Religious Orders
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Poor Sisters of Nazareth (POVERE SUORE DI NAZARET)
POOR SISTERS OF NAZARETH. - Cardinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster, in 1850 conceived the plan of a hospice for the aged similar to… -
Poor Sisters of Saint Francis (POVERE SUORE DI SAN FRANCESCO)
POOR SISTERS OF SAINT FRANCIS. - Religious institute founded in Aachen by Frances Schervier, who in 1845 associated with herself four other… -
Poor Sisters Of Saint Francis Of Perpetual Adoration (POVERE SUORE DI SAN FRANCESCO DELL'ADORAZIONE PERPETUA)
POOR SISTERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF PERPETUAL ADORATION. - Institute founded on 20 Dec. 1860 at Olpe (diocese of Paderborn), by Teresa Bonzel.… -
Poor Sisters Of The Immaculate Virgin Mary (POVERE SUORE DELL'IMMACOLATA VERGINE MARIA)
POOR SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY. - Founded by Giovanni Schneider, parish priest of St. Matthias in Breslau, in 1854. The initial… -
Poor Sisters of the Schools of Our Lady (Budweis) (POVERE SUORE DELLE SCUOLE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA (BUDWEIS))
POOR SISTERS OF THE SCHOOLS OF OUR LADY (BUDWEIS). - Fr. Gabriel Schneider, chaplain of Hirschau (diocese of Budweis in Bohemia), around… -
Poor Sisters of the Schools of Our Lady (Munich) (POVERE SUORE DELLE SCUOLE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA (MONACO))
POOR SISTERS OF THE SCHOOLS OF OUR LADY (MUNICH). - The Institute was founded in Regensburg in 1833, through the work of Msgr. G. M.… -
Poor Teaching Sisters of Our Lady (POVERE SUORE INSEGNANTI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA)
POOR TEACHING SISTERS OF OUR LADY. - In 1860 the bishop of Colocza, Giuseppe Kunszt, called into his diocese some of the P. S. of the… -
Premonstratensians (PREMOSTRATENSI)
PREMONSTRATENSIANS. - Canons regular who took their name from Prémontré (diocese of Soissons), where in 1120 they were founded by St.… -
Presentation Brothers (FRATELLI DELLA PRESENTAZIONE)
BROTHERS OF THE PRESENTATION. - In 1802, at Waterford, Edmund Ignatius Rice founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools… -
Priestly Fraternity (FRATERNITÀ SACERDOTALE)
PRIESTLY FRATERNITY. - Institution that arose in Paris in 1901 on the initiative of Fr. M. E. Prevost (b. 1860, d. 1946), to give priests… -
Priestly Society of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (SOCIETÀ SACERDOTALE DELLA SANTA CROCE ED «OPUS DEI»)
PRIESTLY SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CROSS AND OPUS DEI. - It is the first secular institute of pontifical right, approved according to the norms… -
Priests of Mercy (PRETI DELLA MISERICORDIA)
PRIESTS OF MERCY. - A congregation of missionary priests first called the "Society of the Missions of France," founded by Fr. G. B. Rauzan… -
Priests of Saint Mary of Tinchbray (SACERDOTI DI SANTA MARIA DI TINCHEBRAY)
PRIESTS OF SAINT MARY OF TINCHBRAY. - They were founded in 1851 by Fr. Charles Duguey, then assistant parish priest of Tinchebray, diocese… -
Priests of the Most Holy Sacrament (SACERDOTI DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO)
PRIESTS OF THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT. - A religious congregation commonly called the Fathers Sacramentines (S.S.S.), founded in Paris on 13… -
Priests Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Of Bétharram (PRETI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ DI BÉTHARRAM)
PRIESTS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS OF BÉTHARRAM. - Religious congregation founded by St. Michael Garicoits in 1832 at Bétharram for the… -
Priests of the Schools of Charity (SACERDOTI DELLE SCUOLE DI CARITÀ)
PRIESTS OF THE SCHOOLS OF CHARITY. - Religious congregation, also known under the name of the Cavanis Institute, founded in Venice by the… -
Priests of the Stigmata of N (PRETI DELLE STIMMATE DI N)
PRIESTS OF THE STIGMATA OF N. S. JESUS CHRIST. - They began in Verona on 4 Nov. 1816 as a private union of secular priests for the free… -
Recluses (RECLUSI)
