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Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco (SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI SAN GIOVANNI BOSCO)
It is among the major modern religious Congregations whose purpose is the Christian education of the youth of the middle and working classes, in elementary… -
Salesianum
A quarterly journal, published under the care of the professors of the Pontifical Salesian Athenaeum of Turin. It was founded in 1939, and its contributors are… -
Sales, Marco
Theologian and exegete, b. at Sommariva Bosco (Turin) on 2 Oct. 1877, d. there on 7 June 1936. In 1892 he entered the Order of Dominicans; he was ordained a… -
Salford, Diocese of (SALFORD, DIOCESI DI)
In England. It comprises the divisions (Hundreds) of Salford and Blackburn in the county of Lancashire. It has a population of 2,711,215 inhabitants, of whom… -
Salic Law (SALICA, LEGGE)
The most original of the barbarian laws (v.), almost immune to foreign influences, the oldest among those of the Frankish group, it represents the state of law… -
Salii
Priests of the Roman religion, who are also found in various centers of Latium (Alba, Lavinium, Tusculum, Anagni, Aricia, Tibur), albeit without specific data… -
Salimbene of Parma (SALIMBENE DA PARMA)
Chronicler, Franciscan, b. at Parma in 1221, d. after 8 Sept. 1287. Son of a certain Guido de Adam of the town nobility, his vocation, urged on by an… -
Salimbeni, Lorenzo and Jacopo (SALIMBENI, LORENZO E JACOPO)
Painters. The information about these two artists, born at Sanseverino (Marche) and active in the first half of the 15th century, is very scanty. Lorenzo is… -
Salina (formerly Concordia), Diocese of (SALINA (GIÀ CONCORDIA), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Kansas (United States). It comprises a territory of about 26,685 square miles in the northwest of Kansas. It has a population… -
Salinas, Louis-Antoine de
Apologist, b. 11 Aug. 1798 at Morlaas, d. 30 Jan. 1861 at Auch. Chaplain at the Collège Henri IV, after his studies at St. Sulpice, he soon distinguished… -
Salisburgense Itinerario
SALISBURGENSE ITINERARIO : v. ITINERARI. -
Salisbury [Harare], Apostolic Vicariate of (SALISBURY, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in Southern Rhodesia and originates from the "sui iuris" Mission of the Zambezi erected on 2 July 1879, with territory partly detached from the… -
Salistri, Giovanni Crisostomo
Piarist, b. in Florence on 4 March 1654, d. in Rome on 10 Dec. 1717. To a vast philosophical, theological and above all ascetic culture he joined the virtues… -
Sallustius (SALLUSTIO)
Neoplatonic philosopher of the school of Pergamon, who lived in the 4th century A.D. He dissuaded the emperor Julian, whose friend he was, from putting the… -
Salmana (SALMANA)
Prince of the Midianites, who together with Zebah killed the brothers of Gideon. The latter, having vainly asked for help from the inhabitants of Succoth and… -
Salmanasar (Šulmānu-Ašarid [I]) (SALMANASAR ("ŠULMĀNU-ASARID [N]))
The name ("Šulmān [a warrior god of the Ninurta type] is pre-eminent"; Heb. Salman'ēser) belonged to 5 Assyrian kings between 1200 and 700 B.C. Among them, S.… -
Salmanticenses (SALMANTICENSI)
Discalced Carmelite theologians of Salamanca, who wrote two great cursus of dogmatics and morals. After the College of the Discalced Carmelites of Alcalá… -
Salmas, Diocese of (SALMAS, DIOCESI DI)
Chaldean diocese in Persia. It had a Catholic series of bishops from 1560 to 1643, then, from 1709, it was a suffragan of Urmia and directed by the same bishop… -
Salmerón, Alfonso (SALMERON, ALFONSO)
Jesuit, exegete, b. at Toledo on 8 Sept. 1515, d. at Naples on 13 Feb. 1585. While studying theology in Paris, he joined the first companions of St. Ignatius… -
Salome (SALOMÈ)
Name of several Jewish women. The best known are: 1. S., wife of Alexander Jannaeus (v.); she reigned after him under the name Alexandra-Salome (v.). 2. S.… -
Salomoni (Salomonius), Giacomo, Blessed (SALOMONI (SALOMONIUS), GIACOMO, BEATO)
(phot. Fides) SALOMONE SETTENTRIONALI, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of the Islands - Dwelling and school for Asitavi boys. Dominican mystic, b. in Venice in 1231 to a… -
Salona
Today a small village in Dalmatia, > (courtesy of Msgr. d. P. Frutasi) > SALONA - Sarcophagus of the Good Shepherd (4th century) - Split, Archaeological… -
Salonius of Geneva (SALONIO DI GINEVRA)
Son of Eucherius of Lyon, brother of Veranius (bishop of Vence), St. became bishop of Geneva before 439. He wrote an Expositio mystica in Parabolas Salomonis… -
Salon, Michele
Augustinian theologian, b. at Valencia in 1539, d. there on 25 January 1621. Having taken his religious vows in 1558, he studied in the convent of his native… -
Salotti, Carlo
Cardinal, b. at Grotte di Castro (diocese of Montefiascone) on 25 July 1870, Kapljuč, Manastirine, Marusinac, Crikvine and Majdan). The largest and best known… -
Salpi
