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Malvenda, Tomás
Dominican exegete and philologist, b. at Játiva near Valencia in May 1566, d. at Valencia on 7 May 1628. He made his profession in the Dominican convent of… -
Malvestiti, Maurizio
Franciscan, b. at Verolanuova (Brescia) on 17 Feb. 1778, d. at Brescia on 25 March 1865. Having entered the Franciscan Order in 1794, at the Napoleonic… -
Malvezzi, Vincenzo
Cardinal, b. in Bologna on 22 Feb. 1715, d. at Cento on 3 Dec. 1775. Created archbishop of Bologna and cardinal by Benedict XIV, an enemy of the Jesuits and… -
Malvito
An ancient diocese and a very ancient city of northern Calabria, elevated to episcopal see during the domination of the Lombard dukes. The oldest document that… -
Mamachi, Tommaso Maria
Dominican theologian and historian, b. on the island of Chios on 3 Dec. 1713, d. at Corneto Tarquinia (today Tarquinia, Viterbo) on 5 June 1792. A student and… -
Mama, Saint, Martyr (MAMA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Much venerated in the ancient Christian East and commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 17 August and in the Greek Synaxaria on 2 September. His body… -
Mambre (MAMBRE)
Name of an oak tree located near Hebron (v.). There Abraham settled, raising an altar there (Gen. 13:18), where he learned of the captivity of his nephew Lot… -
Mambres
MAMBRES: v. IANNES e MAMBRES. -
Mambrini, Domenico
Archpriest of Galeata (province of Forlì, diocese of S. Sepolcro), born there on 19 Dec. 1879, died on 1 Dec. 1944. A pupil of the Capranica College, he took… -
Mamertus, Bishop of Vienne, Saint (MAMERTO, VESCOVO DI VIENNE, SANTO)
He is commemorated on May 11. Nothing is known of his life before he became bishop. He was already governing the Church of Vienne in 463, when Pope Hilary had… -
Mamertus Claudianus (MAMERTO CLAUDIANO)
MAMERTO CLAUDIANO: v. CLAUDIANO MAMERTO. -
Mamiani, Terenzio della Rovere
Politician and writer, b. at Pesaro on 27 Sept. 1799, d. at Rome on 21 June 1885. He took an active part in the risings of the Romagna in 1831, for which he… -
Mamikonian
An illustrious family of Armenian princes, to whom the protection of the crown was entrusted. It gave not only heroes to the homeland but also great saints.… -
Mammon (MAMMONA)
Term (Μαμωνάς, Aramaic māmōnā', Neo-Hebrew māmōn, "money", "gain"), which occurs 4 times in the New Testament on the lips of Jesus: "You cannot serve God and… -
Mana
MANA: v. PRIMITIVI, RELIGIONE dei. -
Manacorda, Emiliano
Bishop, b. at Penangro in Monferrato on 6 Aug. 1833, d. at Fossano on 29 July 1909. Ordained priest in 1859, he moved to the ecclesiastical boarding school of… -
Manado, Apostolic Vicariate of (MANADO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the northern part of the island of Celebes (Indonesia), erected as an apostolic prefecture of Celebes on 19 Nov. 1919, by detachment from the apostolic… -
Management Councils (CONSIGLI DI GESTIONE)
Also called factory councils, they are the technical bodies through which the participation of workers in the direction, administration and profits of… -
Managua, Archdiocese of (MANAGUA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital city and archdiocese in Nicaragua (Central America). It extends over 5,000 sq km, with a population of 1,202,866 inhabitants, of whom 1,142,622 are… -
Manahem (MANAHEM)
Son of Gadi, sixteenth king of Israel after the separation from the Kingdom of Judah and founder of the VII dynasty, which died out with his son Pekahiah.… -
Manasses (MANASSE)
1. Eldest son (Heb. Mēnašēh, probably Mēnašēh-el = "God makes one forget" [one's sorrows]) of Joseph and Asenath (Gen. 41:51), adopted by the patriarch Jacob… -
Manaus, Diocese of (MANĀOS, DIOCESI DI)
MANĀOS, DIOCESI di: v. AMAZONI, DIOCESI di. -
Manchester, Diocese of (MANCHESTER, DIOCESI DI)
MANCHESTER, DIOCESI di: v. SALFORD, DIOCESI di. -
Manchester, Diocese of (MANCHESTER, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese entirely contained within the State of New Hampshire (United States of America). Over an area of 9,305 square miles it has a population of… -
Manchuria (MANCIURIA)
It is the north-eastern part of the Chinese domain, bounded by the Amur, the Ussuri, Korea, the province of Hopei, and Mongolia; a territory more than three… -
Mancini, Isidoro
Theologian and canonist of the Order of Minims, b. at Paola (Cosenza) in 1712, d. at Rome on 21 April 1756. He taught theology and law for more than fifteen… -
Mancini, Maria, Blessed (MANCINI, MARIA, BEATA)
Dominican, b. in Pisa ca. 1355, d. there on 22 Jan. 1431. Having become a widow for the second time and having lost her children, she gave herself entirely to… -
Mancini, Pasquale Stanislao
