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Gregorian Antiphonary
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01579a.htm
Garnet, Saint Thomas
Protomartyr of St. Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College. (1575-1608)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388a.htm
Glossolalia
A supernatural gift of the class gratiae gratis datae, designed to aid in the outer development of the primitive Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776c.htm
Grace, Actual
A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689x.htm
Gozzolini, Saint Sylvester
Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble family of the Gozzolini at Osimo, 1177; d. 26 Nov., 1267.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14372b.htm
Gonzalez, Saint Peter
Popularly known as St. Elmo, b. in 1190 at Astorga, Spain; d. 15 April, 1246, at Tuy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11768b.htm
Gerard, Blessed Miles
Martyr; born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467a.htm
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco
An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, 1680.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035a.htm
Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de
Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094a.htm
Gounod, Charles-François
French composer. (1818-1893)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683b.htm
Galilei, Alessandro
An eminent Florentine architect; born 1691; died 1737.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342a.htm
González de Santalla, Thyrsus
Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus, b. at Arganda, Spain, 18 January, 1624; died at Rome, 27 October, 1705.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635c.htm
Gunpowder Plot, The
Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605. Robert Catesby, the originator of the Powder Plot, owned estates at Lapworth and Ashby St. Legers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm
George Napper, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10703a.htm
Gabriel Sionita
A learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the Parisian polyglot of the Bible; b. 1577, at Edden on the Lebanon; d. 1648.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06331a.htm
Guido of Arezzo
Benedictine monk. (995-1050)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07065a.htm
GarcÃa, Anne
Better known as Venerable Anne of St. Bartholomew, Discalced Carmelite nun, companion of St. Teresa; b. at Almendral, Old Castile, 1 Oct. 1550; d. at Antwerp, 7 June, 1626.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378b.htm
Gregory XII
Reigned 1406-1415.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001a.htm
Gams, Pius Bonifacius
Ecclesiastical historian. (1816-1892)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06376a.htm
Guastalla, Diocese of
Situated in the province of Reggio Emilia (Central Italy) on the left bank of the Po at its junction with the Crostolo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053b.htm
Garlick, Venerable Nicholas
Priest and martyr, born at Dinting, Derbyshire, c. 1555; died at Derby, 24 July, 1588.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385c.htm
Gagliardi, Achille
Ascetic writer and spiritual director; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at Modena, 6 July, 1607.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334b.htm
Gallandi, Andrea
Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 January, 1779, or 1780.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349c.htm
Gallait, Louis
Flemish painter; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349a.htm
Gallwey, Peter
Famous London priest. (1820-1906)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370c.htm
Galtelli-Nuoro
Diocese in the province of Sassari (Sardinia), suffragan of Caglari.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371a.htm
Galvani, Luigi
Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371c.htm
Gabbatha
The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of Lithostrotos.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328b.htm
Gallego, Juan Nicasio
Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350a.htm
Gallicanism
This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06351a.htm
Galilee
The native land of Jesus Christ, where He began His ministry and performed many of His works, and whence He drew His Apostles.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341c.htm
Groote, Gerard
Founder of the "Brethren of the Common Life", b. 1340 at Deventer, Gelderland; d. 20 Aug., 1384.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07036a.htm
Galluppi, Pasquale
Philosopher, b. at Tropea, in Calabria, 2 April, 1770; d. at Naples, 13 Dec., 1846, where from 1831 he was a professor in the university.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370b.htm
Grace
Leads to four articles on the subject.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689a.htm
Gunther, Anton
Philosopher; b. 17 Nov., 1783, at Lindenau, near Leitmeritz, Bohemia; d. at Vienna, 24 February, 1863.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07085a.htm
Gagarin, Ivan Sergejewitch
Of the Russian family which traces its origin to the ancient rulers of Starodub; born at Moscow, 1 August, 1814; died at Paris, 19 July, 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334a.htm
Gregory VIII
Antipope placed upon the papal chair by Emperor Henry V, 8 March, 1118.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795b.htm
Galatians, Epistle to the
St. Paul addresses his letter to the churches of Galatia (Gal., i, 2) and calls them Galatians (Gal, iii, 1); and in I Cor., vi, 1, he speaks of the collections which he ordered to be made in the churches of Galatia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06336a.htm
Garnier, Charles
Jesuit Missionary, born at Paris, 1606, of Jean G. and Anne de Garault; died 7 December, 1649.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388b.htm
