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Labadie, Jean
Quietist and Pietist, b. at Bourg (Bordeaux) on 13 Feb. 1610, d. at Altona on 13 Feb. 1674. After completing his studies at the Jesuit College in Bordeaux, he… -
Laban
Brother of Rebecca (v.) and uncle of Jacob (v.). He lived with his family of Thareite descent in Haran (v.), in Mesopotamia, where Abraham too had stopped for… -
Labanca, Baldassarre
Philosopher and historian of religions, b. at Avignon on 17 Aug. 1829, d. at Rome on 23 Jan. 1913. He first taught history of philosophy at Padua, then (1886)… -
Labaro
It is the standard caused to be made by the emperor Constantine himself, after he had had the vision of a luminous cross with the inscription τῶτα νίχα; the… -
Labastida y Davalos, Pelagio Antonio
Mexican prelate, b. 21 March 1817 at Zamora (diocese of Mechoacan), d. 1891 at Oacalco. He attended the Seminary of Morelia. A doctor of law and of theology at… -
Labateca, Apostolic Prefecture of (LABATECA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the north-eastern regions of Colombia, erected on 15 June 1945 with territory detached partly from the diocese of Nueva Pamplona and partly from the… -
Labat, Jean-Baptiste
Dominican missionary, writer and traveler, b. in Paris in 1663 (or 1664), d. there on 6 Jan. 1738. He professed in the Parisian convent of the Annunciation… -
Labbeo, Saint (LABBEO, SANTO)
LABBEO, santo: v. TADDEO, santo. -
Labbe, Philippe
Jesuit, bibliographer and theologian, b. at Bourges on 10 July 1607, d. at Paris on 17 March 1667. He taught rhetoric, philosophy and moral theology, for the… -
Labeone, Marco Antistio
Roman jurist, b. perhaps in 43 B.C., d. between A.D. 10 and 22. The son of a jurist who had been a follower of Pompey and of Brutus, he held republican… -
Laberthonnière, Lucien
Oratorian, writer on the philosophy of religion, b. at Chazalet (Indre) on 5 Oct. 1860, d. in Paris on 6 Oct. 1932. Having entered the Oratory in 1886, he was… -
Labicum
The city of L., also called "Labicum Quintanense", was situated at the fifteenth milestone on the Via Labicana, and as early as the 3rd century it had a… -
La Bigne, Marguerin de
Patrologist, b. in 1546 or 1547 at Bernières-le-Patry (Normandy), d. in Paris in 1589. He studied theology at Caen and in Paris, and was a famous preacher. To… -
La Boétie, Étienne de (LA BOÉTIE, ESTIENNE DE)
French writer, b. at Sarlat on 1 Sept. 1530, d. at Germignan (Bordeaux) on 18 Aug. 1563. A councillor in the Parliament of Bordeaux, a poet and humanist of… -
Laborante, Cardinal (LABORANTE, CARDINALE)
Jurist and theologian, b. at Pontormo near Florence at the beginning of the 12th century, d. ca. 1191. He studied in France, perhaps at the school of Gilbert… -
Labor Contract (CONTRATTO DI LAVORO)
In ancient Roman society, in which manual services were performed by slaves (operae illiberales), regarded as res, the employment relationship was conceived as… -
La Bouillerie, François-Alexandre Roulet de
Ascetical writer, b. in Paris on 1 March 1810, d. in Bordeaux on 8 July 1882. Spiritual director in the Minor Seminary, vicar general of Paris, and then vicar… -
Labour, Charter of (LAVORO, CARTA DEL)
LAVORO, CARTA DEL: v. CONTRATTO DI LAVORO. II. C. collettivo di l. -
Labouré, Catherine, Saint (CATERINA LABOURÉ, SANTA)
B. at Fain-les-Moutiers, in Burgundy, on 2 May 1806, d. in Paris on 31 Dec. 1876. Admitted to the seminary (novitiate) of the Daughters of Charity (21 Apr.… -
Labourism (LABURISMO)
The latter can be considered as the beginning and subsequent development of that phase of the English workers' movement which corresponds to the entry of… -
Labour Legislation (LEGISLAZIONE DEL LAVORO)
LEGISLAZIONE DEL LAVORO : v. LAVORO. -
Labrador
A very vast peninsula (1.3 million sq km) of North America, enclosed between the Atlantic, Hudson Bay and the lower course of the St. Lawrence. Probably… -
Labrea
Prelature nullius in the State of Amazonas in Brazil. It has an area of 201,506 sq km with 44,960 inhabitants, of whom 38,257 are Catholics; it has 3 parishes… -
La Brière, Yves-Marie Leroy de
Jesuit, writer on international law, b. at Vif (Isère) on 30 Jan. 1877, d. at Buenos Aires on 25 Feb. 1941. First a professor of fundamental theology… -
Labriola, Antonio
Theorist of socialism, b. at Cassino on 2 July 1843, d. at Rome on 12 Feb. 1904. He was professor of moral philosophy at the University of Rome from 1873. «A… -
Labriolle, Pierre-Henri-Marie Champagne de
Distinguished Latinist and historian of Christian literature, b. at Asnières (Seine) on 18 June 1874, d. at Nantes on 28 Dec. 1940. He taught at Laval… -
La Broise, René
Jesuit, theologian, b. at Laval on 26 March 1860, d. there on 10 Feb. 1906. Prefect of studies at the Scholasticate of Jersey, he was able to exercise over the… -
