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Mari
Capital city on the middle Euphrates, today Tell el-Hariri. It had three different periods of flourishing, as appears from the French excavations carried out… -
Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph (MARIA ANTONIA DI SAN GIUSEPPE)
M. A. de la Paz y Figueroa, b. at Santiago del Estero (Argentina) in 1730, d. at Buenos Aires on 6 March 1799. Having consecrated herself to the service of God… -
Maria Carolina of Habsburg-Lorraine, Queen of Naples and Sicily (MARIA CAROLINA D'ASBURGO-LORENA, REGINA DI NAPOLI E SICILIA)
B. at Schönbrunn (Vienna) on 13 Aug. 1752, d. there on 8 Sept. 1814. Daughter of Emperor Francis and of Maria Theresa, she married King Ferdinand of Bourbon… -
Maria Castis Oculis
It is the hymn at Matins for the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. It consists of a single strophe inspired by the account in Jn. 12:3, which St. Robert Bellarmine… -
Maria Christina of Sweden (MARIA CRISTINA DI SVEZIA)
MARIA CRISTINA di SVEZIA: v. CRISTINA, queen of Sweden. -
Maria Clotilde of Bourbon, Queen of Sardinia, Venerable (MARIA CLOTILDE DI BORBONE, REGINA DI SARDEGNA, VENERABILE)
Born at Versailles to Louis, dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony on 23 September 1759, died at Naples on 13 March 1802. Educated in great piety at… -
Maria Clotilde of Savoy-Bonaparte (MARIA CLOTILDE DI SAVOIA-BONAPARTE)
Daughter of Victor Emmanuel II and of Maria Adelaide of Austria, b. in Turin on 2 March 1843, d. at Moncalieri (Turin) on 25 June 1911. Sought in marriage, at… -
Maria Consiglio (CONSIGLIO, MARIA)
In religion Maria of the Holy Spirit, b. in Naples on 5 Jan. 1845, d. there on 11 Jan. 1900. Orphaned of father and mother, she lived for some years with her… -
Maria Cristina of Bourbon, Queen Regent of Spain (MARIA CRISTINA DI BORBONE, REGINA REGGENTE DI SPAGNA)
B. in Naples on 27 Apr. 1806, d. at Ste-Adresse on 23 Aug. 1878. Daughter of Francis of Bourbon-Sicily, later Francis I of Naples, M. C. the spiritual… -
Maria Cristina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies, Venerable (MARIA CRISTINA DI SAVOIA, REGINA DELLE DUE SICILIE, VENERABILE)
Youngest daughter of Victor Emmanuel I, king of Sardinia, and of Maria Theresa of Habsburg-Este, b. at Cagliari on 14 Nov. 1812, d. at Naples on 31 Jan. 1836.… -
Maria Cristina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies, Venerable. Portrait of Neapolitan School (MARIA CRISTINA DI SAVOIA, REGINA DELLE DUE SICILIE, VENERABILE. RITRATTO DI SCUOLA NAPOLETANA)
Naples, Museum of S. Martino. (by courtesy of Fr. Giacinto del S.mo Crocifisso) MARIA CROCIFISSA of Jesus - Portrait of Mother M. C. of J., first superior of… -
Maria Crucified of Jesus (MARIA CROCIFISSA DI GESÙ)
First superior of the Passionists, in the world Faustina Costantini, b. 18 Aug. 1713 at Corneto (today Tarquinia), d. there 15 Nov. 1787. Having entered at the… -
Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Saint (MARIA DOMENICA MAZZARELLO, SANTA)
Co-foundress of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, b. at Mornese Monferrato, in the hamlet of Mazzarello, on 9 May 1837, d. at Nizza… -
Maria Francesca Dello Spirito Santo, Venerable (MARIA FRANCESCA DELLO SPIRITO SANTO, VENERABILE)
Princess Eleonora d'Este, Discalced Carmelite, b. January 2, 1643 in Modena, d. there February 24, 1722 in the odor of sanctity. After refusing marriage to the… -
Maria Giuseppa di Sant'Agnese
MARIA GIUSEPPA di SANT'AGNESE: v. GIUSEPPA MARIA di SANT'AGNESE. -
Maria Giuseppa Rossello, Saint (MARIA GIUSEPPA ROSSELLO, SANTA)
Foundress of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, b. at Albissola Marina (Savona) on 27 May 1811, d. at Savona on 7 Dec. 1880. She lived for seven years as a… -
Maria Goretti, Saint, Martyr (MARIA GORETTI, SANTA, MARTIRE)
B. at Corinaldo (Ancona) on 16 Oct. 1890, d. at Nettuno on 6 July 1902. Having lost her father at the age of 10, struck down by the fevers of the Roman… -
Maria II of Braganza (Maria da Glória), Queen of Portugal (MARIA II DI BRAGANZA (MARIA DA GLORIA), REGINA DI PORTOGALLO)
B. in Rio de Janeiro on 4 April 1819, d. in Lisbon on 15 Nov. 1853. M. of Braganza succeeded her grandfather John VI on the Portuguese throne, since her… -
Maria Laach
Benedictine abbey located near Koblenz on the Rhine in Germany, founded in 1093 by the Count Palatine Henry II (d. 1095), Count of Laach, and by his wife… -
Mariales, Xantes
Dominican theologian, b. in Venice around 1578, d. there at the end of April 1660. He studied in Spain and, in homage to that nation, changed his surname from… -
Maria Magdalene of the Most Holy Trinity (MARIA MADDALENA DELLA S.MA TRINITÀ)
Mystic, in the world Maddalena Martin, b. at Aix (Provence) on 3 June 1612, d. at Avignon on 20 Feb. 1678. From childhood she gave herself over to prayer and… -
Maria Michela of the Most Holy Sacrament (MARIA MICHELA DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO)
