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L'Osservatore Cattolico (OSSERVATORE CATTOLICO, L') Vol. IX, p. 275
CATHOLIC OBSERVER, THE. - Daily newspaper founded on 2 Jan. 1864 by the Archbishop of Milan Carlo Caccia Dominioni. Its first directors were Msgr. G. Marinoni…
L'Osservatore Romano (OSSERVATORE ROMANO, L') Vol. IX, p. 275
OSSERVATORE ROMANO, L'. - Political-religious daily of Vatican City. Under this title a newspaper edited by Abbé Battelli appeared in Rome (1848-50), which was…
Lo (Lopez), Gregorio Vol. VII, p. 877
LO (LOPEZ), GREGORIO. - Dominican, first native Chinese bishop, b. at Lo-kia-hiang, Fukien province, c. 1611, d. at Nanking 27 Feb. 1691. Baptized in 1633, he…
Lo Pa-hong, Giuseppe Vol. VII, p. 920
LO PA-HONG, GIUSEPPE. - Born in Shanghai on 27 March 1873, he passed the imperial examinations at the age of eighteen and devoted himself to industrial and…
Loan for Use (COMODATO) Vol. IV, p. 68
COMODATO. — It is a contract by which one of the contracting parties (the bailor) delivers to the other (the bailee) a movable or immovable thing, so that the…
Loango, Apostolic Vicariate of (LOANGO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. VII, p. 878
LOANGO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di: v. POINTE NOIRE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di.
Loaysa, Jerónimo de Vol. VII, p. 878
LOAYSA, JERÓNIMO de. — Dominican, first bishop and archbishop of Lima (Peru), born at Trujillo (Estremadura, 1489?), died at Lima on 25 October 1575. He…
Lobeck, Christian August Vol. VII, p. 878
LOBECK, CHRISTIAN AUGUST. - Classical philologist, b. at Naumburg on 5 June 1781; he taught at the University of Königsberg, where he d. on 26 Aug. 1860. He…
Lobo, Alfonso Vol. VII, p. 878
LOBO, ALFONSO. - Spanish preacher of the second half of the 16th century, first a Discalced Friar Minor, then a Capuchin, born at Medina (Andalusia), died at…
Loch, Valentin Vol. VII, p. 881
LOCH, VALENTIN. — Catholic theologian and exegete, born in Bamberg on 24 September 1813, died there on 14 June 1893. He studied theology in Bamberg and Munich.…
Lochner, Stephan Vol. VII, p. 881
LOCHNER, STEPHAN. - German painter, born at Meersburg on Lake Constance; he lived and worked in Cologne, where he is recorded as active from 1442 until his…
Locke, John Vol. VII, p. 881
LOCKE, JOHN. — Philosopher, born on 29 August 1632 at Wrington (Bristol) to a Puritan family, died on 28 October 1704 at Oates (Essex). He studied at…
Lockhart, William Vol. VII, p. 883
LOCKHART, WILLIAM. - Rosminian, born at Varingham (Surrey) on 22 Aug. 1820, died in London on 15 May 1892. At first a convinced Protestant, he felt his faith…
Loculus (LOCULO) Vol. VII, p. 884
LOCULO. - Diminutive of locus, which in classical and Christian funerary terminology (cf. Christian inscriptions with locus, in Diehl [v. op. cit. in bibl.],…
Lodi, Diocese of (LODI, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 884
LODI, DIOCESI di. — City and diocese in the province of Milan. Covering an area of approximately 700 sq km, it has 205,491 inhabitants, of whom 205,400 are…
Loggia Vol. VII, p. 886
LOGGIA. — An open gallery on the upper floors of buildings, almost always with arches, more rarely with an architrave. In church architecture it appears as a…
Loggia (LOGIA) Vol. VII, p. 889
LOGIA. – A Greek term (λόγια) that normally indicated in profane literature “sayings, divine oracles” (Herodotus, VIII, 60, 3; Thucydides, II, 8, 2); likewise…
