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"God", Etymology of the Word
Anglo-Saxon God; German Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda.
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Gabala
A titular see of Syria Prima.
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Gabbatha
The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of Lithostrotos.
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Gaboon
Formerly called the Vicariate Apostolic of the Two Guineas.
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Gabriel Lalemant, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Gabriel Possenti, Blessed
Pasionist student; renowned for sanctity and miracles; born at Assisi, 1 March, 1838; died 27 February, 1862.
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Gabriel Sionita
A learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the Parisian polyglot of the Bible; b. 1577, at Edden on the Lebanon; d. 1648.
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Gabriel the Archangel, Saint
One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible.
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Gabriel, Brothers of Saint
Originally founded by St. Louis Grignon de Montfort in 1705, but it did not spread much till it was amalgamated with one founded in 1835 by Monsignor Deshayes. Vicar-General of Rennes.
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Gad
A proper name which designates in the Bible, (I), a patriarch; (II), a tribe of Israel; (III), a prophet; (IV), a pagan deity.
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Gadara
A titular see of Palaestina Prima; there were two sees of this name, one in Palaestina Prima, the other in Palaestina Secunda.
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Gaddi, Agnolo, Giovanni, and Taddeo
Florentine artists, Taddeo being the father of Agnolo and Giovanni.
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Gaeta
Archdiocese in the province of Caserta in Campania (Southern Italy).
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Gaetano, Saint (Cajetan)
Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at Vicenza in Venetian territory; died at Naples in 1547.
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Gagarin, Ivan Sergejewitch
Of the Russian family which traces its origin to the ancient rulers of Starodub; born at Moscow, 1 August, 1814; died at Paris, 19 July, 1882.
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Gagliardi, Achille
Ascetic writer and spiritual director; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at Modena, 6 July, 1607.
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Gahan, William
A priest and author; born 5 June, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin; died there, 6 December, 1804.
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Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand
French engraver and painter; b. at Paris, 7 Jan., 1834; d. there, 27 Jan., 1887.
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Gal, Saint
Of the ninety-eight bishops who have occupied the see of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) the sixteenth and twenty-third bore the name of Gal, and both are numbered among the twenty-nine bishops of this church who are honoured as saints.
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Galantini, Ippolito, Blessed
Founder of the Congregation of Christian Doctrine of Florence; b. at Florence of obscure parentage, 12 October. 1565; d. 20 March, 1619.
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Galatians, Epistle to the
St. Paul addresses his letter to the churches of Galatia (Gal., i, 2) and calls them Galatians (Gal, iii, 1); and in I Cor., vi, 1, he speaks of the collections which he ordered to be made in the churches of Galatia.
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Galatino, Pietro Colonna
Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at Rome, soon after 1539.
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Galerius, Valerius Maximianus
Galerius, a native of Illyria, was made Caesar 1 March, 293, by Diocletian, whose daughter Valeria he married and who in turn adopted her husband.
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Galien, Joseph
Dominican, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Avignon, meteorologist, physicist, and writer on aeronautics; b. 1699.
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Galilee
The native land of Jesus Christ, where He began His ministry and performed many of His works, and whence He drew His Apostles.
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Galilei, Alessandro
An eminent Florentine architect; born 1691; died 1737.
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Galilei, Galileo
Although in the popular mind Galileo is remembered chiefly as an astronomer, it was not in this character that he made really substantial contributions to human knowledge, but rather in the field of mechanics, and especially of dynamics, which scienc
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Galitzin, Elizabeth
Princess, religious of the Sacred Heart; born at St. Petersburg, 22 February, 1797; died in Louisiana, 8 December, 1843.
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Gall, Abbey of Saint
In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of Constance; for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe; founded about 613, and named after Gallus, an Irishman, the disciple and companion of St. Columbanus in his exile from
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Gall, Saint
An Irishman by birth, one of the twelve disciples who accompanied St. Columbanus to Gaul, and established themselves with him at Luxeuil.
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Galla
Vicariate Apostolic embracing the territory of the Galla or Oromo tribes in Abyssinia.
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Galla, Saint
A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October.
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Gallait, Louis
Flemish painter; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, 1887.
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Galland, Antoine
French Orientalist and numismatist, b. at Rollot, near Montdidier, in Picardy, 1646, d. at Paris, 1715.
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Gallandi, Andrea
Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 January, 1779, or 1780.
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Galle
Diocese in Ceylon, created by Leo XIII 25 Aug., 1893.
