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Haarlem
One of the suffragan sees of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
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Habacuc
Old Testament prophet.
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Haberl, Francis Xavier
Music historian. (1840-1910)
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Habington, William
Poet and historian; born at Hindlip, Worcestershire, 1605; died 1654; son of Thomas Habington the antiquarian.
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Habit
Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as "a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will to fol
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Habor River
A river of Mesopotamia in Asiatic Turkey, an important eastern affluent of the Euphrates.
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Haceldama
The name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas.
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Hadewych, Blessed
Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre, d. around 1200. Also known as Hedwig or Hadewig.
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Hadrian
Martyr, died about the year 306.
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Hadrian, Publius Aelius
Emperor of the Romans; born 24 January, A. D. 76 at Rome; died 10 July, 138.
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Hadrumetum
A titular see of Byzacena.
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Haeften, Benedict van
Benedictine writer, provost of the Monastery of Afflighem, Belgium; born at Utrecht, 1588; died 31 July, 1648.
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Hagen, Gottfried
Town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne "Reimchronik" (rhymed chronicle); died 1299.
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Haggai
Aggeus, the tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament.
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Haggith
One of David's wives (II Kings, iii,4).
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Hagiography
The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object.
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Hague, The
Capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland.
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Hahn-Hahn, Ida
Countess, convert and authoress, born 22 June, 1805; died 12 January, 1880.
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Haid, Herenaus
Catechist, born in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 16 February, 1784; died 7 January, 1873.
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Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina)
The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four Breviary anthems of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Hail Mary (Ave Maria)
The Hail Mary (sometimes called the "Angelical salutation", sometimes, from the first words in its Latin form, the "Ave Maria") is the most familiar of all the prayers used by the Universal Church in honour of our Blessed Lady.
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Haimhausen, Karl von
German missionary; b. at Munich, of a noble Bavarian family, 28 May, 1692; d. in Chile, 7 April, 1767.
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Hair (in Christian Antiquity)
The paintings in the catacombs permit the belief that the early Christians simply followed the fashion of their time. The short hair of the men and the waved tresses of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, frizzed with irons
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Hairshirt
A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance.
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Haiti
An island of the Greater Antilles.
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Haito
Bishop of Basle; b. in 763, of a noble family of Swabia; d. 17 March, 836, in the Abbey of Reichenau, on an island in the Lake of Constance.
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Hakodate
Comprises the six northern provinces of the island of Nippon, the island of Yezo, and the Kurile Islands, as well as the administration of the southern part of the island of Saghalin, which still belongs to the Diocese of Mohilev.
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Hakon the Good
King of Norway, 935 (936) to 960 (961), youngest child of King Harold Fair Hair and Thora Mosterstang.
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Halicarnassus
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.
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Halifax
This see takes its name from the city of Halifax which has been the seat of government in Nova Scotia since its foundation by Lord Cornwallis in 1749.
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Hallahan, Margaret
Foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (third order); b. in London, 23 January, 1803; d. 10 May, 1868.
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Haller, Karl Ludwig von
A professor of constitutional law, b. 1 August, 1768, at Berne, d. 21 May, 1854, at Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Hallerstein, August
Jesuit missionary in China, born in Germany, died in China, probably about 1777.
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Halloween (All Saints' Day)
Instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year. The vigil of this feast is popularly called "Hallowe'en" or "Halloween".
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Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'Omalius
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, Belgium, 16 February, 1783; d. at Brussels, 15 January, 1875.
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Halma, Nicholas
French mathematician; born at Sedan, 31 December, 1755; died at Paris, 4 June, 1828.
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Ham, Hamites
Son of Noe and progenitor of one of the three great races of men whose ethnographical table is given by Genesis 10.
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Hamar, Ancient See of
Located in Norway.
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Hamatha
A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea.
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Hambley, Ven. John
English martyr (suffered 1587), born and educated in Cornwall, and converted by reading one of Father Persons' books in 1582.
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Hamburg
A city supposed to be identical with the Marionis of Ptolemy, was founded by a colony of fishermen from Lower Saxony.
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Hamilton, John
Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, first Earl of Arran.
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Hamilton, Ontario, Diocese of
Located in Ontario, Canada; a suffragan of Toronto.
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Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von
A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856.
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Hammurabi
The sixth king of the first Babylonian dynasty.
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Hamsted, Adrian
Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581.
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Haneberg, Daniel Bonifacius von
German prelate and Orientalist of the nineteenth century, b. At Tanne near Kempten, Bavaria, 16 June, 1816.
