V
470 articles · 189 under Vi · English index · Indice italiano-
Vialar, Émilie de, Saint (VIALAR, EMILIE DE, SANTA)
Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition, b. at Gaillac (diocese of Albi) on 12 Sept. 1797, d. at Marseilles on 24 Aug. 1856.… -
Viale Prelà, Michele
Cardinal, b. at Bastia (Corsica) on 29 Sept. 1798, d. at Bologna on 15 May 1860. Ordained priest in 1823, he was directed toward a diplomatic career and began… -
Via Matris
A devotional practice to Our Lady of Sorrows which, like the Way of the Cross, meditates on the sorrows that the Madonna suffered in her life, in seven… -
Viaticum (VIATICO)
From the liturgical point of view, the term was first adopted to indicate all the religious aids or comforts provided to the dying (cf. can. 13 of the Council… -
Viator da Coccaglio (VIATORE DA COCCAGLIO)
Capuchin theologian of the ancient province of Brescia, surnamed Bianchi, b. at Coccaglio on 20 April 1706, d. at Cologne on 18 Jan. 1792. Having entered the… -
Viatrice, Saint, Martyr (VIATRICE, SANTA, MARTIRE)
VIATRICE, santa, martire: v. SIMPLICIO, FAUSTINO e BEATRICE, saints, martyrs. -
Vibaldus (Wibaldus, Guibert) of Stavelot (VIBALDO (WIBALDUS, GUIBALDO) DI STAVELOT)
Benedictine abbot of Stavelot, of Malmedy and of Corvey, b. near Stavelot (Stablo) in Belgium in 1097 or 1098 and d. in Paphlagonia, at Bitolia, on 18 July… -
Vibia
The so-called "hypogeum of V." is also known under other names, such as "of the syncretists", "of the little nuns"; better, Wilpert called it the "syncretist… -
Vibona
The ancient diocese of V., called "Hipponium" by the Latins, at the southern end of the Gulf of St. Euphemia, was destroyed by the Saracens in the second half… -
Viborada, Saint (VIBORADA, SANTA)
Virgin and martyr, a recluse near St. Gall (Switzerland), killed by the Hungarians in 926. After a devout pilgrimage to Rome with her brother Itto, a priest… -
Vicar (VICARIUS)
Title of an official of the Roman Empire. Initially an extraordinary representative of the praefectus praetorio, under Diocletian he assumed the character of… -
Vicar Apostolic (VICARIO APOSTOLICO)
In the history of the Church the name of vicarius appears from the earliest centuries, together with that of missus or legatus, to designate the representative… -
Vicarate Apostolic of Basankusu (BASANKUSU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
The first station (Yumbi on the Congo River, upstream from Kwanout, at present in the apostolic prefecture of Bikoro) was founded in 1905 by the Society of St.… -
Vicar General (VICARIO GENERALE)
He is the priest legitimately appointed to represent the person of the bishop in the exercise of his jurisdiction throughout the diocese. In the 4th century… -
Vicarious Satisfaction (SODDISFAZIONE VICARIA)
Etymologically (satis facere) it indicates sufficient compensation, in the place of and on behalf of a person, for a material or moral debt of which that… -
Vic, Diocese of (VICH, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Barcelona in Spain. It has an area of 3367 sq km with a population of 250,246 inhabitants, almost all Catholics… -
Vicedominus (VICEDOMINO)
For the patrimonial administrations of bishoprics and monasteries, Roman imperial legislation and the canons of the Eastern councils already laid down the… -
Vicente, Gil
Portuguese writer, b. perhaps in 1465 and d. certainly before 1540. He is the greatest playwright of his country and one of the greatest of the Iberian… -
Vicenza, Diocese of (VICENZA, DIOCESI DI)
The city, crossed by the Bacchiglione and the Retrone, which divides the center of ancient Berga (Berica), is the capital of a vast province (2,722.36 sq.… -
Vices (VIZI)
VIZI : v. IRREGOLARITÀ. -
Vicious Circle (CIRCOLO VIZIOSO)