RECLUSES. - Reclusion is a form of eremitic life in which the religious imposes upon himself a solitary life, far from any community or… -
Recollectine Penitents of Oirschot (PENITENTI RECOLLETTINE DI OIRSCHOT)
RECOLLECTINE PENITENTS OF OIRSCHOT. - The Institute is a branch detached from the Congregation of Limburg, founded on 21 Sept. 1623 by… -
Recollectine Penitents of the Immaculate Conception of Rosendael (PENITENTI RECOLLETTINE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DI ROOSENDAAL)
RECOLLECTINE PENITENTS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF ROSENDAEL. - The Institute originated from the ancient monastery of Louvain,… -
Recollects of Saint Augustine (RECOLLETTI DI SANT'AGOSTINO)
RECOLLECTS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE. - A reform of stricter life within the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, which arose in the province of… -
Reformed Cistercians (CISTERCENSI RIFORMATI)
REFORMED CISTERCIANS. - Reform of the Cistercian Order that began in 1599 in the abbey of Charmoy in France under Abbot Arnolfini. It was… -
Regular Clerics (CHIERICI REGOLARI)
REGULAR CLERICS. - These are those religious societies of clerics which, founded from the beginning of the 16th century until about the end… -
Regular Third Order of Saint Francis (TERZ'ORDINE REGOLARE DI SAN FRANCESCO)
REGULAR THIRD ORDER OF SAINT FRANCIS. - It derives from the Third Order of Penance, instituted by St. Francis of Assisi in 1221 for… -
Religious Congregation (CONGREGAZIONE RELIGIOSA)
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION. - The CIC defines a r.c. as a religio, that is, a religious institute in which only simple vows are taken, whether… -
Religious Missionary Congregations, Male and Female (CONGREGAZIONI RELIGIOSE MISSIONARIE MASCHILI E FEMMINILI)
RELIGIOUS MISSIONARY CONGREGATIONS, MALE AND FEMALE. - In the conversion of the peoples of northern Europe the Benedictine monks played a… -
Religious of Saint Juliana, Apostoline of the Most Holy Sacrament (RELIGIOSE DI SANTA GIULIANA, APOSTOLINE DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO)
RELIGIOUS OF SAINT JULIANA, APOSTOLINE OF THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT. - Founded at Mechelen in 1856 by Fanny Kestre for the perpetual… -
Religious Sisters Of Our Lady Of Mercy (RELIGIOSE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA MERCEDE)
RELIGIOUS OF OUR LADY OF MERCY. - In 1864 Msgr. Charles Lavigerie founded in Nancy, where he was bishop, a women's institute for the… -
Religious Sisters Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel (RELIGIOSE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL CARMELO)
RELIGIOUS OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL. - They date back to 1852, when Miss Maria Scrilli (later Sister Maria Teresa of Jesus) and some… -
Religious Sisters Of Our Lady Of The Retreat Of The Cenacle (RELIGIOSE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL RITIRO DEL CENACOLO)
RELIGIOUS OF OUR LADY OF THE RETREAT OF THE CENACLE. - They were founded in 1826 at La Louvesc (Ardèche), near the tomb of St. Francis… -
Religious Sisters Of The Holy Union Of The Sacred Hearts (RELIGIOSE DELLA SANTA UNIONE DEI SACRI CUORI)
RELIGIOUS OF THE HOLY UNION OF THE SACRED HEARTS. - Congregation founded at Douai (Cambrai) in 1828 by the priest G. B. de Brabant.… -
Religious Sisters Of The Sacred Hearts Of Jesus And Mary (RELIGIOSE DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA)
RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY. - Congregation founded at Castellammare di Stabia in 1872 by the bishop Msgr. Francesco… -
Religious Sisters Teachers Of Mary Immaculate (RELIGIOSE INSEGNANTI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA)
RELIGIOUS SISTERS TEACHERS OF MARY IMMACULATE. - Founded in 1852 by Antonia Paris de S. Pedro in Santiago de Cuba. The sisters, with solemn… -
Religious State (STATO RELIGIOSO)
RELIGIOUS STATE. - In canon law, and in the strict sense, it is the juridical situation of those Christians who, desiring to live a stable… -