Logic (LOGICA) Vol. VII, p. 889
LOGICA. – It is the science of the structure and processes of thought in relation to their functional validity. SUMMARY: I. Terminology. – II. Nature and…
Logos (Λόγος, Latin Verbum) (LOGOS (ΛΌΓΟΣ, LAT. VERBUM)) Vol. VII, p. 893
LOGOS (λόγος, lat. Verbum). — Title attributed by St. John the Apostle to the Only-Begotten Son of God, made man in the Incarnation (v.). Etymologically, λόγος…
Loher (Loer), Dietrich Vol. VII, p. 895
LOHER (LOER), DIETRICH. — Carthusian, born at Hoogstraeten (Antwerp) around 1490, died in the Carthusian monastery of Würzburg on 26 August 1554. He entered…
Lohner, Tobias Vol. VII, p. 895
LOHNER, TOBIAS. - Jesuit, writer on asceticism and pastoral theology, b. at Neu-Ottingen (Bavaria) on 13 March 1619, d. at Munich on 16 May 1697. For many…
Loisy, Alfred Vol. VII, p. 895
LOISY, ALFRED. — Modernist exegete, born at Ambrières (Haute-Marne) on 28 February 1857, died in Paris on 6 June 1940. In 1874 L. entered the major seminary of…
Loja, Diocese of (LOJA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 896
LOJA, DIOCESE of. - Diocese and capital of the province of the same name, a city in Ecuador. It has an area of 20,000 sq. km., with a population of 180,000…
Lollards (LOLLARDI) Vol. VII, p. 896
LOLLARDI. – I. IN THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY. – L. was the name given to the members of a religious confraternity that arose at the beginning of the 14th…
Lolo, Apostolic Prefecture of (LOLO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI) Vol. VII, p. 901
LOLO, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. – In the Belgian Congo, entrusted to the Order of the Premonstratensians (Tongerloo Abbey in Belgium), erected on 22 February…
Lombard League (LEGA LOMBARDA) Vol. VII, p. 623
LEGA LOMBARDA. — Taking advantage of Federico Barbarossa’s absence, the cities of Cremona, Bergamo, Brescia, Mantua, and Ferrara swore an alliance for mutual…
Lombardi, Alfonso Vol. VII, p. 901
LOMBARDI, ALFONSO. – Sculptor, probably born in Ferrara in 1497, to Niccolò Cittadella of Lucca and Eleonora L.; died in Bologna on 2 December 1537. The native…
Lombardi, Carlo Vol. VII, p. 901
LOMBARDI, CARLO. – Canonist, born in Dronero (Cuneo) on 29 December 1858, died in Rome on 18 December 1908. He completed his ecclesiastical studies at the…
Lombardi, Family (LOMBARDI, FAMIGLIA) Vol. VII, p. 901
LOMBARDI, FAMIGLIA. — A dynasty of architects and sculptors, originating in the Canton of Ticino, whose surname Solari was almost always replaced by the…
Lombardo Radice, Giuseppe Vol. VII, p. 910
LOMBARDO RADICE, GIUSEPPE. — Pedagogist, born in Catania on 28 June 1879, died near Cortina d'Ampezzo on 16 August 1938. At first a teacher in secondary…
Lombardo, Pietro Vol. VII, p. 910
LOMBARDO, PIETRO: v. PIETRO LOMBARDO.
Lombards (LONGOBARDI) Vol. VII, p. 915
LONGOBARDI. — They are considered to belong to the group of the East Germanic peoples. The origin of the name (Langobardi, not Longobardi, as it is commonly…
Lombardy (LOMBARDIA) Vol. VII, p. 902
LOMBARDIA. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - As a natural region, Lombardy encompasses the territory bounded by the crest of the central Alpine zone and the course of the Po…
Lombez, Diocese of (LOMBEZ, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 910
LOMBEZ, DIOCESI di: v. AUCH, DIOCESI di.
