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Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina)
The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four Breviary anthems of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13409a.htm
Haymo of Faversham
English Franciscan and schoolman, b. at Faversham, Kent; d. at Anagni, Itlay, in 1243, according to the most probable opinion; Wadding gives 1244.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07161a.htm
Hadrian
Martyr, died about the year 306.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105a.htm
Haggai
Aggeus, the tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209d.htm
Hallerstein, August
Jesuit missionary in China, born in Germany, died in China, probably about 1777.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01323a.htm
Hyderabad-Deccan, Diocese of
Hyderabad, also called Bhagnagar, and Fakhunda Bunyad, capital of the Nizam's dominions, was founded in 1589, by Mohammed Kuli, King of Golconda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07592b.htm
Hymnody and Hymnology
Hymnody means exactly "hymn song", but as the hymn-singer as well as the hymn-poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico-philogical investigation and aesthetic estimation of hymns and hymn writers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07596a.htm
Humphreys, Laurence
Layman and martyr, born in Hampshire, England, 1571; died at Winchester, 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07545a.htm
Humbert of Romans
Fifth Dominican master general. (1194-1277)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542a.htm
Hurtado, Caspar
A Spanish Jesuit and theologian, b. at Mondejar, New Castle, in 1575; d. at Alcalá, 5 August, 1647.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583b.htm
Ham, Hamites
Son of Noe and progenitor of one of the three great races of men whose ethnographical table is given by Genesis 10.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03566b.htm
Holy Humility of Mary, Sisters of the
Founded at Dommartin-sous-Amance, France, in 1855, by John Joseph Begel (b. 5 April, 1817; d. 23 Jan., 1884), pastor of the two villages of Laitre and Dommartin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418a.htm
Haberl, Francis Xavier
Music historian. (1840-1910)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043b.htm
Hahn-Hahn, Ida
Countess, convert and authoress, born 22 June, 1805; died 12 January, 1880.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07109a.htm
Haller, Karl Ludwig von
A professor of constitutional law, b. 1 August, 1768, at Berne, d. 21 May, 1854, at Solothurn, Switzerland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07119a.htm
Hegesippus, Saint
A writer of the second century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07194a.htm
Hug, Johann Leonhard
A German Catholic exegete, b. at Constance, 1 June, 1765; d. at Freiburg im Br., 11 March, 1846.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515a.htm
Holy Name, Feast of the
Formerly the second Sunday after Epiphany, no longer on the Roman Calendar. Article's value is mostly historical.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07420a.htm
Hosea
Osee (Hôsheá'-Salvation), son of Beeri, was one of the Minor Prophets.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11337a.htm
Hallahan, Margaret
Foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (third order); b. in London, 23 January, 1803; d. 10 May, 1868.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07118a.htm
Haimhausen, Karl von
German missionary; b. at Munich, of a noble Bavarian family, 28 May, 1692; d. in Chile, 7 April, 1767.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07112a.htm
Hours, Liturgy of the
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
Hamsted, Adrian
Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127a.htm
Hamar, Ancient See of
Located in Norway.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043c.htm
Hansiz, Markus
Historian, b. at Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d. at Vienna, 5 September, 1766.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130b.htm
Halicarnassus
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07117a.htm
Homiliarium
A collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07447a.htm
Hardouin, Jean
Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, 23 Dec., 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; d. at Paris, 3 Sept., 1729.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135c.htm
Hopital, Guillaume-François-Antoine de L'
Marquis de Sainte-Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at Paris, 2 February, 1704.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07469a.htm
Herod
Herod was the name of many rulers mentioned in the N.T. and in history. It was known long before the time of the biblical Herods.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289c.htm
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Famous composer. (1732-1809)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07158b.htm
Hardman, Mary Juliana
