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Noaillat, Marthe de
Marthe Devuns, apostle of devotion to Christ the King, b. at Le Crotoy (Somme) on 26 Nov. 1865, d. at Paray-le-Monial on 5 Feb. 1926. Convinced, after no brief… -
Noailles, Louis-Antoine
Cardinal, b. at Noailles on 27 May 1651, d. at Paris on 4 May 1729. Bishop of Cahors from 1679 and of Châlons-sur-Marne from 1680, in 1682 he attended the… -
Noailles, Pierre-Bienvenu
Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux, born there on 27 October 1793, died there on 8 February 1861. Converted at the age of 20 from an… -
No-Amon
NO-AMON: v. TEBE D'EGITTO. -
Nobili, Flaminio de
Theologian and biblical scholar, b. ca. 1530, d. at Lucca in 1590. He concerned himself especially with the Greek version of the Septuagint, cooperating… -
Nobili, Roberto de
NOBILI, ROBERTO de: v. DE NOBILI, ROBERTO. -
Nóbrega, Manuel da (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 entered the Order… -
Nocera de' Pagani (Alfaterna), Diocese of (NOCERA DEI PAGANI (ALFATERNA), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Salerno, with a population of 90,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed in 24 parishes, served by 85 diocesan priests… -
Nocera Umbra, Diocese of (NOCERA UMBRA, DIOCESI DI)
Ancient diocese in northeastern Umbria. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. It has an area of 1,500 sq km with 60,320 inhabitants, all Catholic. It has… -
Nocte Surgentes Vigilemus Omnes
Hymn of Matins, used from the third Sunday after Pentecost to Sept. 27, by an unknown author. In the silence of the night, when all is still, the faithful one… -
Nocturns (Vigiliae Nocturnae, Nocturna Laus) (NOTTURNO (VIGILIAE NOCTURNAE, NOCTURNA LAUS))
It was the canonical hour of the night already in use in the first Christian centuries (Tertullian, Ad uxorem, II, 4: «nocturnis convocationibus»), practiced… -
Noe (NOÈ)
The tenth of the "antediluvian patriarchs" (Gen. 5:28-31), son of Lamech, who lived to the age of 950 years (ibid. 9:29). In anticipation of the flood (v.)… -
Noemi
Wife of Elimelech, from Bethlehem, mother-in-law of Ruth (v.); in Hebrew No'ōmī "gracious," an appellation that occurs in the poem of 'Anat (IV AB, 2, 16; 3… -
Noeto
NOETO : V. MODALISMO. -
Nogaret, Guglielmo
N. around 1260 at St-Felix de Caraman (Toulouse). Professor of law at Montpellier (1291), then judge of Beaucaire (1294), he was dear to Philip the Fair and… -
Nola, Diocese of (NOLA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Campania, in the province of Naples. It has an area of 200 sq km with a population of 260,000 inhabitants, of whom 250,000 are Catholics… -
Noldin, Hieronymus
Jesuit, moralist, b. at Salorno (Alto Adige) on 30 Jan. 1838, d. at Vienna-Lainz on 7 Nov. 1922. Having entered the Order already a priest (1863), he was… -
Nolens, Willem Hubert
Dutch sociologist and politician, b. at Venlo on 7 Sept. 1860, d. at The Hague on 27 Aug. 1931. Ordained a priest in 1887, from 1886 until 1909 he was… -
Noli, Diocese of (NOLI, DIOCESI DI)
NOLI, DIOCESI di: v. SAVONA e NOLI, DIOCESI di. -
Nominalism (NOMINALISMO)
A philosophical tendency that denies the existence of general concepts, or at least denies that a real content of their own corresponds to them. The term… -
Nomina Sacra
Alongside abbreviations (v.) by suspension, in the Christian era one encounters, abbreviated by contraction, words of a sacred character which, according to… -
Nomocanons (NOMOCANONI)
This is the name given, from the 11th century onward, to collections containing imperial laws and conciliar canons. Among the most famous, mention should be… -
Nona
It is that part of the Divine Office which is recited at the ninth hour (= 3 p.m.), according to the Greek-Roman division of the day. This hour of prayer… -
Nona (Aenona), Ancient Diocese of (NONA (AENONA), ANTICA DIOCESI DI)
The small city of N. (Nin), situated on one of the northernmost points of the Dalmatian coast, in the vicinity of Zara, played a very important part in the… -
Nonantola, Abbey Nullius of (NONANTOLA, ABBAZIA NULLIUS DI)
Founded in 751-52 in honor of the Sts. Apostles, to whose name that of St. Sylvester was added from 756, by St. Anselm, formerly a Lombard duke (v. ANSELMO di… -
Non-Catholic (ACATTOLICÓ)
By "a.," according to the etymology (privative a and καθόλιλος), is meant anyone who is not a Catholic; therefore: 1) in the broad sense, not only baptized… -
Non-Christian Missions (MISSIONI NON CRISTIANE)
