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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.).