Lombroso, Cesare Vol. VII, p. 910
LOMBROSO, CESARE. – Psychiatrist and anthropologist, born in Verona on 6 November 1835, died in Turin on 9 October 1909. He initially devoted himself…
Lomé, Apostolic Vicariate of (LOMÈ, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. VII, p. 910
LOMÈ, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - In the southern part of Togo (French mandate). Before 1860 it belonged to the apostolic vicariate of the Two Guineas, then to…
London (LONDRA) Vol. VII, p. 911
LONDRA. – Capital of Great Britain and metropolis of the Empire, in an eccentric position in relation to the island, it covers an area of approximately 1,800…
London, Diocese of (LONDON, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 911
LONDON, DIOCESI di. - City and diocese in the province of Ontario (Canada). Erected as a diocese by Pius IX with the brief De Salute Dominici gregis of 21 Feb.…
Long Brothers (FRATELLI LUNGHI) Vol. V, p. 1023
FRATELLI LUNGHI. - Four Egyptian brothers of exceptional stature, monks of Nitria: Dioscoro, Ammonio, Eusebio, Eutimio. Under Valente they suffered…
Longanimity (LONGANIMITÀ) Vol. VII, p. 912
LONGANIMITY. - From the Latin longanimitas, it is one of the potential parts of the cardinal virtue of fortitude and signifies patience prolonged over a long…
Longer, Jacques-Benjamin Vol. VII, p. 912
LONGER, JACQUES-BENJAMIN. - B. at Le Havre (Seine-Inférieure) on 31 May 1752; on 30 Sept. 1774 he entered the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris.…
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Vol. VII, p. 912
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. - North American poet, b. 27 Feb. 1807 at Portland (Maine), d. at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 14 March 1882. He pursued his…
Longford, Diocese of (LONGFORD, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 912
LONGFORD, DIOCESI di: v. ARDAGH, DIOCESI di.
Longhena, Baldassare (LONGHENA, BALDASSARRE) Vol. VII, p. 912
LONGHENA, BALDASSARRE. – Architect, born in Venice in 1598 to a family from Ticino (from Maroggia on Lake Lugano), died there on 18 February 1682. He soon…
Longhi, Family (LONGHI, FAMIGLIA) Vol. VII, p. 913
LONGHI, FAMIGLIA. – Two painters: PIETRO, born in 1702 in Venice, died there on 8 May 1785. After a rather unsuccessful attempt at monumental painting (Palazzo…
Longhin, Andrea Giacinto Vol. VII, p. 913
LONGHIN, ANDREA GIACINTO. - Bishop, born at Campodarsego on 22 Nov. 1853, died at Treviso on 26 June 1936. Having entered the Capuchins in 1879, he was made…
Longilineous (LONGILINEO) Vol. VII, p. 913
LONGILINEAR. – A designation used to indicate a human morphological type in which the developmental proportions of the body are shifted toward the predominance…
Longinus, Saint (LONGINO, SANTO) Vol. VII, p. 914
LONGINO, saint. — Traditional name of the Roman soldier, probably derived from the Greek λάγη, “spear,” who pierced the side of Jesus on Calvary (Io. 19:34).…
Longo, Bartolo Vol. VII, p. 914
LONGO, BARTOLO. — Lawyer, founder of the sanctuary of Pompei, born in Latiano (Brindisi) on 10 February 1841, died in Pompei on 5 October 1926. Shaken in his…
Longo, Francesco Vol. VII, p. 914
LONGO, FRANCESCO. - Capuchin theologian, born at Corigliano Calabro in 1562, died at Rome on 21 Dec. 1625. A religious of the Roman province, he was lecturer…
Longo, Maria Lorenza, Venerable (LONGO, MARIA LORENZA, VENERABILE) Vol. VII, p. 914
LONGO, MARIA LORENZA, venerable. - Foundress of the Capuchin nuns, of Catalan origin, b. at Naples in 1463, d. there on 21 Dec. 1542. Having become a widow,…
Longobardi, Nicolò Vol. VII, p. 920
LONGOBARDI, NICOLÒ. - Jesuit, missionary, b. at Caltagirone in 1565, d. at Pechino on 11 Dec. 1655. Having arrived at Macao, China, in 1597, he began his…
Lopatin, Lev Michajlovič Vol. VII, p. 920
LOPATIN, LEV MICHAJLOVIČ. - Philosopher, born in Mosca in 1855, died there in 1920. He completed his studies at the University of Mosca (1879) and subsequently…
