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Gebardo, Archbishop of Salzburg, Beato (GEBARDO, ARCIVESCOVO DI SALISBURGO, BESTO)
Probably of the family of the counts of Helfenstein, between 1057-59 he was chancellor of the Empire, and in 1060 he was elected and consecrated archbishop of… -
Gebardo II, Bishop of Konstanz, Saint (GEBARDO II, VESCOVO DI COSTANZA, SANTO)
Born at Pfannenberg, near Bregenz, of a noble comital family, around the middle of the 10th century, died at Constance on 27 Aug. 995. Educated in his youth by… -
Gebardo III, Bishop of Konstanz (GEBARDO III, VESCOVO DI COSTANZA)
Son of Duke Berthold I Zähringen; provost at Xanten, then Benedictine monk at Hirsau, he was consecrated bishop of Constance on 22 Dec. 1084 by Otto of Ostia… -
Gebhardt, Oskar Leopold von
Protestant theologian, b. 22 June 1844 at Wesenberg (Estonia), d. 9 May 1906 at Leipzig. After completing his theological studies (1862-70), he specialized in… -
Gebhart, Émile (GEBHART, EMILE)
French man of letters, b. in Nancy on July 19, 1859, d. in Paris on Apr. 21, 1908. He was a pupil of the French School at Athens and began his career as a… -
Gebizone (Ebizone) of Cologne (GEBIZONE (EBIZONE) DI COLONIA)
Benedictine, born in Cologne, he went on pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Benedict on the advice of the Empress Agnes; he was received there as a monk by Abbot… -
Gebusei
GEBUSEI: v. IEBUSEI. -
Gedeon (GEDEONE)
A "judge" of Israel. After the activity of Deborah (v.), there occurred in Palestine a period of raids and turmoil caused by incursions of Midianites… -
Gedeon, Manuele
Greek Constantinopolitan writer, b. 8 July 1851, d. 18 Oct. 1943. He moved in 1921 to Athens, where he carried on a long and fruitful activity in the field of… -
Gegenbaur, Karl
Born in Würzburg on 21 August 1826 and died in Heidelberg on 14 June 1903. A pupil of Kölliker and of Virchow, he took his degree in 1851. He studied the fauna… -
Gehenna
Valley of Ennom, and of the sons of Ennom (Heb. gē hēnē-Hinnōm and gē Hinnōm; Aram. gē hinnōm, whence γέενα with the suppression of the final mem), to the… -
Gehon (GEHON)
The second of the four rivers into which the current divides upon leaving Eden; it flows through the whole land of Köš (Gen. 2:10, 13). Given the mention of… -
Geiler, Johannes of Kaysersberg (GEILER, JOHANNES DI KAYSERBERG)
Popular preacher of the pre-Reformation period, b. at Schaffhausen on 16 March 1445; d. at Strasbourg on 10 March 1510. Having completed his philosophical and… -
Geissel, Johannes von
Cardinal, b. 5 Feb. 1796 at Gimmeldingen (Palatinate), d. 18 Sept. 1864 at Cologne. He studied at the Seminary of Mainz, then under the guidance of L. B.… -
Gelasian, Decree (GELASIANO, DECRETO)
GELASIANO, DECRETO: v. GELASIO I, PAPA, saint. -
Gelasian, Sacramentary (GELASIANO, SACRAMENTARIO)
GELASIANO, SACRAMENTARIO: v. SACRAMENTARI. -
Gelasius II, Pope (GELASIO II, PAPA)
Giovanni of Gaeta, son of Crescenzio, duke of Fondi, was educated at Montecassino and was a monk there. Around 1082, he was made cardinal of S. Maria in… -
Gelasius I, Pope, Saint (GELASIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
He deserves the first place in the series of popes of the 5th century, after Leo I. He governed the Church from 492 to 496. African by origin, he had the taste… -
Gelasius of Caesarea (GELASIO DI CESAREA)
Son of a sister of Cyril of Jerusalem, born ca. 335-36, died ca. 404-405. From ca. 365-66 he was bishop of Caesarea. Under the emperor Valens he had to yield… -
Gelasius of Cyzicus (GELASIO DI CIZICO)
Son of a presbyter, around 475 he wrote an Ecclesiastical History in 3 books, a compilation from Eusebius, Theodoret and Socrates. The value of the new… -
Gelbanus (GALBANO)
A resin, extracted from the ferula galbaniflua of the family Umbelliferae, with a strong and lasting odor. In antiquity (cf. Pliny, Hist. nat., XII, 54, 56)… -
Gelboe
Biblical name of the group of hills — the north-eastern boundary of the mountain of Ephraim and of Samaria — that skirt the plain of Esdraelon to the… -
