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Abramo of Bēth Rabbān (ABRAMO DI BĒTH RABBĀN)
ABRAMO OF BĒTH RABBĀN. - Syriac doctor, who lived from 449 to 569. He was director for about 60 years of the school of Nisibis, in which he… -
Adalger (Adalgerus or Algerus; according to B. Pez: Adelher) (ADALGERO (ADALGERUS O ALGERUS; SECONDO B. PEZ: ADELHER))
ADALGER (Adalgerus or Algerus; according to B. Pez: Adelher). - A Benedictine of the monastery, it seems, of Augsburg in Bavaria and,… -
Aeterne Rerum Conditor
«AETERNE RERUM CONDITOR». - Hymn of the Roman Breviary for the Sunday Lauds from the octave of the Epiphany to the 1st Sunday of Lent and… -
Apostolic Canons (CANONI APOSTOLICI)
APOSTOLIC CANONS. - To the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions are appended 85 Apostolic Canons (Didascalia et Constitutiones… -
Augustine, Aurelius, Saint (AGOSTINO AURELIO, SANTO)
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, saint - De civitate Dei; colophon of the editio princeps (Subiaco 1467). (Int. Enc. Catt.) exposing myself. Yet my soul… -
Augustinianism (Augustinianism) (AGOSTINISMO (AGOSTINIANISMO))
AUGUSTINIANISM (AUGUSTINIANISM). - Not only in the history of dogma did the bishop of Hippo exercise an influence of incalculable scope,… -
Baluze, Étienne (BALUZE, ETIENNE)
BALUZE, ÉTIENNE. - French scholar, b. at Tulle on 24 Nov. 1630, d. at Paris on 28 June 1718. He first studied civil law without passion and… -
Bardenhewer, Otto
BARDENHEWER, OTTO. - Born on March 16, 1851 in München-Gladbach (Rhineland), died in Munich on March 23, 1935. He studied theology and… -
Bedjan, Paul (BEDJAN, PAOLO)
BEDJAN, PAUL. - Orientalist, priest of the Mission, b. at Khosrova in Persia in 1838, and after having been a zealous missionary among the… -
Berengaudus (BERENGAUDO)
BERENGAUDUS. - Author of an important Latin commentary on the Apoc.: Expositio super septem visiones libri Apocalypsis (PL 17, 765-970).… -
Blampin, Thomas
BLAMPIN, THOMAS. - Benedictine of St. Maur, professor of philosophy and theology, b. at Noyon in 1640, d. at St-Benoît-sur-Loire on 13 Feb.… -
Caillau, Armand-Benjamin
CAILLAU, ARMAND-BENJAMIN. - French priest, b. in Paris on 22 Oct. 1794, d. there on 4 July 1850. A benefactor of patrology and hagiography:… -
Cave, William
CAVE, WILLIAM. - Born at Pickwell in Leicestershire in 1637, died at Windsor in 1713. Anglican minister. Educated at Cambridge in St.… -
Ceillier, Remi
CEILLIER, REMI. - Benedictine of the Lorraine Congregation of St-Vanne and St-Hidulphe, b. at Bar-le-Duc on 14 May 1688, d. in the… -
Chabot, Jean-Baptiste
CHABOT, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - French priest, celebrated orientalist, b. at Vouvray (Indre-et-Loire) on 16 Feb. 1865, d. at Paris on 7 Jan. 1948.… -
Computus de Pascha
COMPUTUS DE PASCHA. - It is a short work attributed by a manuscript to St. Cyprian of Carthage, but certainly apocryphal, because it was… -
Cotelier, Jean-Baptiste
COTELIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - Philologist, b. at Nîmes in 1627, d. at Paris on 12 Aug. 1686. From childhood he showed singular aptitudes for… -
Damasus I, Pope, Saint (DAMASO I, PAPA, SANTO)
DAMASUS I, Pope, Saint. - Reigning from 366 to 384, born probably in Rome, where his father, Anthony, made his entire ecclesiastical career… -
Dölger, Franz Joseph
DÖLGER, FRANZ JOSEPH. - Historian of the early Christian centuries, b. 18 Oct. 1879 at Sulzbach on the Main, d. 17 Oct. 1940 at… -
Druthmar (Cristiano of Stavelot) (DRUTMARO (CRISTIANO DI STAVELOT))