Known in religion as Sister Mary; b. 26 April, 1813; d. 24 March, 1884.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135b.htm
Hanxleden, Johann Ernest
Jesuit missionary in the East Indies: b at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d. in Malabar, 20 March, 1732.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07131a.htm
Harper, Thomas Morton
Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London 26 Sept., 1821, of Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the City; d. 29 Aug., 1893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141d.htm
Hadrumetum
A titular see of Byzacena.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105b.htm
Hussey, Thomas
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at Tramore, Co. Waterford, 11 July, 1803.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07590a.htm
Harold Bluetooth
Son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. (911-986)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141b.htm
Huysmans, Joris Karl
French novelist. (1848-1907)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591a.htm
Haggith
One of David's wives (II Kings, iii,4).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07106a.htm
Hart, William
English priest. (1558-1583)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15631a.htm
Hair (in Christian Antiquity)
The paintings in the catacombs permit the belief that the early Christians simply followed the fashion of their time. The short hair of the men and the waved tresses of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, frizzed with irons, and arranged in tiers, while for women the hair twined about the head forming a high diadem over the brow.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113a.htm
Holy Childhood, Association of the
A children's association for the benefit of foreign missions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07399a.htm
Halma, Nicholas
French mathematician; born at Sedan, 31 December, 1755; died at Paris, 4 June, 1828.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120b.htm
Helen of Sköfde, Saint
Biography of the twelfth-century Swedish widow and martyr, killed in perhaps the year 1160.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203b.htm
Harding, Thomas
Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516 d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135a.htm
Haschka, Lorenz Leopold
A poet-author of the Austrian national anthem; b. at Vienna, 1 Sept. 1749, d. there 3 Aug., 1827, was in his youth a member of the Society of Jesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147b.htm
Hunter, Sylvester Joseph
English Jesuit priest and educator; b. at Bath, 13 Sept., 1829; d. at Stonyhurst, 20 June, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563b.htm
Harrowing of Hell
This is the Old English and Middle English term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell (or Hades) between the time of His Crucifixion and His Resurrection, when, according to Christian belief, He brought salvation to the souls held captive there since the beginning of the world.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143d.htm
Harney
William Selby Harney, soldier, convert; b. near Haysboro, Tennessee, U.S.A., 27 August, 1800; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, 9 May, 1889. John Milton Harney, brother of foregoing, b. in Delaware, 9 March, 1789; d. at Somerset, Kentucky, 15 January, 1825.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07140a.htm
Hanse, Blessed Everald
Martyr; b. in Northamptonshire; executed 31 July, 1581.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130a.htm
Hatred
In general, a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149b.htm
Habor River
A river of Mesopotamia in Asiatic Turkey, an important eastern affluent of the Euphrates.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103a.htm
Harrington, Ven. William
English martyr; b. 1566; d. 18 February, 1594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07142a.htm
Hartley, Ven. William
Martyr; b. at Wyn, in Derbyshire, England, of a yeoman family about 1557; d. 5 October, 1588.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146a.htm
Harrisburg
Diocese in Pennsylvania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143a.htm
Hartmann, Georg
Mechanician and physicist; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, 9 Feb. 1489; d. at Nuremberg, 9 April, 1564.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146b.htm
Hasak, Vincenz
Historian, b. at Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia , 18 July, 1812; d. 1 September, 1889, as dean of Weisskirchlitz, near Teplitz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147a.htm
Henry II
King of England. (1133-1189)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220b.htm
Huddleston, John
Monk of the Order of St. Benedict; b. at Farington Hall, Lancashire, 15 April, 1608; exact date of death unknown; buried at London, 13 September, 1698.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07511a.htm
Huelgas de Burgos
