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al-Kindi, Abu Yusuf Ya'qub ibn Ishaq (al-KINDĪ, ABŪ JŪSUF JA'QŪB IBN ISḤĀQ)
Arab philosopher, theologian and encyclopedic man, known to medieval Latin scholasticism under the name of Alkindi or Alchindus, b. at Basra and d. around 873.… -
Ka
KA: v. DOPPIO. -
Ka'bah
A building of gray stone, situated in the middle of the sacred enclosure of Mecca, having the form of a cube (k. = "die"). Two walls are 12 m. long, the other… -
Kabylia
A region entirely included within the two dioceses of Algeria and Constantine, inhabited by a population of about 1,250,000 inhabitants in continuous increase… -
Kaduna, Apostolic Prefecture of (KADUNA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Created as an apostolic prefecture on 24 Aug. 1911. On 18 July 1929 the territories of the apostolic vicariate of Western Nigeria north of the Niger and Benue… -
Kafka, Franz
Born in Prague on 3 July 1882 to a Jewish family, died of tuberculosis in Kierling (Vienna) on 3 June 1924. He graduated in law in 1906 at the university of… -
Kagoshima, Prefecture of (KAGOSHIMA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
On the southern coast of the island of Kyūshū (Japan), erected on 18 March 1927, with territory detached from the diocese of Nagasaki. With an area of 7,883… -
Kaibel, Georg
German philologist and epigrapher, b. in Lübeck on 30 Oct. 1847, d. in Göttingen on 12 Oct. 1901. He was professor first at the University of Strasbourg, then… -
Kaifeng, Archdiocese of (KAIFENG, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the civil province of Honan, in central China. Erected as an autonomous mission, under the name of apostolic vicariate of Eastern Honan, on 21 Sept. 1916… -
Kaiserchronik
German historical poem of about 17,000 verses, composed around the middle of the 12th century; > (photo Fides) > KAGOSHIMA - Christian cemetery. it narrates… -
Kaisiadorys, Diocese of (KAISEDORYS, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese in Lithuania. Within 9,743 sq km, it has 228,026 inhabitants, of whom 220,426 are Catholics, distributed in 66 parishes (1951). The diocese was created… -
Kakowski, Alexander
Cardinal, born at Dembica, diocese of Plock, in Poland, on 5 February 1862, died at Warsaw on 30 December 1938. After completing his studies in Rome, he became… -
Kalbermatten, Wilhelm
Papal general, b. at Brig in Valais (Switzerland) on 15 Nov. 1793, d. in Rome on 15 Dec. 1875. Summoned by Pius IX in 1850 to reorganize the two regiments of… -
Kalevala
KALEVALA: v. FINLANDIA. IV, Literature. -
Kami
KAMI: v. SHINTO. -
Kamieniec [Kamianets-Podilskyi], Diocese of (KAMIENIEC, DIOCESI DI)
In Podolia (Soviet southwestern Russia). Diocese since about 1370. Administered between 1866 and 1918 by the bishop of Luck, it was then separated from it on… -
Kamloops, Diocese of (KAMLOOPS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the south-central part of Canada. The first priest to reach there, in 1842, was the Rev. Modesto Demers, a French Canadian. The Oblates of… -
Kampala, Vicariate of (KAMPALA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is entrusted to the Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill for Foreign Missions and is located in the Uganda Protectorate (British East Africa), in the… -
Kanchow [Ganzhou], Diocese of (KANCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In China, in the southern part of Kiangsi. Erected as an apostolic vicariate on 25 Aug. 1920, by division of the apostolic vicariate of Southern Kiangsi, today… -
Kandy, Diocese of (KANDY, DIOCESI DI)
In the center of the island of Ceylon, it was first an apostolic vicariate, erected on April 20, 1883, by detachment from the then apostolic vicariate of… -
K'anghsi
English spelling of a term (in Italian "Ccamsci") that designates the period 1661-1722, during which the second emperor of the Manchu dynasty reigned; in… -
Kangting [Kangding], Diocese of (KANGTING, DIOCESI DI)
In central-western China. It comprises independent Tibet or Sitsang, the Tibetan Marches or Sikang, and the district of Weisiting in the province of Yunnan. It… -
Kanishka (KANIŠKA)
Most of the information from Chinese sources concerning the kingdom and life of K., the "king of kings" of the Kušānas, is devoid of historical value, and the… -
Kankan, Apostolic Prefecture of (KANKAN, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It was erected on 12 May 1949 with the eastern part of the apostolic vicariate of French Guinea, which on the same date had its name changed to apostolic… -
Kannemann, Johann
Preacher and polemicist, b. c. 1400 in Lower Saxony, d. after 1469. In 1440, already a lecturer, he entered the University of Erfurt. He became regent of… -
Kansas City, Diocese of (KANSAS CITY, DIOCESI DI)
