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Suanhwa [Xuanhua], Diocese of (SÜANHWA, DIOCESI DI)
In the southern part of the province of Chahar in northern China. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate on 10 May 1926 with 9 civil subprefectures detached… -
Suárez, Francisco
Jesuit theologian and philosopher, called the Doctor Eximius, b. at Granada on 5 Jan. 1548, d. at Lisbon on 25 Sept. 1617. I. LIFE. - A descendant of the noble… -
Subconscious (SUBCOSCIENZA)
A term brought into vogue in psychology by psychoanalysis (v.) and in theology by modernism (v.) to indicate the psychic sphere that is at present withdrawn… -
Subdeacon (SUDDIACONO)
It is the first, in ascending order, of the sacred and major Orders. The term s. (Gk. ὑποδιάκονος: subminister) indicates the office of a minister of the… -
Subiaco
A small town in the province of Rome and a nullius abbey immediately subject to the Holy See. Subiaco is situated at 408 m. above sea level in the Aniene… -
Subintroductae
SUBINTRODUCTAE: V. AGAPETE. -
Subject (SOGGETTO)
The term s. has several acceptations. In current usage one speaks of the s. of a proposition, of a discussion, of a work, of a science, as that with which they… -
Subjectivism (SOGGETTIVISMO)
Opposed to objectivism (v.), it is properly used in relation to modern philosophy as a tendency to overvalue what exists in function of the subject (v.), of… -
Subleyras, Pierre
Painter and engraver, b. at St-Gilles-du-Gard (Languedoc) on 25 Nov. 1699, d. in Rome on 28 May 1749. Having received his first lessons from his father Matteo… -
Subordinationism (SUBORDINAZIANISMO)
An erroneous theory or even Trinitarian heresy, which admits a certain hierarchical subordination of the three persons within the Most Holy Trinity (v.) by… -
Subornation (SUBORNAZIONE)
It is the crime that consists in inducing witnesses or experts, by gifts, promises, or in any other manner, to give false testimony or a false expert opinion… -
Subsistence (SUSSISTENZA)
It generally indicates the consistency and sufficiency of reality that substance (v.) obtains through the possession of its essential and real principles. S.… -
Substance (SOSTANZA)
It can indicate both actual and concrete, that is, singular reality (the "primary substance" of Aristotelian terminology), and essence (v.), whether in its… -
Substitute (SOSTITUTO)
A substitute (substitutus, subrogatus, vicarius) is one who takes the place of another. In the offices of the Roman Curia there are officials so designated… -
Sub Tuum Praesidium
It is the oldest prayer to the Most Holy Virgin that is known. I. THE ORIGINAL TEXT. - It is preserved on a sheet of papyrus (18 x 9.4 cm.) found in an… -
Suchow [Xuzhou], Diocese of (SUCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the north-eastern part of the province of Kiangsu, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 1 July 1931 with 8 civil sub-prefectures… -
Sucinctory (SUCCINTORIO)
An ornament of the Pope at solemn Mass. It is a strip of cloth similar to the maniple, folded in the middle, of the color of the chasuble, adorned on one side… -
Sucre, Archdiocese of (SUCRE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Capital city of the department of Chuquisaca and archdiocese in Bolivia (South America). It has an area of 50,875 sq km with 40,000 inhabitants, of whom 36,400… -
Suda (SUIDA)
A common name, dating back to Eustathius in his commentary on Homer (1175), for the supposed compiler of a Lexicon, composed around A.D. 1000: in reality it is… -
Sudan
Region of central Africa, the western part of which depends politically on France (v. A.O.F.) and the eastern part of which constitutes the Anglo-Egyptian S.… -
Sue, Eugène
