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Medina, Juan de
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10144a.htm
Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint
Religious of the Visitation Order. Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born at Lhautecour, France, 22 July, 1647; died at Paray-le-Monial, 17 October, 1690.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09653a.htm
Maintenon, Françoise, Marquise de
Born at Niort, 28 November 1635; died at Saint-Cyr, 15 April 1719. She was the granddaughter of the celebrated Protestant writer, Agrippa d'Aubigné.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09548b.htm
Madeleine-Sophie Barat, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02283a.htm
Matteo di Termini
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224c.htm
Margaret of Cortona, Saint
Third Order Franciscan, d. 1297.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09653b.htm
Marie de France
Twelfth-century French poetess.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09667a.htm
Mariotte, Edme
French physicist, b. at Dijon, France, about 1620; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1684.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671a.htm
Marie Antoinette
Queen of France (1755-1793).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09665a.htm
Mark of Lisbon
Friar minor, historian, and Bishop of Oporto in Portugal, b. at Lisbon (date of birth uncertain); d. in 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09682b.htm
Mark, Gospel of
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
Marcellinus, Flavius
A high official at the court of Emperor Honorius, and possessed the confidence of his imperial master owing to his good sense, and unblemished conduct.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639a.htm
Marriage Banns
In general the ecclesiastical announcement of the names of persons contemplating marriage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02255a.htm
Monasteries in England, Suppression of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10455a.htm
Miles Gerard, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467a.htm
Marquette, Jacques
Jesuit missionary and discoverer of the Mississippi River, b. in 1636, at Laon, a town in north central France; d. near Ludington, Michigan, 19 May, 1675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09690a.htm
Manzoni, Alessandro
Italian poet and novelist, b. at Milan, 7 March, 1785; d. 22 May, 1873.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09634a.htm
Martina, Saint
Roman virgin and martyr, d. 226 or (more likely) 228.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730a.htm
Media and Medes
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10117a.htm
Mangan, James Clarence
Irish poet, b. in Dublin, 1 May, 1803; d. there, 20 June, 1849. He was the son of James Mangan, a grocer, and of Catherine Smith.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09589a.htm
Marcellinus Comes
Latin chronicler of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639b.htm
Marignolli, Giovanni de'
Franciscan missionary to Asia (b. 1290).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060b.htm
Marquette League
A society founded in New York, in May, 1904, by Rev. H.G. Ganss, of Lancaster, Pa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09691a.htm
Manna
The food miraculously sent to the Israelites during their forty years sojourn in the desert (Ex., xvi; Num., xi, 6-9).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09604a.htm
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180, born at Rome, 26 April, 121; died 17 March, 180.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm
Magin Catalá
Born at Montblanch, Catalonia, Spain, 29 or 30 January, 1761; died at Santa Clara, California, 22 Nov., 1830. He received the habit of St. Francis at Barcelona on 4 April, 1777, and was ordained priest probably in 1785.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530a.htm
Maniple
An ornamental vestment in the form of a band, a little over a yard long and from somewhat over two to almost four inches wide, which is placed on the left arm in such manner that it falls in equal length on both sides of the arm.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09601b.htm
Marquesas Islands
Located in Polynesia, includes all the Marquesas Islands.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09688a.htm
Malpighi, Marcello
Founder of comparative physiology, b. at Crevalcore, 10 March, 1628; d. at Rome, 29 Sept., 1694.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573d.htm
Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed
Duchess d'Alencon, widow, became a Poor Clare, d. 1521.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655a.htm
Margaret of Savoy, Blessed
Widow, Third Order Dominican, d. 1464.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655b.htm
Margaret Colona, Blessed
Poor Clare, born in Rome, date uncertain; died there, 20 September, 1284.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652c.htm
Monophysites and Monophysitism
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10489b.htm
Maria-Laach
A Benedictine abbey on the southwest bank of Lake Laach, near Andernach in Rhineland, Germany.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09658a.htm
Marriage, Civil
The municipal law deals with this status only as a civil institution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09691b.htm
Maassen, Friedrich Bernard Christian
Professor of law. (1823-1900)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09479a.htm
Modestus, Vitus, and Crescentia, Saints
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15490b.htm
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint
St. Mary Frances of Naples, Third Order Franciscan, d. 1791.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09755a.htm
Mechtel, Johann
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10105a.htm
Martyrs, The Ten Thousand
On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman Martyrology.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746a.htm
Mamachi, Thomas Maria
