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Kervyn de Lettenhove, Joseph-Marie-Bruno-Constantin, Baron
Belgian statesman and historian, b. at Saint-Michel-lez-Bruges, 17 August, 1817; d. there, 3 April, 1891.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08629a.htm
Kentigern, Saint
Bishop, founder of the See of Glasgow, b. about 518; d. at Glasgow, 13 January, 603.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08620a.htm
Kan-Su, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
This vicariate includes the territory of Ku-ku-nor, northern part of Tibet, and the five northern prefectures of the Chinese province of Kan-su: Lan-chou-fu, Si-ning-fu, Liang-chou-fu, Kan-chou-fu, and Su-chou.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08602c.htm
Kings, Third and Fourth Books of
The historical book called in the Hebrew Melakhim, i.e. Kings, is in the Vulgate, in imitation of the Septuagint, styled the Third and Fourth Book of Kings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08652a.htm
Kaskaskia Indians
Formerly chief tribe of the confederacy of Illinois Indians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08608b.htm
Konrad of Megenberg
Scholar and writer, b. probably at Mainberg, near Schweinfurt, Bavaria, 2 February, 1309; d. at Ratisbon, 11 April, 1374.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08691a.htm
Kalispel Indians
Popularly known under the French name of Pend d'Oreilles, "ear pendants", an important tribe of Salishan stock originally residing about Pend d Oreille lake and river, in northern Idaho and northeast Washington.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08594a.htm
Knownothingism
This was a name applied to a movement in American politics which attracted a large share of public attention during the period from 1851 to 1858.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08677a.htm
Kaufmann, Alexander
Poet and folklorist, born at Bonn, 14 May, 1817; died at Wertheim, 1 May, 1893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08610a.htm
Kaufmann, Leopold
Chief Burgomaster of Bonn, brother of the poet and folklorist Alexander Kaufmann, born 13 March, 1821; died 27 Feb., 1898.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08610b.htm
Knights of Christ, Order of the
A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the Temple (see Knights Templars).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03698b.htm
Kavanagh, Julia
Novelist and biographer, born 7 Jan., 1824, at Thurles, Ireland; died 28 October, 1877, at Nice, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08613a.htm
Kassai, Upper
Erected as a simple mission in 1901, and detached, as a prefecture Apostolic, from the Vicariate of Belgian Congo since 20 August, 1901.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08609a.htm
Kehrein, Joseph
Educator, philologist, and historian of German literature, born at Heidesheim, near Mainz, 20 October, 1808; died at Montabaur, Hesse-Nassau, 25 March, 1876.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08613b.htm
Kyrie Eleison
Greek for "Lord have mercy"; the Latin transliteration supposes a pronunciation as in Modern Greek, is a very old, even pre-Christian, expression used constantly in all Christian liturgies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08714a.htm
Kevin of Glendalough, Saint
St. Kevin, or Coemgen, Abbot of Glendalough, d. 618.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04092c.htm
Kochanowski, Jan
Born at Sycyna, 1530, died at Lublin, 22 August, 1584.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08685b.htm
Karnkowski, Stanislaw
Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland, born about 1526; died at Lowicz,in the Government of Warsaw, 25 May (al., 8 June), 1603.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08608a.htm
Kings, First and Second Books of
Known as the First and Second Books of Kings in the Authorized Version, in the Hebrew editions and the Protestant versions these are known as 1st and 2nd Samuel, with the Third and Fourth Books of Kings being styled First and Second Books of Kings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08647b.htm
Kerry and Aghadoe
The Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe (Kerriensis Et Aghadoensis), suffragan of Cashel, Ireland, is sixty-six miles in length, and sixty-one in breadth, containing a superficial area of 983,400 acres, and extending over the whole County of Kerry and a portion of that of Cork; in 1901 the Catholic population was 187,346.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08627a.htm
Kalcker, Jan Stephanus van
Flemish painter, native of the Duchy of Cleves; b. between 1499 and 1510; d. at Naples, 1546.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08593b.htm
Knowledge of Jesus Christ
"Knowledge of Jesus Christ," as used in this article, does not mean a summary of what we know about Jesus Christ, but a survey of the intellectual endowment of Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08675a.htm
Kings, Chronology of the
Offers a table with the kings from the Bible.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08654a.htm
Knoll, Albert (Joseph)
