Symonds, John AddingtonVol. XI, p. 1012 SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON. – English aesthete, b. in Bristol on 5 October 1840, d. in Rome on 19 April 1893. He lived for a long time in Italy for health…
Sympathy(SIMPATIA)Vol. XI, p. 398 SYMPATHY. — In the general sense, this indicates that phenomenon whereby a given modification in any being comes to be reproduced in another being, through a…
Synagogue(SINAGOGA)Vol. XI, p. 401 SINAGOGA - Pictorial decoration of the s. of Dura Europos (245-56 A. D.). (from J. B. Frey, Une ancienne synagogue de Galilee récemment découverte, in Riv. di…
Synaxarion(SINASSARIO)Vol. XI, p. 405 SINASSARIO. - From the Greek συναξάριον, from συνάγει = to gather, and σύναξει = assembly. This term designated a “liturgical book read at religious…
Syncletica, Saint(SINCLETICA, SANTA)Vol. XI, p. 405 SINCLETICA, saint. — Of Macedonian origin, born at Alexandria and died there about 400. Having renounced marriage in order to consecrate herself to God, upon…
Syncretism(SINCRETISMO)Vol. XI, p. 405 SYNCRETISM. – A universal phenomenon, connected with the most serious religious problems, particularly in relation to Judaism and Christianity. CONTENTS: I.…
Synderesis(SINDERESI)Vol. XI, p. 422 SINDERESI. – A medieval term equivalent to the modern “moral sense,” understood as “the spiritual quality by which we know the first principles of the…
Synergistic Question(SINERGISTICA, QUESTIONE)Vol. XI, p. 425 SINERGISTICA, QUESTIONE — “Synergism” is the doctrine of the cooperation of human freedom with Grace in the work of justification. Luther had taught that man…
Synesius(SINESIO)Vol. XI, p. 426 SINESIO. – Born c. 370 in the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, he died in 413; he came from an old family of Greek landowners, which prided itself on Lacedaemonian…
Synod(SINODO)Vol. XI, p. 428 SYNOD. – It is the legitimate assembly, convened by the bishop, of the priests and clerics of his diocese and of others who are obliged to attend, for the…
Synod of Pistoia(SINODO DI PISTOIA)Vol. XI, p. 428 SINODO DI PISTOIA: v. RICCI, SCIPIONE de'.
Synoichia (Συνοικία)(SINOICHIA (ΣΥΝΟΛΙΑ))Vol. XI, p. 428 SINOICHIA (Συνολια). — Athenian festival celebrated on the 16th of Hecatombaeon (July–August) in honor of Athena, protector of the State, to commemorate the…
Synoptic Gospels(SINOTTICI, VANGELI)Vol. XI, p. 428 SYNOPTICS, GOSPELS. — Title attributed to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke because, when transcribed in adjoining columns, they can easily be taken in…
Synthesis(SINTESI)Vol. XI, p. 434 SINTESI: V. ANALISI E SINTESI.
Synusiasts(SINUSIASTI)Vol. XI, p. 434 SINUSIASTS: v. APOLLINARE, VESCOVO of Laodicea.
Syracuse, Archdiocese of(SIRACUSA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 437 SIRACUSA, ARCIDIOCESI. — City and archdiocese of eastern Sicily. It has an area of 1,200 sq km and 224,000 inhabitants, almost all Catholic, distributed among…
Syracuse, Diocese of(SYRACUSE, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 1012 SYRACUSE, DIOCESI of. — City and diocese of the State of New York (United States). The diocese was erected by Leo XIII on 20 November 1886. The history of S.…
Syria(SIRIA)Vol. XI, p. 443 SYRIA. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - A historical region and (since 1946) an independent state of the Near East, bordering Turkey, 'Irāq, Transjordan, Israel, and Lebanon.…
Syria Dea (Syria Theos)(SYRIA DEA (ΣΥΡΊΑ ΘΕΌΣ))Vol. XI, p. 1012 SYRIA DEA (Συρία θεός). — The pre-eminent Syrian goddess, popularly Diasura, Iasura, is Atargatia, whose name seems to derive from 'Atar (=Astarte), plus 'Atè…
Syro-Roman Book(LIBRO SIRO-ROMANO)Vol. VII, p. 798 LIBRO SIRO-ROMANO. - This is the name assigned by modern scholars to an Eastern legal compilation which, in different versions, bears the title Δικαιώματα,…
Szczepański, LadislaoVol. XI, p. 1013 SZCZEPAŃSKI, LADISLAO. - Orientalist and exegete, b. at Biała Małopolska (Poland) on 21 May 1877, d. at Innsbruck on 30 May 1927. In 1891 he entered the…
Szepes, Diocese of(SZEPINGKAI, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 1013 SZEPINGKAI, DIOCESE of. - Situated in the western part of Manchuria, it has an area of 126,921 sq. km. and a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants. This mission…
SzombathelyVol. XI, p. 1014 SZOMBATHELY: V. SABARIA.
Szombathely, Diocese of(SABARIA (SZOMBATHELY), DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 896 SABARIA (SZOMBATHELY), DIOCESE of. — In western Hungary, founded in 1777 by Maria Theresa and established by Pope Pius VI. Area: 4,707 sq km; inhabitants:…
SzékesfehérvárVol. XI, p. 1013 SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR : v. ALBA REALE.
