Hyacinth (Brugiotti) of Vetralla(GIACINTO (BRUGIOTTI) DA VETRALLA)Vol. VI, p. 208 GIACINTO (BRUGIOTTI) da VETRALLA. - Capuchin missionary of the Roman province, b. at Vetralla on 23 Jan. 1601; at the age of twenty-four he entered the Order;…
Hyacinth of Casale Monferrato(GIACINTO DA CASALE MONFERRATO)Vol. VI, p. 208 GIACINTO da CASALE MONFERRATO. — Born at Casale to the Natta counts on 21 January 1575; died there on 18 January 1627. He studied the humanities at Pavia, the…
Hyacinth of Troina(GIACINTO DA TROINA)Vol. VI, p. 208 GIACINTO da TROINA: v. CHIAVETTA, GIACINTO.
Hyacinth, Saint(GIACINTO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 208 GIACINTO, santo. – Dominican, of a noble Polish family, perhaps the Odrowaz, born at Gross-Stein in Silesia toward the end of the 12th century and died at…
Hyacinth, Saint, Martyr(GIACINTO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. VI, p. 208 GIACINTO, saint, martyr: v. PROTO and GIACINTO, santi, martiri.
Hydatius (Idatius)(IDAZIO (HYDATIUS))Vol. VI, p. 907 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…
Hyderabad, Diocese of(HYDERABAD, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 884 HYDERABAD, DIOCESE of. — The present diocese of H. is merely a reduction of the former apostolic vicariate of the same name, established on 16 March 1845 and…
Hydroparastates(IDROPARASTATI)Vol. VI, p. 921 IDROPARASTATI. — From the Greek ὅθωρ = water, and παραστατέω (cf. παρλατημα) = I stand beside, and hence: I defend; this is the name found in Theodoret (Haer.…
Hygiene(IGIENE)Vol. VI, p. 926 IGIENE. — Hygiene (ὕγλεια = health) may be defined as the science and practice of health. Its fundamental aim is the prolongation of human life through the…
Hyginus, Pope, Saint(IGINO, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 928 HYGINUS, POPE, saint. — He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on January 11 as a martyr, but no ancient source knows or recalls his martyrdom. The exact…
HyksosVol. VI, p. 884 HYKSOS. — By this term (Yakāc) Manetho designates the leaders of Asian tribes who invaded Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom, settling in the Delta, where,…
Hylemorphism(ILEMORFISMO)Vol. VI, p. 942 ILEMORFISMO. — From ὅλη (matter) and μορφή (form), it denotes the philosophical theory, due to Plato and Aristotle, which holds that corporeal substance is…
Hylozoism(ILOZOISMO)Vol. VI, p. 949 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…
Hymenaeus (Greek Hymenáios)(IMENEO (ἸΗΦΆΝΕΩΣ))Vol. VI, p. 952 IMENEO (Ἰηφάνεως). — Propagator of false doctrines, mentioned by St Paolo in I Tim. 1, 19 ff. and in II Tim. 2, 17 ff. In the first of these passages the error…
Hymnography(INNOGRAFIA)Vol. VII, p. 44 HYMNOGRAPHY. – A hymn is understood as a lyric poem sung in honor of God, the Virgin, or the saints. In the early Church, the foundational religious poetry…
Hypnotics(IPNOTICI)Vol. VII, p. 116 HYPNOTICS. – All those agents that induce or provoke sleep by depressing the excitability of nerve cells or bringing about transitory modifications of cerebral…
Hypnotism(IPNOTISMO)Vol. VII, p. 116 HYPNOTISM. — From ὕπνος = sleep. This is the name given (synonyms: animal magnetism, mesmerism) to a state of suspension of an individual’s consciousness,…
Hypocrisy(IPOCRISIA)Vol. VII, p. 120 HYPOCRISY. — From ὑποκρισία, it etymologically means fiction; in the proper sense, it denotes the simulation of goodness, humility, and holiness in order to…
Hypogeum(IPOGEO)Vol. VII, p. 120 IPOGEO: v. CRIPTA.
Hypomania(IPOMANIA)Vol. VII, p. 120 IPOMANIA: v. PSICOSI AFFETTIVA.
Hypostasis(IPOSTASI)Vol. VII, p. 120 IPOSTASI. — This is the transcription of the Greek word ὑπόστασις, which has the same etymology as the Latin words substantia, subsistentia, suppositum and…
Hypostatic Union(UNIONE IPOSTATICA)Vol. XII, p. 519 HYPOSTATIC UNION. – A dogmatic expression referring exclusively to Jesus Christ considered in his intimate structure as God-Man, a theandric subject, in whom…
Hypothesis(IPOTESI)Vol. VII, p. 122 HYPOTHESIS. – A logical term denoting a proposition placed at the foundation of a line of reasoning in the search for an explanation of a fact, or also a…
Hyrcanus I(IRCANO I)Vol. VII, p. 134 IRCANO I: v. GIOVANNI IRCANO.
Hyrcanus II(IRCANO II)Vol. VII, p. 134 IRCANO II. — High priest and ethnarch 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)…
Hysteria (Morbus Sacer)(ISTERISMO (MAL CADUCO, MORBUS SACER))Vol. VII, p. 213 HYSTERIA (FALLING SICKNESS, morbus sacer). - Psychoneurosis characterized by particular abnormalities of neuropsychological equilibrium, disposition, and…
