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Hibbert JournalVol. VI, p. 840 HIBBERT JOURNAL. – A monthly journal founded in London in 1902 as an emanation of the Hibbert Foundation (Hibbert Trust). The latter was established with a…
Hibernon, Andrés, Blessed(HIBERNON, ANDRÉS, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 840 HIBERNON, ANDRÉS, blessed. — Franciscan, born in 1534 at Alcantarilla near Murcia, died on 18 April 1602. In 1556, having suffered a robbery that revealed to…
Hickey (Higuaeus), AntonyVol. VI, p. 840 HICKEY (Higuaeus), ANTONY. - Irish theologian, b. in County Clare at Thomond in 1586, d. at Rome on 26 June 1641. A Franciscan (1607) at the Irish College of…
Hidden Compensation(COMPENSAZIONE OCCULTA)Vol. IV, p. 76 OCCULT COMPENSATION. – Occult compensation consists in taking or retaining, without the debtor’s knowledge, whatever is sufficient to recover or make…
Hieraca(IERACA)Vol. VI, p. 922 IERACA. - An ascetic in Egypt (at Leontopolis), who lived in the third century. The principal source of present knowledge is Epifanio (Haeres., 67; cf. also…
Hierarchia CatholicaVol. VI, p. 841 HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA. - Title given by the Conventual Father C. Eubel (v.) to his critical collection of chronological episcopal lists of all Catholic…
Hierocles(IEROCLE)Vol. VI, p. 924 IEROCLE: v. GEROCLE di SOSSIANO.
Hierography, Hierology, Hierosophy(IEROGRAFIA, IEROLOGIA, IEROSOFIA)Vol. VI, p. 924 IEROGRAFIA, IEROLOGIA, IEROSOFIA: v. GOBLET D'ALVIELLA, EUGÈNE.
Hierophant(IEROFANTE)Vol. VI, p. 924 IEROFANTE: v. ELEUSINI, MISTERI.
Higginson, Teresa HelenaVol. VI, p. 841 HIGGINSON, TERESA HELENA. - Mystic, born in 1844 of Catholic parents. In 1854 she entered a convent in Nottingham, where she remained for 10 years and made her…
High Church ("Chiesa Alta")(HIGH CHURCH («CHIESA ALTA»))Vol. VI, p. 841 HIGH CHURCH (“Chiesa alta”). — This designation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, that is, before the “Oxford Movement” (1833), referred to those…
Hilarianus(ILARIANO)Vol. VI, p. 937 ILARIANO. – Bishop in proconsular Africa, who published in the year 397 two writings: De ratione Paschae et mensis and De cursu temporum. The first book…
Hilarion, Saint(ILARIONE, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 938 ILARIONE, saint. - Founder of the eremitical life in Palestine, born at Thabitha near Gaza in 291, died in Cyprus in 371. Sent by his parents to Alexandria to…
Hilarus (Hilarus), Pope, Saint(ILARO (HILARUS), PAPA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 939 ILARO (Hilarus), POPE, saint. — Born in Sardinia, he was archdeacon of the Roman clergy at the time of s. Leone I. In 449 he was sent by the Pontiff as legate…
Hilary of Arles(ILARIO DI ARLES)Vol. VI, p. 937 ILARIO of ARLES. — Monk of Lerins, Semipelagian, died in 444. Metropolitan of Arles, he came into conflict with Pope Leo the Great (L. Duchesne, Fastes…
Hilary of Barenton(ILARIO DA BARENTON)Vol. VI, p. 937 ILARIO da BARENTON. - Capuchin writer and scholar of the Province of Paris, born 28 February 1864; already a priest and parish assistant, he entered the…
Hilary of Paris(ILARIO DA PARIGI)Vol. VI, p. 937 ILARIO da PARIGI. — Capuchin theologian, b. in Paris on 23 November 1831, d. by drowning near Castel S. Elia (Viterbo) on 18 July 1904. Already a priest and a…
Hilary of Poitiers(ILARIO DI POITIERS)Vol. VI, p. 937 ILARIO of 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…
Hilary of Rome(ILARIO DI ROMA)Vol. VI, p. 938 ILARIO di ROMA. – Deacon, adherent of Lucifero di Cagliari. According to St. Jerome (Altercatia Luciferiani, 27), he published «libellos de haereticis…
