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Fine (MULTA)
Among the various penalties common to the CIC and to the Italian Penal Code, there is still today the m. [fine]. It can be defined, at least generically, as… -
Miani (Emiliani), Jerome, Saint (GIROLAMO MIANI (EMILIANI), SANTO)
Born in Venice in 1486 (not in 1481), died at Somasca on 8 February 1537. A nobleman, he began a career of arms at the time of the League of Cambrai; in 1511… -
Miarinarivo, Vicariate Apostolic of (MIARINARIVO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the central region of Madagascar. On 13 Dec. 1933 the entire eastern zone of the apostolic vicariate of Tananarive was detached to form the… -
Micah (MICHA)
An Ephraimite (sometimes also called Micah) from the time of the Judges (v.). He had stolen 1,100 shekels of silver from his mother. About to be discovered, he… -
Micanzio, Fulgenzio
Servite, b. at Passirano (Brescia) on 8 June 1570, d. at Venice on 7 Feb. 1654. Having gone to Venice for the sake of his studies, he entered into relations… -
Micara, Ludovico
Cardinal, b. at Frascati on 12 Oct. 1775, d. at Rome on 24 May 1847. Having entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin at a very young age, he rose within it… -
Michael Acominatus (MICHELE ACOMINATO)
Metropolitan of Athens between 1175 and 1222, b. at Chonia (ancient Choni, and for this reason also called Choniates) ca. 1140, d. on the island of Chios, ca.… -
Michael Apostolios (MICHELE APOSTOLIOS)
Byzantine writer, b. in Constantinople ca. 1422, d. ca. 1480. He had a very unfortunate life, following the fall of Constantinople. He wanted to work in Italy… -
Michael, Archangel (MICHELE, ARCANGELO)
I. IN SACRED SCRIPTURE. - M. (Heb. Mīkhā'el, "Who [is] like God?") appears four times in the Bible. In Dan. 10:13, 21 he is presented as "one of the chief… -
Michael Attaleiates (MICHELE, ATTALEIATE)
N. ad Attalia (Panfilia), impiegato superiore a Costantinopoli sotto l'imperatore Costantino Dukas (1059-67) con il titolo di patrizio. He is the author of a… -
Michael Cerularius (MICHELE CERULARIO)
Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-58), b. there at the beginning of the 11th century, famous for the definitive schism from the Roman See. He owed his… -
Michael dei Santi, Saint (MICHELE DEI SANTI, SANTO)
Born at Vic (Barcelona) on 29 Sept. 1591, died at Valladolid on 10 Apr. 1625. He took the habit of the Calced Trinitarians, and shortly afterwards, on 28 Jan.… -
Michael Garicoits, Saint (MICHELE GARIGOITS, SANTO)
Founder of the Institute of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram, b. at Ibarre (Basses-Pyrénées department) on 15 Aug. 1797, d. at Bétharram on 14 May… -
Michael Glykas (MICHELE GLICA)
Byzantine writer, b. in the first third of the 13th century and d. at the end of the same. He is the author of a universal chronicle, of theological letters… -
Michael (MICHAEL)
Name of an archangel (v. MICHELE) and of several figures of the Old Testament. 1. Member of the tribe of Asher, father of Sthur (Num. 13:13). 2. Member of the… -
Michael Maleinos, Saint (MICHELE, MALEINOS, SANTO)
Ascetic of outstanding virtue, b. at Carsianon in Cappadocia in 894. Even today he is little known, even in the East. The name Maleinos is not that of his… -
Michael of Anchialus (MICHELE DI ANCHIALO)
Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (1170-78). He showed zeal regarding the discipline of the clergy and vigilance against Christological errors. While he made… -
Michael of Cesena (MICHELE DA CESENA)
Friar Minor, b. at Cesena ca. 1270, d. at Munich on 29 Nov. 1342. Elected at Naples as minister general of the Order (1316) while he was probably in Paris… -
Michael of Chernigov, Saint (MICHELE DI ČERNIGOV, SANTO)
A Russian prince of the Rurikid family, he was successively prince of Novgorod, of Halych in Galicia, and of Kiev. He thus lived on the margins of Central… -
Michael of Sant'Agostino (MICHELE DI SANT'AGOSTINO)
Carmelite theologian, in the world van Ballaert, b. in Brussels on 15 April 1621, d. there on 2 February 1684. He taught philosophy and theology and three… -
Michael of the Most Holy Trinity (MICHELE DELLA SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ)
Discalced Carmelite, b. in 1588 at Beaz (Andalusia), d. there in 1661. He was first a lecturer in theology at the Colleges of Ecija and Baeza, then professor… -
Michael Ongaro, called Pannonio (MICHELE ONGARO, DETTO PANNONIO)
Ferrarese painter, so called perhaps from his place of origin, d. before July 1464. There is a payment from 1415 for the painting of a banner for the church of… -
Michael Scot (Scotto) (MICHELE SCOTO (SCOTTO))
