R
743 articles · English index · Indice italiano-
Revue of Readings (REVUE DES LECTURES)
A monthly periodical, begun in 1908 by Abbot Luigi Bethléem (1861-1940), as a publication accompanying his activity as a moral reviewer of French novels. It… -
Revue of Religions (REVUE DES RELIGIONS)
Periodical founded in Amiens, published in Paris by the priest Z. Peisson, as a Catholic contribution to the study of mythology and comparative religions that… -
Revue of Religious Sciences (REVUE DES SCIENCES RELIGIEUSES)
A quarterly periodical published and for the most part edited by the professors of the Faculty of Theology of Strasbourg, founded in 1921 with the intention of… -
Revue of Scientific Questions (REVUE DES QUESTIONS SCIENTIFIQUES)
A quarterly journal, founded in Louvain in 1877 under the auspices of the "Société scientifique de Bruxelles," established in 1875 to promote the study of the… -
Revue of the History of Missions (REVUE D'HISTOIRE DES MISSIONS)
In 1924 the Jesuit Father Giovanni Battista Piolet founded the association of the "Amis des Missions" and, as its organ, the R. d'h. d. M. The editorship was… -
Revue of the History of Religions (REVUE DE L'HISTOIRE DES RELIGIONS)
Founded in Paris by M. Vernes in 1880 and subsequently directed by J. Réville and now by R. Dussaud with E. Dhorme and H. Ch. Puech. It is published quarterly… -
Revue of the History of the Church in France (REVUE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ÉGLISE DE FRANCE)
A quarterly journal of historical criticism on problems connected with the development of religious thought and the vicissitudes of the ecclesiastical… -
Revue of the Young (REVUE DES JEUNES)
Organ of information and action of Catholic and French thought, directed by the Dominicans. It was founded at Kain (Belgium) in 1909 by Fr. M. Barge under the… -
Revue Thomiste
A doctrinal journal of Thomist theology and philosophy, founded in Paris in 1893 through the work of the Dominican Father Thomas Coconnier. Its purpose is not… -
Rex Gloriosae Martyrum (REX GLORIOSE MARTYRUM)
Hymn of Lauds in the Common of several martyrs outside Paschal time; by an unknown author, belonging to the ancient Irish group. Those who extol the victory of… -
Rex Sempiterne Caelitum
Hymn of Matins in Paschal time, by an unknown author of the 5th century, in evident imitation of Ambrose. The correctors of the 17th century revised it… -
Reyes, Apostolic Vicariate of (REYES, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in Bolivia and was erected on September 1, 1942, with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Beni. It is entrusted to the… -
Reykjavik
Capital of Iceland; its name means "bay of smoke" because of the thermal springs whose thick vapors often darken the atmosphere. In a picturesque position on… -
Reymont, Władysław Stanisław (REYMONT, WLADYSLAW STANISLAW)
Polish writer, b. at Kobiele Wielkie on 7 May 1867, d. at Warsaw on 5 Dec. 1925. Nobel Prize in 1924. He had a restless and adventurous youth; he was an… -
Rezayeh of the Chaldeans (REZAYEH DEI CALDEI)
The episcopal see dates already from the 3rd century. The city was the seat of a Chaldean Catholic bishop from 1560 to 1647. The Catholic see of R. was… -
Rezzara, Niccolò
Catholic organizer, b. at Chiuppano (Vicenza) in 1848, d. at Bergamo on 6 February 1915. At Vicenza he taught in the secondary schools from 1869 to 1877 and… -
Rhabdomancy (RABDOMANZIA)
RABDOMANZIA : v. RADIESTESIA. -
Rhodes (RODI)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The largest after Lesbos (1440 sq. km.), and the southernmost of the large Sporades, situated a short distance from the coast of Caria (Asia… -
Rhodes, Alexandre
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Avignon on 15 March 1591, d. at Isfahan (Persia) on 5 Nov. 1660. Having entered the Order in 1612 in order to go on mission, he set… -
Rhodesia (RODESIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - It is the name given to the large (1.1 million sq. km.) inner South African region comprised between the middle Limpopo (Transvaal) to the S.… -
Rhomboid (ROMBO)
It is a thin wooden tablet, oval or oblong in shape, with a hole at one end, to which a cord is fastened: by making this spin rapidly, the tablet tied to it… -
Riario, Family (RIARIO, FAMIGLIA)
It began its fortunes from the fact that Paolo R. married Bianca, sister of Francesco della Rovere, the future Sixtus IV. Of their two sons Pietro and… -
Riario Sforza, Sisto
Cardinal, b. in Naples on 5 Nov. 1810, d. there on 29 Sept. 1877. At only thirty-five years of age he was appointed by Gregory XVI first bishop of Aversa, then… -
