Guglielmo Di ParigiVol. VI, p. 753 GUGLIELMO di PARIGI: v. GUGLIELMO di ALVERNIA.
Guglielmo Di Saint-AmourVol. VI, p. 753 GUGLIELMO of SAINT-AMOUR. - Philosopher and theologian, b. at the beginning of the 13th century, d. in 1271. He studied in Paris and at that University was…
Guglielmo Di Saint-ThierryVol. VI, p. 754 GUGLIELMO di SAINT-THIERRY. — Cistercian theologian, born at Liège around 1085, died at Signy on 8 September 1148. Of distinguished family, he probably studied…
Guglielmo Di Shoreham (De Schorham)Vol. VI, p. 755 GUGLIELMO of SHOREHAM (DE SCHORHAM). - English priest, born near Sevenoaks in Kent towards the end of the 13th century. In 1313 he became rector of Chart…
Guglielmo Di TiroVol. VI, p. 755 GUGLIELMO of TIRO. - He probably belonged to an Italian family, perhaps Roman, but he was born in Jerusalem around 1130–35. He pursued his literary and…
Guglielmo Di ToccoVol. VI, p. 755 GUGLIELMO di Tocco. – Dominican historian, born in the Beneventano area around 1238, died between 1323 and 1325. General preacher (1288), prior of Benevento…
Guglielmo Di Volpiano, Saint(GUGLIELMO DI VOLPIANO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 756 GUGLIELMO di VOLPIANO, saint. - Benedictine abbot of S. Benigno of Digione, born in 962 to Count Roberto di Volpiano on the Island of S. Giulio d'Orta…
Guglielmo Di Vorillon (Vorillong, Forleon, Valle Rullonis)Vol. VI, p. 756 GUGLIELMO di VORILLON (VORILLONG, FORLEON, VALLE RULLONIS). – French Scotist of the 15th century, born at Vorillon in the Costa del Nord, died in Rome around…
Guglielmo Di WareVol. VI, p. 756 GUGLIELMO di WARE. - English Franciscan, perhaps teacher of Duns Scoto, died around 1300. He was probably bachelor of theology at Oxford and commented there on…
Guglielmo II, King Of Sicily, Called Il Buono(GUGLIELMO II, RE DI SICILIA, DETTO IL BUONO)Vol. VI, p. 755 GUGLIELMO II, king of SICILY, called the GOOD. — Born in 1153, died on 18 November 1189. At the age of 13 he succeeded his father G. I, remaining under the…
Guglielmo Naso (Guilelmus Naso)(GUGLIELMO NASONE (GUILELMUS NASO))Vol. VI, p. 751 GUGLIELMO NASONE (Guilelmus Naso). – Decretalist of the University of Bologna, where he was first a student of Alano di Galles. He was professor of Decretorum…
Guglielmo Of York, Saint(GUGLIELMO DI YORK, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 756 GUGLIELMO di YORK, saint. - Also known by the name of G. Fitzherbert or G. di Thwayt, died on 8 June 1154. In 1139 he was canon and treasurer of the Cathedral…
Guglielmo Pinchon, Saint(GUGLIELMO PINCHON, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 756 GUGLIELMO PINCHON, saint. - Bishop of St-Brieuc. Born c. 1184, died at St-Brieuc on 23 July 1234. He was ordained priest around 1206, bishop of St-Brieuc in…
Guglielmo Rubió (De Rubione)Vol. VI, p. 753 GUGLIELMO RUBIÓ (DE RUBIONE). - Fourteenth-century Franciscan theologian. Biographical data are sparse and uncertain. One tradition describes him as Aragonese,…
Guglielmotti, AlbertoVol. VI, p. 757 GUGLIELMOTTI, ALBERTO. — Dominican, in the world Francesco, born in Civitavecchia on 4 February 1812, died in Rome on 29 October 1893. Having become a priest…
Gui, Bernard (Bernardus Guidonis)Vol. VI, p. 757 GUI, BERNARD (Bernardus Guidonis). — French Dominican inquisitor, historian, and bishop, born in (Hérault) on 30 December 1331. He taught theology in various…
Guiana(GUIANE)Vol. VI, p. 757 GUIANE. – The name G. is generally given to that extensive (approximately 900,000 sq. km) mountainous region of South America enclosed between the lower…
Guibert of Gembloux(GUIBERTO DI GEMBLOUX)Vol. VI, p. 759 GUIBERTO di GEMBLOUX. - Hagiographer and Benedictine abbot, b. c. 1125, d. after 1213. A monk at Gembloux and Tours, c. 1187 he became abbot of Florennes and…
Guibert of Nogent(GUIBERTO DI NOGENT)Vol. VI, p. 759 GUIBERTO di NOGENT. — Theologian and Benedictine abbot, born in 1053 near Beauvais, died at Nogent in 1124. A monk at St-Germain of Flay (hence called…
Guibert of Ravenna, Antipope(GUIBERTO DI RAVENNA, ANTIPAPA)Vol. VI, p. 760 GUIBERTO di RAVENNA, ANTIPAPA. — He was imperial chancellor for Italy and joined the antipope Cadalus in the election of October 1061; but he eventually…
Guibert, Joseph-HippolyteVol. VI, p. 759 GUIBERT, JOSEPH-HIPPOLYTE. - Cardinal, b. 13 Dec. 1802 at Aix in Provence, d. 8 July 1886 in Paris. Ordained a priest, he entered the Congregation of the…
