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Wealth (RICCHEZZA)
Things that are useful, limited and material are called w. The usefulness and the limitation of a thing are understood in a subjective sense, with respect to… -
Wearmouth, Abbey of (WEARMOUTH, ABBAZIA DI)
WEARMOUTH, ABBAZIA di: v. BENEDETTO BISCOP. -
Weathers, William
Bishop, b. November 12, 1814, d. at Isleworth on March 4, 1895. Converted to Catholicism after his father's death, he was educated by the Franciscans at… -
Weber, Joseph
Philosopher, b. 23 Sept. 1753 at Rain (Upper Bavaria), d. at Augsburg on 14 Feb. 1831. He studied theology at Augsburg and philosophy at Dillingen, under the… -
Weber, Max
Sociologist, b. in Erfurt on 21 April 1864, d. in Munich on 14 July 1920. A pupil of Goldschmidt, he taught at the Universities of Berlin, Freiburg im Breisgau… -
Weedall, Henry
Prelate and educator, b. in London on 6 Sept. 1788, d. at Oscott on 7 Nov. 1859. After completing his studies at St. Mary's College in Oscott, he was ordained… -
Weihaiwei [Weihai], Apostolic Prefecture of (WEIHAIWEI, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
At the north-eastern extremity of the province of Shantung, in northern China. It was erected as a mission sui iuris on 18 June 1937 with 5 civil… -
Weihwei [Weihui], Diocese of (WEIHWEI, DIOCESI DI)
In the northern part of the province of Honan, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate under the name of Northern Honan on 1 September 1882… -
Weil, Simone
Born in Paris in 1909, died in the sanatorium of Ashford in England in 1943, she is a singular figure of thinker and mystic, oriented toward the Christian… -
Weingarten
Benedictine abbey in Württemberg. It is the ancient "Monasterium Vinearum" or "ad Vineas, prope Altdeffium." It was founded in 934 by Count Henry, father of… -
Weinman, Karl
Priest, musicologist, b. at Vohenstrauss (Upper Palatinate) on 22 Dec. 1873, d. at Pielenhofen (Bavaria) on 26 Sept. 1929. He was appointed director of the… -
Weiss, Albert Maria
Dominican apologist, b. 22 April 1844 at Indersdorf (Bavaria), d. 15 Aug. 1925 at Fribourg in Switzerland. A priest in 1867, he taught at Freising, where he… -
Weisse, Christian Hermann
Philosopher of the Hegelian right, b. in Leipzig on 10 Aug. 1801, d. there on 19 Sept. 1866. In Leipzig he held the chair of philosophy from 1844 until his… -
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 lecturer at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau… -
Weitenauer, Ignaz
Jesuit, polyglot and exegete, b. at Ingolstadt on 1 November 1709, d. at Salem on 4 February 1783. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1724, he taught… -
Weitling, Wilhelm Christian
Propagandist, communist organizer, forerunner of communism in Germany, b. in Magdeburg on 8 Oct. 1807 and d. in New York on 25 Jan. 1871. A tailor, poet… -
Weizmann, Chaim (Hajjilm)
Jewish politician, b. at Motol in the province of Minsk in 1874, d. on 9 Nov. 1952. He received his first education in the Jewish elementary school, then went… -
Wellhausen, Julius
Protestant historian and philologist, b. 17 May 1844 at Hameln (Hanover), d. 7 Jan. 1918 at Göttingen. In 1872 full professor at Greifswald, he soon renounced… -
Wellington, Archdiocese of (WELLINGTON, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It is located in the southern part of New Zealand and originally formed part of the vicariate of Western Oceania, erected in 1835, and comprised the whole of… -
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 modernist and an apostle of… -
Welt-Bott, Der Neue
A collection of missionary letters and reports, published in the period 1726-61 and constituting 5 large tomes, divided into 9 volumes, comprising 40 parts… -
Wemmers, Jakobus
Carmelite, missionary and bishop, b. in Antwerp on 21 Oct. 1598, d. in Naples on 21 Aug. 1645. In 1617 he professed among the Carmelites of the ancient… -
Wenceslaus IV, Emperor (VENCESLAO IV, IMPERATORE)
King of Bohemia and of Germany, b. at Nuremberg on 26 Feb. 1361, d. at Prague on 9 Aug. 1419. Despite his young age, his father, the emperor Charles IV… -