A fallacy in reasoning into which one falls when, needing to prove two propositions together, one is proved by means of the other (a by b and b in turn by a)… -
Vico Equense
Small town and ancient diocese in the province of Naples. It was an episcopal see from the 13th century to 1818, when it was suppressed by Pope Pius VII and… -
Vicoforte, Sanctuary of the Virgin (VICOFORTE, SANTUARIO DELLA VERGINE)
VICOFORTE, SANTUARIO DELLA VERGINE: v. MONDOVI. -
Vico, Giovanni Battista
Italian philosopher, b. in Naples on 23 June 1668, d. there on 22 Jan. 1744. I. LIFE. - Born to a modest bookseller, G. B. V., after his early studies, partly… -
Victimae Paschali
Easter sequence set to a splendid Gregorian melody that brings into notable relief the animated dialogue about the risen Christ between Mary Magdalene and the… -
Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (VITTORIO AMEDEO II, DUCA DI SAVOIA E RE DI SARDEGNA)
Son of Charles Emmanuel and of Giovanna Battista of Savoy-Nemours, b. in Turin on 14 May 1666, d. in the Castle of Moncalieri on 31 Oct. 1732. The death of his… -
Victor and Corona, Saints, Martyrs (VITTORE E CORONA, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 14 May as martyrs of Egypt. Their names, however, appear again on other days and with other… -
Victor, Bishop of Cartenna (VITTORIO VESCOVO DI CARTENNA)
Flourished in the middle of the 5th century in Mauretania. According to Gennadius, he wrote homilies, a treatise against the Arians, a consolatory letter to a… -
Victor, Bishop of Tunnuna (VITTORE, VESCOVO DI TUNNUNA)
A zealous supporter of the Three Chapters, he lived in the 6th century, in proconsular Africa, and died shortly after 566. He opposed Justinian's policy in… -
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (VITTORIO EMANUELE III, RE D'ITALIA)
Born in Naples on 11 Nov. 1869, died in Alexandria, Egypt, on 28 Dec. 1947. The only son of Umberto I and Margherita of Savoy, he received at birth the title… -
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy (VITTORIO EMANUELE II, RE D'ITALIA)
Born in Turin on 14 March 1820, died in Rome on 9 Jan. 1878. The firstborn of Charles Albert of Savoy-Carignano, later king of Sardinia, and of Maria Theresa… -
Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy, King of Sardinia (VITTORIO EMANUELE I DI SAVOIA, RE DI SARDEGNA)
Born in Turin on 24 July 1759, died at Moncalieri on 10 January 1824. Second son of Vittorio Amedeo duke of Savoy, heir to the throne, and of Maria Antonia of… -
Victoria, Diocese of (VICTORIA, DIOCESI DI)
VICTORIA, DIOCESI di: v. SPIRITO SANTO, DIOCESE of. VICTORIA (PORT VICTORIA), DIOCESE of: v. DARWIN, DIOCESE of. (Ist. Enc. Cult.) VIDA, GIROLAMO - Title page… -
Victoria, Diocese of, on Vancouver Island (VICTORIA NELL'ISOLA VANCOUVER, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 14,000 sq km with a population of 200,000 inhabitants, of whom 16,000 are… -
Victoria, Saint, Martyr (VITTORIA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
She is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on December 19; in the Roman Martyrology, however, according to the indication of the Passio, on the 23rd of… -
Victor III, Pope, Blessed (VITTORE III, PAPA, BEATO)
A Benedictine monk, from the Dafauri (Desiderio) family, he owed his election to the Norman prince Jordan of Capua (May 1086). He was a man of letters, author… -
Victor II, Pope (VITTORE II, PAPA)
Formerly bishop of Eichstätt, he was elected in 1055, a year after the death of Leo IX (Apr. 1054), during which the negotiations between the emperor Henry III… -
Victorinus, Bishop of Poetovium (Ptuj) (VITTORINO, VESCOVO DI PETTAU (POETOVIUM))
He occupied the see of Poetovium (in Styria, Upper Pannonia) toward the end of the 3rd century, and died in 304 as a martyr in the persecution of Diocletian.… -