French writer b. in Paris on 20 Jan. 1804, d. at Annecy on 3 Aug. 1857. After some works set in a maritime milieu, he portrayed, in sensational novelistic… -
Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) (SVETONIO (GAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS))
Historian, b. around 75 A.D.; his birthplace is unknown. Under Trajan he was secretary of the imperial administration, and in that capacity he had the… -
Suez
The apostolic vicariate of the Suez Canal has been called, since 27 January 1951, the apostolic vicariate of Port Said, after the name of the city where the… -
Suffering (SOFFERENZA)
A philosophical-moral problem, psychologically arduous, is posed by the fact that suffering accompanies everyone's life. Christian Revelation has given to the… -
Sufficient Reason (Principle of) (RAGION SUFFICIENTE (PRINCIPIO DI))
It expresses the "rationality of the real" insofar as everything, both in the realm of being and in that of becoming, obtains its ontological determination and… -
Suffrages (SUFFRAGI)
SUFFRAGI: v. DEFUNTI. -
Sufism (SŪFISMO)
From the woolen (Arabic sūf) camel-hair cloak worn by the followers of the movement, the "spirituality" of Muslims is called S. The starting point of S. is… -
Suger (SUGERO)
Abbot of the abbey of St-Denis in Paris, b. at St-Denis or at Argenteuil in 1081, d. at St-Denis on 13 Jan. 1151. He entered the priory of St-Denis de l'Estrée… -
Suggestion (SUGGESTIONE)
SUGGESTIONE: v. PSICOTERAPIA. -
Suicide (SUICIDIO)
In the etymological sense, it indicates the act by which a man, on his own authority, voluntarily gives himself death. However, in common usage the term s. is… -
Suifu [Yibin], Diocese of (SUIFU, DIOCESI DI)
In the southern part of the province of Szechwan, in central-western China. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate under the name of Southern Szechwan on 24… -
Suihsien [Suizhou], Apostolic Prefecture of (SUIHSIEN, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the north-eastern part of the province of Hupeh, in central China. It was erected on 17 June 1937 with 3 civil sub-prefectures of the apostolic vicariate of… -
Suitbert (Suidbercht, Swidbert), Saint (SUITBERTO (SUIDBERCHT, SWIDBERT), SANTO)
Benedictine, apostle of the Frisians, a native of Northumbria, died at Kaiserswerth (Düsseldorf) on 1 March 713. > (from J. Braun, Tracht und Attribute der… -
Suitger of the Lords of Morsleben and Hornburg, Bishop of Bamberg (SUITGERO DEI SIGNORI DI MORSLEBEN E HORNBURG, VESCOVO DI BAMBERGA)
SUITGERO dei signori di MORSLEBEN e HORNBURG, vescovo di BAMBERGA: v. CLEMENT II, POPE. -
Suiyuan, Archdiocese of (SUIYUAN, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Located in the central part of Inner Mongolia, it comprises nine subprefectures of the civil province of S. and certain other Mongol territories, whose total… -
Sukabumi, Apostolic Prefecture of (SUKABUMI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Located in the western part of the island of Java (Indonesia), it comprises the civil prefecture of Bantam and the sub-prefectures of S. and of Tjandiur. It… -
Sulāqā, John (SULĀQĀ, GIOVANNI)
First Chaldean patriarch of Mosul, martyr of the union with Rome. Born in Mosul around 1510 and died there at the beginning of 1555. From his adolescence he… -
Sully Prudhomme, René-François-Armand Prudhomme, detto (SULLY PRUDHOMME, REMÉ-FRANÇOIS-ARMAND PRUDHOMME, DETTO)
French poet, b. in Paris on 16 May 1839, d. at Chatenay on 7 Sept. 1907. Toward the end of the nineteenth century he was one of the most fashionable poets in… -
Sulmona, Diocese of (SULMONA, DIOCESI DI)
SULMONA, DIOCESI di: v. VALVA e SULMONA, diocese of. -
Sulpicians (SULPIZIANI)
