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Gevaert, François-Auguste
Musician and musicologist, b. at Huysse (Belgium) on 31 July 1828, d. at Brussels on 31 Dec. 1908. A pupil at the Conservatory of Ghent, he was later organist… -
Geyser, Joseph
German Neo-Scholastic philosopher, b. 16 March 1869 at Erkelenz (Rhineland), d. 11 April 1948 at Siegsdorf. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy in Rome at… -
Gezelle, Guido
Flemish poet and priest, b. at Bruges on 1 May 1830, d. there on 27 Nov. 1899. He is one of the greatest lyric poets of the 19th century. Of modest origin, the… -
Gezer
Locality 10 km southeast of Ludd (Lydda), 28 km southeast of Jaffa, today Tell Gezer. > (phot. Biblioteca Ambrosiana) > GEZONE of TORTONA - Prologue of the De… -
Gezira (Gazireh), Diocese of (GEZIRA (GAZIREH), DIOCESI DI)
1. Residential see of a patriarchal vicariate of the Syrians for this region. The G., a vast plain in northern Syria, before the war of 1915-18 was frequented… -
Gezone of Tortona (GEZONE DI TORTONA)
Theologian and Benedictine abbot, d. ca. 980. He was a priest of Tortona when Bishop Giselprand made him abbot of the new monastery of Sts. Peter and Mariano… -
Gfrörer, August Friedrich
Historian, b. 5 March 1803 at Calw (Württemberg), d. 6 July 1861 at Karlsbad. Of Protestant religion, he became in 1846 professor of history at the University… -
Ghardaia in the Sahara, Apostolic Vicariate of (GHARDAIA NEL SAHARA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It originated from the apostolic prefecture of Sahara and Sudan, created on 6 Aug. 1868 by detachment from the apostolic vicariate of Central Africa, which… -
Ghebré, Michael, Blessed (GHEBRÉ, MICHAEL, BEATO)
Abyssinian martyr, member of the Congregation of the Mission. Born at Dibo (Gojjam) in 1791, after attending the local schools (debrà), at the age of 22 he… -
Ghebri
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Ghellinck d’Elseghem, Joseph de (GHELLINCK D'ELSEGHEM, JOSEPH DE)
Historian of theology and patrologist, b. at Ghent on 30 Oct. 1872, d. at Louvain on 4 Jan. 1950. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1889 at Tronchiennes… -
Ghellini, Gellio, Venerable (GHELLINI, GELLIO, VENERABILE)
B. Jan. 23, 1559 at Vicenza, d. there Aug. 29, 1616. Of a noble family, at the age of 15 he was sent to the University of Padua for the study of philosophy and… -
Ghent (GENT)
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Ghent (Flemish Gent), Diocese of (GAND (FIAMMINGO GENT), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Belgium, capital of the province of East Flanders, near the confluence of the Scheldt and the Lys; it is crossed by many canals. It has an… -
Gherardi, Giovanni
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Gherardi, Jacopo
Apostolic secretary. Born at Volterra on 25 July 1434. He went to Rome in 1458, and from '63 he assisted Cardinal Ammannati. On the latter's death (1479) he… -
Gherardo delle Notti, Honthorst
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Gherardo Maletta dei Boccabadati, Blessed (GHERARDO MALETTA DEI BOCCABADATI, BEATO)
A very active preacher of the Friars Minor, from Modena, b. toward the end of the 12th century. In his youth he studied letters and law. Having become a friar… -
Gherla of the Armenians and Romanians (GHERLA DEGLI ARMENI E DEI ROMENI)
It is the Romanian name of a small town in Transylvania, called Szamos Uyvár in Hungarian and Armenierstadt in German, founded by Armenians who immigrated in… -
Ghetti, Andrea da Volterra
Augustinian theologian, preacher and educationist, b. at Montecatini Val di Cecina, near Volterra, at the beginning of the 16th century, d. on 12 June 1593. He… -
Ghetto
A quarter in which Jews were obliged to live, as distinct from the quarters in which Jews in certain cities concentrated of their own free will in order to… -
Ghezzi, Giuseppe
Painter and draughtsman, b. at Comunanza near Ascoli Piceno on 6 Nov. 1634 and d. in Rome on 10 Nov. 1721. He received his first instruction from his father… -
Ghezzi, Pier Leone
Painter and draughtsman, b. in Rome on 28 June 1674 and d. there on 5 March 1755. He was set on the path of art by his father Giuseppe and, like his > (phot.… -
Ghibellines (GHIBELLINI)
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Ghiberti, Lorenzo
Bronze sculptor and writer on art, b. in Florence in 1378, d. there in 1455. In Florence he is the greatest representative of the flamboyant Gothic in… -
Ghiera