La Bruyère, Jean
French writer, b. in Paris on 16 Aug. 1645, d. at Versailles on 11 May 1696. From a lower-middle-class family, in 1673 he purchased a financial office at Caen… -
Lacedonia, Diocese of (LACEDONIA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Avellino. It has 35,948 inhabitants, of whom 34,673 are Catholics, distributed in 11 parishes, served by 29 diocesan… -
Lacerna
A short cloak, originally of coarse wool, used in Asia, introduced to Rome by Lucullus; disdained by Augustus (Suetonius, Aug., 40), used first by officers… -
Lacework (MERLETTO)
Lace, or merlo, trina, pizzo, is a transparent fabric worked by hand with the needle, with bobbins, with the crochet hook and also with the shuttle, using… -
La Chaise-Dieu (Casa Dei)
A Benedictine abbey formerly in the diocese of Clermont, at present in that of Le Puy-en-Velay, in the department of Haute-Loire. It was founded between 1044… -
Lachat, Eugène
Bishop of Basel, b. at Montavon (Canton of Bern) on 14 Oct. 1819, d. at Balerna in the Canton of Ticino on 1 Nov. 1886. After completing his theological… -
Lachelier, Jules
Philosopher, b. 27 May 1832 at Fontainebleau, d. there 18 Jan. 1918. Professor at the Lycée of Caen (1864), he subsequently taught (1864-75) at the École… -
La Chiaize, François de
Confessor and spiritual adviser of Louis XIV, b. 25 Aug. 1624 at Château d'Aix (Forez), d. 20 Jan. 1709 in Paris. Having entered the novitiate of the Society… -
Lachis
An important city of southern Palestine, which was, in various periods, a strategic location and stronghold. Holy Scripture relates that L., inhabited by… -
Lachmann, Karl
German Protestant philologist (1793-1851), professor in Berlin, famous not only for his works in German studies and classical philology, but also for his… -
La Civiltà Cattolica (CIVILTÀ CATTOLICA (LA))
A bimonthly cultural journal published by the Italian Jesuits. The Jesuits had already been thinking, even before 1848, of a periodical publication intended to… -
Laclos, Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de (LACLOS, PIERRE-AMBRISE-FRANÇOIS CHODERLOS DE)
French writer, b. at Amiens on 18 Oct. 1741, d. at Taranto on 5 Sept. 1803. He owes his fame to the epistolary novel Les liaisons dangereuses, published… -
La Colombière, Claude, Blessed (LA COLOMBIÈRE, CLAUDE, BEATO)
Jesuit, propagator of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, b. at St-Symphorien d'Ozon (Dauphiné) on 2 February 1641, d. at Paray-le-Monial on 15 February… -
Lacombe, Albert
Born on 18 Feb. 1827 in St-Sulpice (Canada), a priest in 1850, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate in 1855, he died on 12 Dec. 1916 at Midnapore. His long life was… -
La Combe, François
Barnabite, b. at Thonon (Haute-Savoie) ca. 1640, d. at Vincennes on 29 June 1715. Superior of the College of Thonon (1677), then of the house of Vercelli… -
Lacordaire, Henri-Dominique
Distinguished Dominican orator and apologist, b. at Recey-sur-Ource (Côte-d'Or) on 12 May 1802, d. at Sorèze on 21 Nov. 1862. Orphaned of his father at the age… -
La Croix (CROIX, LA)
French Catholic newspaper founded in Paris on 16 June 1883 by the "Maison de la bonne presse," at the urging and under the direction of the Assumptionist… -
Lacroix, Claude
Jesuit, distinguished moralist, b. at Dahlem (Luxembourg) on 7 April 1652, d. at Cologne on 1-2 June 1714. He taught philosophy for three years at Cologne… -
La Crosse, Diocese of (CROSSE, LA, DIOCESI DI)
CROSSE, LA, DIOCESI di: V. LA CROSSE, DIOCESI di. -
La Crosse, Diocese of (LA CROSSE, DIOCESI DI)
City in the State of Wisconsin in the United States: suffragan of Milwaukee, it comprises the following 19 counties in the State of Wisconsin: Adams, Buffalo… -
Lac, Stanislas du
Jesuit, organizer of social works, b. in Paris on 21 Nov. 1835, d. there on 30 Aug. 1909. He was first rector of the College of Le Mans (1870-71), where during… -
Lactantius (LATTANZIO)
Christian writer (3rd-4th century). I. Life. - The sources for L.'s life are certain passages of his works, especially Inst., 1, 1, 8-10; 3, 13, 12; 5, 2, 2… -
Lacunae of the Laws (LACUNE DELLE LEGGI)
LACUNE DELLE LEGGI: v. INTERPRETAZIONE. -
Lacunaria (Laquearia)
As in earlier civil buildings, in Christian basilicas the ceiling consisted of intersecting beams forming a coffered ceiling, which could be made with… -
Lacunza y Díaz, Manuel de (LACUNZA Y DIAZ, MANUEL DE)
Jesuit, theologian, b. at Santiago, Chile, on 19 June 1731, d. at Imola on 18 June 1801. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1747. After the Jesuits were… -
Laderchi, Giacomo
Oratorian, historian, b. at Faenza ca. 1678, d. at Rome on 23 April 1738. He occupied himself with hagiography and published various writings on the subject… -