Religious Superior (SUPERIORE RELIGIOSO)
RELIGIOUS SUPERIOR. - He who has the legitimate power to command the members of a religious society or a part of it. I. In canon law there… -
Religious Tertiary Capuchins Of Our Lady Of Sorrows (RELIGIOSI TERZIARI CAPPUCCINI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA ADDOLORATA)
CAPUCHIN TERTIARY RELIGIOUS OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS. - They were founded by Luigi Amigò at Masamagrell (Valencia) in Spain on 12 April 1889.… -
Reparatrix Nuns (RIPARATRICI)
REPARATRIX NUNS. - Female religious institutes, whose principal purpose is reparation. I. REPARATRIX SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS.… -
Resurrectionists (RESURREZIONISTI)
RESURRECTIONISTS. - A religious congregation begun in 1836 in Paris by Bogdan Janski, Peter Semenenko and Jerome Kajsiewicz, who were at… -
Review of History and Bibliography of the Scolopi (RASSEGNA DI STORIA E BIBLIOGRAFIA SCOLOPICA)
REVIEW OF SCOLOPIC HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Journal published under the direction of Fr. Leodegario Picanyol, general archivist of the… -
Ricci, Lorenzo
RICCI, LORENZO. - Jesuit, 18th general of the Order, b. in Florence on 2 Aug. 1703, d. in Rome in Castel Sant'Angelo on 24 Nov. 1775.… -
Rogationists (ROGAZIONISTI)
ROGATIONISTS. - Religious congregation of priests founded in Messina, alongside that of the "Daughters of the Divine Zeal" (v.), by Canon… -
Roothaan, Joannes Philippe
ROOTHAAN, JOANNES PHILIPPE. - Twenty-first general of the Society of Jesus, b. in Amsterdam on 23 Nov. 1785, d. in Rome on 8 May 1853.… -
Sabatino, Privilege (SABATINO, PRIVILEGIO)
SABATINO, PRIVILEGE. - It is based on the apparition and promise of the Most Holy Virgin to free from Purgatory the souls of the confreres… -
Sacramentines (SACRAMENTINE)
SACRAMENTINES. - Founded in Bergamo in 1881 by Gertrude Comensoli and by the priest Francesco Spinelli for the continuous adoration of the… -
Sacramentines of Mary Help of Christians (SACRAMENTINE DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE)
SACRAMENTINES OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS. - Founded at Dunkirk in 1849 by Mathilde Marie de Sticker (Mother Marie Joseph of Jesus).… -
Salesian Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (SALESIANE DEL SACRATISSIMO CUORE DI GESÙ)
SALESIAN SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS. - Founded in 1895 by Piedad Ortiz Real at Alcantarilla (diocese of Cartagena, Spain).… -
Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts (SALESIANE DEI SACRI CUORI)
SALESIAN SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS. - Founded in Lecce in 1884 by the priest Filippo Smaldone for the care and education of deaf-mute… -
Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco (SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI SAN GIOVANNI BOSCO)
SALESIAN SOCIETY OF SAINT JOHN BOSCO. - It is among the major modern religious Congregations whose purpose is the Christian education of… -
Sanctimonial (SANTIMONIALE)
SANCTIMONIAL. - From sanctimonia (sanctus plus the ending -monia); in Cicero, Pro Quinto, 17, 55 and in Tacitus, Ann., III, 69, it means… -
Scapular (SCAPOLARE)
SCAPULAR. - From Latin scapula = shoulder. An integral part of the monastic religious habit worn over the tunic, consisting of two long… -
Scarboro Foreign Mission Society (SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DI SCARBORO)
SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS OF SCARBORO. - It originated in 1918 in the diocese of Ottawa (U.S.A.) through the work of the missionary John… -
Scolopiae Figlie of Mary (SCOLOPIE FIGLIE DI MARIA)
SCOLOPIAE FIGLIE OF MARY. - Founded at Figueras (diocese of Gerona, Spain) in 1829 by Paola Montalt. The Congregation arose under the… -
Secular Institutes (ISTITUTI SECOLARI)
SECULAR INSTITUTES. - These are the name given to new forms of religious life without the obligation of common life, as this is juridically… -
Secular Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (ORATORIO SECOLARE DI SAN FILIPPO NERI)
