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Mathematician and cosmographer, b. at Perugia, Italy, 1537; d. at Alatri, 19 Oct., 1586.
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Don Bosco, Saint
Founder of the Salesian Society. (1815-1888)
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Dominici, Blessed Giovanni
Cardinal, statesman, and writer. (1356-1420)
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Duchesne, Philippine-Rose
Founder in America of the first houses of the society of the Sacred Heart, born at Grenoble,
France, 29 August, 1769; died at St. Charles, Missouri, 18 October, 1852.
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Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean
One of the authors of Jansenism, b. at Bayonne, France, 1581; d. in Paris, 1643.
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Dumont, Hubert-André
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, 15 Feb., 1809; d. in the same city, 28 Feb., 1857.
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Durbin, Elisha John
The "Patriarch-priest of Kentucky", born 1 February, 1800; died in 1887.
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Duvernay, Ludger
A French-Canadian journalist and patriot, born at Verchères, Quebec, 22 January, 1799; died 28
November, 1852.
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Domesday Book
The name given to the record of the great survey of England made by order of William the Conqueror
in 1085-86.
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Dubois, John
Third Bishop of New York, educator and missionary, b. in Paris, 24 August, 1764; d. in New York, 20
December, 1842.
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Dacier, Anne
The wife of André Dacier, born at Saumur in 1651; died 17 April 1720.
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Durham Rite
The earliest document giving an account of liturgical services in the Diocese of Durham is the
so-called "Rituale ecclesiæ Dunelmensis".
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Damascus
It is mentioned in the Bible at the time of Abraham (Gen., xiv, 15; xv, 2); also on the pylons of
Karnak, among the Syrian cities captured by the Pharaoh Touthmes III.
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Doyle, John
Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1797; died in London, 2 January, 1868; English portrait-painter and
caricaturist.
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Dalmatic
The outer liturgical vestment of the deacon.
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Dunkers
Tunkers, a Protestant sect thus named from its distinctive baptismal rite.
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Dungal
Irish monk, teacher, astronomer, and poet who flourished about 820.
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Dulia
A theological term signifying the honour paid to the saints, while latria means worship given to
God alone, and hyperdulia the veneration offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Duty
The definition of the term duty given by lexicographers is: "something that is due",
"obligatory service"; "something that one is bound to perform or to avoid".
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Deprés, Josquin
Contrapuntist, composer, and head of the Second Netherland School. (1450-1521)
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Dwight, Thomas
American anatomist. (1843-1911)
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Dalila
Samson, sometime after his exploit at Gaza (Judges, xvi, 1-3), "loved a woman, who dwelt in
the valley of Sorec, and she was called Delilah" (verse 4).
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Danaba
A titular see of Phænicia Secunda.
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Dance of Death
Originally a species of spectacular play akin to the English moralities. It has been traced back to
the middle of the fourteenth century.
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Daniel, Saint Anthony
Huron missionary, born at Dieppe, in Normandy, 27 May 1601, slain by the Iroquois.
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Daniel, Book of
In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant versions, the Book of Daniel is limited to its
proto-canonical portions. In the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and many other ancient and modern
translations of the Bible, it comprises both its proto- and its deutero-canonical parts, both of
which have an equal right to be considered as inspired, and to be included in a treatment of the
Book of Daniel.
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Daniel, Charles
Founded the "Etudes de théologie et d' histoire", a magazine with monthly publication.
(1818-1893)
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Dalton, John
Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich,
15 February, 1874.
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Dalley, William Bede
Lawyer and statesman, born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1831; died there 28 October, 1888.
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Dancing
The origin of dancing is from the natural tendency to employ gesture either to supplement or to
replace speech.
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Daniel, Gabriel
Historian and controversialist, born at Rouen, France, 8 Feb., 1649; died at Paris, 23 June, 1728.
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Dante Alighieri
Italian poet. (1265-1321)
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Dabrowski, Joseph
Founder of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Detroit. (d. 1903)
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Damietta
An Egyptian titular see for the Latins and the Catholic Melchite Greeks, in Augustamnica Prima.
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Disciples of Christ
A sect founded in the United States of America by Alexander Campbell.
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Daniel
The hero and traditional author of the book which bears his name.
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Direction, Spiritual
In the technical sense of the term, that function of the sacred ministry by which the Church guides
the faithful to the attainment of eternal happiness.
