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O Prima Virgo ProditaVol. IX, p. 128 «O PRIMA VIRGO PRODITA». — Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Assumption, composed by the Jesuit Fr. V. Genovesi for the new office of the Assumption,…
OphelVol. IX, p. 125 OPHEL. – Southeastern hill of Jerusalem. The name, from the root 'áphal = “to swell,” properly “protuberance,” “projection” (Deut. 28, 27; I Sam. 54, 61), came…
OphirVol. IX, p. 126 OPHIR. — Region reached by the fleet of Solomon (I Reg. 9: 28; 10: 22), which King Iosaphat attempted to restore (ibid. 22: 49)—with its base in the port of…
Ophites(OFITI)Vol. IX, p. 78 OFITI. - Name of a group of Gnostics, which derives from the prominence they gave to the serpent in the paradise narrative. These Gnostics were originally…
Opi, Opalia, OpiconsiviaVol. IX, p. 127 OPI, OPALIA, OPICONSIVIA. - Opi, an ancient Roman goddess, is often identified in literary testimonies with the Greek Rhea and consequently appears as the wife…
Opicino De CanistrisVol. IX, p. 126 OPICINO de CANISTRIS. - Priest, draughtsman, and talented miniaturist, b. at Lomello (Pavia) on 24 Dec. 1296, d. after 1334. In 1323 he became parish priest of…
Opinion(OPINIONE)Vol. IX, p. 126 OPINION. - An assertion to which assent is given, but without absolute certainty and without evidence (v.) of its truth. Parmenide identifies opinion (δῶς)…
Oppido Mamertina, Diocese of(OPPIDO MAMERTINA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 127 OPPIDO MAMERTINA, DIOCESI of. — Diocese and city in the province of Reggio Calabria, in a pleasant position on the northwestern slopes of the Aspromonte; a…
Oppizzoni, Carlo(OPPIZZONI CARLO)Vol. IX, p. 127 OPPIZZONI CARLO. – Cardinal, born in Milan on 15 April 1769, died in Bologna on 13 April 1855. Having completed his studies in his native city and been…
Opposition of Third(OPPOSIZIONE DI TERZO)Vol. IX, p. 127 OPPOSIZIONE DI TERZO. — This is one of the means of challenging a judgment (v.), and specifically the one granted to a person who, being a stranger to the…
Optatus of Milevi in Numidia (Optatus Miletianus), Saint(OTTATO DI MILEVI IN NUMIDIA (OPTATUS MILETIANUS), SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 291 OTTATO of MILEVI in Numidia (Optatus Miletianus), saint. — Bishop of this city in the fourth century, known for his polemical work against the Donatist…
Optics(OTTICA)Vol. IX, p. 294 OPTICS. — This name originally denoted that branch of physics concerned with the modalities of luminous phenomena. Light is understood as a quid which,…
Optimism(OTTIMISMO)Vol. IX, p. 297 OPTIMISM. — In the narrower philosophical sense, at the beginning of the eighteenth century the term referred to the doctrine of Leibniz (v.), which holds that…
Optina Pustyn'Vol. IX, p. 128 OPTINA PUSTYN'. - A Russian monastery near Kozelsk, in the province of Kaluga. Its uncertain origins date back to the fourteenth-fifteenth century. During the…
Opus Decusque Regium Reliqueris(OPUS DECUSQUE REGIUM RELIQUERAS)Vol. IX, p. 128 «OPUS DECUSQUE REGIUM RELIQUERAS». – Hymn of Lauds in the Office of s. Elisabetta regina del Portogallo (8 July), written by Urban VIII, who had canonized her…
