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D'Avenant, Sir William
Poet and dramatist, b. Feb., 1605-6, at Oxford, England; d. in London, 7 April, 1668.
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Da Ponte, Lorenzo
Poet, b. at Cenada, Italy, 1749; d. in New York, 17 Aug., 1838.
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Dablon, Claude
Jesuit missionary, born at Dieppe, France, in February, 1618; died at Quebec, 3 May, 1697.
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Dabrowski, Joseph
Founder of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Detroit. (d. 1903)
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Dacca
Diocese in Bengal, India.
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Dacier, André
A French philologist, born at Castres, 6 April, 1651; died 18 September, 1722.
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Dacier, Anne
The wife of André Dacier, born at Saumur in 1651; died 17 April 1720.
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Dagon
A Philistine deity.
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Daguesseau, Henri-François
Chancellor of France, born at Limoges, 27 November, 1668; died at Paris, 5 February, 1751.
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Dahomey
The Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, in West Africa, is territorially identical with the French colony of the same name.
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Dalberg, Adolphus von
Prince-Abbot of Fulda and founder of the university in the same city, born 29 May, 1678; died 3 November, 1737.
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Dalgairns, John Dobree
Born in the island of Guernsey, 21 Oct., 1818; d. 6 April, 1876, at St. George's Retreat, Burgess Hill, near Brighton, England.
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Dalila
Samson, sometime after his exploit at Gaza (Judges, xvi, 1-3), "loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Delilah" (verse 4).
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Dallas
Diocese created in 1890, comprising 108 counties in the northern and north-western portion of the State of Texas, U.S.A.
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Dalley, William Bede
Lawyer and statesman, born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1831; died there 28 October, 1888.
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Dalmatia
A part of the Kingdom of Croatia according to a convention entered into between Croatia and Hungary.
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Dalmatic
The outer liturgical vestment of the deacon.
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Dalton, John
Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04609a.htm
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Damão
Suffragan to Goa, and situated in Portugese India and the British Government of Bombay.
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Damaraland
The middle part of the German colony, German Southwest Africa.
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Damascus
It is mentioned in the Bible at the time of Abraham (Gen., xiv, 15; xv, 2); also on the pylons of Karnak, among the Syrian cities captured by the Pharaoh Touthmes III.
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Damasus I, Saint, Pope
Born about 304; died 11 December, 384.
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Damasus II, Pope
A native of Bavaria and the third German to be elevated to the See of Peter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614a.htm
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Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand
Church historian, born 1 March, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria; died 1 April, 1859, at Schäftlarn.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614b.htm
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Damian and Cosmas, Saints
Early Christian physicians and martyrs whose feast is celebrated on 27 September.
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Damien, Father (Joseph de Veuster)
Missionary priest, born at Tremeloo, Belgium, 3 January 1840; died at Molokai, Hawaii, 15 April 1889.
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Damietta
An Egyptian titular see for the Latins and the Catholic Melchite Greeks, in Augustamnica Prima.
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Dan
The fifth son of Jacob, being the elder of the two sons born to him by Bala, the handmaid of Rachel, and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe bearing the same name.
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Danaba
A titular see of Phænicia Secunda.
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Dance of Death
Originally a species of spectacular play akin to the English moralities. It has been traced back to the middle of the fourteenth century.
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Dancing
The origin of dancing is from the natural tendency to employ gesture either to supplement or to replace speech.
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Dandolo, Enrico
Doge of Venice from 1192 to 1205; died, aged about a hundred years, in 1205.
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Daniel
The hero and traditional author of the book which bears his name.
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Daniel and Companions, Saint
Friars Minor and martyrs; dates of birth unknown; died 10 October, 1227.
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Daniel of Winchester
Bishop of the West Saxons, and ruler of the See of Winchester from 705 to 744; died in 745.
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Daniel, Book of
In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant versions, the Book of Daniel is limited to its proto-canonical portions. In the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and many other ancient and modern translations of the Bible, it comprises both its proto- and
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621b.htm
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Daniel, Charles
Founded the "Etudes de théologie et d' histoire", a magazine with monthly publication. (1818-1893)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626a.htm
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Daniel, Gabriel
Historian and controversialist, born at Rouen, France, 8 Feb., 1649; died at Paris, 23 June, 1728.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626b.htm
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Daniel, John
Priest and professor, Born 1745; died in Paris, 3 October, 1823.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627a.htm
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Daniel, Saint Anthony
Huron missionary, born at Dieppe, in Normandy, 27 May 1601, slain by the Iroquois.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621a.htm
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Dansara
A titular see in Osrhoene.
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Dante Alighieri
Italian poet. (1265-1321)
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Danti, Ignazio
Mathematician and cosmographer, b. at Perugia, Italy, 1537; d. at Alatri, 19 Oct., 1586.
