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Danti, Ignazio
Mathematician and cosmographer, b. at Perugia, Italy, 1537; d. at Alatri, 19 Oct., 1586.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633a.htm
Don Bosco, Saint
Founder of the Salesian Society. (1815-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02689d.htm
Dominici, Blessed Giovanni
Cardinal, statesman, and writer. (1356-1420)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05112a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05182a.htm
Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean
One of the authors of Jansenism, b. at Bayonne, France, 1581; d. in Paris, 1643.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05218a.htm
Dumont, Hubert-André
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, 15 Feb., 1809; d. in the same city, 28 Feb., 1857.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190b.htm
Durbin, Elisha John
The "Patriarch-priest of Kentucky", born 1 February, 1800; died in 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05209b.htm
Daniel, Charles
Founded the "Etudes de théologie et d' histoire", a magazine with monthly publication. (1818-1893)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626a.htm
Dalton, John
Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04609a.htm
Dalley, William Bede
Lawyer and statesman, born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1831; died there 28 October, 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04606a.htm
Dancing
The origin of dancing is from the natural tendency to employ gesture either to supplement or to replace speech.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04618b.htm
Damietta
An Egyptian titular see for the Latins and the Catholic Melchite Greeks, in Augustamnica Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615b.htm
Disciples of Christ
A sect founded in the United States of America by Alexander Campbell.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05029b.htm
Duckett, Blessed James
Convert to Catholicism, publisher and bookseller, martyred in 1601.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05182b.htm
De Lisle, Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps
Born 17 March, 1809; died 5 March, 1878.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698c.htm
Durandus of Saint-Pourçain
Philosopher and theologian. (d. 1332)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05208a.htm
Doyle, Richard
English artist and caricaturist, b. in London, September, 1824; d. there 11 December, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05151c.htm
Durer, Albrecht
German artist. (1471-1528)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05209c.htm
Darrell, William
Theologian, b. 1651, in Buckinghamshire, England; d. 28 Feb., 1721, at St. Omer's, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636b.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05118a.htm
Darnis
Titular see of Libya.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635d.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04604b.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12275b.htm
Dacier, André
A French philologist, born at Castres, 6 April, 1651; died 18 September, 1722.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636c.htm
Dositheans
Followers of Dositheus, a Samaritan who formed a Gnostic-Judaistic sect, previous to Simon Magus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05136c.htm
Duponceau, Peter Stephen
Jurist and linguist. (1760-1844)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05205b.htm
Drechsel, Jeremias
Ascetic writer, b. at Augsburg, 15 August, 1581; entered the Society of Jesus 27 July, 1598; d. at Munich, 19 April, 1638.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05156a.htm
Dantine, Maurus
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, and chronologist, born at Gourieux near Namur, Belgium, 1 April, 1688; died in the monastery of the "Blancs-Manteaux", Paris, 3 November, 1746.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633c.htm
Daniel of Winchester
Bishop of the West Saxons, and ruler of the See of Winchester from 705 to 744; died in 745.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627c.htm
Daniel, John
Priest and professor, Born 1745; died in Paris, 3 October, 1823.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627a.htm
Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand
Church historian, born 1 March, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria; died 1 April, 1859, at Schäftlarn.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614b.htm
Daniel
The hero and traditional author of the book which bears his name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04620a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05024a.htm
Daniel, Gabriel
Historian and controversialist, born at Rouen, France, 8 Feb., 1649; died at Paris, 23 June, 1728.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626b.htm
Dante Alighieri
Italian poet. (1265-1321)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04628a.htm
Dabrowski, Joseph
Founder of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Detroit. (d. 1903)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032a.htm
Duvernay, Ludger
A French-Canadian journalist and patriot, born at Verchères, Quebec, 22 January, 1799; died 28 November, 1852.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05220a.htm
Domesday Book
The name given to the record of the great survey of England made by order of William the Conqueror in 1085-86.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05103a.htm
Dubois, John
Third Bishop of New York, educator and missionary, b. in Paris, 24 August, 1764; d. in New York, 20 December, 1842.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178b.htm
Da Ponte, Lorenzo
Poet, b. at Cenada, Italy, 1749; d. in New York, 17 Aug., 1838.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634a.htm
De La Croix, Charles
Missionary, b. at Hoorbeke-St-Corneille, Belgium, 28 Oct., 1792; d. at Ghent, 20 Aug., 1869.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04689a.htm
D'Avenant, Sir William
Poet and dramatist, b. Feb., 1605-6, at Oxford, England; d. in London, 7 April, 1668.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04639b.htm
Dease, Thomas
Bishop of Meath, born in Ireland, 1568; died at Galway, 1651.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660b.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647c.htm
Dean
One of the principal administrative officials of a diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04659a.htm
Dynamism
A general name for a group of philosophical views concerning the nature of matter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05222a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04664a.htm
De Soto, Hernando
Explorer and conqueror, born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; died on the banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04753a.htm
Divorce (in Civil Jurisprudence)
Defined in jurisprudence as "the dissolution or partial suspension by law of the marriage relation".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05064a.htm
Daulia
A titular see of Greece.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04638b.htm
Death, Preparation for
Includes the steps taken, such as calling a priest, winding up earthly affairs, and confession.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660c.htm
Duhamel, Jean-Baptiste
A French scientist, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Vire, Normandy, 11 June, 1624; d. at Paris, 6 August, 1706.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05187b.htm
Decius
Roman Emperor 249-251.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04666a.htm
David, Gheeraert
Painter and illuminator. (1450-1523)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04664b.htm
Dablon, Claude
Jesuit missionary, born at Dieppe, France, in February, 1618; died at Quebec, 3 May, 1697.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04601a.htm
