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Hope (SPERANZA)
The original meaning of the term Ἀπίς is desire; to hope is to tend toward an object that appears to us as a good. Hope, considered on the natural plane, is… -
Lockout (SERRATA)
Suspension of work in factories, workshops, and industries, decided by the owners in order to combat strikes or to oppose changes to labor agreements. Like the… -
Soave, Francesco
Scholar and philosopher, b. at Lugano on 10 June 1743, d. at Pavia on 17 Jan. 1806. A Somascan religious, he dedicated his life to teaching and study. A… -
Soba (SOBA)
An Aramaic kingdom (more precisely Aram [v.] of S.) to the northwest of Damascus, in the valley of the Nahr el-Litānī, between Mount Hermon and Lebanon… -
Sobna (SOBNA)
Steward of the royal house of Judah and prime minister (cf. 2 Chron. 26:21 etc.) in the time of Hezekiah (721-693 B.C.). Anticipating war with the Assyrians… -
Sobrai, Diocese of (SOBRAI, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Ceará, in Brazil. It has an area of 48,200 sq km with a population of 783,981 inhabitants, of whom 755,342 are Catholics. It… -
Social Assistance (ASSISTENZA SOCIALE)
It is difficult to find a satisfactory definition of s.a. or social service. The definition is either too broad and ends up embracing all social, educational… -
Social Economic Union (UNIONE ECONOMICA SOCIALE)
Italian Catholic institution, coordinator of many economic and social works among Italian Catholics, arisen after the encyclical Il fermo proposito (11 June… -
Social Insurance (ASSICURAZIONI SOCIALI)
The complex activity through which the State exercises its function of protecting the interests of workers unfolds along two distinct lines: on the one hand it… -
Socialism (SOCIALISMO)
"S.", "collectivism", "communism" indicate a set of socio-economic systems that assign to the community, to the exclusion of private individuals, the ownership… -
Socialization (SOCIALIZZAZIONE)
A generic term used to designate the aims and method proper to socialist and communist economic schools, directed toward the practical abolition of private… -
Social Justice (GIUSTIZIA SOCIALE)
A new and very frequent term, born of the vague unease that derives from something lacking in modern society and from the feverish aspiration to seek it out.… -
Social Legislation (LEGISLAZIONE SOCIALE)
Social legislation, in the conventional and narrow sense (since in the broad sense every legislation, by its very nature, can be called social), is commonly… -
Social Medicine (MEDICINA SOCIALE)
It is that part of medicine which aims to remedy the harmful consequences that factors of a physical, chemical, biological, and cultural nature exert on the… -
Social Modernism (MODERNISMO SOCIALE)
Similar to dogmatic modernism, social modernism can be called that movement of ideas and activities which, with regard to political and professional society… -
Social Psychology (PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE)
It is the branch of general psychology that studies predominantly two orders of phenomena: 1) the interferences and conflicts between social groups; 2) the… -
Social Questions (QUESTIONI SOCIALI)
"Social" is a term in common use, always employed to indicate what pertains to society. In the Middle Ages people spoke of the pactum sociale. When, however… -
Social Security (SICUREZZA SOCIALE)
It is the establishment of a series of plans and measures aimed at maintaining social peace and the common welfare. The meanings of the term vary according to… -
Social Weeks (SETTIMANE SOCIALI)
A characteristic type of conference for the study and diffusion of social Catholicism, first realized in 1903 in France, through the merit of Eugène Duthoit… -
Society (SOCIETÀ)
From the Latin socius, the term s. was initially used by Roman law to indicate the universitas personarum (also called ordines, sodalicia, collegia, corpora)… -
Society for Foreign Missions of Quebec (SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DI QUÉBEC)
It was founded on 2 February 1921 by the episcopate of the province of Québec. It is a society without vows whose purpose is to send its members on mission. On… -