Lopatinskij, Teofilatto Vol. VII, p. 921
LOPATINSKIJ, TEOFILATTO. - Russian theologian and controversialist. A student in Kiev, he remained faithful to the orientation of its academy even during his…
Lopes (López), Gregorio Vol. VII, p. 921
LOPES (LÓPEZ), GREGORIO. - Mystic, b. in Madrid on 4 July 1542, d. at Santa Fé (Mexico) on 20 July 1596. He lived in Navarre with a hermit; then, at the age of…
Lopes, Fernão Vol. VII, p. 921
LOPES, FERNÃO. - Portuguese chronicler. Biographical information about him is scant and uncertain: he perhaps lived from 1380 to 1460. King don Giovanni I…
Lopukhin, Aleksandr Pavlovich (LOPUCHIN, ALEKSANDR PAVLOVIĆ) Vol. VII, p. 922
LOPUCHIN, ALEKSANDR PAVLOVIĆ. — Russian theologian, master of theology, and professor at the Ecclesiastical Academy of Petersburg. Born in the Saratov…
Lorch Vol. VII, p. 922
LORCH. - In the suburbs of Enns, in Upper Austria, the ancient Laureacum; about A.D. 190, a fortress was established to protect the Roman bridge over the Enns…
Lorena, Diocese of (LORENA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 922
LORENA, DIOCESI di. – City and diocese in the state of S. Paulo in Brazil. The diocese extends between those of Taubaté, Porto Alegre, Campanha and Barra do…
Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio de (LORENZANA, FRANCISCO ANTONIO DI) Vol. VII, p. 923
LORENZANA, FRANCISCO ANTONIO.—Cardinal, born in León (Spain) on 22 September 1722, died in Rome on 17 April 1804. He was elected bishop of Palencia in 1765,…
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio and Pietro (LORENZETTI, AMBROGIO E PIETRO) Vol. VII, p. 923
LORENZETTI, AMBROGIO and PIETRO. - Brothers, Sienese painters. I. AMBROGIO. — The earliest universally accepted date relating to him is 1319. In 1331 Tizio…
Lorenzetto (Lorenzo Lotti, called Il) (LORENZETTO (LORENZO LOTTI, DETTO IL)) Vol. VII, p. 927
LORENZETTO (LORENZO LOTTI, known as). - Sculptor and architect, born in Florence on 23 June 1490, died in Rome on 15 Dec. 1541. In June 1514 he was…
Lorenzo da Bologna Vol. VII, p. 931
LORENZO da BOLOGNA. – A theologian of the Order of the Servants of Mary, born in Bologna in the first half of the 14th century, died after 1392. In 1360 he was…
Lorenzo da Parigi Vol. VII, p. 934
LORENZO da PARIGI. - Capuchin writer and preacher. He entered the Order on 7 Oct. 1581. He was guardian, definitor, general custos, lecturer in philosophy and…
Lorenzo da Villamagna, Blessed (LORENZO DA VILLAMAGNA, BEATO) Vol. VII, p. 934
LORENZO da VILLAMAGNA, Blessed. - Franciscan, born in Villamagna (Chieti) on 15 May 1476, died at Ortona a Mare on 6 June 1535. Having entered the Franciscan…
Lorenzo da Viterbo Vol. VII, p. 935
LORENZO da VITERBO. — Properly L. di Jacopo di Pietro Paolo da V., painter, born c. 1437 in Viterbo and died after 1476. The only dates that can be related to…
Lorenzo de' Medici Vol. VII, p. 933
LORENZO de' MEDICI: v. MEDICI, FAMIGLIA.
Lorenzo della Resurrezione Vol. VII, p. 934
LORENZO della RESURREZIONE. – Mystic and discalced Carmelite, in the world Nicola Herman, born in Hériménil (Lorraine) in 1614 and died in Paris in 1691. A lay…
Lorenzo di Credi Vol. VII, p. 933
LORENZO di CREDI. — Painter, sculptor, and goldsmith, b. in Florence in 1456 or 1459–60, d. there on 12 January 1537. Among his earliest works are the…
Lorenzo Monaco Vol. VII, p. 933
LORENZO MONACO. – Italian painter, b. in Siena in 1370 or 1371, d. in 1425. He carried out most of his activity in Florence, where he went at about the age of…
Lorenzo Veneziano Vol. VII, p. 934
LORENZO VENEZIANO. - Painter, documented from 1356 to 1379. He was in Bologna, Padua, and perhaps Treviso. His dated works include the large polyptych of 1357…
Loreto Vol. VII, p. 936
LORETO. – Diocese in the province of Macerata (Marche). It has an area of 17 sq. km. and 8,000 inhabitants, all Catholics. It comprises 4 parishes, with 2…