David, King
In the Bible the name David is borne only by the second king of Israel, the great-grandson of Boaz and Ruth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642b.htm
Dansara
A titular see in Osrhoene.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627d.htm
Damian and Cosmas, Saints
Early Christian physicians and martyrs whose feast is celebrated on 27 September.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04403e.htm
Duran, Narcisco
Franciscan missionary. (1776-1846)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05206c.htm
Dalberg, Adolphus von
Prince-Abbot of Fulda and founder of the university in the same city, born 29 May, 1678; died 3 November, 1737.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04604a.htm
Dardanus
A titular see in the province of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634c.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615c.htm
David, Armand
Missionary priest and zoologist, b. 1826; d. 1900.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04641a.htm
Dacier, Anne
The wife of André Dacier, born at Saumur in 1651; died 17 April 1720.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602b.htm
Drusilla
Daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05165b.htm
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
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11219a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm
De Smet, Pierre-Jean
Missionary among the North American Indians, b. at Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, 30 Jan., 1801; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 23 May, 1873.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04752a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04674a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04670b.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04670a.htm
Drusipara
A titular see in Thracia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05166a.htm
Delaware Indians
An important tribal confederacy of Algonquian stock originally holding the basin of the Delaware River, in Eastern Pennsylvania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04695a.htm
Deharbe, Joseph
Theologian, catechist, b. at Straburg, Alsace, 11 April, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, 8 November, 1871.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04678a.htm
Delfau, François
Theologian, born 1637 at Montel in Auvergne, France; died 13 Oct., 1676.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04697a.htm
Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus
Theologian of the modern Catholic German school and author of the "Enchiridion" universally used, b. 10 Oct., 1819, at Liege; d. 19 June, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736b.htm
Daria and Chrysanthus, Saints
Roman martyrs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03742a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05149a.htm
Durrow, School of
Irish Dairmagh, Plain of the Oaks. Situated in the King's County, a few miles from the town of Tullamore.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05214a.htm
Delaroche, Hippolyte
Painter, born at Paris, 17 July, 1797; died 4 November, 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691a.htm
Dupin, Pierre-Charles-François
French mathematician and economist. (1784-1873)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05205a.htm
Daubrée, Gabriel-Auguste
French geologist, b. at Metz, 25 June, 1814; d. at Paris, 29 May, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04638a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04675b.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188a.htm
De Profundis
"Out of the depths". First words of Psalm 129.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738b.htm
Deaconesses
Offers history and functions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04651a.htm
Dax, Diocese of
Suppressed French diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032b.htm
Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine-Elisabeth
Historian and professor, b. in Paris, 25 October, 1820; d. at Lucenay-lès-Aix, 6 August, 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635c.htm
Dagon
A Philistine deity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602c.htm
Dlugosz, Jan
An eminent medieval Polish historian, b. at Brzeznica, 1415; d. 19 May, 1480, at Cracow.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05069b.htm
De L'Orme, Philibert
Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a little later; died at Paris, 8 January, 1570.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700b.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04667a.htm
Day of Atonement
A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were forbidden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02054a.htm
Divine Compassion, Institute of the
Founded in the city of New York, USA, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Stanislaus Preston.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05052a.htm
Death Penalty
The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12565a.htm
Darras, Joseph-Epiphane
Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01348a.htm
Delfino, Pietro
A theologian, born at Venice in 1444; died 16 Jan., 1525.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677c.htm
Deger, Ernst
Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in Düsseldorf, 27 Jan., 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677b.htm
Deluge
A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1-ix, 19.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04702a.htm
Democracy, Christian
Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical "Graves de communi" declared it to be the same as "popular Catholic action".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04708a.htm
Delille, Jacques
French abbé and litterateur, born at Aigueperse, 22 June, 1738; died at Paris, 1 May, 1813.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698b.htm
Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael
Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at Vienna, 29 Sept., 1800.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04721b.htm
Dens, Peter
Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, 15 February, 1775.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733a.htm
Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia
A formulæ added to the titles of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679a.htm
Delcus
A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Philippopolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04696a.htm
Domenechino
Italian painter. (1581-1641)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05102b.htm
Delatores
A term used by the Synod of Elvira (c. 306) to stigmatize those Christians who appeared as accusers of their brethren.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691b.htm
Dead Sea
The name given to the lake that lies on the south-eastern border of Palestine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04658a.htm
Delrio, Martin Anton
Scholar, statesman, Jesuit theologian, born at Antwerp, 17 May, 1551; died at Louvain, 19 October, 1608.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701b.htm
Deity
This article is confined to the non-Christian notion of the Deity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04683a.htm
Demetrius
The name of two Syrian kings mentioned in the Old Testament and two other persons in the New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04707a.htm
Demonology
The science or doctrine concerning demons.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04713a.htm
Denman, William
Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 12 September, 1870.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722b.htm
Deo Gratias
An old liturgical formula of the Latin Church to give thanks to God for graces received.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737a.htm
