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Itacius(ITACIO)Vol. VII, p. 241 ITACIO: V. IDAZIO.
ItalaVol. VII, p. 241 ITALA. - Title by which the ancient Latin version of the Bible, preceding the Vulgate (v.), was for a long time known. This terminology has now been replaced…
Italian Catholic Action (A. C. I.)(AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA (A. C. I.))Vol. II, p. 360 AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA (A. C. I.) — It is the national organization of the Catholic laity for a special and direct collaboration with the hierarchical…
Italian Catholic Action Female Youth(GIOVENTÙ ITALIANA FEMMINILE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)Vol. VI, p. 396 GIOVENTÙ ITALIANA FEMMINILE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA. — It is one of the branches of Italian Catholic Action (A.C.I.), comprising unmarried women up to the age of…
Italian Catholic Action Male Youth(GIOVENTÙ ITALIANA MASCHILE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)Vol. VI, p. 399 ITALIAN MALE YOUTH OF CATHOLIC ACTION. - The present name (1931) of the male group, whose original name was Italian Catholic Youth (G. C. I.), which was the…
Italian Catholic Electoral Union(UNIONE ELETTORALE CATTOLICA ITALIANA)Vol. XII, p. 517 UNIONE ELETTORALE CATTOLICA ITALIANA. - Organization established after the suppression of the Opera dei Congressi (v.) on the basis of the encyclical Il fermo…
Italian Catholic Society for Scientific Studies(SOCIETÀ CATTOLICA ITALIANA PER GLI STUDI SCIENTIFICI)Vol. XI, p. 513 SOCIETÀ CATTOLICA ITALIANA PER GLI STUDI SCIENTIFICI. – Association on a national basis, established among Italian Catholics at the beginning of the century,…
Italian Catholic Union of Technicians(UNIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA TECNICI)Vol. XII, p. 506 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.))Vol. V, p. 675 FEDERAZIONE UNIVERSITARIA CATTOLICA ITALIANA (F.U.C.I.) — The very title of federation indicates an association of bodies sharing common aims and uniformity…
Italian Catholic Yearbook(ANNUARIO CATTOLICO ITALIANO)Vol. I, p. 839 ANNUARIO CATTOLICO ITALIANO. - Annual series published in Rome from 1922 to 1938 (a single volume covers the years 1936 and 1937). The initiative was…
Italian Guides(GUIDE ITALIANE)Vol. VI, p. 762 Guide Italiane - Attendamento della « squadriglia dei capi » a Castel Fusano. S. Giorgio 1949 - Roma. (by kind permission of Signora Laura Guidi)
Italian Historical Archive(ARCHIVIO STORICO ITALIANO)Vol. I, p. 1086 ARCHIVIO STORICO ITALIANO. — Florentine journal, founded in 1841, during a period of general revitalization in historical studies, by a Genevan who had already…
Italian Modern School(SCUOLA ITALIANA MODERNA)Vol. XI, p. 137 SCUOLA ITALIANA MODERNA. - It is the oldest and most widely circulated journal for Italian teachers, conceived in 1891 and first published in 1893 by G. Tovini…
Italian People’s Party(PARTITO POPOLARE ITALIANO)Vol. IX, p. 551 PARTITO POPOLARE ITALIANO. — Political party that arose after the First World War, with a strongly democratic character, inspired by the doctrines of the…
Italian Protestant Churches(CHIESE PROTESTANTI ITALIANE)Vol. III, p. 886 CHIESE PROTESTANTI ITALIANE. – The so-called C. p. i., some of which have continued their feeble existence down to our own day, are as follows: 1) The…
Italian Risorgimento(RISORGIMENTO ITALIANO)Vol. X, p. 570 RISORGIMENTO ITALIANO. - Il termine stesso di R. ci riporta alle aspirazioni letterarie ed (fot. Gab. fot. naz.) RISORGIMENTO ITALIANO - A detail of the…