Guicciardini, FrancescoVol. VI, p. 760 GUICCIARDINI, FRANCESCO. – Historian, thinker, and statesman. Born in Florence to Piero and Simona Gianfigliazzi on 6 March 1483; died on 22 May 1540. Having…
Guicciardini, PieroVol. VI, p. 761 GUICCIARDINI, PIERO. — Reformer, descendant of Francesco Guicciardini, born in Florence on 21 July 1808 and died there on 23 March 1886. In his youth he was…
Guichard, RolandVol. VI, p. 761 GUICHARD, ROLAND. — Theologian and preacher of the Order of Minims, born at Estampes near Paris in 1528, died at Lyon on 26 June 1612. Nephew of G. Simon (v.)…
Guichard, SimonVol. VI, p. 762 GUICHARD, SIMON. - Theologian and preacher of the Order of Minims, born at Étampes near Paris around 1500, died at Aix-en-Provence in 1574. Already a priest…
Guide Italiane, Association of (A.G.I.)(GUIDE ITALIANE, ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE (A. G. I.))Vol. VI, p. 762 GUIDE ITALIANE, ASSOCIAZIONE delle (A. G. I.). — Association for the education and moral and physical formation of Italian girls according to the principles…
GuidettoVol. VI, p. 762 GUIDETTO. - Architect and sculptor, active between the last decades of the 12th century and the first half of the following one. Probably Lombard by birth, he…
Guidi, AlessandroVol. VI, p. 762 GUIDI, ALESSANDRO. - Poet, born at Pavia on 14 June 1650, died at Frascati on 13 June 1712. From the court of Ranuccio II of Parma, he moved in 1683 to Rome,…
Guidi, IgnazioVol. VI, p. 763 GUIDI, IGNAZIO - RITATTO. [He] made contributions of great importance to Arab-Muslim studies by publishing and studying literary texts (Ibn Hisâmi…
Guidi, Ignazio and Michelangelo(GUIDI, IGNAZIO E MICHELANGELO)Vol. VI, p. 762 GUIDI, IGNAZIO and MICHELANGELO. - Italian Semitic scholar, the former, born in Rome on 31 July 1844 (his father Michele was the last financial intendant of…
Guidiccioni, BartolomeoVol. VI, p. 763 GUIDICCIONI, BARTOLOMEO. — Cardinal, born in Lucca in 1469, died in Rome on 4 November 1549. He studied law at Parma and Bologna. He entered the service of…
Guidiccioni, GiovanniVol. VI, p. 763 GUIDICCIONI, GIOVANNI. - Diplomat, born at Lucca on 25 February 1500, died at Macerata on 26 July 1541. Secretary to Card. Alessandro Farnese, governor of Rome…
Guido d'ArezzoVol. VI, p. 764 GUIDO D'AREZZO. – I. LIFE. – The date of G.’s birth and death is uncertain. Since in 1027 or 1028 G. was summoned to Rome by Pope Giovanni XIX, who wished to…
Guido da BaisioVol. VI, p. 765 GUIDO da BAISIO. - Canonist, born of a Bolognese family at Baisio (Reggio Emilia) c. 1246-56, d. in Avignon on August 10 (June 5?) 1313. He studied law at the…
Guido da Cortona, Blessed(GUIDO DA CORTONA, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 766 GUIDO da CORTONA, blessed. – Born in Cortona of a noble family around 1187; died there on 12 June 1247. He was admitted to the Franciscan Order by St. Francis…
Guido da PisaVol. VI, p. 766 GUIDO da PISA. - Carmelite writer from Caprona (Pisa). The year of birth and death is unknown: a chronological indication is provided by his dedication of some…
Guido da SienaVol. VI, p. 767 GUIDO DA SIENA. - Sienese painter, active in the first half of the 13th century; he signed and dated in 1221 (others read 1271) the panel with the Madonna and…
Guido de SuzariaVol. VI, p. 768 GUIDO de SUZARIA. — Jurist, belonging to the group of the post-glossators, probably born at Suzara (Mantua) on an uncertain date: he lived between 1260 and…
Guido di Como (Guido Bigarelli)Vol. VI, p. 765 GUIDO of COMO (GUIDO BIGARELLI). - Sculptor, born perhaps at Arogno, he lived for a long time in Tuscany. In 1246 he executed the font of the baptistery of…
Guido di OrchellesVol. VI, p. 766 GUIDO di ORCHELLES. – Scholastic theologian who lived between the 12th and 13th centuries. All that is known of him thus far is that after 1206 he wrote a…
Guido Lombardo, Blessed(GUIDO LOMBARDO, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 766 GUIDO LOMBARDO, blessed. — Founder of the Humiliati, born in Milan and living in the first half of the 11th century. Few and unreliable accounts of his life…
Guido TerreniVol. VI, p. 768 GUIDO TERRENI. - Theologian and canonist, born at Perpignano at the end of the thirteenth century (1260?), died at Avignone on 21 Aug. 1342. He held the title…
Guido, MarramaldiVol. VI, p. 766 GUIDO, MARRAMALDI: v. MARRAMALDI, GUIDO.
