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Stabat Mater
A sequence known in many redactions, from missals and liturgical books (about thirty between the mid-14th century and the end of the 15th) and from… -
Stabia
STABIA: V. CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA. -
Stablum, Emanuele
Physician, b. at Terzolas (Trento) on 10 June 1895, d. at Rome on 16 March > (courtesy of Dr. Rina Cavalieri) > STABLUM, EMANUELE - Portrait. 1950. He entered… -
Stadion, Christoph
Bishop, b. in March 1478 to a noble Swedish family at Schelklingen, d. at Nuremberg on 15 April 1543. He studied at Tübingen (1490) and Freiburg im Breisgau… -
Staël, Anne-Louise-Germaine de
Of a Calvinist family of Genevan origin, daughter of the famous minister of Louis XVI, J. Necker, born in Paris on 22 April 1766, died there on 4 July 1817… -
Stahl, Friederich Julius
Jurist and politician, a Jew converted to Lutheranism, b. in Munich on 16 Jan. 1802, d. at Bad-Brückenau on 10 Aug. 1861. He wrote various works, among them… -
Stained Glass (VETRATA)
The precursors of that kind of transparent mosaic which is stained glass were the closures of basilican windows in the 4th and 5th centuries, formed of… -
Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich (Džugašvili) (STALIN, IOSIF VISSARIONOVIĆ (DŽUGAŠVILI))
Russian statesman, b. at Gori, a small village in the Caucasus, to a Georgian shoemaker, on 21 Dec. 1879. From 1893 to 1899 he studied at the Orthodox… -
Stampa, Gaspara
Poet, b. in Padua in 1523, d. in Venice on 23 April 1554. Daughter of a Paduan jeweler, on his death she moved with her mother to Venice, where she learned… -
Stams
Cistercian abbey, in the Inn valley, in the Tyrol, apostolic administration of Innsbruck, formerly diocese of Bressanone. The monastery of S. was founded in… -
Stancaro, Francesco
Italian heretic of the anti-Trinitarian current, b. at Mantua in 1501, d. at Stobnice in Poland on 11 Nov. 1574. Restless and passionate, he took part in the… -
Standard (STENDARDO)
In ecclesiastical usage, mentioned in the Roman Ritual (tit. X, ch. 1, no. 5), they are banners in which the cloth hangs from a horizontal crossbar attached to… -
Standonck, Johannes van
Preacher and ascetic reformer, b. at Mechelen in 1453, d. 2 February 1504. Extremely poor, he did his first studies at Mechelen, then at Gouda (Holland) with… -
St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Diocese of (SANT'ANDREA E EDIMBURGO, DIOCESI DI)
In Scotland, it comprises the counties of Edinburgh, Berwick, Haddington, Lothians, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk, almost all of Stirling and part of Fife. It has… -
Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland (STANISLAO II AUGUSTO PONIATOWSKI, RE DI POLONIA)
B. Jan. 17, 1732 at Wolczyn, d. Feb. 12, 1798 at St. Petersburg. He traveled throughout Europe, until in 1755 he went to Russia with the English diplomat Sir… -
Stanislaus Kostka, Saint (STANISLAO KOSTKA, SANTO)
Jesuit, b. in the family castle of Rostkow (Prasnysz, Poland) on 28 Oct. 1550, d. in Rome on 15 Aug. 1568. Of a family of the highest Polish nobility, piously… -
Stanislaus, Saint, Martyr (STANISLAO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Bishop and patron of Poland, born in that nation between 1030 and 1035, died in Kraków in April 1079. Tradition holds that he came from the Polish stock of the… -
Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland (STANISLAO I LESZCZYNSKI, RE DI POLONIA)
B. 20 Oct. 1677 at Lwów, d. 23 Feb. 1766 at Lunéville. With the direct support of Charles XII of Sweden he was crowned king of Poland in 1705, but after the… -
Stanisławów [Ivano-Frankivsk], Diocese of the Ruthenians (STANISLAO POLI, DIOCESI DEI RUTENI (UCRAINO: STANISLAVIV))
It was formerly in Poland (Galicia), now in Ukraine (USSR), a suffragan of Lviv. S. was erected after lengthy negotiations (begun in 1830) on 25 March 1885, by… -
Stanleyville [Kisangani], Apostolic Vicariate of (STANLEYVILLE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is situated in the north-eastern part of the Belgian Congo. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 3 Aug. 1904 with territory detached from the… -
