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Lorenzo di Credi
Painter, sculptor and goldsmith, b. in Florence in 1456 or in 1459-60, d. there on 12 Jan. 1537. Among his earliest works are the Self-Portrait (1488) of the… -
Lorenzo Monaco
Italian painter, b. in Siena in 1370 or 1371, d. in 1425. He carried on his activity mainly in Florence, where he went at about the age of twenty, entering the… -
Lorenzo Veneziano
Painter, documented from 1356 to 1379. He was in Bologna, Padua and perhaps Treviso. His dated works are the great altarpiece of 1357 in the Galleries of… -
Loreto
Diocese in the province of Macerata (Marche). It has an area of 17 sq km with 8,000 inhabitants, all Catholics. It has 4 parishes, with 2 diocesan priests and… -
Lorgna, Giocondo Pio
Dominican, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Blessed Imelda (Imeldines), born at Tresana (Massa) on 27 September 1870, died at Venice on 8 July 1928. A… -
Lorin, Henri
French Catholic sociologist, b. in 1858, d. in Paris on 19 Nov. 1914. He devoted himself to the Œuvre des cercles catholiques d'ouvriers, which arose after the… -
Lorinus (Jean de Lorin), John (LORIN (LORINUS), JEAN DE)
Jesuit exegete, b. in 1559 at Avignon, d. in Rome on 26 March 1634. He began his novitiate in 1575. He taught philosophy in Rome, and theology and Sacred… -
Lorium
An ancient diocese that arose on an imperial villa at the 12th mile on the Via Aurelia, later called Castel di Guido. Within its territory a basilica was also… -
Lorris, Guillaume de
French poet who lived in the first half of the 13th century, of whom it is known with certainty only that he came from the small town of Lorris in the… -
Lorsch
A famous Benedictine abbey, later briefly passed to the Cistercians and then to the Premonstratensians, in the diocese of Mainz, not far from Worms, today… -
Los Angeles, Archdiocese of (LOS ANGELES, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the State of California in the United States of America. It comprises the counties of Los A., S. Barbara and Ventura, all in the State… -
Loschi, Antonio
Humanist, b. in Vicenza ca. 1368, d. there in 1441. He studied in Verona and in Florence; then he entered the court of the Visconti and there became… -
Los Ríos, Vicariate Apostolic of (LOS RIOS, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the southern regions of Ecuador, erected by dismemberment of the diocese of Guayaquil, on July 15, 1948. It has an area of 5,950 sq km with 200,000… -
L'Osservatore Cattolico (OSSERVATORE CATTOLICO, L')
Daily newspaper founded on 2 Jan. 1864 by the Archbishop of Milan Carlo Caccia Dominioni. Its first directors were Msgr. G. Marinoni and Fr. F. Vittadini, and… -
L'Osservatore Romano (OSSERVATORE ROMANO, L')
Political-religious daily newspaper of Vatican City. Under this title there appeared in Rome (1848-50) a newspaper directed by Abbot Battelli, suppressed by… -
Los von Rom (Via da Roma)
The L. v. R. was an anti-Roman political, cultural and religious movement, which arose in Vienna in 1897 under the pretext that Catholicism was the principal… -
Lot
Son of Haran of the Tharchite lineage and nephew of Abraham (v.), together with whom he emigrated from Haran in Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan, bringing… -
Lothair I, Emperor, King of Italy (LOTARIO I, IMPERATORE, RE D'ITALIA)
Firstborn son of Louis the Pious and Queen Ermengard, b. around 785, d. at Prüm on 28 Sept. 855. In July 817 his father Louis conferred on him the title of… -
Lothair III of Supplinburg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany (LOTARIO III DI SUPLINBURGO, IMPERATORE ROMANO, RE DI GERMANIA)
Elected at Mainz on 30 Aug. 1125, d. in the Tyrol at Breitwang on 4 Dec. 1137. He was of minor nobility, but had risen to power thanks to the protection of… -
Lotti, Antonio
Organist and composer, of Venetian origin, b. ca. 1667, d. in Venice on 5 Jan. 1740. Admitted in 1687 as a singer, into the choir of the basilica of St. Mark… -
Lottini, Giovanni
Dominican theologian and commissary of the Holy Office, b. at Jolo (Prato) on 22 July 1860, d. at Rome on 5 Jan. 1951. A priest (1883) and lector (1884), he… -
Lotto, Lorenzo
Painter, b. in Venice (?) around 1480, d. in Loreto in Sept. 1556. Already in his earliest works, his personality reveals itself in the acute search for every… -
Lotze, Rudolf Hermann
Philosopher, b. 23 May 1817 at Bautzen, d. 1 July 1881 at Berlin. He studied medicine and philosophy at the University of Leipzig and there obtained the venia… -
Loudun, Ursulines of (LOUDUN, ORSOLINE DI)
The community founded in 1626 by the Ursulines of Poitiers (Congregation of Bordeaux) at L., a town in the diocese of Poitiers, with a boarding school for… -
Louis Bertrand (Bertrand), Saint (LUIGI BELTRÁN (BERTRAND), SANTO)
Dominican, b. in Valencia on 1 Jan. 1526, d. there on 9 Oct. 1581. A religious in his native city from 1544 (26 Aug.), a priest in 1547 (23 Oct.), master of… -
Louise de Marillac, Saint (LUISA DE MARILLAC, SANTA)
