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Saraia (SARAIA)
Name of several figures of the Old Testament. 1. Secretary (literally "scribe") at the court of David (2 Sam. 8:17). 2. High priest at the end of the kingdom… -
Sarajevo (Vrhbosna), Archdiocese of (SARAJEVO (VRHBOSNA), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It is located in Yugoslavia and comprises part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the acts of the provincial Synods of Split of 530 and 533 an "Andreas episcopus… -
Saravia, Adriano
Calvinist theologian, b. in 1538 at Esda in Artois, d. at Oxford in 1613. In 1559, because of religious persecutions, he took refuge in England, where he… -
Sarawak, Apostolic Prefecture of (SARAWAK, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in the southwestern part of British Borneo. The territories of S., Brunei, North Borneo and the Island of Labuan on 27 Aug. 1855 were erected… -
Sarbiewski, Matthias Kasimierz
Jesuit, humanist, called "the Polish Horace", b. at Sarbiawo, the family castle near Plonsk, on 24 February 1595, d. at Warsaw on 2 April 1640. Having entered… -
Sarcophagi (SARCOFAGI)
Within the sphere of the artistic documentation of the first centuries of Christianity, Early Christian sarcophagi constitute, together with the catacomb… -
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus (GIUNIO BASSO, SARCOFAGO DI)
In 1597, during the excavations for the construction of the new Vatican Confessio, carried out by Giacomo della Porta by order of Clement VIII (1592-1605), a… -
Sardi, Filippo
Archbishop, b. in Lucca on 18 Oct. 1736, d. there on 8 March 1826. His life is closely bound up with the political vicissitudes of the State of Lucca, in which… -
Sardinha, António
Portuguese writer and politician, b. at Monforte (Alentejo) in 1888, d. at Elvas on 1 January 1925. After the fall of the monarchy (1910), he founded (1914)… -
Sardinia (SARDEGNA)
By area (24,089 sq. km., including the adjacent islands), it is the second island of the Mediterranean and the third of the Italian compartments. 1. GEOGRAPHY.… -
Sarephta (SAREPTA)
Formerly a city of Phoenicia, 15 km south of Sidon (v.). It has remained famous because the prophet Elijah, passing through there, multiplied flour and oil for… -
Sargon II
One of the greatest kings of Assyria (Assyrian Šarru-ukēn[u] and Šarru-kēn[u]; Septuagint 'Αρχέανος, from arkā "the second," which S. added to his name), whose… -
Sarkander, Johann, Blessed (SARKANDER, JOHANN, BEATO)
Martyr of the seal of Confession, b. at Skotschau (on the border of Austrian Silesia) on 20 Dec. 1576, d. in prison at Olmütz on 17 March 1620. Ordained a… -
Sarmiento, Martín
Spanish Benedictine, b. at Villafranca del Bierzo on 6 March 1695, d. at Madrid on 7 Dec. 1772. He was the best disciple of Father Feijóo and one of his most… -
Sarnelli, Maria Gennaro, Venerable (SARNELLI, MARIA GENNARO, VENERABILE)
Preacher and ascetical writer, firstborn of the barons of Ciorani, b. in Naples on 12 Sept. 1702, d. there on 30 June 1744. Set to university studies, he… -
Sarpi, Paolo
Born in Venice on 14 Aug. 1552, died there on 14 Jan. 1623. Already at the age of 18 he distinguished himself at Mantua in disputations; in 1575 he entered the… -
Sarsina, Diocese of (SARSINA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Forlì; suffragan of Ravenna, in Romagna. It has an area of 620 sq km and a population of 26,000 inhabitants, all Catholics… -
Sarti, Emiliano
Scholar, b. in Rome in 1795, d. there in 1849. He was a writer for the Hebrew language at the Vatican Library and a professor at the Sapienza. His literary… -
Sartiges, Eugène de
Diplomat, b. at Gannat on 18 Jan. 1808, d. at Paris on 3 Oct. 1892. He began his diplomatic career in 1830 in Rome as auditor of the embassy; he was then… -
Sartorio, Giulio Aristide
Painter, b. in Rome on 11 Feb. 1860, d. there 3 Oct. 1932. A pupil of his father Raffaele, S. gained wide experience in the museums and galleries of Rome… -
Sarug (SARUG)
A descendant of Shem, presented as the son of Reu and the father of Nahor; he would therefore have been the great-grandfather of Abraham (Gen. 11:20-23; 1… -
Sarvia (SARVIA)
Sister, or rather half-sister (cf. II Sam. 16, 9; 19, 21), of David (v.), remembered only as the mother of Joab, Asahel, Abishai (v.). It is strange that these… -
Sarzana
SARZANA: v. LUNI (LA SPEZIA), SARZANA E BRUGNATO, diocese of. -
Sa (Sá, Saa), Manoel da
Portuguese theologian, b. at Villa do Conde in 1530, d. at Arona in the odour of sanctity in 1596. A Jesuit from 1546, he distinguished himself in moral… -
