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Naaman (NAAMAN)
Name of an Israelite and of the commander of the army of Ben-hadad II, Aramean king of Damascus. The first, in Gen. 46:21, is numbered with Bela among the sons… -
Naas (NAAS)
Name of two Ammonites, of an Israelite and of a city. 1. King of the "children of Ammon" who, shortly after the election of Saul, besieged Jabesh-gilead. In… -
Naasseni
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Nabal (NABAL)
A large owner of flocks in Carmel, southeast of Hebron, of whom 1 Sam. 25 speaks. He had as his wife Abigail (v.), "a woman of good sense and of very beautiful… -
Nabataeans (NABATEI)
A powerful Arab people who in the last three centuries B.C. and in the early centuries A.D. acquired notable political and economic importance through the… -
Nablus (NAPLUSA)
City in Jordan, capital of Samaria, 67 km north of Jerusalem. It was founded by Titus in the year 72 on the site of a small, unimportant village called… -
Nabonidus (NABONEDO)
Last king of Babylon, whose reign (556-539) tragically closes the not-yet-century-long history of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the millennia-old history of… -
Nabopolassar
Founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (Babylonian Nabû-apal-uṣur = "May Nabû protect the heir son"), who reigned from 625 to 605. He was originally only a… -
Nabor and Felix, Saints, Martyrs (NABORE E FELICE, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated on July 12 in the Hieronymian Martyrology, which however depends on the Passio, composed probably around the middle of the 5th century… -
Nabû (NĀBŪ)
It is the Semitic name of the son of Marduk, god of Babylon, and means the "announcer." He was the planet Mercury and god of writing, of the arts and crafts.… -
Nābulus
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Nabuzardan
General of Nebuchadnezzar (Babylonian Nabū-zēr-iddinam = "Nabū gave me an offspring"; Hebrew Nēbhāzar ādīān) charged with re-establishing, after the capture of… -
Nacchianti, Giacomo
Dominican theologian and bishop, b. in Florence ca. 1500, d. at Chioggia on 6 March 1569. He became a religious in 1518; in 1529 he was at the Dominican… -
Nachor (NACHOR)
Son of Terah and brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26). He was the father of 12 sons, of whom 8 were born to Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran and sister of… -
Nadab
Name of four biblical figures. 1. Firstborn of Aaron (Ex. 6:23; 1 Chron. 24:1 ff.). He went up to Sinai with Aaron, Abihu and the 70 elders (Ex. 24:1 ff., 9… -
Naga, Diocese of (NAGA, DIOCESI DI)
NAGA, DIOCESI di: v. NUOVA CACERES, DIOCESI di. -
Nagasaki, Diocese of (NAGASAKI, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Tokyo, it is situated in the western part of the island of Kyushu. It comprises the entire civil prefecture of the same name, whose area is 4,192… -
Nagoya, Apostolic Prefecture of (NAGOYA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the region of the island of Hondo (Japan). It consists of five civil prefectures: Aichi, Gifu, Ishikawa, Fukui, Toyama. It was erected on 18 Feb. 1922… -
Nagpur, Diocese of (NAGPUR, DIOCESI DI)
In 1816 numerous Goan priests visited the civil district of Aurangabad and in 1820 that of N. In 1839, moreover, Irish priests, dependent on the apostolic… -
Nagrān, Martyrs of (NAĞRÂN, MARTIRI DI)
NAĞRÂN, MARTIRI di: v. ARETA. -
Nagualism (NAGUALISMO)
It is a belief, based on the conception of an individual totemism, widespread in Mexico and Central America. The term derives from "nagual," a word used by the… -
Nagyvárad, Diocese of (NAGY VARAD, DIOCESI DI)
NAGY VARAD, DIOCESI di: v. ORADEA MARE, DIOCESI di. -
Nahapet of Edessa (NAHAPET DI EDESSA)
Armenian Katholikós of Etchmiadzin (1691-1704). On Sept. 5, 1695 he sent a profession of Catholic faith to Innocent XII. He encouraged the initiatives for the… -
Nahmanides (NAHMÁNIDE)
Talmudic rabbi and cabbalist (R. Moses ben Nahman, RMBN, in Spanish Bonastrug de Portu, from the name of his city of residence called Gerondi), b. ca. 1195, d.… -
Nahum (NAHUM)
Seventh of the minor prophets in the canon of the Vulgate. He was from 'Elqōš (Nah. 1:1), which St. Jerome (PL 25, 1232) places in Galilee (Driver, Cornely… -
Naim
Village of Galilee (in Lk. 7:11, Naïv), where Jesus raised the widow's son. Although the distance given by the Onomasticon (141, 5) of 12 miles from Tabor is… -
Nallino, Carlo Alfonso
Arabist and Islamicist, b. in Turin on 16 Feb. 1872, d. in Rome on 25 July 1938. Having graduated in letters in Turin in 1893, he was professor of Arabic at… -
Name (NOME)
It is a general means of language, suited to indicate any conceivable entity; but it acquires particular social and juridical importance insofar as it serves… -