Dominican theologian and historian, born at Chios in the Archipelago, 4 December, 1713; died at Corneto, near Montefiascone, Italy, 7 June, 1792.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09578a.htm
Marash
An Armenian Catholic Diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09636b.htm
Maroni, Paul
Missionary, b. 1 Nov., 1695.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09683a.htm
Marriage, History of
The Catholic views of marriage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09693a.htm
Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10352a.htm
Martini, Martino
Austrian Jesuit missionary to the Chinese, in the seventeenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730c.htm
Milner, Ralph, Blessed
A husband and father, convert to Catholicism, arrested the day of his first Communion, and martyred in 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10317a.htm
Marryat, Florence
English novelist and actress (1838-1899).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09715a.htm
Margaret Ward, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15551b.htm
Mixed Marriage
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09698a.htm
Martel, Charles
French monarch, born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03629a.htm
MartÃn, Enrico
Date and place of birth unknown; d. in Mexico in 1632. According to some he was of Spanish descent; Humboldt says that he was either a German or Dutchman, and according to others a Mexican educated in Spain, but in all probability he was a Frenchman.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060d.htm
Marshall Islands
These islands, a German possession since 1885, lying in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Caroline islands, between 4 and 13 N. lat., and 161 and 171 E. longitude, were discovered in 1529 by Saavedra, Villalobos and other Spanish mariners, and explored by Marshall and Gilbert in 1788.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718b.htm
Martini, Antonio
Archbishop of Florence, Biblical scholar; b. at Prato in Tuscany, 20 April, 1720; d. at Florence, 31 December 1809.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730b.htm
Martin, Gregory
Translator of the Douai Version of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate; b. in Maxfield, parish of Guestling, near Winchelsea, in Sussex; d. at Reims, 28 October, 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09727a.htm
Mary, Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The earliest document commemorating this feast comes from the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10712b.htm
Mary Anne de Paredes, Saint
Mary Anne de Paredes, of Quito, Ecuador, lived as a solitary in her own home and had many extraordinary spiritual gifts. She died in 1645.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09753b.htm
Mary, Little Brothers of
Generally known as Marist School Brothers. This religious teaching institute is modern in its origin, having been founded in 1817, in France, by the Venerable Benedict Marcellin Champagnat.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749a.htm
Mary, Society of, of Paris
Founded in 1817 by Very Reverend William Joseph Chaminade at Bordeaux, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09752a.htm
Macarius
Name of two fourth-century Nitrian monks.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16056d.htm
MacDonell, Alexander
First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, b. 17 July 1760, at Inchlaggan in Glengarry, Scotland; d. 14 January, 1840, at Dumfries, Scotland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09489b.htm
Maphrian
The Syriac word mafriano signifies one who fructifies, a consecrator. It is used to designate the prelate who holds the second rank after the patriarch among the Jacobite Syrians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09635b.htm
Macerata and Tolentino
Located in the Marches, Central Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492a.htm
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492c.htm
Maccabees, The
A priestly family which under the leadership of Mathathias initiated the revolt against the tyranny of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, King of Syria, and after securing Jewish independence ruled the commonwealth till overthrown by Herod the Great.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09493b.htm
Marriage, Ritual of
The form for the celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony is detailed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09703b.htm
Martinique
Diocese; Martinique is one of the French Lesser Antilles, 380 sq. miles in area; It was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, and colonized by the French about 1625; it was in the hands of the English from 1762-1783, and was again occupied by them in 1792, 1802, 1809, 1815 and again became French territory in 1818.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09731a.htm
Maryland
One of the thirteen English colonies which after the Revolution of 1776 became the original States of the American Union.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09755b.htm
Maronia
A titular see in the province of Rhodopis, suffragan of Trajanopolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09683b.htm
Martyr
The Greek word martus signifies a witness who testifies to a fact of which he has knowledge from personal observation. The term martyr came to be exclusively applied to those who had died for the faith.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09736b.htm
Martini, Simone
Sienese painter, born in Siena, 1283; died either in the same place or at Avignon in 1344 or 1349.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730d.htm
Mass, Nuptial
"Missa pro sponso et sponsa", the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It is composed of lessons and chants suitable to the Sacrament of Matrimony, contains prayers for persons just married and is interwoven with part of the marriage rite, of which in the complete form it is an element.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10005a.htm
Mary, Society of (Marist Fathers)
A religious order of priests, so called on account of the special devotion they profess toward the Blessed Virgin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09750b.htm