In the history of religions, a m. is the commission that a person invested with religious authority — whether personally, as founder of a religion, or… -
Nonconformists (NONCONFORMISTI)
During the reign of Elizabeth of England (1558-1603), the name of N. was given to those who had not conformed to the doctrine and ritual practice of the… -
Non Expedit
It is the formula that forbade Italian Catholics to participate in political life, following the spoliations of territories suffered by the Holy See, which led… -
Non-Intervention (NON INTERVENTO)
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Non-Jurors ("Non-Giurati") (NON-JURORS (« NON-GIURATI »))
When, after the revolution of 1688, the Prince of Orange, husband of Mary, daughter of James II, wished to be recognized as king of England together with his… -
Nonna, Saint (NONNA, SANTA)
She is commemorated by the Greeks and Latins on 5 August. A woman of choice virtues, pious, charitable, strongly attached to religion, she converted to… -
Norbert of Lorraine (NORBERTO DI LORENA)
NORBERTO di LORENA: v. PARISOT, PIETRO. -
Norbert, Saint (NORBERTO, SANTO)
Founder of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (hence Premonstratensians), at present in the department of the Aisne, b. at Xanten, duchy of Cleves, ca. 1080, from… -
Norcia
City and diocese in the province of Perugia (Umbria). It is made up of 8 municipalities, 3 of which are in the province of Macerata (Castel S. Angelo, Ussita… -
Noris, Enrico
Augustinian theologian and cardinal, b. at Verona on 29 Aug. 1631, d. at Rome on 23 Feb. 1704. A religious from 1646, he was in Rome, then regent of studies at… -
Norma
In Latin, just as in Greek γνώμων or κανών, it properly means the "square," which, by making it possible to draw a line perpendicular (normal) to another, is… -
Normans (NORMANNI)
I. THE SCANDINAVIAN ORIGINS. - The Scandinavian peoples do not enter history until the end of the 8th century, when the "men of the north" (Northmen, Normands)… -
Norman Sicilian, Art (SICULO NORMANNA, ARTE)
Also called Siculo-Arab-Norman art: it is the name that 19th-century historians assigned to the Sicilian artistic manifestations of the Romanesque period.That… -
Normotype (NORMOTIPO)
An individual whose characteristics, whether from the standpoint of constitution or of temperament and disposition, present values equal to the statistical… -
Northampton, Diocese of (NORTHAMPTON, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in England. It comprises the counties of Bedford, Buckingham, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Norfolk, Northampton and Suffolk. It has an area of… -
Northcote, Spencer James
Archaeologist, b. at Feninton Court (Devonshire) on 26 May 1821, d. at Stoke-upon-Trent (Staffordshire) on 3 March 1907. He studied at Corpus Christi College… -
Norway (NORVEGIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The territory of N. corresponds to the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula, from the North Cape to the Skagerrak, and consists of the… -
Notae Iuris (NOTAIE IURIS)
These are the abbreviations used in ancient manuscripts of legal works, in which, unlike literary ones, many technical terms were abbreviated for convenience.… -
Notary (NOTAIO)
In the modern conception, the notary is a free professional who has the status of a public official with the power to receive, within a given territory… -
Notes of the Church (NOTE DELLA CHIESA)
NOTE DELLA CHIESA : v. CHIESA. -
Notional Acts (ATTI NOZIONALI)
ATTI NOZIONALI: v. NOZIONI DIVINE. -
Notitia
According to the terminology introduced by Brunner, it is the document of proof relating to a legal transaction already complete prior to the documentation, as… -
Notitia Ecclesiarum
NOTITIA ECCLESIARUM : v. ITINERARI. -
Notitia Regionum XIV Urbis Romae
NOTITIA REGIONUM XIV URBIS ROMAE : v. ROMA. -
Notker (NOTKERO)
Called "Labeo" because of his thick lips. A monk of St. Gall, the third and most illustrious of this name, head of that famous monastic school, which he… -
Notker the Stammerer (Balbulus), Blessed (NOTKERO IL BALBUZIENTE (BALBULUS), BEATO)
Benedictine, poet and writer, b. ca. 840 at Heiligau (today Elgg) in the canton of Zurich or, more probably, at Jonswil, in the canton of St. Gallen; d. 6… -
Noto, Diocese of (NOTO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Sicily, in Italy, suffragan of the archdiocese of Syracuse. Seven municipalities of the diocese are in the province of Ragusa and 4 in the… -