Society for the Foreign Missions of the United States of America (SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA)
Founded on 27 April 1911 by the episcopate of the United States of America and authorized by Bl. Pius X on 29 June of the same year. The co-founders were Fr.… -
Society of African Missions (SOCIETÀ DELLE MISSIONI AFRICANE)
It was erected on 8 Dec. 1856 in Lyon by Msgr. Melchiorre de Marion-Brésillac, who from 1846 to 1855 had been vicar apostolic of Coimbatore in India. The… -
Society of Biblical Studies (BIBLICHE, SOCIETÀ)
The most important are the following: I. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY (B.F.B.SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL STUDIES). - Before 1804, several Protestant societies had… -
Society of Christian Archaeology Scholars in Rome (CULTORI DELLA ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA IN ROMA, SOCIETÀ DEI)
Founded by Fr. Luigi Bruzza and G. B. De Rossi on 12 Dec. 1875 to prepare, train and spur on, through periodic meetings, friendly discussions and observations… -
Society of Christian Retreat (Nîmes) (SOCIETÀ DEL RITIRO CRISTIANO (NIMES))
Founded in 1789 in the diocese of Besançon, as a society without vows, by the Ven. Antonio Silvestro Receveur. Approved by the Holy See on 23 July 1912, it was… -
Society of Friends (AMICI, SOCIETÀ DEGLI)
AMICI, SOCIETÀ degli: v. QUACCHERI. -
Society of Friends (FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF)
FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF: v. QUACCHERI. -
Society of Jesus (COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ)
Religious order of Regular Clerics, founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola (v.) and approved by the Holy See in 1540. Its members are commonly called Jesuits. The… -
Society of Mary (Marianists) (SOCIETÀ DI MARIA (MARIANISTI))
Religious congregation founded in 1817 in Bordeaux by G. G. Chaminade (v.). The first seven members of the Institute: two clerics, three lay teachers and two… -
Society of Mary (Marists) (SOCIETÀ DI MARIA (MARISTI))
Religious congregation founded at Belley by the ven. Jean-Claude Colin (v.) on 22 June 1825 for the work of parish missions, encouraged in this by Pope Pius… -
Society of Mary Reparatrix (SOCIETÀ DI MARIA RIPARATRICE)
Religious institute founded in Paris in 1855 by the servant of God Mary of Jesus (Émilie d'Oultremont) under the guidance of the Jesuit Father Adolphe Petit.… -
Society of Saint Columban for the Chinese Missions (SOCIETÀ DI SAN COLOMBANO PER LE MISSIONI CINESI)
It was founded by the Rev. Edward Galvin and by Fr. Blowick in 1918 at Dalgan Park (Ireland). Its purpose is to send missionaries to China. The Constitutions… -
Society of Saint Joseph of Mill Hill for Foreign Missions (SOCIETÀ DI SAN GIUSEPPE DI MILL HILL PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE)
It was begun on 19 March 1866 by Herbert Vaughan (v.) at Mill Hill near London, with the purpose of preparing priests for the missions. The first missionaries… -
Society of Saint Paul (PIA SOCIETÀ SAN PAOLO)
Clerical religious congregation with simple vows, comprising two classes of members: clerics and laymen. It arose in Alba (Cuneo) on 20 Aug. 1914 through the… -
Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) (SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO (PALLOTTINI))
A priestly society, exempt, without vows, founded in Rome on 4 April 1835 by Bl. Vincent Pallotti. Incorporation is effected by means of a public consecration… -
Society of the Daughters of Saint Francis de Sales (Paris) (SOCIETÀ DELLE FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES (PARIGI))
Founded in Paris in 1872 by the abbé Chaumont and the venerable Carré de Molberg. It received pontifical approval on 18 April 1911, and its special purpose is… -
Society of the Divine Heart of Jesus (Breslau) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN CUORE DI GESÙ (BRESLAVIA))
Founded in Breslau in 1907 by Gabriella Klausa, as a society without vows. The special purpose of the Institute is works of charity, especially toward small… -
Society of the Divine Saviour (S.D.S.) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (S. D. S.))