Guido, Monk of Monte Cassino(GUIDO, MONACO DI MONTECASSINO)Vol. VI, p. 766 GUIDO, monk of MONTECASSINO. — He flourished under Abbot Gerardo (1111–23) and was the teacher of Pietro Diacono (De viris illustribus Casinensis coenobii: PL…
Guignebert, Charles-Albert-HonoréVol. VI, p. 768 GUIGNEBERT, CHARLES-ALBERT-HONORÉ. – Historian, b. at Villeneuve-St-Georges in 1867, d. in Paris on 27 Aug. 1939. Professor of history at the Lyceums of…
Guigone I (Guigues)Vol. VI, p. 769 GUIGONE I (GUIGUES). – Venerable prior general of the Carthusians, born at St-Romain-sur-Château (diocese of Valence) in 1084. Destined for an ecclesiastical…
Guigone II (Guigues)Vol. VI, p. 769 GUIGONE II (GUIGUES). — Prior General of the Carthusians, born at the beginning of the 12th century. Having entered the Carthusian order, he distinguished…
Guilloré, FrançoisVol. VI, p. 769 GUILLORÉ, FRANÇOIS. - Jesuit, spiritual master, born 25 Dec. 1615 at Croisic (Nantes), died in Paris on 29 June 1684. Having asked the Father General to assign…
Guilmant, Félix-AlexandreVol. VI, p. 769 GUILMANT, FÉLIX-ALEXANDRE. — Organist and composer, b. at Boulogne-sur-Mer on 12 March 1837, d. at Mendon (Parigi) on 29 March 1911. With his father, organist…
Guilt(COLPA)Vol. IV, p. 40 COLPA. – The term c. may be understood according to two sufficiently distinct, though not mutually contradictory, concepts: c. in the moral sense, and c. in…
Guinicelli, GuidoVol. VI, p. 770 GUINICELLI, GUIDO. - Son of Guinicello di Magnano and Guglielmina Ghisolieri, husband of Beatrice della Fratta, judge and poet, born in Bologna between 1230…
Guinigi, PaoloVol. VI, p. 770 GUINIGI, PAOLO. - Lord of Lucca, born there in 1376 to Francesco, banker and merchant, and Filippa Serpente, died at Pavia in 1432. Heir to the fortune of…
Guise, Family(GUISA, FAMIGLIA)Vol. VI, p. 770 GUISA, FAMIGLIA. - A French ducal house that took its name from the castle and town of G. in northern France (Aisne department). It derived from a (from G.…
Guitmondo of Aversa(GUITMONDO DI AVERSA)Vol. VI, p. 771 GUITMONDO di AVERSA. — Benedictine theologian, born in France at the beginning of the 11th century, died ca. 1095. The documents concerning the details of his…
Guittone da ArezzoVol. VI, p. 772 GUITTONE da AREZZO. - Born in Arezzo to Viva di Michele, chamberlain of the Commune, about 1225. A Guelph, he suffered exile between 1259 and 1260; taught by…
Guizot, François-Pierre-GuillaumeVol. VI, p. 772 GUIZOT, FRANÇOIS-PIERRE-GUILLAUME. — French politician, born on 4 October 1787 in Nîmes, died on 12 October 1874 at Val-Richer (Calvados). A Calvinist and the…
Gulfa (Isfahan)(GULFÀ (ISPAHÂN))Vol. VI, p. 773 GULFÀ (ISPAHÂN). - City of an Armenian colony in the Persian Empire. When, in 1605, the Persian shah 'Abbâs conquered Greater Armenia, he deported several…
Gulu, Apostolic Vicariate of(GULU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VI, p. 773 GULU, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — It is situated in the northern part of Uganda (British East Africa) and is entrusted to the Congregation of the Sons of the…
Gundisalvi, Domenico (Gundissalinus)Vol. VI, p. 773 GUNDISALVI, DOMENICO (Gundissalinus). — Spanish philosopher, archdeacon of Segovia, who lived at the court of the archbishop of Toledo around 1150. He…
