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Moab
Son of Lot through incest with his firstborn (Heb. Mō'ābh; in the stele of Mesha m'b; Assyrian Ma'aba, Ma'b, Mu'aba; Egyptian Muaba; interpreted by the… -
Mobile, Diocese of (MOBILE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Alabama, in the United States of America. It comprises the State of Alabama (51,540 sq. miles) and the western part of Florida… -
Mochi, Francesco
Sculptor, b. at Montevarchi on 29 July 1580, d. at Rome on 6 Feb. 1654. At about the age of twenty he moved to Rome and collaborated with Camillo Mariani of… -
Mocquereau, André
Benedictine monk, b. at La Tessoualle (Maine-et-Loire) on 6 June 1849, d. at Solesmes on 18 Jan. 1930. Professed as a Benedictine at Solesmes in 1877, ordained… -
Modalism (MODALISMO)
A Trinitarian heresy that flourished in the 2nd-3rd centuries and consisted essentially in asserting > (from J. Gajard, Notre grand deuil, in Revue… -
Mode (MODO)
A clause appended to a contract or to an act of liberality, in order to impose a burden on one of the contracting parties or on the beneficiary of the act of… -
Modena, Leone
Rabbi, b. in Venice on 23 April 1571, d. there on 21 March 1648. Highly gifted for poetry, he did translation work and original works; he also acquired a good… -
Moderati
Those who, in the era of the Risorgimento, opposed on the political-social plane both total change and total preservation. Precursors of this vision of… -
Modern Arians (ARIANI MODERNI)
They are a revival of the ancient followers of Arius (v.). Today, better than "Arians," they are called Unitarians, Anti-Trinitarians (v.), and sometimes… -
Modernism (MODERNISMO)
It is the heterodox movement that took shape among Catholic scholars at the end of the last century and in the early years of the present one, which set out to… -
Modern Sacred Art (MODERNA, ARTE SACRA)
It can be said that since the eighteenth-century movement of encyclopedism, sacred art no longer had that expression and that triumph which constituted the… -
Modes (MODI)
The word m. in music is used both in rhythmics and in harmony. 1) In the rhythmic sense it refers, in the music of the 12th and 13th centuries, to the six… -
Modestino, Erennio
Roman jurist, who lived between the end of the 2nd century and the first half of the 3rd century. A pupil of Ulpian (v.), he was the last of the classical… -
Modestus of Jerusalem (MODESTO DI GERUSALEMME)
Patriarch of Jerusalem, d. 634. Rebuilder of the holy places in Jerusalem after the Persian invasion (614). Photius (Bibl., cod. 275) attributes homilies to… -
Modesty and Chastity (PUDORE E PUDICIZIA)
Modesty belongs as much to the sensory-instinctive sphere as to the conscious-intellectual one: in the first case there is modesty in the strict sense of the… -
Modesty and Immodesty (MODESTIA ED IMMODESTIA)
M. (from the Latin modestia) is a moral virtue, annexed to temperance, which moderates (whence its name) or regulates human acts that present moderate… -
Modica
It is the ancient Mutyka in Sicily, currently in the diocese of Noto. Christianity penetrated it very early and is attested by a hypogeum found in the Trepiedi… -
Modigliana, Diocese of (MODIGLIANA, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Florence. It comprises 7 municipalities in the province of Forlì and one in the province of Florence. Population 41,549, of whom 41,514 are… -
Modin (Seventy ΜΟΔΕΙ͂Ν and ΜΩΔΕΙ͂Ν) (MODIN (SETTANTA ΜΟΔΕΙ͂Ν E ΜΩΔΕΙ͂Ν))
A city of Judea, birthplace of the Maccabees (1 Macc. 2:1, 15, 23), where Mattathias and his two sons Judas and Jonathan were buried (1 Macc. 2:70; 9:19… -
Modon (Methone)
In the Peloponnese (Greece), formerly the seat of a Greek bishop and, under Latin rule (1205-1500), also of a Latin bishop, today it is a village of 2,000… -
Modrussa, Diocese of (MODRUSSA, DIOCESI DI)
MODRUSSA, DIOCESI di: v. SEGNA, DIOCESI di. -
Modulation (MODULAZIONE)
This term substantially indicates the passage from one key to another. The means by which such a passage can be effected are extremely varied and different in… -
Mogadishu, Apostolic Vicariate of (MOGADISCIO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It comprises the whole of Italian Somalia (at present a trust territory under mandate); it lies on the coast of the Indian Ocean south of the Gulf of Aden. It… -
Mogila, Peter (MOGHILA, PIETRO)
Metropolitan of Kiev from 1633 to 1646. Famous as the author of an Orthodox Confession. Born on 21 December 1596 (according to the old style) in Moldavia into… -
Mogilev [Mahilyow], Archdiocese of (MOHILEV, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It was erected in 1773 by Empress Catherine II of Russia and in 1783 by the Holy See for the Latin Catholics of the entire ancient Russian Empire, excluding… -