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Danti, Vincenzo
Sculptor, brother of Ignazio, b. at Perugia, 1530; d. 24 May, 1576.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633b.htm
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Dantine, Maurus
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, and chronologist, born at Gourieux near Namur, Belgium, 1 April, 1688; died in the monastery of the "Blancs-Manteaux", Paris, 3 November, 1746.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633c.htm
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Darboy, Georges
Archbishop of Paris and ecclesiastical writer, b. at Fayl-Billot, near Langres, 1813; killed by Communists at Paris, 24 May, 1871.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634b.htm
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Dardanus
A titular see in the province of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus.
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Dardel, Jean
Friar Minor of the French province of the order, chronicler of Armenia in the fourteenth century, adviser and confessor to King Leo V (or VI) of Armenia.
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Darerca, Saint
A sister of St. Patrick.
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Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine-Elisabeth
Historian and professor, b. in Paris, 25 October, 1820; d. at Lucenay-lès-Aix, 6 August, 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635c.htm
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Daria and Chrysanthus, Saints
Roman martyrs.
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Darnis
Titular see of Libya.
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Darras, Joseph-Epiphane
Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636a.htm
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Darrell, William
Theologian, b. 1651, in Buckinghamshire, England; d. 28 Feb., 1721, at St. Omer's, France.
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Dates and Dating
In classical Latin even before the time of Christ it was usual for correspondents to indicate when and where their letters were written.
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Daubrée, Gabriel-Auguste
French geologist, b. at Metz, 25 June, 1814; d. at Paris, 29 May, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04638a.htm
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Daulia
A titular see of Greece.
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Daumer, Georg Friedrich
German poet and philosopher, b. at Nuremberg, 5 March, 1800; d. at Wurzburg, 14 December, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04639a.htm
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Davenport
Diocese erected 8 May, 1881, in the four southern tiers of counties in Iowa.
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Davenport, Christopher
Theologian, b. 1598, at Coventry, England, d. 31 May, 1680.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04639c.htm
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David of Augsburg
Medieval German mystic, b. probably at Augsburg, Bavaria, early in the thirteenth century; d. at Augsburg, 19 November, 1272.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04644a.htm
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David of Dinant
A pantheistic philosopher who lived in the first decades of the thirteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04645a.htm
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David Scotus
A medieval Irish chronicler, date of birth unknown; d. 1139.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04645b.htm
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David, Armand
Missionary priest and zoologist, b. 1826; d. 1900.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04641a.htm
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David, Gheeraert
Painter and illuminator. (1450-1523)
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David, King
In the Bible the name David is borne only by the second king of Israel, the great-grandson of Boaz and Ruth.
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David, Saint
Bishop and Confessor, patron of Wales.
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Davies, Venerable William
Martyr, priest who suffered under Queen Elizabeth.
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Davila Padilla
Writer, Bishop of Santo Domingo. A native of the City of Mexico, b. 1562; d. 1604.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04646b.htm
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Dawson, Aeneas McDonnell
Author, b. in Scotland, 30 July, 1810; d. in Ottawa, Canada, 29 Dec., 1894.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04646c.htm
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Dax, Diocese of
Suppressed French diocese.
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Day of Atonement
A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were forbidden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02054a.htm
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Day, George
Bishop of Chichester; b. in Shropshire, England, c. 1501; d. 2 August, 1556.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647a.htm
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Day, John Charles, Sir
Jurist, b. near Bath, England, 1826; d. 13 June, 1908, at Newbury.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647b.htm
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De L'Orme, Philibert
Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a little later; died at Paris, 8 January, 1570.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700b.htm
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De La Croix, Charles
Missionary, b. at Hoorbeke-St-Corneille, Belgium, 28 Oct., 1792; d. at Ghent, 20 Aug., 1869.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04689a.htm
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De Lisle, Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps
Born 17 March, 1809; died 5 March, 1878.
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De Paul University
In Chicago, the outgrowth of St. Vincent's College, which opened in Sept., 1898.
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De Profundis
"Out of the depths". First words of Psalm 129.
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De Rossi, Giovanni Battista
Christian archaeologist, best known for his work in connection with the Roman catacombs. (1822-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739c.htm
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De Smet, Pierre-Jean
Missionary among the North American Indians, b. at Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, 30 Jan., 1801; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 23 May, 1873.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04752a.htm
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De Soto, Hernando
Explorer and conqueror, born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; died on the banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04753a.htm
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De Vere, Aubrey Thomas Hunt
Poet, critic, and essayist, b. at Curragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, 10 January, 1814; died there, 21 January, 1902.
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Deaconesses
Offers history and functions.
