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Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista
Archpriest of Cividate in Val Camonica, a Jansenist of the Pavia group, an intimate friend of Pietro Tamburini (v.) and an erudite man, b. in 1723, d. in 1807.… -
Guadagno
GUADAGNO: V. LAVORO. -
Guadagnolo, Filippo
Learned orientalist of the Congregation of the Minor Regular Clerics, b. at Magliano (Abruzzi) ca. 1596; he taught Arabic at the University of Rome, where he… -
Guadalajara, Archdiocese of (GUADALAJARA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and city in the State of Jalisco in Mexico. It has an area of 52,000 sq km and a population of 1,407,680 inhabitants, of whom 1,379,680 are… -
Guadeloupe (GUADALUPA)
G. is the largest (1,509 sq km) of the Lesser Antilles. Together with the neighboring islands of Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, Petite Terre, Désirade, St.… -
Guadix, Diocese of (GUADIX, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Spain, in the province of Granada, of which it is a suffragan. It has an area of 4,735 sq km, with 180,000 inhabitants, all Catholic; it… -
Guajaramín (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 Catholics; it has… -
Guajira, Apostolic Vicariate of (GOAJIRA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The Capuchins of the regular province of Valencia in Spain began in 1693, in Colombia, the mission of G., Sierra Nevada and Montilones and established there 20… -
Guala, Luigi Maria Fortunato
A Piedmontese priest and moralist, born in Turin on 14 Oct. 1775 (St. Augustine's day) to the lawyer Giovanni Giuseppe and Scolastica Gastinelli, and died… -
Gualandi, Giuseppe and Cesare (GUALANDI, GIUSEPPE E CESARE)
GUALANDI, GIUSEPPE and CESARE: v. PICCOLA MISSIONE AI SORDOMUTI. -
Guala, Pietro Francesco
Painter, b. at Casale Monferrato on 21 Sept. 1698, d. at Milan on 7 Feb. 1757. Very few biographical notices have come down to us concerning this painter whom… -
Gualaquiza, Apostolic Vicariate of (GUALAQUIZA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
GUALAQUIZA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di: v. MENDEZ Y GUALAQUIZA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. -
Gualdo Tadino
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Gualterio, Filippo Antonio
Statesman and historian, b. in Orvieto on 6 July 1819, d. in Rome on 10 Feb. 1874. Known for learned historical and archaeological publications, he was… -
Gualtiero of Burles (GUALTIERO DI BURLES)
GUALTIERO di BURLES: v. BURLEICH WALTER. -
Gualtiero of Speyer (GUALTIERO DI SPIRA)
GUALTIERO di SPIRA: v. WALTER DI SPIRA. -
Guam
The southernmost and largest (534 sq. km.) of the Mariana Islands, ceded in 1898 by Spain to the United States, which in 1922 undertook not to fortify it… -
Guamá (GUAMÀ)
Prelature nullius in the State of Pará in Brazil. It has an area of 63,000 sq km with 150,000 inhabitants, of whom 127,000 are Catholics; it has 7 parishes, 4… -
Guanella, Luigi
Priest and founder of the Servants of Charity and of the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence, b. at Fraciscio di Campodolcino (Sondrio) on 19 Dec. 1842 and d.… -
Guarda, Diocese of (GUARDA, DIOCESI DI)
In Portugal, suffragan of Lisbon. The first historical reference is found in the acts of the Council of Lugo (569), and the first historically known bishop is… -
Guardaroba of His Holiness (GUARDAROBA DI SUA SANTITÀ)
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)
A female religious institute, founded in 1853 by Msgr. Dupanloup, bishop of Orléans. On Nov. 15, 1892 it received the decree of praise and on March 15, 1897… -
Guardian Angel (ANGELO CUSTODE)
ANGELO CUSTODE: v. ANGELO. -
Guardianship, Guardian (CURATELA, CURATORE)
Apart from the meaning (now largely obsolete) of the term curator to indicate certain persons placed in charge of particular public services, at present by… -
Guardì, Francesco de' (GUARDI, FRANCESCO DE')
Painter, b. 5 Oct. 1712 in Venice, d. there 1 Jan. 1793. He was a pupil and a ring on the right hand, over the sleeve. The use therefore appears to have been… -
Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart (GUARDIA D'ONORE DEL SACRO CUORE)
An association of the faithful who set out to render a particular cult of glory, love and reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, by means of the "hour of… -
Guariento Padovano
Painter, son of Arpo, he is documented in Padua from 1338 to 1365; in 1365 he was summoned to Venice for the frescoes in the Doge's Palace; he was already dead… -
Guarini, Battista
Poet, b. in Ferrara in 1538, d. in Venice on 7 Oct. 1612. Having entered the court of Alfonso II d'Este in 1567, he held diplomatic posts in Venice, in Turin… -
Guarini, Guarino
Theatine religious, architect, b. at Modena on 17 January 1624, d. at Milan on 6 March 1683. At a young age he became a regular cleric of the Theatine order… -
Guarino, Saint (GUARINO, SANTO)
Of the noble Guarini family, cardinal and bishop of Palestrina, b. ca. 1080 in Bologna, d. February 6, 1158 in Palestrina. He entered the Augustinian Order… -
Guarino the Veronese (GUARINO IL VERONESE)
Humanist, b. at Verona in 1374, d. at Ferrara on 4 Dec. 1460. A pupil at Padua of Giovanni Conversino da Ravenna and at Constantinople of Chrysoloras, on his… -
Guastella, Cosmo
Philosopher, b. at Misilmeri (Palermo) on 28 Jan. 1854, d. at Palermo on 11 Sept. 1922. He devoted himself to philosophy after studies in jurisprudence… -
Guastella, Diocese of (GUASTELLA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Reggio Emilia. It has an area of 319 sq km with 70,000 inhabitants, all Catholic, 29 parishes served by 73 diocesan priests… -
Guasti, Cesare
Writer, b. in Prato on 4 Sept. 1822, d. in Florence on 12 Feb. 1889. After completing his humanistic studies in Prato as an external pupil of the Cicognini… -
Guatemala
I. GEOGRAPHY. - It is the northernmost and most populous state of Central America, bounded by Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador. Of its two oceanic façades, the… -
Guaxupé, Diocese of (GUAXUPÉ, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil, erected by Pope Benedict XV on 3 February 1916 by dismemberment of the diocese of Porto Alegre. It was… -
Guayana, Diocese of (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 right bank of the Orinoco… -
Guayaquil, Diocese of (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 largest in South America on… -
Guazzo
Gouache painting is that which uses a gum as the gluten, or vehicle, of the color instead of animal glues, wax and egg white employed in tempera. The procedure… -
Gubbio, Diocese of (GUBBIO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Umbria, immediately subject. It has a population of 50,000 inhabitants, all Catholic; it numbers 65 parishes, 56 diocesan priests and 25… -
Gubernatis, Domenico de
Friar Minor, b. at Sospitello (diocese of Turin) and d. at Turin in 1690. A man of vast erudition, he was, after Wadding, from whom he drew much, the greatest… -
Gudula, Saint, Virgin (GUDULA, SANTA, VERGINE)
Patroness of Brussels. Daughter of St. Amalberga, sister of St. Reineldis and of St. Emebert, born at Merchten in 650, she spent her youth in the monastery of… -
Guebriant (Budes de), Jean-Baptiste-Marie
Born on 11 Dec. 1860 in Paris into a family of the old Breton nobility. In 1880 he entered the Seminary of St. Sulpice and on 13 Sept. 1883 he moved to the… -
Guelphs and Ghibellines (GUELFI E GHIBELLINI)
These are the two great parties that dominated Italian political life in the 13th-14th centuries and that still manifested a certain influence in the… -
Guéranger, Prosper-Louis-Pascal
Restorer of the Benedictine Order in France, b. at Sablé-sur-Sarthe (France) on 4 April 1805, d. at Solesmes on 30 Jan. 1877. A priest in 1827, in 1833 he… -
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il (GUERCINO, GIOVAN FRANCESCO BARBIERI, DETTO IL)
Painter, b. at Cento on 8 Feb. 1591, d. at Bologna on 22 Dec. 1666; he was called il G. because of the loss of his right eye, suffered at a very tender age.… -
Guérin, Anne