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Gallego, Juan Nicasio
Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853.
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Galletti, Pietro Luigi
Benedictine, historian and archaeologist; b. at Rome in 1724; d. there, 13 December, 1790.
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Gallia Christiana
A documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupants.
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Gallican Rite, The
The rite which prevailed in Gaul until about the middle or end of the eighth century.
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Gallicanism
This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country.
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Gallicanus, Saints
Three saints by this name commemorated on 25 June.
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Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius
Roman emperor; b. about 218; d. at Milan, 4 March, 268.
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Gallifet, Joseph de
French Jesuit. (1663-1749)
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Gallipoli
Diocese in the province of Lecce (Southern Italy).
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Gallitzin, Adele Amalie
Princess; b. at Berlin, 28 Aug., 1748; d. at Angelmodde, near Münster, Westphalia, 17 April, 1806.
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Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine
Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840)
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Galloway, Diocese of
Situated in the southwest of Scotland.
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Galluppi, Pasquale
Philosopher, b. at Tropea, in Calabria, 2 April, 1770; d. at Naples, 13 Dec., 1846, where from 1831 he was a professor in the university.
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Gallwey, Peter
Famous London priest. (1820-1906)
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Galtelli-Nuoro
Diocese in the province of Sassari (Sardinia), suffragan of Caglari.
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Galura, Bernhard
Prince-Bishop of Brixen; b. 21 August, 1764, at Herbolzheim, Bresigau; d. 17 May, 1856.
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Galvani, Luigi
Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798.
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Galveston
The Diocese of Galveston was established in 1847 and comprises that part of the State of Texas, U.S.A., between the Sabine River on the east, the Colorado River on the west, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and the northern line of the counties of La
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Galway and Kilmacduagh
Diocese in Ireland; an amalgamation of two distinct ancient sees.
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Gama, Vasco da
The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, Portugal, about 1469; died at Cochin, India, 24 December, 1524.
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Gamaliel
Famous Pharisee and Rabbi.
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Gamans, Jean
Priest and missionary. (1606-1684)
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Gambling
The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance.
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Gams, Pius Bonifacius
Ecclesiastical historian. (1816-1892)
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Gandolphy, Peter
Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, 1779; d. at East Sheen, Surrey, 9 July, 1821.
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Gangra
A titular see in the province of Paphlagonia.
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Gansfort, John Wessel
A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at Gröningen in 1420; died there on 4 Oct., 1489.
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Gap
Diocese; suffragan of Aix, includes the department of the Hautes-Alpes.
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García Moreno, Gabriel
Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated at Quito, 6 August, 1875.
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García, Anne
Better known as Venerable Anne of St. Bartholomew, Discalced Carmelite nun, companion of St. Teresa; b. at Almendral, Old Castile, 1 Oct. 1550; d. at Antwerp, 7 June, 1626.
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Garcia, Saint Gonsalo
Born of a Portuguese father and a Canarese mother in Bassein, East India, about the year 1556 or 1557; d. 5 Feb., 1597.
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Garcilasso de la Vega
Spanish poet. (1503-1536)
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Garcilasso de la Vega
Historian of Peru. (1539-1617)
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Gardellini, Aloisio
Born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1759; died there, 8 Oct., 1829, famous chiefly for his collection of the decrees of the Congregation of Rites.
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Garesché, Julius Peter
Soldier; born 26 April, 1821, near Havana, Cuba; killed at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, U.S.A., 31 December, 1862.
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Garet, Jean
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at Jumieges, 24 September, 1694.
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Gargara
A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus.
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Garin, André
An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895)
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Garland
A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions.
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Garland, John
English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century.
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Garlick, Venerable Nicholas
Priest and martyr, born at Dinting, Derbyshire, c. 1555; died at Derby, 24 July, 1588.
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Garneau, François-Xavier
French Canadian historian. (1809-1866)
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Garnet, Henry
English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606.
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Garnet, Saint Thomas
Protomartyr of St. Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College. (1575-1608)
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Garnier, Charles
Jesuit Missionary, born at Paris, 1606, of Jean G. and Anne de Garault; died 7 December, 1649.
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Garnier, Jean
Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian; b. at Paris, 11 Nov., 1612; d. at Bologna, 26 Nov., 1681.
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Garnier, Julien
Jesuit missionary, born at Connerai, France, 6 January, 1642; d. in Quebec, 1730.
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Garrucci, Raffaele
A historian of Christian art, b. at Naples, 22 January, 1812; d. at Rome, 5 May, 1885.