A moulding that profiles the extrados of an arch. It is used especially in pre-Romanesque and Romanesque architecture, to which it contributes a sense of… -
Ghilardi, Giovanni Tommaso
Bishop of Mondovì, b. at Casalgrasso in 1800, d. at Mondovì on 6 June 1873. He took the habit of the Dominicans and within the Order was also provincial.… -
Ghinucci, Girolamo
Cardinal, born in Siena of a patrician family, he held various offices in the Roman Curia: he was a cleric and auditor of the Apostolic Chamber, prefect of the… -
Ghirlandaio, Family (GHIRLANDAIO, FAMIGLIA)
A family of Florentine painters. The eldest was DOMENICO, b. in Florence in 1449, d. there on 11 Jan. 1494: his father Tommaso Bigordi, a goldsmith, was given… -
Ghislandi, Vittore, called Fra' Galgario (GHISLANDI, VITTORE, DETTO FRA' GALGARIO)
Painter, a Minim friar, b. in Bergamo on 4 March 1655, d. there at the age of 88 in the first days of Dec. 1743. He is considered among the most distinguished… -
Ghisleri (Consiglieri), Paolo
Born in Rome in 1499 to Bartolomeo and Maria De' Stati and died there in holiness on 14 April 1557. An active member of the Oratory of Divine Love, he formed a… -
Ghisleri, Michele
Theologian and exegete, b. in Rome in 1563, d. there on 27 June 1646. A religious of the Theatine Order (1584), he had as his master Antonio Agellio, from whom… -
Giacco, Bernardo Maria
Capuchin, b. in Naples on 28 Sept. 1672 and d. on 5 June 1744. A celebrated preacher, he combined richness of imagery with popularity of form. He made his… -
Giacinta Marescotti, Saint (GIACINTA MARESCOTTI, SANTA)
Roman virgin, daughter of Marcantonio Marescotti and Ottavia Orsini, born at Vignanello in 1586. She professed the Franciscan Third Order in the monastery of… -
Giacobbi, Girolamo
Musician, b. in Bologna in Aug. 1567, d. there in Feb. 1630. In 1589 he was substitute and in 1604 effective director of the chapel of S. Petronio. A convinced… -
Giacomino da Verona
Franciscan poet of the second half of the 13th century, of whose life no other biographical data are known. His output forms part of the 13th-century… -
Giacosa, Giuseppe
Playwright and short-story writer, b. at Colleretto Parella (Ivrea) on 21 Oct. 1847, d. there on 2 Sept. 1906. He began his literary activity very young… -
Giaculatories (GIACULATORIE)
From the Latin iaculari (to hurl). They consist in frequent outpourings of the heart toward God, Jesus Christ, the Virgin, the saints, sometimes purely… -
Giada
A hard stone used in China in the industrial arts: it comes from two silicates, nephrite and jadeite, the first of calcium and magnesium, the second of sodium… -
Giambattista Maoletti da Serravalle
Franciscan missionary in China. Two missionaries of this name are known, who evangelized China in the 18th century. 1. G. M. da S. (Vercelli), the elder, b.… -
Giambologna
Jean Boulogne, called Giambologna, sculptor, b. at Douai in 1529, d. at Florence on 13 Aug. 1608. At first a pupil of the sculptor Jacques Dubroeucq in… -
Giamboni, Bono
A Florentine, of the ancient Del Vecchio family, a judge and man of letters of the second half of the 13th century. He translated into the vernacular, it… -
Giambullari, Bernardo
Florentine poet, b. in 1450, d. in 1529. Father of the historian Pierfrancesco, of the brigata of the Magnifico and later courtier of Leo X, for whom he… -
Giambullari, Pierfrancesco
Man of letters, b. in Florence in 1495, d. there on 24 Aug. 1555. He enjoyed the protection of Giuliano, Duke of Nemours, and of Leo X. In 1515 he was… -
Gian Cristoforo Romano
Sculptor, architect, medallist, son of Isaia da Pisa (v.), born in Rome in 1470, died at Loreto on 31 May 1512. In 1490 he was in Ferrara to sculpt the bust of… -
Gianelli, Antonio, Blessed (GIANELLI, ANTONIO, BEATO)
Bishop of Bobbio, b. at Cereta (La Spezia) on 12 Apr. 1789, d. at Piacenza on 7 June 1846. Born into a poor family, he was able to study at the Seminary of… -
Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (GIAN GALEAZZO SFORZA, DUCA DI MILANO)
GIAN GALEAZZO Sforza, duca di MILANO: v. SFORZA, FAMIGLIA. -
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (GIAN GALEAZZO VISCONTI, DUCA DI MILANO)
GIAN GALEAZZO Visconti, duca di MILANO: v. VISCONTI, FAMIGLIA. -
Giannone, Pietro
Born on 7 May 1676 at Ischitella to Scipione and Lucrezia Micaglia, died at Turin on 17 March 1748. He studied law at Naples, took his degree there in 1698… -
Giannotti, Donato
Man of letters, b. in Florence on 27 Nov. 1492, d. in Rome on 27 Dec. 1573. A follower of Savonarola and an opponent of the Medici, in 1527 he became secretary… -