Ancient diocese. The ancient "Elpie," "Salapia," "Salapinon," near present-day Trinitapoli (province of Foggia), was distinguished into a Greek "Salapia" and a… -
Salsmans, Joseph
Jesuit, moralist, b. at Antwerp on 2 September 1873, d. at Malines on 19 January 1944. Having entered the Order in 1891, he was appointed in 1907 to the chair… -
Salta, Archdiocese of (SALTA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese of the Argentine Republic, in the department of the same name. It has an area of 157,324 sq. km. with a population of 300,000 inhabitants… -
Saltamochio, Guglielmo
SALTAMOCHIO, GUGLIELMO: v. AUBENAS, MAR- TIRI di, beati. -
Saltillo, Diocese of (SALTILLO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Mexico, in the State of Coahuila. It has an area of 155,000 sq km and a population of 710,000 inhabitants, of whom 683,500 are Catholics.… -
Salt (In the Liturgy) (SALE (NELLA LITURGIA))
Salt was used in sacrifices among the Hebrews (Lev. 2:13), the Romans and the Greeks. The Romans attributed to salt an apotropaic effect, that is, the power to… -
Salt Lake, Diocese of (SALT LAKE, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of Utah (U.S.A.). Suffragan of San Francisco. Today it covers a territory of 84,900 sq. mi. with a total population (1950 census)… -
Salto, Diocese of (SALTO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Uruguay in the department of the same name. It has an area of 65,000 sq km with a population of 500,000 inhabitants, of whom 450,000 are… -
Salt of the Earth (SAL TERRAE)
Spanish monthly magazine for the clergy, founded in 1912 in Bilbao by the Jesuit Father Remigio Vilariño. From 1920 the editorial office was transferred to the… -
Salutary Gods (Salutares) (SALUTARI, DÈI (SALUTARES DI))
These are the gods who protect physical health. They belong directly or indirectly to the sphere of Apollo (v.), the solar god who with his rays brings disease… -
Salutati, Coluccio (SALUTATI, LINO COLUCCIO)
Humanist and politician, b. at Stignano in Valdinievole on 16 February 1331, d. at Florence on 4 May 1405. At Bologna, where from childhood he had followed his… -
Saluzzo, Diocese of (SALUZZO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Cuneo, archdiocese of Turin. It extends through the upper valleys of the Maira, Varaita and Po and through the pre-Alpine… -
Saluzzo, Ferdinando
Cardinal, b. in Naples on 21 Sept. 1744, d. in Rome on 3 Nov. 1816. Enrolled in the College of Apostolic Protonotaries Participating, he was vice-legate of… -
Saluzzo, Marquises of (SALUZZO, MARCHESI DI)
They are a branch of the Aleramici marquises of Savona. The founder of the line is MANFREDI I, one of the sons of Marquis Boniface of Vasto (d. 1130), who… -
Salvadori, Giulio
Writer, poet and critic, b. at Monte S. Savino in Val di Chiana (Arezzo) on 14 Sept. 1862, d. at Rome on 7 Oct. 1928. He collaborated very early in Rome with… -
Salvaterra (Salvatierre), Gianmaria
Jesuit, missionary and founder of the California mission, b. in Milan on 15 Nov. 1648, d. while traveling to Guadalajara (Mexico) on 17 July 1717. Having… -
Salvation (SALVEZZA)
The idea of salvation includes that of safety and preservation. It is also the sense of the Greek σωτηρία which often recurs in Sacred Scripture. Transferred… -
Salvation Army (ESERCITO DELLA SALVEZZA (SALVATION ARMY))
An organization of a military type, ordered for religious and social purposes. It was founded in 1878 by William Booth (1829-1912), a former minister of the… -
Salvator of Horta, Saint (SALVATORE DA HORTA, SANTO)
Lay brother professed of the Friars Minor. Born of poor parents at Santa Coloma de Farners in the diocese of Girona (Spain) in December 1520, after having been… -
Salvian of Marseille (SALVIANO DI MARSIGLIA)
Christian writer, b. around 400. After a few years of marriage, he entered the monastery of Lérins (425); having become a priest, he moved to Marseille shortly… -
Salviati, Family (SALVIATI, FAMIGLIA)
Of Florence. The first of the S. of whom there is certain record is CAMBIO di SALVI, gonfaloniere of justice in Florence in 1335, and his descendants held high… -
Salviati, Giorgio Benigno
SALVIATI, GIORGIO BENIGNO: v. DRAGIŠIĆ, GIORGIO. -
Salviati, Scipione
One of the most representative men of the Catholic laity, b. in Paris on 23 June 1823, d. in Rome on 15 June 1892. Son of Prince Francesco Borghese and… -
Salvific Will (VOLONTÀ SALVIFICA)
It is the will by which God wills the supernatural salvation of men. It is universal, serious, sincere and operative, since Christ died for all and God gives… -
Salvi, Nicola
Architect, b. in Rome on 6 Aug. 1697, d. there on 8 Feb. 1751. He was a pupil of the painter Niccolò Ricciolini and of the architect Antonio Canevari. A… -
Salzano, Tommaso Michele
Dominican writer and archbishop, b. in Naples in April 1807, d. at Nocera Inferiore on 12 Sept. 1890. He held important offices in the Order, in the State and… -
Salzburg (SALISBURGO)
Archiepiscopal see, capital of the federal state of the same name in Austria. I. BEGINNINGS. - The Salzburg territory of the ecclesiastical principality… -
Samaia
