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Joachim Murat, King of Naples(GIOACHINO MURAT, RE DI NAPOLI)Vol. VI, p. 263 GIOACHINO MURAT, king of NAPLES. — Born on 25 March 1767 at La Bastide Fortunière, died on 13 October 1815 at Pizzo in Calabria. His parents intended him for…
Joachim of Fiore(GIOACHINO DA FIORE)Vol. VI, p. 262 GIOACHINO da FIORE. – He is one of the most representative, yet also most complex, figures of medieval spirituality: mystic, reformer, prophet, theologian,…
Joachim, Saint(GIOACHINO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 262 GIOACHINO, saint. — According to a tradition attested as early as the 11th century by the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James, he is the father of the Blessed…
Joan of Arc(GIOVANNA D'ARC)Vol. VI, p. 313 GIOVANNA D'ARC, saint — Letter to the citizens of Riom (9 Nov. 1429) with an autograph signature. The saint’s illiterate hand was guided. — Riom, Municipal…
Joan of Arc (Darc), Saint(GIOVANNA D'ARC (DARC), SANTA)Vol. VI, p. 313 GIOVANNA D'ARC (DARC), santa. - Heroine of the purest national aspirations of France in one of the most tragic moments of its history. In 1415 Henry V of…
Joanna (Vanna) of Orvieto, Blessed(GIOVANNA (VANNA) DI ORVIETO, BEATA)Vol. VI, p. 311 GIOVANNA (VANNA) di ORVIETO, blessed. – Born in Carniola in 1264, died at Orvieto on 23 July 1306. She entered the Dominican monastery of Orvieto, refusing an…
Joanna I of Anjou, Queen of Naples(GIOVANNA I DI ANGIÒ, REGINA DI NAPOLI)Vol. VI, p. 311 GIOVANNA I of Angiò, queen of NAPOLI: v. ANGIÒ, dinastia di NAPOLI.
Joanna II Of Anjou, Queen Of Naples(GIOVANNA II DI ANGIÒ, REGINA DI NAPOLI)Vol. VI, p. 311 GIOVANNA II of Angiò, queen of NAPLES: v. ANGIÒ, dynasty of NAPLES.
Joanna Maria della Croce, Venerable(GIOVANNA MARIA DELLA CROCE, VENERABILE)Vol. VI, p. 316 GIOVANNA MARIA della CROCE, venerable. – Poor Clare (in the world Bernardina Floriani), born at Rovereto on 8 Sept. 1603, died there on 26 March 1673. She…
Joanna of Valois (Jeanne de France), Saint(GIOVANNA DI VALOIS (JEANNE DE FRANCE), SANTA)Vol. VI, p. 313 GIOVANNA di VALOIS (JEANNE DE FRANCE), saint. — Daughter of Louis XI, king of France, and of Charlotte of Savoy, and founder of the Religious of the…
Joanna the Mad, Queen of Castile and Aragon(GIOVANNA, LA PAZZA, REGINA DI CASTIGLIA E D'ARAGONA)Vol. VI, p. 311 GIOVANNA, la Pazza, queen of CASTIGLIA and d'ARAGONA. — Born in 1479 at Toledo, died on 12 April 1555 at Tordesillas. Daughter of Ferdinando II Cattolico, king…
Joanna, Antipope(GIOVANNA, PAPESSA)Vol. VI, p. 311 GIOVANNA, PAPESSA. – A typical example of how a legend arises, develops, and fades away. SUMMARY: I. Sources and content. – II. Spread and development of the…
Joanna, Wife of Chuza(GIOVANNA, MOGLIE DI CHUZA)Vol. VI, p. 311 GIOVANNA, wife of CHUZA. — Wife of an official (ἐπίτροπος) of the tetrarch Herod Antipas (v.). She was healed by Jesus and, together with other pious women,…
Job(GIOBBE)Vol. VI, p. 264 JOB. - I. THE AUTHOR. - A wealthy and wise Idumean, a perfect worshiper of the true God, the type of the suffering righteous man, and the protagonist of the…
Jodl, FriedrichVol. VII, p. 377 JODL, FRIEDRICH. - Positivist philosopher, b. 23 Aug. 1849 in Monaco, d. 26 Jan. 1914 in Vienna. He taught in Praga and Vienna. He was particularly concerned…
Joel (Heb. Yôʾēl "Yahweh Is God")(GIOELE (EBR. JÔ'EL « JAHWEH È DIO »))Vol. VI, p. 272 GIOELE (Heb. Jô'el, “Jahweh is God”). — Prophet, son of Phatuel (1:1). Since in his book he speaks only of Judah, Jerusalem, and the Temple, it may be inferred…
Johannes Hispanus (Aren Darut)(GIOVANNI, AREN DARUT (JOHANNES HISPANUS))Vol. VI, p. 317 GIOVANNI, AREN DARUT (Johannes Hispanus). - A medieval translator, often confused with G. of Seville (v.). His name is connected with the translation of…
Johannesburg, Apostolic Vicariate of(JOHANNESBURG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VII, p. 377 JOHANNESBURG, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — The territory forms part of the Union of South Africa and, by decree of 4 June 1886, was erected into an apostolic…
John (Albinelli) of Sestola(GIOVANNI (ALBINELLI) DA SESTOLA)Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI (ALBINELLI) da SESTOLA. - Capuchin spiritual writer of the province of Bologna, secretary and biographer of Fr. Giambattista d'Este, formerly Alfonso…
John (Bernardo) dei Tolomei, Blessed(GIOVANNI (BERNARDO) DEI TOLOMEI, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 382 GIOVANNI (BERNARDO) dei TOLOMEI, blessed. — Founder of the Congregation of S. Maria del Monte Oliveto, born in Siena on 10 May 1272, into the noble Tolomei…
John (Marcolini) of Fano(GIOVANNI (MARCOLINI) DA FANO)Vol. VI, p. 353 GIOVANNI (MARCOLINI) da FANO. – A Franciscan of the first half of the 15th century. An intimate friend of Sts. Giovanni da Capistrano and Giacomo della Marca,…
John (Moulin) of Saint Samson(GIOVANNI (MOULIN) DI SAN SANSONE)Vol. VI, p. 378 GIOVANNI (MOULIN) di SAN SANSONE. – Carmelite mystic, highly esteemed, born in Sens on 19 Dec. 1571, died in Rennes on 14 Sept. 1636. Having become blind at…
John (Oldradi, Oldrati) of Meda, Saint(GIOVANNI (OLDRADI, OLDRATI) DI MEDA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 359 GIOVANNI (OLDRADI, OLDRATI) di MEDA, saint. — Born at Meda toward the end of the 11th century. The tradition that makes him the founder of the Order of the…
John (Pili) of Fano(GIOVANNI (PILI) DA FANO)Vol. VI, p. 353 GIOVANNI (PILI) da FANO. – Friar Minor and subsequently Capuchin, died in Urbania on 5 March 1539. Of noble family, after becoming a Friar Minor he…
John Albert, King of Poland(GIOVANNI ALBERTO, RE DI POLONIA)Vol. VI, p. 383 GIOVANNI ALBERTO, king of POLAND. - The third son of Casimiro IV, king of Poland (b. 1459), in 1490 contested with his elder brother Ladislao, king of Bohemia,…
John and Paul, Saints, Martyrs(GIOVANNI E PAOLO, SANTI, MARTIRI)Vol. VI, p. 392 GIOVANNI and PAOLO, saints, martyrs. — The information concerning them is intricate, obscure, and controversial. They are commemorated in the Hieronymian…
John Anthony of Montecuccolo(GIOVANNI ANTONIO DA MONTECUCCOLO)Vol. VI, p. 383 GIOVANNI ANTONIO da MONTECUCCOLO: v. CAVAZZI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO da MONTECUCCOLO.
