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Space (SPAZIO)
In the common acceptation it is the place in which bodies and movements are imagined. It involves certain fundamental distinctions. Real space is space in its… -
Spáčil, Teofilo (SPÁCIL, TEOFILO)
Professor of comparative Byzantine-Slavic theology at the Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies in Rome (1918-37). Born on 25 April 1875 at Výmyslice in… -
Spada and Cappa, Chamberlain of (SPADA E CAPPA, CAMERIERE DI)
SPADA E CAPPA, CAMERIERE di: v. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA. -
Spadafora, Domenico, Blessed (SPADAFORA, DOMENICO, BEATO)
Dominican preacher, b. in Messina in 1450, d. at Montecerignone on 21 Dec. 1521. For 8 years he preached in Sicily. He devoted himself to the reform of his… -
Spada, Giuseppe
Historian, b. in Rome on 21 July 1793, d. there on 3 Nov. 1867. In 1811 he entered the bank of the Torlonia, of which he soon became procurator and, in 1863… -
Spada, Mariano
Dominican theologian, b. at Acireale on 1 January 1796, d. at Rome on 15 November 1873. A religious at Taormina, he was regent of studies at the College of St.… -
Spada, Virgilio
Oratorian, architect, b. at Brisighella (Faenza) on 17 July 1596, d. at Rome on 11 Dec. 1662. A close relative of Cardinals Bernardino (d. 1661) and Fabrizio… -
Spagnoletto, Jusepe de Ribera, called Lo (SPAGNOLETTO, JUSEPE DE RIBERA, DETTO LO)
Painter, b. at Játiva (Spain) on 12 January 1588, d. at Posillipo (Naples) on 2 September 1652. As an adolescent, in Valencia he was drawn to the works of… -
Spagnuolo (Spagnoli), Battista (Baptista Mantuanus), Blessed (SPAGNUOLO (SPAGNOLI), BATTISTA (BAPTISTA MANTUANUS), BEATO)
Born in Mantua on 17 April 1448, died there in 1516. After pursuing his studies in Padua and elsewhere, he entered the Carmelite Order, of which he was elected… -
Spahn, Peter
German politician, b. 22 May 1846 at Winkel in the Rheingau, d. 31 Aug. 1925 at Bad Wildungen. He entered the judiciary in 1874 as a judge at Marienburg, and… -
Spain (SPAGNA)
The Spanish State embraces a little more than 8/10 of the territory and a little less than 8/10 of the population of the Iberian Peninsula. With 505,720 sq km… -
Spalato (Split), Diocese of (SPALATO (SPLIT), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Croatia (Yugoslavia). The diocese has an area of 3,668 sq. km. with a population of 306,340 inhabitants, of whom 285,400 are Catholics; it… -
Spalding, Martin John
Apologist and archbishop, b. at Bardstown (Kentucky, United States) on May 23, 1810, d. at Baltimore on Feb. 7, 1872. Having entered St. Mary's College in… -
Spallanzani, Lazzaro
Born Sept. 12, 1729 at Scandiano (Reggio Emilia), died Feb. 12, 1799 at Pavia. After grammar studies at Scandiano he completed his studies of philosophy at… -
Spanish Institute of Saint Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions (ISTITUTO SPAGNOLO DI SAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE)
In 1899 Fr. Gerardo Villota founded in Burgos the "Colejo de Ultramar" with the aim of helping the dioceses of Latin America and the missions. In 1919 Benedict… -
Sparagana, Ludovico
Pontifical officer, b. at Monte S. Giovanni (Frosinone) on 30 March 1813, d. in Rome on 21 Aug. 1885. A volunteer in the pontifical infantry on 25 Apr. 1831… -
Spartans (SPARTANI)
In the books of Maccabees one reads with surprise that Jews and Spartans considered themselves "brothers." In II Macc. 5:9 there is only a passing mention of a… -
Spaur, Carlo von
Bavarian diplomat, b. Jan. 4, 1794, d. Oct. 26, 1854 in Florence. Count of Winckel and Laudeck, he began his diplomatic career as secretary of legation in… -
Spaur, Francesco
Superior general of the Somaschi, from a noble Tridentine family, formerly a secular priest; having entered the Somaschan Order, he shone there for virtue and… -
Spaventa, Bertrando
Philosopher, b. at Bomba (Chieti) on 26 June 1817, d. at Naples on 20 February 1883. A pupil at the Seminary of Chieti, then a teacher at the Seminary of… -
