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Miani (Emiliani), Jerome, Saint(GIROLAMO MIANI (EMILIANI), SANTO)Vol. VI, p. 413 GIROLAMO MIANI (EMILIANI), saint. — Born in Venice in 1486 (not in 1481), died at Somasca on 8 February 1537. Of noble birth, he began his military career…
Miarinarivo, Vicariate Apostolic of(MIARINARIVO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VIII, p. 554 MIARINARIVO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - It is situated in the central region of Madagascar. On 13 Dec. 1933 the entire eastern area of the apostolic vicariate…
Micah (Hebrew Mikhah)(MICHEA (EBR. MIKHAH))Vol. VIII, p. 558 MICHEA (Hebr. Mikhah). — Prophet of Judah, a native of Môrešeth, in the šéphélâh (Mi. 1:14), south of Bejt Gibrin. A contemporary of Isaiah, he carried out his…
Micanzio, FulgenzioVol. VIII, p. 557 MICANZIO, FULGENZIO. – Servite, born at Passirano (Brescia) on 8 June 1570, died at Venice on 7 February 1654. He went to Venice for the sake of his studies…
Micara, LudovicoVol. VIII, p. 557 MICARA, LUDOVICO. - Cardinal, b. at Frascati on 12 Oct. 1775, d. at Rome on 24 May 1847. Having entered the Friars Minor Capuchin at a very young age, he…
Micha (Hebrew Mikhāh, abbreviation of Mikhāyāh « Who [is] like Yahweh? »)(MICHA (EBR. MIKHĀH, ABBREVIAZIONE DI MIKHĀJĀH « CHI [È] COME JAHWEH? »))Vol. VIII, p. 557 MICHA (Heb. Mikhāh, abbreviation of Mikhājāh, “Who [is] like Jahweh?”). - An Ephraimite (sometimes also called Michea) from the time of the Judges (v.). He had…
Michael (Hebrew Mikhā'el « Who [is] like God? »)(MICHAEL (EBR. MIKHĀ'EL « CHI [È] COME DIO? »))Vol. VIII, p. 557 MICHAEL (Hebr. Mikhā’el “Who is like God?”). – Name of an archangel (v. MICHELE) and of various figures in the Old Testament. 1. Member of the tribe of Aser,…
Michael Acominatus(MICHELE ACOMINATO)Vol. VIII, p. 569 MICHELE ACOMINATO. — Metropolitan of Athens between 1175 and 1222, born at Chonia (ancient Choni, and therefore also called Choniates) around 1140, died on the…
Michael Apostolios(MICHELE APOSTOLIOS)Vol. VIII, p. 570 MICHELE APOSTOLIOS. - Byzantine writer, b. in Costantinopoli c. 1422, d. c. 1480. He had a most unfortunate life following the fall of Costantinopoli. He…
Michael Attaleiates(MICHELE, ATTALEIATE)Vol. VIII, p. 573 MICHELE, ATTALEIATE. — Born at Attalia (Pamphylia), he was a high official in Constantinople under the emperor Costantino Dukas (1059–67), with the title of…
Michael Cerularius(MICHELE CERULARIO)Vol. VIII, p. 574 MICHELE CERULARIO. — Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (1043–58), born there at the beginning of the 11th century, famous for the definitive schism from the…
Michael Dei Santi, Saint(MICHELE DEI SANTI, SANTO)Vol. VIII, p. 575 MICHELE dei SANTI, saint. - Born at Vich (Barcellona) on 29 Sept. 1591; died at Valladolid on 10 Apr. 1625. He took the habit of the Calced Trinitarians and,…
Michael Garicoits, Saint(MICHELE GARIGOITS, SANTO)Vol. VIII, p. 576 MICHELE GARIGOITS, saint. — Founder of the Institute of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram, born at Ibarre (Basses-Pyrénées department) on 15 August…
Michael Glykas(MICHELE GLICA)Vol. VIII, p. 575 MICHELE GLICA. – Byzantine writer, born in the first third of the thirteenth century and deceased at the end of the same century. He is the author of a…
Michael Maleinos, Saint(MICHELE, MALEINOS, SANTO)Vol. VIII, p. 575 MICHELE, MALEINOS, saint. - An ascetic of outstanding virtue, born at Carsianon in Cappadocia in 894. Even today he is little known, even in the East. The name…
Michael of Anchialus(MICHELE DI ANCHIALO)Vol. VIII, p. 570 MICHELE di ANCHIALO. — Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (1170–78). He showed zeal concerning the discipline of the clergy and vigilance against Christological…
Michael of Cesena(MICHELE DA CESENA)Vol. VIII, p. 574 MICHELE DA CESENA. – Friar Minor, born at Cesena ca. 1270, died at Monaco on 29 November 1342. Elected at Naples minister general of the Order (1316), while he…
Michael of Chernigov, Saint(MICHELE DI ČERNIGOV, SANTO)Vol. VIII, p. 573 MICHELE di ČERNIGOV, saint. — A Russian prince of the Rurikid family, he was successively prince of Novgorod, of Italisch in Galicia, and of Kiev. He thus…
Michael of Sant'Agostino(MICHELE DI SANT'AGOSTINO)Vol. VIII, p. 575 MICHELE di SANT'AGOSTINO. - Carmelite theologian, in the world van Ballaert, b. at Brussels on 15 Apr. 1621, d. there on 2 Feb. 1684. He taught philosophy and…
Michael of the Most Holy Trinity(MICHELE DELLA SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ)Vol. VIII, p. 575 MICHELE della SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ. – Discalced Carmelite, born in 1588 at Beaz (Andalusia), died there in 1661. He was first a lecturer in theology at the…
