Apologetics

Apologists (Apologisti)

• Alès, Adhémar D' Vol. I, p. 464
  ALÈS, ADHÉMAR d'. - French Jesuit, theologian, historian and apologist, b. at Orléans on 2 Dec. 1861, d. at Paris on 24 Feb. 1938. First…
• Allies, Thomas William Vol. I, p. 550
  ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM. - English convert, b. Feb. 12, 1813, d. June 17, 1903 in London, son of a Protestant minister and himself a…
• Anderdon, William Henry Vol. I, p. 723
  ANDERDON, WILLIAM HENRY. - English Jesuit and writer, b. in London on 22 Dec. 1816, d. at Roehampton on 28 July 1890. Of a Protestant…
• Anderson, Patrick Vol. I, p. 724
  ANDERSON, PATRICK. - Scottish Jesuit, b. at Elgin or at Moray in 1575, d. in London on 24 Sept. 1624. Having entered the Order in Rome in…
• Anderton, James Vol. I, p. 724
  ANDERTON, JAMES. - English Catholic apologist, layman, b. at Lostock Hall (Lancashire) in 1557 and d. in 1618. He wrote various works…
• Aristide, Marciano Vol. I, p. 1122
  ARISTIDE, MARCIANO. - One of the first Christian apologists. According to Eusebius (Hist. eccl., IV, 3, 3, and Chron., ad a. 2140) he was…
• Armania y Font, Francisco Vol. I, p. 1148
  ARMANIA Y FONT, FRANCISCO. - Spanish Augustinian, b. June 3, 1718 at Villanueva y Geltrú (Barcelona), d. at Tarragona on May 4, 1803. He…
• Ballerini, Giuseppe Vol. II, p. 447
  BALLERINI, GIUSEPPE. - Italian bishop and apologist, b. at Gualdrasco (Pavia) on 15 Sept. 1857, d. at Pavia on 12 June 1933. Having set out…
• Beauzée, Nicolas Vol. II, p. 656
  BEAUZÉE, NICOLAS. - French grammarian and apologist, b. at Verdun on 9 May 1717, d. at Paris on 25 Jan. 1789. Beauzée's fame is linked to…
• Belsunce de Castelmoron, Henri-François-Xavier Vol. II, p. 704
  BELSUNCE DE CASTELMORON, HENRI-FRANÇOIS-XAVIER. - Bishop of Marseilles, b. in the castle of La Force (Dordogne) on 8-9 Dec. 1670 to parents…
• Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre Vol. II, p. 803
  BERGIER, NICOLAS-SYLVESTRE. - French theologian and apologist, b. at Darney (Lorraine) on 31 Dec. 1718, d. at Versailles on 9 Apr. 1790.…
• Bredenbach, Matthias Vol. III, p. 54
  BREDENBACH, MATTHIAS. - German humanist and Catholic polemicist, b. at Kierspe (Duchy of Berg) in 1499, d. at Emmerich on 5 June 1559.…
• Bullet, Jean-Baptiste Vol. III, p. 146
  BULLET, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - French apologist and scholar, b. at Besançon in 1699, d. there on 6 September 1775. He was professor of theology…
• Caramuel Lobkowitz, Juan de Vol. III, p. 451
  CARAMUEL LOBKOWITZ, JUAN DE. - Spanish theologian and scholar, b. in Madrid on 23 May 1606, d. in Vigevano on 8 Sept. 1682. His first…
• Dechamps, Victor-Auguste-Isidore Vol. IV, p. 748
  DECHAMPS, VICTOR-AUGUSTE-ISIDORE. - Cardinal, b. at Melle near Ghent on 6 Dec. 1810, d. at Malines on 28 Sept. 1883. In Oct. 1832 he…
• Delfino, Cesare Pietro Michele Vol. IV, p. 795
  DELFINO, CESARE PIETRO MICHELE. - Controversialist, b. at Parma on an uncertain date, d. at Rome in 1566. He devoted himself to medicine…
• Donnet, Ferdinand-François-Auguste Vol. IV, p. 1087
  DONNET, FERDINAND-FRANÇOIS-AUGUSTE. - French bishop and cardinal, b. at Bourg-Argental (Loire) on 16 Nov. 1795, d. at Bordeaux on 24 Dec.…
• Drey, Johann Sebastian Vol. IV, p. 1120
  DREY, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. - Theologian and apologist, b. at Killingen on 16 Oct. 1777, d. at Tübingen on 16 Feb. 1853. Ordained priest in…
• Duvoisin, Jean-Baptiste Vol. IV, p. 1170
  DUVOISIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - Apologist, b. at Langres on 19 Oct. 1744, d. at Nantes on 9 July 1813. Professor at the Sorbonne, canon of…
• Emanuele of Domodossola (EMANUELE DA DOMODOSSOLA) Vol. V, p. 186
  EMANUELE OF DOMODOSSOLA. - Capuchin, apologetic writer, in the world Carlo Prinsecco, b. on an uncertain date, d. 20 April 1802. He…
• Emery, Jacques-André Vol. V, p. 197
  EMERY, JACQUES-ANDRÉ. - Superior general of the Sulpicians, b. at Gex on 26 Aug. 1732, d. at Paris 28 Apr. 1811. Having entered the…
• Etourneau, Thomas Vol. V, p. 447
  ETOURNEAU, THOMAS. - Preacher and lecturer, b. in Nantes on 19 July 1853, d. at La Chapelle-Basse-Mer on 30 July 1908. A Dominican from…
• Eusebius of Caesarea (EUSEBIO DI CESAREA) Vol. V, p. 517
  EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA. - Father of ecclesiastical history. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. Historical works. - III. Apologetic works. - IV.…
• Eymieu, Antonin Vol. V, p. 569
  EYMIEU, ANTONIN. - Jesuit, lecturer and psychologist, b. at Chamaret (Drôme) on 21 Nov. 1861, d. at Marseille on 9 Oct. 1933. The best…
• Fassini, Vincenzo Maria Vol. V, p. 641
  FASSINI, VINCENZO MARIA. - Dominican theologian and historian, b. at Racconigi on 19 Aug. 1738, d. on 15 July 1787 at Pisa, at whose…
• Fassoni, Liberato Di San Giovanni Battista Vol. V, p. 641
  FASSONI, LIBERATO OF SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Theologian of the Piarists, b. in Liguria in 1720, d. in Rome on 4 May 1775. Professor at…
• Feller, François-Xavier Vol. V, p. 691
  FELLER, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER. - Jesuit, scholar and skilled apologist, b. in Brussels on 18 April 1736, d. in Regensburg on 23 May 1802. Having…
• Frayssinous, Denis-Luc-Antoine Vol. V, p. 1053
  FRAYSSINOUS, DENIS-LUC-ANTOINE. - Bishop and apologist, b. at Vayssière on 9 May 1765, and d. there on 12 Dec. 1841. Having entered the…
• Garasse, François Vol. V, p. 1151
  GARASSE, FRANÇOIS. - Jesuit, polemicist, b. at Angoulême in 1584, d. at Poitiers on 14 June 1631. An effective and impetuous preacher, he…
• Gentilini, Giovanni Battista Vol. VI, p. 50
  GENTILINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Jesuit, controversialist, b. at Vesio di Tremosine (Brescia) on 26 Nov. 1745, d. at Rome on 16 Dec. 1816…
• Grandmaison, Léonce De Vol. VI, p. 608
  GRANDMAISON, LÉONCE de. - Jesuit, theologian and apologist, b. at Le Mans on 31 Dec. 1868, d. at Paris on 15 June 1927. He entered the…
• Hello, Ernest Vol. VI, p. 823
  HELLO, ERNEST. - French writer, b. at Lorient on 4 Nov. 1828, d. there on 15 Apr. 1885. He practiced law for a short time, then devoted…
• Hettinger, Franz Vol. VI, p. 838
  HETTINGER, FRANZ. - Theologian and apologist, b. at Aschaffenburg on 13 Jan. 1813, d. at Würzburg on 25 Jan. 1890. He studied at…
• Hoffmeister, Johann Vol. VI, p. 852
  HOFFMEISTER, JOHANN. - Augustinian preacher and controversialist, b. ca. 1509 and d. 21 Aug. 1547. He embraced the religious life early,…
• Ivo of Paris (IVO DA PARIGI) Vol. VII, p. 348
  IVO OF PARIS. - Capuchin thinker and polemicist, b. in Paris ca. 1590, d. there in 1678. A lawyer of the Parisian bar, he entered the Order…
• Latomus, Bartholomeus (LATOMUS, BARTOLOMEUS) Vol. VII, p. 578
  LATOMUS, BARTHOLOMEUS. - Luxembourgish theologian and humanist, b. at Arlon between 1485 and 1490, d. at Koblenz on 3 Jan. 1570. He…
• Llanas, Eduardo Vol. VII, p. 877