Jurist and politician, b. 17 March 1817 at Castel Baronia (Avellino), d. in Rome on 26 Dec. 1888. After completing his studies at the University of Naples, he… -
Mancio de Corpus Christi
Dominican theologian, b. at Becerril de Campos (Palencia) around 1504, d. at Salamanca on 8 July 1576. A disciple of F. de Vitoria. He obtained the master's… -
Mandalay, Apostolic Vicariate of (MANDALAY, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Like the apostolic vicariate of Southern Burma (Rangoon), that of M. too, erected on 19 July 1870, for North- Northern Burma, derives from the splitting up of… -
Mandante
MANDANTE: v. COOPERAZIONE NEL DELITTO. MANDATO: as a contract v. PROCURA and MANDATO; as cooperation in evil v. RESTITUZIONE; in international law v. TERRITORI… -
Mandeans (MANDEI)
In the southern regions of Babylonia, shortly after the beginning of the common era, there lived the followers of a small religious community which doctrinally… -
Mandé, Henricus (MANDE, HENRICUS)
Ascetical writer, b. at Dordrecht (Holland) ca. 1360, d. at Beverwijk ca. 1430. Official secretary at the court of William IV, Count of Holland, moved by the… -
Mandeville, Bernard de
Writer, b. in Dordrecht ca. 1670, d. in London on 21 Jan. 1733. A biting and acid writer (among his works: The Virgin unmask'd, London 1709; Free thoughts on… -
Mandonnet, Pierre
Historian of the Church and of medieval theology, b. at Beaumont (Puy-de-Dôme) on 26 Feb. 1858, d. at Saulchoir on 4 Jan. 1936. Having entered the Dominican… -
Mandorla
Christ seated within the m. Miniature from an Exultet (12th cent.) - Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, cod. 724 B 1, 13. An iconographic type of Christ within a m.… -
Manegoldo di Lautenbach (MANEGOLDO DI LAUTENBACH)
Augustinian theologian and jurist, b. probably around the middle of the 11th century. Dean from 1086 of the convent of Raitenbach, in 1090 he founded a convent… -
Mane, Thecel, Phares
Mysterious signs, read by the prophet Daniel, that appeared on the wall in the hall of the great banquet, at which Belshazzar profaned the sacred vessels (Dan.… -
Manetho (MANETONE)
Learned Egyptian priest (Μανεθὼς and Μαναθών, from the original Egyptian composed with the name of the god Thoth), of the time of Ptolemy I Soter (322-285… -
Manetti, Antonio di Tuccio
Mathematician, architect, Dante scholar, b. in Florence on 16 July 1423, d. there on 24 May 1497. He was a friend of the greatest humanists of his time. M.… -
Manetti, Giannozzo
Politician and humanist, b. in Florence on 5 June 1396, d. in Naples on 25 Oct. 1459. From commercial studies and banking activity he passed to the life of the… -
Manfredi, Eustachio
Mathematician and man of letters, b. in Bologna on 20 Sept. 1674, d. there on 15 Feb. 1739. He was a public lecturer in mathematics at the University of… -
Manfredi, Galeotto, Signore of Faenza (MANFREDI, GALEOTTO, SIGNORE DI FAENZA)
Born in Faenza in 1440 to Astorgio II, lord of the city, died there on 31 May 1488. In 1468, when Astorgio died, he was succeeded by his son Carlo II together… -
Manfredini, Francesco
Musician, b. in Pistoia around 1688, d. there in 1748. An expert violin player, first at the Accademia dello Spirito Santo in Ferrara, then at St. Petronio in… -
Manfred, King of Sicily (MANFREDI, RE DI SICILIA)
Born ca. 1232, died 26 February 1266. Natural son of Frederick II and of a marchioness Lancia of Lombardy. He studied in Paris and in Bologna. He married first… -
Manfredonia, Diocese of (MANFREDONIA, DIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Foggia (Italy). It has a population of 112,040 inhabitants, of whom 111,903 are Catholics; it has 16 parishes, 76… -
Mangalore [Mangaluru], Diocese of (MANGALORE, DIOCESI DI)
In south-western India; it comprises the civil district of South Canara (province of Madras). It borders on the Arabian Sea, on the archdiocese of Goa, and on… -
Mangano, Vincenzo
Journalist and politician, an authoritative member of the regional and national organizations of Catholic Action. Born in Palermo on 5 Oct. 1866, died in Rome… -
Mangenot, Joseph-Eugène
Exegete, b. at Gémonville (Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) on 28 Aug. 1856, d. at Moutrot on 19 March 1922. After completing his studies in the diocesan… -
Mania
It is a mental illness belonging to "manic-depressive psychosis." In the history of psychiatry the term has had various meanings, some of which are still… -
Maniacoria, Nicola
Deacon of the church of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in Rome at the time of Lucius II (1144-45). Later he became a Cistercian monk in the monastery of S. Anastasio… -
Mani and Manichaeism (MANI E MANICHEISMO)