Staphylus (Stapellage), Friedrich
Lutheran theologian, later converted to Catholicism, b. 27 Aug. 1512 at Osnabrück, d. 5 March 1564 at Innsbruck. After spending his early years at Danzig and… -
Stapleton, Thomas
Catholic controversialist, b. at Hensfield (Sussex) in July 1535, d. at Louvain on 12 Oct. 1598. A bachelor at Oxford (Dec. 1556), he obtained a prebend in the… -
Starace, Costanza
In religion Sister Maria Maddalena della Passione, foundress of the Suore Compassioniste serve di Maria, b. at Castellammare di Stabia on 5 Sept. 1845, d. at… -
Starčević, Ante
Croatian politician, b. 23 May 1823 at Žitnik (Lika), d. at Zagreb on 28 February 1896. From 1845 to 1848 he studied theology at Budapest, where he took his… -
Starck, Johann August von
Crypto-Catholic theologian, b. 28 Oct. 1741 at Schwerin, d. 3 March 1816 at Darmstadt. He studied theology and Oriental languages at Göttingen (1760-1763)… -
Starets (plural: Startsy) (STARETS (PLUR. STARTSY))
That is, "old man," a very ancient monastic institution in Russia. The st. (priest or not) is the monk who, possessed by the Holy Spirit, becomes a guide on… -
Starnina, Gherardo
Gherardo di Jacopo di S., painter. Enrolled among the painters of Florence from 1387, between 1398 and 1401 he went to Spain, where he is recorded at Toledo… -
State (STATO)
The term has not always been used in the sense that is presently customarily attributed to it. For a long time it served to indicate the personal condition of… -
State, Duties of the Individual (STATO, OBBLIGHI DEL PROPRIO)
By "state" here is meant not only the unchangeable conditions of life by which we are bound toward others (a state deriving from sacred Order, religious… -
State of Grace (STATO DI GRAZIA)
I. DOCTRINE. - S. of G. means the permanent and supernatural condition or mode of being of the soul, cleansed of every mortal sin and adorned with Grace. It… -
State of Innocence (INNOCENZA, STATO DI)
INNOCENZA, STATO di: v. DONI PRETERNATURALI. -
State of Innocence (STATO DI INNOCENZA)
STATO DI INNOCENZA: v. DONI SOPRANNATURALI E GIUSTIZIA ORIGINALE. -
State of Necessity (STATO DI NECESSITÀ)
STATO DI NECESSITÀ: v. NECESSITÀ, STATO di. -
State of Perfection (STATO DI PERFEZIONE)
STATO DI PERFEZIONE: v. PERFEZIONE CRISTIANA. -
Statica
STATICA : V. MECCANICA, II. GEOMETRIA DELLE FORZE. -
Statistics (STATISTICA)
This term derives, most probably, from the Latin status, which means state, position, condition, manner of being. It was used for the first time in Italy, in… -
Statization (STATIZZAZIONE)
STATIZZAZIONE : v. SOCIALIZZAZIONE. -
Statutes and Constitutions (STATUTI E COSTITUZIONI)
The two terms are generally not regarded as equivalent, although the particular distinctive notes of the one and the other, especially if considered in their… -
Staudenmaier, Franz Anton
Theologian, b. 11 Sept. 1800 at Dorzdorf (Württemberg), d. 19 Jan. 1856 at Freiburg im Breisgau. Having obtained his doctorate in theology at Tübingen with the… -
Staupitz, Johann von
German theologian and mystic of the 16th century, professor of theology at Wittenberg and vicar general of the Augustinians in Germany. He was the teacher and… -
Stauropegion (STAUROPEGIO)
In Byzantine canon law, it denotes a privilege granted by the patriarch by virtue of which a place or a pious foundation is withdrawn from the ordinary… -
Stauropegion of Lviv (STAUROPIGHIA DI LEOPOLI)
Brotherhood of Galician, Moldavian and Greek merchants with its seat in Lviv, confirmed in 1596 by the Antiochene patriarch Joachim and in 1587 by the… -
Stauroteca
Lenten station of St. Cyriacus: the procession in the church of St. Mary in Via Lata, which replaces the ancient church of St. Cyriacus, destroyed - Rome. -
St. Bernard, Hospice of (SAN BERNARDO, OSPIZIO DEL)
SAN BERNARDO, OSPIZIO DEL: v. BERNARDO D'AOSTA, santo. -
Stefanardo da Vimercate
Dominican theologian and historian, b. at Vimercate (Milan), d. at Milan in 1297. Several times prior at Verona (from 1270 to 1286) and at Milan from 1290 to… -
Stefaneschi, Giacomo