City in the State of Missouri, in the United States of America. The diocese comprises the part of the State of Missouri south of the river of the same name and… -
Kansas City in Kansas, Diocese of (KANSAS CITY IN KANSAS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Kansas in the United States of America. The diocese comprises the following counties of the State of Kansas: Anderson… -
Kant, Immanuel
Philosopher, b. at Königsberg, capital of East Prussia, on 22 April 1724, d. there on 12 February 1804. He is unanimously considered the greatest thinker of… -
Kanzler, Hermann
Papal general and pro-minister of arms, b. at Weingarten near Bruchsal (Baden) on 28 March 1822, d. at Rome on 6 Jan. 1888. An exemplary Christian and an… -
Kanzler, Rodolfo
Archaeologist and art connoisseur, son of the preceding, b. in Rome in 1861, d. there on 28 Feb. 1924. He was a disciple of G. B. De Rossi, secretary of the… -
Karachi, Archdiocese of (KARACHI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In western Pakistan. The mission, taken over by the Franciscans of the Dutch province in 1932, began in 1935 with a certain dependence (out of regard for the… -
Karafuto, Apostolic Prefecture of (KARAFUTO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
On the island of Sakhalin, erected by apostolic brief on 21 May 1938 by division of the vicariate of Sapporo. Beginning in 1907 a priest of the diocese of… -
Karaites (CARAITI)
In the 9th century, through the impetus of Binjamin da Nahāwend, the Jewish sect that broke away from traditional rabbinism designated its adherents with the… -
Karema, Apostolic Vicariate of (KAREMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In British East Africa, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. It is entrusted to the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). It derives from the… -
Karman (Karma)
In the Rgveda (v. VEDA) the word k., "the work" par excellence, designates the sacrificial rite and the fruit derived from it in this and the other life. Once… -
Karnkowski, Stanisław (KARNKOWSKI, STANISLAW)
Primate of Poland, b. 10 May 1520, d. 18 June 1603. Bishop of Włocławek (Leslau) in 1567, he became in 1581 Archbishop of Gniezno and gave impetus to the… -
Kasper, Katharina
In religion Maria, born at Dernbach (diocese of Limburg in Hesse) on 26 May 1820, died there on 2 February 1898. She spent her adolescence in study and in the… -
Kasprowicz, Jan
Polish poet, b. at Szymbor on 12 Dec. 1860, d. at Poronin on 2 Aug. 1926. Of a peasant family, he spent his adolescence and youth studying and struggling with… -
Kassow Martyrs (KASSOW, MARTIRI DI)
KASSOW, MARTIRI di: v. CASSOVIA, DIOCESI di. -
Kastl
Ancient Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Eichstätt, founded in 1102 by the counts Berengar I of K.-Sulzbach and Frederick of K.-Habsberg; confirmed and… -
Katančić, Matija Petar
Croatian Franciscan, writer and poet, b. at Valpovo on 12 Aug. 1750, d. at Budapest on 24 May 1825. A priest in 1775, he was a professor at the gymnasium of… -
Katanga, Apostolic Vicariate of (KATANGA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It lies in the south-eastern part of the Belgian Congo and is entrusted to the Benedictines of the Belgian Congregation of the Abbey of St-André-les-Bruges… -
Katanga Settentrionale, Apostolic Vicariate of (KATANGA SETTENTRIONALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
KATANGA SETTENTRIONALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di: v. KONGOLO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. -
Katholikos
In Eastern ecclesiastical law, k. means the delegate for the universality of causes. The title was probably given from the 4th century to the supreme bishops… -
Katowice, Diocese of (KATOWICE, DIOCESI DI)
Founded in 1925 as a suffragan of Kraków, and constituted with the territories of Upper Silesia, the industrial center of Poland. Its first bishop was August… -
Katschthaler, Johannes
Theologian and cardinal, b. 29 May 1832 at Hippach (diocese of Bressanone), d. at Salzburg on 27 Feb. 1914. Having earned his doctorate in theology in the… -
Katterbach, Bruno
Franciscan, paleographer, b. at Düsseldorf on 16 Sept. 1883, d. at Rome on 29 Dec. 1931. He completed his theological studies at Fulda and his historical… -
Kaufmann, Angelica
Painter, b. in Chur in the Grisons on 30 Oct. 1741, d. in Rome on 5 Nov. 1807, one of the most interesting and significant personalities of the artistic… -
Kaulen, Franz Philipp
German Catholic exegete, of broad theological, philological and historical culture, rigorously conservative, b. at Düsseldorf on 20 March 1827, d. at Bonn on… -
Kaunas, Diocese of (KAUNAS (KOWN), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Lithuania on the right bank of the Niemen river. At present no statistical data are available. The Jagiellonian king of Poland (1386-1434)… -
