N

454 articles · 115 under Ni · English index · Indice italiano

Niamey, Apostolic Prefecture of (NIAMEY, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1060
NIAMEY, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE. — In French West Africa, it was established on 28 April 1942 from territories detached from the apostolic vicariates of Dahomey,…
Niangara, Apostolic Vicariate of (NIANGARA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1060
NIANGARA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — In the northeastern part of the Belgian Congo, entrusted to the Dominicans, it was erected as an apostolic prefecture,…
Nibby, Antonio Vol. VIII, p. 1061
NIBBY, ANTONIO. – Archaeologist and topographer, b. in Rome on 14 October 1792, d. there on 29 December 1839. While still very young, he founded among his…
Nibelungen, Saga of the (NIBELUNGI, SAGA DEI) Vol. VIII, p. 1061
NIBELUNGI, SAGA dei. — This is a complex of epic legends that spread during the Middle Ages throughout the Germanic lands, from Scandinavia to Austria, and…
Nicaea (NICEA) Vol. VIII, p. 1072
NICEA. — Ancient city of Bithynia, today merely a village, founded in 316 B.C. under the name of Antigoneia, in Hellespontine Phrygia, on Lake Ascania. It was…
Nicander, Saint, Martyr (NICANDRO, SANTO, MARTIRE) Vol. VIII, p. 1062
NICANDRO, saint, martyr: v. MARCIANO E NICANDRO, santi, martiri.
Nicanor (NICANORE) Vol. VIII, p. 1062
NICANORE. - Syrian general, son of Patroclus, elephant commander and later commander-in-chief of the army of the Seleucid kings (I Mach. 3, 38; 7, 26-47; II…
Nicaragua Vol. VIII, p. 1062
NICARAGUA. – I. GEOGRAPHY. – It is the largest (148,000 sq km), but least densely populated (1.2 million inhabitants; 7.8 per sq km), state in the Isthmian…
Nicasio Vol. VIII, p. 1064
NICASIO, saint — The martyrdom of s. N. Sculpture (13th century) on the northern façade of the transept of the Cathedral — Reims. during the Norman period ever…
Nicasio, Saint (NICASIO, SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1064
NICASIO, saint. – Tenth in the succession of the bishops of Reims, he lived between the end of the 4th century and the beginning of the 5th. In his city he…
Nicastro, Diocese of (NICASTRO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1064
NICASTRO, DIOCESE of. - City and diocese in the province of Catanzaro; it lies on the foothills of the Sila, at the edge of the plain of S. Eufemia, the…
Niccoli, Niccolò Vol. VIII, p. 1064
NICCOLI, NICCOLÒ. - Humanist, b. in Firenze in 1364, d. there on 3 February 1437. An indefatigable seeker of manuscripts, he vied with his Florentine friends…
Niccolini, Giambattista Vol. VIII, p. 1065
NICCOLINI, GIAMBATTISTA. - Man of letters, born at Bagni di S. Giuliano (Pisa) on 29 Oct. 1782, died at Firenze on 20 Sept. 1861. He was a member of the…
Niccolò Vol. VIII, p. 1065
NICCOLÒ. — Sculptor of the 12th century, whom eighteenth-century Ferrarese literature considered a native of Ficarolo in the Polesine. He displays a conception…
Niccolò del Cavallo Vol. VIII, p. 1066
NICCOLÒ del CAVALLO: v. BARONCELLI, NICCOLÒ.