Victor I, Pope, Saint (VITTORE I, PAPA, SANTO)
An African and son of Felix, according to the Lib. Pont., he was the thirteenth bishop of Rome after St. Peter, successor of Eleutherius. The Liberian… -
Victor IV, Antipope (VITTORE IV, ANTIPAPA)
Elected by the supporters of the antipope Anacletus II (v.) around the middle of March 1138, he was nicknamed by the Romans in derision "carnecorium" or… -
Victor IV (V), Antipope (VITTORE IV (V), ANTIPAPA)
VITTORE IV (V), ANTIPAPA: V. OTTAVIANO DI MONTICELLI. -
Victor of Antioch (VITTORE DI ANTIOCHIA)
There exists in many Greek manuscripts a commentary on the Gospel of Mark that is attributed to a certain V. of A., and which circulated in two recensions.… -
Victor of Capua (VITTORE DI CAPUA)
Bishop from 541-54 (see his tombstone in CIL, X, 4503). He wrote, against Victor of Aquitaine, De cyclo paschali, of which only the beginning is preserved in… -
Victor, Saint, Martyr (VITTORE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on July 21. Venantius Fortunatus mentions him (Carm., VIII, 3; X, 10), and St. Gregory of Tours attests that… -
Victor, Saint, Martyr (VITTORIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
VITTORIO, santo, martire: v. VINCENZO, ORONZO e VITTORIO, saints, martyrs. -
Victricius (Victoric), Bishop of Rouen, Saint (VITTRICIÒ (VICTRICIUS), VESCOVO DI ROUEN, SANTO)
Born ca. 330 on the farthest frontiers of the Empire (Britain or Gaul?), bishop of Rouen from ca. 385 to ca. 407-409. Feast on 7 August. He embraced a military… -
Vida, Girolamo
Bishop and poet, b. in 1490 at Cremona, d. at Alba on 27 Sept. 1566. He entered the Canons Regular of the Congregation of St. Mark; he moved to Rome under… -
Vidal, Pedro
Jesuit, canonist, b. at Igualada (diocese of Barcelona) on 20 July 1867, d. at Rome on 24 Oct. 1938. Having entered the Order in 1884, he was sent, after… -
Vidi Aquam
VIDI AQUAM »: v. ASPERGES ME. -
Vidimus
Formula for giving probative value to copies of documents. Among the methods used in the Middle Ages to give probative value to copies of documents, so that… -
Vidoni Sorerna, Pietro
Cardinal, born in Cremona on 2 September 1759, died in Rome on 10 August 1830. After completing his studies at the Pontifical Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics… -
Viduchindo of Corvey (VIDUCHINDO DI CORVEY)
Benedictine monk of Saxon origin, who lived in the 10th century in the abbey of Corvey (Corbeia nova), d. around 1004. Of his life there is only very little… -
Viedma, Diocese of (VIEDMA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Río Negro (Argentina). It has an area of 691,679 sq km with a population of 220,000 inhabitants, of whom 190,000 are… -
Vieira, Antonius
Jesuit, orator and missionary, b. in Lisbon on 6 Feb. 1609, d. in Bahia (Brazil) on 18 July 1697. Carried as a boy to Bahia, he entered the Order there on 5… -
Vieira de Mattos, Manuel
Bishop, b. at Poiares (Portugal) on 22 March 1861, d. at Braga on 28 Sept. 1932. A priest in 1883, after a long and fruitful pastoral ministry he was… -
Viel, Placida, Blessed (VIEL, PLACIDA, BEATA)
In the world Eulalia Vittoria, b. at Quettehou (diocese of Coutances) on 26 Sept. 1805, d. at St-Sauveur-le-Comte on 4 March 1877. Her life spent in the… -
Vienna, Archdiocese of (VIENNA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Metropolitan see and capital of the Austrian Republic. The territory of the archdiocese has an area of 9,220 sq km with 2,049,224 Catholics (out of 2,310,642… -
Vienne
Ancient archdiocese and current subprefecture of the Isère in France, whose title is today united with the archiepiscopal title of Lyon (v.). The city is… -
Vienringhoff, Barbara Juliana von