Name of Jesus (Cebu), Archdiocese of (NOME DI GESÙ (CEBU), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese in the Philippine Islands. Over an area of 4,329 sq km live 1,122,132 inhabitants, of whom 1,112,264 are Catholics. It has 64 parishes served by 74… -
Name of Jesus, Feast of the (NOME DI GESÙ, FESTA DEL)
Celebrated, since the reform of Pius X, on the Sunday falling between 2 and 5 January, and, when this is lacking, on 2 January, with the rite of a double of… -
Name of Mary, Feast of the (NOME DI MARIA, FESTA DEL)
Currently on September 12, double major. It originated in Spain from a concession for the diocese of Cuenca in 1513, under Julius II. Other Spanish dioceses… -
Nampula, Diocese of (NAMPULA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the north of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, canonically erected on 4 Sept. 1940, in implementation of the Concordat and the related… -
Namur, Diocese of (NAMUR, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese, capital of the province of the same name in Belgium. It extends over 80,782 sq km with 569,568 inhabitants, of whom about 569,000 are… -
Nanchang, Archdiocese of (NANCHANG, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
On 19 Aug. 1879 the apostolic vicariate of Kiangsi, which comprised the civil province of the same name, was divided into the apostolic vicariates of northern… -
Nancheng, Diocese of (NANCHENG, DIOCESI DI)
In the eastern part of the civil and ecclesiastical province of Kiangsi (central China). It was erected as an apostolic prefecture, under the name of… -
Nancy, Diocese of (NANCY, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese, capital of the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, formerly capital of the Duchy of Lorraine. The diocese comprises the whole of the said… -
Nanino, Giovanni Maria
Musician, b. at Tivoli in 1545, d. at Rome on 12 March 1607. He was buried in S. Luigi dei Francesi. He studied under the guidance of Pierluigi da Palestrina… -
Nanking [Nanjing], Archdiocese of (NANCHINO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The first ecclesiastical organization of N. (= capital of the south) came about in 1658 with the erection of the apostolic vicariate of the same name, extended… -
Nannaroni, Michele Maria
Dominican theologian, b. at the beginning of the 18th century, d. in 1771. By decrees of 18 Aug. 1775 and 22 Apr. 1776 the Holy Office condemned various… -
Nanni d'Antonio di Banco
Sculptor, b. in Florence probably in 1390, d. there in 1421. In 1406 he was enrolled in the Guild of Master Stonecutters and Woodworkers; between 1407 and 1408… -
Nanni di Bartolo, called Il Rosso (NANNI DI BARTOLO, DETTO IL ROSSO)
Florentine sculptor active in the first half of the 15th century. In 1419 he received the commission for a statue for the facade of S. Maria del Fiore; in 1421… -
Nanning, Archdiocese of (NANNING, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The civil province of Kwangsi, in southern China, was detached on 6 Aug. 1875 from the apostolic prefecture of Kwangtung (v. CANTON) and itself erected as an… -
Nanni, Remigio
Dominican theologian, b. in Florence in 1522, d. there ca. 1580. A religious in the Convent of S. Maria Novella, where he remained for a great part of his… -
Nantes, Diocese of (NANTES, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Brittany, prefecture of the department of Loire-Inférieure, 60 km. from the Atlantic Ocean. The diocese has an area of 6,980 sq km. with… -
Nanyang, Diocese of (NANYANG, DIOCESI DI)
The apostolic vicariate of Honan, erected on March 2, 1844, when the civil province of the same name, in central China, was detached from the diocese of… -
Naples, Archdiocese of (NAPOLI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese of Campania. It has an area of 128,641 sq km with a population of 1,250,000 inhabitants, of whom 1,220,000 are Catholics distributed in… -
Napo, Apostolic Vicariate of (NAPO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Erected by the Holy See in 1867, in the territory of the ancient mission of the Marañón (eastern part of the Republic of Ecuador) and entrusted in 1671 to the… -
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (NAPOLEONE I, IMPERATORE DEI FRANCESI)
Napoleon Buonaparte, b. at Ajaccio on 15 Aug. 1769; his mother was Letizia Ramolino (d. 1836), his father, Carlo (d. 1785), of a family originally from… -
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (NAPOLEONE III, IMPERATORE DEI FRANCESI)
Louis N., b. in Paris on 20 April 1808, the third-born son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, and of Hortense Beauharnais, daughter of the Empress Josephine… -