Philosopher and astrologer, Scottish by origin, d. ca. 1236. In 1217, with the help of Abuteus the Levite, he completed the Sphaera of al-Bitrûgi, commonly… -
Michael Syncellus (MICHELE, SINCELLO)
Born in Jerusalem ca. 761, died there on 4 January 846. Venerated as a saint by the Greeks on 18 December. A Hesychast monk of the lavra of St. Sabas in… -
Michael the Brave (MICHELE IL BRAVO)
Mihai Viteazu, b. in 1558, d. in 1608, prince of Wallachia, is one of the most turbulent Romanian figures. Having ascended the throne in 1593, he immediately… -
Michael the Great (MICHELE IL GRANDE)
Syriac Jacobite patriarch from 1166 to 1199. Born in 1126, he entered as a young man the monastery of St. Baršavmā near Melitene, of which he became abbot in… -
Michal (MICHOL)
Daughter of Saul (v.), younger than her sister Merob. David (v.), having been denied Merob, who was owed to him as the victor over Goliath (cf. 1 Sam. 17:25)… -
Michalski, Konstanty (MICHALSKY, KONSTANTY)
Priest of the Polish Mission, distinguished scholar of medieval philosophy, b. 12 April 1879 at Mala Dabrowka (Upper Silesia), d. 6 Aug. 1947 at Kraków. He… -
Michaud, Joseph-François
Historian and publicist, b. June 19, 1767 at Albens (Savoy), d. Sept. 30, 1839 at Passy. He was a journalist in Paris and collaborated on two newspapers… -
Micheas (MICHEA)
Prophet of Judah, a native of Moresheth, in the Shephelah (Mic. 1:14), south of Beit Guvrin. A contemporary of Isaiah, he carried on his activity under the… -
Michelangelo Buonarroti (in autographs Michelagnolo) (MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (NEGLI AUTOGRAFI MICHELAGNIOLO))
Sculptor, painter, architect and poet, b. at Caprese (today Caprese-Michelangelo) in Tuscany, in the Tiber valley, on 6 March 1475, to Ludovico di Leonardo di… -
Michelet, Jules
Historian, b. at Ménilmontant (Paris) on 21 Aug. 1798, d. at Hyères on 9 Feb. 1874. The son of a printer, after a very hard childhood he obtained a chair at… -
Michelotti, Anna
Foundress of the Congregation of the Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the poor sick, b. at Annecy on 25 Aug. 1843, d. at Turin on 1 Feb. 1888.… -
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
Sculptor and architect, b. in Florence in 1396, d. there on 7 Oct. 1472. His first activity took place in the field of sculpture, when we find him… -
Michetti, Francesco Paolo
Painter b. at Tocco Casauria on 2 Oct. 1851, d. at Francavilla a Mare on 5 March 1929. In 1868, having obtained a scholarship from the provincial… -
Michiel, Giovanni
Cardinal, b. in Venice in 1446, d. in Rome on 10 April 1503. Created cardinal by his uncle Paul II on 21 Nov. 1468, he was later bishop of Verona (18 March… -
Michoacán, Diocese of (MICHOACAN, DIOCESI DI)
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Mickiewicz, Adam
Polish poet, b. at Zaosie on 24 Dec. 1798, d. at Constantinople on 26 Nov. 1855. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the Lithuanian land, where the… -
Microbiology (MICROBIOLOGIA)
Microbiology studies living beings that are extremely small, invisible to the naked eye and visible only by means of special optical devices (various… -
Microcosm and Macrocosm (MICROCOSMO E MACROCOSMO)
The term microcosm, from the Greek μικρός "small" and κόσμος "world," was used for the first time by Democritus (H. Diels, Vorsokratiker, Berlin 1922, 55 B 34)… -
Micrologus de Ecclesiasticis Observationibus
It is a sober and accurate description of the liturgy of the Mass and of the liturgical year, which avoids exaggerated symbolism and inculcates Roman uses and… -
Micu, Inocențiu (MICU, INOCENTIU)
Bishop of the (united) Romanians of Transylvania, b. at Sad in 1692, d. in 1768; he studied with the Jesuits of Trnava and at Mukachevo. Elected bishop in… -
Mičurin, Ivan Vladimirovich (MIČURIN, IVAN VLADIMIROVIC)
Soviet biologist, b. 27 Oct. 1855, d. 7 June 1936, author of a doctrine of heredity, further elaborated after his death by T. D. Lysenko, which, in conscious… -
Micu, Samuele
Romanian historian, Catholic (Uniate) priest and one of the "three Lucifers," founders of the Latinist "school" in Transylvania, b. 1745, d. 1806. He studied… -
Middle Ages (MEDIOEVO)
Term used in the historiography of European civilization to indicate the centuries that ran between antiquity and the modern age. I. HISTORY. SUMMARY: I. The… -
Middlesbrough, Diocese of (MIDDLESBOROUGH, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Liverpool. The diocese was created by Leo XIII on 20 Dec. 1878, with the division of that of Beverley; the other part… -
Middle Science (SCIENZA MEDIA)
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Midian and Midianites (MADIAN E MADIANI TI.)