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Duckett, Blessed James
Convert to Catholicism, publisher and bookseller, martyred in 1601.
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De Lisle, Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps
Born 17 March, 1809; died 5 March, 1878.
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Durandus of Saint-Pourçain
Philosopher and theologian. (d. 1332)
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Doyle, Richard
English artist and caricaturist, b. in London, September, 1824; d. there 11 December, 1883.
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Durer, Albrecht
German artist. (1471-1528)
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Darrell, William
Theologian, b. 1651, in Buckinghamshire, England; d. 28 Feb., 1721, at St. Omer's, France.
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Donation of Constantine
By this name is understood, since the end of the Middle Ages, a forged document of Emperor
Constantine the Great, by which large privileges and rich possessions were conferred on the pope
and the Roman Church.
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Darnis
Titular see of Libya.
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Dalgairns, John Dobree
Born in the island of Guernsey, 21 Oct., 1818; d. 6 April, 1876, at St. George's Retreat, Burgess
Hill, near Brighton, England.
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Devotions, Popular
Devotion, in the language of ascetical writers, denotes a certain ardour of affection in the things
of God, and even without any qualifying prefix it generally implies that this ardour is of a
sensible character.
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Dacier, André
A French philologist, born at Castres, 6 April, 1651; died 18 September, 1722.
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Dates and Dating
In classical Latin even before the time of Christ it was usual for correspondents to indicate when
and where their letters were written.
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Dositheans
Followers of Dositheus, a Samaritan who formed a Gnostic-Judaistic sect, previous to Simon Magus.
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Duponceau, Peter Stephen
Jurist and linguist. (1760-1844)
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Drechsel, Jeremias
Ascetic writer, b. at Augsburg, 15 August, 1581; entered the Society of Jesus 27 July, 1598; d. at
Munich, 19 April, 1638.
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Dantine, Maurus
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, and chronologist, born at Gourieux near Namur,
Belgium, 1 April, 1688; died in the monastery of the "Blancs-Manteaux", Paris, 3
November, 1746.
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Daniel of Winchester
Bishop of the West Saxons, and ruler of the See of Winchester from 705 to 744; died in 745.
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Daniel, John
Priest and professor, Born 1745; died in Paris, 3 October, 1823.
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Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand
Church historian, born 1 March, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria; died 1 April, 1859, at Schäftlarn.
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De La Croix, Charles
Missionary, b. at Hoorbeke-St-Corneille, Belgium, 28 Oct., 1792; d. at Ghent, 20 Aug., 1869.
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Da Ponte, Lorenzo
Poet, b. at Cenada, Italy, 1749; d. in New York, 17 Aug., 1838.
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David, King
In the Bible the name David is borne only by the second king of Israel, the great-grandson of Boaz
and Ruth.
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Dansara
A titular see in Osrhoene.
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Damian and Cosmas, Saints
Early Christian physicians and martyrs whose feast is celebrated on 27 September.
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Duran, Narcisco
Franciscan missionary. (1776-1846)
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Dalberg, Adolphus von
Prince-Abbot of Fulda and founder of the university in the same city, born 29 May, 1678; died 3
November, 1737.
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Dardanus
A titular see in the province of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus.
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Dan
The fifth son of Jacob, being the elder of the two sons born to him by Bala, the handmaid of
Rachel, and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe bearing the same name.
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David, Armand
Missionary priest and zoologist, b. 1826; d. 1900.
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D'Avenant, Sir William
Poet and dramatist, b. Feb., 1605-6, at Oxford, England; d. in London, 7 April, 1668.
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Dease, Thomas
Bishop of Meath, born in Ireland, 1568; died at Galway, 1651.
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Deacons
The name means only minister or servant, and is employed in this sense both in the Septuagint
(though only in the book of Esther, and in the New Testament.
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Dean
One of the principal administrative officials of a diocese.
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Dynamism
A general name for a group of philosophical views concerning the nature of matter.
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Decalogue
The term employed to designate the collection of precepts written on two tables of stone and given
by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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De Soto, Hernando
Explorer and conqueror, born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; died on the
banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542.
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Divorce (in Civil Jurisprudence)
Defined in jurisprudence as "the dissolution or partial suspension by law of the marriage
relation".
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Daulia
A titular see of Greece.
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Death, Preparation for
Includes the steps taken, such as calling a priest, winding up earthly affairs, and confession.