Cofoundress of the Daughters of Charity (v.); b. in Paris on 12 Aug. 1591, d. there on 15 March 1660. In 1613 she became the wife of Antoine Le Gras, but… -
Louise of Savoy, Blessed (LUDOVICA DI SAVOIA, BEATA)
Daughter of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, and of Yolande of France, born in Geneva on 28 December 1462. In 1479 she was married to Hugh of Châlon, lord of… -
Louis Gonzaga, Saint (LUIGI GONZAGA, SANTO)
Born on 9 March 1568 in the Castle of Castiglione delle Stiviere near Mantua, firstborn of Ferrante G., prince of the Empire and marquis of Castiglione, and of… -
Louis III, King of France (LUIGI III, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of Louis II the Stammerer and of Ansgarde, b. ca. 863, d. at St-Denis on 10 Aug. 882. During his reign the king's power continued to weaken and the kingdom… -
Louis III, King of Provence, Roman Emperor (LUDOVICO III, RE DI PROVENZA, IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Born in 882, died on 5 July 928. He belonged to the Carolingian family, being the son of Ermengard, daughter of the emperor Louis II and wife of Boso, count of… -
Louis II, King of Bavaria (LUIGI II, RE DI BAVIERA)
B. 25 Aug. 1845 at Nymphenburg, d. 13 June 1886 in Lake Starnberg. Son of Maximilian II of Bavaria and of Marie of Prussia, he succeeded his father on the… -
Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia (LUIGI II, RE D'UNGHERIA E DI BOEMIA)
B. July 2, 1506, d. Aug. 29, 1526. He reigned from 1516, succeeding his father, Vladislaus II Jagiellon. The ten-year-old King was educated amid festivities… -
Louis II, King of Italy, Roman Emperor (LUDOVICO II, RE D'ITALIA, IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Son of Emperor Lothair I, b. around 820, d. near Brescia on 12 August 875. In 844 his father sent him to Italy, assisted by his great-uncle Drogo, bishop of… -
Louis II, the Stammerer, King of France (LUIGI II, IL BALBO, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude, b. 1 Nov. 846, d. at Compiègne on 11 Apr. 879. He ascended the throne of France upon his father's death in 877. With… -
Louis I, King of Bavaria (LUIGI I, RE DI BAVIERA)
B. 25 Aug. 1786 at Strasbourg, d. 29 Feb. 1868 at Nice. Son of Maximilian Joseph of the Two Bridges and of Wilhelmine Augusta of Hesse-Darmstadt. His father… -
Louis I of Braganza, King of Portugal (LUIGI I DI BRAGANZA, RE DEL PORTOGALLO)
B. in Lisbon on 31 Oct. 1838, d. at Cascais on 19 Oct. 1889. Second son of Queen Maria II and of the consort sovereign Ferdinand of Coburg, he succeeded his… -
Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary (LUIGI I, IL GRANDE, RE D'UNGHERIA)
B. in 1326, d. September 10, 1382. Chivalrous, religious, cultured, a wise statesman. He reigned from 1342, and from 1370 was also King of Poland. From his… -
Louis IV, called d'Outremer, King of France (LUIGI IV, DETTO D'OLTREMARE, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of Charles the Simple, b. in 921, d. at Reims, 10 Sept. 954. He recovered the throne lost by his father Charles the Simple. Hugh the Great, father of the… -
Louis IV of Bavaria, Emperor (LUDOVICO IV DI BAVIERA, IMPERATORE)
On the death of Henry VII (24 Aug. 1313) the electors of the Empire divided between Louis of Bavaria, grandson on his mother's side of Rudolf I of Habsburg… -
Louis IX, King of France, Saint (LUIGI IX, RE DI FRANCIA, SANTO)
B. April 25, 1214, perhaps at Poissy, d. near Tunis on Aug. 25, 1270. Raised by his mother Blanche of Castile, rigidly Catholic, St. Louis had as his… -
Louis Marie Grignion, Saint (LUIGI MARIA GRIGNION, SANTO)
Born on 31 Jan. 1673 at Montfort-sur-Meu (whence missions, he founded the Missionaries of the Company of Mary, whose Rule he wrote, as he had already written… -
Louismet, Savinien
Benedictine mystical theologian, in the world Irenée, b. at Sens (France) on 4 April 1858, d. at Buckfast on 19 January 1926. He completed his studies at the… -
Louis of Granada (Luis de Granada) (LUDOVICO DI GRANATA (LUÍS DE GRANADA))
Spanish Dominican preacher, writer and theologian, b. at Granada in 1504, d. at Lisbon on 31 Dec. 1588. From Granada he was sent in 1534 to Cordova to restore… -
Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, King of the French (LUIGI FILIPPO, DUCA D'ORLÉANS, RE DEI FRANCESI)
B. 6 Oct. 1773 in Paris, d. 26 Aug. 1850 at Claremont Castle, county of Surrey (England). > (from H. Kehrer, F. de Zurbaran, Munich 1918, pl. (1) LOUIS… -
Louis V, called the Do-Nothing, King of France (LUIGI V, DETTO IL FANNULLONE, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of Lothair and Emma, b. in 967, d. at Reims on 22 May 987, was able, despite his 19 years, to succeed his father without opposition, to resist the Germanic… -
Louis VI, called the Fat, King of France (LUIGI VI, DETTO IL GROSSO, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of King Philip I of France, born in Paris probably in 1081, died on 1 August 1137. According to the custom of the Capetians, he had been associated with… -
Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (LUIGI VIII, DETTO IL LEONE, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of Philip Augustus, b. in Paris on 5 Sept. 1187, d. during a journey to Paris, in 1226. He reigned over France for only 40 months (1223-26), but in such a… -
Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (LUIGI VII, DETTO IL GIOVANE, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of Louis VI, b. ca. 1121, d. in Paris on 18 Sept. 1180. Despite his quite notable qualities of courage, justice and piety, L. VII does not enjoy a… -
Louisville, Archdiocese of (LOUISVILLE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and city in the State of Kentucky in the United States of America. It comprises that part of Kentucky situated west of the counties of Carroll… -
Louis XIII, King of France (LUIGI XIII, RE DI FRANCIA)
Of the House of Bourbon, b. at Fontainebleau on 27 Sept. 1601 to Henry IV and Marie de' Medici, d. on 14 May 1643 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. In 1615 he married… -
Louis XII, King of France (LUIGI XII, RE DI FRANCIA)
Of the House of Valois-Orléans, b. June 27, 1462 at Blois to Charles of Orléans and Mary of Cleves, he succeeded his cousin Charles VIII on Apr. 7, 1498 and d.… -
Louis XI, King of France (LUIGI XI, RE DI FRANCIA)
Of the House of Valois, b. 3 July 1423 at Bourges, son of Charles VII and Margaret of Anjou, d. 30 Aug. 1483 at Plessis-lès-Tours; he married Margaret of… -
Louis XIV of Bourbon, King of France (LUIGI XIV DI BORBONE, RE DI FRANCIA)
Born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 5 September 1638 to King Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, daughter of Philip III, King of Spain; died at Versailles on 1… -
Louis X, the Quarrelsome, King of France (LUIGI X, DETTO LE HUTIN, RE DI FRANCIA)
Son of Philip IV the Fair, b. in Paris on 4 Oct. 1289, d. at Vincennes on 5 June 1316. The repeated alteration of the currency's value, the heaviness of the… -
Louis XVIII of Bourbon, King of France (LUIGI XVIII DI BORBONE, RE DI FRANCIA)
B. at Versailles on 17 Nov. 1755, d. at Paris on 16 Sept. 1824. Louis Stanislas Xavier, Count of Provence, son of the dauphin Louis (son of Louis XV) and of… -
Louis XVI, King of France (LUIGI XVI, RE DI FRANCIA)
B. at Versailles on 23 Aug. 1754 to Louis, dauphin of France (son of Louis XV) and to Maria Josepha of Saxony, d. at Paris on 21 Jan. 1793. He married in 1770… -
Louis XV, King of France (LUIGI XV, RE DI FRANCIA)
Born at Versailles on 15 Feb. 1710 to Louis, Duke of Burgundy, second Dauphin, and to Maria Adelaide of Savoy; heir to the crown on 7 Sept. 1715, under the… -
Lourdes, Sanctuary of (LOURDES, SANTUARIO DI)
It is the most famous of the many places honored, as is believed, by apparitions of the Most Holy Mary. To date no other of these sanctuaries can boast an… -
Lourenço Marques [Maputo], Archdiocese of (LORENZO MARQUES (LOURENÇO MARQUES), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique (East Africa). It has an area of 164,011 sq km with 1,290,315 inhabitants, of whom 104,770 are Catholics; it has… -
Lou Tseng-Tsiang (Peter Celestine), Abbot (LOU TSENG-TSIANG (PIETRO CELESTINO), ABATE)
B. in Shanghai on June 12, 1871, d. in Bruges (Belgium) on Jan. 15, 1949. He was appointed interpreter at the Chinese legation in St. Petersburg in 1892, where… -
Louvain, University of (LOVANIO, UNIVERSITÀ DI)
Founded on 9 Dec. 1425 by Pope Martin V at the request of John IV, Duke of Brabant, to draw toward the capital of the Duchy the young men of the Low Countries… -
Love (AMORE)
An inclination to take delight in the good that has been chosen as fitting. SUMMARY: I. Concept. - II. The problem of love and its difficulties. - III.… -
Love (Conjugal) (AMORE (CONIUGALE))
It is the mutual affection that binds the two spouses in a reciprocal, full and constant dedication of themselves: mind, heart, body. The very word "conjuges,"… -
Love (Free) (AMORE (LIBERO))
Love here means the sexual appetite; and the addition of "free" is meant to indicate the will to satisfy it without any restraint, but according to one's own… -
Love (of Neighbour) (AMORE (DEL PROSSIMO))
AMORE (DEL PROSSIMO): v. CARITÀ. -
Love (Self) (AMORE (PROPRIO))
In the sense familiar to spiritual authors, it is the inordinate love of oneself, by which one is led to seek one's own good without subordinating it to God… -
Low Church ("Chiesa Bassa") (LOW CHURCH (« CHIESA BASSA »))
The name L. C. was originally understood as the opposite of High Church and also included the members of the "Broad Church" or "Latitudinarians." It originated… -
Löwenstein, Karl Wertheim-Rosenberg, Prince of (LÖWENSTEIN, KARL WERTHEIM-ROSENBERG, PRINCIPE DI)
Sociologist, b. at Haid (Bohemia) on 21 May 1834, d. at Cologne on 8 Nov. 1921. At the age of 73, after the death of his second wife, he became a Dominican at… -
Lower California, Apostolic Vicariate of (CALIFORNIA INFERIORE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLA)
The peninsula of Baja California (Mexico) was under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles (present-day Monterey-Fresno) until the erection of… -