Founded by Alfonso VIII at the instance of his consort, Doña Leonor of England, about the year 1180.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512b.htm
Hypostatic Union
A theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth that in Christ one person subsists in two natures, the Divine and the human.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610b.htm
Harrison, William
Third and last archpriest of England, b. in Derbyshire in 1553; d. 11 May, 1621.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143c.htm
Harding, St. Stephen
Confessor, the third Abbot of Cîteaux, was born at Sherborne in Dorsetshire, England, about the middle of the eleventh century; died 28 March, 1134.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14290d.htm
Harris, Joel Chandler
Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; born at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A., 1848; died at Atlanta, Georgia, 3 July, 1908.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07142b.htm
Harrison, James
Priest and martyr; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, 22 March, 1602.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143b.htm
Harland, Henry
American novelist. (1861-1905)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044a.htm
Hanthaler, Chrysostomus
A Cistercian, historical investigator and writer. (1690-1754)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130c.htm
Hagen, Gottfried
Town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne "Reimchronik" (rhymed chronicle); died 1299.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105d.htm
Hydatius of Lemica
Chronicler and bishop. (d. 468)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07592a.htm
Hassard, John Rose Greene
An editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A., 4 September, 1836; d. in that city, 18 April, 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07148a.htm
Havestadt, Bernhard
German Jesuit; b. at Cologne, 27 February, 1714; died at Münster after 1778.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155a.htm
Hudson, Blessed James
Also known as James Thompson. Martyr, born in or near York; having nearly all his life in that city, died there, 28 November, 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08281a.htm
Hasslacher, Peter
Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149a.htm
Hawarden, Edward
Theologian and controversialist, b. in Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d. in London, 23 April, 1735.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155b.htm
Holy Name of Jesus
Reverence for the name of Jesus is not optional for believers. Article highlights the Scriptural reasons, and describes some customary ways of showing reverence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07421a.htm
Holy Sepulchre, Fathers of the
Franciscan Fathers, who with lay brothers keep watch over the Holy Sepulchre and the sanctuaries of the basilica.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427b.htm
Henry Morse, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10578a.htm
Hazart, Cornelius
Controversialist, orator, and writer, b. 28 October, 1617, at Oudenarde in the Netherlands; entered the Society of Jesus, 24 Sept., 1634; d. 25 October, 1690, at Antwerp.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162a.htm
Helena, Saint
The mother of Constantine the Great, d. about 330.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202b.htm
Hunting, Canons on
From early times, hunting, in one form or another has been forbidden to clerics.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563c.htm
Hauara
A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150b.htm
Hare Indians
A Déné tribe which shares with the Loucheux the distinction of being the northernmost in America, their habitat being immediately south of that of the Eskimos.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136b.htm
Haspinger, Johann Simon
A Tyrolese priest and patriot; b. at Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d. in the imperial palace of Mirabell, Salzburg, 12 January, 1858.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147c.htm
Heaven
In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds "under the firmament of heaven". In other passages it denotes the region of the stars that shine in the sky. Furthermore heaven is spoken of as the dwelling of God; for, although God is omnipresent, He manifests Himself in a special manner in the light and grandeur of the firmament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07170a.htm
Hauzeur, Mathias
A Franciscan theologian, b. at Verviers, 1589; d. at Liège 12 November, 1676, for many years professor of theology.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07153a.htm
Hauy, Valentin
Founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the name of "Father and Apostle of the Blind". (1745-1822)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152b.htm
Hatton, Edward Anthony
Dominican, apologist; b. in 1701; d. at Stourton Lodge, near Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 October, 1783.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150a.htm
Hardee, William J.
