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Lycaonia(LICAONIA)Vol. VII, p. 798 LYCAONIA. - An inland region of Asia Minor, consisting of a vast plateau (1,000 m above sea level), bounded to the east by the mountains of Phrygia and…
Lydda (Hebr. Lâdh; Gr. Λάδω)(LIDDA (EBR. LÂDH; GR. ΛΆΔΩ))Vol. VII, p. 803 LIDDA (Heb. Lâdh; Gr. Λάδω). - A city of Palestine, 20 km from Jaffa and 44 from Jerusalem. It is mentioned among the cities conquered by Tuthmosis III; its…
Lydenburg, Diocese of(LYDENBURG, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 1036 LYDENBURG, DIOCESE. - In the eastern part of the Transvaal. Erected on 12 June 1923 as an apostolic pre- fecture with territory detached from the then…
Lydgate, JohnVol. VII, p. 1037 LYDGATE, JOHN. — Benedictine monk, born in 1370, died in 1451. He was a prolific and prolix author. He paraphrased Boccaccio’s De casibus virorum illustrium in…
Lydia(LIDIA)Vol. VII, p. 803 LIDIA. - 1. Heb. Lâdh, Gr. Λάδω (Gen. 10, 22; I Par. 11, 17; I Mach. 8, 8): a region of western Asia Minor on the coasts of the Aegean, situated between Mysia…
LydiaVol. VII, p. 1037 LYDIA. - The name, or surname, of a woman converted by s. Paolo during the third apostolic mission, at Filippi (v.), near the Gangite, where the Jews’ place of…
Lyell, CharlesVol. VII, p. 1037 LYELL, CHARLES. - Great geologist, born at Kinnordy (Scotland) on 14 Nov. 1797, died in London on 22 Feb. 1875. In 1830-33 he published the first edition of…
Lyon, Archdiocese of(LIONE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VII, p. 838 LYON, ARCHDIOCESE of. - Arch- diocese and capital city of the Rhône department at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers. It extends across the Rhône…
Lyonnais, Jean(LYONNARD, JEAN)Vol. VII, p. 1037 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…
Lysanias(LISANIA)Vol. VII, p. 853 LISANIA. – Tetrarch of Abilene (v.), mentioned by Lc. 3:1 in the fifteenth year of the emperor Tiberius. D. F. Strauss (Leben Jesu, I, 4th ed., Tübingen 1835,…
Lysias (Δυσίας)(LISIA (ΔΥΣΊΑΣ))Vol. VII, p. 854 LISIA (Δυσίας). — Syrian general, nobleman in the service of the Seleucids. When Antioco IV Epifane (v.) departed for the war against the Parthians (I Mach.…
Lysias, Claudius(LISIA, CLAUDIO)Vol. VII, p. 855 LISIA, CLAUDIUS. — Roman military tribune who commanded the garrison of the Antonia Tower in Jerusalem. He saved Paul from being lynched: mistaking him for an…
Lysimachus(LISIMACO)Vol. VII, p. 856 LISIMACO. — Brother of the high priest Menelaus (v.). When the latter, together with Sostratus, was summoned by Antiochus Epiphanes (v.) to hand over to him…
Lystra (Lystra)(LISTRA (VOLG. LYSTRA))Vol. VII, p. 856 LISTRA (Volg. Lystra). - A city of Licaonia, visited by Paolo and Barnaba on their first missionary journey, after they had escaped stoning at Iconio (v.). The…