Gabriel, Brothers of Saint
Originally founded by St. Louis Grignon de Montfort in 1705, but it did not spread much till it was amalgamated with one founded in 1835 by Monsignor Deshayes. Vicar-General of Rennes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330b.htm
GarcÃa Moreno, Gabriel
Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated at Quito, 6 August, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379b.htm
Garnier, Julien
Jesuit missionary, born at Connerai, France, 6 January, 1642; d. in Quebec, 1730.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389a.htm
Gall, Abbey of Saint
In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of Constance; for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe; founded about 613, and named after Gallus, an Irishman, the disciple and companion of St. Columbanus in his exile from Luxeuil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06347a.htm
Galloway, Diocese of
Situated in the southwest of Scotland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370a.htm
Gaston, William
Jurist: b. at Newbern, North Carolina, U.S.A., 19 Sept., 1778: d. at Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 January 1844.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392c.htm
Goupil, René
Jesuit missionary; born 1607, in Anjou; martyred in New York State, 23 September, 1642.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684a.htm
Garcilasso de la Vega
Spanish poet. (1503-1536)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06381a.htm
Gargara
A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384c.htm
Guastallines
Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), widowed for the second time when she was twenty-five, resolved to devote her life to the service of God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053c.htm
George Nichols, Venerable
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065c.htm
Garland, John
English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385b.htm
Gwyn, Saint Richard
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15612a.htm
Gandolphy, Peter
Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, 1779; d. at East Sheen, Surrey, 9 July, 1821.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377a.htm
Garnet, Henry
English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386b.htm
Gama, Vasco da
The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, Portugal, about 1469; died at Cochin, India, 24 December, 1524.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm
Garcia, Saint Gonsalo
Born of a Portuguese father and a Canarese mother in Bassein, East India, about the year 1556 or 1557; d. 5 Feb., 1597.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379a.htm
Galatino, Pietro Colonna
Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at Rome, soon after 1539.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06340a.htm
Grillparzer, Franz
An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033b.htm
Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria
A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06401a.htm
Galerius, Valerius Maximianus
Galerius, a native of Illyria, was made Caesar 1 March, 293, by Diocletian, whose daughter Valeria he married and who in turn adopted her husband.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341a.htm
Gras, Saint Louise de Marillac Le
Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, born at Paris, 12 August, 1591, daughter of Louis de Marillac, Lord of Ferri res, and Marguerite Le Camus; died there, 15 March, 1660.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09133b.htm
Gallia Christiana
A documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupants.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350c.htm
Grottaferrata, Abbey of
A Basilian monastery near Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07040b.htm
Gaudier, Antoine de
A writer on asectic theology; b. at Château-Thierry, France, 7 January, 1572; d. at Paris, 14 April, 1622.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394c.htm
Gassendi, Pierre
French philosopher and scientist. (1592-1655)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391b.htm
Garrucci, Raffaele
A historian of Christian art, b. at Naples, 22 January, 1812; d. at Rome, 5 May, 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389b.htm
Gedoyn, Nicolas
A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orleans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403a.htm
Grey Nuns
The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal, commonly called Grey Nuns because of the colour of their attire, was founded in 1738.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031a.htm
Generation
Definitions include: a definite period of time, with a special reference to the average length of man's life; an indefinite period of time, of time past; the men who lived in the same period of time who were contemporaries; a race or class of men; and a dwelling place or habitation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412c.htm
Gamaliel
Famous Pharisee and Rabbi.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374b.htm
Gallifet, Joseph de
French Jesuit. (1663-1749)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366b.htm
Glory Be
The doxology in the form in which we know it has been used since about the seventh century all over Western Christendom, except in one corner.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05150a.htm
Gaudentius of Brescia
A theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins; b. at Brescia in 1612; d. at Oriano, 25 March, 1672.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394a.htm
Grey Nuns of the Cross
A community founded in 1745 at Monteal by Madame d'Youville, known as the Grey Sisters, or Grey Nuns, from the colour of the costume.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031b.htm
Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph
Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., 1900.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392a.htm
Gaudete Sunday
The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm
Garzon
Suffragan diocese of Popayan in the Republic of Colombia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390a.htm
Gaubil, Antoine
French Jesuit and missionary to China, b. at Gaillac (Aveyron), 14 July, 1689; d. at Peking, 24 July, 1759.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393b.htm
God
Links to five articles about the subject.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm
Genealogy of Christ
Offers the geneology according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06410a.htm
George Haydock, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm
Gavantus, Bartolommeo
Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order; b. at Monza, 1569; d. at Milan, 14 August, 1638.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399a.htm
Geoffrey of Clairvaux
A disciple of Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and 1120, at Auxerre; d. some time after the year 1188.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427a.htm
Gau, Franz Christian
Architect and archæologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, 1854.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393a.htm
Genezareth, Land of
By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of Palestine bordering on the Sea of Galilee, and which in the parallel passage of Matthew (xiv, 34) is called "the country of Genesar".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415a.htm
Ginoulhiac, Jacques-Marie-Achille
A French bishop; b. at Montpellier (department of Herault) 3 Dec., 1806; d. there 17 Nov., 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562a.htm
Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von
German novelist of the seventeenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035b.htm
Geoffrey of Vendôme
A cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d. there, 26 March, 1132.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428b.htm
Gebhart, Emile
French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy; d. 22 April, 1908.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402b.htm
Genebrard, Gilbert
Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, in the department of Puy-de-Dôme; d. 16 Feb., 1597.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412a.htm
Geoffrey of Dunstable
Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427b.htm
Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Charity of the
The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who wish to do penance for their iniquities and to lead a truly christian life.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647c.htm
Genealogy (in the Bible)
The word genealogy occurs only twice in the New Testament: I Tim., i, 4, and Tit., iii, 9. In these passages commentators explain the word as referring to the Gentile theogonies, or to the Essene generation of angels, or to the emanation of spirits and aeons as conceived by the Gnostics, or to the genealogies of Jesus Christ, or finally to the genealogies of the Old Testament construed into a source of an occult doctrine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06408a.htm
General Chapter
The daily assembling of a community for purposes of discipline and administration of monastic affairs has always included the reading of a chapter of the rule, and thus the assembly itself came to be called the chapter and the place of meeting the chapter-house.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412b.htm
Genga, Girolamo
A painter, born at Urbino in 1476; died at the same place, 1551.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415b.htm
Guigues du Chastel
Medieval Carthusian. (1083-1137)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066a.htm
Gaspe, Philippe-Aubert de
French Canadian writer, b. at Quebec, 30 Oct., 1786, of a family ennobled by Louis XIV in 1693, d. 29 Jan., 1871.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391a.htm
Genesius
Five people with this name including: Genesius of Rome; Genesius of Arles; Genesius, Bishop of Clermont; Genesius Count of Clermont; and Genesius of Lyons.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413c.htm
Gabriel the Archangel, Saint
One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330a.htm
Gregory XV, Pope
Reigned 1621-1623.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004b.htm
Gelasius II, Pope
Reigned 1118-1119.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407a.htm
Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius
Roman emperor; b. about 218; d. at Milan, 4 March, 268.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366a.htm
Guyon, Jeanne-Marie-Bouvier de La Motte-
A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; born at Montargis, in the Orléanais, 13 April, 1648; died at Blois, 9 June, 1717.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092b.htm
Gerard, Richard
Confessor; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467b.htm
Gedeon
Or Gideon, one of the Greater Judges of Israel. He belonged to the tribe of Manasses, and to the family of Abiezer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402c.htm
Gegenbauer, Josef Anton
An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at Wangen, Würtemberg; d. 31 January, 1876, at Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403b.htm
Gerando, Joseph-Marie de
French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, 10 November, 1842.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465a.htm
Gassner, Johann Joseph
A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392b.htm
Gusmão, Bartholomeu Lourenço de
Naturalist, and the first aeronaut; b. in 1685 at Santos in the province of São Paulo, Brazil; d. 18 November, 1724, in Toledo, Spain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07089b.htm
Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal
Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 January, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07058a.htm
Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph
Journalist, historian. (1842-1911)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16042b.htm
Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of
The most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean Sea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606a.htm
Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista
Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07061a.htm
Good Samaritan, Sisters of the
A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney, Australia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647b.htm
Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine
Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367b.htm
Gebhard (III) of Constance
Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial encroachments during the Investitures conflict; b. about 1040; d. 12 November, 1110.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402a.htm
Garin, André
An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384d.htm
God, Relation of the Universe to
Sections include essential dependence of the universe on God, divine immanence and transcendence, and possibility of the supernatural.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06614a.htm
Galla, Saint
A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348a.htm
Guérin, Anne-Thérèse
In religion, Mother Theodore. Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 October, 1798; died 14 May, 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059b.htm
Genicot, Edward
Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415c.htm
Gethsemane, Abbey of Our Lady of
An abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians, commonly called Trappists, established in 1848 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, in the Diocese of Louisville, being the first abbey on American soil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541a.htm
Gentili, Aloysius
Proficient in poetry, displayed considerable musical aptitude, had a taste for mechanical and electrical science and was devoted to the cultivation of modern languages, applying himself more particularly to the study of English. (1801-1848)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422b.htm
Galura, Bernhard
Prince-Bishop of Brixen; b. 21 August, 1764, at Herbolzheim, Bresigau; d. 17 May, 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371b.htm
God, Nature and Attributes of
Covered as natural reason and faith.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06612a.htm
Geiler von Kayserberg, Johann
A celebrated German pulpit orator, b. at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 16 March, 1445; d. at Strasburg, 10 March, 1510.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403c.htm
Garet, Jean
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at Jumieges, 24 September, 1694.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384b.htm
Guardian Angels, Feast of
This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07050a.htm
Garland
A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385a.htm
Garnier, Jean
Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian; b. at Paris, 11 Nov., 1612; d. at Bologna, 26 Nov., 1681.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388c.htm
General Judgment
To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the "Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31; Ezekiel 13:5; Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment. In the New Testament the second Parusia, or coming of Christ as Judge of the world, is an oft-repeated doctrine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08552a.htm
Gibbons, Richard
Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549b.htm
George the Bearded
Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 August, 1471; d. in the same city, 17 April, 1539.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06457a.htm
George Pisides
A Byzantine poet who lived in the first half of the seventh century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456b.htm
Georgetown University
Founded immediately after the Revolutionary War, by the incorporated Catholic Clergy of Maryland, who selected from their Body Trustees, and invested them with full power to choose a President and appoint Professors. Since the year 1805, it has been under the direction of Society of Jesus".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm
Gervase, George
Priest and martyr, born at Boscham, Suffolk, England, 1571; died at Tyburn, 11 April, 1608.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536a.htm
Grimaldi, Francesco Maria
Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07034a.htm
Greifswald, University of
The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025a.htm
Gennings, Edmund and John
The first, a martyr for the Catholic Faith, and the second, the restorer of the English province of Franciscan friars, were brothers and converts to the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06418a.htm
Gousset, Thomas-Marie-Joseph
French cardinal and theologian; b. at Montigny-les-Charlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; d. at Reims in 1866.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684b.htm
Gerardus Odonis
Also Geraldus Othonis, or Ottonis, a medieval theologian and Minister General of the Franciscan Order; born probably at Châteauroux, in the present department of Indre, France, date unknown; died at Catania, Sicily, 1348.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468b.htm
Gallicanus, Saints
Three saints by this name commemorated on 25 June.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06365a.htm
Gomes De Amorim, Francisco
Portuguese poet, dramatist, and novelist. (1827-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632b.htm
Gomara, Francisco Lopez de
Chaplain to Cortés. (b. 1510)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632a.htm
Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield
A musician, born at Ballygar Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec., 1829; died at St. Louis, 24 Sept., 1892.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561a.htm
Genesareth
This is the name given to the Lake of Tiberias in Luke 5:1.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413a.htm
Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe
A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at Perpignan (Pyrénées Orientales), 1864.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06470b.htm
Gerard, Archbishop of York
Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466b.htm
Gaspare del Bufalo, Saint
Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390b.htm
Gerhoh of Reichersberg
Provost of that place and Austin canon, one of the most distinguished theologians of Germany in the twelfth century, b. at Polling, Bavaria, 1093; d. at Reichersberg, 27 June, 1169.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472a.htm
Gioberti, Vincenzo
An Italian statesman and philosopher; b. at Turin, 5 April, 1801; d. at Paris, 26 October, 1852.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562b.htm
Gilbert Foliot
Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556a.htm
Gerard of Cremona
A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468a.htm
Gillespie, Neal Henry
Brother of the foregoing; b. in Washington county, Pa., 19 January 1831; d. at St. Mary's, Notre Dame, Indiana, 12 November, 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560b.htm
Giordani, Tommasso
A composer, b. at Naples in 1738; d. at Dublin, Ireland, February 1806.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564a.htm
Giotto di Bondone
A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most probably, in the village of Vespignano near Florence; d. at Milan, 8 Jan., 1337.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06565a.htm
Gyor
A Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gran.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094b.htm
Gilbert Islands
Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557a.htm
Gottfried von Strasburg
Middle High German epic poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06680a.htm
Ghibellines and Guelphs
Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056c.htm
Gresset, Jean Baptiste
Born 29 August, 1709; died 16 June, 1777, at Amiens.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029a.htm
Gonnelieu, Jérôme de
Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died at Paris, 28 Feb., 1715.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634b.htm
Guarino da Verona
A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona, Italy; d. 1460, at Ferrara.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053a.htm
Gilbertines, Order of
Founded by St. Gilbert, about the year 1130, at Sempringham, Gilbert's native place, where he was then parish priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556b.htm
Gibbons, John
Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3 Dec., 1589.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549a.htm
Goossens, Pierre-Lambert
Cardinal, Archbishop of Michlin (Belgium), b. at Perck, near Vilvorde, 18 July, 1827; d. at Michlin, 25 January, 1906.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648a.htm
Gerbillon, Jean-François
French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at Peking, China, 27 March, 1707.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471a.htm
Gentiles
In the English versions of both Testaments it collectively designates the nations distinct from the Jewish people.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422a.htm
Grace, Controversies on
These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06710a.htm
Gift, Supernatural
Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06553a.htm
Gillespie, Eliza Maria
In religion Mother Mary of St. Angela. Born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, 21 February, 1824; died at St. Mary's convent, Notre Dame, Indiana, 4 March, 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560a.htm
Guarini, Battista
An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07052a.htm
Gisbert, Blaise
French rhetorician and critic; born at Cahors, 21 February, 1657; died at Montpellier, 21 February, 1731.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06571a.htm
Gorkum, The Martyrs of
Their beatification took place on 14 Nov., 1675, and their canonization on 29 June, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651c.htm
Godet des Marais, Paul
Bishop of Chartres, France; b. at Talcy, near Blois, 1647; d. at Chartres, 1709.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06624a.htm
Gillis, James
Scottish bishop; b. at Montreal, Canada, 7 April, 1802; d. at Edinburgh, 24 February 1864.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560c.htm
Goar, Jacques
Dominican and hellenist. (1601-1653)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606c.htm
Gloves, Episcopal
Liturgical gloves are a liturgical adornment reserved for bishops and cardinals.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06589a.htm
Giordano, Luca
Neapolitan painter; b. at Naples, 1632; d. in the same place, 12 Jan., 1705.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564b.htm
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
The great doxology (hymnus angelicus) in the Mass is a version of a very old Greek form". It begins with the words sung by the angels at Christ's birth (Luke, ii, 14). To this verse others were added very early, forming a doxology.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06583a.htm
Gobelinus, Person
Westphalian known as an historian and an ardent reformer of monastic life in his native land. (1358-1421)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607c.htm
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste
French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029c.htm
Garneau, François-Xavier