Soldier, convert, b. at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., 1817, d. at Wytheville, Virginia, 6 Nov., 1873.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134a.htm
Hardey, Mary Aloysia
Of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who established all the convents of her order, up to the year 1883, in the eastern part of the United States, Canada, and Cuba; b. at Piscataway, Maryland, 1809; d. at Paris, France, 17 June. 1886.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134b.htm
Haudriettes
A religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Etienne Haudry, a private secretary of St. Louis, King of France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150c.htm
Hymn
A derivative of the Latin hymnus, which comes from the Greek hymnos, derived from hydein, to sing.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07595a.htm
Haydn, Johann Michael
Younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn. (1737-1806)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07158a.htm
Hyrtl, Joseph
Austrian anatomist, b. at Eisenstadt in Hungary, December 7, 1810; d. 17 July, 1894, on his estate near Vienna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611b.htm
Heath, Ven. Henry
English Franciscan and martyr, son of John Heath; christened at St. John's, Peterborough, 16 December, 1599; executed at Tyburn, 17 April, 1643.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07169a.htm
Hay, Edmund and John
Edmund Hay, jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1540?; d. at Rome, 4 Nov., 1591. John Hay, kinsman and contemporary of Edmund, of the family of Hay of Dalgetti; b., 1546; d. at Pont-Ã -Mousson, 1608; a well-known scholar, professor, and writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157a.htm
Hautefeuille, Jean de
French physicist, b. at Orléans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151b.htm
Hegesippus, The Pseudo-
Fourth-century translator of Josephus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195a.htm
Herbert of Bosham
A biographer of St. Thomas Becket, dates of birth and death unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07250a.htm
Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the
Special form of devotion to Jesus. Discussion of what it is and what distinguishes it, its object, its foundations, and its proper act.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07163a.htm
Hambley, Ven. John
English martyr (suffered 1587), born and educated in Cornwall, and converted by reading one of Father Persons' books in 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07121a.htm
Horner, Nicholas
Layman and martyr, born at Grantley, Yorkshire, England, date of birth unknown; died at Smithfield, 4 March, 1590.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07471a.htm
Heiligenkreuz
An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of Baden in Lower Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198a.htm
Hebrew Bible
As compared with the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with the exception of the seven deuterocanonical books, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Machabees, and the deuterocanonical portions of Esther (x, 4 to end) and Daniel (iii, 24-90; xiii; xiv).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07175a.htm
Hegelianism
Hegel's philosophy is an attempt to reduce to a more synthetic unity the system of transcendantal idealism bequeathed to him by Kant, Fichte, and Schelling.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07192a.htm
Haraldson, Saint Olaf
Martyr and King of Norway. (995-1030)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11234a.htm
Henry Walpole, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15540a.htm
Heisterbach
A former Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge near the little town of Oberdollendorf in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202a.htm
Haeften, Benedict van
Benedictine writer, provost of the Monastery of Afflighem, Belgium; born at Utrecht, 1588; died 31 July, 1648.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105c.htm
Habacuc
Old Testament prophet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07097a.htm
Hedelin, François
Grammarian, poet, preacher, archeologist, philologist. Born at Paris, 4 August, 1604; died at Nemours, 27 July, 1676.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067a.htm
Holy Family, Congregations of the
Details of various groups by this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407c.htm
Hebrews, Epistle to the
The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm
Hay, George
Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, 24 Aug., 1729; d. at Aquhorties, 18 Oct., 1811.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157b.htm
Hefele, Karl Joseph von
Bishop of Rottenburg, b. at Unterkochen, Würtemberg, 15 March, 1890; d. at Rottenburg, 5 June, 1893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07191a.htm
Hardyng, John
An English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1460.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136a.htm
Hauteserre
Antoine Dadin d'Hauteserre, born 1602, died 1682; a distinguished French historian and canonist, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Toulouse. Flavius Hauteserre, younger brother of the above, died about 1670; professor of law at Poitiers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151c.htm
Heli
Both judge and high-priest, whose history is related in I Kings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204b.htm
Hedonism
The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with various modifications, that feelings of pleasure or happiness are the highest and final aim of conduct; that, consequently those actions which increase the sum of pleasure are thereby constituted right, and, conversely, what increases pain is wrong.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07187a.htm