I. LIFE. - Mani, born at Mardinu or Afrunya in Babylonia on 14 April 216. His name is of Aramaic origin; the form Manichaeus derives from Syriac: Mānī hajā =… -
Manic-Depressive Psychosis (PSICOSI MANIACO-DEPRESSIVA)
Manic-depressive p., as an independent nosological entity, was born with the work of Kraepelin in 1893. Already in the preceding years (1877-93) some French… -
Mani, Imposition of (MANI, IMPOSIZIONE DELLE)
MANI, IMPOSIZIONE delle : v. IMPOSITION OF HANDS. -
Manila, Archdiocese of (MANILA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and capital city of the Philippine Islands, on the western coast of the island of Luzon, at the mouth of the Pasig River. It comprises the… -
Manilius (MANILIO)
In the manuscripts also Mallius, Manlius, with the praenomen M. and C., a Latin poet who lived at the end of the reign of Augustus. Nothing is known of him… -
Manin, Daniele
Patriot and statesman, b. in Venice on 13 May 1804, d. in Paris on 22 Sept. 1857. He devoted himself to legal, historical and philological studies; in 1831 he… -
Manipolo
A liturgical vestment, worn on the left forearm so that its two bands hang down on either side, made of the same fabric as the chasuble. The maniple belongs to… -
Manism (MANISMO)
From Lat. manes "good," a euphemistic epithet referring to the deceased, m. is the theory that explains the origins of religions from the cult of ancestors.… -
Manitu
MANITU: v. PRIMITIVI, RELIGIONE dei. -
Manizales, Diocese of (MANIZALES, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and capital city of the department of Caldas in Colombia. It has an area of 10,432 sq km with a population of 950,000 inhabitants, of whom 949,000 are… -
Manjón, Andrés (MANJON, ANDRÉS)
Spanish pedagogue and canonist, b. at Sargentes (Burgos) on 30 Nov. 1846, d. at Granada on 10 July 1923. He studied at the Seminary of Burgos, but took Orders… -
Manna (MANNA)
Food with which the Hebrew people were nourished for 40 years in the desert (Ex. 16:35). The Bible presents the manna as something tiny, granular, fine as… -
Mannerism (MANIERISMO)
The value of the term, much debated and variously limited by recent art historiography, is linked to that of "maniera". For Vasari, who lived in the midst of… -
Mannhardt, Wilhelm
Mythographer of the ethnological school, b. at Friedrichstadt on March 26, 1831, d. at Danzig on Dec. 26, 1880. A follower for a time of Max Müller's… -
Manni, Giuseppe
Piarist, writer and poet, b. in Florence on 20 Aug. 1844, d. there on 21 Jan. 1923. He taught letters in the Pious Schools, exerting a beneficial influence on… -
Manning, Henry Edward
Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster, b. 15 July 1808 at Totteridge, d. at Westminster on 14 Jan. 1892. Of a distinguished family particularly attached to… -
Mannucci, Ubaldo
Patrologist and canonist, b. at Montagano (Campobasso) on 8 Nov. 1883, d. at Rome on 20 May 1935. He studied at the Roman Seminary, earning a doctorate in… -
Mannyng, Robert of Brunne (MANNYNG, ROBERT DI BRUNNE)
English monk, b. in 1288, d. in 1338. He is known for a version in octosyllables of the Manuel des pechiez by William of Wadington. The version is entitled… -
Man, Origin of (UOMO, ORIGINE DELL')
The problem of human origins is the principal object of research in human paleontology and has been a source of interminable and not always serene controversy… -
Manozzi, Giovanni
MANOZZI, GIOVANNI: v. GIOVANNI da PENNA SAN GIOVANNI. -
Manrique, Jorge
Spanish poet, b. at Paredes de Nava ca. 1440, d. of wounds in the assault on the castle of Garci-Muñoz in 1479. Lord of Belmontojo and a man-at-arms, he served… -
Mansart, Famiglia
A family of Parisian artists in the 17th-18th centuries. JEAN (d. 1618), a wood sculptor, was appointed in 1606 "sculpteur des bâtiments du roi." Among the… -
Mansel, Henry Longeville
English theologian and philosopher, b. at Casgrove (Northamptonshire) on 6 Oct. 1820, d. at Oxford on 31 July 1871, at whose University he had been professor… -
Manser, Gallus
Dominican philosopher and theologian, b. at Bruelisau in Switzerland on 15 July 1866, d. at Fribourg on 20 Feb. 1950. A priest in 1897, he entered the… -
Mansi, Giovanni Domenico
Cleric Regular of the Mother of God, b. at Lucca on 16 February 1692; d. there on 27 September 1769. A religious at the age of 16, he taught moral theology at… -
Mansionary (MANSIONARIO)
The meanings of this term were various in the past (cf. Du Cange, s.v. in Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, V, Pa- ris 1938, pp. 227-28) as they still… -
Mansueti, Giovanni di Niccolò
Venetian painter first mentioned in a document of 22 July 1485, d. ca. 1526. He is one of the minor personalities in the circle of Gentile Bellini, with whom… -
Mansuetude (MANSUETUDINE)