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Duhamel, Jean-Baptiste
A French scientist, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Vire, Normandy, 11 June, 1624; d. at Paris,
6 August, 1706.
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Decius
Roman Emperor 249-251.
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David, Gheeraert
Painter and illuminator. (1450-1523)
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Decapolis
Name given in the Bible and by ancient writers to a region in Palestine lying to the east and south
of the Sea of Galilee.
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Dablon, Claude
Jesuit missionary, born at Dieppe, France, in February, 1618; died at Quebec, 3 May, 1697.
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Divine Office
This expression signifies etymologically a duty accomplished for God; in virtue of a Divine precept
it means, in ecclesiastical language, certain prayers to be recited at fixed hours of the day or
night by priests, religious, or clerics, and, in general, by all those obliged by their vocation to
fulfil this duty
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Drusilla
Daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
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Dupin, Pierre-Charles-François
French mathematician and economist. (1784-1873)
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Daubrée, Gabriel-Auguste
French geologist, b. at Metz, 25 June, 1814; d. at Paris, 29 May, 1896.
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Definitions, Theological
An irrevocable decision, by which the supreme teaching authority in the Church decides a question
appertaining to faith or morals, and which binds the whole Church.
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Du Lhut Daniel Greysolon, Sieur
Born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye about 1640; died at Montreal, 26 Feb., 1710. He first served in the
French army, becoming a lieutenant in 1657 and a gendarme of the King's Guard in 1664.
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De Profundis
"Out of the depths". First words of Psalm 129.
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Deaconesses
Offers history and functions.
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Dax, Diocese of
Suppressed French diocese.
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Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine-Elisabeth
Historian and professor, b. in Paris, 25 October, 1820; d. at Lucenay-lès-Aix, 6 August, 1882.
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Dagon
A Philistine deity.
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Deism
The term used to denote certain doctrines apparent in a tendency of thought and criticism that
manifested itself principally in England towards the latter end of the seventeenth century.
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De Smet, Pierre-Jean
Missionary among the North American Indians, b. at Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, 30 Jan., 1801;
d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 23 May, 1873.
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Deduction
An argument or reasoning process, that kind of mediate inference by which from truths already known
we advance to a knowledge of other truths necessarily implied in the former; the mental product or
result of that process. Also a method, the deductive method, by which we increase our knowledge
through a series of such inferences.
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Decretals, Papal
In the wide sense the term decretalis signifies a pontifical letter containing a decretum, or
pontifical decision. In a narrower sense it denotes a decision on a matter of discipline. In the
strictest sense of the word, it means a rescript, an answer of the pope when he has been appealed
to or his advice has been sought on a matter of discipline.
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Decree
In a general sense, an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others. In
ecclesiastical use it has various meanings. Any papal Bull, Brief, or Motu Proprio is a decree
inasmuch as these documents are legislative acts of the Holy Father.
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Drusipara
A titular see in Thracia Prima.
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Delaware Indians
An important tribal confederacy of Algonquian stock originally holding the basin of the Delaware
River, in Eastern Pennsylvania.
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Deharbe, Joseph
Theologian, catechist, b. at Straburg, Alsace, 11 April, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, 8 November, 1871.
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Delfau, François
Theologian, born 1637 at Montel in Auvergne, France; died 13 Oct., 1676.
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Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus
Theologian of the modern Catholic German school and author of the "Enchiridion"
universally used, b. 10 Oct., 1819, at Liege; d. 19 June, 1883.
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Daria and Chrysanthus, Saints
Roman martyrs.
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Downside Abbey
Near Bath, Somersetshire, England, was founded at Douai, Flanders, under the patronage of St.
Gregory the Great, in 1605 by the Venerable John Roberts.
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Durrow, School of
Irish Dairmagh, Plain of the Oaks. Situated in the King's County, a few miles from the town of
Tullamore.
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Delaroche, Hippolyte
Painter, born at Paris, 17 July, 1797; died 4 November, 1856.
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Dlugosz, Jan
An eminent medieval Polish historian, b. at Brzeznica, 1415; d. 19 May, 1480, at Cracow.
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De L'Orme, Philibert
Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a little later; died at
Paris, 8 January, 1570.
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Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia
A formulæ added to the titles of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
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Delcus
A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Philippopolis.
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Domenechino
Italian painter. (1581-1641)
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Delatores
A term used by the Synod of Elvira (c. 306) to stigmatize those Christians who appeared as accusers
of their brethren.