Ribeirão Preto, Diocese of (REBEIRÃO PRETO, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of the archdiocese of São Paulo, in the state of the same name, in Brazil. It has an area of 26,547 sq. km., with a population of 1,007,200… -
Ribera, Emanuele, Venerable (RIBERA, EMMANUELE, VENERABILE)
Mystic, Redemptorist, b. at Molfetta (Bari) on March 2, 1811, d. at Naples on Nov. 8, 1874, after having been for several years master of novices and spiritual… -
Ribera, Francisco de
Exegete, b. in Villacastín (Segovia) in 1537, d. in Salamanca in 1591. Already a priest and doctor in theology, he became a Jesuit in 1570; he was later a… -
Ribera, Giuseppe
RIBERA, GIUSEPPE: v. SPAGNOLETTO. -
Ribera, Juan de, Blessed (RIBERA, JUAN DE, BEATO)
Spanish archbishop, b. in Seville on 20 March 1532 to Perafan de R., viceroy of Catalonia and of Naples, d. at Valencia on 6 Jan. 1611. He studied philosophy… -
Ribot
Philosopher, b. at Guingamp on 18 Dec. 1839, d. at Paris on 9 Dec. 1916. In 1876 he founded the Revue philosophique. From 1885 he was professor of psychology… -
Ricasoli, Family (RICASOLI, FAMIGLIA)
It was originally a branch of the Firidolfi, which took its name from a castle enfeoffed in 1187 to RANIERI. In the 14th century LUCA (d. 1383) supported the… -
Ricca, Massimiliano
Piarist scientist, b. at Novara on 2 Nov. 1761, d. at Siena on 14 Jan. > (photo Almaris) > RICCARDI, FAMILY - Courtyard of Palazzo R., by Michelozzo Michelozzi… -
Riccardi, Family (RICCARDI, FAMIGLIA)
The earliest known progenitor is an ANICHINO di Riccardo who, perhaps coming from Cologne, moved to Florence in the 14th century. During the Republic the R.… -
Ricciarelli, Daniele
RICCIARELLI, DANIELE: v. DANIELE DA VOLTERRA (DANIELI RICCIARELLI). -
Ricci, Catherine de', Saint (CATERINA DE' RICCI, SANTA)
Dominican, died on 23 April 1522 at Florence, from the first marriage of her father, Pierfrancesco. Alessandra (this was her baptismal name) spent her… -
Ricci, Corrado
Archaeologist and art critic, b. in Ravenna on 18 April 1858, d. in Rome on 5 June 1934. A student at the University of Bologna (where he took his degree in… -
Ricci, Giovanni
Cardinal, b. at Montepulciano ca. 1497, d. 3 May 1574 in Rome. He went to Rome in 1515 in the service of Cardinal Antonio Del Monte, then served the Apostolic… -
Ricci, Lorenzo
Jesuit, 18th general of the Order, b. in Florence on 2 Aug. 1703, d. in Rome in Castel Sant'Angelo on 24 Nov. 1775. Having entered the Society of Jesus in… -
Ricci, Matteo
Jesuit, pioneer of the Catholic missions in China, b. at Macerata on 6 Oct. 1552, d. at Peking on 11 May 1610. After attending the Jesuit College in his native… -
Ricci, Mauro
Writer, b. in Florence on 14 June 1826; a Piarist on 17 Sept. 1843, d. in Rome on 27 Jan. 1900. He was in contact with the leading men of letters of his time… -
Ricci-Paracciani, Francesco
Cardinal, born in Rome on 8 June 1830, died there on 9 March 1894. Of a noble family, he devoted himself to the ecclesiastical ministry, especially in evening… -
Ricci, Scipione de'
Bishop of Pistoia and the most distinguished representative of Italian Jansenism; b. in Florence on 9 Jan. 1741, d. in confinement (by courtesy of the name, d.… -
Ricciuto, Il
RICCIUTO, IL: v. AGRESTI, LIVIO. -
Ricci, Vittorio
Dominican missionary, b. at S. Maria a Cintoia (near Florence) on 18 Jan. 1621, d. at Parian (a suburb of Manila) on 17 Feb. 1685. He studied at Fiesole, then… -
Rice Churches (RICETTIZIE, CHIESE)
Receptitiae was the name given to those churches in which, at one time, only those who were natives of the place in which such churches stood could be recepti… -
Rice, Edmond Ignatius
Founder of the Institute of the "Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland" (v.), b. at Callan (county Kilkenny) on 1 June 1762, d. at Waterford on 29 Aug.… -
Richard FitzRalph (Richardus Armacamus, Hibernicus) (RICCARDO FITZRALPH (RICHARDUS ARMACAMUS, HIBERNICUS))
Theologian and archbishop, b. ca. 1295 at Dundalk (county of Louth), d. at Avignon on 20 Dec. 1360. Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1330-31), of the… -
Richard, François-Marie-Benjamin
Cardinal, b. 1 March 1819 at Nantes, d. 28 Jan. 1908 at Paris. He studied at the Seminary of St. Sulpice and was vicar general of Nantes from 1850 to 1869.… -
Richard III, King of England (RICCARDO III, RE D'INGHILTERRA)
B. 2 Oct. 1452 at Fotheringay, d. 22 Aug. 1485. In 1461 he received the title of Duke of Gloucester. He energetically supported his brother Edward IV against… -
Richard I, King of England, called Coeur de Lion (RICCARDO I, RE D'INGHILTERRA, DETTO CUOR DI LEONE)