John Archicantor(GIOVANNI ARCICANTORE)Vol. VI, p. 326 GIOVANNI ARCICANTORE. — Abbot of the small monastery of S. Martino, adjacent to the basilica of S. Pietro in Vaticano, and primicerius of the Schola cantorum…
John Baptist De La Salle, Saint(GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE LA SALLE, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 384 GIOVANNI BATTISTA de LA SALLE, saint. — Born into a family of magistrates on 30 April 1651 at Reims, he died at Rouen on 7 April 1719; his youth unfolded in…
John Baptist De Luca, Blessed(GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE LUCA, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 383 GIOVANNI BATTISTA de LUCA, Blessed. - Celestino, b. at Guardiagrele, d. in the monastery of S. Onofrio in Campli in 1590. In 1570 he was appointed prior of S.…
John Baptist De' Rossi, Saint(GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE' ROSSI, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 385 GIOVANNI BATTISTA de' ROSSI, saint. — Born on 22 February 1698 at Voltaggio (Genoa) to Carlo and Francesca Anfossi, he died in Rome on 23 May 1764. At the age…
John Baptist of the Conception, Blessed(GIOVANNI BATTISTA DELLA CONCEZIONE, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 383 GIOVANNI BATTISTA della CONCEZIONE, blessed. — Born in Almodovar del Campo (Spain) on 10 August 1561. In 1581 he entered the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.…
John Bar Zô'bî(GIOVANNI BAR ZÒ'BI)Vol. VI, p. 383 GIOVANNI bar Zò'bi. – Nestorian, a monk at Bét Qòqá in the 13th century. His principal work is a grammar of the Syriac language, marking the apogee of…
John Bassianus (Bazianus, Baxianus)(GIOVANNI BASSIANO (BAZIANUS, BAXIANUS))Vol. VI, p. 328 GIOVANNI BASSIANO (Bazianus, Baxianus). - A decretalist glossator from Bologna. He was the first doctor utriusque iuris. Between 1180 and 1190 he wrote an…
John Berchmans, Saint(GIOVANNI BERCHMANS, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 385 GIOVANNI BERCHMANS, saint. — Born at Diest in southern Brabant on 13 March 1599, the first of five children of a distinguished but fallen family, he died in…
John Bosco, Saint(GIOVANNI BOSCO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 386 GIOVANNI BOSCO, santo — Schemboche photograph from 1880. (from T. Severin, Jean B. (1599-1621), Brussels 1938) GIOVANNI BERCHMANS, santo - Portrait. BIBL.: V.…
John Buono, Saint(GIOVANNI BUONO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 388 GIOVANNI BUONO, saint. — Born at Camogli, into a noble and wealthy Genoese family, toward the end of the sixth century. As a young man he was taken to Milan…
John Calybita, Saint(GIOVANNI CALIBITA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 339 GIOVANNI CALIBITA, saint. — Born, according to legend, at Constantinople of a noble family at the beginning of the fifth century. Giovannetto fled together…
John Canaparius(GIOVANNI CANAPARIO)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI CANAPARIO. — Historian. Of a noble Roman family, b. around the middle of the 10th century, he spent his youth amid worldly pursuits and the study of…
John Cantius (Canti), Saint(GIOVANNI CANZIO (CANTIUS), SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI CANZIO (Cantius), saint. - B. at Kęty, in the diocese of Cracovia, on 23 June 1390 (according to others, 27 Dec. 1389), and d. at Cracovia on 24 Dec.…
John Cassian(GIOVANNI CASSIANO)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI CASSIANO: v. CASSIANO, GIOVANNI.