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Dead Sea
The name given to the lake that lies on the south-eastern border of Palestine.
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Delrio, Martin Anton
Scholar, statesman, Jesuit theologian, born at Antwerp, 17 May, 1551; died at Louvain, 19 October,
1608.
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Deity
This article is confined to the non-Christian notion of the Deity.
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Demetrius
The name of two Syrian kings mentioned in the Old Testament and two other persons in the New
Testament.
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Delegation
A delegation is the commission to another of jurisdiction, which is to be exercised in the name of
the person delegating. Jurisdiction is defined as the power of anyone who has public authority and
pre-eminence over others for their rule and government.
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Decorations, Pontifical
The titles of nobility, orders of Christian knighthood and other marks of honour and distinction
which the papal court confers upon men of unblemished character who have in any way promoted the
interests of society, the Church, and the Holy See.
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Day of Atonement
A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were
forbidden.
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Divine Compassion, Institute of the
Founded in the city of New York, USA, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Stanislaus Preston.
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Death Penalty
The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime.
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Darras, Joseph-Epiphane
Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878.
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Double Altar
An altar having a double front constructed in such a manner that Mass may be celebrated on both
sides of it at the same time.
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Delfino, Pietro
A theologian, born at Venice in 1444; died 16 Jan., 1525.
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Degradation
A canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office,
benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced
to the state of a layman, losing the privileges of the clerical state and being given over to the
secular arm.
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Deger, Ernst
Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in DĂĽsseldorf, 27 Jan., 1885.
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Deluge
A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1-ix, 19.
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Democracy, Christian
Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical "Graves de communi" declared it to be the same as
"popular Catholic action".
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Delille, Jacques
French abbé and litterateur, born at Aigueperse, 22 June, 1738; died at Paris, 1 May, 1813.
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Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael
Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at Vienna, 29 Sept.,
1800.
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Dens, Peter
Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, 15 February,
1775.
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Demonology
The science or doctrine concerning demons.
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Denman, William
Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 12
September, 1870.
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Demon
In Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes
one of the evil spirits or fallen angels.
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Deer, Abbey of
A once famous Scotch monastery. According to the Celtic legend St. Columcille, his disciple
Drostan, and others, went from Hy (Iona) into Buchan and established an important missionary centre
at Deer on the banks of the Ugie on lands given him by the mormaer or chief of the district whose
son he had by his prayers freed of a dangerous illness.
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Deposition
An ecclesiastical vindictive penalty by which a cleric is forever deprived of his office or
benefice and of the right of exercising the functions of his orders.
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Dead, Prayers for the
Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of
purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the
Apostle's Creed.
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Declaration, The Royal
The name most commonly given to the solemn repudiation of Catholicity which, in accordance with
provisions of the "Bill of Rights" (1689) and of "the Act of Succession"
(1700), every sovereign succeeding to the throne of Great Britain was, until quite recently,
required to make in the presence of the assembled Lords and Commons.
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Diaz de SolĂs, Juan
Spanish navigator and explorer, b. about 1470.
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Delisle, Guillaume
Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in Paris; died there 25 January, 1726.
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Definitor (in Canon Law)
An official in secular deaneries and in certain religious orders.
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Deo Gratias
An old liturgical formula of the Latin Church to give thanks to God for graces received.
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Davila Padilla
Writer, Bishop of Santo Domingo. A native of the City of Mexico, b. 1562; d. 1604.
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Dolbeau, Jean
Recollect friar, born in the Province of Anjou, France, 12 March, 1586; died at Orléans, 9 June,
1652.
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Denver
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa FĂ©, erected in 1887.
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Demoniacs
Article concerned with the demonic possession in the New Testament.
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Dereser, Anton
Discalced Carmelite, born at Fahr in Franconia, 3 February, 1757; died at Breslau, 15 or 16 June,
1807.
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Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Historian and theologian. (1799-1890)
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Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
An official whose duty is to defend the marriage-bond in the procedure prescribed for the hearing
of matrimonial causes which involve the validity or nullity of a marriage already contracted.
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Dogmatic Theology, History of
Detailed article broken into time periods.
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Debbora
Prophetess and judge, wife of Lapidoth and endowed by God with prophetic gifts which secured for
her the veneration of the divided Israelitic tribes and gave her great authority over them.
