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Nubia
In medieval historical geography, N. means that part of the Nile valley which lies south of the first cataract up to about the latitude of Sennar. During the… -
Nudism (NUDISMO)
NUDISMO: v. NATURISMO. -
Nuevo León, Diocese of (NUOVO LEÓN, DIOCESI DI)
NUOVO LEÓN, DIOCESI di: v. MONTERREY, ARCIDIOCESI di. -
Nugent, Francesco
Irish Capuchin, b. at Moyrath, castle in County Meath, in 1569, d. at Charleville on 17 May 1635. Having graduated from the Universities of Paris and Louvain… -
Nuirate, Louis-Thomas
Minim, theologian, martyr of the French Revolution, b. at Marseille on 21 Dec. 1724, d. there on 23 July 1792; he entered the Order of Minims at the age of… -
Nullis te genitor blanditiis trahit
Hymn of praise for the feast of St. Hermenegild, composed by Urban VIII, when in 1636 he extended to the universal Church the feast of this martyr of Spain. It… -
Nullity (NULLITÀ)
In various ways the law may prescribe a requirement for a juridical act: a) in such a way that the performance of the act is unlawful if the requirement is… -
Numai, Cristoforo
Cardinal, b. at Forlì, of a noble family, in an unknown year, d. at Ancona on 21 March 1528. Having entered the Order of Friars Minor, he moved to Paris, where… -
Numana, Diocese of (NUMANA, DIOCESI DI)
NUMANA, DIOCESI di: v. ANCONA E NUMANA, DIOCESI di. -
Numbers (NUMERI)
Literal translation of the Greek Ἀριθμοί, in the sense of "censuses," with which the translator of the Septuagint entitled the 4th book of the Pentateuch, on… -
Numenius of Apamea (NUMENIO DI APAMEA)
Philosopher of the 2nd century AD, born in Apamea (Syria), author of important works (On the Divergence of the Academics from Plato; On the Secret Doctrines in… -
Numinous (NUMINOSO)
NUMINOSO: v. OTTO, RUDOLPHI. -
Numismatics (NUMISMATICA)
Numismatics is the science that studies coinage in all its constituent elements and in the evolution they have undergone over the course of the centuries.… -
Nunc Dimittis
Canticle uttered by the old Simeon (v.) on the occasion of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Lk. 2:29-32). The old prophet, who had received from the… -
Nunc Sancte Nobis Spiritus
Hymn of the canonical hour of Terce of the Divine Office, commonly attributed to St. Ambrose. According to the Acts of the Apostles (3:2), at the third hour… -
Núñez Barreto, João (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 (1544), he first devoted… -
Nunziatella, Cemetery Known as the (NUNZIATELLA, CIMITERO DETTO DELLA)
At the fourth mile of the Via Ardeatina, near the sanctuary of the N. In 1877 a Christian hypogeum was discovered there, of which G. B. De Rossi gave a brief… -
Nuoro, Diocese of (NUORO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Sardinia, suffragan of Cagliari. The diocese has an area of 3000 sq km with a population of 102,000 inhabitants, all Catholic; it has 34… -
Nuova Antologia
A literary periodical in a very broad sense, founded in Florence in 1866 by Francesco Protonotari, as the ideal continuator of the Antologia (v.) and inspired… -
Nuraghi
NURAGHI: v. PREISTORIA, RELIGIONE della. -
Nurse of the Sorrowful (INFERMIERE DELL'ADDOLORATA)
On Sept. 27, 1850, Giovanna Franchi, together with other young women, under the guidance of the penitentiary and with the approval of the diocesan Ordinary… -
Nuṣayrī (NUȘAJRĪ)
The N. are a sect which, numbering over 300,000 souls, occupies the regions between Tripoli of Syria and Antioch, with its center at Laodicea. Although their… -
Nusco, Diocese of (NUSCO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Avellino. It comprises 8 municipalities, of which the most important are: Bagnoli Irpino, Castelvetero di Calore and… -
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 earned his degree in medicine in 1848… -
Nuzu (Genitive Nuzu) (NUZU (GENITIVO NUZI))
A locality in present-day 'Irāq (today Yorgan Tepe), about 13 km southwest of Kerkük (ancient Arrapba), which was excavated from 1925 to 1931 by E. Chiera, E.…