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Vitelleschi, Giovanni
Cardinal, b. at Corneto (Tarquinia) of an honored family, in his youth served the condottiere Tartaglia; under Martin V he entered the Curia, where he was a… -
Vitelleschi, Muzio
Sixth general of the Society of Jesus, b. in Rome on 2 Dec. 1563, d. there on 9 Feb. 1645. Having entered the Order (1583), overcoming the fierce opposition of… -
Vitelli, Vitellozzo
Cardinal, b. at Città di Castello in 1531 to the condottiere Alessandro V. and Angela Rossa, d. at Rome on 19 Nov. 1568. A cleric of the Camera, he was… -
Vitelo (Witilo, Vitellio)
Philosopher and mathematician, b. in Silesia, around 1230. He studied the "arts" in Paris, and later, perhaps between 1262 and 1268, according to Birkenmajer… -
Viterbo, Diocese of (VITERBO, DIOCESI DI)
Located in Lazio, in the province of V., it has united with it the diocese of Tuscania (v.), with which it measures an area of 720 sq km, bounded by the… -
Vitoria, Diocese of (VITORIA, DIOCESI DI)
VITORIA, Diocese of.- Diocese and capital city in the province of Alava. The diocese has an area of 3,364 sq km with a population of 120,156 inhabitants, all… -
Vitoria, Francesco de
VITORIA, FRANCESCO de: v. FRANCESCO DA VITORIA. -
Vitoria, Tomás Luis de (VITORIA, TOMAS LUÍS DE)
Spanish musician b. at Avila in 1548, d. at Madrid on 27 Aug. 1611. In 1557 he entered as a singer in the choir of the cathedral of > (from R. Casimiri, II V.… -
Vittoria, Alessandro
Sculptor and architect, b. in Trento in 1524, d. in Venice on 27 May 1608. Sent to Venice at the age of nineteen by Bishop Madruzzo (1543), he placed himself… -
Vittoriano, Saint (VITTORIANO, SANTO)
B. c. 478, a great promoter of monastic life, d. abbot of Asán, 12 January 558. The Life of V., reassessed by Fita (who dates it to the beginning of the 8th… -
Vittori, Mariano
Bishop, b. at Rieti in 1518, d. there on 29 June 1572. Ordained a priest, he completed his studies at Siena and from there went on to Rome, where, having… -
Vittorino (dei Rambaldoni) da Feltre
Educator and humanist, b. at Feltre, most probably in 1373, d. at Mantua on 2 February 1446. At the age of eighteen he went to Padua, where at the University… -
Vittorino, Saint (VITTORINO, SANTO)
VITTORINO, santo: v. AMITERNO. -
Vittorio Veneto, Diocese of (VITTORIO VENETO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Treviso on the southern slope of the Belluno Prealps; the city is watered by the Meschio. It has an area of 1,420 sq km… -
Vit, Vincenzo de
Scholar, b. 10 July 1810 at Mestrino (Padua), d. 18 Aug. 1892 at Domodossola. A priest in 1836 and a professor in that Seminary until 1844, he then held at… -
Vivaldi, Antonio
Musician b. in Venice perhaps in 1675, d. in Vienna in 1741. He studied music first with his father, a good violinist of the ducal chapel of St. Mark's, then… -
Vivaldi, Ugolino and Vadino (VIVALDI, UGOLINO E VADINO)
Genoese navigators who in 1291 undertook a voyage "quod aliquis usque nunc minime attemptavit" in order to reach "per maria oceana ad partes Indias," as says… -
Vivarini, Family (VIVARINI, FAMIGLIA)
Murano painters, active in Venice between c. 1440 and the early 1500s. ANTONIO. - Son of Michele, a glassmaker, he is mentioned in numerous Venetian documents… -
Vivarium
Monastery founded by Cassiodorus (v.), who had withdrawn from politics, on the ancestral property of V., near Squillace, a little below the hermitage situated… -
Viventian Age (VIVENTI, ETÀ DEI)
The enormous span of time that elapses between the solidification of the first terrestrial crust and the Cambrian (the period that opens the Paleozoic era and… -
Vives, Juan Bautista
Born on May 3, 1545 in Valencia (Aragon), died on Feb. 22, 1632 in Rome, belonging to the family of the humanist Juan Luis Vives (v.). In 1588, already a… -
Vives, Juan Luis (VIVES, JUAN LUÍS)
Apologist, philosopher and educationist, b. at Valencia on 6 March 1492, d. at Bruges on 6 May 1540. At the University of Paris, soon weary of the old methods… -
Vives y Tutó, Giuseppe Calasanzio
Capuchin theologian, cardinal, b. at S. Andrés de Llevancras (Barcelona) on 5 February 1854; d. at Monteporzio Catone on 7 September 1913. A priest in 1877, he… -
Viviana (Bibiana), Saint, Martyr (BIBIANA (VIBIANA), SANTA, MARTIRE)