Niccolò dell'Arca Vol. VIII, p. 1065
NICCOLÒ dell'ARCA. – Also called N. da Bari or N. d'Apulia after his birthplace. Italian sculptor, born around 1435 and died in Bologna in 1494. From 1469 to…
Niccolò of Amiens (NICCOLÒ DI AMIENS) Vol. VIII, p. 1065
NICCOLÒ of AMIENS. — Medieval master who lived in the second half of the 12th century, perhaps until the beginning of the 13th century. He is the author of a…
Niccolò of Lyra (NICCOLÒ DI LIRA) Vol. VIII, p. 1067
NICCOLÒ DI LIRA - N. di L. teaches from the pulpit. Initial illuminated by a Flemish school (1459), Incipit of the Postillae in Novum Testamentum - Vatican…
Niccolò of Lyra (Lat. Lyranus) (NICCOLÒ DI LIRA (LAT. LYRANUS)) Vol. VIII, p. 1067
NICCOLÒ di LIRA (Latin Lyranus). — Franciscan exegete, born at Lyre (Normandy) around 1270, died in Paris in October 1349. In 1292 he entered the Order of…
Niccolò of Osimo (NICCOLÒ DA OSIMO) Vol. VIII, p. 1067
NICCOLÒ da OSIMO. – Franciscan theologian and preacher, born at Osimo in the second half of the 14th century, died at Rome around 1453. In 1438, appointed…
Niccolò of Poggibonsi (NICCOLÒ DA POGGIBONSI) Vol. VIII, p. 1071
NICCOLÒ DA POGGIBONSI. - Fourteenth-century Franciscan traveller, of whom only what he himself relates in his Libro d'Oltremare is known; it was written in…
Nice, Diocese Of (NIZZA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1113
NIZZA, DIOCESE of – City and diocese, capital of the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The diocese extends throughout the civil…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos (NICEFORO CALLISTO XANTHOPOULOS) Vol. VIII, p. 1076
NICEFORO CALLISTO XANTHOPOULOS. — Little information is available about the life of this Byzantine ecclesiastical writer. From indications of dates, some vague…
Nicephorus Gregoras (NICEFORO GREGORAS) Vol. VIII, p. 1076
NICEFORO GREGORAS. — Called “the Philosopher,” born in 1296 at Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia. From a very young age he began addressing in his writings…
Nicephorus I, Patriarch of Constantinople, Saint (NICEFORO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI, SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1075
NICEFORO I, patriarch of COSTANTINOPOLI, saint. — Born ca. 758 in Costantinopoli to a noble family, N. was appointed secretary of the imperial chancery and,…
Nicetas of Remesiana (NICETA DI REMESIANA) Vol. VIII, p. 1077
NICETA DI REMESIANA. — So called from the city east of Nisch in Serbia. Bishop and friend of Paolino di Nola (v. P. Fabre, St Paulin de Nole et l'amitié…
Nicetas Stethatos (NICETA STETHATOS) Vol. VIII, p. 1078
NICETA STETHATOS. — Also called by the Latins “Pectoratus,” a monk of Studion, born circa 1000, died after 1054. He carried out his activity in the fields of…
Nicetas the Byzantine (NICETA BIZANTINO) Vol. VIII, p. 1077
NICETA BIZANTINO – Refutatio epistolae regis Armeniae, written by the Greek copyist Emanuele (16th century) – Vatican Library, cod. Vat. gr. 388, fol. 151. of…
Nicetas the Maronite (NICETA MARONENSE) Vol. VIII, p. 1077
NICETA MARONENSE. - Byzantine theologian of the 12th century. A native of Maronea in Thrace, he held several ecclesiastical offices at Constantinople. He…
Nicetas, David of Paphlagonia (NICETA, DAVID DI PAFLAGONIA) Vol. VIII, p. 1077
NICETA, DAVID of Paphlagonia. — This name occurs in manuscripts to designate a Byzantine writer of the ninth–tenth century, although already the ancient…
Niche (EDICOLA) Vol. V, p. 70
EDICOLA. — The word, derived from the Latin aedicula, the diminutive of aedes = temple, properly means a small temple or chapel, generally referring only to a…
Nicholas (Nikólaos «Victor of the People») (NICOLA (ΝΙΚΌΛΑΟΣ « VINCITORE DEL POPOLO »)) Vol. VIII, p. 1080
