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Sa, Manoel de
Portuguese theologian and exegete, b. at Villa do Conde (Province Entre-Minho-e-Douro), 1530; d. at Arona (Italy), 30 Dec., 1596.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13285a.htm
Saavedra Remírez de Baquedano, Angel de
Spanish poet and statesman, b. at Cordova, 10 March, 1791; d. at Madrid, 22 June, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13285b.htm
Saavedra, Fajardo Diego de
Statesman and author, b. at Algezares, Murcia, Spain, in 1584; d. at Madrid in 1648.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16073a.htm
Saba and Sabeans
This Saba (Sheba) must not be confounded with Saba (Seba) in Ethiopia of Is., xliii, 3; xlv, 14. It lies in the Southern Arabian Jôf about 200 miles north-west of Aden.
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Sabaoth
In Hebrew, plural form of "host" or "army". The word is used almost exclusively in conjunction with the Divine name as a title of majesty: "the Lord of Hosts", or "the Lord God of Hosts".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13286a.htm
Sabbas, Saint
St. Sabbas, or Sabas. Basilian monk, hermit, founded the monastery at Mar Saba near Jerusalem. Died 532. Article also mentions five other saints of this name.
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Sabbatarians, Sabbatarianism
The name, as appears from its origin, denotes those individuals or parties who are distinguished by some peculiar opinion or practice in regard to the observance of the Sabbath or day of rest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13287a.htm
Sabbath
The seventh day of the week among the Hebrews, the day being counted from sunset to sunset, that is, from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
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Sabbatical Year
The seventh year, devoted to cessation of agriculture, and holding in the period of seven years a place analogous to that of the Sabbath in the week; also called "Year of Remission".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13289a.htm
Sabbatine Privilege
The name Sabbatine Privilege is derived from the apocryphal Bull "Sacratissimo uti culmine" of John XXII, 3 March, 1322.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13289b.htm
Sabina, Saint
St. Sabina, martyr in 126 or 127, at Rome. Feast day is 29 August.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13290a.htm
Sabinianus, Pope
Reigned 604-606. The son of Bonus, he was born at Blera (Bieda) near Viterbo. In 593 he was sent by St. Gregory I as apocrisiarius or Apostolic nuncio to Constantinople; but in some respects his administration of the office did not come up to Gregory
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Sabran, Louis de
Jesuit (1652-1732)
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Sabrata
A titular see in Tripolitana. Sabrata was a Phoenician town on the northern coast of Africa, between the two Syrta. With Oca and Leptis Magna it caused the Greek name Tripolis to be given to the region.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13292a.htm
Sacchoni, Rainerio
A learned and zealous Dominican, born at Piacenza about the beginning of the thirteenth century; died about 1263.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13292b.htm
Sacra Jam Splendent
The opening words of the hymn for Matins of the Feast of the Holy Family.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13292c.htm
Sacrament, Reservation of the Blessed
The practice of preserving after the celebration of the Liturgy a portion of the consecrated elements for the Communion of the sick or for other pious purposes. The extreme antiquity of such reservation cannot be disputed.
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Sacramentals
In instituting the sacraments Christ did not determine the matter and form down to the slightest detail, leaving this task to the Church, which should determine what rites were suitable in the administration of the sacraments. These rites are indicat
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Sacraments
Presents the necessity, the nature, the origin/cause, the number, the effects, the minister, and the recipient of the Sacraments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13295a.htm
Sacred 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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07163a.htm
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionaries of the
A religious congregation of priests and lay brothers with the object of promoting the knowledge and practice of devotion to the Heart of Jesus as embodied in the revelations to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13306a.htm
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionary Sisters of the
A religious congregation having its general mother house at Rome, founded in 1880 by Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13305b.htm
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of the
Founded in Belgium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13306b.htm
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of the
An institution of religious women, taking perpetual vows and devoted to the work of education.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14111b.htm
Sacred Heart, Brothers of the
A congregation founded in 1821 by Pčre André Coindre, of the Diocese of Lyons, France. Its constitutions were modeled upon the constitutions of St. Ignatius based upon the Rule of Saint Augustine. Its members bind themselves for life by the simple vo
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13305a.htm
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Congregation of the
Better known as the Congregation of Picpus, was founded by Father Coudrin, b. at Coursay-les-Bois, in Poiton on 1 March, 1768.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13308a.htm
Sacrifice
This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer.
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Sacrifice of the Mass
The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the "breaking of bread" (fractio panis) or "litu
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Sacrilege
The violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object. In a less proper sense any transgression against the virtue of religion would be a sacrilege.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13321a.htm
Sacris Solemniis
The opening words of the hymn for Matins of Corpus Christi and of the Votive Office of the Most Blessed Sacrament, composed by St. Thomas Aquinas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13321b.htm
Sacristan
An officer who is charged with the care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ancient times many duties of the sacristan were performed by the doorkeepers (ostiarii), later by the mansionarii and the treasurers.
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Sacristy
A room in the church or attached thereto, where the vestments, church furnishings and the like, sacred vessels, and other treasures are kept, and where the clergy meet and vest for the various ecclesiastical functions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13322b.htm
Sadducees
A politico-religious sect of the Jews during the late post-Exile and New-Testament period. The old derivation of the name from tsaddiqim, i.e. the righteous; with assumed reference to the adherence of the Sadducees to the letter of the Law as opposed
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Sadler, Thomas Vincent Faustus
Missionary born 1604; died at Dieulward, Flanders, 19 Jan., 1680-1.
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Sadlier, Mary Anne Madden
Authoress, b. at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, 30 Dee., 1820; d. at Montreal, Canada, 5 April, 1903.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13323c.htm
Sadoleto, Jacopo
Cardinal, humanist, and reformer (1477-1547)
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Sagalassus
A titular see in Pisidia, suffragan of Antioch.
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Sahagún, Bernardino de
Missionary and Aztec archeologist, b. at Sahagún, Kingdom of Leon, Spain, in or before the year 1500; d. at Mexico, 23 Oct., 1590.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13325a.htm
Sahaptin Indians
A prominent tribe formerly holding a considerable territory in Western Idaho and adjacent portions of Oregon and Washington.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13326a.htm
Sahara, Vicariate Apostolic of
Vast desert of northern Africa, measuring about 932 miles from north to south and 2484 miles from east to west, and dotted with oases which are centres of population.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13327a.htm
Sailer, Johann Michael
Professor of theology and Bishop of Ratisbon, b. at Aresing in Upper Bavaria 17 October, 1751; d. 20 May, 1832, at Ratisbon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13328a.htm
Sainctes, Claude de
French controversialist, b. at Perche, 1525; d. at Crčvecoeur, 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13328b.htm
Saint Albans, Abbey of
Located in Hertfordshire, England; founded about 793 by Offa, king of the Mercians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13329a.htm
Saint Albert
Diocese in Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13329b.htm
Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
The exact date of the foundation of the See of St. Andrews is, like any others in the earliest history of the Scottish Church, difficult, if not impossible, to fix.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13330a.htm
Saint Andrews, Priory of
One of the great religious houses in Scotland and the metropolitan church in that country before the Reformation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13332b.htm
Saint Andrews, University of
The germ of the university is to be found in an association of learned ecclesiastics, formed in 1410, among whom were: Laurence of Lindores, Abbot of Scone, Richard Cornwall, Archdeacon of Lothian, Wm. Stephen, afterwards Archbishop of Dunblane. They
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13332a.htm
Saint Asaph, Ancient Diocese of
Founded by St. Kentigern about the middle of the sixth century when he was exiled from his see in Scotland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13332c.htm
Saint Augustine, Abbey of
Benedictine monastery, originally dedicated to Sts. Peter and Paul, founded in 605 outside of the City of Canterbury, on the site of the earlier Church of St. Pancras.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13333a.htm
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the feast of St. Bartholomew), and in the provinces of France during the ensuing weeks, and it has been the subject of knotty historical disputes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13333b.htm
Saint Benedict, Medal of
A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of St. Benedict.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13338a.htm
Saint Bonaventure, College of Saint
At Quaracchi, near Florence, Italy, famous as the centre of literary activity in the Order of Friars Minor, was founded 14 July, 1879, by Mgr. Bernardino del Vago, Archbishop of Sardis, then minister general of the order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13339a.htm
Saint Boniface
Archdiocese; the chief ecclesiastical division of the Canadian West, so-called after the patron saint of the German soldiers who were among its first settlers.
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Saint Cloud
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minn., comprises the counties of Stearns, Sherburne, Benton, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Grant, Pope, Stevens, Isanti, Traverse, Douglas, Wilkin, Otter-Tail, Todd, Wadena, in the State of Minnesota, an a
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13342a.htm
Saint Francis Mission
A noted Catholic Indian mission village under Jesuit control near Pierreville, Yamaska district, Province of Quebec, Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13348a.htm
Saint Francis Xavier's College, University of
University in Nova Scotia founded in 1885 under the name of St. Francis Xavier's College
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15198a.htm
Saint Gall
A Swiss bishopric directly subject to the Holy See. It includes the Canton of St. Gall and, as a temporary arrangement, the two half-cantons of Appenzell Outer Rhodes and Appenzell Inner Rhodes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13349a.htm
Saint George's
Diocese in Newfoundland. Beginning at Garnish it takes in the western portion of the south coast and then stretches along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, northwards, almost as far as the Straits of Belle Isle, lying between 55° 20' and 59° 30' west longitu
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Saint George, Orders of
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.
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Saint Hyacinthe
Diocese in the Province of Quebec, suffragan of Montreal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13351b.htm
Saint Isidore, College of
In Rome, originally founded for the use of Spanish Franciscans during the pontificate of Gregory XV.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13352a.htm
Saint James of Compostela, Order of
Founded in the twelfth century, owes its name to the national patron of Spain, St. James the Greater.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13353a.htm
Saint John
Diocese in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13355a.htm
Saint John's University
The legal title of a Catholic boarding-school at Collegeville, Minnesota, conducted by the Benedictine Fathers of St. John's Abbey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15204d.htm
Saint Joseph's College, University of
Founded in 1864 by Rev. Camille Lefebvre in Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15199a.htm
Saint Joseph, Diocese of
The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, was founded by Joseph Robidoux, a Catholic. At the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1866, St. Joseph was among the new episcopal sees proposed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13356b.htm
Saint Louis (Missouri)
Created a diocese 2 July, 1826; raised to the rank of an archdiocese 20 July, 1847.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13357a.htm
Saint Louis, University of
Probably the oldest university west of the Mississippi River, was founded in the City of St. Louis in 1818 by the Right Reverend Louis William Du Bourg, Bishop of Louisiana.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13363a.htm
Saint Lucius, Monastery of
Located in Chur, Switzerland. The Church of St. Lucius was built over the grave of this saint, whose relics were preserved in it until the sixteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13365a.htm
Saint Mark, University of
The highest institution of learning in Peru, located at Lima, under the official name of Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. Reputed to be the oldest university in the New World, created by a royal decree of 12 May, 1551.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13365b.htm
Saint Omer, College of
Well-known Jesuit college at St. Omer, often spoken of under the anglicized form of St. Omers or St. Omer's, founded by Father Parsons in 1592 or 1593.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13365c.htm
Saint Paul (Minnesota)
Archdiocese comprising the counties of Ramsey, Hennepin, Chisago, Anoka, Dakota, Scott, Wright, Rice, Lesueur, Carver, Nicollet, Sibley, Meeker, Redwood, Renville, Kandiyohi, Lyon, Lincoln, Yellow Medicine, Lac-Qui-Parle, Chippewa, Swift, Goodhue, Bi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13366b.htm
Saint Paul-without-the Walls
An abbey nullius. As early as 200 the burial place of the great Apostle in the Via Ostia was marked by a cella memorić, near which the Catacomb of Comodilla was established.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13369a.htm
Saint Peter, Basilica of
The present Church of St. Peter stands upon the site where at the beginning of the first century the gardens of Agrippina lay.
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Saint Peter, Tomb of
The history of the confusion and conflicting authorities surrounding the location of the tomb of Saint Peter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13374a.htm
Saint Petersburg
The imperial residence and second capital of Russia, lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland.
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Saint Sylvester, Order of
The Order is neither monastic nor military but a purely honorary title created by Gregory XVI, 31 Oct., 1841.
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Saint Thomas of Guiana
Diocese; suffragan of Caracas, erected by Pius VI on 19 Dec., 1791, comprises the former state of Bermúdez, districts of Nueva Esparta and Guayana, and territories of Amazonas, Caura, Colón, Orinoco, and Yuruary, in the south and east of Venezuela.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13382a.htm
Saint Thomas of Mylapur
Diocese. Suffragan to the primatial See of Goa in the East Indies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13382b.htm
Saint Thomas, Diocese of
Diocese comprising the Islands of Săo Thomé and Principe, in the Gulf of Guinea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13381b.htm
Saint Thomas, University of
University in Manila, founded in 1619 by the Dominican Miguel de Benavides, Archbishop of Manila.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13381c.htm
Saint Vincent de Paul, Society of
International association of Catholic laymen engaging in personal service of the poor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13389a.htm
Saint-Brieuc
Diocese; comprises the Department of the Côtes du Nord. Re-established by the Concordat of 1802 as suffragan of Tours, later, in 1850, suffragan of Rennes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13340a.htm
Saint-Claude
The Diocese of Saint-Claude comprised in the eighteenth century only twenty-six parishes, subject previously to the Abbey of Saint-Claude, and some parishes detached from the Dioceses of Besançon and Lyons.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13341a.htm
Saint-Cosme, Jean-François Buisson de
Born in Quebec, Canada, February, 1667; killed, 1707. Entering the SČminaire des Missions Etrangčres of Quebec, he was ordained in 1690 and after serving for a time at Minas, Nova Scotia (then Acadia), was assigned to the western mission.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13343a.htm
Saint-Denis
Diocese erected in 1850 as suffragan of Bordeaux, includes the Island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean about 350 miles cast of Madagascar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13344a.htm
Saint-Denis, Abbey of
Situated in a small town to which it has given its name, about four miles north of Paris.
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Saint-Dié
Diocese comprising the Department of the Vosges.
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Saint-Flour
Diocese comprising the Department of Cantal, and is suffragan of the Archbishopric of Bourges.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13347b.htm
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Diocese of Mauramanensis. Includes the arrondissement of Saint Jean-de-Maurienne in the Department of Haute Savoie.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13353b.htm
Saint-John, Ambrose
Oratorian; b. 1815; d. at Edgbaston, Birmingham, 24 May, 1875; son of Henry St. John, descended from the Barons St. John of Bletsoe.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13354a.htm
Saint-Ouen, Abbey of
Located in Rouen, France, this abbey was a Benedictine monastery of great antiquity dating back to the early Merovingian period.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13366a.htm
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Prefecture apostolic comprising the only French possession in North America, a group of islands.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13376a.htm
Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, was born in Paris, 17 Oct., 1760; died there, 19 May, 1825. He belonged to the family of the author of the "Memoirs".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13377a.htm
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de
Born 16 January, 1675; died in Paris, 2 March, 1755.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13376b.htm
Saint-Sulpice, Society of
Founded at Paris by M. Olier (1642) for the purpose of providing directors for the seminaries established by him.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13378a.htm
Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de
Second Bishop of Quebec, b. at Grenoble, France, 14 Nov. 1653; d. at Quebec, Canada, 26 Dec., 1727; son of Jean de La Croix de Chevričres, and Marie de Sayne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13387a.htm
Saint-Victor, Abbey of
In 1108 William of Champeaux retired to a small hermitage dedicated to St. Victor, the martyr soldier. He was followed by many disciples and induced again to take up his lectures. Hence the origin of the Royal Abbey and School of St. Victor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13388a.htm
Saint-Victor, Achard de
Canon regular, Abbot of St-Victor, Paris, and Bishop of Avranches, b. about 1100; d. 1172.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13388b.htm
Sainte Anne d'Auray
A little village three miles from the town of Auray, in the Diocese of Vannes, famous for its sanctuary and for its pilgrimages, or pardons, in honour of St. Anne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539a.htm
Sainte Anne de Beaupré
Devotion to Saint Anne, in Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539b.htm
Sainte-Claire Deville, Charles
Geologist, b. at St. Thomas, West Indies, 26 February, 1814; d. in Paris 10 October, 1876.
