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Finch, Blessed John
A martyr, b. about 1548; d. 20 April, 1584.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076b.htm
Filby, Blessed William
English martyr. (d. 1582)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630d.htm
Ferrer, Saint Vincent
Dominican missionary. (1350-1419)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15437a.htm
Faber, Philip
Theologian, philosopher and noted commentator of Duns Scotus. (1564-1630)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742c.htm
Ford, Blessed Thomas
Born in Devonshire; died at Tyburn, 28 May, 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689a.htm
Fioretti di San Francesco d'Assisi
Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi, the name given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions as they appeared to the Italian people at the beginning of the fourteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06078b.htm
Faribault, George-Barthélemy
Canadian archaeologist. (1789-1866)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05787a.htm
Faith
In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word means essentially steadfastness. As signifying man's attitude towards God it means trustfulness or fiducia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752c.htm
Faber, Matthias
Writer and preacher, born at Altomünster, Germany, 24 February, 1586; died at Tyrnau, 26 April 1653.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742b.htm
Frassen, Claude
A celebrated Scotist theologian and philosopher of the Order of Friars Minor; b. near Peronne, France, in 1620; d. at Paris, 26 February, 1711.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06244a.htm
Fallopio, Gabriello
Anatomist. (1523-1562)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05772a.htm
Faraud, Henri
Canadian bishop. (1823-1890)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785c.htm
Fano
Located in Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785a.htm
Fussola
A titular see in Numidia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06326a.htm
Fabriano and Matelica
Fabriano, a city in the province of Macerata, Central Italy, is noted for its paper manufactories and its trade in salted fish. The town of Matelica possesses some ancient inscriptions. A Roman colony was established there in 89 B.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05744a.htm
Fatalism
The view which holds that all events in the history of the world, and, in particular, the actions and incidents which make up the story of each individual life, are determined by fate.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05791a.htm
Foresters, Catholic Orders of
A Catholic fraternal insurance society.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06135a.htm
Faculties of the Soul
Article covers the meaning and classification.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05749a.htm
Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von
An Austrian poet, philosopher, and physician; born at Vienna, 29 April, 1806; died 3 September, 1849.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06058b.htm
Frankfort, Council of
Convened in the summer of 794, by the grace of God, authority of the pope, and command of Charlemagne (can. 1), and attended by the bishops of the Frankish kingdom, Italy, and the province of Aquitania, and even by ecclesiastics from England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06236a.htm
Faillon, Etienne-Michel
Historian. (1800-1870)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752b.htm
Fourier, Saint Peter
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11767b.htm
Farinato, Paolo
Italian painter. (1524-1606)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05787c.htm
Faunt, Lawrence Arthur
Jesuit theologian. (1554-1590)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06018a.htm
Farnese, Alessandro
Cardinal. (1520-1589)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05788b.htm
Faithful, The
Those who have bound themselves to a religious association, whose doctrine they accept, and into whose rites they have been initiated. Among Christians the term is applied to those who have been fully initiated by baptism and, regularly speaking, by confirmation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05769a.htm
Fanon
Shoulder-cape worn by the pope.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785b.htm
Feilmoser, Andreas Benedict
Theologian and Scripture scholar. (1777-1831)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06026c.htm
Faber, Frederick William
Oratorian and devotional writer. (1814-1863)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740c.htm
Fytch, William Benedict
An English Franciscan friar ot the Capuchin Reform, whose family name was Filch. (1563-1610)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06327a.htm
Faa di Bruno, Francesco
Italian mathematician and priest. (1825-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740a.htm
Friars Minor, Order of
History, traditions, and saints of the order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06281a.htm
Fabricius, Hieronymus
Italian anatomist and surgeon. 1537-1619)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05745a.htm
Fundamental Articles
This term was employed by Protestant theologians to distinguish the essential parts of the Christian faith from those non-essential doctrines, which, as they believed, individual chuches might accept or reject without forfeiting their claim to rank as parts of the Church universal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06319a.htm
Fulbert of Chartres
Bishop. (952-1028)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06312a.htm
Fleuriot, Zénaide-Marie-Anne
French novelist, b. at Saint-Brieuc, 12 September, 1829; d. at Paris, 18 December, 1890.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102b.htm
Forum, Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is distinguished into that of the internal and external forum.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06153b.htm