Giannotti, Pietro
Mystical theologian, b. in 1695 at Città di Castello, d. on 28 Jan. 1773. He studied in Rome at the Collegio Fuccioli. Ordained a priest, he returned to his… -
Giants in the Bible (GIGANTI NELLA BIBBIA)
Gen. 6:4 recalls the nēphilim, antediluvians, perhaps distinct from the "heroes" born of Sethites and Cainites. In Bar. 3:26-28; Sir. 16:7; Wis. 14:6… -
Giaquinto, Corrado (GIAQUINTO (GIAQUINTO), CORRADO)
Painter, b. at Molfetta in 1703, d. at Naples in 1765. At Naples, in 1719, after a very brief stay with N. M. Rossi, he joined the school of Solimena. In 1722… -
Giasso, Angelo
A Friar Minor of the Observance, in religion Candido da Genova, guardian of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Loreto in Oregina, famous for the Marian vision he had… -
Giava
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Gibail, Diocese of (GIBAIL, DIOCESI DI)
Ancient Byblos in Phoenicia, the Giblet of the Crusaders, today a village of 1,500 inhabitants, 30 km north of Beirut on the Mediterranean. G. is, together… -
Gibbon, Edward
English historian, b. at Putney-on-Thames on 8 May 1737, d. in London on 16 Jan. 1794. Having entered Oxford in 1752 to pursue his studies there, he converted… -
Gibbons, James
American cardinal, b. in Baltimore to Irish parents on July 23, 1834, d. there on March 24, 1921. A priest on June 30, 1861, secretary and chancellor of Msgr.… -
Gibeonites (GABAONITI)
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Giberti, Gian Matteo
Born in Palermo on 20 Sept. 1495, died in Verona on 30 Dec. 1543. Governor of Tivoli at the age of twenty. In Rome he was on intimate terms with Cardinal… -
Gibier, Charles-Célestin
Bishop of Versailles, b. in Artenay on 25 Dec. 1849, d. at Versailles on 3 Apr. 1931. The son of peasants, he entered the Seminary of Orléans at the age of… -
Gibieuf, Guillaume
Oratorian theologian, b. at Bourges in 1585 (?), d. at Paris on 6 June 1659. He held important offices in the Oratory of Card. Bérulle, who appointed him vicar… -
Gibraltar (GIBILTERRA (GIBRALTAR))
A rocky peninsula that closes the Bay of Algeciras on the east, at the southern extremity of Spain, barring the entrance to the Mediterranean. So called (Gobel… -
Gielemans, Johannes
Born in 1427, he entered the priory of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine of Rubea Valle (Rooklooster) near Brussels in 1447 and was ordained a priest in… -
Giezi (GIEZI)
Servant of the prophet Elisha (v.). When the latter wishes to reward the generous hospitality of the good Shunammite woman, G. suggests to him that the best… -
Gifts of the Holy Spirit (DONI DELLO SPIRITO SANTO)
Supernatural habits, which perfect the infused virtues and dispose our faculties to obey the divine motions more promptly and easily. I. TESTIMONY OF… -
Gigantism (GIGANTISMO)
The term denotes a particular development of bodily proportions and especially of height beyond the limits of normal individual fluctuating variability. Man's… -
Gigli, Alessandro
Theologian of the Conventual Friars Minor, called "da Figline," but born at Montepulciano in the second half of the 16th century, died at Modena in 1631. A… -
Gigli, Girolamo
Writer, b. at Siena on 14 Oct. 1660, d. 4 Jan. 1722 at Rome, where he had taken up residence in 1708 to escape the hostility of the Sienese cultural and… -
Gihon
A spring outside the walls of Jerusalem, where by order of David Solomon was unexpectedly consecrated king, forestalling the proclamation of Adonijah plotted… -
Gihr, Nikolaus
Theologian and liturgist, b. at Aufingen (Baden) on 5 Dec. 1839, d. at St. Peter im Schwarzwald on 25 June 1924. He pursued his theological studies in Rome at… -
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (GILBERT ED ELLICE)
British colony (since 1915), comprising, besides the two archipelagos of the G. (16 islands, situated astride the equator: 400 sq km with 28,000 inhabitants)… -
Gilbert Folio (GILBERTO FOLIO)
Bishop of Hereford and of London, d. 17 February 1187, was among the opponents of St. Thomas Becket in the struggle against Henry II for the rights of the… -
Gilbertines (GILBERTINI)
Religious order, the only one of English origin, founded by St. Gilbert of Sempringham, around the years 1131-35, with double monasteries on the model of the… -
Gilbert of Hoyland (GILBERTO DI HOYLAND)
English monk of the 12th century, b. probably in the region of Holland in the county of Lincoln (Mabillon mistakenly supposed him Irish by origin, and so did… -