Spaventa, Silvio
Patriot and jurist, b. at Bomba (Chieti) on 10 May 1822, d. at Rome on 21 June 1893, brother of the idealist philosopher Bertrando, whose influence he felt… -
Special Administration of the Holy See (AMMINISTRAZIONE SPECIALE DELLA S. SEDE)
It is an office, with its seat in Vatican City, established by the Supreme Pontiff Pius XI with a motu proprio of 7 June 1929, for the management of the funds… -
Speciano, Cesare
Bishop and nuncio, b. at Cremona in 1539, d. there on 20 Aug. 1607. First canon of the Milanese Metropolitan chapter with St. Charles Borromeo, of whom he was… -
Species (SPECIE)
A biological entity which, through physiological isolation, on the one hand allows the complex of characters inherited from its ancestors to be transmitted to… -
Species Consecrated (Crime Against) (SPECIE CONSACRATE (DELITTO CONTRO LE))
The profanation of the Eucharist is a sacrilege, a real injury against God. Even in ancient times it constituted a most grave crime, for which, notwithstanding… -
Specific and Numerical Distinction of Sins (DISTINZIONE SPECIFICA E NUMERICA DEI PECCATI)
DISTINZIONE SPECIFICA E NUMERICA DEI PECCATI: V. PECCATO. -
Specola Vaticana
SPECOLA VATICANA: v. VATICANO. -
Spectacle (SPETTACOLO)
SPETTACOLO: v. CINEMATOGRAFO; DIVERTIMENTO; SPORT; TEATRO. -
Speculation (SPECULAZIONE)
A financial operation in which the gain, generally to a degree far above normal in relation to the capital employed and to the duration of the operation… -
Speculum Humanae Salvationis ("Mirror of Human Salvation") (SPECULUM HUMANAE SALVATIONIS)
An exposition of the history of human Redemption in 45 chapters of rhymed verse, embellished with miniatures and later with woodcuts (symbolic scenes also… -
Speculum Perfectionis
A short work by a Friar Minor of the Spiritual tendency, written at the beginning of the 14th century, held to be one of the sources of Franciscan… -
Spedalieri, Nicola
Apologist and publicist, b. at Bronte (Catania) on 6 Dec. 1740, d. at Rome on 26 Nov. 1795. He completed his early studies at the Seminary of Monreale, where… -
Spee von Langenfeld, Friedrich
Jesuit, poet and ascetic spiritual writer, b. 25 February 1591 at Kaiserwerth, d. at Trier on 7 August 1635. He entered the Order on 22 September 1610, and was… -
Spencer, Herbert
English philosopher, b. at Derby on 27 April 1820, d. at Brighton on 8 December 1903. Belonging to a cultured family, he received his complete education within… -
Spener, Philipp
SPENER, PHILIPP: v. PIETISMO. -
Spengler, Oswald
Philosopher, b. May 29, 1880 at Blankenburg, d. May 8, 1936 at Munich. He studied mathematics and philosophy at Munich and Berlin. He taught mathematics at… -
Spenser, Edmund
English poet, b. in London in 1552, d. there on 16 January 1599, after having spent a great part of his life in Ireland as a colonizer and diplomat. In him the… -
Sperandio di Mantova
Sculptor and engraver, son of the Roman goldsmith Bartolomeo di S. Savelli, b. in Mantua in 1431, d. there in 1504. Having moved > (phot. Alinari) > SPERANZA -… -
SPERONE D'ORO (Ordine Pontificio della Milizia aurata)
SPERONE D'ORO (Ordine Pontificio della Milizia aurata): v. ORDINI EQUESTRI PONTIFICI. -
Speroni, Ugo
Twelfth-century jurist and heretic from Piacenza. He studied Roman law at Bologna before 1145; he was a teacher and legal expert there and exercised the office… -
Speyer, Giovanni e Windelino da (SPIRA, GIOVANNI E VINDELINO DA)
Name of two German brothers, printers, who emigrated to Venice and worked there from 1469 to 1477. GIOVANNI was the prototypographer of Venice with the two… -
Speyer (Spira), Diocese of (SPIRA (SPEYER), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Germany in the Palatinate. It has an area of 5,964 sq km with a population of 1,218,165 inhabitants, of whom 558,231 are Catholics… -
Spezi, Pio
A Romanist and in particular a scholar of the history and study of the churches of Rome, b. in Rome on 1 Oct. 1861, d. there on 2 Jan. 1940. A teacher of… -