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Sainte-Claire Deville, Henri-Etienne
Chemist, b. at St. Thomas, West Indies, 11 March, 1818; d. at Boulogne, 1 July, 1881.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13346b.htm
Sainte-Genevičve, Abbey of
In Paris, founded by King Clovis who established there a college of clerics, later called canons regular.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13347a.htm
Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Abbey of
Located near Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13380a.htm
Saints, Canonization of
Traces the origin of beatification and canonization in the Catholic Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm
Saints, Communion of
The doctrine expressed in the second clause of the ninth article in the received text of the Apostles' Creed: "I believe... the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04171a.htm
Sala, George Augustus Henry
Journalist, b. in London, 24 Nov., 1828; d. at Brighton, 8 Dec., 1895, having been received into the Church before death.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13391a.htm
Salamanca
Diocese in Spain; comprises the civil Provinces of Salamanca, Cáceres, Avila, and LČon, and is bounded on the north by Zamora, on the east by Avila and Valladolic, on the south by Cáceres, and on the west by Portugal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13391b.htm
Salamanca, University of
Spanish university. Had its beginning in the Cathedral School under the direction, from the twelfth century, of a magister scholarum (chancellor).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13392a.htm
Salamis
A titular see in Cyprus. Salamis was a maritime town on the eastern coast of Cyprus, situated at the end of a fertile plain between two mountains, near the River Pediaeus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13393a.htm
Salamis, Epiphanius of
Born at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, in Judea, after 310; died in 403. While very young he followed the monastic life in Egypt . On his return founded a monastery at Besanduk and was ordained to the priesthood.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13393b.htm
Salamon, Louis-Siffren-Joseph
Bishop of Saint-Flour; b. at Carpentras, 22 Oct., 1759; d. at Saint-Flour, 11 June, 1829.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13395a.htm
Salazar, Domingo de
Born in La Rioja, in the village of La Bastida on the banks of the Ebro, 1512; died in Madrid, 4 December, 1594. Devoted to the conversion of natives of the new world.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13395b.htm
Sale
Saliensis. Diocese in Victoria, Australia, comprises all the territory known as Gippsland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13395c.htm
Salem
An abbey situated near the Castle of Heiligenberg, about ten miles from Constance, Baden (Germany).
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Salerno
Diocese in Campania, Southern Italy. The city is situated on the gulf of the same name, backed by a high rock crowned with an ancient castle.
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Salesian Society, The
Founded by Saint John Bosco, takes its distinctive name from its patron, Saint Francis de Sales.
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Salford
The Diocese of Salford comprises the Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn, in Lancashire, England, and was erected 29 Sept., 1850.
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Salimbene degli Adami
Chronicler, b. at Parma, 9 Oct., 1221; d. probably at Montefalcone about 1288.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13400a.htm
Salisbury, Ancient Diocese of
The diocese was originally founded by Birinus, who in 634 established his see at Dorchester in Oxfordshire, whence he evangelized the Kingdom of Wessex. From this sprang the later Dioceses of Winchester, Sherborne, Ramsbury, and Salisbury.
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Saliva Indians
The principal of a small group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock (the Salivan), centring in the eighteenth century, about and below the junction of the Meta and Orinoco, in Venezuela.
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Salle, Saint John Baptist de la
Founder of the Christian Brothers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08444a.htm
Salmanticenses and Complutenses
Authors of the courses of scholastic philosophy and theology, and moral theology.
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Salmas
A Chaldean see, included in the ancient Archdiocese of Adhorbigan, or Adherbaidjan.
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Salmeron, Alphonsus
Jesuit Biblical scholar, born at Toledo, 8 Sept., 1515; died at Naples, 13 Feb., 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13402b.htm
Salome
Daughter of Herod Philip and Herodias at whose request John the Baptist was beheaded.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13403a.htm
Salt
Always used for the seasoning of food and for the preservation of things from corruption, had from very early days a sacred and religious character.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13403b.htm
Salt Lake, Diocese of
Includes the State of Utah, and slightly more than half of the State of Nevada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13404c.htm
Salta, Diocese of
Comprises the civil Provinces of Salta and Jujuy in the northern part of the Republic of Argentina.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13404a.htm
Saltillo, Diocese of
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Linares, or Monterey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13404b.htm
Salto
Diocese in Uruguay, suffragan to Montevideo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13405a.htm
Salutati, Coluccio di Pierio di
Italian Humanist b. in Tuscany, 1331; d. 4 May, 1406.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13405b.htm
Saluzzo
Diocese in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Upper Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13405c.htm
Salvatierra, Juan Maria
Missionary born at Milan, 15 November, 1648; died at Guadalajara, 17 July, 1717.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13406a.htm
Salvation
Salvation has in Scriptural language the general meaning of liberation from straitened circumstances or from other evils, and of a translation into a state of freedom and security.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13407a.htm
Salve Mundi Salutare
A poem in honour of the various members of Christ on the Cross.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13408a.htm
Salve Regina
The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four Breviary anthems of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13409a.htm
Salvete Christi Vulnera
The Roman Breviary hymn at Lauds of the feast of the Most Precious Blood, is found in the Appendix to Pars Verna of the Roman Breviary (Venice, 1798).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13410a.htm
Salvianus
Fifth-century Latin writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13411a.htm
Salzburg
The Archdiocese of Salzburg is conterminous with the Austrian crown-land of the same name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13411b.htm
Salzmann, Joseph
Founder of St. Francis Provincial Seminary (St. Francis, Wisconsin) known as the "Salesianum", one of the best known pioneer priests of the North-west, b. at Münzbach, Diocese of Linz, Upper Austria, 17 Aug., 1819; d. at St. Francis, Wisconsin, 17 Ja
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13415a.htm
Sámar and Leyte
The names of two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13415b.htm
Samaria
A titular see, suffragan of Cćsarea in Palestine Prima. In the sixth year of his reign (about 900 B. C.) Amri, King of Israel, laid the foundations of the city to which he gave the name of Samaria, "after the name of Semer the owner of the hill" (II
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13416a.htm
Samaritan Language and Literature
History of the changes in the language as affected by the changing religious and ethnic culture of the land.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13417a.htm
Sambuga, Joseph Anton
Theologian, b. at Walldorf near Heidelberg, 9 June; 1752; d. at Nymphenburg near Munich 5 June, according to Sailer, but 5 January according to other statements, 1815.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13420a.htm
Samoa
A group of islands situated in the south Pacific.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13421a.htm
Samogitia
A Russian diocese, also called Telshi (Telshe), including the part of Lithuania lying on the Baltic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13421b.htm
Samos
Titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades. The island, called in Turkish Soussan-Adassi, is 181 sq. miles in area and numbers 55,000 inhabitants, nearly all of whom are Greek schismatics.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13421c.htm
Samosata
A titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis, capital of Commagenum.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13422a.htm
Sampson, Richard
English bishop (d. 1554)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13422b.htm
Samson
Abbot of St. Edmunds (1135-1211)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13423b.htm
Samson
Most famous of the Judges of Israel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13423a.htm
Samson, Saint
Bishop and confessor (d. 565)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13422c.htm
Samuco Indians
The collective name of a group of tribes in southwestern Bolivia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13424a.htm
Samuel, First and Second Books of
Known as the First and Second Books of Kings in the Authorized Version, in the Hebrew editions and the Protestant versions these are known as 1st and 2nd Samuel, with the Third and Fourth Books of Kings being styled First and Second Books of Kings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08647b.htm
San Antonio, Diocese of
Comprises all that portion of the State of Texas between the Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers, except the land south of the Arroyo de los Hermanos, on the Rio Grande, and the Counties of Live Oak, Bee, Goliad, and Refugio.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13424b.htm
San Carlos de Ancud
The most southern of the Chilian dioceses.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13426a.htm
San Francisco
Archdiocese established 29 July 1853 to include multiple counties in the State of California, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13439c.htm
San Gallo
A celebrated family of architects, sculptors, painters, and engravers, which flourished in Italy during the Renaissance period, from the middle of the fifteenth to the end of the sixteenth century. The founder of the family was Francesco Giamberti (1
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13443a.htm
San José de Costa Rica
The Republic of Costa Rica, Central America, constitutes this diocese as a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13446a.htm
San Juan
Diocese in the Argentine Republic at the foot of the Cordillera of the Andes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13447a.htm
San León del Amazonas
Prefecture Apostolic in Peru.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13448a.htm
San Luis Potosí
Diocese in Mexico, erected by Pius IX in 1854. It includes the State of San Luis Potosí, and a small portion of the State of Zacatecas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13448b.htm
San Marco and Bisignano
Diocese in the Province of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13448c.htm
San Marino
An independent republic lying between the Italian Provinces of Forli, Pasaro, and Urbino.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13449a.htm
San Martino al Cimino
A prelature nullius in the territory of the Diocese of Viterbo, Province of Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13449b.htm
San Miniato
A city and diocese in the Province of Florence, central Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13449c.htm
San Salvador
The name given by Columbus to his first discovery in the New World. It is one of the Bahama group of islands.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13450a.htm
San Salvador
Diocese. The Republic of Salvador, often incorrectly called San Salvador from the name of its capital, is the smallest and most thickly populated state of Central America.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13450b.htm
San Sepolcro, Piero da
Painter, b. at Borgo San-Sepolcro, about 1420; d. there, 1492.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13451a.htm
San Severino
San Severino is a small town and seat of a bishopric in the Province of Macerata in the Marshes, Central Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13452a.htm
San Severo
Diocese in the Province of Foggia (Capitanata), Southern Italy, situated in a fertile plain, watered by the Radicosa and Triolo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13453b.htm
San Xavier del Bac, Mission of
One of the eight missions founded by the Spanish Padres between 1687 and 1720 in the Pimeria Alta, within the present limits of the State of Arizona.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13464b.htm
Sánchez, Alonzo
Jesuit missionary and writer, born in Mondejar, Guadalajara, Spain, in 1547; died at Alcalá, 27 May, 1593.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13426b.htm
Sánchez, Alonzo Coello
Painter - Born at Benyfayro, Valenciz, Spain, in 1513 or 1515; died at Madrid, 1590.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13427a.htm
Sánchez, José Bernardo
Franciscan missionary - Born at Robledillo, Old Castile, Spain, 7 September, 1778; d. at San Gabriel, California, 15 January, 1833.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13427b.htm
Sanchez, Thomas
Religious scholar/author - Born at Cordova, 1550; died in the college of Granada, 19 May, 1610.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13427c.htm
Sanctifying Grace
Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06701a.htm
Sanction
Sanction signifies the authoritative act whereby the legislator gives a law value and binding force for its subjects.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13428a.htm
Sanction, Pragmatic
Pragmatic sanction meant in the latter period of the Roman Empire an edict formally issued by the emperor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12333a.htm
Sanctity
Explains the meaning of the term "sanctity" as employed in somewhat different senses in relation to God, to individual men, and to a corporate body.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13428b.htm
Sanctorum Meritis
The hymn at First and Second Vespers in the Common of the Martyrs in the Roman Breviary. Its authorship is often attributed to Rabanus Maurus (d. 856), Archbishop of Mainz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13429a.htm
Sanctuary
A consecrated place of refuge.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13430a.htm
Sanctuary
Church architecture term.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13431a.htm
Sanctus
The Sanctus is the last part of the Preface in the Mass, sung in practically every rite by the people (or choir). One of the elements of the liturgy of which exists the earliest evidence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13432a.htm
Sandals, Episcopal
Unlike the ancient sandals, which consisted merely of soles fastened to the foot by straps, the episcopal sandals are in the form of low shoes, and resemble slippers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13434a.htm
Sandemanians
An English form of the Scottish sect of Glassites, followers of John Glas (b. 1695; d. 1773) who was deposed from the Presbyterian ministry in 1728, for teaching that the Church should not be subject to any league or covenant, but should be governed
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13435a.htm
Sandeo, Felino Maria
Often quoted under the name of Felinus, Italian canonist of the fifteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13435b.htm
Sander, Anton
Historian, b. at Antwerp, 1586; d. at Afflighem, Belgium, 10 Jan., 1664.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13435c.htm
Sander, Nicholas
English exile - Born at Charlwood, Surrey, in 1530; died in Ireland, 1581.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13435d.htm
Sandhurst
Diocese in Victoria, Australia; suffragan of Melbourne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13436a.htm
Sandomir
Ancient Polish city with existing traces of prehistoric construction.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13436b.htm
Sands, Benjamin and James
U.S. Navy admirals.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13437a.htm
Sandwich Isands
Vicariate Apostolic comprising all the islands of the Hawaiian group.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13438a.htm
Sandys, Venerable John
English martyr, born in the Diocese of Chester; executed at Gloucester, 11 August, 1586.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13439a.htm
Sanetch Indians
A sub-tribe of the Songish Indians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13439b.htm
Sanhedrin
The supreme council and court of justice among the Jews.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13444a.htm
Sankt Pölten
Diocese in Lower Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13447b.htm
Sannazaro, Jacopo
Italian and Latin poet, b. at Naples, 28 July, 1458; d. at Rome, in Aug., 1530.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13449d.htm
Sanseverino, Gaetano
Restorer of the Scholastic philosophy in Italy, b. at Naples, 1811; d. there of cholera, 16 Nov., 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13453a.htm
Sansovino, Andrea Contucci del
Sculptor of the transition period at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century. Born at Monte San Sovino, Arezzo, 1460; died 1529.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13453c.htm
Sant' Angelo de' Lombardi
Diocese in the Province of Avellino, Southern Italy. The city was established by the Lombards at an unknown period.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13459a.htm
Sant' Angelo in Vado and Urbania
Diocese; S. Angelo in Vado is a city in the Marches, on the site of the ancient "Tifernum Metaurense", a town of the Umbrian Senones, near the River Metaurus, believed to have been destroyed by the Goths.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13459b.htm
Santa Agata dei Goti, Diocese of
In the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy; the city, situated on a hill at the base of Monte Taburno, contains an ancient castle.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13454a.htm
Santa Casa di Loreto
Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the "Holy House" of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13454b.htm
Santa Catharina
Diocese; suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Săo Pedro do Rio Grande), in Brazil, South America, created in 1906.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13456a.htm
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Diocese in Bolivia, erected on 6 July, 1605, as suffragan of Lima, but since 2 July, 1609, it has been dependent on La Plata (Charcas).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13456b.htm
Santa Fe (Argentina)
Diocese in the Argentine Republic, suffragan of Buenos Aires.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13457a.htm
Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Archdiocese in New Mexico, erected by Pius IX in 1850 and created an archbishopric in 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13456c.htm
Santa Lucia del Mela
Prelature nullius within the territory of the Archdiocese of Messina, Sicily.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13457b.htm
Santa Maria (Brazil)
A Brazilian see, suffragan of Porto Alegre.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13458a.htm
Santa Maria de Monserrato
An abbey nullius in Brazil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13458b.htm
Santa Marta
Diocese in Colombia, erected in 1535, its first bishop being Alfonso do Tobes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13458c.htm
Santa Severina
Diocese in the Province of Catanzaro in Calabria, Southern Italy. Situated on a rocky precipice on the site of the ancient Siberena, it became an important fortress of the Byzantines in their struggles with the Saracens.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13459d.htm
Santander
Diocese in Spain which takes its name not from St. Andrew as some believe, but from St. Hemeterius (Santemter, Santenter, Santander), one of the patrons of the city and ancient abbey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13458d.htm
Santarem
Prelature nullius created in 1903, in the ecclesiastical Province of Belem do Pará.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13459c.htm
Santiago del Estero
Diocese in the Argentine Republic, erected 25 March, 1907, suffragan of Buenos Aires.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13462a.htm
Santiago, University of
Founded in 1501 by Diego de Muros (Bishop of the Canaries), and Lope Gómez Marzo, who on 17 July, 1501, executed a public document establishing a school and academy for the study of the humanities.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13460a.htm
Santini, Giovanni Sante Gaspero
Astronomer, b. at Caprese in Tuscany, 30 Jan., 1787; d. at Padua, 26 June, 1877.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13462b.htm
Santo Domingo, Archdiocese of
Erected on 8 August, 1511, by Julius II who by the Bull "Pontifex Romanus" on that date established also the Sees of Concepción de la Vega and of San Juan of Porto Rico.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13463a.htm
Santos, Joăo dos
Dominican missionary in India and Africa, b. at Evora, Portugal; d. at Goa in 1622.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13464a.htm
Sao Carlos do Pinhal
Diocese; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Săo Paulo, Brazil, South America, created on 7 June, l908.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13465a.htm
Sao Luiz de Cáceres
Diocese in Brazil, suffragan of Cuyabá.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13465b.htm
Sao Luiz de Maranhăo
Diocese; suffragan of Belém de Pará, comprises the State of Maranhăo in Northern Brazil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13465c.htm
Sao Paulo
Ecclesiastical province in the Republic of Brazil, South America.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13465d.htm
Sao Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos
Brazilian see erected by Julius III, 25 Feb., 1551, as suffragan of Lisbon, and raised to archiepiscopal rank by Innocent XI, 16 Nov., 1676.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13466a.htm
Sao Sebastiăo do Rio de Janeiro
Ecclesiastical province of Rio de Janeiro, the third of the seven constituting the Brazilian episcopate.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13466b.htm
Sao Thiago de Cabo Verde
This diocese has the seat of its bishopric on the Island of S. Nicolau and comprises the Cape Verde Archipelago, which forms one civil province, and Portuguese Guinea, on the coast of Senegambia, which forms another.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13467a.htm
Sappa
Diocese in Albania, established in 1062.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13467b.htm
Sara
Wife of Abraham and also his step-sister.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13468a.htm
Sarabaites
A class of monks widely spread before the time of St. Benedict.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13468b.htm
Saragossa
Diocese in Spain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13468c.htm
Saragossa, University of
Not definitively established until 1585, its real founder being Don Pedro Cerbunc, Prior of the Cathedral of Saragossa, and later Bishop of Tarrazona.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13470a.htm
Sarajevo, Archdiocese of
Treatise about the development of the Church in Bosnia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13725a.htm
Sarayacú Mission
The chief Franciscan mission of the Ucavali river country, Department of Loreto, north-east Peru, in the eighteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13470b.htm
Sarbiewski, Mathias Casimir
The Horace of Poland, b. near Plonsk, in the Duchy of Masovia, 24 February, 1595; d. 2 April, 1649. He entered the novitiate of the Jesuits at Vilna on 25 July, 1612.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13471a.htm
Sardes
A titular see of Lydia, in Asia Minor probably the ancient Hyde of Homer (Iliad, II, 844; XX, 385), at the foot of Mount Tmolus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13472a.htm
Sardica
A titular metropolitan see of Dacia Mediterranea. The true name of the city (now Sophia, the capital of Bulgaria) was Serdica.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13472b.htm
Sardica, Council of
One of the series of councils called to adjust the doctrinal and other difficulties caused by the Arian heresy, held most probably in 343.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13473a.htm
Sardinia
The second largest Italian island in the Mediterranean.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13473b.htm
Sarepta
A titular see in Phoenicia Prima, suffragan of Tyre. It is mentioned for the first time in the voyage of an Egyptian in the fourteenth century B.C. Chabas, "Voyage d'un Egyptien" .