Fourth-born son of King Henry II Plantagenet and of Eleanor of Aquitaine, b. at Oxford on 8 Sept. 1157, d. at Châlus in the Limousin on 6 Apr. 1199. When his… -
Richard of Andria, Saint (RICCARDO D'ANDRIA, SANTO)
Lived in the 12th century. Legends would make him a contemporary of Gelasius I (!), under whom he is said to have governed the diocese of Andria, taking part… -
Richard of Cluny (of Poitiers) (RICCARDO DI CLUNY (DI POITIERS))
Chronicler and poet, b. probably in Aunis around 1120, d. after 1188. From his works it can be deduced that he was a monk in the Cluniac priory of the Île… -
Richard of Cnapwell (and not of Clapwell) (RICCARDO DI CNAPWELL (E NON DI CLAPWELL))
English Dominican theologian, one of the first to introduce Thomism at Oxford, between 1284 and 1286, not without lively opposition from his confrere Robert of… -
Richard of Mediavilla (RICCARDO DI MEDIAVILLA)
Franciscan philosopher and theologian, called doctor solidus, b. ca. 1249, d. ca. 1307-1308. Biographical information is scanty and uncertain; he is believed… -
Richard of Saint Victor (RICCARDO DI SAN VITTORE)
Theologian and mystic, b. probably in Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century, d. in Paris on 10 March 1173. Having entered the Canons Regular of St.… -
Richard of San Germano (RICCARDO DI SAN GERMANO)
Author of a Chronica that survives in two redactions which complete each other. The first, interrupted at 1226, begun by commission of the monks of… -
Richard of San Lorenzo (RICCARDO DI SAN LORENZO)
Theologian of the 13th century, of whom almost every biographical detail is lacking. (Inf. Enc. Cart.) RICHARD of SAINT GERMANO - Incipit of the Chronica… -
Richard of Wyche (of Chichester), Saint (RICCARDO DI WYCHE (DI CHICHESTER), SANTO)
Bishop of Chichester, b. at Droitwich (Worcestershire) ca. 1197, d. at Dover on 3 April 1253. He studied at Oxford and at Paris, then jurisprudence at Bologna… -
Richard Rufus of Cornwall (RICCARDO RUFO DI CORNOVAGLIA)
Franciscan theologian, b. in England, d. at Oxford c. 1260. He entered the Franciscan Order, already a magister artium, at Paris c. 1238, but in 1239 he moved… -
Richard the Premonstratensian (Anglicus, of Wedinghausen) (RICCARDO IL PREMOSTRATENSE (ANGLICUS, DA WEDINGHAUSEN))
Premonstratensian writer, in all probability of English origin, who wrote in the second half of the 12th century, perhaps identical with that Richard of… -
Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis de
Cardinal and prime minister of France, b. in Paris on 9 Sept. 1585, d. there on 4 Dec. 1642. Of minor nobility from Poitou, the premature death of his father… -
Richer, Edmond
Gallican jurist, b. at Chaource on 15 Sept. 1560, d. at Paris on 29 Nov. 1631. Rector of the Sorbonne (1602-18), he was a defender of the "liberties of the… -
Richmond, Diocese of (RICHMOND, DIOCESI DI)
A diocese and city in the State of Virginia (U.S.A.). A suffragan of Baltimore, it has an area of 34,008 square miles with 2,837,297 inhabitants, of whom… -
Richter, Emil Ludwig
Canonist, b. at Stolpen (Dresden) on 15 Nov. 1808, d. at Berlin on 8 May 1864. Having obtained his doctorate in law, history and philology at the University of… -
Rickert, Heinrich
Philosopher, b. in Danzig on 25 May 1863 and d. on 28 July 1936 in Heidelberg, where he had been a professor (after Freiburg). Together with Windelband (v.)… -
Ricoldo da Montecroce
Dominican traveler and apologist, b. in Florence ca. 1243, d. there on 31 Oct. 1320. A religious in his homeland in 1267, for various years he taught the… -
Ridolfi Family (RIDOLFI, FAMIGLIA)
A family that entered Florence in the 13th century, enrolled in the Arte della Lana. It grew wealthy through trade and played a very great part in the history… -
Ridolfi, Niccolò
Cardinal, b. in Florence on 16 July 1501, to Piero and to Contessina de' Medici, daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent; he was set on the ecclesiastical career… -
Ridolfi, Niccolò
In the world Lucantonio, master general of the Friars Preachers, diplomat and ascetical writer, b. in Florence in 1578, d. in Rome on 25 May 1650. He received… -
Ridolfi, Roberto
Born in Florence on 18 Nov. 1531, to Pagnozzo and Maddalena Gondi, died there in 1612. Having moved to London around 1562, he was the head of a prosperous… -
Rieder, Karl Joseph
German Church historian, b. at Ermendingen on 9 Feb. 1876, d. at Reichenau-Niederzell on 4 Sept. 1931. A priest in 1899, he became parish priest at Scherzingen… -
Riegger, Paul Joseph Ritter von
Born in Freiburg im Breisgau on 29 January 1705, died in Vienna on 2 December 1775. He was professor of public and international law at the University of… -
Riehl, Alois