Loyang [Luoyang], Diocese of (LOYANG, DIOCESI DI)
In the northwestern part of the civil province of Honan, in northern China. Erected as an apostolic prefecture on May 25, 1929, with 16 civil sub-prefectures… -
Loyola, Martín Ignacio
Franciscan, missionary, d. in Buenos Aires in 1612. Related to the family of St. Ignatius of L., he entered the Franciscan province of Santiago, later passing… -
Loyola, Sanctuary of (LOYOLA, SANTUARIO DI)
It is situated in a green valley in the province of Guipúzcoa and in the diocese of St. Sebastian, in Spain. Its main part is the so-called "S. Casa," that is… -
Loyson, Charles
French apostate and "reformer," b. at Orléans on 10 March 1827, d. at Paris on 9 Feb. 1912. A priest (1851), he taught philosophy at Avignon, then theology at… -
Luan [Changzhi], Diocese of (LUAN, DIOCESI DI)
The two civil provinces of Shansi and Shensi, in northern China, detached from the diocese of Peking on 15 Oct. 1696 and erected into a single apostolic… -
Luanda, Diocese of (LOANDA, DIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in Angola. From the 15th century, that is, from the period of its discovery, the territories of Congo and Angola were the object of… -
Luanga, Carlo
LUANGA, CARLO: v. UGANDA, MARTIRI dell'. -
Lubienski, Bernardo
Redemptorist, b. near Warsaw on 9 Dec. 1846, d. there on 10 Sept. 1933. A descendant of a noble family, he spent his youth in England. Having entered the… -
Lublin (Lublino), Diocese of (LUBLINO (LUBLIN), DIOCESI DI)
In Poland, suffragan of Warsaw. By a brief of Pius VI of 20 July 1790, a part of the diocese of Kraków was added to the diocese of Chelm (Culma, known from… -
Luca, Archbishop of Cosenza (LUCA, ARCIVESCOVO DI COSENZA)
Some call him a Campanian, others a Cosenzan. He was a Cistercian at Casamari when Abbot Joachim of Fiore arrived there to confer with Pope Lucius III at… -
Lucacić, Giovanni Marco
Musician, b. at Šibenik around 1575, d. at Split on 20 September 1648, after having resided there for over 30 years as organist and choirmaster at the… -
Luca d'Armento, Saint (LUCA D'ARMENTO, SANTO)
Also called of Demenna (Sicily), his birthplace, and erroneously of Tauriano. A Basilian monk who lived in the 10th century, he moved from Sicily to Calabria… -
Lucania
Lucania essentially corresponds to the south-eastern slope of the Apennines of the same name, which sends its waters to the Gulf of Taranto, but it does not… -
Lucariae (LUCARIE)
In the oldest Roman festival calendar, two days separated by the shortest possible interval (July 19 and 21) appear under the name L. Nothing is known of the… -
Lucas of Leyden (LUCA DA LEYDA)
Flemish painter and engraver, born perhaps in May or June 1494, died at Leyden between May and August 1533. The earliest documents relating to him go back to… -
Lucca, Archdiocese of (LUCCA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and capital city of the province of the same name in Tuscany. It has an area of 950 sq km with a population of 259,270 inhabitants, of whom 259,227… -
Lucchesio da Poggibonsi, Blessed (LUCCHESIO DA POGGIBONSI, BEATO)
First Franciscan tertiary. Born c. 1181, died 28 April 1260. Having given himself in his youth to a worldly life, he married the blessed Bona dei Segni; always… -
Lucena, Diocese of (LUCENA, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the Philippine Islands. The diocese was created by Pope Pius XII with the apostolic constitution Quo aeternae dominici gregis of 28 March… -
Lucena, Juan de
Spanish writer, who lived in the 15th century. He resided for some time in Rome, where he was a familiar of Enea Silvio Piccolomini (the future Pius II); he… -
Lucera, Diocese of (LUCERA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Foggia. It has an area of 65 sq km, 105,000 inhabitants, all Catholic; it has 21 parishes with 84 diocesan priests and 19… -
Lucernare
The hour of evening prayer, when lights were lit in the home. It is not to be confused with Vespers, although the times of the two prayers are so close that… -
Lucernario
LUCERNARIO : v. LUMINARE. -
Lucerne (LUCERNA)
As regards the typology and use of lamps: v. ILLUMINAZIONE NELLE CHIESE ANTICHE. Sometimes the lamp took on a symbolic meaning. Thus, for example, in some… -
Luciani, Agostino
Hussite apostate, a native of Vicenza, died in Prague on 1 March 1493. Consecrated bishop of Santorini, he did not hesitate to confer priestly ordination on… -
Luciani, Luigi
Distinguished physiologist, b. at Ascoli Piceno on 23 Nov. 1840, d. at Rome on 23 June 1919. Having completed (1860) his secondary studies with the Jesuits in… -
Luciani, Sebastiano
LUCIANI, SEBASTIANO: v. SEBASTIANO del PIOMBO. -
Lucian of Antioch, Saint (LUCIANO DI ANTIOCHIA, SANTO)
Priest of the Church of Antioch, killed out of hatred of the faith at Nicomedia on 7 January 312. The sources on him are copious, but not all of them pure, nor… -
Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανός) (LUCIANO (ΛΟΥΚΙΑΝΌΣ) DI SAMOSATA)