French Canadian historian. (1809-1866)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386a.htm
Gregory VI, Pope
Reigned 1045-46.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791a.htm
Grande Chartreuse, La
The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley of the Alps of Dauphine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03636a.htm
Gloria, Laus et Honor
A hymn composed by St. Theodulph of Orléans in 810.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041b.htm
Gospel in the Liturgy
From the very earliest times the public reading of parts of the Bible was an important element in the Liturgy inherited from the service of the Synagogue.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06659a.htm
Giocondo, Fra Giovanni
An Italian architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar, b. in Verona, c. 1445; d. in Venice (?), c. 1525.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06563a.htm
Glendalough, School of
Founded by St. Kevin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582b.htm
Girard, Jean-Baptiste
Known as Père Girard, a Swiss pedagogue, b. at Fribourg, 17 December, 1765; d. there, 6 March, 1850.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06569a.htm
Granada, University of
The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, which, when the city was captured by St. Ferdinand in 1236, was removed to Granada and there continued.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724a.htm
Grace, William Russell
Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714a.htm
Giraud de Borneil
A Provençal troubadour, b. about the middle of the twelfth century, at Excideuil in the Viscounty of Limoges.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570b.htm
Gindarus
A titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patriarchate of Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561c.htm
Gethsemane
The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06540a.htm
God, Three Persons of
The Blessed Trinity. The term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion, the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these three persons being truly distinct one from another.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm
Guamanga, Diocese of
A Peruvian diocese, suffragan to Lima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164a.htm
Gottschalk of Orbais
A medieval theologian; b. about 800, d. after 866, probable 30 October, 868.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682a.htm
Gnosticism
The doctrine of salvation by knowledge.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428a.htm
Gonet, Jean Baptiste
Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 Jan., 1681.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634a.htm
Gotti, Vincent Louis
Cardinal and theologian. (1664-1742)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041d.htm
Giuseppe Giusti
A poet and patriot; b. 1809, at Monsumano near Pescia, Italy; d. 31 March, 1850.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574a.htm
Gatianus, Saint
Founder and bishop of Tours; b. probably at Rome; d. at Tours, 20 December, 301.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392d.htm
Grosseteste, Robert
Bishop of Lincoln and one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages; b. about 1175; d. 9 October, 1253.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07037a.htm
God, Existence of
The arguments for God's existence are variously classified and entitled by different writers, but all agree in recognizing the distinction between a priori, or deductive, and a posteriori, or inductive reasoning in this connection.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm
Gorz
Capital of the Austrian crown-land Görz and Gradiska.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654b.htm
Gresemund, Dietrich
German humanist; b. in 1477, at Speyer; d. 1512, at Mainz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028a.htm
Girardon, François
A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at Paris, 1715.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570a.htm
Gonzaga, Scipione
Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635b.htm
Goa
Archdiocese in India.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06602a.htm
Guadalupe, Shrine of
Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07043a.htm
Gezireh
Seat of two Catholic residential sees, one Chaldean, the other Syrian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541b.htm
Gobat, George
Moral theologian; born at Charmoilles, in the Diocese of Basil, now in the Department of the Doubs, France, 1 July, 1600; died 23 March, 1679.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607a.htm
Ghost Dance
The principal ceremonial rite of an Indian religion which originated about 1887 with Wovoka, alias jack Wilson, an Indian of the Piute tribe in Nevada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06547b.htm
Golden Bull
A fundamental law of the Holy Roman Empire; probably the best known of all the many ordinances of the imperial diet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03048a.htm
Golden Calf
An object of worship among the Hebrews, mention of which occurs principally in Ex., xxxii, where the story of the molten calf of Aaron is narrated, and in III Kings, xii (cf. II Par., xi), in connection with the policy of Jeroboam after the schism of the ten tribes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628b.htm
Gluttony
The excessive indulgence in food and drink.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm
Government Authority
The moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137c.htm
Gondulphus
The name of three saints, of whom one was Bishop of Tongres (Maestricht), the second Bishop of Metz, while the third is known as Gondulphus of Berry.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06633a.htm
Golden Rose
