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Tiara
From the Greek τάρα, synonym of φάγιον (= turban), a head covering proper to the pope, of conical shape adorned with three crowns (= triregnum), surmounted… -
Tiarini, Alessandro
Painter, b. in Bologna on 23 March 1577, d. there on 8 February 1668. He began his training in art with Prospero Fontana and then with Bartolomeo Cesi. After… -
Tibaldi, Pellegrino
Also called Pellegrino de' Pellegrini, painter and architect, b. at Puria (Valsolda) in 1527, d. at Milan on 27 May 1596. He began painting in Bologna, within… -
Tiberias (TIBERIADE)
A city of Palestine, almost at the center of the western shore of the lake of the same name, founded near ancient Rakkath (Josh. 19:36) between the years 18… -
Tiberius, Claudius Nero, Roman Emperor (TIBERIO, CLAUDIO NERONE, IMPERATORE ROMANO)
B. 16 Nov. 42 B.C., d. at the villa of Misenum on 16 March 37 A.D. In the New Testament he is named expressly only in Lk. 3:1; he is alluded to in Mt. 22:17… -
Tibet
A vast and elevated plateau (5,000 m. on average), enclosed between the Himalayas and the Kuen Lun, entirely desert in the west, with some pasture in the… -
Tiburium (TIBURIO)
This is the name given to a polygonal roof divided into wedge-shaped sections, covered on the outside by masonry that supports a pyramidal roof. Very common in… -
Tiburtius, Saint, Martyr (TIBURZIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He was laid to rest on the Via Labicana in the cemetery inter duas lauros. Nothing is known about his life or the time of his martyrdom, which Damasus… -
Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus, Saints, Martyrs (TIBURZIO, VALERIANO E MASSIMO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The relationship between V. and T. is attested only by the Acta et passio beatissimae martyris Caeciliae, Valeriani et Tiburtii. In these, V. is given as the… -
Ticonius (TICONIO)
Donatist writer, though excommunicated by his own, d. ca. 400. He had written: De bello intestino libri tres and Expositiones diversarum causarum (Gennadius… -
Tiddis
Ancient diocese in Numidia, in present-day Algeria, today a titular see. It is the ancient "Castellum Tidditanum," 40 km from Constantine. It is today a… -
Tieffentaller, Joseph
Jesuit missionary and geographer, b. at Salorno (Bolzano) on 24 April 1710, d. at Laknau (India) on 5 July 1785. Having entered the Order in 1729, he left for… -
Tientsin [Tianjin], Diocese of (TIENTSIN, DIOCESI DI)
In the north-eastern part of the province of Hopeh, on the coast of the Yellow Sea. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate, under the name of Maritime… -
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
Painter, b. in Venice on 5 March 1696, d. in Madrid on 27 March 1770. Son of Domenico "parcenevole di vascello," that is, co-owner of a merchant ship, and of… -
Tiepolo, Lorenzo Baldissera
Painter, b. 1 Aug. 1736 in Venice, d. shortly before 8 Aug. 1776 in Madrid; son of G. Battista. He followed his father to Würzburg and to Spain. He is… -
Tierradentro, Apostolic Prefecture of (TIERRADENTRO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in the center of the Cordillera of Colombia, at a great altitude. It was erected on 13 May 1921 with territory detached from the archdiocese of… -
Tiglath-Pileser
TIGLATH-PILESER: v. THEGLATH-PHALASAR III. -
Tigray (TIGRAI)
Apostolic prefecture erected on 15 March 1937 by the apostolic constitution Quo in Aethiopiae regionibus (AAS, 29 [1937], pp. 357-58). It comprises the region… -
Tigris (TIGRI)
One of the two great rivers - the eastern one - that flow from the eastern borders of Asia Minor in a south-easterly direction to the Persian Gulf, forming the… -
Tigzirt
A modern village on the Roman ruins of Rusucurru in Mauretania Caesariensis, present-day Algeria. Rusucurru is mentioned by Pliny (Hist. nat., V, 2, 20), who… -
Tihamer, Tóth
Bishop, orator and educator, b. at Szolnok (Hungary) in 1889, d. at Vezprem on 5 May 1939. After literary studies at Szolnok and theological studies at the… -
Tikhon of Zadonsk (TICHON DI ZADONSK)
One of the most prominent and popular figures in Russian hagiography. B. at Novgorod in 1724, d. at Zadonsk on 13 Aug. 1783. He was successively professor… -
Tikhon (Vasiliy Ivanovich), Belavin (TICHON (WASSILIJ JVANOVIĆ), BELLAVIN)
Patriarch of Moscow, b. 17 Jan. 1865 at Toropets, d. 7 Apr. 1925 at Moscow. Having completed his studies in 1888 at the Theological Academy of St. Petersburg… -
Tillemont, Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de (TILLEMONT, LOUIS-SÉBASTIEN, LE NAIN DE)