Ladeuze, Paulin
Exegete and orientalist, titular bishop of Tiberias, seventh rector of the Catholic University of Louvain after its restoration in 1834, b. at… -
Ladies of Charity (DAME DELLA CARITÀ)
A charitable association, founded by St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) at Châtillon-les-Dombes (Bresse) in August 1617. The original name was Confraternity of… -
Ladies of Christian Instruction of Liège (DAME DELL'ISTRUZIONE CRISTIANA DI LIEGI)
The beginnings of this institute go back to Msgr. M. De Broglie, bishop of Ghent, who gathered (1815) into a kind of association several ladies and young women… -
Ladies of Nazareth (DAME DI NAZARETH)
A female religious institute founded at Montléan in 1821 by the Duchess B. A. de la Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville for the education and religious instruction of… -
Ladislas III Jagellon, King of Poland (LADISLAO III, JAGELLONE, RE DI POLONIA)
Son of Ladislas II, born in Kraków in 1424, he assumed power in 1438. In continuing his father's policy, faced with the spread of Hussitism in Poland, he… -
Ladislas II Jagellon, King of Poland (LADISLAO II, JAGELLONE, RE DI POLONIA)
B. in 1350, grand duke of Lithuania from 1377. The continuous struggles against the Teutonic Knights and against his son Vytautas, who relied on the latter… -
Ladislas I, King of Poland, called Łokietek (LADISLAO I, RE DI POLONIA, DETTO ŁOKIETEK)
So nicknamed because of his short stature. B. in 1260, d. on 2 March 1333, he is one of the most eminent figures in Polish history, for the effort he made to… -
Ladislas IV Vasa, King of Poland (LADISLAO IV, WASA, RE DI POLONIA)
Son of Sigismund III Wasa, born on 9 June 1595, he managed to maneuver skillfully between France and the Habsburgs during the Thirty Years' War. He showed… -
Ladislas, King of Naples (LADISLAO, RE DI NAPOLI)
Born in Naples on 11 February 1377, died there on 6 August 1414. He succeeded (1386) his father Charles III, who had been assassinated at Buda. Circumstances… -
Ladislas of Gielniów, Blessed (LADISLAO DI GIELNIÓW, BEATO)
Born at Gielniów (diocese of Gniezno, in Poland) around 1440, died as guardian of the convent in Warsaw on 4 May 1505. He completed his studies in Kraków and… -
Ladislaus, King of Hungary and Croatia, Saint (LADISLAO, RE D'UNGHERIA E DI CROAZIA, SANTO)
Patron of Transylvania. Born in Poland in 1040, died at Nitra in Slovakia on 29 July 1095. Son of Bela I and brother of King Andrew I. In 1077 he was elected… -
La Documentation Catholique (DOCUMENTATION CATHOLIQUE, LA)
French biweekly review published by La bonne presse. Founded in 1919 by Fr. Boulesteix, who merged into a single periodical the four journals: Les questions… -
Lafage, Juste-Adrien
Composer and musicologist, b. in Paris on 28 (according to some, 27) March 1801 (according to some, 1805), d. there on 8 March 1862. A pupil of Choron in Paris… -
Lafayette, Diocese of (LA FAYETTE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Louisiana, in the United States of America. The diocese comprises the counties of Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu… -
Lafayette in Indiana, Diocese of (LAFAYETTE IN INDIANA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Indiana in the United States. It comprises the counties of Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carrol, Cass, Clinton, Delaware… -
La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine de
French writer, b. in Paris in March 1634, to the Pioche de la Vergne, a family of the lesser nobility, d. there on 25 May 1693. Through the wish of her father… -
Lafitau, Joseph-François
Jesuit, missionary and writer, b. at Bordeaux on 1 January 1681, d. there on 3 July 1746. Sent to Canada (1711), he exercised his ministry among the Iroquois… -
Laforêt, Nicolas-Joseph (LAFORÈT, NICOLAS-JOSEPH)
Belgian prelate and theologian, b. at Graide on 23 Feb. 1823, d. at Louvain on 26 Jan. 1872. He was a professor and then rector magnificus (1865) of the… -
La Forge, Louis de
Physician and philosopher, b. in Paris at the beginning of the seventeenth century. He practiced medicine at Saumur. He was a disciple and friend of Descartes.… -
La Fosse, Jacques de
Man of letters, b. in Paris on 25 Nov. 1621, d. at Sedan on 30 Apr. 1674. Admitted by St. Vincent into his Congregation, he was assigned to the teaching of… -
Lagarde (Bötticher), Paul Anton de
German Protestant Orientalist who wished to be considered a theologian, b. in Berlin on 2 Nov. 1827, d. in Göttingen on 22 Dec. 1891. Son of a secondary-school… -
Lagerlöf, Selma
Swedish writer, b. at Mårbacka on 20 Nov. 1858, d. there on 16 March 1940. Doctor honoris causa of the University of Uppsala in 1907, she was awarded the Nobel… -
Lagomarsini, Girolamo