Dogmatic theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, born at Bruneck in northern Tyrol, 12 July, 1796; died at Bozen, 30 March, 1863.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08672b.htm
Konrad
A German epic poet of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08690a.htm
Konsag, Ferdinand
A German missionary of the eighteenth century, b. 2 December, 1703, at Warasdin, Croatia; d. 10 September, 1758.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08691c.htm
Keating, Geoffrey
Irish theologian, historian, and poet, b. at Burgess in the parish of Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary, about 1569; d. at Tubbrid about 1644.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16048b.htm
Kavanagh, Edward
American statesman and diplomat, born at Newcastle, Maine, 27 April, 1795; died there, 21 Jan., 1844.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08612a.htm
Kinloss
Cistercian abbey on the coast of Morayshire, Scotland, founded in 1150 or 1151 (authorities differ) by King David I, in gratitude, according to the popular legend, for having been guided into safety by a white dove when he had lost his way hunting in the adjacent forest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08659a.htm
Kaiserwilhelmsland
Prefecture Apostolic, comprises the German part of the island of New Guinea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592d.htm
Keon, Miles Gerard
Irish journalist. (1821-1875)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08626a.htm
Kozmian, Stanislaus and John
Two brothers who took part in the Polish insurrection of 1831, and subsequently fled the country.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08695a.htm
Kaiser, Kajetan Georg von
Chemist, born at Kelheim on the Danube (Bavaria), 5 January, 1803; died at Munich, 28 August, 1871.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592b.htm
Kenrick, Francis Patrick and Peter Richard
Archbishops of Baltimore, Maryland, and of St. Louis, Missouri.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08618a.htm
Kemble, Venerable John
English martyr. (1599-1679)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616a.htm
Kieran, Saints
There are many Irish saints of this name, but the most celebrated is St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636b.htm
Kirby, Blessed Luke
English martyr. (d. 1582)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630d.htm
Klesl, Melchior
A cardinal and Austrian statesman, b. at Vienna, 19 February, 1552; d. at Wiener-Neustadt, 18 September, 1630.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08666b.htm
Kadlubek, Blessed Vincent
Bishop of Cracow, chronicler. (1160-1223)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15438a.htm
Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton
An Austrian prince and statesman, born at Vienna 2 February, 1711; died there 27 June, 1794.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08611b.htm
Kerkuk
Chaldean Catholic diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08626b.htm
Knowledge
Knowledge, being a primitive fact of consciousness, cannot, strictly speaking, be defined; but the direct and spontaneous consciousness of knowing may be made clearer by pointing out its essential and distinctive characteristics.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08673a.htm
Klinkowström
Artist, author and teacher; b. at Ludwigsburg in Swedish Pomerania on 31 August, 1778; d. at Vienna, 4 April, 1835.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08667b.htm
Kabbala
It primarily signifies reception, and, secondarily, a doctrine received by oral tradition.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08590a.htm
Kells, Book of
An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, and the Eusebian canons, known also as the "Book of Columba".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08614b.htm
Kuncevyc, Saint Josaphat
Lithuanian martyr. (1580-1623)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08503b.htm
Kenites
A tribe or family often mentioned in the Old Testament, personified as Qayin from which the nomen gentilicium Qeni is derived.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03776b.htm
Kneeling
To genuflect, to bend the knee.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06423a.htm
Kan-Su, Prefecture Apostolic of Southern
Separated from the Northern Kan-su mission in 1905, and committed to the Belgian Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutveld, Brussels).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08602b.htm
Knights of Malta
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
Kansas City, Diocese of
Established 10 September, 1880.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08602a.htm
Kearney, Diocese of
By Decree of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation of 8 March, 1912, Pius X divided into two parts the territory of the Diocese of Omaha, erecting the western part into a new and distinct diocese with its see at Kearney.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16048a.htm
Kentucky
A state situated between the parallels of latitude 36° 30 and 39°6' N., and between the meridians 82° and 89°38' W.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08620b.htm
Kilian, Saint