Philosopher, b. in Bolzano on 27 Apr. 1844, d. near Berlin on 21 Nov. 1924. He taught at Graz (1873), Freiburg i. B. (1887), Kiel (1896), Halle (1898) and… -
Riemann, Karl Wilhelm Julius Hugo
Musicologist, b. at Gross Mehlra on 18 July 1849, d. at Leipzig on 10 July 1919. He studied at Berlin, Tübingen and Leipzig; he taught at Bamberg (1880-81), at… -
Rießler, Paul
Catholic exegete, b. 16 Sept. 1865 in Stuttgart, in 1898 parish priest at Blaubeuren, from 1907 to 1933 professor of the Old Testament at the University of… -
Rieti, Diocese of (RIETI, DIOCESI DI)
RIETI, DIOCESE of. In Latium and in the Abruzzi, in the province of R., it borders on the dioceses of Terni, Sabina and Poggio Mirteto, Tivoli, L'Aquila and… -
Rieux
Small town and ancient diocese in the department of Haute-Garonne in France. The diocese was created in 1337 by Pope John XXII as a suffragan of Toulouse. The… -
Riez
Ancient diocese in the department of Basses-Alpes, in France. A Ligurian city, it was later the capital of the Reii, whence the name "Regium," from which the… -
Rifugio, City of (RIFUGIO, CITTÀ DI)
One of the Mosaic laws dating from the period of the stay in the "steppes of Moab" (Num. 21:1 ff.; 35:1 ff.) prescribes for Israel's future settlement in its… -
Riga, Archdiocese of (RIGA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and capital city of Latvia on the banks of the Daugava. It has an area of 64,000 sq km with a population of 1,950,502 inhabitants, of whom 476,963… -
Rigaud (Rigaldi), Jean (Johannes)
French Franciscan theologian, b. in the diocese of Limoges, d. at Avignon before 16 Sept. 1523. He entered the Order when, as he himself reports, many friars… -
Rigaud (Rigaldus), Eudes (Odo)
Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Rouen, b. at Brie-Compte-Robert or at Courquetain (Ile-de-France), d. at Rouen on 2 July 1275. He was a disciple of… -
Righetti, Igino
Promoter, founder and first president (1933) of the Movimento laureati di Azione Cattolica (v.), b. at Riccione on 3 March 1904, d. at Rome on 17 March 1939.… -
Right of Patronage (PATRONATO, DIRITTO DI)
It is a privilege, with attached obligations, belonging, by concession of the ecclesiastical authority, to the faithful who have founded a church, a chapel or… -
Right of Spoil (SPOGLIO, DIRITTO DI)
SPOGLIO, DIRITTO di: v. POSSESSO. -
Rignano Flaminio
At the twenty-sixth mile of the Via Flaminia, nestled at the foot of Soratto, lies R. F., which, under the name of Castrum Rinianum, is mentioned in a document… -
Rigoleuc, Jean
Missionary and spiritual writer, b. at Quintin (Côtes-du-Nord) on 24 Dec. 1595, d. at Vannes on 27 Feb. 1658. Having entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen… -
Rigorism (RIGORISMO)
Excessive severity, immoderate adherence, tenacity and fidelity in establishing, interpreting and applying constitutions, statutes, laws, general and special… -
Rigveda (RGVEDA)
RGVEDA: v. VEDA. -
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Bohemian poet of a German family, b. in Prague on 4 Dec. 1875, d. at Muzot (Switzerland) on 29 Dec. 1926. From an old Carinthian family, he studied in his… -
Rimbaud, Jean-Arthur
French poet, b. at Charleville on 20 Oct. 1854, d. at Marseilles on 10 Oct. 1891. Forced to grow up in a petty-bourgeois and austere environment, deprived of… -
Rimbert (Reimbert, Rembert), Saint (RIMBERT (REIMBERT, REMBERT), SANTO)
Benedictine, follower and biographer of St. Ansgar (v.), b. in Flanders, d. 11 June 888. He studied in the monastery of Torhout (Turholt). At Ansgar's wish, R.… -
Rimini, Diocese of (RIMINI, DIOCESI DI)
It is bounded on the east by the Foglia, on the west by the Rubicon. It has 228 secular priests, 48 religious, 136 parishes, 2 of which and one curacy are in… -
Rimmon (RIMMÔN)
RIMMÔN: v. ADADREMMON. -
Rimouski
RIMOUSKI: v. SAN GERMANO DI RIMOUSKI. -
Rinaldi (Raynaldus), Odorico
Oratorian, b. at Treviso in June 1594 (cf. A. Marchesan, op. cit. in bibl., p. 7), d. at Rome on 22 Jan. 1671. After studying in his native city and at Parma… -
Ringwaldt, Bartholomäus
German poet, b. in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1530, Lutheran pastor of Langenfeld in der Neumark, where he d. in 1599. He was the author, among other things, of… -
Rinuccini, Family (RINUCCINI, FAMIGLIA)
A noble Florentine family, which in the 14th century carried on a profitable banking activity with the Commune and the papal Court. The R., until the… -
Riobamba (Bolívar), Diocese of (RIOBAMBA (BOLIVAR), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese east-northeast of Guayaquil (Ecuador, South America). The diocese covers a territory of 11,015 sq km, with a total population of 374,000… -
