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Ica, Diocese of (ICA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Peru, erected as an episcopal see by Pope Pius XII on 10 Aug. 1946 with the apostolic constitution Ad maiorem Christifidelium utilitatem… -
Iceland (ISLANDA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - It is the largest European island after Great Britain (102,819 sq. km.; more than four times the size of Sicily); it lies about 900-950 km.… -
Ichabod (ICHABOD)
Son of Phinehas and grandson of the high priest Eli (v.). In a clash with the Philistines, when the ark (v.) of the covenant was also captured (I Sam. 4:11)… -
Ichang [Yichang], Diocese of (ICHANG, DIOCESI DI)
Mission established on 11 Sept. 1870 by division of the apostolic vicariate of Hupeh, in central China (v. HANKOW). It then bore the name of apostolic… -
Ichow [Linyi], Diocese of (ICHOW, DIOCESI DI)
Erected as an apostolic vicariate on 1 July 1937 by division of the apostolic vicariate of Tsingtao, in the civil province of Shantung, in northern China, it… -
Ichthys
ICHTHYS : v. PESCE. -
Iconium (ICONIO)
A city of Asia Minor, on a fertile plain at the foot of Mount Taurus and near a small lake. Originally it belonged to Phrygia (Xenophon, An., I, 2, 19), but… -
Iconoclasm (ICONOCLASTIA)
Heresy of those who opposed the veneration of images of Jesus Christ and the saints, especially in the 8th-9th centuries. SUMMARY: I. Historical synthesis. -… -
Iconostasis (ICONÒSTASI)
From the Greek εἰκοναστάσων. In itself, it is any fixture on which an icon is hung or fastened (G. Codinus, De officiis Magnae Ecclesiae et Aulae… -
Icons (ICONE)
A Greek word meaning image, which has come into use to indicate portable paintings with sacred images from the early centuries, and generally those of the…