Cardinal, b. in Rome ca. 1270 to Pietro S. and Perna Orsini, d. June 23, 1343. Boniface VIII made him cardinal deacon of St. George in Velabro on Dec. 17… -
Steffani, Agostino
Musician, b. at Castelfranco Veneto on 25 July 1654, d. at Frankfurt am Main on 12 Feb. 1728. At the age of 14 he was a chamber and court musician in Munich.… -
Steinamanger
STEINAMANGER: v. SABARIA. -
Stein, Edith (Sister Teresa Benedetta of the Cross) (STEIN, EDITH (SUOR TERESA BENEDETTA DELLA CROCE))
Born a Jew on 12 Oct. 1891 in Breslau, converted to Catholicism, d. - torn from the Carmel of Echt in Holland by the Nazi S.S. - in a gas chamber of the… -
Steiner, Agnese Chiara del Sacro Costato, Venerable (STEINER, AGNESE CHIARA DEL SACRO COSTATO, VENERABILE)
Born Teresa, foundress of the Poor Clares Born on 29 Aug. 1813 at Tesido (Taisten) in the diocese of Bressanone, died at Nocera Umbra on 24 Aug. 1862. After… -
Steiner, Rudolf
Philosopher, b. at Kraljevic (Croatia) on 27 Feb. 1861, d. at Dornach (Switzerland) on 30 March 1925, founder of "anthroposophy." A scholar of manifold… -
Stein, Joannes Wilhelmus Jacobus Antonius (STEIN, JOANNES WILHEMUS JACOBUS ANTONIUS)
Jesuit, astronomer, b. at Grave (Holland) on 27 Feb. 1871, d. at Rome on 27 Dec. 1951. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1888, he studied mathematics… -
Stele (STELE)
The term was used by the Greeks for any marker, burial sign, boundary marker, and also for those columns or stone slabs exposed to the public on which laws… -
Stellini, Jacopo
Philosopher and educationist, b. 27 April 1699 at Cividale del Friuli, d. 17 March 1770 at Padua. In 1718 he entered the Somaschi fathers, taught rhetoric for… -
Stendhal
Pseudonym of Henry Beyle, French writer, b. at Grenoble on 23 Jan. 1783, d. at Paris on 23 March 1842. Of a good bourgeois family and related to the great… -
Stenography (STENOGRAFIA)
STENOGRAFIA: v. TACHIGRAFIA. -
Stensen, Niels
In Latin Nicolaus Stenonis, Stenonius, erroneously also Steno; anatomist, geologist, bishop, b. according to the Gregorian calendar on 11 Jan. and according to… -
Stentrup, Ferdinand
Jesuit, theologian and forerunner of freedom of teaching, b. at Münster on 8 July 1831, d. at Kalksburg on 15 Aug. 1898. A pupil of the German College in Rome… -
Stephanus, Robertus
STEPHANUS, ROBERTUS: v. ESTIENNE (STEPHANUS), family. -
Stephen Ad-Duwayh (STEFANO AD-DUWAIH)
Maronite patriarch, b. at Ihden (Lebanon) in 1630. He entered the Maronite College in Rome in 1641. He returned to Lebanon in 1654; in 1662 he was sent by the… -
Stephen Gobard (STEFANO GOBARDO)
Tritheist (Monophysite), in the 6th century he wrote a book in 52 chapters (with an appendix) on controversial theological problems, leaving the choice of the… -
Stephen Harding, Saint (STEFANO HARDING, SANTO)
His date of birth is unknown; he died on 28 March 1134. At the age of sixteen or eighteen, disgusted, he left the abbey of Sherborne, to which his parents, a… -
Stephen [II] (STEFANO [II])
A Roman presbyter elected upon the death of Zachary, between March 16 and 23, 752, but who died four days later, before the consecratio, which was then… -
Stephen II (III), Pope (STEFANO II (III), PAPA)
Of a Roman family. As soon as he was elected pope, between 16 and 25 March 752, he had to fight against the designs of the Lombard king Aistulf, who intended… -
Stephen III (IV), Pope (STEFANO III (IV), PAPA)
STEPHEN III (IV), POPE.- He ascended the papal throne on August 1 and was consecrated on August 7, 768; he died on January 24, 772. Since Constantine II had… -
Stephen I, King of Hungary (STEFANO I, RE D'UNGHERIA)
Son of Prince Géza, born around 969; baptized together with his father in 973 or 974, he succeeded him in 997. He was crowned with the crown received from Pope… -
Stephen I, Pope, Saint (STEFANO I, PAPA, SANTO)
He is commemorated in the Depositio Episcoporum on August 2 as buried in the cemetery of Callistus. On the same date and in the same place he is remembered by… -
Stephen IV (V), Pope (STEFANO IV (V), PAPA)
Of a Roman family, on June 22, 816, he gathered without difficulty the votes of the Roman clergy for election to the papal throne. He did not wait to receive… -
Stephen IX (X), Pope (STEFANO IX (X), PAPA)
