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O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey
As a politician and historian, b. 28 Feb. 1797 at Mallow (County Cork, in Ireland), d. 29 May 1880 in New York. He emigrated in 1823 to Canada, to Québec… -
Occasionalism (OCCASIONALISMO)
A philosophical current that develops Cartesian philosophy, resolving its dualism (v.) by attributing efficient causality to God alone, and to finite beings a… -
Occasion of Sin (OCCASIONE DI PECCATO)
I. NOTIONS. - By occasion of sin properly is meant a circumstance of person, thing, or place, external to the subject, which allures someone to sin, making its… -
Occultism (OCCULTISMO)
OCCULTISMO: V. METAPSICHICA. -
Occupation (OCCUPAZIONE)
It is one of the modes of original acquisition of property, indeed the first of them even historically and the most important at the origins of society. It… -
Oceania
I. GEOGRAPHY. - In the broad sense this name denotes the Australian continent and the insular world that accompanies it, including the islands scattered in the… -
Ocheti (OCHETUS)
Among the various genres of musical composition that arose in the Middle Ages, the O. is a particular technique, later elevated to a form in its own right… -
Ochino, Bernardino
Apostate, b. in Siena in the contrada dell'Oca (whence his name O.) in 1487 to a poor family, d. at Slavkov (Moravia) toward the end of 1564. I. LIFE. - Having… -
Ochozias (OCHOZIA)
King of Israel, son of Ahab and Jezebel, he reigned for about two years (853-852 B.C.). A contemporary of Jehoshaphat king of Judah (v.), he maintained with… -
Ochozias (Joachaz) (OCHOZIA (IOACHAZ))
King of Judah, son of Jehoram (v.) and Athaliah; he reigned only one year (842 B.C.). He was among the few members of the royal family who escaped deportation… -
Ockeghem, Johannes
Polyphonist, b. in Flanders ca. 1430, d. at Tours ca. 1495. In > (from La revue musicale, 5 [1933], pp. 32-33) OCKEGHEM, JOHANNES - J. O. and the singers of… -
Ockham (Occam, Okam, Ocham), William of (OCCAM (OCKHAM, OCKAM, OKAM, OCHAM), GUGLIELMO DA)
English Franciscan, b. at Occam (county of Surrey), around 1290, d. probably at Munich in 1349-50. He studied at Oxford, where around 1310 he began the study… -
O'Clery, Michael
Irish historian, b. at Kilbaron (County Donegal) in 1575, d. at Louvain in 1643. He entered the Franciscan Order, in the college of St. Anthony at Louvain… -
O'Connell, Daniel (O'CONNEL, DANIELE)
Statesman, b. at Carhen on 6 Aug. 1775, d. at Genoa on 15 May 1847. Having obtained a degree in law in England, in 1798 he began his forensic career. Only a… -
Octateuch (OTTATEUCO)
Il termine (ὁκτώ «otto» e τοῦτος «scrigno» o custodia per libri e quindi «libro») appare la prima volta in Cassiodoro (De institutione divinarum litterarum, 1… -
Octateuch of Clement (OTTATEUCO DI CLEMENTE)
OTTATEUCO di CLEMENTE: v. COSTITUZIONI APOSTOLICHE. -
Octavarium Romanum
Liturgical book of the Roman Church, of optional use, which contains the lessons of the second and third Nocturn to be read during the days of the particular… -
Octave (OTTAVA)
The extension of a liturgical feast over eight days. I. IDEA AND ORIGINS. - The prolongation of any solemn celebration, civil or religious, is a natural thing… -
Octave of Prayer for the Unity of the Church (OTTAVA DI PREGHIERE PER L'UNITÀ DELLA CHIESA)
A pious practice instituted by Fr. Paul James Wattson (v.), in 1908, while he was still a Protestant minister in America and had founded at Graymoor the two… -
Octoechos
Liturgical book of the Byzantine rite, which contains the proper parts of the Divine Office for a series of eight consecutive weeks, according to the…