Jesuit, humanist and philologist, b. at Puerto S. Maria (Cadiz), but of Genoese origin, on 30 Sept. 1698, d. in Rome on 18 May 1773. He spent his whole life in… -
Lagos, Archdiocese of (LAGOS, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
From 1842 to 1860 the territory of the Gulf of Benin was under the jurisdiction of the vicar apostolic of the Two Guineas. In 1860 the fathers of the Society… -
Lagrange, Giuseppe Luigi
Mathematician, b. in Turin on 25 Jan. 1736, d. in Paris on 10 Apr. 1813. His name was originally Lagrangia. A pupil of the military artillery school of Turin… -
Lagrange, Marie-Joseph
Dominican exegete, in the world Albert, b. at Bourg-en-Bresse on 7 March 1855, d. at St-Maximin (Provence) on 10 March 1938. He is the most prolific, most… -
La Guéronnière, Louis-Étienne-Arthur Dubreuil Hélion, Viscount of (LA GUÉRONNIÈRE, LOUIS-ÉTIENNE-ARTHUR DUBREUIL HÉLION, VISCONTE DI)
French writer and politician, b. 6 Apr. 1816 at Dorat (Haute-Vienne), d. 23 Dec. 1875 in Paris. He turned to journalism at the age of 19 at the Avenir national… -
La Haye, Jean de (Sapin)
Franciscan theologian, b. 20 March 1593 and d. 15 Oct. 1661 in Paris. He professed the Franciscan Rule in Andalusia, then taught theology in France and was… -
Lahore, Diocese of (LAHORE, DIOCESI DI)
Tradition holds that St. Thomas the Apostle also preached at L. In 1591, invited by Akbar, emperor of the Mongols, 7th descendant of Tamerlane, some Jesuits… -
Laicism (LAICISMO)
A mentality of systematic opposition to any influence over men by a religious hierarchy, and particularly by the Catholic Church. The word became fashionable… -
Laimbeckhoven, Gottfried von
Jesuit, missionary, b. in Vienna on 9 Jan. 1707, d. at Tung-Kia-hang (near Sou-tcheu) on 22 May 1787. Having set out for China (1738), he labored there… -
Laínez, Diego
Theologian, second General of the Society of Jesus, b. in 1512 at Almazán (Castile), d. January 19, 1565 in Rome. Of great speculative intellect and no lesser… -
Laire, François-Xavier
Minim friar and bibliographer, b. at Vadans in Franche-Comté on 10 Nov. 1738, d. at Auxerre on 27 March 1801. Passionate about books, he undertook travels… -
Laity (LAICI)
In opposition to clerics (v. CLERO), this term is used in the CIC to designate baptized persons who hold no rank in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, enjoy the… -
Lajes, Diocese of (LAJES, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Santa Catarina in Brazil, suffragan of Florianopolis. The diocese has an area of 40,241 sq km and comprises the entire plateau… -
Lake Albert, Apostolic Vicariate of (LAGO ALBERTO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Administration of Confirmation in a church of the apostolic vicariate of L. A. LAGO ALBERTO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of - It is situated in the north-eastern part… -
Lake, Kirsopp (LAKE, KIRSSOPP)
English philologist, b. at Southampton on 7 April 1872, d. in California in November 1946. He was professor of various theological disciplines at Leiden in… -
Lake Mweru, Apostolic Prefecture of (LAGO MOERO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DEL)
It is located in the south-eastern part of the Belgian Congo and takes its name from the lake that for a long stretch washes its eastern border. It embraces… -
La Legname, Giovanni Filippo
Scholar, born in Messina to a noble Sicilian family ca. 1428, died perhaps in Spain after 1491, the year in which he appears in the service of King Ferdinand… -
Lalemandet, Jean
Theologian and philosopher of the Order of Minims, b. at Besançon in 1595, d. at Prague on 10 Nov. 1647. He taught theology and philosophy for many years. He… -
Lalemant, Charles
Jesuit, missionary, b. in Paris on 17 Nov. 1587, d. there on 18 Nov. 1674. He left for Québec in 1625 as superior of the first group of Jesuits assigned to the… -
Lalemant, Jérôme
Jesuit, missionary, brother of the preceding, b. in Paris on 27 Apr. 1593, d. at Québec on 26 Jan. 1673. Professor of philosophy and sciences at the Collège de… -
La Libre Belgique (LIBRE BELGIQUE, LA)
Major French-language Catholic daily newspaper, the most widely circulated in Belgium, founded in 1883, owned by the Jourdain family. Until 1914 it bore the… -
Lallemant, Jacques
Jesuit, theologian and writer, b. at St-Valéry-sur-Somme on 18 Sept. 1896, d. at Paris on 28 Aug. 1748. An editor of the Mémoires de Trévoux, he devoted his… -
Lallemant, Louis
Jesuit, master of spirits, b. at Châlons-sur-Marne in 1578, d. at Bourges on 5 April 1635. Professor of philosophy at the College of La Flèche, of moral and… -
La Luzerne, César-Guillaume de
Cardinal, apologist, defender of the rights of the Church during the period of the French Revolution, b. in Paris on 17 July 1738, d. there on 27 June 1821.… -