Rhetorician and sophist, b. at Samosata (Syria) near the Euphrates around 125 A.D., d. ca. 190. He traveled throughout the Empire: Gaul, Italy and finally… -
Lucifer (LUCIFERO)
Latin name (lucifer) of the planet Venus or "morning star," which in the Vulgate > (from Herrada of Landsberg, Hortus deliciarum, Strasbourg 1881, pl. 1) >… -
Luciferians (LUCIFERIANI)
LUCIFERIANI: v. LUCIFERO di CAGLIARI. -
Lucifer of Cagliari (LUCIFERO DI CAGLIARI)
Bishop of Cagliari, died according to St. Jerome (De viris ill., 95) around 370-71. Nothing is known of his life and education until 354, when he already… -
Lucilla
A very wealthy and factious Carthaginian noblewoman, of Spanish origin, and jointly responsible for the Donatist schism. While Caecilian was still a deacon of… -
Lucina
An epithet of Juno, who under this name had a sanctuary on the Esquiline. This sanctuary, whose feast day was March 1st, occupied the site of an older lucus… -
Lucina, Saint, Martyr (LUCINA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
She is unknown to the Hieronymian Martyrology; her tomb was venerated at the end of the 6th century on the Via Aurelia in the cemetery where the martyrs… -
Lucis Creator Optime
Hymn of Vespers in the Office of Sunday, composed by St. Ambrose. It opens the series of hymns that sing during the week the wonders of creation. As the… -
Lucius (LUCIO)
Console romano ricordato in I Mach. 15, 16-24 come autore di una lettera al re d'Egitto, Tolomeo, in cui informa che il sommo sacerdote ebreo Simone ha… -
Lucius Destro, Pseudo (LUCIO DESTRO, PSEUDO)
The Chronicum Flavii Lucii Dextri, published by the Spaniard Hieronymus Romanus de la Higuera (d. 1619), for the years from the birth of Jesus up to 436 (v.… -
Lucius, Ernst
Protestant, scholar of hagiography, b. at Ernolsheim (Alsace) on 16 Oct. 1852, d. at Strasbourg on 28 Nov. 1902. He studied at the Protestant gymnasium and at… -
Lucius III, Pope (LUCIO III, PAPA)
Ubaldo Allucingoli of Lucca, died at Verona on 25 November 1185. A Cistercian, received into the Order by St. Bernard of Clairvaux himself. Created cardinal of… -
Lucius II, Pope (LUCIO II, PAPA)
Gherardo Caccianemici, b. at Bologna, d. at Rome on 15 February 1145. A regular canon, created cardinal by Honorius II, he was his legate to the Diet of Mainz… -
Lucius I, Pope, Saint (LUCIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
He succeeded Cornelius in September 253. As soon as he was elected, he was exiled, together with several of the faithful, by the emperor Gallus; he remained in… -
Lucius (Lucio, Lučić), Giovanni
Founder of Croatian critical historiography, b. at Traù in September 1604, d. at Rome on 11 January 1679. He studied at Rome and at Padua, and wrote: Vita… -
Lucius of Cyrene (LUCIO DI CIRENE)
Christian mentioned in Acts 13:1-3 among "the prophets and teachers" who laid hands on Barnabas and Saul. The attempts to identify L. with the evangelist Luke… -
Lucius, Saint, Martyr (LUCIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
LUCIO, santo, martire: v. MONTANO, LUCIO e CONSOCI, santi martiri. LUCIO, saint, martyr: v. TOLOMEO e LUCIO, santi, martiri. -
Luck
LUCK: v. LUCEORIA. -
Luck [Lutsk], Diocese of (LUCEORIA (LUCK), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Poland, suffragan of Lviv. The diocese was founded in 1358 by Innocent VI, but with the episcopal see at Włodzimierz Wołyński, confirmed in… -
Lucknow, Diocese of (LUCKNOW, DIOCESI DI)
Located in northern India. It was erected on 12 January 1940 and entrusted to the Capuchins. Its territory was detached from the diocese of Allahabad and, to a… -
Luçon, Diocese of (LUÇON, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the department of Vendée in France. The diocese has the same boundaries as the department; it has an area of about 6,723 sq km with a… -
Lucretius, Titus Carus (LUCREZIO, TITO CARO)
Roman poet and philosopher, b. between 99 and 95, d. between 55 and 51 B.C. About his life the information is scanty and uncertain: some say he lived in… -
Lucrum Cessans (LUCRO CESSANTE)
By this expression is meant the diminution of patrimony due to the failure to acquire goods which, had a particular event not occurred, would have been… -
Lucy and Geminian, Saints, Martyrs (LUCIA E GEMINIANO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 16 September. Very probably L. is none other than the famous martyr of the same name from Syracuse, in whose… -
Lucy Filippini (LUCIA FILIPPINI)
B. Jan. 23, 1672 at Corneto (today Tarquinia), d. March 25, 1732 at Montefiascone. Orphaned of both parents at the age of seven, she was received together with… -
Lucy of Narni, Blessed (LUCIA DA NARNI, BEATA)
A religious of the Third Order of St. Dominic, b. on 13 Dec. 1476 at Narni, d. at Ferrara on 15 Nov. 1544. At the age of twelve L. made a vow of virginity, but… -
Lucy, Saint, Martyr (LUCIA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
Venerated throughout the whole Church, she suffered martyrdom at Syracuse during the persecution of Diocletian, on 13 Dec. 304. The oldest and most authentic… -
Ludger, Saint (LUDGERO, SANTO)
