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• Baccano (ad Baccanas, ad Vacanas) Vol. II, p. 387
  BACCANO (Ad Baccanas, ad Vacanas). - Name of a post station at the twenty-first mile of the Via Cassia, where near the ascent called clivus…
• Bistua Vol. II, p. 970
  BISTUA. - At the Synods of Salona of 530 and 533, there also appears Andria, bishop of the bestoensis ecclesia. His diocese was vast but…
• Compultery (Cubultery) (COMPULTERIA (CUBULTERIA)) Vol. IV, p. 83
  COMPULTERY (Cubultery). - Ancient diocese of Campania between Treglia and Alvignano. It is mentioned only by St. Gregory the Great in the…
• Drisdale River Mission (DRISDALE RIVER, MISSIONE DI) Vol. IV, p. 1121
  DRISDALE RIVER MISSION. - It is an autonomous mission detached from the apostolic vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia and erected…
• Geography (GEOGRAFIA) Vol. VI, p. 52
  GEOGRAPHY. - It is in general the science that studies the different parts of the earth's surface. SUMMARY: I. Definition, concept and…
• Greenland (GROENLANDIA) Vol. VI, p. 703
  GROENLANDIA - A broad glacial valley between the Kjerulf fjord and the Hisinger glacier. The Windesheim priory of G. was in decline when it…
• Indianapolis, Archdiocese of (INDIANAPOLIS, ABCIDIOCESI DI) Vol. VI, p. 1059
  INDIANAPOLIS, ARCHDIOCESE of - Abbey of St. Meinrad (20th century). of the anonymous ones. Pius IV then, accepting a petition of the…
• Lorium Vol. VII, p. 940
  LORIUM. - An ancient diocese that arose on an imperial villa at the 12th mile on the Via Aurelia, later called Castel di Guido. Within its…
• Palai Vol. IX, p. 356
  PALAI. - Syro-Malabar diocese, erected by the apostolic letters Quo ecclesiarum of 25 July 1950. It was detached from the diocese of…
• Santuario di Porto Venere (PORTO VENERE, SANTUARIO DI) Vol. IX, p. 1086
  SANTUARIO DI PORTO VENERE. - On the extreme western edge of the Gulf of La Spezia, near the village of P. V., perched on the sea, stands…
• Scete (Skete, Sketi, Σκήτη, Σκήτις [Σκήτειος], Σκιαβίς) Vol. XI, p. 38
  SCETE (Skete, Sketi, Σκήτη, Σκήτις [Σκήτειος], Σκιαβίς). - The harshest solitude of the ancient anchorites of Egypt, to the west of the…
• The Sanctuary of Monte Santo (IL SANTUARIO DI MONTESANTO) Vol. VI, p. 566
  THE SANCTUARY OF MONTESANTO. - A Marian sanctuary, whose foundation goes back to an apparition of 1539. Entrusted from 1566 to the…
• The Sanctuary of Saint Mary of Barbana (IL SANTUARIO DI S. MARIA DI BARBANA) Vol. VI, p. 567
  THE SANCTUARY OF S. MARIA DI BARBANA. - A Marian sanctuary situated on a small island of the Grado coastline. Its origins go back to the…
• Touring Club Italiano Vol. XII, p. 256
  TOURING CLUB ITALIANO. - An association whose purpose is the dissemination of knowledge of Italy among Italians and foreigners and the…
• Vallepietra, Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity of (VALLEPIETRA, SANTUARIO DELLA SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ DI) Vol. XII, p. 618
  VALLEPIETRA, SANCTUARY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY OF. - It lies in the valley of the Simbrivio, near the hill of the Tagliata which leans…
• Verna, Sanctuary of (VERNA, SANTUARIO DELLA) Vol. XII, p. 821
  VERNA, Sanctuary of. - A detached mountain of the central Apennines (highest point, the Penna, 1284 m), in the province and diocese of…