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Loan for Use (COMODATO)
It is a contract by which one of the contracting parties (the lender) delivers to the other (the borrower) a movable or immovable thing, so that the latter may… -
Loango, Apostolic Vicariate of (LOANGO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
LOANGO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di: v. POINTE NOIRE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. -
Loaysa, Jerónimo de
Dominican, first bishop and archbishop of Lima (Peru), b. at Trujillo (Estremadura, 1489?), d. at Lima on 25 Oct. 1575. He studied at Coria, Seville and… -
Lobeck, Christian August
Classical philologist, b. at Naumburg on June 5, 1781; he taught at the University of Königsberg, where he d. on Aug. 26, 1860. He occupied himself above all… -
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 Barcelona most… -
Lochner, Stephan
German painter, b. at Meersburg on Lake Constance, he lived and worked in Cologne, where he is documented as active from 1442 until his death, which occurred… -
Loch, Valentin
Catholic theologian and exegete, b. at Bamberg on 24 Sept. 1813, d. there on 14 June 1893. He pursued theological studies at Bamberg and at Munich. He was… -
Locke, John
Philosopher, b. 29 Aug. 1632 at Wrington (Bristol) of a Puritan family, d. 28 Oct. 1704 at Oates (Essex). He did his studies at Westminster College in Oxford… -
Lockhart, William
Rosminian, b. at Varingham (Surrey) on 22 Aug. 1820, d. in London on 15 May 1892. At first a convinced Protestant, he felt his faith shaken by the reading of… -
Loculus (LOCULO)
Diminutivo di locus, che nella terminologia funeraria classica e cristiana (cf. iscrizioni cristiane con locus, in Diehl [v. op. cit. in bibl.], nn. 3498-3533)… -
Lodi, Diocese of (LODI, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Milan. Over an area of about 700 sq km. it has 205,491 inhabitants, of whom 205,400 are Catholics; 115 parishes and 23… -
Loë, Paul von
In baptism Ludwig. Dominican historian, b. 31 March 1866 at Wissen Castle (Rhineland), d. 19 June 1919 at Düsseldorf. After his gymnasium studies at Feldkirch… -
Loggia
An open gallery on the upper floors of buildings, almost always with arches, rarely with an architrave. In church architecture it appears as a development of… -
Logia
Greek term (λόγια) that normally indicated in profane literature "sayings, divine oracles" (Herodotus, VIII, 60, 3; Thucydides, II, 8, 2); thus in the… -
Logic (LOGICA)
It is the science of the structure and processes of thought in relation to their functional validity. SUMMARY: I. Terminology. - II. Nature and problems of l.… -
Logos (LOGOS)
Title attributed by St. John the Apostle to the Only-Begotten Son of God, who became man in the Incarnation (v.). Etymologically λόγος derives from λέγειν (in… -
Loher (Loer), Dietrich
Carthusian, b. at Hoogstraten (Antwerp) ca. 1490, d. in the charterhouse of Würzburg on 26 Aug. 1554. He entered the monastery at Cologne (1518), where he was… -
Lohner, Tobias
Jesuit, writer on ascetics and pastoral theology, b. at Neu-Ottingen (Bavaria) on 13 March 1619, d. at Munich on 16 May 1697. For many years he was professor… -
Loisy, Alfred
Modernist exegete, b. at Ambrières (Haute-Marne) on 28 Feb. 1857, d. in Paris on 6 June 1940. In 1874 L. entered the major seminary of Châlons. Ordained a… -
Loja, Diocese of (LOJA, DIOCESI DI)
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 inhabitants, of whom… -
Lollards (LOLLARDI)
I. IN THE LOW COUNTRIES AND IN GERMANY. - Lollards 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)
In the Belgian Congo, entrusted to the Order of Premonstratensians (abbey of Tongerloo in Belgium), erected on 22 February 1937 in a small territory detached… -
Lo (Lopez), Gregorio
Dominican, the first indigenous Chinese bishop, b. at Lo-kia-hiang, province of Fukien, around 1611, d. at Nanking on 27 February 1691. Baptized in 1633, he… -
Lombardi, Alfonso
Sculptor, b. probably in Ferrara in 1497, to Niccolò Cittadella of Lucca and to Eleonora L., d. in Bologna on 2 Dec. 1537. The native qualities of this master… -
Lombardi, Carlo
Canonist, b. at Dronero (Cuneo) on 29 Dec. 1858, d. at Rome on 18 Dec. 1908. He completed his ecclesiastical studies at the Roman Seminary; ordained a priest… -