Elected abbot of Montecassino (23 May 1057) and created cardinal priest of the title of St. Chrysogonus on 14 June, he gathered the votes of the electors on 2… -
Stephen (Mercuelio-Zabalza) da Adoain (STEFANO (MERCUELLO-ZABALZA) DA ADOAIN)
Born at Adoain (Navarre) on 11 Oct. 1808, died at Sanlucar de Barrameda on 7 Oct. 1880. Having entered the Capuchins at Cintruénigo on 28 Nov. 1828 and been… -
Stephen of Beaugé (de Balgiaco) (STEFANO DI BEAUGÉ (DE BALGIACO))
Bishop of Autun from 1112 to 1136, d. at Cluny in 1139, where, having left the diocese, he had retired. Peter the Venerable (v.), who assisted him at the… -
Stephen of Die, Saint (STEFANO DI DIE, SANTO)
Carthusian, b. ca. 1155 in Lyon from the noble family of the Chatillon-les-Dombes. He became a religious in the charterhouse of Portes (diocese of Belley)… -
Stephen of Florence (STEFANO FIORENTINO)
14th-century painter, father of that Tommaso known as Giottino, whose personality has recently been the subject of attempts at identification. In a revenue… -
Stephen of Thiers, Saint (STEFANO DI THIERS, SANTO)
Born in 1048, died at Muret, near Limoges, on 8 February 1124, canonized by Clement III on 21 March 1189. At the age of 12, taken by his father to Bari to… -
Stephen of Tournay (STEFANO DI TOURNAL)
Bishop and jurist, b. at Orléans in 1128, d. at Tournal in 1203. After his early studies in his native city, he went to the University of Bologna (1145-50).… -
Stephen, Saint (STEFANO, SANTO)
I. LIFE. - Protomartyr (Gr. Στέφανος "crown"), one of the first seven deacons chosen by the apostolic community of Jerusalem by decision of the Twelve to… -
Stephen the Melodist (STEFANO IL MELODE)
He lived from the beginning of the fourth decade to the end of the 11th century approximately. A native of southern Italy, perhaps Calabrian, he was a monk, it… -
Stephen the Younger, Saint, Martyr (STEFANO IL GIOVANE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Born in Constantinople in 714-15 and died there on 28 November 764. His wealthy parents, forced to flee during the iconoclastic persecution, left the young St.… -
Stephen VIII (IX), Pope (STEFANO VIII (IX), PAPA)
A Roman, elected on 14 July 939, he performed no act worthy of note during his brief pontificate; d. in Oct. 942. Alberic, who had procured the tiara for him… -
Stephen VII (VIII), Pope (STEFANO VII (VIII), PAPA)
A Roman. Nothing is known of any act of this pope, who owed the tiara (Dec. 928) to Marozia, wife of Guy of Spoleto and all-powerful in Rome. He died in Feb.… -
Stephen VI (VII), Pope (STEFANO VI (VII), PAPA)
A Roman, bishop of Anagni. Elected pope (May 896) contrary to the rules of ecclesiastical discipline then in force, played a most deplorable part when Lambert… -
Stephen V (VI), Pope (STEFANO V (VI), PAPA)
Of a Roman family, cardinal priest of the title of the SS. Quattro Coronati. His election, which took place in Sept. 885, displeased the emperor Charles the… -
Stepson, Stepdaughter (FIGLIASTRO, FIGLIASTRA)
FIGLIASTRO, FIGLIASTRA: V. AFFINITÀ. -
Sterbini, Pietro
Politician, b. at Sgurgola on 25 Jan. 1793, d. at Naples on 30 Sept. 1863. A physician and man of letters, an active Carbonaro, he took part in the risings of… -
Sterckx, Engelbert
Cardinal, archbishop of Malines, b. 2 Nov. 1792 at Ophem, d. 4 Dec. 1867 at Malines. Ordained priest in 1815, he taught philosophy and moral theology at… -
Sterility (STERILITÀ)
The term, collateral to that of impotence, is used in medico-legal language to indicate a particular defect in the efficacy of the procreative function.… -
Sterilization (STERILIZZAZIONE)
It is a surgical intervention on the reproductive apparatus, both male and female, aimed at preventing the formation or the natural utilization of the sexual… -
Sterne, Laurence
Novelist, b. at Clonmel (Ireland) on 24 Nov. 1713 to an English father and an Irish mother, d. in London on 18 March 1768. He was an Anglican pastor… -
Steubenville, Diocese of (STEUBENVILLE, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of Ohio, U.S.A. The diocese covers an area of 5,913 square miles with a total population (1950 census) of 485,735 inhabitants, of… -
Steuco, Agostino