NICOLA (Νικόλαος “victor of the people”). - Deacon, bearing a Hellenistic name, the last of the 7 ordained by the Apostles at Jerusalem (Act. 6, 5). He was an…
Nicholas II, Pope (NICCOLÒ II, PAPA) Vol. VIII, p. 1068
NICCOLÒ II, PAPA. — Upon the death of Stefano X (29 March 1058), the Roman nobility sought to elect a Benedetto X, who was not recognized by the better part of…
Nicholas III, Pope (NICCOLÒ III, PAPA) Vol. VIII, p. 1068
NICCOLÒ III, POPE. — Giovanni Gaetano, son of Matteo Rosso Orsini and Perna Caetani, cardinal deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere. Born in the second decade of the…
Nicholas IV, Pope (NICCOLÒ IV, PAPA) Vol. VIII, p. 1071
NICCOLÒ IV, POPE. — Girolamo, born into a humble family at Lisciano near Ascoli Piceno, entered the Friars Minor at a very young age and held various offices…
Nicholas of Clamanges (Nicholas Poillevlain) (NICOLA DI CLAMANGES (NICOLA POILLEVLAIN)) Vol. VIII, p. 1080
NICOLA of CLAMANGES (NICOLA POILLEVLAIN). - Theologian, born at Clamanges ca. 1363, died in Paris in 1437. He taught theology in Paris from 1381; in 1397 he…
Nicholas of Flüe (de la Ruppe), Saint (NICOLA DELLA FLÜE (DELLA RUPE), SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1081
NICOLA della FLÜE (della RUPE), saint. — Patron of Switzerland, born at Flüeli (parish of Sachseln, Unterwalden) in 1417, probably on 21 March, died at Ranft…
Nicholas V, Antipope (NICCOLÒ V, ANTIPAPA) Vol. VIII, p. 1071
NICCOLÒ V, ANTIPAPA: v. RAINALLUCCI, PIETRO di CORVARO.
Nicholas V, Pope (NICCOLÒ V, PAPA) Vol. VIII, p. 1071
NICCOLÒ V, POPE. — Tommaso Parentucelli, born at Sarzana on 15 November 1397, died at Rome on 24 March 1455. In the service, at Bologna, of Bishop N.…
Nicholas, Bishop Of Myra, Saint (NICOLA, VESCOVO DI MIRA, SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1082
NICOLA, bishop of MIRA, saint. — N. was born at Patara, in Lycia, and was bishop of Mira around the middle of the 4th century. He is one of the most popular…
Nicobar Islands (NICOBARE) Vol. VIII, p. 1079
NICOBAR. — Group of islands in the Bay of Bengal north of the island of Sumatra; twelve of them are inhabited by a population of approximately 10,000…
Nicodemus (NICODEMO) Vol. VIII, p. 1079
NICODEMO. - Jewish nobleman, disciple of Jesus, mentioned in the Gospel of St. John: he was a Pharisee, a ruler of the Jews (Io. 3, 1), a teacher in Israel…
Nicodemus of Mammola, Saint (NICODEMO DI MAMMOLA, SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1079
NICODEMO di MAMMOLA, saint. - Calabrian-Greek ascetic, born at Cirò ca. 900, died near Mammola on 25 March 990. As a young man he embraced the Basilian…
Nicola (Pruntzlein) of Dinkelsbühl (NICOLA (PRUNTZLEIN) DI DINKELSBÜHL) Vol. VIII, p. 1080
NICOLA (PRUNTZLEIN) di DINKELSBÜHL. – Theologian, born at Dinkelsbühl around 1360, died at Vienna on 17 March 1433. Magister theologiae in 1409, he was three…
Nicola Di Saliceto (Wydenbosch Or Weidenbusch) (NICOLA DI SALICETO (WYDENBOSCH O WEIDENBUSCH)) Vol. VIII, p. 1086
NICOLA di SALICETO (Wydenbosch or Weidenbusch). - Cistercian theologian, also called Nicolaus de Berno, because he was born in Berne, in what year is unknown.…
Nicola I Romanov, Tsar of Russia (NICOLA I ROMANOV, ZAR DI RUSSIA) Vol. VIII, p. 1085
NICOLA I Romanov, tsar of RUSSIA. — N. was born at Tsarskoye Selo on 25 June (7 July) 1796 and died at St Petersburg on 17 (29) February 1855. Following his…
Nicola II, Tsar of Russia (NICOLA II, ZAR DI RUSSIA) Vol. VIII, p. 1086
NICOLA II, tsar of RUSSIA. — Born on 19 May 1868, he succeeded Alessandro III on 2 November 1894. Do- BIBL.: Ch. de Visch, Biblioth. scriptorum S. O. Cist.,…
Nicola of Bari (NICOLA DI BARI) Vol. VIII, p. 1080
NICOLA di BARI: v. NICOLA di MIRA.