Lamaism (LAMAISMO)
It is the Buddhism of the "great vehicle" (mahāyāna), in the particular ritual form that it assumed in Tibet. The name derives from the word bla-ma (pron.… -
Lamarckism (LAMARCKISMO)
Its fame rests above all on the evolutionary theory that goes by his name (Lamarckism) and that is set out in the Philosophie zoologique. He is also the author… -
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de
Born on 1 August 1744 at Bazentin, a village in Picardy, and died in Paris on 18 December 1819. Already during his military life he had begun to collect… -
Lamartine, Alphonse-Marie-Louis de
French poet, writer and politician, b. at Mâcon on 10 Oct. 1790, d. at Paris on 28 Feb. 1869. He completed his studies at the College of the Fathers of the… -
Lamb (AGNELLO)
Born of the ram and the ewe, whose symbolism presents itself so immediately to the mind no, morning and evening, called 'olat ha-tāmīd (Num. 28, 6. 10. 15. 23… -
Lambach
Benedictine abbey in Upper Austria, in the diocese of Linz; it has 5 incorporated parishes, an agricultural and horticultural school, and a retreat house. St.… -
Lambaesis (LAMBESIS)
In Numidia (present-day Algeria) on the Aurès, on the Roman road toward the desert. It was the seat of the III Augusta legion from the beginning of the 2nd… -
Lambardi, Giacomo
Quietist, b. at Bevagna, lived in the 17th century. He was already censured by the Holy Office of Perugia in 1642. Summoned by Cardinal Bichi, bishop of Osimo… -
Lambert de La Motte, Pierre
Born on 28 Jan. 1624 at La Boissière (Calvados, France), he was first a councillor at the "Cour des Aides" of Rouen (1646) and then embraced the ecclesiastical… -
Lamberti, Family (LAMBERTI, FAMIGLIA)
NICCOLÒ, Florentine sculptor whose personality was separated only recently (1931) from that of Niccolò di Luca Spinelli da Arezzo, with whom he had been… -
Lambertini, Imelda, Blessed (LAMBERTINI, IMELDA, BEATA)
Dominican, b. in Bologna around 1321-22, d. there on 12 May 1333. Of the noble Lambertini family, she entered at the age of ten the monastery of St. Mary… -
Lambertini, Prospero
LAMBERTINI, PROSPERO: v. BENEDETTO XIV. -
Lambert, King of Italy, Emperor (LAMBERTO, RE D'ITALIA, IMPERATORE)
Son of Guy II, duke of Spoleto, and of Ageltrude of the dukes of Benevento, he died near Marengo from a fall from his horse on 15 Oct. 898. He was elected… -
Lambert (Lamprecht) of Ratisbon (Regensburg) (LAMBERTO (LAMPRECHT) DI RATISBONA (REGENSBURG))
Franciscan mystical poet of the 13th century, of whom nothing is known apart from his works. While still a secular, but conversing with the Friars Minor of… -
Lambert of Hersfeld (LAMBERTO DI HERSFELD)
Benedictine monk and historian. At about the age of 25 he entered the monastery of Hersfeld and probably directed its school. In 1070 he went to the abbeys of… -
Lambert of Saint-Bertin (LAMBERTO DI SAINT-BERTIN)
Benedictine, b. around 1061, d. June 22, 1125 at St-Bertin. He entered (1070-72) the monastery of St-Bertin, where he later taught grammar, music, philosophy… -
Lambert, Saint (LAMBERTO, SANTO)
Bishop of Maastricht, born there between 633 and 638, died at Liège on 17 September of a year before 706. Of a wealthy family, he was educated by Bishop… -
Lambeth
Palace of the Anglican archbishop, primate of all England (v. CANTERBURY), from which are named: 1) the "Articles of L."; 2) the L. Conferences; 3) the "L.… -
Lambeth Articles (ARTICOLI DI LAMBETH)
ARTICOLI DI LAMBETH: v. LAMBETH. -
Lambillotte, Louis
Jesuit, composer and paleographer of sacred music, b. at Hamaide (Charlevoix) on 27 March 1769, d. at Vaugirard (Paris) on 22 Feb. 1855. For 30 years he was… -
Lambrecht, Henry-Charles
Belgian theologian and bishop, b. in 1848, d. at Ghent on 2 July 1889. Having received his doctorate at Louvain in 1875 with the well-known thesis: De S.mo… -
Lambruschini, Giovanni Battista
Theologian and bishop, elder brother of Cardinal Luigi, born at Sestri Levante on 28 Aug. 1755, died at Orvieto on 24 Nov. 1827. Appointed professor at the… -
Lambruschini, Luigi
Cardinal, Barnabite, b. at Sestri Levante on 16 May 1776, d. at Rome on 12 May 1854. He taught philosophy and theology in the Barnabite Colleges at Macerata… -
Lambruschini, Raffaello
Religious thinker and educationist, b. in Genoa on 14 Aug. 1788, d. at Figline Valdarno on 8 March 1873. He studied in Genoa and Rome; he received holy orders… -
Lamech
Scroll of the book of L. (with the two fragments so far able to be detached) found together with other Hebrew manuscripts in the Judaean desert at 'Ajn Fešbah… -
Lamego, Diocese of (LAMEGO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the northern part of Portugal. It has an area of 2,751 sq. km., with a population of 224,969 inhabitants, of whom 224,398 are Catholics… -
