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Iraq (IRĀQ)
Arab state of western Asia, comprising the lower basins of the Tigris and Euphrates and part of the neighboring Syrian and Arabian deserts. SUMMARY: I.… -
Ireland (IRLANDA)
Officially called, from the Gaelic, Eire. SUMMARY: I. Geography. - II. Civil and religious history. - III. Juridical status of the Church and school system. -… -
Ireland, John
The most popular of the American bishops, alongside Card. Gibbons, b. at Burnchurch (Ireland) on Sept. 11, 1838, d. at St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sept. 25, 1918.… -
Irenaeus, Saint (IRENEO, SANTO)
Bishop of Lyon, b. ca. 135-40, d. ca. 200; feast on 28 June. I. LIFE. - The historically certain data of the life of St. I. are few. In all probability he was… -
Irenaeus, Saint, Martyr (IRENEO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Bishop of Sirmium, he is commemorated on April 6 in the Hieronymian Martyrology, which records the true dies natalis. There exists a very ancient Passio… -
Irene of Portugal, Saint, Martyr (IRENE DI PORTOGALLO, SANTA, MARTIRE)
From the 7th century, commemorated on October 20 by the Roman Martyrology, her life presents legendary features. A nun in a monastery near Thomar (Portugal)… -
Irene, Saint, Martyr (IRENE, SANTA, MARTIRE)
IRENE, santa, martire: v. AGAPE, IRENE and CHIONE, saints, martyrs. -
Irénikon
A quarterly review, published since 1926 (from 1941 to 1945 replaced by a few issues under the title: Questions sur l'Eglise et son unité, published at… -
Iringa, Apostolic Vicariate of (IRINGA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in British East Africa, in the southern part of Tanganyika north of Lake Nyassa, and is entrusted to the Institute of the Consolata Missions. It… -
Irish Ecclesiastical Record
Monthly review published in Dublin, founded by Cardinal Cullen in 1864 and first appearing the following year. It suffered an interruption in the period… -
Irish Monthly
Irish Catholic monthly review, founded in July 1873, intended for the laity and rich in various contributions presented in a lucid and brilliant style. It… -
Irish Script and Illumination (IRLANDESE SCRITTURA E MINIATURA)
IRLANDESE SCRITTURA E MINIATURA: V. INSULARE SCRITTURA E MINIATURA. -
Irmos (Eirmos) (IRMO (ΕἸΡΜΌΣ))
It is a rhythmic composition of a chant according to a determined meter, which serves as a model for linking (εἴρω) to it a series of strophes or troparia of… -
Irnerius (IRNERIO)
Bolognese jurist (11th-12th centuries). With him began, through the Studium of Bologna and the school of the glossators, the whole renewal of studies aimed at… -
Irrationalism (IRRAZIONALISMO)
A term whose meaning is not easily pinned down, given the many senses it has taken on in the history of philosophy and especially in modern and contemporary… -
Irredentism (IRREDENTISMO)
Irredentism, an almost exclusively Italian phenomenon, was, more than a doctrine, a political movement animated predominantly by sentimental motives and… -
Irregularity (IRREGOLARITÀ)
Irregularity is a perpetual canonical impediment which, for the decorum of the sacred ministry, forbids in the first place the lawful reception of Orders… -
Irreligion (IRRELIGIOSITÀ)
The term is to be understood not only in a privative sense (areligiosity), that is, as the attitude of one who by habit practices no religion, but principally… -
Irresponsibility (IRRESPONSABILITÀ)
IRRESPONSABILITÀ: v. RESPONSABILITÀ. -
Irsina (formerly Montepeloso) (IRSINA (GIÀ MONTEPELOSO))
In the province of Matera. The antiquity of the Church is not supported by any document. Through the alternation of dominations, it always remained faithful to… -
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 parish of St.…