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Queenship of Mary Most Holy (REGALITÀ DI MARIA S.MA)
This is the title that indicates the social functions of the Virgin with regard to the Mystical Body and her relations with the entire universe. The Fathers… -
Rua, Michele
Salesian, first successor of St. John Bosco, b. in Turin on 9 June 1837, d. there on 6 Apr. 1910. Having met Don Bosco in 1845, he began to frequent the… -
Ruben
Firstborn of Jacob and of Leah his first wife (Gen. 29:32). In giving birth to him, the mother exclaimed: "God saw my affliction," and the name R. is connected… -
Rubens, Peter Paul
Painter b. at Siegen (Westphalia) on 28 > (by courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutaz) > RUBENS, PETER PAUL - Detail of St. John the Baptist - Balduina (Padua), parish… -
Rubeo (Rossi), Giovanni Battista
Prior general of the Carmelites, b. at Ravenna on 4 Oct. 1508, d. at Rome on 5 Sept. 1578. At the age of 17 he entered the Order; having obtained a doctorate… -
Rubeus (De Rubeis), Paulus
Roman jurist of the 17th century (d. between 1673 and 1676), son of the famous jurist Teodosio of Priverno. He published various collections of decisions of… -
Rubino, Antonio
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Strambino (diocese of Ivrea) on 1 March 1578, d. 22 March 1643 at Nagasaki (Japan). Having entered the Order in 1586, he set out in… -
Rubrics (RUBRICHE)
I. NOTION. - By "rubrics," in the liturgical sense, are meant the prescriptions that regulate the conduct of the Church's worship. They are found either… -
Rubruquis (William of Rubruck) (RUBRUQUIS (GUGLIELMO DA RUBRUK))
Franciscan, itinerant missionary of the 13th century. Born at Rubruck near Cassel, Flanders, now northern France (not to be confused with Rubroek, Brabant)… -
Rucellai Family (RUCELLAI, FAMIGLIA)
Florentine family. Its earliest known progenitor is an ALAMANNO, who in the 13th century, for having extracted from a plant called oricella a dye for coloring… -
Ruch, Charles
Theologian and bishop, b. at Nancy on 24 Sept. 1873, d. at Strasbourg on the night of 29 Aug. 1945. A priest in 1897, the following year he began his teaching… -
Rucherat
RUCHERAT: v. GIOVANNI DI VESALIA. -
Rudigier, Franz Josef, Venerable (RUDIGIER, FRANZ JOSEF, VENERABILE)
Bishop of Linz (Upper Austria), b. at Parthenen (Vorarlberg) on 6 April 1811, d. at Linz on 19 Nov. 1884. After his ecclesiastical studies at Bressanone, he… -
Rudini, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di
Statesman, b. in Palermo on 16 March 1839, d. in Rome > (from B. Scherrn, F. J. H. Ratisbon-Rome 1896) RUDIGIER, FRANZ JOSEF, venerable. Portrait. as a deputy… -
Rudnay, Alexander
Cardinal primate of Hungary, b. at Svätý Križ n. Váhom (Slovakia) on 4 Oct. 1760, d. at Esztergom on 13 Sept. 1831. Bishop of Transylvania (1815), archbishop… -
Rudolf II of Habsburg, Emperor (RODOLFO II D'ASBURGO, IMPERATORE)
Son of Maximilian II and of the Infanta Maria, sister of the King of Spain Philip II, b. in Vienna on 18 July 1552, d. in Prague Castle on 20 Jan. 1612. Having… -
Rudolf I of Habsburg, King of Germany (RODOLFO I D'ASBURGO, RE DI GERMANIA)
B. May 1, 1218, Count of Habsburg in Aargau and of Kiburg (near Zurich) and lord of a large part of Alsace, he was the most powerful prince of the old Duchy of… -
Rudolf of Biberach (RODOLFO DI BIBERACH)
Franciscan mystic, having under it the sees of Milos, Nicaria, Carpathos, Chios, Tinos and Mycone. Under Turkish rule (1522-1912) the number of Catholics was… -
Rudolf of Ems (RODOLFO DI EMS)
German epic poet, of Swiss origin, b. around 1200, d. around 1254 in Italy in the retinue of Conrad IV, the best among the imitators of Gottfried of… -