Nicola of Fakenham (NICOLA DE FAKENHAM) Vol. VIII, p. 1081
NICOLA de FAKENHAM. — An English Minorite theologian of the 14th–15th century, born probably at Fakenham, in the county of Norfolk, and died at Colchester in…
Nicola of Guardiagrele (NICOLA DA GUARDIAGRELE) Vol. VIII, p. 1082
NICOLA da GUARDIAGRELE. — Abruzzese goldsmith and sculptor, b. in the last decade of the fourteenth century, d. before 1462. His earliest works, all signed and…
Nicola of Myra (NICOLA DI MIRA) Vol. VIII, p. 1083
NICOLA di MIRA, saint — S. N. with boys and girls. Painting by Andrea Sabatini, known as Andrea da Salerno (16th century) — Naples, Pinacoteca. unpublished…
Nicola of Oresme (NICOLA DI ORESME) Vol. VIII, p. 1084
NICOLA di ORESME. – French philosopher, theologian, and economist. He studied theology in Paris in 1348. In 1356 he became master of this discipline at the…
Nicola of Tolentino, Saint (NICOLA DA TOLENTINO, SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1086
NICOLA da TOLENTINO, saint. — Born at Castel S. Angelo (now S. Angelo in Pantano) in 1245, died on 10 September 1305 at Tolentino, where he lived for more than…
Nicola of Verdun (NICOLA DI VERDUN) Vol. VIII, p. 1089
NICOLA DI VERDUN – The Verduneraltar. The 51 gilded-copper and enamel plaques formed an ambo, commissioned by Provost Wernher (1181). The present-day triptych…
Nicola of Verdun (NICOLA DA VERDUN) Vol. VIII, p. 1089
NICOLA DA VERDUN. – Goldsmith, active between the 12th and 13th centuries. Recent studies (Réau) consider his activity to have been entirely within the sphere…
Nicola Pisano Vol. VIII, p. 1084
NICOLA PISANO. – Sculptor, son of Pietro, born probably in Apulia around 1220, died between 1278 and 1284; in the documents he is called Nicolae de Pisis,…
Nicola the Mystic (NICOLA IL MISTICO) Vol. VIII, p. 1084
NICOLA il MISTICO. — Patriarch of Constantinople (901–907; 912–25), born around the middle of the ninth century in Byzantine Italy. He was senator and intimate…
Nicolai, Jean Vol. VIII, p. 1089
NICOLAI, JEAN. – Dominican theologian and controversialist, born at Mouzay near Stenay in 1594, died in Paris on 7 May 1673. He was prior (1661–64) and for…
Nicolai, Nicola Maria Vol. VIII, p. 1089
NICOLAI, NICOLA MARIA. — Archaeologist and historian of the Roman Campagna, b. in Rome on 14 September 1756, d. there on 18 January 1833. He began his career…
Nicolaites (NICOLAITI) Vol. VIII, p. 1090
NICOLAITI. - Setta libertino-gn'astica, menzionata in Apoc. 2, 6 e 16 («apostoli mendaci»: v. 2), che infestava le comunità asiatiche di Efeso (ove era…
Nicolas d'Autrécourt (NICOLA D'AUTRECOURT) Vol. VIII, p. 1080
NICOLA d'AUTRECOURT. – Theologian and philosopher, born at the beginning of the 14th century at Autrecourt (diocese of Verdun), died after 1350. Having…
NICOLAS I, POPE (NICCOLÒ I, PAPA) Vol. VIII, p. 1068
NICHOLAS I, POPE, Saint. — Son of Theodore, a regional deacon of Leo IV, Nicholas was elected and consecrated pope on 24 April 858, following the death of…
Nicolas, Jean-Jacques-Auguste Vol. VIII, p. 1090
NICOLAS, JEAN-JACQUES-AUGUSTE. – Apologist, born in Bordeaux on 16 January 1807, died in Versailles on 17 January 1888. After an indolent youth, he devoted…
Nicole, Pierre Vol. VIII, p. 1090
NICOLE, PIERRE. – Jansenist, born at Chartres on 19 October 1625, died at Paris on 16 November 1695. He pursued his studies in philosophy (1642–44) and…
Nicolet, Diocese Of (NICOLET, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1091
NICOLET, DIOCESE of. - The diocese of Trois Rivières, already divided in 1874 to form the diocese of Sherbrooke (Québec) and enlarge that of S. Giacinto, and…
Nicoletti, Giovanni (Johannes ab Imola) Vol. VIII, p. 1092
NICOLETTI, GIOVANNI (Johannes ab Imola). - Canonist and civilian, b. at Imola (and not at Bologna, as was once believed) between 1367 and 1376, d. at Bologna…
Nicolle, Louise Vol. VIII, p. 1092
NICOLLE, LOUISE. – Foundress of charitable works and of the Humble Daughters of the Sacred Heart, b. at St-Armand-les-Eaux (diocese of Cambrai) on 9 June 1847,…
Nicomachus Flavianus (NICOMACO FLAVIANO) Vol. VIII, p. 1092
NICOMACO FLAVIANO : V. FLAVIANO VIRIO, NICOMACO.