Michela Des Maisières Lopez di Dicastillo, viscountess of Jorbalán, foundress of the Handmaids of the Most Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, b. in Madrid on 1… -
Mariamne (MARIAMME)
Daughter of Alexander Asmoneus and of Alexandra, daughter of Hyrcanus II. She was married by Herod the Great (v.) in 37 B.C. in Samaria. The very beautiful… -
Mariana, Archdiocese of (MARIANA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the State of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. Its suffragans are the bishoprics of Porto Alegre, Campanha, Caratinga, Caruaru, Juiz de Fora and… -
Mariana, Juan
Jesuit, theologian and humanist, b. at Talavera (diocese of Toledo) in 1536, d. at Toledo on 16 February 1624. From 1561 he taught exegesis in Rome; theology… -
Mariana of Jesus de Paredes y Flores, Saint (MARIANNA DI GESE DE PAREDES Y FLORES, SANTA)
Born in Quito on 31 October 1618, died there on 26 May 1645. She is the first saint of Ecuador. Left an orphan of both parents at only five years of age, she… -
Marian Congregation (CONGREGAZIONE MARIANA)
A religious association, established and promoted by the Society of Jesus, whose purpose is to form chosen individuals of any state or condition, so that they… -
Mariani, Cesare
Painter, b. in Rome on 13 Jan. 1826, d. there on 21 Feb. 1901. A pupil of Tommaso Minardi, he immediately stood out among his students, who more strictly… -
Marianists (MARIANISTI)
MARIANISTI: v. SOCIETÀ di MARIA. -
Marianites of Holy Cross (MARIANITE DELLA SANTA CROCE)
Institute founded at Le Mans in 1841 by the priest B. A. Moreau and by Leocadia Gascoin. It received the decree of praise on 19 February 1867, together with… -
Mariannhill, Diocese of (MARIANNHILL, DIOCESI DI)
Territory located on the southern coast of Natal washed by the Indian Ocean. In 1882 Abbot Pfanner of the Trappists began its evangelization, and after the… -
Mariano and Giacomo, Saints, Martyrs (MARIANO E GIACOMO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
Africans, they perished in 258 during the persecution of Valerian. They are commemorated in the Martirologio geronimiano on April 30 and May 6, but the true… -
Mariano da Fermo
Camaldolese ascetic, b. 8 Dec. 1775 at Carassai in the Piceno, d. 19 Sept. 1854. At the age of twenty he entered the hermitage of Monte Corona, taking there… -
Mariano da Florence (MARIANO DA FIRENZE)
Franciscan, theologian and historian, b. in Florence, probably in 1477, d. there, in the Ospedale del Ceppo while caring for the sick, on 20 July 1523. He… -
Mariano da Genazzano
Of the Hermits of St. Augustine, orator, b. at Genazzano in 1450, d. at Sessa on 14 Dec. 1498. After some years of teaching, he devoted himself to preaching in… -
Mariano da Rocca Casale, Venerable (MARIANO DA ROCCA CASALE, VENERABILE)
Lay brother of the Friars Minor, b. at Rocca Casale (L'Aquila) on 15 Jan. 1778, d. at Civitella, now Bellegra (Rome), on 31 May 1866. Having made his solemn… -
Mariano, Raffaele
Writer of philosophy and history of religions, b. at Capua on 5 Sept. 1840, d. at Florence on 1 Dec. 1912. He taught (1885-1904) Church history at the… -
Marianum
A journal of Mariology published under the auspices of the theological faculty of the same name of the Servites of Mary, founded in 1939 by Fr. M. Roschini.… -
Maria Theresa of Austria, Empress (MARIA TERESA DI ASBURGO, IMPERATRICE)
B. in Vienna on 13 May 1717, d. there on 29 Nov. 1780. Daughter and heiress of Emperor Charles VI, she married Francis Stephen of Lorraine (12 Feb. 1736)… -
Mariaviti
MARIAVITI. A pseudo-mystical sect founded in 1906 in Poland by the excommunicated priest Jan Kowalski and the visionary Felicia Kozlowska (1862-1922). Received… -
Mariazell
The oldest Austrian sanctuary, situated in an enchanting site among the mountains of upper Styria (870 m), diocese of Seckau. The small town has barely 2,000… -
Maribor, Diocese of (MARIBOR, DIOCESI DI)
MARIBOR, DIOCESI di: v. LAVANT, DIOCESI di. -
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (MARIA ANTONIETTA, REGINA DI FRANCIA)
Daughter of Francis of Lorraine and Maria Theresa of Habsburg, b. in Vienna on Nov. 2, 1755. In 1770 she married Louis, second dauphin of France, and in 1776… -
Marie de' Medici, Queen of France (MARIA DE' MEDICI, REGINA DI FRANCIA)
B. in Florence on 26 Apr. 1573. Daughter of Francesco II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and of Joanna of Austria. In Dec. 1600 Henry IV married her as his second… -
Marie des Vallées (MARIA DES VALLÉES)
Mystic, nun, called "the seer" or "the saint of Coutances," b. at St-Sauveur-Lendelin (Coutances), to a poor family, on 25 Sept. 1590, d. at Coutances on 25… -
Marie Ephrem of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MARIA EFREM DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