Prelate and scholar, b. at Gubbio (hence the appellation Eugubinus) perhaps in 1497, d. at Venice in March 1548. He was named Guido before entering, as he did… -
Stevenson, Henry, Senior (Stevenson W. F. Maddock)
Philologist and writer of the Vatican Library, b. at Camberwell (London) on 28 July 1818, d. at Rome on 19 Apr. 1890. A doctor of philosophy of the University… -
Stevenson, Joseph
Jesuit, historian and archivist, b. at Berwick-on-Tweed (Scotland) on 27 Nov. 1806, d. in London on 18 Feb. 1895. An Anglican pastor from 1839 to 1863, he… -
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Scottish narrator, b. in Edinburgh on 13 Nov. 1850, d. in Samoa on 3 Dec. 1894. He is one of those rare writers in whom culture is wedded to inventive flair… -
Steward, Dugald
English philosopher, b. 22 Nov. 1752 in Edinburgh, d. there 11 June 1828. He taught at the Universities of his native city and of Glasgow. S. enjoyed in his… -
St. Florian (SANKT FLORIAN)
Abbey of the Lateran Canons Regular of the Austrian Congregation near Linz (Upper Austria). The abbey is situated on the edge of a hill, on the site of the… -
St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin of Marañón, Apostolic Vicariate of (SAN GABRIELE DELL'ADDOLORATA DI MARAÑON, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the northern regions of Peru. In 1912 the Passionists went there and accepted the parishes of the provinces of S. Martino and Huallaga; on 27 Feb.… -
Stichometry (STICOMETRIA)
From στίχος (line) comes the conventional system used by the Greeks and Romans to calculate the length of written texts, counting the verses in poetic works… -
Stigmata (STIMMATE (STIGMATE))
From the Greek στίγμα, meaning "brand, mark"; in Christian hagiography and mysticism, they are the marks of the wounds of Jesus impressed upon the body of a… -
Stilicho, Flavius (STILICONE, FLAVIO)
Son of a Vandal who had served with great honor under the emperor Valens, he had entered the military and had not failed to distinguish himself and to obtain… -
Stil Nuovo
Also dolce stil nuovo, an expression that Dante, Purg., XXIV, 57, puts in the mouth of Bonagiunta Orbicciani, to indicate a new poetic manner different from… -
Stilus Et Praxis Curiae
These are two canonical juridical institutions, which differ very little from one another and are relevant in the CIC as a norm in the case of a lacuna in the… -
Stimmen der Zeit
A journal of critical review of the intellectual, scientific, social and religious life of Germany, with the aim of bearing valid witness to Catholic truth. It… -
Stimmer, Tobias
Painter and engraver, b. in Schaffhausen on 17 April 1539, d. in Strasbourg on 4 January 1584. He is one of the principal exponents of late Mannerism in the… -
Stirling, James Hutchison
English philosopher, b. 22 Jan. 1820 in Glasgow, d. 19 March 1909 in Edinburgh, at whose University he had been professor of moral philosophy. A thinker of… -
Stirner, Max
Pseudonym of the philosopher Johann Caspar Schmidt, b. 25 Oct. 1806 at Bayreuth, d. 25 June 1856 at Berlin. He studied (1826-28; 1832-34) philosophy, classical… -
Stirpe
STIRPE: v. RAZZISMO. -
St. John's (Newfoundland), Archdiocese of (SAN GIOVANNI DI TERRANOVA (SAINT JOHN'S), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Newfoundland (Canada). The ecclesiastical province of St. John's, erected by Pius X on 8 February 1904, is composed of… -
St. Lambrecht (SANKT LAMBRECHT)
Benedictine abbey, in Upper Styria, in the diocese of Seckau. On the little church of St. Lambert Count Marquard of Eppenstein planned the erection of an abbey… -
Stobi
Ancient city of Paeonia, on the site of the present-day village of Pusto-Gradako. In 386 A.D. it was the capital of Macedonia II Salutaris; it was an episcopal… -
Stocchiero, Giuseppe
Canonist, b. at Arzignano (Vicenza) on 24 Sept. 1882, d. at Vicenza on 4 Dec. 1946. After completing his studies at the Seminary of Vicenza, he was ordained a… -
Stockholm (STOCCOLMA)
Capital of the Kingdom of Sweden, S. (Stockholm in Swedish), on the western shore of the Baltic Sea, where the slow action of glaciation has produced such a… -
Stockjobbing (AGGIOTAGGIO)