Wenceslaus, Saint, Martyr (VENCESLAO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Duke of Bohemia, of the Přemyslid family, b. ca. 907, d. at Stará Boleslav, on 28 Sept. 935. Educated in the Catholic faith by his grandmother Ludmila, he took… -
Wenck, Johannes
Theologian, b. at Herrenberg (Württemberg), d. in 1460. Recorded as a priest in 1424, at the end of 1426 he came as "magister artium" from Paris to Heidelberg… -
Wends (VENDI)
Slavic populations who inhabited vast regions, comprised between the Elbe and the Oder, and bounded to the north by the Baltic Sea and to the south by Moravia.… -
Werfel, Franz
German writer, b. in Prague to a Jewish family on Sept. 10, 1890, d. in Beverly Hills (California) on Aug. 27, 1945. He made his debut very young with… -
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 very first work (his dissertation… -
Werner of Ratisbon (WERNER DI RATISBONA)
Franciscan mystical writer of the second half of the 13th century. Lector in the convent of Ratisbon and probably custos of Bavaria, in 1278 he was a peace… -
Werner, Zacharias
Playwright and orator, b. in Königsberg on 18 Nov. 1768, d. in Vienna on 17 Jan. 1823. Thrice divorced within a few years, he felt the need for religious… -
Wernz, Franz Xaver
Canonist, 25th general of the Society of Jesus, b. at Rottweil (Württemberg) on 4 Dec. 1842, d. at Rome on 19 Aug. 1914. Having entered the Order in 1857, he… -
Werthmann, Lorenz
Priest, founder and first president of German Caritas, b. 1 Oct. 1858 at Geisenheim, d. 10 Apr. 1921 at Freiburg im Breisgau. Surrounding himself with… -
Wesleyan Church (WESLEIANA CHIESA)
WESLEIANA CHIESA: v. METODISMO. -
Wesley, John
WESLEY, JOHN: v. METODISMO. -
Wessel, Gansfort
Theologian, b. at Groningen c. 1419 and d. there on 4 October 1489. Educated at the school of the Brothers of the Common Life at Zwolle, in 1449 he went to the… -
Wessenberg, Ignaz Heinrich von
Enlightenment thinker and Febronian, b. in Dresden on 4 Nov. 1774, d. in Constance on 9 Aug. 1860. Philosophy, theology, law and ecclesiastical history were… -
Wessobrunn Prayer (WESSOBRUNNER GEBET)
The so-called "Wessobrunn Prayer" is contained in a codex of the library of the convent of Wessobrunn in Upper Bavaria (founded in 753), now preserved in… -
Westcott, Brooke Foss
Protestant exegete, b. in Birmingham on 12 Jan. 1825, d. in Auckland on 27 July 1901. He studied at Cambridge (1844-48), where in 1870 he received a doctorate… -
Westenrieder, Lorenz von
Priest and historian, b. in Munich on 1 Aug. 1748, d. there on 15 March 1829. Ordained a priest in 1771, he was called to teach poetics and rhetoric at… -
Western Schism (SCISMA D'OCCIDENTE)
It was the most serious danger for the entire structure of the Western Church at the turn of the 14th to the 15th century. The long residence of the pontiffs… -
Westminster, Archdiocese of (WESTMINSTER, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese with its seat in London, England, created in 1850. It comprises the London counties north of the Thames, Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It has an… -
Westphalia (VESTFALIA)
VESTFALIA : v. WESTFALIA. -
Westphalia, Peace of (WESTFALIA, PACE DI)
A body of international treaties and internal provisions of the Kingdom of Germany (from this time generally called the Corpus Germanicum) that concluded the… -
Wettingen-Mehrerau
A "nullius" abbey, under the title of the B. Virgin Mary Maris Stella, in Switzerland, in the Canton of Aargau. Since 18 Oct. 1854 it has united the title of… -
Wettstein, Johannes Jakob
Philologist and textual critic, Protestant, b. in Basel on 5 March 1693, d. in Amsterdam on 22 March 1754. The son of a Calvinist pastor, he was professor of… -
Wetzer, Heinrich Joseph
Historian and orientalist, b. 19 March 1801 at Anzefahr (Kurhessen), d. at Freiburg im Breisgau on 5 Nov. 1853. He began the study of theology and of the… -
Wewak, Apostolic Vicariate of (WEWAK, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
By decree of 15 May 1952 the western zone was detached from the apostolic vicariate of Central New Guinea and erected into the apostolic prefecture of Aitape… -
Weynsen (Wenssen, Wentzen), Matthias
Flemish Franciscan, "learned theologian, famous preacher and ascetic" (Dirks), died, it appears, in 1547. He was guardian of the convent of his Order in…