In the world Luciano Garrelon. Discalced Carmelite, missionary and bishop, b. 18 or 19 Nov. 1827 at Casteljaloux (Lot-et-Garonne), in France, d. 10 Apr. 1873… -
Marie Eugénie of Jesus, Servant of God (MARIA EUGENIA DI GESÙ, SERVA DI DIO)
Anne Eugénie Milleret de Brou, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of the Assumption, b. at Metz on 25 Aug. 1817, d. at Auteuil (Paris) on 10 March 1898.… -
Marie of Jesus Deluil-Martiny (MARIA DI GESÙ DELUIL MARTINY)
MARIA di GESÙ DELUIL MARTINY: v. DELUIL MARTINY, MARIE DE JÉSUS. -
Marie of the Incarnation, Blessed (MARIA DE'L'INCARNAZIONE, BEATA)
Carmelite, born Barbe Avrillot in Paris on 26 February 1566, died at Pontoise on 18 April 1618. She married (1582) Pierre Acarie, counselor at the Court of… -
Marigliano, Giovanni
MARIGLIANO, GIOVANNI: v. GIOVANNI da NOLA. -
Marignolli, Giovanni
Franciscan, missionary, also called Giovanni di S. Lorenzo, b. at the end of the 13th century in Florence. Summoned by the Pope to go to the country of Cathay… -
Marilley, Étienne (MARILLEY, ETIENNE)
Prelate, b. 29 Oct. 1804 at Châtel-St-Denis (diocese of Lausanne), d. 17 Jan. 1889. A priest in 1831, in 1835 director of the diocesan Seminary of Geneva, he… -
Marini (De Marini), Pileo
Archbishop, b. in Genoa around 1370, d. there on 30 September 1433. Son of a certain Ambrogio, little or nothing is known of his youth. He is found as a canon… -
Marini, Ercolano
Theologian and archbishop, b. at Matelica on 21 Nov. 1866, d. at Rome on 16 Nov. 1950. A priest in 1889, he was successively parish priest at Terricoli (1892)… -
Marini, Gaetano
Priest, epigrapher, archivist, archaeologist, b. at S. Arcangelo di Romagna on 10 Dec. 1740, d. at Paris on 17 May 1815. Drawn to archaeology, also through the… -
Marini, Leonardo
Dominican bishop and theologian, b. on Chios in 1509, d. in Rome on 11 June 1573. Having entered (M. Marini, Aneddoti di G. M., Rome 1922) MARINI, GAETANO -… -
Marini, Marco
Regular canon of the Congregation of the Most Holy Savior, a noted Hebraist, b. at Brescia around 1542-43, d. there in 1594. He was abbot of St. Agnes on the… -
Marini, Niccolò
Born in Rome on 20 Aug. 1843, died there on 27 July 1923. Having earned degrees in philosophy and theology and in utroque iure, he was ordained a priest in… -
Marin, Michel-Ange
Writer and historian of the Minims, b. at Marseille on 23 Dec. 1697, d. there on 3 Apr. 1767. Having entered the Order at Avignon, he was for many years a… -
Marino, Giambattista
Poet, b. in Naples on 18 Oct. 1569, d. there on 25 March 1625. He had an adventurous life, full of rapid fortunes and adverse vicissitudes at the beginning… -
Marinoni, Giovanni, Blessed (MARINONI, GIOVANNI, BEATO)
In the world Francesco Maria, born in Venice in 1490 to a family from Bergamo, died in Naples on 13 Dec. 1562. He was one of the first disciples of St. Cajetan… -
Marinoni, Giovanni Francesco
Barnabite ascetical writer, b. at Clusone (Bergamo) on 30 June 1678, d. at Milan on 27 Feb. 1761. A religious of outstanding virtue, he wrote short ascetical… -
Marinoni, Giuseppe
First superior of what is today the Pontifical Institute of Sts. Peter and Paul and of Sts. Ambrose and Charles for Foreign Missions, b. in Milan on 11 Oct.… -
Marino, Saint (MARINO, SANTO)
Already at the end of the 5th century there existed on Mount Titano, near Rimini, a monastery in whose church, dedicated to St. Peter, a St. M. was venerated… -
Marino, Saint, Martyr (MARINO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated by the Hieronymian Martyrology on 3 March. No authentic acts of his survive, but his martyrdom rests on the testimony of Eusebius (Hist.… -
Marín-Sola, Francisco (MARIN-SOLA, FRANCESCO)
Dominican theologian, b. at Carcar (Spain) on 22 Nov. 1873, d. at Manila on 5 June 1932. Having landed in the Philippines (17 July 1897) and been ordained a… -
Marinus II, Pope (MARINO II, PAPA)
Also designated by the name Martin III. On the death of Stephen VIII, in Oct. 942, Alberic II designated as his successor the Roman priest M. II, who was… -
Marinus I, Pope (MARINO I, PAPA)
Also designated as Martin II. Born at Gallese near Rome, died at Rome on May 15, 884. As a deacon he was part of the legation sent by Nicholas I (Nov. 866) to… -
Marinus of Constantinople (MARINO DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
An Arian bishop of Thrace, he was summoned to Constantinople in 386, on the death of Demophilus. Shortly afterward, however, Dorotheus of Antioch was preferred… -
Mario da Mercato Saraceno
The first Capuchin historiographer, born in 1512-13 to the noble Fabiani family, died at Tolentino in 1581. From the Hermits of St. Augustine he passed to the… -
Mario Mercatore
Latin writer of the 5th century. According to E. Schwartz (Acta Conc. Oec. I, 5, 1 [1924], pp. 3-70), who identified his authentic works and determined what… -
Marion Brésillac, Melchior-Marie-Joseph de
Missionary, founder of the Society of African Missions, b. at Castelnaudary (Aude) on 2 Dec. 1813, d. at Freetown (Sierra Leone) on 25 June 1859. A priest in… -