A precious and sacred ornament made of pure gold by skilled artificers, which the popes have been accustomed for centuries to bless each year, and occasionally confer upon illustrious churches and sanctuaries as a token of special reverence and devotion, upon Catholic kings or queens, princes or princesses, renowned generals or other distinguished personages, upon governments or cities conspicuous for their Catholic spirit and loyalty to the Holy See, as a mark of esteem and paternal affection.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06629a.htm
Gerard, John
Jesuit; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466c.htm
Gregory XIII, Pope
Reigned 1572-1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001b.htm
Gregory VIII, Pope
Reigned 1187.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795a.htm
Gaudentius, Saint
Bishop of Brescia. (387-410)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393c.htm
Guardi, Francesco
Venetian painter. (1712-1793)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049b.htm
Golgotha
The place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03191a.htm
Goodman, Ven. John
Priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647a.htm
Gospel and Gospels
The word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and deeds.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655b.htm
Gordon, Andrew
Monk and physicist. (1712-1751)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649b.htm
Gonzaga, Ercole
Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 March, 1563.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635a.htm
Griffiths, Thomas
Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the London District educated wholly in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033a.htm
Gregory XVI, Pope
Reigned 1831-1846.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07006a.htm
Gregory XIV, Pope
Reigned 1590-1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004a.htm
Gratian, Johannes
The little that is known concerning the author of the "Concordantia discordantium canonum", more generally called the "Decretum Gratiani", is furnished by that work itself, its earliest copies, and its twelfth-century "Summae" or abridgments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06730a.htm
Goyaz, Diocese of
Co-extensive with the state of the same name, one of the twenty states which, with the Federal District, comprise the Republic of Brazil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06687a.htm
Greith, Karl Johann
Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 May, 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025b.htm
González, Zeferino
Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher. (1831-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041c.htm
Gregory of Valencia
Professor of the University of Ingolstadt, b. at Medina, Spain); d. at Naples, 25 April, 1603.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021b.htm
Grace, Supernatural
Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06701a.htm
Goscelin
Benedictine biographical writer. (d. 1099)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655a.htm
Gonzalo de Berceo
Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636a.htm
Good Friday
The Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06643a.htm
Guérard, Robert
Writer, born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059a.htm
Guardian Angels
The lowest orders of angels are sent to men.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049c.htm
Gelasius I, Pope Saint
Reigned 492-496.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06406a.htm
Guaranà Indians
A tribal group of South America, having the former home territory chiefly between the Uruguay and lower Paraguay Rivers, in what is now Paraguay and the Provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios of Argentina.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07045a.htm
Grueber, Johann
German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07041a.htm
Gordon Riots
This agitation, so called from the head and spirit of the movement, Lord George Gordon, convulsed the metropolis of England from 2 June till 9 June, 1780.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649c.htm
Gordian
There were three Roman emperors of this name, who reigned between A.D. 237-44, and all of whom met with violent deaths.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648b.htm
Griffin, Gerald
A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick, Ireland; d. at Cork, 12 June, 1840.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07032a.htm
Girba
A titular see in the province of African Tripoli.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570c.htm
Greslon, Adrien
French Jesuit missionary. (1618-1697)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028b.htm
Gregory V, Pope
Reigned 996-999.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06790a.htm
Gregorian Chant
The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, comprising not only the Church music of the early Middle Ages, but also later compositions (elaborate melodies for the Ordinary of the Mass, sequences, etc.) written in a similar style down to the sixteenth century and even in modern times.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06779a.htm
Gospel of Mark
The Second Gospel, like the other two Synoptics, deals chiefly with the Galilean ministry of Christ, and the events of the last week at Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09674b.htm
Gozzoli
Painter; b. at Florence, 1420; d. at Pisa 1497.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688b.htm
Grace at Meals
One of the most ancient formulae of prayer at meals is found in a treatise of the fourth century, attributed without foundation to Saint Athanasius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714b.htm
Goulburn
One of the six suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical province of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683a.htm
Goss, Alexander
Bishop of Liverpool. (1814-1872)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06663a.htm
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