In religion Mother Théodore, b. at Etables on 2 Oct. 1798, d. at St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Indiana, U.S.A.), on 14 May 1856. Called to the religious state, she… -
Guérin, Charles
French poet, b. at Lunéville on 29 Dec. 1873, d. there on 17 March 1907. The first collections of verse, Fleurs de neige (1893); Joies grises (1894); Le sang… -
Guérin, Eugénie de
Writer, b. in the castle of Cayla near Albi, in France, in 1805, d. there in 1848. With her counsel, she guided her brother the poet Maurice, younger than she… -
Guérin, Georges-Pierre-Maurice de
Poet, b. 5 Aug. 1810 in the castle of Cayla (Languedoc), d. there 19 July 1839. After solitary childhood years, comforted by his love of nature and by his… -
Guérin, Paul
French hagiographer and theologian of the 19th century, b. at Buzançais in 1830, d. at Châteauroux on 23 June 1908. He taught philosophy (1855-63) at the… -
Guérin, Victor-René
Palestinian scholar, b. in Paris on 15 Sept. 1821, d. at La Tour (Seine-et-Marne) on 21 Sept. 1890. He was a professor in various cities (1843-52, 1855, 1859)… -
Guerra, Elena
Foundress of the Institute of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit, commonly called Sisters of St. Zita, for the Christian education of youth and the particular cult… -
Guerra Junqueiro, Abílio Manuel (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 with politics (he was a deputy in… -
Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico
Writer and politician, b. at Livorno on 12 Aug. 1804, d. at Cecina (Livorno) on 23 Nov. 1873. Turbulent and obstinate from boyhood, while he was studying law… -
Guerric of Igny (of Tournai), Blessed (GUERRICO D'IGNY (DI TOURNAI), BEATO)
Aesthetic writer and Cistercian abbot, b. at Tournai ca. 1075, d. at Igny (diocese of Reims) on 19 Aug. 1157. A disciple of Odo of Cambrai (v.), he was soon… -
Guerric of Saint-Quentin (Flandrensis) (GUERRICO DI SAINT-QUENTIN (FLANDRENSIS))
Dominican theologian, d. 1245. Already a magister artium and a doctor of medicine, G. became a Dominican in Paris in 1225. After his theological studies, he… -
Guevara, Antonio de
Spanish ecclesiastic and writer, b. at Treceño in 1480 (?), d. at Valladolid in 1545. He was a page of the infante Don Juan and, on the death of Isabella the… -
Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro
Composer and teacher, b. at Massa on 10 Dec. 1728, d. at Rome on 20 Nov. 1804. After his first musical studies with his father, he perfected his training at… -
Guglielmites (GUGLIELMITI)
A heretical sect that arose in Milan, which takes its name from Guglielma or Guglielmina, a Bohemian woman, the alleged daughter of King Ottokar I and of his… -
Guglielmo da Carriano
Jurist of the 12th century. Of Brescian origin, his name is rarely found cited in full, but almost always expressed by the abbreviation W. Glossator. Fairly… -
Guglielmo da Pisa
Sculptor active in Pisa from 1159 to 1162 for the pulpit of the cathedral, afterwards replaced at Cagliari by that of Giovanni Pisano. In this work the various… -
Guglielmo di Cun (De Cuneo, De Cugno)
Jurist of the 14th century. Of French, not Italian, nationality, as was once believed, he taught civil law at Toulouse from 1316 to 1317 and perhaps at… -
Guglielmo di Hindernissen
Carmelite, prior at Mechelen, then at Brussels, and head, together with Giles Cantor, of the sect of the "men of understanding" (homines intelligentias)… -
Guglielmo di Parigi
GUGLIELMO di PARIGI: v. GUGLIELMO di ALVERNIA. -
Guglielmo Naso (Guilelmus Naso) (GUGLIELMO NASONE (GUILELMUS NASO))
Decretalist of the University of Bologna, where he was first a pupil of Alan of Wales. He was professor Decretorum in the year 1222. Among the glossators of… -
Guglielmo Rubió (De Rubione)
Franciscan theologian of the 14th century. The biographical data are few and uncertain. One tradition calls him an Aragonese, a native of Villa Franca… -
Guglielmotti, Alberto
Dominican, in the world Francesco, b. at Civitavecchia on 4 Feb. 1812, d. at Rome on 29 Oct. 1893. Having become a priest in 1834, he devoted himself… -
Guiana (GUIANE)