Febronianism
The politico-ecclesiastical system outlined by Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, under the pseudonym Justinus Febronius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06023a.htm
Farlati, Daniele
Ecclesiastical historian. (1690-1773)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05788a.htm
Fenelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe-
French bishop and author, b. in the Château de Fénelon in Périgord (Dordogne), 6 August, 1651; d. at Cambrai, 7 January, 1715.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06035a.htm
Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris, Chevalier de
Writer, born at the château of Florian (Gard), 6 March, 1755; died at Sceaux, 13 September, 1794.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114d.htm
Figueroa, Francisco GarcÃa de la Rosa
Franciscan, b. in the latter part of the eighteenth century at Toluca, in the Archdiocese of Mexico; date of death unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071b.htm
Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo
Spanish writer. (1676-1764)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06066a.htm
Ferdinando, Luigi, Count de Marsigli
Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at Bologna 10 July, 1658; d. at Bologna 1 Nov., 1730.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09719b.htm
Falsity
A perversion of truth originating in the deceitfulness of one party, and culminating in the damage of another party.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781a.htm
Feasts, Ecclesiastical
Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days which are celebrated in commemoration of the sacred mysteries and events recorded in the history of our redemption, in memory of the Virgin Mother of Christ, or of His apostles, martyrs, and saints, by special services and rest from work.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06021b.htm
Fagnano, Guilio Carlo de' Toschi di
Mathematician. (1682-1766)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752a.htm
Feneberg, Johann Michael Nathanael
Born in Oberdorf, Allgau, Bavaria, 9 Feb., 1751; died 12 Oct., 1812. He studied at Kaufbeuren and in the Jesuit gymnasium at Augsburg, and in 1770 entered the Society of Jesus, at Landsberg, Bavaria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06034b.htm
Fathers, The Apostolic
Christian writers of the first and second centuries who are known, or are considered, to have had personal relations with some of the Apostles, or to have been so influenced by them that their writings may be held as echoes of genuine Apostolic teaching.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01637a.htm
Faber, Felix
German writer, born about 1441 at Zurich, of a famous family commonly known as Schmid; died in 1502 at Ulm, Germany.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740b.htm
Fathers of the Church
The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06001a.htm
Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria
Astronomer and naturalist. (1789-1860)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06145a.htm
Fridelli, Xavier Ehrenbert
Jesuit missionary and cartographer. (1673-1743)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06303a.htm
Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk von
Chemist and mineralogist. (1774-1856)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06311c.htm
Fullerton, Lady Georgiana Charlotte
Novelist; born 23 September, 1812, in Staffordshire, died 19 January, 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06318a.htm
Faye, Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albann
Astronomer. (1814-1902)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06020a.htm
Ferstel, Heinrich, Freiherr von
Architect; with Hansen and Schmidt, the creator of modern Vienna; b. 7 July, 1828, at Vienna; d. at Grinzing, near Vienna, 14 July, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06050a.htm
Fiji, Vicariate Apostolic of
Comprising the islands belonging to the Fiji Archipelago.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16040a.htm
Feder, Johann Michael
German theologian. (1753-1824)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06026a.htm
Fernández de Palencia, Diego
A Spanish conqueror and historian; b. at Palencia in the early part of the sixteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044c.htm
Förster, Arnold
German entomologist. (1810-1884)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144b.htm
Fargo
Diocese; suffragan of St. Paul, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05786a.htm
Fonseca, Pedro Da
A philosopher and theologian, born at Cortizada, Portugal, 1528; died at Lisbon, 4 Nov., 1599.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06125c.htm
Ferentino, Diocese of
In the province of Rome, immediately subject to the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06042b.htm
Faith, The Rule of
The word rule (Lat. regula, Gr. kanon) means a standard by which something can be tested, and the rule of faith means something extrinsic to our faith, and serving as its norm or measure.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05766b.htm
Faversham Abbey
A former Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac Congregation situated in the County of Kent about nine miles west of Canterbury. It was founded about 1147 by King Stephen and Queen Matilda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06019c.htm
Fisherman, The Ring of the
The earliest mention of the Fisherman's ring worn by the popes is in a letter of Clement IV written in 1265 to his nephew, Peter Grossi. The writer states that popes were then accustomed to seal their private letters with "the seal of the Fisherman", whereas public documents, he adds, were distinguished by the leaden "bulls" attached.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13060a.htm
Fernández, Antonio
