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Swabians (SVEVI)
The name of Suebi is attributed by classical writers to more than one Germanic stock, and at other times alternates with other names, especially with that of… -
Swastika (SVASTIKA)
SVASTIKA: v. CROCE. VIII. The cross in archaeology. -
Swatow [Shantou], Diocese of (SWATON (SHANTOW), DIOCESI DI)
On the coast of the South China Sea, in the province of Kwangtung. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate under the name of Chaochow on 6 April 1914, by… -
Swaziland, Apostolic Vicariate of (SWAZILAND, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In South African territory under British protection, enclosed between the Transvaal and Mozambique. The first two Servite missionaries went there in 1913 and… -
Sweden (SVEZIA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The largest (450,000 sq. km.) of the Scandinavian countries; the fourth in area among the European ones (v. map under the entry NORWAY). It… -
Swedenborg (Svendberg), Emanuel
Protestant theosophist and founder of the sect of the "Swedenborgians" or "Church of the New Jerusalem," b. in Stockholm on 29 Jan. 1688, d. in London on 29… -
Swetchine, Anne-Sophie (SWJETSCHIN, ANNE-SOPHIE)
Russian convert, born in Moscow on 22 Nov. 1782, died in Paris on 9 Sept. 1857. Of the noble Sojmonoff family, lady-in-waiting to the tsarina Maria, wife of… -
Swift, Jonathan
Irish writer, b. in Dublin on 30 Nov. 1667, d. there on 19 Oct. 1745. Although he had received orders in the Anglican Church, he was nevertheless averse to all… -
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (SWINBURNE ALGERNON, CHARLES)
English poet, b. in London on 5 Apr. 1837, d. at Putney Hill on 10 Apr. 1909. He made his debut by publishing the two dramas The Queen Mother and Rosamond. In… -
Swiss Society for Foreign Missions of Bethlehem (SOCIETÀ SVIZZERA PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DI BETLEMME)
The missionary house of Bethlehem in Immensee was founded in 1896 by Fr. Barral. Its purpose was to give young Swiss men the possibility of becoming priests… -
Swithun, Saint (SWITHUN, SANTO)
His biographers maintain a prudent reserve concerning his life. According to some he became bishop of Winchester after 837; according to others in 852, at the… -
Switzerland (SVIZZERA)
The smallest (41,295 sq km) of the states bordering Italy, contained in that strip of central Europe enclosed between the Jura and the Alpine arc. I.… -
Swoboda, Heinrich
Theologian, b. June 28, 1861 in Vienna, d. there May 7, 1923. Professor of pastoral theology and catechetics at the University of Vienna from 1895, a brilliant…