Spiegel, Ferdinand August
Bishop, b. 25 Dec. 1764 in Canstein Castle (Westphalia), d. 2 Aug. 1835 in Cologne. A cadet of a baronial family, he embraced the ecclesiastical state and in… -
Spielberg
Castle of the city of Brno (Brünn, Brno) in Moravia (Czechoslovakia), famous in the history of the Risorgimento for having served as a prison for those… -
Spiera, Francesco
Italian Protestant who returned to Catholicism, b. at Cittadella in 1502, d. there in 1548. A lawyer in his city, denounced to the Inquisition of Venice as a… -
Spillmann, Joseph
Jesuit, historian and popular narrator, b. at Zug (Switzerland) on 22 April 1842, d. at Luxembourg on 23 Feb. 1905. Having entered the Order on 22 Sept. 1862… -
Spina, Alfonso López de (SPINA, ALFONSO LOPEZ DE)
Friar Minor, formerly a Jew, learned theologian, distinguished for piety and doctrine, effective preacher, rector of the Minorite Studium of Salamanca and… -
Spina, Bartolomeo
Dominican theologian, b. in Pisa in 1475, d. in Rome in 1546. A lecturer in philosophy and theology, he taught for more than twenty years in the general studia… -
Spina, Giuseppe
Cardinal, b. 12 March 1756 at Sarzana, d. 13 Nov. 1828 at Rome. He studied law at Pisa and at Rome, where he entered the papal Court and was appointed by Pius… -
Spinelli, Francesco
Priest, founder of the Adoratrices of the Most Blessed Sacrament, b. in Milan on 14 April 1853, d. at Rivolta d'Adda (diocese of Cremona) on 6 February 1911.… -
Spinelli, Niccolò
Jurist, b. perhaps at Giovinazzo between 1320 and 1325, d. at Pavia (?) after 1396. He first taught at the University of Padua around 1350-1351, then at… -
Spinola, Fabio Ambrogio
Ascetical writer and preacher, b. in Genoa on 3 Oct. 1593, d. there on 28 Aug. 1671. Having entered the Society of Jesus (1610), he was professor of philosophy… -
Spinola, Family (SPINOLA, FAMIGLIA)
One of the four major houses of Genoa. In the city it held power in the name of the Obertenghi marquises, whom it gradually replaced. Guido was consul between… -
Spinola y Maestre, Marcél (SPINOLA Y MAESTRE, MARCEL)
Cardinal, archbishop of Seville, b. at S. Fernando (diocese of Cadiz) on 14 Jan. 1835, d. at Seville on 22 Jan. 1906. Already a graduate in jurisprudence, he… -
Spinoza, Baruch de
Philosopher, b. in Amsterdam on 24 Nov. 1632 to a Jewish family of Portuguese origin, d. at The Hague on 21 Feb. 1677. He represents the highest and most… -
Spiridion, Saint (SPIRIDIONE, SANTO)
Bishop of Trimitunda (Cyprus), who lived in the 4th century. Before entering the ecclesiastical career he was a shepherd of flocks and had a wife. Not many… -
Spirit (SPIRITO)
Corresponds to the Greek πνεῦμα and νοῦς, and to the Latin spiritus and mens. Etymologically it means "breath," "vital breath" (the expressions "vital s." and… -
Spirit and Flesh (SPIRITO E CARNE)
Antithesis of biblical anthropology between the perishable and the enduring in man, analogous to the antithesis between man and God already clear in Is. 31:3.… -
Spiritism (SPIRITISMO)
In the attempt to give an explanation to the phenomena that are the object of metapsychics (v.), notable and particularly followed since the earliest times… -
Spiritual Childhood (INFANZIA SPIRITUALE)
A state of interior life which presents, acquired through ascetic effort, in relation to God and to neighbor, the virtues that children possess by nature and… -
Spiritual Combat (COMBATTIMENTO SPIRITUALE)
Ascetical repression of temptations and vicious inclinations, attainment of the moral ideal. The struggle for life and for improving and elevating its form… -
Spiritual Communion (COMUNIONE SPIRITUALE)
I. A eucharistic practice consisting, as the Council of Trent says (sess. XIII, c. 8: Denz-U, n. 881), in the votum Sacramenti: it is a uniting oneself to… -
Spiritual Dialogue (DIALOGO SPIRITUALE)
A compositional technique of vocal music, in use from the Middle Ages to the 16th century and beyond. Toward the sixteenth century the dialogue procedure is… -
Spiritual Direction (DIREZIONE SPIRITUALE)
