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Yahweh (JAHWEH)
Divine name, called the "tetragrammaton" because it has 4 letters, the most used in the Hebrew Bible (ca. 6823 times), revealed by God himself to Moses when he… -
Yakima, Diocese of (YAKIMA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Washington (U.S.A.). It has an area of 17,787 sq. miles with a population of 295,841 inhabitants, of whom 35,000 are… -
Yangchow [Yangzhou], Apostolic Prefecture of (YANGCHOW, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the central-western part of the province of Kiangsu, in central China. It was erected on 9 June 1949 with 7 civil subprefectures of the diocese of Shanghai… -
Yangku [Yanggu], Diocese of (YANGKU, DIOCESI DI)
In the central-western part of the province of Shantung (northern China). Erected as an apostolic prefecture on 13 Dec. 1933 with 6 civil sub-prefectures of… -
Yaoundé, Apostolic Vicariate of (YAOUNDÉ, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in French Cameroon and originated from the apostolic vicariate of the Two Guineas (v. GUINEA). The territory was detached from that vicariate and… -
Yazdegerd I, Persian Emperor (IEZDEGERD I, IMPERATORE PERSIANO)
Of the Sasanian dynasty, he became emperor in 399 and died in 420. It was I. - a kind of Constantine in Persia - who put an end, through the intervention of… -
Yazidi (JAZĪDI)
Name of populations of Kurdish race and language, professing a religion of their own. Their overall number, progressively declining, was recently calculated… -
Year (ANNO)
ANNO : v. CALENDARIO; CAPODANNO; TEMPO. -
Year (ANNO)
ANNO (MILLE): v. MILLE, LEGGENDA DELL'ANNO. ANNO (SANTO): v. GIUBILEO. -
Year, Beginning of the (ANNO, INIZIO DELL')
The practice of beginning the years of the common era with January 1, according to the modern or Circumcision style (mos), today commonly adopted among all… -
Year (Consular) (ANNO (CONSOLARE))
The practice of naming years after the ordinary consuls (not the "suffect" consuls), whence their appellation "eponymous," dates back to 509 B.C. and lasted in… -
Year (Liturgical) (ANNO (LITURGICO))
It is the series of feasts and festive seasons in the Church, and it has its beginning and development independently of the civil year. The latter, in fact… -
Yeats, William Butler
Irish poet, b. in Dublin on 13 March 1865, d. at Roquebrune Cap Martin on 29 Jan. 1939. His father, a Protestant Irishman, was a painter, and the young Y. too… -
Yemen (JEMEN)
JEMEN: v. YEMEN. -
Yemen
I. GEOGRAPHY. - A state of southwestern Arabia, between the Sa'ūdite province of 'Aṣīr and the British protectorate of Ḥaḍramūt. It embraces a short stretch of… -
Yenan [Yan'an], Diocese of (YENAN, DIOCESI DI)
It comprises the northern part of the province of Shensi (northern China). Erected, under the name of apostolic vicariate of northern Shensi, on 12 April 1911… -
Yenchow [Yanzhou], Diocese of (YENCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the central-southern part of the province of Shantung (northern China). It was erected, under the name of apostolic vicariate of southern Shantung, on 8… -
Yenki [Yanji], Diocese of (YENKI, DIOCESI DI)
It is located in the eastern part of Manchuria and comprises the entire civil prefecture of the same name, divided into two sub-prefectures, with an area of… -
Yepes, Diego de
Jeronymite writer, bishop of Tarazona, b. in Yepes (Toledo) in 1530 or 1531, d. in 1614 at Tarazona. Prior of the monastery de la Sisla at Toledo, in 1576 he… -
Yepes, Francisco de
Carmelite tertiary, brother of St. John of the Cross, b. in 1530 at Fontiveros (Avila), d. on 30 Nov. 1607 at Medina del Campo. A humble weaver, after a most… -
Yerevan (ERIVAN)
City of the district of Kotajkh, about 10 km. from Eghmiadzia, toward the east, on the Zanga River, in a plain over 1000 m. high in Caucasia. Before the 7th… -
Yihsien [Yi County], Apostolic Prefecture of (YIHSIEN, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the north-western part of the province of Hopeh (northern China). It was erected as a mission sui iuris on 25 May 1929 with three civil subprefectures of… -
Ying-Kow [Yingkou], Diocese of (YING-KOW, DIOCESI DI)
Located in the southern part of Manchuria (northern China), it comprises eight civil prefectures, namely Haishan, Tai-an, Pechen, Panshan, Haicheng, Y.-k.… -
YMCA (Y.M.C.A.)