Kaunitz, Anton Wenzel
Austrian statesman, b. Feb. 2, 1711 in Vienna, d. there June 27, 1794. Entrusted in 1741 with a special mission to the courts of Florence, Rome and Turin, to… -
Kautsky, Karl
German socialist, b. in Prague on 16 Oct. 1854, d. in exile in Amsterdam on 17 Oct. 1938. He was secretary to F. Engels and, within German socialism… -
Kayes, Apostolic Prefecture of (KAYES, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In French West Africa, erected on 12 June 1947 with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Bamako (v.) and entrusted to the Society of Missionaries… -
Kaying [Meizhou] (Kiaying), Diocese of (KAYING (KIAYING), DIOCESI DI)
In the civil province of Kwangtung (southern China), erected as an apostolic prefecture on 20 Feb. 1929 by division of the mission of Swatow (v.) and entrusted… -
Keats, John
English poet, b. in London on 31 Oct. 1795, d. in Rome on 23 Feb. 1821. He received a good education and was favored by one of his teachers, C. C. Clarke, who… -
Keble, John
Anglican theologian, preacher and poet, b. at Fairford in Gloucestershire on 25 April 1792, d. at Bournemouth on 29 March 1866. After his early education… -
Keetmanshoop, Apostolic Vicariate of (KEETMANSHOOP, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The territory of this vicariate was part of German South-West Africa, which after the First World War (17 Dec. 1920) was given as a mandate to the Union of… -
Keewatin, Apostolic Vicariate of (Canada) (KEEWATIN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI (CANADA))
It was erected by the Sacred Congregation of the Consistory on 4 March 1910 with territory detached from the archdiocese of St. Boniface. It comprises almost… -
Kehr, Paul Fridolin
Born on 28 Dec. 1860 at Waltershausen near Gotha (Thuringia) into a Protestant family, died on 9 Nov. 1944 at Wässerndorf Castle near Würzburg. A distinguished… -
Keil, Karl Friedrich
Protestant-Lutheran exegete, of conservative tendency, an enemy of criticism, b. at Lauterbach, near Oelsnitz (Saxony), on 26 Feb. 1807, d. at Rödnitz, near… -
Keimoes, Diocese of (KEIMOES, DIOCESI DI)
In the South African Union. The ancient mission began in 1873 through the work of the Fathers of the Society of African Missions of Lyon, who ceded it to the… -
Keller, Émile, Count (KELLER, EMILE, CONTE)
French Catholic politician, b. at Belfort on 8 Oct. 1828, d. at Paris on 20 Feb. 1909. He was a deputy in Parliament for Haut-Rhin (1859) and, after the… -
Keller, Paul
German narrator, b. at Arnsdorf, near Schneidewitz in Silesia, on 6 July 1873, d. at Breslau on 20 Aug. 1932. First a teacher, from 1908 a writer, he founded… -
Kellner, Karl Adam Heinrich
Patrologist and liturgist, b. at Heiligenstadt am Eichfeld (Prussian Saxony) on 26 Aug. 1837, d. at Bonn on 6 Jan. 1915. Having become a priest, he devoted… -
Kellner, Lorenz
The greatest Catholic pedagogue in Germany in the last century. Born on 29 January 1811 at Kalteneber near Heiligenstadt (Prussian Saxony), died at Trier on 18… -
Kempe, Margery
English mystic, b. at Kings Lynn (Norfolk) ca. 1373, d. ca. 1440. Married ca. 1393 to a well-to-do fellow citizen, she was the mother of 14 children, but vain… -
Kempf, Nikolaus
German ascetic and mystical writer of the Carthusian Order, also called Nicholas of Strasbourg, where he was born in 1397, and died at Gaming on 20 Nov. 1497.… -
Keng-Tung, Apostolic Vicariate of (KENG-TUNG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In southern Burma, in the federated Shan States, and it comprises the States of K., of Tawnpeng, of southern and northern Hsenwi, and the part of the State of… -
Kennicott, Benjamin (KENNIKOTT, BENJAMIN)
English critic of the Hebrew biblical text, b. at Totnes (Devonshire) on 4 April 1718, d. at Oxford on 18 Sept. 1783. Pastor at Culham (Oxfordshire) in 1753… -
Kenosis (KENOSI)
From the Greek ἐκνῶσις (ἐκνῶς "I empty"), it is equivalent to divesting, annihilation, and is the subject of a modern Christological theory, predominantly… -
Kenrick, Francis Patrick
Archbishop of Baltimore, theologian, controversialist, b. in Dublin on 3 Dec. 1797, d. in Baltimore on 8 July 1863, during the American Civil War. A student of… -
Kenrick, Peter Richard
First archbishop of St. Louis; theologian and student of ecclesiastical history. Born in Dublin on August 4, 1806, in 1833 he emigrated to the United States… -
Kenya
I. GEOGRAPHY. - British colony and protectorate in East Africa, south of Ethiopia. The territory (583,000 sq. km., of which 5,645 belong to the protectorate… -
Kepler (Keplero), Johannes
One of the four great founders of modern astronomy, together with Copernicus, Galileo and Newton. Born at Weil (Württemberg, Germany) on 16 March 1571, into a… -
Kepler, Paul Wilhelm
