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Hibbert Journal
Monthly journal founded in London in 1902, as an offshoot of the Hibbert Foundation (Hibbert Trust). This was established with a capital of 50,000 dollars… -
Hibernon, Andrés, Blessed (HIBERNON, ANDRÉS, BEATO)
Franciscan, b. in 1534 at Alcantarilla near Murcia, d. April 18, 1602. In 1556, having suffered a robbery that revealed to him the vanity of wealth, he entered… -
Hickey (Higuaeus), Antony
Irish theologian, b. in County Clare at Thomond in 1586, d. in Rome on 26 June 1641. A Franciscan (1607) at the Irish College of St. Anthony in Louvain, he… -
Hidden Compensation (COMPENSAZIONE OCCULTA)
Secret compensation consists in taking or retaining, without the debtor's knowledge, as much as suffices for the recovery or compensation of what the latter is… -
Hieraca (IERACA)
An ascetic in Egypt (near Leontopolis), who lived in the 3rd century. The principal source of current knowledge is Epiphanius (Haeres., 67; cf. also 55, 6; 69… -
Hierarchia Catholica
Title given by the Conventual father C. Eubel (v.) to his critical collection of the chronological episcopal lists of all Catholic episcopal sees. The author… -
Hierocles (IEROCLE)
IEROCLE: v. GEROCLE di SOSSIANO. -
Hierography, Hierology, Hierosophy (IEROGRAFIA, IEROLOGIA, IEROSOFIA)
IEROGRAFIA, IEROLOGIA, IEROSOFIA: v. GOBLET D'ALVIELLA, EUGÈNE. -
Hierophant (IEROFANTE)
IEROFANTE: v. ELEUSINI, MISTERI. -
Higginson, Teresa Helena
Mystic, born in 1844 to Catholic parents. In 1854 she entered a convent in Nottingham, where she remained for 10 years and made her first Communion at Easter… -
High Church ("Chiesa Alta") (HIGH CHURCH («CHIESA ALTA»))
With this designation in the 17th and 18th centuries, that is, before the "Oxford movement" (1833), those Anglicans are indicated who, faithful to the… -
Hijrah (HIĞRAH)
HIĞRAH: v. EĞIRA. -
Hilarianus (ILARIANO)
Bishop in Africa Proconsularis, who published in the year 397 two writings: De ratione Paschae et mensis and De cursu temporum. The first book contains… -
Hilarion, Saint (ILARIONE, SANTO)
Founder of eremitic life in Palestine, b. at Thabitha near Gaza in 291, d. in Cyprus in 371. Sent by his parents to Alexandria to study, he heard talk of the… -
Hilarus, Pope, Saint (ILARO (HILARUS), PAPA, SANTO)
Born in Sardinia, he was archdeacon of the Roman clergy at the time of St. Leo I. In 449 he was sent by the Pontiff as legate of the Apostolic See to the… -
Hilary of Arles (ILARIO DI ARLES)
Monk of Lérins, semi-Pelagian, d. 444. Metropolitan of Arles, he came into conflict with Pope Leo the Great (L. Duchesne, Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne… -
Hilary of Barenton (ILARIO DA BARENTON)
Capuchin writer and scholar of the province of Paris, b. 28 Feb. 1864; already a priest and parochial curate, he entered the novitiate on 2 Aug. 1891, d. in… -
Hilary of Paris (ILARIO DA PARIGI)
Capuchin theologian, b. in Paris on 23 Nov. 1831, d. by drowning near Castel S. Elia (Viterbo) on 18 July 1904. Already a priest, with a degree in theology and… -
Hilary of Poitiers (ILARIO DI POITIERS)
Born between 310 and 320 at Poitiers into a noble pagan family. After a restless wandering among pagan philosophies in search of God, he found his first light… -
Hilary of Rome (ILARIO DI ROMA)
Deacon, adherent of Lucifer of Cagliari. According to St. Jerome (Altercatio Luciferiani, 27) he published "libellos de haereticis rebaptizandis". He is… -
Hilary of Sexten (ILARIO DI SEXTEN)
Capuchin, in the world H. Gatterer, and a moral theologian, b. at Sexten on 15 Dec. 1839, d. at Merano on 20 Oct. 1899. He entered religious life in 1858 and… -
