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O'Reilly, Myles William PatrickVol. IX, p. 184 O'REILLY, MYLES WILLIAM PATRICK. - Irish politician, b. 13 March 1825 in Dublin, where he d. 6 Feb. 1880. He studied at St. Cuthbert's College in Ushaw and at…
Oracle(ORACOLO)Vol. IX, p. 129 ORACLE. – Divine communication given in specific places (cave, grove, sanctuary, and the like) by a person consecrated to the sacrifice of a particular deity…
Oracula Vivae VocisVol. IX, p. 130 ORACULA VIVAE VOCIS. — These are privileges granted orally by the competent authority. The institution dates back to the time of s. Gregorio Magno (Reg. 8, 16;…
Oradea Mare (Nagy-Várad, Grosswardein, Gran Varadino), Diocese of(ORADEA MARE (NAGY-VÁRAD, GROSS WARDEN, GRAN VARADINO), DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 131 ORADEA MARE (NAGY-VÁRAD, GROSS WARDEN, GRAN VARADINO), DIOCESE OF. – United Catholic diocese in northwestern Transylvania, in Romania after 1918. After the…
Oradea Mare of the Latins, Diocese of(ORADEA MARE DEI LATINI, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 131 ORADEA MARE DEI LATINI, DIOCESI di: v. SATU MARE, DIOCESI di.
Oral Informations(INFORMATIONES ORALES)Vol. VI, p. 1129 INFORMATIONES ORALES. — These are explanations or elucidations of the case that the advocate presents to the judge in order to clarify the reasons supporting…
Oran (Oran), Diocese of(ORANO (ORAN), DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 132 ORANO (ORAN), DIOCESE of. — City and diocese of Algeria, suffragan of the archdiocese of Algiers. It has an area of 67,353 sq. km. and a population of…
OrangeVol. IX, p. 131 ORANGE. — City and ancient diocese in the department of Vaucluse in southern France. It is the ancient Arausio of Gallia Narbonensis. Augustus founded there…
OranteVol. IX, p. 132 ORANT. — The early Christians adopted the same gestures for prayer as were used by pagans (Cicero, Fam. 7, 5; Virgil, Aen. II, 687 ff.; Apuleius, De mundo, 33)…
Oratorio (Music)(ORATORIO (MUSICA))Vol. IX, p. 144 ORATORIO (MUSIC). – The oratorio differs from theatrical production in being entirely without the aid of scenery and any visible means of expression; it also…
Oratory (Liturgy)(ORATORIO (LITURGIA))Vol. IX, p. 141 ORATORIO (LITURGY). – It is a sacred building or place intended, rather than for the use of all the faithful, for that of a college, a community, a family, or…
Oratory of Divine Love(ORATORIO DEL DIVINO AMORE)Vol. IX, p. 146 ORATORIO DEL DIVINO AMORE: v. COMPAGNIA DEL DIVINO AMORE.
Oratory of Eternal Wisdom(ORATORIO DELL'ETERNA SAPIENZA)Vol. IX, p. 146 ORATORIO DELL'ETERNA SAPIENZA. — An association or confraternity of ecclesiastics and laypeople desirous of a more intense spiritual life, founded and…
Oratory of Jesus and of Immaculate Mary(ORATORIO DI GESÙ E DI MARIA IMMACOLATA)Vol. IX, p. 147 ORATORY OF JESUS AND OF MARY IMMACULATE. — Society of priests living in community without vows, founded in Paris in 1611 by Pietro de Bérulle (v.). He drew his…
Oratory of Saint Philip Neri(ORATORIO DI SAN FILIPPO NERI)Vol. IX, p. 147 ORATORIO DI SAN FILIPPO NERI: V. ISTITUTO DELL'ORATORIO DI SAN FILIPPO NERI.
Orazio da Pennabilli(ORAZIO DA PENNABILI)Vol. IX, p. 148 ORAZIO da PENNABILI: v. FRANCESCO ORAZIO da PENNABILI.