French scholar and historian, b. in Paris on 30 Nov. 1637, d. there on 10 Jan. 1698. Educated in Paris in a Jansenist environment, he soon felt attracted to… -
Timavus (TIMAVO)
The mouths of the river, which after 40 km. of underground course gushes out from the rock onto the sea, were the site of a very ancient cult that myth traces… -
Time (TEMPO)
It is, in general, the interval between two successive events and is often imagined as a homogeneous and immutable flux, in which facts happen; more precisely… -
Timgad
It is the ancient Thamugadi in Numidia, in present-day Algeria. The legate L. Munatius Gallus of the III Augustan Legion laid out its perimeter, enclosed by a… -
Timișoara, Diocese of (TIMISOARA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Romania. It has an area of 24,755 sq km with a population of 1,300,000 inhabitants, of whom 380,000 are Catholics; it has 164 parishes… -
Timmins, Diocese of (TIMMINS, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the northern part of the provinces of Ontario and Québec (Canada). Today the diocese of T. has a population of 150,000 souls, of whom… -
Timon, Saint (TIMONE, SANTO)
One of the first seven deacons. He is mentioned in the account of the election of the deacons in Acts 6:1-6, but nothing is known of his life. Ado commemorates… -
Timothy II, Nestorian Patriarch (TIMOTEO II, PATRIARCA NESTORIANO)
He succeeded in 1318 the famous Mongol patriarch Jahballāhā III and held the office until 1332. After him begins the rapid decline of the Nestorian Church. T.… -
Timothy I, Nestorian Patriarch (TIMOTEO I, PATRIARCA NESTORIANO)
Born in 727 or 728 at Hazzà near Arbela, died in 823. A monk in the monastery of St. George, he was later bishop of Bejt Bagaš and in 779 patriarch. After two… -
Timothy of Constantinople (TIMOTEO DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
Priest and treasurer of the church of Hagia Sophia. He wrote between the 6th and 7th centuries, under the title On Those Who Approach the Holy Church, a… -
Timothy of Jerusalem (TIMOTEO DI GERUSALEMME)
Fictitious name of a Byzantine sacred orator. To T., a presbyter of Jerusalem, there is attributed in some manuscripts (while others bear the names of… -
Timothy, Saint, Martyr (TIMOTEO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is already commemorated in the Deponitio martyrum on August 22 on the Via Ostiense. On the same date he is commemorated in the Gelasian Sacramentary of St.… -
Timothy (Τιμόθεος), Saint (TIMOTEO (ΤΥΌΘΕΟΣ), SANTO)
Collaborator and beloved disciple of St. Paul, born at Lystra in Lycaonia to a pagan father and a Jewish (or proselyte) mother, converted by the Apostle… -
Tindal, Matthew
English philosopher, b. at Beer Ferrers (Devonshire) in 1656, d. at Oxford in 1733. Having converted to Catholicism, he returned to Anglicanism in 1687. Of his… -
Tine, Diocese of (TINE, DIOCESI DI)
TINE, DIOCESI di : v. NAXOS, DIOCESI di. -
Tingchow [Changting], Diocese of (TINGCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the southwestern part of the province of Fukien, in southern China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 27 Dec. 1923 with the civil subprefecture… -
Tino di Camaino di Crescenzio di Diotisalvi
Sculptor and architect, b. in Siena around 1280, d. in Naples in 1336 or 1337. The first evidence of his activity is in Pisa, where T. went, presumably as a… -
Tinos
Catholic bishopric of the island of the same name. Bishops of T. took part in the ecumenical councils V (553), VI (680), VII (787). At the end of the 9th… -
Tintoretto (Robusti), Jacopo, called Il (TINTORETTO, JACOPO ROBUSTI DETTO IL)
Born in Venice between 1518 and 1519. This date, in contrast with that given by Ridolfi (1512) and by Borghini (1524), emerges as the most probable from the… -
Tipaldo, Emilio
Born in Cephalonia on 8 Oct. 1798, died in Mirano (Venice) on 31 March 1878. Having moved to the Veneto in 1810, from 1826 he was professor of history… -
Tipasa
A small town in Mauretania Caesariensis (present-day Algeria) on the shores of the Mediterranean, 70 km west of Algiers. Probably founded by the Carthaginians… -
Tipiṭaka (TIPIŢAKA)
TIPIŢAKA (sanscr. TRIPIŢAKA): v. TRIPIŢAKA. -
Tiraboschi, Girolamo
Historian, b. at Bergamo on 18 Dec. 1731, d. at Modena on 3 June 1794. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1746, he taught eloquence at Milan in the College… -
Tirana
Capital of the Albanian State, arisen around 1600 through the work of the Turks, situated to the E. of Durazzo and to the NE. of Elbassan, on the course of the… -
Tiraspol, Diocese of (TIRASPOL, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Mohilew, it comprises southern Russia from the Dniester almost to the Ural River. The diocese was founded on July 3, 1848. The see was formerly… -