Nicomedes, Cemetery of (NICOMEDE, CIMITERO DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1092
NICOMEDE, CEMETERY of. – The martyr N. is mentioned in the Passio of the martyrs Nereo and Achilleo, which is of no historical value; his burial is there…
Nicomedia, Martyrs of (NICOMEDIA, MARTIRI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1092
NICOMEDIA, MARTYRS of. - On 24 February 303, the first edict of the persecution inaugurated by Diocletian was published at N., ordering the destruction of…
Nicopolis (NICOPOLI) Vol. VIII, p. 1092
NICOPOLI. - A Latin bishopric in Bulgaria, with its residence at Rustciuk (Ruse) on the Danube. It is directly subject to the Holy See. Appellate ordinary:…
Nicopolis Of Epirus (NICOPOLI D'EPIRO) Vol. VIII, p. 1093
NICOPOLI d'EPIRO. — A city founded by Augustus as a monument to his victory at Actium. Favored by the Emperor and by its excellent position, it soon became,…
Nicora, Luigi Vol. VIII, p. 1093
NICORA, LUIGI — Bishop, sociologist, b. in Milano on 13 Sept. 1829. Ordained in 1852, he was a parish curate until 1882, then an honorary canon (1888) and…
Nicosia, Diocese of (NICOSIA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1093
NICOSIA, DIOCESI di. - In Sicilia (Enna), suffragan of Messina. Erected by Pio VII (17 March 1816), its first bishop, Gaetano M. Avarna, was installed there in…
Nicotera, Diocese of (NICOTERA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1094
NICOTERA, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in the province of Catanzaro. Together with the diocese of Tropea, it has a population of 85,000 inhabitants, of whom…
Nider, Johann Vol. VIII, p. 1094
NIDER, JOHANN. - Dominican, preacher, born at Isny (Württemberg) around 1380, died on 13 Aug. 1438 at Nuremberg. He taught at the University of Vienna from…
Niebuhr, Barthold Georg Vol. VIII, p. 1095
NIEBUHR, BARTHOLD GEORG. – Protestant, historian and diplomat, b. in Copenhagen on 27 Aug. 1776, d. in Bonn on 2 Jan. 1831. Founder of the philological…
Niello Vol. VIII, p. 1095
NIello. – A term derived from the Latin nigellum, denoting a particular type of goldsmith’s work in which a black paste composed of copper, silver, sulfur, and…
Niepokalanów (Immaculateum, City Of The Immaculate) (NIEPOKALANÓW (IMMACULATEUM, CITTÀ DELL'IMMACOLATA)) Vol. VIII, p. 1096
NIEPOKALANÓW (Immaculateum, CITY OF THE IMMACULATE). – A characteristic monastic city of Poland, 42 km from Warsaw, founded by Fr. Massimiliano Kolbe in 1927.…
Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio Vol. VIII, p. 1096
NIEREMBERG, JUAN EUSEBIO. - Jesuit, ascetical writer, b. in Madrid in 1595, d. there 7 Apr. 1658. Ordained priest in 1623, he taught humanities, natural…
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Vol. VIII, p. 1096
NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH WILHELM. – Philologist and philosopher, born at Röcken in Saxony on 15 September 1844, died at Weimar on 25 August 1900. Doctor and…
Nievo, Ippolito Vol. VIII, p. 1098
NIEVO, IPPOLITO. – Writer, born in Padua on 30 November 1831. He soon became inspired by the ideas of the Risorgimento, took part in the war of 1859, and the…
Nifo, Agostino Vol. VIII, p. 1098
NIFO, AGOSTINO. – Philosopher, born at Sessa (Salerno) in 1469–70 (hence he is often simply called Suessanus), died between 1539 and 1546. He was a pupil of…
Nigeria Vol. VIII, p. 1099
NIGERIA. — It is the most important of the British possessions in West Africa. The territory comprises the entire lower basin of the Niger, that of its…