Born around 744, probably at Zuylen on the Vecht in Frisia, died on 26 March 809 at Billerbeck in Westphalia; disciple of St. Gregory of Utrecht and of Alcuin… -
Ludmilla (Lidmila), Saint, Martyr (LUDMILLA (LIDMILA), SANTA, MARTIRE)
Patroness of Bohemia, b. at Pšovka near Mělník in 860, d. at Tetín on 15 Sept. 921. Wife of the first Christian duke of Bohemia, Bořivý; she was baptized by… -
Ludolf of Saxony (LUDOLFO DI SASSONIA)
Ascetic and exegete, b. ca. 1295, d. at Strasbourg on 10 April 1377. At the age of 18 he entered the Dominicans and remained there for about 26 years… -
Ludovico Bertrán, Saint (LUDOVICO BERTRÁN, SANTO)
LUDOVICO BERTRÁN, santo: v. LUIGI BERTRÁN, saint. -
Ludovico da Bessa
Capuchin, sociologist, in the world Alphonse Élisée Chaix, b. at Besse-sur-Issole on 17 Oct. 1831 and d. at San Remo on 8 Oct. 1910. He began his social… -
Ludovico da Casoria, Venerable (LUDOVICO DA CASORIA, VENERABILE)
Franciscan, b. at Casoria (Naples) on 11 March 1814, d. at Posillipo on 30 March 1885. He went to Africa to redeem the Moors, for whom he opened a college. The… -
Ludovico da Castelplanio
LUDOVICO da CASTELPLANIO: v. COLINI, LUDOVICO. -
Ludovico da Fossombrone
Of the noble Tenaglia family, from 1526 promoter and first organizer of the Franciscan reform of the Friars Minor Capuchin, died outside the Order, probably in… -
Ludovico da Vicenza
Franciscan preacher, of the noble Volpe family, b. in Vicenza in the first decades of the 15th century, d. on 21 April ca. 1507. He belonged to the Observance… -
Ludovico Francesco d'Argentan
Capuchin ascetical writer of the province of Normandy, b. at Argentan on 26 April 1615, d. at Rouen on 8 July 1680. He was a lecturer in philosophy (1641)… -
Ludovico of Blois (LUDOVICO DI BLOIS)
LUDOVICO di BLOIS: v. BLOSIO, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS. -
Ludovico of Toulouse (Ludovico d'Angiò), Saint (LUDOVICO DI TOLOSA (LUDOVICO D'ANGIÒ), SANTO)
Second son of Charles II, king of Naples, brother of Robert of Anjou and great-nephew of St. Louis IX, king of France, b. at Nocera dei Pagani (or at Brignoles… -
Ludovico Sforza, called Il Moro, Duke of Milan (LUDOVICO SFORZA DETTO IL MORO, DUCA DI MILANO)
LUDOVICO SFORZA detto il MORO, duca di MILANO: v. SFORZA, FAMIGLIA. -
Ludovico the Pious, King of the Franks, Emperor (LUDOVICO IL PIO, RE DEI FRANCHI, IMPERATORE)
The dominant characteristics of the character and reign of the son (b. at Chasseneuil in 778) and successor of > (phot. Enc. Catt.) > LUDOVICO THE PIOUS, KING… -
Ludovisi, Ludovico
Cardinal, b. 27 Oct. 1595 in Bologna, d. there 18 Nov. 1632. Educated in Rome at the Jesuit Collegio Germanico, he returned in 1612 to Bologna, where his uncle… -
Ludwig-Missionsverein
The "King Ludwig Missionary Association" was founded in 1838 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and in 1839 it joined the Society for the Propagation of the Faith of… -
Ludwigslied («Song of Ludwig») (LUDWIGSLIED («CANZONE DI LUDOVICO»))
It is a song of praise in glory of King Louis III of Franconia, nephew of Charles the Bald, composed in the Franco-Rhenish dialect toward the end of the 12th… -
Lueger, Karl
Austrian politician, b. 24 Oct. 1844 in Vienna, d. there 10 March 1910. Son of a janitor at the Polytechnic, he graduated in law in 1866 and practiced as a… -
Lugano, Diocese of (LUGANO, DIOCESI DI)
Governed by an apostolic administrator with episcopal character. The evangelization of these lands situated between the St. Gotthard and the regions of Lake… -
Lugano, Placido
Olivetan Benedictine, abbot of S. Maria Nova at the Roman Forum, b. at Pozzolo Formigaro (Alessandria) on 16 May 1876, d. at Rome, treacherously struck down… -
Lugo, Diocese of (LUGO, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese in Spanish Galicia; its boundaries coincide with those of the province of the same name; it has an area of 11,512 sq km with a population of 391,301… -
Lugoj, Diocese of (LUGOJ, DIOCESI DI)
Catholic diocese united in the Romanian Banat. It was founded by Pius IX with the bull Apostolicum ministerium of 26 Nov. 1853 and assigned as a suffragan to… -
Lugo, Juan de
Cardinal and Jesuit theologian, b. in Madrid on 25 Nov. 1583, d. in Rome on 20 Aug. 1660. His family was noble and habitually resided in Seville, where he… -
Luigine of Alba (LUIGINE DI ALBA)
The Sisters of St. Luigi were founded at La Morra, diocese of Alba, in 1815 by Fr. G. B. Rubino, a priest of that place, and canonically erected on 30 July… -
Luini, Bernardino
Lombard painter, b. between 1480 and 1490, d. in Milan in 1532; his typically Lombard formation is evident in his earliest works, where the reflections of the… -
Lukaris, Cyril (LUKARIS, CIRILLO)
LUKARIS, CIRILLO: v. CIRILLO LUKARIS. -
Luke, Archimandrite of Messina, Saint (LUCA, ARCHIMANDRITA DI MESSINA, SANTO)
A Calabrian Basilian monk, perhaps from Rossano. He was a disciple of St. Bartholomew of Simeri who, in 1128, left him in the monastery of the Most Holy Savior… -
Luke, Evangelist, Saint (LUCA, EVANGELISTA, SANTO)