MADIAN and MADIANITES TI (Heb. Midhjān; Septuagint Māšīav). Name of a region south of Palestine (Ex. 2:15) and of its inhabitants (Ex. 3:1; 4:19; 18:1; Num.… -
Midrash (MIDHRĀŠ)
Homiletic interpretation of the Bible, carried out by the rabbis from approximately the 2nd to the 10th centuries. The term comes from dāra, which, both in the… -
Mielich, Hans
Painter, miniaturist and engraver, b. in Munich in 1516, d. there in 1573. From his father he learned the rudiments of the art and initially worked in his… -
Migazzi, Christoph Anton von
Cardinal, b. at Innsbruck on 23 Nov. 1714, d. at Vienna on 15 Apr. 1803. He studied in Rome, where he returned in 1745 (auditor of the Rota for the German… -
Migetius (MIGEZIO)
Spanish heretic of the late 8th century. He is little known and only through documents hostile to him (letters of Elipandus to M. himself: PL 96, 859-67, and… -
Mignani, Laura
Nun, b. at Brescia around 1480, d. there on 10 January 1525. Having entered the Augustinian monastery of S. Croce at a very young age, she shone for holiness… -
Mignard, Pierre, called Mignard Le Romain (MIGNARD, PIERRE, DETTO MIGNARD LE ROMAIN)
Born at Troyes on 17 Nov. 1612, died at Paris on 30 May 1695. Brother of the painter Nicolas M., he entered the studio of Jean Boucher in Bourges at the age of… -
Migne, Jacques-Paul
Priest, b. at St-Flour (Auvergne) on 25 Oct. 1800, d. at Paris on 24 Oct. 1875. Ordained in 1824, he was first a parish priest, then a very active journalist… -
Mignosi, Pietro
Philosopher, b. in Palermo on 28 June 1895, d. in Milan on 15 July 1937. He conceived of art as a reflection of Revelation (Arte e Rivelazione, Palermo 1933)… -
Mignot, Eudoxe-Irénée
Archbishop, b. at Brancourt (Aisne) on 20 Sept. 1842, d. at Albi on 18 March 1918. Ordained priest in 1864, he became bishop of Fréjus in 1890, then archbishop… -
Miguel I, Maria Evaristo of Braganza, King of Portugal (MIGUEL I, MARIA EVARISTO DI BRAGANZA, RE DEL PORTOGALLO)
Second-born son of John VI of Portugal and younger brother of Pedro, first emperor of Brazil, b. 26 Oct. 1802 in Lisbon, d. 14 Nov. 1866 in the Castle of… -
Milan, Archdiocese of (MILANO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It now comprises a territory of 4,850 sq km and extends not only over the present province of M. but also over part of those of Como, Bergamo and Pavia. The… -
Milan, Saint Simplician, Bishop of (SIMPLICIANO, VESCOVO DI MILANO, SANTO)
Probably of Milanese origin, a presbyter in Milan and from 397 the successor of St. Ambrose in the episcopal see, d. 15 July 400. He baptized St. Ambrose… -
Milescu, Nicolae
Born in 1625, died in 1712, a learned Moldavian boyar, who studied at Constantinople in the Greek "great school" placed under Venetian and Paduan influence. He… -
Miletić, Agostino (MILETIĆ, ACOSTINO)
Croatian Franciscan, b. at Fojnica in Bosnia in 1763, d. at Vidoši on 31 July 1831. He studied at Graz (Austria) and in the Veneto, was professor of philosophy… -
Mileto, Diocese of (MILETO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Catanzaro. It has a population of 400,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed among 133 parishes, served by 240… -
Miletus (MILETO)
A city located on the coast of Asia Minor near the mouths of the Meander. Inhabited already in prehistoric times, it was occupied by Greek colonists at least… -
Militarism (MILITARISMO)
Militarism can be defined as: the stable, actual disposition of a State toward war, together with the simultaneous decisive influence of military organization… -
Military and Hospitaller Orders (ORDINI CAVALLERESCHI ED OSPITALIERI)
In its original sense "ordo militaris," corresponding to "ordo ecclesiasticus," that is, to the clergy, generically indicates the lay order. When people begin… -
Military Chaplain (CAPPELLANO MILITARE)
I. GENERALITIES. - For the notion of the military chaplain, it is useful to refer back to the notion of the personal parish priest. Canon law indeed determines… -
Military Service (SERVIZIO MILITARE)
I. THE MILITIA AS A PROFESSION. - The militia, from Lat. militia, can be considered both as a profession and as a temporary or occasional rendering of military… -
Milix, Saint, Martyr (MILIX, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Buried and venerated in the cemetery of Ponziano (v.) on the Via Portuense. His history is completely unknown. In the 7th century his tomb is indicated on the… -
Milizia Aurata
MILIZIA AURATA: v. ORDINI EQUESTRI. -
Milizia dell'Immacolata
An association of prayer and Catholic-Marian apostolate, under the ideal of the Immaculate Conception, founded in Rome, in the international Seraphic College… -
Milizia, Francesco
Architectural theorist, b. at Oria in 1725, d. at Rome in 1798. He is a typical rationalist, but not without touches of neoclassical taste. His principal works… -
Mille, Legend of the Year (MILLE, LEGGENDA DELL'ANNO)
According to this legend, as that year drew near, Christian society felt itself pervaded by terror of the end of the world and of the consequent appearance of… -
Millenarians (MILLENARI)
MILLENARI: v. TESTIMONI di GEOVÀ. -
Millenarism (MILLENARISMO)
An eschatological error, according to which Jesus Christ is to reign visibly for a thousand years on this earth, at the end of the world. It was also called… -
Millet, Jean-François