Nihilism (NICHILISMO) Vol. VIII, p. 1078
NIHILISM. — The term n. commonly denotes that vast revolutionary movement composed for the most part of young intellectuals which profoundly shook Russian life…
Niigata, Apostolic Prefecture Of (NIIGATA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1100
NIIGATA, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. - In the north-western part of the island of Hondo (central Japan). It comprises three civil provinces: N., Akita, Yamagata;…
Nijmegen, Catholic University Of (NIMEGA, UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1104
NIMEGA, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF. — A favored residence of Charlemagne and an ancient center of Carolingian culture, N. is the seat of the Dutch Catholic…
Nikita Pustosvyat (NIKITA PUSTOSVJAT) Vol. VIII, p. 1100
NIKITA PUSTOSVJAT. - Russian Raskolnik, died in Moscow on 12 July 1682. His full name was N. Konstantino Dobrynin. In the controversy provoked by the reforms…
Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow (NIKON, PATRIARCA DI MOSCA) Vol. VIII, p. 1100
NIKON, patriarch of Moscow. – In the world Nikita Minič, born in 1605 in the region of Nižnij Novgorod, died on 17 August 1681 near Jaroslavl. His peasant…
Nile Equatorial, Apostolic Vicariate of (NILO EQUATORIALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DEL) Vol. VIII, p. 1102
NILO EQUATORIALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO of. — It is located in the northern region of Uganda. Erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1923, it was elevated to an…
Nilles, Nikolaus Vol. VIII, p. 1101
NILLES, NIKOLAUS. — Jesuit, canonist, and liturgist, born at Rippweiler (Luxembourg) on 21 June 1828, died at Innsbruck on 31 January 1907. Having entered the…
Nilus (NILO) Vol. VIII, p. 1101
NILE. — River of Egypt. It is mentioned in many passages of the Bible and is indeed often simply called “the river” par excellence (Gen. 41:1–3; Ex. 1:22; 2:3;…
Nilus Doxapatris (NILO DOXAPATRIS) Vol. VIII, p. 1102
NILO DOXAPATRIS. — A Greek monk of Sicily, author of two geographical treatises on the patriarchates, born toward the end of the 11th century and probably died…
Nilus the Ascetic (of Ancyra), Saint (NILO L'ASCETA (D'ANCIRA), SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1101
NILO L'ASCETA (of ANCIRA), Saint. — Writer on ascetical subjects from the beginning of the 5th century. Leone Allacci lists 21 writers of this name; it is…
Nilus the Younger, Saint (NILO IL GIOVANE, SANTO) Vol. VIII, p. 1102
NILO il GIOVANE, saint – Image of s. N. Panel of a triptych from the 14th century. Grottaferrata, abbey. siano, Instit., X–XII, as S. Marsili has demonstrated.…
Nimbus (NIMBO) Vol. VIII, p. 1102
NIMBO. - A disk that, since the 4th century B.C., is found placed around the head of images of divinities or divinized beings. In classical art, this attribute…
Nimrod (Hebr. Nimrādh, Septuagint Neṣnā) (NEMROD (EBR. NIMRĀDH, SETTANTA NEṢṆĀ)) Vol. VIII, p. 1023
NEMROD (Heb. Nimrādh, Septuagint Neṣṇā). - Son of Chus, of Hamitic stock, of whom it is said that he was a great hunter and founded an Empire (Gen. 10:8-12) in…
Nine Saints (NOVE SANTI) Vol. VIII, p. 1155
NOVE SANTI. — Called Romans (= Constantinopolitans), they were Monophysite monks who arrived in Ethiopia, according to the legend, in 454, coming from Syria,…
Nineteenth Century (OTTOCENTO) Vol. IX, p. 299
OTTOCENTO: v. MODERNA, ARTE SACRA.