A virtue that moderates anger, restraining it within the limits of what is reasonable, in order to avoid the blinding impetuosity of passion. Anger, which in… -
Mantegazza, Cristoforo and Antonio (MANTEGAZZA, CRISTOFORO E ANTONIO)
Sculptors, natives of Milan. Sons of Galeazzo, they initially worked as goldsmiths, perhaps in their father's workshop, which, it seems, two of their brothers… -
Mantegazza, Gaetano Maria
Missionary, b. in Milan on 11 April 1745, d. at Amarapura (Burma) on 4 August 1794. He was given the name Cesare, which, having entered the Barnabites, he… -
Mantegazza, Paolo
Anthropologist, hygienist, writer, b. at Monza on 31 Oct. 1831, d. at S. Terenzo (Liguria) on 26 Aug. 1910. Having graduated in medicine at Pavia, he traveled… -
Mantegna, Andrea
Born presumably at Isola di Carturo, in the Vicenza area, in 1431, d. at Mantua on 13 Sept. 1506. After having spent six years in Squarcione's workshop… -
Mantellate of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary (MANTELLATE DEL TERZ'ORDINE DEI SERVI DI MARIA)
In the parish of Treppio, diocese of Pistoia, in 1861, three young women, Marianna Ferrari, Maria Mattioli and Elena Rossi, desirous of dedicating themselves… -
Mantellate Serve di Maria di Galeazza
The Institute originated in 1899, in Bologna, through the work of the archpriest Ferdinando Baccilieri, and in the same year it was canonically erected. The… -
Mantelletta (Mantellum)
An ecclesiastical, but not liturgical, garment: a kind of reduced mantle, ample in form, reaching down to the knees, open at the front, sleeveless, with two… -
Mantellone
The M. (Magnus mantellus, "great mantle") is a full-length choir overgarment reaching to the ground, sleeveless, entirely open at the front, with four wide… -
Mantica, Francesco
Cardinal, b. at Venzone (Friuli) in 1534 to Andrea and Fontana di Fontanabona, d. at Rome on 29 Jan. 1614. Having earned his degree in law at Padua in 1558, he… -
Manto Papale
A sacred vestment, very full and with a train, also called pluvial or cappa pontificalis. It is similar to the cope, but longer, extending from the neck to… -
Mantua, Diocese of (MANTOVA, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and provincial capital city in Lombardy. It has an area of 2,024 sq km, with 375,000 inhabitants, of whom 374,586 are Catholics; it has 153 parishes… -
Manu
Demigod, progenitor of the human race, who appears for the first time in the Rgveda (v. VEDISM) under the name of "father M." (I, 80, 16; 114, 2; II, 33, 13… -
Manuel II Palaiologos (MANUELE II PALEOLOGO)
Born in Constantinople in 1350, died there on 21 July 1425. Byzantine emperor, he reigned from 1391. A theologian and a man of great talent, he had a very… -
Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium (MANUELE I COMMENO, IMPERATORE DI BISANZIO)
Son of John Komnenos and of Piriska (Irene), a Hungarian princess; he ruled the empire from 1143 to 1180. The ideal of a restoration of the universal Empire… -
Manuel of Corinth (MANUELE DI CORINTO)
Byzantine orator and theologian, b. ca. 1460, d. ca. 1550. He lived for almost 70 years in the service of the patriarchs of Constantinople and composed… -
Manumission (MANUMISSIONE)
MANUMISSIONE: v. SCHIAVITŪ. -
Manuscript (MANOSCRITTO)
MANOSCRITTO: v. CODICE; LIBRO; ROTOLO; TAVOLETTE CERATE. -
Manuscript Tradition (TRADIZIONE MANOSCRITTA)
In common usage it is the body of codices that contribute to reconstructing an ancient literary work in the form closest to the original. It must be stated at… -
Manuterge (Manuterium, Estersorium) (MANUTERGIO (MANUTERGIUM, ESTERSORIUM))
It is the towel used in the liturgical ablutions. According to Cyril of Alexandria (Mystagogical Catechesis, V, 2) the deacon hands to the bishop and to the… -
Manuzio, Famiglia
ALDO the ELDER, celebrated publisher and humanist, b. at Bassiano (Rome) in 1449. He studied at Rome and Ferrara, was tutor to the Pio princes of Carpi, whose… -
Manuzzi, Giuseppe
Abbot, philologist, b. at Cesena on 18 March 1800, d. at Florence on 26 Sept. 1876. A friend and disciple of Abbot Cesari, whose Life he wrote, he followed his… -
Many, Séraphin
Canonist, b. at Gespunsart (Reims) on 30 Dec. 1847, d. at Fiesole on 19 Aug. 1922. Ordained a priest and appointed parish priest of the very modest parish of… -
Manzella, Giovanni Battista
Missionary of St. Vincent, apostle of Sardinia, b. at Soncino (Cremona) on 21 Jan. 1855, d. at Sassari on 23 Oct. 1937. Having entered the Congregation of the… -
Manzoli (Manzolli), Pier Angelo della Stellata
Poet, b. at La Stellata, near Ferrara, ca. 1500 and d. ca. 1543. Known under the pseudonym Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus, an anagram of the name identified… -