John Chrysostom of Saint-Lô(GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO DI SAINT-LÔ)Vol. VI, p. 388 GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO di SAINT-LÔ. — Spiritual director and ascetical writer of the regular Order of S. Francesco, twice provincial in the province of Ste-Ivone…
John Chrysostom, Saint(GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 341 GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO, saint. — The greatest Christian orator, and one of the greatest orators of all time, was G., called by posterity—from the sixth century…
John Climacus(GIOVANNI CLIMACO)Vol. VI, p. 341 GIOVANNI CLIMACO. - Called Climaco (ladder) after his work Scala del Paradiso. He lived in the 7th century on Sinai as a hermit and abbot of the famous…
John de Britto(GIOVANNI DE BRITTO)Vol. VI, p. 388 GIOVANNI DE BRITTO, saint — Ruins of the Temple where the Saint was imprisoned, situated between the ancient city of Urzus and the hill where the Saint…
John De Britto, Saint(GIOVANNI DE BRITTO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 388 GIOVANNI de BRITTO, saint. — Missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus. Born in Lisbon to a noble family on 1 March 1647, as a boy he was page and…
John Eudes, Saint(GIOVANNI EUDES, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 388 GIOVANNI EUDES, saint. - B. at Ri in Normandy on 14 Nov. 1601, d. at Caen on 19 Aug. 1680. Educated at the Jesuit College of Caen, he formed his religious…
John Fisher, Saint(GIOVANNI FISHER, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 389 GIOVANNI FISHER, saint. — Born at Beverley (Yorkshire) around 1469, died in London on 22 June 1535. Having completed his studies at the school of Guglielmo di…
John Francis Regis, Saint(GIOVANNI FRANCESCO REGIS, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 390 GIOVANNI FRANCESCO REGIS, saint. — Jesuit, born on 31 January 1597 at Fontcouverte (Aude). He studied with the Jesuits at Béziers and entered the Order on 8…
John Grande, the Sinner, Blessed(GIOVANNI GRANDE, IL PECCATORE, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 390 GIOVANNI GRANDE, the SINNER, blessed. - Hospitaller Brother, b. at Carmona (Andalusia) in 1546, d. at Jerez de la Frontera (Andalusia) on 3 June 1600. Directed…
John Gualbert, Saint(GIOVANNI GUALBERTO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 390 GIOVANNI GUALBERTO, saint. - Founder of the Vallombrosan Order, born in Florence in the final decades of the 10th century (985, or more likely 995) from the…
John Hyrcanus(GIOVANNI IRCANO)Vol. VI, p. 391 GIOVANNI IRCANO. – Son of Simone Maccabeo, initiator of the Hasmonean dynasty (v.), although the title of king was officially assumed only by his successors.…
John I, Pope, Saint(GIOVANNI I, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 363 GIOVANNI I, POPE, saint. — Of Tuscan origin, he succeeded Pope Ormisda in Aug. 523 and died at Ravenna on 18 May 526. Following one of his inquiries, Dionigi…
John II, Pope(GIOVANNI II, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 364 GIOVANNI II, POPE. - He was a Roman and was called Mercurius. Before his pontificate he held the title of S. Clemente, where he carried out notable works, many…
John III Sobieski, King of Poland(GIOVANNI III SOBIESKI, RE DI POLONIA)Vol. VI, p. 373 GIOVANNI III Sobieski, re di POLONIA. - N. a Olesko (Leopoli) il 2 giugno 1624. La eminente posizione famigliare - era figlio di Jakób, primo se- GIOVANNI…
John III, Pope(GIOVANNI III, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 364 GIOVANNI III, POPE. — He belonged to the Roman aristocracy, being the son of the vir illustris Anastasio; it seems that he was nicknamed Catelinus. Elected…
John Italus(GIOVANNI ITALO)Vol. VI, p. 357 GIOVANNI ITALO. — Hellenist of the 11th century, born in southern Italy (the Calabrian origin is by no means proven). He followed his father on a military…
John IV, Pope(GIOVANNI IV, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 364 GIOVANNI IV, POPE. - Of a Dalmatian family, son of a scholasticus, he succeeded the aged pontiff Severino in 640, while relations between Rome and the East…
John IV, the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople(GIOVANNI IV, IL DIGIUNATORE, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)Vol. VI, p. 351 GIOVANNI IV, the FASTER, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE. - The appellation "the Faster" was given to him because of the austerity of his life; in the dissident…
John IX, Pope(GIOVANNI IX, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 366 GIOVANNI IX, POPE. — Born at Tivoli, elected in January 898, died at the beginning of 900. A Benedictine, he was elected by the Formosian party, perhaps with…
John Joseph of the Cross (Carlo Gaetano Calosinto), Saint(GIOVANNI GIUSEPPE DELLA CROCE (CARLO GAETANO CALOSINTO), SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 390 GIOVANNI GIUSEPPE della CROCE (CARLO GAETANO CALOSINTO), saint. - Alcantarine Franciscan, b. on the island of Ischia on 15 Aug. 1654 and d. at Naples on 5…
John Justus of Landsberg(GIOVANNI GIUSTO DI LANDSBERG)Vol. VI, p. 355 GIOVANNI GIUSTO di LANDSBERG: v. LANSFERGIO.
John Leonardi, Saint(GIOVANNI LEONARDI, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 391 GIOVANNI LEONARDI, saint. — Founder of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, born at Diecimo (Lucca) in 1541 (or 1543, according to others), died…
John Maccabeus(GIOVANNI MACCABEO)Vol. VI, p. 359 GIOVANNI MACCABEO : v. MACCABEI.
John Mandakuni(GIOVANNI MANDAKUNI)Vol. VI, p. 359 GIOVANNI MANDAKUNI. - Celebrated Armenian katholikos of the fifth century. Born about 400, he was a disciple of St. Sahak the Great and of Mesrop, and is also…
John Mary Baptist Vianney, Saint(GIOVANNI MARIA BATTISTA VIANNEY, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 392 GIOVANNI MARIA BATTISTA VIANNEY, saint. — B. at Dardilly near Lyons on 8 May 1786; d. at Ars on 4 Aug. 1859. Raised in a religious family environment, in his…
John Matthew Caryophyllis (Cariofili)(GIOVANNI MATTEO CARYOPHYLLIS (CARIOFILLI))Vol. VI, p. 392 GIOVANNI MATTEO CARYOPHYLLIS (CARIOFILLI): V. CARIOFILLE, GIOVANNI MATTEO.
John Moschus(GIOVANNI MOSCO)Vol. VI, p. 361 GIOVANNI MOSCO: v. MOSCO, GIOVANNI.
John Nepomucene, Saint(GIOVANNI NEPOMUCENO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 361 GIOVANNI NEPOMUCENO, saint. - Son of a certain Wölfin, born in Pomuk (de Pomuk) in Bohemia between 1340-50 and died in Prague on March 19 (or 20?) 1393. Having…
John of Andrea(GIOVANNI D'ANDREA)Vol. VI, p. 317 GIOVANNI D'ANDREA. — Italian lay canonist, born around 1270 at Rifredo in the Mugello, died at Bologna on 7 July 1348. His father Andrea and mother Novella…
John of Austria(GIOVANNI D'AUSTRIA)Vol. VI, p. 326 GIOVANNI D'AUSTRIA. — Natural son of Carlo V and Barbara Blomberg, b. at Ratisbona, his mother’s city, on 24 February 1545, d. near Namur on 1 October 1578.…
John of Avila(GIOVANNI D'AVILA)Vol. VI, p. 327 GIOVANNI D'AVILA: v. AVILA, JUAN de.
John of Baconthorp (Bacone)(GIOVANNI DA BACONTHORP (BACONE))Vol. VI, p. 327 GIOVANNI DA BACONTHORP (BACONE). – Carmelite theologian, born in the county of Norfolk ca. 1280, died ca. 1348. He studied at Oxford under Roberto Walsingham…
John of Bartolo(GIOVANNI DI BARTOLO)Vol. VI, p. 327 GIOVANNI DI BARTOLO: v. NANNI DI BARTOLO.
John of Bassolis(GIOVANNI DE BASSOLIS)Vol. VI, p. 328 GIOVANNI de BASSOLIS: v. BASSOLIS, GIOVANNI de.
