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Guadagnini, Giovanni BattistaVol. VI, p. 714 GUADAGNINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. – Archpriest of Cividate in Valcamonica, a Jansenist of the Pavia group, intimate friend of Pietro Tamburini (v.) and a learned…
Guadagnolo, FilippoVol. VI, p. 714 GUADAGNOLO, FILIPPO. – A learned Orientalist of the Congregation of Clerics Regular Minor, b. at Magliano (Abruzzi) ca. 1596; he taught Arabic at the…
Guadalajara, Archdiocese of(GUADALAJARA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 714 GUADALAJARA, ARCHDIOCESE of. - Archdiocese and city in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. It has an area of 52,000 sq. km. and a population of 1,407,680…
Guadalupe(GUADALUPA)Vol. VI, p. 715 GUADALUPA. — G. is the largest (1,509 sq. km) of the Lesser Antilles. Together with the nearby islands of Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, Petite-Terre, Désirade,…
Guadix, Diocese of(GUADIX, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 715 GUADIX, DIOCESI di. — City and diocese in Spain, in the province of Granada, of which it is a suffragan see. It has an area of 4,735 sq. km, with 180,000…
Guajaramín(GUAJARAMIN)Vol. VI, p. 715 GUAJARAMIN. – Prelature nullius and city in the State of Mato Grosso in Brazil. It has an area of 60,000 sq. km., with 15,000 inhabitants, of whom 10,000 are…
Guajira, Apostolic Vicariate of(GOAJIRA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VI, p. 536 GOAJIRA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - The Capuchins of the regular province of Valencia in Spain began in 1693, in Colombia, the mission of G., Sierra Nevada, and…
Guala, Luigi Maria FortunatoVol. VI, p. 715 GUALA, LUIGI MARIA FORTUNATO. - Turin priest and moral theologian, born in Torino on 14 October 1775 (S. Agostino) to the lawyer Giovanni Giuseppe and…
Guala, Pietro FrancescoVol. VI, p. 716 GUALA, PIETRO FRANCESCO. - Painter, b. at Casale Monferrato on 21 Sept. 1698, d. at Milano on 7 Feb. 1757. Very few biographical details have come down to us…
Gualaquiza, Apostolic Vicariate of(GUALAQUIZA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VI, p. 716 GUALAQUIZA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di: v. MENDEZ Y GUALAQUIZA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di.
Gualdo TadinoVol. VI, p. 716 GUALDO TADINO: v. TADINO.
Gualterio, Filippo AntonioVol. VI, p. 716 GUALTERIO, FILIPPO ANTONIO. - Statesman and historian, b. at Orvieto on 6 July 1819, d. at Rome on 10 Feb. 1874. Known for learned historical and…
Gualtiero of Bruges(GUALTIERO DI BRUGES)Vol. VI, p. 716 GUALTIERO di BRUGES. – Franciscan, born in 1225, died in 1307. He was provincial of France and bishop of Poitiers (1279–1306). He taught in Paris around…
Gualtiero of Burles(GUALTIERO DI BURLES)Vol. VI, p. 716 GUALTIERO di BURLES: v. BURLEICH WALTER.
Gualtiero of Chatton(GUALTIERO DI CHATTON)Vol. VI, p. 716 GUALTIERO di CHATTON. - English Franciscan theologian, born at Chatton (Norwich) in the second half of the 13th century, died at Avignon probably in 1343. From…
Gualtiero of Mortagne(GUALTIERO DI MORTAGNE)Vol. VI, p. 716 GUALTIERO di MORTAGNE. - Medieval philosopher and theologian, teacher of rhetoric and philosophy at S. Genoveffa in Paris from 1126 to ’44, died bishop of Laon…
Gualtiero of Saint Victor(GUALTIERO DI SAN VITTORE)Vol. VI, p. 717 GUALTIERO di SAN VITTORE. - Prior of the Regular Canons of St. Augustine in the abbey of St. Victor near Paris, born at the beginning of the 12th century, died…
Gualtiero of Speyer(GUALTIERO DI SPIRA)Vol. VI, p. 717 GUALTIERO di SPIRA: v. WALTER DI SPIRA.
