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L'Enfant, Pierre-Charles
French engineer. (1755-1833)
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L'Hospital, Michael de
Born at Aigueperse, about 1504; d. at Courdimanche, 13 March, 1573. While very young he went to Italy to join his father, who had been a follower of the traitor, the Constable of Bourbon, in the camp of Charles V.
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La Bruyère, Jean de
Born at Paris in 1645; died at Chantilly in 1696. He was the son of a comptroller general of municipal revenue.
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La Chaise, François d'Aix de
Confessor of King Louis XIV, born at the mansion of Aix, in Forez, Department of Loire, 25 August, 1624; died at Paris, 20 January, 1709.
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La Crosse
Diocese erected in 1868; included that part of the State of Wisconsin, U.S.A., lying north and west of the Wisconsin River.
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La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de
Author of memoirs and novels, born in Paris, 1634; died there, 1693.
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La Fontaine, Jean de
French poet, b. at Chateau-Thierry, 8 July, 1621; d. at Paris, 13 April, 1695.
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La Fosse, Charles de
Painter, b. in Paris, 15 June, 1636; d. in Paris, 13 December, 1716, and buried in the church of Saint Eustache.
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La Harpe, Jean-François
A French critic and poet, b. at Paris, 20 November, 1739; d. February, 1803.
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La Haye, Jean de
Franciscan Biblical scholar, b. at Paris, 20 March, 1593; d. there 15 Oct., 1661.
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La Hire, Philippe de
Mathematician, astronomer, physicist, naturalist, and painter, b. in Paris, 18 March, 1640; d. in Paris, 21 April, 1718.
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La Luzerne, César-Guillaume
French cardinal b. at Paris, 1738; d. there, l821.
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La Moricière, Louis-Christophe-Leon Juchault de
French general and commander-in-chief of the papal army, b. at Nantes, 5 February, 1806; d. at the château of Prouzel, near Amiens, 11 September, 1865.
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La Paz
Diocese in Bolivia.
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La Plata (Argentina)
The city of La Plata, capital of the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, is situated on the right bank of the Rio de la Plata, about 35 miles south-east of the city of Buenos Aires.
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La Plata (Bolivia)
The metropolitan see of Bolivia.
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La Richardie, Armand de
Born at Perigueux, 7 June, 1686; died at Quebec, 17 March, 1758. He entered the Society of Jesus at Bordeaux, 4 Oct., 1703, and in 1725 was sent to the Canada mission.
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La Roche Daillon, Joseph de
Recollect, one of the most zealous missionaries of the Huron tribe, d. in France, 1656.
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La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, The Duke of
Opposed during the last years of the reign of Louis XV to the government of Maupeou, and the friend of all the reformers who surrounded Louis XVI, he owed to the influence of these economists the favour of the king.
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La Rochejacquelein, Henri-Auguste-Georges du Vergier, Comte de
French politician, b. at the château of Citran (Fironde), on 28 September, 1805; d. on 7 January, 1867.
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La Rochelle
The Diocese of La Rochelle (Rupellensis), suffragan of Bordeaux, comprises the entire Department of Charente-Inférieure.
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La Rue, Charles de
French Jesuit orator. (1643-1725)
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La Salette
Located in the commune and parish of La Salette-Fallavaux, Canton of Corps, Department of Isere, and Diocese of Grenoble.
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La Salette, Missionaries of
Founded in 1852, at the shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, where some priests banded together to care for the numerous pilgrims frequenting the mountain.
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La Salle, John Baptist de, Saint
Founder of the Christian Brothers.
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La Salle, René-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de
Explorer, born at Rouen, 1643; died in Texas, 1687.
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La Serena, Diocese of
Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo provinces (Chile), suffragan of Santiago, erected 1 July, 1840.
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La Trappe
Abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians.
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La Valette, Jean Parisot de
Forty-eighth Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; b. in 1494; d. in Malta, 21 Aug., 1568.
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La Verna
An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated in the centre of the Tuscan Appenines, and rising about 4000 feet above the valley of the Casentino.
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Labadists
A pietist sect of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries founded by Jean de Labadie, who was born at Bourg, near Bordeaux, 13 February, 1610, and died at Altonia, 13 February, 1674.
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Laban
Son of Bathuel, the Syrian.
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Labarum (Chi-Rho)
The name by which the military standard adopted by Constantine the Great after his celebrated vision (Lactantius, "De mortibus persecutorum", 44), was known in antiquity.