Möhler, Johann Adam
Theologian, b. May 6, 1796 at Igersheim (Württemberg), d. April 12, 1838 at Munich. After completing his secondary studies at Mergentheim (1809-13) and at… -
Möhler, Ludwig (MOHLER, LUDWIG)
Catholic historian, b. July 16, 1883 in Mannheim, d. Dec. 25, 1943 in Freiburg im Breisgau. Ordained a priest, from 1910 he devoted himself to philological and… -
Moholi
1. Firstborn of Merari (v.) and grandson of Levi (Ex. 6:19; Num. 3:20; 1 Chron. 6:4, 14 [Vulg. 19, 29]; 23:21; 24:26, 28); he was the ancestor of the great… -
Mohr, Theodor von
Swiss historian, b. 15 May 1794 at Süs, in the Engadine, d. 1 June 1854 at Chur. Having earned a degree in law, M. first practiced as a lawyer at Süs, then… -
Moissac
Benedictine abbey dedicated to St. Peter, situated at the confluence of the Tarn with the Garonne, founded around the middle of the 7th century by St. Amandus… -
Moksa
M., from the root muc, "to liberate, to release," means liberation from saṃsāra, from the continuous passage of souls from one form of existence to another… -
Molanus, Jan van (MOLANUS, JAN VAN)
Theologian, b. at Lille in 1533, d. at Louvain on 18 Sept. 1585. He studied at Louvain, obtaining his degree in theology there in 1570. M.'s principal activity… -
Moldavia
I. GEOGRAPHY. - One of the 16 federated Republics of the U.S.S.R. (M.A.S.S.R.), which over an area of 33,700 km² today counts 2.4 million inhabitants, of whom… -
Moleschott, Jakob
Dutch physiologist and physician, b. at s-Hertogenbosch on 9 April 1822, d. at Rome on 20 May 1893. He first taught at Heidelberg (1847-54), opposed for his… -
Molesme
Ancient abbey in the department of the Côte d'Or in France, formerly of the diocese of Langres, now of that of Dijon, founded in 1075 by St. Robert, founder of… -
Molfetta, Diocese of (MOLFETTA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Bari. It has united the dioceses of Giovinazzo and Terlizzi. It has a population of 90,000 inhabitants, almost all… -
Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, detto
Playwright, b. in Paris in Jan. 1622, d. there on 17 Feb. 1673. Into the artisanal and popular tradition of the commedia dell'arte players, who had passed from… -
Molina, Luis de
Jesuit theologian, who linked his name to Molinism (v.), b. at Cuenca (New Castile) in 1556, d. at Toledo on 12 Oct. 1600. A religious at Alcalá (1553), he was… -
Molina, Mercedes
Foundress of the Sisters of St. Mariana of Jesus de Paredes y Flores (v.), born at Bada (Ecuador) in 1828, died at Riobamba on 13 June 1883. At Guayaquil… -
Molinelli, Giovan Battista
Jansenist Piarist, born in Genoa on 29 January 1730, died there on 25 February 1799. Like his fellow Piarist Martino Natali (v.), whom he replaced as professor… -
Molinism (MOLINISMO)
A theological system that takes its name from Molina (v.). On 10 Oct. 1567, Pius V, with the bull Ex omnibus afflictionibus, had condemned the heretical and… -
Molinos, Miguel de
Quietist, b. at Muniesa (Spain) on 29 June 1628, d. at Rome on > (from Piero Maciattelli, Studi sensi, Siena 1931, plate between pp. 282 and 283) > MOLINOS… -
Molise
Historical region of central Italy, as a rule united with Abruzzo and corresponding, in the administrative sense, to the province of Campobasso. I. GEOGRAPHY.… -
Molitor, Wilhelm
German writer and theologian, b. at Zweibrücken on 24 Aug. 1819, d. at Speyer on 11 Jan. 1890. He studied theology at Heidelberg and Bonn; he held legal… -
Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardo
Writer, historian and parliamentarian, b. in Venice on 1 Sept. 1852, d. in Rome on 24 Jan. 1928. He practiced law, then devoted himself to teaching and… -
Moloch
Name of a Semitic deity, from the common melekh "king"; the Septuagint, rendering 2 Kings 23:10, 13 as ὁ Μολόχ, caused the current pronunciation, which never… -
Molza, Francesco Maria
Man of letters, b. at Modena on 18 June 1489, d. there on 28 Feb. 1544. Besides Latin and Greek he also knew Hebrew to a certain extent. Despite a past of… -
Mombaer, Jan
Monastic reformer and ascetic writer, b. probably ca. 1460 at Brussels, d. at the end of 1501. He entered the Canons Regular (Congregation of Windesheim) of… -
Mombrizio, Bonino
Italian humanist, b. in 1424, d. in Milan in 1500. Having completed his studies in Ferrara, from 1460 he lived in Milan, teaching Latin and Greek letters and… -
Momme Nissen, Benedetto
Dominican, b. 26 April 1870 at Deezbuehl (Schleswig), d. 23 June 1943 at Ilanz (Graubünden). Having met in 1890 Julius Langbehn, painter and critic, author of… -
Mommsen, Theodor
Historian, jurist, philologist, b. at Garding in Schleswig on 30 Nov. 1817, d. at Charlottenburg on 1 Nov. 1903. He completed his studies at the University of… -
Monachism (MONACHISMO)