Montboissier, Blessed Peter of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10525b.htm
Margaret Pole, Blessed
Biography of the Countess of Salisbury, martyred in 1541.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09656b.htm
Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de
Founder of Montreal (d. 1676).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16059b.htm
Monothelitism and Monothelites
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10502a.htm
Mason, Venerable John
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15611b.htm
Macarius, Saint
Bishop of Jerusalem, d. 334. He was an opponent of Arianism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09482a.htm
Magnificat
The title commonly given to the Latin text and vernacular translation of the Canticle (or Song) of Mary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09534a.htm
Mary, Devotion to the Virgin
Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be regarded as a practical application of the doctrine of the Communion of Saints.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15459a.htm
Mass, Chapter and Conventual
A conventual Mass sung or said in all cathedrals and collegiate churches that have a chapter; in this case it is often called the "chapter" Mass.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09790a.htm
Music of the Mass
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10001a.htm
Masses, Bequests for (Canada)
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030c.htm
Masaccio
Italian painter, born about 1402, at San Giovanni di Valdarno, a stronghold situated between Arezzo and Florence; died, probably at Rome, in 1429.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09768a.htm
Marriage, Putative
Putative signifies that which is commonly thought, reputed, or believed. A putative marriage, consequently, in canon law is a matrimonial alliance which is commonly reputed to be valid, and is sincerely believed by one at least of the contracting parties to be so in the eyes of the Church, because entered into in good faith; but which in reality is null and void, owing to the existence of a diriment impediment.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12584a.htm
Massachusetts
One of the thirteen original United States of America. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts covers part of the territory originally granted to the Plymouth Company of England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10024c.htm
Masse, Enemond
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030b.htm
Maillard, Antoine-Simon
Missionary b. in France (parentage, place and date of birth unknown); d. 12 August, 1762.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09539a.htm
MacFarland, Francis Patrick
Third Bishop of Hartford (q.v.) born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 April, 1819; died at Hartford, Connecticut, 2 October, 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492b.htm
Martin y Garcia, Luis
Jesuit General (1846-1906).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09736a.htm
Marsi
Diocese in the province of Aquila, Central Italy, with its seat at Pescina.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718c.htm
Map, Walter
Archdeacon of Oxford, b. at, or in the vicinity of, Hereford, c. 1140, d. between 1208 and 1210.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09635a.htm
Methuselah
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10048b.htm
Mary Tudor
Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; born 18 February, 1516; died 17 November, 1558. Mary was the daughter and only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09766a.htm
Maximinus Thrax
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10077c.htm
Missa Pro Populo
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11507b.htm
Martyrs in China
With the revival of the missions in China with Matteo Ricci, who died at Peking in 1610, the blood of martyrs was soon shed to fertilize the evangelical field; the change of the Ming dynasty to the Manchu dynasty, giving occasion for new prosecution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746b.htm
Massa Candida
The fame of the Massa Candida has been perpetuated chiefly through two early references to them: that of St. Augustine, and that of the poet Prudentius (q.v.).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10024a.htm
Massa Carrara
Diocese in Central Italy (Lunigiana and Garfagnana).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10024b.htm
Mary, Name of
In Scripture and in Catholic use.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09753a.htm
Massaia, Guglielmo
A Cardinal, born 9 June, 1809, at Piova in Piedmont, Italy; died at Cremona, 6 August, 1889.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10029a.htm
Maria Theresa
Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman-German Empress, born 1717; died 1780.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09662d.htm
Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament
French Carmelite nun (1590-1660).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09656a.htm
Matilda, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10049a.htm
Marshall, Thomas William
Controversial writer, b. 1818; d. at Surbiton, Surrey, 14 Dec., 1877.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718a.htm
Mackenzie
This vicariate which was detached from the Athabaska-Mackenzie Vicariate in 1901 and intrusted to Mgr Gabriel Breynat, Titular Bishop of Adramytus, consecrated 6 April 1902, is bounded on the west by the Rocky Mountains, on the south by 60º latitude, on the east by the water-shed and is unlimited on the north towards the pole.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09504a.htm
Martyrs, Acts of the
Records of the trials of early Christian martyrs made by the notaries of the court.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09742b.htm
Maspha
Name of several places in the Bible.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09788a.htm
Mathew, Theobald
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10047a.htm
McLoughlin, John