Painter b. at Gruchy near Gréville on 4 Oct. 1814, d. at Barbizon on 20 Jan. 1875. He learned drawing and painting in his homeland from his father, himself a… -
Mill, James
Historian and philosopher, b. at Northwater Bridge (southern Scotland) on 6 April 1773, d. in London on 26 June 1836. He studied letters and theology at the… -
Mill, John Stuart
Philosopher and economist, son of James, b. 20 May 1806 in London, d. 8 May 1873 at Avignon. He adopted the surname Stuart out of gratitude to the wealthy Sir… -
Millstatt
Former Benedictine abbey in Carinthia, diocese of Gurk, founded around 1020 by the brothers Arbo and Botho, Bavarian nobles, with monks from Nieder-Altaich… -
Milner, John
Vicar Apostolic of England, b. in London on 14 Oct. 1752, d. at Wolverhampton on 19 Apr. 1826. Educated at the English College of Douai, he was ordained a… -
Milone, Crispino (Milo Crispinus)
Cantor of the abbey of Bec in Normandy and member of the illustrious Crispini family, whose genealogy he left. He would have been born in the last years of the… -
Miltiades (MILZIADE)
Christian writer of the 2nd century from Asia Minor. Literary opponent of the Valentinians (Tertullian, Adv., 5) and of the Montanists (anonymous… -
Miltiades, Pope, Saint (MILZIADE, PAPA, SANTO)
The Liber Pontificalis says he was of African origin. His pontificate, using the data provided by the Catalogus Liberianus and the Liber Pontificalis, but… -
Milton, John
English poet, b. in London on 9 Dec. 1608, d. there on 8 Nov. 1674. Even before going to the University of Cambridge, the studies he had pursued as a boy had… -
Milwaukee, Archdiocese of (MILWAUKEE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the State of Wisconsin (from the Algonquian "good land"; U.S.A.), of which it today comprises 10 counties. It was erected by Pope Gregory XVI with the… -
Mimesis (MIMESI)
From μίμησις, it means imitation. It is a concept on which, probably already in the most ancient historical cultures, the interpretation and the motivation of… -
Mina (MINA)
A unit of weight, used in biblical times for gold (1 Kings 10:17) and for silver (Esther 2:69; Neh. 7:71) and based on the Babylonian weight system, in which… -
Minardi, Tommaso
Painter, b. in Faenza on 4 Dec. 1787, d. in Rome on 13 Jan. 1871. A pupil of Giuseppe Zauli, having obtained a pension from the Istituto S. Gregorio of Faenza… -
Minaret (MINARETO)
A tower erected near the mosque, from which the muezzin (mu'addin) calls the faithful to prayer. Its character varies in different regions, according to the… -
Mindoro, Apostolic Prefecture of (MINDORO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Situated on the island of M., in the Philippine archipelago, it comprises the civil province of M. and the island of Maestro de Campo, belonging to the… -
Minelli, Antonio
MINELLI, ANTONIO: V. DE BARDI, GIOVANNI. -
Mineralogy (MINERALOGIA)
The science of minerals. Its principal task was originally to describe and identify them; today it tends above all toward a better understanding of their… -
Minerva
An ancient divinity belonging to the cult of various Italic peoples. M., in fact, before Rome, where she had her greatest development, was venerated from… -
Mingana, Alfonso
Chaldean scholar, b. in 'Irāq on 23 Dec. 1881 (?), d. on 5 Dec. 1937 in England. He was the son of the priest Paul and had as his baptismal name Hormizda. He… -
Mingarelli, Giovanni Luigi
Orientalist and patrologist, b. at Grizzana (Bologna) on 27 Feb. 1722 and d. at Bologna on 10 March 1793. He studied at Bologna, where he took the habit of the… -
Minges, Parthenius
Theologian and medievalist, b. at Flemlingen in the Palatinate on 15 Jan. 1861, d. at Munich on 12 Apr. 1926. A Friar Minor in 1881, chronologist and archivist… -
Minghetti, Marco
Politician, b. in Bologna on 8 Nov. 1818, d. in Rome on 10 Dec. 1886. He was one of the most significant representatives of the cultivated, well-to-do… -
Minhah (MINHĀH)
MINHĀH: v. SACRIFICIO. -
Miniato, Saint, Martyr (MINIATO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
A Passio s. Miniati, earlier than the 9th century or at least than the 10th (BHL, 5965-66), narrates his decapitation on the hill of Florence, which later took… -
Minieh of the Copts (MINIEH DEI COPTI)
MINIEH dei Copti: v. ERMOPOLI. -
Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate (León) (FIGLIE MINIME DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (LEÓN))
The Institute originated in 1883 through the work of the archdeacon d. Paolo Anda, of León in Mexico, with the approval of the ecclesiastical authority. It… -
Minims (MINIMI)
A regular mendicant order, with solemn vows, of mixed life, contemplative and apostolic, founded by St. Francis of Paola in 1435. I. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT. -… -
Minim Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows (SORELLE MINIME DELLA CARITÀ DI MARIA ADDOLORATA)
Founded in Verona in 1817 through the work of the Veronese noblewoman Teodora Campostrini. Pontifical approval in 1833; temporary approval of the Constitution… -
Minims of Our Lady of Sorrows (MINIME DELL'ADDOLORATA)
On May 1, 1868, the servant of God Clelia Barbieri and two companions of hers, under the direction of the parish priest Fr. Gaetano Guidi, began a common life… -