Religious congregation of simple vows, founded in Rome by Fr. Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan (v.) on 8 Dec. 1881. Its purpose is to form priest-apostles, for… -
Society of the Divine Word (Verbits) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN VERBO (VERBITI))
A religious congregation composed of priests and coadjutor brothers, founded at Steyl (Holland) on 8 September 1875 by Arnold Janssen. It received the approval… -
Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (SOCIETÀ DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
It arose at Amiens at the beginning of the 18th century, but soon the General House, which is currently in Rome, was established in Paris. Its foundress and… -
Society Without Public Vows (SOCIETÀ SENZA VOTI PUBBLICI)
I. NOTION. - They are thus defined by the CIC in can. 637 § 1: "Societies of men or of women, in which the members imitate the manner of life of religious… -
Socini (Sozzini), Lelio and Fausto (SOCINI (SOZZINI), LELIO E FAUSTO)
Heretics of Siena, who gave their name to the Protestant-radical current of the "anti-Trinitarians" or "Unitarians," which indeed takes from them the name of… -
Sociologism (SOCIOLOGISMO)
SOCIOLOGISMO: V. SOCIETÀ. -
Sociology (SOCIOLOGIA)
The term s. was used for the first time by A. Comte (Cours de philos. posit., IV, lesson 47, Paris 1839, p. 252) to indicate the positive study of the laws of… -
Socrates (SOCRATE)
One of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece and one of the greatest personalities of all time. Born in Athens in 469 B.C., to the sculptor Sophroniscus… -
Socrates (SOCRATE)
Ecclesiastical historian, born and lived in Constantinople, where he practiced the profession of legal procurator (scholasticus). In his youth he had been a… -
Sodality of Saint Peter Claver (SODALIZIO DI SAN PIETRO CLAVER)
It is a pious auxiliary society for the African missions. It was founded by the servant of God Mary Theresa Ledóchowska (v.) in 1894 and approved by the Holy… -
Soden, Hermann Freiherr von
New Testament critic, b. in Cincinnati (United States) on 16 Aug. 1852, d. in Berlin on 15 Jan. 1914. He attended the University of Tübingen; he was an… -
Söderblom, Nathan
Lutheran bishop of Uppsala and primate of the Swedish Lutheran Church, b. at Trönö (Söderhamn) on 15 January 1866, d. at Uppsala on 12 July 1931. He began his… -
Soderini, Edoardo
Italian politician, b. in Rome on 22 Nov. 1853, d. there on 15 May 1934. Deeply devoted to the Holy See, he was among the most authoritative members of that… -
Soderini, Francesco
Cardinal, b. in Florence in 1453, d. in Rome on 17 May 1524. He was a familiar of Sixtus IV when, at the age of 24, he was appointed bishop of Volterra on 11… -
Sodoma, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Il (SODOMA, GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI, DETTO IL)
Painter, b. at Vercelli in 1477, d. at Siena on 15 February 1549. At the age of thirteen he was placed by his father to learn the art under Martino Spanzotti… -
Sodom and Gomorrah (SODOMA E GOMORRA)
Names of the first two cities of the Pentapolis (v.) destroyed by divine justice for the lust and unnatural vices of their inhabitants (Gen. 13:13… -
Soglia Ceroni, Giovanni
Cardinal, b. at Casola Valsenio on 11 Oct. 1779, d. at Osimo on 12 Aug. 1856. While still young, he was secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Studies. He… -
Sohag (SOHÄG)
A locality in Middle Egypt, near which there still stand, still fairly well preserved in their essential parts, the two most important monuments of Christian… -
Sohm, Rudolf
Protestant jurist, b. 29 Oct. 1841 in Rostock, d. 16 May 1917 in Leipzig. As an extraordinary professor at the University of Göttingen in 1870, he was called… -
Soissons, Diocese of (SOISSONS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the department of the Aisne in France. S. is the ancient Noviodunum, center of the tribe of the Gallic Suessiones, then Augusta Suessionum… -
Sojo de Anguera, Carmen de
Of the secular Third Order of Carmel, b. at Reus (province of Tarragona) on 15 Oct. 1856, d. at Barcelona on 15 Aug. 1890. After an adolescence spent in works… -
Solages, Henri de