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Desclée, Henri and Jules
Nineteenth-century Belgian monks.
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Desecration
The loss of that peculiar quality of sacredness, which inheres in places and things in virtue of
the constitutive blessing of the Church.
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Derogation
The partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law.
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Despair
The voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope of saving one's soul and of having the means
required for that end.
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Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the
Situated in the north of Egypt and comprises four of the six provinces forming Lower Egypt, namely:
Gharbieh, Charkieb, Menufieh, and Kalyiubieh.
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Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin
Second Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, Bishop of Montauban, Archbishop of Besançon.
(1766-1833)
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Double Monasteries
Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in contiguous
establishments, united under the rule of one superior, and using one church in common for their
liturgical offices.
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Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean
A French dramatist and novelist, born in Paris, 1595, died there, 1676.
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Determinism
A name employed by writers, especially since J. Stuart Mill, to denote the philosophical theory
which holds, in opposition to the doctrine of free will, that all man's volitions are invariably
determined by pre-existing circumstances.
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Dechamps, Adolphe
Belgian statesman and publicist, brother of Cardinal Dechamps, born at Melle near Ghent, 17 June,
1807, died at Manage, 19 July, 1875.
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Deschamps, Nicolas
Polemical writer, born at Villefranche (RhĂ´ne), France, 1797; died at Aix-en-Provence, 1872.
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Demetrius, Saint
Bishop of Alexandria. (188-231)
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Dogmatic Fact
Any fact connected with a dogma and on which the application of the dogma to a particular case
depends.
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Derbe
A titular see of Lycaonia, Asia Minor.
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Denis, Joseph
The first Canadian to join the Recollects of the Friars Minor. (1657-1736)
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Denza, Francesco
Italian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Naples, 7 June, 1834; d. at Rome, 14 December, 1894.
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Detraction
The unjust damaging of another's good name by the revelation of some fault or crime of which that
other is really guilty or at any rate is seriously believed to be guilty by the defamer.
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Descartes, René
Philosopher and scientist, born at La Haye France, 31 March, 1596; died at Stockholm, Sweden, 11
February 1650.
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Divine Redeemer, Daughters of the
Motherhouse at Oedenburg, Hungary; founded in 1863 from the Daughters of the Divine Saviour of
Vienna.
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Deusdedit, Cardinal
Joined the Benedictine Order and became a zealous promoter of ecclesiastical reforms in the latter
half of the eleventh century.
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Deuteronomy
This term occurs in Deut., xvii, 18 and Jos., viii, 32, and is the title of one of the five books
of the Pentateuch.
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Desert
The word wilderness, which is more frequently used than desert of the region of the Exodus, more
nearly approaches the meaning of the Hebrew.
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Devolution
The right of an ecclesiastical superior to provide for a benefice, when the ordinary patron or
collator has failed to do so, either through negligence or by the nomination of an improper
candidate.
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Devoti, Giovani
Canonist, born at Rome, 11 July, 1744; died there 18 Sept., 1820.
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Devil
The name commonly given to the fallen angels, who are also known as demons. With the article (ho)
it denotes Lucifer, their chief, as in Matthew 25:41, "the Devil and his angels".
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Divine Nature and Attributes, The
Covered as natural reason and faith.
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Devil's Advocate
A title given to an officer of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, established in 1587, by Sixtus V,
to deal juridically with processes of beatification and canonization.
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Demiurge
The word means literally a public worker, demioergĂłs, demiourgĂłs, and was originally used to
designate any craftsman plying his craft or trade for the use of the public. Soon, however,
technĂtes and other words began to be used to designate the common artisan while demiurge was set
aside for the Great Artificer or Fabricator, the Architect of the universe.
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Deza, Diego
Patron of Columbus. (1444-1523)
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Davies, Venerable William
Martyr, priest who suffered under Queen Elizabeth.
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Deymann, Clementine
Priest and prison chaplain. Born at Klein-Stavern, Oldenburg, Germany, 24 June, 1844; died at
Phoenix, Arizona.
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Dempster, Thomas
Savant, professor, and author. (1579-1625)
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Doorkeeper
Denoted among the Romans the slave whose duty it was to guard the entrance of the house.
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Diano
Diocese and small city in the province of Salermo, Italy; the ancient Tegianum and seat of the
Tegyani, a tribe of Lucania.