Notoriety of Law and of Fact (NOTORIETÀ DI DIRITTO E DI FATTO (NOTORIETAS IURIS ET FACTI))
Notorious in the vulgar sense is that which is the common property of public opinion, or is known to the majority of the members of a given community. In the… -
Nottingham, Diocese of (NOTTINGHAM, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in England. It comprises the counties of Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, N. and Rutland. It has a population of 2,653,757 inhabitants (1931… -
Nouet, Jacques
Ascetical writer, Jesuit, b. at Mainz on 25 March 1605, d. at Paris on 21 May 1680. He entered the Order in 1623 at Rouen. He distinguished himself by his… -
Noumenon (NOUMENO)
From the Greek νοοῦμενον (νοῦς, intellect) it means, etymologically, intelligible. The term is referred by Plato (v.) to the species or ideas "not perceptible… -
Nouna, Apostolic Vicariate of (NOUNA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In French West Africa, erected as an apostolic prefecture on 12 June 1947 with territory detached from that of Gao and entrusted to the Society of Missionaries… -
Nouvelle Revue Théologique
Belgian monthly journal of theology, founded in 1869 and now published under the direction of some professors of theology of the Society of Jesus, at Louvain.… -
Novae Audientiae
NOVAE AUDIENTIAE: v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE, SACRE. -
Nova et Vetera
I. Periodical that first appeared in Rome on 10 Jan. 1908 with the subtitle Riv. quindicinale della Soc. inter. scientifico-religiosa. Its founder and driving… -
Novalesa
Benedictine abbey erected in honor of Sts. Peter and Andrew by the Frankish Abbo in 726 on a charming hill between the Bar and Cenischia torrents, on the… -
Novali
With this name there were designated, from the Middle Ages onward, plots of land that were brought under cultivation for the first time. Consequently the name… -
Novalis (Pseudonym of Friedrich Leopold von Hardenberg) (NOVALIS (PSEUDONIMO DI FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD VON HARDENBERG))
Born at Wiederstedt on 2 May 1772, died at Weissenfels on 25 March 1801. A most sensitive figure as poet and writer, he is among the first creators of the… -
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 16, he was professor of canon… -
Novara, Diocese of (NOVARA, DIOCESI DI)
City, capital of the province of the same name and diocese. The diocese extends from the lower Novara area to the main chain of the Alps. To the east it is… -
Novaro, Angelo-Silvio
Writer and poet, b. at Diano Marina on 12 Nov. 1868, d. at Imperia on 10 March 1938. N. began his activity very early, and found his best inspiration in… -
Novatian and Novatianism (NOVAZIANO E NOVAZIANISMO)
Novatian was a Roman presbyter of the 3rd century, founder of the schismatic Church of the Novatians. The exact form of the name is undoubtedly Novatianus, and… -
Novatian Cemetery (Cimitero detto di Novaziano) (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 at the height of the basilica… -
Novati, Giovanni Battista
Theologian of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians), b. in Milan in 1585, d. there on 30 Aug. 1648. He taught philosophy and theology for many… -
Novellae (NOVELLE)
NOVELLE: v. CORPUS IUBIS CIVILIS. -
Novellino
A collection of 99 novellas and a proem, as preserved in cod. Vat. lat. 3214 (by Bembo, 1513), in the Gualteruzzi print (Bologna 1925) and in the first part of… -
Novelli, Pietro, called Il Monrealese (NOVELLI, PIETRO, DETTO IL MONREALESE)
Painter, b. March 2, 1603 at Monreale, d. in August 1647 at Palermo, where he frequented Carrera's studio and soon moved from the post-Raphaelesque manner to… -
Novena
NOVENA: v. TRIDUO. -
Novendiales (NOVENDIALI)
These are the obsequies of the supreme pontiffs, celebrated over nine days in the Vatican Basilica by the Sacred College and the entire Curia. These nine days… -
Novensides (NOVENSIDI)
NOVENSIDI: v. INDIGETI. -
Novitiate (NOVIZIATO)
In the material sense it is the time that an aspirant to a religious order spends in a house specially erected for that purpose with the permission of the Holy… -
Nox atra rerum contegit
Hymn of Matins on Thursday, by an unknown author. Night, the image of sin, veils with its shadow the colors of the earth, and the appearance of things… -
Nox et tenebrae et nubila
Hymn of Lauds in the Office of Wednesday. Taken from the second, longer hymn of the liber Cathemerinon, not by Prudentius, it is a whole explosion of joy… -
Noyon
NOYON : v. BEAUVAIS.