALLIONE)
Brother of Seneca; proconsul at Corinth: he sent away the Jews who were accusing St. Paul, refusing to involve himself in their religious questions (Acts… -
Gallio, Tolomeo
Cardinal, b. at Cernobbio in 1526, d. at Rome on 3 February 1607. Secretary of Cardinal Gian Angelo Medici, he was appointed by the latter, once he had become… -
Gallipoli, Diocese of (GALLIPOLI, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Lecce, it extends over 84 sq km and has a population of 36,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, divided into 8 parishes with 31 diocesan priests… -
Gallitzin, Adelheid Amalie, Princess of (GALLITZIN, ADELHEID AMALIE, PRINCIPESSA DI)
Catholic noblewoman, b. 28 Aug. 1748 in Berlin, daughter of the field marshal count of Schmettau, d. 27 Apr. 1806 at Angelmodde near Münster. Baptized and… -
Gallitzin, Alessandro Nikolajevic
Born on 20 Dec. 1773, died in the Crimea on 4 Dec. 1844, he was one of the principal advisers of Tsar Alexander I. In 1806 the latter appointed G., who was… -
Gallizia, Pio Alessandro
Barnabite missionary, bishop of Selisma and second vicar apostolic of the Mission of Ava and Pegu in Burma, b. at Varallo in 1701, d. in Pegu in March 1745. He… -
Gallo, Luigi
Oblate missionary of the Virgin Mary and historiographer of the Burmese missions. Born at Cavignano (Turin) on 11 Nov. 1817, died at Nice (Marittima) on 16… -
Gallonio, Antonio
Oratorian writer, b. in Rome in 1557, d. there on 15 May 1605. He entered the Congregation of the Oratory at the age of 20 and was always among the intimates… -
Gallo, Tommaso
GALLO, TOMMASO: v. TOMMASO di VERCELLI. -
Galloway, Diocese of (GALLOWAY, DIOCESI DI)
Located in the southwest of Scotland. It comprises the counties of Ayr, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Wigtown and the islands of Greater and Little Cumbrae, thus… -
Gall, Saint (GALLO, SANTO)
Monk and missionary, b. in Ireland ca. 554 and d. at Arbon, near Lake Constance, on 16 Oct. 627 (or 628?). Given as an oblate in childhood to the monastery of… -
Gallup, Diocese of (GALLUP, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of New Mexico in the United States of America, created by Pope Pius XII on 16 Dec. 1939 with the apostolic constitution Ad bonum… -
Galluppi, Baldassarre, called Il Buranello (GALLUPPI, BALDASSARRE, DETTO IL BURANELLO)
Musician, b. at Burano on 18 Oct. 1706 and d. at Venice on 3 Jan. 1785. A pupil of Lotti, he was one of the most prolific and celebrated opera composers of his… -
Galluppi, Pasquale
Philosophy, born at Tropea, in Calabria, to Baron Vincenzo on 2 April 1770, died at Naples on 13 December 1846. He received his first philosophical and… -
Gallus, Costanzo (Flavius Iulius Constantius Gallus) (GALLO, COSTANZO (FLAVIUS IULIUS CONSTANTINUS GALLUS))
Caesar from 351 to 354, son of Julius Constantius, half-brother of Constantine the Great, and of Galla, b. at Massa Marittima in 325-26, d. near Pola in Dec.… -
Gallus, Gaius Vibius, Roman Emperor (GALLO, GAIO VIBIO, IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Born at Perugia around 207, died at Terni in 253. He belonged to the Senate and in 250 was governor of Moesia, commander of the legions during the war against… -
Galluzzi, Francesco Maria, Servant of God (GALLUZZI, FRANCESCO MARIA, SERVO DI DIO)
Jesuit, b. 9 Jan. 1671 in Florence, d. in Rome on 7 Sept. 1731. Having entered the Society in 1688, he taught letters and philosophy in various colleges; he… -
Galtelli-Nuoro, Diocese of (GALTELLI-NUORO, BIOCESI DI)
GALTELLI-NUORO, BIOCESI di: v. NUORO, DIOCESE OF. -
Galton, Francis
Born at Duddeston on 16 February 1822 and died at Haslemere on 17 January 1911. A cousin of Darwin, a naturalist and statistician of great worth. He discovered… -
Galura, Bernhard
Bishop, theologian and educationalist, b. at Herbolzheim (Baden) on 21 Aug. 1764, d. at Bressanone on 17 May 1856. He studied at the general seminaries of… -