Narbone, Alessio
Jesuit, historiographer and scholar, b. at Caltagirone (Catania) on 9 Aug. 1789, d. at Palermo on 13 Dec. 1860. Having entered the Society of Jesus on 3 Oct.… -
Narbonne (NARBONA)
Ancient diocese and city in southern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Aude. Occupied first by the Ligurians, the Iberians and the… -
Narcissus (NARCISSO)
A figure from whom a group takes its name that St. Paul greets in Rom. 16:11: "those of the household of N. (τοὺς ἐκ τῶν Ναρκίασου), who are in the Lord," that… -
Narcissus and Felix, Saints, Martyrs (NARCISSO E FELICE, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 18 March. N. was bishop of Cologne, F. a deacon; they are said to have perished at Gerona in Spain, during… -
Narcissus, Arian Bishop of Neroniade (NARCISSO, VESCOVO ARIANO DI NERONIADE)
He was already a bishop in 325; in that year he took part in the Synod of Antioch for the election of the bishop Eustathius, but he refused to subscribe to the… -
Narcissus Herz of Berching (NARCISSUS HERZ DI BERCHING)
Theologian, b. at Berching (diocese of Eichstätt), at the end of the 14th century, d. at Vienna on 2 Oct. 1442. He was probably a secular priest, even though… -
Narcissus, Saint (NARCISSO, SANTO)
He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on Oct. 29, but it is not established that he had a cult in antiquity; he was introduced into the Martyrology by… -
Narcoanalysis (NARCOANALISI)
Exploration of the psyche by means of pharmacodynamic substances of the barbiturate type, which induce an artificial state of subnarcosis. The first attempts… -
Narcotics (NARCOTICI)
Unlike hypnotics (v.), they are those substances that determine a far deeper sleep (Gr. ναρκωτικός = that induces torpor), with a state of absolute dulling of… -
Narcotics (STUPEFACENTI)
Toxic substances with an elective action on the cerebral cortex which, by inhibiting the higher nerve centers, are capable of modifying the perceptive… -
Nardi, Francesco
Prelate, canonist and publicist, b. at Vazzola (Veneto) on 18 June 1808, d. at Rome on 22 March 1877. Having embraced the ecclesiastical career, he taught… -
Nardi, Jacopo
Writer, b. in Florence in 1476, d. in Venice in March 1563. He was the most sugge- > NARDÒ, DIOCESE of - Interior of the Cathedral (1230, with modern… -
Nardini, College of (NARDINI, COLLEGIO)
It took its name from Cardinal Stefano Nardini of Forlì, archbishop of Milan (d. 1484), who founded it, by testamentary disposition, in his Roman palace near… -
Nardò, Diocese of (NARDÒ, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Lecce. It has an area of over 534 sq km, with a population of 140,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed in 26… -
Narni, Diocese of (NARNI, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Umbria, in the province of Terni. > NARNI, DIOCESI di - Roman bridge over the Nera. It has a population of 34,600 inhabitants divided into… -
Narodniki
A kind of pre-Marxist socialism in Russia; it was especially widespread between 1870 and 1880. The N. believed they could discern in the rural communes… -
Narsai the Leper (NARSAJ IL LEBBROSO)
Syriac Nestorian writer, b. ca. 410 at 'Ajn Dulbà, d. shortly after 503. He taught for a long time in the catechetical school of Edessa. Expelled because of… -
Narses (NARSETE)
General of the Byzantine army under Justinian, b. around 480, d. in Rome in 574. He entered the court early and received favors and important missions. In 532… -
Narses, Lampronian (NARSES, LAMPRONENSE)
Armenian archbishop of Tarsus in Cilicia, b. in 1153, d. on 14 July 1198. His father Oschin II, lord of Lampron, belonged to the noblest family of Armenia. He… -
Narthex (NARTECE)
From the Greek νάρθηξ, it denotes the inner space at the back of the basilica, delimited by railings or by doors called "speciosae"; it was occupied by the… -
Nasalli, Ignazio
Cardinal, b. in Parma on 7 Oct. 1750, d. in Rome on 7 Dec. 1831. Ordained priest in 1785, he completed his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical… -
Nash, Papiro
Hebrew papyrus that around 1902 W. L. Nash (secretary of the "Society of biblical archeology") purchased in four fragments originating from Egypt. He gave it… -
Nashville, Diocese of (NASHVILLE, DIOCESI DI)
In the United States of America. Over an area of 42,022 miles, the diocese of N. today (1950 census) has 3,129,718 inhabitants and 37,852 Catholics. There are… -
Natal, Apostolic Vicariate of (NATAL, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The south-eastern coast of Africa, discovered around Christmas 1497 by Vasco da Gama and called Terra Natalis, was not touched by the Portuguese mission of… -
