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Circonvenzione di Incapaci
This is the name given to the crime of a person who, for purposes of profit, by abusing the needs, passions or inexperience of a minor, or the state of… -
Ubaghs, Gerhard Casimir
Filosofo belga, n. a Berg-le-Jaquemont il 26 nov. 1800, m. a Lovanio il 15 febbr. 1875. Ordinato sarcedote, insegnò prima nel piccolo Seminario di Rodule, poi… -
Ubaldini, Ottaviano, Cardinal (UBALDINI, OTTAVIANO, CARDINALE)
Born certainly after 1210, died in 1273. He came from the Ghibelline family that long held sway in Mugello and in Tuscan Romagna; he was the uncle of… -
Ubaldi, Paolo
Born in Parma on 30 August 1872, died in Milan on 22 July 1934. Orphaned and taken in at the age of ten by Don Bosco (v. GIOVANNI BOSCO), he became a priest in… -
Ubaldi, Ubaldo
Prelate and biblical scholar, b. in Rome in 1838, d. there on 12 Dec. 1884. A pupil of the Roman Seminary, he obtained his degree in philosophy, theology and… -
Ubaldo of Alençon (UBALDO D'ALENÇON)
Capuchin (secular name Léon-Louis Berson), b. 23 Dec. 1872 at Alençon, d. 5 July 1927 at Bry-sur-Marne. Admitted to the Order in Oct. 1891, he saw his desire… -
Ubaldo of Saint-Amand (UBALDO DI SANT'AMANDO)
Erudite monk (Hucbaldus, Hubaldus, Hugbaldus, Hucboldus, Uchubaldus), b. ca. 830, entered the Benedictine abbey of St. Amand (the famous "Monasterium… -
Ubaldo, Saint (UBALDO, SANTO)
Restorer of canonical life and bishop of Gubbio, born there into a feudal family of Germanic origin between 1080 and 1085, died there on 16 May 1160. Orphaned… -
Ubangi Belga, Apostolic Vicariate of (UBANGI BELGA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located at the northwestern tip of the Belgian Congo. It is entirely contained within the limits of the Equator province and of the civil district of… -
Uberaba, Diocese of (UBERABA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil). It has an area of 92,000 sq. km., with a population of 812,000 inhabitants, of whom 810,000 are… -
Uberti, Fazio degli
Poet, descendant of a noble Ghibelline family of Florence, b. in Pisa in the first decade of the 14th century, d. after 1368. He was a guest at the court of… -
Ubertini, Francesco
UBERTINI, FRANCESCO: V. BACHIACCA. -
Ubertino of Casale (UBERTINO DA CASALE)
Leader of the Franciscan Spirituals, b. in 1259 at Casale-Monferrato (Vercelli), he took the Franciscan habit in the province of Genoa (1273). Destined for S.… -
Uberto (Chugoberctus, Hugbertus), Saint (UBERTO (CHUGOBERCTUS, HUGBERTUS), SANTO)
Apostle of the Ardennes, he was bishop of Tongres-Maastricht (today the diocese of Liège) from about 705 to 30 May 727. Feast on 3 November. Born around 685… -
Überweg, Friedrich
Philosopher, b. 22 Jan. 1826 at Leichlingen in Rhenish Prussia, the son of an Evangelical pastor, d. at Königsberg on 9 June 1871. Privatdozent at Bonn, full… -
Ubiquity, Eucharistic (UBIQUISMO EUCARISTICO)
A Lutheran error, which claims to explain the real presence of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist by the communication of divine omnipresence… -
Ubon, Apostolic Vicariate of (UBON, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
By decree of 7 May 1953, the apostolic vicariate of Tharé (v.) in Thailand was divided for the erection of two independent ecclesiastical circumscriptions… -
Ucayali, Apostolic Vicariate of (UCAYALI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the northern region of Peru. In 1619 the evangelization of the area began through Fr. Gregorio Bolivar with scant results. More fortunate was… -
Udienze, Tabella delle (TABELLA, UDIENZE DI)
This is the name given to those audiences which, according to a fixed rotation, are granted to the cardinals or prelates who head the various dicasteries of… -
Udine, Diocese of (UDINE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in eastern Venetia on the borders with Yugoslav Carniola and Austrian Carinthia. It has a population of 534,700 inhabitants, of whom 534,500… -
Udine Roman Law (LEGGE ROMANA UDINESE)
So called because Canciani found a copy of it in a codex of the chapter library of Udine. Subsequently, when other codices of the same law were discovered in… -
Udon Thani, Apostolic Prefecture of (UDONTHANI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Erected by dismemberment of the apostolic vicariate of Tharé (v.), on 7 May 1953; it comprises the civil departments of Leui, Mongkhai and Udon. It has a total… -