Lorgna, Giocondo Pio Vol. VII, p. 939
LORGNA, GIOCONDO PIO. — Dominican, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Bl. Imelda (Imeldines), born at Tresana (Massa) on 27 September 1870, died at Venice on…
Lorin, Henri Vol. VII, p. 939
LORIN, HENRI. — French Catholic sociologist, born in 1858, died in Paris on 19 November 1914. He devoted himself to the Work of Catholic Workers’ Circles,…
Lorinus (Jean de Lorin), John (LORIN (LORINUS), JEAN DE) Vol. VII, p. 939
LORIN (Lorinus), JEAN de. - Jesuit exegete, b. in 1559 at Avignone, d. at Rome on 26 March 1634. He began his novitiate in 1575. He taught philosophy at Rome,…
Lorium Vol. VII, p. 940
LORIUM. - An ancient diocese established on an imperial villa at the twelfth mile of the Via Aurelia, later called Castel di Guido. Within its bounds a…
Lorraine, Gérard Desargues, detto il (LORENESE, GELLÉE CLAUDE, DETTO IL) Vol. VII, p. 922
LORENESE, GELLÉE CLAUDE, known as il. — Painter, b. at Chamagne (Lorraine) in 1600, d. in Rome on 23 November 1682. His artistic life unfolded almost entirely…
Lorris, Guillaume de Vol. VII, p. 940
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…
Lorsch Vol. VII, p. 940
LORSCH. — Celebrated Benedictine abbey, subsequently passing for a short time to the Cistercians and then to the Premonstratensians, in the diocese of Mainz,…
Los Angeles, Archdiocese of (LOS ANGELES, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 941
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,…
Los Ríos, Vicariate Apostolic of (LOS RIOS, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. VII, p. 947
LOS RIOS, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - In the southern regions of Ecuador, erected by dismemberment of the diocese of Guayaquil, on 15 July 1948. It has an area…
Los von Rom (Via da Roma) Vol. VII, p. 948
LOS VON ROM (Via da Roma). - The L. v. R. was an anti-Roman political, cultural, and religious movement that arose in Vienna in 1897 under the pretext that…
Loschi, Antonio Vol. VII, p. 947
LOSCHI, ANTONIO. - Humanist, b. in Vicenza c. 1368, d. there in 1441. He studied in Verona and Florence, then entered the court of the Visconti and became…
Lot Vol. VII, p. 948
LOT. — Son of Aran, of the Tharcite lineage, and nephew of Abramo (v.), together with whom he emigrated from Haran in Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan, taking…
Lothair I, Emperor, King of Italy (LOTARIO I, IMPERATORE, RE D'ITALIA) Vol. VII, p. 949
LOTARIO I, EMPEROR, KING OF ITALY. — Firstborn son of Lodovico il Pio and Queen Ermengarda, born around 785, died at Prüm on 28 September 855. In July 817, his…
Lothair III of Supplinburg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany (LOTARIO III DI SUPLINBURGO, IMPERATORE ROMANO, RE DI GERMANIA) Vol. VII, p. 950
LOTARIO III of Suplinburgo, ROMAN EMPEROR, king of GERMANY. — Elected at Mainz on 30 August 1125, he died at Breitwang in Tyrol on 4 December 1137. He was of…
Lotti, Antonio Vol. VII, p. 950
LOTTI, ANTONIO. – Organist and composer, of Venetian origin, born c. 1667, died in Venice on 5 January 1740. Admitted in 1687 as a singer to the choir of the…
Lottini, Giovanni Vol. VII, p. 950
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. Ordained priest…
Lotto, Lorenzo Vol. VII, p. 950
LOTTO, LORENZO. — Painter, born in Venice (?) around 1480, died in Loreto in September 1556. Already in his earliest works, his personality reveals itself in…
Lotze, Rudolf Hermann Vol. VII, p. 951
LOTZE, RUDOLF HERMANN. – Philosopher, born on 23 May 1817 in Bautzen, died on 1 July 1881 in Berlin. He studied medicine and philosophy at the University of…
Lou Tseng-Tsiang (Peter Celestine), Abbot (LOU TSENG-TSIANG (PIETRO CELESTINO), ABATE) Vol. VII, p. 954
LOU TSENG-TSIANG (PIETRO CELESTINO), abbot. — Born in Shanghai on 12 June 1871, died in Bruges (Belgium) on 15 January 1949. He was appointed interpreter at…