Michael Ongaro, called Pannonio(MICHELE ONGARO, DETTO PANNONIO)Vol. VIII, p. 576 MICHELE ONGARO, called PANNONIO. — Ferrarese painter, so called perhaps from his place of origin; died before July 1464. A payment is recorded in 1415 for the…
Michael Scot (Scotto)(MICHELE SCOTO (SCOTTO))Vol. VIII, p. 576 MICHELE SCOTO (Scotto). – Philosopher and astrologer, of Scottish origin, d. ca. 1236. In 1217, with the assistance of Abuteus the Levite, he completed the…
Michael Syncellus(MICHELE, SINCELLO)Vol. VIII, p. 575 MICHELE, SINCELLO. – Born in Jerusalem around 761, died there on 4 January 846. Venerated as a saint by the Greeks on 18 December. An hesychast monk of the…
Michael the Brave(MICHELE IL BRAVO)Vol. VIII, p. 573 MICHELE il BRAVO. - Mihai Viteazu, b. in 1558, d. in 1608, prince of Wallachia, is one of the most dynamic Romanian figures. Having ascended the throne in…
Michael the Great(MICHELE IL GRANDE)Vol. VIII, p. 575 MICHELE the GREAT. - Jacobite Syrian patriarch from 1166 to 1199. Born in 1126, he entered at a young age the monastery of S. Baršavmā near Melitene, of which…
Michael, Archangel(MICHELE, ARCANGELO)Vol. VIII, p. 570 MICHELE, ARCANGELO. - I. IN SACRED SCRIPTURE. - M. (Hebr. Mīkhā’el “Who [is] like God?”) appears four times in the Bible. In Dan. 10:13, 21 he is presented as…
Michalski, Konstanty(MICHALSKY, KONSTANTY)Vol. VIII, p. 558 MICHALSKY, KONSTANTY. — Priest of the Polish Mission, distinguished scholar of medieval philosophy, born 12 April 1879 at Mala Dabrowka (Upper Silesia), died 6…
Michaud, Joseph-FrançoisVol. VIII, p. 558 MICHAUD, JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS. — Historian and publicist, born on 19 June 1767 at Albens (Savoy), died on 30 September 1839 at Passy. He was a journalist in Paris…
Michelangelo Buonarroti (in autographs Michelagnolo)(MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (NEGLI AUTOGRAFI MICHELAGNIOLO))Vol. VIII, p. 561 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (in his own hand MICHELAGNIOLO). - Sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, born at Caprese (now Caprese-Michelangelo) in Tuscany, in…
Michelet, JulesVol. VIII, p. 576 MICHELET, JULES. — Historian, born at Ménilmontant (Paris) on 21 August 1798, died at Hyères on 9 February 1874. The son of a printer, after a very difficult…
Michelotti, AnnaVol. VIII, p. 579 MICHELOTTI, ANNA. – Foundress of the Congregation of the Little Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the poor sick; born in Annecy on 25 August 1843,…
Michelozzo di BartolomeoVol. VIII, p. 579 MICHELOZZO di BARTOLOMEO. – Sculptor and architect, born in Florence in 1396, died there on 7 October 1472. His early activity unfolded in the field of…
Michetti, Francesco PaoloVol. VIII, p. 579 MICHETTI, FRANCESCO PAOLO. – Painter, born in Tocco Casauria on 2 October 1851, died in Francavilla a Mare on 5 March 1929. In 1868, having obtained a…
Michiel, GiovanniVol. VIII, p. 580 MICHIEL, GIOVANNI. – Cardinal, born in Venice in 1446, died in Rome on 10 April 1503. Created a cardinal by his uncle Paolo II on 21 November 1468, he…
Michoacán, Diocese of(MICHOACAN, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 580 MICHOACAN, DIOCESI di: v. MORELIA, DIOCESI di.
Mickiewicz, AdamVol. VIII, p. 580 MICKIEWICZ, ADAM. – Polish poet, born in Zaosie on 24 December 1798, died in Constantinople on 26 November 1855. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the…
Microbiology(MICROBIOLOGIA)Vol. VIII, p. 581 MICROBIOLOGY. - Microbiology studies extremely small living beings, invisible to the naked eye and visible only through special optical devices (various…
Microcosm and Macrocosm(MICROCOSMO E MACROCOSMO)Vol. VIII, p. 588 MICROCOSM AND MACROCOSM. – The term microcosm, from the Greek μικρός “small” and κόσμος “world,” was first used by Democritus (H. Diels, Vorsokratiker, Berlin…
Micrologus De Ecclesiasticis ObservationibusVol. VIII, p. 588 MICROLOGUS DE ECCLESIASTICIS OBSERVATIONIBUS. – This is a sober and accurate description of the liturgy of the Mass and of the liturgical year, which avoids…
Micu, Inocențiu(MICU, INOCENTIU)Vol. VIII, p. 588 MICU, INOCENTIU. - Bishop of the (united) Romanians of Transylvania, b. at Sad in 1692, d. in 1768; he studied with the Jesuits at Tirnavia and at Munkač.…
Micu, SamueleVol. VIII, p. 588 MICU, SAMUELE. - Romanian historian, Catholic (United) priest, and one of the “3 Lucifers,” founders of the Latinist “school” in Transylvania, b. in 1745, d.…
Middle Ages(MEDIOEVO)Vol. VIII, p. 364 MIDDLE AGES. – Term used in the historiography of European civilization to denote the centuries between antiquity and the modern era. I. HISTORY. SUMMARY: I.…
Middle Science(SCIENZA MEDIA)Vol. XI, p. 86 SCIENZA MEDIA: v. MOLINISMO.