Speculation consisting in publishing or otherwise divulging false, exaggerated or tendentious news, or employing other artifices, apt to cause a rise or a fall… -
Stöckl, Albert
Neo-Scholastic philosopher and theologian, b. 15 March 1823 at Möhren (Middle Franconia), d. at Eichstätt on 15 Nov. 1895. He studied philosophy and theology… -
Stöcklein, Joseph
Jesuit, military chaplain, missiologist, b. at Öttingen (Bavaria) on 30 July 1676, d. at Graz on 28 Dec. 1733. Having entered the Order in 1700 and been… -
Stock, Saint Simon (SIMONE STOCK, SANTO)
Carmelite, b. at Keanth (England) in 1165, d. at Bordeaux on 16 May 1265. Having entered the Order in 1212, he was elected general of it in 1245. In 1251… -
Stoddard, Charles Warren
American writer, b. 7 Aug. 1843 in Rochester (New York), d. 23 Apr. 1909 in Monterey (California). After having been a bookstore clerk, he began publishing… -
Stoecker, Adolf
German politician and sociologist, Protestant, b. 11 Nov. 1835 at Halberstadt, d. 8 Feb. 1909 at Gries near Bolzano. Protestant parish priest, in the period… -
Stoicism (STOICISMO)
Philosophical school founded in the "Stoa" (Portico) of Athens by Zeno of Citium around 300 B.C. Its successors were Cleanthes (d. 233-32), author of a famous… -
Stojan, Antonín Cyril
Archbishop of Olomouc, b. 22 May 1851 at Beňov in Moravia, d. there 29 Sept. 1923. From a modest family of farmers, he studied theology at Olomouc. Ordained a… -
Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold
Poet, b. at Bramstedt (Holstein) on 7 Nov. 1750, d. at Sondermühle near Osnabrück on 5 Dec. 1819. Together with his brother Christian (b. 1748), who shared his… -
Stole (More Antiquely Orarium) (STOLA (PIÙ ANTICAMENTE ORARIUM))
It is a liturgical insignia, common to deacons, priests and bishops, but worn differently: by deacons on the left shoulder, crossed over the chest and knotted… -
Stole, Rights of (STOLA, DIRITTI DI)
I. - By rights of the stole or stole fees (iura stolae) are meant the payments owed by the non-poor to parish priests on the occasion of the administration of… -
Stolz, Alban
Writer and educator, b. Feb. 3, 1808 at Bühl (Baden), d. at Freiburg im Breisgau on Oct. 16, 1883. After his secondary studies at Rastatt, he followed a… -
Stolz, Anselm
Benedictine theologian, b. 28 Jan. 1900 at Erkrath (near Düsseldorf), d. in Rome on 19 Oct. 1942. A professor of the abbey of St. Joseph (Gerleve) in… -
Stoppani, Antonio
Priest and scientist, b. at Lecco on 15 Aug. 1824, d. at Milan on 1 Jan. 1891. A seminarian at the age of eleven, first at Lecco and then at Milan, he took… -
Storchenau, Sigmund von
Jesuit, philosopher and apologist, b. at Hollenburg (Carinthia) on 17 Aug. 1731, d. at Klagenfurt on 13 Apr. 1797. Having entered the Order in 1747, he taught… -
Storer, Franz
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Constance on 17 Jan. 1617, d. at Gondar (Ethiopia), probably in 1662. Having entered the Order in 1635, from 1646 to 1659 he taught… -
Storpiation, Healing of (STORPIA, GUARIGIONE DELLA)
The Gospel of St. Luke narrates the miraculous healing of a woman who had been bent over for 18 years: « et erat inclinata nec omnino poterat sursum respicere… -
Stoss, Andreas
Carmelite theologian, b. in Nuremberg ca. 1477, d. in Bamberg on 10 Oct. 1540. Son of the famous carver Veit Stoss, he took the habit in the convent of his… -
Stoss, Veit (Stwosz Wit)
Sculptor of the German late Gothic, b. probably in Nuremberg in the fifth decade of the 15th century, d. there in 1533. His first period of artistic activity… -
St. Paul im Lavanttal (SANKT PAUL IM LAVANTTAL)
Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Gurk, in Carinthia. On a hill overlooking the broad valley of the Lavant, at the end of the 10th century there stood the… -
St. Peregrine Laziosi in Alto Acre and Alto Purus, Prelature of (SAN PELLEGRINO LAZIOSI NEGLI ALTO ACRE E ALTO PURUS, PRELATURA DI)
Suffragan of Belém do Pará, in the territory of Acre (Amazon), in Brazil. It has an area of 100,000 sq km, with 100,000 inhabitants, all Catholics. Erected on… -
St. Peter and Nonnberg (SANKT PETER E NONNBERG)