Lombardi, Family (LOMBARDI, FAMIGLIA)
A numerous dynasty of architects and sculptors, originally from the Canton of Ticino, whose surname Solari was almost always replaced by the generic one of… -
Lombard League (LEGA LOMBARDA)
Taking advantage of the absence of Frederick Barbarossa, the cities of Cremona, Bergamo, Brescia, Mantua and Ferrara swore a league for mutual defense called… -
Lombardo, Pietro
LOMBARDO, PIETRO: v. PIETRO LOMBARDO. -
Lombardo Radice, Giuseppe
Pedagogue, b. at Catania on 28 June 1879, d. near Cortina d'Ampezzo on 16 Aug. 1938. At first a teacher in secondary schools, he moved in 1911 to the chair of… -
Lombards (LONGOBARDI)
They are considered as belonging to the group of the Eastern Germans. The origin of the name (Langobardi, not Longobardi as is commonly used) is not clarified… -
Lombardy (LOMBARDIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - As a natural region, L. embraces the territory bounded by the crest of the central Alpine zone and by the course of the Po between the Ticino… -
Lombez, Diocese of (LOMBEZ, DIOCESI DI)
LOMBEZ, DIOCESI di: v. AUCH, DIOCESI di. -
Lombroso, Cesare
Psychiatrist and anthropologist, b. in Verona on 6 Nov. 1835, d. in Turin on 9 Oct. 1909. He first occupied himself particularly with studies on cretinism and… -
Lomé, Apostolic Vicariate of (LOMÈ, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the southern part of Togo (French mandate). Before 1860 it belonged to the apostolic vicariate of the Two Guineas, then to that of Dahomey, from which it… -
London (LONDRA)
Capitale della Gran Bretagna e metropoli dell'Impero, in posizione eccentrica rispetto all'isola, ricopre un'area di ca. 1800 kmq., compresi il nucleo centrale… -
London, Diocese of (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 February 1855, by… -
Longanimity (LONGANIMITÀ)
From the Latin longanimitas, it is one of the potential parts of the cardinal virtue of fortitude and signifies patience prolonged over a long time because of… -
Long Brothers (FRATELLI LUNGHI)
Four Egyptian brothers of exceptional stature, monks of Nitria: Dioscorus, Ammonius, Eusebius, Euthymius. Under Valens they suffered imprisonment for their… -
Longer, Jacques-Benjamin
Born at Le Havre (Seine-Inférieure) on 31 May 1752; on 30 Sept. 1774 he entered the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris. Ordained a priest on 23 Sept.… -
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
North American poet, b. 27 Feb. 1807 in Portland (Maine), d. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 14 March 1882. He completed his studies at Bowdoin College and… -
Longford, Diocese of (LONGFORD, DIOCESI DI)
LONGFORD, DIOCESI di: v. ARDAGH, DIOCESI di. -
Longhena, Baldassare (LONGHENA, BALDASSARRE)
Architect, b. in Venice in 1598 to a Ticinese family (from Maroggia on Lake Lugano), d. there on 18 February 1682. He soon abandoned sculpture, in which he had… -
Longhi, Family (LONGHI, FAMIGLIA)
Two painters: PIETRO, b. in 1702 in Venice, d. there on 8 May 1785. After a very unsuccessful attempt at monumental painting (Palazzo Sagredo, Venice 1734) he… -
Longhin, Andrea Giacinto
Bishop, b. at Campodarsego on 22 Nov. 1853, d. at Treviso on 26 June 1936. Having entered the Capuchins in 1879, in 1902 he was made provincial minister.… -
Longilineous (LONGILINEO)
Designation used to indicate a human morphological type in which the body's developmental proportions are shifted toward a predominance of longitudinal… -
Longinus, Saint (LONGINO, SANTO)
Traditional name of the Roman soldier, probably derived from the Greek λάγη "lance," who pierced the side of Jesus on Calvary (John 19:34). According to a… -
Longobardi, Nicolò
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Caltagirone in 1565, d. at Peking on 11 Dec. 1655. Having reached Macao in China in 1597, the following year he began his apostolate… -
Longo, Bartolo
Lawyer, founder of the sanctuary of Pompei, b. at Latiano (Brindisi) on 10 Feb. 1841, d. at Pompei on 5 Oct. 1926. Shaken in his faith, and brought back to it… -
Longo, Francesco
Capuchin theologian, b. at Corigliano Calabro in 1562, d. at Rome on 21 Dec. 1625. A religious of the Roman province, he was a lecturer in theology, provincial… -
