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Iraq(IRĀQ)Vol. VII, p. 131 IRĀQ. – Arab state of Western Asia, comprising the lower basins of the Tigris and Euphrates and part of the adjoining Syrian and Arabian deserts. SUMMARY: I.…
Ireland(IRLANDA)Vol. VII, p. 138 IRELAND. - Officially called, from the Gaelic, Eire. SUMMARY: I. Geography. - II. Civil and Religious History. - III. Legal Status of the Church and…
Ireland, JohnVol. VII, p. 134 IRELAND, JOHN. - The most popular of the American bishops, alongside card. Gibbons, b. at Burnchurch (Ireland) on 11 Sept. 1838, d. at St Paul, Minnesota, on…
Irenaeus, Saint, Martyr(IRENEO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. VII, p. 134 IRENEO, saint, martyr. – Bishop of Sirmium, he is commemorated on 6 April in the Hieronymian Martyrology, which gives the actual dies natalis. There exists a…
Irene of Portugal, Saint, Martyr(IRENE DI PORTOGALLO, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. VII, p. 134 IRENE di PORTOGALLO, saint, martyr. – Of the seventh century, commemorated on 20 October in the Roman Martyrology, her life bears legendary features. A nun in…
Irene, Saint, Martyr(IRENE, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. VII, p. 134 IRENE, saint, martyr: v. AGAPE, IRENE e CHIONE, sante, martiri.
Iringa, Apostolic Vicariate of(IRINGA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VII, p. 138 IRINGA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE di. - It is situated in British East Africa, in the southern part of Tanganyika north of Lake Nyassa, and is entrusted to the…
Irish Ecclesiastical RecordVol. VII, p. 138 IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL RECORD. – Monthly journal published in Dublin, founded by Cardinal Cullen in 1864 and first appearing the following year. It underwent an…
Irish MonthlyVol. VII, p. 138 IRISH MONTHLY. — Irish Catholic monthly journal, founded in July 1873, intended for laypeople and rich in various contributions presented in a lucid and…
Irish Script and Illumination(IRLANDESE SCRITTURA E MINIATURA)Vol. VII, p. 146 IRLANDESE SCRITTURA E MINIATURA: V. INSULARE SCRITTURA E MINIATURA.
IRMO (EIRMOS)(IRMO (ΕἸΡΜΌΣ))Vol. VII, p. 146 IRMO (εἰρμός). – It is a rhythmic composition of a chant according to a given metre, which serves as a model for joining (εἴρω) to it a series of strophes or…
Irnerius(IRNERIO)Vol. VII, p. 146 IRNERIO. – Bolognese jurist (12th century). With him, together with the Studium of Bologna and the school of the glossators, began the entire renewal of…
Irrationalism(IRRAZIONALISMO)Vol. VII, p. 147 IRRAZIONALISMO. – A term whose meaning is not easily definable because of the many senses it has acquired in the history of philosophy and, above all, in…
Irredentism(IRREDENTISMO)Vol. VII, p. 149 IRREDENTISMO. — I., a phenomenon that was almost exclusively Italian, was more than a doctrine: it was a political movement animated chiefly by sentimental…
Irregularity(IRREGOLARITÀ)Vol. VII, p. 150 IRREGULARITY. — Irregularity is a perpetual canonical impediment which, for the sake of the dignity of the sacred ministry, first of all forbids the licit…
Irreligion(IRRELIGIOSITÀ)Vol. VII, p. 152 IRRELIGIOSITY. - The term is to be understood not only in a privative sense (areligiosity), that is, as the attitude of one who, through habit, practises no…
Irresponsibility(IRRESPONSABILITÀ)Vol. VII, p. 152 IRRESPONSABILITÀ: v. RESPONSABILITÀ.
Irsina (formerly Montepeloso)(IRSINA (GIÀ MONTEPELOSO))Vol. VII, p. 152 IRSINA (formerly MONTEPELOSO). — In the province of Matera. The antiquity of the Church is supported by no document. Throughout the succession of dominations,…
Irving, EdwardVol. VII, p. 152 IRVING, EDWARD. – Protestant pastor, b. at Annan (Scotland) on 4 Aug. 1792, d. at Glasgow on 7 Dec. 1834. In 1819 he was appointed assistant to Chalmers in the…
IRÉNIKONVol. VII, p. 137 IRÉNIKON. — Quarterly journal, published from 1926 (from 1941 to 1945 replaced by several issues under the title: Questions sur l'Eglise et son unité,…