John of Biclaro(GIOVANNI DI BICLARO)Vol. VI, p. 334 GIOVANNI DI BICLARO. - Of Gothic but Catholic parents, born c. 540 at Scallabis in Lusitania. He was exiled by Leovigildo from Barcellona on account of his…
John of Bruna (Brünn, Brno)(GIOVANNI DI BRUNA (BRÜNN, BRNO))Vol. VI, p. 339 GIOVANNI of BRUNA (BRÜNN, BRNO). - Mystic of the 14th century, first a Beghard and then a Dominican. The confessions of G. and of Alberto di Brünn in Moravia…
John of Buonagiunta, Saint(GIOVANNI DI BUONAGIUNTA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 339 GIOVANNI di BUONAGIUNTA, saint: v. SETTE FONDATORI, SANTI.
John of Burgh (Johannes de Burgo)(GIOVANNI DI BURGH (JOHANNES DE BURGO))Vol. VI, p. 339 GIOVANNI di BURGH (Johannes de Burgo). – Theologian of the 14th century. In 1384 he was appointed rector of the University of Cambridge; and the following year…
John of Burgundy(GIOVANNI DI BOROGONA)Vol. VI, p. 339 GIOVANNI di BOROGONA. - Spanish painter, documented from 1495 to 1533, d. before 1544. Italian-trained, perhaps a pupil of Ghirlandaio, he executed, together…
John of Calvoli (a Caulibus)(GIOVANNI DA CALVOLI (A CAULIBUS))Vol. VI, p. 339 GIOVANNI da CALVOLI (a Caulibus). — Near San Gimignano in Tuscany, a great Franciscan preacher of the fourteenth century, sometimes also erroneously called…
John of Capestrano, Saint(GIOVANNI DA CAPESTRANO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI da CAPESTRANO, saint. – Born probably on 24 June 1386 at Capestrano (Aquila), died at Villaco (Vijlak [Schiavonia]) on 23 October 1456. He studied at…
John of Carpatho(GIOVANNI DI CARPATO)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI di CARPATO. – Probably a bishop in the 7th century. A collection of Capita hortatoria for the monks in India is attributed to him (PG 85, 1837–60).…
John of Casale(GIOVANNI DI CASALE)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI di CASALE. – Franciscan, philosopher and scientist, b. at Casale di Monferrato ca. 1320 (?), d. after 1375. He is the author of a Quaestio de…
John of Ciparissiota(GIOVANNI CIPARISSIOTA)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI CIPARISSIOTA: v. CIPARISSIOTA, GIOVANNI.
John of Conversino of Ravenna(GIOVANNI DI CONVERSINO DA RAVENNA)Vol. VI, p. 341 GIOVANNI di CONVERSINO da RAVENNA. – Educator and writer, born in Buda in 1343, died in Venice in 1408. Brought as a child to Ravenna (hence the appellation),…
John of Coria(GIOVANNI DA CORIA)Vol. VI, p. 341 GIOVANNI da CORIA: v. GIOVANNI da MONTECORVINO.
John of Damascus, Saint(GIOVANNI DAMASCENO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 348 GIOVANNI DAMASCENO, saint. — Doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Life. — II. Works. — III. Doctrine. — IV. Influence. I. LIFE. - It is known only in its broad…
John of Dambach(GIOVANNI DI DAMBACH)Vol. VI, p. 350 GIOVANNI di DAMBACH. – Dominican theologian, born in 1288 (1289?) at Dambach in Alsace, died on 3 October (?) 1372, probably at Freiburg. A Dominican from…
John of Dukla, Blessed(GIOVANNI DE DUKLA, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 352 GIOVANNI de DUKLA, blessed. — Franciscan, born at Dukla (Poland) in 1414, died at Leopoli in 1484. While still young he entered the Order of Friars Minor…
John of Ephesus(GIOVANNI DI EFESO)Vol. VI, p. 352 GIOVANNI di EFESO. - So called because he worked chiefly in Efeso, but born at Amida (Siria) at the beginning of the 6th century and died about 586. This…
John of Euboea(GIOVANNI DI EUBEA)Vol. VI, p. 353 GIOVANNI di EUBEA. — Presbyter and bishop; it is not known whether he belonged to a bishopric on the island of Euboea or to another place, probably in the…
John of Faenza (Ioannes Faventinus)(GIOVANNI DA FAENZA (IOANNES FAVENTINUS))Vol. VI, p. 353 GIOVANNI da FAENZA (Ioannes Faventinus). — One of the greatest glossators of Gratian’s Decretum, d. after 1220. His dates of birth and death are unknown. He…
John of Fermo(GIOVANNI DA FERMO)Vol. VI, p. 354 GIOVANNI da FERMO: v. GIOVANNI DALLA VERNA.
John of Fermo (Di Fermo), Blessed(GIOVANNI DELLA VERNA (DI FERMO), BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 382 GIOVANNI della VERNA (di FERMO), blessed. - Preacher of the Friars Minor, born at Fermo in 1259. From childhood he loved solitude and penance. At the age of 13…
John of Freiburg, called Lector(GIOVANNI DI FRIBURGO, DETTO LECTOR)Vol. VI, p. 354 GIOVANNI di FRIBURGO, called LECTOR. — Dominican moralist, d. at Fribourg on 10 March 1314. Born probably at Haslach near Fribourg in Br., G. made the…
John of Fruttuaria (John Man of God)(GIOVANNI DI FRUTTUARIA (GIOVANNI UOMO DI DIO))Vol. VI, p. 354 GIOVANNI di FRUTTUARIA (GIOVANNI UOMO di DIO). — Benedictine abbot who lived in the first half of the 11th century and died at Fruttuaria around 1050. He…
John of Fécamp(GIOVANNI DA FÉCAMP)Vol. VI, p. 353 GIOVANNI da FÉCAMP. — Benedictine abbot and theologian, b. in Ravenna at the end of the 10th century, d. at Fécamp (Normandy) on 22 February 1078. Nephew of…
John of Genoa(GIOVANNI DI GENOVA)Vol. VI, p. 355 GIOVANNI di GENOVA: v. BALBI, GIOVANNI.