Rio Branco, Prelature of (RIO BRANCO, PRELATURA NULLIUS DI)
Suffragan of Belém do Pará, in the State of Pará (Brazil). It has an area of 260,000 sq km, with a population of 20,000 inhabitants, of whom 18,000 are… -
Rio Cuarto, Diocese of (RIO CUARTO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the province of Cordoba (Argentina). It has an area of 54,300 sq km with a population of 300,000 inhabitants, of whom 295,000 are… -
Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO: V. SAN SEBASTIANO DI RIO DE JANEIRO. -
Rio de Oro
Also called Spanish Sahara, in southern Morocco, with an area of 2,500 sq km and 35,000 inhabitants. The Spanish garrison and the penal colony depend… -
Rio Preto, Diocese of (RIO PRETO, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of the archdiocese of São Paulo, in the state of the same name (Brazil). It has an area of 37,500 sq km with a population of 610,000 inhabitants, of… -
Ríos y Alarcón, Bartolomé de los (RIOS Y ALARCON, BARTOLOMÉ DE LOS)
Augustinian theologian, b. in Madrid ca. 1580, d. there on 4 May 1652. He entered the Order in 1597 and studied theology at the University of Alcalá. Ordained… -
Ripalda, Juan Martínez (RIPALDA, JUAN MARTINEZ)
Jesuit, theologian, b. at Pamplona in 1594, d. at Madrid on 26 April 1648. Having entered the Order in 1609, he taught philosophy for 4 years and dogmatic… -
Ripa, Matteo
Founder of the College of the Chinese of Naples, b. at Eboli (Salerno) on 29 March 1682, d. at Naples in 1746. After a period of dissolute life, he took the… -
Ripatransone, Diocese of (RIPATRANSONE, DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Ascoli Piceno, from which it is 48 km. distant, 9 km. from the sea, at an altitude of 508 m., on steep hills, between the Menocchia and… -
Ripatransone, Johannes de (John of Ripatransone) (GIOVANNI DA RIPATRANSONE)
Franciscan theologian, who between 1354 and 1357 lectured on the Sentences in Paris. In cod. Vat. lat. 1084, f. 106 he is called "supersubtilis doctor". A… -
Ripaut, Archangel (RIPAUT, ARCANGELO)
Capuchin writer and preacher, b. in Paris in the last decades of the sixteenth century, a court gentleman and counselor in the Parlement, he entered the… -
Ripoll, Santa Maria di
Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Vich in Spain. The small town that grew up around the abbey is situated at 681 m. above sea level, at the confluence of the… -
Risk (In Industrial Financing) (RISCHIO (NEI FINANZIAMENTI INDUSTRIALI))
It deserves particular mention insofar as it dominates the basic phenomenon of the economy, namely the formation of savings (v.) and their transformation into… -
Rita of Cascia, Saint (RITA DA CASCIA, SANTA)
Augustinian mystic of the 15th century, b. at Roccaporena, a village in the mountains of Cascia in Umbria, around 1380, d. at Cascia on 22 May 1457. From her… -
Rite (RITO)
I. IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS. - In a general line applicable to all religions, by r. (etymology uncertain) is meant the norm that guides the performance of a… -
Rite of Devotion (DEVOTIO, RITO DELLA)
It was a particular kind of votum in which an individual devoted himself and immolated himself in advance to the infernal deities in order to obtain, through… -
Rites of Foundation (FONDAZIONE, RITI DI)
FONDAZIONE, RITI di: V. RITO. -
Rites, Question of the (RITI, QUESTIONE DEI)
The q. of the r. deals with those acts of veneration toward Confucius, the ancestors and the imperial family, in use in China and Japan, and also with certain… -
Ritschl, Albrecht
Protestant theologian, b. in Berlin in 1822 and d. in Göttingen on 20 March 1889. He held a chair of theology at Bonn from 1859, moved to Göttingen in 1864… -
Ritual Chastity (CASTITÀ RITUALE)
In non-Christian religions, ritual chastity means the observance of sexual continence prior to the celebration of a rite or of an action believed to be… -
Ritualists (RITUALISTI)
RITUALISTI: v. OXFORD, MOVIMENTO di. -
Rivadeneira (Ribadeneira), Pedro de
Jesuit, writer, b. at Toledo on 1 Nov. 1526, d. at Madrid on 22 Sept. 1611. At the age of 13 he followed Cardinal Alessandro Farnese to Rome as a page and… -
Riva, Giuseppe
Priest, ascetical writer, b. in Milan in 1803, d. there on 7 February 1876. Major penitentiary of the Cathedral, well versed in the ecclesiastical sciences and… -
Rivarola, Agostino
Cardinal, b. in Genoa on 14 March 1758, d. in Rome on 7 Nov. 1842. Having entered the Roman Curia at a very young age, he held important offices there.… -
Rivers of the Terrestrial Paradise (FIUMI DEL PARADISOTERRESTRE)
FIUMI DEL PARADISOTERRESTRE: v. PARADISO TERRESTRE. -
Rivet, Louis