Natal, Diocese of (NATAL, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, suffragan of Paraíba. It has about 500,000 inhabitants; it has 24 parishes served by 23… -
Natale, Alessandro
NATALE, ALESSANDRO: v. ALEXANDRE, NOËL. -
Natale, Michele
Bishop of Vico Equense, b. at Casapulla (Caserta) on 23 Aug. 1751, d. at Naples on 20 Aug. 1799. After exercising the priestly ministry at Capua and at Naples… -
Natali, Martino
Piarist and Jansenist, b. at Bussana (Imperia) on 21 Dec. 1730, d. at Pavia on 28 June 1791. A disciple of G. B. Curlo, in Rome he formed friendships with the… -
Natchez, Diocese of (NATCHEZ, DIOCESI DI)
In the United States of America, suffragan of New Orleans, it comprises the territory of the State of Mississippi, with an area of 46,340 miles, and a total… -
Natchitoches, Diocese of (NATCHITOCHES, DIOCESI DI)
NATCHITOCHES, DIOCESI di: v. ALEXANDRIA IN LUISIANA, DIOCESI di. -
Nathanael («God Has Given») (NATHANAEL (« DIO HA DATO »))
One of the first disciples of Jesus, to whom he was brought by Philip, N. was at first reluctant (but St. Augustine, PL 35, 1445 and 36, 788 ff., and St. Cyril… -
Nathan (Hebr. Nāthān «[God] Has Given») (NATHAN)
Prophet who, around 1000 B.C., appeared suddenly when David asked his opinion about whether or not to build a temple to Yahweh (II Sam. 7:2). N. replied in… -
Nathania (NATANIA)
Name of five Israelites. 1. Son of Elishama (Jer. 41:1) and father of Ishmael, the slayer of Gedaliah (II Kings 25:23, 25; Jer. 40:8, 14 ff.; 41:1-18); he was… -
Nathan of Rome (NATAN DA ROMA)
Jewish lexicographer, lived in Rome in the 11th century, d. in 1106. He was a contemporary of the Talmudist Isaac of Fez (al-Fāṣī) and of the great commentator… -
Nathinei (NATINEI)
Ministers assigned to the most menial services (Ezra 8:20) of the Temple of Jerusalem, mentioned after priests and Levites (1 Chron. 9:2; Ezra 2:43, 70; Neh.… -
Nation (NAZIONE)
In the field of sociology and public law there is no concept more confused than that of the nation, nor any word more difficult to define. The difficulty… -
National Catholic Welfare Conference
It was established in 1919 after the First World War and is an organization of the members of the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the United States of America with… -
National Entity for the Distribution of Aid in Italy (ENTE NAZIONALE PER LA DISTRIBUZIONE DEI SOCCORSI IN ITALIA)
It arose through the concordant impulse of the Italian Government, the Catholic Church in Italy and the Italian Red Cross; it was established by Decree-Law 28… -
Nationalism (NAZIONALISMO)
It is that sentiment of attachment to the national nucleus which arises spontaneously in the souls of its members. Its appearance, as a sentiment distinct from… -
Nationality, Principle of (NAZIONALITÀ, PRINCIPIO DI)
The origin of the p. of n. is linked to that of contemporary nationalism. Sprouting from the trunk of agnostic rationalism, after a certain period of… -
Nationalization (NAZIONALIZZAZIONE)
NAZIONALIZZAZIONE: v. SOCIALIZZAZIONE. -
National Minorities (MINORANZE NAZIONALI)
All the uncertainties in which juridical speculation finds itself entangled with respect to the concept of nation are reflected in the concept of national… -
National Review (RASSEGNA NAZIONALE)
A cultural periodical, founded in Florence on 1 July 1879, with a precise stance, as the expression of the conservative element, held to be better suited to… -
National Socialism (NAZIONALSOCIALISMO)
A movement, generically socialist in tendency, but with a hierarchical and centralized structure, which arose in Germany in 1919-20 and there slowly… -
National Work for Religious and Moral Assistance to Workers (OPERA NAZIONALE ASSISTENZA RELIGIOSA MORALE OPERAI)
It is a work of religious and social apostolate among workers. Founded in August 1926, O.N.A.R.M.O., from its very earliest origins, placed itself under the… -
Nativism (INNATISMO)
A term from philosophical language, used to indicate any system or tendency that admits the original (congenital, innate) existence in the human spirit of… -
Nativity of Mary, Saint (NATIVITÀ DI MARIA S.MA)
One of the major feasts of Our Lady, celebrated on September 8; a double of the second class, with a simple octave. I. LITURGY. - The reason why the feast of… -
Nativity Scene (PRESEPE)
St. Jerome writes in 404 to Eustochium that Paula, entering Bethlehem into the "Specum Salvatoris," saw the "stabulum" where He was born (Ep. 108, 10: PL 22… -
Natorp, Paul
Philosopher, b. in Düsseldorf on 24 Jan. 1854, d. in Marburg on 17 Aug. 1924, professor of philosophy at that University from 1885. He belongs to the Marburg… -
Natural and Juridical Persons (PERSONE FISICHE E GIURIDICHE)
PERSONE FISICHE E GIURIDICHE: v. SOGGETTO DEL DIRITTO. -