A name (Heb. Šēma'yah) fairly frequent in the Bible, rendered twice as S. in the Vulgate, which elsewhere prefers Semeia (v.). In 1 Chron. 4:37 it appears in… -
Samarai, Apostolic Prefecture of (SAMARAI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the eastern region of Australian New Guinea. Erected on 13 June 1946 with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Papua, which at the same time… -
Samaria Ass (SAMARIA ASS)
City founded in 880 B.C. by Omri (v. AMRI), sixth king of Israel, at the center of his kingdom, on the top of a hill (443 m above sea level), bought for two… -
Samaria (Hē Samareitis) (SAMARIA (Ἡ ΣΑΜΑΡΕΙ͂ΤΙΣ))
One of the three historical regions of Palestine, in the center of the plateau, having the Jordan as its boundary to the east, the coastal plain of Sharon to… -
Samaritan Pentateuch (PENTATEUCO SAMARITANO)
PENTATEUCO SAMARITANO: V. SAMARITANO, PENTATEUCO. -
Samaritan Pentateuch (SAMARITANO, PENTATEUCO)
The five books of Moses, which for the Samaritans are the whole Bible, limited as it was to the initial stage of the Canon, at the time of the Samaritan… -
Samaritans (SAMARITANI)
At first this name designated the inhabitants of the city and kingdom of the same name of Samaria (v.), > (phot. Anderson) > SAMARITAN WOMAN AT THE WELL -… -
Samaritan Woman at the Well (SAMARITANA AL POZZO)
The well-known episode from the Gospel of John (4:3-43), which recounts the encounter of Jesus, fatigatus ex itinere, with the Samaritan woman who was drawing… -
Sama Veda
SAMA VEDA: v. VEDA. -
Sambalpur, Diocese of (SAMBALPUR, DIOCESI DI)
Erected by decree of 14 June 1951 and constituted from the civil districts of Ganpur, Bonai and Bamra (ceded by the diocese of Ranchi), from those of Patna and… -
Samgar (SAMGAR)
Judge of Israel. The only mention of him is in Judg. 3:31, where it is said that "he was after Ehud" (v.), the second Israelite judge, and that "he struck down… -
Samothrace, Mysteries of (SAMOTRACIA, MISTERI DI)
After those celebrated at Eleusis, the m. of S. were among the most famous in the Greek world. There were various legends about their institution and origin… -
Samsara
SAMSARA: V. REINCARNAZIONE. -
Samson (SANSONE)
The last of the Israelite judges, son of Manoah (Mānōah) of the tribe of Dan, a native of Zorah (Heb. Ṣor'āh, today Ṣar'āh, about 25 km west of Jerusalem)… -
Samuel (SAMUELE)
The last "judge" (v.) of Israel, founder of the monarchy, prophet, who lived in the 11th century B.C. He gave his name to the book of the Bible that recounts… -
Sanation (SANAZIONE)
SANAZIONE: v. CONVALIDAZIONE. -
Sanballat (SANABALLAT)
Governor (pehāh) of Samaria at the time of Artaxerxes I, who, taking advantage of the anarchy in Jerusalem after the fall, lorded it over the city, together… -
San Benedetto Po, Abbey of (SAN BENEDETTO POLIRONE)
Ancient Benedictine abbey in the province and diocese of Mantua, in the village today called S. Benedetto Po. The ancient name derived from the confluence of… -
San Bonifacio, Archdiocese of (SAN BONIFACIO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Manitoba (Canada). The archdiocese of St. B. covers an area of 100,000 sq km. The Catholic population numbers 65,085… -
San Carlo do Pinhal, Diocese of (SAN CARLO DO PINHAL, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of São Paulo, in the State of São Paulo, in Brazil. It has an area of 17,427 sq km, with a population of 463,870 inhabitants, of whom 450,273 are… -
San Carlos de Ancud, Diocese of (SAN CARLO (SAN CARLOS) DE ANCUD, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the Republic of Chile (South America). The diocese has 99,430 Catholics out of a population of 101,400 inhabitants scattered over a… -
Sánchez Muñoz, Egidio, Antipope (SÁNCHEZ MUÑOZ, EGIDIO, ANTIPAPA)
Of a noble Spanish family, bachelor of canon law at Barcelona and provost of Valencia, he was elected pope at Peñíscola on the death of Benedict XIII, at the… -
Sánchez (Sanctius), Gaspar
Spanish Jesuit exegete, b. in Ciempozuelos (Madrid) in 1553 to very devout parents (see the eulogy of his mother in Comm. in Tob., Lyon 1627, pp. 177-78), d.… -
Sánchez (Sanctius), Juan
One of the most typical representatives of 17th-century laxism, b. at Avila, in Spain, and d. ca. 1624. A man of vast erudition, he wrote, among other things… -
Sánchez, Tomás
Jesuit, moralist, b. at Cordova ca. 1550, d. at Granada on 19 May 1610. He spent his whole life, marked by great austerity, as master of novices, confessor and… -
San Cristóbal de La Habana, Archdiocese of (SAN CRISTOFORO DELL'AVANA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Known by the simple name of Havana (La Habana), capital city of the Republic of Cuba (v.) in the Antilles. It has a territory of 8,220 sq km with a population… -
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Diocese of (SAN CRISTOFORO DELLA LAGUNA, DIOCESI DI)
A modern diocese in the Canary Islands, called "Nivariensis" and commonly of Tenerife from the name of the largest island of the archipelago. It has an area of… -
