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Isaac (ISACCO)
Son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Jacob and Esau. He is the second of the great patriarchs of the Jewish people. In Sacred Scripture he is presented as the… -
Isaac (ISACCO)
First katholikòs of Persia, that is, hierarchical head of all the bishops of that empire, d. in 410. He was installed in the see of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the… -
Isaac ben Solomon Israeli (ISACCO BEN SALOMON ISRAELI)
Jewish philosopher, b. in Egypt ca. 865, d. at Tunis ca. 955. He practiced medicine at the court of the caliphs of Qayrawān. A capable physician and a mere… -
Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of the East (ISACCO II, ANGELO, IMPERATORE D'ORIENTE)
He was emperor twice, from 1185 to 1195 and, with the help of the Latins, from Aug. 1203 until Jan. 1204. His government was very turbulent. He obtained the… -
Isaac Jogues, Saint (ISACCO JOGUES, SANTO)
ISACCO JOGUES, santo: v. CANADO-AMERICANI, MARTIRI. -
Isaac of Amida (ISACCO DI AMIDA)
Syriac writer of the 4th or 5th century, of whom it is not known whether he is the same as Isaac of Antioch or different from him. Others, on the other hand… -
Isaac of Antioch (ISACCO DI ANTIOCHIA)
Also called the Great, who according to some would be identical with Isaac of Amida. It is known from Gennadius that he was a very prolific writer (De vir.… -
Isaac of Edessa (ISACCO DI EDESSA)
According to James of Edessa there would be two I. of E., one a Monophysite of the second half of the 5th century and another who would later have become… -
Isaac of Nineveh (ISACCO DI NINIVE)
Syriac spiritual author of the 7th century, born at Bēth Qatrāyē and later consecrated bishop of Nineveh by the Nestorian katholikās George I (658-80). After a… -
Isaac of Stella (ISACCO DELLA STELLA)
Cistercian abbot and theologian, b. in England at the beginning of the 12th century, d. in the monastery of Stella (near Poitiers) ca. 1169. A monk of Stella… -
Isaac, Saint (ISACCO, SANTO)
Abbot of Monteluco. A native of Syria, he came to Italy in the first half of the 6th century, to escape the machinations of the Monophysites. Having settled on… -
Isaac, Saint (ISACCO, SANTO)
Abbot of Constantinople, lived in the 4th century and died between 406 and 425. He founded the first monastery of Constantinople and had St. Dalmatius (v.) as… -
Isaac the Great, Saint Armenian (ISACCO IL GRANDE, SANTO ARMENO)
ISACCO il GRANDE, santo armeno: v. SAHAK. -
Isaak (Izac), Heinrich
Flemish composer, b. ca. 1450, d. in Florence in 1517. He lived first at the court of Ferrara, then was organist and chapel master at St. John's and at the… -
Isabella II, Queen of Spain (ISABELLA II, REGINA DI SPAGNA)
B. 10 Oct. 1830 in Madrid, d. 9 Apr. 1904 in Paris. Daughter of Ferdinand VII and Maria Christina, she lost her father at the age of three. Before dying… -
Isabella of France, Blessed (ISABELLA DI FRANCIA, BEATA)
Daughter of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, sovereigns of France, b. in March 1225 and d. 23 Feb. 1270. Having refused ostentatious offers of marriage, with… -
Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Castile (ISABELLA LA CATTOLICA, REGINA DI CASTIGLIA)
Born 22 Apr. 1451 at Madrigal de las Altas Torres, died 26 Nov. 1504 at Medina del Campo. Daughter of John II of Castile and of Isabella of Portugal, in 1469… -
Isaia da Pisa
Sculptor active in Rome and Naples around the middle of the 15th century. In 1447 in Rome he was charged, as the successor of Filarete, with the completion of… -
Isaia d'Este
Lateran regular canon, died in the early years of the sixteenth century, also called "of Padua," according to the custom of the Lateranenses of preferring the… -
Isaias (ISAIA)
Ascetic writer, not to be confused with the Egyptian monk Isaiah of the 4th century, of whom Rufinus speaks (Hist. monach., 10: PL 21, 428 f.; cf. E.… -