Hail Mary (Ave Maria)
The Hail Mary (sometimes called the "Angelical salutation", sometimes, from the first words in its Latin form, the "Ave Maria") is the most familiar of all the prayers used by the Universal Church in honour of our Blessed Lady.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07110b.htm
Hairshirt
A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113b.htm
Henry II, Saint
German King and Holy Roman Emperor. (972-1024)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07227a.htm
Hughes, John
Fourth bishop and first Archbishop of New York, born at Annaloghan, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 24 June, 1797 of Patrick Hughes and Margaret McKenna: died in New York, 3 January, 1864.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07516a.htm
Heim, François Joseph
French historical painter, b. near Belfort, 1787, d. in Paris, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199b.htm
Howard, Mary, of the Holy Cross
Poor Clare, born 28 December, 1653; died at Rouen, 21 Mary's 1735.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502b.htm
Hawkins, Sir Henry
Raised to the peerage as Lord Brampton, eminent English lawyer and Judge, b. at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 14 September, 1817; d. at London, 12 October, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07156b.htm
Heart of Mary, Devotion to the
Article covering the nature and the history of the devotion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07168a.htm
Hours, Canonical
All the fixed portion of the Divine Office which the Church appoints to be recited at the different hours.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07500b.htm
Henoch, Book of
The antediluvian patriarch Henoch according to Genesis "walked with God and was seen no more, because God took him".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01602a.htm
Heilsbronn
Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle Franconia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198b.htm
Helenopolis
A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204a.htm
Hauy, René-Just
Mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152a.htm
Hecker, Isaac Thomas
Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07186a.htm
Hearse, Tenebrae
The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162c.htm
Heinz, Joseph
Swiss painter. (1564-1609)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201b.htm
Haydock, Venerable George
English martyr. (1556-1583)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm
Hospital Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus
These sisters are established in religion under the Rule of St. Augustine (q. v.), the institute being dependent on the pope represented by the bishop.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07488a.htm
Howard, Venerable William
Viscount Stafford, martyr; born 30 November, 1614; beheaded Tower-Hill, 29 December, 1680.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07504a.htm
Heeney, Cornelius
Merchant and philanthropist; b. in King's County, Ireland, 1754; d. at Brooklyn, U.S.A., 3 May, 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190a.htm
Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem
The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07477a.htm
Hebron
An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07184a.htm
Hell, Maximilian
Astronomer, b. at Schemnitz in Hungary, 15 May, 1720; d. at Vienna, 14 April, 1792.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07211a.htm
Hengler, Lawrence
Catholic priest and the inventor of the horizontal pendulum, b. at Reichenhofen, Würtemberg, 3 Feb., 1806; d. at Tigerfeld, 1858.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215b.htm
Hermann of Fritzlar
With this name are connected two works on mysticism written in German.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267b.htm
Helpers of the Holy Souls, Society of the
A religious order of women founded in Paris, France, 1856, with the object of assisting the Holy Souls, by [Blessed] Eugénie Smet (in religion, Marie de la Providence).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07213a.htm
Holy Infancy, Brothers of the
Founded in 1853 by the Right Rev. John Timon, the first Bishop of Buffalo. The special aim of this congregation is the sanctification of its members and the care of destitute and wayward boys.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418b.htm
Henoch
The name of the son of Cain (Gen., iv, 17, 18), of a nephew of Abraham (Gen., xxv, 4), of the first-born of Ruben (Gen., xlvi, 9), and of the son of Jared and the father of Mathusala (Gen., v. 18 sq.).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218a.htm
Hamilton, Ontario, Diocese of
Located in Ontario, Canada; a suffragan of Toronto.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07123a.htm
Helinand
Medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206a.htm
Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'Omalius
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, Belgium, 16 February, 1783; d. at Brussels, 15 January, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120a.htm
Herder
The name of a German firm of publishers and booksellers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251c.htm
Henry of Langenstein
Theologian and mathematician; b. about 1325 at the villa of Hainbuch (Hembuche), near Langenstein in Hesse; d. at Vienna, 11 Feb., 1397.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236b.htm
Holy Family, Archconfraternity of the
This archconfraternity owes its origin to Henri Belletable, an officer in the Engineers' Corps, Liege, Belgium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407b.htm
