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Wichita, Diocese of (WICHITA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1043
WICHITA, DIOCESE of. - Diocese and city in the State of Kansas and in the ecclesiastical province of S. Luigi (United States of America). The area of W.,…
Wick, Joseph Lorenz Vol. XII, p. 1043
WICK, JOSEPH LORENZ. - Priest, born at Mellenthin (East Prussia) on 27 Aug. 1820, died at Breslavia on 9 Feb. 1903. Ordained priest in 1845, he first devoted…
Widowhood (VEDOVANZA) Vol. XII, p. 739
VEDOVANZA. — This is the condition of a woman who has lost her husband. Among the Jews, v. was a state of desolation and entailed particular prohibitions (cf.…
Wieger, Leo Vol. XII, p. 1043
WIEGER, LEO. — Jesuit, physician, missionary, and sinologist, b. in Strasbourg on 9 July 1856, d. in Sienhsien (China) on 17 March 1936. He entered the Order…
Wieland, Christoph Martin Vol. XII, p. 1044
WIELAND, CHRISTOPH MARTIN. — German poet, born at Oberholzheim (Swabia) on 5 September 1733, died at Weimar on 20 January 1813. He received a Pietist education…
Wilberforce, Henry William Vol. XII, p. 1044
WILBERFORCE, HENRY WILLIAM. – Writer, b. at Clapham (England) on 22 Sept. 1807, d. at Stroud on 23 Apr. 1873. The third son of William W., the renowned British…
Wilcannia-Forbes, Diocese of (WILCANNIA-FORBES, DIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1044
WILCANNIA-FORBES, diocese of. — It is situated in the western part of the State of New South Wales. It was erected under the name of W. on 10 May 1887, with…
Wilfrid (Wilfrith), Saint, Bishop of York (VILFRIDO (VILFRID), VESCOVO DI YORK, SANTO) Vol. XII, p. 904
VILFRIDO (VILFRID), bishop of YORK, saint. — Born in Northumbria ca. 634, of noble family; died in the convent of Oudle (Murcia) on 12 October or, more…
Wilgefortis, Saint (WILGEFORTIS, SANTA) Vol. XII, p. 1044
WILGEFORTIS, saint. – She is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 20 July as a virgin and martyr. The Bollandists, who were the first to concern themselves…
Wilhering Vol. XII, p. 1045
WILHERING. — Cistercian abbey on the Danube, in the diocese of Linz (Austria). It was a daughter house of Reun, of the line of Morimond. Before 1146, Ulrich…
Willaert, Adrien Vol. XII, p. 1045
WILLAERT, ADRIEN. — Composer, born in Flanders (in Bruges or Roulers) between 1480 and 1490, died in Venice on 7 December 1562. After a brief stay at the court…
William I, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau, known as the Silent (GUGLIELMO I, PRINCIPE DI ORANGE, CONTE DI NASSAU, DETTO IL TACITURNO) Vol. VI, p. 751
GUGLIELMO I, prince of ORANGE, count of NASSAU, known as the SILENT. — Born at Dillenburg (Nassau) on 24 April 1533, killed at Delft on 10 July 1584. The…
William II Rufus, King of England (GUGLIELMO II IL ROSSO (RUFUS), RE D'INGHILTERRA) Vol. VI, p. 749
GUGLIELMO II il Rosso (Rufus), king of ENGLAND. — Third son and successor of Guglielmo il Conquistatore, b. between 1056 and 1060, d. 2 Aug. 1100. In foreign…
William II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (GUGLIELMO II, IMPERATORE DI GERMANIA E RE DI PRUSSIA) Vol. VI, p. 748
GUGLIELMO II, emperor of GERMANIA and king of PRUSSIA. — Born on 27 January 1859 in Potsdam, died on 4 June 1941 in Doorn (Netherlands). Son of Frederick III…
William of Alnwick (GUGLIELMO DI ALNWICK) Vol. VI, p. 746
GUGLIELMO di ALNWICK. - English Franciscan scholastic, d. 1332. He follows Scotist doctrines, though with a certain independence. He is the author of a…
William of Auvergne (GUGLIELMO D'ALVERNIA) Vol. VI, p. 746
GUGLIELMO d'ALVERNIA. – Medieval theologian and philosopher, born at Aurillac after 1180, died in Paris in 1249. He was professor of theology at the University…
William of Bourges, Saint (GUGLIELMO DI BOURGES, SANTO) Vol. VI, p. 747
GUGLIELMO di BOURGES, saint. — Archbishop, born at Arthel, county of Nevers, in the first half of the 12th century, died in 1209. Of the family of the counts…
William the Breton (GUGLIELMO IL BRETONE) Vol. VI, p. 747
GUGLIELMO il BRETONE. – Franciscan, theologian, and biblical scholar, who lived in the 13th century and is mentioned in his chronicle by fra Salimbene da…