Manzoni, Alessandro
Writer, b. in Milan on 7 March 1785, d. there on 22 May 1873. Outwardly his life is that of a Milanese gentleman well provided with the goods of fortune, with… -
Maon
A city of the tribe of Judah. Mentioned together with Carmel and Ziph in Josh. 15:55, it is commonly identified with present-day Tell Mâ'in, located not far… -
Mapalico, Saint, Martyr (MAPPALICO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
An African, he perished during the persecution of Decius, and is commemorated in the Carthaginian Calendar on April 19, and in the Jeronymian Martyrology on… -
Mar Aba I (MĀR ĀBĀ I)
Nestorian patriarch, b. at Ḥālè near the Tigris, ordained at the beginning of 540 and d. 29 February 552. Converted to Christianity while he was a clerk, he… -
Marabotto, Cattaneo
A Genoese priest, of a noble family (R. Sopranis [v. bibl.], p. 17) and of holy life, d. in 1528. In 1504 he was rector of the Hospital of Pammatone for the… -
Maracaibo, Diocese of (MARACAIBO, DIOCESI DI)
MARACAIBO, DIOCESI di: v. ZULIA, DIOCESI di. -
Maragall i Gorina, Joan
Catalan poet, b. in Barcelona on 10 Oct. 1860, d. there on 20 Dec. 1911. He is one of the exponents of the Catalan renaissance. The fruit of his classical… -
Mara (MARA)
A spring of bitter water in the desert of Shur (v.), where the Israelites stopped on the third day after the crossing of the Red Sea (Ex. 15:23-26). From the… -
Marajó (MARAJÒ)
Prelature nullius in the State of Pará in Brazil. Residence of the prelature at Soure. It extends over 42,000 sq km, with a population of 75,000 inhabitants… -
Maramureș (Maramaros), Diocese of (MARAMURES (MARAMAROS), DIOCESI DI)
Diocese for the faithful of the Greek-Romanian rite in northern Romania, with its seat at Baia Mare, erected by Pius XI through the constitution Sollemni… -
MaranaTha
An Aramaic phrase, used by St. Paul in the closing of 1 Corinthians (16:22). He does not translate it for his Greek addressees, which presupposes that the… -
Marangoni, Giovanni
Priest, archaeologist, b. at Valdagno di Vicenza ca. 1672, d. at Rome on 5 February 1753. In Rome he was for about 40 years a collaborator of Boldetti, whom he… -
Maranhão, Diocese of (MARANHAO, DIOCESI DI)
MARANHAO, DIOCESI di: v. SAN LUIGI di MARAGNANO, DIOCESI di. -
Maran, Prudence
Benedictine patrologist and theologian of the Congregation of St. Maur, b. at Sézanne (Marne) on 14 Oct. 1683, d. at Paris on 2 Apr. 1762. Transferred from… -
Maratonius (MARATONIO)
Bishop of Nicomedia, who lived in the 4th century, raised to that see by Macedonius of Constantinople (342-60) and probably deposed by the Acacian party… -
Maratti, Carlo
Painter, b. at Camerano (Ancona) on 15 May 1625, d. at Rome on 15 Dec. 1713. Exponent and leader of the pictorial current descended, through Sacchi and Albani… -
Marble (MARMO)
For sculpture, the marbles most generally used are the white ones, called for that very reason statuary marbles, among which the most prized are those of fine… -
Marbodus of Rennes (Rhedonensis) (MARBODO DI RENNES (RHEDONENSIS))
Bishop and poet, who together with Hildebert of Lavardin and Baudri of Bourgueil (d. 1130), is considered one of the greatest Latin writers of the early 12th… -
Marburg, Diocese of (MARBURG, DIOCESI DI)
MARBURG, DIOCESI di: v. LAVANT, DIOCESI di. -
Marburg School (MARBURGO, SCUOLA DI)
It is one of the two principal directions of German neo-Kantianism; its founder was Hermann Cohen (v.; 1842-1918); and its principal continuators are Paul… -
Marcal Marzal (Marçal), Francesco
Lullist, Franciscan of the province of Majorca, of which he was also superior, b. at Mahon (Minorca) in 1591, d. 27 May 1688 in the Convent of St. Francis at… -
Marca, Pierre de
Bishop, b. at Gan (Basses-Pyrénées) on 24 January 1594. After a brilliant political career in his country, having been left a widower he became a priest and… -
Marc, Clément
Redemptorist, b. at Jouy-sous-les-Côtes (Verdun) on 24 July 1831, d. at Rome on 27 Jan. 1887. He taught moral theology to his confreres at Téterchen, where he… -
Marcella, Saint (MARCELLA, SANTA)
Roman noblewoman and widow, disciple of St. Jerome. Born around 335, while still of tender age she met St. Athanasius (339 or 340) and the two monks who had… -
Marcelliani
MARCELLIANI: v. MARCELLO di ANCIRA. -
Marcellian, Saint, Martyr (MARCELLIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
MARCELLIANO, santo, martire: v. MARCO e MARCELLIANO. -
Marcellina, Saint (MARCELLINA, SANTA)
Elder sister of St. Ambrose, born around 330, probably at Trier, where her father was praetorian prefect, died in 398 very probably at Milan. After her… -
Marcelline
A female religious institute, founded at Cernusco sul Naviglio (Milan) on 21 September 1838 by the provost Msgr. Luigi Biraghi and by Sister Marina Videmari… -
