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Zigguratu (ZIQQURATU)
Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian name for the temple towers that were built in ancient Mesopotamia from the most remote, prehistoric era down to the entire… -
Zigliara, Tommaso Maria
Dominican philosopher and theologian, b. at Bonifacio in Corsica on 29 Oct. 1833, d. at Rome on 10 May 1893. He studied at Rome and at Perugia, where he was… -
Ziguinchor, Apostolic Vicariate of (ZIGUINCHOR, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
It is located in the region of Senegal that lies between Portuguese Guinea and the Gambia. It consists of a long strip of land, partly crossed by the Casamance… -
Zileri dal Verme, Lucrezia
Prioress general of the Ursulines of the Sacred Heart of Parma, in the world Drusilla, b. at Parma on 1 Aug. 1839, d. there on 3 Aug. 1923. Educated in the… -
Zileri dal Verme, Roberto
Italian deputy and Catholic organizer, b. in Rome on 25 Oct. 1858, d. in Vicenza on 28 Feb. 1937. He was among the first to take part in the Catholic movement.… -
Zimara, Marco Antonio
Philosopher and physician, b. at S. Pietro in Galatina (Lecce) in 1460, d. at Padua in 1523. Z.'s works occupy a preeminent place in the Averroist culture of… -
Zimmermann, Otto
Theologian and ascetical writer, b. 24 May 1873 at Döttingen (Switzerland), d. 13 Jan. 1932 at Lucerne. Having entered the Society of Jesus (1890), he was for… -
Zimmer, Patritius Benedictus
Theologian, b. 22 Feb. 1752 at Abtsgmünd (Württemberg), d. 16 Oct. 1820 at Landshut. A priest in 1775, he held the chair of dogmatic theology at the University… -
Zincography (ZINCOGRAFIA)
ZINCOGRAFIA: v. FOTOMECCANICHE ARTI. -
Zingarelli, Nicola Antonio
Musician, b. in Naples on 4 April 1752, d. at Torre del Greco on 5 May 1837. He studied at the Conservatory of S. Maria di Loreto in Naples; at the age of 20… -
Zingerle, Pius
Benedictine Orientalist (in the world Giacomo), scholar of Oriental literature and translator of Syriac Christian poetry, b. at Merano on 16 March 1801, d. at… -
Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Count of (ZINZENDORF, NIKOLAUS LUDWIG, CONTE DI)
Born on 26 May 1700 in Dresden, died at Herrnhut on 9 May 1760. His father died shortly after his birth, and his mother, having contracted a new marriage, left… -
Zinzinó (ZINZINO)
He is improperly numbered among the antipopes. On the death of Paschal I (11 Feb. 824) there was a double papal election (a circumstance passed over in silence… -
Zionism (SIONISMO)
A political movement aimed at procuring for the Jews an independent and recognized national State, it established itself at the Zionist Congress of Basel (Aug.… -
Zipaquirá, Diocese of (ZIPAQUIRÁ, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the Department of Cundinamarca in Colombia (South America). It has an area of 12,500 sq km with a population of 400,000 inhabitants, all… -
Ziph
Two cities of ancient Palestine. 1. Settlement of the Negeb, at the southern extremity of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:24), founded by Mesha the Calebite (1… -
Zips
ZIPS: v. SCEPUSIO. -
Zirc (Nova Clara Vallis)
Abbey of the Cistercian Order in the diocese of Veszprém in Hungary, the only one remaining of the 18 Hungarian Cistercian abbeys of the Middle Ages. Founded… -
Zirkel, Gregor
Bishop, b. at Sylbach (Franconia) on 28 Sept. (or 2 Oct.) 1762, d. at Würzburg on 18 Dec. 1817. Ordained a priest at Würzburg in 1786, he spent his entire life… -
Zita (Cita), Saint (ZITA (CITA), SANTA)
Virgin of Lucca, b. at Monsagrati (Tuscany) in 1218, d. at Lucca on 27 April 1272, as the contemporary Vita attests (cf. Acta SS. cited below, p. 507). At the… -
Zizania (τὰ ζιζάνια)
A weed very similar to wheat, which, in the parable of Jesus related in Mt. 13:20-30, 36-43, must be identified as darnel (Lolium temulentum of Linnaeus). It… -
Žižka, Jan Z Trocnova (ŽIŠKA, JAN Z TROCNOVA)
First leader of the Hussites, b. ca. 1353-58 at Trocnov (southern Bohemia), d. of plague on 11 Oct. 1424 during the siege of the castle of Přibyslav. Ž.…