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Ogdensburgh, Diocese of (OGDENSBURG, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of New York (U.S.A.). The diocese, a suffragan of New York, has an area of 12,036 square miles and a total population (1950) of… -
O Gente Felix Ospita
Hymn of Lauds in the Office of the feast of the Holy Family, composed by Leo XIII. The humble family of Nazareth is proposed as a model for Christian families.… -
Oghamic, Script (OGAMICA, SCRITTURA)
From Ogma, Ogmu, Ogmios, the Celtic god of eloquence and writing, whom Lucian (Hercules, 1; ca. 175 A.D.) describes dressed in a lion's skin, with a club… -
Ogilvie (Ogilby), John, Blessed (OGILVIE (OGILBY), JOHN, BEATO)
Jesuit, martyr, b. at Drum-na-Keith (Scotland) in 1580, d. at Glasgow on 10 March 1615. Educated as a Calvinist, he made a long stay abroad of 21 years, during… -
Oglerio of Trino, Blessed (OGLERIO DI TRINO, BEATO)
Cistercian abbot, d. 10 Sept. 1214. From about 1205 until his death he was abbot of the monastery of S. Maria di Lucedio near Trino Vercellese. His cult ab… -
Ogliastra, Diocese of (OGLIASTRA, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Nuoro with the episcopal residence in Lanusei. It has an area of 2,461 sq km with a population of 55,000 inhabitants, all Catholics… -
O Gloriosa Virginum
Hymn of Lauds in the Common Office of the feasts of Our Lady, composed by Venantius Fortunatus. Full of admiration for the Virgin, the poet extols her who gave… -
Ogoja, Apostolic Prefecture of (OGOJA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the south-eastern part of Nigeria entrusted to the Society of St. Patrick for Foreign Missions (Ireland). It was erected on 13 March 1938 with territory…