John of Germany(GIOVANNI D'ALEMAGNA)Vol. VI, p. 317 GIOVANNI D'ALEMAGNA. – Painter of Germanic origin; the only information available about him concerns his residence in Venice, where he is first mentioned in…
John of Giscala(GIOVANNI DI GISCALA)Vol. VI, p. 355 GIOVANNI di GISCALA. – Jewish warrior, born at Giscala (now el-Ciè), northwest of the Lake of Tiberias. Animated by a profound hatred of Rome, he was one of…
John of God, Saint(GIOVANNI DI DIO, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 351 GIOVANNI di DIO, saint. – Founder of the Hospitaller Order of the Fatebenefratelli. Born at Montemor-o-Novo in Portugal on 8 March 1495, he lived and carried…
John of Gorze(GIOVANNI DI GORZE)Vol. VI, p. 355 GIOVANNI di GORZE. — Benedictine abbot and reformer, b. at Vandières (Pont-à-Musson) at the beginning of the 10th century; he studied at Metz and St-Mihiel,…
John of Grado (da Gradi)(GIOVANNI DE GRADIBUS (DA GRADI))Vol. VI, p. 356 GIOVANNI de GRADIBUS (DA GRADI). - Italian jurist, d. at Lyons c. 1525. He was a renowned professor of canon and civil law, though it is not certain whether at…
John of Hildesheim(GIOVANNI DI HILDESHEIM)Vol. VI, p. 356 GIOVANNI di HILDESHEIM. - German Carmelite of the fourteenth century. He studied in Paris and subsequently held for many years the office of prior at Kassel…
John of Imola(GIOVANNI DA IMOLA)Vol. VI, p. 356 GIOVANNI da IMOLA: v. NICOLETTI, GIOVANNI DA IMOLA.
John of Jandun(GIOVANNI DI JANDUN)Vol. VI, p. 357 GIOVANNI DI JANDUN. — Philosopher, born at Jandun, in the Ardennes, in the second half of the 13th century, died at Todi in 1328. He studied at the University…
John of Jesus-Mary (Calaguritanus)(GIOVANNI DI GESÙ-MARIA (CALAGURITANUS))Vol. VI, p. 355 GIOVANNI di GESÙ-MARIA (Calaguritanus). – Carmelite mystical theologian, in the world Giovanni de S. Pedro y Ustarroz, born in Calahorra on 27 (?) January…
John of Kastl(GIOVANNI DI KASTL)Vol. VI, p. 357 GIOVANNI DI KASTL. - Prior of the Benedictine abbey of Kastl (diocese of Eichstätt) around 1400, he is attested by manuscript evidence as the author of the…
John of Kronstadt(GIOVANNI DI KRONSTADT)Vol. VI, p. 358 GIOVANNI of KRONSTADT. - Celebrated Russian “Orthodox” ascetic, b. in 1829 to a cleric in the vicinity of Arcangelo, d. in 1908. Having completed his studies…
John of La Barrière(GIOVANNI DE LA BARRIÈRE)Vol. VI, p. 327 GIOVANNI DE LA BARRIÈRE. - Cistercian monk, founder of the reformed branch of the Feuillants (v. CISTERCENSI), b. at St-Céré (department of Lot) on 29 Apr.…
John of Leeuwen(GIOVANNI DI LEEUWEN)Vol. VI, p. 358 GIOVANNI of LEEUWEN. - The most notable mystical writer of the school of Groenendaal, together with Ruysbroeck. Born in 1295, he lived as an itinerant artisan…
John of Legnano(GIOVANNI DA LEGNANO)Vol. VI, p. 358 GIOVANNI da LEGNANO. - Jurist, born in Milan on an uncertain date and died in Bologna on 16 February 1383. Professor of civil law from as early as 1350, and…
John of Lodi, Blessed(GIOVANNI DI LODI, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 358 GIOVANNI of LODI, blessed. - Camaldolese, born at Lodi about 1040, died at Gubbio on 7 Sept. 1105. He embraced the eremitical life at Fontavellana in 1064…
John of Lycopolis, Saint(GIOVANNI DI LYCOPOLIS, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 358 GIOVANNI of LYCOPOLIS, saint. – Hermit and wonderworker, called the “Seer of the Thebaid,” born at Lycopolis (present-day Assiut) around 300, died at the end…
John of Maiuma(GIOVANNI DI MAIUMA)Vol. VI, p. 359 GIOVANNI di MAIUMA. — Around 515 he wrote the Plerophoriai, a collection of anecdotes, prophecies, and visions of Monophysites in their struggle against the…
John of Matera, Saint(GIOVANNI DI MATERA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 359 GIOVANNI di MATERA, saint. — Born at Matera in 1070 and died on 20 June 1139. After some years of eremitical life, he founded a convent near Ginosa about 1100.…
John of Matha, Saint(GIOVANNI DI MATHA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 359 GIOVANNI di MATHA, saint. - Born into a noble family at Faucon (Provence) on 23 June 1160; died in Rome on 17 Dec. 1213. He studied the humanities at Aix…
John of Milan(GIOVANNI DA MILANO)Vol. VI, p. 359 GIOVANNI da MILANO. — Giovanni di Jacopo di Guido da Caverzaio (today Caversaggio), in the territory of Como, painter; in 1350 he was in Florence, where he was…
John of Mirecourt (de Mirecuria)(GIOVANNI DI MIRECOURT (DE MIRECURIA))Vol. VI, p. 360 GIOVANNI di MIRECOURT (de Mirecuria). — A Cistercian scholastic (hence the appellation monacus albus) of the first half of the fourteenth century. He lectured…
John of Montecorvino(GIOVANNI DA MONTECORVINO)Vol. VI, p. 360 GIOVANNI da MONTECORVINO. — First bishop of Khambalik (Peking). Born in 1247 at Montecorvino (Salerno), died at Khambalik in 1328. According to his…
John of Montesono(GIOVANNI DI MONTESONOS)Vol. VI, p. 361 GIOVANNI di MONTESONOS. — Dominican theologian, born at Monzon (Aragon) around the middle of the fourteenth century, died after 1412. At Barcelona in 1372 he…
John of Murro(GIOVANNI DI MURRO)Vol. VI, p. 361 GIOVANNI di MURRO. – Franciscan theologian and cardinal, born to the Minio (not Mincio) family at Morrovalle (Macerata), died at Avignon in 1312. At Paris he…
John of Nikiu(GIOVANNI DI NIKIU)Vol. VI, p. 362 GIOVANNI di NIKIU. – Monophysite bishop of Nikiu, an island in the Nile delta, who toward the end of the 7th century wrote in Greek or Coptic a Universal…
John of Nola(GIOVANNI DA NOLA)Vol. VI, p. 362 GIOVANNI da NOLA. — G. Marigliano or Meriliano or Meriliano, sculptor, b. at Nola ca. 1488, d. at Naples in 1558, carried out his activity there. In 1508 he…