Ruffini, Francesco
Jurist and historian, b. at Lessolo Canavese on 10 April 1863, d. at Turin on 29 March 1934. Having graduated in jurisprudence at Turin in 1886, he completed… -
Ruffini, Giovinale of Nonberg (RUFFINI, GIOVENALE DI NONSBERG)
RUFFINI, GIOVENALE di NONSBERG: V. GIOVENALE DI VAL DI NON. -
Ruffino of Assisi, Blessed (RUFFINO D'ASSISI, BEATO)
One of the first companions of St. Francis, related to St. Clare of Assisi. He distinguished himself as a man of lofty contemplation. An intimate of St.… -
Ruffo
I. TOMMASO, cardinal, b. in Naples in 1663, d. in Rome on 16 Feb. 1753. He completed his education at the Clementine College, showing a passion for the study… -
Ruffo Scilla
Cardinal, b. at S. Onofrio (diocese of Mileto) on 25 Aug. 1750, d. at Naples on 16 Nov. 1832. Elected by Pius VI on 11 Apr. 1785 titular archbishop of Apamea… -
Rufinus, Magister
Decretist, active in the second half of the 12th century. His nationality and the events of his life are uncertain, also because other namesakes appear at… -
Rufinus Turranius (RUFINO TURANNIO)
Ecclesiastical writer, b. at Concordia in eastern Venetia ca. 345 from the Turannia family, of which local records survive; he studied at Rome, where he had… -
Rufus (Rufus, 'Ροῦφος) (RUFO (RUFUS, 'ΡΟΥ͂ΦΟΣ))
A name common among slaves and, generally, among persons of humble condition; it occurs twice in the New Testament: Mk. 15:21; Rom. 16:13, though it remains… -
Ruggieri, Michele (Pompilio)
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Spinazzola (diocese of Venosa) in 1543, d. at Salerno on 11 May 1607. Having earned a doctorate in utroque iure at Naples, he entered… -
Rugii (RUGI)
A Germanic population that apparently came from Scandinavia (Jordanes, Getica, 25) to settle on the coasts of western Prussia. It is mentioned by Tacitus… -
Ruinart, Thierry
Maurist Benedictine, hagiographer and editor of patristic works, b. at Reims on 11 June 1657, d. in the abbey of Hautvilliers on 29 Sept. 1709. Having entered… -
Ruiz, Juan (Archpriest of Hita) (RUIZ, JUAN (ARCIPRESTE DE HITA))
Spanish writer, b. at Alcalá de Henares toward the end of the 13th century (1283?), d. around the middle of the 14th (1348?). Archpriest of Hita (Guadalajara)… -
Rumor, Giacomo
Catholic and social organizer, b. at Vicenza on 26 Jan. 1858, d. there on 24 Feb. 1931. A member of a family that, following his example, also distinguished… -
Rumor, Sebastiano
Priest, brother of the preceding, scholar, bibliographer and historian, b. at Vicenza on 30 May 1862, d. at Jerusalem on 17 June 1929. For a long time director… -
Runa
This name (r. = secret) designates the alphabetic signs in use among the Germanic tribes before Christianity. They consist of vertical strokes onto which other… -
Rupella, Johannes de (John of La Rochelle) (GIOVANNI DE LA ROCHELLE (JOHANNES DE RUPELLA))
Franciscan, d. 1245. He studied in Paris at the school of Alexander of Hales and succeeded him in the chair in 1238 or 1241. He is the author of commentaries… -
Rupert of Deutz (Rupertus Tuitiensis) (RUPERTO DI DEUTZ (RUPERTUS TUITIENSIS))
Benedictine theologian and abbot, b. at Liège ca. 1075, d. at Deutz in 1130. A monk at St. Lawrence of Liège, in 1110 he was ordained priest and in 1115 he… -
Ruprecht (Hruobert, Rupert), Saint (RUPERTO (HRUOBERT, RUPRECHT), SANTO)
First bishop of Salzburg, d. 27 March 718 (?). A monk, Irish or Scottish, if not by birth, at least by education and spiritual formation, he was summoned, in… -
Rural Banks (CASSE RURALI)
Credit institutions, with distinctive characteristics, both in the aims they set themselves and the means they employ, and in the particular legal form they… -
