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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of (SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, TERZO LORD DI)
Philosopher, initiator of the moral philosophy of sentiment (v.), b. in London on 26 Feb. 1671, d. in Naples on 15 Feb. 1713. He was educated by his uncle… -
Shakers
A derogatory term (from shake = to tremble) given to a small sect whose official name is the "United Society of Believers." The origin of the sect goes back to… -
Shakespeare, William
Poet, b. at Stratford-on-Avon (England) in 1564 (he was baptized on April 26), d. there on April 23, 1616. His father John, a small country landowner, had… -
Shamanism (SCIAMANISMO)
From the Tungusic shaman, a word perhaps imported from the Pali "samana," shamanism is a magico-religious phenomenon, currently observable, in its classical… -
Shammai (ŠAMMAJ)
A distinguished Jewish doctor who taught between 20 B.C. and 25/30 A.D. He was a contemporary of Hillel (v.) and his rival. In contrast to Hillel, Š. was… -
Shanghai, Diocese of (SHANGHAI, DIOCESI DI)
In central-eastern China, on the coast of the civil province of Kiangsu: it takes its name from the famous city that lies at the mouth of the Blue River and is… -
Shaowu, Apostolic Prefecture of (SHAOWU, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the northwestern part of the province of Fukien, in southern China. It was erected as a mission sui iuris on 18 July 1929 with four civil subprefectures… -
Sharecropper (FITTO A COLTIVATORE DIRETTO)
This is a subspecies of the broader scheme of the leasing of agricultural lands, in which the lessee, as a small agricultural entrepreneur, directly undertakes… -
Sharon (SARON)
1. Biblical name of the stretch of the Palestinian plain that extends along the coast from Carmel as far as Jaffa, celebrated for its fertility (Is. 35:2), for… -
Shasi [Shashi], Apostolic Prefecture of (SHASI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the southern part of the province of Hupeh, in central China. It was erected on 7 July 1936 with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Ichang… -
Shaw, George Bernard
Irish playwright, b. in Dublin on 26 July 1856, d. at Ayot Saint Lawrence (London), on 2 Nov. 1950. He began his career in London as a music and theater… -
Shaykh al-Islām (SHAJH AL-ISLAM)
One of the many Islamic appellations (alqāb) that appear around the middle of the 4th century A.H. (= 10th century A.D.) and that means, roughly, "prince of… -
Shekel (SICLO)
A weight and coin used in the ancient Mediterranean East. In the biblical texts referring to the pre-exilic period, the shekel always designates a weight (v.… -
Shekinah (ŠEKHĪNĀH)
"Dwelling," a Neo-Hebrew term (from the biblical verb šākhan, "to dwell") that indicates the presence and abode of God in Israel, especially in the ancient… -
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
English Romantic poet, b. in London on 4 Aug. 1792, d. drowned in the bay of Lerici on 8 July 1822. A radical revolutionary and anarchist already in his school… -
Shenute (Sinuthus) (ŠENUTE (SINUTHUS))
A native of Atripe, he is the best-known leader of Egyptian cenobitism after Pachomius; b. ca. 333, d. in 451. A monk from 370 and superior of the "White… -
Sheol (ŠĒ'ÖL)
A term (feminine) that in Israel (not among the other Semites) designated the subterranean region where the dead dwell. The etymology is uncertain: perhaps… -
Shephelah (SEPHELA)
Term (often translated by the Septuagint as ἡ πεδινὴ [τῆ] = Vulgate campestris [terra], or τὸ πεδίον = campus), which designates in the geography of Palestine… -
Sheptytskyj, Andrey (SZEPTYCKYJ, ANDREJ)
Metropolitan of Galicia, in the world Roman Alexander, third son of the counts de Szeptyci-Szeptyckyj, an ancient noble Ukrainian family, b. at Prylbyci on 29… -
Sherbrooke, Archdiocese of (SHERBROOKE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and city in the province of Québec (Canada). The diocese has a Catholic population of 214,823 inhabitants (184,613 French and 2,820 English) and a… -
's-Hertogenbosch, Diocese of Bois-le-Duc (S'HERTOGENBOSCH, BOIS-LE-DUC, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Holland. The city is the capital of North Brabant, a little south of the lower Meuse; the diocese embraces the eastern part of the province… -
Shestov, Leo (Lev Isaákievich Shvartsman) (ŠESTOV, LEONE (LEV ISAÁKIEVIČ ŠVARCMAN))
Russian religious writer, b. in Kiev in 1866, d. in Paris in 1938, where he had emigrated after the revolution. In the years of exile he wrote his best works… -