Orcagna, Andrea di Cione Arcagnolo, detto l'Vol. IX, p. 151 ORCAGNA, ANDREA di CIONE ARCAGNOLO, called l'. — Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect, d. in 1376. Mentioned among the Florentine painters in 1343, his…
Orchestra in Liturgical Music(ORCHESTRA NELLA MUSICA LITURGICA)Vol. IX, p. 152 ORCHESTRA IN LITURGICAL MUSIC. — The Church was always opposed to the use of musical instruments during sacred rites, despite the fact that in the early Middle…
Orcus(ORCO)Vol. IX, p. 152 ORCO. - The use of the word Orcus in Latin is manifold: it may denote a place (the Underworld), a god, or the personification of death. As a god, O. has been…
Ordeal(ORDALIA)Vol. IX, p. 152 ORDALIA. – From Anglo-Saxon ordeal, German Urtheil “sentence,” “judgment,” the o. is a judgment which the divinity or a supernatural power is called upon to…
Ordelaffi, Family(ORDELAFFI, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IX, p. 152 ORDELAFFI, FAMILY. - For two centuries it held the lordship of Forlì and other lands of Romagna. The lordship was already taking shape when SCARPETTA, son of…
Order and Ordination(ORDINE E ORDINAZIONE)Vol. IX, p. 154 I. THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS SUMMARY: I. Institution of the Priesthood of the New Testament. - II. The Three Degrees of the Priesthood. - III. Transmission…
Order of Alcántara(ALCÁNTARA, ORDINE DI)Vol. I, p. 447 ALCÁNTARA, ORDER OF. – A chivalric order founded at S. Juliao de Pereyro in 1156 on the initiative of certain knights from Salamanca, led by D. Suarez…
Order of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge(ORDINE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA CARITÀ DEL RIFUGIO)Vol. IX, p. 167 ORDINE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA CARITÀ DEL RIFUGIO. - It was founded by s. Giovanni Eudes at Caen (Normandy) in 1641, with the principal aim of the…
Order of Preachers(FRATI PREDICATORI, ORDINE DEL)Vol. V, p. 1040 DOMINICAN FRIARS, ORDER OF - Mendicant order founded by St. Dominic (hence: Dominicans) for preaching. Its modern constitutions indicate the means employed to…
Order of the Holy Cross(ORDINE DELLA SANTA CROCE)Vol. IX, p. 165 ORDINE DELLA SANTA CROCE. - Sull'origine dei Canonici Regolari della S. Croce non si (da A. A. Huckel, Homen, Friburgo 1861, tav. II) have certain information;…
Order of the Most Holy Trinity(ORDINE DELLA S.MA TRINITÀ)Vol. IX, p. 166 ORDER OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY – Martino, archbishop of Toledo, with the consent of the Chapter, grants s. Giovanni di Matha perpetual administration of the…
Ordinary(ORDINARIO)Vol. IX, p. 153 ORDINARY. – This is the person invested with the ordinary power of jurisdiction. According to can. 198 § 1, the following are to be considered O., unless…
Ordination(CHIROTONIA)Vol. III, p. 903 CHIROTONY: v. HANDS, IMPOSITION of the.
Ordoñez, BartoloméVol. IX, p. 177 ORDOÑEZ, BARTOLOMÉ. — Castilian sculptor, born in Burgos around the final decades of the 15th century, died still young at Carrara on 10 December 1520.…
Oreb and Zeb(OREB E ZEB)Vol. IX, p. 178 OREB and ZEB. – Totemic names ('ôrêbh “raven”; zê'êbh “wolf”) of two Midianite chiefs, captured by the Israelites of the time of Gedeone (v.) west of the…
Oreglia di Santo Stefano, LuigiVol. IX, p. 183 OREGLIA DI SANTO STEFANO, LUIGI. — Cardinal, born at Benevagienna (Mondovì) on 9 July 1828, died in Rome on 7 December 1913. Ordained a priest in 1851, he…
Oregon City, Diocese of(OREGON CITY, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 183 OREGON CITY, DIOCESI di: v. PORTLAND in OREGON, DIOCESI di.