A Jesuit missionary; b. at Lisbon, c. 1569; d. at Goa, 12 November, 1642.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044a.htm
Felicitas, Saint
Roman martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06028a.htm
Fact, Dogmatic
Any fact connected with a dogma and on which the application of the dogma to a particular case depends.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05092a.htm
Feilding, Rudolph William Basil
English convert. (1823-1892)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06026b.htm
Felbiger, Johann Ignaz von
German Augustinian. (1724-1788)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027a.htm
Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis
Physicist. (1819-1896)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06088b.htm
Ferland, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine
A French Canadian historian, b. at Montreal, 25 December, 1805; d. at Quebec, 11 January, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06043b.htm
Free Will
The question of free will, moral liberty, or the liberum arbitrium of the Schoolmen, ranks amongst the three or four most important philosophical problems of all time.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06259a.htm
Fear (from a Moral Standpoint)
Viewed from the moral standpoint, that is, in so far as it is a factor to be reckoned with in pronouncing upon the freedom of human acts, as well as offering an adequate excuse for failing to comply with positive law, particularly if the law be of human origin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06021a.htm
Falco, Juan Conchillos
Painter, b. at Valencia of an ancient noble family in 1641; d. 14 May, 1711.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05770a.htm
Faribault, Jean-Baptiste
Early settler in Minnesota. (1774-1860)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05787b.htm
Fabrica Ecclesiæ
Latin term, meaning, etymologically, the construction of a church, but in a broader sense the funds necessary for such construction.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05744b.htm
Ferre, Vicente
Theologian. (d. 1682)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049a.htm
Franciscan Order
A term commonly used to designate the members of the various foundations of religious, whether men or women, professing to observe the Rule of St. Francis of Assisi in some one of its several forms.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06217a.htm
Familiars
Strictly speaking, seculars subject to a master's authority and maintained at his expense. In canon law the term usually signifies seculars residing in monasteries and other religious houses, actually employed therein as servants and subject to the authority of the regular prelate to the same extent as servants are subject to their masters.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781c.htm
Ferrières, Abbey of
Situated in the Diocese of Orléans, department of Loiret, and arrondissement of Montargis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049d.htm
Fleury, André-Hercule de
Chaplain to Maria Theresa and Louis XIV. (1653-1742)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06103a.htm
Fetishism
The word fetish is derived through the Portuguese feitiço from the Latin factitius (facere, to do, or to make), signifying made by art, artificial (cf. Old English fetys in Chaucer).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06052b.htm
Felician Sisters, O.S.F.
Founded 21 November, 1855, at Warsaw, Poland, by Mother Mary Angela.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027b.htm
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne
Wife of King George IV; b. 26 July, 1756 (place uncertain); d. at Brighton, England, 29 March, 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06085a.htm
Fire, Liturgical Use of
One of the most expressive and most ancient of liturgical symbols.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06079a.htm
Fauriel, Charles-Claude
French historian. (1772-1844)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06018b.htm
Ferraris, Lucius
An eighteenth-century canonist of the Franciscan Order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06048a.htm
Feti, Domenico
Italian painter; born at Rome, 1589; died at Venice, 1624.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06052a.htm
Felix V
Regnal name of Amadeus of Savoy, Antipope (1440-1449). (1383-1451)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06031b.htm
Fresnel, Augustin-Jean
Physicist; b. at Broglie near Bernay, Normandy, 10 May, 1788; d. at Ville d'Avray, near Paris, 14 July, 1827.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06280a.htm
Freppel, Charles-Emile
Bishop of Angers, France; and deputy from Finistère. (1827-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06277a.htm
Feval, Paul-Henri-Corentin
French novelist. (1817-1887)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06065b.htm
Fear
A mental disturbance caused by the perception of instant or future danger.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06020b.htm
Feller, François-Xavier de
An author and apologist, b at Brussels 18 August, 1735; d. at Ratisbon 22 May, 1802.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06034a.htm
Faroe Islands
A group of Danish islands rising from the sea some four hundred miles west of Norway and almost as far south of Iceland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789b.htm
Ferrer, Rafael
A Spanish missionary and explorer; b. at Valencia, in 1570; d. at San José, Peru, in 1611.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049c.htm
Faro
A suffragan of Evora, Portugal, and extending over the province of Algarve.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789a.htm
Fredegis of Tours
A ninth-century monk, teacher, and writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06252a.htm
Fessler, Josef
Bishop of St. Polten in Austria and secretary of the Vatican Council; b. 2 December, 1813, at Lochau near Bregenz in the Vorarlberg; d. 25 April, 1872.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06051a.htm