VIENRINGHOFF, BARBARA JULIANA von: v. KRUDENER, BARBARA JULIANA. -
Vientiane, Apostolic Vicariate of (VIENTIANE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the center of the French protectorate of Laos (Indochina), it covers an area of 100,000 sq km. It is entrusted to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. On… -
Vieste, Diocese of (VIESTE, DIOCESI DI)
VIESTE, DIOCESI di: v. MANFREDONIA, DIOCESI di. -
Vieusseux, Giampietro
Man of letters, b. Sept. 29, 1779 at Oneglia, d. Apr. 29, 1863 at Florence. Of Genevan origin, he first devoted himself to commerce, then settled in Florence… -
Vigan, Diocese of (VIGAN, DIOCESI DI)
VIGAN, DIOCESI di : v. NUOVA SEGOVIA, DIOCESI di. -
Vigerio, Marco
In the world Emanuele, cardinal and theologian of the Conventual Franciscans, b. at Savona in 1446, d. at Rome on 18 July 1516. Nephew of Marco Vigerio and… -
Vigevano, Diocese of (VIGEVANO, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Pavia, suffragan of Vercelli. It has an area of 1509 sq km with a population of 170,800 inhabitants, of whom 170,000 are… -
Vigilantius (VIGILANZIO)
A Gallic priest, b. at Calagurris at the foot of the Pyrenees, d. after 406. In the year 394-95 he went with a letter from Paulinus of Nola to Bethlehem to St.… -
Vigilia
It is the day that precedes, as a preparation, the great feasts of the Lord (Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost) and those of the saints (of the Madonna… -
Vigiliae Christianae
A quarterly journal that began publication in 1947, published by the North-Holland Publishing Company of Amsterdam, to investigate the life and language of the… -
Vigilius, Bishop of Tapso (VIGILIO, VESCOVO DI TAPSO)
This African bishop (province of Byzacena) took part in the religious disputation that Huneric had convened in 484 at Carthage. Nothing else is known of his… -
Vigilius, Pope (VIGILIO, PAPA)
The turbulent events of his pontificate find their explanation in the conditions of the city, agitated between the party of the ruling Goths and the one that… -
Vigilius, Saint, Bishop of Trent, Martyr (VIGILIO, VESCOVO DI TRENTO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Died in 400 or 405, patron of the city and diocese of Trento. Born of a Roman family settled in Trento, he was elected at a very young age (at twenty… -
Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi (Barozio) da
Architect, b. at Vignola (Modena) on 1 Oct. 1507, d. at Rome on 7 July 1573. He completed his youthful studies of painting and perspective at Bologna; but… -
Vigny, Alfred de
French poet, b. at Loches on 27 March 1797 of a noble family, d. at Maine-Guiraud on 17 Sept. 1863. He belonged to the army for a decade (1816-27), but rather… -
Vigouroux, Fulcran-Grégoire
Sulpician, biblical scholar, b. at Nant (diocese of Rodez) on 13 Feb. 1837, d. at Rome on 21 Feb. 1915. In 1861 he taught at the Seminary of Autun, in 1864 he… -
Vigri, Caterina, Saint (VIGRI, CATERINA, SANTA)
VIGRI, CATERINA, santa: v. CATERINA da BOLOGNA, saint. -
Vijayapuram, Diocese of (VIJAYAPURAM, DIOCESI DI)
In the south-western part of India, it borders on the dioceses of Quilon, Madura, Coimbatore, Verapoly, Cochin and Alleppey. The first evangelization of the… -
Vijayawada, Diocese of (VIJAYAVADA, DIOCESI DI)
After India obtained independence, on 15 Aug. 1947, some Indian cities changed their names: thus Bezwada (v.) became V. Conforming to this change, the Sacred… -
Viktring
Former Cistercian abbey, in the diocese of Gurk (Klagenfurt), in Carinthia, Austria. The village of V. appears already in the Carolingian age, with a parish… -
Viligelmo
Sculptor of the 12th century, active in Modena. He can be considered the founder of Romanesque sculpture in Upper Italy and in particular of the Emilian… -