Orelansville(ORLÉANSVILLE)Vol. IX, p. 237 ORLÉANSVILLE. – In Algeria, on the site of the ancient Castellum Tingitanum. The names of some of its bishops are known: Marino in 324, known from an…
Oremus (Let Us Pray)(OREMUS (PREGHIAMO))Vol. IX, p. 184 OREMUS (LET US PRAY). — A general invitation in the Roman rite, addressed by the celebrant to the faithful before the prayers at Mass (Collects, Secret,…
Orestano, FrancescoVol. IX, p. 184 ORESTANO, FRANCESCO. - Philosopher, b. at Alia on 14 Apr. 1873, d. at Rome on 19 Aug. 1945. He taught the history of philosophy (1907–24) at the University of…
Orestes, Patriarch of Jerusalem(ORESTE, PATRIARCA DI GERUSALEMME)Vol. IX, p. 185 ORESTE, patriarch of GERUSALEMME. - Greek monk, born probably in Calabria around the middle of the 9th century, when Sicily had already been conquered by the…
Organ(ORGANO)Vol. IX, p. 196 ORGANO. — A musical instrument with air-operated pipes (from about ten in primitive examples to several thousand in modern ones), of varying size, shape, and…
Organic Articles(ARTICOLI ORGANICI)Vol. II, p. 58 ORGANIC ARTICLES. – This name designates the 77 provisions that the French law of 18 Germinal, Year X (= 8 April 1802), ratifying the Concordat concluded on 15…
OrganumVol. IX, p. 199 ORGANUM. — The term, which denoted a special compositional technique involving at least 2 voices, stands at the origins of polyphony (9th century) and soon…
Oria, Diocese of(ORIA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 200 ORIA, DIOCESE of. - City and diocese in the province of Brindisi, with 7 municipalities in that province and 4 in that of Taranto. It has an area of 92,620 sq.…
Oriani, AlfredoVol. IX, p. 200 ORIANI, ALFREDO. — Writer and historian, born on 22 August 1852 at Faenza, died on 18 October 1909 at Casola Valsenio. From birth, his family environment,…
Oriani, BarnabaVol. IX, p. 200 ORIANI, BARNABA. — Astronomer and priest, born on 17 July 1752 at Garegnano (Milan), died on 12 November 1832 at Milan. The son of extremely poor parents, his…
Orientales Christiani(ORIENS CHRISTIANUS)Vol. IX, p. 201 ORIENS CHRISTIANUS. – A semiannual journal founded in Rome in 1901 by the Pio College of the Camposanto Teutonico and directed by Anton Baumstark, who was…
Orientation(ORIENTAZIONE)Vol. IX, p. 201 ORIENTAZIONE. — In its sacred sense, o. is not the art of determining the cardinal points for practical purposes, but rather: 1) the art of knowing how to…
Orienzio(ORIEZIO)Vol. IX, p. 229 ORIEZIO. - A poet of Gaul (Aquitania) in the first half of the fifth century, probably identical with s. Orens, bishop of Auch. Shortly after the poem De…
Origen and Origenism(ORIGENE E ORIGENISMO)Vol. IX, p. 229 ORIGENE E ORIGENISMO. — Ecclesiastical writer, born ca. 185 in Egypt, probably at Alexandria, died in 253–54 at Tyre. I. LIFE. — Born into a Christian family…
Original Justice(GIUSTIZIA ORIGINALE)Vol. VI, p. 519 GIUSTIZIA ORIGINALE: v. DONI SOPRANNATURALI; GIUSTIZIA ORIGINALE.