Natural and Supernatural Order (ORDINE NATURALE E SOPRANNATURALE)
ORDINE NATURALE E SOPRANNATURALE: v. SOPRANNATURALE, ORDINE. -
Natural Beatitude (BEATITUDINE NATURALE)
BEATITUDINE NATURALE: v. FINE ULTIMO. -
Natural Desire for God (DESIDERIO NATURALE DI DIO)
An age-old problem, both philosophical and theological, which has had various and conflicting solutions through the centuries and is still today the object of… -
Naturalism (NATURALISMO)
The term takes on different meanings in the classification of philosophical systems, moral doctrines and religions. The precise sense, in the various cases, is… -
Naturalization (NATURALIZZAZIONE)
It can be considered as the effect of a prior abandonment of the political organism of which a subject was originally a part, and of his consequent insertion… -
Natural Theology (Theodicy) (TEOLOGIA NATURALE (TEODICEA))
It is the knowledge that man can have of the existence and nature of God (v.) by means of reason (v.). It is distinguished from revealed and supernatural… -
Nature (NATURA)
It is the intrinsic principle of the becoming of corporeal beings, especially according to Aristotle, who derives the term φύσις from φύσιναι, which means to… -
Naturism (NATURISMO)
It is a general orientation of the human spirit characterized by the constant concern to follow nature, positively excluding, or merely ignoring, any… -
Naudé, Gabriel
Scholar, b. in Paris on 2 Feb. 1600, d. at Abbeville on 29 July 1653. He obtained his degree in medicine at Padua in 1625. He was physician to Louis XIII. He… -
Nau, François-Nicolas
Noted French orientalist, b. at Thil (Moselle) on 15 May 1864, d. at Paris on 2 Sept. 1931. Having received the priesthood in Paris on 17 Dec. 1887, he taught… -
Nausea (Grau), Friedrich
Theologian and bishop, b. at Waischenfeld (whence the name Blancicampianus) ca. 1496, d. at Trent on 6 February 1552. In 1524 Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio took… -
Nava, Cesare
Engineer, parliamentarian, minister, b. in Milan on 7 Oct. 1861, d. there on 27 Nov. 1933. He was active in the Gioventù cattolica italiana. In Milan he was a… -
Navagero, Andrea
Poet, historiographer, orator, politician, b. in Venice to a patrician family, in 1483, d. at Blois on 8 May 1529. At the University of Padua he had as… -
Navagero, Bernardo
Diplomat and cardinal, b. in Venice in 1507 to Gian Luigi and Lucrezia Agostini, d. in Verona on 13 April 1565; he completed his legal studies in Padua and in… -
Navarre (NAVARRA)
A historical region of Spain, roughly corresponding to the present-day Spanish province of the same name, together with the addition of French Lower Navarre.… -
Navarrete, Fernández Domingo (NAVARRETE, FERNANDEZ DOMINGO)
Spanish Dominican missionary, writer and archbishop, b. at Peñafiel (Valladolid) ca. 1618, d. at S. Domingo (in the Antilles) in 1689. He made his religious… -
Navarro
NAVARRO: v. MARTINO de AZPILCUETA (NAVARRUS). -
Nave
In ancient Christian art the ship represents the Church (v.), whose pilot is Christ himself and whose oarsmen are the Evangelists, as shown by the fragment of… -
Navigants (NAVIGANTI)
By "naviganti" [seafarers] are meant those who make a sea voyage on any vessel. Those who undertake air travel are equated with seafarers, as regards the… -
Navigators' Archipelago, Apostolic Vicariate of the (ARCIPELAGO DEI NAVIGATORI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELL')
It was erected on 29 Aug. 1850, being detached from the vicariate of Central Oceania (v. Tonga Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands), it is entrusted to the… -
Naxos
Greek island, whose bishopric was probably erected in the 5th century; its bishop George took part in the Sixth Ecumenical Council. Under the emperor Leo VI… -
Nazaré, Diocese of (NAZARÉ, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Pernambuco in Brazil. The diocese has an area of 5,556 sq km, with a population of 480,681 inhabitants. It has 22 parishes… -
Nazarene (Nazorean) (NAZARENO (NAZOREO))
Title attributed to Jesus and to Christians in the New Testament. The form N. (Ναζαρηνός) is read in Mk. 1:24; 10:47; 14:67; 16:6; Lk. 4:34; 24:19; the form… -
Nazarenes (NAZARENI)
NAZARENI: v. GIUDEOCRISTIANI. -
Nazarenes (NAZARENI)
A sect of Wesleyan origin, which arose at the beginning of the 20th century (Church of the Nazarene). It was a widespread opinion among Protestants that after… -
Nazarenes (NAZARENI)
This designation was used, initially not without a touch of irony, for those German painters who between 1810 and 1815 gathered in Rome around Friedrich… -
Nazareth
City of Galilee, where Jesus led the hidden life with Mary Most Holy and St. Joseph. The name is written and interpreted in various ways. Ναζαρεθ or Ναζαρετ… -