Vilkaviškis, Diocese of (VILKAVIŠKIS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the Republic of Lithuania. It has an area of 12,000 sq. km. with a population of 365,000 inhabitants, of whom 350,000 are Catholics, and it… -
Villada García, Zacarías (VILLADA GARCÍA, ZACARIAS)
Jesuit, historian, b. at Gatón de Campos (diocese of Palencia) on 16 March 1879, killed by the Reds of Spain near Vicálvaro (Madrid) on 1 October 1936. Having… -
Villana dei Botti, Blessed (VILLANA DEI BOTTI, BEATA)
Dominican tertiary, b. in Florence in 1332, d. there on 28 February 1360. Daughter of a wealthy patrician, she was inclined to piety from childhood; then… -
Villani, Giovanni
He is the greatest representative of Florentine bourgeois historiography of the fourteenth century. He belonged to a family of the Popolo of S. Procolo and was… -
Villani, Maria, Venerable (VILLANI, MARIA, VENERABILE)
Dominican nun, b. in Naples on 18 Sept. 1584 to Giovanni, marquis della Polla, d. there on 26 March 1670. From girlhood she practiced mental prayer and enjoyed… -
Villa Reale, Diocese of (VILLA REALE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Trás-os-Montes, in Portugal. It has an area of 4,273.20 sq km and a population of 319,883 inhabitants, of whom 319,000 are… -
Villarrica, Diocese of (VILLARRICA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the Republic of Paraguay (South America). The territory extends over 78,049 sq. km., with a population of 620,000 Catholics, distributed in… -
Villaseca, Giuseppe Maria
Priest, founder of the Missionaries of St. Joseph of Mexico, b. at Igualada (diocese of Barcelona) on 19 Jan. 1831, d. at Tacubaya (Mexico) on 4 Apr. 1910.… -
Villavicencio, Apostolic Vicariate of (VILLAVICENCIO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the eastern regions of Colombia and comprises the least explored regions. Missionary work in the Intendancy of S. Martino bore good fruit from… -
Villehardouin, Geoffroy de
Marshal of Champagne by hereditary right, b. no later than 1152, he took part with his lord, Count Theobald III, in the Fourth Crusade and wrote its history… -
Villeneuve, Jean-Marie-Rodrigue
Cardinal, b. in Montreal (Canada) on 2 Nov. 1883, d. in Alhambra (California) on 17 Jan. 1947. An Oblate of Mary Immaculate (1901), he taught at the Catholic… -
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (VILLENEUVE-LEZ-AVIGNON)
Ancient Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Avignon. > (from H. A. Wilson, The Calendar of St. Willibrord from ms. lat. 1887, London 1918 (Ch. Brodsham… -
Villion, Aimé
Born at Genay (Ain, France) on 2 September 1843 and died on 1 April 1932. Having entered the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris on 30 September 1863 and… -
Villon, François
A name coined (from that of his protector, the chaplain Giovanni di V.) from François de Montcorbier, called des Loges, b. in Paris around 1430 and licensed by… -
Vilna
VILNA: v. WILNA, ARCIDIOCESI di. -
Vilna [Vilnius] (Wilno), Archdiocese of (WILNA (VILNA, WILNO), ARCIDIÓCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in Poland. It has an area of 56,679 sq km, with a population of 2,325,000 inhabitants, of whom 1,056,000 are Catholics, distributed in 442… -
Vinalia
Under this name two festivals are marked in the most ancient calendar of the Roman religion. Literary notices distinguish between them, defining that of 23… -
Vinaya Piṭaka (VINAYA PIŢAKA)
VINAYA PIŢAKA: v. BUDDHISMO E TRIPIŢAKA. -
Vincennes, Diocese of (VINCENNES, DIOCESI DI)
VINCENNES, DIOCESI di: v. INDIANAPOLIS, DIOCESI di. -
Vincent de Paul, Saint (VINCENZO DE PAUL, SANTO)
B. at Pony near Dax in Gascony on 24 April 1585, d. at Paris on 27 Sept. 1660. Of a very modest peasant family, he was the third of the six children of Jean… -