GuamVol. VI, p. 717 GUAM. — The southernmost and largest (534 sq. km.) of the Mariana Islands, ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898, which in 1922 undertook not to fortify…
Guamá(GUAMÀ)Vol. VI, p. 717 GUAMÀ. – Prelature nullius in the State of Pará in Brazil. It has an area of 63,000 sq. km and 150,000 inhabitants, of whom 127,000 are Catholics; it has 7…
Guanella, LuigiVol. VI, p. 717 GUANELLA, LUIGI. – Priest and founder of the Servants of Charity and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence, b. at Fraciscio di Campodolcino (Sondrio) on 19…
GuantiVol. VI, p. 718 GLOVES. — The introduction of gloves (chirotheca) into the liturgy is due to the desire to make episcopal attire increasingly distinctive and solemn. At the…
Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart(GUARDIA D'ONORE DEL SACRO CUORE)Vol. VI, p. 719 GUARDIA D'ONORE DEL SACRO CUORE. — Association of the faithful who propose to render a particular worship of glory, love, and reparation to the S. Heart of…
Guarda, Diocese of(GUARDA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 719 GUARDA, DIOCESI di. - In Portugal, suffragan of Lisbona. The first historical reference is found in the acts of the Council of Lugo (569), and the first…
Guardaroba of His Holiness(GUARDAROBA DI SUA SANTITÀ)Vol. VI, p. 719 GUARDAROBA DI SUA SANTITÀ: v. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA.
Guardian Adorers of the Eucharist, known as Soeurs de Saint-Aignan(GUARDIANE ADORATRICI DELL'EUCARISTIA, DETTE SOEURS DE SAINT-AIGNAN)Vol. VI, p. 719 GUARDIANE ADORATRICI DELL'EUCARISTIA, called SOEURS DE SAINT-AIGNAN. – A women’s religious institute, founded in 1853 by Msgr. Dupanloup, bishop of Orléans. On…
Guardian Angel(ANGELO CUSTODE)Vol. I, p. 771 ANGELO CUSTODE: v. ANGELO.
Guardianship, Guardian(CURATELA, CURATORE)Vol. IV, p. 637 CURATELA, CURATORE. – Apart from the meaning (now almost entirely obsolete) of the term curator to designate certain persons placed in charge of particular…
Guardì, Francesco de'(GUARDI, FRANCESCO DE')Vol. VI, p. 719 ei anulus in dextra manu, desuper manica. The usage therefore appears to have been introduced in France and soon passed to Rome: in 1070 Alexander II granted…
Guariento PadovanoVol. VI, p. 722 GUARIENTO PADOVANO. – Painter, son of Arpo, documented in Padua from 1338 to 1365; in 1365 he was summoned to Venice for the frescoes in the Doge’s Palace; he…
Guarini, BattistaVol. VI, p. 722 GUARINI, BATTISTA. — Poet, born at Ferrara in 1538, died at Venice on 7 October 1612. Having entered the court of Alfonso II d’Este in 1567, he held diplomatic…
Guarini, GuarinoVol. VI, p. 722 GUARINI, GUARINO. — Theatine religious, architect, b. in Modena on 17 January 1624, d. in Milan on 6 March 1683. At a young age he became a Theatine Cleric…
Guarino the Veronese(GUARINO IL VERONESE)Vol. VI, p. 723 GUARINO il VERONESE. — Humanist, born in Verona in 1374, died in Ferrara on 4 December 1460. A pupil at Padua of Giovanni Conversino da Ravenna and at…
Guarino, Saint(GUARINO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 723 GUARINO, saint. — Of the noble Guarini family, cardinal and bishop of Palestrina, born ca. 1680 in Bologna, died on 6 February 1158 in Palestrina. Around 1104…
Guastella, CosmoVol. VI, p. 724 GUASTELLA, COSMO. – Philosopher, born in Misilmeri (Palermo) on 28 January 1854, died in Palermo on 11 September 1922. He devoted himself to philosophy after…
Guastella, Diocese of(GUASTELLA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 724 GUASTELLA, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in the province of Reggio Emilia. It has an area of 319 sq. km., with 70,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, 29 parishes…
Guasti, CesareVol. VI, p. 724 GUASTI, CESARE. — Writer, born in Prato on 4 September 1822, died in Florence on 12 February 1889. Having completed his humanistic studies at Prato as an…
GuatemalaVol. VI, p. 724 GUATEMALA. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - It is the northernmost and most populous State in Central America, situated between Mexico, Honduras, and Salvador. Of its two…