Galvani, Cesare
Priest and journalist, b. at Modena on 1 Nov. 1801, d. at Prague on 14 Apr. 1863. Of a patrician family, having taken his degree in jurisprudence and been… -
Galvani, Luigi
Born in Bologna on Sept. 9, 1737; died there on Dec. 4, 1798. In 1763 he received a university teaching post in anatomy in his native city. He discovered the… -
Galvanoplasty (GALVANOPLASTICA)
A process based on the laws of electrolysis, by means of which objects are reproduced by depositing a metal onto a mold that may be made of various substances… -
Galvanus de Bettino, of Bologna (GALVANUS DE BETTINO, DI BOLOGNA)
Canonist of the 14th century. There is little information about his life: from 1365 to 1368 he taught at Padua; he was then summoned by Bishop William to Pecs… -
Galveston, Diocese of (GALVESTON, DIOCESI DI)
City in the State of Texas, in the United States, founded in 1847 by Pope Pius IX. It comprises that part of Texas between the Sabine River to the east and the… -
Galway and Kilmacduagh, Diocese of (GALWAY E KILMACDUAGH, DIOCESI DI)
City in Ireland. The bishop is titular of G. and K. and perpetual administrator of the diocese of Kilfenora. G. and K. have an area of 2,610 sq km with 59,742… -
Gamaliel I (GAMALIELE I)
Tannaite (v.) of the first generation, patriarch in the years c. 25-50 A.D., called the "Elder" to distinguish him from his namesake grandson. He bears the… -
Gama, Vasco da
Portuguese navigator, b. in 1469 at Sines in Estremadura, of a noble family that had already produced valiant men of the sea and of war. Very little is known… -
Gambacorta, Chiara, Blessed (GAMBACORTA, CHIARA, BEATA)
Born in Pisa in 1362 to Pietro G., governor of the city. At the age of seven she was betrothed to the young Simone di Massa; but she had already offered… -
Gambacorta, Pietro, Blessed (GAMBACORTA, PIETRO, BEATO)
Founder of the Poor Hermits of St. Jerome, or Gerolamini, b. at Pisa on 15 Feb. 1355, d. at Venice on 17 June 1435. His father Gerardo, of the noble G. family… -
Gambara, Gianfrancesco
Cardinal, b. at Brescia in 1533, d. at Rome on 5 May 1587. Nephew of Cardinal Uberto and of the poetess Veronica, he was with his uncle at the court of Charles… -
Gambara, Uberto
Born in February 1489 in Brescia, died in Rome on 15 February 1549. At first destined for a military career, he later embraced the ecclesiastical one. Leo X… -
Gambara, Veronica
Poet, born at Pratalboino in the Brescia area on 30 Nov. 1485, died on 13 June 1550 in a suburban villa she had enriched with paintings by Antonio Allegri. At… -
Gambera, Pietro Andrea (Gambarus, Gammarus, de Gamberinis)
Famous canonist, b. at Casal Filumane, in the vicinity of Bologna, ca. 1480, d. at Fano or at Viterbo in Sept. 1528. He studied at Bologna, where he had as… -
Gamberini, Antonio Domenico
Cardinal, b. at Imola on 31 Oct. 1760, d. at Rome on 25 Apr. 1841. He acquired a reputation as a profound jurist; and after having been study assistant to… -
Gambetta, Léon-Michel
French politician, b. 2 Apr. 1838 at Cahors, d. 31 Dec. 1882 at Ville-d'Avray (Seine-et-Oise). A descendant of a Genoese family that settled in France at the… -
Gambia, Mission "Sui Iuris" of (GAMBIA, MISSIONE «SUI IURIS» DI)
It is located in the colony of the same name in British West Africa at the mouth of the river G.; it borders on the apostolic vicariate of Dakar and on the… -
Games (GIUOCHI)
Play is an activity of the higher forms of biological-psychic life in man that presents itself both as an unfolding of natural physical energies (most visible… -
Gametes and Gametogenesis (GAMETI E GAMETOGENESI)
In animals the production of the germinal elements may be diffuse, as in sponges, or localized in special organs, the gonads. The gametes, or germ cells, are… -
Gammache, Philippe