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13476a.htm
Sarnelli, Januarius Maria
One of S. Alphonsus's earliest companions, fourth son of Baron Angelo Sarnelli of Ciorani, b. in Naples 12 Sept., 1702; d. 30 June, 1744.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13477a.htm
Sarpi, Paolo
A Servite and anti-papal historian and statesman, b. at Venice, 14 August, 1552; d. there 14 or 15 January, 1623.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13477b.htm
Sarsfield, Patrick
Born at Lucan near Dublin, about 1650; died at Huy in Belgium, 1693. Commanded armies in several European countries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13478a.htm
Sarsina
Located in Aemilia, Province of Forli, Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13478b.htm
Sarto, Andrea del
Artist - Born at Florence in 1486; d. there in 1531.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13478c.htm
Sarum Rite
The manner of regulating the details of the Roman Liturgy that obtained in pre-Reformation times in the south of England and was thence propagated over the greater part of Scotland and of Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13479a.htm
Sasima
A titular see in Cappadocia. Sasima is mentioned only in three non-religious documents.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13482a.htm
Saskatchewan and Alberta
The twin provinces of the Canadian West, so called because they were formed on the same day.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13482b.htm
Sassari
Archdiocese in Sardinia, Italy, situated on the River Rossello in a fertile region: a centre of the oil, fruit, wine, and tobacco industries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13485a.htm
Sassoferrato, Giovanni Battista Salvi da
rtsist - Born at Sassoferrato in the March of Ancona, 1609; died at Rome, 1689.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13485b.htm
Satala
A titular see in Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sabastia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13485c.htm
Satolli, Francesco
Theologian, cardinal, first Apostolic delegate to the United States, b. 21 July, 1839, at Marsciano near Perugia; d. 8 Jan., 1910, at Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13486a.htm
Saturninus, Saint
First bishop of Toulouse, third-century martyr. Feast day is 29 November.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13486b.htm
Sauatra
Per Tillemont, one of the most illustrious martyrs France has given to the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13486c.htm
Saul
he first King of Israel, the son of Cis of the tribe of Benjamin
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13486d.htm
Sault Sainte Marie
Diocese erected by Decree of 16 September, 1904. It embraces the southern parts of the districts of Thunder Bay, Algoma, and Nipissing (i.e. between the height of land and the Lakes Superior Huron, and Nipissing.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13487a.htm
Sault St. Louis
Also known as Caughnawaga. An Iroquois reservation, situated on the south bank of the St. Lawrence, about ten miles above Montreal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03458a.htm
Savannah
The Diocese of Savannah comprises the State of Georgia and was created as such by Pius IX, 1850.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13488a.htm
Savaric
Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, and cousin of the Emperor Henry VI, date of birth unknown, d. at Rome, 1205. He was archdeacon of Canterbury, 1175, and archdeacon of Northampton, 1180.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13488b.htm
Savary
A noble French family of the seventeenth century devoted to trade and to the publication of works on commercial matters.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13489a.htm
Savigny, Abbey of
Situated on the confines of Normandy and Brittany, Diocese of Coutances, France. Founded by Vital de Mortain, Canon of the Collegiate Church of St. Evroul.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13489b.htm
Savigny, Karl Friedrich
Diplomatist (1814-1875)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16073b.htm
Savona and Noli
Province of Genoa, on the Gulf of Genoa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13489c.htm
Savonarola, Girolamo
Dominican reformer. Born at Ferrara, 21 September, 1452; died at Florence, 23 May, 1498.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13490a.htm
Savoy
A district in the south-eastern part of France that extends from the Lake Geneva to south of the River Arc.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13492a.htm
Saxe, Jean de
For a long time two astronomers of the Middle Ages were confounded under this name. (1) Joannes Danko (2) Jean de Counnout.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13493a.htm
Saxe-Altenburg
One of the Saxon duchies in the east of Thuringia; situated on the west frontier of the Kingdom of Saxony.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13493b.htm
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
One of the Saxon-Thuringian duchies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13494a.htm
Saxe-Meiningen
A Saxon-Thuringian duchy. The duchy came into existence in 1681, as the result of the various succession agreements among the seven sons of Duke Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Gotha.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13495a.htm
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
A grand duchy in Thuringia, also known in recent times as the Grand duchy of Saxony.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13495b.htm
Saxo Grammaticus
Thirteenth-century Danish historian
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13497a.htm
Saxony
Chronology of the area and the people.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13497b.htm
Saxony, Albert of
Fourteenth-century philosopher; nicknamed Albertus Parvus, Albertutius, and Albertilla by the Italian Scholastics of the Renaissance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13504a.htm
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs)
Consisting of twenty-eight white marble steps, at Rome, near the Lateran; according to tradition the staircase leading once to the prćtorium of Pilate at Jerusalem, hence sanctified by the footsteps of Our Lord during his Passion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13505a.htm
Scaliger, Julius Caesar
Humanist, b. at Riva on Lake Garda in 1484; d. at Agen, France, 21 Oct., 1558. He was brought to France as physician to Antonio de la Rovera, Bishop of Agen, and became a French citizen under the name of Jules Cesar de l'Escale de Bordonis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13506a.htm
Scalimoli
Theologian, better known by his religious name, Anrea di Castellana.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13506b.htm
Scammon, Ellakim Parker
Educator, b. at Whitefield, Maine, U.S.A., 27 Dec., 1816; d. at New York, 7 Dec., 1894.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13506c.htm
Scandal
A word or action evil in itself, which occasions another's spiritual ruin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13506d.htm
Scannabecchi, Filippo
Bolognese painter, born about 1360; died about 1410.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13508a.htm
Scapular
The most important part, of the habit of the monastic orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13508b.htm
Scaramelli, Giovanni Battista
Ascetical writer, b. at Rome, 24 Nov., 1687; d. at Macerata, 11 Jan., 1752.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13514a.htm
Scarampi, Pierfrancesco
Oratorian, Papal envoy, b. of a noble and ancient family in the Duchy of Monferrato, Piedmont, 1596; d. at Rome, 14 Oct., 1656.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13514b.htm
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Composer - Born in Sicily, either at Trapani or at Palermo, in 1659; died at Naples 24 Oct., 1725; buried there in the musicians' chapel of the Church of Montesanto.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13515a.htm
Scarron, Paul
French poet and dramatist, b. in Paris, 4 July, 1610; d. 7 October, 1660.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13516a.htm
Scepticism
Etymology of the word based on a Greek term meaning "speculation, doubt".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13516b.htm
Schadow, Friedrich Wilhelm
Painter, b. at Berlin, 1789; d. at Düsseldorf, 1862. He was the son of the sculptor, Johann Gottfried Schadow of Berlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13518a.htm
Schaepman, Herman
Orator, poet, and statesman, b. at Tubbergen, Holland, 2 March, 1844; d. at Rome, 21 Jan., 1903.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13519a.htm
Schall von Bell, Johann Adam
An especially prominent figure among the missionaries to China, b. of an important family at Cologne in 1591; d. at Peking, 15 Aug., 1666.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13520a.htm
Schannat, Johann Friedrich
German historian, b. at Luxemburg, 23 July, 1683; d. at Heidleberg, 6 March, 1739.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13523a.htm
Schatzgeyer, Caspar
Inquisitor (1463-1527)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16073c.htm
Schaumburg-Lippe
A German principality, surrounded by the Prussian province of Westphalia Hanover, and an exclave of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau (the Prussian County of Schaumburg).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13523c.htm
Schedel, Hartmann
German Humanist and historian, b. at Nuremberg, 13 February, 1440; d. there on 28 November, 1514.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13525a.htm
Scheeben, Matthias Joseph
Theological writer of acknowledged merit, born at Meckenheim near Bonn, 1 March, 1835; died at Cologne, 21 July, 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13525b.htm
Scheffmacher, John James
Jesuit theologian b. at Kientzheim, Alsace, 27 April, 1668; d. at Strasburg, 18 August, 1733. He was one of the greatest theologians of his time, an orator of power and influence and the author of valuable works on controversy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13525c.htm
Scheiner, Christopher
German astronomer, b. at Wald, near Mindelheim, in Swabia, 25 July, 1575; d. at Niesse, in Silesia, 18 July, 1650.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13526a.htm
Schelble, Johann Nepomuk
Musician, b. 16 May, 1789, at Huffingen in the Black Forest; d. there 6 Aug., 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13526b.htm
Schelstrate, Emmanuel
Theologian, b. at Antwerp, 1649; d. at Rome, 6 April, 1692. While he was a canon of the cathedral of Antwerp, he was called to Rome by Innocent IX and made an assistant librarian of the Vatican Library.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13526c.htm
Schenkl, Maurus von
Benedictine theologian and canonist, b. at Auerbach in Bavaria, 4 January 1749; d. at Amberg, 14 June, 1816.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13527a.htm
Schenute
A Coptic abbot. The years 332-33-34 and 350 are mentioned as the date of his birth, and the years 451-52 and 466 as the date of his death, all authors agreeing that he lived about 118 years.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13527b.htm
Scherer, Georg
Pulpit orator and controversialist, b. at Schwaz, in the Tyrol, 1540, according to Duhr; d. at Linz, 30 Nov., 1605; entered the Society of Jesus in 1559.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13527c.htm
Scherer-Boccard, Theodore, Count von
A Swiss Catholic journalist and politician; b. at Dornach in the canton of Solothurn, 12 May, 1816; d. at Solothurn, 6 Feb., 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13528a.htm
Schinner, Matthćus
Bishop, cardinal, and statesman, b. at Muhlbach in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, about 1470; d. of the plague at Rome, l October, 1522.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13528b.htm
Schism
In the language of theology and canon law, the rupture of ecclesiastical union and unity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13529a.htm
Schism, Eastern
From the time of Diotrephes (III John 1:9-10) there have been continual schisms, of which the greater number were in the East.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13535a.htm
Schism, Western
Only a temporary misunderstanding, even though it compelled the Church for forty years to seek its true head; it was fed by politics and passions, and was terminated by the assembling of the councils of Pisa and Constance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13539a.htm
Schlegel, Friedrich von
Poet, writer on aesthetics, and literary historian, the "Messias" of the Romantic School, b. at Hanover, 10 March, 1772; d. at Dresden, 12 January, 1829.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13541a.htm
Schleswig
Formerly a duchy and diocese of northwestern Germany, now a part of the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13542a.htm
Schlosser, John Frederick Henry
Jurist - b. at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 30 December, 1780; d. there 22 January, 1851.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13545b.htm
Schlör, Aloysius
Ascetical writer, b. at Vienna, 17 June, 1805; d. at Graz, 2 Nov., 1852.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13545a.htm
Schmalzgrueber, Francis Xavier
Canonist, b. at Griesbach, Bavaria, 9 Oct., 1663; d. at Dillingen 7 Nov., 1735.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13545c.htm
Schmid, Christoph von
Writer of children's stories and educator, b. at Dinkelsbuehl, in Bavaria, 15 Aug., 1768; d. at Augsburg in 1854.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13545d.htm
Schmidt, Friedrich von
Architect (1825-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13546a.htm
Schneeman, Gerard
Born at Wesel, Lower Rhine, 12 Feb., 1829; d. at Kerkrade, Holland, 20 Nov., 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13546b.htm
Schoenberg, Matthias von
Author, b. at Ehingen, in the Diocese of Constance, 9 Nov., 1732; d. at Munich, 20 Apr., 1792.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13546c.htm
Schoeningh
The publishing house of Ferdinand Schöningh at Paderborn was founded by Ferdinand Friedrich Joseph Schöningh.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13554a.htm
Schola Cantorum
A place for the teaching and practice of ecclesiastical chant, or a body of singers banded together for the purpose of rendering the music in church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13547b.htm
Scholasticism
A term used to designate both a method and a system. It is applied to theology as well as to philosophy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13548a.htm
Scholliner, Herman
Theologian and historian, b. at Freising in Bavaria, 15 January, 1722; d. at Welchenberg, 16 July, 1795.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13552a.htm
Schols, Charles Mathieu
Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Born of Catholic parents at Maastriche, Holland, 28 March, 1849; died at Delft 17 March, 1897.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13552b.htm
Scholz, John Martin Augustine
German Orientalist and exegete, b. at Kapsdorf, near Breslau, 8 Feb., 1794; d. at Bonn, 20 Oct. 1852. He studied in the Catholic gymnasium and the University of Breslau.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13553a.htm
Schongauer, Martin
German painter and engraver, b. at Colmar between 1445 and 1450; d. probably in 1491, it is believed at Breisach.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13553c.htm
Schools
History and development of education as related to the church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13554b.htm
Schools, Apostolic
The object of apostolic schools is to cultivate vocations for the foreign missions. Apostolic schools, as distinct from junior ecclesiastical seminaries, owe their origin to Father Alberic de Foresta.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13585a.htm
Schools, Clerks Regular of the Pious
Called also Piarists, Scolopli, Escolapios, Poor Clerks of the Mother of God, and the Pauline Congregation, a religious order founded in Rome in 1597 by St. Joseph Calasanctius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13588a.htm
Schorlemer-Alst, Burghard Freiherr von
Social reformer, b. at Heringhausen, Westphalia, 21 Oct., 1825; d. at Alst, 17 March, 1895.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13588b.htm
Schott, Gaspar
German physicist, b. 5 Feb., 1608, at Königshofen; d. 12 or 22 May, 1666, at Augsburg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13589a.htm
Schottenklöster
A name applied to the monastic foundations of Irish and Scotch missionaries on the European continent, particularly to the Scotch Benedictine monasteries in Germany, which in the beginning of the thirteenth century were combined into one congregation
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13589b.htm
Schrader, Clement
Jesuit theologian, b. at Itzum, in Hanover, Nov., 1820; d. at Poitiers 23 Feb., 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13590a.htm
Schram, Dominic
A Benedictine theologian and canonist, b. at Bamberg, 24 October 1722; d. in the monastery of Banz near Bamberg, 21 September, 1797.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13590b.htm
Schrank, Franz Paula von
Naturalist, b. at Varnbach near Schärding on the Inn, 21 August, 1747; d. at Munich, 22 December, 1835.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13590c.htm
Schraudolph, Johann
Historical painter (1808-1879)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13591a.htm
Schubert, Franz
Composer (1797-1829).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13591b.htm
Schwane, Joseph
A theological writer, b. at Dorsten in Westphalia, 2 Aril, 1824; d. at Münster, 6 June, 1892.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13592a.htm
Schwann, Theodor
German physiologist and founder of the theory of the cellular structure of animal organisms; b. at Neuss, 7 December, 1810; d. Cologne, 11 January, 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13592b.htm
Schwanthaler, Ludwig von
Founder of the modern Romantic school of sculpture, b. at Munich in 180 2; d there, 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13593a.htm
Schwarz, Berthold
A German friar, reputed the inventor of gunpowder and firearms. There has been much difference of opinion regarding the bearer of this name and his share in the discovery attributed to him.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13593b.htm
Schwarzenberg, Friedrich, Prince of
Cardinal and Prince-Archbishop of Prague, b. at Vienna, 6 April, 1809; d. there, 27 March, 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13595a.htm
Schwenckfeldians
The name of a Protestant sect founded by the nobleman Caspar von Schwenckfeld (b. at Ossig in Silesia in 1489 or 1490; d. at Ulm 10 December, 1561).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13597a.htm
Schwind, Moritz von
Painter - Born at Vienna, 1804; died at Munich, 1871.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13598a.htm
Schäftlarn
Formerly a Premonstratensian, now a Benedictine, abbey, situated on the Isar not far from Munich in Upper Bavaria. It was founded in 762 by the priest Waltrich and dedicated to St. Dionysius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13519b.htm
Schäufelin, Hans Leonhard
A German wood engraver, pupil of Durer, b. at Nuremburg in 1490; d. there in 1540. Best known as an engraver, but also an artist of repute.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13523b.htm
Schäzler, Constantine, Baron von
Theologian, b. at Ratisbon, 7 May, 1827; d. at Interlaken, 9 September, 1880.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13524a.htm
Schöffer, Peter
Publisher and printer, b. at Gernsheim on the Rine about 1425; d. at Mainz in 1503.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13547a.htm
Schönborn
The name of a German noble family, many members of which were prelates of the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13553b.htm
Science and the Church
Dicsusses the relationship between the two subjects.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13598b.htm
Scillium
A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. Perhaps the name should be written Scilium: the real name was possibly Scilli, or better, Scili.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13609a.htm
Scillium, Martyrs of
In the year 180 six Christians were condemned to death by the sword, in the town of Scillium, by Vigellius Saturninus, Proconsul of Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13609b.htm
Scopia
Archdiocese, ancient residence of the early Servian rulers is the modern Uscub.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13609c.htm
Scotism and Scotists
Article on the school of philosophy inspired by John Duns Scotus, and its proponents in the fourteenth through nineteenth centuries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13610b.htm
Scotland
The northern portion of the Island of Great Britain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13613a.htm
Scotland, Established Church of
The religious organization which has for three centuries and a half claimed the adherence of the majority of the inhabitants of Scotland, may be said to date from August 1560.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13627a.htm
Scoto-Hibernian Monasteries
A convenient term under which to include the monastic institutions which were founded during the sixth century in the country now known as Scotland, though that name was not used in its present sense until four hundred years later.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13631a.htm
Scots College, The
Clement VIII gave Scotland its college at Rome. The Bull of foundation, dated 5 December, 1600, conferred on the college all the privileges already enjoyed by the Greek, German, and English colleges.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13632a.htm
Scott, Ven. Montford
English martyr, b. in Norfolk, England; martyred at Fleet Street, London, on 2 July, 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13632b.htm
Scotus, Blessed John Duns