Nineveh (NINIVE) Vol. VIII, p. 1109
NINIVE. — Capital city of Assyria. The name of the city was initially Ninuwā, in the mid-second millennium Ninuwa, but alongside this also Ninua and Nina. Only…
Ninfa, Saint, Martyr (NINFA, SANTA, MARTIRE) Vol. VIII, p. 1107
NINFA, saint, martyr. – Unknown to the ancient Martyrologies until the ninth century; the first notice is found in the Lib. Pont., which, in the life of Leo IV…
Ningpo, Diocese of (NINGPO, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1108
NINGPO, DIOCESE of. - The apostolic vicariate of Chekiang, erected on 27 May 1846 and comprising the civil province of the same name, in central-eastern China,…
Ninguarda, Feliciano Vol. VIII, p. 1108
NINGUARDA, FELICIANO. - Dominican theologian and bishop, born at Morbegno (Valtellina) in 1524, died at Como on 5 Jan. 1595. He taught at Vienna and was…
Ningxia, Diocese Of (NINGSIA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1108
NINGSIA, DIOCESIS of. – It is situated in the southwestern part of Inner Mongolia (China) and comprises the three civil subprefectures located west of Suiyuan…
Ningyuan, Diocese Of (NINGVŪAN, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1109
NINGVŪAN, DIOCESE of. - Erected as an apostolic vicariate under the name of Kientchang on 12 Aug. 1910, with territory detached from that of southern Szechwan…
Nino Pisano Vol. VIII, p. 1110
NINO PISANO. — Sculptor and architect, born in Pisa in the early years of the 14th century, died there in 1368. He carried out his work between Florence, Pisa,…
Nino, Saint (NINO, SANTA) Vol. VIII, p. 1110
NINO, saint. — This is the Georgian name of the mulier captiva who, according to Rufinus (Hist. Eccl., X, 11), converted Georgia (Caucasian Iberia) to the…
Nio Vol. VIII, p. 904
NIO. — He is the father of Italian historiography. B. at Vignola (Modena) on 21 October 1672 to a family of modest peasants, d. at Modena on 23 January 1750.…
Nippur Vol. VIII, p. 1110
NIPPUR - Votive tablets, discovered by the expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. NIPPUR - Sarcophagi discovered by the University of Pennsylvania…
Nirvana (NIRVĀNA) Vol. VIII, p. 1111
NIRVĀNA. — N., in pāli “nibbāna,” means “extinction,” in the proper and figurative sense. In the latter sense it is a term of Buddhist dogmatics, and…
Nisibis (Nusaybin), School of (NISIBI (NUSAYBIN), SCUOLA DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1112
NISIBI (NUSAYBIN), SCHOOL OF. – A Syriac city in the Mesopotamian plain, it was the seat, around the middle of the 4th century, of a school at which St. Ephrem…
Nisān (From Babylonian Nisannu) (NISĀN (DAL BABILONESE NISANNU)) Vol. VIII, p. 1112
NISĀN (from the Babylonian nisannu). - The first month of the year in Israel; in the oldest biblical literature, it is identified with ḥōdheṣ hā-'ābhībh,…
Niterói, Diocese of (NITERÓI, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1112
NITERÓI, DIOCESE of. - City and diocese in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). It borders on the dioceses of Barra do Piraí, Valença, Rio de Janeiro, and…
Nitra, Diocese of (NITRA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1112
NITRA, DIOCESE of. — Diocese in Slovakia, established in 880 as a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Pannonia, when Pope Giovanni VIII sent St. Methodius,…
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…