From the verb μονάζω ("I live solitary") comes the word μονάζων; the more frequent one, μοναχος, comes from the perfect μεμόναχα. "Monks" was the name given to… -
Monaci, Ernesto
Philologist and historian, b. at Soriano nel Cimino (Viterbo) on 20 February 1844, d. at Rome on 1 May 1918. Having graduated in law at Rome in 1865, he soon… -
Monaco
Apart from the Vatican State, this is the smallest state in the world. It consists of a narrow coastal strip on the western Ligurian Riviera, between the Roya… -
Monad (MONADE)
The term, from the Greek μονάς ("unity"), was already used by Pythagoras and his disciples who, with the theory of number as the essence of things, made the m.… -
Monaldo da Capodistria
Canonist, who was certainly a member of the Minorite Order, died at Capodistria before 1285. Scarce information about him remains; indeed he has often been… -
Monarchianism (MONARCHIANISMO)
Nome dato anticamente all'eresia del modalismo o sabellianismo, e anche, da alcuni autori moderni e meno propriamente, a quella dell'adozianismo, perché… -
Monarchomachs (MONARCOMACHI)
With this term (from μοναρχία and μάχημαι: those who fight monarchy), are designated those political writers, mostly non-Catholic, who, between 1550 and 1620… -
Monarchy (MONARCHIA)
In the classification of forms of government, monarchy (under this or an analogous name, such as empire, principality, etc.) was very early identified as the… -
Monastery (MONASTERO)
M. (from μοναστήριον and monasterium) in the CIC is a religious house (v.), inhabited by monks or canons regular or nuns (canons 488, nos. 2 and 8; 494 § 1… -
Moncalvo, Caccia Guglielmo detto Il
Painter, b. at Montabone (Acqui) around 1568, d. in 1625. He settled in 1593 at Moncalvo, whence the nickname. He was an eclectic, mannerist painter, and was… -
Monceaux, Paul
French historian and archaeologist, b. at Auxerre on 29 May 1859, d. at Sceaux on 7 Feb. 1941. A professor of the history of Latin literature at the Collège de… -
Moncton, Archdiocese of (MONCTON, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of New Brunswick (Canada), with three suffragan dioceses: St-Jean, Bathurst and Edmundston. Its population is composed for… -
Mondoñedo, Diocese of (MONDOÑEDO, DIOCESI DI)
Spanish city and diocese in the extreme west of the Cantabrian coast, in the civil provinces of Lugo and La Coruña. It has an area of 4,369 sq km, with 321,400… -
Mondovì, Diocese of (MONDOVÌ, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city of Piedmont. The diocese comprises 181 parishes (84 municipalities: 70 in the province of Cuneo and 14 in the province of Savona). Priests… -
Monenergism (MONENERGISMO)
MONENERGISMO: v. ADOZIANISMO. -
Moneta
Cultic epithet of Juno, who under this name had a temple on the Capitoline, dedicated by Camillus in 345 B.C. Her festival fell on June 1. Within its sacred… -
Moneta of Cremona (MONETA DA CREMONA)
Dominican theologian and writer, b. at Cremona, d. at Bologna c. 1260. He taught the liberal arts at the University of Bologna and was famous throughout tota… -
Monetary Devaluation (SVALUTAZIONE MONETARIA)
A truthful and innocent index of an evolution, which would not be harmful in itself if it occurred uniformly for all classes and for all lines of… -
Money (MONETA)
A piece of metal of a determined weight, generally round in shape and bearing on its two faces or, more rarely, on only one, a device and a legend, or only one… -
Möngke Khan (MÄNGÜ KHAN)
Emperor of the Tartars from 1251 to 1256. After the death of Güyük in 1248, the Tartar princes elected M. as great khan (hān) in 1521, and he continued the… -
Mongolia
I. THE COUNTRY. - A vast and hard-to-define region of Central Asia, comprised between southern Siberia, Zungaria, Sin Kiang, the Nanshan, China and Manchuria.… -
Mongolism (MONGOLISMO)
M. or Langdon-Down syndrome (1866) is a state of marked retardation of physical and mental development, congenital but not hereditary; and it owes its name to… -
Monica, Saint (MONICA, SANTA)
Mother of St. Augustine, born at Tagaste, in proconsular Numidia, in 331, died at Ostia in 387. Her parents were Christians: Monica's education was entrusted… -
Monico, Jacopo
Born at Riese, diocese of Treviso, on June 26, 1778, died at Venice on April 25, 1851. Ordained a priest in 1800, he was called to govern the parish of S. Vito… -
Monism (MONISMO)
From μόνος, single, it is, in the proper sense, every system that regards the multiplicity of things as apparent, resolving it into a fundamental and absolute… -
Monita Ad Missionarios
The Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide gave the first apostolic vicars of the Seminary of Paris certain Instructiones, which underwent many modifications… -
Monita Secreta
