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UrVol. XII, p. 561 UR. — The most ancient Mesopotamian city (Sumerian URIM⁴⁰, later URI⁴¹, Akkadian URG⁴²), mentioned in the Bible in Gen. 11:28–31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7 (Heb. ’Ur…
Ur-Nammu, Code of(UR-NAMMU, CODICE DI)Vol. XII, p. 577 UR-NAMMU, CODE of. - Legislative text, deciphered in 1952, which may today be considered the oldest known “code” of law, and which already attests not only to…
Ural-Altaic(URALO ALTAICI)Vol. XII, p. 562 URALO ALTAICI: v. UGRO-FINNICI; TURCO-MONGOLI.
Uranus (Οὐρανός)(URANO (ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΌΣ))Vol. XII, p. 562 URANO (Οὐρανός). – Deity representing the sky. His name is already found in Homer (Il., XV, 36; Od., V, 184), but he appears as a protagonist in the Hesiodic…
UrartuVol. XII, p. 562 URARTU. — A region of ancient Armenia lying 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)Vol. XII, p. 566 URAWA, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. – Situated in the central-eastern region of the island of Hondo, northwest of Tokyo, it comprises the civil provinces of Gumma,…
Urban I, Pope, Saint(URBANO I, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. XII, p. 568 URBAN I, POPE, saint. - He succeeded Callistus (d. 222) and governed the Church for about 8 years until 230. The author of the Liber Pontificalis describes him…
Urban II, Pope, Blessed(URBANO II, PAPA, BEATO)Vol. XII, p. 569 URBAN II, POPE, blessed. — Oddone di Lagery, a Benedictine, born ca. 1040 at Châtillon-sur-Marne. His election took place at Terracina according to the…
Urban III, Pope(URBANO III, PAPA)Vol. XII, p. 569 URBANO III, POPE. — Uberto Crivelli, formerly archbishop of Milan, was elected pope at Verona on 25 Nov. 1185 and consecrated on 1 Sept.; but he did not have a…
Urban IV, Pope(URBANO IV, PAPA)Vol. XII, p. 570 URBANO IV, PAPA. – By birth Giacomo Pantaleon, born at Troyes around 1200, died at Perugia on 2 October 1264. In 1240 he was archdeacon at Liège; in 1247–49…
Urban V, Pope, Blessed(URBANO V, PAPA, BEATO)Vol. XII, p. 570 URBANO V, POPE, blessed. - Guglielmo di Grimoard, born in 1310 in the castle of Grisac (Lozère) to the lord of the place, died on 19 Dec. 1370 at Avignon. He…
Urban VI, Pope(URBANO VI, PAPA)Vol. XII, p. 571 URBANO VI, PAPA — St Peter handing the keys to U. VI. Detail of the Pontiff’s tomb (late 14th century; reused Roman sarcophagus), Vatican Sacred Grottoes. The…
Urban VII, Pope(URBANO VII, PAPA)Vol. XII, p. 571 URBANO VII, PAPA. - Giambattista Castagna, born in Rome on Aug. 4, 1521, from a noble Genoese family, related on his mother's side to the Roman families of the…
Urban VIII, Pope(URBANO VIII, PAPA)Vol. XII, p. 572 URBANO VIII, POPE. - Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, born in Firenze, where he was baptized, on 5 Apr. 1568, died on 29 July 1644. The family, of Marchigian origin,…
Urban, JanVol. XII, p. 566 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 Cracovia. U. studied…
Urbanism(URBANESIMO)Vol. XII, p. 566 URBANISM.—A term ordinarily used to designate the general phenomena involved in the formation of large urban agglomerations, especially when rapid and intense,…
Urbino, Archdiocese of(URBINO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 574 URBINO, ARCIDIOCESI di. — City and archdiocese in the province of Pesaro, in the Marches. It has an area of 465 sq km and a population of 47,000, all…
Urga, Mission of(URGA, MISSIONE DI)Vol. XII, p. 576 URGA, MISSION. — It comprises all of Outer Mongolia, a region never evangelized because of the extremely difficult transport conditions across the Gobi Desert…
Urgell, Diocese of(URGEL, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 576 URGEL, DIOCESE of. — Diocese of Spain in Catalonia, in the province of Lerida, with its seat at Seo de Urgel, at an altitude of 700 m., on the banks of the…
Urgent Case(CASO URGENTE)Vol. III, p. 578 URGENT CASE. — Under this name (as also under that of extraordinary case, perplexing case) moral theology and canon law understand cases of grave and urgent…
Uria (« My Light is Jahweh »?)(URIA (« LA MIA LUCE È JAHWEH »?))Vol. XII, p. 577 URIA (“Jahweh is my light”?)—A man of war, one of David’s thirty gibbārīm (II Sam., 23, 39). He was of Hittite origin; his name may be an adaptation of a…
Urim and Thummim(URIM E TUMMIM)Vol. XII, p. 577 URIM and TUMMIM. — Mysterious objects used in ancient Israel for obtaining sacred oracles (I Sam. 28:6). The most probable meaning of the two names is “light”…
Urmia of the Chaldeans(URMIA DEI CALDEI)Vol. XII, p. 577 URMIA DEI CALDEI: v. REZAYEH DEI CALDEI.
Urráburu, Juan JoséVol. XII, p. 577 URRÁBURU, JUAN JOSÉ. — Jesuit, scholastic philosopher, b. at Ceánuri (Biscay) on 20 May 1844, d. at Burgos on 10 Aug. 1904. He entered the Order in 1860 and,…
Ursacius(URSACIO)Vol. XII, p. 578 URSACIO. — Arian bishop of Singidunum in Upper Moesia; young and ignorant, perverse and wily, as St. Hilary calls him, he had been instructed in the heresy by…
Ursicinus, Antipope(URSINO, ANTIPAPA)Vol. XII, p. 578 URSINO, ANTIPAPA. — When Pope Liberius died (September 366), while the deacon Damasus was being canonically elected in the church of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, 7…
Ursmar, Saint(URSMARO, SANTO)Vol. XII, p. 578 URSMARO, saint. – Born at Floyon (Avcentes) in the Thiérache, on 27 July 644, he was placed at a very early age in the monastery of Lobbes (diocese of…
Ursulines(ORSOLINE)Vol. IX, p. 248 ORSOLINE. – Name of the religious congregation founded by St. Angela (v.) Merici, after which many other congregations of the same name developed, but with…
Uruguaiana, Diocese of(URUGUAIANA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 578 URUGUAIANA, DIOCESE of. – City and diocese in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has an area of 89,953 sq. km, with a population of 668,747, of whom…
UruguayVol. XII, p. 578 URUGUAY. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - South American state, enclosed between Brazil and Argentina and facing onto the estuary of the Rio de la Plata. It is a country of…
Urundi, Apostolic Vicariate of(URUNDI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. XII, p. 583 URUNDI, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. – On 14 July 1949 it was divided into the two apostolic vicariates of Ngozi (v.) and Kitega (v.).