Apostle of Franconia and martyr, born about 640 of noble parents probably in Ireland (according to others in Scotland though Scottica tellus, as it is called by the elder "Passio", may also in medieval times have meant Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08639a.htm
Knights Templars, The
The earliest founders of the military orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm
Kiss
Four times in the Epistles of St. Paul is met the injunction, used as a sort of formula of farewell, "Salute one another in a holy kiss" (en philemati hagio), for which St. Peter (1 Pet., v, 14) substitutes "in a kiss of love" (en philemati agapes).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08663a.htm
Kohlmann, Anthony
Educator and missionary. (1771-1836)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08686c.htm
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz
Polish patriot and soldier, b. near Novogrudok, Lithuania, Poland, 12 February, 1752; d. at Solothurn, Switzerland, 15 October, 1817.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08694a.htm
Kellner, Lorenz
Educationist, born at Kalteneber in the district of Eichsfeld, 29 January, 1811; died at Trier, 18 August, 1892.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08614a.htm
Kino, Eusebius
A famous Jesuit missionary of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. 10 August, 1644, in Welschtirol (Anauniensis); d. 15 March, 1711.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08660a.htm
Klaczko, Julian
Polish author, b. at Vilna, 6 November, 1825, of Jewish parents; d. at Cracow, 26 November, 1906.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08665a.htm
Kalocsa-Bacs, Archdiocese of
This archdiocese embraces within its territories an archdiocese and a diocese founded by St. Stephen of Hungary in 1010.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08594b.htm
Kent, Nun of
Nickname for Elizabeth Barton.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02319b.htm
Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam, signifying in English the "Jug's Corner," is a town of 60,000 inhabitants, and is situated in the fertile plain of the Tanjore District about half-way on the railroad which connects Madras with Tuticorin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08710a.htm
Keller, Jacob
Controversialist, born at Sackingen, Baden, Germany, in 1568; died at Munich, Bavaria, 23 February, 1631.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08613c.htm
Kirkwall
A parish, also a royal and parliamentary burgh and chief or county town of Orkney, in the north of Scotland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08662a.htm
Kenosis
A term derived from the discussion as to the real meaning of Phil. 2:6.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08617a.htm
Kessels, Matthias
Sculptor, b. at Maastricht, 1784; d. at Rome, 3 March, 1836.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08629b.htm
Kennedy, James
Bishop of St. Andrews, Scotland. Born about 1406; died 10 May, 1466.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616d.htm
Kenia
Vicariate Apostolic in Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616c.htm
Keewatin, Vicariate Apostolic of
Includes the northern half of the Province of Saskatchewan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16049a.htm
Koller, Marian Wolfgang
Scientist and educator. (1792-1866)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08687a.htm
Killala
Diocese, one of the five suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical Province of Tuam.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08640a.htm
Kingdom of God
In this expression the innermost teaching of the Old Testament is summed up, but it should be noted that the word kingdom means ruling as well; thus it signifies not so much the actual kingdom as the sway of the king.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08646a.htm
Kerssenbroch, Hermann von
A teacher and historian, b. at Monchshof, near Barntrup (Lippe), about 1520; d. at Osnabruck, 5 July, 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08628a.htm
Kilwardby, Robert
Archbishop of Canterbury. (d. 1279)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08644a.htm
Kenneth, Saint
St. Canice, also called Kenneth or Kenny, Irish priest, monastic founder, missionary to Scotland, d. 600.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03250a.htm
Kells, School of
Kells (in Gaelic Cenannus) was the chief of the Irish Columban monasteries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08615a.htm
Kenraghty
Irish priest, d. 30 April, 1585, at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08617b.htm
Knight, Venerable William
Put to death for the Faith at York, on 29 November, 1596; with him also suffered Venerables George Errington of Herst, William Gibson of Ripon, and William Abbot of Howden, in Yorkshire.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670a.htm
Klee, Heinrich
German theologian and exegete, b. at Münstermaifeld, in the Rhine province, 20 April, 1800; d. at Munich, 28 July, 1840.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08666a.htm
Kickham, Charles Joseph