They are the two oldest Benedictine abbeys in the entire German territory, both founded by St. Rupert around 690-95 at Iuvavum, the present-day city of… -
St. Peter of Münster (SAN PIETRO DI MUENSTER)
Abbey nullius and town in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The Benedictine monastery (American-Cassinese Congregation) was founded in 1892 at Wataug… -
St. Pölten (SANKT PÖLTEN)
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Strack, Hermann Lebrecht
Protestant exegete and orientalist, who while remaining a "positive theologian" made very broad concessions to the boldest criticism, b. 6 May 1848 in Berlin… -
Stradella, Alessandro
Musician, b. perhaps at Montefestino in 1642, d. at Genoa on 28 February 1682. The value of his art is to be sought particularly in the architectural and… -
Straits Settlements (STABILIMENTI DELLO STRETTO)
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Strambi, Vincent Maria, Saint (VINCENZO MARIA STRAMBI, SANTO)
Passionist, bishop of Macerata and Tolentino, b. at Civitavecchia on 1 Jan. 1745, d. at Rome on 1 Jan. 1824. Having undertaken the ecclesiastical career, he… -
Strasbourg, Diocese of (STRASBURGO, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city situated in France at the confluence of the Bruche and the Ill, between the Vosges and the Rhine, from which it is 4 km. distant, at the… -
Stratigraphy (STRATIGRAFIA)
Stratigraphy, also called stratigraphic geology or historical geology, reconstructs the chronological order of deposition of materials on the earth's surface… -
Strauss, David Friedrich
Protestant theologian, loyal to the principles and presuppositions of the "rational-mythical" school ("mythisch-rationale Schule"). b. January 27, 1808 at… -
Streitel, Maria Franziska
Foundress of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, b. at Mellrichstadt (diocese of Würzburg) on 24 Nov. 1844, d. at Castro S. Elia (diocese of Nepi) on 6 March… -
Streit, Karl
Founder of ecclesiastical cartography, b. 5 Aug. 1874 at Dittersbüchl (diocese of Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia), d. 31 May 1935. Having entered the Society of… -
Streit, Robert
Born on Oct. 27, 1875 at Fraustadt (Posen), in Germany, died at Frankfurt am Main on July 31, 1930. He entered the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1895. Ordained… -
Strike (SCIOPERO)
It is the concerted abstention from work. The phenomenon is quite complex and can be studied from several points of view. Of particular interest here, and… -
Strindberg, Johan August
Swedish writer, b. in Stockholm on 22 Jan. 1849, d. there on 14 May 1912. He established himself in his youth with Master Olof (1872), a drama in which the… -
Strongoli
It was one of the five tiny dioceses on the Ionian side of Calabria, established by the Byzantines around the middle of the 9th century, for the metropolis of… -
Strossmayer, Josip Juraj
Bishop b. at Osiek (Croatia) on 4 Nov. 1815, d. on 8 Apr. 1905 at Djakovo. He studied philosophy and theology at Budapest and Vienna; ordained a priest in… -
Strozzi Acquaviva, Isabella, Duchess of Atri (STROZZI ACQUAVIVA, ISABELLA, DUCHESSA D'ATRI)
Collaborator of St. Leonard of Port Maurice, b. Aug. 4, 1703; in 1727 she married Filippo Strozzi, duke of Bagnolo, and d. Aug. 24, 1760. Sister of Cardinal… -
Strozzi, Bernardo
Called the Genoese Capuchin, painter, b. in Genoa in 1581, d. in Venice in 1644. He is among the most notable Genoese painters of the early seventeenth… -
Strozzi Family (STROZZI, FAMIGLIA)
Its known progenitor is a STROZZA of Ubaldino who lived in the second half of the 13th century. From his sons, PINO, LAPO, PAGNO and GERI, four lines… -
Strumi
Ancient Benedictine abbey in the Casentino, founded by Teugrimo or Teudegrimo, of the family of the Guidi, at the end of the 10th century. Dedicated to St.… -
Strzygowski, Joseph
Art historian, b. at Biela, in what was then Austrian Silesia, on 7 March 1862, d. on 7 Jan. 1941. He studied archaeology and art history at the Universities… -
Stuart Family (STUART, FAMIGLIA)
An ancient Scottish family, descended from a branch of the Anglo-Norman family Fitz-Alan. In the time of King David I of Scotland (1124-53) it inherited the… -