Bishop, b. Sept. 28, 1852 at Schwäbisch-Gmünd, d. July 16, 1926 at Rottenburg. Ordained priest in 1875, he then carried out pastoral activity in the parish of… -
Kerle, Jacob de
Musician, b. at Ypres ca. 1530, d. at Prague on 7 Jan. 1591. In 1555 he was organist at Orvieto, whence he moved as maestro di cappella, in the retinue of… -
Kerll, Johann Kaspar
Organist and composer, b. at Adorf on 9 April 1627, d. at Munich on 13 February 1693. He studied first in Vienna, then in Rome with Carissimi and with… -
Kerry and Aghadoe, Diocese of (KERRY E AGHADOE, DIOCESI DI)
In Ireland. It comprises the whole county of K. (except Kilmurrily) and part of the county of Cork. Out of a population of 160,891 inhabitants, it counts… -
Kersbele (Kersbell), Philippe
Carmelite theologian, b. in Ghent (Belgium) around 1462, d. in Paris on 20 November 1489. An ardent defender of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, he wrote the… -
Keta, Diocese of (KETA, DIOCESI DI)
In British Togo, suffragan of the archdiocese of Cape Coast (formerly the apostolic vicariate of the Gold Coast), entrusted to the Society for African… -
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel von (KETTELER, WILHELM EMANUEL VON)
Bishop of Mainz, initiator and supporter of the ideological and practical movement of German social Catholicism, b. at Harkotten (Westphalia) on 25 Dec. 1811… -
Keumurghian Komita
KEUMURGHIAN KOMITA: v. COSMA DA CARBONIANO. -
Keynes, John Maynard
English economist, b. in Cambridge on 5 June 1883, d. in London on 21 Apr. 1946. He became known as early as 1912 by directing the Economic Journal, then… -
Keys (CLAVI)
An ornament of the Roman tunic; the clavi were two parallel purple stripes which, passing over the shoulders, ran down in front and behind as far as the lower… -
Keyserling, Hermann, Count (KEYSERLING, HERMANN, CONTE)
Philosopher, b. at Koenno (Livonia) on 20 July 1880, d. at Innsbruck on 26 Apr. 1946. He studied natural sciences and chemistry and took his degree in… -
Keys of the Terms (CLAVES TERMINORUM)
CLAVES TERMINORUM: v. CYCLUS MAGNUS. -
Khaciatur Arakelean
One of the most illustrious figures among the Armenian pupils of the Urban College of Propaganda. Born in 1666 at Erzerum (Karin), he was ordained a priest in… -
Khartoum, Apostolic Vicariate of (KHARTUM, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It comprises the whole central and northern part of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Its evangelization was conceived by Msgr. A. Casolani of Malta and begun by the… -
Khosrow (Husrav) II, Persian Emperor (COSROE (HUSRAV) II, IMPERATORE PERSIANO)
Called the Victorious. He reigned from 590 to 628. At the beginning of his reign, both because of his friendship toward the emperor Maurice and because of the… -
Khosrow (Husrav) I, Persian Emperor (COSROE (HUSRAV) I, IMPERATORE PERSIANO)
He reigned from 531 to 579. In 540 C. began his campaigns against the Byzantines and at the same time unleashed against his Christian subjects a persecution… -
Kiamusze [Jiamusi] (Chiamussu), Apostolic Prefecture of (KIAMUSZE (CHIAMUSSU), PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
The civil prefectures of Yenki and Ilan, which until 19 March 1922 formed part of the apostolic vicariate of Northern Manchuria (v. KIRIN), were on that date… -
Kiangchow [Xinjiang County], Apostolic Prefecture of (KIANGCHOW, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the southern part of the civil province of Shansi, in northern China. It was erected on 25 May 1936, by division of the apostolic vicariate of Luanfu (v.… -
Kian [Ji'an], Diocese of (KIAN, DIOCESI DI)
In China, in the central-western part of the civil province of Kiangsi, which, detached from the civil province of Chekiang, with which it had formed a single… -
Kiating [Leshan], Diocese of (KIATING, DIOCESI DI)
In the western part of the civil province of Szechwan, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture, under the name of Yachow, on 19 July 1929… -
Kichow [Qichun], Diocese of (KICHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the eastern part of the civil province of Hupeh, in central China. Erected as a mission sui iuris, under the name of Hwangchow, on July 18, 1929, by… -
Kiefl, Franz Xaver
Theologian and Catholic writer, b. at Höhenrain (Lower Bavaria) on 17 Oct. 1869, d. at Regensburg on 5 June 1928. Ordained a priest in 1894, he was first… -
Kielce, Diocese of (KIELCE, DIOCESI DI)
Founded in 1805 by Pius VII, by the dismemberment of those of Kraków, Chełm and Gniezno. The first bishop was Wojciech de Bożawola Górski. Suppressed in 1818… -
Kienow [Jian'ou], Apostolic Prefecture of (KIENOW, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the northern part of the civil province of Fukien, in central China. It was erected as a mission sui iuris, under the name of Kienning, on 6 May 1931, by… -
Kierkegaard, Søren Aabye (KIERKEGAARD, SOEREN AABYE)