Nazareth, Diocese of (NAZARETH, DIOCESI DI)
NAZARETH, DIOCESI di: v. TRANI E BARLETTA, DIOCESI di. -
Nazari di Calabiana, Luigi, Archbishop (NAZARI DI CALABIANA, LUIGI, ARCIVESCOVO)
NAZARI di CALABIANA, LUIGI, arcivescovo: v. CALABIANA NAZARI, LUIGI, count of. -
Nazario and Celso, Saints, Martyrs (NAZARIO E CELSO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Martirologio geronimiano on 28 July. The time of their martyrdom is unknown, but it seems that it can probably be assigned to the… -
Nazirite (NAZIREATO)
The profession of "nazirite" (Heb. nāzīr, from nāzar, in the passive "to set oneself apart" and "to abstain"), translated ναζιραῖος and nazaraeus (under the… -
Ndanda, Abbey Nullius of (NDANDA, ABBAZIA NULLIUS DI)
On the southern coast of the territory of Tanganyika. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and entrusted to the Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien.… -
Ndola, Apostolic Vicariate of (NDOLA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the north-western part of Northern Rhodesia (Africa) and comprises the civil districts of N., Solevzi, Kasempa, Mwinilunga. The district of N.… -
Neapolitanus, Joannes de Regina de (John of Naples) (GIOVANNI DI NAPOLI)
Dominican scholastic of the 13th-14th century. He obtained the licentiate in theology in Paris, where in 1310-11 he lectured on the Sentences (whose… -
Nebi Samwil
NEBI SAMWIL: V. GABAON. -
Nebo
Mountain and city of the Abarim range (v.), situated east of the Dead Sea. The mountain (Heb. har Nèbbô; Septuagint Naβaô) is bounded to the north by the Wâdi… -
Nebuchadnezzar II (NABUCHODONOSOR II)
Second Neo-Babylonian king (Babylonian 'Nabū-kudurri-uṣur = "Nabū protect the heir son"; Hebrew Nēbhūkhadhre'sar, the older and more genuine form of… -
Necchi, Ludovico (Vico)
Physician, b. in Milan on 19 Nov. 1876, d. there on 11 Jan. 1930. In Nov. 1889, he began attending the second gymnasium class at the Parini Gymnasium, a… -
Necessity (NECESSITÀ)
I. PHILOSOPHY. - It is predicated of everything that in some order (ontological, physical, logical and moral) "cannot be otherwise" (τὸ μὴ ἐνδεχόμενον ἄλλως… -
Necessity of the Church (NECESSITÀ DELLA CHIESA)
According to Catholic doctrine it is necessary to belong to the Church in order to attain eternal life. In negative terms this truth is expressed by the… -
Necessity, State of (NECESSITÀ, STATO DI)
I. ITALIAN LAW. - The state of necessity is regulated, in the Italian legal order, by both criminal law and civil law. The criminal legislator conceives the… -
Nechao
Pharaoh of Egypt of the XXVI dynasty (609-595 B.C.), the second of his name, son of Psammetichus I, whose work he continued. Herodotus (II, 158) recalls of him… -
Neckam (Nequam), Alessandro
Polymath and educationist, b. at St. Albans (England) in the year 1157, d. at Kempsey (Worcestershire) in 1217. He was educated at St. Albans, then became… -
Necker de La Saussure, Albertine
Pedagogue, b. in Geneva in 1776, d. at Mornay on 13 April 1841. Precocious of intellect and spiritually educated by her father, she learned various languages… -
Necrology (NECROLOGIO)
NECROLOGIO : v. OBITUARIO. -
Nectarius, Patriarch of Constantinople (NETTARIO, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
Born at Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the first half of the 4th century, died 27 September 397 at Constantinople, where he was the eleventh bishop and the first… -
Negeb (NEGHEBH)
In the Hebrew language (from an ancient Semitic root ngb "to be dry, arid") it means an arid region, and, as a general term of orientation, it indicates the… -
Neghelli [Negele Boran], Apostolic Prefecture of (NEGHELLI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the southern part of Ethiopia, it was erected on 25 March 1937, on the occasion of the general reorganization of the ecclesiastical circumscriptions in the… -
Negligence (NEGLIGENZA)
It is generally opposed to diligence (v.), and is a carelessness of the will in one's own duty and in one's own actions. It has repercussions in the moral… -
Negotiorum Gestio (GESTIONE DI AFFARI ALTRUI)
The management of another's affairs (negotiorum gestio) is a form, at least in a broad sense, of quasi-contract (v.) and corresponds practically to a presumed… -
Negri, Ada
Poet, b. of a humble family at Lodi on 3 Feb. 1870, d. at Milan on 11 Jan. 1945. She entrusted to the novel Stella matutina (1921) the memory of her tormented… -
Negri, Francesco
A monk who became a Protestant, b. at Bassano in 1500 into the noble Buonamonti family (a surname he abandoned for that of Negri), d. at Kraków in 1563. He… -
Negri, Gaetano
Historian, b. in Milan on 11 July 1838, d. near Varazze on 31 July 1902. He took part in the campaign of 1859 and in the struggle against brigandage in the… -
