Catholicism

Regarded in traditional lore as the greatest Irish architect of the seventh century, and popularly canonized as St. Gobban; b. at Turvey, near Malahide, Co. Dublin, about 560.

A Syrian, was elected the successor of Pope St. Gregory II by acclamation, d. 741.

Born in about 640, superior of a convent at Noyon.

A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October.

Short description and history, with links to more information.

Biographical article on this thirteenth-century pope. Includes bibliography.

Physically and psychologically abused by her husband Bertolf and mother-in-law, until finally she was murdered at Bertolf's orders in 1070.

Biography of the Franciscan martyr born in Vasai.

Vicariate erected 12 September, 1905, and formed from the prefecture Apostolic of the same name organized 29 May, 1882.

Reigned 1370-1378.

Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus, b. at Arganda, Spain, 18 January, 1624; died at Rome, 27 October, 1705.

Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853.

Reigned 1406-1415.

Situated in the province of Reggio Emilia (Central Italy) on the left bank of the Po at its junction with the Crostolo.

Spanish poet. (1503-1536)

A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799.

German novelist of the seventeenth century.

The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who wish to do penance for their iniquities and to lead a truly christian life.

An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895)

In religion, Mother Theodore. Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 October, 1798; died 14 May, 1856.

A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779.

Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840)

A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions.

A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187.

Brother of the foregoing; b. in Washington county, Pa., 19 January 1831; d. at St. Mary's, Notre Dame, Indiana, 12 November, 1874.

A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most probably, in the village of Vespignano near Florence; d. at Milan, 8 Jan., 1337.

Founded by St. Kevin.

The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews.

Cardinal and theologian. (1664-1742)

Reigned 1572-1585.

The moral good (bonum honestum) consists in the due ordering of free action or conduct according to the norm of reason, the highest faculty, to which it is to conform.

Located in Hungary.

A titular see of Syria Prima.

Archdiocese in the province of Caserta in Campania (Southern Italy).

Priest and missionary. (1606-1684)

Historian of Peru. (1539-1617)

Explains the nature of this science and the course of its evolution.

A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium in the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

Benedictine monastery, Somersetshire, England, pre-eminently the centre of early Christian tradition in England.

Historian, publicist, and poet; b. at Coblenz on 28 May, 1805; d. at Munich on 14 July, 1852.

Flemish painter; b. about 1472; d. at Middelburg about 1533.

Diocese created 12 May, 1882 out of the diocese of Detroit.

The name Orthodox Church is generally used to distinguish those of the Greek Rite who are not in communion with the Holy See.

An antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100; born at Parma about 1025; died at Cività Castellana, 8 Sept., 1100.

A Bishop of Aversa, a Benedictine monk, theologian, and opponent of Berengarius; born at an unknown place in Normandy during the first quarter of the eleventh century; died between 1090-95, at Aversa, near Naples.

Article on this martyr, who died in about 306.

Seer and prophet, Sibyl of the Rhine, d. 1179. Never formally canonized, but she is listed in the Roman Martyrology.

Hyderabad, also called Bhagnagar, and Fakhunda Bunyad, capital of the Nizam's dominions, was founded in 1589, by Mohammed Kuli, King of Golconda.

During the early centuries of Christianity the hospice was a shelter for the sick, the poor, the orphans, the old, the travellers and the needy of every kind.

Son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. (911-986)