Gelée, Claude
GELÉE, CLAUDE: v. LORENESE, CLAUDIO. -
Gelen, Victor
Capuchin mystical theologian of the Rhenish province, in which he was master of novices and three times provincial, b. at Trier, d. 14 September 1669. He wrote… -
Gelli, Giovan Battista
Man of letters, b. in Florence on 12 Aug. 1498, d. there on 24 July 1563. A frequenter of the Orti Oricellari, consul of the Accademia Fiorentina for the… -
Gemara' (GEMÄRÄ')
An Aramaic masculine word meaning "completion of the teaching." In general, however, one says "the g.," as if it were a Hebrew feminine noun. Today the term g.… -
Gematria (GAMATRIA)
GAMATRIA (GECMISTRIA): V. CABBALA. -
Gemilah
GEMILAH: v. DJEMILA. -
Geminiano, Saint (GEMINIANO, SANTO)
Bishop of Modena in c. 344-96. In all probability he is the same Geminianus episcopus who in 390 at the Council of Milan charged the priest Apro to sign the… -
Geminiano, Saint, Martyr (GEMINIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
GEMINIANO, santo, martire: v. LUCIA E GEMINIANO, saints, martyrs. -
Gemistus Pletho, George (GEMISTO PLETONE, GIORGIO)
Philosopher, b. around 1355 in Constantinople, d. ca. 1452 in Sparta. The name Pletho, derived from an analogy of meaning with his original surname (γεμίζω =… -
Gemito, Vincenzo
Sculptor, b. in Naples on 16 July 1852, d. there on 1 March 1929, is to be ranked among the greatest Italian artists of the modern age. Educated first, when he… -
Gemma Galgani, Saint (GEMMA GALGANI, SANTA)
Virgin, b. at Camigliano (Lucca) on 12 March 1878, d. at Lucca on 11 April 1903. Docile to the teachings of her most pious mother > (from Estasi, diario… -
Gemme
The use of gems, especially in rings, was very widespread in the Roman world, and fashion ensured that it continued among Christians as well; Tertullian in… -
Genazzano, Elia di Beniamin da
Rabbi of the second half of the 15th century, author of a kabbalistic work ('Iggereth bāmādhōth), of a poem on the goodness of women and of two anti-Christian… -
Gene
It is the structural and functional unit of the hereditary patrimony contained in the nucleus, that is, the smallest portion of living substance endowed with… -
Genealogies (Tà Geneàis) (GENÉSIE (ΤᾺ ΓΕΝΈΑΙΣ))
A funerary commemoration, which was held in Athens on the anniversary of the birth (not of the death) of a deceased person, especially of the head of the… -
General Councillor of the State of the Vatican City (CONSIGLIERE GENERALE DELLO STATO DELLA CITTÀ DEL VATICANO)
GENERAL COUNCILLOR OF THE STATE OF THE VATICAN CITY: V. VATICANO, STATO DELLA CITTÀ DEL. -
Generosa Cemetery (GENEROSA, CIMITERO DI)
It is located at the sixth mile of the Via Portuense, in the locality anciently called "ad sextum Philippi," near the grove of the Fratres Arvales. It… -
Genesareth (GENESARETH)
A Canaanite city (Kinnereth in the list of Thutmose III) assigned by Joshua to the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35) and which from antiquity gave its name to… -
GENESFLEISCH, JOHANN von GUTENBERG
GENESFLEISCH, JOHANN von GUTENBERG: v. GUTENBERG, JOANNES. -
Genesis (GENESI)
Name of the book with which the series of the Old Testament opens. It is derived from the Greek γένεσις and passed through the Septuagint version into… -
Genesis (Little), Apocryphon (GENESI (PICCOLA), APOCRIFO)
GENESI (PICCOLA), APOCRIFO: v. GIUBILEI, LIBRO dei. -
Genesius, Saint, Martyr (GENESIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Patron of theater artists. The hagiographic and martyrological sources record two martyrs of this name: one at Arles (feast on August 25); the other at Rome… -
Genetics (GENETICA)
Genetics is defined as the science of heredity, that is, the doctrine of the phenomena concerning the reappearance of the same character in successive… -
Geneva, Diocese of (GINEVRA, DIOCESI DI)
GINEVRA, DIOCESI di: v. LOSANNA, GINEVRA, FRIBURGO, DIOCESI di. -
Genevieve, Saint (GENOVEFFA, SANTA)