Called "Doctor Subtilis," Franciscan, philosopher, d. 1308.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05194a.htm
Scranton
Diocese in Pennsylvania
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13633a.htm
Screen, Altar
A cloth, on which images of Our Lord, of the Blessed Virgin, or of saints, are represented, may be suspended above the altar, unless such images are painted on the wall.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356d.htm
Scribes
In the New-Testament period the scribes were the professional interpreters of the Law in the Jewish synagogues.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13634a.htm
Scriptorium
A large room set apart in a monastery for the use of the scribes or copyists of the community.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13635a.htm
Scripture
Sacred Scripture is one of the several names denoting the inspired writings which make up the Old and New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13635b.htm
Scruple
An unfounded apprehension and consequently unwarranted fear that something is a sin which, as a matter of fact, is not.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13640a.htm
Scrutiny
Definitions for the term as variously employed in canon law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13641a.htm
Sculpture
In the widest sense of the term, sculpture is the art of representing in bodily form men, animals, and other objects in stone, bronze, ivory, clay and similar materials.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13641b.htm
Scutari, Archdiocese of
The Archdiocese of Scutari comprises 29 parishes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13648a.htm
Scythopolis
A titular metropolitan of Palaestina Secunda. It is the ancient Bethsan so often mentioned in the Bible, as proved by texts in the writings of Josephus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13648b.htm
Seal
The use of a seal by men of wealth and position was common before the Christian era. It was natural then that high functionaries of the Church should adopt the habit as soon as they became socially and politically important.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13649a.htm
Seal of Confession, the Law of the
"Let the priest who dares to make known the sins of his penitent be deposed...."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13649b.htm
Seattle
The Diocese of Seattle (Seattlensis) comprises the entire State of Washington, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13665a.htm
Sebaste
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13667a.htm
Sebastia
The city, which existed perhaps under another name in pre-Roman times, was called Sebastia and enlarged by Augustus; under Diocletian it became the capital of Armenia Prima and after Justinian who rebuilt its walls, the capital of Armenia Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13667b.htm
Sebastian Newdigate, Blessed
Executed at Tyburn, 19 June, 1535. With him suffered Blessed William Exmew and Blessed Humphrey Middlemore.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13668b.htm
Sebastian, Saint
Roman martyr; little more than the fact of his martyrdom can be proved about St. Sebastian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13668a.htm
Sebastopolis
A titular see in Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebastia. The primitive name of this city was Carana, dependent on Zela, which was included in the principality given toAteporix by Anthony of or Augustus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13668c.htm
Sebenico
Suffragan of Zara. Sebenico was the seat of a bishop before the establishment of a see.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13668d.htm
Secchi, Angelo
Astronomer, b. at Reggio in Emilia, Italy, 18 June, 1818; d. 26 Feb., 1878.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13669a.htm
Sechelt Indians
A small tribe speaking a distinct language of Salishan linguistic stock, formerly occupying the territory about the entrance of Jervis and Sechelt inlets, Nelson Island, and south Texada Island.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13671a.htm
Sechnall, Saint
Bishop and confessor, b. 372 or 373; d. at Dunshaughlin, 27 Nov., 457.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13671b.htm
Seckau
Diocese in Styria, Austria, suffragan of Salzburg. The See of Seckau was founded by Archbishop Eberhard II of Salzburg, with the permission of Honorius III, 22 June, 1218.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13672a.htm
Secret
The prayer said in a low voice by the celebrant at the end of the Offeratory in the Roman Liturgy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13673b.htm
Secret, Discipline of the
A theological term used to express the custom which prevailed in the earliest ages of the Church, by which the knowledge of the more intimate mysteries of the Christian religion was carefully kept from the heathen and even from those who were undergo
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05032a.htm
Sect and Sects
Etymology and meaning of the word "sect" .
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13674a.htm
Secular Clergy
The secular cleric makes no profession and follows no religious rule.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13675a.htm
Secularism
A term used for the first time about 1846 by George Jacob Holyoake to denote "a form of opinion which concerns itself only with questions, the issues of which can be tested by the experience of this life".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13676a.htm
Secularization
An authorization given to religious with solemn vows and by extension to those with simple vows to live for a time or permanently in the "world".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13677a.htm
Sedgwick, Thomas
Regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, 1557, rector of Stanhope, Durham, and vicar of Gainford, Durham, both in 1558; d. in a Yorkshire prison, 1573.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13678a.htm
Sedia Gestatoria
The Italian name of the portable papal throne used on certain solemn occasions in the pontifical ceremonies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13679a.htm
Sedilia
The name given to seats on the south side of the sanctuary, used by the officiating clergy during the liturgy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13679b.htm
Seduction
The inducing of a previously virtuous woman to engage in unlawful sexual intercourse.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13679c.htm
Sedulius
Christian poet of the fifth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13680a.htm
Sedulius Scotus
An Irish teacher, grammarian and Scriptural commentator, who lived in the ninth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13680b.htm
Seekers
An obscure Puritan sect which arose in England in the middles of the seventeenth century. They represented an Antinomian tendency among some of the Independents, and professed to be seeking for the true Church, Scripture, Ministry, and Sacraments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13681a.htm
Seelos, Francis X., Blessed
Short biographical article on the missionary priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13681b.htm
Seerth
A Chaldean see, appears to have succeeded the See of Arzon in the same province.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13681c.htm
Séez
Diocese embracing the Department of Orne. Re-established by the Concordat of 1802.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13681d.htm
Seghers, Charles John
Bishop of Vancouver Island (today Victoria), Apostle of Alaska. b. at Ghent, Belgium, 26 Dec., 1839; d. in Alaska, 28 Nov., 1886.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13682a.htm
Segneri, Paolo
Italian Jesuit, preacher, missionary, ascetical writer, b. at Nettuno, 21 March (cf. Massei) 1624; d. at Rome, 9 Dec., 1694.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13683a.htm
Segni
Located in the Province of Rome. The city, situated on a hill in the Monti Lepini overlooks the valley of the river Sacco.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13683b.htm
Segorbe
Diocese in Spain, bounded on the north by Castellón and Teruel, on the east by Castellón, on the south by Valencia, and on the west by Valencia and Teruel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13684a.htm
Segovia
Diocese in Spain; bounded on the north by Valladolid, Burgos, and Soria; on the east by Guadalajara; on the south by Madrid; on the west by Avila and Valladolid.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13684b.htm
Ségur, Louis Gaston de
Prelate and French apologist, born 15 April, 1820, in Paris; died 9 June, 1881, in the same city.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13686a.htm
Ségur, Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de
French writer (1797-1874).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13687a.htm
Sehna, Diocese of
A Chaldean see, erected in 1853, its subjects being partly in Persia and partly in Turkey at Suleimanieh.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13687b.htm
Seidl, Johann Gabriel
Poet, author of the present Austrian national hymn, b. at Vienna, 21 June 1804; d. there, 17 July, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13687c.htm
Seitz, Alexander Maximilian
Painter, b. At Munich, 1811; d. at Rome, 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13687d.htm
Sejny, Diocese of
A diocese in the northwestern part of Russian Poland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13688a.htm
Sekanais
A Déné tribe whose habitat is on both sides of the Rockies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13688b.htm
Seleucia Pieria
Titular metropolis of Syria Prima. The city was founded near the mouth of the Orontes, not far from Mount Casius, by Seleucus Nicator about 300 B.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13689a.htm
Seleucia Trachea
Metropolitan see of Isauria in the Patriarchate of Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13689b.htm
Seleucians
A Gnostic sect who are said to have flourished in Galatia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13688c.htm
Seleucids
The name given to the Macedonian dynasty, which was founded by Seleucus, a general under Alexander the Great.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13690a.htm
Self-Defense
The right of a private person to employ force against any one who unjustly attacks his life or person, his property or good name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13691a.htm
Selgas y Carrasco, José
Poet and novelist, b. at Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 1824; d. at Madrid, 5 Feb., 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13691b.htm
Selge
A titular see in Pamphylia Prima, suffragan of Side.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13692a.htm
Selinus
A titular see in Isauria, near the Gulf of Adalia. Selinus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13692b.htm
Selvaggio, Giulio Lorenzo
Canonist and archaeologist, b. at Naples, 10 August, 1728; d. there, November, 1772.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13692c.htm
Selymbria
A titular see in Thracia Prima, suffragan of Heraclea. Selymbria, or Selybria, the city of Selys on the Propontis, was a colony of the Megarians founded before Byzantium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13692d.htm
Sem (Shem)
Son of Noe; according to Gen., x, 21, the eldest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13693a.htm
Semiarians and Semiarianism
A name frequently given to the conservative majority in the East in the fourth century as opposed to the strict Arians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13693b.htm
Seminary, Ecclesiastical
The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, Ger. Seminar) is sometimes used, especially in Germany, to designate a group of university students devoted to a special line of work. The same word is often applied in England and the United States to young ladies'
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13694a.htm
Semipelagianism
A doctrine of grace advocated by monks of Southern Gaul at and around Marseilles after 428.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13703a.htm
Semites
The term Semites is applied to a group of peoples closely related in language, whose habitat is Asia and partly Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13706a.htm
Semitic Epigraphy
Discussion of the science by this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13709a.htm
Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp
Physician and discoverer of the cause of puerperal fever, b. Ofen (Buda), 1 July, 1818; d. at Vienna, 13 August, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13712a.htm
Semmes, Raphael
Naval officer, b. in Charles County, Maryland, U.S.A., 27 September, 1809; d. at Point Clear, Alabama, 26 August, 1877.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13712b.htm
Sena, Balthasar
Indian missionary and philologist, b. at Barcelona, Spain, about 1590; d. at Guarambare, Paraguay, 19 July, 1614.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13712c.htm
Senan, José Francisco de Paula
Missionary - Born at Barcelona, Spain, 3 March, 1760; died at Mission San Buenaventura on 24 Aug., 1823
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13713b.htm
Senan, Saint
St. Senan, sixth-century Irish missionary, bishop, and confessor. Was revered even in his earthly life for his sanctity, being visited by Sts. Ciaran and Brendan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13713a.htm
Senanque
Cistercian monastery and cradle of the modern Cistereians of the Immaculate Conception.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13713c.htm
Seneca Indians
The westernmost and largest of the five tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy of central and western New York.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13714a.htm
Senefelder, Aloys
Inventor of lithography.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13714b.htm
Senegambia
Vicariate Apostolic, to which is joined the Prefecture Apostolic of Senegal (Senegalensis), both in French West Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13715a.htm
Sennen and Abdon, Saints
Persian martyrs under Decius (c. A.D. 250)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032a.htm
Sens
Archdiocese comprising the Department of the Yonne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13716a.htm
Sens, Councils of
Chronology of councils held at this location.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13720a.htm
Sentence
In canon law, the decision of the court upon any issue brought before it.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13720b.htm
Sept-Fons, Notre-Dame de Saint-Lieu
Located in the Diocese of Moulins in France, it was founded (1132) by Guichard and Guillaume de Bourbon, of the family de Bourbon-Lancy, which gave kings to France, Italy, and Spain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13720c.htm
Septimius Severus
Founder of the African dynasty of Roman emperors, b. at Leptis Magna in Africa, 11 April, 146; d. at York, England, 4 February, 211.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13721a.htm
Septuagesima
The ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Lent known among the Greeks as "Sunday of the Prodigal".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13721b.htm
Septuagint Version
The first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, made into popular Greek before the Christian era.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13722a.htm
Sepulchre, Holy
The tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death upon the Cross.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07425a.htm
Sequence or Prose
Liturgical hymn of the Mass.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12481d.htm
Seraphic Crown
The Franciscan Crown, also known as the Seraphic Rosary. Brief history, general description of how one prays this chaplet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04540a.htm
Seraphim
A Hebrew masculine plural form, designates a special class of heavenly attendants of Yahweh's court.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13725b.htm
Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint
St. Seraphin of Montegranaro, late sixteenth-century Italian Capuchin. Had the gift of reading hearts.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13726a.htm
Seraphina Sforza, Blessed
Bl. Seraphina Sforza, forced by her husband to enter the Poor Clares, d. 1478.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13726b.htm
Serapion, Saint
Bishop and theological author. Died 211.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13726d.htm
Serena, Diocese of La
Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo provinces (Chile), suffragan of Santiago, erected 1 July, 1840.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13726e.htm
Sergeant, John
Writer, born at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, in 1623; died in 1710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13727a.htm
Sergeant, Ven. Richard
English martyr, executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1586.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13727b.htm
Sergiopolis
A titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13727c.htm
Sergius and Bacchus
Martyrs, died in the Diocletian persecution in Coele-Syria about 303.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13728a.htm
Sergius I, Pope Saint
Reigned 687-701
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Sergius II, Pope
Reigned 844-847.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13728c.htm
Sergius III, Pope
Reigned 904-911.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13729a.htm
Sergius IV, Pope
Reigned 1009-1012.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13729b.htm
Seripando, Girolamo
Italian theologian and cardinal, b. at Troja (Apulia), 6 May, 1493; d. at Trent 17 March, 1563.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13729c.htm
Seroux d'Agincourt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George
Born at Beauvais, 5 April, 1730; died at Rome, 24 September, 1814. He was a descendant of the counts of Namur.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13729d.htm
Serpieri, Alessandro
Scientist known for work in astronomy and seismology, b. at S. Giovanni in Marignano, near Rimini, 31 Oct., 1823; d. at Fiesole, 22 Feb., 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13730a.htm
Serra, Junípero
Franciscan missionary (1713-1784)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13730b.htm
Serrae
Titular metropolitan see in Macedonia, more correctly Serrhae, is called Siris by Herodotus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13731a.htm
Servants of Mary (Order of Servites)
Order founded on the feast of the Assumption, 1233 when the Blessed Virgin appeared to seven noble Florentines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09750a.htm
Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament
An order of nuns, founded by the Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13731b.htm
Servia
A European kingdom in the north-western part of the Balkan peninsula.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13732a.htm
Servites, Order of
The fifth mendicant order, the objects of which are the sanctification of its members, preaching the Gospel, and the propagation of devotion to the Mother of God, with special reference to her sorrows.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13736a.htm
Servus servorum Dei
"Servant of the servants of God", a title given by the popes to themselves in documents of note.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13737a.htm
Sessa-Aurunca
Diocese in Campania, Province of Caserta (Southern Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13737b.htm
Sestini, Benedict
Astronomer, mathematician, b. at Florence, Italy, 20 March, 1816; d. at Frederick, Maryland, 17 Jan., 1890.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13738a.htm
Setebo Indians
Tribe of Panoan linguistic stock formerly centering about the confluence of the Manoa with the Ucayali River, Loreto province, north-eastern Peru.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13738b.htm
Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann
Foundress of the Sisters of Charity (1774-1821).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13739a.htm
Seton, William
Author, b. in New York, 28 Jan., 1835; d. there, 15 Mar., 1905.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13740a.htm
Settignano, Desiderio da
Artist, born at Settignano, Tuscany, 1428; died at Florence, 1463.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13741a.htm
Settlement, Act of (Irish)
In 1662 an act was passed by the Irish Parliament, the privileges of which were restored on the return of Charles II, entitled "an act for the better execution of his majesty's gracious declaration for the Settlement of his Kingdom of Ireland, and th
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01112a.htm
Seven Deacons
The seven men elected by the whole company of the original Christian community at Jerusalem and ordained by the Apostles, their office being chiefly to look after the poor and the common agape.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13741c.htm
Seven Robbers
Martyrs on the Island of Corcyra (Corfu) in the second century. Their names are Saturninus, Insischolus, Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, and Mammius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13742a.htm
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, The
One of the many examples of the legend about a man who falls asleep and years after wakes up to find the world changed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05496a.htm
Seven-Branch Candlestick
One of the three chief furnishings of the Holy of the Tabernacle and the Temple. In reality it was an elaborate lampstand, set on the south side of the Holy Place.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13741b.htm
Severian
Bishop of Gabala in Syria, in the fourth and fifth centuries. Regarded by his contemporaries as a good preacher, known as the author of Biblical commentaries and sermons.