Hilary of Sexten(ILARIO DI SEXTEN)Vol. VI, p. 938 ILARIO di SEXTEN. — Capuchin, in the world H. Gatterer, and moral theologian, born at Sexten on 15 December 1839, died at Merano on 20 October 1899. He entered…
Hilda (Hild), Saint(ILDA (HILD), SANTA)Vol. VI, p. 939 ILDA (HILD), saint. — Born in Northumbria (England) in 614; died in the monastery of Streaneshalch, where she was abbess, on 17 Nov. 680. Daughter of the…
Hildebert of Lavardin (of Le Mans, of Tours, Hildebertus Cenomanensis)(ILDEBERTO DI LAVARDIN (DI LE MANS, DI TOURS, HILDEBERTUS CENOMANENSIS))Vol. VI, p. 940 ILDEBERTO of LAVARDIN (of LE MANS, of TOURS, Hildebertus Cenomanensis). - Bishop and theologian, b. in 1056 at Lavardin (diocese of Le Mans), d. at Tours on 18…
HildebrandsliedVol. VI, p. 842 HILDEBRANDSLIED. - “Song of Hildebrand”: fragment of an eighth-century German heroic poem, consisting of 68 alliterative lines (Stabreim). It is the oldest…
Hildebrandt, Johann Lucas vonVol. VI, p. 842 HILDEBRANDT, JOHANN LUCAS von. — Architect, born in Genoa on 14 November 1668, died in Vienna on 16 November 1745. His father, a German, was a soldier in the…
Hildegard Of Bingen, Saint(ILDEGARDA DI BINGEN, SANTA)Vol. VI, p. 941 ILDEGARDA di BINGEN, saint. — Mystic, called, because of her importance, the “prophetess of Germany,” born of the noble Vermersheim family at Bermersheim…
Hildegund Of Schönau(ILDEGONDA DI SCHÖNAU)Vol. VI, p. 941 ILDEGONDA of Schönau. — Born at Neuss, died at Schönau on 20 April 1188. She made a pilgrimage to Palestine with her father, dressed in men’s clothing and…
Hildesheim, Diocese of(HILDESHEIM, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 842 HILDESHEIM, DIOCESE of. — The city of H., situated at the northwestern extremity of the Harzgebirge and at the beginning of the North German plain, has 24,000…
Hille, PeterVol. VI, p. 843 HILLE, PETER. - Poet, b. in Westphalia, near Höxter, 11 Sept. 1854, d. 7 May 1904 at Berlin-Lichterfelde. One of the most eminent and original German poetic…
HillelVol. VI, p. 843 HILLEL. — A Tannaita (v.), called the “Babylonian” because he was descended from a family of exiles, renowned for his learning and his profoundly humane…
Hilton, WalterVol. VI, p. 843 HILTON, WALTER. – English mystic, Augustinian canon of Thurgarton, in Nottinghamshire, d. 24 March 1396. His fame is associated with his treatise or guide to…
Himjariti, Martyrs(HIMJARITI, MARTIRI)Vol. VI, p. 844 HIMJARITI, MARTIRI: v. ARETA.
Hinduism(INDUISMO)Vol. VI, p. 1096 INDUISMO. — This is the common designation for those religions of medieval and modern India that arose from the fusion of popular, Aryan and non-Aryan beliefs…
Hinganfu, Apostolic Prefecture of(HINGANFU, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VI, p. 844 HINGANFU, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. — Situated in the southern part of the civil province of Shensi, in northern China, it was erected as an apostolic…
Hinschius, PaulVol. VI, p. 844 HINSCHIUS, PAUL. — German canonist, born in Berlin on 25 December 1835, died there on 13 December 1898. A student at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin,…
Hippo(IPPONA)Vol. VII, p. 128 IPPONA. — City near the Mediterranean coast, in Numidia (North Africa), today situated 2 km southwest of present-day Bona in Algeria. It was a Phoenician…
Hippocrates(IPPOCRATE)Vol. VII, p. 123 IPPOCRATES. — Greek physician, born on Cos around 460 B.C., died a centenarian at Larissa. He studied under the guidance of his father Heracleides, of…
Hippolytus d'Este, Cardinal(IPPOLITO D'ESTE, CARDINALE)Vol. VII, p. 128 IPPOLITO D'ESTE, cardinale: v. ESTE, FAMIGLIA.