Author of the third Gospel (in the order of the Vulgate) and of the Acts of the Apostles (v.). I. HIS LIFE. - He was born in Antioch in Syria (Eusebius… -
Luke the Stylite, Saint (LUCA LO STILITA, SANTO)
Born at Attia (Anatolia) in 879. The Constantinopolitan Synaxarion lists his feast on 11 December, the anniversary of his death (979) and of his ascent to the… -
Luke the Thaumaturge, Saint (LUCA IL TAUMATURGO, SANTO)
He is also called, like Luke the Stylite, "Luke the Younger," but this time in contrast to St. Luke of Messina. A Greek by birth (890), from the island of… -
Lulli, Giovanni Battista
Musician, b. in Florence on 29 Nov. 1632, d. in Paris on 22 March 1687. As a boy he was taken to Paris by the Chevalier de Guise: his career was rapid and… -
Lull, Raymond (Llull Ramón) (LULLO, RAIMONDO (LULL RAMÓN))
Man of letters, poet, philosopher, theologian, mystic (Doctor illuminatus), b. at Palma de Mallorca in 1232 or, more probably, > (from J. Calvet, St Vincent de… -
Lulua, Apostolic Vicariate of (LULUA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the southern part of the Belgian Congo, and is entrusted to the Friars Minor (Belgian province of St. Joseph, with Flemish Fathers). It was… -
Luluabourg [Kananga], Apostolic Vicariate of (LULUABOURG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the central-southern part of the Belgian Congo, entrusted to the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Missionaries of Scheut), who have worked… -
Lumen Agency (AGENZIA LUMEN)
It was founded in 1935 by the Synodal Commission of the apostolic delegation of China for the purpose of gathering religious news from around the world to pass… -
Lumi
Distinct intuitions, of a theoretical or practical order, destined to guide the soul in faith or in action. > LUMINARE - Inscription of the deacon Severus (4th… -
Luminary (LUMINARE)
In ancient Christian epigraphy this term sometimes occurs to indicate a vertical or oblique opening made in the tufa of the underground cemeteries to give… -
Lunar Cycle (CICLO LUNARE)
In chronology this name (Latin circulus lunae, or lunaris; French cycle lunaire; German Mondzyklus) designates a period of nineteen solar years, corresponding… -
Lunar Letter (LETTERA LUNARE)
In medieval calendars, among other elements, the age of the moon is also indicated. To determine the beginning of the new moon, the Middle Ages had recourse to… -
Lunatic (Σεληνιαζόμενος, from Σελήνη "Moon") (LUNATICO (ΣΕΛΓΝΙΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΣ, DA ΣΕΛΉΝΗ «LUNA»))
The ancients called "lunatics" those afflicted with epilepsy (the falling sickness, the sacred disease, the comitial disease), which was attributed to lunar… -
Lund
City and ancient diocese, formerly Danish territory, passed to Sweden in 1658; situated at the crossing of the main road that traversed Scania from southwest… -
Lunette (LUNETTA)
In architecture, a lunette is understood as the space resulting from the meeting of a vault with a flat surface; thus in a bay covered by a groin vault, a sail… -
Lungro, Diocese of (LUNGRO, DIOCESI DI)
For the Italo-Albanians, Benedict XV, by the constitution Catholici fideles of 12 February 1919, erected in Calabria a diocese of its own with its seat at L.… -
Luni (La Spezia), Sarzana and Brugnato, Diocese of (LUNI (LA SPEZIA), SARZANA E BRUGNATO, DIOCESI DI)
Dioceses united in Liguria. Out of a total of 245,266 inhabitants, there are 243,000 Catholics, distributed in 150 parishes, served by 216 diocesan priests and… -
Luperci and Lupercalia (LUPERCI E LUPERCALIA)
Festival of 15 February in the ancient Roman religion. The performance of its rites was entrusted to the luperci (proposed etymologies: 1. from lupus, like… -
Lupi, Antonio Maria
Jesuit, born in Florence on 14 July 1695, died in Palermo on 3 November 1737. Most erudite in theology, philosophy, Church history, literature, mathematics… -
Lupi, Ignazio, called da Bergamo (LUPI, IGNAZIO, DETTO DA BERGAMO)
Canonist, b. 10 February 1585, entered the Reformed Friars Minor on 11 February 1603, d. at Bergamo on 6 October 1659. He taught theology; he was definitor and… -
Lupo
In the arcosolium of Celerina, in the cemetery of Praetextatus, Susanna is represented as a sheep between two wolves, designated as seniores. The allusion to… -
Lupoli, Vincenzo
Canonist, b. at Frattamaggiore near Aversa in 1737, d. in 1810. While still very young, having gone to Naples (1764) and not having obtained the chair of the… -
Lupo Servato of Ferrières (LUPO SERVATO DI FERRIÈRES)
Benedictine abbot and theologian, born at the beginning of the 9th century in the ecclesiastical province of Sens, died at Ferrières ca. 862. Having entered… -
Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, Saint (LUPO, VESCOVO DI TROYES, SANTO)
Born around 383 into a noble family of Toul and educated in the house of an uncle. He married Pimeniola, sister of St. Hilary, bishop of Arles; but after a few… -
Lupus (De Wulf), Cristiano
Augustinian theologian and patrologist, b. at Ypres on 12 June 1612, d. at Louvain on 10 July 1681. He taught philosophy at Brussels and Cologne and theology… -