  LLANAS, EDUARDO. - Piarist, b. at Binéfar (Spain) on 13 Oct. 1843, d. at Saragossa on 14 July 1904. He began his activity as an apologist…
• Méraul de Bizy, Athanase-René (MÉRAULT DE BIZY, ATHANASE-RENÉ) Vol. VIII, p. 429
  MÉRAUL DE BIZY, ATHANASE-RENÉ. - Apologist, b. in Paris in 1744 and d. in Orléans on 13 June 1835. Superior of the Oratory in Paris, in…
• Minucius, Felix (MINUCIO, FELICE) Vol. VIII, p. 641
  MINUCIUS, FELIX. - Apologist of the 2nd-3rd century. I. LIFE. - The scanty information about M. F. comes, besides from his only writing,…
• Pellisson-Fontanier, Paul Vol. IX, p. 671
  PELLISSON-FONTANIER, PAUL. - Historian and apologist, b. at Castres into a Protestant family on 30 Oct. 1624, d. in Paris on 7 Feb. 1693.…
• Perraud, Adolphe-Louis Vol. IX, p. 727
  PERRAUD, ADOLPHE-LOUIS. - Oratorian apologist and cardinal, b. 7 Feb. 1828, d. at Autun 10 Feb. 1906. A pupil of the École normale…
• Peter Canisius (PIETRO CANISIO) Vol. IX, p. 880
  PETER CANISIUS. - B. at Nijmegen (Holland) on 8 May 1521, d. at Fribourg on 21 Dec. 1597. Son of the burgomaster Jakob Kanis, P. was sent…
• Peter the Venerable (PIETRO IL VENERABILE) Vol. IX, p. 879
  PETER THE VENERABLE. - Abbot of Cluny and theologian, b. in Auvergne ca. 1094, d. at Cluny on 25 Dec. 1156. Monk at Sauxillanges (1109),…
• Pie, Louis Vol. IX, p. 815
  PIE, LOUIS. - Apologist and cardinal, b. at Pontgenin (diocese of Chartres), Sept. 26, 1815, d. at Poitiers, May 18, 1880. A student of St.…
• Ricoldo da Montecroce Vol. X, p. 521
  RICOLDO DA MONTECROCE. - Dominican traveler and apologist, b. in Florence ca. 1243, d. there on 31 Oct. 1320. A religious in his homeland…
• Schwalm, Benoît Vol. XI, p. 74
  SCHWALM, BENOÎT. - Dominican theologian and philosopher, b. at Nancy on 15 Oct. 1860, d. at Pass-Prest (St. Paul du Var) on 17 Nov. 1908. A…
• Spalding, Martin John Vol. XI, p. 655
  SPALDING, MARTIN JOHN. - Apologist and archbishop, b. at Bardstown (Kentucky, United States) on May 23, 1810, d. at Baltimore on Feb. 7,…
• Storchenau, Sigmund Von Vol. XI, p. 834
  STORCHENAU, Sigmund Von. - Jesuit, philosopher and apologist, b. at Hollenburg (Carinthia) on 17 Aug. 1731, d. at Klagenfurt on 13 Apr.…
• Studach, Jakob Lorenz Vol. XI, p. 880
  STUDACH, JAKOB LORENZ. - Born on 25 January 1796 at Altstätten (Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland), died on 9 May 1873 at Stockholm. Ordained…
• Tapper, Ruard Vol. XI, p. 1055
  TAPPER, RUARD. - Theologian, b. at Enkhuizen (Belgium) on 14 Feb. 1487, d. at Brussels on 2 March 1559. A disciple of Adriaan Florensz (the…
• Valsecchi, Antonino Vol. XII, p. 623
  VALSECCHI, ANTONINO. - Dominican apologist and orator, b. at Verona in 1708, d. at Padua on 5 March 1791. He first taught philosophy, then…
• Vaughan, Herbert Vol. XII, p. 730
  VAUGHAN, HERBERT. - Cardinal, b. at Gloucester on 15 April 1832, d. at Westminster on 19 June 1903. A descendant of an ancient family that…
• Vinet, Alexandre Vol. XII, p. 918
  VINET, ALEXANDRE. - Liberal Protestant apologist and writer, b. at Ouchy (Lausanne) on 17 June 1797, d. at Lausanne on 10 May 1847. He…
• Weiss, Albert Maria Vol. XII, p. 1034
  WEISS, ALBERT MARIA. - Dominican apologist, b. 22 April 1844 at Indersdorf (Bavaria), d. 15 Aug. 1925 at Fribourg in Switzerland. A priest…
• Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Vol. XII, p. 1054
  WISEMAN, NICHOLAS PATRICK. - Cardinal and apologist, b. 2 Aug. 1802 at Seville, d. 15 Feb. 1865 at Westminster. Born of an English and…