Guaxupé, Diocese of(GUAXUPÉ, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 726 GUAXUPÉ, DIOCESI di. – City and diocese in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected by Pope Benedict XV on 3 February 1916 through the division of the…
Guayana, Diocese of(GUAYANA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 726 GUAYANA, DIOCESI di. – Diocese in Venezuela, in South America. The residential see is in Ciudad de Bolívar, capital of the State of Bolívar, situated on the…
Guayaquil, Diocese of(GUAYAQUIL, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 729 GUAYAQUIL, DIOCESI di. - City and diocese, also called Santiago de G., in Ecuador, on the right bank of the Guayas River, on the gulf of the same name, the…
GuazzoVol. VI, p. 729 GUAZZO. – Guazzo painting is painting that uses a gum as the binder, or vehicle, for the pigment, instead of the animal glues, wax, and egg white employed in…
Gubbio, Diocese of(GUBBIO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 729 GUBBIO, DIOCESI of. — City and diocese of Umbria, immediately subject. It has a population of 50,000 inhabitants, all Catholics; it comprises 65 parishes, 56…
Gubernatis, Domenico DeVol. VI, p. 731 GUBERNATIS, DOMENICO de. - Friar Minor, born at Sospitello (diocese of Turin) and died at Turin in 1690. A man of vast learning, he was, after Wadding, from…
Gudula, Saint, Virgin(GUDULA, SANTA, VERGINE)Vol. VI, p. 731 GUDULA, saint, virgin. - Patroness of Brussels. Daughter of St Amalberga, sister of St Reineldis and of St Emeberto, born at Merchten in 650, she spent her…
Guebriant (Budes de), Jean-Baptiste-MarieVol. VI, p. 731 GUEBRIANT (BUDES de), JEAN-BAPTISTE-MARIE. - B. on 11 Dec. 1860 in Paris, of a family of the ancient Breton nobility. In 1880 he entered the Seminary of S.…
Guelphs and Ghibellines(GUELFI E GHIBELLINI)Vol. VI, p. 731 GUELFI AND GHIBELLINI. — These were the two great parties that dominated Italian political life in the 13th and 14th centuries and that still exerted a certain…
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, detto Il(GUERCINO, GIOVAN FRANCESCO BARBIERI, DETTO IL)Vol. VI, p. 734 GUERCINO, GIOVAN FRANCESCO BARBIERI, detto il. — Painter, born at Cento on 8 February 1591, died at Bologna on 22 December 1666; he was called il G. because of…
Guerra Junqueiro, Abílio Manuel(GUERRA JUNQUEIRO, ABILIO MANUEL)Vol. VI, p. 741 GUERRA JUNQUEIRO, ABILIO MANUEL. - Portuguese poet, b. at Freixo-de Espada-à-Cinta on 17 Sept. 1850, d. at Lisbon on 7 July 1923. He combined literary activity…
Guerra, ElenaVol. VI, p. 740 GUERRA, ELENA. – Foundress of the Institute of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit, commonly called the Sisters of S. Zita, for the Christian education of youth and…
Guerrazzi, Francesco DomenicoVol. VI, p. 743 GUERRAZZI, FRANCESCO DOMENICO. – Writer and politician, born at Livorno on 12 August 1804, died at Cecina (Livorno) on 23 November 1873. Turbulent and…
Guerric of Igny (of Tournai), Blessed(GUERRICO D'IGNY (DI TOURNAI), BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 745 GUERRICO d'IGNY (di TOURNAI), blessed. – Aesthetic writer and Cistercian abbot, b. at Tournai ca. 1075, d. at Igny (diocese of Reims) on 19 Aug. 1157. A…
Guerric of Saint-Quentin (Flandrensis)(GUERRICO DI SAINT-QUENTIN (FLANDRENSIS))Vol. VI, p. 745 GUERRICO di SAINT-QUENTIN (Flandrensis). - Dominican theologian, d. 1245. Already magister artium and doctor of medicine, G. became a Dominican in Paris in…
Guevara, Antonio DeVol. VI, p. 745 GUEVARA, ANTONIO de. — Spanish ecclesiastic and writer, b. at Treceño in 1480 (?), d. at Valladolid in 1545. He was page to the Infante Don Juan and, upon the…
Guglielmi, Pietro AlessandroVol. VI, p. 746 GUGLIELMI, PIETRO ALESSANDRO. - Composer, b. at Massa on 10 Dec. 1728, d. at Rome on 20 Nov. 1804. Having undertaken his first musical studies with his father,…
Guglielmites(GUGLIELMITI)Vol. VI, p. 746 GUGLIELMITI. – Heretical sect that arose in Milan and took its name from Guglielma or Guglielmina, a Bohemian woman reputed to be the daughter of King Ottocaro…