Missionary of St. Vincent de Paul, b. in France in 1786, d. in Madagascar in 1832. Appointed apostolic prefect of the island of Bourbon or Réunion (St-Denis)… -
Solar Cycle (CICLO SOLARE)
È il nome dato impropriamente a un periodo di 28 anni solari (latino circulus solis, francese cycle solaire, tedesco Sonnenzyklus), trascorso il quale la… -
Solari, Benedetto
Dominican bishop, b. at Chiavari on 9 March 1742, d. at Genoa on 13 April 1814. He entered the Dominican Order at a young age, was professor of dogmatic… -
Solari, Luigi Maria
Servant of God, b. at Chiavari of an illustrious family, on 13 May 1795, d. at Benevento on 17 Aug. 1829. He studied at Savona in the College of the Lazarists… -
Solario, Andrea
Painter, b. in Milan between 1458 and 1460, younger brother of Cristoforo, whom he followed to Venice around 1490. The earliest works of S. are especially… -
Solario, Antonio detto Lo Zingaro
Painter, active in the last decade of the 1400s and the first years of the 1500s. In his works he blends Venetian, Umbrian, Marche and Lombard elements, while… -
Solari, Pietro Antonio
Son of Guiniforte, Lombard architect and sculptor. There is evidence of him from 1446; he died in Moscow in 1493. In 1476 he entered the service of the Opera… -
Solari (Solario), Cristoforo detto Il Gobbo
Milanese sculptor and architect, b. around 1460, d. according to some at Vigevano in 1525, according to others at Mantua in 1527. After a stay in Venice (1489)… -
Solaro della Margarita, Clemente
Piedmontese politician and diplomat, b. 21 Nov. 1792 at Cuneo, d. 12 Nov. 1869 at Turin. From Oct. 1803 to 1806 he was at the Tolomei College of Siena, then… -
Solar System (SOLARE, SISTEMA)
It is the whole of the Sun and of the celestial bodies (planets and their satellites, minor planets, comets and certain numerous swarms of meteors) that… -
Solar Theology (TEOLOGIA SOLARE)
Solar theology is the last form that the religious thought of Greek-Roman paganism assumes before its definitive decline. In it converge the four fundamental… -
Solesmes, Abbey of Saint Peter of (SOLESMES, ABBAZIA DI SAN PIETRO DI)
Monastery founded in 1010 in Maine (in France), by Geoffrey of Sablé, with the assistance of Benedictine monks sent by the abbey of "la Couture du Mans". At… -
Solicitation (SOLLECITAZIONE)
In its generic meaning, in the ethical field, it is synonymous with seduction (v.) or with instigation (v.), for which the principles of cooperation (v.) in… -
Solidarity (SOLIDARIETÀ)
A term deriving from Roman law, where a solidary obligation, or in solidum, denoted an obligation with a plurality of subjects (creditors or debtors) and an… -
Solimena, Francesco
Called the abbot Ciccio, painter and architect, b. at Canale di Serino (Avellino) on 4 Oct. 1657, d. at Barra near Naples on 5 Apr. 1747. Head of the… -
Soljarskij, Paul
Dissident theologian, b. at Vladimir on the Klyazma in 1803 and d. at St. Petersburg on 4 May 1890. He is the author of the most voluminous Russian work on… -
Solmi, Arrigo
Legal historian, b. at Finale Emilia on 27 Jan. 1873, d. at Rome on 5 March 1944. A supporter of the sociological approach with a praised and debated youthful… -
Solminihac, Alain de, Venerable (SOLMINIHAC, ALAIN DE, VENERABILE)
Bishop of Cahors, one of the restorers of French Catholic life in the 17th century, b. 25 Nov. 1593 in the ancestral castle of Belet, d. 31 Dec. 1659 in the… -
Solomon (SALOMONE)
Third king of Israel (between 970 and 932 B.C.) of the united period, remembered in popular memory as the type of the wise and lavish king. The history of his… -
Solomon Islands Northern Apostolic Vicariate (SALOMONE SETTENTRIONALI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLE ISOLE)
It comprises the islands of Bougainville, Choiseul, Shortland and Buka with the few adjacent islets. The apostolic prefecture of the German Solomon Islands was… -
Solomon, Son of Isaac (SALOMONE, FIGLIO DI ISACCO)
SALOMONE, figlio di ISACCO: v. RAŠI. -
Solothurn (SOLETTA, SOLOTHURN)
SOLETTA, SOLOTHURN : v. BASILEA. -
Solovki
Name by which the famous Russian monastery is ordinarily called, once "stauropegiac," in the Solovetsky archipelago (White Sea, north of Archangelsk), founded… -
Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeevich (SOLOV'EV, VLADIMIR SERGHĚEVIČ)
