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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…