Assistance habitually given to a single soul, for the most part in connection with sacramental Confession, in order to "lead it in the ways of God, teach it to… -
Spiritual Exercises (ESERCIZI SPIRITUALI)
An expression that in a general sense applies to the whole set of spiritual practices tending toward personal sanctification, and in a more particular sense… -
Spiritualism (SPIRITUALISMO)
An ambiguous philosophical term whose meaning is not easily definable, given the variety of its acceptations. Moreover, under this name it is possible to group… -
Spiritual Reading (LETTURA SPIRITUALE)
By spiritual reading is meant the reading of those writings that are conducive to the progress of the spiritual life, undertaken precisely with the aim of… -
Spiritual Retreat (RITIRO SPIRITUALE)
RITIRO SPIRITUALE: V. ESERCIZI SPIRITUALI. -
Spirituals (SPIRITUALI)
Extremist current that arose within the Franciscan Order, organized and active from c. 1274 until 1318. I. ORIGIN AND CHARACTERS. - In their writings the S.… -
Spiritus Paraclitus
Encyclical of Pope Benedict XV, published on Sept. 15, 1920 (AAS, 12 [1920], pp. 385-422 and Denz-U, nos. 2186-2188) to celebrate the 15th centenary of the… -
Spiš (SZEPES)
SZEPES : v. SCEPUSIO. -
Splendor Paternae Gloriae
Hymn of Lauds for Monday, composed by St. Ambrose. The light of day dazzles the poet and carries him to that spiritual light, to Christ, the splendor of… -
Spokane, Diocese of (SPOKANE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Washington (United States). The diocese of S. (Spokanensis) was erected by Pope Pius X on 17 Dec. 1913 by detachment from… -
Spoleto, Archdiocese of (SPOLETO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
The archdiocese of S. comprises a vast territory situated in the provinces of Perugia, Terni and Rieti; it borders on the dioceses of Todi, Terni, Rieti… -
Sponsa Christi, Constitution (SPONSA CHRISTI, COSTIT)
SPONSA CHRISTI, COSTIT. DI PIO XII: v. MONASTERO. The discipline currently in force for female cloistered m. -
Spontaneous Generation (GENERAZIONE SPONTANEA)
GENERAZIONE SPONTANEA: v. VITA, origine della. -
Spontini, Gaspare, Luigi, Pacifico
Musician, b. 14 Nov. 1774 at Majolati (Jesi) and d. there 24 Jan. 1851. In Rome he made his debut as a composer of stage works; in 1803 in Paris he obtained… -
Sporer, Patritius
Franciscan moralist, b. at Passau around the first decade of the 17th century, d. there on 29 May 1683. Having entered the Order in 1637, he taught philosophy… -
Sport
An English term that has entered the current usage of the language; it derives from the older disport; this, in turn, from Old French desport, akin to Italian… -
Sportelli, Cesare, Venerable (SPORTELLI, CESARE, VENERABILE)
Redemptorist preacher, b. at Mola di Bari on 19 June 1701, d. at Pagani on 19 Apr. 1730. Having become a lawyer of the Neapolitan bar, he was procurator of the… -
Spotorno, Giovanni Battista
Barnabite, b. in Albisola superiore on 27 Oct. 1788, d. in Genoa in 1844. A Barnabite in 1806, he taught mathematics, jurisprudence and theology at Macerata… -
Spouses, Rights and Duties of (CONIUGI, DIRITTI E DOVERI DEI)
I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. - Among the principal effects of marriage (v.) is what theologians and canonists are accustomed to call the individua vitae consuetudo… -
Sprenger, Jacob
Dominican theologian, zealous promoter of the Rosary, b. c. 1436 at Rheinfelden, d. 6 Dec. 1495 at Strasbourg. From the Observant convent of Basel, where he… -
Springfield-Illinois, Diocese of (SPRINGFIELD-ILLINOIS, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city of the State of Illinois (U.S.A.). The present diocese of S. was created by Pius IX on 29 July 1853 at Quincy, by dismemberment of Chicago… -
Springfield, Massachusetts, Diocese of (SPRINGFIELD - MASSACHUSETTS, DIOCESI DI)
MASSACHUSETTS, DIOCESI di. - City and diocese in the State of Massachusetts (United States). The diocese of S., Mass. (Campifontis), suffragan of Boston, was…