Negri, Giovanni Francesco
Cardinal, b. in Genoa on 3 Oct. 1629, d. in Rome on 1 Jan. 1713. Created by Alexander VII prothonotary participant and referendary of both Signatures, he later… -
Negri, Paola Antonia
Mystic, in the world Virginia, b. at Castellanza near Gallarate (Milan) in 1508, d. at Milan on 4 April 1555. She was among the first admitted by St. Anthony… -
Negroni, Veronica, Blessed (NEGRONI, VERONICA, BEATA)
Augustinian mystic, b. at Binasco (Milan) in 1445, d. 13 Jan. 1497 in the convent of St. Martha in Milan, where she had entered at the age of 22 and where she… -
Nehemias (NEEMIA)
Restorer of Jerusalem (5th century B.C.) after the exile; he was the son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1). His activity is narrated in autobiographical memoirs that… -
Nelli, Ottaviano (Ottaviano di Martino di Nello)
Painter, b. at Gubbio ca. 1375, d. probably before 1450. He was very active, especially in Umbria. In Gubbio there are preserved, besides his earliest known… -
Nellore, Diocese of (NELLORE, DIOCESI DI)
In south-eastern India, on the Bay of Bengal. In 1701 some French Jesuits began to evangelize the territory of the present diocese of N., which was then part… -
Nelson, Diocese of (NELSON, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Canadian Colombia. A suffragan of Vancouver, the diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Universorum Christi… -
Nemesian and Companions, Saints, Martyrs (NEMESIANO E COMPAGNI, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on September 10; the true dies natalis, however, is unknown, as is the martyrdom itself. The laterculus… -
Nemesis (Némisos) (NEMESI (ΝΈΜΙΣΟΣ))
The idea, widespread in the ancient religions, of the hostility of the gods toward the excessive fortune or pride of men, a hostility that reaches genuine… -
Nemesius, Bishop of Emesa (NEMESIO, VESCOVO DI EMESA)
He lived in the 4th-5th century; author of a book De natura hominis, of Neoplatonic inspiration (Porphyry is often cited). The author mentions Eunomius… -
Neoclassicism (NEOCLASSICISMO)
In a broad sense it can mean any deliberate or programmatic return to expressive forms of classical taste; thus one has been able to speak of neoclassical… -
Neocriticism (NEOCRITICISMO)
Term with which the philosophical currents that take up and develop the themes of Kantian philosophy (v. CRITICISM; KANT) are usually designated; it is… -
Neo-Guelphism (NEOGUELFISMO)
The antecedents of N. must be sought in Romanticism, which asserted itself in various ways in the new culture and the new post-revolutionary politics… -
Neo-Kantianism (NEOKANTISMO)
NEOKANTISMO: v. NEOCRITICISMO. -
Neo-Lutheranism (NEOLUTERANESIMO)
It presents itself as a current of theological and ecclesiastical revival and restoration of Lutheranism in the 19th century, in close relation to that… -
Neo-Malthusianism (NEO-MALTHUSIANISMO)
A particular form of birth control (v.) which, originally taking as its starting point the theories of Malthus and freeing itself from the honest means he… -
Neomenia (Neomnēsía) (NEOMÉNIA (ΝΕΟΜΝΗΣΊΑ))
From Gk. νέος = new and μήνη = moon. It is the new moon (Heb. hōdheš, translated in the Latin Bible as kalendae). The observation of the new moon is of… -
Neon, Omeusian Bishop of Seleucia (NEONE, VESCOVO OMEUSIANO DI SELEUCIA)
He was already bishop in 359, since in that year he took part in the Council held in his episcopal city. Having become aware of the machinations of the… -
Neon, Saint, Martyr (NEONE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
NEONE, santo, martire: v. CLAUDIO, ASPERIO, NEONE, DOMNINA E TEONILLA, saints, martyrs. -
Neophytes (NEOFITI)
From the Greek νεόφυτος, meaning a new plant, hence tender. In Sacred Scripture it occurs once, though there are many comparisons, since the Christian life is… -
Neophytos the Recluse (NEOFITO, ENCLEISTRO)
A solitary "recluse," as his name indicates. Born at Leucara (Cyprus) in 1134, but the date of his death is unknown. Very young, he embraced the monastic life… -
Neoplatonism (NEOPLATONISMO)
A philosophical current and school inspired principally by Plato, which arose in Alexandria toward the end of the 2nd century A.D. SUMMARY: I. History and… -
Neopositivism (NEOPOSITIVISMO)
Neopositivism, also called logical positivism, recognizes its formal beginning in the founding of the Wienerkreis (Vienna Circle), which took place in 1928… -
Neopythagoreanism (NEOPITAGORISMO)
A philosophical-mystical current tracing its origin back to Pythagoras and remaining alive, after the violent destruction of the Pythagorean community in 450… -
Neorealism (NEOREALISMO)