Uganda
British protectorate, comprising a territory of 243,382 sq km to the N. and W. of Lake Victoria, between Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika and the Belgian Congo, and… -
Ugarit
An ancient city of upper Syria, today Rās Samrah, brought to light by French excavations begun in 1929. Rās Samrah is an artificial mound, about 20 m. high and… -
Ugdulena, Gregorio
Orientalist, b. at Termini Imerese on 30 Apr. 1815, d. at Rome on 7 June 1872. In 1843, being already a priest, U. obtained the chair of Hebrew at the… -
Ugento, Diocese of (UGENTO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Lecce. It has an area of 350 sq km with a population of 87,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed in 33 parishes… -
Ughelli, Ferdinando
Scholar, b. in Florence on 21 March 1594, d. in Rome on 19 May 1670. Having been set to literary studies, he entered the Congregation of St. Bernard of the… -
Ugolini, Biagio
Hebraist, b. in Venice ca. 1700. His life is almost entirely unknown. He was a converted Jew, who accomplished a very useful work for the knowledge of Jewish… -
Ugolini, Vincenzo
Musician b. in Perugia c. 1570, d. in Rome on 6 May 1638. Having gone to Rome at a very young age, he studied with Nanino. He was choirmaster at St. Mary Major… -
Ugolino di Vieri di Ugolino
Sienese goldsmith, d. between 1380 and 1385; he was trained in the art by his father, together with his brothers Luca and Domenico, themselves also goldsmiths.… -
Ugonio, Pompeo
Priest, born in Rome around the middle of the 16th century, died there on 28 April 1614 and buried in the old sacristy of the Vatican Basilica. He was a pupil… -
Ugro-Finns (UGROFINNICI)
A special linguistic family divided into two branches: the eastern or Ugric and the western or Finnic. To the first belong Hungarian, Vogul and Ostyak; to the… -
Uguccione of Lodi (UGUCCIONE DA LODI)
A man of arms and of letters who lived between the last decades of the 12th century and the first of the 13th, born perhaps at Cremona, into a family from… -
Uguccione of Pisa (UGUCCIONE DA PISA)
Medieval decretist and lexicographer, b. at Pisa in the first half of the 12th century, d. at Ferrara on 30 April 1210. At the Studium of Bologna, where, after… -
Uhland, Ludwig
German writer, b. 26 April 1787 in Tübingen, d. there 13 Nov. 1862. Together with Justinus Kerner and others he represents the so-called Swabian poetic school.… -
Ukraine (UCRAINA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - One of the 16 federated Republics of which the U.S.S.R. consists, having entered the Union on 30 Dec. 1922 (abbreviation: U.S.S.R.). Its… -
Ulfila
ULFILA: v. GOTICA, VERSIONE DELLA BIBBIA. -
Ulpian, Domitius (ULPIANO, DOMIZIO)
Roman jurist of the 3rd century AD, a native of Tyre in Phoenicia. Not much is known of his life: from 205 to 211 he was, together with Paul (v.), assessor to… -
Ulric of Strasbourg (ULRICO DI STRASBURGO)
Dominican theologian and philosopher, b. at Strasbourg at the beginning of the 13th century, d. at Paris in 1278. A pupil of St. Albert the Great in Cologne… -
Ulric (Uodalric), Bishop of Augsburg, Saint (ULRICO (UDALRICO), VESCOVO DI AUGUSTA, SANTO)
Of the family of the counts of Dillingen, son of Ubald and Ditberga, b. at Augsburg (Bavaria) in 890, d. there on 4 July 973. He studied at St. Gall, and on… -
Ultimate End (FINE ULTIMO)
It is the supreme good toward which every nature tends in its action, and above all the spiritual nature that acts according to intellect and will. SUMMARY: I.… -
Ultramontanism (ULTRAMONTANISMO)
A word of generic and imprecise meaning, created and used beyond the mountains (France, Germany, England, the Low Countries) to designate, rather than a true… -
Ultrarealism (ULTRAREALISMO)
ULTRAREALISMO: v. UNIVERSALI. -
Umana
Today a rural parish in the province of Ancona (Marche) and an ancient diocese, from a very remote age. When the see of Recanati was suppressed in 1264, it was… -
Umberto I, King of Italy (UMBERTO I, RE D'ITALIA)
Born in Turin on 14 March 1844, died at Monza on 29 July 1900. Son of Victor Emmanuel duke of Savoy, later king of Italy, and of Maria Adelaide of Habsburg, he… -
Umbrellino (Umbella, Umbraculum) (OMBRELLINO (UMBELLA, UMBRACULUM))
