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K'anghsiVol. VII, p. 404 K'ANGHSI. — English spelling of a term (in Italian « Ccamsci ») denoting the period 1661–1722, during which the second emperor of the Manchu dynasty reigned;…
Ka'bahVol. VII, p. 401 KA'BAH. — A building of gray stone, situated in the middle of the sacred enclosure of Mecca, in the form of a cube (k. = “die”). Two walls are 12 m. long, the…
KabyliaVol. VII, p. 401 KABYLIA. - A region entirely comprised within the two dioceses of Algeria and Costantina, inhabited by a population of approximately 1,250,000, continually…
Kaduna, Apostolic Prefecture of(KADUNA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VII, p. 401 KADUNA, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. - Created as an apostolic prefecture on 24 Aug. 1911. On 18 July 1929 the territories of the apostolic vicariate of Western…
Kafka, FranzVol. VII, p. 401 KAFKA, FRANZ. — Born in Prague on 3 July 1882 into a Jewish family, he died of tuberculosis at Kierling (Vienna) on 3 June 1924. He obtained a degree in law in…
Kagoshima, Prefecture of(KAGOSHIMA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VII, p. 401 KAGOSHIMA, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE. — On the southern coast of the Island of Kyūshū (Japan), erected on 18 March 1927 from territory detached from the diocese of…
Kaibel, GeorgVol. VII, p. 402 KAIBEL, GEORG. - German philologist and epigraphist, b. in Lubecca, 30 Oct. 1847; d. in Gottinga, 12 Oct. 1901. He was professor first at the University of…
Kaifeng, Archdiocese of(KAIFENG, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 402 KAIFENG, ARCIDIOCESI di. – In the civil province of Honan, in central China. Erected as an autonomous mission, under the name of the Apostolic Vicariate of…
KaiserchronikVol. VII, p. 402 KAISERCHRONIK. - German historical poem of ca. 17,000 verses, composed around the middle of the 12th century; (phot. Fides) KAGOSHIMA - Christian cemetery. it…
Kaisiadorys, Diocese of(KAISEDORYS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 402 KAISEDORYS, DIOCESE of. – Diocese in Lithuania. Within an area of 9,743 sq km, it has 228,026 inhabitants, of whom 220,426 are Catholics, distributed among 66…
Kakowski, AlexanderVol. VII, p. 403 KAKOWSKI, ALEXANDER. – Cardinal, born at Dembica, in the diocese of Plock, Poland, on 5 February 1862, died in Warsaw on 30 December 1938. Having completed his…
Kalbermatten, WilhelmVol. VII, p. 403 KALBERMATTEN, WILHELM. – Papal general, born in Brig in Valais (Switzerland) on 15 November 1793, died in Rome on 15 December 1875. Called by Pius IX in 1850…
KalevalaVol. VII, p. 403 KALEVALA: v. FINLANDIA. IV, Letteratura.
Kamieniec, Diocese of(KAMIENIEC, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 403 KAMIENIEC, DIOCESI of. — In Podolia (southwestern Soviet Russia). A diocese since approximately 1370. Administered between 1866 and 1918 by the bishop of Luck,…
Kamloops, Diocese of(KAMLOOPS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 403 KAMLOOPS, DIOCESI of. - City and diocese in central southern Columbia, Canada. The first priest to arrive there, in 1842, was the Rev. Modesto Demers, a French…
Kampala, Vicariate of(KAMPALA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VII, p. 403 KAMPALA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - It is entrusted to the Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill for the Foreign Missions and is situated in the protectorate of…
Kanchow, Diocese of(KANCHOW, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 403 KANCHOW, DIOCESI of. — In China, in the southern part of Kiangsi. Erected as an apostolic vicariate on 25 August 1920, through the division of the apostolic…
KandyVol. VII, p. 404 KANDY - Seminary. to Beijing of two papal legates in 1705–1707 and in 1720, it irritated the powerful monarch and distanced him ever further from the Christian…
Kandy, Diocese of(KANDY, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 404 KANDY, DIOCESE of. — In the center of the island of Ceylon, it was initially an apostolic vicariate, erected on 20 April 1883 by separation from the then…
Kangding, Diocese of(KANGTING, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 405 KANGTING, DIOCESE OF. — In west-central China. It comprises independent Tibet or Sitsang, the Tibetan Marches or Sikang, and the district of Weisiting in the…
Kanishka(KANIŠKA)Vol. VII, p. 405 KANIŠKA. — Most of the information from Chinese sources concerning the reign and life of K., the Kuṣāṇa “king of kings,” is devoid of historical value, and…
Kankan, Apostolic Prefecture of(KANKAN, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VII, p. 405 KANKAN, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. - It was erected on 12 May 1949 from the eastern part of the apostolic vicariate of French Guinea, which on the same date had…
Kannemann, JohannVol. VII, p. 405 KANNEMANN, JOHANN. - Preacher and polemicist, b. ca. 1400 in Lower Saxony, d. after 1469. In 1440, already a lector, he entered the University of Erfurt. He…
Kansas City in Kansas, Diocese of(KANSAS CITY IN KANSAS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 406 KANSAS CITY in KANSAS, DIOCESI of. — City and diocese in the State of Kansas in the United States of America. The diocese comprises the following counties of…