William V the Pious, Duke of Bavaria (GUGLIELMO V IL PIO, DUCA DI BAVIERA) Vol. VI, p. 747
GUGLIELMO V the Pious, duke of BAVIERA. - B. 29 Sept. 1548, to Alberto V of Wittelsbach and Anna d'Austria; d. at Schleissheim, 7 Feb. 1626. He succeeded…
Williams, Roger Vol. XII, p. 1045
WILLIAMS, ROGER. - Protestant polemicist and English colonizer, founder of the State of Rhode Island, b. in London in 1603, d. in Providence in 1683. He…
Willibald (Willibaldus), Saint (VILLIBALDO (WILLIBALDUS), SANTO) Vol. XII, p. 908
VILLIBALDO (Willibaldus), saint. — Benedictine, bishop of Eichstätt, born on 22 October 700 into a noble Anglo-Saxon family, died there on about 7 July 787. At…
Willibrord (Willibrordus), Saint (VILLIBRORDO (UILLIBRORDUS), SANTO) Vol. XII, p. 908
VILLIBRORDO (Uillibrordus), saint. — Benedictine, apostle of the Frisians and first bishop of Utrecht, born in Northumbria in 658 of an Anglo-Saxon family,…
Willibrord, Saint (VILLIBRORDO, SANTO) Vol. XII, p. 908
VILLIBRORDO, saint — Autograph of St. V. containing the information of his arrival in France (690), of his episcopal ordination in Rome (695), and of his age,…
Willigis (Willigiso), Saint (VILLIGISO (WILLIGISO), SANTO) Vol. XII, p. 909
VILLIGISO (Willigiso), saint. — Archbishop of Mainz, one of the finest statesmen of the tenth century, born at Schüningen of a poor family, died at Mainz on 23…
Williram of Ebersberg (WILLIRAM DI EBERSBERG) Vol. XII, p. 1046
WILLIRAM of EBERSBERG. - Benedictine abbot of Ebersberg, in the diocese of Freising (Upper Bavaria), d. 1085. His historical and cultural importance is…
Willmann, Otto Vol. XII, p. 1046
WILLMANN, OTTO. – Philosopher and distinguished pedagogist, born in Lissa (Posnania) on 24 April 1839, died in Leitmeritz on 1 July 1920. He studied in Breslau…
Wilmart, Henri-Marie-André Vol. XII, p. 1046
tolerance of every religion and in politics for universal suffrage. In 1644 he returned to England to defend the interests of his colony there, and here he met…
Wilmers, Wilhelm Vol. XII, p. 1047
WILMERS, WILHELM. – Jesuit and theologian, born at Boke (Westphalia) on 30 June 1817, died at Roermond (Holland) on 9 May 1889. He entered the Order in 1834…
Wilmington, Diocese of (WILMINGTON, DIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1047
WILMINGTON, DIOCESI di. - Diocese and city in the State of Delaware, U. S. A. The diocese was erected by Pius IX on 3 March 1868 and now comprises the State of…
Wilpert, Joseph Vol. XII, p. 1048
WILPERT, JOSEPH. — Archaeologist, born at Eiglau (Silesia) on 22 August 1857, died at Rome on 10 March 1944, dean of the Protonotaries Apostolic de numero.…
Wilson, Woodrow Vol. XII, p. 1048
WILSON, WOODROW. – President of the United States of America, born on 28 December 1856 at Staunton (Virginia), died on 3 February 1924 at Washington. The son…
Wilten Vol. XII, p. 1049
WILTEN. – Abbey of Premonstratensian Canons, near Innsbruck, in the Austrian Tyrol, formerly under the diocese of Bressanone. On the site of the Roman station…
Wimpfeling, Jakob Vol. XII, p. 1050
WIMPFELING, JAKOB. — Alsatian humanist and theologian, born in Schlettstadt on 25 June 1450, died there on 15 November 1528. He attended the school of the…
Wimpina, Konrad Koch, detto Vol. XII, p. 1050
WIMPINA, KONRAD KOCH, so called. — Theologian who took his name from Wimpfen on the Neckar, born in 1465, died on 17 May 1531 at Amorbach. He studied at…
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim Vol. XII, p. 1050
WINCKELMANN, JOHANN JOACHIM. — Archaeologist, art historian, and philosopher, born in Stendal, Prussia, on 3 December 1717, died in Trieste on 8 June 1768. Of…
Windelband, Wilhelm Vol. XII, p. 1051
WINDELBAND, WILHELM. – Philosopher and historian of philosophy, born in Potsdam on 8 May 1848, died in Heidelberg on 22 October 1915. He studied at Jena,…
Windesheim Vol. XII, p. 1051
WINDESHEIM. – A Dutch locality near Zwolle (v.), where the Congregation of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, known as that of W., arose. The great reforming…
Windhoek, Apostolic Vicariate of (WINDHOEK, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. XII, p. 1052