They were founded in Paris in 1642 by J. J. Olier (v.), pastor of St. Sulpice, to raise the fortunes of the French clergy, which had fallen into a deplorable… -
Sulpicius Severus (SULPICIO SEVERO)
Ecclesiastical writer of southern Gaul, b. in Aquitania ca. 360, d. at Primillac ca. 420. Of a noble family (Gennadius, De viris ill., 19), he married a woman… -
Sulprizio, Nunzio, Venerable (SULPRIZIO, NUNZIO, VENERABILE)
Born at Pesco Sansonesco (diocese of Sulmona) on 13 April 1817, died at Naples on 5 March 1836. Left an orphan early, he was taken in (1826) into the house of… -
Sumerians (SUMERI)
The first people of the ancient Middle East of whom written documents have survived to us. They had a very high culture, born in the temples, which left a… -
Summae (SOMME)
The term "Summa" had numerous meanings in the Middle Ages: from that of a very vast encyclopedic compilation (such might be called the scientific output of St.… -
Summae Deus Clementiae
Hymn of Lauds for the feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 15 September, by an unknown author. The author addresses the Eternal Father… -
Summae Parens Clementiae
Hymn of Matins on Saturday, by an unknown author. It is found in manuscripts of the 9th century (G. M. Dreves and C. Blume, Anal. hymn., LI, Leipzig 1912, p.… -
Summaga
Benedictine abbey, in the diocese of Concordia, from which it is 3 km. away; the Latin name "Summa aqua" is connected with the marshy terrain, reclaimed and… -
Summerhill
SUMMERHILL: v. FERNS, DIOCESI di. -
Summi Pontificatus
First encyclical of Pius XII (Oct. 20, 1939), in which the program of his pontificate is outlined. Publishing it on the eve of the feast of Christ the King, in… -
Summons (INTIMAZIONE)
This term designates the act by which the summons to appear in court is notified. It is precisely in criminal matters that this term finds its full… -
Sundar Singh
Hindu mystic, called Sadhu = "pious", b. at Rampur, on the border of Nepal, on Sept. 3, 1889, d. in 1932. From the religious sect into which he was born, that… -
Sunday (DOMENICA)
From (dies) Dominica, "day of the Lord." There is discussion about the time, place and manner in which this day came alongside the Jewish Sabbath and then… -
Sunday Letter (LETTERA DOMENICALE)
Al fine di conoscere in quali giorni dell'anno cadevano le domeniche, fu immaginato dai cronologi medievali il sistema delle lettere feriali, che si aveva… -
Sunday Precept (PRECETTO FESTIVO)
By p. f. is meant the obligation to sanctify Sundays and holy days of obligation by attending Mass and abstaining from certain works. I. ORIGIN, FOUNDATION… -
Sunday, Saint, Martyr (DOMENICA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
She is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on July 6. She is perhaps the Greek martyr Cyriaca (Κυριαχή) who died at Nicomedia in the persecution of… -
Sundays and Holy Days (DOMENICA E GIORNI FESTIVI)
DOMENICA E GIORNI FESTIVI: v. PRE-CETTO FESTIVO. -
Sunday School (DOMENICALE, SCUOLA)
According to the definition of G. Everette, "the Sunday school is the school of the Church of Christ, gathered on Sunday, and in which the word of God is… -
Sunem (Sunam)
A Canaanite city of Palestine (Heb. Sūndam; Gk. Σουσάμ), occupied by Thutmose III (no. 38) and of notable importance until its destruction at the hands of… -
Suñol, Ramon Gregorio Maria
Benedictine abbot and Gregorianist, b. in Barcelona on 7 Sept. 1879, d. in Rome on 26 Oct. 1946. The motu proprio of Bl. Pius X (22 Nov. 1903) directed his… -
Sun Yat-sen
Cantonese form of the name of Süenisien (Sun I-hsien), Chinese politician and revolutionary. Born on 12 Nov. 1866 to a humble peasant family in the village of… -
Suovetaurilia
SUOVETAURILIA: v. ROMA, IV. Religione dei Romani (coll. 1125-33). -
Superantius (Soranzo), Nicolaus