Gilbert of Poitiers (Gilbertus Porretanus) (GILBERTO DELLA PORRÉE (GILBERTUS PORRETANUS))
Scholastic philosopher and theologian, b. at Poitiers in 1076, d. there in 1154. He studied at Chartres, where his master was Bernard of Chartres (not to be… -
Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint (GILBERTO DI SEMPRINGHAM, SANTO)
Ascetic, founder of the Order of the Gilbertines, he occupies an important place in the revival of religious Orders in the 12th century. Born at Sempringham in… -
Gilda
The name of g. (convivia) is given to the banquets held in the pre-Christian and pagan era among the Nordic peoples on the occasion of marriages, funerals… -
Gilda the Wise, Saint (GILDA IL SAGGIO, SANTO)
Breton monk, b. in Great Britain ca. 493, d. at Rhuys (Vannes) ca. 570. He is sometimes also called "Badonicus," because, as he himself confesses (De excidio… -
Gileadites (GALAADITI)
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Giles of Assisi, Blessed (EGIDIO DI ASSISI, BEATO)
Third companion of St. Francis of Assisi, with whom he associated around 1208. He made great pilgrimages, earning his bread by work, to Rome, to St. James of… -
Giles of Lessines (EGIDIO DI LESSINES)
Dominican master and one of the first supporters of St. Thomas, b. at Lessines (Belgium) around 1230; d. around 1304. In the condemnation of Averroism of 1270… -
Giles of Rome (EGIDIO ROMANO)
One of the great masters of Scholasticism, prior general of the Augustinians, archbishop of Bourges, b. in Rome in the Colonna district ca. 1243, d. at Avignon… -
Giles of Santarém, Blessed (EGIDIO DI SANTARÉM, BEATO)
Portuguese Dominican, b. around 1184 at Vacele (diocese of Vizeu), to a family of the local nobility, d. at Santarém on 14 May 1265. Destined while still young… -
Giles of Viterbo (EGIDIO DA VITERBO)
Augustinian theologian and philosopher, b. in Viterbo in 1469 to the Antonini family, d. 21 December 1532. He attended the lectures of Agostino Nifo at Padua… -
Giles, Saint (EGIDIO, SANTO)
Abbot, d. ca. 725. The information concerning him is uncertain and obscure. His cult was already known in the 9th century, especially in the monastery of… -
Gilgal, Gilgala (GALGAL, GALGALA)
The first camp of the Israelites after the crossing of the Jordan (Josh. 4:19) and the base of operations for their various expeditions for the conquest of the… -
Gimma [Jimma], Apostolic Vicariate of (GIMMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in southwestern Ethiopia on the border of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. It derives from the apostolic prefecture of Kaffa, which, erected on 28 Jan.… -
Ginetti, Marzio
Cardinal, born in Velletri on 6 April 1585 to a noble family originally from the Bergamo area, he completed his studies in Rome, where he died on 1 March 1671.… -
Ginhac, Paul
Jesuit, b. May 31, 1824 at Le Mazel, near Serverette (Languedoc), d. at Castres on Jan. 10, 1895. After a crisis in his youth, he entered the Society at the… -
Ginn
An Arabic collective noun denoting a category of beings, spirits or goblins, forming part of the belief of pre-Islamic paganism, later adopted by Muhammad and… -
Ginnasi, Domenico
Cardinal, b. at Castel Bolognese to Francesco and Caterina Pallantieri around 1550; having earned a degree in law at Bologna in 1572, he entered the prelature… -
Ginoulhiac, Jacques-Marie-Achille
Archbishop and theologian, b. at Montpellier on 3 Dec. 1806, d. there on 17 Nov. 1875. Ordained priest (1830), he taught philosophy in the diocesan seminary… -
Gioberti, Vincenzo
He is the most representative man of that Catholic liberalism which accompanied our Risorgimento with the intention, energetically combative and doctrinally… -
Giocondo, Fra'
Giovanni da Verona, a Dominican known as fra' G., architect, b. at Verona around 1433, d. at Rome on 1 July 1515. An eminent figure in the Renaissance of… -
Gioia, Melchiorre
Politician and writer, b. at Piacenza on 20 Sept. 1767, d. at Milan on 2 Jan. 1829. In 1784 he entered the Collegio Alberoni, from which he came out ordained a… -
Giolito de' Ferrari, Giovanni Gabriele, called Gabriel (GIOLITO DE FERRARI, GIOVANNI GABRIELE, DETTO GABRIEL)
He is the greatest bookseller, publisher and printer of this name, b. shortly after the first decade of the 16th century, d. in the first months of 1578. He… -
Giolitti, Giovanni
Statesman, b. at Mondovì on 27 Oct. 1842, d. at Cavour on 17 July 1928. After a brilliant administrative career, in 1882 he was appointed councillor of State… -