Middlesbrough, Diocese of(MIDDLESBOROUGH, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 589 MIDDLESBOROUGH, diocese of. — City and diocese in the province of Liverpool. The diocese was created by Leo XIII on 20 Dec. 1878, through the division of that…
Midian and Midianites (Hebrew Midhjān; Septuagint Μαδιάμ)(MADIAN E MADIANI TI (EBR. MIDHJĀN; SETTANTA MĀŠĪAV).)Vol. VII, p. 1069 MADIAN and MADIANI TI (Hebr. 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)Vol. VIII, p. 589 MIDHRĀŠ. — Homiletic interpretation of the Bible, produced by the rabbis from approximately the 2nd to the 10th centuries. The term derives from dāra, which,…
Mielich, HansVol. VIII, p. 589 MIELICH, HANS. - Painter, miniaturist, and engraver, b. in Monaco in 1516, d. there in 1573. From his father he learned the rudiments of art and initially…
Migazzi, Christoph Anton vonVol. VIII, p. 589 MIGAZZI, CHRISTOPH ANTON von. — Cardinal, born in Innsbruck on 23 November 1714, died in Vienna on 15 April 1803. He studied in Rome, where he returned in 1745…
MigezioVol. VIII, p. 590 MIGEZIO. — Spanish heretic of the late eighth century. He is little known, and only through documents hostile to him (letters from Elipandus to M. himself: PL…
Mignani, LauraVol. VIII, p. 590 MIGNANI, LAURA. - Religious, b. at Brescia about 1480, d. there on 10 Jan. 1525. Having entered at a very young age the monastery of the Augustinian nuns of S.…
Mignard, Pierre, detto Mignard Le RomainVol. VIII, p. 590 MIGNARD, PIERRE, known as MIGNARD le ROMAIN. — Born in Troyes on 17 November 1612, died in Paris on 30 May 1695. Brother of the painter Nicola M., he entered…
Migne, Jacques-PaulVol. VIII, p. 590 MIGNE, JACQUES-PAUL. – Priest, born at St-Flour (Auvergne) on 25 October 1800, died in Paris on 24 October 1875. Ordained in 1824, he was first a parish…
Mignosi, PietroVol. VIII, p. 591 MIGNOSI, PIETRO. — Philosopher, born in Palermo on 28 June 1895, died in Milan on 15 July 1937. He conceived art as a reflection of Revelation (Arte e…
Mignot, Eudoxe-IrénéeVol. VIII, p. 591 MIGNOT, EUDOXE-IRÉNÉE. – Archbishop, born at Brancourt (Aisne) on 20 September 1842, died at Albi on 18 March 1918. Ordained a priest in 1864, he became bishop…
Miguel I, Maria Evaristo of Braganza, King of Portugal(MIGUEL I, MARIA EVARISTO DI BRAGANZA, RE DEL PORTOGALLO)Vol. VIII, p. 591 MIGUEL I, Maria Evaristo di Braganza, king of PORTUGAL. – Second son of Giovanni VI of Portugal and younger brother of Pedro, first emperor of Brazil, b. on 26…
Milan, Archdiocese of(MILANO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 592 MILANO, ARCIDIOCESI di. — It now comprises a territory of 4,850 sq. km and extends over not only the present province of M., but also parts of those of Como,…
Milan, Saint Simplician, Bishop of(SIMPLICIANO, VESCOVO DI MILANO, SANTO)Vol. XI, p. 398 SIMPLICIANO, bishop of MILANO, saint. — Probably of Milanese origin, a presbyter at Milan and, from 397, successor of St. Ambrose in the episcopal see; he died…
Milescu, NicolaeVol. VIII, p. 600 MILESCU, NICOLAE. - Born in 1625, died in 1712, a learned Moldavian boyar, he studied in Constantinople at the Greek “great school,” under Venetian and Paduan…
Miletić, Agostino(MILETIĆ, ACOSTINO)Vol. VIII, p. 600 MILETIĆ, ACOSTINO. - Croatian Franciscan, born at Fojnica in Bosnia in 1763, died at Vidoši on 31 July 1831. He studied at Graz (Austria) and in the Veneto; he…
MiletoVol. VIII, p. 600 MILETO. – City situated on the coast of Asia Minor near the mouths of the Maeander. Inhabited as early as prehistoric times, it was occupied by Greek colonists…
Mileto, Diocese of(MILETO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 601 MILETO, DIOCESE of. – City and diocese in the province of Catanzaro. It has a population of 400,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed among 133 parishes,…
Militarism(MILITARISMO)Vol. VIII, p. 602 MILITARI- MILITARI- SM. — Militarism may be defined as the stable, present disposition of a State toward war, together with the simultaneous decisive influence…
Military and Hospitaller Orders(ORDINI CAVALLERESCHI ED OSPITALIERI)Vol. IX, p. 172 ORDERS OF CHIVALRY AND HOSPITAL ORDERS. — In its original sense, “ordo militaris,” corresponding to “ordo ecclesiasticus,” that is, to the clergy, generically…
Military Chaplain(CAPPELLANO MILITARE)Vol. III, p. 428 CAPPELLANO MILITARE. - I. GENERALITIES. - For the notion of the military chaplain, one should refer to the notion of the personal parish priest. Canon law in…
Military Service(SERVIZIO MILITARE)Vol. XI, p. 262 SERVIZIO MILITARE. - I. MILITARY SERVICE AS A PROFESSION. - Military service, from Lat. militia, may be considered both as a profession and as a temporary or…
Milix, Saint, Martyr(MILIX, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. VIII, p. 602 MILIX, saint, martyr. — Buried and venerated in the cemetery of Ponziano (v.) on the Via Portuense. His history is completely unknown. In the 7th century his…
Milizia AurataVol. VIII, p. 603 MILIZIA AURATA: v. ORDINI EQUESTRI.
Milizia dell'ImmacolataVol. VIII, p. 603 MILIZIA DELL'IMMACOLATA. – An association of Catholic-Marian prayer and apostolate, under the ideal of the Immaculate, founded in Rome, at the international…
Milizia, FrancescoVol. VIII, p. 603 MILIZIA, FRANCESCO. - Architectural theorist, b. at Oria in 1725, d. at Roma in 1798. He was a typical rationalist, though not without neoclassical overtones.…
Mill, JamesVol. VIII, p. 604 MILL, JAMES. — Historian and philosopher, born at Northwater Bridge (southern Scotland) on 6 April 1773, died in London on 26 June 1836. He studied literature…
Mill, John StuartVol. VIII, p. 604 MILL, JOHN STUART. — Philosopher and economist, son of James, born on 20 May 1806 in London, died on 8 May 1873 in Avignon. He adopted the surname Stuart out…
Mille, Legend of the Year(MILLE, LEGGENDA DELL'ANNO)Vol. VIII, p. 606 MILLE, LEGEND OF THE YEAR 1000. — According to it, as that year approached, Christian society felt itself seized by terror of the end of the world and the…
Millenarians(MILLENARI)Vol. VIII, p. 606 MILLENARI: v. TESTIMONI di GEOVÀ.