French theologian, b. in 1568, d. in Paris on 21 July 1625. For 25 years he taught theology in Paris. Entrusted by Richelieu with examining, together with… -
Gams, Pius Bonifacius
Benedictine historian, b. 23 Jan. 1816 at Mittelbuch (Württemberg), d. 11 May 1892 at Munich. Ordained a priest in 1839, he became professor of history and… -
Gand, Giuseppina
B. July 16, 1819 at Boulay (Lorraine), d. Feb. 2, 1907. She received the habit of the Dominican sisters at Chalon-sur-Saône on March 19, 1839, with the name of… -
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (GANDHI, MOHANDAS KARAMACHAND)
Indian politician, b. at Porbandar (Gulf of Oman) on 2 Oct. 1869, d. at New Delhi on 30 Jan. 1948. In 1888 he left for London to complete his studies and… -
Gandolfi, Family (GANDOLFI, FAMIGLIA)
Bolognese painters. During the second half of the eighteenth century and beyond, the brothers Ubaldo and Gaetano G., and then Mauro, son of Gaetano, carried on… -
Gandolfo di Bologna
Theologian and canonist of the 12th century, d. around 1185. Author of a Gloss on Gratian's Decretum, known until now only through citations, and of a book of… -
Gao, Apostolic Prefecture of (GAO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In French West Africa. It was erected on 9 June 1942 and entrusted to the White Fathers. The territory was detached from the apostolic vicariates of Bamako… -
Ga'on (GÂ'ON)
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Gap
City and diocese in southern France, capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, on the river Luye, a suffragan of Aix. The diocese has an area of 5,670 sq km… -
Garampi, Giuseppe
Cardinal and historian, b. at Rimini of a noble family on 28 or 29 Oct. 1725, d. at Rome on 4 May 1792. While still very young, in Florence he struck up a… -
Garanhuns, Diocese of (GARANHUNS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Brazil, located in the eastern part of the State of Pernambuco. The locality of G., at 894 m. above sea level, became a city in 1879. It… -
Garasse, François
Jesuit, polemicist, b. at Angoulême in 1584, d. at Poitiers on 14 June 1631. An effective and impetuous preacher, he nevertheless owes his fame to his… -
Garaventa, Lorenzo
Priest, founder of the "school of charity," b. at Calcinara di Uscio (Genoa) in 1724; d. at Genoa in 1783. Of a well-to-do family, he conceived of life as a… -
Garcees, Francisco
Franciscan missionary and explorer, b. in 1738 at Morate del Conte (Kingdom of Aragon), d. July 17, 1781. Assigned to the missions of Central America, he… -
García de Cisneros (GARCIA DE CISNEROS)
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García, Gregorio (GARCIA, GREGORIO)
Spanish Dominican missionary, b. at Baeza in the middle of the 16th century, d. there in 1627. He spent twelve years in Mexico and Peru, where he gathered… -
García Moreno, Gabriel (GARCIA MORENO, GABRIEL)
South American politician, b. 24 Dec. 1821 at Guayaquil, d. 6 Aug. 1875 at Quito. He studied at the University of Quito and, while still young, took an active… -
García, Nicola (GARCIA, NICOLA)
Spanish canonist, of the first half of the 17th century (d. 1645). In Avila, his native city, he was a canon of the Cathedral and professor of canon law. He… -
Gardeil, Ambroise
Dominican theologian, b. at Nancy on 29 March 1859, d. on 31 Aug. 1931. A religious in 1879, he taught fundamental theology, then, for about twenty years… -
Gardiner, Stephen
English prelate and statesman, b. at Bury St. Edmunds between 1483 and 1493, d. at Whitehall on 12 Nov. 1555. A student at Cambridge, he took his degree in… -
Gardthausen, Victor Emil
Born in Copenhagen on 26 Aug. 1843, died in Leipzig on 25 Dec. 1925. He taught ancient history at the University of Leipzig from 1877 to 1921, and a historical… -
Garelli, Stanislao
Priest, b. in Turin on 18 Sept. 1817, d. at Buttigliera on 19 May 1899. Having taken Holy Orders on 13 June 1840, he was appointed the following year prefect… -