He is the greatest Danish writer and one of the most profound religious writers of all time. Born in Copenhagen on 5 May 1813 and died there on 11 Nov. 1855.… -
Kigoma, Apostolic Vicariate of (KIGOMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in British East Africa, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. It derives precisely from the vicariate formerly called "of Tanganyika." The… -
Kilber, Heinrich
Jesuit, theologian, b. in Mainz on 8 March 1710, d. in Heidelberg on 25 Oct. 1783. He first taught literature at Würzburg and Heidelberg, then for 22 years… -
Kildare and Leighlin, Diocese of (KILDARE E LEIGHLIN, DIOCESI DI)
It comprises the Irish county of Carlow and parts of those of Kildare, Leix, Offaly, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford. K. and L. are suffragans of Dublin; the… -
Kilian (Killena, Chilian), Saint, Martyr (KILIANO (KILLENA, CHILIANO), SANTO, MARTIRE)
Bishop and patron of the diocese of Würzburg, d. ca. 689. Of a noble Irish-Scottish family, according to the legend, already a bishop he went with eleven… -
Kilimanjaro, Apostolic Vicariate of (KILIMANJARO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in British East Africa, specifically in the northern part of the territory of Tanganyika. It takes its name from the K. massif (mountain 5,890 m… -
Killala, Diocese of (KILLALA, DIOCESI DI)
It comprises parts of the Irish counties of Mayo and Sligo. Out of a population of 56,980 inhabitants, it counts 55,246 Catholics (1936 census), distributed… -
Killaloe, Diocese of (KILLALOE, DIOCESI DI)
It comprises parts of the Irish counties of Clare, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Limerick and Leix. Out of a population of 116,508 inhabitants, it counts 112,936… -
Killing (UCCISIONE)
In the merely physical order it is the act that deprives the body of life. Homicide is the name given to one who, by a human and voluntary act, causes the… -
Kilmore, Diocese of (KILMORE, DIOCESI DI)
It comprises almost the whole Irish county of Cavan, and parts of those of Leitrim, Fermanagh, Meath and Sligo. The episcopal residence is at Cullis (Cavan)… -
Kilwardby, Robert
English Dominican, b. in the county of Leicester ca. 1200, d. at Viterbo on 11 Sept. 1279. He entered the Order between 1240 and 1245, when he was or had… -
Kimberley, Diocese of (KIMBERLEY, DIOCESI DI)
The territory that today constitutes the diocese of K. was detached on 4 June 1886 from the apostolic vicariate of Natal, because it was too distant from the… -
Kimberley in Western Australia, Apostolic Vicariate of (KIMBERLEY NELL'AUSTRALIA OCCIDENTALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It was erected under the name of apostolic vicariate of Kimberley on 10 May 1887 with territory detached from the diocese, now archdiocese, of Perth, and… -
Kimchi, David
KIMCHI, DAVID: v. QIMCHI, DAVID. -
Kimhām (CHAMAAM)
Son of Barzillai (v.) of Gilead (II Sam. 19:37-40; I Kings 2:7). After Absalom's defeat he followed David to Jerusalem. In consideration of the services… -
Kimhi, David (QIMHĪ, DAVID)
Rabbi (called Radaq = RDQ), grammarian, lexicographer and exegete, b. at Narbonne ca. 1160, d. there in 1235. His father, JOSEPH BEN ISAAC (ca. 1105-70), who… -
Kimura, Sebastiano
KIMURA, SEBASTIANO: v. GIAPPONE, IV: MARTIRI GIAPPONESI. -
Kindergarten (GIARDINID'INFANZIA)
GIARDINID'INFANZIA: v. FROEBEL, FRIEDRICH. -
Kinga («Cunegonda»), Blessed (KINGA («CUNEGONDA»), BEATA)
Patroness of Poland and Lithuania, b. in 1224, d. at Stary Sącz on 24 July 1292. Sister of Blessed Jolanda and Blessed Margaret, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary… -
Kingdom (REGNO)
A quarterly periodical, extensively and elegantly illustrated, founded at Assisi in 1942 through the work of the "Pro Civitate christiana," under the direction… -
Kingdom of God (REGNO DI DIO)
A biblical expression that has a twofold sense, abstract and concrete: the dominion or lordship of God, and the territory or society in which such lordship or… -
Kinghsien [Jing County], Diocese of (KINGHSIEN, DIOCESI DI)
In China, in the south-eastern part of the civil province of Hopeh. Erected as an apostolic prefecture on 24 April 1939, by division of the apostolic vicariate… -
Kingship of Jesus Christ (REGALITÀ DI GESÙ CRISTO)
I. THE TITLE AND ITS MEANING. - The title of king is the one that seems best to express the universal primacy of Jesus Christ (v.). It was, in fact, conferred… -
Kingsley, Charles
Anglican writer and clergyman, b. at Holne (Devonshire) on 12 June 1819, d. at Eversley (Hampshire) on 23 Jan. 1875. He advocated a form of Christian socialism… -
Kingston, Archdiocese of (KINGSTON, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Ontario (Canada). Erected as a diocese on 27 Jan. 1826, by dismemberment of the archdiocese of Québec, elevated to an… -