A code of instructions attributed to the Jesuit Superior General C. Aquaviva and addressed to superiors, concerning the various methods to be employed to… -
Monks of Saint Paul the First Hermit (MONACI DI SAN PAOLO PRIMO EREMITA)
They took their name from St. Paul of Thebes, the first hermit, who lived in Egypt in the 3rd-4th century, but their origin goes back to the hermits living in… -
Monluc, Jean de
Diplomat, b. at Condom in 1508, d. at Toulouse on 13 April 1579. He belonged to the Dominican Order and in 1553 was appointed bishop of Valence and Die. In the… -
Monochord (MONOCORDO)
The monochord was for music the instrument that had the most varied applications: at first an experimental instrument for acoustics, it was, from the 9th… -
Monod
Family of French Protestant theologians. ADOLPHE, b. in Copenhagen on 21 Jan. 1802, d. in Paris on 6 Apr. 1856, founded the French Calvinist church of Naples… -
Monody (MONODIA)
From the Greek μόνος = alone and ὠδή = song, today every form of singing, choral or soloistic, ancient or modern, with or without instrumental accompaniment… -
Monogamy (MONOGAMIA)
I. THEORIES AND RESEARCH ON ORIGINS. - The first to challenge the traditional thesis concerning the monogamous marital institution was the Swiss scholar… -
Monogenism (MONOGENISMO)
By m. is meant the unity of the human race, inasmuch as it originates from a first man, Adam. I. THEOLOGY. - Holy Scripture, taken in its literal and most… -
Monogram (MONOGRAMMA)
The monogram results from the interweaving of all the letters making up a word, or only of the initials or the consonants that constitute it; for the most part… -
Monophysites (MONOFISITI)
This is the name given to the heretics who in the incarnate Son of God admit only one nature (in Greek φύσις) resulting from the union of the divinity with the… -
Monopoli, Diocese of (MONOPOLI, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Bari, immediately subject to the Holy See. It has an area of 1,000.500 [square kilometers?] with an entirely Catholic… -
Monopoly (MONOPOLIO)
From μοναπώλιον, monopolium. I. GENERALITIES. - A monopoly consists in the exclusive possibility, in fact or in law, in a single subject, of selling certain… -
Monotheism (MONOTEISMO)
I. THEOLOGY. - Monotheism (from μόνος θεός) is the doctrine that teaches that God is one only, inasmuch as, given his nature, he admits no other gods like… -
Monothelitism (MONOTELISMO)
A Christological heresy of the 7th century, the last great attempt to re-establish unity with the Monophysites (v.) by means of partial concessions, admitting… -
Monreale, Archdiocese of (MONREALE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in Sicily, in the province of Palermo. It has a population of 200,000 inhabitants, of whom 199,500 are Catholics; it has 50 parishes… -
Monroe, James
American politician, b. in Westmoreland County (Virginia) on 28 Apr. 1758, d. in New York on 4 July 1831. He fought in the War of Independence, was a member of… -
Monrovia, Apostolic Vicariate of (MONROVIA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is the name recently assumed by the ancient apostolic vicariate of Liberia (v.), after the division (Feb. 2, 1950) of its territory to erect the apostolic… -
Monsabré, Jacques-Marie-Louis
Celebrated Dominican orator, b. at Blois on 10 Dec. 1827, d. at Le Havre on 22 Feb. 1907. Of a jovial and ardent temperament, he soon came under the spell of… -
Montagna, Bartolomeo
Painter, b. perhaps at Orzinuovi (Brescia), active at Vicenza where he d. 11 Oct. 1523. In 1482 he was commissioned by the Scuola grande di S. Marco, in… -
Montagnani, Pietro
Neo-Scholastic philosopher, b. at Tredozio (diocese of Modigliana) on 28 Aug. 1843, d. in the charterhouse of Trisulti (Rome) on 8 June 1902. Trained in… -
Montagnosa, Apostolic Vicariate of (MONTAGNOSA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the 16th century the entire northern part of the island of Luzón, where the apostolic vicariate of M. is located, was erected as a diocese under the name of… -
Montaignac de Chauvence, Louise-Thérèse
Foundress of the Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, b. at Le Havre-de-Grâce (diocese of Rouen), d. at Montluçon (diocese of Moulins) on 27 June 1885. Having… -
Montaigne, Michel, Eyquem de
Jurist, philosopher, educationist, b. at Montaigne, near Bordeaux, on 28 February 1533, d. there on 13 September 1592. He was the firstborn of a family of… -
Montalcino, Diocese of (MONTALCINO, DIOCESI DI)
City in the province of Siena, seat of a diocese, with territory partly in the province of Siena and partly in that of Grosseto. It borders on the dioceses of… -
Montaldi, Paola, Blessed (MONTALDI, PAOLA, BEATA)