Shguanin, Cesario
Theologian of the Order of the Servants of Mary, b. at Schöntal on 11 June 1692, d. at Rome on 4 Feb. 1769. A religious in the convent of Frohnleiten in Styria… -
Shihnan [Enshi], Diocese of (SHIHNAN, DIOCESI DI)
In the southern part of the province of Hupeh, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate on 14 June 1938 with 5 civil subprefectures of the… -
Shihtsien [Shiqian], Apostolic Prefecture of (SHIHTSIEN, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the eastern part of the province of Kweichow, in central-southern China. It was erected as a mission sui iuris on 23 March 1932 with territory detached from… -
Shikoku, Apostolic Prefecture of (SHIKOKU, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Situated on the island of the same name, it comprises four civil provinces, namely Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi and Ehime, whose total area is 18,250 sq. km., with… -
Shillong, Diocese of (SHILLONG, DIOCESI DI)
Located in northeastern India, suffragan of Calcutta. In 1889 the apostolic prefecture of Assam was erected, its territory being detached from the archdiocese… -
Shiloh (SILO)
An ancient locality in Palestine in the tribe of Ephraim, corresponding, according to the biblical indications (Judg. 21:19), to present-day Hirbet Sejlūn, 5… -
Shintō
From Sino-Japanese shin = god and tō = way, whence our "Shintoism"; with this term the Japanese designated their indigenous religion after the introduction of… -
Shirē (SHIRÈ)
It is the region comprising the southern part of the British protectorate of Nyasaland. Until May 1952 the apostolic vicariate of S. embraced the entire region… -
Shishak (SESAC)
Pharaoh of Egypt (Šešonq I), founder of the XXII dynasty (934-913 B.C.), who moved its capital to Bubastis in the Delta, rather than to Tanis. He installed a… -
Shiuchow [Shaoguan], Diocese of (SHIUCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the north-western part of the province of Kwangtung, in southern China. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate on 9 April 1920 with territory detached… -
Shkodër (Scutari), Archdiocese of (SCUTARI (SHKODRA, SHKÖDER), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Located in the northwestern part of Albania, of very ancient origin. The first bishop of S. whose name is given is a certain Bassus (387). At first S. was part… -
Shock Therapy (Electroshock) (SHOCKTERAPIA (ELETTROSHOCK))
It is among the most important methods for the organic treatment of mental disorders; its various procedures developed not logically but empirically, a fact… -
Shohchow [Shuozhou], Diocese of (SHOHCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the north-western part of the province of Shansi, in northern China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 12 May 1926 with 15 civil sub-prefectures… -
Shorthouse, Joseph Henry
English writer, b. in Birmingham on 9 Sept. 1834, d. at Lansdowne on 4 March 1903. S., although he wrote others as well, is remembered for a single novel: John… -
Shrewsbury, Diocese of (SHREWSBURY, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in England. It has a population of 1,331,706 inhabitants (1931 census), of whom 106,000 are Catholics (1950 census), distributed in 81… -
Shroud (SINDONE)
A burial cloth that wrapped the Body of Jesus Christ. Several cloths, preserved in various places, have aspired to this honor (Compiègne, Besançon, Cadouin… -
Shulamite (SULAMITE)
Name given to the bride of the Song of Songs (6:12; 7:1), the shepherdess who loves a shepherd of her own age and village, by whom she is loved in return, and… -
Shunking [Nanchong], Diocese of (SHUNKING, DIOCESI DI)
In the central part of the province of Szechwan, in central-western China. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate on 2 Aug. 1929 with 7 civil sub-prefectures… -
Shunsen [Chuncheon], Apostolic Prefecture of (SHUNSEN, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in the central-eastern part of Korea and covers an area of 26,265 sq km, with a population of 1,200,000 inhabitants, of whom 8,618 are Catholics… -
Shunteh [Xingtai], Diocese of (SHUNTEH, DIOCESI DI)
In the south-western part of the province of Hupeh, in northern China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 2 March 1933 with 6 civil sub-prefectures… -
Shuwayr (ŠUWAJR)
A Lebanese village near which stands the monastery of St. John, cradle and still mother house of the Order of the Melkite Basilians (v.) of Šuwajr. It was…