SECULAR ORATORY OF SAINT PHILIP NERI. - Having become a priest, Philip Neri saw a nucleus of friends and admirers gather around him from as… -
Servants of Charity (SERVI DELLA CARITÀ)
SERVANTS OF CHARITY. - A religious congregation of priests and laymen founded by the servant of God Fr. Luigi Guanella (v.) with the… -
Serve
SERVE. - A name common to many female religious Congregations, followed by other determining titles. > (from J. Braun, Tracht und Attribute… -
Servites of Mary (SERVI DI MARIA)
SERVITES OF MARY. - From the Marian movement that spread almost everywhere from the early 13th century, sometimes also under the name of… -
Silvestrine Benedictines (BENEDETTINI SILVESTRINI)
SILVESTRINE BENEDICTINES. - They were founded at Monte Fano near Fabriano in 1231 by St. Silvester (v.). Originally they were called the… -
Sisters (SUORE)
SISTERS. - General designation, common to many female religious Congregations, followed by other titles that hint at their distinctive… -
Sisters of Mercy (SORELLE DELLA MISERICORDIA)
SISTERS OF MERCY. - Fondate nella diocesi di Verona nel 1840, da Vincenza Poloni. Il decreto di lode è dell'8 luglio 1931 e l'approvazione… -
Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel (CARMELO APOSTOLICO, SUORE DEL)
SISTERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CARMEL. - Congregation founded in France at Bayonne in 1868. In 1870 it sent a first group of sisters to Mangalore… -
Sisters of the Assumption of Trebisonda (ASSUNZIONE DI TREBISONDA, SUORE DELL')
SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION OF TREBISONDA. - Congregation, founded in 1887, of Armenian sisters who devoted themselves to the education of… -
Sisters of the Poor of Saint Catherine of Siena (SORELLE DEI POVERI DI SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA)
SISTERS OF THE POOR OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA. - Fondate in Siena, l'8 dic. 1873, da Savina Petrilli (v.). Il decreto di lode è del 5… -
Society for Foreign Missions of Quebec (SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DI QUÉBEC)
SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS OF QUÉBEC. - It was founded on 2 February 1921 by the episcopate of the province of Québec. It is a society… -
Society for the Foreign Missions of the United States of America (Maryknoll) (SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA (DI MARYKNOLL))
SOCIETY FOR THE FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (MARYKNOLL). - Founded on 27 April 1911 by the episcopate of the United… -
Society of African Missions (SOCIETÀ DELLE MISSIONI AFRICANE)
SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS. - It was erected on 8 Dec. 1856 in Lyon by Msgr. Melchiorre de Marion-Brésillac, who from 1846 to 1855 had… -
Society of Christian Retreat (Nîmes) (SOCIETÀ DEL RITIRO CRISTIANO (NIMES))
SOCIETY OF THE CHRISTIAN RETREAT (NIMES). - Founded in 1789 in the diocese of Besançon, as a society without vows, by the Ven. Antonio… -
Society of Mary (Marianists) (SOCIETÀ DI MARIA (MARIANISTI))
SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIANISTS). - Religious congregation founded in 1817 in Bordeaux by G. G. Chaminade (v.). The first seven members of the… -
Society of Mary (Marists) (SOCIETÀ DI MARIA (MARISTI))
SOCIETY OF MARY (MARISTS). - Religious congregation founded at Belley by the ven. Jean-Claude Colin (v.) on 22 June 1825 for the work of… -
Society of Mary Reparatrix (SOCIETÀ DI MARIA RIPARATRICE)
SOCIETY OF MARY REPARATRIX. - Religious institute founded in Paris in 1855 by the servant of God Mary of Jesus (Émilie d'Oultremont) under… -
Society of Saint Columban for the Chinese Missions (SOCIETÀ DI SAN COLOMBANO PER LE MISSIONI CINESI)
SOCIETY OF SAINT COLUMBAN FOR THE CHINESE MISSIONS. - It was founded by the Rev. Edward Galvin and by Fr. Blowick in 1918 at Dalgan Park… -
Society of Saint Joseph of Mill Hill for Foreign Missions (SOCIETÀ DI SAN GIUSEPPE DI MILL HILL PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE)