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Hanover
The former Kingdom of Hanover has been a province of the Prussian monarchy since 20 September, 1866.
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Hanse, Blessed Everald
Martyr; b. in Northamptonshire; executed 31 July, 1581.
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Hansiz, Markus
Historian, b. at Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d. at Vienna, 5 September, 1766.
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Hanthaler, Chrysostomus
A Cistercian, historical investigator and writer. (1690-1754)
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Hanxleden, Johann Ernest
Jesuit missionary in the East Indies: b at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d. in Malabar, 20 March, 1732.
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Happiness
The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening.
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Haraldson, Saint Olaf
Martyr and King of Norway. (995-1030)
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Harbor Grace
Diocese in Newfoundland, erected in 1856.
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Hardee, William J.
Soldier, convert, b. at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., 1817, d. at Wytheville, Virginia, 6 Nov., 1873.
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Hardey, Mary Aloysia
Of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who established all the convents of her order, up to the year 1883, in the eastern part of the United States, Canada, and Cuba; b. at Piscataway, Maryland, 1809; d. at Paris, France, 17 June. 1886.
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Harding, St. Stephen
Confessor, the third Abbot of Cîteaux, was born at Sherborne in Dorsetshire, England, about the middle of the eleventh century; died 28 March, 1134.
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Harding, Thomas
Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516 d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572.
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Hardman, Mary Juliana
Known in religion as Sister Mary; b. 26 April, 1813; d. 24 March, 1884.
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Hardouin, Jean
Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, 23 Dec., 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; d. at Paris, 3 Sept., 1729.
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Hardyng, John
An English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1460.
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Hare Indians
A Déné tribe which shares with the Loucheux the distinction of being the northernmost in America, their habitat being immediately south of that of the Eskimos.
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Harland, Henry
American novelist. (1861-1905)
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Harlay, Family of
An important family of parliamentarians and bishops, who deserve a place in religious history.
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Harlez de Deulin, Charles-Joseph de
A Belgian Orientalist, domestic prelate, canon of the cathedral of Liège, member of the Academic Royale of Belgium; b. at Liège, 21 August, 1832; d. at Louvain, 14 July, 1899.
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Harmony
A concord of sounds, several tones of different pitch sounded as a chord; among the Greeks, the general term for music.
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Harney
William Selby Harney, soldier, convert; b. near Haysboro, Tennessee, U.S.A., 27 August, 1800; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, 9 May, 1889. John Milton Harney, brother of foregoing, b. in Delaware, 9 March, 1789; d. at Somerset, Kentucky, 15 January, 1825.
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Harold Bluetooth
Son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. (911-986)
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Harold, Francis
Irish Franciscan and historical writer, d. at Rome, 18 March, 1685.
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Harpasa
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.
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Harper, Thomas Morton
Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London 26 Sept., 1821, of Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the City; d. 29 Aug., 1893.
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Harrington, Ven. William
English martyr; b. 1566; d. 18 February, 1594.
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Harris, Joel Chandler
Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; born at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A., 1848; died at Atlanta, Georgia, 3 July, 1908.
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Harrisburg
Diocese in Pennsylvania.
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Harrison, James
Priest and martyr; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, 22 March, 1602.
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Harrison, William
Third and last archpriest of England, b. in Derbyshire in 1553; d. 11 May, 1621.
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Harrowing of Hell
This is the Old English and Middle English term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell (or Hades) between the time of His Crucifixion and His Resurrection, when, according to Christian belief, He brought salvation to the souls held captive th
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Hart, William
English priest. (1558-1583)
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Hartford
Diocese of Hartford, established by Gregory XVI, 18 Sept., 1843.
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Hartley, Ven. William
Martyr; b. at Wyn, in Derbyshire, England, of a yeoman family about 1557; d. 5 October, 1588.
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Hartmann von Aue
A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; died between 1210 and 1220.
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Hartmann, Georg
Mechanician and physicist; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, 9 Feb. 1489; d. at Nuremberg, 9 April, 1564.
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Hasak, Vincenz
Historian, b. at Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia , 18 July, 1812; d. 1 September, 1889, as dean of Weisskirchlitz, near Teplitz.
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Haschka, Lorenz Leopold
A poet-author of the Austrian national anthem; b. at Vienna, 1 Sept. 1749, d. there 3 Aug., 1827, was in his youth a member of the Society of Jesus.