Saskatoon, Diocese of (SASKATOON, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the province of Saskatchewan in western Canada. The diocese has a population of 150,052 inhabitants, of whom 28,862 are Catholics… -
Sassabasar (SASSABASAR)
A figure who played an important part in the first return of the Jews exiled from Babylonia to the land of Israel: he received from Cyrus the sacred vessels… -
Sassandra, Apostolic Vicariate of (SASSANDRA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the southwestern part of the Ivory Coast. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate on 9 April 1940 with territory detached from the apostolic… -
Sassanids (SASSANIDI)
The progenitor of the dynasty of Persia or Īrān is said to have been a certain Sassan, of whom nothing is known with certainty, while the true founder may be… -
Sassari, Diocese of (SASSARI, DIOCESI DI)
It has a population of 149,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed in 39 parishes served by 110 diocesan priests and 48 regulars; it has a seminary, 10… -
Sasserath, Rainer
Conventual, moral theologian, b. at Holtzheim near Reuss on 20 Aug. 1696, d. at Cologne between 1771 and 1775. He entered the Order of Friars Minor Conventual… -
Sassetta, Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, called Il (SASSETTA, STEFANO DI GIOVANNI DI CONSOLO, DETTO IL)
Sienese painter b. in 1392, d. April 1, 1450. His first documented work, executed between July 1, 1423 and December 1426, consisted of a large triptych bearing… -
Sassi, Giuseppe Antonio
Born in Milan in 1672, died in May 1751. Enrolled in the Congregation of the Oblates, in 1703 he entered among the doctors of the Ambrosian Library, became its… -
Sassoferrato, Giovan Battista, Salvi detto il
Painter, b. at Sassoferrato in 1605, d. at Rome in 1685. Of his life very little is known apart from the brief notices provided by Lanzi. In the 18th century… -
Sassovivo
Ancient Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Foligno, from which it is 3 km away. The monk Mainardo and the counts Ugolino and Gualterio founded in 1080 a new… -
Šaštín (ŠAŠTIN)
Slovak national sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows. The village of S. lies in the western part of Slovakia, north of Bratislava, not far from the Morava River… -
Satan (SATANA)
SATAN (Heb. šātan). An invisible personal agent, the enemy of man who leads him to perdition by drawing him away from God. The term (from the verb šātan "to… -
Satanism (SATANISMO)
The state of that which is satanic, that is, subject to the action of Satan, or consecrated to the antagonist of God, or pervaded by his spirit. The term takes… -
"Satire Ménippée" (SATIRE MÉNIPPÉE)
A French political libel in the form of a satire, whose title was taken from the work of the same name by Varro. It was published for the first time at Tours… -
Satis Cognitum
Encyclical of Leo XIII (30 June 1896) on the unity of the Church (Acta Leonis XIII, XVI, Rome 1897, pp. 157-210; partially in Denz-U, 1954-62). It opens by… -
Satisfaction (In Ethnology) (SODDISFAZIONE (NELLA ETNOLOGIA))
I. - Among primitive peoples, particularly among those ethnologically most ancient, there exists a moral ideal to which every person and society itself must… -
Satolli, Francesco
Cardinal, b. at Marsciano, archdiocese of Perugia, on 21 July 1839, d. at Rome on 8 Jan. 1910. He studied at the Seminary of Perugia and, after obtaining a… -
Satornilo (Saturninus)
Gnostic of Antioch, a contemporary of Basilides. According to his doctrine the world was created by seven angels (a transformation of a Jewish tradition that… -
Satu Mare (SZATMAR SATU MARE)
SZATMAR SATU MARE : v. SATU MARE. -
Satu Mare (Sathmar, Satu(L)-Mare, Hungary) (SATU MARE (SATHMAR, SATU(L)-MARE, UNGH)
Also called Gran Varadino (Rom. Oradea Mare, Hung. Nagyvárad, Ger. Gross-Wardein). A Latin diocese situated between the Hungarian plain and the Transylvanian… -
Saturn and the Saturnalia (SATURNO E SATURNALIA)
For the Roman literary tradition there is no doubt about the identity between the Roman god Saturnus and the Greek god Kronos: all the myths of the latter are… -
Saturninus, Dativus, Felix and Companions, Saints, Martyrs (SATURNINO, DATIVO, FELICE E COMPAGNI, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on February 11. Their laterculus comes from Usuard, who was the first to introduce them into his Martyrology.… -
Saturninus, Saint, Martyr (SATURNINO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in the Depositio martyrum on 29 November as buried in the cemetery of Traso on the Via Salaria nuova. On the same date and in the same place… -
Saturninus (Sernin), Bishop of Toulouse (SATURNINO (SERNIN), VESCOVO DI TOLOSA)