Poor Clare, b. at Volta Mantovana in 1443, d. 18 Aug. 1514. As a girl she was called "the little saint." At the age of 14, in 1458, she entered the Urbanist… -
Montalembert, Charles-René, Forbes de
Publicist and politician, b. in London on 15 April 1810, d. in Paris on 13 March 1870. He was educated first under the guidance of his maternal grandfather… -
Montalto, Diocese of (MONTALTO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Ascoli Piceno. It has 32,351 inhabitants, almost all Catholics, distributed among 34 parishes, served by 58 diocesan… -
Montanari, Giacomo
Minister General of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at Bagnacavallo (Romagna) in 1570, d. at Venice on 4 Nov. 1631. Master of students and bachelor at Bologna… -
Montanelli, Giuseppe
Politician, b. at Fucecchio on 21 Jan. 1813, d. there on 17 June 1862. Anticlerical and rationalist in his youth, he "converted" at the beginning of 1832 to… -
Montañez, Juan Martínez (MONTAÑEZ, JUAN MARTINEZ)
Spanish sculptor and architect, b. at Alcalá la Real (Jaén) on 16 March 1568 and d. at Seville on 18 June 1649. He is among the greatest representatives of… -
Montano, Lucio and Companions, Saints, Martyrs (MONTANO, LUCIO E COMPAGNI, SANTI, MARTIRI)
In the Hieronymian Martyrology and in the Calendar > (by courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutaz) > MONTAÑEZ, JUAN MARTINEZ - N. S. del Valle. Scultura in legno… -
Montanus and Montanism (MONTANO E MONTANISMO)
Montanus is the founder of Montanism, an enthusiastic and rigorist sect that began in Phrygia around 172 and was therefore called the "heresy of the… -
Montauban, Diocese of (MONTAUBAN, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city, prefecture seat of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in France. The city of M. lies on a terrace situated between the right bank of the Tarn… -
Montauti, Antonio
Sculptor and architect, b. probably in Florence and d. there around 1740. He was a pupil of the skilled sculptor and chaser Giuseppe Piamontini. In the… -
Monte Cassino (MONTECASSINO)
Abbey in southern Lazio, founded around 529 by St. Benedict of Nursia, on the ancient acropolis that stood on the mountain, of which imposing circuit walls… -
Montecorvino
Ancient diocese in the province of Salerno, today a simple village called M. Rovella; it originated from a "monasterium S. Corvini." Its last bishop was… -
Montefeltro, Diocese of (MONTEFELTRO, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Urbino; since 1563 the episcopal residence has been in Pennabilli, province of Pesaro. The diocese extends over 800 sq. km. with a population of… -
Montefiascone, Diocese of (MONTEFIASCONE, DIOCESI DI)
In Latium, in the province of Viterbo; it has an area of 475 sq. km., with a population of 40,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed among 21 parishes… -
Monte, Francesco Maria Bourbon del
Cardinal, born in Venice on 5 July 1549 to Ranieri of the marquises del Monte di S. Maria, count of Monte Baroccio and of Minerva Pianosa, died in Rome on 27… -
Monteinard, Bruno
Mystical theologian and apologist, b. at Bormes (Provence) on 7 Feb. 1752, d. at Rome on 14 March 1838. Having entered the Minims in 1767, he taught theology… -
Montemarano
Ancient diocese in the province of Benevento, of which it was a suffragan; today a village at 824 m. in the province of Avellino. The settlement was almost… -
Montenegro
Today one of the six federated Republics in the Yugoslav State. I. GEOGRAPHY. - Montenegro (or Cernagora) is formed by the southern strip of the Dinaric Alps… -
Montenses
Name by which the small Donatist community of Rome was designated, because, according to what St. Optatus states (De schismate Donatistarum, II, 4: PL. 11… -
Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Abbey of (MONTEOLIVETO MAGGIORE, ABBAZIA DI)
The archabbey of M. M. presents itself to the visitor in picturesque fashion, with a complex of brick buildings, amid groups of cypresses on the steep slopes… -
Montepeloso, Diocese of (MONTEPELOSO, DIOCESI DI)
MONTEPELOSO, DIOCESE OF: v. IRSINA, DIOCESI di. -
Monte, Philippe de
Flemish polyphonist, b. at Mechelen in 1521 and d. at Prague in the summer of 1603. He was first in Naples, Rome, Antwerp, Genoa, and finally on 1 May 1568 he… -
Montepulciano, Diocese of (MONTEPULCIANO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Siena, on the Mons Politianus which divides the Val di Chiana from the Val d'Orcia. It has an area of 163.85 sq km with a… -
Monterano
Ancient diocese (Manturia) west of Lake Bracciano below Monte Angiano. It appears only in 649, and L. Duchesne held that it had succeeded that of Forum Clodii… -
Monterey-Fresno, Diocese of (MONTEREY-FRESNO, DIOCESI DI)
In the ecclesiastical province of Los Angeles, U.S.A., it comprises 12 counties of the State of California and covers an area of 43,714 square miles with a… -
