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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… -
Kraus, Franz-Xaver
Priest, archaeologist, historian, man of letters, b. in Trier on 18 Sept. 1840, d. at San Remo on 12 Dec. 1901. He is the greatest Catholic archaeologist and… -
Kraus, Johann
Bohemian Jesuit, missionary and architect in America, b. at Pilsen on 19 June 1664, d. at Buenos Aires in 1714. Received in the year 1689 into the Society of… -
Kremsmünster
Benedictine abbey in Upper Austria (diocese of Linz), with 26 incorporated parishes, a gymnasium, an astronomical observatory, a boarding school, a retreat… -
Krishna (KRŠNA)
Before being identified with the god Vishnu and raised to the honors of worship, K. was a valiant prince of the lineage of the Vishnis, who, having taken from… -
Krishnagar, Diocese of (KRISHNAGAR, DIOCESI DI)
The mission of K. was begun in the middle of the last century, in the year 1855, through the work of the missionaries of the Lombard Seminary (now the… -
Križanić, Juraj (Crisaneo) (KRIZANIĆ, JURAJ (CRISANEO))
Croatian missionary and man of letters, b. at Obrh in 1618. Enthused by the idea of reuniting all the schismatic Slavs around Catholicism, he first studied… -
Križevci (Cristo), Diocese of (KRIZEVCI (CRISTO), DIOCESI DI)
A small Croatian town near Zagreb, seat of the diocese of the same name for Catholics of the Byzantine-Slavonic rite (Greek Catholics), suffragan of Zagreb… -
Krk, Diocese of (VEGLIA (KRK), DIOCESI DI)
Diocese of Croatia (Yugoslavia). It comprises the islands of the Quarnero: Veglia, Cherso, Lussino, and also Arbe, the northern part of the island of Pago and… -
Kromer, Martin
Polish bishop and historian, b. at Biecz (near Kraków) in 1512, d. at Heilsberg on 23 March 1589. After completing his studies at Kraków and Bologna, he became… -
Kroonstad, Diocese of (KROONSTAD, DIOCESI DI)
It is located in the Orange Free State and was erected as an apostolic prefecture of K. on 26 Nov. 1923, with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate… -
Krotz, Bonaventura
Dominican preacher, in the world Friedrich Julius, b. 20 Dec. 1862 at Karlsruhe, d. 12 May 1914 at Berlin. Ordained priest in 1888 and chaplain at Heidelberg.… -
Krüdener, Barbara Juliana von
Political woman, religious preacher and writer, b. in Riga on 21 Nov. 1764 and d. at Karasubazar in the Crimea on 24 Dec. 1824. Having turned to a mystical… -
Krüger, Paul Wilhelm
Jurist, b. in Berlin on 20 March 1840, d. in Bonn on 11 May 1926. He studied at the University of Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in 1864, after a… -
Krumbacher, Karl
Eminent promoter of Byzantine studies, b. 23 Sept. 1856 at Kürnach (near Kempten in Bavaria), d. 12 Dec. 1909 at Munich, at whose university he had taught from…