Loudun, Ursulines of (LOUDUN, ORSOLINE DI) Vol. VII, p. 951
LOUDUN, ORSOLINE di. — The community founded in 1626 by the Ursulines of Poitiers (Congregation of Bordeaux) at L., a city in the diocese of Poitiers, with a…
Louis Bertrand (Bertrand), Saint (LUIGI BELTRÁN (BERTRAND), SANTO) Vol. VII, p. 1004
LUIGI BELTRÁN (BERTRAND), saint. – Dominican, born in Valencia on 1 January 1526, died there on 9 October 1581. He entered religious life in his native city in…
Louis Gonzaga, Saint (LUIGI GONZAGA, SANTO) Vol. VII, p. 1005
LUIGI GONZAGA, saint. — Born on 9 March 1568 in the Castle of Castiglione delle Stiviere near Mantua, the firstborn son of Ferrante G., prince of the Empire…
Louis I of Braganza, King of Portugal (LUIGI I DI BRAGANZA, RE DEL PORTOGALLO) Vol. VII, p. 1003
LUIGI I of Braganza, king of PORTOGALLO. - B. in Lisbon on 31 Oct. 1838, d. in Cascais on 19 Oct. 1889. Second son of Queen Maria II and of the prince consort…
Louis I, King of Bavaria (LUIGI I, RE DI BAVIERA) Vol. VII, p. 993
LUIGI I, king of BAVARIA. — Born on 25 August 1786 at Strasbourg, died on 29 February 1868 at Nice. Son of Massimiliano Giuseppe of Deux-Ponts and Guglielmina…
Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary (LUIGI I, IL GRANDE, RE D'UNGHERIA) Vol. VII, p. 1003
LUIGI I, the Great, king of HUNGARY. - B. in 1326, d. 10 Sept. 1382. Chivalrous, religious, cultured, a wise statesman. He reigned from 1342 and, from 1370,…
Louis II, King of Bavaria (LUIGI II, RE DI BAVIERA) Vol. VII, p. 994
LUIGI II, king of BAVIERA. - B. 25 Aug. 1845 at Nymphenburg, d. 13 June 1886 in Lake Starnberg. Son of Massimiliano II of Bavaria and Maria of Prussia, he…
Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia (LUIGI II, RE D'UNGHERIA E DI BOEMIA) Vol. VII, p. 1003
LUIGI II, king of HUNGARY and BOHEMIA. - B. 2 July 1506, d. 29 Aug. 1526. He reigned from 1516, succeeding his father, Vladislao II Jagellone. The ten-year-old…
Louis II, the Stammerer, King of France (LUIGI II, IL BALBO, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 994
LUIGI II, the Stammerer, king of FRANCIA. - Son of Carlo il Calvo and Ermentrude, b. 1 Nov. 846, d. at Compiègne on 11 Apr. 879. He ascended the throne of…
Louis III, King of France (LUIGI III, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 994
LUIGI III, king of FRANCIA. - Son of Luigi II il Balbo and Ansgarde, born c. 863, died at St-Denis on 10 Aug. 882. During his reign the power of the king…
Louis IV, Called D'Outremer, King of France (LUIGI IV, DETTO D'OLTREMARE, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 994
LUIGI IV, called d'Oltremare, king of FRANCIA. - Son of Carlo il Semplice, b. in 921, d. at Reims, 10 Sept. 954. He recovered the throne lost by his father…
Louis IX, King of France, Saint (LUIGI IX, RE DI FRANCIA, SANTO) Vol. VII, p. 995
LUIGI IX, king of FRANCE, saint. - Born April 25, 1214, perhaps at Poissy, died near Tunis August 25, 1270. Raised by his mother Blanche of Castile, a strict…
Louis Marie Grignion, Saint (LUIGI MARIA GRIGNION, SANTO) Vol. VII, p. 1006
LUIGI MARIA GRIGNION, saint. - B. on 31 Jan. 1673 at Montfort-sur-Meu (whence missions, he founded the Missionaries of the Company of Mary, for whom he wrote…
Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, King of the French (LUIGI FILIPPO, DUCA D'ORLÉANS, RE DEI FRANCESI) Vol. VII, p. 1004
LUIGI FILIPPO, Duke of Orléans, King of the FRENCH. - B. Oct. 6, 1773 in Paris, d. Aug. 26, 1850 at Claremont Castle, County Surrey (England). (from H. Kehrer,…
Louis V, Called the Do-Nothing, King of France (LUIGI V, DETTO IL FANNULLONE, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 994
LUIGI V, called the Fainéant, king of FRANCIA. — Son of Lothair and Emma, born in 967, died at Reims on 22 May 987, he was able, despite his nineteen years, to…
Louis VI, Called the Fat, King of France (LUIGI VI, DETTO IL GROSSO, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 994
