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Lycaonia (LICAONIA)
An inland region of Asia Minor, consisting of a vast plateau (1000 m above sea level), bounded to the east by the mountains of Phrygia and Isauria, to the… -
Lycia (LICIA)
A peninsular region of southwestern Asia Minor, consisting in the interior of a rugged plateau with a sparse population, and on the periphery of mountain… -
Lydda (LIDDA)
A city of Palestine, 20 km. from Jaffa and 44 from Jerusalem. It is mentioned among the cities conquered by Tuthmosis III; its founding, according to 1 Chron.… -
Lydenburg, Diocese of (LYDENBURG, DIOCESI DI)
In the eastern part of the Transvaal. Erected on 12 June 1923 as an apostolic prefecture with territory detached from the then vicariate of the Transvaal (now… -
Lydgate, John
Benedictine monk, b. in 1370, d. in 1451. He was a prolific and verbose author. He paraphrased Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium in his principal work… -
Lydia (LIDIA)
1. Heb. Lâdh, Gk. Λάδω (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chron. 11:17; 1 Macc. 8:8): a region of western Asia Minor on the coasts of the Aegean, situated between Mysia to the… -
Lydia
Name, or nickname, of a woman converted by St. Paul during the third apostolic mission, at Philippi (v.), near the Gangites, where the place of prayer of the… -
Lyell, Charles
Great geologist, b. at Kinnordy (Scotland) on 14 Nov. 1797, d. in London on 22 Feb. 1875. In 1830-33 he published the first edition of his course of lectures… -
Lyon, Archdiocese of (LIONE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Arch- diocese and capital city of the department of the Rhône at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône. It extends into the departments of the Rhône (with… -
Lyonnard, Jean
Jesuit, writer on asceticism, b. at Remoulin (diocese of Nîmes) on 27 Dec. 1819, d. at Vals (Le Puy) on 9 Jan. 1887. He adopted as the particular form of his… -
Lysanias (LISANIA)
Tetrarca dell'Abilene (v.), ricordato da Lc. 3, 1 nell'anno 15º dell'imperatore Tiberio. D. F. Strauss (Leben Jesu, I, 4ª ed., Tubinga 1835, p. 341) accusava… -
Lysias, Claudius (LISIA, CLAUDIO)
Roman military tribune who commanded the garrison of the Antonia tower in Jerusalem. He saved Paul from lynching: mistaking him for an Egyptian rebel, he had… -
Lysias (Δυσίας) (LISIA (ΔΥΣΊΑΣ))
A Syrian general, a nobleman in the service of the Seleucids. When Antiochus IV Epiphanes (v.) set out for the war against the Parthians (1 Macc. 3:31-33), he… -
Lysimachus (LISIMACO)
Fratello del sommo sacerdote Menelao (v.). Quando questi, con Sostrato, fu citato da Antioco Epifane (v.) a consegnargli le somme promesse « dovette cedere il… -
Lystra (LISTRA (VOLG. LYSTRA))
City of Lycaonia, visited by Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey, after they had escaped stoning in Iconium (v.). The instantaneous healing of…