Hierapolis
Titular see of Phrygia Salutaris.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322b.htm
HenrÃquez, Enrique
Jesuit theologian, b. at Oporto, 1536; d. at Tivoli, 28 January, 1608.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220a.htm
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von
A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07124a.htm
Heis, Eduard
German astronomer, b. at Cologne, 18 February, 1806; d. at Münster, Westphalia, 30 June, 1877.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201c.htm
Henry VIII
King of England. (1491-1547)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm
Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy
Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150d.htm
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Born at Brussels, 1577; died near Vilvorde, 30 December, 1644. This scientist, distinguished in the early annals of chemistry, belonged to a Flemish family.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07212b.htm
Henry III
German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1017-1056)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07228a.htm
Hunt, Ven. Thurston
An English martyr (March, 1601).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563a.htm
Harlez de Deulin, Charles-Joseph de
A Belgian Orientalist, domestic prelate, canon of the cathedral of Liège, member of the Academic Royale of Belgium; b. at Liège, 21 August, 1832; d. at Louvain, 14 July, 1899.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07138a.htm
Heilsbronn, Monk of
This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199a.htm
Henschen, Godfrey
Jesuit, hagiographer; b. at Venray (Limburg), 21 June, 1601; d. at Antwerp, 11 Sept., 1681.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07240a.htm
Henten, John
John Henton, Biblical exegete, born 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium; died 10 Oct., 1566.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241a.htm
Holy Agony, Archconfraternity of
An association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397c.htm
Henrion, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste
Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist; b. at Metz, 19 June, 1805; d. at Aix, September, 1862.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219b.htm
Hawes, Stephen
Poet; b. in Suffolk about 1474; d. about 1523.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155c.htm
Hermann of Salza
Fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, descendant of the noble Thuringian house of Salza; b. 1180 at Langensalza in Thuringia; d. 19 March, 1239, at Barletta in Southern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267d.htm
Hamatha
A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120c.htm
Heresy
St. Thomas defines heresy: "a species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm
Hermite, Charles
Mathematician, born at Dieuze, Lorraine, 24 December, 1822; d. at Paris, 14 January, 1901;
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07279a.htm
Hermopolis Magna
A titular see of Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoe, in Egypt.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289a.htm
Haito
Bishop of Basle; b. in 763, of a noble family of Swabia; d. 17 March, 836, in the Abbey of Reichenau, on an island in the Lake of Constance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07115a.htm
Heredity
The offspring tends to resemble, sometimes with extraordinary closeness, the parents.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07254a.htm
Henri de Saint-Ignace
A Carmelite theologian, b. in 1630, at Ath in Hainaut, Belgium; d. in 1719 or 1720, near Liège.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219a.htm
Hello, Ernest
French philosopher and essayist. (1828-1885)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044b.htm
Herbart and Herbartianism
German philosopher and educationist. (1776-1841)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07248a.htm
Hermann of Minden
Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date; d. shortly after 1294.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267c.htm
Hermann of Altach
A medieval historian; b. 1200 or 1201; d. 31 July, 1275.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267a.htm
Henryson, Robert
Scottish poet, born probably 1420-1430; died about 1500.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238b.htm
Heraldry, Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical heraldry naturally divides itself into various branches, principally: the arms of religious corporations, and other bodies; the insignia of ecclesiastical dignity, rank, or office; the charges, terms, and forms of general heraldry having a religious or ecclesiastical origin, usage, or character; the emblems or devices attributed to or typifying particular saints or other beings venerated by the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07243a.htm
Heereman von Zuydwyk, Freiherr von
Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. 26 Aug., 1832, at Surenburg near Riesenbeck, Westphalia; d. 23 March, 1903, at Berlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190b.htm
Holy Child Jesus, Society of the
Founded in England in 1840 by Mrs. Cornelia Connelly, née Peacock, a native of Philadelphia, U.S.A., who had become a convert to the Catholic Faith in 1835.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07400a.htm
Henry IV
German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1050-1108)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07230a.htm
Hossche, Sidron de
Poet and priest; born at Mercken, West Flanders, in 1596; died at Tongres in 1653.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489b.htm