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Severinus, Pope
Reigned May-August 640,
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Severus Sanctus Endelechus
Christian rhetorician and poet of the fourth century.
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Severus, Alexander
Roman emperor, b. at Acco in Palestine, 208, murdered by his mutinous soldiers at Sicula on the Rhine. 235 (Sicklingen near Mainz)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13743a.htm
Sevigne, Madame de
Writer, b. at Paris, 6 Feb., 1626; d. at Grignan, 18 April, 1696. She was the granddaughter of St. Jane Frances de Chantal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13743c.htm
Seville
Archdiocese in Spain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13744a.htm
Seville, University of
Initially started in the thirteenth century by the Dominicans in order to prepare missionaries for work among the Moors and Jews.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13746a.htm
Sexagesima
The eighth Sunday before Easter and the second before Lent.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13747a.htm
Sexburga, Saint
Died about 699. Her sisters, Sts. Ethelburga and Saethrid, were both Abbesses of Faremontier in Brie.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13747b.htm
Sext
Article on the midday office.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13747c.htm
Sexton
One who guards the church edifice, its treasures, vestments, etc., and as an inferior minister attends to burials, bell-ringings and similar offices about a church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13748a.htm
Sfondrati, Celestino
Prince-abbot of St. Gall and cardinal, b. at Milan, 10 January, 1644, d. at Rome, 4 September, 1696.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13748b.htm
Shakespeare, Religion of
Thesis regarding the faith of the bard.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13748c.htm
Shamanism
A vague term used by explorers of Siberia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to designate not a specific religion but a form of savage magic or science, by which physical nature was believed to be brought under the control of man.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13750a.htm
Shammai
Jewish scribe who together with Hillel made up the last of "the pairs", or as they are sometimes erroneously named, "presidents and vice-presidents" of the Sanhedrin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13751a.htm
Shan-si, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
The Faith was carried for the first time into the Province of Shan-si. Norhter China, by the Jesuit and Franciscan Fathers during the sixteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13752a.htm
Shan-si, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern
Erected in 1890; the mission is entrusted to the Franciscan Fathers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13752b.htm
Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern
This mission was separated in 1894 from Northern Shan-Tung and erected into a vicariate Apostolic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13752c.htm
Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
Erected by Gregory XVI in 1839.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13752d.htm
Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern
On 2 Jan., 1882, the then vicar Apostolic of Shan-tung, Rt. Rev. Mgr. D. Cosi, elected as pro-vicar Apostolic for the southern part of his vicariate Father John Baptist Anzer, a member of the Steyl Seminary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13752e.htm
Sharpe, James
English priest (1577-1630).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13753a.htm
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary
American historian (1824-1892).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13753b.htm
Shea, Sir Ambrose
Born in Newfoundland, 17 Sept., 1815; d. in London, 30 July, 1905.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13754a.htm
Sheil, Richard Lalor
Dramatist, prose writer, and politician, b. at Drumdowny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 17 August, 1791; d. at, Florence, Italy, 25 May, 1851.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13754b.htm
Sheldon, Edward
Translator (1599-1687).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13755a.htm
Shelley, Richard
English confessor; d. in Marshalsea prison, London, probably in February or March, 1585-6.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13755b.htm
Shen-si, Northern
In 1640 the Christian religion was preached for the first time in the Province of Shen-si. It was, by turns, looked upon with favor and disfavor by the emperors of China.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13755c.htm
Shen-si, Southern
The southern part of Shen-si was entrusted in 1885 to the Seminary of Sts. Peter and Paul, established at Rome by Pius IX, 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13756a.htm
Shepherd, John
English musical composer (1512-1563)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13756b.htm
Sherborne Abbey
Located in Dorsetshire, England; founded in 998. Sherborne (scir-burne, clear brook) was originally the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Western Wessex, having been established as such by St. Aldhelm (705).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13756c.htm
Sherbrooke
Diocese in the Province of Quebec, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montreal, erected by Pius IX, 28 Aug., 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13756d.htm
Sheridan, Philip Henry
General, U.S. Army. Born at Albany, N.Y., U.S.A., 6 March, 1831; died at Nonquitt, Mass, 5 August, 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13757a.htm
Sherson, Martin
English priest and confessor. One of the Dilati, b. 1563; d. 1588.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13757b.htm
Shert, Blessed John
Very brief biographical profile of the English priest, martyred in 1581.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689d.htm
Sherwood, Blessed Thomas
English martyr (1551-1578)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14697b.htm
Sherwood, William
Bishop of Meath, d. at Dublin, 3 Dec. 1482. He was an English ecclesiastic who obtained the see by papal provision in April, 1460.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13757c.htm
Shewbreads
Heb. "bread of the faces", i.e. "bread of the presence (of Yahweh)" (Ex., xxxv, 13; xxxix, 35, etc.), also called "holy bread".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09317b.htm
Shi-koku
One of the four great islands of Japan, has all area of 7009 square miles, not counting the smaller islands which depend upon it.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13758b.htm
Shields, James
Military officer, b. in Dungannon County Tyrone, Ireland, 12 Dec., 1810; d. at Ottumwa, Iowa, 1 June, 1879.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13758a.htm
Shire
Vicariate apostolic in Nyassaland Protectorate, Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13759a.htm
Shirley, James
English poet and dramatist (1596-1666)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16074a.htm
Shrewsbury
One of the thirteen English dioceses created by Apostolic Letter of Pius IX on 27 Sept., 1850. It then comprised the English counties of Shropshire and Cheshire, and the Welsh counties of Carnarvon, Flint, Denbigh, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Anglesey
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13759c.htm
Shrines of Our Lady and the Saints in Great Britain and Ireland
Location and origins of shrines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13760a.htm
Shroud of Turin
A relic now preserved at Turin, for which the claim is made that it is the actual "clean linen cloth" in which Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13762a.htm
Shrovetide
Some history behind this holiday.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13763a.htm
Shuswap Indians
A tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, the most important of that group in British Columbia, formerly holding a large territory on middle and upper Thompson River, including Shuswap, Adams, and Quesnel Lakes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13764a.htm
Siam
Siam, "the land of the White Elephant" or the country of the Muang Thai (the Free).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13765a.htm
Sibbel, Joseph
Sculptor, b. at Dulmen, 7 June, 1850; d. in New York, 10 July, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13767a.htm
Siberia
A Russian possession in Asia forming the northern third of that continent.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13767b.htm
Sibour, Marie-Dominique-Auguste
Born at Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux (Drome, France), 4 August, 1792; died in Paris, 3 January, 1857.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13769a.htm
Sibylline Oracles
The name given to certain collections of supposed prophecies, emanating from the sibyls or divinely inspired seeresses, which were widely circulated in antiquity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13770a.htm
Sicard
Bishop of Cremona (Italy) in the twelfth century, a member of one of the principal families of that city, d. 1215.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13770b.htm
Sicca Veneria
A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13771a.htm
Sichem
An Israelite city in the tribe of Ephraim, the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13771b.htm
Sicilian Vespers
The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at Palermo on Easter Tuesday, 31 March, 1282, against the domination of Charles of Anjou.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384a.htm
Sicily
The largest island in the Mediterranean.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13772a.htm
Sick, Anointing of the
A sacrament to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect spiritual health, including, if need be, the remission of sins, and also, conditionally, to restore bodily health, to Christians who are seriously ill.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05716a.htm
Side, Altar
That part of the altar which faces the congregation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356e.htm
Sidon
Easter Catholic See in Syria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13776a.htm
Sidon
Titular metropolis of Pamphylia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13777a.htm
Sidonius Apollinaris
Christian author and Bishop of Clermont, b. at Lyons, 5 November, about 430; d. at Clermont, about August, 480.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13778a.htm
Sidyma
A titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra; mentioned by Ptolemy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13778b.htm
Siena
Archdiocese in Tuscany (Central Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13779a.htm
Siena, University of
The earliest notices of an advanced school (of grammar and medicine) at Siena go back to 1241.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13781a.htm
Sieni, Cyril
Missionary bishop, b. in Catalonia, date of birth unknown; d. after 1799, place and exact date equally uncertain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13782a.htm
Sierra Leone
Comprises the English colony of that name and the surrounding territory from French Guinea on the north and east to Liberia on the south.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13783a.htm
Sigebert of Gembloux
Benedictine historian, b. near Gembloux which is now in the Province of Namur, Belgium, about 1035; d. at the same place, 5 November, 1112.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13783c.htm
Siger of Brabant
Indisputably the leader of Latin Averroism during the sixth and seventh decades of the thirteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13784a.htm
Sigismund
King of Germany and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, b. 15 February, 1361, at Nuremberg; d. at Znaim, Bohemia, 9 December, 1437.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13784b.htm
Sign of the Cross
A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, which have this at least in common: that by the gesture of tracing two lines intersecting at right angles they indicate symbolically the figure of Christ's cross.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13785a.htm
Signorelli, Luca
Italian painter, b. at Cortona about 1441; d. there in 1523.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13787a.htm
Sigüenza
Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Toledo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13788a.htm
Sikhism
The religion of a warlike sect of India, having its origin in the Punjab and its centre in the holy City of Amritsar, where their sacred books are preserved and worshipped.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13789a.htm
Silandus
A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. It is not mentioned by any ancient geographer or historian.
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Silence
All writers on the spiritual life uniformly recommend, nay, command under penalty of total failure, the practice of silence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13790a.htm
Silesia
The largest province of Prussia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13790b.htm
Siletz Indians
The collective designation for the rapidly dwindling remnant of some thirty small tribes, representing five linguistic stocks - Salishan, Yakonan, Kusan, Takelman, and Athapascan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13791a.htm
Siloe
A pool in the Tyropoean Valley, just outside the south wall of Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ gave sight to a man born blind.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13792a.htm
Silveira, Ven. Goncalo da
Pioneer missionary of South Africa, b. 23 Feb, 1526, at Almeirim, about forty miles from Lisbon; martyred 6 March, 1561.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13792b.htm
Silverius, Pope Saint
Dates of birth and death unknown, the son of Pope Hormisdas who had been married before becoming one of the higher clergy. Reigned 536-537.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13793a.htm
Silvester, Francis
Theologian, b. at Ferrara about 1474; d. at Rennes, 19 Sept., 1526.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13793b.htm
Silvia, Saint
Mother of Pope St. Gregory the Great, born about 515 (525?); died about 592.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13794a.htm
Simeon
The second son of Jacob by Lia and patronymic ancestor of the Jewish tribe bearing that name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13794b.htm
Simeon of Durham
Chronicler, d. 14 Oct., between 1130 and 1138.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13794d.htm
Simeon Stylites the Elder, Saint
The first and probably the most famous of the long succession of stylitoe, or "pillar-hermits", who during more than six centuries acquired by their strange form of asceticism a great reputation for holiness throughout eastern Christendom.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13795a.htm
Simeon Stylites the Younger, Saint
Born at Antioch in 521, died at the same place 24 May, 597.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13795b.htm
Simeon, Canticle of
Found in St. Luke's Gospel (ii, 29-32), the last in historical sequence of the three great Canticles of the New Testament, the other two being the Magnificat (Canticle of Mary) and the Benedictus (Canticle of Zachary).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11159a.htm
Simeon, Holy
The "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who according to the narrative of St. Luke, greeted the infant Saviour on the occasion of His presentation in the Temple.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13794c.htm
Simla
Archdiocese in India, a new creation of Pius X by a Decree dated 13 September, 1910.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13796a.htm
Simon Magus
According to the testimony of St. Justin, Simon came from Gitta in the country of the Samaritans.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13797b.htm
Simon of Cascia
Italian preacher and writer. (d. 1348)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13798a.htm
Simon of Cramaud
French bishop. (1360-1422)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13799a.htm
Simon of Cremona
Augustinian writer and preacher. (d. 1390)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13799b.htm
Simon of Sudbury
Archbishop of Canterbury. (d. 1381)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13799c.htm
Simon of Tournai
Professor in the University of Paris at the beginning of the thirteenth century, dates of birth and death unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13799d.htm
Simon Peter
St. Peter's true and original name was Simon, sometimes occurring in the form Symeon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11744a.htm
Simon Stock, Saint
Born in the County of Kent, England, about 1165; died in the Carmelite monastery at Bordeaux, France, 16 May, 1265. On account of his English birth he is also called Simon Anglus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13800a.htm
Simon the Apostle, Saint
The name of Simon occurs in all the passages of the Gospel and Acts, in which a list of the Apostles is given.