Millenarism(MILLENARISMO)Vol. VIII, p. 606 MILLENARISM. – An eschatological error according to which Jesus Christ must reign visibly for a thousand years on this earth at the end of the world. It was…
Millet, Jean-FrançoisVol. VIII, p. 608 MILLET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS. - Painter, born at Gruchy near Gréville on 4 Oct. 1814, died at Barbizon on 20 Jan. 1875. He learned drawing and painting in his native…
MillstattVol. VIII, p. 608 MILLSTATT. – Former Benedictine abbey in Carinthia, diocese of Gurk, founded around 1020 by the brothers Arbone and Bothone, Bavarian nobles, with monks coming…
Milner, JohnVol. VIII, p. 608 MILNER, JOHN. - Apostolic vicar of England, b. in London on 14 Oct. 1752, d. in Wolverhampton on 19 Apr. 1826. Educated at the English College of Douai, he was…
Milone, Crispino (Milo Crispinus)Vol. VIII, p. 608 MILONE, CRISPINO (Milo Crispinus). - Precentor of the abbey of Bec in Normandy and member of the distinguished Crispini family, of which he left a genealogy.…
Miltiades(MILZIADE)Vol. VIII, p. 610 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)Vol. VIII, p. 610 MILZIADE, POPE, saint. – The Liber Pontificalis states that he was of African origin. His pontificate, using the data supplied by the Catalogo Liberiano and…
Milton, JohnVol. VIII, p. 609 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…
Milwaukee, Archdiocese of(MILWAUKEE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 609 MILWAUKEE, ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the State of Wisconsin (from the Algonquian term “good land”; U.S.A.), of which it now comprises 10 counties. It was erected by…
Mimesis(MIMESI)Vol. VIII, p. 610 MIMESI. - From μίμησις, it means imitation. It is a concept upon which, probably already in the most ancient historical cultures, the interpretation and…
Mina (Heb. Mâneh; Gr. Μνᾶ; Lat. Mina or Mna)(MINA (EBR. MÂNEH; GR. ΜΝΑ͂; LAT. MINA O MNA))Vol. VIII, p. 610 MINA (Hebr. mâneh; Gr. μνᾶ; Lat. mina or mna). - Unit of weight, used in the biblical age for gold (I Reg. 10, 17) and silver (Estd. 2, 69; Neh. 7, 71), and…
Minardi, TommasoVol. VIII, p. 611 MINARDI, TOMMASO. — Painter, born in Faenza on 4 December 1787, died in Rome on 13 January 1871. A pupil of Giuseppe Zauli, having obtained a scholarship from…
Mindoro, Apostolic Prefecture of(MINDORO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VIII, p. 611 MINDORO, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. - Situated on the island of M., in the Philippine archipelago, it comprises the civil province of M. and the island of…
Minelli, AntonioVol. VIII, p. 612 MINELLI, ANTONIO: V. DE BARDI, GIOVANNI.
Mineralogy(MINERALOGIA)Vol. VIII, p. 612 MINERALOGIA. — The science of minerals. Originally, its principal task was to describe and identify them; today it is chiefly concerned with gaining a better…
MinervaVol. VIII, p. 614 MINERVA. — An ancient divinity belonging to the worship of various Italic peoples. M., in fact, before her appearance at Rome, where she attained her greatest…
Mingana, AlfonsoVol. VIII, p. 614 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 Paolo and was given the…
Mingarelli, Giovanni LuigiVol. VIII, p. 614 MINGARELLI, GIOVANNI LUIGI. – Orientalist and patrologist, born at Grizzana (Bologna) on 27 February 1722 and died at Bologna on 10 March 1793. He studied at…
Minges, PartheniusVol. VIII, p. 614 MINGES, PARTHENIUS. - Theologian and medievalist, b. at Flemlingen in the Palatinate on 15 Jan. 1861, d. at Monaco di Baviera on 12 Apr. 1926. A Friar Minor in…
Minghetti, MarcoVol. VIII, p. 617 MINGHETTI, MARCO. – Politician, born in Bologna on 8 November 1818, died in Rome on 10 December 1886. He was one of the most significant representatives of the…
Minhah(MINHĀH)Vol. VIII, p. 617 MINHĀH: v. SACRIFICIO.
Miniato, Saint, Martyr(MINIATO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. VIII, p. 617 MINIATO, saint, martyr. — A Passio s. Miniati, dating from before the ninth century or at least the tenth (BHL, 5965–66), recounts his beheading on the hill of…
Minieh of the Copts(MINIEH DEI COPTI)Vol. VIII, p. 623 MINIEH dei Copti: v. ERMOPOLI.
Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate (León)(FIGLIE MINIME DI MARIA IMMACOLATA (LEÓN))Vol. V, p. 771 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…
Minim Sisters of Charity of Mary, Sorrowful (Campostrini)(SORELLE MINIME DELLA CARITÀ DI MARIA ADDOLORATA (CAMPOSTRINI))Vol. XI, p. 590 SORELLE MINIME DELLA CARITÀ DI MARIA ADDOLORATA (CAMPOSTRINI). - Founded in Verona in 1817 through the efforts of the Veronese noblewoman Teodora Campostrini.…
Minime Del Sacro CuoreVol. VIII, p. 624 MINIME DEL SACRO CUORE. – The Institute had humble beginnings in Poggio a Caiano (diocese of Pistoia) through the work of Marianna Caiani, who, together with a…
Minime Del Sacro Cuore Di MariaVol. VIII, p. 624 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…
Minime Dell'AddolorataVol. VIII, p. 623 MINIMS OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS. - On 1 May 1868 the Servant of God Clelia Barbieri and two of her companions, under the direction of the parish priest d.…
Minime Di Nostra Signora Del SuffragioVol. VIII, p. 624 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…
Minims(MINIMI)Vol. VIII, p. 624 MINIMI. – A regular mendicant order, with solemn vows and a mixed life of contemplation and apostolate, founded by St. Francesco di Paola in 1435. I. ORIGINS…
Minister Of The Papal Chapel(MINISTRO DELLA CAPPELLA PONTIFICIA)Vol. VIII, p. 631 MINISTER OF THE PAPAL CHAPEL. - More properly called assistant minister at sacred functions (v. Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 912). Besides the monsignor sacristan of…
Ministers Of The Sick(MINISTRE DEGLI INFERMI)Vol. VIII, p. 630 MINISTRE DEGLI INFERMI. — The Institute was founded in 1819 in Lucca through the work of the servant of God Domenica Brun-Barbantini, and was approved by the…
Ministers of the Sick (Camillians, Camillini, Crucifers)(MINISTRI DEGLI INFERMI (CAMILLIANI, CAMILLINI, CROCIFERI))Vol. VIII, p. 630 MINISTERS OF THE SICK (CAMILLIANS, CAMILLINI, CRUCIFERS). — Clerics regular founded by s. Camillo de Lellis (v.) in 1586. They wear the cassock of the other…
Minnesang(MINNEGESANG)Vol. VIII, p. 632 MINNEGESANG. — From Old German Minne = love, and Gesang = song; a monodic lyric tradition that flourished in the German-speaking countries (Germany,…
Mino da Fiesole (M. di Giovanni Mini da Poppio or M. da Florentia)(MINO DA FIESOLE (M. DI GIOVANNI MINI DA POPPIO O M. DA FLORENTIA))Vol. VIII, p. 633 MINO da FIESOLE (M. di GIOVANNI MINI da POPPIO or M. da FLORENTIA). — Sculptor, born at Poppi in Casentino between 1430 and 1431, died at Florence in 1484. He…
Minoan-Mycenaean, Religion(MINOICO-MICENEA, RELIGIONE)Vol. VIII, p. 633 MINOICO-MICENEA, RELIGIONE: v. EGEA, RELIGIONE.
Minocchi, SalvatoreVol. VIII, p. 633 MINOCCHI, SALVATORE. - Biblical scholar and man of letters, born at Raggiolo in the Casentino in 1869, died at Travale (Siena) in Aug. 1943. Having entered the…
Minorca, Diocese Of(MINORCA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 636 MINORCA, DIOCESE OF. — On the island of the same name (Balearic Islands, Spain) in the Mediterranean. Area: 669 sq km. It is part of the ecclesiastical…
Minsk, Latin Diocese Of(MINSK, DIOCESI LATINA DI)Vol. VIII, p. 641 MINSK, LATIN DIOCESE di. - In White Russia; it was erected by an ukaz of Tsar Paul I on 9 Aug. 1798 and then canonically approved by Pope Pius VI on 15 Nov.…
Minucius, Felix(MINUCIO, FELICE)Vol. VIII, p. 641 MINUCIO, FELICE. – Apologist of the 2nd–3rd century. I. LIFE. — The scant information about M. F. comes, besides his sole surviving work, the Octavius, from…
Minuscule, Script(MINUSCOLA, SCRITTURA)Vol. VIII, p. 642 MINUSCOLA, SCRITTURA. – Like the term « maiuscola » (v.), that of m. likewise includes a general idea based on the reciprocal relationship of the size of the…
Minutants Of The Sacred Congregations(MINUTANTI DELLE SACRE CONGREGAZIONI)Vol. VIII, p. 643 MINUTANTI DELLE SACRE CONGREGAZIONI: v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE, SACRE.
Minuti, ThéophileVol. VIII, p. 643 MINUTI, THÉOPHILE. — Minim religious, Orientalist, and palaeographer, born at Bras in Provence in 1592, died at Marseille on 8 August 1662. He entered the…
Minuziano, AlessandroVol. VIII, p. 644 MINUZIANO, ALESSANDRO - End of Cicero’s Philippics and M.’s printed edition (1498) - Copy in the Vatican Library. Barberini (ms. Orient. 1). It was first used…
Minzoni, GiovanniVol. VIII, p. 644 MINZONI, GIOVANNI. - Priest, born at Ravenna on 1 July 1885, assassinated at Argenta on 23 Aug. 1923. After his Ordination (19 Sept. 1909), he was curate (Feb.…
Minzoni, OnofrioVol. VIII, p. 644 MINZONI, ONOFRIO. - Sacred orator and poet, born in Ferrara in 1734, where he died in 1817. He took part in the controversies against the Jansenists and…
Miollis, Sixte-AlexandreVol. VIII, p. 644 MIOLLIS, SIXTE-ALEXANDRE. — General, born at Aix on 18 September 1759, died there on 18 June 1828. The fifth of sixteen children—including Carlo Francesco,…
Miphibosheth(MIPHIBOSETH)Vol. VIII, p. 645 MIPHIBOSETH. - The only son of Gionata (v.), whose name was originally (v. ISBOSETH) Miphibos‘al (“from the mouth of the Lord”). He was five years old when his…
Mira de Amescua, AntonioVol. VIII, p. 651 MIRA DE AMESCUA, ANTONIO. - Spanish poet, born at Guadix about 1574, died there on 8 Sept. 1644. He was impatient of discipline both in life (even as…
Mirabilia UrbisVol. VIII, p. 645 MIRABILIA URBIS. – The M. contain information concerning the most notable Roman and Christian monuments and their history, compiled by grammarians and scholars…
Miracle(MIRACOLO)Vol. VIII, p. 646 MIRACOLO. — I. NOTION AND DIVISION. — Derived from the Latin mirari, it denotes an event that surprises and arouses wonder and astonishment. It is usually…
Miracle of the Fountain(FONTE, MIRACOLO DELLA)Vol. V, p. 888 FONTE, MIRACOLO della. — The miracle performed by Moses in the desert was represented very early in primitive Christian funerary art; the patriarch strikes the…
Miraculous Draught of Fishes(PESCA MIRACOLOSA)Vol. IX, p. 762 MIRACULOUS CATCH. - The miracle took place on the Lake of Genesareth, where the Lord, after instructing the crowds from one of His disciples’ two boats, told…
Miraculous Medal(MEDAGLIA MIRACOLOSA)Vol. VIII, p. 347 MIRACULOUS MEDAL. — It originated from an apparition of the Madonna (27 Nov. 1830) to s. Caterina Labouré (v.), a Daughter of Charity. The Virgin stood wearing…
Mirae CaritatisVol. VIII, p. 651 « MIRAE CARITATIS ». - Words with which begins the encyclical of Leone XIII, issued on 28 May 1902, on the Eucharist (Acta Leonis XIII, 22 [1903], pp. 115-36).…
Mirari VosVol. VIII, p. 651 « MIRARI VOS ». - Opening words of the encyclical of Gregorio XVI, issued on 15 Aug. 1832, against the errors of Lamennais (v.). After an introduction on…
Mirepoix, Diocese of(MIREPOIX, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 652 MIREPOIX, DIOCESI di: v. PAMIERS, DIOCESI di.
