Vitelleschi, MuzioVol. XII, p. 961 VITELLESCHI, MUZIO. — Sixth superior general of the Society of Jesus, born in Rome on 2 December 1563, died there on 9 February 1645. Having entered the Order…
Vitelli, VitellozzoVol. XII, p. 961 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…
Vitelo (Witilo, Vitellio)Vol. XII, p. 962 VITELO (WITILO, VITELLIO). — Philosopher and mathematician, born in Silesia around 1230. He studied the “arts” in Paris and later, perhaps between 1262 and…
Viterbo, Diocese of(VITERBO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 962 VITERBO, DIOCESE of. — Situated in Lazio, in the province of V., it includes the diocese of Tuscania (v.), with which it covers an area of 720 sq. km., bounded…
Vitoria, Diocese of(VITORIA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 967 VITORIA, DIOCESE of.—Diocese and capital city in the province of Alava. The diocese has an area of 3,364 sq. km. and a population of 120,156 inhabitants, all…
Vitoria, Francesco DeVol. XII, p. 967 VITORIA, FRANCESCO de: v. FRANCESCO DA VITORIA.
Vitoria, Tomás Luis de(VITORIA, TOMAS LUÍS DE)Vol. XII, p. 967 VITORIA, TOMAS LUÍS de. — Spanish musician, born in Ávila in 1548, died in Madrid on August 27, 1611. In 1557 he entered as a singer in the choir of the…
Vittori, MarianoVol. XII, p. 970 VITTORI, MARIANO. - Bishop, born at Rieti in 1518, died there on 29 June 1572. Ordained a priest, he completed his studies at Siena and from there went to…
Vittoria, AlessandroVol. XII, p. 970 VITTORIA, ALESSANDRO. — Sculptor and architect, born in Trento in 1524, died in Venice on 27 May 1608. Sent to Venice at the age of nineteen by Bishop Madruzzo…
Vittoriano, Saint(VITTORIANO, SANTO)Vol. XII, p. 971 VITTORIANO, saint. - B. ca. 478, great promoter of monastic life, d. abbot of Asán, 12 Jan. 558. The Vita of V., reassessed by Fita (who dates it to the…
Vittorino (dei Rambaldoni) da FeltreVol. XII, p. 971 VITTORINO (dei RAMBALDONI) da FELTRE. – Educator and humanist, born in Feltre, probably in 1373, died in Mantua on 2 February 1446. At the age of eighteen he…
Vittorino, Bishop of Poetovium (Ptuj)(VITTORINO, VESCOVO DI PETTAU (POETOVIUM))Vol. XII, p. 972 VITTORINO, bishop of PETTAU (Poetovium). — He occupied the see of Poetovium (in Styria, Upper Pannonia) toward the end of the third century and died as a…
Vittorino, Saint(VITTORINO, SANTO)Vol. XII, p. 971 VITTORINO, santo: v. AMITERNO.
Vittorio Veneto, Diocese of(VITTORIO VENETO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 977 VITTORIO VENETO, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in the province of Treviso on the southern slope of the Belluno Prealps; the city is watered by the Meschio. It…
Vivaldi, AntonioVol. XII, p. 979 VIVALDI, ANTONIO. – Musician, born in Venice, perhaps in 1675; died in Vienna in 1741. He studied music first with his father, a good violinist in the ducal…
Vivaldi, Ugolino and Vadino(VIVALDI, UGOLINO E VADINO)Vol. XII, p. 979 VIVALDI, UGOLINO e VADINO. – Genoese navigators who in 1291 undertook a voyage «quod aliquis usque nunc minime attemptavit» in order to travel «per maria…
Vivarini, Family(VIVARINI, FAMIGLIA)Vol. XII, p. 979 VIVARINI, FAMIGLIA. – Murano painters active in Venice from approximately 1440 to the early 1500s. ANTONIO. — Son of Michele the glassmaker, he is mentioned in…