Canonist, b. in Lyon on 3 May 1871, d. at Neuville-St-Vaast on 9 May 1915. Directed by family necessity toward a military career, he studied at St-Cyr and… -
Rivière, Jean
Theologian, b. at Montcabrier (near Albi) in 1878, d. there on 3 May 1946. After graduating from the Institut catholique of Toulouse, following a brief period… -
Robert, Abbot of Molesme (ROBERTO, ABATE DI MOLESME)
The flagellation, miniature from the Psalter that belonged to St. R., as is evident from a 12th-century annotation. It is a Psalter of Saint-Vaast of Arras… -
Robert, Abbot of Molesme, Saint (ROBERTO, ABATE DI MOLESME, SANTO)
Founder of the abbeys of Molesme (v.) and Cîteaux (v.), b. in Champagne ca. 1028, d. at Molesme in 1111, it seems. He entered as a very young man the monastery… -
Robert Bellarmine, Saint (ROBERTO BELLARMINO, SANTO)
Doctor of the Church, b. at Montepulciano on 4 Oct. 1542, d. at Rome on 17 Sept. 1621. Of a noble family (his mother Cintia was the sister of Cardinal Cervini… -
Robert Cecchetto da Nove (ROBERTO CECCHETTO DA NOVE)
Capuchin preacher, b. at Nove on 18 Nov. 1869, d. at Udine on 23 Aug. 1939. Having become a Capuchin (solemn profession in 1902), he immediately began his… -
Robert Guiscard (The Cunning) (ROBERTO IL GUISCARDO (L'ASTUTO))
Son of Tancred of Hauteville, he came to Italy in the fourth decade of the 11th century. He was a valiant warrior and a most skillful politician. He first… -
Roberti, Giovanni Battista
Jesuit, polygraph, b. at Bassano on 4 March 1719, d. there on 29 July 1786. Having entered the Order in 1736, he taught in the colleges of Piacenza, Brescia… -
Roberti, Giuseppe Maria
Corrector general of the Order of Minims (1918-24), b. at Conflenti (Catanzaro) on 19 Jan. 1869, d. at Rome on 23 Oct. 1936. A man of wide culture, he… -
Roberto di Colle Torto, also known as di Orford (ROBERTO DI COLLE TORTO, DETTO ANCHE DI ORFORD)
Born in southern England, died toward the end of the 13th century. He entered the Dominican Order and around 1285 was magister regent and preacher of the… -
Robert of Arbrissel, Blessed (ROBERTO D'ARBRISSEL, BEATO)
Born at Arbrissel around 1047, he came early to Paris, where he obtained a doctorate in theology; died at Orsan, 25 February 1117. In 1085 he obtained a… -
Robert of Courson (ROBERTO DI COURSON)
Theologian and cardinal, b. near Eccleston (Derbyshire, England) ca. 1155-60, d. near Damietta on 6 March 1219. A disciple in Paris of Peter the Chanter (v.)… -
Robert of Geneva (Clement VII), Antipope (ROBERTO DI GINEVRA (CLEMENTE VII), ANTIPAPA)
Born in Geneva in 1342 to the count of the city, Amadeus III, and to Matilda of Boulogne, a relative of the King of France, canon of Paris, bishop of… -
Robert of Kilwardby (ROBERTO DI KILWARDBY)
ROBERTO di KILWARDBY: v. KILWARDBY. -
Robert of Lincoln (ROBERTO DI LINCOLN)
ROBERTO di LINCOLN: v. GROSSATESTA, ROBERTO. -
Robert of Melun (Melodunensis) (ROBERTO DI MELUN (MELODUNENSIS))
Theologian and bishop, b. in England at the end of the 11th century, d. at Hereford on 27 February 1167. A student at Oxford and Paris, around 1137 he… -
Robert of Salle (Salla), Blessed (ROBERTO DI SALLE (SALLA), BEATO)
Celestine monk, b. at Salla near Maiella in 1273, d. in the monastery of Morrone on 18 July 1341. He entered among > (by courtesy of mon. d. P. Frutaci ROBERTO… -
Robert of the Palatinate, King of the Romans (ROBERTO DEL PALATINATO, RE DEI ROMANI)
Born in 1352 to Robert II, Count Palatine of the Rhine and prince-elector, he succeeded him in 1398. > (from V. Leroquais, Les paautieres m. latin des Bibl.… -
Robert Pulleyn (Robertus Pullus) (ROBERTO PULLEYN (ROBERTUS PULLUS))
Theologian and cardinal, b. in England in the second half of the 11th century, d. in Rome between September and December 1146. Archdeacon of Rochester, teacher… -
Robertson, William
Historian, b. at Borthwick (Midlothian) in Scotland on 19 Sept. 1721, d. at Grange House (Edinburgh) on 11 June 1793. A Presbyterian minister, he received wide… -
Robespierre, Maximilien-Marie-Isidore
Politician, one of the protagonists of the French Revolution, b. at Arras on 6 May 1758, guillotined in Paris on 28 July 1794. He spent his youth in the… -
Robigalia
Feast of April 25 in the Roman religion. The deity to whom it is dedicated is Robigus or Robigo, masculine according to scholars, feminine according to the… -
Roboam
King of Judah for 17 years (932-915 B.C.), son and successor of Solomon (v.). At the beginning of his reign occurred the schism of the northern tribes with the… -
Robortello, Francesco
Humanist, b. at Udine on Sept. 9, 1516, d. at Padua on March 18, 1567. After studying at Bologna, he held the chair of Greek and Latin eloquence at Lucca… -
Robusti, Jacopo