Italian Sports Center (C.S.I.)(CENTRO SPORTIVO ITALIANO (C.S.I.))Vol. III, p. 760 CENTRO SPORTIVO ITALIANO (C.S.I.). – This is an initiative desired by the General Directorate of the A.C.I. and promoted by the Italian Catholic Action Youth,…
Italian Women's Center (C.I.F.)(CENTRO ITALIANO FEMMINILE (C.I.F.))Vol. III, p. 760 CENTRO ITALIANO FEMMINILE (C.I.F.). - It is a federation of Christian-inspired women’s forces for constructive and harmonious action in every sphere of civil…
Italian Youth(GIOVENTÙ ITALICA)Vol. VI, p. 401 GIOVENTÙ ITALICA. – Journal published under the auspices of the Gioventù Italiana di Azione Cattolica from May 1912—when it took over the legacy of La Parola,…
Italic Gens(ITALICA GENS)Vol. VII, p. 331 ITALICA GENS. - Federation of the Italian clergy for the assistance of national communities residing in transoceanic countries, founded in 1909. The…
Italo-Albanians(ITALO-ALBANESI)Vol. VII, p. 331 ITALO-ALBANIANS. – This is the name given to those Italian citizens who live in the municipalities (more than a hundred) whose Albanian origin can be…
Italo-Byzantine Rite(ITALO-BIZANTINO, RITO)Vol. VII, p. 333 ITALO-BYZANTINE RITE. – It may be divided into two branches, the Italo-Greek and the Italo-Albanian. The first designation refers to that rite introduced or…
Italo-Greeks(ITALO-GRECI)Vol. VII, p. 334 ITALO-GRECI. — These are the Greek or Byzantine merchants, ecclesiastics, soldiers, and public officials who moved to southern Italy and Sicily, conquered by…
Italy(ITALIA)Vol. VII, p. 241 ITALIA. - The Italian region corresponds, within its natural borders, to that part of Europe extending south of the Alpine arc, from the mouth of the Var to…
Italy Sacred(ITALIA SACRA)Vol. VII, p. 330 ITALIA SACRA. — Title given by the Cistercian Ferdinando Ughelli (v.), abbot of SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio ad Aquas Salvias (Rome), to his history of the Italian…
Italy, Franciscan(ITALIA FRANCESCANA, L')Vol. VII, p. 330 ITALIA FRANCESCANA, L'. — Quarterly journal of Franciscan culture, founded in 1926 and directed by Fr. Ottavio da Alatri, Capuchin (d. 25 September 1943); it…
Italy, The(ITALIA, L')Vol. VII, p. 330 ITALIA, L’. — Milanese Catholic daily founded on 22 June 1912. It was then, and remains, 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»))Vol. VII, p. 337 ITE, MISSA EST («Go, the dismissal is made»). – The dismissal in the Roman Mass, pronounced by the celebrant (in the solemn Mass by the deacon), is attested…
Iteration of the Sacraments(ITERAZIONE DEI SACRAMENTI)Vol. VII, p. 337 ITERATION OF THE SACRAMENTS. — From the Latin iterare (to do a second time), it is the repeated conferral of the Sacraments upon the same subject. I. MORAL…
Ithamar (Hebrew: 'Ithamār)(ITHAMAR (EBR.: 'ITHAMĀR'))Vol. VII, p. 339 ITHAMAR (Hebr.: 'Ithamār) – The last son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23); consecrated as a priest together with his brothers and Aaron (Ex. 28:1, 4, 29); he supervised the…
Itineraries(ITINERARI)Vol. VII, p. 338 ITINERARIES – Tabula Peutingeriana. Segment VI: Noricum, central Italy with Rome, Africa – Vienna, National Library, cod. 324 (12th–13th century). The…
Iturbide, Agustín(ITURBIDE, AUGUSTIN)Vol. VII, p. 343 ITURBIDE, AUGUSTIN. - Emperor of Mexico, b. 27 Sept. 1783 at Valladolid (present-day Morella), d. 19 July 1824 at Padilla. Having entered the army, he rose to…
ItureaVol. VII, p. 343 ITUREA. — Greek and Roman writers call I. the region occupied by the Itureans, a nomadic tribe descended from the Ishmaelite Jethur (Gen. 25:15), which…
