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Lethargy (LETARGO)
It is a phenomenon characteristic of certain mammals (rodents, insectivores, bats, carnivores, etc.), consisting in the reduction, to a minimum, of… -
Leticia, Apostolic Prefecture of (LETICIA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In Colombia, it is one of the three autonomous missions erected on 7 February 1951 by dismemberment of the apostolic vicariate of Caquetá (v.). The extent of… -
Leti, Gregorio
Writer, b. in Milan on 29 May 1630, d. in Amsterdam on 9 June 1701. He is a curious figure of an adventurer, a "libertine," an "émigré." After various… -
Leto
Humanist, b. in 1428 at Teggiano in the Cilento, d. at Rome in 1497. He is one of the most enigmatic (or indeterminate) figures of Italian Humanism. A fanatic… -
Letourneux, Nicolas
Preacher and ascetic writer, b. in Rouen on 30 Apr. 1640, d. in Paris on 28 Nov. 1686. He soon distinguished himself in Rouen as a preacher, so much so that in… -
Letterkenny, Diocese of (LETTERKENNY, DIOCESI DI)
LETTERKENNY, DIOCESI di: v. RAPHOE, DIOCESI di. -
Letter of Appointment (BIGLIETTO DI NOMINA)
According to the language of the Curia, this term means that brief missive, written in the name of the Pope, by which a particular person is customarily… -
Letter of Saint Peter (LITTERA SANCTI PETRI)
LITTERA SANCTI PETRI: v. BOLLATICA, SCRITTURA. -
Letter of the Apostles (LETTERA DEGLI APOSTOLI)
LETTER OF THE APOSTLES: V. APOSTOLI, LETTERA DEGLI. -
Letter of the Churches of Lyon and Vienne (LETTERA DELLE CHIESE DI LIONE E VIENNA)
LETTERA DELLE CHIESE DI LIONE E VIENNA: V. LIONE. -
Letters from Rome (LETTRES DE ROME)
Periodical founded in Rome by the Jesuit Father J.-H. Ledit in 1935, with the aim of studying the communist and atheist movement and its penetration on an… -
Letters Patent (LETTERE PATENTI)
This name designates, in contrast to the "litterae clausae", those public documents drawn up in a form different from and simpler than privileges (v.), which… -
Lettisternio (Lectisternium)
A ritual form of the ancient Roman religion, consisting in preparing a couch (lectum sternere) and offering a banquet to the gods (represented by their statues… -
Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses
Title of a collection of letters sent by Jesuit missionaries, on events, traditions, journeys, monuments, discoveries, and persons concerning the peoples and… -
Leucippus (LEUCIPPO)
LEUCIPPO: v. ATOMISMO. -
Leusden, Johannes
Dutch Orientalist, b. 26 April 1624, d. 30 September 1699 in Utrecht, where he was professor of Hebrew. He was not an original mind nor a scholar of the first… -
Leu von Ebersol, Joseph
Swiss politician, b. at Ebersol on 1 June 1800, d. there on 20 July 1845. A convinced Catholic, he did not approve of the advent of the new liberal ideas that… -
Le Vacher, Jean
One of the first followers of St. Vincent de Paul, b. at Ecouen on 15 March 1619, d. at Algiers on 26 July 1683. Ordained a priest (1647), he set out for the… -
Le Vau, Louis
French architect, b. in Paris in 1612 and d. there on 11 Oct. 1670. He also traveled in Italy, in particular to Genoa and Rome. Among his early works are… -
Level (LIVELLO)
This name was given to a special form of agrarian contract, by which a grantor (livellante) conferred the usufruct of a piece of land on a grantee (livellario)… -
Levellers
The L. constituted the extreme left wing of the English republicans in the civil war of 1642-51. The term L. ("leveller" and more properly "subversive," from… -
Leviathan (LEVIATHAN)
A fabulous aquatic monster, akin to the tannin, or tannim, to which it is joined by parallel synonymy in Is. 27:1 (cf. DRAGON), applied to the crocodile (Job… -
Levi (LEVI)
I. Third of the sons whom Jacob had by Leah. In Gen. 29:34 the name is explained by the mother's phrase: "Now this time my husband will be joined (or attached)… -
Levirate (LEVIRATO)
The duty to marry the widow of one's own brother, who has died without children. The custom is common to many primitive peoples, and finds its reason in the… -
Levita, Elia
Hebrew grammarian, b. at Neustadt an der Aisch in 1469, d. at Venice on 28 January 1549. His Hebrew name was 'Ēljāhū ben 'Āšēr hal-Lēwī 'Aškēnažī (Germanic)… -
Levitation (LEVITAZIONE)
A term designating the phenomena of the raising, displacement and suspension in the air of heavy objects, and more often of the human body without visible… -
Levites (LEVITI)
Professional name of those charged with the Hebrew cult, subordinate to the priests, belonging to the tribe of Levi (v.), which was distinguished into the… -
Leviticus (LEVITICO)
Third book of the Pentateuch (v.), called by the Palestinian Jews from its opening word voajiqra'; by the Alexandrian Jews Λευιτικόν, whence the Vulgate Liber… -
Levoča
City in Slovakia, founded in 1245 and the center of a German colony. The ancient center of the county of Scepusium (Spiš), today it is a city of historical… -
Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien (LĚVY-BRUHL, LUCIEN)
Philosopher and sociologist, b. in Paris on 10 April 1857, d. there on 13 March 1939. Professor at the Sorbonne, where he succeeded E. Boutroux, member of the… -
Lex Dei
LEX DEI : v. COLLATIO LEGUM MOSAICARUM ET ROMANARUM. -
Lex Romana Canonice Compta
A collection of canonical and Roman texts, contained in cod. Paris. 12448, 10th century. It is composed of decretals, canons of councils, texts from the… -
Leyden, John of (LEIDA, GIOVANNI DI)
LEIDA, GIOVANNI di: v. BOKELSZOON, JAN.