SOCIETY OF SAINT JOSEPH OF MILL HILL FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. - It was begun on 19 March 1866 by Herbert Vaughan (v.) at Mill Hill near… -
Society of Saint Paul (PIA SOCIETÀ SAN PAOLO)
SOCIETY OF SAINT PAUL. - Clerical religious congregation with simple vows, comprising two classes of members: clerics and laymen. It arose… -
Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) (SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO (PALLOTTINI))
SOCIETY OF THE CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE (PALLOTTINES). - A priestly society, exempt, without vows, founded in Rome on 4 April 1835 by Bl.… -
Society of the Daughters of Saint Francis de Sales (Paris) (SOCIETÀ DELLE FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES (PARIGI))
SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES (PARIS). - Founded in Paris in 1872 by the abbé Chaumont and the venerable Carré de… -
Society of the Divine Heart of Jesus (Breslau) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN CUORE DI GESÙ (BRESLAVIA))
SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE HEART OF JESUS (BRESLAU). - Founded in Breslau in 1907 by Gabriella Klausa, as a society without vows. The special… -
Society of the Divine Saviour (S.D.S.) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (S. D. S.))
SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE SAVIOR (S.D.S.). - Religious congregation of simple vows, founded in Rome by Fr. Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan… -
Society of the Divine Word (Verbits) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN VERBO (VERBITI))
SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE WORD (VERBITI). - A religious congregation composed of priests and coadjutor brothers, founded at Steyl (Holland) on… -
Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dames of the Sacred Heart [Rome]) (SOCIETÀ DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ (DAME DEL SACRO CUORE [ROMA]))
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS (Dames of the Sacred Heart [Rome]). - It arose at Amiens at the beginning of the 18th century, but… -
Society Without Public Vows (SOCIETÀ SENZA VOTI PUBBLICI)
SOCIETY WITHOUT PUBLIC VOWS. - I. NOTION. - They are thus defined by the CIC in can. 637 § 1: "Societies of men or of women, in which the… -
Somaschi
SOMASCHI. - Religious order founded for the care of orphans by the Venetian patrician St. Jerome Emiliani (or Miani [v.]) in 1528, in the… -
Sons of Charity of Issy (FIGLI DELLA CARITÀ D'ISSY)
SONS OF THE CHARITY OF ISSY. - Congregation founded in Paris in 1918 by Fr. Jean-Emil Anizan (b. 1853, d. 1928) for the evangelization of… -
Sons of Mary Immaculate (FIGLI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA)
SONS OF MARY IMMACULATE. - Institute founded in Brescia in 1849 by the Ven. Lodovico Pavoni. In 1819 he had already opened an institute for… -
Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate (FIGLI DI SANTA MARIA IMMACOLATA)
SONS OF SAINT MARY IMMACULATE. - Giuseppe Frassinetti, prior of St. Sabina in Genoa, had founded in 1861 the "Pious Union of the Sons of… -
Sons of the Holy Family (FIGLI DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA)
SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. - Religious congregation founded at Tremp in Spain by G. Mañanet y Vives in 1864, for the spread of devotion to… -
Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (FIGLI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
SONS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. - This Congregation, dependent on the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, is also known by the name of… -
Spaur, Francesco
SPAUR, FRANCESCO. - Superior general of the Somaschi, from a noble Tridentine family, formerly a secular priest; having entered the… -
Studites (STUDITI)
STUDITES. - Greek monks of the ancient cenobium of Constantinople called Studion (an odd name, whose true form was definitively established… -
Sulpicians (SULPIZIANI)
SULPICIANS. - They were founded in Paris in 1642 by J. J. Olier (v.), pastor of St. Sulpice, to raise the fortunes of the French clergy,… -