Vincenti Mareri, Ippolito Antonio
Cardinal, b. at Rieti on 20 Jan. 1738, d. at Paris on 21 March 1811. In 1785 he was elected by Pius VI titular archbishop of Corinth and apostolic nuncio to… -
Vincentius Hispanus
Canonist, who lived in the 13th century. His origin and identity are disputed. The appellation Hispanus and the existence of a bishop Vincentius at Zaragoza… -
Vincent of Beauvais (VINCENZO DI BEAUVAIS)
Dominican theologian and philosopher, b. ca. 1190, d. at Beauvais in 1264. Probably a religious in Paris (ca. 1220), he later resided in the convent of… -
Vincent of Capua (VINCENZO DA CAPUA)
A priest of the Roman Church, whom in 325 Pope St. Sylvester sent as legate to the First Council of Nicaea, together with the priest Vitus and the bishop… -
Vincent of Lérins, Saint (VINCENZO DI LÉRINS, SANTO)
Gallic ecclesiastical writer of the monastery of Lérins, d. around 450. The information about his life is reduced to a few brief notices transmitted by… -
Vincent of Volturno, Saint, Abbey of (VINCENZO AL VOLTURNO, SAN, ABBAZIA DI)
Near the sources of the Volturno river, on a vast deserted plateau, 500 m. above sea level, surrounded by mountains, are the ruins of the Benedictine abbey of… -
Vincent, Orontius and Victor, Saints, Martyrs (VINCENZO, ORONZO E VITTORIO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
The Roman Martyrology commemorates them on 22 January, as victims of the persecution of Diocletian at Embrun in France; other sources assign them to Gerona, in… -
Vincent, Saint
Benedictine archabbey, in the diocese of Pittsburgh in the State of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The monastery was founded in 1846 by d.… -
Vincent, Saint, Martyr (VINCENZO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Spanish deacon, victim of the Diocletianic persecution probably in 304; he is among the few martyrs remembered in the calendar of Polemius Silvius (CIL, I, 2nd… -
Vincenza Gerosa, Saint (VINCENZA GEROSA, SANTA)
Co-foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity, or of the Child Mary, b. at Lovere (diocese of Brescia) on 29 Oct. 1784, d. there on 28 June 1847.… -
Vindicatio
Term suggested by a text of St. Optatus of Milevis (De schismate Donatistarum, I, 16: PL 11, 917), by which it was intended to denote a kind of official… -
Vindicta Salvatoris
VINDICTA SALVATORIS: v. PILATO, apocryphon of. -
Vineam Domini
It is the bull issued by Clement XI on July 15, 1705, confirming the constitutions of Innocent X and Alexander VII concerning the controversies over the… -
Vinet, Alexandre
Liberal Protestant apologist and writer, b. at Ouchy (Lausanne) on 17 June 1797, d. at Lausanne on 10 May 1847. He received a somewhat superficial theological… -
Vinfrido
VINFRIDO: v. BONIFACIO, santo, martire. -
Vinh, Apostolic Vicariate of (VINH, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the south-eastern region of Annam (Vietnam), which faces the Gulf of Tonkin. It was erected on 27 March 1846, under the name of Southern… -
Vinh-Long, Apostolic Vicariate of (VINH-LONG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the center of Cochinchina (Vietnam) and is entrusted to the Vietnamese secular clergy. It was erected on 8 January 1938, by detachment from… -
Vintimille du Luc, Charles
Archbishop of Paris, b. 15 Nov. 1655 at Luc (Fréjus), d. in Paris on 13 March 1746. Bishop of Marseille from 21 Jan. 1692, then archbishop of Aix (14 May… -
Violation of Sacred Place (VIOLAZIONE DI LUOGO SACRO)
The violation of churches, cemeteries and, in general, of any other thing that has been set aside for divine worship, is brought about by acts or facts through… -
Violence (VIOLENZA)