Holy Sepulchre, Canonesses Regular of the
Concerning the foundation there is only a tradition connecting it with St. James the Apostle and representing St. Helena as invested with the habit by St. Macanus, Bishop of Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427a.htm
Haydock, George Leo
Priest and biblical scholar. (1774-1849)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07160a.htm
Human Acts
St. Thomas and the scholastics in general regard only the free and deliberate acts of the will as human.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01115a.htm
Hypocrisy
The pretension to qualities which one does not possess, or, more cognately to the scope of this article, the putting forward of a false appearance of virtue or religion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610a.htm
Homoousion
The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07449a.htm
Haceldama
The name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103b.htm
Hussites
The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although Hus and even Jerome of Prague are also named as their leaders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07585a.htm
Hospice
During the early centuries of Christianity the hospice was a shelter for the sick, the poor, the orphans, the old, the travellers and the needy of every kind.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475b.htm
Hyssop
A plant which is referred to in a few passages of Holy Writ, and which cannot be identified with certainty at the present day.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07612a.htm
Hope
The desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465b.htm
Hurter
Several members of this family detailed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583c.htm
Hergenröther, Joseph
Church historian and canonist, first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b. at Würzburg, 15 Sept., 1824; d. at Mehrerau (Bodensee), 3 Oct., 1890.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07262a.htm
Haiti
An island of the Greater Antilles.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07114a.htm
Humeral Veil
The name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ft. wide.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542b.htm
Habington, William
Poet and historian; born at Hindlip, Worcestershire, 1605; died 1654; son of Thomas Habington the antiquarian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07099a.htm
Houghton, John, Blessed
Protomartyr of the persecution under Henry VIII, b. in Essex, 1487; d. at Tyburn, 4 May, 1535.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08465a.htm
Halloween (All Saints' Day)
Instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year. The vigil of this feast is popularly called "Hallowe'en" or "Halloween".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01315a.htm
Heart of Mary, Congregations of
Details on several congregations under this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07167a.htm
Hermits
Also called anchorites, men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07280a.htm
Herbert of Lea, Lady Elizabeth
English authoress and philanthropist. (1822-1911)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044c.htm
Heroic Virtue
St. Augustine first applied the pagan title of hero to the Christian martyrs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292c.htm
Henry Suso, Blessed
Biography of this German Dominican mystic, d. 1366.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm
Hypsistarians
A distinct Jewish-pagan sect which flourished from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 400, mostly in Asia Minor (Cappadocia Bithynia, Pontus) and on the South Russian coasts of the Euxine Sea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611a.htm
Hermeneutics
Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god Hermes, the reputed messenger and interpreter of the gods.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07271a.htm
Hermanos Penitentes, Los
A society of flagellants existing among the Spanish of New Mexico and Colorado.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11635c.htm
Herodias
Wife of Herod Philip, and mistress of Herod Antipas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292a.htm
Henry of Kalkar
Carthusian writer, b. at Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d. at Cologne, 20 December, 1408.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236a.htm
Heortology
The science of sacred festivals, embracing the principles of their origin, significance, and historical development, with reference to epochs or incidents in the Christian year.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241b.htm
Hierapolis
Titular Archdiocese, metropolis of the Province of Euphrates, in the Patriarchate of Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322a.htm
Hermann I
Landgrave of Thuringia (1190-1217), famous as a patron of medieval German poets.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07265b.htm
Herdtrich, Christian Wolfgang
An Austrian Jesuit missionary in China; born at Graz, Styria, 25 June, 1625; d. 18 July, 1684.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07253a.htm
Hewett, John
English martyr; son of William Hewett of York; date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, 6 October, 1588.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07309a.htm
Hermes, George
Philosopher and theologian. (1775-1831)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276c.htm
Henoticon
The unsuccessful law made by the Emperor Zeno in order to conciliate Catholics and Monophysites.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218b.htm
Hermopolis Parva
A titular see of Ægyptus Prima, suffragan of Alexandria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289b.htm