La Mennais (from 1834: Lamennais), Félicité-Robert de (LA MENNAIS (DAL 1834: LAMENNAIS), FÉLICITÉ-ROBERT DE)
Publicist and French philosopher, b. at St-Malo on 19 June 1782, about two years after his brother Jean-Marie, d. at Paris on 27 Feb. 1854. I. LIFE AND WORKS.… -
La Mennais, Jean-Marie-Robert de, Venerable (LA MENNAIS, JEAN-MARIE-ROBERT DE, VENERABILE)
A meritorious educator and a feared opponent of Gallicanism, b. at St-Malo (France) on 8 Sept. 1780, d. at Ploërmel in the odour of sanctity on 26 Dec. 1860.… -
Lamentabili Sane Exitu
Decree of the Holy Office of 3-4 July 1907 condemning 65 modernist propositions. After the condemnation of the books of Loisy (1903), two theologians of Paris… -
Lamentations (LAMENTAZIONI)
Five poems about the destruction of Jerusalem, to which the Septuagint prefixed the title ἐφῆναι, which also passed into the Vulgate: Threni id est… -
La Mettrie, Julien-Offroy de
Physician and philosopher, b. at St-Malo on 25 Dec. 1709, d. at Berlin on 11 Nov. 1751. He was a military physician in Paris from 1742. Risking the Bastille… -
Lami, Giovanni
Scholar and theologian, b. at S. Croce in Valdarno on 9 Feb. 1697, d. at Florence on 6 Feb. 1770. He studied law, mathematics, history, letters and philosophy… -
Laminne, Jacques
Theologian, b. in 1864 at Aerschot (Belgium), d. at Liège on 23 Oct. 1924. Having graduated brilliantly in philosophy and theology at the Gregorian University… -
Lammens, Henri
Jesuit, famous Islamicist, b. at Ghent on 1 April 1862, d. at Beirut on 23 April 1937. Having landed in Syria while still sixteen years old, he was then a… -
La Moricière, Louis-Christophe-Léon Juchault de
French general and commander-in-chief of the papal army, b. at Nantes of a noble Breton family on 5 Feb. 1806, d. at the Château de Prouzel (Amiens) on 11… -
Lamormaini, Wilhelm
Jesuit, confessor of Emperor Ferdinand II, b. at La Moire Mannie in Luxembourg (whence his surname, which was properly Germay or Germeau) on 29 Dec. 1570, d.… -
Lamourous, Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de
Born at Barsac (France) on 1 November 1754, died on 14 September 1836. Already during the French Revolution she had occasion to show her zeal by taking the… -
Lamp (LAMPADA)
The use of the lamp for worship is of every time and place, responding to the need to illuminate sacred buildings; and since beeswax was always very costly… -
Lampasso
LAMPASSO: v. STOFFE. -
Lampe, Friedrich Adolf
Reformed Protestant theologian, b. at Detmold (Bremen) on 18 Feb. 1683, d. at Bremen in 1729. His university studies at Franeker decided him upon an important… -
Lampertico, Fedele
Economist and jurist, b. at Vicenza on June 13, 1833, d. there on Apr. 6, 1906. He taught at the University of Padua. He wrote a pamphlet on the Urgency of the… -
Lamprecht, known as 'Der Pfaffe' (The Priest) (LAMPRECHT, DETTO «DER PFAFFE» (IL PRETE))
German poet of the first half of the 12th century, author of a poem on the life of Alexander the Great, composed from the French original of Alberic of… -
Lampredi, Urbano
Scholar, b. in Florence on 13 Feb. 1761, a Piarist in 1778, d. in Naples on 23 Feb. 1838. A supreme Hellenist, a poet emulating Monti and the men of letters of… -
Lampridio, Elio
One of the six writers to whom is owed the compilation of the history of the Roman emperors from Hadrian (117 A.D.) to Numerian (284). He lived in the age of… -
Lampronti, Isacco di Samuele
Rabbi and physician, b. in Ferrara in 1679, d. there in 1756. He was a disciple of the rabbis Recanati and Sanguinetti of Ferrara and Provenzal of Lugo; he… -
Lámpros, Spiridion
Historian and politician b. in Corfu in 1851, d. in Athens on 23 July 1919. As a young man he founded and directed the periodical Παργοσάς, literary in… -
Lamuel (LAMUEL)
King of Massa (cf. Greek, Targum, Syriac, according to the more common reading). The Masoretic punctuation has: "king. Oracle, etc." (cf. Vulgate). Massa lies… -
Lamy, Étienne-Marie-Victor (LAMY, ETIENNE-MARIE-VICTOR)
French Catholic politician and writer, b. 2 June 1845 at Cize, in the Jura, d. 9 Jan. 1919 in Paris. He studied with the Dominicans at Sorèze, where he was a… -
Lamy, François
Polemicist, b. at Montireau in 1636, d. at St-Denis on 11 April 1711. He was prior of the Benedictine abbey of St-Faron-de-Meaux, an office from which he was… -
Lamy, Thomas-Joseph
Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Ohey (Belgium) on 27 January 1827, d. at Louvain on 30 July 1907. He taught biblical exegesis and Oriental languages at the… -
Lana Terzi, Francesco
Jesuit, mathematician and physicist, b. at Brescia on 10 December 1631, d. there on 22 February 1687. He taught grammar at the College of Terni with such… -