Mariotte, Edmé
Physicist, b. at Dijon ca. 1620, d. at Paris on 12 May 1684; prior at St-Martin-sous-Beaune (Dijon). Having learned, through Fr. M. Mersenne, of the Minims… -
Mario Vittore, Claudio
Ecclesiastical writer who lived in the 5th century, author of the work Alethia, identical with the Victorinus (in some manuscripts: Victorius) rhetor… -
Mario Vittorino
MARIO VITTORINO: v. VITTORINO CAIO MARIO. -
Marital Affection (AFFECTIO MARITALIS)
AFFECTIO MARITALIS: v. MATRIMONIO. -
Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abachum, Saints, Martyrs (MARIO, MARTA, AUDIFACE E ABAGO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
Commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology, but without any relationship of kinship, on 16 and 20 January, whereas in the Roman [Martyrology] on the 19th of… -
Marius of Avenches (of Lausanne) (MARIO D'AVENTICUM (DI LOSANNA))
Bishop of Avenches (western Switzerland) from 574 to 594, he transferred his episcopal see to Lausanne (cf. L. Duchesne, Fastes episcopaux de l'ancienne Gaule… -
Mark and Marcellian, Saints, Martyrs (MARCO E MARCELLIANO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on June 18. On the same date their Mass is found in the Gelasian and Gregorian Sacramentaries. The… -
Mark, Bishop of Aretusa (MARCO, VESCOVO DI ARETUSA)
A follower of Arius, he took part in 341 in the Council of Antioch, and the following year he was part of the legation that went to Trier to Constantius. In… -
Mark, Deacon, Hagiographer (MARCO, DIACONO, AGIOGRAFO)
After Baronius inserted large portions of the Life of Porphyry, bishop of Gaza, by M. into his Annales Ecclesiastici, this writer — who had remained unknown in… -
Mark Eugenicus (MARCO, EUGENICO)
Archbishop of Ephesus, famous Byzantine schismatic polemicist, b. at Constantinople in 1591 or 92, d. there in 1444. A monk from 1418 on the island of Antigone… -
Mark Ibn al-Kanbar (MARCO IBN AL-KANBAR)
Coptic priest, d. 1208. He maintained the necessity of auricular confession against the abuse of the so-called confessio ad thuribulum. His principal adversary… -
Mark of Aviano (MARCO D'AVIANO)
Capuchin, b. at Aviano on 17 Nov. 1631, d. at Vienna on 13 Aug. 1699. Ordained a priest, he devoted himself to preaching, exerting a vivid and irresistible… -
Mark of Jerusalem, Saint (MARCO DI GERUSALEMME, SANTO)
He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on Oct. 22 as a martyr, but this designation of his is not established; in antiquity he had no cult at all and was… -
Mark of Tomba (MARCO DELLA TOMBA)
Missionary and Indologist, born at a date that cannot be precisely determined at Tomba (Senigallia); as a young man he entered the Order of the Capuchins and… -
Mark of Weida (MARCO DI WEIDA)
Dominican preacher and ascetic writer, b. in 1450, d. before 13 July 1516. He distinguished himself at Leipzig and at Eger in teaching, preaching and writing… -
Marković, Giovanni
Franciscan, b. at Sinj in Dalmatia on 23 Oct. 1839, d. there on 22 Oct. 1910. A priest in 1866, he was professor of history at the Theological Institute of… -
Mark, Pope, Saint (MARCO, PAPA, SANTO)
He was Roman by birth and the son of Priscus; he governed the Roman Church for about nine months, from 18 January to 7 October 356. Little is known of his… -
Mark the Evangelist, Saint (MARCO EVANGELISTA, SANTO)
Disciple of St. Peter and St. Paul, author of the second Gospel. I. THE EVANGELIST. - The Evangelist's full name was "John surnamed M." (Acts 12:12, 25… -
Mark the Hermit (MARCO L'EREMITA)
Ascetic and dogmatic writer. Photius (Bibl., cod. 200) knew nine writings by M., not to mention his person. Nicephorus Callistus mentions him in his Hist.… -
Marlowe, Christopher
English playwright, active in the Elizabethan era and regarded as the greatest of Shakespeare's precursors. B. at Canterbury on 6 Feb. 1564, d. at Deptford ca.… -
Marmaggi, Francesco
Cardinal, b. in Rome on 31 Aug. 1876, d. there on 3 Nov. 1949. Of a humble Trastevere family, ordained a priest in 1900, he devoted himself with fervor to the… -
Marmion, Columba
Benedictine ascetical writer, in the world Giuseppe, b. at Dublin on 1 April 1858, d. at Maredsous on 30 Jan. 1923 in the odor of sanctity. Ordained priest in… -
Marmorari
MARMORARI: v. COSMATI. -
Marone, Saint (MARONE, SANTO)
MARONE, santo: v. MARONITI. -
Marongio-Delrio, Diego
Archbishop of Sassari, b. at Bannari on 13 Sept. 1819, d. at Sassari on 5 Oct. 1905. A distinguished canonist and professor at the University of Sassari, M.… -
Marongio-Nurra, Emanuele
Archbishop of Cagliari, b. at Bessude on 28 March 1794, d. at Cagliari on 12 Sept. 1866. Formerly rector of the Seminary and vicar general of the archdiocese… -
Maronite Antonians of Aleppo and Balad (ANTONIANI MARONITI ALEPPINI E BALADITI)
In 1694 three young Maronites of Aleppo, Gabriel Eva, Abdullah Qara'ali and Joseph al-Batni, asked the patriarch for permission to found a religious Order.… -
