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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…