John of Paolo (Johannes Pauli)(GIOVANNI DI PAOLO (JOHANNES PAULI))Vol. VI, p. 363 GIOVANNI di PAOLO (Johannes Pauli). - Apostle and anti-Lutheran writer, of the Conventual Friars Minor, born in Alsace around the mid-15th century, died at…
John of Paolo di Grazia(GIOVANNI DI PAOLO DI GRAZIA)Vol. VI, p. 363 GIOVANNI di PAOLO di GRAZIA. — Painter, b. in Siena ca. 1399, d. between February and March 1482. His life, although very extensively documented, was poor in…
John of Paris (Quidort, Lesourd, Dormiens, Surdus)(GIOVANNI DI PARIGI (QUIDORT, LESOURD, DORMIENS, SURDUS))Vol. VI, p. 371 GIOVANNI di PARIGI (QUIDORT, LESOURD, Dormiens, Surdus). — Dominican scholastic, born c. 1269, died at Bordeaux on 22 September 1306. He entered the Order of…
John of Penna, Saint(GIOVANNI DA PENNA S)Vol. VI, p. 371 GIOVANNI da PENNA S. GIOVANNI, blessed. — One of the first disciples of St. Francesco d'Assisi, born at Penna S. Giovanni (Macerata) around 1193, died there in…
John of Peterborough(GIOVANNI DI PETERBOROUGH (JOHN OF PETERBOROUGH))Vol. VI, p. 372 GIOVANNI DI PETERBOROUGH (JOHN OF PETERBOROUGH). — Author to whom the admirable Chronicon Petroburgense ab a. 654 ad a. C. 1368, contained in ms. Cotton…
John of Plano Carpini(GIOVANNI DA PIAN DEL CARPINE)Vol. VI, p. 372 GIOVANNI DA PIAN DEL CARPINE. – Franciscan, missionary; born toward the end of the 12th century at Pian del Carpine (Perugia), he donned the Franciscan habit.…
John of Prato(GIOVANNI DA PRATO)Vol. VI, p. 374 GIOVANNI da PRATO. - Writer, born at Prato about 1367, died at Firenze between 1442 and 1446. His real name was G. Gherardi. Administrator of Dante’s estate,…
John of Ragusa(GIOVANNI DI RAGUSA)Vol. VI, p. 375 GIOVANNI di RAGUSA. — Dominican, one of the principal figures of the Council of Basel (1431–48), born at Ragusa into the noble Stojković family around 1390–95,…
John of Reading(GIOVANNI DE READING)Vol. VI, p. 375 GIOVANNI de READING. - Franciscan theologian of the 14th century. He taught at Oxford no earlier than 1319, then moved to Avignon, perhaps to teach in the…
John of Rimini(GIOVANNI DA RIMINI)Vol. VI, p. 375 GIOVANNI da RIMINI. — Painter from Rimini of the 14th century, often confused with Giovanni Baronzio (v.), who was likewise a painter from Rimini and his…
John of Réomé, Saint(GIOVANNI DI RÉOMÉ, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 375 GIOVANNI of RÉOMÉ, Saint. - Abbot, born in Dijon ca. 450, died at St-Jean de Réomé-en-Auxois (Langres) ca. January 18, 544. (photo Alinari) GIOVANNI of RIMINI.…
John of Saint Paul(GIOVANNI DI SAN PAOLO)Vol. VI, p. 377 GIOVANNI di SAN PAOLO. — Benedictine and later cardinal, died between 1214 and 1215. His identity with the homonymous physician of the Salernitan school,…
John of Saint Thomas(GIOVANNI DI SAN TOMMASO)Vol. VI, p. 378 GIOVANNI di SAN TOMMASO. — Dominican theologian, born in Lisbon to the noble Poinso family on 9 July 1589, died at Fraga (Aragon) on 15 June 1644. He studied…
John of Salerno (G. of Cluny)(GIOVANNI DI SALERNO (G. DI CLUNY))Vol. VI, p. 376 GIOVANNI of SALERNO (G. di CLUNY). — Born in Rome, he was leading an unworthy life, as he himself states, when in 939 he met St. Oddone of Cluny. This Saint,…
John of Salisbury(GIOVANNI DI SALISBURY)Vol. VI, p. 376 GIOVANNI di SALISBURY. — Medieval scholastic, a complex figure of philosopher, historian, and humanist, b. in Salisbury ca. 1110–20, d. at Chartres in 1180. He…
John of San Facondo or of Sahagún, Saint(GIOVANNI DA SAN FACONDO O DI SAHAGÚN, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 377 GIOVANNI da SAN FACONDO or di SAHAGÚN, saint. — Born at Sahagún in the region of León, Spain, in 1429; died at Salamanca on 11 June 1479. In his adolescence he…
John of San Gimignano(GIOVANNI DI SAN GIMIGNANO)Vol. VI, p. 377 GIOVANNI di SAN GIMIGNANO. — Dominican preacher and writer, born ca. 1260–70, died after 6 May 1333. A Dominican in the convent of Siena, in 1300 lector at…
John of San Giovanni(GIOVANNI DA SAN GIOVANNI)Vol. VI, p. 377 GIOVANNI da SAN GIOVANNI. — Painter, born in S. Giovanni in Valdarno on 20 March 1592, died in Florence on 6 December 1636. A pupil of Matteo Rosselli, he…
John of Schoonhoven(GIOVANNI DI SCHOONHOVEN)Vol. VI, p. 378 GIOVANNI di SCHOONHOVEN. – Mystical theologian, born in the village of Schoonhoven (Gouda, Netherlands) around 1335, died at Groenendaal on 22 January 1432. He…
John of Seville (Johannes Hispalensis)(GIOVANNI DI SIVIGLIA (JOHANNES HISPALENSIS))Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI di SIVIGLIA (Johannes Hispalensis). – A Christian astronomer and mathematician, who flourished in Andalusia in the first half of the 12th century and…
John of Sterngassen(GIOVANNI DI STERNGASSEN)Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI di STERNGASSEN. — Dominican theologian and mystic, who died in the first half of the fourteenth century. He is found in Strasbourg from 1310 to 1316,…
John of Tellá (Bar Kûrsős)(GIOVANNI DI TELLÁ (BAR KŮRSŐS))Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI di TELLÁ (BAR KŮRSŐS). – Monophysite writer (483–558). He became a monk after having been a soldier. Consecrated bishop of Tellá in 519, he was one of…
John of the Annunciation (Llanes-Campomanes)(GIOVANNI DELL'ANNUNCIAZIONE (LLANES-CAMPOMANES))Vol. VI, p. 318 GIOVANNI dell'ANNUNCIAZIONE (LLANES-CAMPOMANES). - Discalced Carmelite theologian, b. 3 Nov. 1633 in Oviedo (Asturias) and d. 4 Aug. 1701 in Salamanca. He was…
John of the Cells(GIOVANNI DELLE CELLE)Vol. VI, p. 340 GIOVANNI delle CELLE: v. CELLE, GIOVANNI delle.
