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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
GHEBRI: v. IRÁN, RELIGIONE dell'. -
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
GHERARDO delle NOTTI, HONTHORST: v. HONTHORST, GERARD van. -
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…