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Labat, Jean-Baptiste
Dominican missionary, born at Paris, 1664; died there, 1738.
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Labbe, Philippe
Born at Borges, 10 July, 1607; died at Paris, at the College of Clermont, 17 (16) March, 1667; a distinguished Jesuit writer on historical, geographical, and philological questions.
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Labour and Labour Legislation
Labour is work done by mind or body either partly or wholly for the purpose of producing utilities.
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Labour Unions, Moral Aspects of
Since a labour union is a society, its moral aspects are determined by its constitution, its end, its results, and the means employed in pursuit of the end.
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Labyrinth
A complicated arrangement of paths and passages; or a place, usually subterraneous, full of windings, corridors, rooms, etc., so intricately arranged as to render the getting out of it a very difficult matter.
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Lac, Stanislaus du
Jesuit educationist and social work, b. at Paris, 21 November, 1835; d. there, 30 August, 1909.
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Lace
The two earliest known specimens of lace-worked linen albs are that of St. Francis, preserved at St. Clare's convent, Assisi, and the alb of Pope Boniface VIII, now in the treasury of the Sistine Chapel.
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Lacedonia, Diocese of
Located in the province of Avellino, Southern Italy.
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Lacey, Blessed Brian
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Lacordaire, Jean-Baptiste-Henri-Dominique
Dominican orator. (1802-1861)
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Lactantius, Lucius Cæcilius Firmianus
Fourth-century Christian apologist.
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Lacy, Blessed William
Sixteenth-century English priest.
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Laderchi, James
An Italian Oratorian and ecclesiastical historian, born about 1678, at Faenza near Ravenna; died 25 April, 1738, at Rome.
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Ladislaus, Saint
King of Hungary, born 1040; died at Neutra, 29 July, 1095; one of Hungary's national Christian heroes.
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Laennec, René-Théophile-Hyacinthe
Born at Quimper, in Brittany, France, 17 February, 1781; died at Kerlouanec, 13 August, 1826, a French physician, discoverer of auscultation, and father of modern knowledge of pulmonary diseases.
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Laetare Sunday
The fourth, or middle, Sunday of Lent, so called from the first words of the Introit at Mass.
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Laetus, Pomponius
Humanist, b. in Calabria in 1425; d. at Rome in 1497.
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LaFarge, John
Painter, decorator, and writer. (1835-1910)
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Lafitau, Joseph-Françs
Jesuit missionary and writer, born at Bordeaux, France, 1 January, 1681; died there, 1746.
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Laflèche, Louis-François Richer
French-Canadian bishop, b. 4 Sept., 1818, at Ste-Anne de la Perade, Province of Quebec; d. 14 July, 1898.
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Laforêt, Nicholas-Joseph
Belgian philosopher and theologian, born at Graide, 23 January, 1823; died at Louvain, 26 January, 1872.
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Lafuente y Zamalloa, Modesto
Spanish critic and historian, b. at Ravanal de los Caballeros, 1 May, 1806; d. at Madrid, 25 Oetober, 1866.
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Lagania
A titular see in Galatia Prima.
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Lagrené, Pierre
A missionary in New France, b. at Paris, 12 Nov. (al. 28 Oct.), 1659; d. at Quebec in 1736.
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Lahore
Diocese in northern India, part of the ecclesiastical Province of Agra.
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Laibach
Austrian bishopric and suffragan of Görz, embraces the territory of the Austrian crown-land of Carniola (Krain).
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Laicization
The term laity signifies the aggregation of those Christians who do not form part of the clergy. Consequently the word lay does not strictly connote any idea of hostility towards the clergy or the Church much less towards religion. Laicization, there
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Lainez, James
Second general of the Society of Jesus, theologian, b. in 1512, at Almazan, Castille, in 1512; d. at Rome, 19 January, 1565.
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Laity
The body of the faithful, outside of the ranks of the clergy.
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Lake Indians
A small tribe of Salishan stock, originally ranging along Columbia River in northeast Washington from about Kettle Falls to the British line.
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Lalemant, Charles
Born at Paris, 17 November, 1587; died there, 18 November, 1674. He was the first superior of the Jesuit missions in Canada, and his letter to his brother dated 1 August, 1626, inaugurated the series of "Relations" about the missionary work in that c
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Lalemant, Gabriel
Jesuit missionary, b. at Paris, 10 October, 1610, d. in the Huron country, 17 March 1649.
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Lalemant, Jerome
Jesuit missionary, b. at Paris, 27 April, 1593, d. at Quebec, 16 November, 1665.