Felix, Célestin Joseph
French Jesuit, b. at Neuville-sur-l' Escaut (Nord), 28 June 1810; d. at Lille, 7 July, 1891.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06032a.htm
Fraunhofer, Joseph von
Optician. (1787-1826)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06250a.htm
Fish, Symbolism of the
The symbol itself may have been suggested by the miraculous multification of the loaves and fishes or the repast of the seven Disciples, after the Resurrection, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, but its popularity among Christians was due principally, to the famous acrostic consisting of the initial letters of five Greek words forming the word for fish (Ichthys), which words briefly but clearly described the character of Christ and His claim to the worship of believers: Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter, i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06083a.htm
Figueroa, Francisco de
A celebrated Spanish poet, surnamed "the Divine", b. at Alcalá de Henares, c. 1540, d. there, 1620.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071a.htm
Fortaleza, Diocese of
Co-extensive with the State of Ceará in the Republic of Brazil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06145b.htm
Final Perseverance
The preservation of the state of grace till the end of life.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11711a.htm
Finglow, Ven. John
An English martyr; b. at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire; executed at York, 8 August, 1586.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076c.htm
Florence of Worcester
English chronicler, died in 1118.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114a.htm
Flathers, Venerable Mathew
An English priest and martyr; b. probably c. 1580 at Weston, Yorkshire, England; d. at York, 21 March, 1607.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098a.htm
Fixlmillner, Placidus
Astromomer. (1721-1791)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06088a.htm
FitzGibbon, Catherine
Sister Irene, born in London, England, 12 May, 1823; died in New York, 14 August, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08131a.htm
Feudalism
The source of feudalism rises from an intermingling of barbarian usage and Roman law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06058c.htm
Fenn, John
Born at Montacute near Wells in Somersetshire; d. 27 Dec., 1615. He was the eldest brother of Ven. James Fenn, the martyr, and Robert Fenn, the confessor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06039a.htm
Felicissimus
Third-century schismatic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027c.htm
Ferreira, Antonio
A poet, important both for his lyric and his dramatic compositions, b. at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1528; d. there of the plague in 1569.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049b.htm
Fiscal Procurator
The duties of the fiscal procurator consist in preventing crime and safeguarding ecclesiastical law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06082b.htm
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
John Foxe was born at Boston in Lincolnshire, England, in 1516, and was educated at Magdalen School and College, Oxford.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02681a.htm
Feuardent, François
Franciscan, theologian, preacher of the Ligue, b. at Coutanees, Normandy, in 1539; d. at Paris, 1 Jan., 1610.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06058a.htm
Felician and Primus, Saints
Suffered martyrdom about 304 in the Diocletian persecution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12427a.htm
Forty Hours' Devotion
Also called Quarant' Ore or written in one word Quarantore, is a devotion in which continuous prayer is made for forty hours before the Blessed Sacrament exposed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06151a.htm
Fermo, Archdiocese of
In the province of Ascoli Piceno (Central Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06043c.htm
Funchal
Diocese in the Madeira Islands.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06318c.htm
Filelfo, Franscesco
A humanist, b. at Tolentino, 25 July, 1398; d. at Florence 31 July, 1481.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071c.htm
Ferrari, Gaudenzio
An Italian painter and the greatest master of the Piedmontese School, b. at Valduggia, near Novara. Italy, c. 1470: d. at Milan, 31 January, 1546.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06047a.htm
Filicaja, Vincenzo da
Lyric poet; born at Florence, 30 December, 1642; died there 24 September, 1707.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06072b.htm
Fortescue, Blessed Adrian
Knight of St. John, martyr, b. about 1476, executed 10 July, 1539.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06146b.htm
Fitzsimon, Henry
Irish Jesuit. (1566-1643)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06087a.htm
First-Fruits
First-fruit offerings are designated in the Law by a threefold name: BÃkkûrîm, Reshîth, and Terûmôth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06082a.htm
Flaccilla, Aelia
Empress, wife of Theodosius the Great, died c. A. D. 385 or 386.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06089b.htm
Friends, Society of
Quakers, an Anglo-American religious sect.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06304b.htm
Flathead Indians
A name used in both Americas, without special ethnologic significance, to designate tribes practising the custom of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06097a.htm
French Academy, The
Founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01089a.htm
Fideism
A philosophical term meaning a system of philosophy or an attitude of mind, which, denying the power of unaided human reason to reach certitude, affirms that the fundamental act of human knowledge consists in an act of faith, and the supreme criterion of certitude is authority.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06068b.htm
Finotti, Joseph M.