Kino (Chino), Eusebio Francesco (CHINO (KINO), EUSEBIO FRANCESCO)
One of the most famous Italian missionaries in America, b. at Segno in Val di Non (Trento) in Aug. 1645, d. at S. Magdalena (Mexico) on 15 May 1711. Having… -
Kinship (Among Primitive Peoples) (PARENTELA (PRESSO I POPOLI PRIMITIVI))
Primitive peoples too distinguish a threefold kinship: by blood, by affinity, and legal-spiritual cognation, founded respectively on descent from a common… -
Kirakos, Virapetzi
Anchorite of the Armenian hermitage of Korvirap, in Greater Armenia, he was the first katholikos elected in Etchmiadzin (1441) while Gregory IX Moussapekianz… -
Kircher, Athanasius
Jesuit, scholar and polygraph, b. at Geisa (Fulda) on 2 May 1601, d. at Rome on 27 Nov. 1680. He first taught (1629) ethics and mathematics at the University… -
Kirchesch, Franz
German economist and sociologist, b. at Wissen an der Sieg on 2 March 1873, d. at Mayen on 11 Sept. 1931. Ordained a priest in 1898, from 1901 he was parish… -
Kirēev, Aleksandr Aleksēevič
Cavalry general (1833-1911). A noted Russian theologian. In 1862 he was aide-de-camp to Grand Duke Constantine, governor of the Kingdom of Poland. Later he… -
Kireevsky, Ivan Vasilyevich (KIREEVSKIJ, IVAN VASILEVIČ)
Russian thinker and publicist, b. in Moscow on 22 March 1805, d. in St. Petersburg on 11 June 1856. In his youth he was influenced by German idealist… -
Kirin [Jilin City], Diocese of (KIRIN, DIOCESI DI)
Located in the central-eastern part of Manchuria (China), it has an area of 176,973 sq km and a population of 9,000,000 inhabitants. It is entrusted to the… -
Kirkuk, Diocese of (KERKÜK, DIOCESI DI)
Episcopal see in 'Irāq, from the 4th century. The Chaldean Catholic diocese was founded there in 1798. Catholics number 9,000 out of a total population of… -
Kirsch, Johan Peter
Luxembourgish prelate, archaeologist and historian, b. at Dippach on 3 Nov. 1861, d. at Rome on 4 Feb. 1941. He studied at Luxembourg, where he was ordained a… -
Kisantu, Apostolic Vicariate of (KISANTU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the southwestern part of the Belgian Congo and entrusted to the Society of Jesus, it was erected on April 1, 1931, with territory detached from the… -
Kistemaker, Johann Hyazinth
Professor of classical languages at the Gymnasium and later also at the University of Münster (Westphalia), an exegete of profoundly Catholic spirit, b. at… -
Kisumu, Apostolic Vicariate of (KISUMU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the western part of Kenya (British East Africa), and entrusted to the Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill for Foreign Missions. It derives from the… -
Kitega [Gitega], Apostolic Vicariate of (KITEGA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the southern part of Urundi and entrusted to the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). The White Fathers had already attempted in 1879… -
Kittel, Gerhard
Protestant biblical theologian, b. at Breslau on 23 Sept. 1888, d. at Tübingen on 11 July 1948. He studied theology and Oriental languages in Berlin, Tübingen… -
Kittel, Rudolf
Protestant biblical scholar, a moderate critic, b. at Eningen near Reutlingen (Württemberg) on 28 March 1853, d. at Leipzig on 29 Oct. 1929. A pastor until… -
Kittim (Kittijīm, in Jer. 2, 10) (KITTĪM (KITTIJĪM, IN IER. 2, 10))
Gentilic name of the inhabitants of Cyprus ([v.], cf. Is. 23:1, 12; Ex. 27:6 and probably Jer. 2:10), so called from the important city of Kition or Kitton… -
Kivu, Apostolic Vicariate of (KIVU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the eastern part of the Belgian Congo Colony, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and Lake K. Another > KIVU, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of - Madonna, in… -
Klagenfurt, Diocese of (KLAGENFURT, DIOCESI DI)
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Klaipėda (KLAIPEDA)
A nullius prelature and city in Lithuania. It was created by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Lituanorum gente of 4 April 1926, raising the church… -
Klee, Heinrich
Theologian, b. at Münstermaifeld (Koblenz) on 20 April 1800, d. at Munich on 28 July 1840. He studied at the Seminary of Mainz, where he was also a professor.… -
Kleinschmidt, Beda
Franciscan, art historian, b. at Brakel (Westphalia) on 12 Oct. 1867, d. at Paderborn on 17 March 1932. He entered the Order in 1888; he was ordained a priest… -
Kleist, Heinrich von
German dramatist, b. in Königsberg on > KLEINSCHMIDT, BEDA - Portrait. Oct. 18, 1776, d. in Berlin on Nov. 11, 1811. He pursued a military career for some… -
Kleptomania (CLEPTOMANÍA)
Irresistible impulse to steal, linked to mental illness. It can sometimes appear in obsessive psychosis (v.), through the drive of the fixed idea that… -
Klesl, Melchior