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Lallemant, Jacques-Philippe
French Jesuit, b. at St-Valéry-sur-Somme about 1660; d. at Paris 1748.
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Lallemant, Louis
French Jesuit, b. at Châlons-sur-Marne, 1588; d. at Bourges, 5 April, 1635.
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Lalor, Teresa
Co-foundress, with Bishop Neale of Baltimore, of the Visitation Order in the United States, b. in Ireland; d. 9 Sept., 1846.
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Lamarck, Chevalier de
Distinguished botanist, zoologist, and natural philosopher, b. at Bazentin in Picardy (department of Somme), France, 1 August, 1744; d. at Paris, 18 December, 1829.
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Lamartine, Alphonse de
Poet, b. at Macon Saône-et-Loire, France, 21 Oct., 1790; d. at Paris, l March, 1869.
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Lamb (in Early Christian Symbolism)
One of the few Christian symbols dating from the first century is that of the Good Shepherd carrying on His shoulders a lamb or a sheep, with two other sheep at his side.
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Lamb, Paschal
A lamb which the Israelites were commanded to eat with peculiar rites as a part of the Passover celebration.
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Lambeck, Peter
Historian and librarian, b. at Hamburg, 13 April 1628; d. at Vienna, 4 April, 1680.
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Lambert Le Bègue
Priest and reformer, lived at Liège, Belgium, about the middle of the twelfth century.
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Lambert of Hersfeld
A medieval historian; b. in Franconia or Thuringia, c. 1024; d. after 1077.
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Lambert of St-Bertin
Benedictine chronicler and abbot, b. about 1060; d. 22 June, 1125, at St-Bertin, France.
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Lambert, Louis A.
Priest and journalist. (1835-1910)
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Lambert, Saint
Bishop of Maestricht, martyred between 698 and 701 for defending the sanctity of marriage. Also called St. Landebertus.
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Lamberville, Jacques and Jean de
Seventeenth-century Jesuit missionaries.
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Lambillotte, Louis
Belgian Jesuit and composer. (1796-1855)
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Lambin, Denis
French philologist. (1520-1572)
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Lambruschini, Luigi
Cardinal, b. at Sestri Levante, near Genoa, 6 March, 1776, d. at Rome, 12 May, 1854.
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Lambton, Ven. Joseph
English martyr, b. 1569; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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Lamego
Diocese situated in the district of Vizeu, province of Beira, Portugal.
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Lamennais, Félicité Robert de
Born at Saint-Malo, 29 June, 1782; died at Paris, 27 February, 1854.
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Lamennais, Jean-Marie-Robert de
French priest, brother of Félicité Robert de Lamennais, b. at St-Malo in 1780; d. at Ploërmel, Brittany, in 1860.
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Lamoignon, Family of
Illustrious in the history of the old magistracy, originally from Nivernais.
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Lamont, Johann von
Astronomer and physicist, b. 13 Dec., 1805, at Braemar in Scotland, near Balmoral Castle; d.. 6 Aug., 1879, at Bogenhausen near Munich, Bavaria.
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Lamormaini, Wilhelm
Confessor of Emperor Ferdinand II, b. 29 December, 1570, at Dochamps, Luxemburg; d. at Vienna, 22 February, 1648.
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Lamp and Lampadarii
There is very little evidence that any strictly liturgical use was made of lamps in the early centuries of Christianity. The fact that many of the services took place at night, and that after the lapse of a generation or two the meetings of the Chris
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Lamp, Altar
In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should always burn in the Tabernacle of the Testimony without the veil.
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Lampa
A titular see in Crete, suffragan of Gortyna, was probably a colony of Tarrha.
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Lamprecht
German poet of the twelfth century, of whom practically nothing personal is known but his name and the fact that he was a cleric.
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Lamps, Early Christian
Of the various classes of remains from Christian antiquity there is probably none so numerously represented as that of small clay lamps adorned with Christian symbols.
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Lampsacus
A titular see of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus.
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Lamuel
Name of a king mentioned in Prov., xxxi, 1 and 4, but otherwise unknown.
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Lamus
A titular see of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia.
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Lamy, Bernard
Oratorian, b. at Le Mans, France, in June, 1640; d. at Rouen, 29 Jan., 1715.
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Lamy, François
An ascetical and apologetic writer of the Congregation of St-Maur, b. in 1636 at Montireau in the Department of Eure-et-Loir; d. 11 April, 1711, at the Abbey of St-Denis near Paris.