The greatest Russian philosopher, b. January 16 (28), 1853 in Moscow, d. July 31 (Aug. 13), 1900 near Moscow. He studied at the University and at the… -
Solsona, Diocese of (SOLSONA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Spain. It extends through the civil provinces of Lerida and Barcelona with an area of 4,000 sq km.; it has 200,000 inhabitants, all… -
Somaglia, Giulio della
SOMAGLIA, GIULIO della: v. DELLA SOMAGLIA, GIULIO MARIA. -
Somalia
Somalia corresponds to the triangular projection of East Africa bounded by the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean and the course of the Juba. I. GEOGRAPHY. - The… -
Somaschi
Religious order founded for the care of orphans by the Venetian patrician St. Jerome Emiliani (or Miani [v.]) in 1528, in the parish of St. Basil in Venice… -
Sombart, Werner
Protestant sociologist, b. at Ermsleben (Harz) on 19 Jan. 1863, d. at Berlin on 18 May 1941. He studied at the Universities of Pisa, where he had Toniolo as… -
Somigli, Teodosio
Franciscan friar, born Scipione, on 18 July 1864 in the parish of Sandetole in the municipality of Dicomano (Florence). He entered the Franciscan Order on 22… -
Sommervogel, Charles
Jesuit, bibliographer, b. in Strasbourg on 8 Jan. 1834, d. in Paris on 11 May 1902. Having entered the Order in 1853 and been ordained a priest in 1866, from… -
Somnambulism (SONNAMBULISMO)
SONNAMBULISMO: v. IPNOTISMO. -
Somno refectis artubus (SOMMO REFECTIS ARTUBUS)
Hymn of Matins on Monday, by an unknown author; it is found in manuscripts of the 9th century (G. M. Dreves, Anal. hymn., III, Leipzig 1888, p. 27 ff.). Once… -
Soncino (Soncini, Soncinati)
A first name derived from a locality in the Cremona area and assumed by a Jewish family of itinerant printers, whose activity is placed, with various… -
Song of Songs (CANTICO DEI CANTICI)
A poetic book of the Bible, included in the third class known as the Kethōbhim, or Hagiographa; in the Hebrew Bible, it is part of the group called the "Five… -
Sonis, Louis-Gaston de
General, b. at Pointe-à-Pitre (island of Guadeloupe in the French Antilles) on 25 Aug. 1825, d. at Paris on 15 Aug. 1887. Educated at the College of Saint-Cyr… -
Sonnenschein, Carl
German sociologist, b. July 15, 1876 in Düsseldorf, ordained a priest in 1900, d. Feb. 20, 1929 in Berlin. The son of artisans, S. showed from the time of his… -
Sonnino, Sidney
Statesman, b. at Pisa on 11 March 1874, d. at Rome on 24 Nov. 1922. After a seven-year period (1867-73) spent in the diplomatic service, he settled in Rome… -
Son of God (FIGLIO DI DIO)
This term, in current usage, can designate every creature insofar as it is produced by God and watched over by his providence; or the rational creature insofar… -
Son of Man (FIGLIO DELL'UOMO)
A Semitic expression normally meaning "man." In Hebrew ben 'ādhām ("s. of m.") is found in parallelism with 'ādhām or 'ēnās ("man"): Job 25:6; Ps. (Heb.)… -
Sonora, Diocese of (SONORA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the state of the same name in Mexico (North America). It has an area of 180,000 sq km with a population of 400,000 inhabitants, almost all… -
Sons of Charity of Issy (FIGLI DELLA CARITÀ D'ISSY)
Congregation founded in Paris in 1918 by Fr. Jean-Emil Anizan (b. 1853, d. 1928) for the evangelization of the working classes, for the exercise of the… -
Sons of Mary Immaculate (FIGLI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA)
Institute founded in Brescia in 1849 by the Ven. Lodovico Pavoni. In 1819 he had already opened an institute for apprentices to receive poor and needy youths… -
Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate (FIGLI DI SANTA MARIA IMMACOLATA)
Giuseppe Frassinetti, prior of St. Sabina in Genoa, had founded in 1861 the "Pious Union of the Sons of St. Mary Immaculate." The members, while living in the… -
Sons of the Holy Family (FIGLI DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA)
Religious congregation founded at Tremp in Spain by G. Mañanet y Vives in 1864, for the spread of devotion to the Holy Family and for the safeguarding of the… -
Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (FIGLI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