Rural Dean (VICARIO FORANEO)
He is the immediate executive collaborator of the bishop in a specific diocesan district, composed of several parishes and called a forania, deanery… -
Rural Question (RURALE, QUESTIONE)
The term rural question is customarily used to designate that complex of social problems which arise from circumstances of fact and which, even in the modern… -
Rusca, Niccolò
Priest, b. in April 1560 at Bedano in the Canton of Ticino, then in the diocese of Como, of a noble family of Como, d. following torture at Thusis on 4… -
Ruskin, John
English art critic and sociologist, b. in London on 8 Feb. 1819, d. at Brantwood (Lancashire) on 20 Jan. 1900. He defended Turner's impressionism in Modern… -
Russia
In its now long historical-political evolution this name has taken on quite different meanings. The general public uses it as a rule as a synonym for the… -
Russia, Pontifical Commission for (RUSSIA, COMMISSIONE PONTIFICIA PER LA)
RUSSIA, COMMISSIONE PONTIFICIA PER LA: v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE, S. Congregazione per la Chiesa orientale. -
Rusticucci, Girolamo (RUSTICUCCI, GEROLAMO)
Cardinal, b. at Fano in 1537, d. at Rome in June 1603. Secretary of State to Pius V, of whose cardinalitial court he had been a member, he carried on intense… -
Rusticus of Narbonne, Saint (RUSTICO DI NARBONA, SANTO)
He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 26 October. He was the son of a bishop named Bonosus and, left an orphan, was educated by his mother, who also… -
Rusticus Romanus (RUSTICO ROMANO)
Deacon, nephew of Pope Vigilius, exiled by the Emperor after the Council of 553. Opponent of the condemnation of the Three Chapters. A Contra Acephalos… -
Rusticus, Saint, Martyr (RUSTICO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
RUSTICO, santo, martire: v. DIONIGI, RUSTICO ed ELEUTERIO, holy martyrs. -
Rusuti, Filippo
Mosaicist active in Rome between the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th. In the upper part of the ancient facade of S. Maria Maggiore are… -
Ruteng, Apostolic Vicariate of (RUTENG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
On March 8, 1951, the entire territory of the apostolic vicariate of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) was divided into three new vicariates, namely Endeh… -
Ruth
A virtuous Moabite woman, wife of Boaz, ancestress of David (Mt. 3, 3-6), from the time of the Judges (Ruth 1, 1), whose story is the subject of the book of… -
Ruthenians (RUTENI)
In the terminology of the Roman Curia and of the Royal Chancery of Poland, from the Middle Ages the term R. designated the Christian populations of the… -
Rutskij, Josif Veljamin
Basilian, metropolitan of Vilna, b. at Ruta (White Russia) in 1574, d. at Vilna in 1637. On a journey through Germany, at Würzburg, he converted from Calvinism… -
Rutten, Joseph
Missionary, b. at Clermont (Liège) on 15 Oct. 1874, d. at Peu (France) on 18 March 1950, just after returning from China. He entered the Congregation of Scheut… -
Rutten, Martin-Hubert
Bishop of Liège (Belgium), b. at Geystingen (Limburg) on 18 Dec. 1841, d. at Liège on 17 July 1927. Ordained priest in 1867, he was a professor at the Normal… -
Ruusbroec, Jan of, Blessed (RUUSBROEC, JAN DI, BEATO)
Prince of Flemish mysticism, called Admirabilis and Doctor divinus, b. at Ruisbroek (Brussels) in 1293, d. at Groenendael on 2 Dec. 1381. A priest at 24, R.… -
Ruvo Diocese (RUVO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Bari, of whose metropolitan see it has always remained a suffragan. R. has an area of 39,880 sq km with a population of…