Nouna, Apostolic Vicariate of(NOUNA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1147 NOUNA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. – In French West Africa, erected as an apostolic prefecture on 12 June 1947 with territory detached from that of Gao and…
Nouvelle Revue ThéologiqueVol. VIII, p. 1147 NOUVELLE REVUE THÉOLOGIQUE. - Belgian monthly theological review, founded in 1869 and now published under the direction of several theology professors of the…
Nova et VeteraVol. VIII, p. 1148 NOVA ET VETERA. — I. Periodical that first appeared in Rome on 10 January 1908 with the subtitle Riv. quindicinale della Soc. inter. scientifico-religiosa. Its…
Novae AudientiaeVol. VIII, p. 1148 NOVAE AUDIENTIAE: v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE, SACRE.
Noval, JoséVol. VIII, p. 1148 NOVAL, JOSÉ. - Canonist, b. at Valdesoto (Spain) on 4 Dec. 1861, d. at Madrid on 28 Jan. 1938. Having entered the Dominican Order at the age of sixteen, he was…
NovalesaVol. VIII, p. 1148 NOVALESA. — Benedictine abbey erected in honor of SS. Peter and Andrew by the Frank Abbo in 726, on a delightful hill between the Bar and Cenischia streams,…
NovaliVol. VIII, p. 1148 NOVALI. — From the Middle Ages onward, this name was given to parcels of land that were being brought under cultivation for the first time. Consequently, the…
Novalis (Pseudonym of Friedrich Leopold von Hardenberg)(NOVALIS (PSEUDONIMO DI FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD VON HARDENBERG))Vol. VIII, p. 1149 NOVALIS (pseudonym of FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD VON HARDENBERG). — Born at Wiederstedt on 2 May 1772, died at Weissenfels on 25 March 1801. An exceptionally sensitive…
Novara, Diocese of(NOVARA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1149 NOVARA, DIOCESE of. — City, capital of the province of the same name and a diocese. The diocese extends from the lower Novarese to the main chain of the Alps.…
Novaro, Angelo-SilvioVol. VIII, p. 1151 NOVARO, ANGELO-SILVIO. - Writer and poet, born at Diano Marina on 12 Nov. 1868, died at Imperia on 10 March 1938. N. began his activity very early, and found…
Novati, Giovanni BattistaVol. VIII, p. 1151 NOVATI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Theologian of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians), born in Milan in 1585, died there on 30 Aug. 1648. For many…
Novatian and Novatianism(NOVAZIANO E NOVAZIANISMO)Vol. VIII, p. 1152 NOVAZIANO and NOVAZIANISM. — N. was a Roman presbyter of the 3rd century, founder of the schismatic Church of the Novatians. The exact form of the name is…
Novatian Cemetery (Cimitero detto di Novaziano)(NOVAZIANO, CIMITERO DETTO DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1151 NOVAZIANO, CIMITERO detto di. — Discovered in 1926 and 1929 on the occasion of the widening of the Via Tiburtina and the opening of the Viale Regina Margherita…
Novellae(NOVELLE)Vol. VIII, p. 1154 NOVELLE: v. CORPUS IUBIS CIVILIS.