DRUTHMAR (CRISTIANO OF STAVELOT). - Benedictine exegete, b. at the beginning of the 9th century in Aquitaine, d. ca. 870, probably at… -
Fessler, Joseph
FESSLER, JOSEPH. - Bishop, historian and canonist, b. at Lochau (Vorarlberg) on 2 Dec. 1813; d. at St. Pölten (near Vienna) on 25 Apr.… -
Filaret Gumilevskij (FILARETE GUMILEVSKIJ)
FILARET GUMILEVSKIJ. - Archbishop of Chernigov (1805-66), born Konobejevskij, called "humilevskij" from the Latin humilis, on account of… -
Gallandi (Galland), Andrea
GALLANDI (GALLAND), ANDREA. - Oratorian, b. 7 Dec. 1709 in Venice, d. there 12 Jan. 1779. Editor of the Bibliotheca Graeco-Latina veterum… -
Ghellinck d’Elseghem, Joseph de (GHELLINCK D'ELSEGHEM, JOSEPH DE)
GHELLINCK D’ELSEGHEM, JOSEPH DE. - Historian of theology and patrologist, b. at Ghent on 30 Oct. 1872, d. at Louvain on 4 Jan. 1950. Having… -
Giorgi of Nicomedia (GIORGIO DI NICOMEDIA)
GIORGI OF NICOMEDIA. - He lived in the second half of the 9th century. Being archivist of Hagia Sophia and a close friend of the patriarch… -
Grabe, Johann Ernst
GRABE, JOHANN ERNST. - Patrologist, Protestant, b. at Königsberg in 1666, d. at Oxford in 1711. From 1685 he taught at the University of… -
Graffin, René
GRAFFIN, RENÉ. - Orientalist, b. at Pontvallain (Sarthe, France) on 22 March 1858, d. at Ste-Radegonde-en-Touraine on 3 Jan. 1941, after… -
Iwannis, Metropolitan of Dara (Syria) (IWANNIS, METROPOLITA DI DĀRĀ (SIRIA))
IWANNIS, Metropolitan of Dara (Syria). - Syriac Monophysite writer, who lived in the 9th century. Most of his works are still unpublished.… -
John of Damascus, Saint (GIOVANNI DAMASCENO, SANTO)
JOHN OF DAMASCUS, Saint. - Doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. Works. - III. Doctrine. - IV. Influence. I. LIFE. - It is known… -
La Bigne, Marguerin de
LA BIGNE, MARGUERIN de. - Patrologist, b. in 1546 or 1547 at Bernières-le-Patry (Normandy), d. in Paris in 1589. He studied theology at… -
Mannucci, Ubaldo
MANNUCCI, UBALDO. - Patrologist and canonist, b. at Montagano (Campobasso) on 8 Nov. 1883, d. at Rome on 20 May 1935. He studied at the… -
Maran, Prudence
MARAN, PRUDENCE. - Benedictine patrologist and theologian of the Congregation of St. Maur, b. at Sézanne (Marne) on 14 Oct. 1683, d. at… -
Marcellino, Count (MARCELLINO, CONTE)
MARCELLINO, COUNT. - Born into a noble family in Illyria, chancellor of the heir apparent Justinian under the emperor Justin I (518-27). In… -
Marcion, Heretic (MARCIONE, ERETICO)
MARCION, HERETIC. - Born in Pontus ca. 85, died in Rome in the second half of the 2nd century. Nothing certain is known about his private… -
Martianay, Jean
MARTIANAY, JEAN. - Benedictine exegete and patrologist, b. at St-Sever-Cap (Gascony) on 30 Dec. 1647, d. at St-Germain-des-Près (Paris) on… -
Maurists (Maurini) (MAURINI (MAURISTI))
MAURISTS (MAURINI). - This name was given to the Benedictines of the French Congregation of St. Maur, which arose between the end of the… -
Maximin, Bishop of the Goths (MASSIMINO, VESCOVO DEI GOTTI)
MAXIMIN, Bishop of the Goths. - He lived at the end of the 4th century and the beginning of the 5th; of origin, as it seems, Danubian. A… -
Migne, Jacques-Paul
MIGNE, JACQUES-PAUL. - Priest, b. at St-Flour (Auvergne) on 25 Oct. 1800, d. at Paris on 24 Oct. 1875. Ordained in 1824, he was first a… -
Mingarelli, Giovanni Luigi
MINGARELLI, GIOVANNI LUIGI. - Orientalist and patrologist, b. at Grizzana (Bologna) on 27 Feb. 1722 and d. at Bologna on 10 March 1793. He… -
Montfaucon, Bernard de