Isaias (ISAIA)
The major of the writing prophets of the Old Testament (8th century B.C.). I. THE PROPHET. - Isaiah's activity is intimately connected with the history of the… -
Isauria
It is the westernmost province of the patriarchate of Antioch, and in the ecclesiastical geography of the Byzantine era it comprises only a part of the earlier… -
Isboseth
The only one of Saul's (v.) four sons surviving after the day of Gilboa (v.). His original name 'Īl-ba'al (I Chron. 8:34), "man of the Lord," was later… -
Iscariot (ISCARIOTA)
ISCARIOTA: v. GIUDA ISCARIOTA. -
Ischia, Diocese of (ISCHIA, DIOCESI DI)
Founded in the 12th century on the largest of the islands in the Gulf of Naples; area 46.3 sq km; entirely Catholic population of 53,000 inhabitants; 6… -
Isenbiehl, Johann Lorenz
Catholic exegete and Orientalist, b. in 1744 at Heiligenstadt (Eichsfeld), d. on 26 December 1818 at Östrich (Rheingau). A parish priest at Göttingen, he… -
Isenburg, Diether von
Archbishop of Mainz, b. in 1412, d. on 7 May 1482 at Aschaffenburg. Elected archbishop of Mainz in 1459, he did not receive the confirmation of Pius II. He… -
Isernia and Venafro, Diocese of (ISERNIA E VENAFRO, DIOCESI DI)
United dioceses, suffragan of Capua, in Campania. Over an area of 714 sq km there is a population of 53,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, with 41 parishes, 68… -
Ishtar (ISTAR)
Principal female divinity of the pantheon of the Babylonians and Assyrians, as well as of numerous other stocks of ancient western Asia, although not all of… -
Isidore (ISIDORO)
Metropolitan of Kiev (1436-58); cardinal bishop of Sabina (1439-63), united patriarch of Constantinople (1459-63). Born at Mesembria in Greece, he was a monk… -
Isidore of Alexandria, Saint (ISIDORO DI ALESSANDRIA, SANTO)
Solitary of Mount Nitria, b. in 319 and d. in 404. He was a disciple of St. Anthony the Hermit and a companion of St. Macarius. Together with St. Athanasius he… -
Isidore of Chios, Saint, Martyr (ISIDORO DI CHIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
A soldier belonging to the fleet of Alexandria at the time of the emperor Decius, with the rank of adjutant (optio) for the grain distributions. A short time… -
Isidore of Miletus (ISIDORO DI MILETO)
Name of two architects. I. THE ELDER was active during the 6th century in Constantinople, together with Anthemius of Tralles; placed in a subordinate position… -
Isidore of Pelusium, Saint (ISIDORO DI PELUSIO, SANTO)
Ecclesiastical writer, born, according to a notice reported by Photius, in Alexandria in the 2nd half of the 4th century. Of a noble and wealthy family, he… -
Isidore of Seville, Saint (ISIDORO DI SIVIGLIA, SANTO)
I. LIFE. - Born ca. 560, died 636. Son of an illustrious Hispano-Roman family (though his mother was perhaps of Gothic stock) that gave the Church and Spain… -
Isidore the Farmer, Saint (ISIDORO L'AGRICOLTORE, SANTO)
Also called I. of Madrid, b. around 1070 and d. 15 May 1130 in Madrid. He practiced the trade of a farmer in an exemplary manner, devoted at the same time to a… -
Isidore the Gnostic (ISIDORO GNOSTICO)
Son and disciple of Basilides. He wrote the following books: On the Growing Soul (Περὶ προφανῶς ψυχῆς; cf. Clement of Alexandria, Strom., II, 20, 113); Ethics… -
Isidoro Mercator
ISIDORO MERCATOR: v. PSEUDO-ISIDORO. -
Isis (ISIDE)
I. GENERALITIES. - The best-known Egyptian female deity. Her original cult center was the Delta, perhaps the city of Buto. Ancient testimonies reveal her… -
Islam (ISLÂM)
Religion founded by Muhammad (v.) in Arabia in the 7th century A.D. The name i. means in Arabic "dedication" to God. From it derives Islamism, while from the… -
Isla y Rojo, José Francisco de
Jesuit, preacher and satirical writer, b. at Vidanes in 1703, d. on 2 November 1781 at Bologna, where he had moved following the expulsion of his Order from… -