The name G. is generally given to that vast (about 900,000 sq km) mountainous region of South America enclosed between the lower courses of the Orinoco and the… -
Gui, Bernard (Bernardus Guidonis)
French Dominican inquisitor, historian and bishop, b. at (Hérault) on 30 Dec. 1331. He taught theology in various convents; from 16 Jan. 1307, and probably… -
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 Oblates of Mary Immaculate and… -
Guibert of Gembloux (GUIBERTO DI GEMBLOUX)
Hagiographer and Benedictine abbot, b. ca. 1125, d. after 1213. A monk at Gembloux and at Tours, ca. 1187 he became abbot of Florennes and in 1194 of Gembloux… -
Guibert of Nogent (GUIBERTO DI NOGENT)
Theologian and Benedictine abbot, b. in 1053 near Beauvais, d. at Nogent in 1124. A monk at St-Germain of Flay (hence called Flaviacensis), he had frequent… -
Guibert of Ravenna, Antipope (GUIBERTO DI RAVENNA, ANTIPAPA)
He was imperial chancellor for Italy and adhered to the antipope Cadalus in the election of October 1061; but he ended by recognizing Alexander II in 1064 and… -
Guicciardini, Francesco
Historian, thinker and political man. Born in Florence to Piero and Simona Gianfigliazzi on 6 March 1483, died 22 May 1540. Having obtained a degree in civil… -
Guicciardini, Piero
Reformer, descendant of Francesco Guicciardini, b. in Florence on 21 July 1808, d. there on 23 March 1886. In his youth he was close to the group of Tuscan… -
Guichard, Roland
Theologian and preacher, of the Order of Minims, b. at Estampes near Paris in 1528, d. at Lyon on 26 June 1612. Nephew of G. Simon (v.), he emulated his… -
Guichard, Simon
Theologian and preacher of the Order of Minims, b. at Estampes near Paris around 1500, d. at Aix in Provence in 1574. Already a priest and having obtained his… -
Guide Italiane, Association of (A.G.I.) (GUIDE ITALIANE, ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE (A. G. I.))
Association for the education and the moral and physical formation of Italian young women according to the principles and practice of the scout educational… -
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 worked in… -
Guidi, Alessandro
Poet, b. at Pavia on 14 June 1650, d. at Frascati on 13 June 1712. From the court of Ranuccio II of Parma, he passed in 1683 to Rome, to that of Christina of… -
Guidiccioni, Bartolomeo
Cardinal, b. in Lucca in 1469, d. in Rome on 4 Nov. 1549. He studied law in Parma and Bologna. He entered the service of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in 1508… -
Guidiccioni, Giovanni
Diplomat, b. in Lucca on 25 February 1500, d. in Macerata on 26 July 1541. Secretary of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, governor of Rome when Farnese became Pope… -
Guidi, Ignazio and Michelangelo (GUIDI, IGNAZIO E MICHELANGELO)
The first, an Italian Semitist, b. in Rome on 31 July 1844 (his father Michele was the last finance superintendent of the Papal State), d. there on 18 Apr.… -
Guido da Baisio
Canonist, born of a Bolognese family at Baisio (Reggio Emilia) ca. 1246-56, died at Avignon on 10 August (5 June?) 1313. He studied law at the school of Guido… -
Guido da Cortona, Blessed (GUIDO DA CORTONA, BEATO)
Born in Cortona of a noble family ca. 1187, died there on June 12, 1247. He was admitted into the Franciscan Order by St. Francis himself during his first… -
Guido da Pisa
Carmelite writer from Caprona (Pisa). The year of his birth and death is unknown: a chronological orientation is provided by his dedication of certain works on… -
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 John XIX, eager to learn of the monk's… -
Guido da Siena
Sienese painter, active in the first half of the 13th century; in 1221 (others read 1271) he signed and dated the panel with the Madonna and Child enthroned in… -
Guido de Suzaria
Jurist, belonging to the group of post-glossators, b. probably at Suzara (Mantua) on an uncertain date: he lived between 1260 and 1292 and was successively… -
Guido di Como (Guido Bigarelli)