Italian-American Jesuit in Colorado. (1817-1879)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06077b.htm
Flavia Domitilla
A Christian Roman matron of the imperial family who lived towards the close of the first century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098b.htm
Flavigny, Abbey of
Benedictine abbey in the Diocese of Dijon, the department of Côte-d'Or, and arroundissement of Semur.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06099b.htm
Flechier, Esprit
Bishop; b. at Pernes, France, 1632; died at Montpellier, 1710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100a.htm
Fleming, Patrick
Franciscan friar b. at Lagan, Couny Louth, Ireland, 17April, 1599; d. 7 November, 1631.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100c.htm
Felicitas and Perpetua, Saints
Martyrs, suffered at Carthage, 7 March 203, together with three companions, Revocatus, Saturus, and Saturninus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06029a.htm
Fountains Abbey
A monastery of the Cistercian Order situated on the banks of the Skell about two and a half miles from Ripon in Yorkshire, established by thirteen Benedictine monks of St. Mary's Abbey, York.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06161a.htm
Fernández, Juan
A Jesuit lay brother and missionary; b. at Cordova; d. 12 June, 1567, in Japan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044b.htm
Fonts, Holy Water
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07433a.htm
Fulgentius Ferrandus
A canonist and theologian of the African Church in the first half of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06317a.htm
Fraternal Correction
The admonishing of one's neighbor by a private individual with the purpose of reforming him or, if possible, preventing his sinful indulgence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04394a.htm
Fortunato of Brescia
Morphologist and Minorite of the Reform of Lombardy; b. at Brescia, 1701; d. at Madrid, 1754.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06148a.htm
Ficino, Marsilio
Philosopher, philologist, and physician. (1433-1499)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06067b.htm
Fontenelle, Abbey of
A Benedictine monastery in Normandy (Seine-Inférieure), near Caudebec-en-Caux.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06129a.htm
Florence, Council of
The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council was the continuation of the Council of Ferrara.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06111a.htm
Firmament
The notion that the sky was a vast solid dome seems to have been common among the ancient peoples.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06079b.htm
Franzelin, Johann Baptist
Cardinal and theologian. (1816-1886)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06242a.htm
Fletcher, John
A missionary and theologian; d. about 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101c.htm
Ficker, Julius
Historian, b. at Paderborn, Germany, 30 April, 1826; d. at Innsbruck, 10 June, 1902.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06068a.htm
Family
In the classical Roman period the familia rarely included the parents or the children. Its English derivative was frequently used in former times to describe all the persons of the domestic circle, parents, children, and servants. Present usage, however, excludes servants.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05782a.htm
Fust, John
A partner of Gutenberg in promoting the art of printing, d. at Paris about 1466.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06326b.htm
Fleury, Abbey of
One of the oldest and most celebrated Benedictine abbeys of Western Europe. Its modern name is Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, applicable both to the monastery and the township with which the abbey has always been associated.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102c.htm
Flagellation
Includes history and its use in scripture.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06092a.htm
Florez, Enrique
Spanish theologian, archeologist, and historian; born at Valladolid, 14 February, 1701; died at Madrid, 20 August, 1773.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114c.htm
Felix and Adauctus, Saints
Roman martyrs. (d. 303)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06032b.htm
Fontbonne, Jeanne
Mother St. John, second foundress and superior-general of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons. (1759-1843)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06127b.htm
Fontana, Domenico
A Roman architect of the Late Renaissance, b. at Merli on the Lake of Lugano, 1543; d. at Naples, 1607.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06126c.htm
Franck, Kasper
A theologian and controversialist; b. at Ortrand, Saxony, 2 Nov., 1543; d. at Ingolstadt, 12 March, 1584.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06234a.htm
Folengo, Teofilo
Italian poet. (1496-1544)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06124a.htm
Fischer, Antonius
Cardinal-Archbishop of Cologne. (1840-1912)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16040b.htm
Flete, William
An Augustinian hermit friar, a contemporary and great friend of St. Catherine of Siena; the exact place and date of his birth are unknown and those of his death are disputed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102a.htm
Fouard, Constant
