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Metten (Latin Metemn)(METTEN (LAT. METEMN))Vol. VIII, p. 548 METTEN (Latin Metemn). — Benedictine abbey of the diocese of Regensburg (Bavaria), dedicated to St. Michael, founded in the years 765–70 on the possessions of…
Metternich, Klemens Lothar Wenzel, Prince of(METTERNICH, KLEMENS LOTHAR WENZEL, PRINCIPE DI)Vol. VIII, p. 548 METTERNICH, KLEMENS LOTHAR WENZEL, prince of. — Statesman, born in Coblenz on 15 May 1773, died in Vienna on 11 June 1859. He studied at the University of…
Metz, Diocese of(METZ, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 549 METZ, DIOCESE of. — Capital city of the Moselle department, at the confluence of the Seille and the Moselle, which branches out to form, in the north, the…
Meung, Jean deVol. VIII, p. 551 MEUNG, JEAN de. – In the spelling of the period, J. de Meun. French poet, b. in the town of Meung-sur-Loire (Orléans) ca. 1260, d. in Paris between 1299 and…
Mexican Seminary for Foreign Missions(SEMINARIO MESSICANO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE)Vol. XI, p. 189 SEMINARIO MESSICANO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE. – It was established following the resolution adopted by the First National Congress of the Missionary Union of the…
Mexico(MESSICO)Vol. VIII, p. 511 MEXICO. - The most southerly and the least extensive (1,964,000 sq. km.) of the three political units into which the territory of North America is divided,…
Mexico, Archdiocese of(MESSICO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 517 MESSICO, ARCIDIOCESI di - Archdiocese and capital city of the Republic and center of the Federal District. It has an area of 28,300 sq. km., with a population…
Meyer (Latin: Villicus), Adam(MEYER (LAT. VILLICUS), ADAM)Vol. VIII, p. 551 MEYER (Lat. Villicus), ADAM. - Benedictine abbot and monastic reformer, b. at St. Wendel at the beginning of the 15th century, d. at S. Martino in Cologne on…
Meyerbeer, JakobVol. VIII, p. 551 MEYERBEER, JAKOB. — Musician, born in Berlin on 23 September 1791, died in Paris on 2 May 1864. He added the surname Beer to his own, in honor of a relative…
Meyerson, Émile(MEYERSON, EMILE)Vol. VIII, p. 552 MEYERSON, Emile. - Polish thinker, born in Lublino in 1859, died in Parigi on 4 Dec. 1933. He carried on all his activity in France, devoting himself to the…
Meynell, AliceVol. VIII, p. 552 MEYNELL, ALICE. – English writer, born in London in 1847 and died on 27 November 1922. A strong personality who converted at a very young age to the Catholic…
Mezières de PhilippeVol. VIII, p. 552 MEZIÈRES de PHILIPPE. - Born about 1326 in the castle of the same name; died 29 May 1405. Entirely absorbed by the fervour of the Crusade, which he conceived…
Mezzabarba, Carlo AmbrogioVol. VIII, p. 552 MEZZABARBA, CARLO AMBROGIO. — Patriarch of Alexandria, legate to China, and cardinal, b. ca. 1685 at Pavia of a noble family, d. at Lodi on 7 December 1741.…
MezzadriaVol. VIII, p. 553 MEZZADRIA. — This is an agricultural contract of a typically associative nature, in which the grantor and the sharecropper join together for the cultivation of…
MezzaquaresimaVol. VIII, p. 553 MEZZAQUARESIMA. — Because of the strictness of Lent, the custom was introduced of inserting, at its exact midpoint, which falls on a Thursday, a day of…
Mezzofanti, GiuseppeVol. VIII, p. 554 MEZZOFANTI, GIUSEPPE. — Cardinal and distinguished polyglot, born in Bologna on 19 September 1774, died in Rome on 15 March 1849. Ordained a priest in 1797, he…
Ménard, Nicolas-HuguesVol. VIII, p. 407 MÉNARD, NICOLAS-HUGUES. — Historian and liturgist, b. in Paris in 1585, d. there on 20 January 1644. He professed the Rule of St Benedict at S. Dionigi in…
Méraul de Bizy, Athanase-René(MÉRAULT DE BIZY, ATHANASE-RENÉ)Vol. VIII, p. 429 MÉRAULT DE BIZY, ATHANASE-RENÉ. - Apologist, b. in Paris in 1744 and d. in Orléans on 13 June 1835. Superior of the Oratory in Paris, in 1793, having refused…
Mérida(MĚRIDA)Vol. VIII, p. 436 MĚRIDA. – This is the ancient colony of Emerita Augusta, a Spanish city situated in the province of Badajoz, on the right bank of the Guadiana. In the Roman…
Mérida, Archdiocese of(MÉRIDA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 437 MÉRIDA, ARCHDIOCESE of. — Archdiocese and capital of the Venezuelan state of the same name (South America), situated in the northwestern part of the state. It…
Mérida, Diocese of(MÉRIDA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 437 MÉRIDA, DIOCESI di: v. YUCATAN, DIOCESI di.
Mēghillath Ta'Ānīth (« Scroll of the Fasts »)(MĒGHILLATH TA'ĀNĪTH (« ROTOLO DEI DIGIUNI »))Vol. VIII, p. 380 MĒGHILLATH TA'ĀNĪTH (“scroll of fasts”). — List of 35 days of the year on which it was forbidden to fast and to deliver funeral speeches, because they were…
Mēghillôth, Hāmēš (« Five Scrolls »)(MĒGHILLÔTH, HĀMĒŠ (« CINQUE ROTOLI »))Vol. VIII, p. 380 MĒGHILLÔTH, HĀMĒŠ (“five scrolls”). - A designation that arose about the time of St. Jerome, derived from synagogue liturgy, to indicate the “five books” of…
