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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…