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09504b.htm
Mathieu, François-Désiré
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10048a.htm
Matilda of Canossa
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10049b.htm
Matteucci, Carlo
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10056a.htm
Mary, Children of
The Sodality of Children of Mary Immaculate owes its origin to the manifestation of the Virgin Immaculate of the Miraculous Medal, on which the Church has placed a seal, by appointing the twenty-seventh of November as its feast.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03659d.htm
McMahon, Martin Thomas
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09505a.htm
Matthew of Cracow
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10065b.htm
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart, born at Linlithgow, 8 December, 1542; died at Fotheringay, 8 February, 1587. She was the only legitimate child of James V of Scotland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09764a.htm
Matteo da Siena
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10052b.htm
Malediction (in Scripture)
Four principal words are rendered maledictio in the Vulgate, "curse" in Douay Version.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09569a.htm
Mary of Cleophas
This title occurs only in John, xix, 25. A comparison of the lists of those who stood at the foot of the cross would seem to identify her with Mary, the mother of James the Less and Joseph ( Mark, xv, 40; cf. Matt., xxvii, 56).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09748b.htm
Machiavelli, Nicolò
Historian and statesman, b. at Florence, 3 May, 1469; d. there, 22 June, 1527.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09501a.htm
Mary of Egypt, Saint
Biographical article on the penitent and hermit, who died around 421.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09763a.htm
Maundy Thursday
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068a.htm
Machutus, Saint
Also called Malo or Maclovius. According to this article, Machutus was baptized by St. Brendan the Navigator, and accompanied him on his famous voyage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09503a.htm
Massoulie, Antoine
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10037a.htm
Maury, Jean-Siffrein
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10072c.htm
Marbodius
Bishop of Rennes, ecclesiastical writer and hymnologist, b. about 1035 at Angers, France, d. there 11 September, 1123.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637a.htm
Massa Marittima
In the Province of Grosseto, in Tuscany, first mentioned in the eighth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030a.htm
Macon, Ancient Diocese of
Located in Burgundy. The city of Mâcon, formerly the capital of the Mâconnais, now of the Department of Saône-et-Loire, became a civitas in the fifth century, when it was separated from the Æduan territory.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09507a.htm
Mondino dei Lucci
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10476b.htm
Mathathias
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10046b.htm
Macrina the Elder, Saint
She was the mother of the elder Basil, the father of Basil, Gregory, and other children whose names are known to us, including Macrina the Younger. Her home was at Neocaesarea in Pontus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09508b.htm
Martyropolis
A titular see, suffragan of Amida in the Province of Mesopotamia or Armenia Quarta.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09742a.htm
Madagascar
Island situated to the south-east of Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509e.htm
Months, Special Devotions for
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10542a.htm
Moral Theology
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14601a.htm
Materialism
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10041b.htm
Madaurus
A titular see of Numidia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09512a.htm
Midianites
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09513b.htm
Matthew of Bassi
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02344b.htm
Matins
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10050a.htm
Morales, Luis de
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10557a.htm
Maurus, Sylvester
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10072b.htm
Maximilian I
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10075b.htm
Masonry (Freemasonry)
An overview of Freemasonry and description of its condemnation by the Catholic Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09771a.htm
Massuet, René
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10037b.htm
McQuaid, Bernard John
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09507b.htm
Matthias Corvinus
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10066b.htm
Macri
A titular see in Mauretania Sitifiensis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09508a.htm
Maunoury, Auguste-François
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068b.htm
Mayne, Saint Cuthbert
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10087a.htm
Master of Arts
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01759a.htm
Martin, Paulin
French Biblical scholar. (1840 - 1890)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09729a.htm
Maxwell, William
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10081b.htm
Maximianopolis
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074b.htm
Meaux
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16062b.htm
Matricula
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10052a.htm
Massorah
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10035a.htm
Maurice
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10069a.htm
Mont-St-Michel
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10551a.htm
Matthias of Neuburg
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10067a.htm
Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint
Carmelite Virgin, born 2 April, 1566; died 25 May, 1607.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09762a.htm
Medea
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10116a.htm