MONTFAUCON, BERNARD de. - Born on January 16, 1655 in southern France, of a noble family, he served as a soldier in 1672 in Turenne's… -
Moricca, Umberto
MORICCA, UMBERTO. - Professor of Latin language and literature; descended from a noble family of Tropea, born at Filandari (Catanzaro) on… -
Morin, Léopold-Germain
MORIN, LÉOPOLD-GERMAIN. - Benedictine, b. at Caen (Normandy) on 16 Nov. 1861, d. at Orselina "al Sasso" (Locarno) on 12 Feb. 1946. He… -
Nau, François-Nicolas
NAU, FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS. - Noted French orientalist, b. at Thil (Moselle) on 15 May 1864, d. at Paris on 2 Sept. 1931. Having received the… -
Nicetas of Remesiana (NICETA DI REMESIANA)
NICETAS OF REMESIANA. - So called from the city to the east of Niš in Serbia. Bishop and friend of Paulinus of Nola (v. P. Fabre, St Paulin… -
Nicetas the Byzantine (NICETA BIZANTINO)
BYZANTINE NICETAS - Refutatio epistolae regis Armeniae, copied by Emanuel Greco (16th century) - Vatican Library, cod. Vat. gr. 388, f.… -
Petau (Petavius), Denys
PETAU (Petavius), Denys. - Jesuit, theologian and patrologist, b. at Orléans on 21 Aug. 1583, d. at Paris on 11 Dec. 1652. At the age of 16… -
Pitra, Jean-Baptiste
PITRA, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - Benedictine, cardinal, librarian of the Holy Roman Church, b. at Champforgeuil (dept. of Saône-et-Loire) on 1 Aug.… -
Proba
PROBA. - Poetess, daughter of the consul Petronius Probianus (322) and wife of the praefectus urbi Adelius (351), she introduced into… -
Ratramnus of Corbie (RATRAMNO DI CORBIE)
RATRAMNUS of CORBIE. - Benedictine theologian, the Body and Blood of Christ, indeed he sometimes states expressly that the substance of the… -
Renaudot, Eusèbe
RENAUDOT, EUSÈBE. - Born in Paris on 22 July 1648, died there on 1 September 1720; orientalist, liturgist, journalist. R. entered the… -
Rupert of Deutz (Rupertus Tuitiensis) (RUPERTO DI DEUTZ (RUPERTUS TUITIENSIS))
RUPERT OF DEUTZ (Rupertus Tuitiensis). - Benedictine theologian and abbot, b. at Liège ca. 1075, d. at Deutz in 1130. A monk at St.… -
Satornilo (Saturninus)
SATORNILO (Saturninus). - Gnostic of Antioch, a contemporary of Basilides. According to his doctrine the world was created by seven angels… -
Schram(m), Dominikus
SCHRAM(M), DOMINIKUS. - Benedictine theologian, b. in Bamberg on 24 Oct. 1722, d. at Banz on 21 Sept. 1797. He made his profession (1743)… -
Sextus, Sentences of (SESTO, SENTENZE DI)
SEXTUS, Sentences of. - A collection of sentences that goes under the name of S. The author is mentioned for the first time by Origen… -
Sirmond, Jacques
SIRMOND, JACQUES. - Patrologist, b. at Riom (Puy-de-Dôme) on 12 Oct. 1559, d. at Paris on 7 Oct. 1651. Having entered the Society of Jesus… -
Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur (TEXTE UND UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER ALTSCHRISTLICHEN LITERATUR)
TEXTE UND UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER ALTCHRISTLICHEN LITERATUR. - A series of texts relating to the history of ancient Christian… -
Theophanes the Confessor (TEOFANE CHERAMEO)
THEOPHANES THE CONFESSOR. - Under the name of T. we have the most extensive collection of Greek homilies of the Middle Ages. Some bear the… -
Ubaldi, Paolo
UBALDI, PAOLO. - Born in Parma on 30 August 1872, died in Milan on 22 July 1934. Orphaned and taken in at the age of ten by Don Bosco (v.… -
Vallarsi, Domenico
VALLARSI, DOMENICO. - Priest and scholar, b. in Verona on 13 Nov. 1702, d. there on 14 Aug. 1771. His principal work is the edition of the…