Maronite Antonians of Saint Isaiah (ANTONIANI MARONITI DI SANT'ISAIA)
Gabriel of Blauzà (d. 1705), a monk of a very austere life, was consecrated bishop of Aleppo in 1663 and elected patriarch in 1704. As was the custom then… -
Maronites (MARONITI)
A Christian people of Syrian origin, distributed especially in the Republic of Lebanon, in Syria, Palestine, Cyprus and Egypt. I. ST. MARON. - Of St. Maron it… -
Marot, Clément
French poet, b. at Cahors on 23 Nov. 1496, d. at Turin on 12 Sept. 1544. A page of Villeroy, he was later valet de chambre to Francis I, enjoying the good… -
Maroto, Felipe
Canonist, b. at Garcillán (Segovia) on 26 May 1875, d. at Rome on 11 July 1937. As an adolescent he entered the Congregation of the Sons of the Heart of Mary… -
Marozia
Born in 892 in Rome to Theophylact, vestararius pontificio and magister militum, and to Theodora, a woman of great authority. She was married to the Frank… -
Marprelate, Martin, Controversy of (MARPRELATE, MARTIN, CONTROVERSIA DI)
Under the pseudonym of M., which means "scourge of prelates" (from the English mar and prelate), there is designated a Puritan writer of the 16th century… -
Marquette, Diocese of (MARQUETTE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Michigan in the United States. It contains the northern peninsula of the State of Michigan, with an area of 16,281 square… -
Marquette, Jacques
Jesuit, missionary and explorer, b. at Laon on 10 June 1637, d. in present-day Ludington on 18 May 1675. From 1666 he lived in the Indian missions of Canada… -
Márquez, Juan
Ascetical writer and Augustinian theologian, b. in Madrid in 1565, d. in Salamanca in 1621. He took his religious vows on 9 July 1581, studied in Toledo, where… -
Marracci, Ippolito
Mariologist, b. in Lucca on 17 January 1604 and d. in Rome, at S. Maria in Campitelli, on 18 May 1675; a religious of the Congregation of the Regular Clerics… -
Marracci, Lodovico
Orientalist and theologian, b. at Torcigliano di Camaiore (Lucca) on 6 Oct. 1612, d. at Rome on 5 Feb. 1700. He entered the Congregation of the Regular Clerics… -
Marranos (MARRANI)
This was the name given in Spain to converts from Islam - and there were very few of them - but especially to converts from Judaism, who had no sincere… -
Marriage (MATRIMONIO)
Considered historically, it may be defined as the union of man and woman for the purpose of the propagation and education of the human race. And since this… -
Marseille, Archdiocese of (MARSIGLIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in France. It has a population of about 900,000 inhabitants. The archdiocese is divided into 4 archdeaconries… -
Marshall, Thomas William
Catholic controversialist, b. 19 June 1818 at Greenwich, d. 14 Dec. 1877 at Surbiton (Surrey). An Anglican, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, then took… -
Marshal of the Holy Roman Church and Keeper of the Conclave (MARESCIALLO DI SANTA ROMANA CHIESA E CUSTODE DEL CONCLAVE)
MARESCIALLO DI SANTA ROMANA CHIESA e CUSTODE DEL CONCLAVE : v. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA. -
Marsico Nuovo, Diocese of (MARSICO NUOVO, DIOCESI DI)
MARSICO NUOVO, DIOCESI di: v. POTENZA, DIOCESE of. > (courtesy of proj. F. Benoit) > MARSEILLE, ARCHDIOCESE of - Archaeological plan of M. -
Marsi, Diocese of (MARSI, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo. It extends over the region around the lake of Fucino, now drained, for 16,281 sq km.; it has a population of 125,000… -
Marsili, Luigi
Augustinian, humanist, b. in Florence ca. 1342, d. there on 21 Aug. 1394. Having obtained his doctorate in theology in Paris, after much traveling in Italy and… -
Marsilio of Inghen (MARSILIO DI INGHEN)
Ockhamist, disciple of G. Buridan and his successor, in the second half of the 14th century, in the Faculty of Arts at Paris and in that of theology. In 1367… -
Marsilius of Padua (MARSILIO DA PADOVA)
Political writer, b. in Padua in 1275-80 to Bonmatteo dei Mainardini, notary of the University, d. in 1342-43 at the imperial court of Munich. Until 1312 he… -
Mars (Marte) (MARTE (MARS))
Italic and Roman deity. The spread of his cult, which predates Roman hegemony and is therefore independent of it, can be demonstrated not only among the Latin… -
Martelli, Pier Jacopo
Man of letters, b. in Bologna on 28 Apr. 1665, d. there on 10 May 1727. He professed eloquence in his city. In 1713 he accompanied to France Monsignor… -
Martène, Edmond
French Maurist Benedictine, writer and liturgist, b. at St-Jean-de-Losne on 22 Dec. 1654, d. at St-Germain-des-Prés on 20 June 1739. From the monastery of… -
Martha, Saint (MARTA, SANTA)
Sister of Lazarus (v.) and of Mary of Bethany. The name in Aramaic means "lady." She is mentioned for the first time by Lk. 10:38-42 in a village of Galilee… -
Martha, Saint, Martyr (MARTA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