Lupus, Joannes Baptista
Florentine jurist, who lived between the 16th and 17th centuries. He was in the retinue, as secretary, of Francesco de' Medici, when the latter was sent by his… -
Luquet, Jean-Félix-Onésime
Born on June 17, 1810 in Langres (Haute Marne). He was the first pupil of the "Ecole des Beaux-Arts", where he lost his faith; after his return to God he… -
Lusaka, Apostolic Vicariate of (LUSAKA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the south-eastern part of Northern Rhodesia, entrusted to the Society of Jesus. It derives from the apostolic prefecture of the Zambezi (today the vicariate… -
Lust (LUSSURIA)
I. NOTION. - L. (from luxus, luxuriance, excess), in an improper sense, denotes every excess in food, drink and the like, and is also said of animals and… -
Lustra Sex Iam Peregit
Hymn of Lauds in the Office of the Passion, which together with the Vexilla Regis and the Pange lingua gloriosi, Lauream certaminis forms the trilogy of the… -
Lustration (LUSTRAZIONE)
From Lat. lustro "I make bright again" and hence "I purify," it is the purification of things and persons. This may be required: either with a view to a sacred… -
Lutgard (Luitgard, Liutgard), Saint (LUTGARDA (LUITGARDA, LIUTGARDA), SANTA)
Born at Tongres in the last decades of the 12th century (1182?), > (phot. Jan Štěp) LUTGARDA, saint - The Saint at the foot of the Crucifix. Work by M. B.… -
Luther, Martin (LUTERO (LUTHER), MARTIN)
Initiator of Lutheranism and of Protestantism, b. at Eisleben (Saxony) in Germany on 10 Nov. 1483, to the miner Hans and Margherita Ziegler, and d. there on 18… -
Lütolf, Alois
Swiss historian, b. 23 July 1824 at Gettnau (canton of Lucerne), d. 18 Apr. 1879 at Lucerne. A priest in 1850, he was a professor at St. Gallen in 1852 and… -
Lux Alma Iesu Mentium
Hymn of Lauds for the feast of the Transfiguration; taken from the Jubilus rhythmicus de Nomine Iesu of the first half of the 13th century, by an unknown… -
Lux Ecce Surgit Aurea
Hymn of Lauds for Thursday, composed by Prudentius, consisting of stanzas 24-27 of the second hymn of the Cathemerinon. From the spectacle of nature the poet… -
Luxembourg (LUSSEMBURGO)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - Small independent state of 2,586 sq. km., enclosed between the frontiers of France, Belgium and Germany. The territory consists of two clearly… -
Luxeuil, Abbey of (LUXEUIL, ABBAZIA DI)
In the diocese of St-Cloud in the department of Haute-Savoie in France. L., an ancient Celtic village, was a spa in Roman times. In 582 the Irish monk St.… -
Lux O Decora Patriae
Hymn of praise in the Office of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, composed for the occasion of the extension of their feast to the Universal Church (1880), by the… -
Luxor (Thebes of the Copts), Diocese of (LUQSOR (TEBE DEI COPTI), DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of the Coptic patriarch of Alexandria, founded in 1895 with the letter Christi Domini of Leo XIII (26 Nov. 1895). The bishop resides at Tahta. In… -
Luxury (LUSSO)
It is not the "use of costly things," which can also be prudent and controlled by an intelligent and progressive taste: but it is the lack of control and the… -
Luzah (LUZA)
Original name of a Canaanite locality, about 17 km north of Jerusalem, to which the name Bethel (v.) or "house of God" was later given in memory of the vision… -
Luzio, Alessandro
Historian, b. at S. Severino Marche on 25 Sept. 1857, d. at Mantua on 22 Aug. 1946. He devoted himself to political journalism, polemicizing in the moderate… -
Luzzago, Alessandro
A Brescian nobleman, one of the most significant figures of the Catholic Reformation in Brescia, b. in October 1551, d. in Milan on 7 May 1602, attended by… -
Luzzatto, Mosè HaJaim (LUZZATTO, MOSÈ HAJIM)
Jewish poet and Kabbalist, b. in Padua in 1707, d. in Palestine in 1746. Already as a child he composed Hebrew poems. Very young, he occupied himself with… -
Luzzatto, Samuel David
Jewish scholar, one of the founders of the science of Judaism, b. in Trieste on 22 Aug. 1800, d. in Padua on 30 Sept. 1865. He became known in his community… -
Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg), Diocese of (LEOPOLI (LWÓW, LVIV, LEMBERG), DIOCESI DI)
Seat of three archbishops-metropolitans, of the Latins, of the Armenians, of the Ruthenians. > (photo Alina I) LEOPOLD II, Grand Duke of Tuscany - Bust in no.… -
Lwangwa, Apostolic Vicariate of (LWANGWA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the north-eastern part of Northern Rhodesia, entrusted to the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). It derives from the apostolic vicariates of… -
Lycaonia (LICAONIA)
An inland region of Asia Minor, consisting of a vast plateau (1000 m above sea level), bounded to the east by the mountains of Phrygia and Isauria, to the… -
Lycia (LICIA)
A peninsular region of southwestern Asia Minor, consisting in the interior of a rugged plateau with a sparse population, and on the periphery of mountain…