John of the Cross, Saint(GIOVANNI DELLA CROCE, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 346 GIOVANNI della CROCE, saint. — “Mystical Doctor,” reformer of the Carmelites, in the world Juan de Yepes, born in 1542 at Fontiveros in the province of Avila…
John of the Opera(GIOVANNI DELL'OPERA)Vol. VI, p. 363 GIOVANNI dell'OPERA: v. BANDINI, GIOVANNI.
John of Triora, Blessed, Martyr(GIOVANNI DA TRIORA, BEATO, MARTIRE)Vol. VI, p. 382 GIOVANNI da TRIORA, blessed martyr: v. LANTRUA, GIOVANNI da TRIORA.
John of Vercelli, Blessed(GIOVANNI DA VERCELLI, BEATO)Vol. VI, p. 382 GIOVANNI da VERCELLI, blessed. - B. at the beginning of the 13th century at Mosso S. Maria (province of Vercelli), d. at Montpellier on 30 Nov. 1283. He was a…
John of Wesalia (Johann von Wesel)(GIOVANNI DI VESALIA (JOHANN VON WESEL))Vol. VI, p. 383 GIOVANNI di VESALIA (JOHANN von WESEL). — Theologian, whose real name was Johann Rucherath or Richerath, born at Oberwesel at the beginning of the 15th…
John Peter of the Mother of God(GIOVANNI PIETRO DELLA MADRE DI DIO)Vol. VI, p. 393 GIOVANNI PIETRO della MADRE DI DIO. - In the world Giovanni Chassagne, a Discalced Carmelite missionary, born in 1620 at Villefranche (diocese of Lyon), he…
John Philoponus(GIOVANNI FILOPONO)Vol. VI, p. 354 GIOVANNI FILOPONO: v. FILOPONO, GIOVANNI.
John Pisano(GIOVANNI PISANO)Vol. VI, p. 372 GIOVANNI PISANO. – Sculptor, son of the sculptor Nicola di Pietro d'Apulia, born in Pisa around 1284, died between 1316 and 1318. A pupil and assistant of his…
John Plantagenet, Lackland, King of England(GIOVANNI PLANTAGENETO, SENZA TERRA, RE D'INGHILTERRA)Vol. VI, p. 356 GIOVANNI Plantagenet, Lackland, king of ENGLAND. — Born on 24 (?) December 1167 at Oxford, died on 19 October 1216 at Nervark. Son of Henry II (v.), brother…
John Scotus Eriugena(GIOVANNI ERIUGENA)Vol. VI, p. 353 GIOVANNI ERIUGENA: V. SCOTO ERIUGENA, GIOVANNI.
John Talaia, Bishop of Alexandria(GIOVANNI TALAIA, VESCOVO DI ALESSANDRIA)Vol. VI, p. 394 GIOVANNI TALAIA, bishop of ALEXANDRIA. — A priest of the church of Alexandria, where he held the office of general steward, he later became bishop and died at…
John the Almoner(GIOVANNI L'ELEMOSINIERE)Vol. VI, p. 352 GIOVANNI L'ELEMOSINIERE. – In Greek: Ἐλεήμων (= “merciful”), patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt, born at Amato (Cyprus) in the second half of the sixth century,…
John the Baptist(GIOVANNI BATTISTA)Vol. VI, p. 328 GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Forerunner of Jesus in preaching and in Baptism, from which he derived his name (ὁ βαπτιστής “the baptizer”: Mt. 3, 1, etc.). Jesus extols…
John the Deacon, called Hymonides(GIOVANNI DIACONO, DETTO HYMONIDES)Vol. VI, p. 351 GIOVANNI DIACONO, called HYMONIDES. - B. ca. 825, d. before 882. A monk of Monte Cassino and friend of Anastasio Bibliotecario, he exercised great influence at…
John the Grammarian(GIOVANNI IL GRAMMATICO)Vol. VI, p. 356 GIOVANNI il GRAMMATICO: v. FILOPONO, GIOVANNI.
John the Monk(GIOVANNI MONACO)Vol. VI, p. 360 GIOVANNI MONACO: V. LE MOYNE, JEAN.
John the Presbyter(GIOVANNI IL PRESBITERO)Vol. VI, p. 374 GIOVANNI il PRESBITERO. — Supposed disciple of the Apostles, who lived at Ephesus. s. Dionysius of Alexandria (ca. 255) mentions him: he conjectures his…
John the Scholastic(GIOVANNI LO SCOLASTICO)Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI lo SCOLASTICO: v. GIOVANNI MALALAS.
John the Spaniard(GIOVANNI ISPANO)Vol. VI, p. 357 GIOVANNI ISPANO: v. GIOVANNI ABEN DAHUT.