ROBUSTI, JACOPO: v. TINTORETTO. -
Rocaberti de Perelada, Juan Tomás
Archbishop, 58th Master General of the Dominicans, b. of a noble family at Perelada (Catalonia) ca. 1624, d. at Madrid on 13 June 1699. He was professor of… -
Rocaberti y Solier
ROCABERTI y SOLIER: v. IPPOLITA DI GESÙ. -
Rocca, Angelo
Bishop and scholar, b. at Rocca Contrada (Arcevia) in 1545, d. at Rome on 8 April 1620. He entered the Hermits of St. Augustine at Camerino at the age of seven… -
Rocco, Arturo
Jurist, b. in Naples on 26 Dec. 1876, d. in Rome on 1 Apr. 1942. He was professor of criminal law and of criminal procedure law at the Universities of Urbino… -
Rocco da Cesinale
Archbishop, b. at Cesinale of the Cocchia family on 30 April 1830, d. at Chieti on 19 Dec. 1900. A Capuchin in 1846, a priest in 1853, he was theologian at the… -
Rochester, Diocese of (ROCHESTER, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of New York (U.S.A.). A suffragan of New York, it has an area of 7,081 miles, with 934,081 inhabitants, of whom 320,700 are… -
Rochet (ROCCHETTO)
It is a vestment of white linen worn by the pope, by cardinals, by bishops and by prelates as a distinctive mark of their dignity. It is a reduced form of the… -
Roch, Saint (ROCCO, SANTO)
Young pilgrim, b. at Montpellier and d. at Angleria (Angera, on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore) in the 14th century; invoked from the 15th century together… -
Rockford, Diocese of (ROCKFORD, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of Illinois (U.S.A.) The area of the diocese, a suffragan of Chicago, is 6,475 square miles with a total population (1950 census)… -
Rockhampton, Diocese of (ROCKHAMPTON, DIOCESI DI)
Located in the State of Queensland (Australia), it was erected on 29 Dec. 1882 with territory detached from the diocese of Brisbane and made a suffragan of… -
Rocks (ROCCE)
This is the name given to aggregates of one or more minerals, forming part of the lithosphere as independent geological units. They may originate either from… -
Rococo (ROCOCÒ)
Term that came into use in France in the 1700s to denote, together with the other term "rocaille", a particular kind of decoration - inlays of shells… -
Rode, Johannes
Monastic reformer, b. at Trier ca. 1385, d. of plague at Montabaur on 1 Dec. 1439. He studied at Heidelberg from 1404; in 1409 he was dean of the Faculty of… -
Rodez, Diocese of (RODEZ, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the department of Aveyron (France). The diocese extends over the ancient region of Rouergue and the present department of Aveyron. It has… -
Rodin, Auguste
Sculptor, b. in Paris on 12 Nov. 1840, d. at Meudon on 7 Nov. 1917, one of the most remarkable personalities of modern French art. A contemporary of the major… -
Rodolfo de Lango (Longo) Campo
Philosopher, author of a still unpublished commentary on the Anticlaudianus of Alan of Lille (v.), composed in all likelihood around 1216, while R. was… -
Rodotà, Pietro Pompilio
Of an Italo-Albanian family, born in 1707 in S. Benedetto Ullano (Cosenza, now in the eparchy of Lungro), died in Rome (according to communications from Msgr.… -
Rodríguez, Alonso (RODRIGUEZ, ALONSO)
Jesuit, writer on asceticism, b. in Valladolid ca. 15 April 1538, d. in Seville 21 February 1616. Having entered the Order in 1557, he taught moral theology… -
Rodulfus Glaber (RODOLFO IL GLABRO)
Benedictine, b. in Burgundy around 985. He entered the cloister of St-Germain d'Auxerre at a very young age. Restless and impatient of discipline, he took to… -
Roermond
ROERMOND: v. RUREMONDA. -
Roermond, Diocese of (RUREMONDA, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Utrecht; it coincides with the civil province of Dutch Limburg with an area of 2,205 sq km and 684,105 inhabitants, of whom 646,717 are Catholics… -
Rogacci, Benedetto
Jesuit man of letters and ascetical writer, b. 18 March 1646 at Ragusa (Dalmatia), d. at Rome on 8 Feb. 1719. Having entered the Order in 1661, he was from… -
Rogationists (ROGAZIONISTI)
Religious congregation of priests founded in Messina, alongside that of the "Daughters of the Divine Zeal" (v.), by Canon Annibale M. Di Francia (v.), assisted… -
Rogations (Litaniae Majores and Minores) (ROGAZIONI (LITANIAE MAIORES ET MINORES))
Processions ordered by the Church to implore heavenly aid; those that occur every year are ordinary, and extraordinary if ordered in times of calamity (e.g.… -
Rogel (ROGEL)
Name of a spring marking the boundary, south of the ancient city of Jerusalem, between the territory of the tribe of Judah and that of Benjamin (Josh. 15:7… -
Roger I, Count of Calabria and Sicily (RUGGERO I, CONTE DI CALABRIA E DI SICILIA)