MARTA, santa, martire: v. MARIO, MARTHA, AUDIFAX and ABACUS, saints, martyrs. -
Martial, Bishop of Limoges, Saint (MARZIALE, VESCOVO DI LIMOGES, SANTO)
He is commemorated in the Jeronymian Martyrology on June 30. According to St. Gregory of Tours he would have been one of the seven bishops sent, around the… -
Martial of Saint John the Baptist (MARZIALE DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA)
French Discalced Carmelite bibliographer, in the world Jean Lacombe, b. ca. 1666 at Tulle, d. 1 June 1736 at Bordeaux. A learned religious of exemplary life… -
Martianay, Jean
Benedictine exegete and patrologist, b. at St-Sever-Cap (Gascony) on 30 Dec. 1647, d. at St-Germain-des-Près (Paris) on 16 June 1717. Having entered the… -
Martigny, Jean-Alexandre
Priest, archaeologist, b. at Sauverny (Ain) on 22 Apr. 1808, d. at Bagé-le-Châtel on 19 Aug. 1880. After ten years of study he published the Dictionnaire des… -
Martillat, Joachin Enjobert de
Born in 1706 at Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) into a family of old nobility, he entered the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris in 1727, in the same… -
Martinae Celebres Plaudite Nominis (MARTINAE CELEBRI PLAUDITE NOMINI)
Hymn at Matins of the feast of St. Martina, composed by Urban VIII. St. Martina, a young Roman patrician woman, suffered martyrdom under Alexander Severus and… -
Martin, Arthur
Jesuit, archaeologist, b. 4 Sept. 1801 at Auray (Morbihan), d. at Ravenna on 24 Nov. 1856. Having entered the Society of Jesus on 28 Sept. 1819 at Montrouge… -
Martina, Saint, Martyr (MARTINA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
Unknown to all ancient sources until the 8th century, she is mentioned for the first time in the Lib. Pont. in the life of Pope Adrian I (772-95). There it is… -
Martin, Claude
Benedictine of the Congregation of St. Maur, b. at Tours on 2 April 1619, d. on 9 Aug. 1696 in the abbey of Marmoutier (Tours), of which he had been prior… -
Martin de Azpilcueta (Navarrus) (MARTINO DE AZPILCUETA (NAVARRUS))
Moral theologian and canonist, b. 13 May 1492 and called "Navarro" from his place of origin (Barasoain, in Navarre), d. in Rome on 21 June 1586. He was a… -
Martinelli, Giorgio Maria
Founder of the Oblates Missionaries of Rho (diocese of Milan), b. at Brusimpiano on 9 May 1655, d. at Rho on 2 Nov. 1727. An Oblate of Sts. Ambrose and Charles… -
Martinengo, Domenico
Missionary of St. Vincent, b. at Savona on 17 Dec. 1816, d. there on 1 Oct. 1875. He entered the Congregation of the Mission at Savona on 9 Aug. 1835, and took… -
Martinengo, Maria Maddalena of Barco, Blessed (MARTINENGO, MARIA MADDALENA, DI BARCO, BEATA)
Capuchin Poor Clare, b. in Brescia on 5 Oct. 1687, d. there on 27 July 1737. Beatified on 18 Apr. 1901. Feast on 27 July. A nun from 8 Sept. 1705, she was… -
Martinetti, Piero
Philosopher, b. at Pont (Aosta) on 21 Aug. 1872, d. there on 22 March 1943. He was professor of philosophy at the University of Milan from 1904 to 1933. A… -
Martiniana, Carlo Giuseppe Filippo della
Born in Turin on June 19, 1724, died in Vercelli on Dec. 7, 1802. Having become a priest, he was spiritual director at the University of Turin; in 1757 he… -
Martinian, Saint, Martyr (MARTINIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
MARTINIANO, santo, martire: v. PROCESSO and MARTINIANO, saints, martyrs. -
Martini, Antonio
Archbishop of Florence, translator and commentator of the Bible, b. at Prato on 20 April 1720, d. at Florence on 31 Dec. 1809. He completed his secondary… -
Martini, Arturo
Sculptor, b. at Treviso on 11 Aug. 1899, d. at Milan on 22 March 1947. After the school of the sculptor Carlini at Treviso and that of Urbano Nono at Venice… -
Martini, Francesco di Giorgio
Painter, sculptor, architect, military engineer, b. in Siena in 1439, d. in Nov. 1501 (most documents call him simply Francesco di Giorgio). He began his… -
Martini, Giambattista
Of the Conventual Friars Minor, musician and musicologist, b. in Bologna on 24 April 1706, d. there on 3 August 1784. Appointed in 1725 director of the musical… -
Martin II and III (MARTINO II E III)
MARTINO II E III : V. MARINO I E II. -
Martin I, King of Aragon and Sicily (MARTINO I, RE D'ARAGONA E DI SICILIA)
Last Aragonese king of the Catalan dynasty, called the Humane, b. at Gerona in 1356 to King Peter IV and Eleanor of Sicily, he succeeded his brother John I in… -
Martin I, Pope, Saint (MARTINO I, PAPA, SANTO)
Born at Todi in Umbria and died at Cherson in Crimea on 16 Sept. 655. For some time he was apocrisiary at the court of Constantinople, and on the death of Pope… -
Martinique, Diocese of (MARTINICA, DIOCESI DI)
MARTINICA, DIOCESI DI: v. SAN PIETRO, DIOCESI di. -
Martini, Raimondo
MARTINI, RAIMONDO: v. RAIMONDO MARTINI. -
Martini, Simone (Simone di Martino)
Painter, b. in Siena, according to Vasari in 1284, d. in Avignon in 1344. Together with Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti he is one of the major exponents of that… -