Hippolytus of Porto, Saint, Martyr(IPPOLITO DI PORTO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. VII, p. 124 IPPOLITO di PORTO, saint, martyr. - He is commemorated in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum on 22 Aug. as a martyr of Porto and identified with Nonno, remembered…
Hippolytus of Rome, Saint, Martyr(IPPOLITO DI ROMA, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. VII, p. 124 HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME, Saint, Martyr. — Illustrious writer of the Roman Church in the 3rd century and the first antipope, of whom only a few and fragmentary…
HiramVol. VI, p. 844 HIRAM. — Name of kings and other persons of Tyre who were connected with Israel. 1. King of Tyre (Heb. Hirām; Hirām in I Reg. 5:24; Hirām in I Par. 14:1 qērē),…
Hiroshima, Apostolic Vicariate of(HIROSHIMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VI, p. 845 HIROSHIMA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE. — In Japan, on the island of Hon-Shū. It was erected by an apostolic brief of 2 May 1923 and entrusted to the fathers of the…
Hirscher, Johann BaptistVol. VI, p. 845 HIRSCHER, JOHANN BAPTIST. — Theologian, born at Altergarten (Ravensburg) on 20 January 1788, died at Freiburg in Br. on 4 September 1865. He studied theology…
Hispano-American Literature(ISPANO-AMERICANA, LETTERATURA)Vol. VII, p. 199 HISPANO-AMERICAN, LITERATURE. – It comprises the literary production of the various American nations of Spanish language and developed in three phases: the…
Historia Augusta (Scriptores Historiae Augustae)(STORIA AUGUSTA (SCRIPTORES HISTORIAE AUGUSTAE))Vol. XI, p. 841 STORIA AUGUSTA (Scriptores Historiae Augustae). — This is a collection of variously manipulated biographies of the emperors and Caesars from Adriano to…
Historical Archive of the Society of Jesus(ARCHIVUM HISTORICUM SOCIETATIS IESU)Vol. I, p. 1088 ARCHIVUM HISTORICUM SOCIETATIS IESU. – A biannual periodical published in Rome by the College of Historians of the Society of Jesus (Collegium scriptorum de…
Historical Franciscan Archive(ARCHIVUM FRANCISCANUM HISTORICUM)Vol. I, p. 1088 ARCHIVUM FRANCISCANUM HISTORICUM. - Quarterly periodical for Franciscan history, begun in 1908 by the College of S. Bonaventura at Quaracchi near Florence…
Historical Journal of Italian Literature(GIORNALE STORICO DELLA LETTERATURA ITALIANA)Vol. VI, p. 292 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…
Historical Materialism(MATERIALISMO STORICO)Vol. VIII, p. 247 HISTORICAL MATERIALISM. – The term historical materialism (m. s.) is commonly used to designate the materialist conception of history, founded by C. Marx and…
Historical Note(CENNO STORICO)Vol. III, p. 903 HISTORICAL OUTLINE. — c. has been known since antiquity, and it may be said to have been cultivated at all times and among all the most important ethnic…
Historical Review(RIVISTA STORICO)Vol. X, p. 604 RIVISTA STORICO - CRITICA DELLE SCIENZE TEOLOGICHE. - A monthly periodical, founded in 1905 by Fr. G. Bonaccorsi (v.) and subsequently directed by E. Buonaiuti…
Historical Societies and Deputations(SOCIETÀ E DEPUTAZIONI DI STORIA PATRIA)Vol. XI, p. 520 SOCIETÀ E DEPUTAZIONI DI STORIA PATRIA. — Cultural institutions whose principal purpose is the investigation and publication of historical sources relating to…
Historiography(STORIOGRAFIA)Vol. XI, p. 842 STORIOGRAFIA. – Exposition of the complex of human events in their concrete configuration within space-time coordinates. I. GREECE and ROME. – In 6th-century…
Historisches JahrbuchVol. VI, p. 845 HISTORISCHES JAHRBUCH. - A periodical of historical culture, published in Münster by the historical section of the Görresgesellschaft since 1880, under the…
History(STORIA)Vol. XI, p. 491 STORIA. - The Sloveni (Sclaueni, Stlauene of ancient texts), as the westernmost fraction of those (from K. Hielscher, Jugoslavien, Berlino BR, pl. II) SLOVENIA…
History, Philosophy Of(STORIA, FILOSOFIA DELLA)Vol. XI, p. 837 HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY OF. — It is the understanding of the course of human events in the overall development of civilization. OUTLINE: I. General conception. —…
Histriones(ISTRIONI)Vol. VII, p. 230 HISTRIONES. — From the Latin histrio -onis (also minus), that is, comedian or mime, the actor in the Roman theater was so designated. Their original homeland…
Hitler, AdolfVol. VI, p. 845 HITLER, ADOLF. – German politician, b. 20 Apr. 1889 at Braunau, on the borders of Austria and Germany, d. 30 Apr. 1945 in Berlin. He went to Vienna to study…
Hittites(HITTITI)Vol. VI, p. 846 HITTITI. – A people now well known after the texts from el-‘Amarnah and Boghazkój, often mentioned in the Bible (Hebr. Hēth, plur. Hittim; also bēnē Hēth;…
Hittorp, MelchiorVol. VI, p. 848 HITTORP, MELCHIOR. - Liturgist, canon of S. Maria ad Gradus and, from 1583, dean of the collegiate church of S. Cuniberto; born at Colonia c. 1525, died there…
Hitze, FranzVol. VI, p. 848 HITZE, FRANZ. - German Catholic politician and sociologist. Born 16 March 1851 at Hänemicke (Westphalia), he was ordained a priest in 1878. In 1880 he was…
