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Keats, JohnVol. VII, p. 420 KEATS, JOHN. — English poet, born in London on 31 October 1795, died in Rome on 23 February 1821. He received a good education and was encouraged by one of his…
Keble, JohnVol. VII, p. 421 KEBLE, JOHN. — Anglican theologian, preacher, and poet, born at Fairford in Gloucestershire on 25 April 1792, died at Bourremouth on 29 March 1866. After…
Keetmanshoop, Apostolic Vicariate of(KEETMANSHOOP, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VII, p. 421 KEETMANSHOOP, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — The territory of this vicariate belonged to German South-West Africa, which after the First World War (17 Dec. 1920)…
Keewatin, Apostolic Vicariate of (Canada)(KEEWATIN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI (CANADA))Vol. VII, p. 422 KEEWATIN, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of (Canada). — It was erected by the Sacred Consistorial Congregation on 4 March 1910, with territory detached from the…
Kehr, Paul FridolinVol. VII, p. 422 KEHR, PAUL FRIDOLIN. — Born on 28 December 1860 at Waltershausen near Gotha (Thuringia) to a Protestant family, died on 9 November 1944 at Wässerndorf Castle…
Keil, Karl FriedrichVol. VII, p. 422 KEIL, KARL FRIEDRICH. — Protestant-Lutheran exegete of conservative tendency and opponent of criticism, born at Lauterbach, near Oelsnitz (Saxony), on 26…
Keimoes, Diocese of(KEIMOES, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 423 KEIMOES, DIOCESI di. - In the Union of South Africa. The ancient mission was begun in 1873 by the Fathers of the Society of African Missions of Lyon, who…
Keller, PaulVol. VII, p. 423 KELLER, PAUL. — German narrator, born in Arnsdorf, near Schneidewitz in Silesia, on 6 July 1873, died in Breslau on 20 August 1932. Initially a teacher, he…
Keller, Émile, Count(KELLER, EMILE, CONTE)Vol. VII, p. 423 KELLER, EMILE, count. — French Catholic politician, b. in Belfort on 8 October 1828, d. in Paris on 20 February 1909. He was a deputy in Parliament for the…
Kellner, Karl Adam HeinrichVol. VII, p. 423 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. After…
Kellner, LorenzVol. VII, p. 423 KELLNER, LORENZ. — The greatest Catholic pedagogue of Germany in the past century. Born on 29 January 1811 at Kalteneber near Heiligenstadt (Prussian Saxony),…
Kemef (Hebrew Kéméf)(CHAMOS (EBR. KÉMÉF))Vol. III, p. 804 CHAMOS (Hebr. Kéméf). - The national and principal god of the Moabites (Iudc. 11, 24; I Reg. 11, 7, 33; II Reg. 23, 13), who are therefore called “the people…
Kempe, MargeryVol. VII, p. 424 KEMPE, MARGERY. — English mystic, born at Kings Lynn (Norfolk) about 1373, died about 1440. Married about 1393 to a prosperous fellow townsman, she was the…
Kempf, NikolausVol. VII, p. 424 KEMPF, NIKOLAUS. - German ascetical and mystical writer of the Carthusian Order, also called Nicola di Strasburgo, where he was born in 1397; he died at Gaming…
Keng-Tung, Apostolic Vicariate of(KENG-TUNG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VII, p. 424 KENG-TUNG, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — In southern Burma, in the Federated Shan States, it comprises the States of K., Tawnpeng, southern and northern Hsenwi,…
Kennicott, Benjamin(KENNIKOTT, BENJAMIN)Vol. VII, p. 424 KENNIKOTT, BENJAMIN. — English critic of the Hebrew biblical text, born at Totnes (Devonshire) on 4 April 1718, died at Oxford on 18 September 1783. Pastor at…
Kenosis(KENOSI)Vol. VII, p. 424 KENOSIS. - From the Greek ἐκνῶσις (ἐκνῶς, “I empty”), it is equivalent to divestment, annihilation, and is the subject of a modern Christological theory,…
Kenrick, Francis PatrickVol. VII, p. 427 KENRICK, FRANCIS PATRICK. – Archbishop of Baltimore, theologian, controversialist, born in Dublin on 3 December 1797, died in Baltimore on 8 July 1863, during…
Kenrick, Peter RichardVol. VII, p. 428 KENRICK, PETER RICHARD. – First archbishop of St. Louis; theologian and student of ecclesiastical history. Born in Dublin on 4 August 1806, in 1833 he…
KenyaVol. VII, p. 428 KENYA. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - British colony and protectorate in East Africa, S. of Ethiopia. The territory (583,000 sq. km., of which 5,645 are protectorate along…
Kepler (Keplero), JohannesVol. VII, p. 429 KEPLER (KEPLERO), JOHANNES. – One of the four great founders of modern astronomy, together with Copernico, Galilei, and Newton. Born in Weil (Württemberg,…
Kepler, Paul WilhelmVol. VII, p. 430 KEPLER, PAUL WILHELM. - Bishop, b. 28 Sept. 1852 at Schwäbisch-Gmünd, d. 16 July 1926 at Rottenburg. Ordained a priest in 1875, he subsequently carried out…
Kerle, Jacob deVol. VII, p. 430 KERLE, JACOB de. — Musician, b. at Ypres ca. 1530, d. at Prague on 7 January 1591. In 1555 he was organist at Orvieto, from where he went as chapel master, in…
Kerll, Johann KasparVol. VII, p. 430 KERLL, JOHANN KASPAR. — Organist and composer, born in Adorf on 9 April 1627, died in Munich on 13 February 1693. He first studied in Vienna, then in Rome with…
Kerry and Aghadoe, Diocese of(KERRY E AGHADOE, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 430 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…
Kersbele (Kersbell), PhilippeVol. VII, p. 431 KERSBELE (KERSBELL), PHILIPPE. – Carmelite theologian, b. in Ghent (Belgium) around 1462, d. in Paris on 20 Nov. 1489. An ardent defender of the Immaculate…
Keta, Diocese of(KETA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 431 KETA, DIOCESE of. - In British Togoland, suffragan of the archdiocese of Cape Coast (formerly the apostolic vicariate of the Gold Coast), entrusted to the…
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel von(KETTELER, WILHELM EMANUEL VON)Vol. VII, p. 431 KETTELER, WILHELM EMANUEL VON. – Bishop of Mainz, initiator and supporter of the ideological and practical movement of German social Catholicism, b. at…
Keumurghian KomitaVol. VII, p. 432 KEUMURGHIAN KOMITA: v. COSMA DA CARBONIANO.
Keynes, John MaynardVol. VII, p. 432 KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD. – English economist, b. in Cambridge on 5 June 1883, d. in London on 21 April 1946. He became known as early as 1912 by directing the…
Keys(CLAVI)Vol. III, p. 1050 CLAVI. - Trimming of the Roman tunic, the clavi were two parallel purple stripes which, passing over the shoulders, descended in front and behind to the lower…
Keys of the Terms(CLAVES TERMINORUM)Vol. III, p. 1050 CLAVES TERMINORUM: v. CYCLUS MAGNUS.
Keyserling, Hermann, Count(KEYSERLING, HERMANN, CONTE)Vol. VII, p. 433 KEYSERLING, HERMANN, count. — Philosopher, born at Koenno (Livonia) on 20 July 1880, died at Innsbruck on 26 April 1946. He studied natural sciences and…