Marcellino, Count (MARCELLINO, CONTE)
Born into a noble family in Illyria, chancellor of the heir apparent Justinian under the emperor Justin I (518-27). In Constantinople he wrote a Chronicle in… -
Marcellino da Civezza
Franciscan, historian of the missions of his Order, b. at Civezza (Imperia) on 29 May 1822; d. at Livorno on 27 March 1906. Professor of philosophy, theology… -
Marcellinus and Peter, Saints, Martyrs (MARCELLINO E PIETRO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
Killed in Rome in 303 during the persecution of Diocletian. In the Jeronymian Martyrology they are commemorated on June 2 as buried in the cemetery ad duas… -
Marcellinus, Pope, Saint (MARCELLINO, PAPA, SANTO)
According to the Catalogus Liberianus he succeeded Pope Caius on 1 July 296 and governed the Roman Church until 304. This is the only certain datum concerning… -
Marcellinus, Priest (MARCELLINO, PRETE)
Together with Faustinus he wrote the so-called Libellus precum. The original title is De confessione verae fidei, addressed (383-84) to the emperors… -
Marcellinus the Evangelist (MARCELLINO EVANGELISTA)
Franciscan preacher (secular name Lorenzo Gerbi), so called from S. Marcello Pistoiese, born there on 2 Nov. 1530, died in Rome in the odour of sanctity at the… -
Marcello, Benedetto
Musician, b. in Venice on 24 July 1686, d. in Brescia on 24 July 1739. He earned a degree in jurisprudence, which allowed him to hold important public offices.… -
Marcellus and Apuleius, Saints, Martyrs (MARCELLO E APULEIO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The information concerning them is confused and intricate. M. is certainly a martyr of Capua; A., on the other hand, is unknown to the ancient hagiographic… -
Marcellus, Bishop of Apamea, Saint, Martyr (MARCELLO, VESCOVO DI APAMEA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
According to the Eastern sources, born on Cyprus of a good family, died in 389. He set out for a career in the magistracy, then, summoned to Apamea by Bishop… -
Marcellus II, Pope (MARCELLO II, PAPA)
B. at Montepulciano on May 6, 1501, d. at Rome on May 1, 1555. Son of Ricciardo Cervini, a writer of the Apostolic Penitentiary under Innocent VIII, he did his… -
Marcellus I, Pope, Saint (MARCELLO I, PAPA, SANTO)
Roman by origin, he succeeded Marcellinus in the Roman See, after some years of vacant see, caused first by the persecution of Diocletian and then by political… -
Marcellus of Ancyra (MARCELLO DI ANCIRA)
Bishop of Ancyra (Ankara), d. c. 374, known in the history of the 4th century for having, in the struggle against Arianism and in the attempt to safeguard the… -
Marcellus of Tangier, Saint, Martyr (MARCELLO DI TANGERI, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Centurion of the Trajanic Legion, beheaded at Tingis (Tangier) in Mauretania on 30 October 298, because, disgusted by the conduct of his pagan fellow soldiers… -
Marcellus, Saint, Martyr (MARCELLO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
The information concerning him is intricate and controversial. In the Jeronymian Martyrology he is commemorated together with others on 27 August as a martyr… -
Marchant (Marchantius), Jacques
Theologian, priest of the diocese of Liège, b. at Couvin (Namur) ca. 1585, d. there in 1648. From 1616 he was parish priest of his native village and from 1630… -
March, Ausfas
He is the most representative poet of the Catalan Renaissance, b. at Valencia c. 1397, d. there in 1459. His 128 poems, divided into Cants de amor, de la mort… -
Marche
The Marche (or the Marca), so called from the border position that in the early Middle Ages the region had with respect to the Byzantine possessions… -
Marches, Apostolic Vicariate of the Islands (MARCHESI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLE ISOLE)
It comprises the M. islands, discovered in 1595, which form part of the French Establishments in Oceania. It derives from the apostolic vicariate of Polynesia… -
Marchesi, Luigi
Liturgist, missionary of St. Vincent, b. in Rome on 15 Nov. 1825, d. in Florence on 16 June 1872. He entered the Congregation of the Mission in 1843, and took… -
Marches Printing Houses (MARCHE TIPOGRAFICHE)
Printers' marks (or devices, or printers' insignia) are the symbolic signs used since the earliest incunabula (the oldest example being the Mainz Bible of Fust… -
Marchetti, Giovanni
Politician and writer, b. at Senigallia on 26 Aug. 1790, d. at Bologna on 28 March 1852. In 1848 he was minister of Foreign Affairs in the Mamiani cabinet. A… -
Marchiafava, Ettore
Scientist, pathologist, clinician and humanist, b. in Rome on 3 Jan. 1847, d. there on 25 Oct. 1935. In 1871 he began his hospital career at the Pio Istituto… -