The Passio relates that the Roman virgin B., together with her mother Dafrosa and her sister Demetria, was scourged to death under Julian the Apostate. This… -
Viviani, Quirico
Priest and man of letters, b. at Soligo (Treviso) in 1784, d. at Padua on 9 Nov. 1835. He completed his studies at Padua in the school of Cesarotti, who always… -
Viviers, Diocese of (VIVIERS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the department of Ardèche (France). It has an area of 5,527 sq km with a population of 232,000 inhabitants, of whom 202,826 are Catholics… -
Vivina, Saint (VIVINA, SANTA)
Flemish mystic, foundress (ca. 1120), through the donation of Duke Godfrey of Lorraine, and prioress of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Mary at Bigarden near… -
Vizzardelli, Carlo
Cardinal, b. at Monte S. Giovanni Campano (Frosinone) on 2 July 1791, d. at Rome on 24 May 1851. Ordained a priest in Veroli and having completed his higher… -
Vizzini, Giuseppe
Theologian and bishop, b. at Villalba (Caltanissetta) on 10 Nov. 1874, d. at Ferla (Noto) on 8 Dec. 1935. A pupil of the Collegio Leoniano in Rome, he… -
Vlacich, Mattia
VLACICH, MATTIA: V. FLACIO (VLACICH), MATTIA. -
Vladimir the Great, Saint (VLADIMIRO IL GRANDE, SANTO)
Son of the Norman-Russian prince Sviatoslav and of Malfreda, a woman in the retinue of his wife; in opposition to his brother Yaropolk he was educated as a… -
Vladivostok, Diocese of (VLADIVOSTOK, DIOCESI DI)
Dependent on the Pontifical Commission for Russia. Together with Siberia it was detached from the diocese of Mohilev on 1 December 1921 and comprises the… -
Vocation (VOCAZIONE)
From the Latin vocatio = call. The divine v. implies, on the efficient line, the divine will or election of a human creature for a certain task and, on the… -
Vocational Guidance (ORIENTAMENTO PROFESSIONALE)
ORIENTAMENTO PROFESSIONALE: v. PSICOTECNICA. -
Vogel, Joseph Anton
Historian, b. 25 March 1756 at Altkirch (Alsace, diocese of Basel), d. 26 Aug. 1817 at Loreto. Ordained a priest in 1780, he was parish priest of the village… -
Vogelsang, Karl, Baron of (VOGELSANG, KARL, BARONE DI)
Catholic sociologist, b. Sept. 3, 1818 at Liegnitz (Silesia), d. at Vienna on Nov. 8, 1890. He studied law and political science at Bonn, Rostock and Berlin… -
Volcano (VULCANO)
In common usage, volcanoes are elevations of the earth's crust through which, during periods of eruption, incandescent materials such as lava, ashes, and… -
Volkelt, Johannes
Philosopher, b. at Lipnik (Galicia) on 21 July 1848, d. at Leipzig on 8 May 1930. He studied at Vienna, Jena and Leipzig. He taught successively at Jena… -
Volk, Wilhelm Gustav (Pseudonym: Ludwig Clarus) (VOLK, WILHELM GUSTAV (PSEUDONIMO: LUDWIG CLARUS))
Prolific writer, convert, b. 25 Jan. 1804 at Halberstadt, d. at Erfurt on 17 March 1869. Son of a Protestant jurist, he studied (1823-26) at Göttingen and… -
Volney, Constantin-François de Chassebœuf, Count of (VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANÇOIS DE CHASSE-BOEUF, CONTE DI)
French philosopher, scholar, and politician, b. at Craon (Anjou) in 1757, d. at Paris in 1820. Having come to Paris very young, he devoted himself to the study… -
Volpe, Giovanni Antonio
Bishop, born into a family originally from Bergamo, b. at Como on 30 Dec. 1513 to Giov. Pietro, d. there on 31 Aug. 1588. He studied law at Pavia, but… -
Volpicelli, Caterina, Venerable (VOLPICELLI, CATERINA, VENERABILE)
Foundress of the Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, b. in Naples on 21 Jan. 1839; d. there on 28 Dec. 1894. Desirous of embracing the religious… -
Volta, Alessandro
Illustrious physicist, from a noble family of Como, b. there on 18 Feb. 1745 and d. there on 5 March 1827. To him is owed the discovery of the electric… -
Volta Inferiore, Apostolic Vicariate of (VOLTA INFERIORE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
On 18 April 1950 it was elevated to a diocese under the name of Keta (v.). -
Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet
Man of letters, b. in Paris on 21 Nov. 1694 and d. there on 30 May 1778. At the age of 24 he assumed the name of Monsieur de V. At the age of ten he entered… -
Volterra, Diocese of (VOLTERRA, DIOCESI DI)
City in the province of Pisa, in Tuscany, and a diocese included in the provinces of Pisa, Livorno, Grosseto, Siena, Florence: it extends over 1913 sq km with… -
Volterra, Giacomo