Garet (Garetius), Jean
Theologian, b. at Louvain at the beginning of the 16th century, d. in 1571. Having become a regular canon of St. Augustine, he successively held the spiritual… -
Gargiulo, Bonaventura da Sorrento
Bishop of S. Severo (Apulia), Capuchin writer of the province of Naples, b. at S. Agnello di Sorrento on 26 March 1843, entered the novitiate of Nocera on 28… -
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
General, national hero, b. at Nice on 4 July 1807, d. at Caprera on 2 June 1882. Educated as a Catholic by his parents Domenico and Rosa Raimondi, very early… -
Garin, André-Marie
Missionary, b. at Côte-St-André, diocese of Grenoble, on 7 May 1822, d. at Lowell (United States) on 16 Feb. 1905. In 1842 he entered the Oblates of Mary… -
Garin, Marcel-André
Born on 25 May 1854 at Marcury-Gemilly (Savoie), he entered the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris on 19 Aug. 1874 and, ordained a priest on 16 March… -
Garizim (GARIZIM)
Mountain (868 m.) of central Palestine, dominating to the north the biblical city of Shechem (near present-day Nablus), facing Mount Ebal (938 m.), where the… -
Garnet, Henry
Jesuit, missionary in England, b. at Nottingham in 1555, d. on the scaffold, at Tyburn in London, on 3 May 1606. Of a Protestant family, he converted to… -
Garnet, Thomas, Blessed (GARNET, THOMAS, BEATO)
Jesuit, martyr, b. at Southwark (London) in 1575, d. on the scaffold, at Tyburn in London, on 23 June 1608. He pursued his ecclesiastical studies abroad, at… -
Garnier, Bernardo di Rodes
GARNIER, BERNARDO di RODES: v. ANTIPOPE: 1. authentic antipopes: 35. Benedict XIV. -
Garnier, Charles, Saint (CARLO GARNIER, SANTO)
CARLO GARNIER, santo: v. CANADESI MARTINI. -
Garnier, Jean
Jesuit, patrologist, b. in Paris on 11 Nov. 1612, d. in Bologna on 26 Nov. 1681. After a period of teaching literature and philosophy at Clermont-Ferrand… -
Garofali, Vincenzo
Restorer of the Canons Regular Lateranense, b. in Rome on 29 Jan. 1760, d. there on 3 Feb. 1839. In 1781 he entered among the Canons Regular of the Most Holy… -
Garofalo, Benvenuto Tisi detto Il
Painter, b. probably in Ferrara in 1481, d. there on 6 July 1559. He was called il G. from his father's native district in the Polesine. At first a pupil of… -
Garoua, Apostolic Prefecture of (GAROUA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Included in French Cameroon, it borders Lake Chad to the north. It was erected on 9 January 1947 with the northern territory of the apostolic vicariate of… -
Garrucci, Raffaele
Jesuit, b. in Naples on 23 Jan. 1812, d. in Rome on 23 May 1885. A distinguished philologist and archaeologist, especially an epigrapher and numismatist, and… -
Garweh, Ignazio Michele
Syriac Catholic patriarch. Born on 3 January 1731 in Aleppo to Jacobite parents, he was ordained a priest in 1757 and shortly afterward converted secretly to… -
Garzon, Diocese of (GARZON, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Colombia, in the department of Huila (State of Tolima), 377 km. from Bogotá. By Pope Leo XIII, on 20 May 1900, it was created a diocese… -
Garzoni, Tommaso
Writer, b. at Bagnacavallo di Romagna in March 1549, d. there on 8 June 1589. In 1566 at Porto di Ravenna he took the habit of the Lateran Congregation. A… -
Gasca, Pedro de la
Spanish statesman and bishop, b. at Barco de Avila in 1485, d. at Valladolid on 10 Nov. 1567. After having discharged various public offices, in 1546 Charles V… -
Gas, Kinetic Theory of (GAS, TEORIA CINETICA DEI)
I. GENERALITIES. - Since the 17th century the word g. has designated that particular state of aggregation of any matter in which its constituent particles… -
Gasparre da Montesan (GASPARE DA MONTESANTO)
GASPARE da MONTESANTO: v. MONTESANTO, GASPARE da. -
Gasparre della Croce (GASPARE DELLA CROCE)