Meagher, Thomas Francis
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10096a.htm
Madruzzi, Christopher
Born of a noble family of Trent, 5 July, 1512; died at Tivoli, Italy, 5 July, 1578.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09519a.htm
Mechitar
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10102a.htm
Monita Secreta
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10487a.htm
Missions, Catholic Parochial
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10391a.htm
Maynooth College
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10087b.htm
Mayer, Christian
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10086a.htm
Mayor, John
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10090a.htm
Mayhew, Edward
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10086b.htm
Massacre, Saint Bartholomew's Day
Massacre of Protestants which occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the feast of St. Bartholomew), and in the provinces of France during the ensuing weeks.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13333b.htm
Matteo of Aquasparta
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10053a.htm
Master of Liesborn, The
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09238a.htm
Mater
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10041a.htm
Maxwell, Winifred
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10082a.htm
Mastrius, Bartholomew
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10040a.htm
Meaux, Diocese of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10098a.htm
Maedoc, Saint
First Bishop of Ferns, in Wexford, b. about 558, on an island in Brackley Lough, County Cavan; d. 31 January, 626.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520a.htm
Maya Indians
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10082b.htm
Mary, Name of
The Hebrew form of her name is miryam denoting in the Old Testament only the sister of Moses.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464a.htm
Morales, Christobal
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16064a.htm
Medici, House of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10120a.htm
Melendez Valdes, Juan
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10161a.htm
Medaille, Jean Paul
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10111a.htm
Medici, Catherine de'
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03443a.htm
Magnien, Alphonse
An educator of the clergy, born at Bleymard, in the Diocese of Mende, France, 9 June, 1837; died 21 December, 1902.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09533b.htm
Magnus, Saint
St. Magnus, also called Magnoaldus, Maginaldus, or Mang. His "life" was re-edited twice, so that he is said in it to be a contemporary of St. Gall (early seventh century) but also of the first bishop of Augsburg (mid-eighth century).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09536a.htm
Maurists, The
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10069b.htm
Melchisedechians
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10157a.htm
Mechlin
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10104a.htm
Memphis
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10176a.htm
Maimonides, Teaching of Moses
Jewish commentator and philosopher, was born of Spanish Jewish parents at Cordova in 1135.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09540b.htm
Mazzolini, Sylvester
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10095b.htm
Marriage, Sacrament of
Christian marriage (i.e. marriage between baptized persons) is really a sacrament of the New Law in the strict sense of the word is for all Catholics an indubitable truth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09707a.htm
Moab, Moabites
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10409b.htm
Medici, Maria de'
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10121a.htm
Mechanism
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10100a.htm
Medicine, History of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10122a.htm
Meissen
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10148b.htm
Melbourne
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10155a.htm
Meath
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10097a.htm
Mende, Diocese of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10180a.htm
Menaion
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10177b.htm
Mennonites
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10190b.htm
Mendez and Gualaquiza
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10183a.htm
Matthew, Sir Tobie
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10065a.htm
Melchisedech
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10156b.htm
Mercy, Sisters of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10199a.htm
Men of Understanding
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10191a.htm
Maximinus, Caius Valerius Daja
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10077b.htm
Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de
Jesuit missionary; b. 16 Dec., 1669, at Château Maillac on the Isère; d. 28 June, 1748, at Peking, China.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09538c.htm
Maine
Commonly known as the Pine Tree State, but is sometimes called the Star in the East.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09541b.htm
Matter
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10053b.htm
Mecca
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10099a.htm
Mental Reservation
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10195b.htm
Maximopolis
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10078a.htm
Minucius Felix
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10336a.htm
Medina, Miguel de
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10144b.htm
Meletius of Lycopolis
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10164a.htm
Mege, Antoine-Joseph
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146c.htm
Mystical Body of the Church
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10663a.htm
Menevia, Diocese of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10187d.htm
Maximianus