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Volturara
Ancient diocese and small town, today Volturara Irpina in the province of Salerno. It appears to have arisen after the Romans had destroyed "Sebastia" ca. 200… -
Volturnalia
Festival of August 27 in the archaic Roman calendar, sacred to the god Volturnus, who had his own particular priest (flamen Volturnalis). Since in Campania… -
Volubilis
A Roman city in the interior of Mauretania Tingitana, present-day Morocco. It was the residence of King Juba and of the Roman governors. Christianity is… -
Voluntarism (VOLONTARISMO)
In contrast to intellectualism (v.), it indicates in general the superiority attributed to the will over the intellect in the life of the spirit, whether in… -
Voluntas (VOLONTÀ)
It is the faculty of tending toward the universal good, proper to spiritual creatures. I. PHILOSOPHY. - Known by the intellect, the universal good or happiness… -
Volunteer (VOLONTARIO)
It is the act that proceeds from the will enlightened by the prior knowledge of the intellect (cuius principium est intra cum additione scientiae [Sum. Theol.… -
Volvinio (Volvinius) (VUOLVINIO (VOLVINIO))
Goldsmith active in the first half of the 9th century, author of the golden altar, a masterpiece of Carolingian goldsmithing, offered by Archbishop Angilbert… -
Vondel, Joost van den
Dutch national poet, b. in Cologne to Flemish parents on 17 Nov. 1587, d. in Amsterdam on 5 Feb. 1679. A prolific dramatist (26 tragedies) and a robust lyric… -
Vonier, Anscar
Benedictine abbot, theologian, born in the world as Martin, on 11 Nov. 1875 at Ringschnait (Württemberg, Germany), died at Buckfast (England) on 26 Dec. 1938.… -
Vopiscus (Flavius Vopiscus Syracusius) (VOPISCO (FLAVIUS VOPISCUS SYRACUSIUS))
He is the sixth of the Scriptores Historiae Augustae. The manuscript tradition attributes to him the lives of the emperors Aurelian, Tacitus with his brother… -
Vorau
Monastery of Canons Regular of St. Augustine of the Austrian Congregation, diocese of Seckau (Graz) in eastern Styria. Situated among the forests of the… -
Vorthey, Giovanni Battista
Augustinian, in the world Andrea, b. at Brünn on 10 Aug. 1794, d. there on 15 May 1876. Having entered the Order in 1811, and become a priest in 1817, he was… -
Vos, Johannes
Ascetical theologian, b. at Heusden (Holland) in 1363, d. at Windesheim in 1426. He studied at the capitular school of Deventer, where he became a friend of F.… -
Voss, Gerhard Johann (Vossius) (VOSS, GERHARD JOHANNES (VOSSIUS))
Calvinist theologian and philologist, b. in Heidelberg to a Dutch family in 1577, d. in Amsterdam on 17 March 1649. He studied at Leiden and was a professor at… -
Vosté, Jacques-Marie
Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Bruges on 3 May 1883, a Dominican from 1900, a priest from 1906, d. at Rome on 2 Feb. 1949. Before obtaining the Magisterium in… -
Vow (VOTO)
From voveo, with the meaning of a promise, the object promised, a sacrifice made to fulfill a promise, and also a gratuitous donation made to God: it is the… -
Vox Urbis
A fortnightly periodical, published in Rome on 1 November 1898, with the subtitle "de litteris et bonis artibus commentarius", which characterizes its aims. It… -
Vrau, Philibert
Born in Lille on Nov. 19, 1829, died there on May 16, 1905. He returned to the faith he had lost by cultivating a particular love for the Most Holy Eucharist… -
Vrchlický, Jaroslav (VRCHLICKY, JAROSLAV)
Pseudonym of Emil Frida, the most famous Czech poet, b. at Louny on 17 Feb. 1853, d. at Domazlice on 9 Sept. 1912. His activity as a translator from the most… -
Vulcan (VOLCANO)
Behind the forger's figure of the conventional Hellenistic Hephaistos type, in the Roman V. one discerns the traces of an archaic Roman deity. > (by courtesy… -
Vulci
Ancient Etruscan city near the Via Aurelia, about 20 km. northwest of Tarquinia. It flourished until 280 B.C., when it was occupied by the Romans, as attested… -
Vulgate (VOLGATA)
Official version of the Bible in the Latin Church, called Vulgata editio librorum sacrorum from the Council of Trent (1545-63) onward. Ancient exegetes, in… -
Wilburga (Wildburgis), Blessed (VILBURGA (WILDBURGIS), BEATA)
Virgin recluse at St. Florian (Upper Austria), born of a pious and well-to-do family at the beginning of the 13th century near St. Florian, died on 11 December…