A small, folding umbrella of white damask silk (red in the Ambrosian rite), trimmed with gold or silk fringes, which is held in reverence over the priest who… -
Umbria
I. GEOGRAPHY. - It is the only region of peninsular Italy, corresponding in substance to the upper and middle basin of the Tiber, whose headwaters, however, do… -
Umbriatico
One of the five microscopic dioceses that formed the metropolis of S. Severina (v.), in Calabria. It was erected by the Byzantines in the 9th century and must… -
Umile of Petralia (UMILE DA PETRALIA)
Sicilian sculptor, in the world Giovanni Francesco Pintormo, b. at Petralia Soprana in 1580, d. at Palermo on 9 February 1639. Received as a lay brother in the… -
Umtali [Mutare], Apostolic Prefecture of (UMTALI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in Southern Rhodesia and entrusted to the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance. The territory comprises the civil districts of Jnyange, Makoni… -
Umtata [Mthatha], Diocese of (UMTATA, DIOCESI DI)
It is situated on the coasts of the Indian Ocean in the eastern part of the Cape Province of the Union of South Africa. Before 1922 the territory was part of… -
Unam Sanctam
During the conflict that divided Philip IV the Fair and Boniface VIII, the latter published on 18 Nov. 1302 a bull dealing with the relations between temporal… -
Unamuno, Miguel de
Spanish writer, b. in Bilbao on 29 Sept. 1864, d. in Salamanca on 31 Dec. 1937. He taught Greek literature at the University of Salamanca. Exiled to the Canary… -
Unbelief (INCREDULITÀ)
Term used in theology to indicate the absence or the repudiation of the supernatural virtue of faith: it is therefore a form of infidelity. If the lack of… -
Unbelievers (INFEDELI)
This name designates adults without Baptism. From the theological point of view, the problem of their salvation is important; from the juridical point of view… -
Unborn Child (NASCITURO)
A human being is capable of being the subject of rights from the moment of his birth. Nevertheless, quite apart from the debated question whether man's… -
Uncial and Semi-Uncial Scripts (ONCIALE E SEMIONCIALE, SCRITTURE)
The term "u." is found used for the first time by St. Jerome (preface to the book of Job: PL 28, 1142), to indicate generically, it seems, large-sized… -
Unconscious (INCONSCIO)
INCONSCIO: v. PSICANALISI. -
Unconscious and Subconscious (INCOSCIENTE E SUBCOSCIENTE)
INCOSCIENTE e SUBCOSCIENTE: v. PSICANALISI. -
Underworld of the Dead (MORTI, MONDO SOTTERRANEO DEI)
The underworld of the dead, designated by the term "Inferi" (Infernal regions), does not carry the idea of a dark place of punishment, as might appear from its… -
Undset, Sigrid
Norwegian novelist, b. at Kallundborg (Denmark) on 20 May 1882, d. at Lillehammer (Norway) on 10 June 1949. Her father was a distinguished Norwegian… -
Undue Enrichment (ARRICCHIMENTO INDEBITO)
Unjust enrichment without cause occurs whenever someone, without a cause recognized by law, derives some patrimonial profit to another's detriment, without… -
Unemployment (DISOCCUPAZIONE)
This means the condition of the worker who, against his will, finds himself without remunerative occupation. The phenomenon assumes the importance of a social… -
UNESCO (UNESCO)
It is one of the bodies created by the UN (United Nations Organization) in fulfillment of the obligation imposed by the Charter (art. 13, letter h) on the… -
Unfaithfulness, V (INFEDELTÀ, V)
INFIDELITY, v. FAITH, SINS against. HELL: I. DESCENT OF CHRIST into: v. LIMBO; PILATE; APOCRYPHA of; II. For non-Christian religions: v. DEAD, UNDERWORLD of… -
Ungarelli, Luigi
Barnabite, one of the first Italian Egyptologists, b. in Bologna on 14 February 1779, d. in Rome on 21 August 1845. Having moved to Rome as master of novices… -
Unification (UNIFICAZIONE)
The spontaneous tendency and reasoned purpose of individuals and of society, aimed at balancing the growing complexity and the growing dissipations that derive… -
"Unigenitus", Bull (UNIGENITUS, BOLLA)
Under the title Unigenitus Dei filius, Clement XI published on Sept. 8, 1713, the bull condemning 101 propositions extracted from the book Réflexions morales… -
Union of Fribourg (UNIONE DI FRIBURGO)
An association of European Catholics who studied social problems, established at the end of the last century, which through periodic conferences held at… -
Union of Italian Catholic Jurists (U.G.C.I.) (UNIONE GIURISTI CATTOLICI ITALIANI (U. G. C. I.))