She is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on Jan. 3. The biography composed between the 6th and 8th centuries is variously assessed by scholars both… -
Génicot, Édouard (GÉNICOT, EDOUARD)
Jesuit, moralist, b. at Antwerp on 18 June 1856, d. at Louvain on 21 Feb. 1900. Following his inclination, he first occupied himself with historical studies… -
Genii and Amores (GENII E AMORI)
1. In pagan art. - The concept of the Genius, so etymologically precise in the ancient Roman religion, became altered when the Romans came into contact with… -
Genius (GENIO (GENIUS))
An exclusively Roman religious concept. Unlike the classical independent divine figures, the Genius always belongs to persons, collectivities, places, or even… -
Genizah (GÉNIZĀH)
Hebrew term from gānaz, of Persian origin, meaning "(deposit of the) treasure," "storeroom." The sacred scrolls of the Pentateuch, individual pages of the… -
Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod (GENNADIO, ARCIVESCOVO DI NOVGOROD)
He governed this see from 1485 to 1504; he was elected to it by the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan II (1472-1505). He suffered greatly from the confiscation of… -
Gennadius, Archbishop of Ohrid (GENNADIO, ARCIVESCOVO DI ACRIDA)
Probably elected in 1282. Out of loyalty to the patriarch Gregory II of Cyprus (1283-89) he abdicated together with him. Proposed by the Emperor for the… -
Gennadius of Constantinople (GENNADIO DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
GENNADIO di COSTANTINOPOLI: v. GIORGIO SCOLARIO. -
Gennadius of Marseille (GENNADIO DA MARSIGLIA)
A priest of Marseille, who lived in the second half of the 5th century, died between 492 and 505. Nothing further is known about his life. The works of his… -
Gennari, Casimiro
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, canonist and moralist. Born at Maratea (Potenza) in the diocese of Cassano on 27 Dec. 1839, died at Rome on 31 Jan. 1914… -
Genoa, Archdiocese of (GENOVA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital of Liguria. SUMMARY: I. Geographical note. - II. Historical notes. - III. Illustrious figures. - IV. Cultural institutes, libraries, archives. - V.… -
Genocchi, Giovanni
Missionary of the Sacred Heart, b. at Ravenna on 30 July 1860, d. at Rome on 6 Jan. 1926. In the new movement of religious studies in Italy, he made Holy… -
Genocide (GENOCIDIO)
The term is etymologically a neologism, derived from two Latin words (gens and caedes) and means the slaughter of a people, of an ethnic group. Genocide as a… -
Genoude, Antoine
Polemicist priest, b. at Montélimar on 9 February 1792, d. at Hyères (Var) on 19 April 1849. Educated at the Seminary of St. Sulpice, he then devoted himself… -
Genovesi, Antonio
Philosopher and economist, b. at Castiglione (Salerno) on 1 Nov. 1712, d. at Naples on 23 Sept. 1769. Having entered the seminary at Salerno at the age of… -
Genre (GENERE)
GENERE: v. PREDICABILI. -
Genseric, King of the Vandals (GENESERICO, RE DEI VANDALI)
Natural son of King Godigisel, he ascended the throne after the death of his half-brother Gunderic (428). Short of stature, lame, cunning, he was nonetheless a… -
Gentile da Fabriano
Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio, painter, b. at Fabriano ca. 1370, d. at Rome in 1427. The biographical data are as follows: in 1408, at Venice, he… -
Gentile da Matelica, Blessed (GENTILE DA MATELICA, BEATO)
Franciscan. He flourished in the first half of the 14th century and was in all likelihood minister of the province of the Marches. Having gone as a missionary… -
Gentile, Giovanni
Philosopher, educationist and politician, b. at Castelvetrano (Trapani) on 30 May 1875, d. assassinated at Florence on 15 Apr. 1944. He studied at the Scuola… -
Gentile, Giovanni Valentino
Italian heretic, b. at Cosenza in 1520 and d. at Bern on 10 Sept. 1566. He led an agitated and wandering life; compelled, in fact, to leave Italy for religious… -
Gentiles (GENTILI)