Guntardo, Archbishop of Cologne(GUNTARDO, ARCIVESCOVO DI COLONIA)Vol. VI, p. 773 GUNTARDO, archbishop of COLOGNE. — Consecrated on 22 April 850, he died in 873. A lavish patron of the arts, he kept the Irish poet Sedulius Scotus at his…
Guntur, Diocese of(GUNTUR, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 775 GUNTUR, DIOCESE of. — It was established on 13 February 1940 by detaching its territory from the diocese of Nellore, and was entrusted to the indigenous…
Gurk, Diocese of(GURK, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 775 GURK, DIOCESI of. — Austrian city and diocese comprising the entire federal territory of Carinthia (9,533 sq. km.), with 497,000 inhabitants, of whom 455,000…
Gury, Jean-PierreVol. VI, p. 779 GURY, JEAN-PIERRE. — Jesuit, moral theologian and casuist, born at Mailleroncourt (Haute-Saône) on 23 January 1801, died at Mercoeur (Haute-Loire) on 18 April…
Gusmini, GiorgioVol. VI, p. 779 GUSMINI, GIORGIO. - Cardinal, born at Gazzaniga (Bergamo) on 9 Dec. 1855, died at Bologna on 24 Aug. 1921. He studied at the Roman Seminary and at the…
Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden(GUSTAVO II ADOLFO, RE DI SVEZIA)Vol. VI, p. 779 GUSTAVO II ADOLFO, King of SWEDEN. - Born December 19, 1594 in Stockholm, died November 16, 1632 in Lützen, fighting against Wallenstein's troops in (courtesy…
Gutberlet, KonstantinVol. VI, p. 780 GUTBERLET, KONSTANTIN. — Theologian and philosopher, b. at Geismar on 10 January 1837, d. at Fulda on 27 April 1928. He completed his studies in Rome at the…
Gutenberg, JoannesVol. VI, p. 780 GUTENBERG, JOANNES. – Prototypographer, inventor of printing with movable type, born in Mainz between 1395 and 1399; the original surname “Gensfleisch” was…
Guthrum (Godrum)Vol. VI, p. 781 GUTHRUM (GODRUM). – King of East Anglia. In the English annals he is first mentioned in the year 875 as one of the three Danish kings who invaded the British…
Gutjahr, Franz SeraphVol. VI, p. 781 GUTJAHR, FRANZ SERAPH. — Exegete, born on 13 September 1854 at Preding in Styria, died on 4 June 1929 at Graz. Ordained a priest in 1877, he subsequently…
Guy II, Duke of Spoleto, King of Italy and Emperor(GUIDO II, DUCA DI SPOLETO, RE D'ITALIA E IMPERATORE)Vol. VI, p. 767 GUIDO II, duke of SPOLETO, king of ITALY and emperor. — When the Carolingian Empire dissolved, with the deposition and death of Charles the Fat (888), into the…
Guyart, MarieVol. VI, p. 781 GUYART, MARIE: V. MARIA DELL'INCARNAZIONE. (from J. Calvet, La littérature religieuse de François de Sales à Fénelon, Parigi 1838, p. 186) GUYON, JEANNE-MARIE…
Guyon, Jeanne-MarieVol. VI, p. 782 GUYON, JEANNE-MARIE. – French Quietist, born at Montargis on 13 April 1648, died at Blois on 9 June 1717. Widowed in 1679, she devoted herself to a life of…
Guzzetta, GiorgioVol. VI, p. 782 GUZZETTA, GIORGIO. - Priest, born at Piana dei Greci (Palermo) on 23 Apr. 1682, died there on 22 Nov. 1756 in the repute of sanctity. Ordained a priest, he…
Guéranger, Prosper-Louis-PascalVol. VI, p. 733 GUÉRANGER, PROSPER-LOUIS-PASCAL. – Restorer of the Benedictine Order in France, born at Sablé-sur-Sarthe (France) on 4 April 1805, died at Solesmes on 30…
Guérin, AnneVol. VI, p. 734 GUÉRIN, ANNE - THÉRÈSE. - In religion, Mother Théodore, born at Etables on 2 October 1798, died at Ste-Marie des Bois (Indiana, U.S.A.) on 14 May 1856. Called…