Minims of Our Lady of Suffrage (MINIME DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL SUFFRAGIO)
As early as 2 February 1859, Count Francesco Faà di Bruno (v.), then a simple layman and professor at the University of Turin, was devoting his considerable… -
Minims of the Sacred Heart (MINIME DEL SACRO CUORE)
The Institute had humble beginnings in Poggio a Caiano (diocese of Pistoia) through the work of Marianna Caiani, who, with a companion of hers, in 1894 opened… -
Minims of the Sacred Heart of Mary (MINIME DEL SACRO CUORE DI MARIA)
Institute founded in 1844 by Giulia Chauchard, who had spent her life instructing children and caring for the sick in the village of Cruéjoula (diocese of… -
Minister of the Papal Chapel (MINISTRO DELLA CAPPELLA PONTIFICIA)
He is more properly called assistant minister at the sacred functions (v. Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 912). Besides the monsignor sacristan of His Holiness, there are… -
Ministers of the Sick (MINISTRE DEGLI INFERMI)
The Institute arose in 1819, through the work of the servant of God Domenica Brun-Barbantini, in Lucca, and was approved by the local Ordinary in 1841. The… -
Ministers of the Sick (Camillians, Camillini, Crucifers) (MINISTRI DEGLI INFERMI (CAMILLIANI, CAMILLINI, CROCIFERI))
Regular clerics founded by St. Camillus de Lellis (v.) in 1586. They wear the clerical habit of the other regular clerics, from whom they are distinguished by… -
Minnesang (MINNEGESANG)
From the old German Minne = love, and Gesang = song; a monodic lyrical current that flourished in the German-speaking lands (Germany, Switzerland and Austria)… -
Minoan-Mycenaean, Religion (MINOICO-MICENEA, RELIGIONE)
MINOICO-MICENEA, RELIGIONE: v. EGEA, RELIGIONE. -
Minocchi, Salvatore
Biblical scholar and man of letters, b. at Raggiolo in the Casentino in 1869, d. at Travale (Siena) in Aug. 1943. Having entered the seminary without a… -
Mino da Fiesole (MINO DA FIESOLE)
Sculptor, b. at Poppi in Casentino between 1430 and 1431, d. at Florence in 1484. He worked at Florence, Perugia, Volterra, and Rome. A pupil or follower of… -
Minorca, Diocese of (MINORCA, DIOCESI DI)
On the island of the same name (Balearics, Spain) in the Mediterranean. Area 669 sq. km. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Valencia. It has a… -
Minsk, Latin Diocese of (MINSK, DIOCESI LATINA DI)
In White Russia; it was erected by ukaz of Tsar Paul I on 9 Aug. 1798 and then canonically approved by Pope Pius VI on 15 Nov. 1798, as a suffragan of the… -
Minucius, Felix (MINUCIO, FELICE)
Apologist of the 2nd-3rd century. I. LIFE. - The scanty information about M. F. comes, besides from his only writing, the Octavius, from Lactantius (Inst., I… -
Minuscule, Script (MINUSCOLA, SCRITTURA)
Like the term "majuscule" (v.), that of m. also includes a general idea based on the reciprocal relationship of the size of the letters of one and the same… -
Minutants of the Sacred Congregations (MINUTANTI DELLE SACRE CONGREGAZIONI)
MINUTANTI DELLE SACRE CONGREGAZIONI: v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE, SACRE. -
Minuti, Théophile
Minim friar, Orientalist and palaeographer, b. at Bras in Provence in 1592, d. at Marseilles on 8 August 1662. He entered the Minims in 1610 and specialized in… -
Minuziano, Alessandro
End of Cicero's Philippics and the impression by M. (1498) - Copy in the Vatican Library. Barberini (ms. Orient. 1). It was first used by the learned G.… -
Minzoni, Giovanni
Priest, b. at Ravenna on July 1, 1885, murdered at Argenta on Aug. 23, 1923. After his ordination (Sept. 19, 1909) he was a chaplain (Feb. 1910) and then (Nov.… -
Minzoni, Onofrio
Sacred orator and poet, b. at Ferrara in 1734, d. there in 1817. He took part in the polemics against the Jansenists and gave various Lenten courses and… -
Miollis, Sixte-Alexandre
General, b. at Aix on 18 Sept. 1759, d. there on 18 June 1828. Fifth of sixteen children - among them Charles François, bishop of Digne - he embraced the… -
Miphiboseth
Only son of Jonathan (v.) whose name was originally (v. ISBOSETH) Miphibos' al ("from the mouth of the Lord"). He was five years old when his father died, and… -
Mirabilia Urbis
The M. contain notices concerning the most notable Roman and Christian monuments and their vicissitudes, elaborated by grammarians and scholars according to… -
Miracle (MIRACOLO)
I. NOTION AND DIVISION. - From the Latin mirari, it indicates a fact that surprises, that arouses wonder, astonishment. It is usually defined as: «A sensible… -
Miracle of the Fountain (FONTE, MIRACOLO DELLA)
The miracle worked by Moses in the desert was represented quite early in primitive Christian funerary art; the patriarch strikes the rock of Horeb and from it… -
Miraculous Draught of Fishes (PESCA MIRACOLOSA)
The miracle took place at the lake of Gennesaret, where the Lord, after having taught the crowds from one of the two boats of his disciples, told Peter to put… -
Miraculous Medal (MEDAGLIA MIRACOLOSA)
It originates from an apparition of the Virgin Mary (27 Nov. 1830) to St. Catherine Labouré (v.), a Daughter of Charity. The Virgin was standing, wearing a… -
Mira de Amescua, Antonio
Spanish poet, b. at Guadix around 1574, d. there on 8 September 1644. He was impatient of discipline in his life (even as archdeacon of the cathedral of his… -
Mirae Caritatis
