Denominations

Officials in the Byzantine Court who reported to the emperor on the memorials of petitioners, and conveyed to the judges the orders of the emperor in connexion with such memorials.

The restoration of man from the bondage of sin to the liberty of the children of God through the satisfactions and merits of Christ.

Prefecture Apostolic in Switzerland.

A titular see in Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea.

American state and one of the thirteen original colonies.

Feast that is found only in the special calendar of some dioceses and religious orders, and is celebrated with proper Mass and Office either on the third Sunday of July or on 23 October.

The insignia of royalty or "crown jewels".

Theologian and publicist. (1711-1794)

Writer and member of the Society of Jesus. (1526-1611)

A remaining or abiding where one's duties lie or where one's occupation is properly carried on.

English monastery founded in 1131.

Converted Jew who built two convents in Jerusalem. (1814-1884)

Biographical article on the 12th-century Scottish theologian, exegete, and mystic.

Twelfth-century Cardinal, English philosopher and theologian.

The Diocese of Rodez was united to the Diocese of Cahors by the Concordat of 1802, and again became an episcopal see by the Concordat of 1817 and Bull of 1822.

English philosopher and theologian. (d. 1167)

A collection of historical materials of which the general scope is indicated by its official title, "The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages".

The manner of celebrating the Holy Sacrifice, administering Sacraments, reciting the Divine Office, and performing other ecclesiastical functions as used in the city and Diocese of Rome.

The Institute of Charity, or, officially, Societas a charitate nuncupata, is a religious congregation founded by Antonio Rosmini, first organized in 1828.

Chancellor of the German Empire. (d. 1167)

Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. (1573-1650)

French Jesuit missionary to North America, and martyr. (1654-1724)

Spanish theologian. (1562-1632)

English abbey founded by a Saxon noble in 969.

The Perpetual Rosary is an organization for securing the continuous recitation of the Rosary by day and night among a number of associates who perform their allotted share at stated times.

A generic term for dissidents from the Established Church in Russia.

Copies, generally entered in special registry volumes, of the papal letters and official documents that are kept in the papal archives.

Ecclesiastical division comprising the southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Prussian politician and author. (1808-1895)

German jurist and parliamentarian. (1810-1892)

The advanced section of the High Church party in the Anglican Establishment, which since about 1860 has adhered to and developed further the principles of the earlier Tractarian Movement.

Reigned 687-701

Martyr, reigned for ten years in the very early part of the second century.

First and most famous of the hermits whose asceticism involved living atop a pillar. Died in 459.

Late sixteenth-century Italian Capuchin. Had the gift of reading hearts.

Forced by her husband to enter the Poor Clares, d. 1478.

Sacred Scripture is one of the several names denoting the inspired writings which make up the Old and New Testament.

In Hebrew, plural form of "host" or "army". The word is used almost exclusively in conjunction with the Divine name as a title of majesty: "the Lord of Hosts", or "the Lord God of Hosts".

Erected by a Decree of 30 June, 1911, and entrusted to the Dutch Capuchins.

Knights of St. George appear at different historical periods and in different countries as mutually independent bodies having nothing in common but the veneration of St. George, the patron of knighthood.

In Rome, originally founded for the use of Spanish Franciscans during the pontificate of Gregory XV.

Well-known Jesuit college at St. Omer, often spoken of under the anglicized form of St. Omers or St. Omer's, founded by Father Parsons in 1592 or 1593.

Seventh Archbishop of Baltimore. (1810-1872)

The highest institution of learning in Peru, located at Lima, under the official name of Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. Reputed to be the oldest university in the New World, created by a royal decree of 12 May, 1551.

Born in Quebec, Canada, February, 1667; killed, 1707. Entering the Séminaire des Missions Etrangères of Quebec, he was ordained in 1690 and after serving for a time at Minas, Nova Scotia (then Acadia), was assigned to the western mission.

Saliensis. Diocese in Victoria, Australia, comprises all the territory known as Gippsland.

The imperial residence and second capital of Russia, lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland.

A group of islands situated in the south Pacific.

The names of two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines.

Sanction signifies the authoritative act whereby the legislator gives a law value and binding force for its subjects.