Marchigiana School (MARCHIGIANA, SCUOLA)
MARCHIGIANA, SCUOLA: v. UMBRO-MARCHIGIANA, SCUOLA. -
Marchi, Giuseppe
Archaeologist, Jesuit, b. at Tolmezzo (Udine) on 22 Feb. 1795, d. at Rome on 22 Feb. 1860. Having entered the Society of Jesus on 12 Nov. 1815, he taught… -
Marchisio, Clemente
Priest, founder of the Daughters of St. Joseph, b. at Racconigi (Turin) on 1 March 1833, d. at Rivalba Torinese on 16 Dec. 1903. Ordained a priest in 1856 and… -
Marcia
Favorite of the emperor Commodus from 183, after having been the concubine of Ummidius Quadratus, nephew of Marcus Aurelius. Cassius Dio (Historia romana… -
Marcian and Nicander, Saints, Martyrs (MARCIANO E NICANDRO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The information concerning them is extremely intricate. They are commemorated on different days and in different places, alone or together with others, as… -
Marcian, Emperor of the East (MARCIANO, IMPERATORE D'ORIENTE)
Born perhaps in Thrace around 390, of humble condition, he opened a path for himself, as was then customary, in the military, and his singular fortune gave… -
Marcian, Saint (MARCIANO, SANTO)
Born into a noble Roman family that had emigrated to Constantinople at the beginning of the 5th century, he was piously raised and educated. He joined the… -
Marcillat, Guglielmo di Pietro de
Painter, b. in France at the Castle of La Châtre, near Marcillat, from which he derived his name, d. at Arezzo in 1529, according to Vasari, who was his pupil… -
Marcion, Heretic (MARCIONE, ERETICO)
Born in Pontus ca. 85, died in Rome in the second half of the 2nd century. Nothing certain is known about his private life, but it seems that he was a… -
Marco da Bologna, Blessed (MARCO DA BOLOGNA, BEATO)
Born in Bologna to the senatorial Fantuzzi family ca. 1405, died at Piacenza on 10 April 1479. He studied at Bologna, where at the age of 27 he entered the… -
Marcolini, Francesco
Bookseller, publisher and printer, b. in Forlì in the early years of the 16th century and d. in Venice after 1559. Having settled in that city, between 1535… -
Marcomanni
A Germanic population whose history can be traced during the Roman Empire. The etymology of the name is universally accepted as clear: men of the border zones… -
Marconi, Guglielmo
Scientist, b. in Bologna on April 25, 1874, d. in Rome on July 20, 1937. From his youth he showed a marked inclination for the study of experimental physics.… -
Marconi, Rocco
Painter, b. probably in Treviso and d. in Venice shortly before 13 May 1529. The first records of his activity go back to 1504, and an altarpiece in SS.… -
Marco y Catalan, Juan-Francisco
Cardinal, b. at Bello (Saragossa), 24 Oct. 1771, d. at Rome 15 March 1841. Appointed archpriest of the Chapter of Saragossa (1814), he was called to Rome in… -
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), Roman Emperor (MARCO AURELIO (MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS), IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Emperor and philosopher, b. in Rome on 26 March 121, d. at Vindobona on 17 March 180. Of a noble Spanish family, left an orphan by his father, he was adopted… -
Marcus, Gnostic (MARCO, GNOSTICO)
A disciple of Valentinus, he taught, according to Irenaeus (Haer., I, 7, 4, ed. W. Harvey, p. 121; I, 13, 5 of the ed. A. Stieren, p. 154), in Asia, perhaps in… -
Mardin
City located in south-eastern Turkey in the region called Tûr 'Abdîn, which is the seat of the following ecclesiastical circumscriptions: 1. Diocese of the… -
Mardochai (MARDOCHEO)
Cousin and adoptive father of Esther (v.). An Israelite, of the tribe of Benjamin and the house of Kish. His family was among those deported to Babylon, with… -
Marduk
The national god of Babylon bore the name M., of Sumerian origin, since in the most ancient period of the country he had been the local god of the city of… -
Maréchal, Joseph
Philosopher, b. at Charleroi in Belgium on 1 July 1878, d. at Louvain on 11 Dec. 1944. He entered the Society of Jesus on 24 Sept. 1895; he took his degree in… -
Maredsous
Benedictine abbey, in the diocese of Namur (Belgium), founded by the abbey of Beuron on territory donated by the Desclée family. The monks, who arrived there… -
Marello, Giuseppe
Bishop of Acqui, founder of the Oblates of St. Joseph, born in Turin on 26 Dec. 1844, died in Savona on 30 May 1895. At the age of 10 he was sent to Asti… -
Marenzio, Luca
Musician, b. at Cocceglio (Brescia) ca. 1553, d. at Rome on 22 Aug. 1599. A pupil of Giovanni Cotino, maestro di cappella at the cathedral of Brescia, from… -
Mareotti, Trebazio
Theologian, popular apostle, of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. in the first half of the 16th century at Penna S. Giovanni (Marche), d. at Assisi on 3 Aug.… -