In theological-canonical language, by violence, force or coercion is meant a motion that comes from an external principle, while the subject opposes or resists… -
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel
French architect and writer, b. in Paris on 21 Jan. 1814, son of the writer Emmanuel-Nicolas, d. in Lausanne on 17 Sept. 1879. In 1863 he obtained the chair of… -
Viret, Pierre
The "reformer" of French-speaking Switzerland, b. at Orbe (Vaud) on 4 May 1511, d. at Orthez on 4 April 1571. In 1527 he was in Paris as a student; he adhered… -
Virga Rubra, Masters of the (VIRGA RUBEA, MAESTRI OSTIARI DI)
VIRGA RUBEA, MAESTRI OSTIARI di: v. MAESTRI OSTIARI DI VIRGA RUBEA. -
Virgil (VIRGILIO)
P. Virgilius Maro (ancient form: Vergilius, cf. F. Ritschl, Opuscula philologica, II, p. 779 ff.) is the greatest poet of the Augustan age, b. at Andes… -
Virgil, Abbot-Bishop of Sankt Peter of Salzburg, Saint (VIRGILIO, ABATE-VESCOVO DI SANKT PETER DI SALISBURGO, SANTO)
V. (thus Latinized), or Fergil (Feregii), of Irish origin, born ca. 700, died 27 November 784. A monk, then abbot at Aghaboe, he acquired a broad culture that… -
Virginibus Subintroductae (VIRGINES SUBINTRODUCTAE)
VIRGINES SUBINTRODUCTAE : v. AGAPETE. -
Virginis Proles Opifexque Matris (VIRGINIS PROLES OPIFEXQUE MA-TRIS)
Hymn of Matins in the Common of Virgins, of unknown authorship, already present in manuscripts of the 10th century. It extols the fortitude of a virgin in… -
Virginity (VERGINITÀ)
Virginity, insofar as it is a virtue, consists of two elements: material and formal. Understood in the material sense, it is immunity from every complete… -
Virginity of Mary (VERGINITÀ DI MARIA)
According to Catholic doctrine, Mary was a virgin before the birth, in the birth and after the birth. The v. of M. before the birth means that the conception… -
Virility (VIRILITÀ)
A particular age (v.) of life that follows the pubertal and post-pubertal or internubilo-pubertal phase and ends with old age (v.). G. Mariani defines it as… -
Virtue (VIRTÙ)
I. GENERAL NOTIONS. - Virtue is a quality that perfects an operative faculty, disposing it well in relation to its activity and to the attainment of the end… -
Virus (Ultravirus, Infravirus, Filterable Viruses) (VIRUS (ULTRAVIRUS, INFRAVIRUS, VIRUS FILTRABILI))
They are particular agents of diseases of man, animals and plants, characterized by ultramicroscopic dimensions of the order of magnitude of the millimicron… -
Visakhapatnam, Diocese of (VISAKHAPATNAM, DIOCESI DI)
Its territory, which extends across south-central India, was already part of the diocese of Mylapore from 1606. From 1834 it belonged to the apostolic… -
Visconti, Ennio Quirino
Archaeologist, b. in Rome on 1 Nov. 1751, d. in Paris on 8 Feb. 1818. On the payroll of Prince Sigismondo Chigi, from 1775 he began to publish a whole series… -
Visconti, Family (VISCONTI, FAMIGLIA)
A feudal family of the Milanese area which from 1277 until its extinction in 1447 held, almost uninterruptedly, the lordship of Milan, even obtaining for it… -
Visconti, Filippo
Archbishop of Milan, b. 19 Aug. 1721 at Massino (diocese of Novara), d. 30 Dec. 1801 at Lyon. He was appointed in 1783 to the metropolitan see of Milan, after… -
Visconti Venosta, Emilio
Statesman, b. in Milan on 22 Jan. 1829, d. in Rome on 28 Nov. 1914. He began his political activity in 1848, taking part in the five days of Milan and then… -
Viseu (Vizeu), Diocese of (VISEU (VIZEU), DIOCESI DI)
In the province of Beira-Alta, in Portugal. It has an area of 3,400 sq km and a population of 300,500 inhabitants, almost all Catholics, distributed in 201… -
Vishnu and Vishnuism (VISNU E VISNUISMO)
VISNU e VISNUISMO: v. INDUISMO. -
Visigothic, Script and Miniature (VISIGOTICA, SCRITTURA E MINIATURA)