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Lamy, Thomas Joseph
Biblical scholar end orientalist, b. at Ohey, in Belgium, 27 Jan., 1827, d. at Louvain, 30 July, 1907.
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Lana, Francesco
Born 10 Dec., 1631, at Brescia in Italy; died in the same place, 22 Feb., 1687. Mathematician and naturalist, he was also the scientific founder of aeronautics.
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Lance, The Holy
In the Gospel of St. John (xix, 34), that, after our Saviour's death, "one of the soldiers with a spear [lancea] opened his side and immediately there came out blood and water".
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Lancelotti, Giovanni Paolo
Canonist, b. at Perugia in 1522; d. there, 23 September, 1590.
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Lanciano and Ortona
Lanciano is a small city in the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzi, Central Italy, between the Pescara and the Trigni, with a majestic view of Mount Maiella.
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Land-Tenure in the Christian Era
The way in which land has been held or owned during the nineteen hundred years which have seen in Europe the rise and establishment of the Church is a matter for historical inquiry. Strictly speaking, the way in which such ownership or tenure was not
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Lando, Pope
Reigned 913-914.
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Landriot, Jean-François-Anne
French bishop, b. at Couches-les-Mines near Autun, 1816, d. at Reims, 1874.
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Lanfranc
Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Pavia c.1005; d. at Canterbury, 24 May, 1089.
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Lanfranco, Giovanni
Decorative painter, b. at Parma, 1581, d. in Rome, 1647.
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Lang, Matthew
Cardinal, Bishop of Gurk and Archbishop of Salzburg, b. at Augsburg in 1468; d. at Salzburg, 30 March, 1540.
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Langen, Rudolph von
Humanist and divine, b. at the village of Everswinkel, near Munster, Westphalia, 1438 or 1439; d. at Munster, 25 Dec., 1519.
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Langénieux, Benoit-Marie
Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, b. at Villefranche-sur-Saône, Department of Rhône, 1824; d. at Reims, 1 Jan., 1905.
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Langham, Simon
Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England, b. at Langham in Rutland; d. at Avignon, France, 22 July, 1376.
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Langheim
A celebrated Cistercian abbey situated in Upper Franconia (Bavaria), not far from Mein, in the Diocese of Bamberg.
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Langhorne, Blessed Richard
English martyr, b. about 1635, d. at Tyburn, 14 July, 1679.
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Langley, Richard
Layman and martyr, b. probably at Grimthorpe, Yorks, England, date unknown; d. at York, 1 Dec., 1586.
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Langres
Diocese comprising the Department of the Haute-Marne.
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Lanigan, John
Irish Church historian. (1758-1825)
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Lanspergius
Carthusian monk and ascetical writer, b. at Landsberg in Bavaria 1489, d. at Cologne, 11 Aug., 1539.
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Lantern
In Italian or modern architecture, a small structure on the top of a dome, for the purpose of admitting light, for promoting ventilation, and for ornament.
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Lanterns, Altar
Used in churches to protect the altar candles and lamp, if the latter for any reason, such as a draught, cannot be kept lit.
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Lanzi, Luigi
An Italian archeologist, b. at Mont Olmo, near Macerata, in 1732; d. at Florence in 1810.
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Laodicea
A titular see, of Asia Minor, metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana, said to have been originally called Diospolis and Rhoas; Antiochus II colonized it between 261 and 246 B.C., and gave it the name of his wife, Laodice.
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Laos
Separated from the Vicariate Apostolic of Siam by a decree of 4 May, 1899.
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Laplace, Pierre-Simon
Mathematician and astronomer. (1749-1827)
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Lapland and Lapps
This singular race is divided into three different groups: mountain, forest, and fisher Lapps.
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Lapparent, Albert Auguste de
French geologist, b. at Bourges, 30 Dec., 1839; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1908.
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Laprade, Victor de
French poet and critic, b. at Montbrison in 1812; d. at Lyons in 1883.
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Lapsi
The regular designation in the third century for Christians who relapsed into heathenism, especially for those who during the persecutions displayed weakness in the face of torture, and denied the Faith by sacrificing to the heathen gods or by any ot
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Lapuente, Venerable Luis de
Born at Valladolid, 11 November, 1554; died there, 16 February 1624. Having entered the Society of Jesus, he studied under the celebrated Suarez, and professed philosophy at Salamanca.
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Laranda
A titular see of Isauria, afterwards of Lycaonia.
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Lares
Formerly a titular archiepiscopal see in pro-consular Africa.