Ismael
Son of Abraham and of Hagar, Sarah's slave. The circumstances of his birth are read in Gen. 16. Sarah, Abraham's wife, having no offspring and being of a very… -
Ismaelites (ISMAELITI)
Thus are called, from the name of their father, the descendants of Ishmael. He had 12 sons, presented in the Bible as the ancestors of 12 Arab tribes… -
Ismahel
A name identical, in Hebrew, to Ishmael (Jihad'e'l); but the Vulgate, for the most part, slightly distinguishes the son of Abraham (Ismael) from the other… -
Isnard, Étienne (ISNARD, ETIENNE)
Theologian, canonist and historian, b. at Toulon on 17 Jan. 1578, d. there on 24 Oct. 1656. He entered the Order of Minims at Aix in Provence in 1607. After… -
Isnardo da Chiampo, Blessed (ISNARDO DA CHIAMPO, BEATO)
Dominican (also I. da Vicenza or da Pavia), b. at Chiampo (Vicenza) toward the end of the 12th century, d. at Pavia on 19 March 1244. Having taken the habit of… -
Išō'dēnaḥ
Nestorian metropolitan of Bāšrā, who lived in the 9th century. He composed the Book of Chastity, that is, a florilegium of brief biographies of ascetics who… -
Isola di Capo Rizzuto
Suppressed diocese. The small town of I. on the Ionian Sea, a little south of Crotone, was an episcopal see from the 9th century. The Byzantines, creating from… -
Isolani, Isidoro de
Dominican writer, b. in Milan probably between 1477 and 1480 and d. around the middle of 1528. He taught successively at Pavia (1513), Verona (1515), Milan… -
Isorelli, Dionisio
Musician, b. in Parma in 1544, d. in Rome on 21 April 1632. After having served at the court of the Medici in Florence as an organizer of spectacles (for… -
Išoʿ Bar Nūn (IŠŌ' BAR NŪN)
Nestorian Katholikos, elected in 823 at the age of 80 and d. in 828. He wrote: Questions on Holy Scripture, a juridical work Canons and Laws, some homilies… -
Išoʿbokt (IŠŌ'BŌKT)
Nestorian metropolitan of Réwardāšir (Persia), who lived in the 8th century. He is the author of an important juridical work in 6 books on the ecclesiastical… -
Išoʿdād of Merv (IŠŌ'DĀD DI MERW)
Nestorian bishop of Hēdattā. Born at Merw, he lived in the 9th century. Inspired by Theodore of Mopsuestia, he wrote a commentary on the Old and New… -
Išoʿjahb II (IŠŌ'JAHB II)
Nestorian Katholikos, b. at Gēdālā, consecrated in 628 and d. between 643 and 644. In a time troubled by the wars between the Persians and Heraclius and by the… -
Israel
Originally a surname of Jacob, then the name of the people descended from his 12 sons. God changed the name of the patriarch Jacob (v.) to I. (Gen. 32:28).… -
Israel (ISRAELE)
Official name assumed by the independent Jewish State that replaced the British Mandate over Palestine in 1948. (prepr. Enc. Cest.) ISRAEL. - 1) State borders… -
Issachar
Ninth son of Jacob, fifth of Leah, whose name Jiššāhār in the qērē perpetuum corresponds to "hired man" or "there is the reward"; in the qēthibh "He [God]… -
Issop (ISSOPO)
A small plant that was used for sprinkling in Hebrew rites. Hyssop is already mentioned in Ex. 12:22, where the Israelite doors in Egypt are spoken of as… -
Istanzio
Among the disciples of Priscillian, the bishop I. deserves special attention because the 11 treatises discovered by G. Schepss and published in CSEL, 18 (1889)… -
Iste Confessor Domini, Colentes
Hymn of Vespers in the Office of the Common of confessor pontiffs and non-pontiffs, whose author and date are unknown: it is found in manuscripts from as early… -
Iste Quem Laeti Colimus Fideles
Hymn of Lauds for the feast of St. Joseph, written, like the others of the same feast, by Fr. Giovanni della Concezione (Juan Escalar), Discalced Carmelite… -
Istonio
ISTONIO : v. CHIETI e VASTO, ARCIDIOCESI di. -
Istria
I. HISTORY. - The characteristic inhabited sites in prehistoric Istria are the castellieri, which appear in the Bronze Age; they are rings of walls generally…