Patriot, novelist, and poet, b. at Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1828; d. at Blackrock, Co. Dublin, 22 Aug., 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16049b.htm
Kneipp, Sebastian
Bavarian priest and hydrotherapist, b. at Stephansreid, Bavaria, 17 May, 1821; d. at Wörishofen, 17 June, 1897.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08669b.htm
Konig, Joseph
Theologian and exegete. (1819-1900)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08688a.htm
Kögler, Ignaz
Jesuit missionary to China. (1680-1746)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08686b.htm
Knoblecher, Ignatius
Catholic missionary in Central Africa, born 6 July, 1819, at St. Cantian in Lower Carniola; died 13 April, 1858, at Naples.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08672a.htm
Kleutgen, Josef Wilhelm Karl
German theologian and philosopher, b. at Dortmund, Westphalia, 9 April, 1811; d. at St. Anton near Kaltern, Tyrol, 13 Jan., 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08667a.htm
Knabl, Joseph
A master of religious plastic art, b. at Fliess, Tyrol, in 1819; d. at Munich in 1881.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08669a.htm
Koberger, Anthony
German printer, publisher, and bookseller, b. about 1445; d. at Nuremberg, 3 October, 1513.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08684b.htm
Kober, Franz Quirin von
German canonist and pedagogist, b. of simple countryfolk on 6 March, 1821, at Warthausen, Biberach, Würtemberg; d. at Tübingen, 25 January, 1897.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08684a.htm
Kemp, John
Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England. (1380-1454)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616b.htm
Kamerun, Vicariate Apostolic of
Located in German West Africa, between British Nigeria and French Congo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08596a.htm
Kircher, Athanasius
Celebrated for the versatility of his knowledge and particularly distinguished for his knowledge of the natural sciences, b. 2 May, 1601, at Geisa, a small town on the northern bank of the Upper Rhone (Buchonia); d. at Rome, 28 Nov., 1680.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08661a.htm
Kaulen, Franz Philip
Scriptural scholar, born 20 March, 1827, at Düsseldorf; died at Bonn, 11 July, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08611a.htm
Kottayam, Vicariate Apostolic of
Located on the Malabar Coast, India.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16050a.htm
Kafiristan and Kashmir, Prefecture Apostolic of
Created (1887) by Leo XIII in the extreme North of India.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08591a.htm
Knights of the Cross
A religious order famous in the history of Bohemia, and accustomed from the beginning to the use of arms, a custom which was confirmed in 1292 by an ambassador of Pope Nicholas IV.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08671a.htm
Kager, Johann Matthias
German historical painter, born at Munich, 1566; died at Augsburg, 1634.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592a.htm
Kochowski, Vespasian
Born at Sandomir?, 1633; died at Krakow, 1699. He received his education at the Jesuit College, Sandomir, served in the army, and then spent the rest of his life on his estate.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08686a.htm
Kraemer, John
Born about the end of the fourteenth century, he must have died between 1437 and 1440, as a manuscript of the Carthusian monastery of Memmingen speaks of the gift made to it by Krämer in 1437, and the general chapter of the Carthusian Order held in 1440 mentions his death.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08697a.htm
Konigshofen, Jacob
Medieval chronicler. (1346-1420)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08689a.htm
Kreil, Karl
Austrian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Ried, Upper Austria, 4 Nov., 1798; d. at Vienna, 21 Dec., 1862.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08700a.htm
Kernan, Francis
Lawyer, statesman; born in Steuben County, New York, 14 January, 1816; d. at Utica, New York, 7 September, 1892.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08626c.htm
Konarski, Stanislaus
Born in 1700; died in 1773. This great reformer of Polish schools was a Piarist who, during a visit to Rome after his ordination, received there the first idea of his life's mission.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08687b.htm
Krasicki, Ignatius
Born in 1735; died at Berlin, 1801. He took orders in early youth, and soon after became a canon, travelled abroad, preached the coronation sermon for King Stanislaus Poniatowski, by whose favour he shortly got a bishopric in what was soon to become Prussian Poland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08698a.htm
Konrad of Würzburg
A Middle High German poet, b. about 1230; d. at Basle, 1287.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08691b.htm
Klopp, Onno
Historian, b. on 9 October, 1822, at Leer (East Friesland); d. at Vienna, 9 August 1903.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08668a.htm
Koran, The
The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the revelation of God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08692a.htm
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von