Lancaster, Diocese of (LANCASTER, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in England. It has a population of 887,007 inhabitants, of whom 111,464 are Catholics, distributed in 88 parishes, served by 157 diocesan… -
Lancaster, Joseph
LANCASTER, JOSEPH: V. MUTUO INSEGNAMENTO. -
Lancellotti, Filippo
Cardinal b. in Rome on 17 Aug. 1732, d. there on 13 July 1794. Having entered the prelature, he was appointed by Benedict XIV apostolic protonotary and canon… -
Lancellotti, Giovanni Paolo
Canonist, b. in Perugia in 1522, d. there on 23 Sept. 1590. At the request of Pope Paul IV he prepared over fifteen years a systematic institutional treatise… -
Lancelotz, Henri
Augustinian theologian and controversialist, b. in Belgium in 1576, d. at Antwerp on 11 Jan. 1643. He received his doctorate in theology at Louvain. He… -
Lanchow [Lanzhou], Archdiocese of (LANCHOW, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In northwestern China. Erected under the name of apostolic vicariate of Kansu on June 21, 1878, by division of the apostolic vicariate of Shensi, and entrusted… -
Lanciani, Rodolfo
Archaeologist, b. at Montecelio (Rome) on 1 Jan. 1845, d. at Rome on 21 May 1929. He attended university studies in the Faculty of Engineering and trained… -
Lanciano, Archdiocese of (LANCIANO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Chieti. It has an area of 26,216 sq km with a population of 192,344 inhabitants, of whom 190,925 are Catholics; it has… -
Lancizio (Lanczycki or Łęczycki), Mikołaj (LANCIZIO (LANCZYCKI O ŁĘCZYCKI), MIKOLAI)
Jesuit, writer on asceticism, b. at Nieswiesz (Lithuania) on 10 Dec. 1574, d. at Kowno (Lithuania) on 30 March 1653. The reading of apologetic works and… -
Landenberg, Hugo von
Bishop, b. in 1457 in the castle of Hegi near Winterthur (Switzerland), d. at Meersburg in 1532. Between 1477 and 1480 he was canon and dean of St. Bartholomew… -
Landi, Gaspare
Painter, b. in Piacenza on 6 Jan. 1756, d. there on 24 Feb. 1830. Abandoned as a young boy by his father, he was taken in at the convent of S. Maria in… -
Landini, Silvestro
Jesuit, popular missionary, b. at Margrate, in Lunigiana, in 1503, d. at Bastia in Corsica on 3 March 1554. Already a priest, he was accepted by St. Ignatius… -
Landino, Cristoforo
Born at Pratovecchio in 1424, died at Florence in 1498. He did his early studies at Volterra, and was later a teacher in the Florentine Studio, secretary of… -
Landino, Francesco
Musician, also called Franciscus de Florentia, Magister Franciscus, or the blind man of the organs. Born in Florence in 1325 and died there on 2 September… -
Landi, Stefano
Musician, b. in Rome ca. 1590, d. there ca. 1655. In 1619 he became maestro di cappella of Marco Cornaro, bishop of Padua, then at the Madonna dei Monti in… -
Landívar, Rafael (LANDIVAR, RAFAEL)
Jesuit, humanist, b. in Guatemala on 29 Oct. 1731, d. in Bologna on 27 Sept. 1793. After teaching rhetoric and philosophy in the colleges of the Order in… -
Lando, Girolamo
Archbishop of Crete (ca. 1458-93), entrusted with a pontifical legation in Silesia and Bohemia (1460-62), titular patriarch of Constantinople (1472-93), died… -
Landolfo da Milano
Two chroniclers of this name are known: 1. LANDOLFO DA MILANO SENIOR. - A Milanese ecclesiastic who lived between the 11th and 12th centuries; he wrote… -
Landolfus Sagax (LANDOLFO SAGACE)
Perhaps a monk, who lived between the 10th and 11th centuries. Nothing is known of his personality: it is certain only that he wrote before 1023, the year of… -
Lando of Sezze, Antipope (LANDO DI SEZZE, ANTIPAPA)
From a family of German origin, he was elected to the pontificate in Sept. 1179 by the counts of the Roman countryside, in opposition to Alexander III, who had… -
Lando, Pope (LANDONE, PAPA)
Almost nothing is known about this Pontiff. He was the son of a rich Lombard count of Sabina, named Taino or Raino, succeeded Anastasius III at the end of 913… -
Land Reclamation (BONIFICA)
In its etymological meaning (bonum facere) it sums up the work accomplished by man to "make good" an environment that adverse causes keep in a deteriorated… -
Landtsperger, Johannes
German Carmelite, b. between 1460 and 1470, probably at Landsberg on the Lech (Swabia), d. ca. 1528 at Bern (Switzerland). After completing his studies at the… -
Lanfranco da Crema (or da Cremona) (LANFRANCO DA CREMA (O DA CREMONA))
Born in 1189, died in Bologna on 27 February 1229; remembered as one of the famous master jurists of Bologna. According to Diplovotaccio, he would have taught… -
Lanfranc of Pavia (LANFRANCO DI PAVIA)
Benedictine theologian and archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Pavia at the beginning of the 11th century, d. at Canterbury on 28 May 1089. Of a noble family, he… -
Lanfranco, Giovanni