Guglielmo d'Auxerre (Guillelmus Altissiodorensis)(GUGLIELMO D'AUXERNE (GUILLELMUS ALTISSIODORENSIS))Vol. VI, p. 747 GUGLIELMO D'AUXERNE (Guillelmus Altissiodorensis). — Philosopher and theologian, born between 1144 and 1149, died 3 November 1231. He was a master of theology…
Guglielmo da CarrianoVol. VI, p. 747 GUGLIELMO da CARRIANO. – Jurist of the 12th century. Of Brescian origin, his name is rarely found written out in full, but is almost always expressed by the…
Guglielmo Da Malavalle, Saint(GUGLIELMO DA MALAVALLE, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 749 GUGLIELMO da MALAVALLE, saint. – Founder of the Congregation of the Hermits, known as the Guglielmini or Guglielmiti, he died near Siena on 10 February 1157.…
Guglielmo Da ModenaVol. VI, p. 750 GUGLIELMO da MODENA. - Cardinal of the Curia and papal diplomat to various royal families, b. about 1184 in Piedmont, d. 31 March 1251 at Lyons. A member of…
Guglielmo Da PisaVol. VI, p. 753 GUGLIELMO da PISA. - Sculptor active in Pisa from 1159 to 1162 on the pulpit of the cathedral, later transferred to Cagliari to be replaced by that of Giovanni…
Guglielmo da VercelliVol. VI, p. 755 GUGLIELMO da VERCELLI - The Saint in prayer: in the background, the convent of Montevergine. Print of 1581. judgments, especially in relations with the…
Guglielmo Da Vercelli, Saint(GUGLIELMO DA VERCELLI, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 755 GUGLIELMO da VERCELLI, saint. - Founder of the hermits of Montevergine, born at Vercelli about 1085, died in the monastery of Guglielmo near Nusco (Avellino)…
Guglielmo De La MareVol. VI, p. 750 GUGLIELMO de la MARE. - Franciscan philosopher and theologian, d. 1298. He taught at Oxford; he is the author of a Commentary on the Sentences (which, however,…
Guglielmo Di ChampeauxVol. VI, p. 747 GUGLIELMO di CHAMPEAUX. – Philosopher, born around 1070, died as bishop of Châlons sur Marne in 1121. He had as teachers Manegoldo di Lautenbach in Paris, then…
Guglielmo Di ConchesVol. VI, p. 748 GUGLIELMO di CONCHES. — Scholastic, born at Conches (Normandy) in 1080, died in 1145. He belonged to the school of Chartres. His principal works are the…
Guglielmo Di Cun (De Cuneo, De Cugno)Vol. VI, p. 748 GUGLIELMO di CUN (de Cuneo, de Cugno). — A jurist of the 14th century. French, not Italian, by nationality, as was once believed, he taught civil law at…
Guglielmo Di HindernissenVol. VI, p. 749 GUGLIELMO di HINDERNISSEN. – Carmelite, prior first at Malines and then at Brussels, and, together with Egidio Cantor, leader of the sect of the “men of…
Guglielmo Di Hirsau, Blessed(GUGLIELMO DI HIRSAU, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 749 GUGLIELMO di HIRSAU, Blessed. — A Bavarian, he died on 4 July 1091 at Hirsau. As a child he was offered as an oblate to the monastery of S. Emmerano at…
Guglielmo Di Hothum (Hozum, Hendon)Vol. VI, p. 749 GUGLIELMO di HOTHUM (HOZUM, HENDON). – Dominican theologian, d. at Dijon on 27 August 1298. In 1269 he was commenting on Peter Lombard’s Sentences at Oxford;…
Guglielmo Di MalmesburyVol. VI, p. 750 GUGLIELMO di MALMESBURY. - Benedictine historian (in secular life G. Somerset) of the abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, where he was also librarian; b. about…
Guglielmo Di MelitoneVol. VI, p. 750 GUGLIELMO di MELITONE. – The fourth Franciscan master of theology in Paris. He succeeded Odo Rigaldi in the chair in 1248. He was subsequently a master at…
Guglielmo Di MoerbekeVol. VI, p. 750 GUGLIELMO di MOERBEKE. — Flemish Dominican, born ca. 1215, died in 1286. His name is associated with the Latin translations of Aristotle and his commentators,…
Guglielmo Di NewburghVol. VI, p. 751 GUGLIELMO of NEWBURGH. - English ecclesiastic and chronicler, also called G. parvus (little), b. in 1136 at Bridlington (county of York), and d. at Newburgh…
Guglielmo Di Nottingham, SeniorVol. VI, p. 751 GUGLIELMO di NOTTINGHAM, senior. — English Franciscan, who died at the Chapter of Metz in the spring of 1250. In 1239 he was provincial vicar of England, and…
Guglielmo Di OccamVol. VI, p. 751 GUGLIELMO di OCCAM: v. OCCAM, GUGLIELMO.
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…
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…