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Haspinger, Johann Simon
A Tyrolese priest and patriot; b. at Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d. in the imperial palace of Mirabell, Salzburg, 12 January, 1858.
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Hassard, John Rose Greene
An editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A., 4 September, 1836; d. in that city, 18 April, 1888.
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Hasslacher, Peter
Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876.
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Hatred
In general, a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other.
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Hatto
Archbishop of Mainz; b. of a noble Swabian family, c. 850; d. 15 May, 913.
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Hatton, Edward Anthony
Dominican, apologist; b. in 1701; d. at Stourton Lodge, near Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 October, 1783.
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Hauara
A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.
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Haudriettes
A religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Etienne Haudry, a private secretary of St. Louis, King of France.
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Haughery, Margaret
"The mother of the orphans", as she was familiarly styled, b. in Cavan, Ireland, about 1814; d. at New Orleans, Louisiana, 9 February, 1882.
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Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy
Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896.
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Hautecombe
A Cistercian monastery near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy.
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Hautefeuille, Jean de
French physicist, b. at Orléans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724.
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Hauteserre
Antoine Dadin d'Hauteserre, born 1602, died 1682; a distinguished French historian and canonist, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Toulouse. Flavius Hauteserre, younger brother of the above, died about 1670; professor of law at Poitiers
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Hauy, René-Just
Mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822.
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Hauy, Valentin
Founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the name of "Father and Apostle of the Blind". (1745-1822)
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Hauzeur, Mathias
A Franciscan theologian, b. at Verviers, 1589; d. at Liège 12 November, 1676, for many years professor of theology.
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Havana
Jurisdiction of the See of Havana comprises the two provinces of Havana and Matanzas.
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Havestadt, Bernhard
German Jesuit; b. at Cologne, 27 February, 1714; died at Münster after 1778.
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Hawarden, Edward
Theologian and controversialist, b. in Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d. in London, 23 April, 1735.
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Hawes, Stephen
Poet; b. in Suffolk about 1474; d. about 1523.
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Hawker, Robert Stephen
Poet and antiquary; b. at Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d. there 15 August, 1875.
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Hawkins, Sir Henry
Raised to the peerage as Lord Brampton, eminent English lawyer and Judge, b. at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 14 September, 1817; d. at London, 12 October, 1907.
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Hay, Edmund and John
Edmund Hay, jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1540?; d. at Rome, 4 Nov., 1591. John Hay, kinsman and contemporary of Edmund, of the family of Hay of Dalgetti; b., 1546; d. at Pont-à-Mousson, 1608; a well-known scholar, professor, and write
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Hay, George
Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, 24 Aug., 1729; d. at Aquhorties, 18 Oct., 1811.
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Haydn, Franz Joseph
Famous composer. (1732-1809)
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Haydn, Johann Michael
Younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn. (1737-1806)
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Haydock, George Leo
Priest and biblical scholar. (1774-1849)
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Haydock, Venerable George
English martyr. (1556-1583)
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Haymo
Benedictine bishop. (d. 853)
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Haymo of Faversham
English Franciscan and schoolman, b. at Faversham, Kent; d. at Anagni, Itlay, in 1243, according to the most probable opinion; Wadding gives 1244.
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Haynald, Lajos
Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa-Bács in Hungary; b. at Szécsény, 3 October, 1816; d. at Kalocsa, 3 July, 1891.
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Hazart, Cornelius
Controversialist, orator, and writer, b. 28 October, 1617, at Oudenarde in the Netherlands; entered the Society of Jesus, 24 Sept., 1634; d. 25 October, 1690, at Antwerp.
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Healy, George Peter Alexander
An American portrait and historical painter, b. at Boston, 15 July, 1808; d. at Chicago, 14 June 1894.
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Hearse, Tenebrae
The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service.
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Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the
Special form of devotion to Jesus. Discussion of what it is and what distinguishes it, its object, its foundations, and its proper act.
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Heart of Mary, Congregations of
Details on several congregations under this name.
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Heart of Mary, Devotion to the
Article covering the nature and the history of the devotion.
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Heath, Ven. Henry
English Franciscan and martyr, son of John Heath; christened at St. John's, Peterborough, 16 December, 1599; executed at Tyburn, 17 April, 1643.
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Heaven
In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds "under the firmament of heaven". In other passages it denotes the region of the s
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Hebrew Bible
As compared with the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with the exception of the seven deuterocanonical books, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Machabees, and the deuterocanonical portions of Es
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Hebrew Language and Literature
Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament.