A term that in the Latin New Testament (Vulgate: gentes, gentiles, Graeci) designates all the non-Jewish peoples, participants in the customs and culture of… -
Gentileschi Family (GENTILESCHI, FAMIGLIA)
ORAZIO LOMI, called il G., painter, b. in Pisa in 1562 (?), d. in London in 1647 (or 1638). He was a pupil in Tuscany of his half-brother Aurelio Lomi and of… -
Gentili, Alberico
Italian jurist, b. at Sanginesio (Macerata) on 14 January 1552, d. in London on 19 June 1608. A doctor of law at Perugia in 1572, he held the office of judge… -
Gentilini, Giovanni Battista
Jesuit, controversialist, b. at Vesio di Tremosine (Brescia) on 26 Nov. 1745, d. at Rome on 16 Dec. 1816 while he was preaching the scriptural lectures at the… -
Gentiloni, Vincenzo Ottorino
Count, lawyer and politician, b. at Filottrano on 13 Oct. 1865, d. at Rome on 2 Aug. 1916. He practiced law and played an important part in the defense of the… -
Genua, Marc'Antonio, known as Il Genua (Genoa, Zenoa, Janua) (GENUA, MARC'ANTONIO, DETTO COMUNEMENTE IL GENUA)
Paduan Averroist, b. toward the end of the 15th century, d. at Padua in 1563. His father Niccolò taught medicine in the same Studium of Padua, where M. A.… -
Genuflection (GENUFLESSIONE)
It is the act of bending the right knee as a gesture of veneration and, by extension, the posture adopted in prayer, remaining resting on one's knees for a… -
Geochemistry (GEOCHIMICA)
From γῆ, "earth," and γυμνῆ, "chemistry." It is the science that studies the physical-chemical composition of the earth. From the time when, in an infinitely… -
Geoffrey of Vendôme (GOFFREDO DI VENDÔME)
Benedictine theologian and cardinal, b. of a noble family ca. 1070 at Angers, d. there on 26 March 1132. After attending the episcopal school of Angers, he… -
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne (GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, ETIENNE)
Zoologist and paleontologist, b. at Etampes (Seine-et-Oise) on 15 April 1772, d. at Paris on 19 June 1844. Professor of zoology at the Sorbonne. A friend of… -
Geography (GEOGRAFIA)
It is in general the science that studies the different parts of the earth's surface. SUMMARY: I. Definition, concept and methods. - II. The earth's surface. -… -
Geological Epochs (GEOLOGICHE, EPOCHE)
GEOLOGICHE, EPOCHE: v. STRATIGRAFIA. -
Geology (GEOLOGIA)
The introduction (1603) of the term g. (from γῆ earth and λόγος discourse, treatise, history) is attributed to the great naturalist and philosopher Ulisse… -
Geometry (GEOMETRIA)
GEOMETRIA: v. MATEMATICA. -
Geonim (singular Gaon) (GĒ'ONIM (SING. GĀ'ŌN))
Title of the heads (cf. Ps. 47:5), "pride" of the house of Jacob) of the Talmudic academies of Sura and Pumbedita in the period 589-1040 A.D. and in the 10th… -
George Acropolita (GIORGIO ACROPOLITA)
Byzantine writer of the 13th century. Born in Constantinople, a disciple of Niccolò Blemmydes, teacher of the emperor of Nicaea Theodore II Laskaris. He took… -
George Amirutzes (GIORGIO AMIRUTZES)
Official (protovestiarios) at the court of the emperor of Trebizond, David (1458-62), and counsellor of the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaeologus at the… -
George, Arian Bishop of Alexandria (GIORGIO, VESCOVO ARIANO DI ALESSANDRIA)
A native of Cappadocia, greedy and avaricious, he had led a turbulent life. Elected bishop by an Arian synod of Antioch, in February 357 he was intruded into… -
George Dolgorukiy (GIORGIO DOLGORNKI)
First prince of Suzdal, a city of central Russia, who lived in the 11th century. With him the settlement of Moscow, which later became the capital of modern… -
George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (GIORGIO DI PODĚBRADY, RE DI BOEMIA)
B. 23 April 1420 at Poděbrady, d. 23 March 1471 at Prague. With the help of Rokycana, G. politically organized the Ultraquists, the moderate party of the… -
George of the Arabs (GIORGIO DEGLI ARABI)
Bishop of the nomadic tribes on the margins of Syria and Mesopotamia, consecrated in 686, d. in 724. He was a Monophysite and a friend of James of Edessa (v.)… -