Miriam, King of Georgia(MIRIAM, RE DI GEORGIA)Vol. VIII, p. 652 MIRIAM, king of GEORGIA. — Born in 265 into the family of the Sassanids of Persia, died in 342. A strong and courageous warrior, he married a certain Nana at…
Mirocle, Saint(MIROCLE, SANTO)Vol. VIII, p. 652 MIROCLE, saint. — 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;…
Miron, CristeaVol. VIII, p. 652 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 studying…
Misael (Heb. Miṭṭā'ēl « Who [is] that which is God? »)(MISAEL (EBR. MIȚĂ'ĂL « CHI [È] CIÒ CHE È DIO ? »))Vol. VIII, p. 652 MISAEL (Heb. Miță'ăl, “Who [is] what God is?”).—The name of three persons in the Old Testament. 1. A Levite, son of Oziel (Ex. 6, 22; Lev. 10, 4). 2. A…
Miscellanea Franciscana(MISCELLANEA FRANCESCANA)Vol. VIII, p. 652 MISCELLANEA FRANCESCANA. - A quarterly periodical “of theological sciences and Franciscan studies,” founded as a Franciscan review “of sciences, letters, and…
Misciattelli, PieroVol. VIII, p. 653 MISCIATTELLI, PIERO. - Man of letters and historian, born in Florence on 14 February 1882, he lived chiefly in Umbria, Siena, and Rome, where he died on 13…
Misenum(MISENO)Vol. VIII, p. 653 MISENO. – An 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);…
Miserentissimus RedemptorVol. VIII, p. 653 « MISERENTISSIMUS REDEMPTOR ». — Opening words of the encyclical of Pius XI (9 May 1928) on the duty of reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (AAS, 20…
Mishnah(MIŠNĀH)Vol. VIII, p. 655 MIŠNĀH. — Collection of rabbinic treatises from the 1st–3rd centuries A.D., constituting the “oral” law, that is, the deductions drawn from the Pentateuch,…
Miskolc (Slovak Miškovec)(MISZKOLC (SLOVACCO MIŠHOVEC))Vol. VIII, p. 689 MISZKOLC (Slovak Mišhovec). — Apostolic administration (exarchate) of the parishes of Ruthenian faithful of the Byzantine-Slavonic rite in Hungarian territory.…
Mislavskij, Samuele Simbone ČrigorevičVol. VIII, p. 655 MISLAVSKIJ, SAMUELE SIMBONE ČRIGOREVIČ. - Born at Pološek on 24 May 1731, died at Kiev on 5 Jan. 1796. In 1742 he entered the Kiev Ecclesiastical Academy as a…
Misnia, Diocese of(MISNIA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 659 MISNIA, DIOCESI di: v. MEISSEN, DIOCESI di.
Missal(MESSALE)Vol. VIII, p. 498 MISSALE. – From the ecclesiastical Latin Missa, whence Missale or Liber Missalis, it is the liturgical book containing the euchological formulas (readings,…
Missiology(MISSIONOLOGIA)Vol. VIII, p. 679 MISSIONOLOGIA. — I. DEFINITION. — Missionary studies began in the last century, first through the work of Protestants and then of Catholics, in Germany.…
Mission Territories(TERRITORI DI MISSIONE)Vol. XI, p. 1214 TERRITORI DI MISSIONE. – Mission territories, in accordance with can. 252, are exclusively those dependent on the S. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide (v. MISSIONI…
Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)(MISSIONARI D'AFRICA (PADRI BIANCHI))Vol. VIII, p. 659 MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA (WHITE FATHERS). — The Society, founded by Cardinal Lavigerie in 1868, is composed of priests and lay coadjutor brothers, who are not…
Missionaries of Consolata(MISSIONARI DELLA CONSOLATA)Vol. VIII, p. 661 MISSIONARI DELLA CONSOLATA: V. ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA.