WINDHOEK, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - It is situated in the northern part of South-West Africa, which since 1920 has been a mandate of the Union of South Africa.…
Windischmann, Friedrich Vol. XII, p. 1052
WINDISCHMANN, FRIEDRICH. - Sanskritist, b. 13 Dec. 1811 at Aschaffenburg, d. 23 Aug. 1861 at Munich. Son of the philosopher and physician Karl Josef W.,…
Window (FINESTRA) Vol. V, p. 824
WINDOW. — An opening through the entire thickness of a wall, made to admit light. It may consist of one, two, or more elements, called lights (monofora,…
Windthorst, Ludwig Vol. XII, p. 1052
WINDTHORST, LUDWIG. — German politician, born on 17 January 1812 at the Caldenhof farmstead near Osterkappeln, died on 14 March 1891 in Berlin. Of a…
Winghe, Philips van Vol. XII, p. 1053
WINGHE, PHILIPS Van. — Archaeologist and artist, born in Leuven in 1560, died in Florence in Aug. 1592. He studied under the guidance of his learned maternal…
Winnipeg, Archdiocese of (WINNIPEG, ARCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1054
WINNIPEG, ARCHDIOCESE of. - Archdiocese and city in the province of Manitoba (Canada). The archdiocese covers a territory situated in southwestern Manitoba. In…
Winona, Diocese of (WINONA, DIOCESI DI) Vol. XII, p. 1054
WINONA, DIOCESE of. - Diocese and city of the ecclesiastical province of S. Paolo and in the State of Minnesota (U. S. A.). In 1952, within the territory of…
Wirceburgenses Vol. XII, p. 1054
WIRCEBURGENSES. – A group of Jesuit professors at the University of Würzburg who jointly compiled a complete course of theology, known under the name of…
Wisdom (in the Bible) (SAPIENZA (NELLA BIBBIA)) Vol. X, p. 1122
SAPIENZA (in the BIBLE). – An ideological-ethical attitude among the ancient Israelites (Hebr. hokhmáh); it was not simply an intellectual gift, but also the…
Wisdom Books (SAPIENZIALI, LIBRI) Vol. X, p. 1124
WISDOM, BOOKS. - In the division of the writings of the Old Testament into historical, prophetic, and wisdom books, the latter designation includes Job,…
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Vol. XII, p. 1054
WISEMAN, NICHOLAS PATRICK. — Cardinal and apologist, b. on 2 August 1802 in Seville, d. on 15 February 1865 in Westminster. Of an English and Irish family that…
Wissowa, Georg Vol. XII, p. 1055
WISSOWA, GEORG. - Classical philologist, b. at Breslau on 11 June 1859, d. at Halle on 13 May 1931. In 1882 he became Privatdozent at Breslau; in 1895 full…
Witchcraft and Medicine (STREGONERIA E MEDICINA) Vol. XI, p. 862
STREGONERIA E MEDICINA - The devil holds council with the witches. Engraving from the Compendium Maleficarum by P. Fr. Maria Guazzo, Milan 1668. 1947, pp.…
Witchcraft and Sorcery (FATTUCCHIERE E FATTURA) Vol. V, p. 646
FATTUCCHIERE E FATTURA: v. MAGIA.
Witches (STREGHE) Vol. XI, p. 862
STREGHE : V. MAGIA. WITCHCRAFT AND MEDICINE. — Among primitive peoples, the sorcerer-priest receives, in a particular natural or induced state (shamanism,…
With The Delight Of Superiors (CON L'ELIZIA DE' SUPERIORI) Vol. IV, p. 502
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIORS. (fot. Enc. Cult.) CRESCIMBENI, GIAN MARIO – Frontispiece of L'istoria della Basilica diaconale... di S. Maria in Cosmedin,…
Witness (TESTIMONE) Vol. XII, p. 35
WITNESS. — A w. or witness (testis) is one who is called to bear witness to something. The events of social life normally take place among people. The…
Wittelsbach, Family (WITTELSBACH, FAMIGLIA) Vol. XII, p. 1055
WITTELSBACH, FAMIGLIA. — Noble German family descended from the margrave Luitpold, a relative of the Emperor Arnulf, which came into possession of the castle…
Wittmann, Georg Michael Vol. XII, p. 1056
WITTMANN, GEORG MICHAEL. - Bishop, b. 22 Jan. 1760 at Finkenhammer (Upper Palatinate), d. 8 March 1833 at Ratisbona. Ordained priest at Ratisbona (1782), after…
Wittmann, Patritius (WITTMANN, PATRIZIUS) Vol. XII, p. 1056
WITTMANN, PATRIZIUS. - Journalist, b. at Ellwangen (Württemberg) on 4 Jan. 1818, d. at Munich, Bavaria, on 3 Oct. 1883. He began his journalistic activity,…
Witz, Konrad Vol. XII, p. 1056
WITZ, KONRAD. — Painter, born around 1400 and died around 1466 in Basilea or Ginevra. The first known work by K. W. is an altarpiece (after 1434), of which…