The words with which the encyclical of Leo XIII begins, dated 28 May 1902, on the Eucharist (Acta Leonis XIII, 22 [1903], pp. 115-36). The Pontiff, now on the… -
Mirari Vos
Opening phrase of the encyclical of Gregory XVI, dated 15 Aug. 1832, against the errors of Lamennais (v.). The Pontiff, after an exordium on the present evils… -
Mirepoix, Diocese of (MIREPOIX, DIOCESI DI)
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Miriam, King of Georgia (MIRIAM, RE DI GEORGIA)
B. in 265 of the Sassanid family of Persia, d. in 342. A strong and daring warrior, he married at the age of 15 a certain Nana. During his reign, through the… -
Mirocle, Saint (MIROCLE, SANTO)
He was already bishop of Milan in 313 when he took part in the Roman Synod, held under Pope Miltiades, to settle the Donatist controversy; the following year… -
Miron, Cristea
First "Orthodox" patriarch of Greater Romania, b. at Toplița, in Transylvania, on 18 July 1868, d. at Cannes on 6 March 1939. After his studies at Bistrița… -
Misael (MISAEL)
Name of three figures of the Old Testament. 1. A Levite, son of Uzziel (Ex. 6:22; Lev. 10:4). 2. A companion of Daniel (v.) in Babylon. Together with Hananiah… -
Miscellanea Franciscana (MISCELLANEA FRANCESCANA)
A quarterly periodical "of theological sciences and Franciscan studies," founded as a journal "of Franciscan sciences, letters and arts" in 1886 by Msgr. M.… -
Misciattelli, Piero
Scholar and historian, b. in Florence on 14 Feb. 1882, he lived especially in Umbria, in Siena and in Rome, where he d. on 13 Feb. 1937. He occupied himself… -
Misenum (MISENO)
Ancient diocese in Campania, from the Augustan age a station of the Roman fleet in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The known bishops are Concordius (501-502); Pellegrinus… -
Miserentissimus Redemptor
Opening of the encyclical of Pius XI (May 9, 1928) on the duty of reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (AAS, 20 [1928], pp. 165-78). The Pope affirms that… -
Mishnah (MIŠNĀH)
Collection of rabbinic treatises from the 1st-3rd centuries AD, which constitute the "oral" law, that is, the deductions drawn from the Pentateuch, originally… -
Miskolc (Slovak Miškovec) (MISZKOLC (SLOVACCO MIŠHOVEC))
Apostolic administration (exarchate) of the parishes of Ruthenian faithful of the Byzantine-Slavic rite in Hungarian territory. These are the 24 parishes of… -
Mislavskij, Samuele Simbone Črigorevič
B. at Pološek on 24 May 1731, d. at Kiev on 5 Jan. 1796. In 1742 he entered the ecclesiastical Academy of Kiev as a student. In 1754 he became a monk under the… -
Misnia, Diocese of (MISNIA, DIOCESI DI)
MISNIA, DIOCESI di: v. MEISSEN, DIOCESI di. -
Missal (MESSALE)
From the ecclesiastical Latin Missa, whence Missale or Liber Missalis, it is the liturgical book that contains the euchological formulas (readings, chants… -
Missiology (MISSIONOLOGIA)
I. DEFINITION. - Missionary studies began in the last century, first through the work of Protestants and then of Catholics, in Germany. There were various… -
Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (MISSIONARI D'AFRICA (PADRI BIANCHI))
The Society, founded by Cardinal Lavigerie in 1868, is composed of priests and coadjutor brothers, who are not religious, because they are bound only by an… -
Missionaries of Consolata (MISSIONARI DELLA CONSOLATA)
MISSIONARI DELLA CONSOLATA: V. ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA. -
Missionaries of Marianhill (MISSIONARI DI MARIANNHILL)
The abbey of Mariannhill in Natal (South Africa) was founded by the Trappist prior Franz Pfanner in 1882, 30 km west of Durban. Since the Trappist rule was not… -
Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (MISSIONARI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA SALETTE)
Founded by Msgr. Filibert de Bruillard, bishop of Grenoble (d. 1860), on May 1, 1852, recognized by pontifical right in 1879, the M. of O. L. of La S. soon… -
Missionaries of Our Lady of the Holy Guard (MISSIONARI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA SANTA GUARDIA)
Congregation of secular priests, Minim tertiaries, established in 1700 by the priest Aless. Martin (1630-1703), parish priest of St. Desiderius, in the diocese… -
Missionaries of Saint Charles (Scalabrinians) (MISSIONARI DI SAN CARLO (SCALABRINIANI))
The Pious Society of the M. of S. C. originated at Piacenza on 28 Nov. 1887, the day on which the first two missionaries, Fr. Domenico Mantese and Fr. Giuseppe… -
Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales (MISSIONARI DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES)
The Congregation was founded on 24 Oct. 1838 at Annecy near the tomb of the Saint, under whose patronage it was placed, by Fr. Peter Mermier, of Chaumont… -
Missionaries of Saint Joseph of Mexico (MISSIONARI DI SAN GIUSEPPE DEL MESSICO)
Il 19 dic. 1872 nella città di Messico il sacerdote Giuseppe M. Villaseca, prete della Congregazione della Missione, d'intesa con i suoi superiori e con… -
Missionaries of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulists) (MISSIONARI DI SAN PAOLO APOSTOLO (PAULISTI))
It is the first American missionary society, and it was founded in Rome and in New York in 1858 by Fr. Isaac Thomas Hecker, together with Frs. Augustine F.… -
Missionaries of the Company of Mary (MISSIONARI DELLA COMPAGNIA DI MARIA)