LUIGI VI, called the Fat, king of FRANCIA. — Son of King Filippo I of France, b. in Paris probably in 1081, d. on 1 August 1137. According to Capetian custom,…
Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (LUIGI VII, DETTO IL GIOVANE, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 994
LUIGI VII, called the Younger, king of FRANCIA. — Son of Luigi VI, born ca. 1121, died in Paris on 18 September 1180. Despite his notable qualities of courage,…
Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (LUIGI VIII, DETTO IL LEONE, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 995
LUIGI VIII, called the Lion, king of FRANCIA. - Son of Filippo Augusto, born in Paris on 5 Sept. 1187, died during a journey to Paris in 1226. He reigned over…
Louis X, the Quarrelsome, King of France (LUIGI X, DETTO LE HUTIN (=ATTACCABRIGHE), RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 996
LUIGI X, called le Hutin (= brawler), king of FRANCIA. — Son of Filippo IV il Bello, b. in Paris on 4 October 1289, d. at Vincennes on 5 June 1316. The…
Louis XI, King of France (LUIGI XI, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 996
LUIGI XI, king of FRANCIA. - Of the house of Valois, b. 3 July 1423 at Bourges, to Carlo VII and Margherita di Anjou, d. 30 Aug. 1483 at Plessy les Tours; he…
Louis XII, King of France (LUIGI XII, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 996
LUIGI XII, king of FRANCIA. — Of the Valois-Orléans house, born on 27 June 1462 at Blois to Carlo d'Orléans and Maria di Clèves, he succeeded his cousin Carlo…
Louis XIII, King of France (LUIGI XIII, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 996
LUIGI XIII, King of FRANCE. - Of the house of Bourbon, b. at Fontainebleau on 27 Sept. 1601 to Enrico IV and Maria de' Medici, d. on 14 May 1643 at…
Louis XIV of Bourbon, King of France (LUIGI XIV DI BORBONE, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 997
LUIGI XIV of Bourbon, king of FRANCIA. — Born at St-Germain-en-Laye on 5 Sept. 1638 to King Luigi XIII and Anna d’Austria, daughter of Filippo III, king of…
Louis XIV, King of France (LUIGI XIV, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 997
LUIGI XIV, KING OF FRANCE — Granting of a pension to Pietro Antonio Muti (Aug. 1643), with the autograph signature of five-year-old L. XIV — Rome, Marchese…
Louis XV, King of France (LUIGI XV, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 998
LUIGI XV, king of FRANCIA. – Born at Versailles on 15 February 1710 to Luigi, duke of Burgundy, second Dauphin, and Maria Adelaide di Savoia; heir to the crown…
Louis XVI, King of France (LUIGI XVI, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 1001
LUIGI XVI, king of FRANCIA. — Born at Versailles on 23 August 1754 to Luigi, dauphin of France (son of Luigi XV), and Maria Giuseppa di Sassonia; died in Paris…
Louis XVIII of Bourbon, King of France (LUIGI XVIII DI BORBONE, RE DI FRANCIA) Vol. VII, p. 1003
LUIGI XVIII of Borbone, king of FRANCIA. — B. at Versailles on 17 November 1755, d. in Parigi on 16 September 1824. Luigi Stanislao Saverio, count of Provenza,…
Louise de Marillac, Saint (LUISA DE MARILLAC, SANTA) Vol. VII, p. 1007
LUISA de MARILLAC, saint. — Co-foundress of the Daughters of Charity (v.); b. in Paris on 12 August 1591, d. there on 15 March 1660. She married Antonio Le…
Louismet, Savinien Vol. VII, p. 952
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…
Louisville, Archdiocese of (LOUISVILLE, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 952
LOUISVILLE, ARCHDIOCESE of. — Archdiocese and city in the State of Kentucky in the United States of America. It comprises that part of Kentucky situated west…
Lourdes, Sanctuary of (LOURDES, SANTUARIO DI) Vol. VII, p. 952
LOURDES, SANCTUARY OF. — It is the most famous of the many places honored, as is believed, by apparitions of Mary Most Holy. Thus far, no other of these…