Painter, b. in Parma on 26 Jan. 1582, d. in Rome on 30 Nov. 1647. He was a pupil of Agostino Carracci but subsequently came under the influence of the latter's… -
Lange, Friedrich Albert
German philosopher, b. at Wald near Solingen on 29 Sept. 1828, d. at Marburg on 21 Dec. 1875. After having taught actively in secondary schools and as a… -
Langenieux, Benoît-Marie (LANGENIEUX, BENGÎT-MARIE)
Cardinal Archbishop of Reims, b. at Villefranche (Rhône) on 15 Oct. 1824, d. at Reims on 1 Jan. 1905. Ordained in 1850, he was subsequently parish priest in… -
Langenstein
LANGENSTEIN: V. HEINBUCHE VON LANGENSTEIN, HEINRICH. -
Langevin, Louis-Philippe-Adélard
Archbishop, b. 23 Aug. 1853 at St-Isidore (Canada), d. 15 June 1915 at Montreal. In 1881 he became an Oblate of Mary Immaculate, in 1882 a priest, professor of… -
Langland, William
Medieval English poet, b. around 1332, d. around 1400, according to the conjectures of W. W. Skeat. Nothing precise is known of his life, apart from what can… -
Lang, Matthäus
Cardinal, b. in 1468 at Augsburg, from a decayed patrician family, d. on 30 March 1540 at Salzburg. He entered as secretary in the service of Emperor Frederick… -
Langres, Diocese of (LANGRES, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and district capital city (department of Haute-Marne, France). The diocese extends over an area of 6,221 sq km with a population of 181,840… -
Langson and Caobang, Apostolic Vicariate of (LANGSON E CAOBANG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the extreme north-eastern corner of Tonkin (Vietnam), it comprises the two civil provinces of L. and C. and half of the province of Hahiang. This… -
Langton, Stephen
Theologian and cardinal, b. in England ca. 1150, d. at Slindon on 9 July 1228. In Paris he attended the lectures of John Beleth and Peter Comestor, and having… -
Language (LINGUAGGIO)
In its proper and common meaning, language is spoken speech, the means of expression and communication of thought in man. In a derived sense, language is also… -
Languet de Villeneuve de Gercy, Jean-Joseph
Archbishop of Sens, b. at Dijon on 24 Aug. 1677, d. at Sens on 11 May 1753. He received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in 1701; he was chaplain to the Duchess… -
Languet, Hubert (Hubertus Burgundus)
French statesman, b. at Vitteaux in Burgundy in 1518, d. at Antwerp on 30 Sept. 1581. Highly learned in law, theology, history and science, he traveled in… -
Lanlung [Anlong], Diocese of (LANLUNG, DIOCESI DI)
In south-central China. Erected as an apostolic prefecture on 16 February 1922, with 9 civil sub-prefectures of the mission of Kweiyang (v.) in the province of… -
Lansing
City and diocese in the State of Michigan (United States). It has an area of 8,713 square miles and comprises the counties of Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass… -
Lansperger (Lanspergio), Johann (Justus von Landsberg) (LANSPERGER (LANSPERGIO), JOHANN (IUSTUS VON LANDSBERG))
Carthusian monk, writer on asceticism, b. at Landsberg in 1489 or 1490, d. at Cologne on 11 Aug. 1539. His family name was Gerecht, whence the Latin Iustus.… -
Lanteri, Pio Brunone
Founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, b. at Cuneo on 12 May 1759, d. at Pinerolo on 5 Aug. 1830. At the beginning of 1782 he went to Vienna with Fr. N. A.… -
Lantrua, Giovanni da Triora, Blessed (LANTRUA, GIOVANNI DA TRIORA, BEATO)
Franciscan, b. at Triora (diocese of Albenga) on 15 March 1760, d. a martyr at Chan-xa (China) on 7 Feb. 1816. He was several times superior of the convents of… -
Lanusei, Diocese of (LANUSEI, DIOCESI DI)
LANUSEI, DIOCESI di: v. OGLIASTRA, DIOCESI di. -
Lanza, Antonio
Moral theologian, archbishop of Reggio Calabria, b. at Castiglione Cosentino on 18 March 1905, d. at Reggio Calabria on 23 June 1950. Ordained priest on 16… -
Lanzi, Luigi
Jesuit, archaeologist, philologist and art historian, b. at Treja (Macerata) on 4 June 1732, d. at Florence on 31 March 1810 (and buried in S. Croce). He… -
Lanzoni, Francesco
Church historian, b. at Faenza on 10 July 1862, d. there on 8 February 1929. From his native seminary he went to complete his studies at the Seminario Pio and… -
Laodicea Combusta, Diocese of (LAODICEA (LAODICEA COMBUSTA) IN LICAONIA)
A whole series of Christian inscriptions has been found there, important also for the hierarchy, among which the most notable is that of the bishop Marcus… -
Laodiceans, Epistle to the (LAODICESI, EPISTOLA AI)
An apocryphal writing that has been placed under the name of St. Paul by virtue of Col. 4:16. As a basis for attributing to the Apostle a letter to the… -
Laodicea (Λαοδίκεια)
A city of Phrygia on the left bank of the Lycus (hence the distinguishing addition ἐπὶ or πρὸς τῷ Λύκῳ), a tributary of the Meander. Antiochus II Theos built…