Sculptor, b. perhaps at Arogno, he lived for a long time in Tus- > (by courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frato) GUIDO DA CORTONA, blessed - Bust - Cortona, Cathedral.… -
Guido di Orchelles
Scholastic theologian who lived between the 12th and 13th centuries. Of him it is so far known only that after 1206 he wrote a Summa de Sacramentis… -
Guido Lombardo, Blessed (GUIDO LOMBARDO, BEATO)
Founder of the Humiliati, b. in Milan and lived in the first half of the 11th century. Few and uncertain reports of his life survive, handed down by Girolamo… -
Guido, Marramaldi
GUIDO, MARRAMALDI: v. MARRAMALDI, GUIDO. -
Guido, Monk of Monte Cassino (GUIDO, MONACO DI MONTECASSINO)
He flourished under Abbot Gerard (1111-23) and was the teacher of Peter the Deacon (De viris illustribus Casinensis coenobii: PL 173, 1010), who calls him «vir… -
Guido Terreni
Theologian and canonist, b. at Perpignan at the end of the 13th century (1260?), d. at Avignon on 21 Aug. 1342. He held the title of Doctor Parisiensis and was… -
Guignebert, Charles-Albert-Honoré
Historian, b. at Villeneuve-St-Georges in 1867, d. at Paris on 27 Aug. 1939. A professor of history in the lycées of Evreux, Pau, Toulouse, and Voltaire; then… -
Guigone I (Guigues)
Venerable prior general of the Carthusians, b. at St-Romain-sur-Château (diocese of Valence) in 1084. Having been set on an ecclesiastical career, he soon… -
Guigone II (Guigues)
Prior general of the Carthusians, b. at the beginning of the 12th century. Having entered the Carthusians, he distinguished himself there by virtue and… -
Guilloré, François
Jesuit, master of the spiritual life, b. 25 Dec. 1615 at Croisic (Nantes), d. in Paris on 29 June 1684. Having asked the father general to be assigned to rural… -
Guilmant, Félix-Alexandre
Organist and composer, b. at Boulogne-sur-Mer on 12 March 1837, d. at Mendon (Paris) on 29 March 1911. With his father, organist at St. Nicholas, he studied… -
Guilt (COLPA)
The term f. can be considered according to two fairly different concepts, although not in conflict with each other: f. in the moral sense, and f. in the… -
Guinea
Portuguese G. comprises a small continental strip entirely enclosed within the territory of French G., together with the adjacent Bissagos Archipelago: in all… -
Guinicelli, Guido
Son of Guinicello di Magnano and Guglielmina Ghisolieri, husband of Beatrice della Fratta, judge and poet, born in Bologna between 1230 and 1240, banished in… -
Guinigi, Paolo
Lord of Lucca, b. there in 1376 to Francesco, a banker and merchant, and to Filippa Serpente, d. at Pavia in 1432. Heir to the fortune of Castruccio… -
Guise, Family (GUISA, FAMIGLIA)
A French ducal house that took its name from the castle and town of G. in northern France (department of the Aisne). It derives from a > (from G. Barbagallo… -
Guitmondo of Aversa (GUITMONDO DI AVERSA)
Benedictine theologian, b. in France at the beginning of the 11th century, d. ca. 1095. On the particulars of his life the documents are scanty and uncertain.… -
Guittone da Arezzo
Born in Arezzo to Viva di Michele, chamberlain of the Commune, around 1225. A Guelph, he suffered exile between 1259 and 1260; taught by his own sufferings, he… -
Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume
French statesman, b. 4 Oct. 1787 at Nîmes, d. 12 Oct. 1874 at Val-Richer (Calvados). A Calvinist, son of a lawyer executed during the Revolution, he spent his… -
Gulu, Apostolic Vicariate of (GULU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the northern part of Uganda (British East Africa) and is entrusted to the Congregation of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (African… -
Gundisalvi, Domenico (Gundissalinus)
Spanish philosopher, archdeacon of Segovia, who lived at the court of the archbishop of Toledo around 1150. He translated works from Arabic, together with John… -
Guntardo, Archbishop of Cologne (GUNTARDO, ARCIVESCOVO DI COLONIA)
Consecrated on 22 April 850, d. in 873. Ostentatious and a patron of the arts, he kept the Irish poet Sedulius Scotus at his court; he had artistic paintings… -
Günther, Anton