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Garzon
Suffragan diocese of Popayan in the Republic of Colombia.
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Gaspare del Bufalo, Saint
Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood.
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Gaspe, Philippe-Aubert de
French Canadian writer, b. at Quebec, 30 Oct., 1786, of a family ennobled by Louis XIV in 1693, d. 29 Jan., 1871.
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Gassendi, Pierre
French philosopher and scientist. (1592-1655)
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Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph
Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., 1900.
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Gassner, Johann Joseph
A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779.
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Gaston, William
Jurist: b. at Newbern, North Carolina, U.S.A., 19 Sept., 1778: d. at Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 January 1844.
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Gatianus, Saint
Founder and bishop of Tours; b. probably at Rome; d. at Tours, 20 December, 301.
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Gau, Franz Christian
Architect and archæologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, 1854.
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Gaubil, Antoine
French Jesuit and missionary to China, b. at Gaillac (Aveyron), 14 July, 1689; d. at Peking, 24 July, 1759.
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Gaudentius of Brescia
A theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins; b. at Brescia in 1612; d. at Oriano, 25 March, 1672.
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Gaudentius, Saint
Bishop of Brescia. (387-410)
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Gaudete Sunday
The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice).
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Gaudier, Antoine de
A writer on asectic theology; b. at Château-Thierry, France, 7 January, 1572; d. at Paris, 14 April, 1622.
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Gaudiosus
Bishop of Tarazona (Turiasso), Spain; died about 540.
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Gaul, Christian
The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connexion with the persecution at Lyons under Marcus Aurelius (177).
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Gaultier, Aloisius-Edouard-Camille
Priest and schoolmaster; b. at Asti, Piedmont, about 1745; d. at Paris, 18 Sept., 1818.
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Gaume, Jean-Joseph
French theologian and author, b. at Fuans (Franche-Comté) in 1802; d. in 1879.
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Gavantus, Bartolommeo
Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order; b. at Monza, 1569; d. at Milan, 14 August, 1638.
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Gaza
A titular see of Palaestina Prima, in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
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Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria
A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799.
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Gebhard (III) of Constance
Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial encroachments during the Investitures conflict; b. about 1040; d. 12 November, 1110.
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Gebhart, Emile
French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy; d. 22 April, 1908.
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Gedeon
Or Gideon, one of the Greater Judges of Israel. He belonged to the tribe of Manasses, and to the family of Abiezer.
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Gedoyn, Nicolas
A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orleans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744.
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Gegenbauer, Josef Anton
An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at Wangen, Würtemberg; d. 31 January, 1876, at Rome.
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Geiler von Kayserberg, Johann
A celebrated German pulpit orator, b. at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 16 March, 1445; d. at Strasburg, 10 March, 1510.
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Geissel, Johannes von
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 5 February, 1796, at Gimmeldingen, in the Palatinate; d. 8 September, 1864, at Cologne.
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Gelasius I, Pope Saint
Reigned 492-496.
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Gelasius II, Pope
Reigned 1118-1119.
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Gelasius of Cyzicus
Ecclesiastical writer, son of a priest of Cyzicus, and wrote in Bithynia, about 475, to prove against the Eutychians, that the Nicene Fathers did not teach Monophysitism.
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Gemblours
A suppressed Benedictine monastery on the river Orneau in Belgium, founded c. 945 by St. Guibert (Wibert) and dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and the holy martyr Exuperius.
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Genealogy (in the Bible)
The word genealogy occurs only twice in the New Testament: I Tim., i, 4, and Tit., iii, 9. In these passages commentators explain the word as referring to the Gentile theogonies, or to the Essene generation of angels, or to the emanation of spirits a
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Genealogy of Christ
Offers the geneology according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke.
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Genebrard, Gilbert
Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, in the department of Puy-de-Dôme; d. 16 Feb., 1597.
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General Chapter
The daily assembling of a community for purposes of discipline and administration of monastic affairs has always included the reading of a chapter of the rule, and thus the assembly itself came to be called the chapter and the place of meeting the ch
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General Judgment
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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Generation
Definitions include: a definite period of time, with a special reference to the average length of man's life; an indefinite period of time, of time past; the men who lived in the same period of time who were contemporaries; a race or class of men; an
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Genesareth
This is the name given to the Lake of Tiberias in Luke 5:1.
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Genesius
Five people with this name including: Genesius of Rome; Genesius of Arles; Genesius, Bishop of Clermont; Genesius Count of Clermont; and Genesius of Lyons.