Hilda (Hild), Saint (ILDA (HILD), SANTA)
Born in Northumbria (England) in 614, died in the monastery of Streaneshalch, where she was abbess, on 17 November 680. Daughter of the nephew of King Edwin of… -
Hildebert of Lavardin (ILDEBERTO DI LAVARDIN)
Bishop and theologian, b. in 1056 at Lavardin (diocese of Le Mans), d. at Tours on 18 Dec. 1133. Trained in the flourishing school of Le Mans and having become… -
Hildebrandslied
"Song of Hildebrand": a fragment of an Old German heroic poem from the 8th century, consisting of 68 alliterative verses (Stabreim). It is the oldest surviving… -
Hildebrandt, Johann Lucas von
Architect, b. in Genoa on 14 Nov. 1668, d. in Vienna on 16 Nov. 1745. His father, a German, was a soldier in the service of the Genoese, his mother an Italian… -
Hildegard of Bingen, Saint (ILDEGARDA DI BINGEN, SANTA)
Mystic, called, because of her importance, the "prophetess of Germany," b. of the noble Vermersheim family at Bermersheim (province of Rheinhessen) in 1098… -
Hildegund of Schönau (ILDEGONDA DI SCHÖNAU)
Born in Neuss, died in Schönau on 20 April 1188. With her father she made a pilgrimage to Palestine, in men's clothing and under the name Joseph. On her return… -
Hildesheim, Diocese of (HILDESHEIM, DIOCESI DI)
The city of H., situated at the northwestern extremity of the Harz mountains and at the beginning of the North German plain, has 24,000 Catholics out of 70,000… -
Hillel
Tannaite (v.), called "the Babylonian" because he was descended from a family of exiles, famous for his doctrine and his highly humane feeling, who lived in… -
Hille, Peter
Poet, b. in Westphalia, near Höxter, on 11 Sept. 1854, d. 7 May 1904 in Berlin-Lichterfelde. One of the most conspicuous and original German poetic… -
Hilton, Walter
English mystic, Augustinian canon of Thurgarton, in Nottinghamshire, d. 24 March 1396. His fame is linked to his treatise or guide to contemplation The scale… -
Himjariti, Martyrs (HIMJARITI, MARTIRI)
HIMJARITI, MARTIRI: v. ARETA. -
Hinayana
HINAYANA: v. BUDDHISMO. -
Hinduism (INDUISMO)
It is the common name for those religions of medieval and modern India that arose from the fusion of popular beliefs and forms of worship, Aryan and non-Aryan… -
Hinganfu [Ankang], Apostolic Prefecture of (HINGANFU, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Situated in the southern part of the civil province of Shensi, in northern China, it was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 28 March 1928 with territory… -
Hinschius, Paul
German canonist, b. in Berlin on 25 Dec. 1835, d. there on 13 Dec. 1898. A student of the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, he obtained his doctorate in… -
Hippo (IPPONA)
A city on the coasts of the Mediterranean, in Numidia (north Africa), today situated 2 km southwest of present-day Bona in Algeria. It was a Phoenician colony… -
Hippocrates (IPPOCRATE)
Greek physician, b. on Cos around 460 B.C., d. at the age of one hundred in Larissa. He studied under the guidance of his father Heraclides, of Herodicus of… -
Hippolytus d'Este, Cardinal (IPPOLITO D'ESTE, CARDINALE)
IPPOLITO D'ESTE, cardinale: v. ESTE, FAMIGLIA. -
Hippolytus of Porto, Saint, Martyr (IPPOLITO DI PORTO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in the Martirologio geronimiano on 22 Aug. as a martyr of Porto and identified with Nonnus, remembered in the Depositio martyrum on 5 Sept.… -
Hippolytus of Rome, Saint, Martyr (IPPOLITO DI ROMA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Distinguished writer of the Roman Church of the 3rd century and first antipope, of whom only a few fragmentary biographical notices survive. Even his works… -
Hiram