Tirinus (Le Thiry), Iacobus
Flemish theologian, b. at Antwerp in 1580, d. there in 1636. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1600, he held administrative offices for a great part of… -
Tironian Notes (TIRONIANE, NOTE)
TIRONIANE, NOTE : v. TACHIGRAFIA. -
Tirso de Molina
Poet, b. in Madrid in March 1584 (and not 1570, as has been erroneously repeated), d. in the convent of Soria on 12 March 1648. T. de M. is the pseudonym of… -
Tiruchirapally, Diocese of (TIRUCHIRAPALLY, DIOCESI DI)
It is located in south-eastern India and borders on the dioceses of Madhurai, Coimbatore, Salem, Kumbakonam, Tanjore. It was erected in 1886, when the Catholic… -
Tiruchirappalli, Diocese of (TRICHINOPOLY, DIOCESI DI)
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, DIOCESE OF: V. TIRUCHIRAPALLI, DIOCESI di. -
Tiruvalla
Diocese of the Syro-Malankara, suffragan of Trivandrum in India. It was erected on 11 June 1932 by the apostolic constitution Christo pastorum principi. It… -
Tischendorf, Lobegott (Aenotheus), Friedrich Constantin von
Protestant bibliographer, b. at Lengenfeld near Zwickau in Saxony on 18 Jan. 1815, d. at Leipzig on 7 Dec. 1874. Extraordinary professor in 1845, he was… -
Tishri (TIŠRÍ)
First month of the Hebrew calendar, corresponding to September-October of our calendar. The first day of T. (whose name does not occur in the Bible) marks the… -
Tisi, Benvenuto
TISI, BENVENUTO: v. GAROFALO, IL. -
Tiso, Jozef
Priest and politician, b. Oct. 13, 1887, at Vel'ká Bytča, d. Apr. 18, 1947 at Bratislava. Born into a farming family, he completed his studies at Žilina, Nitra… -
Tissot, Joseph
Ascetical writer, b. at Annecy on Sept. 1, 1840, d. on Aug. 2, 1894. Having entered the Institute of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales at Annecy, he… -
Titans (Τιτᾶνες) (TITANI (ΤΙΤΆΝΕΣ))
From the union of Uranus and Gaea were born the Titans, gigantic beings endowed with prodigious strength. The Theogony names 12 of them (v. 133), and among the… -
Titelmans, Franciscus
Franciscan theologian, b. at Hasselt (Belgium) in 1502 or shortly before, d. in 1537. He studied philosophy at the University of Louvain, where in 1521 he… -
Titian, Vecellio (TIZIANO, VECELLIO)
Painter, b. at Pieve di Cadore, probably around 1488-90, d. at Venice on 27 Aug. 1576. Son of Gregorio and Lucia, brother of Francesco, father of Orazio. One… -
Title of Ordination (TITOLO DELL'ORDINAZIONE)
It consists in the guarantee of a lifetime income sufficient for the dignified support of the ordinand (can. 979 § 2). I. HISTORICAL NOTES. - In the early… -
Titles of Dignity (TITOLI DI DIGNITÀ)
They are verbal marks capable of completing a person's identity, with a function that is therefore both identifying and honorific. The prefixing, or addition… -
Titles of the Roman Church (TITOLI DELLA CHIESA ROMANA)
This term today designates the churches of Rome over which a cardinal of the Order of Priests is placed. I. ORIGINI. - Il Liber Pontificalis parla dei t. fin… -
Tito, Ettore
Painter b. at Castellammare di Stabia on 15 Dec. 1859, d. at Venice on 26 June 1941. A pupil for a short time at Naples under the Dutchman Van Haanen, T. was… -
Titulars of the Churches (TITOLARI DELLE CHIESE)
Official designation assigned to a church or an oratory. I. PRESENT PRACTICE. - Every church, whether consecrated or solemnly blessed, every public or… -
Titus of Bostra (TITO DI BOSTRA)
Died before 378, author of a work in 4 books against the Manichaeans, preserved completely in Syriac and in part in Greek. In its first two books the… -
Titus (T. Flavius Vespasianus Augustus), Roman Emperor (TITO (T. FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS AUGUSTUS) IMPERATORE ROMANO)
Son of Vespasian, born in Rome on 30 December 39 A.D., died at Aquae Cutiliae (today Cotilia, near Rieti) on 13 September 81 A.D. He completed his military… -
Titus (Τίτος), Saint (TITO (ΤΊΤΟΣ), SANTO)
A pagan by origin and perhaps a native of Antioch, he was a companion and effective collaborator of St. Paul, especially in pacifying the Christian community… -
Tivoli, Diocese of (TIVOLI, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Rome. The diocese has an area of 620 sq km with a population of 70,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, in 45 parishes served by… -
Tixeront, Joseph
Sulpician theologian, b. 19 March 1856 at Ennezat (Puy-de-Dôme), d. at Lyon on 3 Sept. 1925. A pupil of Duchesne (v.), he was ordained a priest in 1879. A long… -
Tizzani, Vincenzo
Archbishop, b. in Rome on 27 June 1809, d. there on 19 Jan. 1892. A canon regular of the Lateran in Sept. 1832, after taking his degree in theology at the…