Original Sin(PECCATO ORIGINALE)Vol. IX, p. 636 ORIGINAL SIN. – The privation of sanctifying grace, or the lack of God’s friendship, in every human being at birth, caused by Adam through his sin for himself…
Orihuela, Diocese of(ORIHUELA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 231 ORIHUELA, DIOCESE of. – City and diocese in the civil province of Alicante, in Spain. It extends over 3,200 sq km, with 445,000 inhabitants, of whom 444,000…
Oriol, PietroVol. IX, p. 232 ORIOL, PIETRO: v. AUREOLI, PIETRO.
Orione, LuigiVol. IX, p. 232 ORIONE, LUIGI. — Priest, founder of the Little Work of Divine Providence, born at Pontecurone (Alessandria) on 23 June 1872, died at S. Remo on 12 March 1940.…
Oristano, Diocese of(ORISTANO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 232 ORISTANO, DIOCESE of. – City and diocese in the province of Cagliari, with 38 municipalities in the province of Cagliari and 18 in that of Nuoro. It has an…
Orlandi, NazarenoVol. IX, p. 235 ORLANDI, NAZARENO. – Priest, journalist, and organizer, born in Siena on 7 February 1871, died there on 7 August 1945. While still a young priest, on 5 June…
Orléans, Diocese of(ORLÉANS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 235 ORLÉANS, DIOCESE of. - Diocese and prefecture city in the department of Loiret, on the right bank of the Loire, at the confluence of the O. canal. (phot. A.…
Ormaneto, NiccolòVol. IX, p. 238 ORMANETO, NICCOLÒ. - Bishop of Padua, from Verona, b. at the beginning of the 16th century, d. 17 or 18 June 1577. In 1553, as legate in England, he assisted…
Ormea, Carlo Vincenzo Ferrero di Roasio, Duke of(ORMEA, CARLO VINCENZO FERRERO DI ROASIO, D')Vol. IX, p. 238 ORMEA, CARLO VINCENZO FERRERO DI ROASIO, d’. — Piedmontese diplomat and mystic, born in Mondovì on 5 April 1680, died in Turin on 29 May 1745. A judge in…
Ornan (Heb. 'Ornān; in 2 Sam. 24:16-25 Vulg. Araunah, Heb. 'Arawnāh)(ORNAN (EBR. 'ORNĀN; IN II SAM. 24, 16-25 VOLG. AREUNA, EBR. 'ARAWNĀH))Vol. IX, p. 239 ORNAN (Heb. 'Ornān; in II Sam. 24:16–25 Vulg. Areuna, Heb. 'Arawnāh). — Name of Hurrian or Hittite origin, belonging to a Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem in…
Oropa, Sanctuary of(OROPA, SANTUARIO DI)Vol. IX, p. 240 OROPA, SANTUARIO di. — One of the major Marian shrines of Piedmont, 11.68 km from Biella, in the province of Vercelli, at an elevation of 1,180 m above sea…
Orosius, Paul(OROSIO, PAOLO)Vol. IX, p. 242 OROSIO, PAOLO. – Spanish priest from Braga, in ancient Galicia (Braulio, Epist., 44), a disciple of Augustine, “a man of experienced intellect, fluent speech,…
Orozco, Alfonso de, Blessed(OROZCO, ALFONSO DE, BEATO)Vol. IX, p. 242 OROZCO, ALFONSO de, Blessed. - Augustinian, ascetical writer, b. at Oropesa (Toledo) on 17 Oct. 1500, d. at Madrid on 19 Sept. 1591. From 1530 to 1554 he was…
Orphanage(ORFANOTROFIO)Vol. IX, p. 185 ORPHANAGE. — An institution of charity and benevolence established for the care and education of poor orphans. Paganism had shown little concern for orphans;…
Orphic Mysteries(ORFICI, MISTERI)Vol. IX, p. 185 ORPHIC MYSTERIES. — Orphism is the greatest religious phenomenon, of a mystical character, to emerge in the history of sixth-century B.C. Greece. It may be…
Orsenigo, CarolinaVol. IX, p. 243 ORSENIGO, CAROLINA. - Foundress of the Suore della Riparazione, b. in Milano on 15 Nov. 1822, d. there on 8 July 1881. After a childhood devoted to the…