Name of a king and of other personages of Tyre who were in relations with Israel. 1. King of Tyre (Heb. Hirām; Hirām in I Kings 5:24; Hirām in I Chron. 14:1… -
Hiroshima, Apostolic Vicariate of (HIROSHIMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In Japan, on the island of Honshū. It was erected by apostolic brief of 2 May 1923 and entrusted to the German-speaking fathers of the Society of Jesus. At the… -
Hirscher, Johann Baptist
Theologian, b. at Altergarten (Ravensburg) on 20 Jan. 1788, d. at Freiburg im Breisgau on 4 Sept. 1865. He studied theology at Freiburg and was ordained a… -
Hispano-American Literature (ISPANO-AMERICANA, LETTERATURA)
It comprises the literary production of the various Spanish-speaking American nations and develops in three phases: the Spanish imperial era, that of the… -
Historia Augusta (Scriptores Historiae Augustae) (STORIA AUGUSTA (SCRIPTORES HISTORIAE AUGUSTAE))
It is a collection of biographies, variously manipulated, of the emperors and caesars from Hadrian to Numerian (117-284 A.D.), except for a gap for the years… -
Historical Archive of the Society of Jesus (ARCHIVUM HISTORICUM SOCIETATIS IESU)
A biannual periodical published in Rome by the College of Historians of the Society of Jesus (Collegium scriptorum de historia Societatis Iesu), beginning in… -
Historical Franciscan Archive (ARCHIVUM FRANCISCANUM HISTORICUM)
A quarterly periodical for Franciscan history, begun in 1908 by the College of St. Bonaventure in Quaracchi near Florence (which, founded in 1878 to publish… -
Historical Journal of Italian Literature (GIORNALE STORICO DELLA LETTERATURA ITALIANA)
Founded in Turin in 1883 by A. Graf, R. Renier, and F. Novati, who directed it for several years; published by the publishing house E. Loescher, which was… -
Historical Materialism (MATERIALISMO STORICO)
The term h. m. habitually designates the materialistic conception of history, founded by C. Marx and F. Engels, according to which the historical development… -
Historical Review (RIVISTA STORICO)
A monthly periodical, founded in 1905 by Fr. G. Bonaccorsi (v.) and afterwards directed by E. Buonaiuti (v.). Divided into six sections: historical theology… -
Historical Societies and Deputations (SOCIETÀ E DEPUTAZIONI DI STORIA PATRIA)
Cultural institutions whose purpose is above all research into and publication of historical sources relating to the territory of their respective district… -
Historiography (STORIOGRAFIA)
The exposition of the complex of human events in their concrete configuration within spatio-temporal coordinates. I. GREECE and ROME. - In the Greece of the… -
Historisches Jahrbuch
A periodical of historical culture, published in Münster by the historical section of the Görresgesellschaft since 1880, under the direction of Dr. G. Hüffer.… -
History, Philosophy of (STORIA, FILOSOFIA DELLA)
It is the comprehension of the course of human events in the complex development of civilization. CONTENTS: I. General conception. - II. Historical… -
Histriones (ISTRIONI)
From the Latin histrio -onis (also minus), that is, comedian, mime, this was the name given to the actor in the Roman theater. Their first homeland seems to… -
Hitler, Adolf
German politician, b. 20 April 1889 at Braunau, on the border between Austria and Germany, d. 30 April 1945 in Berlin. He went to Vienna to study architecture… -
Hittorp, Melchior
Liturgist, canon of St. Maria ad Gradus and from 1583 dean of the collegiate church of St. Cunibert, b. in Cologne ca. 1525, d. there in 1584. At the… -
Hitze, Franz
German Catholic politician and sociologist. Born on 16 March 1851, at Hänemicke (Westphalia), he was ordained a priest in 1878. In 1880 he was elected general…