Novelli, Pietro, called Il Monrealese(NOVELLI, PIETRO, DETTO IL MONREALESE)Vol. VIII, p. 1154 NOVELLI, PIETRO, known as il MONREALESE. - Painter, born on 2 March 1603 in Monreale, died in August 1647 in Palermo, where he attended Carrera’s studio and…
NovellinoVol. VIII, p. 1154 NOVELLINO. - A collection of 99 tales and a prologue, preserved in cod. Vat. lat. 3214 (of Bembo, 1513), in the Gualteruzzi printing (Bologna 1925), and in the…
Novendiales(NOVENDIALI)Vol. VIII, p. 1155 NOVENDIALI. – These are the obsequies of the supreme pontiffs, celebrated for nine days in the Vatican Basilica by the Sacred College and the entire Curia.…
Novitiate(NOVIZIATO)Vol. VIII, p. 1155 NOVIZIATO. – In the material sense, it is the period that an aspirant to a religious institute spends in a house specifically established for this purpose with…
Nox atra rerum contegitVol. VIII, p. 1156 « NOX ATRA RERUM CONTEGIT ». – Hymn of Matins for Thursday, by an unknown author. Night, the image of sin, veils the colors of the earth with its shadow, and…
Nox et tenebrae et nubilaVol. VIII, p. 1156 « NOX ET TENEBRAE ET NUBILA ». - Hymn of Lauds in the Office for Wednesday. Taken from the second longest hymn in the Liber Cathemerinon of Prudentius, it is…
NubiaVol. VIII, p. 1161 NUBIA. – In medieval historical geography, N. denotes that part of the Nile valley lying south of the First Cataract approximately as far as the parallel of…
Nuevo León, Diocese of(NUOVO LEÓN, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1190 NUOVO LEÓN, DIOCESI di: v. MONTERREY, ARCIDIOCESI di.
Nugent, FrancescoVol. VIII, p. 1163 NUGENT, FRANCESCO. - Irish Capuchin, b. at Moyrath, a castle in County Meath, in 1569, d. at Charleville on 17 May 1635. A graduate of the Universities of…
Nuirate, Louis-ThomasVol. VIII, p. 1164 NUIRATE, LOUIS-THOMAS. – Minim friar, theologian, and martyr of the French Revolution, born in Marseille on 21 December 1724, where he died on 23 July 1792; at…
Nullis te genitor blanditiis trahitVol. VIII, p. 1164 « NULLIS TE GENITOR BLANDITIIS TRAHIT ». — Hymn of praise at the feast of St. Ermenegildo, composed by Urban VIII when, in 1636, he extended the feast of this…
Nullity(NULLITÀ)Vol. VIII, p. 1164 NULLITY. — The law may prescribe a requirement for a juridical act in various ways: a) so that performing the act is unlawful if the requirement is lacking; b)…
Numai, CristoforoVol. VIII, p. 1165 NUMAI, CRISTOFORO. - Cardinal, born at Forlì, of a noble family, in an unknown year; died at Ancona on 21 March 1528. Having entered the Friars Minor, he moved…
Numana, Diocese of(NUMANA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1165 NUMANA, DIOCESI di: v. ANCONA E NUMANA, DIOCESI di.
Numbers(NUMERI)Vol. VIII, p. 1165 NUMERI. – Literal translation of the Greek Ἀριθμοί, in the sense of “censuses,” by which the translator of the Septuagint entitled the fourth book of the…
Numenius of Apamea(NUMENIO DI APAMEA)Vol. VIII, p. 1165 NUMENIO of APAMEA. - Philosopher of the 2nd century A.D., born in Apamea (Syria), author of important works (On the Divergence of the Academics from Plato; On…
Numinous(NUMINOSO)Vol. VIII, p. 1167 NUMINOSO: v. OTTO, RUDOLPHI.
Numismatics(NUMISMATICA)Vol. VIII, p. 1167 NUMISMATICS. – Numismatics is the science that studies coinage in all its constituent elements and in the evolution they have undergone over the course of the…
Nunc DimittisVol. VIII, p. 1180 « NUNC DIMITTIS ». - Canticle uttered by the aged Simeone (v.) on the occasion of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Lk. 2:29-32). The aged prophet, who…
Nunc Sancte Nobis SpiritusVol. VIII, p. 1180 « NUNC SANCTE NOBIS SPIRITUS ». – Hymn of the canonical hour of Terce in the Divine Office, commonly attributed to St. Ambrose. According to the Acts of the…
Nunziatella, Cemetery Known as the(NUNZIATELLA, CIMITERO DETTO DELLA)Vol. VIII, p. 1181 NUNZIATELLA, CEMETERY so called. — At the fourth mile of the Via Ardeatina, near the sanctuary of the N. In 1877 a Christian hypogeum was discovered there, of…
Nuoro, Diocese of(NUORO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1182 NUORO, DIOCESI di. - City and diocese of Sardinia, suffragan of Cagliari. The diocese has an area of 3,000 sq. km. with a population of 102,000 inhabitants,…
Nuova AntologiaVol. VIII, p. 1184 NUOVA ANTOLOGIA. — A literary periodical in the broadest sense, founded in Florence in 1866 by Francesco Protonotari as the ideal continuation of the Antologia…
NuraghiVol. VIII, p. 1190 NURAGHI: v. PREHISTORY, RELIGION of the.