Davila Padilla
Writer, Bishop of Santo Domingo. A native of the City of Mexico, b. 1562; d. 1604.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04646b.htm
Dolbeau, Jean
Recollect friar, born in the Province of Anjou, France, 12 March, 1586; died at Orléans, 9 June, 1652.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05093a.htm
Denver
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fé, erected in 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733c.htm
Demoniacs
Article concerned with the demonic possession in the New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04711a.htm
Dereser, Anton
Discalced Carmelite, born at Fahr in Franconia, 3 February, 1757; died at Breslau, 15 or 16 June, 1807.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739a.htm
Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Historian and theologian. (1799-1890)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05094a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04675a.htm
Dogmatic Theology, History of
Detailed article broken into time periods.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14588a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04663a.htm
Desclée, Henri and Jules
Nineteenth-century Belgian monks.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032c.htm
Desecration
The loss of that peculiar quality of sacredness, which inheres in places and things in virtue of the constitutive blessing of the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04748c.htm
Derogation
The partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739b.htm
Despair
The voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope of saving one's soul and of having the means required for that end.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04755a.htm
Demon
In Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04710a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04674b.htm
Deposition
An ecclesiastical vindictive penalty by which a cleric is forever deprived of his office or benefice and of the right of exercising the functions of his orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737b.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04653a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13213a.htm
Diaz de SolÃs, Juan
Spanish navigator and explorer, b. about 1470.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777a.htm
Delisle, Guillaume
Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in Paris; died there 25 January, 1726.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700a.htm
Definitor (in Canon Law)
An official in secular deaneries and in certain religious orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04676a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701c.htm
Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin
Second Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, Bishop of Montauban, Archbishop of Besançon. (1766-1833)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178c.htm
Denis, Joseph
The first Canadian to join the Recollects of the Friars Minor. (1657-1736)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722a.htm
Denza, Francesco
Italian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Naples, 7 June, 1834; d. at Rome, 14 December, 1894.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736a.htm
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04757a.htm
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, demioergós, demiourgós, and was originally used to designate any craftsman plying his craft or trade for the use of the public. Soon, however, technÃtes 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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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 (Rhône), 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Desains, Paul-Quentin
Physicist, b. at St-Quentin, France, 12 July, 1817; d. at Paris, 3 May, 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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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, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1543-1573).
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Discernment of Spirits
In the restricted sense, spirits indicate the various spiritual agents which, by their suggestions and movements, may influence the moral value of our acts.
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Doctors, Surnames of Famous
Lists the principal surnames with the dates of death.
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Dietenberger, Johann
Theologian, b. about 1475 at Frankfort-on-the-Main, d. 4 Sept., 1537, at Mainz.
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Didon, Henri
Preacher, writer, and educator, b. 17 March, 1840, at Touvet (Isère), France; d. 13 March, 1900, at Toulouse.
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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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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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Discipline, Ecclesiastical
Various meanings discussed.
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Disparity of Cult
A diriment impediment introduced by the Church to safeguard the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage.
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Divorce (in Moral Theology)
The subject is treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence.
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Divine Word, Society of the
The first German Catholic missionary society established. It was founded in 1875 during the period of the Kulturkampf at Steyl, near Tegelen, Holland, by a priest, Rev. Arnold Janssen (d. 15 January, 1909), for the propagation of the Catholic religion among pagan nations.
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Dichu, Saint
The son of an Ulster chieftain, was the first convert of St. Patrick in Ireland.
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Duquesnoy, François
Sculptor. (1594-1646)
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Diocese (Supplemental List)
A summery of diocese that were too new to have articles about them as of 1914.
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Dupuytren, Baron Guillaume
French anatomist and surgeon. (1777-1835)
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Divine Charity, Sisters of
Founded at Besançon, in 1799, by a Vincentian Sister, and modelled on the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul.
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Dreams, Interpretation of
Theologians continue to admit the possibility of dreams supernatural in their origin, and consequently the possibility of dream-interpretation depending on supernatural communications.
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Dominis, Marco Antonio de
Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and man of science, b. on the island of Arbe, off the coast of Dalmatia, in 1566; d. in the Castle of Sant' Angelo, Rome, September, 1624.
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Dignitary, Ecclesiastical
A member of a chapter, cathedral or collegiate, possessed not only of a foremost place, but also of a certain jurisdiction.
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Diplomatics, Papal
The word diplomatics denotes in English the science of ancient official documents, more especially of those emanating from the chanceries of popes, kings, emperors, and other authorities possessing a recognized jurisdiction.
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Donatello Di Betto Bardi
One of the great Tuscan sculptors of the Renaissance, born at Florence, c. 1386; died there, 13 Dec., 1466.
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Discipline of the Secret
A theological term used to express the custom which prevailed in the earliest
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