Cardinal, b. 19 Feb. 1552 in Vienna, d. 18 Sept. 1630 at Wiener-Neustadt. The son of a Protestant baker, he embraced the Catholic faith while still a student.… -
Kleutgen, Joseph
Jesuit theologian and philosopher, b. April 9, 1811 in Dortmund (Westphalia), d. Jan. 13, 1883 at St. Anton in Kaltern (South Tyrol). After teaching ethics and… -
Klimke, Friedrich
Jesuit, philosopher, b. June 18, 1878 at Golinov, in Upper Silesia, d. in Rome on Jan. 9, 1924. He taught history of philosophy, first at the University of… -
Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb
Poet, Protestant, Pietist, b. at Quedlinburg (Saxony) on 2 July 1724, d. at Hamburg on 14 March 1803. From his earliest years he nourished a long-standing… -
Klosterneuburg
Near Vienna (Austria), abbey of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine of the Austrian Congregation, founded around 1106 by the margrave St. Leopold (canonized in… -
Klupfel, Engelbert (KLÜPFEL, ENGELBERT)
Augustinian theologian, b. 18 Jan. 1733 at Wipfeld (Franconia), d. at Freiburg im Breisgau on 8 July 1811. A religious at Oberndorf (1750), he studied at… -
Kmetko, Karol
Archbishop, b. 12 Dec. 1875 at Dolné Držkovce, d. 22 Dec. 1948 at Nitra (Slovakia). Ordained a priest in 1899, he became a doctor of theology in 1906, and then… -
Knabenbauer, Josef
Exegete, b. March 19, 1839 at Deggendorf (Bavaria), d. Nov. 12, 1911 at Maastricht. On Sept. 27, 1857 he entered the Society of Jesus. A priest in 1871, he… -
Kneeler (INGINOCCHIATOIO)
A piece of furniture consisting of a step on which to kneel, a lectern and, often, one or more drawers in which to keep prayer books. In the history of… -
Kneipp, Sebastian
Physician and priest, b. at Stefansried (Bavaria) on 17 May 1891, d. at Wörishofen on 17 June 1897. He was parish priest of this Bavarian locality, situated… -
Knights of Columbus (CAVALIERI DI COLOMBO)
An association of apostolate, assistance and mutual aid among Catholic men of North America, Canada and the rest of the continent. It is now the most notable… -
Knoll, Alberto da Bolzano
Capuchin theologian and preacher of the province of Tyrol, b. at Bruneck on 12 July 1796, d. at Bolzano on 30 March 1863. Ordained a priest, he took the… -
Knöpfler, Alois
Church historian, b. 29 Aug. 1847 at Schomburg (Württemberg), d. there 14 July 1921. Ordained a priest in 1874, he became in 1881 professor of Church history… -
Knowledge (CONOSCENZA)
From the Latin cognoscere (cumnoscere, Greek γινώσκειν and γινώσκειν) it is the act by which a being (subject) becomes aware of or perceives something… -
Know Nothing
Protestant association ("American Protective Association"), whose members swore an oath always to answer "I don't know" to questions put to them by outsiders… -
Knox, John
Principal architect and historian of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. His place and date of birth are uncertain (Haddington, Gifford; 1505, 1513, 1515)… -
Koango, Vicariate Apostolic of (KOANGO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the southwestern part of the Belgian Congo and entrusted to the Society of Jesus. It derives from the ancient apostolic vicariate of the independent… -
Kochanowski, Jan
Poet, b. at Sycyna in 1530, d. at Lublin on 22 Aug. 1584, is the dominant figure in the golden age of Polish literature. He studied at the Academy of Cracow… -
Koellin, Konrad
Dominican theologian, b. at Ulm around 1476, d. at Cologne on 26 Aug. 1536. He entered religious life in his native city in 1492, studied at Ulm and at… -
Koimesis (KÖIMESIS)
It is a simultaneous representation of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary and her passing into Heaven, which became established in Byzantine art. It depicts the… -
Koine (KOINÈ)
KOINÈ: v. GRÉCIA. -
Kokstad, Diocese of (KOKSTAD, DIOCESI DI)
In the Union of South Africa. By decree of 8 April 1935 the south-western region of the apostolic vicariate of Mariannhill was constituted as the apostolic… -
Kolbe, Maksymilian Maria (KOLBE, MAKSYMILIAN-MARIA)
Marian writer and apostle, of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at Pabjanica, in Poland, on 6 Jan. 1894, d. at Oświęcim, there, on 14 Aug. 1941, in the fame of… -
Kolde, Dietrich
KOLDE, DIETRICH: v. COELDE (KOLDE), THEODORICH. -
Kolping, Adolf
Priest, organizer of the first Catholic workers' associations in Germany, called for this reason the Gesellenvater, b. at Kerpen (Cologne) on 8 Dec. 1813, d.… -
Konarski, Stanisław (KONARSKI, STANISLAW)
Polish pedagogue, Piarist, b. at Zarczya on 30 June 1700, d. at Warsaw on 3 Aug. 1773. He devoted his activity as a writer and priest to the moral elevation of… -
Kondakov, Nicodim Paulovitch
Russian Byzantinist, b. at Chalan (government of Kursk), in 1844, d. at Prague on 16 February 1925. He taught from 1871 to 1887 history of art at the… -