From the very beginnings of his priesthood St. Louis M. Grignion de Montfort (v.) had thought of establishing a company of missionaries to preach to the… -
Missionaries of the Holy Family (MISSIONARI DELLA SANTA FAMIGLIA)
Religious congregation founded in 1895 by Fr. G. B. Berthier at Grave, near Bois-le-Duc in Holland. The purpose of the Institute is to foster ecclesiastical… -
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (MISSIONARI DELLO SPIRITO SANTO)
A religious congregation that arose at Tepeyac, near Mexico City, at Christmas in 1914, when Msgr. Raimundo Ibarra, archbishop of Puebla, gave the habit to the… -
Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception of Lourdes (MISSIONARI DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DI LOURDES)
In 1835 some zealous priests took charge of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Caraison and later also of other sanctuaries in the dioceses of Tarbes and Pamiers.… -
Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood (MISSIONARI DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE)
Religious congregation founded by the blessed Gaspare Del Bufalo (v.) in 1815, at Giano dell'Umbria; Gregory XVI approved its Rule on 17 Dec. 1841. Its purpose… -
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MISSIONARI DEL SACRO CUORE)
Religious congregation founded at Issoudun, in France, in 1854 by Fr. Jules Chevalier, with the specific purpose of evangelizing the areas most affected by… -
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (MISSIONARI DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (MAIORCA))
Religious congregation founded by Fr. Joachim Rossellò Ferrà and canonically erected by the Bishop of Majorca on 17 Aug. 1890. On 6 May 1932 it obtained the… -
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Naples) (MISSIONARI DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (NAPOLI))
Religious congregation founded in 1833 by the venerable Gaetano Errico, at Secon- (courtesy of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary)… -
Missionaries of the Workers (MISSIONARI DEGLI OPERALI)
Religious congregation founded on 24 Nov. 1894 at Seraing in Belgium by the priest Theophilus Reyn with the full approval of Msgr. Doutreloux, then bishop of… -
Missionaries Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA)
St. Anthony Mary Claret, painting by F. Madrazo - Segovia, Mission House of the Claretian Missionaries. The Constitutions were approved for the first time on… -
Missionary (MISSIONARIO)
The concept of mission suggests that of the missionary, which designates the one who is sent by the competent ecclesiastical authority to the mission lands to… -
Missionary Adaptation (ADATTAMENTO MISSIONARIO)
By this name (German Akkomodation or Anpassung; French Adaptation) missiology means that part of missionary methodology which studies more particularly the… -
Missionary Benedictine Sisters of the Queen of the Apostles (MISSIONARIE BENEDETTINE DELLA REGINA DEGLI APOSTOLI)
The Institute was founded at Loppen-les-Bruges (Belgium) by the Benedictine abbot > (from G. de Lava, Parme sparse detta b. Cabrini, Rome 1908, vol. f. 1.)… -
Missionary Benedictines of Tutzing (BENEDETTINE MISSIONARIE DI TUTZING)
Father Andreas Amrhein, founder of the Congregation of the Benedictines of Sankt Ottilien for foreign missions, received the first sisters at Reichenbach in… -
Missionary Canonesses of Saint Augustine (MISSIONARIE CANONICHESSE DI SANT'AGOSTINO)
The Congregation was founded in 1897 by Mother Maria Luisa de Meester (d. 10 Oct. 1928) at Heverlé (Belgium) for the foreign missions. In June 1911 it obtained… -
Missionary Catechists of Oruro (MISSIONARIE CATECHISTE DI ORURO)
On June 16, 1925, Msgr. Antezana, bishop of Oruro (Bolivia), accompanied by two fathers of the Heart of Mary, led to the door of an abandoned monastery Mother… -
Missionary Cooperation (COOPERAZIONE MISSIONARIA)
The faithful can cooperate in the propagation of the faith through prayer, through offerings, and by promoting vocations to the apostolate. The pontifical… -
Missionary Daughters of the Most Sacred Heart (MISSIONARIE ANCELLE DEL SACRATISSIMO CUORE)
The Institute was founded in 1890 in Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.), when, with the approval of the archbishop Cardinal Gibbons, some pious women, animated by… -
Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary (MISSIONARIE DOMENICANE DEL S.MO ROSARIO)
The Institute was founded in Lima (Peru) in 1913 by Msgr. Raimondo Zubieta y Les, a Dominican, then apostolic vicar of Urabamba and Madre de Dios, and by… -
Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MISSIONARIE FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE)
Religious institute founded at Belle Prairie, Minnesota (U.S.A.), by Sister Ignazia of Jesus in 1873. The sisters devote themselves principally to the… -
Missionary Franciscans of Saint Joseph (FRANCESCANE MISSIONARIE DI S. GIUSEPPE)
They were founded by Mother Alice Inghan, or, at the insistence of Cardinal Vaughan, in 1874 they moved to Mill Hill, where they collaborate closely with the… -
Missionary Methodology (METODOLOGIA MISSIONARIA)
M. m. is nothing other than pastoral practice in mission territories and has an exceedingly varied and constant application. While depending on common pastoral… -
