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Severus of Antioch(SEVERO DI ANTIOCHIA)Vol. XI, p. 288 SEVERO di ANTIOCHIA. — Leader of the Monophysite movement of the sixth century, born at Sozopolis in Pisidia around 465, died at Xois (Egypt) in 538. Having…
Severus of Minorca(SEVERO DI MINORCA)Vol. XI, p. 293 SEVERO of MINORCA. - Bishop. Around 417 he wrote an encyclical letter « ad omnem ecclesiam »: De virtutibus ad Iudaeorum conversionem in Minoricensi insula…
Severus, Saint(SEVERO, SANTO)Vol. XI, p. 288 SEVERUS, saint: v. ENDELECHIUS SEVERUS, saint.
Severus, Saint, Bishop of Naples(SEVERO, VESCOVO DI NAPOLI, SANTO)Vol. XI, p. 293 SEVERO, bishop of NAPOLI, saint. - The twelfth bishop of Napoli, whose episcopate appears to be dated between February 363 and 24 April 409. S. Ambrogio…
Severus, Saint, Bishop of Ravenna(SEVERO, VESCOVO DI RAVENNA, SANTO)Vol. XI, p. 293 SEVERO, bishop of RAVENNA, saint. — He was the last of the twelve bishops of Ravenna called “little doves” because, according to legend, they were designated…
Seville, Archdiocese of(SIVIGLIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 476 SIVIGLIA, ARCIDIOCESI di. – Archdiocese and capital of the province of the same name in Andalusia (Spain). Within its territory of 27,716 sq. km., the…
Seville, Archdiocese of(SIVIGLIA, ARCIDIODESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 478 their support for the establishment of the Seminary; indeed, the second founded in 1515 the celebrated ecclesiastical College of S. Tommaso; a third was…
Sex Education(SESSUALE, EDUCAZIONE)Vol. XI, p. 269 SEXUAL EDUCATION. – An integral part of the organism’s functions, the sexual function too cannot be excluded from the educational plan that seeks to restore…
Sexagesima (In the Roman Missal: "Dominica in Sexagesima")(SESSAGESIMA (NEL MESSALE ROMANO «DOMINICA IN SEXAGESIMA»))Vol. XI, p. 268 SESSAGESIMA (in the Roman Missal, “Dominica in Sexagesima”). — The eighth Sunday before Easter, in preparation for the feast of the Resurrection of Christ. In…
Sext(SESTA)Vol. XI, p. 271 SESTA. – A canonical hour to be recited at the sixth hour of the day (according to the Greco-Roman division), that is, around midday. The hymn recalls the…
Sextus Empiricus(SESTO EMPIRICO)Vol. XI, p. 272 SESTO EMPIRICO. – Skeptical philosopher and physician, who lived in the second half of the second century A.D. He belonged to the school of the “empirical”…
Sextus Julius Africanus(SESTO GIULIO AFRICANO)Vol. XI, p. 272 SESTO GIULIO AFRICANO. — It is very uncertain that this person bore the praenomen of Sextus, which is attributed to him on the basis of a text by Suidas that…
Sextus, Sentences of(SESTO, SENTENZE DI)Vol. XI, p. 271 SESTO, SENTENZE di. - A collection of sentences that goes under the name of S. The author is mentioned for the first time by Origen (Contra Cels., VIII, 30, p.…
Seychelles (Port Victoria), Diocese of(SEYCHELLES (PORT VICTORIA), DIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 295 SEYCHELLES (PORT VICTORIA), DIOCESE of. - It includes all the islands of the S. archipelago. They are located in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar and…
Seyssel, Claudio diVol. XI, p. 295 SEYSSEL, CLAUDIO di. — Archbishop of Turin, born between 1450 and 1460, died in Turin on 30 May 1520. He studied at the University of Pavia and then at that of…
Sées (formerly Séez), Diocese of(SÉEZ (OGGI SÉES), DIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 160 SÉEZ (now Sées), DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese in the department of Orne in Normandy (France). It has the same boundaries as the civil department, with an…
Ségur, Gaston deVol. XI, p. 178 SÉGUR, GASTON de. – Apologetic and ascetic writer, born to the counts of S. in Paris on 15 April 1820, where he died in a reputation for holiness on 9 June…
Sénanque(SENANQUE)Vol. XI, p. 196 SENANQUE. - A Cistercian abbey formerly in the territory of the diocese of Cavaillon, now incorporated into that of Avignon in Provence. It stands in the…
Sétif(SETIF)Vol. XI, p. 273 SETIF. – It is the Sitifis, a Roman colony of veterans founded by Nerva in Mauretania (Algeria), called «Colonia Nerviana Augusta Martiaris veteranorum…
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Marquise de(SÉVIGNÉ, MARIE DE RABUTIN CHANTAL, M.ME DE)Vol. XI, p. 295 SÉVIGNÉ, MARIE DE RABUTIN CHANTAL, M.me de. — French writer, born in Paris on 5 February 1626, died at Grignan on 17 April 1696. Orphaned in her early years,…