Bishop of Mainz, b. at Münster, in Westphalia, 25 Dec., 1811; d. at Burghausen, 13 July, 1877.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08629c.htm
Kharput
Armenian Uniat diocese created in 1850.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08633a.htm
Kiang-nan
The Vicariate comprises the two provinces of Kiang-su and Ngan-hwei.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08633b.htm
Kiang-si, Eastern
The mission of Eastern Kiang-si was separated from the mission of Northern Kiang-si in 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08634a.htm
Kiang-si, Northern
Father Matteo Ricci of the Society of Jesus was the first missionary who entered the province of Kiang-si at the end of the sixteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635a.htm
Kiang-si, Southern
Separated from the mission of Northern Kiang-si in 1879, and organized into an independent Vicariate Apostolic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635b.htm
Kickapoo Indians
Apparently corrupted from a longer term signifying "roamers", a tribe of Algonquian stock, closely related dialectically to the Sauk and Foxes, and living when first known in south central Wisconsin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635c.htm
Knighthood
In the military sense, chivalry was the heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages which constituted the chief and most effective warlike force. The knight or chevalier was the professional soldier of the time; in medieval Latin, the ordinary word miles (soldier) was equivalent to "knight."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03691a.htm
Keys, Power of the
The expression "power of the keys" is derived from Christ's words to St. Peter (in Matthew 16:19).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08631b.htm
Krafft, Adam
Sculptor, b. about 1440 at Nuremberg; d. Jan., 1509 at Schwabach.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08695b.htm
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin
Soldier, convert, b. at Brimfield, Massuchusetts, U.S.A., 29 May, 1810; d. at Nice, France, 14 October, 1895.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08631a.htm
Knights of Columbus
A fraternal and beneficent society of Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670c.htm
Kateri Tekakwitha, Blessed
An Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe, known as the "Lily of the Mohawks", and the "Genevieve of New France".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14471a.htm
Koniggrätz
Diocese in Bohemia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08688b.htm
Konrad of Lichtenau
Medieval German chronicler. (d. 1240)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08690b.htm
Kulturkampf
The name given to the political struggle for the rights and self-government of the Catholic Church, carried out chiefly in Prussia and afterwards in Baden, Hesse, and Bavaria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08703b.htm
Kalinka, Valerian
Polish historian, born near Cracow in 1826; died at Jaroslaw in 1886.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08593c.htm
Kreiten, William
Literary critic and poet, b. 21 June, 1847, at Gangelt near Aschen; d. 6 June, 1902, at Kerkrade (Kirchrath) in Dutch Limburg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08700b.htm
Konings, Anthony
Born at Helmond, Diocese of Bois-1e-Duc, Holland, 24 August, 1821; died 30 June, 1884.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08689b.htm
Kalands Brethren
The name given to religious and charitable associations of priests and laymen especially numerous in Northern and Central Germany, which held regular meetings for religious edification and instruction, and also to encourage works of charity and prayers for the dead.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08593a.htm
Kobler, Andreas
An historian, b. at Muhldorf in Bavaria, 22 June, 1816; d. at Klagenfurt, 15 November, 1892.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08685a.htm
Kremsmünster
A Benedictine abbey in Austria, on the little river Krems, about twenty miles south of Linz, founded A.D. 777 by Tassilo II Duke of Bavaria, who richly endowed it, as did subsequently Charlemagne and his successors.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08701a.htm
Kansas
One of the United States of America, is the central state of the Union, to which it was admitted 29 January, 1861.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08597a.htm
Kafirs
A term popularly to nearly all the natives of South Africa. It was originally imposed by the Arab traders of the East coast, and means "unbeliever".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08591b.htm
Kings
The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm
Kraus, Franz Xaver
An ecclesiastical and art historian, b. at Trier, 18 September, 1840; d. at San Remo, 28 December, 1901.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08699a.htm
Krasinski, Sigismund
Count, son of a Polish general, b. at Paris, 19 Feb., 1812; d. there, 23 Feb., 1859.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08698b.htm
Kandy, Diocese of