George, Saint, Martyr (GIORGIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Venerated since antiquity both in the East and in the West. The sanctuary built over his tomb at Lydda (Diospolis) in Palestine, a destination of frequent… -
George Scholarios (Gennadius II) (GIORGIO SCOLARIOS (GENNADIO II))
Byzantine theologian and writer, patriarch of Constantinople three times (1454-56; 1463; 1464-65), b. there ca. 1405, d. in the monastery of Prodromos (St.… -
George Sphrantzes (GIORGIO, FRANTZE)
Byzantine historian, b. in 1401 on Lemnos, d. in 1479 on Corfu. He was in the service of the despot Constantine as a diplomatic legate abroad and as governor… -
George, Stefan
Poet, b. at Rüdesheim (Romania) on 12 July 1868, d. in Switzerland, near Lausanne, on 4 Dec. 1933. One of the last three distinguished German poets, of the… -
Georgetown
GEORGETOWN: v. WOODSTOCK. -
Georgia
Since 1936 one of the 16 federated Republics constituting the U.S.S.R. Having become independent in 1918, after 1921 it was part, as an autonomous republic, of… -
Gepids (GEPIDI)
A people of Gothic stock who, around the middle of the 3rd century A.D., descended from the Baltic regions toward the Carpathians. The earliest mention is… -
Gerace, Diocese of (GERACE, DIOCESI DI)
G., in southern Calabria, in the province of Reggio, at 480 m. above sea level, on a plateau that joins Aspromonte to the Serre. It is the heir of Locri… -
Geraldo of Sauve-Majeure (GERALDO DI SAUVE-MAJEURE)
GERALDO di SAUVE-MAJEURE: v. GERARDO di SAUVE-MAJEURE. -
Geraldton, Diocese of (GERALDTON, DIOCESI DI)
In Australia (Western Australia). The territory of this diocese was discovered in 1848 and erected as a diocese, suffragan of Adelaide, on 30 Jan. 1898; in… -
Gerapoli
GERAPOLI: v. ASIA MINORE. -
Gerardesca, Blessed (GERARDESCA, BEATA)
Mystic, b. in Pisa ca. 1210 to Gherardo della G. Having received her first education in a monastery of cloistered nuns, she returned to her own home and… -
Gerard (Gerardino) of Borgo San Donnino (GERARDO (GERARDINO) DI BORGO SAN DONNINO)
He was teaching grammar when he took the Franciscan habit. Already a follower of Joachimite theories, he was sent to Paris to study theology (1248). In 1254 he… -
Gerard Groote (GERARDO GROOTE)
GERARDO GROOTE: v. GROOTE, GERARDO. -
Gerard, Jean-Baptiste
Missionary, b. at Bouxières-aux-Chênes, diocese of Nancy, on 13 March 1831, d. at Boma (Basutoland), on 29 May 1914, in repute of sanctity. In 1852 he entered… -
Gerard Majella, Saint (GERARDO MAIELLA, SANTO)
Redemptorist, b. 23 April 1726 in Muro Lucano (Potenza) to an artisan family, d. at Materdomini on 16 October 1755. He was first a tailor in his town, then a… -
Gerard of Abbeville (GERARDO D'ABBÉVILLE)
Master of theology in Paris already before 1257 and until his death in 1272. There survive from him some sermons, Quaestiones disputatae, and 19 Quodlibeta… -
Gerard of Bologna (GERARDO DA BOLOGNA)
Carmelite theologian, d. 1317. He was the first of his Order to obtain the mastership at the University of Paris, where he taught in 1307. Prior General (from… -
Gerard of Brogne, Abbot, Saint (GERARDO DI BROGNE, ABATE, SANTO)
Born around 898 at Namur, of a noble Frankish family, died 3 October 959. While he was in the service of Count Berengar of Namur, he founded on his estates at… -
Gerard of Cambrai (GERARDO DI CAMBRAI)
Theologian and bishop, b. at Liège ca. 975, d. March 14, 1051. A disciple of Gerbert (Sylvester II), he became a cleric of Reims, then chaplain of Henry II… -
Gerard of Cremona (GERARDO DA CREMONA)
Medieval translator, b. at Cremona in 1114, d. in 1187. He translated scientific and philosophical works from Arabic into Latin and was one of the first and… -
Gerard of Cremona (GHERARDO DA CREMONA)
GERARD OF CREMONA : v. GERARDO da CREMONA. -
Gerard of Csanád, Saint (GERARDO DI CSANÀD, SANTO)
Benedictine theologian, bishop and protomartyr of Hungary, b. in Venice to the Sagredo family at the end of the 10th century, d. at Bagno Rudas on 24 Sept.… -