Jurist, b. in Venice in 1474, d. there on 20 Nov. 1546. An Augustinian religious, he was prior of the monastery of Venice in 1544. Together with Pier Aurelio… -
Superfluous Goods (BENI SUPERFLUI)
Those temporal goods that are necessary neither for life nor for a person's station are called s. g. By life is meant not only existence but the whole set of… -
Superior, Diocese of (SUPERIOR, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Wisconsin (United States). The diocese of S. was erected on 3 May 1905 by the dismemberment of the northern part of La Crosse… -
Superioren-Vereinigung
Association of the major superiors (abbots and provincials) of the clerical Orders and Congregations of Germany whose members worked either in the mission… -
Superior (Religious) (GENERALE (RELIGIOSO))
He is the supreme head of a religious Order or Congregation: the first of the so-called major superiors. In the CIC he appears under the name moderator… -
Superior School of Christian Art "Blessed Angelico" (SCUOLA SUPERIORE D'ARTE CRISTIANA «BEATO ANGELICO»)
Founded by Msgr. G. Polvara (v.) in October 1921 with the twofold purpose of preparing Christian artists capable of transforming their faith and their love in… -
Superman (Ger. Übermensch) (SUPERUOMO (TED. ÜBERMENSCH))
A term coined to indicate a conception of humanity superior to its normal or typical form, but free from whatever appears weak or defective in it. It appears… -
Supernatural Adoption (ADOZIONE SOPRANNATURALE)
Among the hagiographers of the New Testament only St. Paul uses the juridical term a. (υἱοθεσία), raising its meaning to the supernatural order. To the… -
Supernatural Beatitude (BEATITUDINE SOPRANNATURALE)
BEATITUDINE SOPRANNATURALE: v. VISIONE BEATIFICA. -
Supernatural Gifts and Original Justice (DONI SOPRANNATURALI E GIUSTIZIA ORIGINALE)
I. NOTIONS. - All Catholic theologians admit that the state of original justice, that is, the state of Adam's innocence before sin, entailed along with human… -
Supernatural, Order of the (SOPRANNATURALE, ORDINE)
I. TERMINOLOGY AND HISTORY. - According to the common doctrine now prevailing in the Church, it is a truth of faith (Council of Trent, sess. V, can. I [Denz-U… -
Superstition (SUPERSTIZIONE)
From Lat. superstitio (cf. Gk. ἐκαταχύς) "to stand outside or above," in religious ethnology it designates the state of isolation from the surrounding world… -
Supper (CENA)
CENA : v. BANCHETTO. -
Supplication (SUPPLICA)
As a diplomatic term, it is the petition addressed to the sovereign in order to obtain a gracious concession. Even the concessions of various kinds made by the… -
Supreme Being (ESSERE SUPREMO)
ESSERE SUPREMO : V. DIO. -
Supreme Order of Christ (SUPREMO ORDINE DEL CRISTO)
SUPREMO ORDINE DEL CRISTO: v. ORDINI EQUESTRI PONTIFICI. -
Supreme Pontiff (SOMMO PONTEFICE)
SOMMO PONTEFICE: v. PAPA. -
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (SANT'UFFIZIO, SUPREMA SACRA CONGREGAZIONE DEL)
SANT'UFFIZIO, SUPREMA SACRA CONGREGAZIONE del: v. CONGREGAZIONI ROMANE, SACRE, II. The individual congregations in particular. -
Sura
A Mesopotamian city, on the left bank of the Euphrates, opposite Callinicum in Osroene, at the beginning of the Diocletian road that led from S. to Palmyra… -
Surabaya, Apostolic Vicariate of (SURABAIA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the eastern part of the island of Java, Indonesia, it comprises the civil districts of S., Kendiri, Rembang and Madiu, whose total area is 26,269… -
Suretyship (FIDEIUSSIONE)
A contract by which one party, binding himself personally toward the creditor, guarantees to him the performance of another's obligation. In imperial law… -
Surgical Psychotherapy (Psychosurgery) (PSICOTERAPIA CHIRURGICA (PSICOCHIRURGIA))