This Congregation, dependent on the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, is also known by the name of Institute of the African Missions of Verona. In 1867 Msgr.… -
Soochow [Suzhou], Diocese of (SOOCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the southern part of the province of Kiangsu, in central-eastern China. It was erected on 9 June 1949 from 5 civil sub-prefectures of the diocese of… -
Sophar (SOPHAR)
One of the three friends of Job (v.); he is called the Naamathite, or of Naamah, in which some see a region inhabited by Arameans or by Idumeans, while others… -
Sophia (SOFIA)
Capital city of Bulgaria (v.), thus named after the ancient Basilica dedicated to St. Sofia (Sveta Sofija), it is the most populous center of the country… -
Sophia, Pistis, Elpis and Agape, Saints, Martyrs (SOPHIA, PISTIS, ELPIS E AGAPE, SANTE, MARTIRI)
Unknown to the most ancient Roman liturgical documents, they were inserted by Ado in his Martyrology, whence they passed into the Roman one, Sophia on Sept.… -
Sophiology (SOFIOLOGIA)
Philosophical-theological or gnostic doctrine (v. GNOSIS Russian contemporary) of a series of recent Russian thinkers on the foundation of the world… -
Sophism (SOFISMA)
In primitive usage σύφισμα (from σοφία, wisdom) is every contrivance or invention of thought (inventum, scitum). After dialectic, through sophistry (v.… -
Sophists (SOFISTI)
Representatives of a vast cultural and philosophical movement that flourished in Greece, particularly in Athens, in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. The… -
Sophonias (SOFONIA)
One of the "minor prophets," ninth in the series, who carried on his activity in the time of Josiah (ca. 638-609 B.C.), probably already before the reform… -
Sophronius (SOFRONIO)
According to St. Jerome (De vir. illustr., 134), a certain S. wrote in his youth Laudes Bethlehem; later a book on the destruction of the temple of Serapis in… -
Sophronius, Bishop of Pompeiopolis (SOFRONIO, VESCOVO DI POMPEIOPOLI)
Homoiousian bishop of the 4th century. According to the catalogues known to Michel Le Quien, S. would be the first known bishop of Pompeiopoli. Already in 341… -
Sophronius of Jerusalem, Saint (SOFRONIO DI GERUSALEMME, SANTO)
B. in Damascus ca. 560, d. in Jerusalem on 11 March 638. A monk in Jerusalem, he accompanied John Moschus (v.) to Egypt and to Rome, and after the latter's… -
Sora
SORA: v. AQUINO, SORA, PONTECORVO, DIOCESI di. -
Sordello
Italian troubadour, b. at Goito ca. 1200, d. ca. 1269. After an adventurous and turbulent youth (at Verona he abducted the wife of Ricciardo di S. Bonifacio… -
Sordi, Domenico and Serafino (SORDI, DOMENICO E SERAFINO)
Two of the five Sordi brothers from Piacenza, all Jesuits, who distinguished themselves by their contribution to the renewal of Scholastic philosophy in the… -
Sordini, Caterina
In religion Maria Maddalena dell'Incarnazione, foundress of the Perpetual Adorers of the Most Blessed Sacrament, b. at Porto S. Stefano (Grosseto) on 16 April… -
Sorel, Georges
French sociologist, b. at Cherbourg on 2 Nov. 1847, d. at Boulogne-sur-Seine on 30 Aug. 1922. He practiced the profession of engineer for several years. Of his… -
Soreth, Jean, Blessed (SORETH, JEAN, BEATO)
Prior General of the Carmelites, b. at Caen in 1394-95, d. at Angers in 1471. Appointed to teach the Bible and the Sentences at the University of Paris in… -
Soriano al Cimino, Cemetery of (SORIANO AL CIMINO, CIMITERO DI)
From the Etruscan Surrius vetus, destroyed by the Romans, derives the medieval Surrianum on the slopes of the Cimini Mountains (province of Viterbo). S.… -
Sorites (SORITE)
SORITE: v. SILLOGISMO. -
Sosipater (Σωσίπατρος, volg. Sosipater) (SOSIPATRO (ΣΩΣΊΠΑΤΡΟΣ, VOLG. SOSIPATER))
Collaborator of St. Paul in missionary activity. His name is read among those who send greetings in the Letter to the Romans (16:21). There, together with… -
Sossianus Hierocles (GEROCLE SOSSIANO)
Anti-Christian writer. Born in the second half of the 3rd century; he was prefect of Phoenicia, Bithynia and Lower Egypt. A bitter enemy of the Christians, he… -
Sosthenes (Σοσθένης, Sosthenes) (SOSTENE (ΣΟΣΘΈΝΕΣ, SOSTHENES))
In the New Testament this name occurs twice; but it is uncertain whether it is a question of the same person or of a simple homonymy. St. Paul, according to a… -