VivariumVol. XII, p. 980 VIVARIUM. – Monastery founded by Cassiodoro (v.), who had withdrawn from politics, on his ancestral property at V., near Squillace, somewhat below the…
Viventian Age(VIVENTI, ETÀ DEI)Vol. XII, p. 981 VIVENTI, ETÀ dei. — The enormous span of time extending between the solidification of the first terrestrial crust and the Cambrian (the period that opens the…
Vives y Tutó, Giuseppe CalasanzioVol. XII, p. 983 VIVES Y TUTÓ, GIUSEPPE CALASANZIO. – Capuchin theologian and cardinal, born at S. Andrés de Llevancras (Barcellona) on 5 February 1854; died at Monteporzio…
Vives, Juan BautistaVol. XII, p. 981 VIVES, JUAN BAUTISTA. - B. May 3, 1545 in Valencia (Aragon), d. Feb. 22, 1632 in Rome, belonging to the family of the humanist Juan Luis Vives (v.). In 1588,…
Vives, Juan Luis(VIVES, JUAN LUÍS)Vol. XII, p. 982 VIVES, JUAN LUÍS. — Apologist, philosopher, and educationalist, b. at Valencia on 6 March 1492, d. at Bruges on 6 May 1540. At the University of Paris, soon…
Viviana (Bibiana), Saint, Martyr(BIBIANA (VIBIANA), SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. II, p. 918 BIBIANA (VIBIANA), saint, martyr. — The Passio relates that the Roman virgin B., together with her mother Dafrosa and her sister Demetria, was scourged to…
Viviani, QuiricoVol. XII, p. 983 VIVIANI, QUIRICO. - Priest and man of letters, b. at Soligo (Treviso) in 1784, d. at Padova on 9 Nov. 1835. He completed his studies at Padova under Cesarotti,…
Viviers, Diocese of(VIVIERS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 983 VIVIERS, DIOCESI of. — City and diocese in the department of Ardèche (France). It has an area of 5,527 sq. km. and a population of 232,000 inhabitants, of whom…
Vivina, Saint(VIVINA, SANTA)Vol. XII, p. 984 VIVINA, saint. – Flemish mystic, foundress (ca. 1120), through the donation of Duke Goffredo di Lorena, and prioress of the Benedictine Monastery of S. Maria…
Vizzardelli, CarloVol. XII, p. 985 VIZZARDELLI, CARLO. — Cardinal, born at Monte S. Giovanni Campano (Frosinone) on 2 July 1791, died at Rome on 24 May 1851. Ordained a priest at Veroli and…
Vizzini, GiuseppeVol. XII, p. 985 VIZZINI, GIUSEPPE. - Theologian and bishop, born at Villalba (Caltanissetta) on 10 Nov. 1874, died at Ferla (Noto) on 8 Dec. 1935. A student at the Leonian…
Vlachich, Mattia(VLACICH, MATTIA)Vol. XII, p. 986 VLACICH, MATTIA: V. FLACIO (VLACICH), MATTIA.
Vladimir the Great, Saint(VLADIMIRO IL GRANDE, SANTO)Vol. XII, p. 986 VLADIMIRO the GREAT, saint. — Son of the Norman-Russian prince Snjatoslaw and of Malfreda, a woman in the retinue of his wife, he was brought up as a pagan,…
Vladivostok, Diocese of(VLADIVOSTOK, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 986 VLADIVOSTOK, DIOCESE of. – Dependent on the Pontifical Commission for Russia. Together with Siberia, it was detached from the Diocese of Mohilev on 1 December…
Vocation(VOCAZIONE)Vol. XII, p. 986 VOCAZIONE. — From the Latin vocatio = calling. The divine v. implies, in the efficient order, the divine will or election of a human creature for a particular…
Vocational Guidance(ORIENTAMENTO PROFESSIONALE)Vol. IX, p. 201 ORIENTAMENTO PROFESSIONALE: v. PSICOTECNICA.