San Cristoforo di Venezuela, Diocese of (SAN CRISTOFORO DI VENEZUELA, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and capital city of the department of Táchira in the Republic of Venezuela. It has an area of 16,015 sq km with a population of 307,583 inhabitants, of… -
Sanctification (SANTIFICAZIONE)
SANTIFICAZIONE: V. GIUSTIFICAZIONE. -
Sanctification of the Feast (SANTIFICAZIONE DELLA FESTA)
SANTIFICAZIONE DELLA FESTA : V. PRE-CETTO FESTIVO. -
Sanctification of the Senses (SANTIFICAZIONE DEI SENSI)
An ancient Eucharistic rite, consisting in bringing the Eucharistic species close to the forehead and the eyes. In the epitaph of Pectorius (early 3rd century)… -
Sanctimonial (SANTIMONIALE)
From sanctimonia (sanctus plus the ending -monia); in Cicero, Pro Quinto, 17, 55 and in Tacitus, Ann., III, 69, it means purity, chastity, applicable to human… -
Sanction (SANZIONE)
From the Latin sancire, it indicates the solemnity of a sovereign act, whereby a law, a pact or a contract acquires the character of absolute inviolability… -
Sanctoral (SANTORALE)
It is that part of the Missal (v.) and of the Breviary (v.), also called Proprium de sanctis, which contains the proper formularies for the Mass and Office of… -
Sanctorum Meritis Inclita Gaudia
"Sanctorum Meritis Inclita Gaudia." — Hymn of Vespers in the Common of several martyrs, written by Rabanus Maurus (cf. C. M. Dreves, Analecta hymn., 50 [1907]… -
Sanctuaries (SANCTUARIA)
SANCTUARIA: V. RELIQUE. -
Sandaeus (Van der Sandt), Maximilianus
Jesuit theologian, prolific ascetic and mystical writer, b. in Amsterdam on 18 April 1578, d. in Cologne on 21 June 1651. He studied letters at Groningen, then… -
Sandeo, Felino Maria
Bishop and canonist, b. at Felino (Parma) in 1444, d. at Rome on 6 September 1509. Professor of canon law at Ferrara (1466), of Roman law at Pisa (1474), he… -
Sanders, Nicholas
English polemicist, b. at Charlwood around 1530, d. in Ireland in Apr. 1581. After completing his studies in canon law in his homeland, with the accession of… -
Sand, George
Pseudonym of Amandine-Lucie-Aurore Dupin, French writer, b. in Paris on 1 July 1804, d. at Nohant on 7 June 1876. Born of a Parisian milliner and of Maurice… -
Sandhurst, Diocese of (SANDHURST, DIOCESI DI)
It is located in the State of Victoria (Australia) and was erected on 30 March 1874 with territory detached from the archdiocese of Melbourne, of which it was… -
San Diego, Diocese of (SAN DIEGO, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of California (U.S.A.). The territory today comprises 35,879 square miles with a total population (1950) of 1,048,767 inhabitants… -
Sandomiria (Sandomierz), Diocese of (SANDOMIRIA (SANDOMIERZ), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Poland. Pius VII, with the bull Ex imposita nobis of 30 June 1818, created the diocese of S. by detaching a large part of the territory of… -
Sanfedismo
The Jacobin invasion of 1796-98 was far from arousing in Italy the universal enthusiasm of which liberal historiography fantasizes. If the "liberty" brought on… -
Sanfelice d'Acquavella, Guglielmo
Cardinal, b. at Aversa on 18 April 1834, d. at Naples on 3 Jan. 1897. After completing his early studies at the College of Maddaloni, he continued them at the… -
San Felipe, Diocese of (SAN FILIPPO (SAN FELIPE), DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the province of Aconcagua, in the Republic of Chile (South America). It has an area of 15,000 sq. km., with a population of 135,000… -
San Fernando
Diocese in the Philippines, suffragan of Manila, erected on 11 Dec. 1948, detaching from the archdiocese of Manila the civil provinces of Bataan, Pampanga and… -
San Francisco, Archdiocese of (SAN FRANCISCO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and city in the State of California (U.S.A.). S. F. today (1951) has a population of 3,031,560 inhabitants spread over an area of 16,856 sq. miles.… -
San Fruttuoso
Ancient Benedictine abbey in the village of the same name in the municipality of Camogli, in the province and archdiocese of Genoa. Founded at the end of the… -
San Galgano, Abbey of (SAN GALGANO, ABBAZIA DI)
Galgano Guidotti, a noble knight of Chiusdino, who became a hermit, withdrew in prayer to the hill of Montesiepi, a deserted place on the river Merse, more… -
Sangallo, Family of (SANGALLO, FAMIGLIA)
Florentine architects who took their name from the Porta S. Gallo in Florence, near which the founders of the family lived. GIULIANO (called G. Giamberti). -… -
Sangermano, Vincenzo
Barnabite missionary, b. 22 April 1758 at Arpino and d. there 28 July 1819. A pupil of the Barnabites and then a Barnabite himself at the age of 16, in 1782 he… -
San Giacinto, Diocese of (SAN GIACINTO, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the province of Québec (Canada). S. G. is an industrial city located 35 miles from Montreal. The Fathers of the first Council of Québec… -
San Giorgio di Terranova, Diocese of (SAN GIORGIO DI TERRANOVA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Terranova, Canada. Around 1850 a population of about 2,000 souls settled in the western part of the island of Terranova… -