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Larino
Diocese in the province of Capmobasso, Southern Italy.
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Larissa
The seat of a titular archbishopric of Thessaly.
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Larke, Blessed John
English martyr. (d. 1543)
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Larrey, Dominique-Jean
Baron, French military surgeon, b. at Baudéan, Hautes-Pyrénées, July, 1766; d. at Lyons, 25 July, 1842.
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Larue, Charles de
He took the habit of St. Benedict in the Abbey of St. Faro at Meaux, and made his religious profession on 21 Nov., 1703.
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Lasaulx, Ernst von
Scholar and philosopher, born at Coblenz, 16 March, 1805; died at Munich, 9 May, 1861.
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Lascaris, Constantine
Greek scholar from Constantinople; born 1434; died at Messina in 1501.
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Lascaris, Janus
A noted Greek scholar, born about 1445; died at Rome in 1535.
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Laski, John
Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland, b. at Lask, 1456; d. at Gnesen, 19 May, 1531.
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Lassberg, Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von
A distinguished German antiquary, born at Donaueschingen, 10 April, 1770; died 15 March, 1855.
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Lassus, Orlandus de
Composer, born at Mons, Hainault, Belgium, in 1520 (according to most biographers; but his epitaph gives 1532); died at Munich, 14 June, 1594.
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Last Judgment, The
To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the "Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31; Ezekiel 13:5; Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment. In the New Testament the second Parusia, or coming of Christ as Judge of
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Last Supper, The
The Evangelists and critics generally agree that the Last Supper was on a Thursday, that Christ suffered and died on Friday, and that He arose from the dead on Sunday.
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Lataste, Marie
Born at Mimbaste near Dax, France, 21 February, 1822; died at Rennes, 10 May, 1847; was the youngest child of simple pious peasants.
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Latera, Flaminius Annibali de
Historian, born at Latera, near Viterbo, 23 November, 1733; died at Viterbo, 27 February, 1813.
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Lateran Council, Fifth
Convoked, by the Bull of 18 July, 1511, to assemble 19 April, 1512, in the church of St. John Lateran.
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Lateran Council, First
It put a stop to the arbitrary conferring of ecclesiastical benefices by laymen, reestablished freedom of episcopal and abbatial elections, separated spiritual from temporal affairs, and ratified the principle that spiritual authority can emanate onl
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Lateran Council, Fourth
From the commencement of his reign Innocent III had purposed to assemble an ecumenical council, but only towards the end of his pontificate could he realize this project, by the Bull of 19 April, 1213. The assembly was to take place in November, 1215
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Lateran Council, Second
To efface the last vestiges of the schism, to condemn various errors and reform abuses among clergy and people Innocent, in the month of April, 1139, convoked, at the Lateran, the tenth ecumenical council.
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Lateran Council, Third
In September, 1178, the pope in agreement with an article of the Peace of Venice, convoked an ecumenical council at the Lateran for Lent of the following year and, with that object, sent legates to different countries.
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Lateran Councils
A series of five important councils held at Rome from the twelfth to the sixteen century.
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Lateran, Christian Museum of
Established by Pius IX in 1854, in the Palazzo del Laterano erected by Sixtus V on the part of the site of the ancient Lateran palace destroyed by fire in 1308. In 1843 the "profane" Museum of the Lateran was founded by Gregory XVI, in whose pontific
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Lateran, Saint John
This is the oldest, and ranks first among the four great "patriarchal" basilicas of Rome.
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Lathrop, George Parsons
Poet, novelist. (1851-1898)
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Latin Church
The Latin Church is simply that vast portion of the Catholic body which obeys the Latin patriarch, which submits to the pope, not only in papal, but also in patriarchal matters.
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Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Founded as a result of the First Crusade, in 1099. Destroyed a first time by Saladin in 1187, it was re-established around Saint-Jean d'Acre and maintained until the capture of that city in 1291.
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Latin Literature in Christianity (Before the Sixth Century)
The Latin language was not at first the literary and official organ of the Christian Church in the West. The Gospel was announced by preachers whose language was Greek, and these continued to use Greek, if not in their discourses, at least in their m
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Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century)
During the Middle Ages the so-called church Latin was to a great extent the language of poetry, and it was only on the advent of the Renaissance that classical Latin revived and flourished in the writings of the neo-Latinists as it does even today th
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Latin Literature in the Church, Classical
This article deals only with the relations of the classical literature, chiefly Latin, to the Catholic Church.
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