Hierarchy of the Early Church
The word hierarchy is used here to denote the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon (ministri).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07326a.htm
Husenbeth, Frederick Charles
Writer and editor, born at Bristol, 30 May, 1796; died at Cossey, Norfolk, 31 October, 1872.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07589a.htm
Hermann Contractus
Chronicler, mathematician, and poet. (1013-1054)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07266a.htm
Huntington, Jedediah Vincent
Clergyman, novelist; born 20 January, 1815, in New York City; died 10 March, 1862, at Pau, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564a.htm
Humphrey Middlemore, Blessed
English Carthusian martyr, date of birth uncertain; d. at Tyburn, London, 19 June, 1535.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07544a.htm
Hingston, Sir William Hales
Canadian physician and surgeon, b. at Hinchinbrook near Huntingdon, Quebec, June 29, 1829; d. at Montreal, 19 February, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07359a.htm
Hurst, Richard
Layman and martyr, b. probably at Broughton, near Preston, Lancashire, England, date unknown; d. at Lancaster, 29 August, 1628.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583a.htm
Hilarius of Sexten
Moral theologian. (1839-1900)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07348a.htm
HenrÃquez, Crisóstomo
A Cistercian of the Spanish Congregation; b. at Madrid, 1594; d. 23 December, 1632, at Louvain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219c.htm
Higden, Ranulf
Benedictine chronicler. (d. 1364)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07346a.htm
Hidalgo, Miguel
Mexican patriot. (1753-1811)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16045a.htm
Hezekiah
King of Juda, son and successor of Achaz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05737a.htm
Holy Faith, Sisters of the
Founded at Dublin, in 1857, by Margaret Aylward, under the direction of Rev. John Gowan, C.M., for the care of Catholic orphans.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407a.htm
Higher Criticism
Biblical criticism in its fullest comprehension is the examination of the literary origins and historical values of the books composing the Bible, with the state in which these exist at the present day.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04491c.htm
Hieronymites
In the fourth century, certain Roman ladies, following St. Paula, embraced the religious life in Bethlehem, putting themselves under the direction of St. Jerome, who had founded a monastery in that city.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07345a.htm
Heude, Pierre
Missionary to China and zoologist. (1836-1902)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07308a.htm
Holy Name, Society of the
Confraternity of the Most Holy Name of God and Jesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07420b.htm
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Jesuit and poet. (1844-1889)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16045b.htm
Hodgson, Sydney
A lawman and martyr; date and place of birth unknown; d. at Tyburn, 10 Dec., 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07381a.htm
Holland, Ven. Thomas
An English martyr, b. 1600 at Sutton, Lancashire; martyred at Tyburn, 12 December, 1642.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07393a.htm
Holy Oils, Vessels for
In Christian antiquity there existed an important category of vessels used as receptacles for holy oil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07422a.htm
Hawker, Robert Stephen
Poet and antiquary; b. at Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d. there 15 August, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07156a.htm
Howard, Philip Thomas
Dominican and cardinal, commonly called the "Cardinal of Norfolk"; born at Arundel House, London, 21 September, 1629; died at Rome, 17 June, 1694.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502c.htm
Holywood, Christopher
Jesuit; b. At Artane, Dublin, in 1559; d. 4 September, 1626.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07439a.htm
Heroic Act of Charity
A decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences dated 18 December, 1885, and confirmed the following day by Leo XIII.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292b.htm
Hereford, Ancient Diocese of
Located in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07255a.htm
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
Born at Versailles, 1741; died 16 July, 1828; the most distinguished sculptor of France during the latter half of the eighteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07499a.htm
Holy Year of Jubilee
Background information relating to the Jubilee.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531c.htm
Holy House of Loreto
Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, it has been numbered among the most famous shrines of Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13454b.htm
Holy Coat
The possession of the seamless garment of Christ, for which the soldiers cast lots at the Crucifixion, is claimed by the cathedral of Trier and by the parish church of Argenteuil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07400b.htm
Honorius III, Pope
Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07457a.htm
Hervás y Panduro, Lorenzo
Spanish Jesuit and famous philologist; b. at Horcajo, 1 May, 1735; d. at Rome, 24 August, 1809.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07297a.htm
Holocaust
As suggested by its Greek origin (holos "whole", and kaustos "burnt") the word designates an offering entirely consumed by fire, in use among the Jews and some pagan nations of antiquity. [Definition from 1910.]
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