GÜNTHER, ANTON. « Semi-rationalist philosopher and theologian, b. at Lindenau (Bohemia) on 27 Nov. 1783, d. at Vienna on 24 Feb. 1863. Of humble origins, he… -
Günther (Ligurinus) of Pairis (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 Pairis ca. 1220. His exquisite… -
Guntram, King of the Franks, Saint (GONTRANNO, RE FRANCO, SANTO)
B. around 525, d. 28 March 592. Son of Chlothar I, on his father's death (end of 561), in the partition of the Frankish Kingdom, he received Burgundy, Orléans… -
Guntur, Diocese of (GUNTUR, DIOCESI DI)
It was established on 13 February 1940, detaching its territory from the diocese of Nellore, and was entrusted to the indigenous clergy. It is part of… -
Gurk, Diocese of (GURK, DIOCESI DI)
Austrian city and diocese, comprising the entire federal territory of Carinthia (9,533 sq km), with 497,000 inhabitants, of whom 455,000 are Catholics. The… -
Guru
GURU: v. INDUSMO. -
Gury, Jean-Pierre
Jesuit, moralist and casuist, b. at Mailleroncourt (Haute-Saône) on 23 Jan. 1801, d. at Mercoeur (Haute-Loire) on 18 Apr. 1886, while he was preaching a… -
Gusmini, Giorgio
Cardinal, b. at Gazzaniga (Bergamo) on 9 Dec. 1855, d. at Bologna on 24 Aug. 1921. He studied at the Roman Seminary and at the University of Padua, where he… -
Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden (GUSTAVO II ADOLFO, RE DI SVEZIA)
B. 19 Dec. 1594 at Stockholm, d. 16 Nov. 1632 at Lützen, fighting against Wallenstein's troops in > (courtesy of Fr. G. Löw) > GURK, DIOCESE of - Painted… -
Gutberlet, Konstantin
Theologian and philosopher, b. at Geismar on 10 Jan. 1837, d. at Fulda on 27 Apr. 1928. He completed his studies in Rome at the German College and the… -
Gutenberg, Joannes
Prototypographer, inventor of printing with movable type, b. at Mainz between the years 1395 and 1399; the original surname "Gensfleisch" was supplanted by… -
Guthrum (Godrum)
King of eastern England. In the English annals he is mentioned for the first time in the year 875 as one of the three Danish kings who invaded the British… -
Gutjahr, Franz Seraph
Exegete, b. Sept. 13, 1854 in Preding in Styria, d. June 4, 1929 in Graz. A priest in 1877, he was later prefect of the episcopal seminary and from 1896 until… -
Guyart, Marie
GUYART, MARIE: v. MARIA DELL'INCARNAZIONE. > (from J. Calvet, La littérature religieuse de François de Sales à Fénelon, Paris 1838, p. 186) > GUYON… -
Guy II, Duke of Spoleto, King of Italy and Emperor (GUIDO II, DUCA DI SPOLETO, RE D'ITALIA E IMPERATORE)
With the dissolution, through the deposition and death of Charles the Fat (888), of the Carolingian Empire, which broke up into the new, de facto independent… -
Guyon, Jeanne-Marie
French Quietist, b. at Montargis on 13 April 1648, d. at Blois on 9 June 1717. Widowed in 1679, she gave herself to a life of charity, though directed in a… -
Guzzetta, Giorgio
Priest, b. at Piana dei Greci (Palermo) on 23 April 1682, d. there on 22 November 1756 in the odour of sanctity. Ordained a priest, he entered the Congregation… -
Justice (GIUSTIZIA)
The Greek word δέμις has the same origin and the same meaning as the Latin word fas and indicates the ius divinum. Νόμος is what human law is called (from… -
Justina, Saint, Martyr (GIUSTINA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
Much venerated in northern Italy, she is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 7 October. The oldest testimony concerning her is that of Venantius… -
Justinian, Flavius Anicius Julianus, Emperor of the East (GIUSTINIANO, FLAVIO ANICIO GIULIANO, IMPERATORE D'ORIENTE)
One of the sovereigns who left the deepest mark on history: inspired by an almost mystical conception of Roman-Christian unity, he sought to rebuild the fabric… -
Justus of Lyon, Saint (GIUSTO DI LIONE, SANTO)
He is commemorated several times in the Hieronymian Martyrology, either alone or with Viator; it seems, however, that the true dies natalis is October 14.… -
Justus of Tiberias (GIUSTO DI TIBERIADE)
Jewish patriot and historian of the 1st century A.D. Of J.'s life only as much is known as his adversary Flavius Josephus reports in his autobiography. During…