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HY: v. IONA. -
Hyacinth (Brugiotti) of Vetralla (GIACINTO (BRUGIOTTI) DA VETRALLA)
Capuchin missionary of the Roman province, b. at Vetralla on 23 Jan. 1601; at the age of 24 he entered the Order; preacher, provincial definitor, prefect of… -
Hyacinth of Casale Monferrato (GIACINTO DA CASALE MONFERRATO)
Born at Casale to the counts Natta on 21 January 1575, died there on 18 January 1627. He studied letters at Pavia, sciences at Salamanca, and law at Bologna… -
Hyacinth of Troina (GIACINTO DA TROINA)
GIACINTO da TROINA: v. CHIAVETTA, GIACINTO. -
Hyacinth, Saint (GIACINTO, SANTO)
Dominican, of a noble Polish family, perhaps the Odrowaz, b. at Gross-Stein in Silesia toward the end of the 12th century, d. at Kraków on 15 August 1257.… -
Hyacinth, Saint, Martyr (GIACINTO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
GIACINTO, santo, martire: v. PROTO and HYACINTH, saints, martyrs. -
Hydatius (Idatius) (IDAZIO (HYDATIUS))
Bishop of Merida, d. before 392. One of the most zealous opponents of Priscillian and his followers. He brought the accusation against the heretic before Pope… -
Hyderabad, Diocese of (HYDERABAD, DIOCESI DI)
The present diocese of H. is merely a reduction of the ancient apostolic vicariate of the same name, established on 16 March 1845 and definitively erected on… -
Hydroparastates (IDROPARASTATI)
From the Greek ὅθωρ = water, and παραστατέω (cf. παρλατημα) = I stand beside, and therefore: I defend, is the name that occurs in Theodoret (Haer. fab., 1, 20)… -
Hygiene (IGIENE)
Hygiene (ὕγλεια = health) may be defined as the science and practice of health. Its fundamental purpose is the prolongation of human life, through the physical… -
Hyginus, Pope, Saint (IGINO, PAPA, SANTO)
He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on January 11 as a martyr, but no ancient source knows of or recalls his martyrdom. The exact time of his… -
Hyksos
With this term (Yakāc) Manetho designates the chieftains of Asiatic tribes who invaded Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom, settling in the Delta where… -
Hylemorphism (ILEMORFISMO)
From ὅλη (matter) and μορφή (form), it indicates the philosophical theory, due to Plato and Aristotle, which holds that corporeal substance is composed of an… -
Hylozoism (ILOZOISMO)
From ὕλη, matter, and ζωή, life, it is the theory that recognizes in matter as such a form of life. In the ancients, hylozoism coincides with panpsychism (πάν… -
Hymeneus (IMENEO (ἸΗΦΆΝΕΩΣ))
Propagator of false doctrines, mentioned by St. Paul in 1 Tim. 1:19-20 and in 2 Tim. 2:17-18. In the first of these passages the error is denounced in a rather… -
Hymnography (INNOGRAFIA)
By hymn is meant a lyric poem sung in honor of God, the Virgin or the saints. In the early Church the fundamental religious poetry consisted of the Psalms and… -
Hyperdulia (IPERDULIA)
IPERDULIA : v. CULTO. -
Hypnotics (IPNOTICI)
All those agents that induce or provoke sleep by depressing the excitability of nerve cells or by bringing about transient changes in the cerebral blood… -
Hypnotism (IPNOTISMO)
From ὕπνος = sleep. This name (synonyms: animal magnetism, mesmerism) designates a state of suspension of the individual's consciousness, bound to a kind of… -
Hypocrisy (IPOCRISIA)
From ὑποκρισία, it means etymologically fiction: in the real sense it indicates the simulation of goodness, humility, holiness in order to hide one's own… -
Hypogeum (IPOGEO)
IPOGEO: v. CRIPTA. -
Hypomania (IPOMANIA)
IPOMANIA: v. PSICOSI AFFETTIVA. -
Hypostasis (IPOSTASI)
It is the transcription of the Greek word ὑπόστασις, which has the same etymology as the Latin words substantia, subsistentia, suppositum, and literally means… -
Hypostatic Union (UNIONE IPOSTATICA)
Dogmatic expression that refers exclusively to Jesus Christ considered in his intimate structure as God-Man, a theandric subject, in whom the divine nature and… -
Hypothesis (IPOTESI)
A logical term indicating a proposition laid down as the foundation of a reasoning in the search for the explanation of a fact, or also as a doubtful but… -
Hypsistarians (IPSISTARIANI (HYPSISTARIANI))
A sect of the 4th century widespread in Cappadocia, but whose existence as late as the 9th century is recalled by Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinople… -
Hyrcanus I (IRCANO I)
IRCANO I: v. GIOVANNI IRCANO. -
Hyrcanus II (IRCANO II)
High priest and ethnarch-king of the Jews from 63 to 40 B.C. He was the son of Alexander Jannaeus and Queen Alexandra, who during her reign (76-67) appointed… -
Hysteria (Morbus Sacer) (ISTERISMO (MAL CADUCO, MORBUS SACER))
A psychoneurosis characterized by particular anomalies of the neuro-psychological equilibrium, of temperament, and of character, which, variously combining and…