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Ica, Diocese Of(ICA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 892 ICA, DIOCESI di. – City and diocese of Peru, erected as an episcopal see by Pope Pius XII on 10 August 1946 by the apostolic constitution Ad maiorem…
Iceland(ISLANDA)Vol. VII, p. 193 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…
Ichabod (Heb. 'L'ābhōdh "Without glory")(ICHABOD (EBR. 'L'ĀBHŌDH «SENZA GLORIA»))Vol. VI, p. 892 ICHABOD (Hebr. 'l'ābhōdh “without glory”). - Son of Phinees and grandson of the high priest Eli (v.). In an encounter with the Philistines, when the ark (v.)…
Ichang, Diocese of(ICHANG, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 895 ICHANG, DIOCESE of. — Mission established on 11 September 1870 through the division of the apostolic vicariate of Hupeh, in central China (v. HANKOW). It was…
Ichow, Diocese Of(ICHOW, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 895 ICHOW, DIOCESE of. — Erected as an apostolic vicariate on 1 July 1937 through the division of the apostolic vicariate of Tsingtao, in the civil province of…
Iconium(ICONIO)Vol. VI, p. 897 ICONIO. - A city of Asia Minor, situated on a fertile plain at the foot of Mount Taurus and near a small lake. Originally it belonged to Phrygia (Xenophon,…
Iconoclasm(ICONOCLASTIA)Vol. VI, p. 897 ICONOCLASTIA. — Heresy of those who opposed the veneration of images of Jesus Christ and the saints, especially in the 8th and 9th centuries. SUMMARY: I.…
Iconography(ICOMOGRAFIA)Vol. VI, p. 315 ICOMOGRAPHY. — From the documents of the trial of G. d'A. it is known that she never had herself portrayed: there is therefore no image that faithfully…
Iconostasis(ICONÒSTASI)Vol. VI, p. 902 ICONÒSTASI. – From the Greek εἰκοναστάσων. In itself, it is any structure on which an icon is hung or fixed (G. Codinus, De officiis Magnae Ecclesiae et Aulae…
Icons(ICONE)Vol. VI, p. 895 ICON. — A Greek word meaning image, which has entered usage to designate portable paintings with sacred images from the early centuries, and generally those of…