UNIONE GIURISTI CATTOLICI ITALIANI (U. G. C. I.): v. OPERE CATTOLICHE COORDINATE ALL'AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA. -
Union of Men of Catholic Action (UNIONE UOMINI DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)
It is the men's organization of adult militants in Italian Catholic Action (v.). According to the current Statute (Oct. 11, 1946), it is formed by "married men… -
Union of Saint Catherine of Siena of the Missionary School (UNIONE DI SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA DELLE MISSIONARIE DELLA SCUOLA)
Founded at Gubbio in 1924 by Luigia Tincani (Sister Maria of St. Catherine). They received the decree of praise from the Holy See on 6 February 1934. The… -
Union of South Africa (UNIONE SUDAFRICANA)
I. GEOGRAPHY. - A Dominion (since 1910) forming part of the British Commonwealth and consisting of a federation of four units (provinces), of very different… -
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) (UNIONE DELLE REPUBBLICHE SOCIALISTE SOVIETICHE (U.R.S.S.))
The use of the abbreviation U.S.S.R. dates back to 30 Dec. 1926 (in Russian S.S.S.R., or, in Cyrillic characters, C.C.C.P., that is "Sojuz Sozialist-česciich… -
Union [of the Orientals] (UNIONE [DEGLI ORIENTALI])
UNIONE [DEGLI ORIENTALI]: v. ORIENTE CRISTIANO. -
Union of Women of Catholic Action (UNIONE DONNE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)
The U. Donne di Azione Cattolica arose in 1908, when in Italy too women's forces were gradually asserting themselves with innovative programs and necessarily… -
Union (Protestant) (UNIONE (PROTESTANTE))
A defensive league concluded in Bavarian Swabia on 16 May 1608 between the representative of the Elector Palatine Christian of Anhalt, the Duke of Württemberg… -
Unions of States (UNIONI DI STATI)
Two or more States may voluntarily, and in a more or less stable manner, cooperate for general purposes of common interest. If the cooperation is governed by… -
Unitarian Brothers (FRATELLI UNITORI)
Armenian religious (Elbarg Miabanolq), founded in the first half of the fourteenth century by John of Qina, converted to the Catholic faith by the Dominican… -
Unitarians (UNITARI)
UNITARI: v. ANTITRINITARI. -
Unitas
An international association of Catholics, founded in Rome on the initiative of a group of professors and writers, priests and laymen, which aims to work for… -
United Nations Organization (ORGANIZZAZIONE DELLE NAZIONI UNITE)
It is the international body created after the Second World War along the lines of the League of Nations (v.). I. HISTORY. — A first hint of the intention of… -
United States (U.S.A.) (STATI UNITI (U. S. A.))