An ecclesiastical writer b. at Elbeuf, near Rouen, 6 Aug. 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06156b.htm
Francis of Vittoria
Spanish theologian; b. about 1480, at Vittoria, province of Avila, in Old Castile; d. 12 August, 1546.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06232a.htm
Fleming, Richard
Bishop of Lincoln and founder of Lincoln College, Oxford; b. about 1360; d. at Sleaford, 25 Jan., 1431.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101a.htm
Filliucci, Vincenzo
Jesuit moralist. (1566-1622)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06075a.htm
Flemael, Bertholet
Painter, b. at Liège, Flanders, in 1614; d. there in 1675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100b.htm
Foulque de Neuilly
A popular Crusade preacher, d. March, 1202.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06157a.htm
Forster, Fobrenius
Bavarian Prince-Abbot. (1709-1791)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144c.htm
Floreffe, Abbey of
Situated on the Sambre, about seven miles southwest of Namur, Belgium, owes its foundation to Godfrey, Count of Namur, and his wife Ermensendis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06105b.htm
Fleming, Thomas
Archbishop of Dublin, son of the Baron of Slane. (1593-1665)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101b.htm
Fesch, Joseph
Cardinal, b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, 3 January, 1763; d. at Rome, 13 May, 1839.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06050b.htm
Forrest, William
Sixteenth-century English priest and poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144a.htm
Foliot, Gilbert
Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556a.htm
Fritz, Samuel
A Jesuit missionary of the eighteenth century noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06308a.htm
Fractio Panis
The name given to a fresco in the so-called "Capella Greca" in the catacomb of St. Priscilla.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06165a.htm
Florians, The
An independent order, and not, as some consider, a branch of the Cistercians; it was founded in 1189 by the Abbot Joachim of Flora.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06115a.htm
Fullo, Peter
Intruding Monophysite Patriarch of Antioch; d. 488.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11768a.htm
Felix II
Pope (more properly Antipope), 355-358; d. 22 Nov., 365.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06030a.htm
Fra Angelico
Florentine painter. (1387-1455)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483b.htm
Fowler, John
Scholar and printer, b. at Bristol, England, 1537; d. at Namur, Flanders, 13 Feb., 1578-9.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06164a.htm
Flabellum
A fan made of leather, silk, parchment, or feathers intended to keep away insects from the Sacred Species and from the priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06089a.htm
Forbes, John
Capuchin, b. 1570; d. 1606.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06133b.htm
Fredegarius
The supposed author of an anonymous historical compilation (Chronicon Fredegarii) of the seventh century, in which is related the history of the Franks from the earliest times until 658.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06251c.htm
Franks, The
A confederation formed in Western Germany of a certain number of ancient barbarian tribes who occupied the right shore of the Rhine from Mainz to the sea. Their name is first mentioned by Roman historians in connection with a battle fought against this people about the year 241.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06238a.htm
Floyd, John
English missionary. (1572-1649)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06122a.htm
First-Born
The word, though casually taken in Holy Writ in a metaphorical sense, is most generally used by the sacred writers to designate the first male child in a family.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06081a.htm
Francis I
King of France; b. at Cognac, 12 September, 1494; d. at Rambouillet, 31 March, 1547.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06207a.htm
Fate
Lat. fatum, from fari, to tell or predict.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05793a.htm
Fontana, Carlo
An architect and writer; b. at Bruciato, near Como, 1634; d. at Rome, 1714.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06126b.htm
Folkestone Abbey
Located in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06125a.htm
Foucault, Jean-Bertrand-Léon
A physicist and mechanician, b. at Paris, 19 Sept., 1819; d. there 11 Feb., 1868.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06156c.htm
Fontana, Felice
Italian naturalist and physiologist, b. at Pomarolo in the Tyrol, 15 April, 1730; d. at Florence, 11 January, 1805.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06127a.htm
Foley, Henry
English Jesuit lay brother. (1811-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041a.htm
Foppa, Ambrogio
Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and die sinker, b. 1445, d. about 1527.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06133a.htm
French Concordat of 1801, The
The name given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX (July 16, 1802), whereby Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte, First Consul, re-established the Catholic Church in France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04204a.htm
Feria