Martinists (MARTINISTI)
They are the followers of the Masonic sect whose principal exponents are Martinez de Pasqually (b. at Grenoble in 1727, d. at Santo Domingo on 20 Sept. 1774… -
Martin IV, Pope (MARTINO IV, PAPA)
Simon de Bric (or de Brion), of French origin, d. at Perugia on 28 March 1285. He studied at the University of Paris; afterward he was canon and treasurer of… -
Martin, Konrad
Bishop, b. 18 May 1812 at Geismar (Eichsfeld), d. 16 July 1879 at Mont-St-Guibert (Belgium). Appointed bishop of Paderborn in 1856, he carried on tireless… -
Martino de Fugeriis
Theologian of the 13th century, of whom it is known only that he was known as magister Martinus (the Paris manuscript Nat. lat. 3116 adds de Fugeriis), as can… -
Martin of Aragon, King of Sicily (MARTINO D'ARAGONA, RE DI SICILIA)
Called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father Martin I, king of Aragon and Sicily. Born in 1374, died at Cagliari on 25 July 1409. Married at… -
Martin of Barcelona (MARTINO DA BARCELLONA)
Capuchin historian, b. in Barcelona on 4 Oct. 1895, beheaded there by the communists in the second half of Dec. 1936. He entered the novitiate of Arenys de Mar… -
Martin of Braga, Saint (MARTINO DI BRAGA, SANTO)
He lived between c. 515 and 580, a native of Pannonia and a monk in Palestine. Having moved to Galicia, he founded a monastery at Dumio and then became the… -
Martin of Cochem (MARTINO DA COCHEM)
Capuchin, b. at Cochem (Rhineland) on 13 Dec. 1634, d. at Vaghkusen (Bruchsal) on 10 Sept. 1712. Lecturer in philosophy at Mainz (1664-68), visitor in the… -
Martin of Cremona (Magister Martinus) (MARTINO DI CREMONA (MAGISTER MARTINUS))
Theologian, who at the beginning of the 13th century wrote a Summa, which remained unpublished, and which echoes Peter of Poitiers and at times copies verbatim… -
Martin of Fano (MARTINO DA FANO)
Jurist, born in Fano around 1190 to the noble Del Cassero family, also mentioned by Dante (Inf., XXVIII, 77; Purg., V, 73). He studied law at Bologna, where he… -
Martin of Tours, Saint (MARTINO DI TOURS)
Figure of St. M. in the theory of saints and martyrs in the church of S. Apollinare Nuovo. Musician of the 6th century - Ravenna. He had great merits as a… -
Martin of Tours, Saint (MARTINO DI TOURS, SANTO)
He was the first father of monasticism in the West and a great apostle of Gaul. His biographer Sulpicius Severus handed down much information about his life… -
Martin of Troppau (Oppaviensis) (MARTINO DI TROPPAU (OPPAVIENSIS))
Dominican chronicler, also improperly called M. Polono, perhaps because he belonged to the Polish religious province, d. at Bologna in 1278. He entered the… -
Martino Gosia
Bolognese jurist (12th century), of the noble Gosi family, which distinguished itself for four generations in the study and practice of law. He was one of the… -
Martin, Paulin
Orientalist and biblical scholar, b. at Lecam (Lot, France) on 20 July 1840, d. at Amélie-les-Bains (Eastern Pyrenees) on 14 Jan. 1890. He studied theology in… -
Martin, Raymond-Joseph
Dominican, medievalist theologian, b. at Neerpelt (Belgium) on 27 Sept. 1878, d. at Louvain on 28 Aug. 1949. He entered the order (1896) and studied philosophy… -
Martin, Simon
Mystical theologian, hagiographer of the Minims, b. in Paris in 1595, d. there on 19 Dec. 1653. He entered the Order of the Minims at a young age and… -
Martinus Glossator
This name occurs several times in the glosses to the Decretum Gratiani and to the Compilationes antiquae (cod. Vat. lat. 1367; cod. Halen. Ye. 52, Ioh.… -
Martin V, Pope (MARTINO V, PAPA)
Born in Rome in 1368, died there on 20 Feb. 1431. When the Council of Constance (v.), incapable of proceeding to the necessary reform of the Church, resolved… -
Martirano
Ancient diocese in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. The small town lies on the slopes of the Sila, in the valley of the Savuto (Sabatum), which flows… -
Martynov, Ivan
Russian writer, Jesuit, b. at Kazan (Russia) on 7 Oct. 1821 and d. at Cannes on 26 Apr. 1894. He did his studies at the University of St. Petersburg. Count… -
Martyrdom and Martyr (MARTIRIO E MARTIRE)
From the Greek μάρτυρ, witness; in Christian language it is the person who bore witness to Christ with his blood. SUMMARY: I. Concept. - II. Cult of the… -
Martyrology (MARTIROLOGIO)
A catalogue of the martyrs and saints arranged according to the order of their feasts. SUMMARY: I. Concept. - II. Primitive core of the M.: the calendars. -… -
Martyr, Saint, Martyr (MARTIRIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
MARTIRIO, santo, martire: v. SISINNIO, MARTIRIO e ALESSANDRO, saints, martyrs. -
Martyrs of Aubenas, Blessed (AUBENAS, MARTIRI DI, BEATI)
This name designates two Jesuits, Father Giacomo Salès and the coadjutor brother Guglielmo Saltamochio, killed by the Huguenots out of hatred for the faith and… -
Martyrs of September, Blessed (SETTEMBRE, MARTIRI DI, BEATI)