Portuguese Dominican missionary and traveler of the 16th century: b. at Evora, d. at Setúbal (c. 1570). With a group of confreres led by Fr. Bermudes, he… -
Gasparri, Pietro
Cardinal, Secretary of State to two popes, principal architect of the codification of the CIC and of the Lateran Pacts. Born at Capovallizza (municipality of… -
Gaspé
City and diocese of Canada, capital of the district of the same name located on the northeastern side of lower Canada, between the St. Lawrence and Chaleur… -
Gasquet, Francis Aidan
Cardinal, Benedictine, b. in London on 5 Oct. 1846 to a distinguished Catholic family of French origin that had emigrated to England at the end of the 18th… -
Gassendi, Pierre
French philosopher, b. 22 Jan. 1592 at Champtercier (Digne), d. in Paris on 24 Oct. 1655. A canon and preacher, he taught theology (1613) and philosophy (1616)… -
Gassöl, Telélìt
A small group of barely perceptible hills, situated in the Jordan valley, north of the Dead Sea, 5.5 km. from the Jordan toward the east, on the ancient road… -
Gastoué, Amédée
Musicologist and musician, b. in Paris on 13 March 1873, d. there on 29 July 1943. A pupil of the Conservatory, he was later choirmaster at the church of St.… -
Gath
GATH: v. GETH. -
Gatha
GATHA: v. AVESTA. -
Gatterer, Johann Christoph
German historian and diplomatist, b. at Lichtenau, near Nuremberg, on 15 July 1727, d. at Göttingen on 5 Apr. 1799. At the University of Göttingen, where he… -
Gatti, Giuseppe
Born in Rome on 23 Nov. 1838, died in Oriolo Romano on 12 Sept. 1914; an archaeologist highly versed in classical and Christian epigraphy, the topography of… -
Gattinara, Mercurino da
Grand chancellor of Charles V, b. at G. on 12 June 1465, d. at Innsbruck on 5 June 1530. After completing his studies at the University of Turin, he followed… -
Gatti, Vincenzo
Dominican apologist and theologian, b. at Riva Ligure on 15 March 1811, d. there on 8 Nov. 1882. A religious at S. Sabina (Rome), in 1838 he was promoted… -
Gattorno, Rosa
Foundress of the Daughters of St. Anne, b. in Genoa on 14 Oct. 1831, d. in Rome on 6 May 1900. Her brief married life with her cousin Girolamo Custo (1822-58)… -
Gaubil, Antoine
Jesuit, sinologist, b. at Gaillac (Aveyron) on 14 July 1689, d. at Beijing on 24 July 1759. A missionary in China from 1722, he was there director of the… -
Gaucherio, Saint (GAUCHERIO, SANTO)
Born shortly after the middle of the 11th century, at Melain, diocese of Rouen, died near Limoges around 1139-40. At the age of 18, after having studied the… -
Gaudentius, Saint, Bishop of Brescia (GAUDENZIO, SANTO, VESCOVO DI BRESCIA)
Successor of Philaster, b. probably at Brescia, d. after 406 (perhaps around 410-11). As a pilgrim in the East (Jerusalem), he made the acquaintance of St.… -
Gaudentius, Saint, Bishop of Novara (GAUDENZIO, SANTO, VESCOVO DI NOVARA)
He is commemorated on January 22. There exists a biography composed in the 8th century, but sufficiently sincere and reliable, according to which G. was born… -
Gaudio
GAUDIO: v. PASSIONE; PECCATI INTERNI. -
Gaudioso, Saint (GAUDOSIO, SANTO)
GAUDOSIO, santo: v. NAPOLI. -
Gaudry, Albert
French naturalist and paleontologist, b. at St-Germain-en-Laye on 15 Sept. 1827, d. in Paris on 27 Sept. 1908. From 1855 to 1860 he conducted research on… -
Gaughran, Antony
Born at Chapelizod, diocese of Dublin, on 5 February 1849, in 1866 he entered the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and in 1872 he was ordained a priest. In 1886 he… -
Gaul (GALLIA)
Thus the ancients called the country comprised between the Mediterranean, the Alps, the Rhine, the Ocean, and the Pyrenees, which they subdivided into G.… -
Gaulanitide
GAULANITIDE: v. GAULON. -
Gaulli, Giovan Battista
GAULLI, GIOVAN BATTISTA: v. BACICCIA. -
Gaulon
A Levitical city and city of refuge in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, in Bashan in Transjordan (Josh. 20:8; 21:27). Today Saḥem el-Golān.…