A day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged to work, and on which there were no court sessions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06043a.htm
Fonte-Avellana
A suppressed order of hermits, which takes its name from their first hermitage in the Apennines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06128a.htm
Flavias
A titular see of Cilicia Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06099a.htm
Fortitude
One of the gifts from the Holy Ghost is a supernatural virtue.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06147a.htm
Foligno
Diocese in the province of Perugia, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06124b.htm
Fort Wayne
The Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., established in 1834, comprised the whole State of Indiana till the Holy See, on 22 September, 1857, created the Diocese of Fort Wayne, assigning to it that part of Indiana north of the southern boundary of Warren, Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, and Randolph Counties.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06150a.htm
Frankenberg
Archbishop of Mechlin (Malines), Primate of Belgium, and cardinal. (1726-1804)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235c.htm
French Catholics in the United States
History and statistics of French Canadian immigration to the United States.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06271c.htm
Felix IV (III), Pope Saint
Reigned 526-530.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06031a.htm
Felix of Cantalice, Saint
A Capuchin friar, b. at Cantalice, on the north-western border of the Abruzzi; d. at Rome, 18 May, 1587.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033a.htm
Felix and Nabor, Saints
Martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian (303).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10666b.htm
Felix I, Pope Saint
Reigned 269-274.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06029b.htm
Felix of Nola, Saint
Born at Nola, near Naples, and lived in the third century. After his father's death he distributed almost all his goods amongst the poor, and was ordained priest by Maximum Bishop of Nola.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033b.htm
Felix of Valois, Saint
Born in 1127; d. at Cerfroi, 4 November, 1212. He is commemorated 20 November.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033c.htm
Ferdinand III, Saint
King of Leon and Castile, member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born in 1198 near Salamanca; died at Seville, 30 May, 1252.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06042a.htm
Fergus, Saints
St. Fergus Cruithneach, St. Fergus, Bishop of Duleek, and St. Fergus, Bishop of Downpatrick.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06042c.htm
Fiacc, Saint
Irish bishop. (415-520)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06066b.htm
Fiacre, Saint
Abbot, born in Ireland about the end of the sixth century; died 18 August, 670.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06067a.htm
Florus
A deacon of Lyons, ecclesiastical writer in the first half of the ninth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06121b.htm
Friar
A member of one of the mendicant orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06280b.htm
Fraud
In the common acceptation of the word, an act or course of deception deliberately practised with the view of gaining a wrong and unfair advantage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06249a.htm
Forli
Diocese in the province of Romagna (Central Italy); suffragan of Ravenna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06137a.htm
Fonseca Soares, Antonio da
Friar Minor and ascetical writer. (1631-1682)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06126a.htm
Ferns
Diocese in the province of Leinster (Ireland), suffragan of Dublin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06045a.htm
Florence
Located in the province of Tuscany (Central Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06105c.htm
Florida
The Peninsular or Everglade State, the most southern in the American Union and second largest east of the Mississippi.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06115b.htm
Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Saint
Capuchin martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06069a.htm
Finan, Saint
Second Bishop of Lindisfarne; died 9 February, 661.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06075c.htm
Foundation
An ecclesiastical foundation is the making over of temporal goods to an ecclesiastical corporation or individual, either by gift during life or by will after death, on the condition of some spiritual work being done either in perpetuity or for a long time.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06157b.htm
Four Masters, Annals of the
The most extensive of all the compilations of the ancient annals of Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06163b.htm
Frances of Rome, Saint
Mystic of the fifteenth century; born at Rome, of a noble family, in 1384; died there, 9 March, 1440.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06205c.htm
Francia
Bolognese goldsmith, engraver, and artist, b. about 1450; d. in 1517.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06206b.htm
Francis de Geronimo, Saint
Italian Jesuit. (1642-1716)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06218b.htm
Francis de Sales, Saint