Missionary Press (STAMPA MISSIONARIA)
The first missionary reports printed were naturally travel accounts and treatises on the legendary "Prester John" (v.), but soon the missionaries were also the… -
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters) (MISSIONARIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA D'AFRICA (SUORE BIANCHE))
Msgr. Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers, founded this Congregation, just as he had founded that of the Missionaries of Africa (known as the White Fathers). On 8… -
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary (MISSIONARIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL ROSARIO)
The Institute was founded at Killeshandra, in the diocese of Kilmore (Ireland), by Msgr. Shanahan, apostolic vicar of Nigeria (Africa), principally for the… -
Missionary Sisters of the Assumption of Grahamstown (MISSIONARIE DELL'ASSUNZIONE DI GRAHAMSTOWN)
They originated from the Institute of the Sisters of the Assumption, founded in France by Eugénie Milleret de Brou under the direction of the priest Combalot.… -
Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit (MISSIONARIE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO)
Institute founded on 5 January 1920 by Msgr. Alexandre Le Roy, superior general of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, for the purpose of cooperating in the… -
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MISSIONARIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE)
The Institute had its beginning in 1902 at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges near Montréal (Canada), through Delia Tétrault and Giuseppina Montomarquet, under the… -
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God (MISSIONARIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA MADRE DI DIO)
In 1910 Msgr. A. Bahlmann, prelate of Santarem (Brazil), called some Conceptionist sisters into his prelature so that they might work in the missionary field.… -
Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Mary Immaculate (MISSIONARIE DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO E DI MARIA IMMACOLATA)
The Institute was founded at Granada by Maria Riquelme di Gesù, who was its superior until 1930. In 1896 it was canonically erected as a diocesan institute; in… -
Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood of Aarle-Rixtel (MISSIONARIE DEL PREZIOSO SANGUE DI AARLE RIXTEL, SUORE)
Although they were instituted in 1885 by Abbot Francesco Pfanner as an association of lay collaborators to assist the missionary work of the Fathers of… -
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MISSIONARIE DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
Religious institute founded by St. Frances Xavier Cabrini on Nov. 14, 1880, at Codogno with the approval of the bishop of Lodi, Msgr. Gelmini. Its beginnings… -
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MISSIONARIE DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
The Institute was founded at Hiltrup (diocese of Münster) in 1899 by Fr. Umberto Linckaus, of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The bishop of Münster… -
Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE RE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA)
The original title was "Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary." To this was later added that of "Missionaries." They are commonly called… -
Missionary Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
Religious congregation dependent on the S. Congregation of Propaganda, which erected it by decree of 27 July 1923 with the German members of the Congregation… -
Missionary Stations (STAZIONI MISSIONARIE)
In mission territories, besides the parishes of the dioceses and the quasi-parishes of the quasi-dioceses, there are also mission stations, which form the… -
Missionary Statutes (STATUTI MISSIONARI)
Since many missionary circumscriptions are entrusted to religious, numerous relationships arise between the institutes to which the missionaries belong and the… -
Missionary Union of the Clergy (UNIONE MISSIONARIA DEL CLERO)
The distant origins of the U. M. d. C. are indistinguishable from the history of the apostolate, which priests have always exercised for the conversion of… -
Missionary Zealot Sisters of the Sacred Heart (MISSIONARIE ZELATRICI DEL SACRO CUORE)
The Institute was founded in 1894 by Sister Clelia Merloni, for the purpose of spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart, dedicating itself to various works of… -
Missions Catholiques, Les
Illustrated monthly missionary review, published since 1868 by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, in Lyon. Initially weekly, from 1928 to 1942… -
Mission Territories (TERRITORI DI MISSIONE)
Mission territories, according to canon 252, are exclusively those dependent on the S. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide (v. MISSIONI CATTOLICHE). At present they… -
Missirini, Melchiorre
Abbot and writer, b. at Forlì on 15 June 1773, d. at Florence on 18 Dec. 1849. After spending his youth in Romagna as a teacher in the Seminary and in the… -
Mistral, Frédéric
Provençal poet, b. at Maillane on 8 Sept. 1830, d. there on 25 March 1914. A disciple and friend of Joseph Roumanille, the first of the nineteenth-century…