Guérin, CharlesVol. VI, p. 734 GUÉRIN, CHARLES. – French poet, born in Lunéville on 29 December 1873, died there on 17 March 1907. His first collections of verse, Fleurs de neige (1893);…
Guérin, Eugénie DeVol. VI, p. 734 GUÉRIN, EUGÉNIE de. - Writer, born at the castle of Cayla near Albi, in France, in 1805, died there in 1848. By her counsel she guided her younger brother, the…
Guérin, Georges-Pierre-Maurice DeVol. VI, p. 735 GUÉRIN, GEORGES-PIERRE-MAURICE de. – Poet, born on 5 August 1810 at the château of Cayla (Languedoc), died there on 19 July 1839. After the solitary years of…
Guérin, PaulVol. VI, p. 735 GUÉRIN, PAUL. - French hagiographer and theologian of the 19th century, b. at Buzançais in 1830, d. at Chateauroux on 23 June 1908. He taught philosophy…
Guérin, Victor-RenéVol. VI, p. 735 GUÉRIN, VICTOR-RENÉ. - Scholar of Palestine, b. in Paris on 15 Sept. 1821, d. at La Tour (Seine-et-Marne) on 21 Sept. 1890. He was a professor in various…
Gymnastics(GINNASTICA)Vol. VI, p. 260 GYMNASTICS. — Gymnastics (from the Greek γυμνός = naked) is the art of moving the human body; in certain cases, when it pursues particular aims, it is also a…
Győr, Diocese of(GIAVARINO (GYÖR), DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 251 GIAVARINO (GYÖR), diocese of. — In Hungary, a suffragan diocese of Strigonia. It was founded by St. Stefano (997–1038), the first king of the Hungarians, whom…
Génicot, Édouard(GÉNICOT, EDOUARD)Vol. VI, p. 27 GÉNICOT, EDOUARD. - Jesuit, moral theologian, b. at Anversa on 18 June 1856, d. at Lovanio on 21 Feb. 1900. Following his inclination, he initially devoted…
Góngora y Argote, Luis deVol. VI, p. 557 GÓNGORA Y ARGOTE, LUIS de. — Spanish priest and poet, born in Cordova on 11 July 1561, and died there on 23 May 1627. Beneficiary in his native Catte-…
Göller, EmilVol. VI, p. 553 GÖLLER, EMIL. – Historian and priest, born on 25 January 1874 in Berolzhheim, died on 29 April 1933 in Freiburg im Breisgau. He taught canon law (1909–17) and…
Görres, GuidoVol. VI, p. 567 GÖRRES, GUIDO. - Religious writer for the people and for youth, b. at Koblenz on 28 May 1805, d. at Munich on 14 July 1852. He always lived in the shadow of…
Görres, Johann Joseph vonVol. VI, p. 567 GÖRRES, JOHANN JOSEPH VON. – Born in Coblenz on 25 January 1776, died in Munich on 29 January 1848. He initially came under the influence of the Kantian…
Görres-GesellschaftVol. VI, p. 567 GÖRRES-GESELLSCHAFT. - German Catholic society established on the centenary of Görres’s birth (25 Jan. 1876) at Coblenza to promote scientific research in the…
GössVol. VI, p. 569 GÖSS. - Former abbey of Benedictine nuns, situated near Leoben (Styria), and converted into a brewery in 1886. Its foundation is due to the Ariboni family, of…
GöttweigVol. VI, p. 588 GÖTTWEIG. - Benedictine abbey, on a hill known as the Austrian “Gralsburg,” in the diocese of St. Pölten, with a retreat house and 30 incorporated parishes…
Gühr, Nikolaus(GIHR, NIKOLAUS)Vol. VI, p. 255 GIHR, NIKOLAUS. - Theologian and liturgist, b. at Aufingen (Baden) on 5 Dec. 1839, d. at S. Peter im Schwarzwald on 25 June 1924. He pursued his theological…
Günther (Ligurinus) of Pairis(GÜNTHER (LIGURINUS) DI PAIRIS)Vol. VI, p. 775 GÜNTHER (Ligurinus) di PAIRIS. — Cistercian monk, poet, and historian, b. toward the end of the 12th century, d. in the Alsatian monastery of his Order at…