Kongmoon (Jiangmen), Diocese of (KONGMOON (KIANGMEN), DIOCESI DI)
On the lower coast of the civil province of Kwangtung, in southern China. Erected as an apostolic prefecture on 31 Jan. 1924, by division of the apostolic… -
Kongolo, Vicariate Apostolic of (KONGOLO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
KONGOLO, VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF.- It is located in the central-eastern part of the Belgian Congo and is entrusted to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. It… -
König, Eduard
Learned philologist and exegete of the Old Testament, b. at Reichenbach on 15 Nov. 1846, d. at Bonn on 12 Feb. 1936. A conservative Protestant, he taught at… -
Königgrätz, Diocese of (KÖNIGGRÄTZ, DIOCESI DI)
KÖNIGGRÄTZ, DIOCESI di: v. HRADEC KRALOVÉ, DIOCESI di. -
Konings, Anton
Moral theologian of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer; b. at Helmond in Holland on 24 Aug. 1821, he entered the Congregation in 1842, where he… -
Kontum, Vicariate Apostolic of (KONTUM, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In Indochina, erected on 18 January 1932 by division of the vicariate of Quinhon. It is made up of the provinces of Attopeu, Banmèthuòt, K., and the… -
Kopfel, Wolfgang (KÖPFEL, WOLFANG)
Protestant theologian and reformer, b. at Hagenau in Alsace in 1478, d. at Strasbourg on 4 Nov. 1541. He studied at the Universities of Ingolstadt (1505) and… -
Kopp, Georg von (KÖPP, GEORG VON)
Cardinal, b. at Duderstadt on 25 July 1837, d. at Troppau, now Opava, on 4 March 1914. Ordained a priest in 1862, and appointed director of a school for the… -
Kopystenskij, Zacharija
The most important South Russian anti-Catholic and anti-Protestant polemicist of the 17th century, d. March 21, 1627. From 1624 he was archimandrite of the… -
Korea (COREA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - In Japanese Chōsen (freshness of the morning). A peninsula of eastern Asia that juts out between Manchuria and the Japanese archipelago, at the… -
Korhogo, Prefecture Apostolic of (KORHOGO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the northern part of the Ivory Coast, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1911, detaching its territory from the vicariate of the Ivory Coast, today… -
Korjun (KORIUN)
Armenian historian of the 5th century, author of a biography of Mastotz, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet and his teacher. Although the information he… -
Korošec, Anton
Slovenian priest and politician, b. at Sv. Jurig on the Scavnica in Styria in 1872, d. at Belgrade on 14 Dec. 1940. In 1906, elected representative of the… -
Kortleitner, Franz Naver
In the world Josef, exegete, b. at Bressanone on 21 Jan. 1863, d. at Innsbruck on 2 Oct. 1939. He entered the Order of the Premonstratensians at Wilten… -
Korum, Michael Felix
Bishop, b. 2 Nov. 1840 at Wickersweier near Colmar, d. 4 Dec. 1921 at Trier. After completing his studies at Innsbruck, he was ordained a priest in 1865 at… -
Kościuszko, Tadeusz
Polish patriot, b. at Mereczowszczyzna on 4 Feb. 1746, d. at Solothurn (Switzerland) on 20 Oct. 1817. Protected by the Czartoryski family, he was able to… -
Košice, Diocese of (CASSOVIA, DIOCESI DI)
In Czechoslovakia. The city (Slovak Košice, Hungarian Kassa, German Kaschau) is an important cultural and economic center in eastern Slovakia. Until 1918 it… -
Kossuth, Lajos
Patriot and politician, b. at Monok in northern Hungary on 17 Sept. 1802, d. in exile at Turin on 20 March 1894. A brilliant orator, lawyer and journalist, he… -
Kotor (Cattaro), Diocese of (CATTARO (KOTOR), DIOCESI DI)
In Dalmatia. Founded in the 10th century. Area 6,367 sq km. Catholics 13,000; belonging to other confessions, overwhelmingly dissenters, 21,000. The diocese… -
Kottar, Diocese of (KOTTAR, DIOCESI DI)
A suffragan of Verapoly, it was dismembered from the diocese of Quilon and entrusted to the Indian secular clergy on 26 May 1930. It is situated in the extreme… -
Kottayam, Diocese of (KOTTAYAM, DIOCESI DI)
Malabar rite of the Eastern rite in Hindustan, suffragan of Ernakulam, erected as an apostolic vicariate on 20 May 1887, and as a bishopric on 21 Dec. 1923.… -
Kovno
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Kozminski, Wacław (Honoratus) (KOZMINSKI, WACLAW (ONORATO))
Capuchin under the name of Fr. Onorato, born at Biała Podlaska in Poland on 16 October 1820, died at Nowe-Miasto on 16 December 1916. While devoting himself to… -
Kraków
KRAKÓW : v. CRACOVIA, DIOCESI di. -
Krasicki, Ignacy
Polish writer, b. at Dubieck on 3 February 1735, d. at Berlin on 14 March 1801. Of a noble family, he took holy orders, became a member of the Senate of… -
Krasiński, Zygmunt
Polish poet, b. in Paris on 18 February 1812, d. there on 23 February 1859, he was one of the three greatest Romantics of his nation. His life was unhappy from…