Monterisi, Nicola
Archbishop, b. at Barletta on 21 May 1867, d. at Salerno on 30 March 1944. Having earned degrees in theology, law and literature, he taught dogmatic theology… -
Monterrey, Archdiocese of (MONTERREY, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and capital city of the State of Nuevo León in northern Mexico. The city was founded in 1579, with the name of St. Lucia, changed in 1585 to that… -
Montesclaros, Diocese of (MONTESCLAROS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the northern extremity of the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil. It has an area of 129,328 sq km with a population of 401,000 inhabitants, of… -
Montesino, Ambrosio
Franciscan, orator and writer, b. at Huete (year unknown), d. probably at Madrid on 29 Jan. 1514. The scanty biographical data known derive from his works. He… -
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de (MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT, BARONE DI)
Jurist and philosopher, b. at La Brède on 18 January 1689, d. at Paris on 10 February 1755. Of a noble family of magistrates, he completed his studies at… -
Monteverde
Ancient diocese in the province of Avellino, created in the year 1175 by Pope Alexander III. The settlement lies at 740 m. above sea level, apparently on the… -
Monteverdi, Claudio
Musician, b. at Cremona on 15 May 1567, d. at Venice on 29 Nov. 1643. Early testimonies were the Sacrae cantincula for three voices (1582) and the Madrigali… -
Montevergine, Abbey of (MONTEVERGINE, ABBAZIA DI)
Historic sanctuary on Monte Partenio, at 1,270 m. above sea level, near Avellino. It was founded by St. William of Vercelli between 1114 and 1126 in the place… -
Montevideo, Archdiocese of (MONTEVIDEO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and capital city of Uruguay. It has an area of 40,062 sq km with a population of 1,345,000 inhabitants, of whom 935,000 are Catholics, distributed… -
Montfaucon, Bernard de
Born on January 16, 1655 in southern France, of a noble family, he served as a soldier in 1672 in Turenne's campaign, was a Benedictine novice at Toulouse in… -
Montferrat, Marquises of (MONFERRATO, MARCHESI DI)
The dynasty of the marquises of M. begins in the 10th century with ALERAMO, prince coadjutor of Berengar II, whose daughter Gerberga he married. To the domains… -
Montfort, Simone IV de (SIMONE IV DA MONTFORT)
Leader of the Crusade against the Albigensians. From a very ancient family, son of Simon III, baron of Montfort, he was born in the second half of the 12th… -
Month, The
Monthly periodical, founded in London in July 1864 to satisfy the desire of Catholics to have their own cultural publication, by Frances Margaret Taylor, the… -
Monti di Pietà
Institutions whose purpose is to lend sums of money against pledges, with a minimal payment for expenses, so as to combat usury and come to the aid of the less… -
Monti, Giuseppe
Apologist and publicist, b. in Bologna on 14 Nov. 1879, d. in Rome on 31 Dec. 1949. Ordained a priest on 19 Dec. 1903, he attended special courses at the… -
Monti, Luigi Maria
Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of the Immaculate Conception, b. at Bovisio (Milan) on 24 July 1825, d. at Saronno on 1 Oct. 1900. Having joined the idea… -
Monti, Vincenzo
Poet, b. 19 Feb. 1754 at Alfonsine (Ravenna), d. in Milan 13 Oct. 1828. From 1778, for about 20 years, he lived in Rome (he had completed his studies at the… -
Mont-Laurier, Diocese of (MONT-LAURIER, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese in the province of Québec. As soon as he had taken possession of his see of Ottawa, Msgr. Charles Hugh Gauthier set to work on the organization of a… -
Montmajour
Benedictine abbey situated on the island of St-Pierre de M., to the north-east of Arles, surrounded by marshes which gave it in Provençal the name of St-Pierre… -
Montmorency, Anne de
Born at Chantilly on 12 November 1493, died at St-Denis on 12 November 1567. The name Anne was given to him by his godmother Anne of Brittany. He enjoyed the… -
Montmorency, Henri I
Son of Anne and of Madeleine of Savoy, b. at Chantilly in 1534, d. at Agde on 1 April 1614. In the war of religion he was at the head of the Catholics and… -
Montmorency, Henri II
Son of Henri I, born at Chantilly on 30 April 1595, died at Toulouse on 30 October 1632. From Henry IV he received the government of Languedoc. Louis XIII… -
Montmorency-Laval, François de
Bishop of Québec, b. 30 April 1623 at Montigny-sur-Avre (Eure-et-Loire), d. at Québec on 6 May 1708 in the reputation of sanctity. As archdeacon of Evreux he… -
Montorfano, Giovanni Paolo