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Simone da Orsenigo
A Lombard architect and builder of the fourteenth century whose memory is chiefly connected with the cathedral of Milan in the course of its erection.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13796c.htm
Simonians
A Gnostic, Antinomian sect of the second century which regarded Simon Magus as its founder and which traced its doctrines back to him.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13797a.htm
Simony
Usually defined "a deliberate intention of buying or selling for a temporal price such things as are spiritual of annexed unto spirituals".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14001a.htm
Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice
Martyrs at Rome during the Diocletian persecution (302 or 303).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14003a.htm
Simplicius, Pope Saint
Reigned 468-483; date of birth unknown; died 10 March, 483.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14002a.htm
Simpson, Richard
Born 1820; died near Rome, 5 April, 1876.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14004a.htm
Sin
A moral evil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14004b.htm
Sinai
The mountain on which the Mosaic Law was given.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14011a.htm
Sinaiticus, Codex
A Greek manuscript of the Old and New Testaments, of the greatest antiquity and value; found on Mount Sinai, in St. Catherine's Monastery, by Constantine Tischendorf.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04085a.htm
Sinaloa
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14012a.htm
Singing, Congregational
In his Instruction on sacred music, commonly referred to as the Motu Proprio (22 Nov., 1903), Pius X says (no. 3): "Special efforts are to be made to restore the use of Gregorian chant by the people, so that the faithful may again take a more active
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04241a.htm
Sinis
A titular See in Armenia Secunda, suffragan of Melitene.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14014a.htm
Sion
Titular see in Asia Minor suffragan of Ephesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14014c.htm
Sion
Diocese in Switzerland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14014d.htm
Sioux City
Comprises twenty-four counties in north-western Iowa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14016a.htm
Sioux Falls
Suffragan of St. Paul, comprises all that part of the State of South Dakota east of the Missouri River.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14016b.htm
Sioux Indians
Provides information about their history, language, population, culture and religion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14017a.htm
Sipibo Indians
A numerous tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, formerly centring about the Pisqui and Aguaitia tributaries of the upper Ucayali River, Province of Loreto, north-eastern Peru, and now found as boatmen or labourers along the whole course of that stream.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14024a.htm
Sirach, (Ecclesiasticus) Book of
The longest of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, and the last of the Sapiential writings in the Vulgate of the Old Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05263a.htm
Siricius, Pope Saint
Reigned 384-399.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14026a.htm
Sirleto, Gugliemo
Cardinal and scholar, born at Guardavalle near Stilo in Calabria, 1514; died at Rome, 6 October, 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14027a.htm
Sirmium
Situated near the modern town of Mitrovitz in Slavonia; its church is said to have been founded by St. Peter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14027b.htm
Sirmond, Jacques
Scholar of the seventeenth century, born at Riom in the Department of Puy-de-Dome, France, October, 1559; died in Paris, 7 October 1651.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14027c.htm
Sisinnius, Pope
Successor of John VII, he was consecrated probably 15 January, 708, and died after a brief pontificate of about three weeks; he was buried in St. Peter's.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14028a.htm
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio
On 27 October, 1829, at the request of Bishop Fenwick of Cincinnati, several sisters from Mother Seton's community at Emmitsburg, Maryland, opened an orphanage, parochial school, and academy on Sycamore Street opposite the old cathedral, then occupyi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14028b.htm
Sisters of the Little Company of Mary
A congregation founded in 1877 in England to honour in a particular manner the maternal Heart of the Blessed Virgin, especially in the mystery of Calvary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14029a.htm
Sistine Choir
With the building by Sixtus IV (1471-84) of the church for the celebration of all papal functions since known as the Sistine Chapel, the original schola cantorum and subsequent capella pontificia or capella papale, which still retains more or less of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14029b.htm
Sitifis
Titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14030a.htm
Sitjar, Buenaventura
Missionary, born at Porrera, Island of Majorca, 9 December, 1739; died at San Antonio, Cal., 3 Sept., 1808.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14030b.htm
Siunia
A titular see, suffragan of Sebastia in Armenia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14031a.htm
Six Days of Creation
Hexaemeron signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days' work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07310a.htm
Sixtus I, Pope Saint
Succeeded St. Alexander and was followed by St. Telesphorus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14031b.htm
Sixtus II, Pope Saint
Reigned 257-258.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14031c.htm
Sixtus III, Pope Saint
Reigned 432-440.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14032a.htm
Sixtus IV, Pope
Born near Abisola, 21 July, 1414; died 12 Aug., 1484.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14032b.htm
Sixtus V, Pope
Born at Grottamare near Montalto, 13 December, 1521; elected 24 April, 1585; crowned 1 May, 1585; died in the Quirinal, 27 August, 1590.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14033a.htm
Skara, Ancient See of
Located in Sweden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16074b.htm
Skarga, Peter
Theologian and missionary, b. at Grojec, 1536; d. at Cracow, 27 Sept., 1612.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14034a.htm
Skoda, Josef
Celebrated clinical lecturer and diagnostician and, with Rokitansky, founder of the modern medical school of Vienna, b. at Pilsen in Bohemia, 10 December, 1805; d. at Vienna, 13 June, 1881.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14035a.htm
Slander
The attributing to another of a fault of which one knows him to be innocent.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14035b.htm
Slavery and Christianity
Discusses the history.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14036a.htm
Slavery, Ethical Aspect of
In Greek and Roman civilization slavery on an extensive scale formed an essential element of the social structure; and consequently the ethical speculators, no less than the practical statesmen, regarded it as a just and indispensable institution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14039a.htm
Slaves
A tribe of the great Déné family of American Indians, so called apparently from the fact that the Crees drove it back to its original northern haunts.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14041a.htm
Slavonic Language and Liturgy
Although the Latin holds the chief place among the liturgical languages in which the Mass is celebrated and the praise of God recited in the Divine Offices, yet the Slavonic language comes next to it among the languages widely used throughout the wor
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14041b.htm
Slavs in America
History of ethnic Slavs migrating to the U.S.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14051a.htm
Slavs, The
Customary name for all the Slavonic races.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14042a.htm
Slomsek, Anton Martin
Slomšek, Anton Martin, Bishop of Lavant, in Maribor, Styria, Austria, noted Slovenian educator, born 1800; died 24 Sept., 1862.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14057a.htm
Slotanus, John
Polemical writer; born at Geffen, Brabant; died at Cologne, 9 July, 1560.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14057b.htm
Sloth
One of the seven capital sins. In general it means disinclination to labour or exertion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14057c.htm
Slythurst, Thomas
Slythrust, Thomas, English confessor, born in Berkshire; died in the Tower of London, 1560.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14058a.htm
Smalkaldic League
A politico-religious alliance formally concluded on 27 Feb., 1531, at Smalkalden in Hesse-Nassau, among German Protestant princes and cities for their mutual defence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14058b.htm
Smaragdus, Ardo
Hagiographer, died at the Benedictine monastery of Aniane, Herault, in Southern France, March, 843.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14058c.htm
Smith, James
Journalist, b. at Skolland, in the Shetland Isles, about 1790; d. Jan., 1866.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14058d.htm
Smith, Richard
Born in Worcestershire, 1500; died at Douai, 9 July, 1563.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14059b.htm
Smith, Richard (Bishop of Chalcedon)
Bishop of Chalcedon, second Vicar Apostolic of England; b. at Hanworth, Lincolnshire, Nov., 1568.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14059a.htm
Smith, Thomas Kilby
U.S. General and journalist. Born at Boston, Mass., 23 Sept., 1820; died at New York, 14 Dec., 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14060a.htm
Smits, William
Orientalist and exegete (1704-1770).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16075a.htm
Smyrna
The capital of the vilayet of Aďdin and the starting-point of several railways.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14060b.htm
Snorri Sturluson
Historian, born at Hvammr, 1178; died 1241.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14060c.htm
Snow, Venerable Peter
English martyr, suffered at York, 15 June, 1598.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14061a.htm
Sobaipura Indians
Once an important tribe of the Piman branch of the great Shoshonean linguistic stock, occupying the territory of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro Rivers, in southeastern Arizona.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14061b.htm
Sobieski, John
Born at Olesko in 1629; died at Wilanow, 1696; son of James, Castellan of Cracow and descended by his mother from the heroic Zolkiewski, who died in battle at Cecora.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14061c.htm
Social Contract, The
Includes contents and critique.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04335a.htm
Socialism
A system of social and economic organization that would substitute state monopoly for private ownership of the sources of production and means of distribution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14062a.htm
Socialistic Communities
Societies which maintain common ownership of the means of production and distribution, e.g., land, factories, and stores, and also those which further extend the practice of common ownership to consumable goods, e.g., houses and food.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14069a.htm
Societies, Catholic
Numerous throughout the world; some are international in scope, some are national; some diocesan and others parochial.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14070a.htm
Societies, Catholic, American Federation of
An organization of the Catholic laity, parishes, and societies under the guidance of the hierarchy, to protect and advance their religious, civil, and social interests.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14071a.htm
Societies, Secret
A designation of which the exact meaning has varied at different times.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14071b.htm
Society
Implies fellowship, company, and has always been conceived as signifying a human relation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14074a.htm
Society of Foreign Missions of Paris
Established in 1658-63, its chief founders being Mgr Pallu, Bishop of Heliopolis, Vicar Apostolic of Tongking, and Mgr Lambert de la Motte, Bishop of Bertyus, Vicar Apostolic of Conchin-China.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14079a.htm
Society of Jesus, The
A religious order founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14081a.htm
Society, The Catholic Church Extension
The first active agitation for a church extension or home mission society for the Catholic Church in North America was begun in 1904 by an article of the present writer, published in the "American Ecclesiastical Review" (Philadelphia).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14078a.htm
Socinianism
The body of doctrine held by one of the numerous Antitrinitarian sects to which the Reformation gave birth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14113a.htm
Sociology
The claims of sociology to a place in the hierarchy of sciences are subjected to varied controversy. It has been held that there is no distinct problem for a science of sociology, no feature of human society not already provided for in the accepted s
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14115a.htm
Socorro
Diocese in Colombia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14118a.htm
Socrates
Fourth-century Church historian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14118b.htm
Socrates
Greek philosopher. (469-399 B.C.)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14119a.htm
Sodality
It would not be possible to give a definition making a clear distinction between the sodalities and other confraternities; consequently the development and history of the sodalities are the same as those of the religious confraternities.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14120a.htm
Sodality (Confraternity)
A confraternity or sodality is a voluntary association of the faithful, established and guided by competent ecclesiastical authority for the promotion of special works of Christian charity or piety.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04223a.htm
Sodom and Gomorrha
They were situated in "the country about the Jordan" (Gen., xiii, 10); their exact location is unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14130a.htm
Sodor and Man
Ancient diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14130b.htm
Soissons
Includes, with the exception of two hamlets, the entire Department of Aisne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14130c.htm
Solanus, Saint Francis
Franciscan missionary to South America. (1549-1610)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233a.htm
Solari
A family of Milanese artists, closely connected with the cathedral and with the Certosa near Pavia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14132a.htm
Solemnity
The word solemnity is here used to denote the amount of intrinsic or extrinsic pomp with which a feast is celebrated.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14133a.htm
Solesmes
A Benedictine monastery in Department of Sarthe, near Sablé, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14133b.htm
Soli
A titular see in Cyprus, suffragan of Salamis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14134a.htm
Solicitation
Technically in canon law the crime of making use of the Sacrament of Penance, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of drawing others into sins of lust.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14134b.htm
Solimôes Superiore
A prefecture Apostolic in the State of Amazonas, Brazil, erected by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Consistory, 23 May, 1910.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14135a.htm
Solomon
The second son of David by his wife Bathsheba, and the acknowledged favourite of his father.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14135b.htm
Solomon Islands, Northern
Established on 23 May, 1898, by separation from the Vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14138a.htm
Solomon Islands, Southern
The Spanish navigator Alvaro Mendana de Neyra discovered the Islands of Ysabel, Guadalcanar, and San Christoval in 1567.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14138b.htm
Solomon, Psalms of
Eighteen apocryphal psalms, extant in Greek, probably translated from a Hebrew, or an Aramaic original, commonly assigned to the first century B.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14137a.htm
Solsona
Diocese in Lerida, Spain, suffragan of Tarragona.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14138c.htm
Somaliland
A triangular-shaped territory in the north-eastern extremity of Africa, projecting into the ocean towards the island of Socotra; its apex is at Cape Guarafui.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14139a.htm
Somaschi
Name of a charitable religious congregation of regular clerics, founded in the sixteenth century by St. Jerome Emiliani with the mother-house at Somasca (Venice), whence the name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14140a.htm
Somerset, Thomas
Confessor, born about 1530; died in the Tower of London, 27 May, 1587; second son of Henry, second Earl of Worcester.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14140b.htm
Son of God
Includes uses from the Old and New Testaments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14142b.htm
Son of Man
Several instances of its use are detailed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14144a.htm
Song, Religious
The general designation given to the numerous poetical and musical creations which have come into existence in the course of time and are used in connection with public Divine worship, but which are not included in the official liturgy on account of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14140c.htm
Songish Indians
A tribe of some importance formerly holding the south coast of Vancouver Island, B.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14141a.htm
Sonnius, Franciscus
Theologian, b. at Zon in Brabant, 12 August, 1506; d. at Antwerp, 30 June, 1576.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14142a.htm
Sonora, Diocese of
Republic of Mexico; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14145a.htm
Sophene
A titular see, suffragan of Melitene in Armenia Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14145b.htm
Sophists
A group of Greek teachers who flourished at the end of the fifth century B.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14145c.htm
Sophonias
The ninth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Canon of the Old Testament; preached and wrote in the second half of the seventh century B.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14146a.htm
Sophronius
Bishop of Constantina or Tella in Osrhoene, was a relative of Ibas, Bishop of Edessa, and apparently of the same theological tendency, i. e. strongly anti-Monophysite and liable to be suspected of Nestorianism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14148a.htm
Sora
A titular see in Paphlagonia, suffragan of Gangra.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14148b.htm
Sorbait, Paul de
Physician, b. in Hainault, 1624; d. at Vienna, 19 April, 1691.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14148c.htm
Sorbonne
This name is frequently used in ordinary parlance as synonymous with the faculty of theology of Paris.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14149a.htm
Sorin, Edward
The founder of Notre Dame, Indiana; b. 6 Feb., 1814, at Ahuillé, near Laval, France; d. 31 Oct., 1893, at Notre Dame, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14150a.htm
Sorrento
Archdiocese in the Province of Naples, with one suffragan, Castellamare.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14151a.htm
Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Seven
The object of these feats is the spiritual martyrdom of the Mother of God and her compassion with the sufferings of her Divine Son.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14151b.htm
Soter and Caius, Saints
They have their feast together on 22 April, on which day they appear in most of the martyrologies, though Notker and a few others give Soter on the 21st and Caius on the 19th or 21st.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03144c.htm
Soto, Dominic
Dominican, renowned theologian, b. at Segovia, 1494; d. at Salamanca, 15 Nov., 1560.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14152a.htm
Soul
The question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is among the most important problems of philosophy, for with it is bound up the doctrine of a future life.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14153a.htm
Soul, Faculties of the
Article covers the meaning and classification.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05749a.htm
South American College in Rome
The Rev. Ignatius Victor Eyzaguirre went to Rome, in 1857, and proposed to the Pope the erection of a college for students from Latin American countries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01425a.htm
South Carolina
One of the thirteen original colonies of the United States.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14157a.htm
South Dakota
The thirty-ninth state, admitted to the Union on 2 November, 1889.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14160a.htm
Southerne, Venerable William
English martyr, suffered at Newcastle-under-Lyme, 30 April, 1618.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14162a.htm
Southwark
Suffragan of Westminster, England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14162b.htm
Southwell, Venerable Robert
Biography of the English poet, Jesuit, and martyr. He was hanged in 1595.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14164a.htm
Southworth, St. John
English priest, missionary to his native land, imprisoned several times, once deported, finally martyred for the crime of being a priest. He was executed at Tyburn, 28 June, 1654.
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Sovana and Pitigliano
The two towns, Sovana and Pitigliano, are situated in the Province of Grosseto, Central Italy.
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Sozomen, Salaminius Hermias
One of the famous historians of the early Church, born at Bethelia, a small town near Gaza in Palestine.
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Sozopolis
Titular see in the Balkans, suffragan of Adrianopolis.
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Sozusa
A titular see of Palestina Prima, suffragan of Cćsarea.
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Space
The idea of space is one of the most important in the philosophy of the material world; for centuries it has preoccupied and puzzled philosophers and psychologists.
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Spagni, Andrea
Educator and author, born at Florence, 8 Aug., 1716; died at Rome, 16 Sept., 1788.
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Spain
This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south-western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions of th
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Spalato-Macarsca (Salona)
Suffragan of Zara.
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Spalding, Martin John
Seventh Archbishop of Baltimore. (1810-1872)
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Spallanzani
A distinguished eighteenth-century scientist, b. at Scadiano in Modena, Italy, 10 January, 1729; d. at Pavia, 12 February, 1799.
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Spanish Armada, The
A fleet intended to invade England and to put an end to the long series of English aggressions against the colonies and possessions of the Spanish Crown.
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Spanish Language and Literature
As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin.
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Spanish-American Literature
The literature produced by the Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, Central America, Cuba and adjacent islands, and of South America with the notable exceptions of Brazil (whose speech is Portuguese) and the Guianas.
