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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…