Propagator of catechetical instruction, b. at Como, d. 27 Dec. 1580. He was a companion of St. Jerome Emiliani in the founding of orphanages in Lombardy. When… -
Montor, Jean-Alexis-François Artalio de
French diplomat and writer, b. 21 July 1772 in Paris, d. there 12 Nov. 1849. Attached to the French legation in Stockholm in 1792, he then joined the royalist… -
Montorsoli, Giovanni Antonio
Sculptor, b. in Villa Montorsoli near Florence (from which he derived his name) in 1507, d. in Florence on 31 Aug. 1563. Very young, he worked alongside… -
Montoya, Luis de
Augustinian ascetical writer, b. at Belmonte (Cuenca) in 1497, d. at Lisbon in 1569. He was prior at Medina del Campo (1526-1535). The superior general… -
Montpellier, Diocese of (MONTPELLIER, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese, seat of the prefecture of the department of Hérault, on the river Lez, ancient capital of Languedoc. The diocese has the same extent as the… -
Montréal, Archdiocese of (MONTRÉAL, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the province of Québec (Canada). The archdiocese of M. today numbers 946,535 Catholics, of whom 806,185 live in the city of M. More than 8,000 belong to the… -
Mont Saint-Michel (SAINT-MICHEL, MONT)
Ancient abbey in the department of the Manche (France), situated on a rocky islet that forms a granite hill; since 1879 it has been joined to the mainland by a… -
Montserrat (Monserrato), Santa Maria di (MONSERRATO (MONTSERRAT), SANTA MARIA DI)
Benedictine monastery and sanctuary of the Virgin, in Catalonia on the mountain which, because of its strange geological formation, took the name mons… -
Montuori, Luigi
Born at Praiano di Amalfi on 17 Oct. 1798, died at Naples on 8 May 1857. He entered the missionaries of St. Vincent at Naples in 1816. In 1839 he joined Sapeto… -
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
It is the most important collection of sources for medieval history, particularly for Germany, but indirectly for all the countries that entered the orbit of… -
Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu
A publication of documents for the history of the Society of Jesus, begun in Madrid in 1894 and continued in Rome from 1929, issued under the direction of the… -
Monumenta Nipponica
A biannual publication of high Japanese culture, founded and published in 1938 by the Sophia Universitas of Tokyo, established and directed by the Society of… -
Monumenta Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum Historica
A series of critical editions of sources for the history of the Dominican Order, begun during the generalate of Fr. Andreas Frühwirth. The collection opens… -
Monumenta Ordinis Servorum Sanctae Mariae
A publication whose purpose is to reproduce and disseminate the principal historical documents, preferably the oldest ones, concerning the Order of the… -
Monumenta Serica
A publication, in annual volumes, of high sinological culture, founded in 1935 by Fr. F. Saverio Biallas, of the Society of the Divine Word, and published… -
Monza
City in Lombardy (diocese of Milan), which was of great importance in the time of the Lombards, who enriched it with monuments. The church of St. John the… -
Moon (LUNA)
Satellite of the Earth, from which it probably originated through the division of the still-fluid terrestrial mass (v. COSMOGONY). According to the theory of… -
Moorat-Raphael, Collegio Armeno
È la fusione di due collegi fondati in tempi diversi: il Collegio M. venne fondato a Padova il 4 sett. 1834 con i lasciti dell'armeno Samuel Moorat, e nel 1846… -
Moore, Arthur
Count and politician, b. in 1849 at Liverpool, d. in 1904 at Mooresfort, Tipperary (Ireland). Elected deputy in 1874, he supported in Parliament agrarian… -
Moosbrugger, Kaspar
Architect, b. July 22, 1656 at Au im Bregenzerwald, d. Aug. 26, 1723 at Einsiedeln. He worked in almost all of Catholic Switzerland, of which he is considered… -
Mopoi, Apostolic Prefecture of (MOPOI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, specifically in the province of Equatoria. It is entrusted to the Congregation of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of… -
Moral Case, Assembly of (CASO MORALE, ADUNANZA DEL)
A gathering of priests, in the episcopal city or in the individual rural deaneries, to discuss specific subjects of ecclesiastical science; since these… -
Morales, Christobal de
Musician, b. in Seville on 2 Jan. 1512, d. in Toledo in 1553. He did his studies in his native city, and completed them later in Rome, where he was a singer of… -
Morales, Juan Bautista de
Dominican missionary, b. at Ecija (Andalusia) ca. 1597, d. at Funing (China) on 17 Sept. 1664. A religious in his homeland, around 1620 he set out as a… -
Morales, Luis de, called El Divino (MORALES, LUIS DE, DETTO EL DIVINO)