One of the most recent branches of modern medicine; it comprises a whole series of neurosurgical interventions aimed at curing or alleviating mental disorders… -
Sur (SUR)
Desert crossed by the Israelites after a three days' march following the crossing of the Red Sea (Ex. 15:22), called in Num. 33:8 the desert of Etham. It is… -
Suriano, Francesco
Palestinian scholar, known for the Trattato di Terra Santa e dell'Oriente, b. in Venice in 1450, d. after 1529. He was at sea from childhood and at the age of… -
Surigao, Diocese of (SURIGAO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the province of Surigao and Agusan in the Philippine Islands. It has an area of 29,770 sq. km. with a population of 391,400 inhabitants, of… -
Surin (Seurin), Jean-Joseph
Jesuit spiritual writer, b. 29 Feb. 1600 at Bordeaux, d. there 22 Apr. 1665. Of a well-to-do family, he was most religiously educated; his sister was a… -
Surio (Sauer), Laurentius
Carthusian writer, b. at Lübeck in 1522, d. 23 May 1578 at Cologne. A student at Frankfurt an der Oder, he returned to Catholicism at Cologne through the… -
Surplus Value (PLUSVALORE)
PLUSVALORE: v. VALORE. -
Surrealism (SUPERREALISMO)
SUPERREALISMO: v. ORESTANO, FRANCESCO. -
Surrealism (SURREALISMO)
French literary and artistic movement. The term "surrealist" appears for the first time as the subtitle of a play by G. Apollinaire, Les mamelles de Tirésias… -
Surya
SURYA: v. VEDA E VEDISMO. > (from A. T. Olmsted, History of the Persian Empire, Chicago 1918, pl. 2) > SUSA - Aerial view. > (from A. T. Olmsted, History of… -
Susa
Capital of Elam (v.). The very ancient Šūfan ("lily" or "whiteness"), situated at the southern foot of the mountain range of present-day Luristan, is known… -
Susa, Diocese of (SUSA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Piedmont, in the valley of the same name, in the province of Turin. The present diocese comprises the entire territory of the valley of S.… -
Susanna
Protagonist of a story that forms part of the complex of biographical traditions about the prophet Daniel (v.), daughter of Hilkiah (which is usually connected… -
Susanna, Saint, Martyr (SUSANNA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
She is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 11 August, but her memory is not, as is customary, linked to a cemetery, but rather to a church within… -
Suscipe, Domine, Universam Meam Libertatem
A prayer included among the « Orationes pro opportunitate dicendae » of the Roman Breviary under the title Oblatio sui, endowed with 300 days 1593 «SUSCIPE… -
Suso, Heinrich, Blessed (SUSO, HEINRICH, BEATO)
Spiritual writer and preacher, Dominican, b. March 23, 1295 (Bihlemeyer) or ca. 1300 (Gröber) at Constance, d. Jan. 25, 1366 at Ulm, where he was buried. His… -
Suspension (SOSPENSIONE)
It is a strictly ecclesiastical penalty by which clerics are deprived of the exercise of certain rights inherent in their office or in their benefice or in… -
Suspicion (SUSPICIONE)
Suspicio, s., suspicion generally indicate a doubt or a judgment not fully proven, but founded on serious indications, regarding some fact. In the CIC it is… -
Suspicion and Rash Judgment (SOSPETTO E GIUDIZIO TEMERARIO)
When one speaks of malevolent thoughts concerning the honesty of one's neighbor, the terms rash judgment, rash opinion, rash suspicion and rash doubt are often… -
Sutri, Diocese of (SUTRI, DIOCESI DI)
In Lazio, in the province of Viterbo, it is united with that of Nepi (v.). S., of Etruscan origin, called "Sutrium" by the Romans, stood at the 28th mile of… -
Sutter, Fedele
Archbishop, b. in Ferrara on 16 March 1796, d. there on 30 Aug. 1883. He entered the Capuchins on 4 Oct. 1816; he was a lecturer and then provincial minister…