OrseraVol. IX, p. 243 ORSERA. - An Istrian municipality near Parenzo. Ursaria appears in the « Tabula Peutingeriana », where the name is assigned to an island corresponding in…
Orsi, Giuseppe AgostinoVol. IX, p. 243 ORSI, GIUSEPPE AGOSTINO. – Dominican theologian and cardinal, born in Florence on 9 May 1692, died in Rome on 13 June 1761. He entered religious life at…
Orsi, PaoloVol. IX, p. 243 ORSI, PAOLO. — Archaeologist, born in Rovereto on 18 October 1859 and died there on 8 November 1935. Professor at the Liceo-Ginnasio of Alatri, he later became…
Orsini, Family(ORSINI, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IX, p. 244 ORSINI, FAMILY. – The origins of the O. family of Rome are traced back to a PIETRO who lived in the 12th century, father of GIACINTO, cardinal of S. Maria in…
Orsini, Giovanni, Blessed(ORSINI, GIOVANNI, BEATO)Vol. IX, p. 246 ORSINI, GIOVANNI, blessed. – Bishop of Traù, born in Rome in 1032, died in Traù in 1110–11. A member of a papal legation sent to Dalmatia by Alessandro II to…
Orte, Diocese of(ORTE, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 256 ORTE, DIOCESE OF. – A city and diocese in Lazio. It has an area of about 175 sq km and a population of 21,416 inhabitants, all Catholic, distributed across 16…
Orthodox Confession(CONFESSIONE ORTODOSSA)Vol. IV, p. 157 CONFESSIONE ORTODOSSA: v. MOGHILA, PIETRO.
Orthogenesis(ORTOGENESI)Vol. IX, p. 256 ORTOGENESIS. – The term originated with Th. Eimer (1897) as a naturalistic doctrine: the evolution of animal groups according to predetermined directions…
OrthrosVol. IX, p. 256 ORTHROS. - In the Byzantine rite, this word designates the hour of the Divine Office corresponding to Matins in the Latin Office, including Lauds. This very…
Orti Oricellari(ORICELLARI, ORTI)Vol. IX, p. 200 ORICELLARI, ORTI. – In the history of the Italian academies, all devoted to classical antiquity and Latin in the fifteenth century (notwithstanding the…
Ortolano, Giovanni Battista Benvenuti, known as L'(ORTOLANO, GIOVAN BATTISTA BENVENUTI, DETTO L')Vol. IX, p. 257 ORTOLANO, GIOVAN BATTISTA BENVENUTI, called l'. — Painter, born in Ferrara to Francesco di Benvenuto around 1485 (in 1512 he was over 25) and died no earlier…
Ortona, Diocese of(ORTONA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 257 ORTONA, DIOCESI di: v. LANCIANO, DIOCESI di.
Oruro, Diocese of(ORURO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 257 ORURO, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in Bolivia. The diocese extends over 50 sq. km in the civil province of the same name, with a population of 180,000…
Orvieto, Diocese of(ORVIETO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 257 ORVIETO, DIOCESI di. - Diocese and city in the province of Terni. It has an area of 350 sq. km., with a population of 58,000 inhabitants, all Catholics,…
Ory, MatthieuVol. IX, p. 260 ORY, MATTHIEU. - Dominican theologian and inquisitor, born at La Canne in 1492, died at Paris on 12 June 1557. He entered religious life at Dinan around 1510,…
Orzechowski (Oricchovius), Stanisław(ORZECHOWSKI (ORICHOVIUS), STANISLAW)Vol. IX, p. 260 ORZECHOWSKI (ORICHOVIUS), STANISLAW. — Polish priest and humanist, b. in 1515, d. in 1567. O. was born into a mixed Polish-Ruthenian family and therefore liked…