Vogel, Joseph AntonVol. XII, p. 989 VOGEL, JOSEPH ANTON. - Historian, born 25 March 1756 at Altkirch (Alsace, diocese of Basel), died 26 Aug. 1817 at Loreto. Ordained a priest in 1780, he was…
Vogelsang, Karl, Baron of(VOGELSANG, KARL, BARONE DI)Vol. XII, p. 989 VOGELSANG, KARL, baron of. – Catholic sociologist, born on 3 September 1818 at Liegnitz (Silesia), died in Vienna on 8 November 1890. He studied law and…
VolcanoVol. XII, p. 989 VOLCANO. - Behind the figural type conforming to the conventional Hellenistic Hephaistos, traces of an archaic Roman divinity can be discerned in the Roman V.…
Volk, Wilhelm Gustav (Pseudonym: Ludwig Clarus)(VOLK, WILHELM GUSTAV (PSEUDONIMO: LUDWIG CLARUS))Vol. XII, p. 993 VOLK, WILHELM GUSTAV (pseudonym: Ludwig Clarus). — A prolific writer and convert, born on 25 January 1804 at Halberstadt, died at Erfurt on 17 March 1869. The…
Volkelt, JohannesVol. XII, p. 994 VOLKELT, JOHANNES. – Philosopher, born at Lipnik (Galicia) on 21 July 1848, died at Leipzig on 8 May 1930. He studied in Vienna, Jena, and Leipzig. He…
Volney, Constantin-François de Chassebœuf, Count of(VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANÇOIS DE CHASSE-BOEUF, CONTE DI)Vol. XII, p. 994 VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANÇOIS de CHASSE-BOEUF, conte di. - French philosopher, scholar, and statesman, b. at Craon (Anjou) in 1757, d. at Parigi in 1820. Having…
Volpe, Giovanni AntonioVol. XII, p. 1004 VOLPE, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Bishop, of a family originally from Bergamo, born at Como on 30 Dec. 1513 to Giov. Pietro; he died there on 31 Aug. 1588. He studied…
Volpicelli, Caterina, Venerable(VOLPICELLI, CATERINA, VENERABILE)Vol. XII, p. 1004 VOLPICELLI, CATERINA, venerable. - Founder of the Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, born in Napoli on 21 Jan. 1839; died there on 28 Dec. 1894.…
Volta(VÒLTA)Vol. XII, p. 1005 VÒLTA. – A masonry roofing structure, shaped in accordance with a curved surface and exerting a thrusting action on its supports (uprights); in it one…
Volta Inferiore, Apostolic Vicariate of(VOLTA INFERIORE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. XII, p. 1008 VOLTA INFERIORE, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. – On 18 April 1950 it was elevated to a diocese under the name of Keta (v.).
Volta, AlessandroVol. XII, p. 1006 VOLTA, ALESSANDRO. — Distinguished physicist, of a noble family of Como, born there on 18 February 1745 and died there on 5 March 1827. To him we owe the…
Voltaire, François-Marie ArouetVol. XII, p. 1008 VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET. — Man of letters, born in Paris on 21 November 1694 and died there on 30 May 1778. At the age of twenty-four he assumed the…
Volterra, Diocese of(VOLTERRA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 1010 VOLTERRA, DIOCESE of. – A city in the province of Pisa, in Tuscany, and a diocese comprising parts of the provinces of Pisa, Livorno, Grosseto, Siena, and…
Volterra, GiacomoVol. XII, p. 1011 VOLTERRA, GIACOMO: v. GHERARDI, GIACOMO.
VolturaraVol. XII, p. 1011 VOLTURARA. — Ancient diocese and town, today Volturara Irpina in the province of Salerno. It seems to have arisen after the Romans had destroyed “Sebastia”…
VolturnaliaVol. XII, p. 1012 VOLTURNALIA. - A feast on 27 August in the archaic Roman calendar, sacred to the god Volturnus, who had his own special priest (flamen Volturnalis). Since in…
VolubilisVol. XII, p. 1012 VOLUBILIS. - A Roman city in the interior of Mauretania Tingitana, present-day Morocco. It was the residence of King Giulio and of the Roman governors.…
Voluntarism(VOLONTARISMO)Vol. XII, p. 1002 VOLUNTARISM. — In opposition to intellectualism (v.), this generally indicates the superiority attributed to the will over the intellect in the life of the…
Voluntas(VOLONTÀ)Vol. XII, p. 994 VOLONTÀ. – It is the faculty of tending toward the universal good, proper to spiritual creatures. I. PHILOSOPHY. - Once known by the intellect, universal good…