Sánchez (Sanctius), GasparVol. X, p. 1034 SÁNCHEZ (Sanctius), GASPAR. – Spanish Jesuit exegete, b. at Ciempozuelos (Madrid) in 1553 to exceptionally devout parents (v. the eulogy of his mother in Comm.…
Sánchez (Sanctius), JuanVol. X, p. 1034 SÁNCHEZ (Sanctius), JUAN. - One of the most typical representatives of laxism in the seventeenth century, born at Avila, in Spain, and died about 1624. A man…
Sánchez Muñoz, Egidio, Antipope(SÁNCHEZ MUÑOZ, EGIDIO, ANTIPAPA)Vol. X, p. 1035 SÁNCHEZ MUÑOZ, EGIDIO, ANTIPOPE. - Of a noble Spanish family, bachelor of canon law at Barcelona and provost of Valencia, he was elected pope at Peñíscola upon…
Sánchez, TomásVol. X, p. 1035 SÁNCHEZ, TOMÁS. – Jesuit and moral theologian, born in Cordova around 1550, died in Granada on 19 May 1610. He spent his entire life, marked by great…
São José de Grajaú, Prelature "Nullius" of(SAN GIUSEPPE DI GRAJAÚ, PRELATURA «NULLIUS» DI)Vol. X, p. 1051 SAN GIUSEPPE DI GRAJAÚ, PRELATURE “NULLIUS”. — Suffragan of S. Luigi del Maranhao, in the State of Maragnano (Brazil). It was erected on 10 February 1922 and…
São José do Alto Tocantins, Prelature "Nullius" of(SAN GIUSEPPE DI ALTO TOCANTINS, PRELATURA «NULLIUS» DI)Vol. X, p. 1051 SAN GIUSEPPE DI ALTO TOCANTINS, PRELATURA «NULLIUS». — Suffragan prelature of Goiaz, in the Brazilian state of the same name. Established in 1924 and entrusted…
São Luís de Cáceres, Diocese of(SAN LUIGI DE CACERES (SÃO LUIZ DE C.), DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 1057 SAN LUIGI DE CACERES (SÃO LUIZ DE C.), DIOCESE OF. — In the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, suffragan of the archdiocese of Cuiabá. Its area is 300,000 sq. km.,…
São Luís de Maranhão, Archdiocese of(SAN LUIGI DEL MARAGNANO (SÃO LUIZ DE MARANHÃO), ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 1058 SAN LUIGI DEL MARAGNANO (SÃO LUIZ DE MARANHÃO), ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the State of Maranhão, Brazil. It is the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province of the…
São Paulo de Almeirim, Diocese of(SAN PAOLO DELL'ALBERTA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 1068 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,…
São Paulo, Archdiocese of Brazil(SAN PAOLO DEL BRASILE (SÃO PAULO), ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 1066 SAN PAOLO DEL BRASILE (SÃO PAULO), ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the State of S. Paulo, in Brazil. It is the metropolis of an ecclesiastical province comprising no…
São Salvador da Bahia, Archdiocese of(SAN SALVATORE DELLA BAIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 1069 SAN SALVATORE DELLA BAIA, ARCIDIOCESI of. — City and archdiocese in the State of Bahia, Brazil. It is the primatial see of the country and the metropolitan see…
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of(SAN SEBASTIANO DE RIO DE JANEIRO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 1071 SAN SEBASTIANO DE RIO DE JANEIRO, ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the federal district of Brazil. It belongs to the homonymous ecclesiastical province, which also…
Sägmüller, Johannes Baptist(SÄGMULLER, JOHANNES BAPTIST)Vol. X, p. 957 SÄGMULLER, JOHANNES BAPTIST. — One of the best-known modern canonists and historians of law, born at Winterreute (Württemberg) on 24 February 1860, died at…
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,…
Söderblom, NathanVol. XI, p. 535 SÖDERBLOM, NATHAN. - Lutheran bishop of Uppsala and primate of the Swedish Lutheran Church, born at Trönö (Söderhamm) on 15 Jan. 1866, died at Uppsala on 12…
Šabbēthaj ZēbhīVol. X, p. 899 ŠABBĒTHAJ ZĒBHĪ. – Jewish pseudo-messiah, born in Smyrna on 7 July 1626, died in Berat (Albania) on 30 September 1675. As a young man he devoted himself to the…
Šafitta, Rite(ŠAFITTA, RITO)Vol. X, p. 957 ŠAFITTA, RITO. — One of the four great schools, or rites or juridical systems, of orthodox Islam, founded in the 9th century by the imām Muḥammad ibn Idrīs…
Šaštín(ŠAŠTIN)Vol. X, p. 1154 ŠAŠTIN. – Slovak national shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows. The town of S. lies in the western part of Slovakia, north of Bratislava, not far from the Morava…
Šibenik (Sebenico), Diocese of(SEBENICO (ŠIBENIK), DIOCESI DI)Vol. XI, p. 147 SEBENICO (ŠIBENIK), diocese of. — City and diocese in northern Dalmatia, in Croatia (Yugoslavia). The diocese has an area of 3,625 sq. km., with a population…
