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Xanten (Ad Sanctos)
In the Rhineland (Germany). It stands on the site of the ancient "Colonia Traiana" founded by the emperor of the same name. The present city of X. grew up… -
Xaveriusverein
The first alms for the work of the Propagation of the Faith, founded in 1822 in Lyon, were collected in Germany from 1827. The physician Heinrich Hahn of… -
Xavierre, Girolamo
Master General of the Friars Preachers, cardinal, b. around 1546 at Saragossa, d. 2 September 1608 at Valladolid, buried in the convent of Saragossa. He taught… -
Xeniteia
Greek term (ξενιτεία, "sojourn in a foreign land," hence "exile") indicating detachment from one's native land, and then the ascetic renunciation of one who… -
Xenophanes (SENOFANE)
SENOFANE: v. ELEATISMO. -
Xerophagia (Ξηροφαγία) (XEROFAGIA (ΞΗΡΟΦΑΓΊΑ))
A diet consisting solely of dry food (ξηρός) and water alone. It is a variety of fasting, according to St. Isidore (Etymol. VI, 19, 70, ed. W. M. Lindsay… -
Xerxes I (SERSE I)
King of the Achaemenid dynasty (v.), son of Darius I and father of Artaxerxes I. He reigned from 485 to 465 B.C., when he was killed in a conspiracy. In… -
Ximenes de Rada, Rodrigo
Cistercian, archbishop of Toledo, b. at Puente la Reina (Navarre) in 1170, d. at Toledo on 10 June 1247. After studying in Paris, he returned to Castile, where… -
Ximenes (Jiménez) de Cisneros, Francisco
Born at Torrelaguna (Madrid) in 1436, died at Roa on 8 November 1517. After taking his degree in canon law he went to Rome and remained there from 1449 to… -
Ximénez, Francisco (XIMENEZ, FRANCISCO)
Born at the end of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th century in Villa de Luna (Aragon), he entered the Franciscan Order. Not yet a priest, under… -
Xingu, Prelature of (XINGÚ, PRELATURA NULLIUS DI)
In the State of Pará in Brazil. It has an area of 318,548 sq. km., with a population of 22,000 inhabitants, of whom 21,600 are Catholics. It has 4 parishes… -
Xylographic Books (XILOGRAFICI, LIBRI)
A bibliographic term designating small books composed of woodcut engravings with figures and a brief explanatory text, printed on several sheets on one side… -
Xylography (XILOGRAFIA)
XILOGRAFIA: v. INCISIONE.