The last son of Tancred of Hauteville, he arrived in Italy when his brother Robert was already count of Apulia; by him he was sent to wage war in Calabria… -
Roger II, King of Sicily (RUGGERO II, RE DI SICILIA)
Son of Roger I and Adelaide of Montferrat, born in 1095; having lost his father in 1101, he remained under the guardianship of his mother. A vigorous statesman… -
Roger of Marston (RUGGERO DI MARSTON)
English Franciscan, philosopher and theologian, b. a little before the middle of the 13th century, d. at Norwich ca. 1303. A student in Paris between 1269 and… -
Roger, Saint (RUGGERO, SANTO)
Bishop of Canne and patron of Barletta, b. at Pietra, a hamlet of that same city. Some scholars maintained that he flourished in the 5th century, but without… -
Rogers, John
Regarded as the "proto-martyr of Protestantism" under Mary Tudor, b. at Birmingham in 1500, d. at London on 4 February 1555. A canon of St. Paul's in London… -
Rohan, Family (ROHAN, FAMIGLIA)
Originating in Brittany, tracing back to ALAIN viscount of R. (Morbihan), documented in 1105. During the reign of Louis XII, PIERRE de R. (d. 1513), rival of… -
Rohde, Erwin
Classical philologist, b. in Hamburg on 5 Oct. 1845, d. in Heidelberg on 11 Jan. 1898. He taught at Kiel (1872), Jena (1876), Tübingen (1878), Leipzig and… -
Rohling, August
Catholic exegete, who compromised himself through two prolonged controversies, one "antisemitic," the other "millenarian," b. 15 Feb. 1839 in Neuenkirchen… -
Rohrbacher, René-François
Church historian, b. 27 Sept. 1789 at Langatte near Sarrebourg, d. 17 Jan. 1856 in Paris. He entered the major seminary of Nancy in 1810 and was ordained a… -
Rojas, Simón de, Blessed (ROJAS, SIMÓN DE, BEATO)
Friar of the Trinitarian Order, b. in Valladolid on 28 Oct. 1552, d. in Madrid on 28 Sept. 1624. Having entered the Order at the age of 17, he taught… -
Rokjtsana
ROKJTSANA : v. CALISTINI. -
Rolando Bandinelli
ROLANDO BANDINELLI : v. ALESSANDRO III. -
Rolando of Cremona (ROLANDO DI CREMONA)
Dominican, b. in Cremona at the end of the 12th century, d. in Bologna in 1259. Magister artium at the University of Bologna, he became a Dominican there in… -
Roldán, Giovanni Taddo di Sant'Eliseo
Discalced Carmelite, missionary and bishop, b. at Calahorra (Spain) on 17 Aug. 1574. He professed in the reformed Carmel at Valladolid in 1597, and in 1600… -
Rolewinck, Werner
Theologian, historian and ascetic reformer, b. near Münster in 1425, d. at Cologne on 26 Aug. 1502. In 1447 he became a Carthusian at Cologne. More than 50… -
Rolle, Richard (ROLLE, RICHARD)
Hermit and mystic, b. probably around 1290 in the province of York, d. at Hampole on 29 Sept. 1349. The few biographical details about R. come almost entirely… -
Romagna
I. GEOGRAPHY. - A historical region of northern Italy, corresponding to the southeastern sector of the Emilian compartment, more often called, precisely… -
Romagnoli, Augusto
Apostle of the new education of the blind, b. in Bologna on 19 July 1879, with a conjunctivitis that made him lose his sight after a few days, d. in Rome on 8… -
Romagnosi, Giandomenico
Philosopher and jurist, b. at Salsomaggiore on 11 Dec. 1761, d. at Milan on 8 June 1835; author of works on philosophy, public and private law, economics… -
Roman-Barbarian Laws (LEGGI ROMANO-BARBARE)
This is the name given to three legislative compilations produced in the West in the 6th century: the lex Romana Wisigothorum (or Breviarium Alaricianum), the… -
Roman College (COLLEGIO ROMANO)
ROMAN COLLEGE: V. UNIVERSITÀ GREGORIANA. -
Roman Conference of Catholic African Missions (CONFERENZA ROMANA DELLE MISSIONI CATTOLICHE AFRICANE)
To respond to the request for cooperation from the International African Institute of London, the R. C. of C. A. M. was founded in 1925, at the invitation of… -
Roman Dicasteries (DICASTERI ROMANI)
DICASTERI ROMANI: v. CONGREGAZIONI. -
Romanesque Art (ROMANICA, ARTE)
The term "Romanesque" denotes that particular moment in European artistic culture, comprised between the 11th and 12th centuries, which stands intermediate… -
Romania
It is the southernmost of the Danubian-Carpathian states, and the easternmost among the Neo-Latin ones; closed in between Hungarians and Slavs, at the boundary… -
Romanino, Girolamo di Romano, called Il (ROMANINO, GIROLAMO DI ROMANO, DETTO IL)
Painter, b. in Brescia between 1484 and 1487, died there ca. 1566. His first dated work is the Deposition of the Gallery of the Academy of Venice (from the… -
Romano, Giuseppe
Jesuit philosopher and scholar, b. at Termini (Palermo) on 3 January 1810, d. at Constantinople on 27 March 1878. He was a member and secretary of the Royal…