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Spanish-American Universities
The University of St. Mark's at Lima enjoys the reputation of being the oldest in America; it has the distinction of having first begun its course by royal decree.
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Sparta
A celebrated town of the Peloponnesus, mentioned several times under this name or under that of Lacedćmon in the Bible.
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Species
In scholastic terminology, species is the necessary determinant of every cognitive process.
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Speckbacher, Josef
A Tyrolean patriot of 1809, born at Gnadenwald, near Hall, in the Tyrol, 13 July, 1767; died at Hall, 28 March, 1820.
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Speculation
A term used with reference to business transactions to signify the investing of money at a risk of loss on the chance of unusual gain.
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Spedalleri, Nicola
A priest, theologian, and philosopher, born at Bronte in the Province of Catania, Sicily, 6 December, 1740; died at Rome, 26 November, 1795.
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Spee, Friedrich Von
A poet, opponent of trials for witchcraft, born at Kaiserswerth on the Rhine, 25 February, 1591; died at Trier 7 August, 1635.
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Speed, Blessed John
English martyr, executed at Durham, 4 Feb., 1593-4, for assisting the venerable martyr St. John Boste, whom he used to escort from one Catholic house to another.
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Spencer, The Hon. George
Passionist, b. at the Admiralty, London, 21 Dec., 1799; d. at Carstairs, Scotland, 1 Oct., 1864.
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Spenser, John
Converted while a student at Cambridge and entered the Society of Jesus in 1627.
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Spenser, Venerable William
English martyr, b. at Ghisburn, Yorkshire; executed at York, 24 September, 1589.
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Speyer
Diocese in Bavaria.
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Speyer, Johann and Wendelin von
German printers in Venice from 1468 to 1477.
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Spillmann, Joseph
Author, b. at Zug, Switzerland, 22 April, 1842; d. at Luxembourg, 20 February, 1905.
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Spina, Alphonso de
Spanish Franciscan, date of birth unknown; died about 1491.
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Spina, Bartolommeo
Scholastic theologian, born at Pisa about 1475; died at Rome, 1546.
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Spinola, Christopher Royas de
Bishop of Wiener-Neustadt, born of a noble Spanish family, near Roermond in Gelderland in 1626; died at Wiener-Neustadt, 12 March, 1695.
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Spinoza, Benedict
Belonged to a family of Jewish merchants of moderate means, and was originally called Baruch. Born at Amsterdam, 24 Nov., 1632; died at The Hague, 21 Feb., 1677.
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Spire
A tapering construction in plan conical, pyramidal, octagonal, or hexagonal crowning a steeple or tower.
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Spirit
Used in several different but allied senses: (1) as signifying a living, intelligent, incorporeal being, such as the soul; (2) as the fiery essence or breath (the Stoic pneuma) which was supposed to be the universal vital force; (3) as signifying som
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Spirit, Holy
The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms an integral part of her teaching on the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
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Spiritism
The name properly given to the belief that the living can and do communicate with the spirits of the departed, and to the various practices by which such communication is attempted.
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Spirito Santo
Suffragan of Săo Sebastiăo do Rio de Janeiro, established in 1896.
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Spiritual Direction
In the technical sense of the term, spiritual direction is that function of the sacred ministry by which the Church guides the faithful to the attainment of eternal happiness.
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Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius
A short work composed by St. Ignatius of Loyola and written originally in Spanish.
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Spiritualism
The term has been frequently used to denote the belief in the possibility of communication with disembodied spirits, and the various devices employed to realize this belief in practice.
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Spirituals
A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second half of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, who, in opposition to the main body of the order, pretended to observe the Rule of St. Francis in its
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Spokan Indians
An important tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely cognate with the Colville, Coeur d'Aléne, Kalispel, and Flathead, and formerly holding the country upon Spokane River in Eastern Washington and the adjacent portion of Idaho.
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Spondanus, Henri
A convert from Calvinism, Bishop of Pamiers, and one of the continuators of Baronius, born at Mauléon, 6 January, 1568; died at Toulouse, 18 May, 1643.
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Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico
Composer, born at Magolati, near Jesi, Ancona, 14 Nov., 1774; died there, 14 Jan., 1851.
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Spoons, Apostle
A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with representations of Our Lord (the Master spoon) and the twelve Apostles.
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Sporer, Patritius
Moral theologian, born at Passau, Bavaria; died there, 29 May, 1683.
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Sportelli, Venerable Caesar
Lawyer and priest, born at Nola in Bari, Italy, 29 March, 1702; died at Pagani, 19 April, 1750.
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Springfield
Diocese of Springfield (Campifontis) in Massachusetts, erected in June, 1870.
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Sprott, Venerable Thomas
English martyr, b. at Skelsmergh, near Kendal, Westmoreland; suffered at Lincoln with [the Venerable] Thomas Hunt, 11 July, 1600.
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Squamish Indians
A considerable tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, speaking a distinct language, holding the territory about Squamish River and Howe Sound, above Fraser River in South-western British Columbia.
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Squiers, Herbert Goldsmith
Army officer and diplomatist; b. at Madoc, Canada, 20 April, 1859; d. at London, 19 Oct., 1911.
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Squillace
Suffragan diocese of Reggio, in Calabria, Southern Italy.
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Sri Lanka
An island to the south-east of India and separated from it only by a chain of reefs and sand-banks called Adam's Bridge.
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St. Thomas Christians
An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas.
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Stabat Mater
The opening words of two companion hymns, one of which (Stabat Mater Dolorosa) is in liturgical use, while the other (Stabat Mater Speciosa) is not.
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Stadler, John Evangelist
Bavarian hagiographer, b. at Parkstetten, in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 24 Dec., 1804; d. at Augsburg, 30 Dec., 1868.
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Staff, Pastoral
The crosier is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops at their consecration and on mitred abbots at their investiture, and which is used by these prelates in performing certain solemn functions.
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Stained Glass
The popular name for the glass used in the making of coloured windows.
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Stalls
Seats in a choir, wholly or partly enclosed on the back and sides.
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Stanbrook Abbey
An abbey of Benedictine nuns, midway between Malvern and Worcester, England.
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Stanfield, William Clarkson
English painter, b. at Sunderland, 1793; d. at Hampstead, near London, 1867.
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Stanislas Kostka, Saint
Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about 28 October, 1550; died at Rome during the night of 14-15 August, 1568.
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Stanislaus of Cracow, Saint
Bishop and martyr, born at Szczepanów (hence called Szczepanowski), in the Diocese of Cracow, 26 July, 1030; died at Cracow, 8 May, 1079.
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Stanislawow
Diocese of the Greek-Ruthenian Rite, in Galicia, Austria, suffragan of Lemberg.
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Stanley Falls
Vicariate Apostolic in the Belgian Congo.
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Stansel, Valentin
Astronomer, b. at Olmütz, Moravia, 1621; d. at Bahia, Brazil, 18 Dec., 1705.
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Stanyhurst, Richard
Catholic controversialist, historian, and devotional writer, born at Dublin, 1547; died at Brussels, 1618.
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Stanza
An Italian word signifying room, chamber, apartment. In English the term is chiefly used for Raphael's celebrated Stanze in the Vatican Palace, four in number, the walls of which were frescoed by Raphael and his pupils.
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Stapf, Joseph Ambrose
Theologian, born at Fliess in the valley of the Upper Inn in the Tyrol, Austria, 15 August, 1785; died at Brixen, 10 January, 1844.
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Staphylus, Friedrich
Theologian, born at Osnabrück, 27 Aug., 1512; died at Ingolstadt, 5 March, 1564.
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Stapleton, Theobald
Nothing is known of his career, except that he was a priest living in Flanders, and that in 1639 he published at Brussels a book called "Catechismus seu doctrina christiana latino-hibernica", which was the first book in which Irish was printed in Rom
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Stapleton, Thomas
Controversialist, born at Henfield, Sussex, July, 1535; died at Louvain, 12 Oct., 1598.
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Starowolski, Simon
Born at Stara Wola, near Cracow, 1585; died at Cracow, 1656; studied at Louvain, but took his degrees in the University of Cracow, after which he travelled in various countries of Western Europe.
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Starr, Eliza Allen
Writer and artist, born at Deerfield, Massachusetts, 29 August, 1824; died at Durand, Illinois, 8 September, 1901.
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State and Church
The Church and the State are both perfect societies, that is to say, each essentially aiming at a common good commensurate with the need of mankind at large and ultimate in a generic kind of life, and each juridically competent to provide all the nec
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State or Way
The way of those who are in the state of the perfect.
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State, Allegiance to the
The duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State of which he is a citizen.
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States of the Church
Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years (754-1870) acknowledged the pope as temporal ruler.
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Station Days
Days on which in the early Church fast was observed until the Hour of None (between twelve and three o'clock), later of Sext (nine to twelve), as distinct from the strict observance of the fast day proper until Vespers (three to six).
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Stations of the Cross
Also called Way of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa.
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Statistics of Religions
Includes the definition and historical development, along with the status of religious bodies.
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Statistics, Ecclesiastical
Includes a history of their keeping.
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Stattler, Benedict
Jesuit theologian, born at Kötzting, Bavaria (Diocese of Ratisbon), 30 Jan., 1728; died at Munich, 21 Aug., 1797.
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Staudenmaier, Franz Anton
A theologian, born at Donzdorf, Würtemberg, 11 Sept., 1800; died at Freiburg im Breisgau, 19 Jan., 1856.
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Staupitz, Johann Von
Abbot, born at Motterwitz near Leisnig (or Moderwitz near Meustadt an der Orla) about 1460; died at Salzburg, 28 Dec., 1524.
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Stauropolis
A titular metropolitan see of the Province of Caria.
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Stavanger, Ancient See of
Located in Norway.
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Stedingers
A tribe of Frisian peasants in Northern Germany who revolted against their lord, the Archbishop of Bremen, and had to be subdued by arms.
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Stefaneschi, Giacomo Gaetani
A cardinal deacon, born at Rome, about 1270; died at Avignon, 23 June, 1343.
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Steffani, Agostino
A titular Bishop of Spiga, diplomatist and musician, born at Castelfranco in the Province of Treviso, in 1655; died at Frankfort in 1728 or 1730.
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Steinamanger
Located in Hungary, suffragan of Gran, founded in 1777 under Queen Maria Theresa.
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Steinle, Eduard Von
An historical painter, born at Vienna, 2 July, 1810; died at Frankfort, 19 Sept., 1886.
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Steinmeyer, Ferdinand
Jesuit missionary, born in Swabia, Germany, 13 Oct., 1720; died at Philadelphia, 17 Aug., 1786.
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Steno, Nicolaus
An eminent Danish anatomist and geologist, convert and saintly bishop, born at Copenhagen, 1 January, 1638; died at Schwerin in Germany, 25 November, 1686.
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Stephen (II) III, Pope
Unanimously elected in St. Mary Major's and consecrated on 26 March (or 3 April), 752; d. 26 April, 757.
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Stephen (III) IV, Pope
Born about 720; died 1 or 3 August, 772.
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Stephen (IV) V, Pope
Date of birth unknown; died 24 Jan., 817.
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Stephen (IX) X, Pope
Born probably about the beginning of the eleventh century; died at Florence, 29 March, 1058.
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Stephen (V) VI, Pope
Date of birth unknown; died in Sept., 891.
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Stephen (VI) VII, Pope
Date of birth unknown; died about August, 897.
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Stephen (VII) VIII, Pope
Date of birth unknown; died in February or March, 931.
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Stephen (VIII) IX, Pope
Date of birth unknown; he became pope about 14 July, 939, and died about the end of Oct., 942.
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Stephen Harding, Saint
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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Stephen I, Pope Saint
Reigned 254-257.
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Stephen II, Pope
Reigned 752.
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Stephen of Autun
Bishop, liturgical writer, b. at Bangé (hence surnamed Blagiacus or de Balgiaco) in Anjou; d. at the abbey of Cluny, 1139 or early in 1140.
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Stephen of Bourbon
Illustrious writer and preacher, especially noted as a historian of medieval heresies, b. towards the end of the twelfth century; d. in 1261.
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Stephen of Muret, Saint
Born 1045; died at Muret, 8 February, 1124, founder of the Abbey and Order of Grandmont.
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Stephen of Tournai
Canonist, born at Orléans, 1128; died at Tournai, September, 1203.
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Stephen, Saint
First King of Hungary. (975-1038)
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Stephen, Saint
First Christian martyr.
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Stephens, Henry Robert
Belgian theologian, born of English parentage at Ličge, 5 August, 1665; died there, 15 June, 1723.
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Stephens, Thomas
Known as the first Englishman in India. Born about 1549 at Bulstan, Wiltshire; died in 1619 at Goa, India.
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Steps, Altar
They may be of wood, stone, or bricks.
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Steuco, Agostino
Exegete, born at Gubbio, Umbria, 1496; died at Venice, 1549.
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Stevenson, Joseph
Archivist, born at Berwick-on-Tweed, 27 Nov., 1806; died in London, 8 Feb., 1895.
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Stevin, Simon
Born at Bruges in 1548; died at Leyden in 1620.
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Stifter, Adalbert
Poet and pedagogue, b. at Oberplan in Bohemia, 23 October, 1805; d. at Linz, 28 October, 1868.
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Stigmata, Mystical
Their existence is so well established historically that, as a general thing, they are no longer disputed by unbelievers, who now seek only to explain them naturally.
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Stipend
A fixed pay, salary; retribution for work done; the income of an ecclesiastical living.
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Stockholm
The capital of the Kingdom of Sweden, situated on Lake Maelar at the spot where it opens into the Saltsjö.
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Stoddard, Charles Warren
An American author, born 7 August, 1843, at Rochester, N. Y.; died 23 April, 1909, at Monterey, California.
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Stoeckl, Albert
A neo-Scholastic philosopher and theologian, born at Möhren, near Freuchtlingen, in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, 15 March, 1823; died at Eichstädt, 15 November, 1895.
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Stoics and Stoic Philosophy
The Stoic School was founded in 322 B.C. by Zeno of Cittium and existed until the closing of the Athenian schools (A.D. 429).
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Stolberg
Friedrich Leopold, Count zu Stolberg. Born at Brammstedt in Holstein (then a part of Denmark), 7 November, 1750; d. at Sondermühlen near Osnabrück, 5 December, 1819.
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Stole
A liturgical vestment composed of a strip of material from two to four inches wide and about eighty inches long.
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Stole, Altar
An altar ornament from the Middle Ages.
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Stolz, Alban Isidor
Catholic theologian and popular author, b. at Bühl, Baden, 3 Feb., 1808; d. at Freiberg, 16 Oct., 1883.
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Stone, Altar
A solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, large enough to hold the Sacred Host and chalice.
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Stone, Corner
Rite regarding the blessing and laying of the Foundation Stone for the building of a church.
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Stone, Marmaduke
Jesuit, b. at Draycot, 28 Nov., 1748; d. at St. Helens, 22 Aug., 1834.
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Stone, Mary Jean
Writer and scholar, born at Brighton, Sussex, in 1853; died at Battle, Sussex, 3 May, 1908.
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Stone, Saint John
English martyr, executed at the Dane-John, Canterbury, probably in December, 1539.
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Stones, Precious, in the Bible
Stones remarkable for their colour, brilliancy, or rarity.
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Stoning in Scripture
At first an expression of popular fury analogous to "lynching", later came to be a natural and legally recognized method of execution.
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Stonnes, James
English priest, b. 1513; d. after 1585.
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Stonyhurst College
History of the school, which dates back to a period considerably prior to its foundation on English soil in 1794.
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Story, Blessed John
Martyr; born 1504; died at Tyburn, 1 June, 1571.
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Stoss, Veit
Sculptor, b. at Nuremberg in 1438; d there in 1533.
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Stoup
In England, during the Middle Ages, fonts called "stoups", or "holy water stones", consisted of a small niche somewhat resembling a piscina and containing a stone basin partly sunk in the wall.
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Stradivari Family, The
Family name that goes back to the Middle Ages. Spelled various ways, Stradivare, Stradiverto, Stradivertus. Known among other things as makers of stringed instruments.
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Stradivari, Antonio
Cremonese violin-maker, b. in 1649 or 1650; d. at Cremona, 18 or 19 Dec., 1737.
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Strahov, Abbey of
A Premonstratensian abbey at Prague, Bohemia, founded in 1149.