Volunteer(VOLONTARIO)Vol. XII, p. 1001 VOLONTARIO. – It is the act that proceeds from the will enlightened by the intellect’s prior knowledge (cuius principium est intra cum additione scientiae…
Volvinio (Volvinius)(VUOLVINIO (VOLVINIO))Vol. XII, p. 1021 VUOLVINIO (VOLVINIO). — Goldsmith active in the first half of the 9th century, author of the golden altar, a masterpiece of Carolingian goldsmithery, offered…
Vondel, Joost van denVol. XII, p. 1012 VONDEL, JOOST VAN DEN. – Dutch national poet, born in Cologne to Flemish parents on 17 November 1587, died in Amsterdam on 5 February 1679. A prolific…
Vonier, AnscarVol. XII, p. 1012 VONIER, ANSCAR. — Benedictine abbot and theologian, in the world Martin, born on 11 November 1875 at Ringschnait (Württemberg, Germany), died at Buckfast…
Vopiscus (Flavius Vopiscus Syracusius)(VOPISCO (FLAVIUS VOPISCUS SYRACUSIUS))Vol. XII, p. 1012 VOPISCO (Flavius Vopiscus Syracusius). — He is the sixth of the Scriptores Historiae Augustae. The manuscript tradition attributes to him the lives of the…
VorauVol. XII, p. 1013 VORAU. – Monastery of Canons Regular of St Augustine of the Austrian Congregation, Diocese of Seckau (Graz), in eastern Styria. Situated amid the forests of…
Vorthey, Giovanni BattistaVol. XII, p. 1013 VORTHEY, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. – Augustinian, born Andrea, born in Brünn on 10 August 1794, died there on 15 May 1876. He entered the Order in 1811 and was…
Vos, JohannesVol. XII, p. 1013 VOS, JOHANNES. - Ascetical theologian, b. at Heusden (Holland) in 1363, d. at Windesheim in 1426. He studied at the chapter school of Deventer, where he became…
Voss, Gerhard Johann (Vossius)(VOSS, GERHARD JOHANNES (VOSSIUS))Vol. XII, p. 1013 VOSS, GERHARD JOHANNES (Vossius). - Calvinist theologian and philologist, born in Heidelberg of a Dutch family in 1577, died in Amsterdam on March 17, 1649. He…
Vosté, Jacques-MarieVol. XII, p. 1014 VOSTÉ, JACQUES-MARIE. — Exegete and Orientalist, born in Bruges on 3 May 1883, a Dominican from 1900, a priest from 1906, died in Rome on 2 February 1949.…
Vow(VOTO)Vol. XII, p. 1014 VOTO. – From voveo, meaning a promise, the object promised, a sacrifice made to fulfill a promise, and also a free offering made to God: it is the deliberate…
Vox UrbisVol. XII, p. 1019 VOX URBIS. – Biweekly periodical, published in Rome on 1 November 1898, with the subtitle «de litteris et bonis artibus commentarius», which characterizes its…
Vrau, PhilibertVol. XII, p. 1019 VRAU, PHILIBERT - B. at Lille on 19 Nov. 1829, d. there on 16 May 1905. He returned to the faith he had lost, cultivating a particular devotion to the Blessed…
Vrchlický, Jaroslav(VRCHLICKY, JAROSLAV)Vol. XII, p. 1019 VRCHLICKY, JAROSLAV. — Pseudonym of Emil Frida, the most famous Czech poet, b. at Louny on 17 February 1853, d. at Domazlice on 9 September 1912. His activity…
Vulcan(VULCANO)Vol. XII, p. 1019 VOLCANO. — In the common sense, volcanoes are elevations of the earth’s crust through which, during periods of eruption, incandescent materials such as lava,…
VulciVol. XII, p. 1020 VULCI. - An 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,…
Vulgate(VOLGATA)Vol. XII, p. 990 VOLGATA. – The official version of the Bible in the Latin Church, called Vulgata editio librorum sacrorum from the Council of Trent (1545–63) onward. The…
Vác (Vácz), Diocese of(VACIA (VÁCZ), DIOCESI DI)Vol. XII, p. 596 VACIA (Vácz), DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in Hungary, founded, according to tradition and the concordant opinion of most historians, by St. Stephen, the…
Vázquez (err. Vásquez), GabrielVol. XII, p. 731 VÁZQUEZ (err. Vásquez), GABRIEL. – Jesuit theologian among the foremost of the sixteenth century, alongside Suárez, born at Villaescuela del Haro, near…
Vélez, RafaelVol. XII, p. 747 VÉLEZ, RAFAEL. — Spanish Capuchin prelate and theologian, born at Vélez (Malaga) on 15 October 1777 and died in the monastery of Herbón on 3 August 1850.…
Vézelay, Sanctuary of(VÉZELAY, SANTUARIO DI)Vol. XII, p. 859 VÉZELAY, SANTUARIO di. — Ancient abbey of Benedictine nuns, founded by Gerardo of Roussillon, regent of the Kingdom of Provence, in 858–59 at V. (diocese of…
