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Wealth (RICCHEZZA) Vol. X, p. 511
RICCHEZZA. – Useful, limited, and material things are called r. The usefulness and limitation of a thing are understood in a subjective sense, with respect to…
Wearmouth, Abbey of (WEARMOUTH, ABBAZIA DI) Vol. XII, p. 1032
WEARMOUTH, ABBAZIA di: v. BENEDETTO BISCOP.
Weathers, William Vol. XII, p. 1032
WEATHERS, WILLIAM. - Bishop, born 12 Nov. 1814, died at Isleworth on 4 March 1895. Having converted to Catholicism after his father’s death, he was educated by…
Weber, Joseph Vol. XII, p. 1032
WEBER, JOSEPH. - Philosopher, b. 23 Sept. 1753 at Rain (Upper Bavaria), d. at Augsburg on 14 Feb. 1831. He studied theology at Augsburg with the Jesuits and…
Weber, Max Vol. XII, p. 1032
WEBER, MAX. — Sociologist, born in Erfurt on 21 April 1864, died in Munich on 14 July 1920. A pupil of Goldschmidt, he taught at the Universities of Berlin,…
Weedall, Henry Vol. XII, p. 1032
WEEDALL, HENRY. — Prelate and educator, born in London on 6 September 1788, died at Oscott on 7 November 1859. Having completed his studies at St. Mary's…
Weihaiwei, Apostolic Prefecture of (WEIHAIWEI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI) Vol. XII, p. 1032
WEIHAIWEI, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE. — At the north-eastern extremity of the province of Shantung, in northern China. It was erected as a sui iuris mission on 18…
Weihwei, Diocese of (WEIHWEI, DIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1033
WEIHWEI, DIOCESI of. — In the northern part of Honan Province, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate under the name of Northern Honan on 1…
Weil, Simone Vol. XII, p. 1033
WEIL, SIMONE. – Born in Paris in 1909 and deceased at the sanatorium of Ashford in England in 1943, she was a singular figure of a thinker and mystic, oriented…
Weingarten Vol. XII, p. 1033
WEINGARTEN. — Benedictine abbey in Württemberg. It is the ancient “Monasterium Vinearum” or “ad Vineas, prope Altdeffium.” It was founded in 934 by Count…
Weinman, Karl Vol. XII, p. 1033
WEINMAN, KARL. - Priest and musicologist, b. at Vohenstrauss (Upper Palatinate) on 22 Dec. 1873, d. at Pielenhofen (Bavaria) on 26 Sept. 1929. He was appointed…
Weiss, Albert Maria Vol. XII, p. 1034
WEISS, ALBERT MARIA. — Dominican apologist, born on 22 April 1844 at Indersdorf (Bavaria), died on 15 August 1925 at Fribourg in Switzerland. Ordained a priest…
Weiss, Johann Baptist Vol. XII, p. 1034
WEISS, JOHANN BAPTIST. – Priest, historian, b. at Ettenheim (Baden) on 17 June 1820, d. at Graz on 8 March 1899. From 1846 he was a privat-docent at the…
Weisse, Christian Hermann Vol. XII, p. 1034
WEISSE, CHRISTIAN HERMANN. — Philosopher of the Hegelian right, born in Leipzig on 10 August 1801, died there on 19 September 1866. In Leipzig he held the…
Weitenauer, Ignaz Vol. XII, p. 1034
WEITENAUER, IGNAZ. – Jesuit, polyglot, and exegete, born at Ingolstadt on 1 November 1709, died at Salem on 4 February 1783. He entered the Society of Jesus in…
Weitling, Wilhelm Christian Vol. XII, p. 1034
WEITLING, WILHELM CHRISTIAN. - Propagandist, communist organizer, pioneer of communism in Germany, b. at Magdeburg on 8 Oct. 1807 and d. at Nuova York on 25…
Weizmann, Chaim (Hajjilm) Vol. XII, p. 1035
WEIZMANN, CHAIM (Hajjilm). — Jewish politician, b. at Motol in the province of Minsk in 1874, d. 9 November 1952. He received his elementary education in the…
Wellhausen, Julius Vol. XII, p. 1035
WELLHAUSEN, JULIUS. – Protestant historian and philologist, born on 17 May 1844 in Hameln (Hannover), died on 7 January 1918 in Göttingen. In 1872 he became…
Wellington, Archdiocese of (WELLINGTON, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1035
WELLINGTON, ARCHDIOCESE of. - It is situated in the southern part of New Zealand and originally formed part of the vicariate of Western Oceania, erected in…
Wells, Herbert George Vol. XII, p. 1035
WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE. - English social writer and novelist, b. 21 Sept. 1866, d. 13 Aug. 1946; a disciple of T. H. Huxley, he was throughout his life a…
Welt-Bott, Der Neue Vol. XII, p. 1036
WELT-BOTT, DER NEUE. — Collection of missionary letters and reports, published during the period 1726–61 and comprising 5 large tomes, divided into 9 volumes,…
Wemmers, Jakobus Vol. XII, p. 1036
WEMMERS, JAKOBUS. – Carmelite, missionary, and bishop, born in Antwerp on 21 October 1598, died in Naples on 21 August 1645. In 1617 he professed among the…
Wenceslaus IV, Emperor (VENCESLAO IV, IMPERATORE) Vol. XII, p. 752
VENCESLAO IV, EMPEROR. - King of Bohemia and Germany, born at Nüremberg on 26 Febr. 1361, died at Prague on 9 Aug. 1419. Despite his young age, his father,…
