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Wheeling, Diocese of (WHEELING, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of West Virginia (United States of America). The diocese of W., which covers a territory of 21,355 sq km in the State of West… -
White Brothers (FRATELLI BIANCHI)
Sect that appeared in Prussia at the beginning of the 14th century. Its adherents took this name because they wore white cloaks, on which was marked a green… -
White Fathers (PADRI BIANCHI)
PADRI BIANCHI: v. MISSIONARI D'AFRICA. -
Whitefield, George
WHITEFIELD, GEORGE: v. METODISMO. -
Whitehead, Alfred North
English mathematician, scientist and philosopher, b. at Ramsgate (Kent) on 15 Feb. 1861 and d. at Cambridge, Mass. (U.S.A.) on 30 Dec. 1947. He first taught… -
Whitehorse, Apostolic Vicariate of (WHITEHORSE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the Northwest of Canada and is entrusted to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. It was erected on 14 Jan. 1944 by division of the apostolic… -
White Russia (RUSSIA BIANCA)
RUSSIA BIANCA: v. BIBLORUSSIA; U.R.S.S. -
White Slave Trade (TRATTA DELLE BIANCHE)
It is the recruitment of women, carried out by violence, deceit, threats or financial offers, and their transport from one region to another, especially from… -
White, Stephen
Jesuit and historian, b. at Clonmel (Ireland) in 1573 (or 1574), d. at Galway in 1646. Having entered the Order in 1596, he was sent to Germany in 1606 and for… -
Whitman, Walt
American poet, b. in Huntington (Long Island) on 31 May 1819, d. in Camden (New Jersey) on 26 March 1892. He abandoned regular schooling at the age of twelve… -
Whittier, John Greenleaf
American poet, b. at Haverhill (Massachusetts) on 17 Dec. 1807, d. at Hampton Falls on 7 Sept. 1892. He was the son of a Quaker farmer, and the beginnings of… -
Whitty, Robert
Jesuit, b. at Pouldarrig on 7 Jan. 1817, d. on 1 Sept. 1895. A priest in 1840, he was one of the most active and zealous members of the British clergy, so much…