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Thomson, James
English poet, b. at Port Glasgow on 23 Nov. 1834, d. in London on 3 June 1882. He suffered poverty, especially in childhood, and experienced other misfortunes… -
Thonissen, Jean-Joseph
Belgian jurist and politician, b. Jan. 10, 1816 in Hasselt, d. Aug. 17, 1891 in Louvain. After graduating in law from the University of Liège in 1838, he… -
Thoronet, Abbey of (THORONET, ABBAZIA DI LE)
Ancient Cistercian abbey in the diocese of Fréjus in the department of Var, in France. Raymond of St-Gilles summoned on 14 April 1136 some Cistercian monks… -
Thorvaldsen, Bertel
Sculptor, b. in Copenhagen on 13 Nov. 1768, d. there on 24 March 1844. First a pupil of his father, then of Abilgaard and of Carstens, at the age of 29 he went… -
Thouar, Pietro
Educator and writer, b. in Florence on 23 Oct. 1809; d. there on 1 Jan. 1861. An undisciplined pupil, he worked as a proofreader first for V. Battelli, then… -
Thought (PENSIERO)
From the Latin pensare, to weigh, to ponder (the Greek νόμος, διάνοια has a different derivation), the term preserves its etymological reference in one of its… -
Thouvenel, Édouard (THOUVENEL, EDOUARD)
French statesman, b. at Verdun on 11 Nov. 1818, d. at Paris on 10 Oct. 1866. After a rapid and brilliant diplomatic career (he was, among other things… -
Thrasea, Saint, Martyr (TRASEA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Bishop of Eumenia in Phrygia, who lived in the second half of the 2nd century. The Syriac Breviary and the Hieronymian Martyrology commemorate him on 27 Oct.… -
Thraso, Cemetery of (TRASONE, CIMITERO DI)
It is mentioned for the first time in the Depositio martyrum under 29 Nov., because the martyr Saturninus (v.) was laid there under the open sky. THRASON… -
Three Chapters (CAPITOLI, I TRE)
CAPITOLI, I TRE: V. TRE CAPITOLI. -
Three Chapters (TRE CAPITOLI)
Theological controversy of the 6th century concerning three representatives of the Antiochene school: Theodore (v.) of Mopsuestia, Theodoret (v.) of Cyrrhus… -
Thrissur (TRICHUR)
Episcopal see of the Syro-Malabarese in India. Suffragan of Ernakulam, erected by the apostolic constitution Romani Pontifices of 21 Dec. 1923 (previously… -
Throne (Thronus, Cathedra, Sedes) (TRONO (THRONUS, CATHEDRA, SEDES))
It is the seat reserved for the bishop in his cathedral church for pontifical functions. In ancient times it was of the type of the cathedra (v.) of senators… -
Thubal (THUBAL)
One of the sons of Japheth in the ethnographic table, where he is mentioned between Javan and Meshech (Gen. 10:2). The three names are again associated in… -
Thuburbo Maius
Ancient diocese and city in proconsular Africa, called the colony "Iulia Aurelia Commoda Thuburbo Maius," present-day Henchir-el-Kasbat in Tunisia; today it is… -
Thuburbo Minus
Ancient diocese in proconsular Africa, today Tebourba in Tunisia; it is now a titular see. In 411 Victor was bishop; but it may be that the names of the… -
Thun-Hohenstein, Leo, Count of (THUN-HOHENSTEIN, LEO, CONTE DI)
Politician, b. at Tetschen on 7 April 1811, d. at Vienna on 17 December 1888. He studied law at Prague and entered the magistracy and then the administrative… -
Thurles, Diocese of (THURLES, DIOCESI DI)
THURLES, DIOCESI di: v. CASHEL, DIOCESI di. -
Thursday, Diocese of (THURSDAY, DIOCESI DI)
THURSDAY, DIOCESI di: v. DARWIN, DIOCESI di. -
Thurston, Herbert
Jesuit, hagiographer and liturgist, b. in London on 15 Nov. 1856, d. there on 3 Nov. 1939. Having entered the Order on 28 Sept. 1874, from 1894 he was attached… -
Thus Fathers Spend Their Lives in Shadow (SIC PATRES VITAM PERAGUNT IN UMBRA)
Hymn of Lauds on the feast of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servants of Mary, a continuation of the other one of Matins: Bella dum late... Its author was… -
Thutmose III and IV (THUTMOSE III E IV)
Pharaohs of the XVIIIth dynasty, one of whom is sometimes named in order to identify with one of them the pharaoh of the oppression or of the Exodus of Israel… -
Thyatira (TIATIRA)
City of Lydia, founded or rather embellished and enlarged by Seleucus I (v.), who settled Macedonian colonists there, where Akhisar now stands. The locality…