A confederation of 48 states, one federal district (D. C.) and two territories (Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands), on which depend, in America, Puerto Rico, the… -
Unity and Physical Dimensions (UNITÀ E DIMENSIONI FISICHE)
The notion of the measurement of certain quantities, in particular of lengths, areas, weights, and hence of the choice of the respective units of measurement… -
Unity of Marriage (UNITÀ DEL MATRIMONIO)
UNITÀ DEL MATRIMONIO: V. POLIANDRIA; POLICINIA. -
Unity of the Church (UNITÀ DELLA CHIESA)
The Church is one, that is, undivided in herself and distinct from every other society. Therefore unity is an essential property of the Church and one of her… -
Universal Consent (CONSENSO UNIVERSALE)
It is the general agreement of human thought concerning truths of fact and first principles of immediate evidence, or even concerning certain derived truths… -
Universalists (UNIVERSALISTI)
A Protestant sect derived from Congregationalism or Brownism. The Brownists taught that each local church is independent, whence the name "Independents"… -
Universal Priestly Alliance of the Friends of the Sacred Heart (ALLEANZA SACERDOTALE UNIVERSALE DEGLI AMICI DEL SACRO CUORE)
An association owing to the inspiration of Mother Louise-Margaret Claret de la Touche, who, as can be gathered from her diary, felt herself called from 1902 to… -
Universe (UNIVERSO)
It is the totality of everything that exists in space and time; also called "world," which in itself means a part of the U. In the earliest Greek poets the… -
Universes (UNIVERS)
Newspaper founded in Paris by Abbé Migne, first published on 3 November 1833 under the title L'Univers religieux; it acquired fame and growing circulation… -
University (UNIVERSITÀ)
In the sense that is now exclusive to the word, it is the school of higher order in which, according to prevailing practice, letters and sciences are publicly… -
University Faculty (FACOLTÀ UNIVERSITARIA)
The expression can be explained historically in two senses. According to the first and simpler one, by facultas was meant the license (facultas) ubique… -
Unleavened (AZIMO)
The Old Testament alludes to unleavened bread on the occasion of hasty flight (Gen. 19, 3; Ex. 12, 34; I Sam. 28, 24); this circumstance caused the use of… -
Unterlinden
Famous Dominican monastery at Colmar in Alsace, diocese of Basel (today Strasbourg), under the patronage of St. John the Baptist. The community, founded at… -
Unworthy (INDEGNI)
From Lat. indignus, "unworthy," "not deserving"; morally, it is one to whom the Sacraments cannot be administered or ecclesiastical offices or benefices (v.)… -
Upanishads (UPANIŞAD)
U. means "esoteric doctrine," secret, to be communicated only to a few initiates. It is the common denomination of a series of works differing in age, size and… -
Upper Gezira of the Chaldeans (ALTA GEZIRA DEI CALDEI)
ALTA GEZIRA dei Caldei: v. GEZIRA. -
Upper Gezira of the Syrians (ALTA GEZIRA DEI SIRI)
ALTA GEZIRA dei Siri: v. GEZIRA. -
Upper Orinoco, Apostolic Prefecture of the (ALTO ORINOCO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DELL')
It is located in northeastern Venezuela, on the borders of British Guiana and Brazil. It was erected by the Sacred Congregation of the Consistory on 5 February… -
Upper Solimões, Apostolic Prefecture of the (ALTO SOLIMÕES, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DELL')
It is located in northwestern Brazil between the southern borders of Colombia and the eastern borders of Peru; to the east it borders on the municipality of… -
Uppsala, School of Exegesis (UPPSALA, SCUOLA ESEGETICA DI)
A school of Lutheran exegesis that emerged during and after the last world war, led by Ivan Engnell of the University of U., which, owing to the singular… -
Ur
A very ancient Mesopotamian city (Sumerian URIM⁴⁰, later URI⁴¹, Akkadian URG⁴²), named in the Bible in Gen. 11:28-31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7 (Hebrew 'Ur Kaidim, "Ur of… -