Longo, Maria Lorenza, Venerable (LONGO, MARIA LORENZA, VENERABILE)
Foundress of the Capuchin nuns, originally from Catalonia, born in Naples in 1463, died there on 21 Dec. 1542. Left a widow, she settled her three children and… -
Lo Pa-hong, Giuseppe
Born in Shanghai on 27 March 1873, he passed the imperial examinations at the age of 18 and devoted himself to industrial and commercial activities. He later… -
Lopatin, Lev Michajlovič
Philosopher, b. in Moscow in 1855, d. there in 1920. He completed his studies at the University of Moscow (1879) and then taught philosophy there. He was… -
Lopatinskij, Teofilatto
Russian theologian and controversialist. A student at Kiev, he remained faithful to the orientation of his academy even during his teaching at the… -
Lopes, Fernão
Portuguese chronicler. The biographical data are scanty and uncertain: he perhaps lived from 1380 to 1460. King John I called him to the position of trust as… -
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 20 he went to Mexico City… -
López de Ayala, Pedro
Spanish writer and statesman, b. at Vitoria in 1332, d. at Calahorra in the early days of April 1407. Chancellor of Castile and a warrior, he was also… -
López de Gómara, Francisco (LOPEZ DE GÓMARA, FRANCISCO)
Spanish writer, b. at Gómara in 1512, d. at Seville probably in 1572. Chaplain to the conqueror Hernán Cortés, he wrote the Historia de las Indias y conquista… -
López y Vicuña, Vincenza Maria, Blessed (LOPEZ Y VICUÑA, VINCENZA MARIA, BEATA)
Born at Cascante (Navarre) on 22 March 1847, died at Madrid on 26 Dec. 1890, foundress of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate for domestic service. Devoted from… -
Lopukhin, Aleksandr Pavlovich (LOPUCHIN, ALEKSANDR PAVLOVIĆ)
Russian theologian, master of theology and professor at the Ecclesiastical Academy of St. Petersburg. Born in the governorate of Saratov in 1852, died on… -
Lorch
In the suburb of Enns, in Upper Austria, ancient Laureacum; around A.D. 190 a fort to protect the Roman bridge over the Enns and the river port on the Danube… -
Lorena, Diocese of (LORENA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The diocese extends between those of Taubaté, Porto Alegre, Campanha and Barra do Piraí, with a… -
Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio de (LORENZANA, FRANCISCO ANTONIO DI)
Cardinal, b. at León (Spain), on 22 Sept. 1722, d. at Rome on 17 Apr. 1804. He was elected in 1765 bishop of Palencia, and the following year archbishop of… -
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio and Pietro (LORENZETTI, AMBROGIO E PIETRO)
Brothers, Sienese painters. I. AMBROGIO. - The first universally accepted date concerning him is 1319. In 1331 Tizio reliably attributed to him the frescoes of… -
Lorenzetto (Lorenzo Lotti, called Il) (LORENZETTO (LORENZO LOTTI, DETTO IL))
Sculptor and architect, b. in Florence on 23 June 1490, d. in Rome on 15 Dec. 1541. In June 1514 he was commissioned to complete the tomb of Card. Forteguerri… -
Lorenzo da Bologna
Theologian of the Order of the Servants of Mary, b. in Bologna in the first half of the 14th century, d. after 1392. In 1360 he was a lecturer in theology… -
Lorenzo da Parigi
Capuchin writer and preacher. He entered the Order on 7 Oct. 1581. He was guardian, definitor, custos general, and lecturer in philosophy and Hebrew (1611); he… -
Lorenzo da Villamagna, Blessed (LORENZO DA VILLAMAGNA, BEATO)
Franciscan, b. at Villamagna (Chieti) on 15 May 1476, d. at Ortona a Mare on 6 June 1535. Having entered the Franciscan Order at a very young age, he was a… -
Lorenzo da Viterbo
Properly L. di Jacopo di Pietro Paolo da V., painter b. ca. 1437 at Viterbo and d. after 1476. The only dates referable to his activity are those of 1469 and… -
Lorenzo de' Medici
LORENZO de' MEDICI: v. MEDICI, FAMIGLIA. -
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… -
Łódź (Lódź), Diocese of (LODZ (LŌDZ), DIOCESI DI)
In Poland, founded in 1920. Suffragan of Warsaw; the first bishop was Wincenty Tymieniecki. > LOGGIA - L. of the apse of the cathedral of Piacenza (mid-12th… -
Łomża, Diocese of (LOMZA (LOMŻA), DIOCESI DI)
Founded on 10 February 1925 in Poland, suffragan of Wilna. First bishop: Romuald Jalbrzykowski, future archbishop of Wilna. Area: 13,100 sq km. Catholics…