San Giovanni di Cuyo (San Juan de Cuyo), Archdiocese of (SAN GIOVANNI DI CUYO (SAN JUAN DE CUYO), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of San Juan in the Republic of Argentina. It has an area of 89,179 sq km with a population of 275,000 inhabitants, of whom… -
San Giovanni in Fiore
Abbey founded in 1191 by Abbot Joachim who, having left the Cistercians (v. GIOACCHINO DA FIORE), withdrew first with a single companion to the grange of S.… -
San Giuseppe delle Amazzoni, Apostolic Prefecture of (SAN GIUSEPPE DELLE AMAZZONI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in the north-eastern regions of Peru. These regions, which belonged to the apostolic vicariate of St. Leo of the Amazons, on 4 October 1912 were… -
Sangnier, Marc
Politician and sociologist, b. in Paris on 3 April 1873, d. there on 28 May 1950. Sent to the Collège Stanislas to prepare for the École Polytechnique, at the… -
Sanguineti
Canonist, b. in Genoa on 12 Oct. 1829, d. in Rome on 27 Jan. 1893. He entered the Society of Jesus on 23 Sept. 1847 and was prefect of studies at the American… -
Sanhedrin (Συνέδριον « Assembly ») (SINEDRIO (ΣΥΝΈΔΡΙΟΝ « ASSEMBLEA »))
A body of counselors which, together with the high priest, exercised broad religious and civil powers, especially toward the end of the Jewish State, in… -
San Jorge, Apostolic Vicariate of (SAN GIORGIO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the northern region of Colombia. On June 12, 1924 the territory was erected as an apostolic prefecture of Sinú and entrusted to the Foreign Missions… -
San José de Costa Rica, Diocese of (SAN GIUSEPPE DI COSTARICA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese, capital of Costa Rica in Central America. It has an area of 13,000 sq km with a population of 436,468 inhabitants, of whom 435,000 are… -
San Juan Bautista (SAN JUAN BATISTA)
SAN JUAN BATISTA: V. TABASCO. -
San Juan de Cuyo, Archdiocese of (SAN GIOVANNI D'ACRI)
SAN GIOVANNI D'ACRI: v. TOLEMAIDE. -
Sankt Pölten (Saint Hippolytus), Diocese of (SANT'IPPOLITO (SANKT PÖLTEN), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in western Lower Austria, suffragan of Vienna. The diocese has an area of 10,450 sq. km. with 630,600 inhabitants, of whom only about 25,000… -
San Luis, Diocese of Argentina (SAN LUIGI (SAN LUIS) DI ARGENTINA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the province of the same name in the Argentine Republic. It has an area of 70,000 sq km with a population of 180,000 inhabitants, of whom… -
San Luis Potosí, Diocese of (SAN LUIGI (SAN LUIS) POTOSI, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and capital city of the state of the same name in Mexico. Over an area of 12,000 sq km it has a population of 420,589 inhabitants, of whom 419,803 are… -
San Marco Argentano e Bisignano, Diocese of (SAN MARCO ARGENTANO E BISIGNANO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Cosenza (Calabria), dependent on the metropolitan see of Catanzaro. The population is 145,000 inhabitants, almost all… -
San Marino
One of the smallest (60.57 sq km) and the oldest (at least since the 9th century) independent states in Europe. I. GEOGRAPHY. - Its territory, enclosed between… -
San Martino al Monte Cimino
A "nullius" abbey founded in the 13th century, in the province of Viterbo. As early as 838 there is record of the existence in this locality of a church of the… -
Sanmicheli, Michele
Architect, son of Giovanni, a military architect, probably originally from Ticino, born in Verona in 1484, died there in 1559. In 1509 he was master builder at… -
San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Apostolic Prefecture of (SAN MICHELE DE SUCUMBIOS, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in the north-eastern regions of Ecuador and entrusted to the Discalced Carmelites. The territory was part of the apostolic vicariate of Napo… -
San Miniato, Diocese of (SAN MINIATO, DIOCESI DI)
A city of Tuscany, a diocese since 1622; suffragan of Florence. Its territory, which extends over hilly and flat land in the valleys of the Elsa, the Evola… -
Sannazaro, Jacopo
Poet, b. in Naples on 28 July 1456, d. there on 24 April 1530. He belonged to the Accademia del Pontano under the name Azio Sincero; he lived at the court of… -
San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Diocese of (SAN NICOLA DE LOS ARROYOS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina, about which no statistical data are available. Pope Pius XII, by the apostolic constitution… -
San Pedro Sula, Apostolic Vicariate of (SAN PEDRO SULA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the northern part of Honduras (v.). It was erected by decree of the S. Congr. of Propaganda on 2 February 1916, when the ecclesiastical… -
San Salvador, Diocese of (SAN SALVATORE (SAN SALVADOR), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese, capital of the Republic of El Salvador in Central America. It has an area of 11,317 sq km with a population of 718,000 inhabitants, of whom… -