Stucco
It is a mixture of lime and pozzolana blended with marble dust or gypsum; once dried it becomes hard and workable with a chisel and gouge; the variety known as… -
Studach, Jakob Lorenz
Born on 25 January 1796 at Altstätten (Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland), died on 9 May 1873 at Stockholm. Ordained a priest on 13 February 1820, he became… -
Studia Catholica
The most widely circulated theological journal of Dutch Catholics. It is the continuation of Katholiek (v.), but it is not the official organ of the Catholic… -
Studia Et Documenta Historiae Et Iuris
A scholarly journal - predominantly of Roman law - published by the "Pontificium Institutum utriusque iuris", with its seat in Rome at the Pontifical Lateran… -
Studia Linguarum
The principal instrument of evangelization is oral preaching in the language of the people to whom one preaches. Speaking through an interpreter can only be a… -
Studien
Monthly cultural periodical, founded in 1878 by the Dutch Jesuits. As early as 1868, work had begun on the plan of publishing separate pamphlets on subjects of… -
Studies
A quarterly periodical, founded in Dublin in 1912 by the Jesuits of the Irish province, with the subtitle An Irish Quarterly Review of Letters, Philosophy and… -
Studies and Materials on the History of Religions (STUDI E MATERIALI DI STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI)
A quarterly journal, founded in Bologna in 1925 on the initiative of C. Formichi, R. Pettazzoni and G. Tucci; since 1928 it has been under the direction of R.… -
Studi e Testi
A series of texts "published under the care of the writers of the Vatican Library" (in 1929 there was added "and of the archivists of the Secret Archive").… -
Studiorum Ducem
Encyclical of Pius XI (29 June 1923) on St. Thomas Aquinas, published on the occasion of the sixth centenary of his canonization (AAS, 15 [1923], pp. 309-26).… -
Studites (STUDITI)
Greek monks of the ancient cenobium of Constantinople called Studion (an odd name, whose true form was definitively established by H. Delehaye in Anal.… -
Studium
A cultural journal, which began publication in 1905 as the organ of the Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana (v.). Since 1933 it has been the… -
Stumpf, Kilian
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Würzburg on 14 Sept. 1655, d. at Peking on 24 July 1720. Having entered the Order in 1673, he set out in 1694 for China, assigned to… -
Stūpa (STŪPA)
A sepulchral monument of stones and earth, in the form of a dome, erected to commemorate persons famous for holiness or social importance. In Buddhism this… -
Sture, Sten, the Elder (STURE, STEN, IL VECCHIO)
Swedish politician, b. around 1442, d. 14 Dec. 1503 at Jönköping. Related, through his mother, to King Karl Knutsson, he was designated by the latter on his… -
Sture, Sten, the Younger (STURE, STEN, IL GIOVANE)
Swedish politician, b. ca. 1493, d. 3 February 1520. Son of Svante Nilsson, who after Sten Sture the Elder had been regent from 1504 to 1512, he had at his… -
Sturla, Luigi
Born in Genoa on 27 Aug. 1805, died there on 19 Apr. 1865. Formerly apostolic prefect of Aden. A priest of great piety and zeal, a friend of Giuseppe… -
Sturm, Johann
Humanist and educationist, b. at Schleiden (Eifel) on 1 Oct. 1507, d. at Strasbourg on 3 March 1589. A Catholic, he received a humanistic education at Liège… -
Sturm und Drang
A literary movement of German youth around 1770-80, so named after a drama by Klinger (1776). It takes its cue from English pre-Romanticism (Shaftesbury… -
Stutz, Ulrich
Jurist, b. in Zurich on 5 May 1868, d. in Berlin on 6 July 1938. He received his doctorate in law in 1892 at the University of Berlin; in 1893 he was… -
Styger, Paul
Archaeologist, b. at Schwyz (Switzerland) on 27 Sept. 1889 and d. at Lucerne on 14 May 1939. After six years of study at the Maria-Hilf College in Schwyz, he… -
Stylite (STILITA)
An anchorite who lived on the top of a column. Almost entirely ignored in the West, the stylites were quite numerous in the East, especially in Syria and… -
Stylus (STILO)
STYLUS: V. STRUMENTI SCRITTORI.