This is the designation given to the group of 191 martyrs, led by the archbishop of Arles, Jean Marie de Lau, and by the bishops of Beauvais, François Joseph… -
Martyrs of Utica (UTICA, MARTIRI DI)
UTICA, MARTIRI di: v. MASSA CANDIDA, MARTIRI di. -
Martyr, Venantius (MARTYR DEI VENANTIUS)
Hymn of Vespers for the feast of St. Venantius, by an unknown author, inserted into the Breviary by Clement X in 1670 together with the feast of the young… -
Marucchi, Orazio
Archaeologist, b. in Rome on 10 Nov. 1852, d. there on 21 Jan. 1931. A disciple of G. B. De Rossi, he took part from 1872 in the fortunate explorations of the… -
Marucelli, Francesco
Florentine scholar and bibliophile, b. March 1, 1625, d. in Rome on July 26, 1703. From the age of twenty-three he lived in Rome, where he devoted himself… -
Marulić (Marulus, Marulo), Marko (MARULIĆ (MARULUS, MARULO), MARCO)
Croatian humanist, moralist and poet, of a noble family, b. at Split in 1450, d. there in 1524. He attended the University of Padua. He lived almost always at… -
Marullo, Tarchaniota Michele (MARULLO, TARCANIOTA MICHELE)
Born in Constantinople in 1453, died swept away by the waters of the Cecina river in 1500. Because of the arrival of the Turks he came with his family to Italy… -
Maruthas, Bishop of Martyropolis (Majferqat), Saint (MĂRŪTĂ, VESCOVO DI MARTIROPOLIS (MAJFERQAT), SANTO)
Born around the middle of the 4th century to the prefect of the province of Sophene, he was a distinguished physician and went several times to Persia as an… -
Marx, Karl
Materialist philosopher, originator with Engels of so-called scientific socialism, b. at Trier on 5 May 1818 to Jewish parents (later his father had himself… -
Marx, Wilhelm
German politician, b. in Cologne on 15 Jan. 1863, d. in Bonn on 5 Aug. 1946. A member of the Prussian diet in 1899 and of the Reichstag in 1910, he was one of… -
Mary Beatrice d'Este, Queen of England (MARIA BEATRICE D'ESTE, REGINA D'INGHILTERRA)
Born in 1658, died at St-Germain-en-Laye in 1718. Daughter of Alfonso IV, duke of Modena, in 1673 she married James of York, who later became James II. Rigidly… -
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, Saint (MARIA FRANCESCA DELLE CINQUE PIAGHE, SANTA)
Franciscan tertiary, born Anna Maria Rosa Nicoletta Gallo, b. in Naples on 25 March 1715, d. there on 6 Oct. 1791. At the age of 16 she suffered greatly from… -
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Saint (MARIA MADDALENA DE' PAZZI, SANTA)
In the world, Caterina, b. in Florence on 2 April 1566, d. there on 25 May 1604. At the age of sixteen she entered the Carmelites of S. Maria degli Angeli in… -
Mary Magdalene Postel, Saint (MARIA MADDALENA POSTEL, SANTA)
Julie Françoise Catherine Postel, foundress of the Sisters of Christian Schools and of Mercy, b. at Barfleur (La Manche) on 28 Nov. 1756, d. at… -
Mary Magdalene, Saint (MARIA MADDALENA (MAGDALENE), SANTA)
A woman called thus because... > (by courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutaz) > MARIA LAACH - View of the Abbey. (courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutaz) MARY MAGDALENE… -
Mary, Most Holy (MARIA, SANTISSIMA)
Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God made man. M. in Masoretic Hebrew is Mirjām; Aramaic form: Marjām (Syriac and Targumim); Μαξιάν, in the Septuagint and in the… -
Mary of Ágreda (MARIA D'AGREDA)
MARIA d'AGREDA: v. AGREDA, MARIA de, venerable. -
Mary of Cervelló, Blessed (MARIA DI CERVELLÓ, BEATA)
B. in Barcelona to a noble family on 7 Dec. 1230, d. there on 19 Sept. 1290. She was also called di Cervellione, or del Socós (= succour) because of the graces… -
Mary of Egypt, Saint (MARIA EGIZIACA, SANTA)
Commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on April 2; it is not established, however, that she was venerated with a liturgical cult in antiquity. The oldest source… -
Mary of France (MARIA DI FRANCIA)
French poetess who lived in England in the second half of the 12th century, about whom no precise dates are known. Around 1165 she dedicated her Lais to Henry… -
Mary of Jesus, Venerable (MARIA DI GESÙ, VENERABILE)
Discalced Carmelite, in the world Maria Lopez de Rivas, b. 18 Aug. 1560 in Tartanedo (Guadalajara, Spain), d. in Toledo on 13 Sept. 1640 in the odor of… -
Mary of Lorraine, Queen of Scotland (MARIA DI LORENA, REGINA DI SCOZIA)
B. at Bar on 22 Nov. 1515, d. at Edinburgh on 10 June 1560. Daughter of Claude of Guise, in 1538 she married James V, King of Scotland, who died in 1542… -
Mary of Oignies, Blessed (MARIA D'OIGNIES, BEATA)
Brabantine mystic, b. at Nivelles in 1177, d. at Oignies on 23 June 1213; she is the most representative figure of the beginnings of the Beguine movement.… -
Mary of Oosterwijk (MARIA D'OOSTERWIJK)
Mystic, born at Oosterwijk, a village near 's Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) in northern Brabant, around 1470, into a wealthy family, died at Cologne on 30…