Gerard of Frachet (GERARDO DI FRACHET)
Dominican chronicler, b. at Châlus near Limoges in 1195, d. at Limoges on 4 October 1271. A Dominican from 1225 in Paris, prior at Limoges and at Marseille… -
Gerard of Huy (de Hojo) (GERARDO DA HUY (DE HOJO))
French Franciscan scholar of the 13th century, born at Huy (Hojum), it seems, in the diocese of Liège (Belgium). He was a disciple of Roger Bacon, whose… -
Gerard of Monte (De Monte) (GERARDO DEL MONTE (DE MONTE))
Philosopher and writer, b. at Heerenberg around 1400, d. at Cologne on 31 October 1480. Enrolled at the University of Cologne in 1421, he taught there first… -
Gerard of Monza, Saint (GERARDO DI MONZA, SANTO)
Also called, from the name of his family, Tintore or dei Tintori, b. at Monza ca. 1134, d. there on 6 June 1202. Left an orphan, he consecrated all his goods… -
Gerard of Prato (GERARDO DA PRATO)
Franciscan of the 13th century. From a distinguished family, brother of Fra' Arlotto da Prato, who was later minister general of the Friars Minor; in 1246 he… -
Gerard of Sterngassen (GERARDO DI STERNGASSEN)
Dominican mystic of the 14th century. Brother of John of Sterngassen (v.), G. was a lector in theology and a man trusted by many people, as his quality of… -
Gerard of Sauve-Majeure, Saint, Abbot (GERARDO DI SAUVE-MAJERRE, SANTO, ABATE)
Born at Corbie ca. 1025, died 5 April 1095. He was a Benedictine monk in the monastery of Corbie, his native house, where he wrote a Life of St. Adalard… -
Gerard, Saint (GERARDO, SANTO)
Bishop of Toul, b. at Cologne in 935, d. at Toul on 23 April 994. He was a young cleric of the Chapter of St. Peter when Archbishop Bruno, brother of Emperor… -
Gerar (GÉRARA)
Ancient city of the Negeb in Palestine, on the road to Egypt, southeast of Gaza and west of Beersheba (Gen. 10:19; 20:1). Capital of a principality called, by… -
Gerasa (GÉRASA)
A Greco-Roman city in Transjordan, today Jerash, on the banks of the river Chrysorrhoas (Wadi Jerash), whence the name Antioch ad Chrysorrhoas, attested in… -
Gerasimus, Saint (GERASIMO, SANTO)
Palestinian monk, d. 475. He was the founder of a great laura near the Jordan. According to an ancient tradition the only food of St. G. during Lent was the… -
Gerberon, Gabriel
Benedictine theologian, b. at St-Calais (diocese of Le Mans), 12 Aug. 1628, d. at St-Denis, 29 March 1711. He taught rhetoric, philosophy and theology in… -
Gerbert, Martin von Hornau
Benedictine, b. at Horn on the Neckar (Württemberg) on 12 Aug. 1720, d. in the abbey of St. Blasien (Black Forest) on 13 March 1793. Having entered the said… -
Gerbert of Aurillac (GERBERTO DI AURILLAC)
GERBERTO di AURILLAC: v. SILVESTRO II. -
Gerbet, Philippe
Controversialist, b. at Poligny on 5 Feb. 1798, d. at Perpignan on 8 Aug. 1864. In Paris he formed a friendship with Lamennais, of whom he became a fervent… -
Gerbillon, Jean-François
Jesuit, missionary, co-founder and superior of the French mission in Peking, b. at Verdun on 4 June 1654, d. at Peking on 27 March 1707. Having reached China… -
Gerdil, Hyacinthe-Sigismond
Cardinal, philosopher, educationalist and theologian, b. at Samoëns (Savoy) on 23 June 1718, d. in Rome on 12 Aug. 1802. Having entered the Congregation of the… -
Gereon, Saint, Martyr (GEREONE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
The information concerning him is uncertain and confused. St. Gregory of Tours recalls a splendid basilica in Cologne built in honor of 50 unknown martyrs and… -
Gerhardinger, Karolina
Foundress of the Poor Sisters of the Schools of Our Lady, b. at Stadtamhof on 20 June 1797, d. at Munich on 9 May 1879. Desirous of the religious life united… -
Gerhard, Johann
German Protestant theologian, b. at Quedlinburg on 17 Oct. 1582, d. at Jena on 17 Aug. 1637. Having undertaken theological studies at the University of… -
Gerhardt, Paul
German religious poet, b. at Gräfenhainichen (Saxony) on 12 March 1607, d. as archdeacon at Lübben on the Spree on 27 March 1676. He studied theology and… -