Giordanini, Pier Francesco
Missionary of St. Vincent, b. at Saluzzo on 15 Jan. 1657, d. at Rome on 11 Nov. 1720. He entered the Congregation of the Mission on 22 March 1679; he held… -
Giordani, Pietro
Writer, b. at Piacenza on 1 Jan. 1774, d. at Parma on 14 Sept. 1848. After completing his studies in philosophy and law at Parma, he joined his brother in the… -
Giordano da Giano
Franciscan, b. ca. 1195 at Giano (Spoleto), d. at Magdeburg after 1262. Received into the Order by St. Francis, he took part in the Chapter of Mats and in… -
Giordano da Pisa, Blessed (GIORDANO DA PISA, BEATO)
Distinguished Dominican preacher, b. at Pisa (or at Rivalto?) around 1260, d. at Piacenza on 19 Aug. 1311. He took the religious habit in the Pisan convent of… -
Giordano, Luca
Painter and engraver, b. in Naples in 1632, d. there on 12 Jan. 1705. He received his first instruction from his father; then he was placed in the workshop of… -
Giordano of Quedlinburg (GIORDANO DI QUEDLINBURG)
Augustinian, ascetic-mystical writer of Saxony, b. at Quedlinburg in the last five years of the 13th century, d. at Vienna, perhaps in 1378. > (phot. Anderson)… -
Giordano of Saxony, Blessed (GIORDANO DI SASSONIA, BEATO)
Dominican master general, b. at Burgberg near Dassel (Westphalia) around 1185, d. on 13 February 1237 off the coast of Syria. As a young man, G. went to Paris… -
Giorgi, Bishop Ariano of Laodicea (GIORGIO, VESCOVO ARIANO DI LAODICEA)
A native of Alexandria, where he was a priest at the beginning of the Arian controversy, he was deposed by Bishop Alexander because of his unworthy life.… -
Giorgi da Gheel (GIORGIO DA GHEEL)
Capuchin missionary and martyr of the old Flemish-Belgian province, b. at Oevel, near Geel (Campine), in Aug. 1616, entered the novitiate at Louvain already a… -
Giorgi, Domenico
Prelate, historian and liturgist, b. at Costa di Rovigo on 4 June 1690, d. at Rovigo on 21 July 1747. A priest (1773), librarian of the library of Cardinal G.… -
Giorgi Metochite (GIORGIO METOCHITE)
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Giorgi of Nicomedia (GIORGIO DI NICOMEDIA)
He lived in the second half of the 9th century. Being archivist of Hagia Sophia and a close friend of the patriarch Photius, he was appointed by the latter… -
Giorgi of Pisidia V (GIORGIO DI PISIDIA V)
GIORGIO di PISIDIA v. PISIDÈS, GIORGIO. -
Giorgi of Trebisonda (GIORGIO DI TREBISONDA)
A well-known humanist of the 15th century (b. 1396, d. 1485/86). He always bore the name of Trebizond, from his family, although he was a native of Candia.… -
Giorgione, Giorgio da Castelfranco detto Il
Painter, b. at Castelfranco Veneto probably in 1477 or 1478, d. at Venice shortly before 25 Oct. 1510; one of the greatest artists of humanity. He is the first… -
Giorgi Siculo (GIORGIO SICULO)
Sicilian Anabaptist heretic of the 16th century. Information about his life is extremely scarce. Around 1550 he was probably already in Ferrara, where he… -
Giorgi Veneto (GIORGIO VENETO)
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Giorgi Wardà (GIORGIO WARDÀ)
Nestorian hymnographer of the 13th century, a native of Arbela, author of numerous (at least 150) religious hymns, included in the Office of the Chaldean rite.… -
Giornale Arcadico
Literary periodical published in Rome from 1819 to 1856; it was the official organ of a group of men of letters, among them G. Perticari and S. Betti, who, out… -
Giornale Dantesco
A journal of literary, critical and bibliographical studies on the life, works and times of Dante, founded by the publisher Leo S. Olschki in 1893 in place of… -
Giornale dei Letterati
It is the first Italian literary periodical, whose publication began in Rome in 1668 on the initiative of the abbot Francesco Nazzari, professor of philosophy… -
Giornale de' Letterati d'Italia
Founded in Venice in 1710 by A. Zeno, F. Maffei, and A. Vallisnieri, it was the most notable example of Italian scholarly journalism of the 18th century. G. B.… -
Gioteschi (GIOTTESCHI)
Until the beginning of this century this term designated more or less all the Florentine painters of the fourteenth century. Today, with the progress of… -
Giotino (GIOTTINO)
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Giotto di Bondone
Painter and architect, b. at Colle di Vespignano in Mugello, in all probability in 1267, d. at Florence in 1337. An artist among the greatest of every age… -
Giovannelli (Giovanelli), Ruggero
Musician, b. at Velletri around 1560, d. at Rome on 8 Jan. 1625. A pupil of Nannini, he very soon excelled through his strong and precocious musical talent. At… -