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Hebrews, Epistle to the
The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office.
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Hebrides, New
Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides; in Oceania.
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Hebron
An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David.
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Hecker, Isaac Thomas
Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07186a.htm
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Hedelin, François
Grammarian, poet, preacher, archeologist, philologist. Born at Paris, 4 August, 1604; died at Nemours, 27 July, 1676.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067a.htm
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Hedonism
The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with various modifications, that feelings of pleasure or happiness are the highest and final aim of conduct; that, consequently those actions which increase the sum of pleasure are thereby con
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07187a.htm
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Hedwig, Saint
Duchess of Silesia. (1174-1243)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07189a.htm
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Heeney, Cornelius
Merchant and philanthropist; b. in King's County, Ireland, 1754; d. at Brooklyn, U.S.A., 3 May, 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190a.htm
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Heereman von Zuydwyk, Freiherr von
Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. 26 Aug., 1832, at Surenburg near Riesenbeck, Westphalia; d. 23 March, 1903, at Berlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190b.htm
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Heeswijk
A village in the diocese of Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Holland, in which the dispersed religious of the confiscated Norbertine Abbey of Berne created a new abbey and college.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190c.htm
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Hefele, Karl Joseph von
Bishop of Rottenburg, b. at Unterkochen, Würtemberg, 15 March, 1890; d. at Rottenburg, 5 June, 1893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07191a.htm
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Hegelianism
Hegel's philosophy is an attempt to reduce to a more synthetic unity the system of transcendantal idealism bequeathed to him by Kant, Fichte, and Schelling.
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Hegesippus, Saint
A writer of the second century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07194a.htm
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Hegesippus, The Pseudo-
Fourth-century translator of Josephus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195a.htm
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Hegius, Alexander
Humanist; b. probably in 1433, at Heeck (Westphalia); d. 7 December, 1498.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195b.htm
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Heidelberg, University of
The fame of Heidelberg is due to its university, which was founded in 1386 by the warlike Rupert I of Wittelsbach when he was over seventy years of age, on the model of the University of Paris.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07196a.htm
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Heiligenkreuz
An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of Baden in Lower Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198a.htm
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Heilsbronn
Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle Franconia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198b.htm
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Heilsbronn, Monk of
This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199a.htm
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Heim, François Joseph
French historical painter, b. near Belfort, 1787, d. in Paris, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199b.htm
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Heinrich der Glïchezäre
A Middle High German poet, author of a narrative poem "Reinhart Fuchs".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199c.htm
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Heinrich von Ahaus
Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany. (1371-1439)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200a.htm
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Heinrich von Laufenberg
A German poet of the fifteenth century, d. at Strasburg in 1460; he was a priest in Freiburg (Breisgau), and later dean of the cathedral.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200b.htm
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Heinrich von Meissen
Usually called "Frauenlob" (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b. at Meissen about 1250; d. at Mainz, 1318.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200c.htm
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Heinrich von Melk
German satirist of the twelfth century; of knightly birth and probably a lay brother in the convent of Melk, in Styria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200d.htm
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Heinrich von Veldeke
A medieval German poet of knightly rank; b. near Maastricht in the Netherlands about the middle of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201a.htm
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Heinz, Joseph
Swiss painter. (1564-1609)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201b.htm
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Heis, Eduard
German astronomer, b. at Cologne, 18 February, 1806; d. at Münster, Westphalia, 30 June, 1877.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201c.htm
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Heisterbach
A former Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge near the little town of Oberdollendorf in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202a.htm
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Helen of Sköfde, Saint
Biography of the twelfth-century Swedish widow and martyr, killed in perhaps the year 1160.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203b.htm
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Helena (Montana)
Erected from the Vicariate of Montana, 7 March, 1884.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203a.htm
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Helena, Saint
The mother of Constantine the Great, d. about 330.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202b.htm
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Helenopolis
A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204a.htm
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Heli
Both judge and high-priest, whose history is related in I Kings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204b.htm
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Heliae, Paul
A Carmelite, opponent of the Reformation in Denmark, born at Warberg (in the Laen of Halland), about 1480; died after 1534.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205a.htm
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Heliand, The
The oldest complete work of German literature.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205b.htm
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Helinand
Medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206a.htm
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Heliogabalus
The name adopted by Varius Avitus Bassianus, Roman emperor (218-222), born of a Syrian family and a grandnephew of Julia Domna, the consort of Emperor Septimus Severus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206b.htm
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