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Dingley, Ven. Sir Thomas
Martyr, prior of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, found guilty of high treason 28 April, 1539,
and beheaded on Tower Hill, 9 July, together with the Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue.
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Devereux, John C.
Irish immigrant to New York. (1774-1848)
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Dias, Bartolomeu
A famous Portuguese navigator of the fifteenth century, discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope; died
at sea, 29 May, 1500.
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Dechamps, Victor Augustin Isidore
Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechlin, and Primate of Belgium; born at Melle near Ghent 6 Dec., 1810;
died 29 Sept., 1883, at Mechlin.
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Dhuoda
Wife of Bernard, Duke of Septimania.
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Detroit
Diocese established 8 March, 1838. Suffragan of Cincinnati.
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Diepenbrock, Melchior, Baron von
Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Breslau, b. 6 January, 1798, at Boeholt in Westphalia; d. at the
castle of Johannisberg in Upper Silesia, 20 January, 1853.
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Desault, Pierre-Joseph
Surgeon and anatomist, b. at Magny-Vernois a small town of Franche-Comté, France, in 1744; d. 1
June, 1795.
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Denunciation
Making known the crime of another to one who is his superior.
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Despretz, César-Mansuète
Chemist and physicist, b. at Lessines, Belgium, 11 May, 1798; d. at Paris, 11 May, 1863.
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Dicconson, Edward
Titular Bishop of Malla, or Mallus, Vicar Apostolic of the English Northern District; b. 30 Nov.,
1670; d. 5 May, 1752.
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Definitors (in Religious Orders)
Generally speaking, the governing council of an order.
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Diceto, Ralph de
Dean of St. Paul's, London, and chronicler.
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Didache
A short treatise which was accounted by some of the Fathers as next to Holy Scripture.
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Didron, Adolphe-Napoleon
Also called Didron aîné; archaeologist; together with Viollet-le-Duc and Caumont, one of the
principal revivers of Christian art in France; b. 13 March, 1806, d. 13 November, 1867.
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Diego y Moreno, Francisco Garcia
First bishop of California, b. 17 Sept., 1785, at Lagos in the state of Jalisco, Mexico; d. 30
April, 1846, at Santa Barbara.
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Didascalia Apostolorum
A treatise which pretends to have been written by the Apostles at the time of the Council of
Jerusalem (Acts, xv), but is really a composition of the third century.
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Denmark
History includes politics, religion, literary, and art.
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Donahoe, Patrick
Publisher, born at Munnery, County Cavan, Ireland, 17 March, 1811; died at Boston, U.S.A., 18
March, 1901.
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Dialectic
Greek dialektike (techne or methodos), the dialectic art or method, from dialegomai I converse,
discuss, dispute; as noun also dialectics; as adjective, dialectical.
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Denys the Carthusian
Sometimes called the last of the Schoolmen, devoted to prayer, avid reader whose favorite author
was Pseudo-Dionysius. Author of commentaries, sermons, and theological and philosophical treatises.
He died in 1471.
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Dicastillo, Juan de
Jesuit theologian. (1584-1653)
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Devil Worship
Fathers and theologians explain the matter as, the fallen angels besides tempting and assailing men
in other ways have, by working on their fears or exciting their cupidity, brought them to give
worship to themselves under the guise of idols.
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Diether of Isenburg
Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. about 1412; d. 7 May, 1482, at Aschaffenburg.
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Devereux, Nicholas
Born near Enniscorthy, Ireland, 7 June, 1791; died at Utica, New York, 29 Dec., 1855, was the
youngest brother of John C. Devereux.
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Didymus the Blind
Layman, one of the principal opponents of Arianism. Born about 310-313; died about 395-398.
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Didot
Preacher, writer, and educator, b. 17 March, 1840, at Touvet (Isère), France; d. 13 March, 1900,
at Toulouse.
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Diaz del Castillo, Bernal
Spanish historian, one of the chief chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, b. at
Medina del Campo, Spain, c. 1498; d. after 1568.
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Diepenbeeck, Abraham van
An erudite and accomplished painter of the Flemish School, b. at Bois-le-Duc in the Netherlands,
1599; d. at Antwerp, 1675.
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Dieringer, Franz Xaver
Catholic theologian, b. 22 August, 1811, at Rangeningen (Hohenzollern-Hechingen); d. 8 September,
1876, at Veringendorf.
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Digby, Kenelm Henry
Writer, b. in Ireland, 1800; d. at Kensington, Middlesex, England, 22 March, 1880.