Soteris, Saint, Virgin and Martyr (SOTERE, SANTA, VERGINE E MARTIRE)
Martyred probably in the Diocletianic persecution, she was buried in an area above the surface on the Via Appia. She was the paternal ancestress of St.… -
Soterus, Pope, Saint (SOTERO, PAPA, SANTO)
He succeeded Anicetus and his pontificate must be placed between c. 166 and 175. According to Eusebius (Hist. eccl., V, 19) he was elected in 168-69 and… -
Soto, Andreas de
Franciscan theologian, b. at S. Facundo in Castile in 1552 or 1553, d. in the Recollects' Convent at Brussels on 5 April 1625. He went to the Netherlands as… -
Soto, Domingo de
Dominican theologian, b. at Segovia in 1495, d. at Salamanca on 15 Nov. 1560. First professor of philosophy at Alcalá (1520-24), he entered religious life at… -
Soto, Francisco
Oratorian, b. at Osma (Spain) in 1536, d. at Rome in 1619. Having come to Rome, he demonstrated his marked musical qualities and was engaged as a soprano of… -
Soto, Pedro de
Dominican theologian, b. at Alcalá ca. 1495, d. at Trent on 20 April 1563. A religious at Salamanca (30 March 1518). A zealous promoter of strict observance… -
Soubiran, Marie-Thérèse de, Blessed (SOUBIRAN, MARIE-THÉRÈSE DE, BEATA)
Born Sophie Augustine, foundress of the Society of Mary Help of Christians, b. at Castelnauadary (diocese of Carcassonne) on 16 May 1834, d. in Paris on 7 June… -
Soul (ANIMA)
«The a. is the principle by which we primarily live, feel, and understand» (Aristotle, De anima, II, 2, 414a, 12-13). SUMMARY: I. Doctrine of the a. - II. The… -
Soulas, André
Priest, founder of the Sisters of Our Lord for the care of the sick, b. at Viols-le-Fort (diocese of Montpellier) on 25 February 1808, d. at Montpellier on 4… -
Soul, Recommendation of the (ANIMA, RACCOMANDAZIONE DELL')
The Roman Ritual, tit. V, ch. VII, contains certain liturgical prayers with which the Church accompanies the souls of the faithful to the threshold of… -
Sound (SUONO)
I. PHYSICAL GENESIS OF ACOUSTIC STIMULI. - The energy adequate to stimulate the auditory apparatus is a particular form of mechanical energy, that is… -
Sources of Law (FONTI DEL DIRITTO)
The expression is to be understood in a twofold sense: indeed, a distinction is drawn between sources of production (fontes existendi) and sources of cognition… -
Sources of Morality (FONTI DELLA MORALITÀ)
In a generic sense, the remote and universal causes on which the character and the moral evaluation of human acts depend are sometimes called sources of… -
Sousa, Luis de (Manuel de Sousa Coutinho)
Portuguese historian, b. at Santarém, lived from 1555 to 1632. His work, which deals with political and ecclesiastical history, is distinguished by its… -
Southern Solomon Islands, Apostolic Vicariate of the (SALOMONE MERIDIONALI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLE ISOLE)
It is part of central Melanesia. On 27 July 1897 the apostolic prefecture of the British Solomon Islands was erected, detached from the apostolic vicariate of… -
South Tyrol (ALTO ADIGE)
1. GEOGRAPHY. - Name given (by E. Tolomei in 1906) to the basin of the river upstream of the Salorno gorge, which, in its present-day administrative… -
Southwell (Bacon), Nathaniel (SOUTHWELL (BACON), NATHANAEL)
Jesuit writer and bibliographer, b. in Norfolk in 1598, d. in Rome on 2 Dec. 1676. From 1617 to 1622 he was a student at the English College in Rome, where he… -
Southwell, Robert, Blessed (SOUTHWELL, ROBERT, BEATO)
Jesuit, poet and martyr, b. at Horsham St. Faith's (Norfolk) in 1561, d. in London on 21 Feb. 1595. Educated as a Catholic at Douai and Paris, he entered the… -
Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA)
It is the oldest, most illustrious, most meritorious of the chivalric orders (v.) and traces its origins to that quarter which the merchants of Amalfi had… -
Sovereignty (SOVRANITÀ)
Since the middle of the last century the concept of s. has become the keystone of the modern conception of the State. Nevertheless both its content and its… -
Sozomen (SOZOMENO)
Salamanes Hermias, according to Photius (Bibl., 30). Ecclesiastical historian, born into a Christian family in the village of Bethelia near Gaza and raised in…