Giovannetti, Matteo (Gianetti, Matteo di Giovannetto) (GIOVANNETTI, MATTEO (GIANETTI, MATTEO DI GIOVANETTO))
Painter, b. in Viterbo, active between 1343 and 1366 in the Palace of the Popes in Avignon (v.) under the influence of the painting of Simone Martini, who had… -
Giovanni, Dalmatian (GIOVANNI, DALMATA)
Sculptor and architect, b. at Traù around 1440, d. after 1509. In 1464 he sculpted a bust of Pius II. Another famous bust by G. is that of Paul II, in the… -
Giovanni da Penna, Saint John, Blessed (GIOVANNI DA PENNA S. GIOVANNI, BEATO)
One of the first disciples of St. Francis of Assisi, b. at Penna S. Giovanni (Macerata) ca. 1193, d. there in 1270 (or 1271). Received into the Order in 1213… -
Giovanni da Udine
Painter and architect, b. at Udine on 27 Oct. 1487 into the Ricamatori family, d. at Rome in 1564. At first a pupil of Giovanni Martini da Udine, he later went… -
Giovinazzo, Diocese of (GIOVINAZZO, DIOCESI DI)
GIOVINAZZO, DIOCESI di: v. MOLFETTA, GIOVINAZZO E TERLIZZI, DIOCESI di. -
Giovine Italia (GIOVANE ITALIA)
The founding of Y. I., carried out by Mazzini in July 1831 in Marseille, was determined on the one hand by distrust of the Carbonarist uprisings, which were… -
Giovio, Paolo
Historian, b. at Como on 19 Apr. 1483, d. at Florence on 10 Dec. 1552. He was bishop of Nocera de' Pagani from 13 Jan. 1528. He owes his fame to: Historiarum… -
Giphanius, Hubertus (Hubert van Giffen)
Jurist and philologist. Born at Buren (Holland) in 1534, died at Prague in 1604. He studied at Louvain, Paris and Orléans with Cujas. In Venice, where he was… -
Giraldi, Giovambattista Cinzio
Man of letters, b. in Ferrara in 1504, d. there in 1573. His work is under the influence of the Catholic Reformation. Anticipations of Romanticism have been… -
Giraldi, Ubaldo di San Gaetano
Piarist, canonist. Born in Rome in 1692 and died there in 1775. He was assistant general of his Congregation and apostolic examiner of the Roman clergy.… -
Giraldus of Cambrai (GIRALDO DI CAMBRAI)
Ecclesiastic and writer, also called Giraldus of Barri. Born at Manorbeer (Pembrokeshire), of a noble Welsh family, and died at the end of 1222 or in 1223. He… -
Girard, Grégoire
In the world Giovanni Battista, a great Swiss pedagogue, of the Friars Minor Conventual, b. at Fribourg on 17 Dec. 1765, d. there on 6 March 1850. Ordained a… -
Girardon, François
French sculptor, b. at Troyes on 16 March 1628 and d. at Paris on 1 September 1715. His first works (a Virgin and a Louis XIII in the habit of the Order in the… -
Giraud, Bernardino
Cardinal, born in Rome on 14 July 1721, died there on 3 March 1782. Appointed in 1763 by Clement XIII as auditor of the Rota, he was elected by the same… -
Girgashites (GERGESEI)
A clan or tribe that shared dominion over pre-Israelite Palestine with other ethnic groups. In the table of nations (Gen. 10:16) the G. are presented as… -
Girolamiti
With this name were called certain Congregations of hermits that arose in Spain and Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries. They followed the so-called Rule of… -
Girona, Diocese of (GERONA, DIOCESI DI)
The diocese of G. (Spain) borders to the west and south on the dioceses of Urgell, Vich and Barcelona. It is a suffragan of Tarragona and has a total of… -
Girondins (GIRONDINI)
The name Girondins is given to the politicians who during the French Revolution, in the Legislative Assembly and the Convention, from Oct. 1791 to 10 Aug.… -
Giry, François
Minim, writer, historian, hagiographer and mystic. B. in Paris on 15 Sept. 1638, d. there on 29 Nov. 1688. Of a noble family (his father was one of the first… -
Giry, Jean-Marie-Joseph-Arthur
French historian and diplomatist, b. at Trévoux (Ain) on 29 Feb. 1848, d. at Paris on 13 Nov. 1899. After taking part in the Franco-Prussian War of '70, an… -
Giselher of Slatheim (GISELHER DI SLATHEIM)
Dominican mystic of the 14th century. A native of Slatheim or Scholtheim, northwest of Erfurt, G. was a lector at Cologne and Erfurt, distinguishing himself by… -
Gisler, Anton
Bishop and theologian, b. at Bürglen (canton of Uri) on 25 March 1863, d. at Chur on 4 Jan. 1932. He studied philosophy and theology in Rome. After a few years… -
Gismondi, Enrico
Jesuit, orientalist, b. in Rome on 20 April 1850, d. there on 7 February 1912. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1869, after completing his studies he… -
Giulio Romano, Giulio di Piero Pippi de' Giannuzzi, called (GIULIO ROMANO, GIULIO DI PIERO PIPPI DE' GIANNUZZI, DETTO)