Missionaries of Marianhill(MISSIONARI DI MARIANNHILL)Vol. VIII, p. 663 MISSIONARIES OF MARIANNHILL. - The abbey of Mariannhill in Natal (South Africa) was founded by the Trappist prior Francesco Pfanner in 1882, 30 km. west of…
Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette(MISSIONARI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA SALETTE)Vol. VIII, p. 663 MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE. - Founded by Mons. Filibert de Bruillard, bishop of Grenoble (d. 1860), on 1 May 1852, and recognized as of pontifical…
Missionaries of Our Lady of the Holy Guard(MISSIONARI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA SANTA GUARDIA)Vol. VIII, p. 663 MISSIONARI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA SANTA GUARDIA. – Congregation of secular tertiary Minim priests, founded in 1700 by the priest Aless. Martin (1630–1703),…
Missionaries of Saint Charles (Scalabrinians)(MISSIONARI DI SAN CARLO (SCALABRINIANI))Vol. VIII, p. 663 MISSIONARI DI SAN CARLO (SCALABRINIANI). — The Pious Society of the M. of S. C. originated in Piacenza on 28 Nov. 1887, the day on which the first two…
Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales(MISSIONARI DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES)Vol. VIII, p. 664 MISSIONARIES OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES. - The Congregation was founded on 24 October 1838 at Annecy, near the tomb of the Saint, under whose patronage it was…
Missionaries of Saint Joseph of Mexico(MISSIONARI DI SAN GIUSEPPE DEL MESSICO)Vol. VIII, p. 664 MISSIONARIES OF SAINT JOSEPH OF MEXICO. - On 19 Dec. 1872, in the city of Mexico, the priest Giuseppe M. Villaseca, a priest of the Congregation of the…
Missionaries of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulists)(MISSIONARI DI SAN PAOLO APOSTOLO (PAULISTI))Vol. VIII, p. 664 MISSIONARI DI SAN PAOLO APOSTOLO (PAULISTI). - È la prima società missionaria ame- (per cortesia dei M. di S. F. di S.) MISSIONARI DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES -…
Missionaries of the Company of Mary(MISSIONARI DELLA COMPAGNIA DI MARIA)Vol. VIII, p. 661 MISSIONARIES OF THE COMPANY OF MARY. - From the very beginning of his priesthood, St. Luigi M. Grignion de Montfort (v.) had considered forming a company of…
Missionaries of the Holy Family(MISSIONARI DELLA SANTA FAMIGLIA)Vol. VIII, p. 661 MISSIONARIES OF THE HOLY FAMILY. - Religious congregation founded in 1895 by Fr. G. B. Berthier at Grave, near Bois-le-Duc in Holland. The purpose of the…
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit(MISSIONARI DELLO SPIRITO SANTO)Vol. VIII, p. 662 MISSIONARIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. - A religious congregation founded at Tepeyac, near Mexico City, at Christmas 1914, when Msgr. Raimondo Ibarra, archbishop of…
Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception of Lourdes(MISSIONARI DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DI LOURDES)Vol. VIII, p. 661 MISSIONARIES OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LOURDES. - In 1835 some zealous priests undertook the care of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Caraison and later also…
Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood(MISSIONARI DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE)Vol. VIII, p. 662 MISSIONARI DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE. — Religious congregation founded by the blessed Gaspare Del Bufalo (v.) in 1815 at Giano dell'Umbria; Gregory XVI approved…
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart(MISSIONARI DEL SACRO CUORE)Vol. VIII, p. 662 MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART. — Religious congregation founded at Issoudun, France, in 1854 by Fr. Jules Chevalier, with the specific aim of evangelizing…
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Majorca)(MISSIONARI DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (MAIORCA))Vol. VIII, p. 660 MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY (Majorca). - A religious congregation founded by Fr. Gioacchino Rossellò Ferrà and canonically erected by…
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Naples)(MISSIONARI DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (NAPOLI))Vol. VIII, p. 660 MISSIONARI DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (Naples). - Religious congregation founded in 1833 by the Ven. Gaetano Errico, in Secon- (courtesy of the…
Missionaries of the Workers(MISSIONARI DEGLI OPERALI)Vol. VIII, p. 660 MISSIONARIES OF WORKERS. — Religious congregation founded on 24 Nov. 1894 at Seraing in Belgium by the priest Teofilo Reyn, with the full approval of Msgr…
Missionaries Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus(MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)Vol. VIII, p. 668 MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ. – Religious congregation dependent on the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, which established it by decree of 27…
Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary(MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA)Vol. VIII, p. 668 MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA – S. Antonio Maria Claret, painting by F. Madrazo – Segovia, Casa Missione dei M. Clarettiani. The Constitutions…
Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, King(MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE RE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA)Vol. VIII, p. 668 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…
Missionary(MISSIONARIO)Vol. VIII, p. 668 MISSIONARY. – The concept of mission suggests that of the missionary, meaning one who is sent by the competent ecclesiastical authority to mission lands in…
Missionary Adaptation(ADATTAMENTO MISSIONARIO)Vol. I, p. 194 MISSIONARY ADAPTATION. — By this name (Ger. Akkomodation or Anpassung; Fr. Adaptation) missiology understands that part of missionary methodology which studies…
Missionary Benedictine Sisters of the Queen of the Apostles(MISSIONARIE BENEDETTINE DELLA REGINA DEGLI APOSTOLI)Vol. VIII, p. 665 MISSIONARIE BENEDETTINE DELLA REGINA DEGLI APOSTOLI. - The Institute was founded at Loppen-les-Bruges (Belgium) by the Benedictine abbot (from G. de Lava,…
Missionary Benedictines of Tutzing(BENEDETTINE MISSIONARIE DI TUTZING)Vol. II, p. 719 BENEDETTINE MISSIONARIE DI TUTZING. - Fr. Andrea Amrhein, founder of the Congregation of the Benedictines of Sankt Ottilien for the foreign missions, received…
Missionary Canonesses of Saint Augustine(MISSIONARIE CANONICHESSE DI SANT'AGOSTINO)Vol. VIII, p. 665 MISSIONARY CANONESSES OF SAINT AUGUSTINE. - The Congregation was founded in 1897 by Mother Maria Luisa de Meester (d. 10 Oct. 1928) at Heverlé (Belgium) for…
Missionary Catechists of Oruro(MISSIONARIE CATECHISTE DI ORURO)Vol. VIII, p. 665 MISSIONARIE CATECHISTE DI ORURO. - On 16 June 1925, Msgr. Antezana, bishop of Oruro (Bolivia), accompanied by two Fathers of the Heart of Mary, led Mother…