Kansas City, Diocese of(KANSAS CITY, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 406 KANSAS CITY, DIOCESI of. — 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…
Kant, ImmanuelVol. VII, p. 406 KANT, IMMANUEL. - Philosopher, born in Königsberg, capital of East Prussia, on April 22, 1724, and died there on February 12, 1804. He is universally regarded…
Kanzler, HermannVol. VII, p. 415 KANZLER, HERMANN. — Papal general and pro-minister of War, born at Weingarten near Bruchsal (Baden) on 28 March 1822, died in Rome on 6 January 1888. An…
Kanzler, RodolfoVol. VII, p. 415 KANZLER, RODOLFO. - Archaeologist and student of art, son of the preceding, born in Rome in 1861, died there on 28 February 1924. He was a pupil of G. B. De…
Karachi, Archdiocese of(KARACHI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 415 KARACHI, ARCHDIOCESE of. – In western Pakistan. The mission, undertaken by the Franciscans of the Dutch province in 1932, began in 1935 with a certain…
Karafuto, Apostolic Prefecture of(KARAFUTO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VII, p. 416 KARAFUTO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA of. - On the island of Sakhalin, erected by apostolic brief on 21 May 1938 through the division of the vicariate of Sapporo.…
Karema, Apostolic Vicariate of(KAREMA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VII, p. 416 KAREMA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - In British East Africa, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. It is entrusted to the Society of the Missionaries of Africa…
Karman (Karma)Vol. VII, p. 416 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 life…
Karnkowski, Stanisław(KARNKOWSKI, STANISLAW)Vol. VII, p. 417 KARNKOWSKI, STANISLAW. – Primate of Poland, born 10 May 1520, died 18 June 1603. Bishop of Włocławek (Leslau) in 1567, he became Archbishop of Gnesna in 1581…
Kasper, KatharinaVol. VII, p. 417 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…
Kasprowicz, JanVol. VII, p. 417 KASPROWICZ, JAN. - Polish poet, b. at Szymbor on 12 Dec. 1860, d. at Poronin on 2 Aug. 1926. Of peasant family, he spent his adolescence and youth studying and…
Kassow Martyrs(KASSOW, MARTIRI DI)Vol. VII, p. 417 KASSOW, MARTIRI di: v. CASSOVIA, DIOCESI di.
KastlVol. VII, p. 417 KASTL. - An ancient Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Eichstätt, founded in 1102 by the counts Berengario I of K.-Sulzbach and Federico of K.-Habsberg;…
Katanga, Apostolic Vicariate of(KATANGA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VII, p. 418 KATANGA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO of. — In the southeastern part of the Belgian Congo, it is entrusted to the Benedictines of the Belgian Congregation of the Abbey…
Katančić, Matija PetarVol. VII, p. 417 KATANČIĆ, MATIJA PETAR. - Franciscan, Croatian writer and poet, b. at Valpovo on 12 Aug. 1750, d. at Budapest on 24 May 1825. Ordained priest in 1775, he was a…
KatholikosVol. VII, p. 418 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…
Katowice, Diocese of(KATOWICE, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 418 KATOWICE, DIOCESE of. — Founded in 1925 as a suffragan diocese of Cracow, and constituted from the territories of Upper Silesia, the industrial center of…
Katschthaler, JohannesVol. VII, p. 418 KATSCHTHALER, JOHANNES. - Theologian and cardinal, b. 29 May 1832 at Hippach (diocese of Bressanone), d. at Salzburg on 27 Feb. 1914. Having graduated in…
Katterbach, BrunoVol. VII, p. 419 KATTERBACH, BRUNO. – Franciscan and palaeographer, b. in Düsseldorf on 16 September 1883, d. in Rome on 29 December 1931. He completed his theological studies…
Kaufmann, AngelicaVol. VII, p. 419 KAUFMANN, ANGELICA. - Painter, born at Chur in the Grisons on 30 Oct. 1741, died in Rome on 5 Nov. 1807, one of the most interesting and significant figures in…
Kaulen, Franz PhilippVol. VII, p. 419 KAULEN, FRANZ PHILIPP. — German Catholic exegete, of broad theological, philological, and historical culture and rigorously conservative, born in Düsseldorf on…
Kaunas, Diocese of(KAUNAS (KOWN), DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 419 KAUNAS (KOWN), DIOCESE of. - City and diocese in Lithuania on the right bank of the Niemen River. At present, no statistical data are available. King Jagellone…
Kaunitz, Anton WenzelVol. VII, p. 419 KAUNITZ, ANTON WENZEL. – Austrian statesman, born on 2 February 1711 in Vienna, died there on 27 June 1794. In 1741 he was entrusted with an extraordinary…
Kautsky, KarlVol. VII, p. 420 KAUTSKY, KARL. – German socialist, born in Prague on 16 October 1854, died in exile in Amsterdam on 17 October 1938. He was F. Engels’s secretary and, within…
Kayes, Apostolic Prefecture of(KAYES, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VII, p. 420 KAYES, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. - In French West Africa, erected on 12 June 1947 with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Bamako (v.) and…
Kaying (Kiaying), Diocese of(KAYING (KIAYING), DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 420 KAYING (KIAYING), DIOCESE of. — In the civil province of Kwangtung (southern China), erected as an apostolic prefecture on 20 February 1929 by division of the…