John the Teutonic(GIOVANNI TEUTONICO)Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI TEUTONICO. — This is the name by which G. Zemecke is known. A canonist, he studied at Bologna, where he later taught, and then became provost in…
John Theristus (Θεριστής «Mietitore»), Saint(GIOVANNI TERISTI (ΘΕΡΙΣΤΉΣ «MIETITORE»), SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI TERISTI (θεριστής “reaper”), saint. – Basilian monk of the 11th century, born in Palermo to Calista, deported by the Saracens from Stilo, while his…
John V Bar Argaré(GIOVANNI V BAR ARGARÉ)Vol. VI, p. 317 GIOVANNI V bar ARGARÉ. — Nestorian Catholicos (900–905), the first who, after his election, bound himself in writing to perform his duties properly and ordered…
John V, Pope(GIOVANNI V, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 365 GIOVANNI V, POPE. – Of a Syrian family originating in Antioch, he was elected after the death of the aged pontiff Benedetto II and consecrated in St Peter’s on…
John VI of Draskhanakert(GIOVANNI VI DI DRASKHANAKERT)Vol. VI, p. 352 GIOVANNI VI di DRASKHANAKERT. – Celebrated katholikós of the Armenian Church, from 898 to 925. He governed the see with great wisdom during a period of severe…
John VI, Pope(GIOVANNI VI, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 365 GIOVANNI VI, POPE. — He succeeded Sergius I and was consecrated on 30 October 701. Greek by origin, under him Greek influence continued in the Roman Curia, but…
John VII, Pope(GIOVANNI VII, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 365 GIOVANNI VII, POPE. - Elected on 1 March 705; died 18 Oct. 707. A Greek, son of an imperial official, he was in 687 rector of a “pontifical patrimony” on the…
John VIII Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium(GIOVANNI VIII PALEOLOGO, IMPERATORE DI BISANZIO)Vol. VI, p. 356 GIOVANNI VIII Paleologo, EMPEROR of BYZANTIUM. — Son of Manuele II Paleologo, born in 1383, co-emperor with his father, he succeeded him in 1425. The Byzantine…
John VIII, Pope(GIOVANNI VIII, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 365 GIOVANNI VIII, PAPA. — A Roman, elected on 14 December 872, died on 16 December 882. Archdeacon of the Roman Church for twenty years and a collaborator of…
John X, Pope(GIOVANNI X, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 367 GIOVANNI X, PAPA. – Elected in March (?) 914, deposed in June 928, died in 929 (?). Historical tradition, relying above all on Liutprand’s malicious account,…
John XI Bekkos, Catholic Patriarch of Constantinople(GIOVANNI XI BEKKOS, PATRIARCA CATTOLICO DI COSTANTINOPOLI)Vol. VI, p. 334 GIOVANNI XI BEKKOS, Catholic patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE. — Descended from a Byzantine family, born on an unknown date, he was patriarch from 1275 to 1282. In…
John XI, Pope(GIOVANNI XI, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 367 JOHN XI, POPE. - A Roman, elected in Feb.-March 931, d. in Dec. 935. Born of Marozia and, according to a highly questionable assertion by Liutprand, of Pope…
John XII, Pope(GIOVANNI XII, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 367 GIOVANNI XII, PAPA. – A Roman, elected on 16 December 955, died on 14 May 964. Ottaviano, son of Alberico, had been designated, while still very young, at his…
John XIII, Pope(GIOVANNI XIII, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 368 GIOVANNI XIII, POPE. – A Roman, elected on 1 October 965, died on 6 September 972. Born to a Giovanni “episcopus,” perhaps of the Crescenzi family, and…
John XIV, Pope(GIOVANNI XIV, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 368 GIOVANNI XIV, POPE. – B. at Pavia, elected in December 983, d. on 20 August 984. Pietro Canepanova, bishop of Pavia from about 978 and chancellor of the…
John XIX, Pope(GIOVANNI XIX, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 369 GIOVANNI XIX, POPE. — Elected on 6 May 1024, died in 1032. A Roman of the counts of Tusculum and brother of Benedetto VIII, during the pontificate of the…
John XV, Pope(GIOVANNI XV, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 368 GIOVANNI XV, POPE. — Roman, elected in Aug. 985, died in March 996. He is remembered in some lists of popes as Giov. XVI, since another Giov. XV was…
John XVI, Antipope(GIOVANNI XVI, ANTIPAPA)Vol. VI, p. 369 GIOVANNI XVI, ANTIPOPE. — Born in Rossano in Calabria, he died in 1013 (?). G. Filagato, a Greek from an obscure family who, through the favor of the empress…
John XVII, Pope(GIOVANNI XVII, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 369 GIOVANNI XVII, POPE. – A Roman, elected in June 1003, died in December of the same year. Giovanni Siccone was appointed successor to Silvester II through the…
John XVIII, Pope(GIOVANNI XVIII, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 369 GIOVANNI XVIII, POPE. – A Roman, elected in January 1004, died in July 1009. Named Fasano, cardinal of « Sancti Petri », after his elevation to the pontificate…
John XX, Pope(GIOVANNI XX, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 369 GIOVANNI XX, POPE. – Nonexistent pontiff resulting from the duplication of the pontificate of Giovanni XIV. Cf. the critical note by A. Mercati on the series…
John XXI, Pope(GIOVANNI XXI, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 369 GIOVANNI XXI, POPE. — Born in Lisbon, probably between 1210 and 1220, elected on 8 September 1276, died on 20 May 1277. Pietro di Giuliano, a Portuguese, had…
John XXII, Pope(GIOVANNI XXII, PAPA)Vol. VI, p. 370 GIOVANNI XXII, POPE. — He was pope from 7 Aug. 1316 to 4 Dec. 1334. Born at Cahors around 1245, Giacomo Duèse owed his brilliant career to his qualities as a…
John XXIII, Antipope(GIOVANNI XXIII, ANTIPAPA)Vol. VI, p. 371 GIOVANNI XXIII, ANTIPAPA: V. COSSA (COSCIA), BALDASSARRE.
John, Abbot of Strumí(GIOVANNI, ABATE DI STRUMÍ)Vol. VI, p. 381 GIOVANNI, abbot of STRUMÍ. - When the imperial antipope Pasquale III died on 20 Sept. 1168, during the struggle between Federico Barbarossa and Alessandro III,…
John, Antipope(GIOVANNI, ANTIPAPA)Vol. VI, p. 365 GIOVANNI, ANTIPAPA. – Upon the death of Pope Gregory IV (25 January 844), the populace, through violent demonstrations, succeeded in having the deacon G.…
John, Apostle, Evangelist, Saint(GIOVANNI, APOSTOLO, EVANGELISTA, SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 318 JOHN, APOSTLE, EVANGELIST, saint. - Author of the Fourth Gospel, three Epistles, and the Apocalypse. OUTLINE: I. Life and apostolate. - II. The Gospel of J. -…
John, Bishop of Jerusalem(GIOVANNI, VESCOVO DI GERUSALEMME)Vol. VI, p. 355 GIOVANNI, bishop of GERUSALEMME. - Born about 356, died in 417. In his youth he embraced the monastic state, and in 386 succeeded St. Cirillo in the see of…
John, Bishop of Sabina(GIOVANNI, VESCOVO DI SABINA)Vol. VI, p. 376 GIOVANNI, bishop of SABINA: v. SILVESTRO III, ANTIPAPA.
John, Bishop of Velletri(GIOVANNI, VESCOVO DI VELLETRI)Vol. VI, p. 382 GIOVANNI, bishop of VELLETRI: v. BENEDETTO X, ANTIPAPA.
John, Deacon(GIOVANNI, DIACONO)Vol. VI, p. 351 GIOVANNI, DIACONO. - Neapolitan chronicler, who lived in the second half of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th. He was rector of the diakonia of S.…
John, Patriarch of Antioch(GIOVANNI, PATRIARCA DI ANTIOCHIA)Vol. VI, p. 318 GIOVANNI, patriarch of ANTIOCHIA. - D. in 441-42. Educated from childhood in the Christian religion, he acquired extensive knowledge of theology and…