Gerhoh of Reichersberg (GERHOH DI REICHERSBERG)
German theologian, b. at Polling (Bavaria) in 1093, d. at Reichersberg on 27 June 1169. He studied at Freising, Moosburg and Hildesheim. In 1119 he was at… -
Gerini, Giovanni Battista
Pedagogue, b. at Vessalico (Imperia), 9 Feb. 1859, d. at Turin 13 Feb. 1916. From 1884 he carried on his activity as a teacher of literary subjects in the… -
Gerlach, Saint (GERLACH, SANTO)
Knight, born at the beginning of the 12th century in the region of Fauquemont (Valkenburg, Holland). Having learned, during a tournament, the news of his… -
German Catholic Center (CENTRO CATTOLICO TEDESCO)
In German parliamentary and political history the name of the G. C. C. appeared for the first time in 1859, when Catholic deputies of the Prussian Diet formed… -
German-Catholics (TEDESCO-CATTOLICI)
The spiritual climate in which this sect arose was the rationalism of the Enlightenment type, still sufficiently widespread in certain circles of German… -
German Theology (TEOLOGIA GERMANICA)
Title (Theologia Teutsch or Deutsch) of an ascetic-mystical writing composed around 1400, whose author, anonymous, was a priest and guardian ("custos") of the… -
Germanus (GERMANO)
Friend of Cassian, who speaks of him in his works. He was his companion from adolescence, and with him at a very young age he entered the monastery of… -
Germanus II, Patriarch of Nicaea-Constantinople (GERMANO II, PATRIARCA DI NICEA-COSTANTINOPOLI)
Born at Anaplusa on the Bosporus ca. 1175, deacon of St. Sophia, then monk in Asia Minor after 1204, elected patriarch against his will at the request of the… -
Germanus I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople (GERMANO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI, SANTO)
Died in 733. When he was bishop of Cyzicus in 712 he yielded to imperial demands and accepted Monothelitism. However, from the time he was made patriarch of… -
Germanus of Auxerre, Saint (GERMANO DI AUXERRE, SANTO)
Born at Auxerre around 378, died at Ravenna on 31 July 448. Of a noble and wealthy family, he completed his primary studies in Gaul, > (from V. Christ, Eglises… -
Germanus of San Stanislao (GERMANO DI SAN STANISLAO)
Passionist, in the world Vincenzo Ruoppolo, b. at Vico Equense on 17 Jan. 1850, d. at Rome on 11 Dec. 1909. He professed the Rule of the Passionists on 7 Oct.… -
Germanus, Saint, Bishop of Capua (GERMANO, SANTO, VESCOVO DI CAPUA)
The information concerning him is scanty and uncertain. The oldest source that speaks of him is the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great. According to the author… -
Germanus, Saint, Bishop of Paris (GERMANO, SANTO, VESCOVO DI PARIGI)
Born in Autun toward the end of the 5th century. After escaping an attempt to poison him, he was entrusted to a relative named Scupilio, by whom he was… -
Germany (GERMANIA)
G. (Deutschland) embraces the greater part of central Europe. SUMMARY: I. Geography. - II. Civil and religious history. - III. Juridical condition of the… -
Germinius, Arian Bishop of Sirmium (GERMINIO, VESCOVO ARIANO DI SIRMIO)
A native of Cyzicus, he was elected bishop in 351, succeeding the deposed Photinus. A follower of pure Arianism, he took part in 357 in the drafting of the… -
Gerola, Giuseppe
Archaeologist and art scholar, b. in Arsiero on 2 April 1877, d. in Trento on 21 September 1938. He is credited with a body of approximately 600 publications… -
Geronimian Martyrology (GERONIMIANO, MARTIROLOGIO)
GERONIMIANO, MARTIROLOGIO: v. MARTIROLOGIO GERONIMIANO. -
Gerosa, Vincenza, Saint (GEROSA, VINCENZA, SANTA)
GEROSA, VINCENZA, santa: v. VINCENZA GEROSA, saint. -
Geroteo
GEROTEO: v. DIONIGI L'AREOPACITA. -
Gersen, Giovanni
Ancient Italian manuscripts of the De imitatione Christi attribute its authorship to an abbot Joannes G., about whom nothing precise is known. He is held to… -
Gershom ben Jehudah (GÉRŠOM BEN JĒHŪDHĀH)
