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Itacius (ITACIO)
ITACIO: V. IDAZIO. -
Itala
Title by which the ancient Latin version of the Bible, earlier than the Vulgate (v.), was for a long time called. Now this terminology has been replaced by… -
Italian Catholic Action (A. C. I.) (AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA (A. C. I.))
It is the national organization of the Catholic laity for a special and direct collaboration with the hierarchical apostolate of the Church. It is therefore… -
Italian Catholic Action Female Youth (GIOVENTÙ ITALIANA FEMMINILE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)
It is one of the branches of Italian Catholic Action (A.C.I.), which gathers unmarried women up to the age of 30. I. ORGANIZATION. - Founded in 1918 in Milan… -
Italian Catholic Action Male Youth (GIOVENTÙ ITALIANA MASCHILE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)
Current name (1931) of the men's group, whose original name was Gioventù cattolica italiana (G. C. I.), which was the cradle of Catholic Action in Italy and is… -
Italian Catholic Electoral Union (UNIONE ELETTORALE CATTOLICA ITALIANA)
An organization established after the suppression of the Opera dei Congressi (v.) on the basis of the encyclical Il fermo proposito (11 June 1905) and the… -
Italian Catholic Society for Scientific Studies (SOCIETÀ CATTOLICA ITALIANA PER GLI STUDI SCIENTIFICI)
A nationally based association, established among Italian Catholics at the beginning of the century, for the purpose of promoting «by every means science in… -
Italian Catholic Union of Technicians (UNIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA TECNICI)
UNIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA TECNICI: v. OPERE CATTOLICHE COORDINATE ALL'AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA. -
Italian Catholic University Federation (F.U.C.I.) (FEDERAZIONE UNIVERSITARIA CATTOLICA ITALIANA (F.U.C.I.))
The very title of federation indicates an association of bodies that share common aims and a homogeneity of members. University circles appeared early in… -
Italian Catholic Yearbook (ANNUARIO CATTOLICO ITALIANO)
Annual series published in Rome from 1922 to 1938 (a single volume covers the years 1936 and 1937). The initiative was undertaken by the Secretariat of Culture… -
Italian Historical Archive (ARCHIVIO STORICO ITALIANO)
Florentine journal, founded in 1841, in years of general reinvigoration of historical studies, by a Genevan who had already made himself a promoter of the… -
Italian Modern School (SCUOLA ITALIANA MODERNA)
It is the oldest and most widely circulated magazine of Italian teachers, conceived in 1891 and first published in 1893 by G. Tovini (v.), so that it might… -
Italian People’s Party (PARTITO POPOLARE ITALIANO)
Political party, arisen after the First World War, with a strong democratic content, inspired by the doctrines of the Christian social school. I. ORIGIN. - It… -
Italian Protestant Churches (CHIESE PROTESTANTI ITALIANE)
The so-called Italian Protestant Churches, some of which continued their feeble existence down to our own days, are the following: 1) The "Independent Church"… -
Italian Risorgimento (RISORGIMENTO ITALIANO)
The very term R. brings us back to the literary and > (photo National Photo Cabinet) > RISORGIMENTO ITALIANO - A detail of the Mazzini Room. On display are the… -
Italian Sports Center (C.S.I.) (CENTRO SPORTIVO ITALIANO (C.S.I.))
It is a work willed by the General Directorate of the A.C.I. and promoted by the Gioventù italiana d'azione cattolica, with the "purpose of disciplining… -
Italian Women's Center (C.I.F.) (CENTRO ITALIANO FEMMINILE (C.I.F.))
It is a federation of women's forces inspired by Christian principles for constructive and harmonious action in all sectors of civil and social life (art. 1 of… -
Italian Youth (GIOVENTÙ ITALICA)
Journal published under the care of the Gioventù Italiana di Azione Cattolica from May 1912 — when it took over the legacy of La Parola, a monthly journal… -
Italic Gens (ITALICA GENS)
Federation of the Italian clergy for the assistance of national communities residing in transoceanic countries, founded in 1909. The institution is a branch of… -
Italo-Albanians (ITALO-ALBANESI)
This is the name given to those Italian citizens who live in the municipalities (more than a hundred) whose Albanian origin can be documented, founded in Italy… -
Italo-Byzantine Rite (ITALO-BIZANTINO, RITO)
It can be divided into two branches, the Italo-Greek and the Italo-Albanian. By the first designation is meant that rite introduced or renewed in Sicily and… -
Italo-Greeks (ITALO-GRECI)
These are the Greeks or Byzantines — merchants, ecclesiastics, soldiers, public officials — who moved to southern Italy and Sicily after their conquest by… -
Italy (ITALIA)
The Italian region corresponds, within its natural boundaries, to that part of Europe which extends south of the Alpine arc, from the mouth of the Var to the… -
Italy, Franciscan (ITALIA FRANCESCANA, L')
Quarterly review of Franciscan culture, founded in 1926 and directed by Fr. Ottavio da Alatri, a Capuchin (d. 25 Sept. 1943); it was continued by the brethren… -
Italy Sacred (ITALIA SACRA)
Title given by the Cistercian Ferdinando Ughelli (v.), abbot of Sts. Vincent and Anastasius at Aquae Salviae (Rome), to his history of the Italian episcopal… -
Italy, The (ITALIA, L')
A Milanese Catholic daily newspaper founded on 22 June 1912. It was then, and remained, the expression of the unity of purpose of Lombard Catholics; indeed… -
Ite, Missa Est («Go, the dismissal is given») (ITE, MISSA EST («ANDATEVENE, C'È IL CONGEDO»))
The dismissal in the Roman Mass, pronounced by the celebrant (in the solemn Mass by the deacon), is attested for the first time in the Ordo of John… -
Iteration of the Sacraments (ITERAZIONE DEI SACRAMENTI)
From Lat. iterare (to do a second time), it is the repeated conferral of the Sacraments, made to the same subject. I. MORAL PRINCIPLES. - Sacraments that have… -
Ithamar (ITHAMAR)
Youngest son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23); consecrated priest together with his brothers and Aaron (Ex. 28:1, 4, 29); he supervised the making of the sacred furnishings… -
Itineraries (ITINERARI)
From iter, they are practical indicators of the road to be traveled in order to move from one place to another: sometimes, especially in the less ancient ones… -
Iturbide, Agustín (ITURBIDE, AUGUSTIN)
Emperor of Mexico, b. 27 Sept. 1783 at Valladolid (present-day Morelia), d. 19 July 1824 at Padilla. Having entered the army, he rose to the rank of general.… -
Iturea
Greek and Roman writers call Iturea the region occupied by the Itureans, a nomadic tribe descended from the Ishmaelite Jethur (Gen. 25:15), which migrated…