Ural-Altaic (URALO ALTAICI)
URALO ALTAICI: v. UGRO-FINNICI; TURCO-MONGOLI. -
Uranus (Οὐρανός) (URANO (ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΌΣ))
Deity representing the sky. His name is already found in Homer (Il., XV, 36; Od., V, 184) but as a protagonist he appears in Hesiod's Theogony, where he is the… -
Urartu
A region of ancient Armenia that lay to the north of Assyria, with Lake Van (Wân) almost at its center. The name U. is certainly indigenous, but in the… -
Urawa, Apostolic Prefecture of (URAWA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Located in the central-eastern region of the island of Hondo, northwest of Tokyo, it comprises the civil provinces of Gumma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Saitama… -
Urbania and Sant'Angelo in Vado, Diocese of (URBANIA E SANT'ANGELO IN VADO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Pesaro (Marche) with episcopal residence in U.: suffragan of Urbino. URBANIA. - The diocese of U. has an area of about 193… -
Urban III, Pope (URBANO III, PAPA)
Uberto Crivelli, formerly archbishop of Milan, was elected pope at Verona on 25 Nov. 1185 and consecrated on the 1st of September; but his pontificate was not… -
Urban II, Pope, Blessed (URBANO II, PAPA, BEATO)
Odo of Lagery, Benedictine, b. ca. 1040 at Châtillon-sur-Marne. His election took place at Terracina according to the prescriptions dear to the reformers of… -
Urban I, Pope, Saint (URBANO I, PAPA, SANTO)
He succeeded Callistus (d. 222) and governed the Church for about 8 years, until 230. The author of the Liber Pontificalis calls him a Roman, son of Pontianus… -
Urbanism (URBANESIMO)
Name commonly used to indicate the general phenomena of the formation of large urban agglomerations, especially when rapid and intense, and also that… -
Urban IV, Pope (URBANO IV, PAPA)
Of a family, Giacomo Pantaleon, b. at Troyes ca. 1200, d. at Perugia on 2 Oct. 1264. In 1240 he was archdeacon at Liège; in 1247-49 legate in Silesia, Poland… -
Urban, Jan
Polish Jesuit and writer, b. 23 Jan. 1874 at Brok, in the part of Poland then under Russian rule, d. 27 Sept. 1940 in Kraków. U. followed the course of… -
Urban VIII, Pope (URBANO VIII, PAPA)
Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, b. in Florence, where he was baptized, on 5 April 1568, d. on 29 July 1644. The family, of Marchigian origin, having grown wealthy… -
Urban VII, Pope (URBANO VII, PAPA)
Giambattista Castagna, b. in Rome on 4 Aug. 1521, from a noble Genoese family, related on his mother's side to the Roman families of the Ricci and Jacobazzi.… -
Urban VI, Pope (URBANO VI, PAPA)
St. Peter hands the keys to U. VI. Detail of the Pontiff's tomb (late 14th century; reused Roman sarcophagus), Sacred Vatican Grottoes. the Limousin Pietro di… -
Urban V, Pope, Blessed (URBANO V, PAPA, BEATO)
Guillaume de Grimoard, b. in 1310 in the castle of Grisac (Lozère) to the lord of the place, d. 19 Dec. 1370 at Avignon. He began his studies at Montpellier… -
Urbino, Archdiocese of (URBINO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Pesaro, in the Marche. It has an area of 465 sq km with a population of 47,000 inhabitants, all Catholics; it has 97… -
Urga [Ulaanbaatar], Mission of (URGA, MISSIONE DI)
It comprises the whole of Outer Mongolia, a region never evangelized, because of the extremely difficult conditions of transport across the Gobi desert and the… -
Urgell, Diocese of (URGEL, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese in Spain in Catalonia, in the province of Lerida, with its residence at Seo de Urgel at 700 m. of altitude, on the banks of the Segre. The territory of… -
Urgent Case (CASO URGENTE)
Under this name (as under that of extraordinary case, perplexed case) are understood in moral theology and in canon law the cases of grave and urgent necessity… -
Urias (« My Light is Jahweh »?) (URIA (« LA MIA LUCE È JAHWEH »?))