San Salvatore di Messina
It is the most important of the Greek monasteries of southern Italy. It was founded "in lingua Phari" by Roger II the Norman, who entrusted the task to St.… -
San Sebastián, Diocese of (SAN SEBASTIANO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Spain. It has an area of 1,885 sq km with a population of 374,040 inhabitants, of whom 373,954 are Catholics, distributed in 158 parishes… -
Sansepolcro, Diocese of (SAN SEPOLCRO, DIOCESI DI)
In Tuscany, in the province of Arezzo. The diocese of Borgo S. S. has an area of 2160 sq km with a population of 60,000 inhabitants, of whom 54,600 are… -
Sanseverino, Federico
Cardinal, b. in Naples around 1450 to the condottiere Roberto S., d. in Rome in 1516. Created cardinal by Innocent VIII on 3 July 1489, through the influence… -
Sanseverino, Gaetano
Neo-Scholastic philosopher, b. in Naples on 7 Aug. 1811, d. there on 16 Nov. 1865. Ordained a priest, he was appointed librarian of the Royal Library of… -
Sanseverino, Lucio
Cardinal, born in Naples in 1565 to the princes of Bisignano, died in Salerno on 25 December 1623. Archbishop of Rossano from 1592, he distinguished himself by… -
San Severino (Septempeda), Diocese of (SAN SEVERINO (SEPTEMPEDA), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the Marches, province of Macerata, on the right bank of the Potenza river. It has an area of 45 sq km with a population of 20,000… -
San Severo
Diocese and city in the province of Foggia. It has an area of about 706 sq km with a population of 79,607 inhabitants, of whom 79,208 are Catholics… -
Sansone, Francesco
Franciscan theologian, b. at Brescia to a father of Sienese origin, Nannis (Joannis), in 1414, d. at Florence on 26 Oct. 1499. He entered the Franciscans at… -
Sansovino, Andrea Contucci detto il
Architect and sculptor, b. at Monte S. Savino (from which the name derives) in 1460, d. probably there in 1529. Having gone to Florence quite young, he was… -
Sansovino, Jacopo Tatti detto il
Architect and sculptor, b. in Florence on 2 July 1486, d. in Venice on 27 Sept. 1570. A pupil of Andrea Sansovino, from whom he took his nickname, he worked… -
Santa Caterina
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Santacroce Publicola, Family (SANTACROCE PUBLICOLA, FAMIGLIA)
Recorded as very ancient already in the 13th century in the registers of Innocent IV. They were created princes by Clement XI, who erected their fief of… -
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Diocese of (SANTA CROCE DELLA SIERRA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the State of S. Cruz in Bolivia (South America). The diocese comprises the departments of S. Cruz and Beni. It has an area of 126,000… -
Santa Fe, Archdiocese of (SANTA FÉ, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and city in the State of New Mexico (U.S.A.). In 1598, Juan de Onate took possession of New Mexico in the name of the King of Spain. The… -
Sant'Agata dei Goti, Diocese of (SANT'AGATA DEI GOTI, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Benevento. It has an area of 50 sq km with a population of 38,000 inhabitants, all Catholics; it has 31 parishes served by… -
Sant'Alessandro di Orosci
An abbey nullius immediately subject to the Holy See, located in the interior of northern Albania among the mountains of Mirdizia. In ancient times it was an… -
Santa Maria Ausiliatrice di Belmont
A Benedictine nullius abbey, popularly known as the "Abbey of Belmont." On August 1, 1875, a property called the "Caldwell plantation," in Gaston County (North… -
Santa Maria d'Arabona
The abbey of S. M. A. rises in the territory of Manoppello (Chieti), near a place where there was a temple dedicated to the goddess Orbona, or Ara Deae Bonae.… -
Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Greek Abbey of (SANTA MARIA DI GROTTAFERRATA, BADIA GRECA DI)
It rises among the Tusculan and Alban hills at the foot of Monte Cavo, about 18 km. from Rome on the ancient Via Latina. Its foundation dates back to 1004… -
Santa Maria, Diocese of (SANTA MARIA, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Porto Alegre, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It has an area of 71,313 sq km with a population of 900,000 inhabitants, of whom… -
Santa Marta, Diocese of (SANTA MARTA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of northern Colombia, capital of the department of Magdalena (South America). It has an area of 33,000 sq km, with a population of 410,000… -
Santander
City and diocese of Spain on the Cantabrian coast; its territory includes the civil province of the same name, with the exception of the judicial district of… -
Sant'Angelo in Vado
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Sant'Anna, Diocese of (SANT'ANNA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese comprising the civil provinces of S. Vincente, Cabañas, La Paz, Cuscatlán, Chalatenango, S. Salvador and La Libertad in the Republic of El… -