Formerly part of the Vicariate of Southern Colombo, Ceylon, India, from which it was cut off as a vicariate Apostolic on 16 April, 1883, and erected into a diocese on 1 September, 1886.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08596b.htm
Kaiserchronik
A German epic poem of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592c.htm
Kant, Philosophy of
Kant's philosophy is generally designated as a system of transcendental criticism tending towards Agnosticism in theology, and favouring the view that Christianity is a non-dogmatic religion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08603a.htm
Kauffmann, Angelica
Painter, born at Coire, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, 30 October, 1741; died at Rome, 5 November, 1807.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08609b.htm
Kildare, School of
Situated in Magh Liffe, or the Plain of the Liffey, came to be known as Cill-Dara, or the Church of the Oak, from the stately oak-tree so much loved by St. Brigid, who under its branches laid the foundations of what in process of time became a monastic city.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636c.htm
Kielce
Diocese in the sourthern part of Russian Poland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636a.htm
Kildare and Leighlin
One of the four suffragans of Dublin, Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08637a.htm
Killaloe
A suffragan diocese of Cashel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08641a.htm
Kilmore
Diocese in Ireland, includes almost all Cavan and about half of Leitrim.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08642a.htm
Kilwinning, Benedictine Abbey of
Located in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the town of the same name, where a church was said to have been founded early in the eighth century by St. Winning.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08644b.htm
Kimberley
Vicariate apostolic; suffragan of Adelaide, erected by Leo XIII, 5 May, 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645a.htm
Kimberley in Orange
The portion of South Africa which at the present day forms the Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange became in the division of the Vicariate of Good Hope part of the Eastern District, and later on part of the Vicariate of Natal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645b.htm
Kingisel
The name of two abbots who ruled Glastonbury in the seventh and eighth centuries respectively.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08647a.htm
Kingston
The Archdiocese of Kingston comprises the territory from the eastern line of Dundas County to the western boundary of Hastings County in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08658a.htm
Kiowa Indians
An important Plains tribe, constituting a distinct linguistic stock.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08660b.htm
Kisfaludy
Born at Suemeg, Hungary, 27 Sept., 1772; died at Suemeg, 28 October, 1844.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08662b.htm
Knighton, Henry
A fourteenth-century chronicler.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670b.htm
Knox, John
Scotch Protestant leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, 24 November, 1572.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08680a.htm
Krain
A duchy and crownland in the Austrian Empire, bounded on the north by Karinthia, on the north-east by Styria, on the south-east and south by Croatia, and on the west by Trieste, Goritza, and Istria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08696a.htm
Kromer, Martin
A distinguished Polish bishop and historian; b. at Biecz in Galicia in 1512; d. at Heilsberg, Ermland (now East Prussia), on 23 March, 1589.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08702b.htm
Krzycki, Andrew
A typical humanistic poet, a most supple courtier for whom poetry was to be a source of renown and profit, Krzycki was well-read in Latin poetry and knew the language to perfection. Date of birth uncertain; d. in 1535.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08702c.htm
Kuhn, Johannes von
Theologian, b. at Waeschenbeuren in Wuertemberg, 19 Feb., 1806; d. at Tübingen, 8 May, 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08703a.htm
Kutenai Indians
An important tribe of south-eastern British Columbia and the adjacent portions of Montana and Idaho.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08711a.htm
Kwango
The name of a river which flows into the Kassai, which itself is a tributary of the River Congo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08711b.htm
Kwang-si
The mission of Kwang-si comprises the entire province of that name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08712a.htm
Kwang-tung
This prefecture comprises the whole province of that name except the civil prefecture of Shin-hing, the three districts of Heung-shan, Yan-ping, and Yeung-tsun, which belong to the Diocese of Macao, and the three districts of San-on, Kwei-shin, and Hoi-fung, which belong to the Vicariate Apostolic of Hong-Kong.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08712b.htm
Kwei-chou
The mission of Kwei-chou embraces the entire province of that name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08713a.htm
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