Spanish painter, b. at Badajoz around 1500 and d. there on 9 May 1586. He was among the most active painters of his time. Among his numerous works, scattered… -
Moral Impassibility (IMPASSIBILITÀ MORALE)
IMPASSIBILITÀ MORALE : v. APATIA. -
Morality (MORALITÀ)
By m. is meant the quality of human actions by virtue of which they are morally good or bad. A fundamental and necessary prerequisite of the m. of an act is… -
Morality of Art (MORALITÀ DELL'ARTE)
The question of the morality of art is debated between the opposing theses of those who tend to insert morality into the artistic function itself, and of those… -
Moral Systems (SISTEMI MORALI)
By "moral systems," in a generic sense, is meant a body of principles capable of resolving a doubt of conscience. When, with regard to good and evil, man finds… -
Moral Theology (TEOLOGIA MORALE)
It is that part of Catholic theology which directly considers specifically human action, directed toward its ultimate end, which, known through Revelation… -
Morando, Giuseppe
Philosopher, b. in Genoa on 28 Jan. 1866, d. in Voghera on 4 May 1914. He was a lecturer at the Universities of Padua and Milan, then headmaster of the Liceo… -
Moravia
MORAVIA: v. CECOSLOVACCHIA. -
Moravian and Bohemian Brethren (MORAVI E BOEMI FRATELLI)
MORAVI e BOEMI FRATELLI: v. BOEMI, FRATELLI. -
Morazzone, Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, called Il (MORAZZONE, PIER FRANCESCO MAZZUCCHELLI, DETTO IL)
Born at Morazzone, near Varese, in 1573, according to an anonymous eighteenth-century catalogue, not confirmed; died at Piacenza in 1626. He was considered by… -
Morcelli, Stefano Antonio
Archaeologist and epigrapher, b. at Chiari (Brescia) on 17 January 1737, d. there on 1 January 1822. Having entered the Jesuits in 1753, he taught literary… -
Moreau, Basile-Antoine
Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross and of the sisters of the same title, b. at Laigné-en-Belin (Mayenne) on 11 Feb. 1798, d. at Le Mans (Sarthe) on 20… -
More, Gertrude
English mystic, baptized Helen, b. at Low Leyton (Essex) on 25 March 1606, d. at Cambrai on 17 Aug. 1633. On the advice of the Benedictine dom Benet Jones, her… -
More, Henry
He was the principal representative of the Cambridge Neoplatonists (who also influenced the poet Crashaw), b. at Grantham on 12 Oct. 1614 to Calvinist parents… -
Morelia, Archdiocese of (MORELIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the State of Michoacán in Mexico. It has an area of 30,000 sq km with 1,300,000 inhabitants, of whom 1,100,000 are Catholics… -
Morelli, Domenico
Painter, b. in Naples on 8 July 1823, d. there on 13 Aug. 1901. A pupil at the Neapolitan Academy of Costanzo Angelini and Camillo Guerra, he was set by them… -
Morell, Julienne
Dominican mystical writer, b. in Barcelona on 16 Feb. 1594, d. at Avignon on 26 June 1653. At the age of 7 she moved with her father to Lyon, and, under the… -
Morelly
French political writer, of whom it is known only that he lived around the middle of the 18th century and that he resided at Vitry-le-François. Various works… -
Moreno y Díaz, Ezequiel (MORENO Y DIAZ, EZEQUIEL)
Augustinian and missionary, b. at Alfaro (Old Castile) on 9 April 1848, d. at Monteagudo (Spain) on 19 Aug. 1906. A missionary in the Philippines from 1870; in… -
More, Thomas (Thomas Moro), Saint (TOMMASO MORO (THOMAS MORE), SANTO)
Born in London on 7 February 1477 or 1478 into a family of honourable standing, died there on 6 July 1535. As a page, at about the age of 13, in the service of… -
Moreto y Cavaña (Cabaña), Agustín (MORETO Y CAVANA (CABAÑA), AGUSTÍN)
Spanish playwright of Italian origin, b. in Madrid on April 9, 1618, d. there between October 26 and 27, 1669. He was court poet to Philip IV, a priest in… -
Moretto, Alessandro Bonvicino detto Il
Painter, b. in Brescia in 1498, d. there on 22 Dec. 1554. Between 1515 and 1518 he painted, together with Ferramola, the organ shutters for the Duomo Vecchio… -
Morganatic, Marriage (MORGANATICO, MATRIMONIO)
MORGANATICO, MATRIMONIO : v. MATRIMONIO, IV, v. -
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
American biologist, b. at Lexington on 25 Sept. 1866, d. at Pasadena on 4 Dec. 1945. He graduated in natural sciences in 1890 from Johns Hopkins University. He… -
Morganti, Pasquale
Archbishop of Ravenna and well-known author of ascetical writings, b. at Lesmo (Milan) on 13 Dec. 1852, d. at Ravenna on 18 Dec. 1921. He was a favourite pupil… -
Morgott, Franz
Catholic theologian and philosopher, b. at Mühlheim (Franconia) on 12 June 1829, d. at Eichstätt on 3 Feb. 1900. Professor of philosophy and (from 1869 to… -
Moria
Region ('ereq ham-Mōrijjāh), where Abraham went from Beersheba to sacrifice his son Isaac (v.) on the mountain that the Lord would show him. After three days…