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Deacons
The name means only minister or servant, and is employed in this sense both in the Septuagint (though only in the book of Esther, and in the New Testament.
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Dead Sea
The name given to the lake that lies on the south-eastern border of Palestine.
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Dead, Prayers for the
Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle's Creed.
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Deaf, Education of the
History, aids, and alphabets are discussed.
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Dean
One of the principal administrative officials of a diocese.
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Dean, William, Venerable
Born in Yorkshire, England, date uncertain, martyred 28 August, 1588.
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Dease, Thomas
Bishop of Meath, born in Ireland, 1568; died at Galway, 1651.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660b.htm
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Death Penalty
The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime.
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Death, Preparation for
Includes the steps taken, such as calling a priest, winding up earthly affairs, and confession.
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Debbora
Prophetess and judge, wife of Lapidoth and endowed by God with prophetic gifts which secured for her the veneration of the divided Israelitic tribes and gave her great authority over them.
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Debt
That which is owed or due to another; in general, anything which one person is under an obligation to pay or render to another.
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Decalogue
The term employed to designate the collection of precepts written on two tables of stone and given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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Decapolis
Name given in the Bible and by ancient writers to a region in Palestine lying to the east and south of the Sea of Galilee.
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Dechamps, Adolphe
Belgian statesman and publicist, brother of Cardinal Dechamps, born at Melle near Ghent, 17 June, 1807, died at Manage, 19 July, 1875.
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Dechamps, Victor Augustin Isidore
Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechlin, and Primate of Belgium; born at Melle near Ghent 6 Dec., 1810; died 29 Sept., 1883, at Mechlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04665b.htm
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Decius
Roman Emperor 249-251.
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Decker, Hans
A German sculptor of the middle of the fifteenth century.
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Declaration, The Royal
The name most commonly given to the solemn repudiation of Catholicity which, in accordance with provisions of the "Bill of Rights" (1689) and of "the Act of Succession" (1700), every sovereign succeeding to the throne of Great Britain was, until quit
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Decorations, Pontifical
The titles of nobility, orders of Christian knighthood and other marks of honour and distinction which the papal court confers upon men of unblemished character who have in any way promoted the interests of society, the Church, and the Holy See.
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Decree
In a general sense, an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others. In ecclesiastical use it has various meanings. Any papal Bull, Brief, or Motu Proprio is a decree inasmuch as these documents are legislative acts of the Ho
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Decretals, Papal
In the wide sense the term decretalis signifies a pontifical letter containing a decretum, or pontifical decision. In a narrower sense it denotes a decision on a matter of discipline. In the strictest sense of the word, it means a rescript, an answer
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Dedication
A term which, though sometimes used of persons who are consecrated to God's service, is more properly applied to the "setting aside" of places for a special and sacred purpose.
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Dedication, Feast of the
Also called the Feast of the Machabees and Feast of Lights.
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Deduction
An argument or reasoning process, that kind of mediate inference by which from truths already known we advance to a knowledge of other truths necessarily implied in the former; the mental product or result of that process. Also a method, the deducti
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Deer, Abbey of
A once famous Scotch monastery. According to the Celtic legend St. Columcille, his disciple Drostan, and others, went from Hy (Iona) into Buchan and established an important missionary centre at Deer on the banks of the Ugie on lands given him by the
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Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
An official whose duty is to defend the marriage-bond in the procedure prescribed for the hearing of matrimonial causes which involve the validity or nullity of a marriage already contracted.
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Definitions, Theological
An irrevocable decision, by which the supreme teaching authority in the Church decides a question appertaining to faith or morals, and which binds the whole Church.
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Definitor (in Canon Law)
An official in secular deaneries and in certain religious orders.
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Definitors (in Religious Orders)
Generally speaking, the governing council of an order.
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Deger, Ernst
Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in Düsseldorf, 27 Jan., 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677b.htm
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Degradation
A canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office, benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced to the state of a layman, losing the privileges of the
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677c.htm
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Deharbe, Joseph
Theologian, catechist, b. at Straburg, Alsace, 11 April, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, 8 November, 1871.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04678a.htm
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Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia
A formulæ added to the titles of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
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Deicolus, Saint
Elder brother of St. Gall, b. in Leinster, Ireland, c. 530; d. at Lure, France, 18 January, 625.
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Deism
The term used to denote certain doctrines apparent in a tendency of thought and criticism that manifested itself principally in England towards the latter end of the seventeenth century.
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Deity
This article is confined to the non-Christian notion of the Deity.
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Delacroix, Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène
French painter, b. at Charenton-St-Maurice, near Paris, 26 April, 1798; d. 13 August, 1863.