Lourenço Marques, Archdiocese of (LORENZO MARQUES (LOURENÇO MARQUES), ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 936
LORENZO MARQUES (LOURENÇO MARQUES), ARCIDIOCESI of. — Capital of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique (East Africa). It has an area of 164,011 sq km, with…
Louvain, University of (LOVANIO, UNIVERSITÀ DI) Vol. VII, p. 954
LOVANIO, UNIVERSITY OF. — Founded on 9 December 1425 by Pope Martino V at the request of Giovanni IV, Duke of Brabant, in order to attract to the capital of…
Love (AMORE) Vol. I, p. 673
AMORE. – Inclination to take pleasure in the good that has been chosen as suitable. SUMMARY: I. Concept. – II. The problem of a. and its difficulties. – III.…
Love (Conjugal) (AMORE (CONIUGALE)) Vol. I, p. 676
AMORE (CONIUGALE). — It is the mutual affection that binds the two spouses in their reciprocal, complete, and constant self-giving: mind, heart, and body. The…
Love (Free) (AMORE (LIBERO)) Vol. I, p. 677
AMORE (LIBERO). — Love here means the sexual appetite; and the addition of “free” is intended to indicate the will to satisfy it without any restraint, but…
Love (Self) (AMORE (PROPRIO)) Vol. I, p. 678
AMORE (PROPRIO). — In the sense familiar to spiritual writers, it is the disordered love of oneself, by which one is led to seek one’s own good without…
Low Church ("Chiesa Bassa") (LOW CHURCH (« CHIESA BASSA »)) Vol. VII, p. 955
LOW CHURCH (« Low Church »). — The name L. C. was initially understood as opposed to High Church (« High Church ») and also included those belonging to the «…
Lower California, Apostolic Vicariate of (CALIFORNIA INFERIORE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLA) Vol. III, p. 241
LOWER CALIFORNIA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - The peninsula of Baja California (Mexico) was under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles…
Loyang, Diocese of (LOYANG, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VII, p. 956
LOYANG, DIOCESE of. - In the north-western part of the civil province of Honan, in northern China. Erected as an apostolic prefecture on 25 May 1929 with 16…
Loyola, Martín Ignacio Vol. VII, p. 957
LOYOLA, MARTÍN IGNACIO. - Franciscan, missionary, d. at Buenos Aires in 1612. Related to the family of s. Ignazio di L., he entered the Franciscan province of…
Loyola, Sanctuary of (LOYOLA, SANTUARIO DI) Vol. VII, p. 956
LOYOLA, SANCTUARY of. — It is situated in a verdant valley in the province of Guipúzcoa and in the diocese of S. Sebastiano, in Spain. Its principal part is…
Loyson, Charles Vol. VII, p. 957
LOYSON, CHARLES. — French apostate and “reformer,” born at Orléans on 10 March 1827, died in Paris on 9 February 1912. A priest (1851), he taught philosophy at…
Loë, Paul von Vol. VII, p. 886
LOË, PAUL von. — Ludwig at baptism. Dominican historian, born 31 March 1866 at Wissen Castle (Rhineland), died 19 June 1919 at Düsseldorf. After his secondary…
López de Ayala, Pedro Vol. VII, p. 921
LÓPEZ de AYALA, PEDRO. — Spanish writer and politician, b. at Vitoria in 1332, d. at Calahorra at the beginning of Apr. 1407. Chancellor of Castile and a…
López de Gómara, Francisco (LOPEZ DE GÓMARA, FRANCISCO) Vol. VII, p. 921
LOPEZ de GÓMARA, FRANCISCO. - Spanish writer, b. at Gómara in 1512, d. at Seville probably in 1572. Chaplain to the conquistador Hernán Cortés, he wrote the…
López y Vicuña, Vincenza Maria, Blessed (LOPEZ Y VICUÑA, VINCENZA MARIA, BEATA) Vol. VII, p. 921
LOPEZ Y VICUÑA, VINCENZA MARIA, blessed. - Born in Cascante (Navarre) on March 22, 1847, died in Madrid on December 26, 1890, founder of the Daughters of Mary…
Löwenstein, Karl Wertheim-Rosenberg, Prince of (LÖWENSTEIN, KARL WERTHEIM-ROSENBERG, PRINCIPE DI) Vol. VII, p. 956
LÖWENSTEIN, KARL WERTHEIM-ROSENBERG, prince of. - Sociologist, b. at Haid (Bohemia) on 21 May 1834, d. at Cologne on 8 Nov. 1921. At the age of 73, after the…