Nurse of the Sorrowful(INFERMIERE DELL'ADDOLORATA)Vol. VI, p. 1120 INFERMIERE DELL'ADDOLORATA. - On 27 Sept. 1850 Giovanna Franchi, together with other young women, under the guidance of the penitentiary canon and with the…
Nusco, Diocese of(NUSCO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1191 NUSCO, DIOCESE of. – City and diocese in the province of Avellino. It comprises 8 municipalities, the most important of which are: Bagnoli Irpino, Castelvetero…
Nuyens, William Jan FransVol. VIII, p. 1192 NUYENS, WILLIAM JAN FRANS. - Dutch Catholic historian, b. at Avenhorn near Hoorn on 18 Aug. 1823, d. at Westwood (De Streek) on 8 Dec. 1894. Having graduated…
Nuzu (Genitive Nuzu)(NUZU (GENITIVO NUZI))Vol. VIII, p. 1192 NUZU (genitive Nuzi). — Locality in present-day ‘Irāq (today Yorgan Tepe), approximately 13 km southwest of Kerkük (ancient Arrapba), excavated from 1925 to…
Nuṣayrī(NUȘAJRĪ)Vol. VIII, p. 1190 NUȘAJRĪ. — The n. are a sect which, numbering more than 300,000 souls, occupies the regions between Tripoli of Syria and Antioch, with its centre at Laodicea.…
Nyassa Settentrionale, Apostolic Prefecture of(NYASSA SETTENTRIONALE, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1193 NORTHERN NYASSA, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. — In British East Africa, entrusted to the Society of the White Fathers. It was erected on 8 May 1947 with territory…
Nyassa, Apostolic Vicariate of(NYASSA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1193 NYASSA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - In the central part of Nyasaland (British East Africa), entrusted to the Society of the Missionaries of Africa (White…
Nyeri, Apostolic Vicariate of(NYERI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1193 NYERI, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - It is located in the north-central and eastern part (courtesy of the Consolata Missionary Fathers) NYASSA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE…
Nymphs(NINFE)Vol. VIII, p. 1108 NINFE. - In Greek religion, divine maidens (νόμφα), daughters of Zeus, animating every aspect and manifestation of nature with their invisible presence. They…
Nzérékoré, Apostolic Prefecture of(NZÉRÉKORÉ, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1194 NZÉRÉKORÉ, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. – In French Guinea, entrusted to the Society of the White Fathers, established on 19 March 1937 with territory detached…
Néron, Pierre-François, Blessed(NÉRON, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS, BEATO)Vol. VIII, p. 1037 NÉRON, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS, blessed. — Of the Paris Foreign Missions, martyred in Tonkin on 3 November 1860. Born on 21 September 1818 at Bornay (Jura), he entered…
Nîmes, Diocese Of(NÎMES, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 1104 NÎMES, DIOCESI di. — City and diocese in the department of Gard, at the foot of the Garrigues hills, in southern France. Its boundaries correspond to those of…
Nóbrega, Manuel da(NOBREGA, MANUEL DA)Vol. VIII, p. 1114 NOBREGA, MANUEL da. - Jesuit missionary, founder of the missions of Brazil, b. in southern Portugal on 18 Oct. 1517, d. at Rio de Janeiro on 18 Oct. 1570. He…
Núñez Barreto, João(NUNEZ BARRETO, JOÃO)Vol. VIII, p. 1180 NUNEZ BARRETO, JOÃO. - Jesuit, first patriarch of Abyssinia, b. at Porto, d. at Goa (India) on 22 Dec. 1562. Having entered the Society of Jesus as a priest…