Sant'Antimo
Ancient abbey 8 km. from the diocese of Montalcino, in the small valley of the Starcia stream, a tributary of the Orcia river. The origins of the monastery go… -
Sant'Antonio, Archdiocese of (SANT'ANTONIO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese of the State of Texas, U.S.A. The archdiocese of S. A. comprises the whole State of Texas, except the diocese of El Paso and the State of… -
Santarém, Prelature "Nullius" of (SANTARÉM, PRELATURA «NULLIUS» DI)
Suffragan of Belém do Pará, of the State of Pará, in Brazil. It has an area of 362,000 sq. km., with a population of 190,000 inhabitants, of whom 162,000 are… -
Santa Rosa de Copán, Diocese of (SANTA ROSA DE COPÁN, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese comprising the civil provinces of Santa Bárbara, Copán, Lempira, Ocotepeque and Intibucá in Honduras (Central America). It has an area of… -
Santa Rosa de Osos, Diocese of (SANTA ROSA DE OSOS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Colombia in the department of Antioquia (South America). It has an area of 31,400 sq. km., with a population of 280,000 inhabitants, of… -
Santarosa-Derossi, Pietro di
Statesman, b. in Turin on 12 April 1805, d. there on 5 Aug. 1850. A student of politics and economics, he traveled extensively throughout Europe. A member… -
Santa Severina, Archdiocese of (SANTA SEVERINA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Catanzaro (Calabria). It has an area of 800 sq km, with a population of 60,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed… -
Santa Sofia
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Santayana (Ruiz), George
Spanish philosopher and writer, b. in Avila on 16 Dec. 1863, d. in Rome on 27 Sept. 1952. Having lived in the United States of America since childhood, where… -
Santiago de Cape Verde, Diocese of (SANTIAGO DI CAPO VERDE, DIOCESI DI)
On the island of Cape Verde in Africa, a Portuguese colony. It has an area of 4,033.37 sq km and a population of 176,687 inhabitants, of whom 168,109 are… -
Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of (SANTIAGO DEL CHILE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital city and archdiocese of the Republic of Chile, in South America. Over an area of 16,987 sq km it has 1,620,000 inhabitants, of whom 1,450,000 are… -
Santiago de Cuba (Saint Jacobus), Diocese of (SANTIAGO DI CUBA (SAN JACOBUS), DIOCESI DI)
In the easternmost part of the island of that name in the Antilles, at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. It has an area of 37,000 sq km with a population of… -
Santiago del Estero, Diocese of (SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the Argentine Republic in the department of the same name. The diocese has an area of 154,670 sq km, with a population of 688,796… -
Santiago of Compostela, Archdiocese of (SANTIAGO DI COMPOSTELLA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese of Spain, situated in the extreme north-western part of Galicia, it comprises almost the whole civil province of Coruña, including its… -
Santo Domingo (Ciudad Trujillo), Archdiocese of (SANTO DOMINGO (CIUDAD TRUJILLO), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
An archdiocese in the Antilles, one of the oldest sees in the Americas, embracing the entire island of that name except the part belonging to the Republic of… -
Santorini (Thera), Diocese of (SANTORINO (TIERA), DIOCESI DI)
Bishopric of the island of the same name in the Aegean Sea, founded as early as the 4th century. After the occupation of S. by the Latins in the 13th century… -
Santori (Santorio), Giulio Antonio
Cardinal, b. June 6, 1532 in Caserta, d. May 28, 1602 in Rome. He studied civil law in Naples and became a lawyer, but, renouncing the world, he entered the… -
Santos, Diocese of (SANTOS, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of São Paulo, in the state of the same name, in Brazil. It has an area of 18,999 sq km and a population of 377,000 inhabitants, of whom 300,000 are… -
Santuario di Porto Venere (PORTO VENERE, SANTUARIO DI)
On the extreme western edge of the Gulf of La Spezia, near the village of P. V., perched on the sea, stands the ancient temple of St. Peter the Apostle. Its… -
Santucci, Carlo
Catholic organizer, lawyer and senator, b. in Rome on 9 Feb. 1849, d. there on 29 July 1932. A lawyer of worth, he effectively defended religious Orders and… -
Santucci, Pietro da Manfredonia
Celestine monk, abbot of the monastery of S. Spirito della Maiella, b. 20 Aug. 1562, d. 1 Feb. 1641. After his profession he was assigned to the hermitage of… -
Santucci, Vincenzo
Cardinal, b. at Gorga, diocese of Terracina, on 18 Feb. 1796, d. at Rocca di Papa on 19 Aug. 1861. He began his career in the Secretariat of State, was charged… -
Sanudo, Marino the Elder (SANUDO, MARINO IL VECCHIO)
Venetian traveler and politician, b. ca. 1270 to Marco, of the branch of S. Severo, d. ca. 1343. From his youth he traveled extensively in the eastern… -
Sanudo, Marino the Younger (SANUDO, MARINO IL GIOVANE)