Missionary Cooperation(COOPERAZIONE MISSIONARIA)Vol. IV, p. 294 MISSIONARY COOPERATION. — The faithful can cooperate in the propagation of the faith through prayer, offerings, and the promotion of vocations to the…
Missionary Daughters of the Most Sacred Heart(MISSIONARIE ANCELLE DEL SACRATISSIMO CUORE)Vol. VIII, p. 665 MISSIONARIE ANCELLE DEL SACRATISSIMO CUORE. – The Institute was founded in 1890 in Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.), when, with the approval of Archbishop Cardinal…
Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary(MISSIONARIE DOMENICANE DEL S.MO ROSARIO)Vol. VIII, p. 667 MISSIONARIE DOMENICANE DEL S.mo ROSARIO. - The Institute was founded at Lima (Peru) in 1913 by Msgr. Raimondo Zubieta y Les, a Dominican, then apostolic vicar…
Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception(MISSIONARIE FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE)Vol. VIII, p. 667 FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. – Religious institute founded at Belle Prairie, Minnesota (U.S.A.), by Sister Ignazia di Gesù in 1873.…
Missionary Methodology(METODOLOGIA MISSIONARIA)Vol. VIII, p. 539 MISSIONARY METHODOLOGY. - Missionary methodology is nothing other than pastoral practice in mission territories and has an extremely varied and constant…
Missionary Press(STAMPA MISSIONARIA)Vol. XI, p. 714 STAMPA MISSIONARIA. I. THE MISSIONARY PRESS IN THE HOMELAND. — The first printed missionary reports were naturally travel accounts and treatises on the…
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters)(MISSIONARIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA D'AFRICA (SUORE BIANCHE))Vol. VIII, p. 667 MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY OF AFRICA (WHITE SISTERS). - Mons. Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers, founded this Congregation, just as he had founded that of the…
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary(MISSIONARIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL ROSARIO)Vol. VIII, p. 667 MISSIONARIE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL ROSARIO. — The Institute was founded at Killeshandra, in the diocese of Kilmore (Ireland), by Msgr. Shanahan, apostolic vicar…
Missionary Sisters of the Assumption of Grahamstown(MISSIONARIE DELL'ASSUNZIONE DI GRAHAMSTOWN)Vol. VIII, p. 666 MISSIONARIES OF THE ASSUMPTION OF GRAHAMSTOWN. - They originated from the Institute of the Sisters of the Assumption, founded in France by Eugenia Milleret de…
Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit(MISSIONARIE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO)Vol. VIII, p. 666 MISSIONARIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. – Institute founded on 5 January 1920 by Mgr. Alessandro Le Roy, superior general of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, with…
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception(MISSIONARIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE)Vol. VIII, p. 666 MISSIONARIES OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. — The Institute was founded in 1902 at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges near Montréal (Canada), by Delia Tétrault and…
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God(MISSIONARIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA MADRE DI DIO)Vol. VIII, p. 666 MISSIONARIES OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD. - In 1910 Msgr. A. Bahlmann, prelate of Santarem (Brazil), called some Conceptionist sisters to…
Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood of Aarle-Rixtel(MISSIONARIE DEL PREZIOSO SANGUE DI AARLE RIXTEL, SUORE)Vol. VIII, p. 666 MISSIONARIES OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF AARLE RIXTEL, SISTERS. - Although they were instituted in 1885 by Abbot Francesco Pfanner as an association of lay female…
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus(MISSIONARIE DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)Vol. VIII, p. 666 MISSIONARIE DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ. – Religious institute founded by St. Francesca Saverio Cabrini on 14 November 1880 at Codogno, with the approval of the…
Missionary Stations(STAZIONI MISSIONARIE)Vol. XI, p. 785 MISSION STATIONS. — In mission territories, besides the parishes of dioceses and the quasi-parishes of quasi-dioceses, there are also mission stations, which…
Missionary Statutes(STATUTI MISSIONARI)Vol. XI, p. 776 MISSIONARY STATUTES. – Since many missionary jurisdictions are entrusted to religious, numerous relationships arise between the institutes to which the…
Missionary Union of the Clergy(UNIONE MISSIONARIA DEL CLERO)Vol. XII, p. 523 UNIONE MISSIONARIA DEL CLERO. — The distant origins of the U. M. d. C. are intertwined with the history of the apostolate, which priests have always exercised…
Missionary Zealot Sisters of the Sacred Heart(MISSIONARIE ZELATRICI DEL SACRO CUORE)Vol. VIII, p. 667 MISSIONARY ZEALOTS OF THE SACRED HEART. - The Institute was founded in 1894 by Sister Clelia Merloni, for the purpose of spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart…
Missions Catholiques, LesVol. VIII, p. 679 MISSIONS CATHOLIQUES, LES. – Monthly illustrated missionary journal, published since 1868 by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, in Lyons. Initially…
Missirini, MelchiorreVol. VIII, p. 679 MISSIRINI, MELCHIORRE. - Writer and abbot, born at Forlì on 15 June 1773, died at Firenze on 18 Dec. 1849. After spending his youth in Romagna as a teacher at…
Mistral, FrédéricVol. VIII, p. 688 MISTRAL, FRÉDÉRIC. – Provençal poet, born at Maillane on 8 September 1830, died there on 25 March 1914. A disciple and friend of Joseph Roumanille, the…
MitanniVol. VIII, p. 689 MITANNI. – State in Upper Mesopotamia between approximately 1500 and 1365 B.C. which, especially under its king Saušatar (ca. 1450), dominated the cities of…
Mitarelli, Giovanni Benedetto(MITTARELLI, GIOVANNI BENEDETTO)Vol. VIII, p. 698 MITTARELLI, GIOVANNI BENEDETTO. — Camaldolese Benedictine, born in Venice on 2 September 1708, died in Murano on 14 August 1777. Under the guidance of…
MitraVol. VIII, p. 697 MITRE. - Liturgical headdress, the distinctive insignia of the pope, cardinals, and bishops, to whom it belongs by right; and also of abbots, prelates, and…
Mittermüller, RupertVol. VIII, p. 698 MITTERMÜLLER, RUPERT. - Historian and priest, b. 7 June 1814 at Mainburg in Bavaria, d. 11 Dec. 1893 at Metten. He studied at Landshut, Munich, and Regensburg…
Mitu, Apostolic Prefecture of(MITU, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VIII, p. 698 MITU, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. – In Colombia, established on 9 June 1949 by partitioning the apostolic vicariate of Piani di S. Martino (today Villavicencio).…
Mixed Marriage(MATRIMONIO MISTO)Vol. VIII, p. 298 MARRIAGE, MIXED: v. MIXED RELIGION, impediment of.