A man of war, one of David's thirty gibbārīm (II Sam. 23:39). He was Hittite by origin; his name may be an adaptation of a foreign theophoric name. Brave and… -
Urim and Thummim (URIM E TUMMIM)
Mysterious objects used in ancient Israel to cast the sacred lots (I Sam. 28:6). The most probable meaning of the two names is "light" and "integrity," but it… -
Urmia of the Chaldeans (URMIA DEI CALDEI)
URMIA DEI CALDEI: v. REZAYEH DEI CALDEI. -
Ur-Nammu, Code of (UR-NAMMU, CODICE DI)
A legislative text, deciphered in 1952, which today can be considered the oldest known "code" of law, and already attests not only to a long tradition of law… -
Urráburu, Juan José
Jesuit, scholastic philosopher, b. at Ceánuri (Biscay), 20 May 1844, d. at Burgos, 10 Aug. 1904. Having entered the Order in 1860 and completed his studies, he… -
Ursacius (URSACIO)
Arian bishop of Singidunum in Upper Moesia; young and ignorant, perverse and shifty, as St. Hilary defines him, he had been instructed in heresy by Arius… -
Ursicinus, Antipope (URSINO, ANTIPAPA)
When Pope Liberius died (Sept. 366), while in the church of St. Lawrence in Lucina the deacon Damasus was being canonically elected, in the "basilica Julii"… -
Ursmar, Saint (URSMARO, SANTO)
Born at Floyon (Avesnes) in Thiérache on 27 July 644, he was placed at a very early age in the monastery of Lobbes (diocese of Cambrai) founded by St.… -
U.R.S.S.
U.R.S.S.: v. UNIONE DELLE REPUBBLICHE SOCIALISTE SOVIETICHE. -
Ursulines (ORSOLINE)
Name of the religious Congregation founded by St. Angela (v.) Merici, according to which many other congregations of the same name developed, but with… -
Uruguaiana, Diocese of (URUGUAIANA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It has an area of 89,953 sq. km., with a population of 668,747 inhabitants, of whom 650,000 are… -
Uruguay
I. GEOGRAPHY. - A South American state, enclosed between Brazil and Argentina and facing the estuary of the Rio de la Plata. It is a country of plains, over… -
Urundi, Apostolic Vicariate of (URUNDI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
On 14 July 1949 it was divided into the two apostolic vicariates of Ngozi (v.) and Kitega (v.). -
Use and Habitation (USO E ABITAZIONE)
Use is a limited form of usufruct (v.) and the right of habitation is a particularity of use that has as its object a house. Use differs from usufruct by the… -
Useful (UTILE)
Utility, according to its very etymology, indicates that instrumental good which a subject perceives as a means of satisfying its needs or interests, or that… -
Usener, Hermann
Protestant, classical philologist and historian of religions, b. at Weilburg on 23 Oct. 1834, d. at Bonn on 21 Oct. 1905. He taught at the Universities of… -
Uses (USI)
It is the traditional opinion (though not without opposition) that uses (understood in a generic sense as equivalent to customs) are sources of objective law.… -
Uspenskij, Teddoro
Born at Nizhny Novgorod on 7 February 1845, died probably at Leningrad on 1 September 1928, one of the most authoritative Russian Byzantinists, founder and… -
Usuard (USUARDO)
Benedictine of St-Germain-des-Près (Paris), author of a martyrology, d. around 875-77, on January 13. Nothing is known of his origins. He was a professed… -
Usucapion (USUCAPIONE)
USUCAPIONE: v. PRESCRIZIONE. -
Usufruct (USUFRUTTO)
It is the right to enjoy another's property and its fruits, with the burden of the expenses and the care of preserving and maintaining it. The definition… -
Usurpation of Ecclesiastical Goods (USURPAZIONE DEI BENI ECCLESIASTICI)
It is the despoiling or misappropriation of ecclesiastical property by private individuals or even (as often happens on a large scale) by public authority.… -
Usury (USURA)
The term has two acceptations, one absolute, the other relative to interest. In the first case usury is the profit received from a loan as if it were owed by… -
Utilitarianism (UTILITARISMO)
It is the doctrine that posits utility as the foundation of morality, maintaining that actions are good to the extent that they forge the means of material… -
Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris
Hymn of Vespers in the Office of the feast of St. John the Baptist, written by Paul the Deacon, a Benedictine monk of the 8th century. Drawing inspiration from… -
Utraquists (UTRAQUISTI)
UTRAQUISTI: V. BOEMI, FRATELLI. -
Utrecht, Archdiocese of (UTRECHT, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese that coincides with the north-eastern part of the Netherlands, with 3.3 million inhabitants, of whom 780,000 are Catholics. Almost 57% are… -
Uzès, Diocese of (UZÈS, DIOCESI DI)
UZÈS, DIOCESI di: v. NIMES, DIOCESE of. > (courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutze) > UTRECHT, ARCHDIOCESE OF - Silver bust of St. Plechelm (8th century), executed in…