Venetian historian, b. in Venice on 22 May 1466, d. there on 4 April 1536; he took part in various offices in the government of the Republic although without… -
Sanusiyyah (SANŪSIJJAH)
The most recent of the great ṭarīqah or Muslim mystical brotherhoods; it is the least mystical of all, in the most precise sense of the word, and the most… -
San Vincenzo, Diocese of (SAN VINCENZO, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of S. Salvador, in the state of the same name (Central America). It was erected on 18 Dec. 1943. It has an area of 5,460 sq. km. and a population of… -
Sanyuan, Diocese of (SANYŪAN, DIOCESI DI)
In the center of the province of Shensi, in northern China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on Nov. 1, 1931 with 16 civil sub-prefectures of the… -
Sanz, Pedro, Blessed (SANZ, PEDRO, BEATO)
Dominican, martyr, b. at Ascó (diocese of Tortosa) on 1 September 1680, d. at Foyán (China) on 26 May 1747. Having entered the Order in 1697 and become a… -
São José de Grajaú, Prelature "Nullius" of (SAN GIUSEPPE DI GRAJAÚ, PRELATURA «NULLIUS» DI)
Suffragan of St. Louis of Maranhão, in the State of Maranhão (Brazil). It was erected on 10 February 1922 and entrusted to the Lombard Capuchins, who had… -
São José do Alto Tocantins, Prelature "Nullius" of (SAN GIUSEPPE DI ALTO TOCANTINS, PRELATURA «NULLIUS» DI)
Suffragan of Goiaz, in the state of the same name, in Brazil. Erected in 1924 and entrusted to the Claretian Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of… -
São Luís de Cáceres, Diocese of (SAN LUIGI DE CACERES (SÃO LUIZ DE C.), DIOCESI DI)
In the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, suffragan of the archdiocese of Cuiabá. Its area is 300,000 sq. km. and it extends over a territory that is very rich but… -
São Luís de Maranhão, Archdiocese of (SAN LUIGI DEL MARAGNANO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the State of Maranhão, in Brazil. It is the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province of the same name, which numbers as suffragans the dioceses of… -
São Paulo, Archdiocese of Brazil (SAN PAOLO DEL BRASILE (SÃO PAULO), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the State of São Paulo, in Brazil. It is the metropolis of an ecclesiastical province that embraces fully 14 suffragan sees, that is, all the dioceses of… -
São Paulo de Almeirim, Diocese of (SAN PAOLO DELL'ALBERTA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Alberta (Canada). The first mission at S. P. was established by Fr. J. A. Therien, O.M.I., under the name of… -
São Salvador da Bahia, Archdiocese of (SAN SALVATORE DELLA BAIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the State of Bahia, Brazil. It is the primatial see of the country and the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province of S. Salvador… -
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of (SAN SEBASTIANO DE RIO DE JANEIRO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the federal district of Brazil. It is the head of the ecclesiastical province of the same name, which also includes the dioceses of Niteroi, Espirito Santo… -
Saoshyant
From the Old Persian verb sav, meaning to benefit (whence the future participle saoshyant "benefactor"), in the most ancient Avesta it is a generic epithet of… -
Sapeto, Giuseppe
Missionary of St. Vincent de Paul, b. at Carcare (Genoa) on 27 Apr. 1811, d. at Genoa on 25 Aug. 1895. Having entered the Congregation of the Mission on 29… -
Sapientia, Family of (SAPIENIA, FAMIGLIA)
A noble Polish house of Lithuanian origin. The S. (in old documents also SOPIEHA, SOPIHA, SOPIEŻYCZ) descend from SEMEN S. (15th century), whose two sons… -
Saponara
In the Agri Valley, an ancient diocese whose name was Grumentum. The diocese was vacant in 495 (Jaffé-Wattenbach, 678) when Pope Gelasius ordered Bishop… -
Sapor II, King of Persia (SAPORE II, NÉ DI PERSIA)
Of the Sassanid dynasty (310-79), of which he is the best-known member. Son of Hormizd II, he is known in history for his religious fanaticism, inherited from… -
Sappa, Diocese of (SAPPA, DIOCESI DI)
In northern Albania, suffragan of Scutari. It was erected in 1062 (?) by Alexander II. The first bishop of whom there is certain record is Paul in 1376. In… -
Sapphira (SAFFIRA)
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Sapporo, Apostolic Vicariate of (SAPPORO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located on the large island of Hokkaidō in northern Japan, it comprises the whole of it with an area of 78,461 sq km and 4,185,506 inhabitants. On 12 Feb. 1915… -
Saragossa (Zaragoza), Archdiocese of (SARAGOZZA (ZARAGOZA), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Metropolitan city and archdiocese of Aragon (Spain), situated in the civil province of the same name and for the most part in that of Teruel. It has a parish… -
Sara (SARA)
1. Wife of Abraham; she was his sister on his father's side, but the daughter of another mother (Gen. 20:12): she is probably to be identified with Iescha…