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Genevieve, Saint
Patroness of Paris. (419-512)
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Genezareth, Land of
By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of Palestine bordering on the Sea of Galilee, and which in the parallel passage of Matthew (xiv, 34) is called "the country of Genesar".
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Genga, Girolamo
A painter, born at Urbino in 1476; died at the same place, 1551.
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Genicot, Edward
Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900.
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Gennadius I, Saint
Patriarch of Constantinople (458-471).
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Gennadius II
His original name was George Scholarius. Born about 1400, was first a teacher of philosophy and then judge in the civil courts under the Emperor John VIII.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06416b.htm
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Gennadius of Marseilles
A priest whose chief title to fame is his continuation of St. Jerome's catalogue "De Viris illustribus".
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Gennings, Edmund and John
The first, a martyr for the Catholic Faith, and the second, the restorer of the English province of Franciscan friars, were brothers and converts to the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06418a.htm
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Genoa
Archdiocese in Liguria, Northern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06419a.htm
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Gentile da Fabriano
Italian painter; b. probably about 1378 in the District of the Marches; d. probably 1427.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06421a.htm
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Gentiles
In the English versions of both Testaments it collectively designates the nations distinct from the Jewish people.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422a.htm
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Gentili, Aloysius
Proficient in poetry, displayed considerable musical aptitude, had a taste for mechanical and electrical science and was devoted to the cultivation of modern languages, applying himself more particularly to the study of English. (1801-1848)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422b.htm
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Genuflexion
To genuflect, to bend the knee.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06423a.htm
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Geoffrey of Clairvaux
A disciple of Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and 1120, at Auxerre; d. some time after the year 1188.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427a.htm
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Geoffrey of Dunstable
Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427b.htm
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428a.htm
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Geoffrey of Vendôme
A cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d. there, 26 March, 1132.
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Geography and the Church
Explains the nature of this science and the course of its evolution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06447a.htm
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Geography, Biblical
With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book in the Bible which, to a greater or less extent, does not contain mention of, or allusions to, the geography and topography of the Holy Land.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428c.htm
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George Hamartolus
A monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the author of a chronicle of some importance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06455a.htm
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George Haydock, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm
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George Napper, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10703a.htm
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George Nichols, Venerable
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065c.htm
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George of Trebizond
A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance; b. in Crete (a Venetian possession from 1206-1669), 1395; d. in Rome, 1486.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456a.htm
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George Pisides
A Byzantine poet who lived in the first half of the seventh century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456b.htm
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George the Bearded
Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 August, 1471; d. in the same city, 17 April, 1539.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06457a.htm
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George, Orders of Saint
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13350a.htm
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George, Saint
Martyr, patron of England, suffered at or near Lydda, also known as Diospolis, in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06453a.htm
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Georgetown University
Founded immediately after the Revolutionary War, by the incorporated Catholic Clergy of Maryland, who selected from their Body Trustees, and invested them with full power to choose a President and appoint Professors. Since the year 1805, it has been
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm
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Georgia
The largest of the original thirteen United States; bounded on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina, on the east by the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Florida, and on the west by Florida and Alabama.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06460a.htm
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Georgius Syncellus
The author of one of the more important medieval Byzantine chronicles, died after 810.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06463a.htm
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Gerace
Diocese in the province of Reggio in Calabria (Southern Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464a.htm
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Gerald, Saint
Bishop of Mayo, an English monk, date of birth unknown; died 13 March, 731.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464b.htm
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Geraldton
Diocese in Australia, established in 1898, suffragan of Adelaide.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464c.htm
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Geramb, Baron Ferdinand de
In religion, Brother Mary Joseph; Abbot and procurator-general of La Trappe, came of a noble and ancient family in Hungary; b. in Lyons, 14 Jan., 1772; d. at Rome, 15 March, 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464d.htm
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Gerando, Joseph-Marie de
French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, 10 November, 1842.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465a.htm
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Gerard Majella, Saint
Born in Muro, in April, 1726; died 16 October, 1755; beatified by Leo XIII, 29 January, 1893, and canonized by Pius X, 11 December, 1904.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467c.htm
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Gerard of Cremona
A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468a.htm
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Gerard, Abbot of Brogne, Saint
Priest, born at Staves in the county of Namur, towards the end of the ninth century; died at Brogne or St-Gérard, 3 Oct. 959.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465b.htm
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Gerard, Archbishop of York
Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108.
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