Wenceslaus, Saint, Martyr (VENCESLAO, SANTO, MARTIRE) Vol. XII, p. 752
VENCESLAO, saint, martyr. - Duke of Bohemia, of the Přemyslid family, b. c. 907, d. at Stará Boleslav, 28 Sept. 935. Educated in the Catholic faith by his…
Wenck, Johannes Vol. XII, p. 1036
WENCK, JOHANNES. – Theologian, born at Herrenberg (Württemberg), died in 1460. Mentioned as a priest in 1424, at the end of 1426 he came from Paris to…
Werfel, Franz Vol. XII, p. 1036
WERFEL, FRANZ. – German writer, born in Prague to a Jewish family on 10 September 1890, died in Beverly Hills (California) on 27 August 1945. He made his debut…
Werminghoff, Albert Vol. XII, p. 1037
WERMINGHOFF, ALBERT. - Historian and jurist, b. 3 Aug. 1869 at Wiesbaden, d. 2 Feb. 1923 at Halle. A pupil of Scheffer-Boichorst in Berlin, from his first work…
Werner of Ratisbon (WERNER DI RATISBONA) Vol. XII, p. 1037
WERNER di RATISBONA. — Franciscan mystical writer of the second half of the 13th century. A lector in the convent of Ratisbona and probably custos of Baviera,…
Werner, Zacharias Vol. XII, p. 1037
WERNER, ZACHARIAS. – Dramatist and orator, b. at Königsberg on 18 November 1768, d. at Vienna on 17 January 1823. Divorced three times within the space of a…
Wernz, Franz Xaver Vol. XII, p. 1037
WERNZ, FRANZ XAVER. — Canon lawyer, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, born in Rottweil (Württemberg) on 4 December 1842, died in Rome on 19 August…
Werthmann, Lorenz Vol. XII, p. 1037
WERTHMANN, LORENZ. - Priest, founder and first president of German Caritas, b. 1 Oct. 1858 at Geisenheim, d. 10 Apr. 1921 at Friburgo in Br. Having surrounded…
Wesley, John Vol. XII, p. 1038
WESLEY, JOHN: v. METODISMO.
Wesleyan Church (WESLEIANA CHIESA) Vol. XII, p. 1038
WESLEIANA CHIESA: v. METODISMO.
Wessel, Gansfort Vol. XII, p. 1038
WESSEL, GANSFORT. – Theologian, born in Groningen around 1419 and died there on 4 October 1489. Educated at the school of the Brethren of the Common Life of…
Wessenberg, Ignaz Heinrich von Vol. XII, p. 1038
WESSENBERG, IGNAZ HEINRICH von. — Enlightenment thinker and Febronian, born in Dresden on 4 November 1774, died in Constance on 9 August 1860. Philosophy,…
Wessobrunn Prayer (WESSOBRUNNER GEBET) Vol. XII, p. 1038
WESSOBRUNNER GEBET. – The so-called “Wessobrunn Prayer” is contained in a codex of the library of the monastery of Wessobrunn in Upper Bavaria (founded in…
Westcott, Brooke Foss Vol. XII, p. 1039
WESTCOTT, BROOKE FOSS. - Protestant exegete, born in Birmingham on 12 January 1825, died in Auckland on 27 July 1901. He studied at Cambridge (1844–48), where…
Westenrieder, Lorenz von Vol. XII, p. 1039
WESTENRIEDER, LORENZ VON. - Priest and historian, b. in Munich, Bavaria, 1 Aug. 1748, d. there 15 March 1829. Ordained priest in 1771, he was called to teach…
Western Schism (SCISMA D'OCCIDENTE) Vol. XI, p. 89
WESTERN SCHISM. – It was the gravest danger to the entire structure of the Western Church during the transition from the fourteenth to the fifteenth century.…
Westminster, Archdiocese of (WESTMINSTER, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1040
WESTMINSTER, ARCHDIOCESE of. — An archdiocese with its see in London, England, created in 1850. It comprises the counties of London north of the Thames,…
Westphalia (VESTFALIA) Vol. XII, p. 851
VESTFALIA : v. WESTFALIA.
Westphalia, Peace of (WESTFALIA, PACE DI) Vol. XII, p. 1039
WESTFALIA, PEACE OF. - Complex of international treaties and internal provisions of the Kingdom of Germany (from this time more generally called the Corpus…
Wettingen-Mehrerau Vol. XII, p. 1040
WETTINGEN-MEHRERAU. - Abbey nullius, under the title of B. Maria Vergine Maris Stella, in Switzerland, in the Canton of Aargau. Since 18 October 1854 it has…
Wettstein, Johannes Jakob Vol. XII, p. 1041
WETTSTEIN, JOHANNES JAKOB. – Philologist and scholar of textual criticism, Protestant, born in Basel on 5 March 1693, died in Amsterdam on 22 March 1754. The…
Wetzer, Heinrich Joseph Vol. XII, p. 1041
WETZER, HEINRICH JOSEPH. - Historian and Orientalist, b. 19 March 1801 at Anzefahr (Kurhessen), d. at Friburgo in Br. on 5 Nov. 1853. He began the study of…
Wewak, Apostolic Vicariate of (WEWAK, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. XII, p. 1041
WEWAK, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — By decree of 15 May 1952, the western zone was detached from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central New Guinea and erected into…
Weynsen (Wenssen, Wentzen), Matthias Vol. XII, p. 1041
WEYNSEN (WENSSEN, WENTZEN), MATTHIAS. – Flemish Franciscan, “learned theologian, famous preacher and ascetic” (Dirks), died, apparently, in 1547. He was…