The Latin script used in Spain from the 7th-8th century to the 12th century is generally classified as V.: such a definition must however be further clarified… -
Visigoths (VISIGOTI)
VISIGOTI: v. GOTI. -
Visionaries (FANTASIASTI)
FANTASIASTI: v. MONOFISITI. -
Vision (Mystical Intellectual Phenomenon) (VISIONE (FENOMENO MISTICO INTELLETTUALE))
The term, which physiologically means the act of seeing, in the history of religions designates the divine and demonic manifestation of some truth, person or… -
Visitation (VISITAZIONE)
Religious order, called of the Visitandines or of the V. I. HISTORY. - The V. was the joint work of St. Francis de Sales (v.) and St. Jane de Chantal (v.). It… -
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (VISITAZIONE DI MARIA SANTISSIMA)
Feast of the universal Church, celebrated on July 2 with the double rite of the second class. The basis of the feast is the historical Gospel fact (Lk.… -
Visits of Heat (VISITE DI CALORE)
This is the name given to the visits that the newly elected cardinal, immediately after receiving from the Cardinal Secretary of State the note informing him… -
Vistarini, Giovanni Battista
Missionary, b. at Lodi on 16 Sept. 1814, d. at Negombo on 19 March 1895. He was ordained a priest in 1840. In the early years of his priesthood he was a… -
Vitae Patrum
A Latin collection of legends of the saints, in 10 books, formed in the 6th century, edited by H. Rosweyde, Antwerp 1615 (reproduced in PL 73-74; BHL, nos.… -
Vita e Pensiero
Monthly review founded in Nov. 1914 by Fr. Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M., by Dr. Vico Necchi and by Monsignor Francesco Olgiati. The program set out in the first… -
Vita Latent (VITA LATENTE)
Latent life falls within the field of biological adaptations. It is to be understood as a reduction to a minimum of every vital activity, but one cannot speak… -
Vitale and Valeria, Saints, Martyrs (VITALE E VALERIA, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They are the titular saints respectively of the basilica of S. Vitale in Ravenna and of the church (now uncovered) of S. Valeria outside Porta Vercellina in… -
Vitale du Four (De Furno)
Franciscan philosopher and theologian, b. at Bazas, near Bordeaux, around 1260, d. at Avignon on 16 Aug. 1327. Between 1285 and 1291 he studied theology in… -
Vitale of Antioch (VITALE DI ANTIOCHIA)
VITALE di ANTIOCHIA: V. APOLLINARE DI LAODICEA. -
Vitalian, Pope, Saint (VITALIANO, PAPA, SANTO)
There is scant information about the activity of Pope V. (30 July 657-27 June 672). It is only known that he maintained good relations with the court of… -
Vitali, Luigi
Priest and writer, b. at Bellano (Como) in 1836, d. at Colico on 6 Nov. 1919. He celebrated his first Mass on 23 June 1859, on the eve of the battle of… -
Vitalis, Abbot of Sankt Peter and Bishop of Salzburg, Saint (VITALE, ABATE DI SANKT PETER E VESCOVO SALISBURGO, SANTO)
A disciple of St. Rupert (v.), with whom he came to settle in Salzburg. He died on 20 October, probably in 730, and was buried in Salzburg Cathedral. He… -
Vitalis and Agricola, Saints, Martyrs (VITALE E AGRICOLA, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They were respectively a slave and his master and were martyred for the Christian name at Bologna around 304, in the persecution of Diocletian. The slave… -
Vitalism (VITALISMO)
In a very broad sense it comprises the scientific and philosophical doctrines that affirm the irreducibility (both from the ontological and from the… -
Vitamins (VITAMINE)
They are regulatory principles, largely known chemically, contained in animal and plant tissues used as foods. The name "vitamins," due to Funk, is the most… -
Vitandi
VITANDI: v. SCOMUNICA. -
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… -
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…