Rabbinic authority, called "light of the diaspora," of the late 10th and early 11th century, d. at Mainz. Many young men from the most varied countries flocked… -
Gerson
The firstborn son of Moses (Ex. 2:22 and 18:3), whose name is explained there: "A stranger (gër) am I in a foreign land" (hypothetically, the Arabic gulgul… -
Gersonides (Rabbi Levi ben Gershon) (GERSONIDE)
Jewish philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and biblical commentator, b. in 1288 at Bagnols (southern France), d. 20 April 1344, also called Leo de Balneolis… -
Gerson, Jean
Theologian and chancellor of the University of Paris, b. 14 Dec. 1363 in the hamlet of Gerson (whence he took his name) in the village of Barby (county of… -
Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint (GERTRUDE DI NIVELLES, SANTA)
B. ca. 626 at Nivelles (Belgium), d. there on 17 May 659 at the age of 33. Daughter of Pepin the Elder, mayor of the palace of the king of Austrasia, and of… -
Gertrude the Great, Saint (GERTRUDE LA GRANDE, SANTA)
Great mystic, b. January 6, 1256, d. in 1302 or 1303. I. THE LIFE. - The biographical information available about Gertrude the Great is quite scanty and for… -
Gertrude van Oosten
Mystic, b. ca. 1300 at Voorburg (Holland), d. at Delft on 6 Jan. 1358. Various writers call her either a saint or a blessed; Bollandus gives her the title of… -
Gervasius and Protasius, Saints, Martyrs (GERVASIO E PROTASIO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 19 June, the day of their translation into the Ambrosian Basilica in Milan. Their bodies, however, were… -
Gervasius of Sant'Elia (GERVASIO DI SANT'ELIA)
In the world Carlo Benedetto Bizzero; Discalced Carmelite theologian, b. in Milan in 1631, d. at Concesa on 8 July 1696. A preacher and professor of moral… -
Gesenius, Wilhelm
Distinguished Semitist and Protestant exegete, b. at Nordhausen on 3 February 1786, d. at Halle on 23 October 1842. He taught at the University of Halle from… -
Gessen
A region of the Egyptian delta (Heb. Gōsen, Septuagint Γέσαι) in which the family of Jacob settled, having been invited to Egypt by Joseph (Gen. 45:10; 46:34… -
Gessur (GESSUR)
1. An Aramean region, present-day Gōlān, between the Sea of Galilee and Bashan or Batanea (v.) to the east, between the Aramean principality of Maacah to the… -
Gesta Martyrum
GESTA MARTYRUM: v. AGIOGRAFIA; ATTI DEI MARTIRI. -
Gesti
For the determination of ancient Christian iconographic scenes, the interpretation of gestures is very important, which Cicero defined as "the eloquence of the… -
Gesualdi, Filippo
Theologian and ascetical writer of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at Castrovillari on 23 Feb. 1550, d. at Cariati on 12 Dec. 1618 (according to others on 17… -
Gesualdo, Alfonso
Archbishop of Naples, b. in Naples ca. 1540 to Luigi count of Consa and later prince of Venosa. Clement VIII created him archbishop of Naples on 25 February… -
Gesuati
The G., or "Apostolic Clerics of St. Jerome," were founded in 1360 by the blessed Giovanni Colombini (v.) and devoted themselves to a life of rigorous penance… -
Geth (GETH)
A Canaanite city, mentioned in the letters of el-'Amārnah, capital of one of the five Philistine satrapies (Josh. 13:3). It had been the dwelling place of the… -
Gethsemani (GETHSEMANI)
A place (Lk. 22:40), a garden (Jn. 18:1), a plot of land (Mk. 14:32; Mt. 26:36; Vulg. villa, praedium) in Jerusalem, beyond the brook Kidron, at the foot of… -
Getino, Luis Alonso
Writer of ecclesiastical history, b. at Lugueros (Spain) on 12 Nov. 1877, d. at Salamanca on 9 July 1946. A Dominican in the Convent of Padron (Coruña) on 14… -
Geulincx, Arnold
Philosopher, b. in Antwerp on 31 Jan. 1624, d. of plague in Leiden in Nov. 1669. He studied and was a professor in Louvain; then, having converted to… -
Geuzen (GUEUX)
Name by which the rebels against the Spanish government in the Netherlands were called, who, having later united into a party of a politico-religious… -
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…