Painter and architect, b. in Rome in 1499, d. at Mantua on 10 Nov. 1546. As a very young man he was at the school of Raphael, of whom he became the favorite… -
Giunta (Giunti), Family (GIUNTA (GIUNTI), FAMIGLIA)
A house of publishers, printers and booksellers that carried on an intense activity from the end of the 15th century throughout the whole of the 16th century… -
Giunta Pisano
Painter active in the mid-13th century. After more recent criticism, chiefly through the work of Bacci, has ruled out that a Pistoian document of 1 June 1202… -
Giuseppe Ben Gorion (GIUSEPPE BEN GORIÒN)
GIUSEPPE ben GORIÒN: v. JOSIPPÒN. -
Giuseppe dello Spirito Santo
Portuguese mystical theologian, Discalced Carmelite, in the world Giuseppe Barroso, b. 26 Dec. 1609 at Braga, called Lusitanus, d. at Madrid 27 Jan. 1676. He… -
Giuseppe Maria del Monte Carmelo, called El Cadete (GIUSEPPE MARIA DEL MONTE CARMELO, DETTO EL CADETE)
Venerable, Spanish Discalced Carmelite, b. 15 Oct. 1763 in Vigo, to Manuel Jacinto de Acevedo y Navia, field marshal of the armies of King Charles III, d. 3… -
Giusti, Giuseppe
Poet, b. at Monsummano on 12 May 1809, d. at Florence on 31 March 1850. Educated in his early years by a priest and later at the Seminary of Pistoia and the… -
Giustina, Saint (GIUSTINA, SANTA)
GIUSTINA, santa: v. CIPRIANO e GIUSTINA, saints. -
Giustiniani, Agostino
Orientalist and Dominican bishop, b. in Genoa to a patrician family in 1470, d. in a shipwreck in the Ligurian Sea in 1536. He entered religious life (1487)… -
Giustiniani, Alessandro
Cardinal, b. 3 Feb. 1778 in Genoa, d. there 11 Oct. 1843. Vice-legate of Bologna and of Ferrara, after the conclusion of the Concordat of 1818 with the Kingdom… -
Giustiniani, Giacomo
Cardinal, b. 29 Dec. 1769 in Rome, d. 24 Feb. 1843 there. Vice-legate of Ravenna in 1794, governor of Perugia in 1797 and president of the State Junta in Rome… -
Giustiniani, Lorenzo, Saint (GIUSTINIANI, LORINZO, SANTO)
GIUSTINIANI, LORINZO, santo: v. LORINZO GIUSTINIANI, saint. -
Giustiniani, Orazio
Oratorian cardinal, Genoese patrician, b. on the island of Chios on 28 February 1580, d. in Rome on 25 July 1649. Having gone to Rome, at the age of 25 he… -
Giustiniani, Paolo
In the world, Vincenzo. Founder of the Camaldolese Congregation of Monte Corona, b. in Venice on 15 June 1476, d. at S. Silvestro del Monte Soratte on 28 June… -
Giustinian, Leonardo
Poet, b. in Venice ca. 1388, d. there in Nov. 1446. He held important offices in his Republic, up to that of procurator of St. Mark. An excellent connoisseur… -
Giusto de' Menabuoi
Florentine painter, also called "da Padova" because he worked predominantly in that city, where he is documented from 1367 and where he died ca. 1391. Recent… -
Giver of Eternal Salvation (SALUTIS AETERNAE DATOR)
Hymn of Lauds in the Office of the feast of All Saints, by an unknown author; it appears in manuscripts of the 9th century. It consists of a series of… -
Gizzi, Pasquale Tommaso
Cardinal, b. at Ceccano (Frosinone), 22 Sept. 1787, d. at Lenola, 3 July 1849. After completing his early studies at Ferentino and taking his degree in canon… -
Glaber, Rodulf
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Glabrione Acilius (GLABRIONE ACILIO)
A member of a noble senatorial family, he was consul in 91 A.D. together with Trajan; he was put to death by Domitian in 95 after having been forced to fight a… -
Glacial Epoch (GLACIALE, EPOCA)
GLACIALE, EPOCA: v. STATIGRAFIA. -
Gladstone, William Ewart
English statesman, b. 29 Dec. 1809, d. 19 May 1898 at Hawarden. The son of a Scottish Presbyterian, he had from childhood a most vivid religious feeling… -
Glagolitic, Script (GLAGOLITICA, SCRITTURA)
A uncial alphabet, quite complicated, comprising 38 letters, composed by St. Cyril in the second half of the 9th century and used by him for the translation of… -
Glairé, Jean-Baptiste (GLAIRE, JEAN-BAPTISTE)
French Orientalist, b. at Bordeaux on 1 April 1798, d. at Issy (Seine) on 25 February 1879. In Paris G. studied theology at St. Sulpice and the Oriental… -
Glanvill (Glanvil), Joseph
Anglican pastor and philosopher, b. at Plymouth in 1630, d. at Bath in 1680. He was chaplain to Charles II. Having emerged from Cartesianism, G. accepted the… -
Glareanus (Enrico de Loris, Henricus Loritus Glareanus) (GLAREANO (ENRICO DE LORIS, HENRICUS LORITUS GLAREANUS))
Philosopher, mathematician, theologian, musician and poet, b. at Glarus (Switzerland) in 1488, d. at Fribourg on 28 March 1563. He studied at Cologne with G.… -