Y.M.C.A.: v. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. -
Yochow [Yueyang], Apostolic Prefecture of (YOCHOW, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the north-eastern part of the province of Hunan (central China). It was erected on 7 May 1931 with 4 civil sub-prefectures of the mission of Changteh (v.)… -
Yoga
Y. is the name given to "concentrated meditation," carried to the point of hypnotic ecstasy as a means of attaining the absolute isolation of the soul from… -
Yokohama, Diocese of (YOKOHAMA, DIOCESI DI)
Situated in the central-eastern part of the large island of Hondo (Japan), it comprises four civil prefectures, namely Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka and… -
Yola, Apostolic Prefecture of (YOLA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Located in the north-eastern part of Nigeria and entrusted to the Hermits of St. Augustine (Irish province). It was erected on 14 July 1950 with parts of… -
Yom Kippur (KIPPÜR)
KIPPÜR: v. ESPIAZIONE, GIORNO dell'. -
York
Ancient archdiocese and city in north-eastern England in the county of the same name. It is the Eburacum of the Romans, who were there from 79 to 427; the… -
York, Thomas of (TOMMASO DI YORK)
Franciscan theologian, b. at the end of the 12th century, d. probably at York ca. 1260. A religious before 1245, he was the favorite disciple of Adam of Marsh… -
Young Men's Christian Association (ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DEI GIOVANI)
ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DEI GIOVANI: v. Y.M.C.A. -
Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.)
A youth association founded in London in 1844 by George Williams, a fellow of King's College in Cambridge, strongly taken with the idea of uniting the… -
Youngstown, Diocese of (YOUNGSTOWN, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of Ohio (U.S.A.). It was erected by the apostolic constitution Ad animarum bonum by Pius XII, on 15 May 1943, by dismemberment of… -
Young Women's Christian Association (ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DELLE GIOVANI)
ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DELLE GIOVANI: v. Y.W.C.A. -
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) (YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.W.C.A.))
Women's branch of the Young Men's Christian Association (v.). The two associations have the same origin, the same aims, the same methods. The criteria of… -
Youthfulness (FANCIULLEZZA)
Lat. pueritia: an age of life (v.) that follows infancy and immediately precedes adolescence (v.), preparing, in apparent calm, the overwhelming pubertal… -
Yüanling, Diocese of (YÜANLING, DIOCESI DI)
In the western part of the province of Hunan (central China). Apostolic prefecture, under the name of Shenchow, on 13 March 1925 with 16 civil sub-prefectures… -
Yucatán, Archdiocese of (YUCATAN, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the state of the same name in Mexico (North America). It has an area of 52,000 sq km with a population of 518,000 inhabitants, of whom… -
Yugoslavia (JUGOSLAVIA)
A state of southern Europe comprising the central and northwestern parts of the Balkan region, with the addition of more or less extensive strips of the… -
Yükiang [Yujiang], Diocese of (YÜKIANG, DIOCESI DI)
In the north-eastern part of the province of Kiangsi (central China). It was erected as an apostolic vicariate, under the name of Eastern Kiangsi, on 28 Aug.… -
Yungchow [Yongzhou], Apostolic Prefecture of (YUNGCHOW, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the southern part of the province of Hunan (central China). It was erected on 12 May 1925 with 21 civil sub-prefectures of the apostolic vicariate of… -
Yungkia [Wenzhou], Diocese of (YUNGKIA, DIOCESI DI)
In the south-eastern part of the province of Chekiang (central China). It was erected as a diocese, suffragan of Hangchow, on 3 March 1949 with that stretch of… -
Yungnien [Yongnian], Diocese of (YUNGNIEN, DIOCESI DI)
In the southern part of the province of Hopeh (northern China). It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 24 May 1929 with 10 civil sub-prefectures of the… -
Yungping [Lulong], Diocese of (YUNGPING, DIOCESI DI)
In the north-eastern part of the province of Hopeh (northern China). It was erected, under the name of Eastern Celi, on 23 Dec. 1899, by division of the… -
Yütsze [Yuci], Diocese of (YÜTZE, DIOCESI DI)
In the central-eastern part of the province of Shansi (northern China). Apostolic prefecture on 7 June 1931 with ten civil sub-prefectures of the mission of… -
Yvette (Iutta, Ida, Ita) of Huy, Blessed (IVETTA (IUTTA, IDA, ITA) DI HUY, BEATA)
Widow and recluse, b. at Huy near Leiden in 1158, d. there on 13 January 1228. Even as a girl she was distinguished for her piety, modesty, mortification and… -
YWCA (Y.W.C.A.)
Y.W.C.A.: v. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.