Maresa
City of Judea (Josh. 15:44) fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:8). In Greek times it was inhabited by Edomites and known under the name of Marisa or Marissa.… -
Maresca, Antonio Maria
Barnabite ascetical writer, b. at Carovigno (Brindisi) on 24 Nov. 1831, d. at Rome on 26 March 1891. Having entered the Order in 1853 and become a priest in… -
Marescalco, Giovanni
MARESCALCO, GIOVANNI : v. BUONCONSIGLIO, GIOVANNI. -
Maret, Henri-Louis
Theologian, b. at Merqueis on 20 April 1805, d. at Paris on 16 June 1884. Ordained in 1830, he became famous for an Essai sur le panthéisme dans les sociétés… -
Margaret (Antoniazzi) da Cantiga (MARGHERITA (ANTONIAZZI) DA CANTIGA)
A virgin from Piacenza, called the Devout, b. at Cantiga (Costageminiana) on 9 March 1502, d. at Cabera on 21 May 1565. (Int. Assunta) -
Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint (MARGHERITA MARIA ALACOQUE, SANTA)
Born on 22 Aug. 1647 at Verosvres (Burgundy), died on 17 Oct. 1690 at Paray-le-Monial. Even amid her domestic chores, she devoted long hours daily to prayer… -
Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (MARGHERITA D'ANGOULÊME, REGINA DI NAVARRA)
Duchess of Alençon, then queen of Navarre, b. at Angoulême on 11 Apr. 1492, d. at Odos-en-Bigorre on 21 Dec. 1549. Daughter of Charles of Orléans and of Louise… -
Margaret of Bavaria, Blessed (MARGHERITA DI BAVIERA, BEATA)
Duchess of Lorraine, b. in 1373 to Robert III, Count Palatine of the Rhine, later Emperor of Germany (1400), and to Elizabeth of Hohenzollern-Nürnberg, d. at… -
Margaret of Città di Castello, Blessed (MARGHERITA DI CITTÀ DI CASTELLO, BEATA)
Dominican tertiary, called the blind woman of Metola after the village where she was born in 1287. To implore the grace of sight, her parents took her to the… -
Margaret of Cortona, Saint (MARGHERITA DA CORTONA, SANTA)
Born in 1247 at Laviano, then in the diocese of Chiusi, died at Cortona on 22 February 1297, and therefore called of Cortona. Left Having lost her parents, she… -
Margaret of Faenza, Blessed (MARGHERITA DA FAENZA, BEATA)
Vallombrosan mystic, died at a hundred years of age in 1330. A disciple of St. Humility (v.) in the monastery of S. Maria di Faenza, she followed the Saint in… -
Margaret of Hungary, Saint (MARGHERITA D'UNGHERIA, SANTA)
Dominican nun, b. at the end of 1242 or the beginning of 1243 to Bela IV, king of Hungary, and to the Greek princess Maria, d. in the monastery of the Isle of… -
Margaret of Parma (MARGHERITA DI PARMA)
Daughter of Charles V, born at Audenarde in 1522, died at Ortona on 18 January 1586. In 1536 she married Duke Alessandro de' Medici, and in 1538 Ottavio… -
Margaret of Ravenna, Blessed (MARGHERITA DA RAVENNA, BEATA)
B. at Russi (Faenza) in 1442, d. at Ravenna on 23 Jan. 1505. Blind from the age of two, she led from childhood a life of harsh penance and contemplation. Feast… -
Margaret of Savoy, Blessed (MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA, BEATA)
Daughter of Amadeus of Savoy, prince of Achaea, and of Catherine of Geneva, born at Pinerolo around 1390. In 1403 she became the wife of Theodore II of… -
Margaret of the Most Holy Sacrament, Venerable (MARGHERITA DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO, VENERABILE)
Carmelite mystic, in the world Marguerite Acarie, b. in Paris on 6 March 1590, d. there at the Petit Carmel of rue Chapon, on 24 May 1660. Daughter of Barbe… -
Margaret of Ypres, Blessed (MARGHERITA D'YPRES, BEATA)
Mystic, b. at Ypres (Flanders) in 1216 to a bourgeois family, d. there on 20 July 1237; she belongs to the Beguine movement (courtesy of the Postulation of the… -
Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Saint (MARGHERITA, REGINA DI SCOZIA, SANTA)
Great-niece of St. Edward the Confessor, b. ca. 1045, in Hungary, where her family was in exile, d. 16 Nov. 1093. Having returned to her homeland around the… -
Margaret, Saint (MARGHERITA, SANTA)
Much venerated in antiquity and in the Middle Ages as one of the helper saints (v.) and particularly by women in childbirth. She is commemorated by the Greeks… -
Margaritone of Arezzo (MARGARITONE DA AREZZO)
St. Francis, Montepulciano, Municipal Art Gallery. I. MARGHERITA DA CASTELLO (hours, curia of the Postmoderna of the Dominican fathers, Rome) MARGHERITA DI… -
Margotti, Giacomo
Priest and journalist, b. at San Remo on 11 May 1823, d. at Turin on 6 May 1887. The life of don M. is indissolubly linked to that of the newspaper L'armonia… -
Margunios, Massimo
'Theologian and Orthodox' of the 16th century. Born in Candia (Crete) in 1549, died in Venice on 1 July 1602, prematurely snatched away from scholarship. He…