Superioren-Vereinigung
SUPERIOREN-VEREINIGUNG. - Association of the major superiors (abbots and provincials) of the clerical Orders and Congregations of Germany… -
Superior (Religious) (GENERALE (RELIGIOSO))
SUPERIOR (Religious). - He is the supreme head of a religious Order or Congregation: the first of the so-called major superiors. In the CIC… -
Teachers of the Holy Cross of the Third Order of Saint Francis of Menzingen (Basel) (INSEGNANTI DELLA SANTA CROCE DEL TERZ'ORDINE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI MENZINGEN (BASILEA))
TEACHERS OF THE HOLY CROSS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF MENZINGEN (BASEL). - When in the first half of the 19th century the… -
Tertiaries (TERZIARIE)
TERTIARIES. - Religious communities living according to the proper rules of the principal ancient Orders, which were already divided into… -
Teutonic Order (TEUTONICO ORDINE)
TEUTONIC ORDER. - The T. O., formerly Ordo equestris Teutonicus, also called Kreuzherren and Deutschherren, had its beginning in 1190 at… -
Theatines (TEATINI)
THEATINES. - The first, chronologically, of the Congregations of Clerics Regular to arise in the 16th century, it was founded in Rome on 14… -
Third Order (TERZ'ORDINE)
THIRD ORDER. - It is an association of the faithful who profess to strive toward Christian perfection in a manner suited to secular life,… -
Third Order Regular of the Penance of Saint Francis of Assisi (TERZ'ORDINE REGOLARE DELLA PENITENZA DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI)
REGULAR THIRD ORDER OF PENANCE OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. - Founded at Albi on 7 June 1866 by the priest Francesco M. Clausade for the… -
Trinitarian Recollects (TRINITARIE SCALZE)
BAREFOOT TRINITARIANS. - Founded in Valencia > (photo Enc. Catt.) > TRIODION. - Page of a manuscript t.: the page begins with the close of… -
Turin Society of Saint Joseph (PIA SOCIETÀ TORINESE DI SAN GIUSEPPE)
TURIN SOCIETY OF SAINT JOSEPH. - It was founded in Turin on 19 March 1873 by the servant of God Fr. Leonardo Murialdo, to give poor and… -
Typical (TIPICO)
TYPICAL. - From the Greek "musév", it means rule, regulation. These Typika, which exercised so much influence on the development of… -
Union of Saint Catherine of Siena of the Missionary School (UNIONE DI SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA DELLE MISSIONARIE DELLA SCUOLA)
UNION OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA OF THE MISSIONARY SCHOOL. - Founded at Gubbio in 1924 by Luigia Tincani (Sister Maria of St. Catherine).… -
Unitarian Brothers (FRATELLI UNITORI)
UNITARIAN BROTHERS. - Armenian religious (Elbarg Miabanolq), founded in the first half of the fourteenth century by John of Qina, converted… -
Ursulines (ORSOLINE)
URSULINES. - Name of the religious Congregation founded by St. Angela (v.) Merici, according to which many other congregations of the same… -
Vallombrosan Benedictines (BENEDETTINI VALLOMBROSANI)
VALLOMBROSAN BENEDICTINES. - Monks of the Benedictine Order who took their name from the Abbey of Vallombrosa, founded around 1036 in… -
Vergins of Jesus and Mary (VERGINI DI GESU E MARIA)
VERGINS OF JESUS AND MARY. - Founded in the diocese of St-Claude in France in 1844 by the parish priest Giuseppe Brun. The sisters, while… -
Visitation (VISITAZIONE)
VISITATION. - Religious order, called of the Visitandines or of the V. I. HISTORY. - The V. was the joint work of St. Francis de Sales (v.)… -
Vitelleschi, Muzio
VITELLESCHI, MUZIO. - Sixth general of the Society of Jesus, b. in Rome on 2 Dec. 1563, d. there on 9 Feb. 1645. Having entered the Order… -
Windesheim
WINDESHEIM. - A Dutch locality near Zwolle (v.), where the Congregation of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine known as that of W. arose.… -
Zileri dal Verme, Lucrezia
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.… -
Œuvre de la Jeunesse (OEUVRE DE LA JEUNESSE)
ŒUVRE DE LA JEUNESSE. - In 1799, in the midst of the French Revolution, the priest G. G. Allemand laid in Marseille the foundations of a…