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Strain, John
Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, born at Edinburgh, 8 December, 1810; died there, 2 July, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14313a.htm
Stransham, Blessed Edward
English martyr, born at Oxford about 1554; suffered at Tyburn, 21 January, 1586.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14313b.htm
Strasburg
German diocese immediately dependent on the Papal See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14313c.htm
Stratonicea
A titular see in Caria (Asia Minor) suffragan of Stauropolis.
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Streber, Franz Ignaz Von
Numismatist and theologian, born at Reisbach, Lower Bavaria, 11 Feb., 1758; died at Munich, 26 April, 1841.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14315b.htm
Streber, Franz Seraph
Numismatist and nephew of Franz Ignaz von Streber, born at Deutenkofen, Lower Bavaria, 26 Feb., 1805; died at Munich, 21 Nov. 1864.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14315c.htm
Streber, Hermann
Son of Franz Seraph Streber, b. at Munich, 27 Sept., 1839; d. at Tölz, 9 Aug., 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14315d.htm
Strengnäs, Ancient See of
Located in Sweden.
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Striking of the Breast
A liturgical act prescribed in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
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Stripping of an Altar
Removal of the altar-cloths, vases of flowers, antipendium, and other ornaments, so that nothing remains but the cross and the candlesticks with the candles extinguished.
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Strossmayer, Joseph Georg
Josip Juraj, Bishop of Diakovár, born at Essegg in Croatia-Slavonia, 4 February, 1815; died 8 April, 1905.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14316a.htm
Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement
Cardinal, Duke of York, known by the Jacobites as "Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland"; born at Rome, 11 March, 1725; died at Frascati, 13 July, 1807.
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Studion
Latin Studium, the most important monastery at Constantinople, situated not far from the Propontis in the section of the city called Psamathia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14316c.htm
Stuhlweissenburg
Diocese in Hungary, and Suffragen of Gran. It was formed in 1777 from the dioceses of Gyor and Veszprem.
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Stylites
Solitaries who, taking up their abode upon the tops of a pillar (stylos), chose to spend their days amid the restraints thus entailed and in the exercise of other forms of asceticism. This practice may be regarded as the climax of a tendency which be
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Styria
A duchy and Austrian crownland, divided by the River Mur into Upper and Lower Styria.
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Suárez, Francisco
Doctor Eximius, a pious and eminent theologian, as Paul V called him, born at Granada, 5 January, 1548; died at Lisbon, 25 September, 1617.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14319a.htm
Subdeacon
The subdiaconate is the lowest of the sacred or major orders in the Latin Church. It is defined as the power by which one ordained as a subdeacon may carry the chalice with wine to the altar, prepare the necessaries for the Eucharist, and read the Ep
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Subiaco
A city in the Province of Rome, twenty-five miles from Tivoli, received its name from the artificial lakes of the villa of Nero and is renowned for its sacred grotto (Sagro Speco), the Abbey of St. Scholastica, and the archiepiscopal residence and Ch
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Subreption
In canon law the concealment or suppression of statements or facts that according to law or usage should be expressed in an application or petition for a rescript.
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Subsidies, Episcopal
Since the faithful are obliged to contribute to the support of religion, especially in their own diocese, a bishop may ask contributions for diocesan needs from his own subjects, and particularly from the clergy.
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Substance
A genus supremum, cannot strictly be defined by an analysis into genus and specific difference; yet a survey of the universe at large will enable us to form without difficulty an accurate idea of substance.
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Suburbicarian Dioceses
A name applied to the dioceses nearest Rome, viz. Albano, Frascati (Tusculum), Palestrina, Sabina, Ostia and Velletri, Porto and S. Rufina, the bishops of which form the order of cardinal bishops.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14324a.htm
Sudan
The Vicariate Apostolic of Sudan or Central-Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14325a.htm
Sufetula
A titular see of North Africa. Sufetula seems to be Suthul where Jugurtha had deposited his treasures.
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Sugar, Venerable John
Born at Wombourn, Staffordshire, 1558; suffered at Warwick, 16 July, 1604.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14325c.htm
Suger
Abbot of St-Denis, statesman and historian, b. probably at or near St-Denis, about 1081; d. there, 13 Jan., 1151.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14326a.htm
Suicide
The act of one who causes his own death, either by positively destroying his own life, as by inflicting on himself a mortal wound or injury, or by omitting to do what is necessary to escape death, as by refusing to leave a burning house.
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Suidas
Author of, perhaps, the most important Greek lexicon or encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14328a.htm
Suitbert, Saint
Apostle of the Frisians, b. in England in the seventh century; d. at Suitberts-Insel, now Kaiserswerth, near Dusseldorf, 1 March, 713.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14328b.htm
Sullivan, Alexander Martin
Irish politician, lawyer and journalist, b. at Bantry in 1830; d. at Dartry Lodge, Rathmines, Dublin, 17 Oct., 1884.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14329a.htm
Sullivan, Peter John
Soldier, lawyer, born at Cork, Ireland, 15 March, 1821; died at Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 March 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14329b.htm
Sully, Maurice de
Bishop of Paris, born of humble parents at Sully-sur-Loire (Soliacum), near Orléans, at the beginning of the twelfth century; died at Paris, 11 Sept., 1196.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14329c.htm
Sulpicians in the United States
Came to the United States at the very rise of the American Hierarchy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14329d.htm
Sulpicius Severus
An ecclesiastical writer, born of noble parents in Aquitaine c. 360; died about 420-25.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14332a.htm
Sulpitius
Two bishops of Bourges bore this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14333a.htm
Sumatra
Erected by a Decree of 30 June, 1911, and entrusted to the Dutch Capuchins.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14333b.htm
Summer Schools, Catholic
An assembly of Catholic clergy and laity held during the summer months to foster intellectual culture in harmony with Christian faith by means of lectures and special courses along university extension lines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14334a.htm
Summć
Compendiums of theology, philosophy, and canon law which were used both as textbooks in the schools and as books of reference during the Middle Ages.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14333c.htm
Sunday
Sunday (Day of the Sun), as the name of the first day of the week, is derived from Egyptian astrology.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14335a.htm
Superior
Situated in the northern part of Wisconsin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14336a.htm
Supernatural Adoption
That adoption of man by God in virtue of which man becomes His sons and heirs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01148a.htm
Supernatural Gift
Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature.
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Supernatural Order
The ensemble of effects exceeding the powers of the created universe and gratuitously produced by God for the purpose of raising the rational creature above its native sphere to a God-like life and destiny.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14336b.htm
Superstition
From supersisto, "to stand in terror of the deity".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14339a.htm
Supper, The Last
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14341a.htm
Suppression of Monasteries in Continental Europe
The suppressions of religious houses (whether monastic in the strict sense or houses of the mendicant orders) since the Reformation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10453a.htm
Suppression of Monasteries in England
From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be regarded as one of the great events of the sixteenth century.
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Supremi Disciplinć
Motu Proprio of Pius X, promulgated 2 July, 1911, relating to Holy Days of obligation. On Holy Days of precept a twofold duty is incumbent on the faithful, of hearing Mass and of abstaining from servile work.
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Sura
Titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis.
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Surin, Jean-Joseph
Born 1600; died at Bordeaux, 1665. He belonged to the Society of Jesus, and enjoyed celebrity for his virtues, his trials, and his talents as a spiritual director.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14343b.htm
Surius, Laurentius
Hagiologist, born at the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, 1522; died at Cologne, 23 May, 1578.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14343c.htm
Surplice
A large-sleeved tunic of half-length, made of fine linen or cotton, and worn by all the clergy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14343d.htm
Susa
Diocese in the Province of Turin, Piedmont, Northern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14345a.htm
Susa
Capital of the Kingdom of Elam.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14344a.htm
Susanna and Tiburtius, Saints
Roman martyrs, feast 11 August.
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Suso, Blessed Henry
Also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings. German mystic, born at Constance on 21 March, about 1295; died at Ulm, 25 January, 1366.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm
Suspension (in Canon Law)
Usually defined as a censure by which a cleric is deprived, entirely or partially of the use of the power of orders, office, or benefice.
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Sutton, Sir Richard
Co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford, date of birth unknown; d. September or October, 1524.
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Sutton, Ven. Robert
Priest, martyr, b. at Burton-on-Trent; quartered at Stafford, 27 July, 1587.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14346a.htm
Swan, Order of the
A pious confraternity, indulgenced by the pope, which arose in 1440 in the Electorate of Brandenburg, originally comprising, with the Elector Frederick at their head, thirty gentleman and seven ladies united to pay special honour to the Blessed Virgi
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Sweden
The largest of the three Scandinavian countries and the eastern half of the Scandinavian peninsula.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14347a.htm
Swedenborgians
The believers in the religious doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. As an organized body they do not call themselves Swedenborgians, which seems to assert the human origin of their religion, but wish to be known as the "Church of the New Jerusalem
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14355a.htm
Sweinheim, Konrad
Printers who brought Gutenberg's invention to Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11444b.htm
Swetchine, Sophie-Jeanne Soymonof
Writer, b. at Moscow, 22 Nov., 1782; d. in Paris, 10 Sept., 1857.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14356a.htm
Sweynheim, Konrad
Printer, b. at Schwanheim, Frankfort, Germany; d. in Rome, 1477.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14357a.htm
Swinomish Indians
A tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely connected with the Skagit. They formerly held the territory about the mouth of the river Skagit together with the adjacent portion of Whidbey Island.
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Swithin Wells, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Swithin, Saint
Bishop of Winchester (d. 862). One of the two trusted counsellors of Egbert, King of the West Saxons
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14357c.htm
Switzerland
A confederation in the central part of Western Europe, made up of twenty-two cantons, three of which are divided into half-cantons.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14358a.htm
Sydney
The vast territories formerly known as New Holland and Van Dieman's Island and since 1900 as The Commonwealth of Australia were erected to the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland in 1834.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14365a.htm
Syene
A titular see in Thebian Secunda, suffragan of Ptolemais. Syene (Egyptian, Souanou, Coptic, Souan) was originally the marketplace of the island of Elephantine (in Egyptian, Abou).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14367a.htm
Sykes, Edmund
Born at Leeds; martyred at York Tyburn 23 March, 1586-7.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14368a.htm
Syllabus
The name given to two series of propositions containing modern religious errors condemned respectively by Pius IX (1864) and Pius X (1907).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14368b.htm
Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint
Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble family of the Gozzolini at Osimo, 1177; d. 26 Nov., 1267.
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Sylvester I, Pope Saint
Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. According to the "Liber pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, 170) he was the son of a Roman named Rufinus; the legendary "Vita beati Sylvestri" calls his mother Justa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14370a.htm
Sylvester II
Pope (999-1003).
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Sylvester, Bernard, of Chartres
A twelfth-century philosopher of Neo-Platonic tendencies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14372a.htm
Sylvestrines
A minor monastic order or, strictly speaking, congregation following in general the Rule of St. Benedict but distinct from the Black monks and not forming a part of the confederation of Benedictine congregations.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14372c.htm
Sylvius, Francis
Theologian, born at Braine-le-Comte, Hainault, Belgium, 1581; died at Douai, 22 February, 1649.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14373a.htm
Symbolism
The investing of outward things or actions with an inner meaning, more especially for the expression of religious ideas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14373b.htm
Symmachus the Ebionite
Author of one of the Greek versions of the Old Testament included by Origen in his Hexapla and Tetrapla. Some fragments of this version survive in what remains of the Hexapla.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14378a.htm
Symmachus, Pope Saint
Date of birth unknown; d. 19, July, 514. According to the "Liber pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, 260) he was a native of Sardinia.
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Symphorian and Timotheus, Saints
Martyrs whose feast is observed on 22 August.
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Symphorosa, Saint
Martyred with her seven sons at Tibur (Tivoli) towards the end of the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138). The story of their martyrdom is told in an old Passio, the reliability of which is seriously questioned by many modern hagiologists.
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Synagogue
The place of assemblage of the Jews. This article will treat of the name, origin, history, organization, liturgy and building of the synagogue.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14379b.htm
Synaus
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea.
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Synaxarion
The name of a liturgical book of the Byzantine Church. The exact meaning of the name has changed at various times.
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Synaxis
Means gathering, assembly, reunion. It is exactly equivalent to the Latin collecta (from colligere), and corresponds to synagogue (synagoge), the place of reunion.
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Syncelli
A name which in the early Church was given to those monks or clerics who lived in the same room with their bishops, and whose duty it was to be witnesses to the purity of their lives or to perform the daily spiritual exercises in common with them.
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Syncretism
An explanation is given by Plutarch in a small work on brotherly love ("Opera Moralia", ed. Reiske, VII, 910). He there tells how the Cretans were often engaged in quarrels among themselves, but became immediately reconciled when an external enemy ap
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Synderesis
Synderesis, or more correctly synteresis, is a term used by the Scholastic theologians to signify the habitual knowledge of the universal practical principles of moral action.
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Syndic, Apostolic
A layman, who in the name, and by the authority, of the Holy See assumes the care and civil administration of the temporalities and in particular the pecuniary alms destined for the support and benefit of Franciscan convents, and thence provides for
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Syndicalism
Derived from the French syndicats, associations of workingmen uniting members of the same trade or industry for the furtherance of common economic interests.
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Synesius of Cyrene
Bishop of Ptolomais, neo-Platonist, date of birth uncertain; d. about 414.
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Synnada
Titular metropolis in Phrygia Salutaris. Synnada is said to have been founded by Acamas who went to Phrygia after the Trojan war and took some Macedonian colonists.
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Synod
A general term for ecclesiastical gatherings under hierarchical authority, for the discussion and decision of matters relating to faith, morals, or discipline. It corresponds to the Latin word concilium.
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Synods, National
According to the recent canon law, national councils are the deliberating assemblies at which all the bishops of a nation are convoked by the patriarch or primate (Cf. Bened. XIV, "De Synodo", I, i), but, in order to include the ancient national syno
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14389a.htm
Synoptics
The name given since Griesbach's time (about 1790) to the first three canonical Gospels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14389b.htm
Syntagma Canonum
A canonical collection made in 1335 by Blastares, a Greek monk about whose life nothing certain is known.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14394a.htm
Syon Monastery
Middlesex, England, founded in 1415 by King Henry V at his manor of Isleworth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14394b.htm
Syra
A Latin diocese, suffragan of Naxos, comprising the Island of Syra of the Cyclades in the Ćgean Sea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14395a.htm
Syracuse
Archdiocese of Syracuse (Syracusana) in Sicily.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14395b.htm
Syracuse
The Diocese of Syracuse, in the State of New York.
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Syria
A country in Western Asia, which in modern times comprises all that region bounded on the north by the highlands of the Taurus, on the south by Egypt, on the east by Mesopotamia and the Arabia Desert, and on the west by the Mediterranean.
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Syriac Hymnody
To the general consideration set forth in the article hymnody and hymnology must be added some bearing particularly on the structure and liturgical use of hymns (madrashe), exclusive of poetical homilies or discourses (mimre), which belong to the nar
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14407a.htm
Syriac Language and Literature
Syriac is the important branch of the group of Semitic languages known as Aramaic.
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Syrian Rite, East
This rite is used by the Nestorians and also by Eastern Catholic bodies -- in Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Malabar -- who have separated from them.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14413a.htm
Syrian Rite, West
The rite used by the Jacobite sect in Syria and by the Catholic Syrians is in its origin simply the old rite of Antioch in the Syriac language.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14417a.htm
Szántó, Stephan
Born in the Diocese of Raab, Hungary, 1541; died at Olmütz in 1612.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14419a.htm
Szatmár
Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Eger, from which it was formed, by King Francis I, at the same time as the See of Kassa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14419b.htm
Sze-Ch'wan (Eastern)
The mission of Eastern Sze-ch'wan was separated from North-western Sze-ch'wan and erected in a Vicariate Apostolic in 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14420a.htm
Sze-Ch'wan (North-western)
Vicariate Apostolic of North-western Sze-Ch'wan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14420b.htm
Sze-Ch'wan (Southern)
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Sze-Ch'wan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14420c.htm
Szentiványi, Martin
Born at Szentivŕn, 20 October, 1633; died at Nagy-Szombŕt (Tyrnau), 5 March, 1708. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1653, and was professor of Scripture for five years at Vienna and Nagy-Szombŕt, professor of mathematics and philosophy for nine yea
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Szepes
A diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Agria (Eger), founded by Maria Theresa in 1776.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15761b.htm
Szujski, Joseph
Born at Tarnow, 1835; d. at Cracow, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14421b.htm
Szymonowicz, Simon
Known also by the Latin name of Somonides, b. at Lemberg, 1558; d. 1629.
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