Glasgow, Archdiocese of (GLASGOW, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and province in the south-west of Scotland; it currently comprises the city and county of Dumbarton. The archdiocese has an area of 250 sq. km.; it… -
Glass (VETRO)
The most remote examples of glassmaking with an artistic character date back, in the Mediterranean basin, to the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty of the Pharaohs… -
Glazing (INVETRIATURA)
INVETRIATURA: v. CERAMICA. -
Gleba
GLEBA: V. SERVI DELLA GLEBA. -
"Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Hymnus Angelicus) (GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO » (HYMNUS ANGELICUS))
A very ancient liturgical hymn found in various recensions: a Greek one in the codex of the Alexandrian Library (=A) and in the Apostolic Constitutions, VII 47… -
Gloria Patri
A formula of praise and glorification of all three Divine Persons, it is a simple development of the Trinitarian baptismal formula (Mt. 28:19). Its author… -
Glorious Poland (GENTIS POLONAE GLORIA)
Hymn of Vespers of St. John of Kenty, composed by an unknown author for the introduction into the Breviary of the feast of the Saint, canonized in 1767. It is… -
Gloss (GLOSSA)
Literal explanation of a term or a phrase, from the Greek γλῶσσα "tongue", hence also "dialect, idiom, manner or word that is ancient or rare" which, to be… -
Glossolalia
GLOSSOLALIA : v. CARISMI. -
Glottology (GLOTTOLOGIA)
GLOTTOLOGIA : v. LINGUISTICA. -
Gloves (GUANTI)
The introduction of gloves (chirothecae) into the liturgy is due to the desire to make episcopal attire ever more distinct and solemn. Amalarius, at the… -
Glubokovskij, Nikclaj Nikanorovič (GLUBOKOVSKIJ, NIKCLAJ NIKANOPOVIĆ)
Well-known Russian theologian, exegete and historian (1863-1937), recognized as an authority of the first rank among "Orthodox" theologians. A doctor of… -
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Melodramatic composer, b. at Weidenwang near Erbach, in Bavaria, on 2 July 1714, d. at Vienna on 15 Nov. 1787. As a young man he was a member of the Schola… -
Gluttony (GOLA)
A capital sin consisting in the disordered appetite for food and drink. It is a vice opposed to the special virtues of abstinence and sobriety, which are… -
Gnana Prakasar, Swaminadar (Swaminathapillai)
Missionary b. in Manipay, apostolic vicariate of Jaffna, on 30 Aug. 1875, to Hindu parents, and d. there on 22 Jan. 1947. Having lost his father, he was… -
Gnecchi Soldi, Organtino
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Casto Val Sabbia (Brescia) in 1553, d. at Nagasaki on 22 April 1609. A Jesuit in 1555, he was for some time rector of the College of… -
Gnesna (Gniezno)
A city in Poland elevated to an archdiocese and metropolis around the year 1000 by Otto III. First archbishop: Radym-Gaudenty, brother of St. Adalbert. From… -
Gnosis (GNOSI)
1. Terminology and meaning. - Gnosis in all its forms, including those of a semi-gnosis, developed a vocabulary of its own, and this particular language is… -
Goa, Archdiocese of (GOA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It is located on the western coast of the Indian Peninsula. The diocese of G. and Damão, besides the Portuguese territory of the State of India (G., Damão and… -
Goar, Jacques
Orientalist of the Order of Preachers, b. in Paris in 1601, d. September 23, 1653. Ordained a priest, he devoted himself to the study of the Greek language and… -
Goazmoal, Guillaume
GOAZMOAL, GUILLAUME: v. ACOSTINO della VERGINE MARIA. -
Gobat, Georges
Jesuit, moralist, b. at Charmoille (Basel), 1 August 1600, d. at Constance on 23 March 1679. A Jesuit in 1618, he was a professor, first of philosophy at… -
Gobelin
GOBELIN: v. TAPESTRY. -
Gobineau, Joseph-Arthur, Count of (GOBINEAU, JOSEPH-ARTHUR, CONTE DI)
Born at Ville d'Avray on 14 July 1816, died at Turin on 13 Oct. 1882. A diplomat in many European and non-European capitals, he was a varied and prolific… -
Goblet D'alviella, Eugène
Belgian politician, a militant in the Liberal Party with an anticlerical coloring, and a historian of religions, b. in Brussels in 1846, d. there on 9 Sept.… -
Goch (Capupper), Johannes Pupper von (GOCH (CAPUPPER), JOHANNES PUPPER DA)
Moral-ascetic writer, b. at the beginning of the 15th century at Goch (Lower Rhine). For many years he directed the Thabor monastery of the Sisters of St.… -
Gochius, Johannes (John of Goch) (GIOVANNI DI GOCH (GOCHIUS))
GIOVANNI di GOCH (Gochius): v. GOCH, JOHANN PUPPER.