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Delaroche, Hippolyte
Painter, born at Paris, 17 July, 1797; died 4 November, 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691a.htm
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Delatores
A term used by the Synod of Elvira (c. 306) to stigmatize those Christians who appeared as accusers of their brethren.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691b.htm
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Delaware
One of the original thirteen of the United States of America.
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Delaware Indians
An important tribal confederacy of Algonquian stock originally holding the basin of the Delaware River, in Eastern Pennsylvania.
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Delcus
A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Philippopolis.
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Delegation
A delegation is the commission to another of jurisdiction, which is to be exercised in the name of the person delegating. Jurisdiction is defined as the power of anyone who has public authority and pre-eminence over others for their rule and governme
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Delfau, François
Theologian, born 1637 at Montel in Auvergne, France; died 13 Oct., 1676.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04697a.htm
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Delfino, Pietro
A theologian, born at Venice in 1444; died 16 Jan., 1525.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698a.htm
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Delille, Jacques
French abbé and litterateur, born at Aigueperse, 22 June, 1738; died at Paris, 1 May, 1813.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698b.htm
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Delisle, Guillaume
Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in Paris; died there 25 January, 1726.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700a.htm
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Delphine, Blessed
A member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born in Provence, France, in 1284; died 26 November, 1358.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701a.htm
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Delrio, Martin Anton
Scholar, statesman, Jesuit theologian, born at Antwerp, 17 May, 1551; died at Louvain, 19 October, 1608.
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Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the
Situated in the north of Egypt and comprises four of the six provinces forming Lower Egypt, namely: Gharbieh, Charkieb, Menufieh, and Kalyiubieh.
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Deluge
A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1-ix, 19.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04702a.htm
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Demers, Modeste
Missionary in Pacific Northwest. (1809-1871)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04706a.htm
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Demetrius
The name of two Syrian kings mentioned in the Old Testament and two other persons in the New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04707a.htm
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Demetrius, Saint
Bishop of Alexandria. (188-231)
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Demiurge
The word means literally a public worker, demioergós, demiourgós, and was originally used to designate any craftsman plying his craft or trade for the use of the public. Soon, however, technítes and other words began to be used to designate the commo
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Democracy, Christian
Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical "Graves de communi" declared it to be the same as "popular Catholic action".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04708a.htm
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Demon
In Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04710a.htm
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Demoniacs
Article concerned with the demonic possession in the New Testament.
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Demonology
The science or doctrine concerning demons.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04713a.htm
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Dempster, Thomas
Savant, professor, and author. (1579-1625)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04717a.htm
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Denaut, Pierre
Tenth Bishop of Quebec, b. at Montreal, 20 July, 1743; d. at Longueuil in 1806.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04717b.htm
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Denes
An aboriginal race of North America, also called Athapaskans and known earlier among earlier ethnologists as Tinne or Tinneh.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04717c.htm
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Denifle, Heinrich Seuse
Paleographer and historian. (1844-1905)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04719a.htm
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Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael
Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at Vienna, 29 Sept., 1800.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04721b.htm
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Denis, Joseph
The first Canadian to join the Recollects of the Friars Minor. (1657-1736)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722a.htm
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Denis, Saint
Bishop of Paris, and martyr.
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Denman, William
Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 12 September, 1870.
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Denmark
History includes politics, religion, literary, and art.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722c.htm
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Denonville, Seigneur and Marquis de
Governor of New France, born in 1638 at Denonville in the department of Eure-et-Loir, France; died 1710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04732a.htm
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Dens, Peter
Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, 15 February, 1775.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733a.htm
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Denunciation
Making known the crime of another to one who is his superior.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733b.htm
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Denver
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fé, erected in 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733c.htm
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Denys the Carthusian
Sometimes called the last of the Schoolmen, devoted to prayer, avid reader whose favorite author was Pseudo-Dionysius. Author of commentaries, sermons, and theological and philosophical treatises. He died in 1471.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04734a.htm
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Denza, Francesco
Italian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Naples, 7 June, 1834; d. at Rome, 14 December, 1894.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736a.htm
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Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus
Theologian of the modern Catholic German school and author of the "Enchiridion" universally used, b. 10 Oct., 1819, at Liege; d. 19 June, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736b.htm
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Deo Gratias
An old liturgical formula of the Latin Church to give thanks to God for graces received.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737a.htm
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Deposition
An ecclesiastical vindictive penalty by which a cleric is forever deprived of his office or benefice and of the right of exercising the functions of his orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737b.htm
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Deprés, Josquin
Contrapuntist, composer, and head of the Second Netherland School. (1450-1521)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738a.htm
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Derbe
A titular see of Lycaonia, Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738c.htm
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Dereser, Anton
Discalced Carmelite, born at Fahr in Franconia, 3 February, 1757; died at Breslau, 15 or 16 June, 1807.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739a.htm
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Derogation
The partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law.
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Derry
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