An Anglo-American philosophical-scientific movement that forms part of the broader movement of contemporary "realism," different from the classical realism of… -
Neosolio (Slovak Banská Bystrica), Diocese of (NEOSOLIO (SLOVACCO BANSKA BYSTRICA), DIOCESI DI)
Diocese in Slovakia, erected on 13 March 1776, detached from the territory of the archdiocese of Esztergom, of which it remained a suffragan until 1937, when… -
Neot, Saint, Hermit (NEOT, SANTO, EREMITA)
Born in Cornwall into a noble family, related to the English king Alfred, he became a monk at Glastonbury. Ordained a priest, he withdrew to the eremitical… -
NEP
Abbreviation for Novaja ekonomičeskaja politika ("New Economic Policy"). When, as a consequence of the civil war and of war communism (an attempt at the… -
Nepal
I. GEOGRAPHY. - Nepal extends over the southern slope (central section) of the Himalayas, which separate it from Tibet. Among the valleys through which the… -
Nephthali (Hebr. Naphtālī) (NEPHTHALI)
Second-born of Jacob, born of Bilhah, Rachel's slave. His name is interpreted in Gen. 30:8 as "contest," an allusion to the sorrow of Rachel, who for a long… -
Nepi and Sutri, Diocese of (NEPI E SUTRI, DIOCESI DI)
In Lazio, in the province of Viterbo, immediately subject to the Holy See. They have an area of 782 sq km with a population of 63,854 inhabitants, divided into… -
Nepotian, Saint (NEPOZIANO, SANTO)
Nephew of Heliodorus, bishop of Altino, and friend of St. Jerome, he lived in the second half of the 4th century. As a young man he embraced a military career… -
Nepotism (NEPOTISMO)
Term designating the excessive favor shown by certain pontiffs toward members of their own family through the granting of ecclesiastical dignities, privileges… -
Neptune and Neptunalia (NETTUNO E NEPTUNALIA)
Neptunus, an ancient Roman divinity, already appears with his festival, the Neptunalia (23 July), in the oldest Roman Calendar. The literary testimonies… -
Nepveu, François
Spiritual writer, b. at St-Malo on 29 April 1639, d. at Rennes on 17 February 1708. Having entered the Society of Jesus (1639), he taught grammar and… -
Nereus and Achilleus, Saints, Martyrs (NEREO E ACHILLEO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Jeronymian Martyrology on 12 May; the Itineraries of the 7th century record them as buried in the church of St. Petronilla near… -
Nergal
NERGAL: v. BABILONESI, RELIGIONE dei. -
Nergel (Hebr. Nèrghal, Sept. 'Ergél) (NERGEL)
Name of the idol that the Assyrian colonists, sent to populate the Samaritan city of Cuthah, "made" for themselves (II Kings 17:30). It is a deity very well… -
Neriglissar (NERIGLISSOR)
Fourth Neo-Babylonian king (Babylonian Nergal-šar-uşur "may Nergal protect the king"; Hebrew Nérghal Sar'şer), second successor of the great Nebuchadnezzar II… -
Nerini, Paolo Antonio
Barnabite missionary, b. in Milan on 1 Nov. 1711 and killed in 1756 at Siriam in Pegu (Burma) while refusing to hand over to the soldiers of the king of Ava… -
Neroccio di Bartolomeo Landi
Sienese painter, b. 1447, d. 1500, also active as a sculptor (statue of St. Catherine, 1470, Siena, Oratory of Fonte Branda; Testa-Piccolomini monument, 1485… -
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus), Roman Emperor (NERONE, IMPERATORE ROMANO)
N. at Anzio on 15 Dec. 37 A.D., son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina, d. at Rome on 9 June 68. At the age of 11 he was adopted by the emperor… -
Néron, Pierre-François, Blessed (NÉRON, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS, BEATO)
Of the Paris Foreign Missions, martyred in Tonkin on 3 Nov. 1860. Born on 21 Sept. 1818 at Bornay (Jura), he entered the Seminary of the Missions as a layman… -
Nerses II, Astaraketzi
Armenian Katholikós from 548 to 557. He convoked the well-known Council of Duino (554-55), aimed at obtaining a pact of dogmatic union against the sect of the… -
Nerses Klajetzi, Saint (NERSES KLAJETZI, SANTO)
Also called Snorhali, that is, Gracious, on account of the gentleness and evangelical charity he showed toward all: born in 1102 to Prince Apirat Pahlavouni… -
Nerva (M. Cocceius Nerva), Roman Emperor (NERVA (M. COCCEIUS NERVA), IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Born at Narni in 26 A.D., died at Rome in Jan. 98. Of an aristocratic family, he was consul in 71 and in 90. On the death of Domitian, in 96, he was acclaimed… -
Nervous Diseases (NERVOSE, MALATTIE)
Nervous diseases and mental diseases together constitute the group of morbid affections that affect the nervous system. Although the former form a fairly… -
Nervous System (of Man) (NERVOSO, SISTEMA (DELL'UOMO))
I. GENERALITIES. - It is a general property of protoplasm to be excitable, that is, to perceive stimuli of various kinds and to react to them with appropriate…