Bishop of Geneva, Doctor of the Universal Church; born at Thorens, in the Duchy of Savoy, 21 August, 1567; died at Lyons, 28 December, 1622.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06220a.htm
Francis Ingleby, Venerable
English martyr, born about 1551; suffered at York on Friday, 3 June, 1586.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08007c.htm
Francis of Fabriano, Blessed
Priest of the Order of Friars Minor; b. 2 Sept., 1251; d. 22 April, 1322.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06230a.htm
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181 or 1182.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm
Francis of Paula, Saint
Founder of the Order of Minims; b. in 1416, at Paula, in Calabria, Italy; d. 2 April, 1507.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06231a.htm
Francis Regis Clet, Blessed
Lazarist missionary in China; b. 1748, martyred, 18 Feb., 1820.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06232b.htm
Francis Solanus, Saint
Franciscan missionary to South America. (1549-1610)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233a.htm
Francis Xavier, Saint
Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre. (1506-1552)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm
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
Finbarr, Saint
Bishop and patron of Cork, Ireland. (550-623)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076a.htm
Finnian of Moville, Saint
Founder of a famous school about the year 540.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06077a.htm
Fintan, Saints
A Leinster saint, b. about 524; d. 17 February, probably 594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06078a.htm
Flavian, Saint
Bishop of Constantinople, date of birth unknown; d. at Hypaepa in Lydia, August, 449.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098c.htm
Florentina, Saint
Virgin; born towards the middle of the sixth century; died about 612.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114b.htm
Feckenham, John de
Last Abbot of Westminster, and confessor of the Faith; b. in Feckenham Forest, Worcestershire, in 1515(?); d. at Wisbech Castle, 16 Oct., 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06025a.htm
Fonseca, José Ribeiro da
Friar Minor; b. at Evora, 3 Dec., 1690; d. at Porto, 16 June, 1752.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06125b.htm
Fortunatus
A Christian poet of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06149a.htm
Franco, Giovanni Battista
Italian historical painter and etcher, b. at Udine in 1510; d. at Venice in 1580.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235a.htm
Free-Thinkers
Those who, abandoning the religious truths and moral dictates of the Christian Revelation, and accepting no dogmatic teaching on the ground of authority, base their beliefs on the unfettered findings of reason alone.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06258b.htm
Fulgentius, Saint
Seventh-century Spanish bishop.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06315a.htm
Furstenberg, Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von
A statesman and educator. (1729- 1810)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06325a.htm
Forty Martyrs
A party of soldiers who suffered a cruel death for their faith, near Sebaste, in Lesser Armenia, victims of the persecutions of Licinius, who, after the year 316, persecuted the Christians of the East.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06153a.htm
Faber, Johann
Theologian. (1478-1541)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05741a.htm
Faber, Johann
Controversialist and preacher. (1504-1558)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05741b.htm
Faber, Johann Augustanus
Theologian, born at Fribourg, Switzerland, c. 1470; died about 1531.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742a.htm
Faber, Peter, Saint
Born 13 April, 1506, at Villaret, Savoy; died 1 Aug., 1546, in Rome. His feast is kept on 8 August.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11767a.htm
Fabian, Pope Saint
Pope (236-250), the circumstances of whose election is related by Eusebius (Hist. Eccl., VI, 29).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742d.htm
Fabiola, Saint
A Roman matron of rank, died 27 December, 399 or 400.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05743a.htm
Facade
The face or front of any building. In ecclesiastical architecture the term is generally used to designate the west front; sometimes the transept fronts.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05745c.htm
Facciolati, Jacopo
Lexicographer and philologist. (1682-1769)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05747a.htm
Faculties, Canonical
In law, a faculty is the authority, privilege, or permission, to perform an act or function.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05748a.htm
Facundus of Hermiane
A sixth-century Christian author, Bishop of Hermiane in Africa, about whose career very little is known.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05751a.htm
Faenza
Diocese in the province of Ravenna (Central Italy), suffragan of Ravenna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05751b.htm
Fridolin, Saint
Sixth-century Irish missionary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06303c.htm
Friedrich von Hausen
Medieval German poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06304a.htm
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