Scene of the martyrdom, depicted on the reliquary of the Saint (13th cent.), Toulouse, Treasury of the church of St-Sernin. Philastr., 31; Epiphanius, Huer.… -
Saturninus (Sernin), Bishop of Toulouse, Saint, Martyr (SATURNINO (SERNIN), VESCOVO DI TOLOSA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
First bishop of Toulouse of the mid-3rd century. Feast on 29 November. According to the Historia passionis (BHL, 7495-99), written at the beginning of the 5th… -
Satyrs and Sileni (Σάτυροι, Σάλοι) (SATIRI E SILENI (ΣΆΤΥΡΟΙ, ΣΆΛΥΟΙ),)
Mythological figures of secondary importance, but among the most widespread in the art, literature and popular beliefs of Greece. Already among the ancients… -
Satyrus, Saint (SATIRO, SANTO,)
Brother of St. Ambrose, born around 334. He was a lawyer and provincial prefect. When Ambrose was elected bishop of Milan, he entrusted him with the… -
Saul (SAUL)
First king of Israel (ca. 1040-1000 B.C.). With his father Kish (Qīš), of the tribe of Benjamin, he lived in Gibeah. He went to consult Samuel (v.) to recover… -
Sault Ste. Marie, Diocese of (SAULT STE-MARIE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Ontario, Canada. The diocese of S. S.-M., a suffragan of Kingston, was erected on 16 Sept. 1904. At the time of its… -
Sauvé, Charles
Ascetical writer, b. 18 Oct. 1848 at Fontaine-Milon (diocese of Angers), d. at Saumur on 11 March 1925. In 1872 he was ordained a priest and entered the… -
Savannah-Atlanta, Diocese of (SAVANNAH-ATLANTA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Georgia, United States of America. The diocese, which has a total population of 3,444,578 inhabitants of whom only 32,409 are… -
Savelli, Domenico
Cardinal, b. at Speloncato (Ajaccio) on 15 Sept. 1792, d. at Rome on 30 Aug. 1864. He studied at the Seminary of Ajaccio, showing even then courage and energy… -
Savelli, Family (SAVELLI, FAMIGLIA)
It appears in history with Aimerico, who was the father of CENCIO, papal chamberlain and cardinal of S. Lucia in Silice in 1192, later Pope Honorius III (v.)… -
Savelov, Ioachin (GIOACHINO SAVELOV)
Patriarch of Moscow (1672-90). In 1685 he annexed the schismatic metropolis of Kiev to the patriarchate of Moscow. In the same > JOB - Fresco of the 4th… -
Saverian, Saint, Martyr (SAVERIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
SAVERIANO, santo, martire: v. CORONATI, QUATTRO SANTI. -
Savigny, Friedrich Karl von
Jurist, b. in Frankfurt am Main on 21 Feb. 1779, d. in Berlin on 25 Oct. 1861. He studied at the University of Marburg and the year after his degree, at the… -
Savings (RISPARMIO)
I. NOTION. - It is the positive difference between income and expenses (in the case of a business it is identified with profit). It arises and increases in two… -
Savings Bank (CASSA DI RISPARMIO)
It can still be defined, recalling the words of De Gerando (v. bibl.), as a public deposit, to which every individual may entrust at will the money he wishes… -
Savino, Saint, Martyr (SAVINO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on December 30, but according to the Passio, supported by certain codices of the Hieronymian Martyrology, he died… -
Savio, Dominic, Blessed (SAVIO, DOMENICO, BEATO)
A young member of the Turin Salesian Oratory, b. at Riva di Chieri on 2 April 1842, d. at Mandonio di Asti on 9 March 1857. Received in 1854 by Don Bosco into… -
Savio, Fedele
Jesuit, historian, b. at Saluzzo on 31 Jan. 1848, d. at Rome on 18 Feb. 1916. > (courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutaz) SAVOY, HOUSE of - Great seal in green wax… -
Savona and Noli, Diocese of (SAVONA E NOLI, DIOCESI DI)
Dioceses united "aeque principaliter," in the Ligurian ecclesiastical province. They have an area of 400 sq km, with 130,978 inhabitants, of whom 699 are… -
Savonarola, Girolamo
Born in Ferrara on 21 Sept. 1452, to Niccolò di Michele Savonarola and Elena Bonacossi, perhaps a descendant of the Bonacolsi, lords of Mantua. The Savonarola… -
Savoy, House of (SAVOIA, CASA DI)
It appears in the history of western Italy at the beginning of the 11th century. Its first feudal domains are found in the Alpine valleys: on the eastern… -
Saxo Grammaticus
Medieval Danish historiographer, b. probably in the 2nd half of the 12th century. He was in the retinue of Bishop Absalon, who urged him to write the… -
Saxony (SASSONIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - An ancient state of Germany; although it has no natural borders, it can be said to be bounded by the Elster and the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge)… -
Say, Family (SAY, FAMIGLIA)
French economists, the best known of whom, JEAN-BAPTISTE, was b. at Lyon on 5 Jan. 1767, and d. at Paris on 15 Nov. 1832. Upon the fall of Napoleon, of whom he…