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Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite
The judge of the Areopagus who was converted to Christianity by the preaching of St. Paul, and
according to Dionysius of Corinth was Bishop of Athens.
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Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende
These words form the introductory prayer to every Hour of the Roman, monastic, and Ambrosian
Breviaries, except during the last three days of Holy Week, and in the Office of the Dead.
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Diaz, Pedro
Missionary, b. at Lupedo, Diocese of Toledo, Spain, in 1546; d. in Mexico, 12 Jan., 1618.
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Digby, Sir Kenelm
Physicist, naval commander and diplomatist, b. at Gayhurst (Goathurst), Buckinghamshire, England,
11 July, 1603; d. in Covent Garden, Westminster, 11 June, 1665.
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Diemoth
An old German word for the present "Demuth", the English "humility", was the
name of a pious recluse at the monastery of Wessobrunn in Upper Bavaria, b. about 1060 of a noble
Bavarian or Swabian family; d. 30 March, probably in 1130.
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De Rossi, Giovanni Battista
Christian archaeologist, best known for his work in connection with the Roman catacombs.
(1822-1894)
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Diocese
The territory or churches subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop.
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Desservants
The name of a class of French parish priests.
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Durandus, William
Canonist and writer. (1237-1296)
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Diaconicum
In the Greek Church, the liturgical book specifying the functions of the deacon.
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Diekamp, Wilhelm
Historian, b. at Geldern, 13 May, 1854; d. at Rome, 25 Dec., 1885.
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Digby, Sir Everard
Born 16 May, 1578, died 30 Jan., 1606. Succeeded in his fourteenth year to large properties in the
Counties of Lincoln, Leicester, and Rutland.
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Desains, Paul-Quentin
Physicist, b. at St-Quentin, France, 12 July, 1817; d. at Paris, 3 May, 1885.
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Dies Irae
Name by which the sequence in requiem Masses is commonly known.
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Desolation, The Abomination of
Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14.
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Divine Savior, Society of the
Founded at Rome, 8 Dec., 1881, by Johann Baptist Jordan (b. 1848 at Gartweil im Breisgau), elected
superior general as Father Francis Mary of the Cross.
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Diocesan Chancery
That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government
of a diocese.
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Denifle, Heinrich Seuse
Paleographer and historian. (1844-1905)
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Divine Providence, Sisters of
Includes several orders by this name.
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Divine Charity, Daughters of
Founded at Vienna, 21 November, 1868, by Franziska Lechner (d. 1894) on the Rule of St. Augustine,
and approved by the Holy See in 1884 and definitively confirmed 22 July, 1891.
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Diodorus of Tarsus
Date of birth uncertain; d. about A.D. 392. He was of noble family, probably of Antioch. St. Basil
calls him a "nursling" of Silvanus, Bishop of Tarsus, but whether this discipleship was
at Antioch or at Tarsus is not known.
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Dioclea
A titular see of Phyrgia in Asia Minor.
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Deutinger, Martin
Philosopher and religious writer, b. in Langenpreising, Bavaria, 24 March, 1815; d. at Pfäfers,
Switzerland, 9 Sept., 1864.
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Diognetus, Epistle to
An apology for Christianity cited by no ancient or medieval writer, and came from a single
manuscript which perished in the siege of Strasburg (1870).
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Dillon, Arthur-Richard
A French prelate, b. at St-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, 1721; d. in London, 1806.
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Diaspora
The name given to the countries (outside of Palestine) through which the Jews were dispersed, and
secondarily to the Jews living in those countries.
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Duprat, Antoine & Guillaume
Antoine, chancellor of France and Cardinal, b. at Issoire in Auvergne, 17 January, 1463; d. 1535.
Guillaume, son of the foregoing, b. at Issoire, 1507; d. at Beauregard, 1560. Appointed Bishop of
Clermont in 1529.
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Deusdedit, Pope Saint
Reigned 615-618.
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Dumetz, Francisco
Date of birth unknown; died 14 Jan., 1811. He was a native of Mallorca (Majorca), Spain, where he
entered the Franciscan Order.
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Daguesseau, Henri-François
Chancellor of France, born at Limoges, 27 November, 1668; died at Paris, 5 February, 1751.
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Dillingen, University of
Located in Swabia, a district of Bavaria. Its founder was Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg, |