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074c.htm
Mary Magdalen, Saint
In the New Testament she is mentioned among the women who accompanied Christ and ministered to Him (Luke 8:2-3), where it is also said that seven devils had been cast out of her (Mark 16:9).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09761a.htm
Molinos, Miguel de
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10441a.htm
Mendiburu, Manuel de
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10183b.htm
Marenzio, Luca
Composer (1550-1599).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652a.htm
Mance, Jeanne
Foundress of the Montreal Hôtel-Dieu, and one of the first women settlers in Canada, b. at Nogent-le-Roi, Champagne, 1606; d. at Montreal, 19 June, 1673.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09584a.htm
Marca, Pierre de
French bishop and scholar, b. at Gan in Béarn, 24 Jan., 1594, of a family distinguished in the magistracy; d. at Paris, 29 June, 1662.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637b.htm
Marienberg
A Benedictine abbey of the Congregation of St. Joseph near Mals, Tyrol (in Vintschau).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09668b.htm
Manutius, Aldus
Scholar and printer (1450-1515).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09633b.htm
Mantuanus, Blessed Baptista
Carmelite and Renaissance poet, born at Mantua, 17 April, 1447, where he also died, 22 March, 1516.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02276a.htm
Merici, Saint Angela
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01481a.htm
Manuscripts, Illuminated
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09620a.htm
Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints
Martyred at Rome in 270.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671b.htm
Martin of Tours, Saint
Fairly lengthy biographical article on this bishop, who died in around 397.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09732b.htm
Mariales, Kantes
A Dominican, born about 1580; died at Venice in April, 1660.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09659a.htm
Marian Priests
This term is applied to those English priests who being ordained in or before the reign of Queen Mary (1553-1558), survived into the reign of Elizabeth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09661b.htm
Marius Aventicus, Saint
Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and chronicler, born about 530 in the present Diocese of Autun; died at Lausanne, 31 December, 594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671d.htm
Mission, Congregation of Priests of the
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10357a.htm
Monasticism, Pre-Chalcedonian
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10464a.htm
Magi
The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm
Menologium
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10191b.htm
Mencius
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10179a.htm
Mercy, Corporal and Spiritual Works of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198d.htm
Mary of Romans 16:6
She had "laboured much among" the Roman Church, hence St. Paul's salutation to her.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749b.htm
Metempsychosis
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234d.htm
Mercuriali, Geronimo
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198b.htm
Merneptah I
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10208b.htm
Mazarin, Jules
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10092a.htm
Monasteries, Double
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10452a.htm
Michel, Jean
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10278b.htm
Michigan
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10280a.htm
Matthew, Gospel of Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10057a.htm
Meletius of Antioch
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10161b.htm
Mobile
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10410a.htm
Miller, Ferdinand Von
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10310a.htm
Mediator (Christ as Mediator)
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10118a.htm
Malabar Rites
Certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their neophytes to retain after conversion, but which were afterwards prohibited by the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09558b.htm
Metropolitan
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10244c.htm
Malachias
Old Testament prophet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09562b.htm
Memorial Brasses
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02742b.htm
Mesa
A King of Moab in the ninth century B. C., whose history is given in IV Kings, iii.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10210a.htm
Medardus, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10115b.htm
Monroe, James
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10508b.htm
Midwives
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10287a.htm
Medal of Saint Benedict
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13338a.htm
Messalians
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212a.htm
MedellÃn
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10116b.htm
Michelians
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10279a.htm
Michael O'Loghlen
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11248a.htm
Methodius I
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09242a.htm
Methodism
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10237b.htm
Megarians
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146b.htm
Metaphysics
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10226a.htm
Meun, Jean Clopinel de
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10250a.htm
Miltiz, Karl von
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10318b.htm
Micheas of Ephraim
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10277b.htm
Minister
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10326a.htm
Marius Maximus, Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus
Roman historian, lived c. 165-230.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09672a.htm
Migne, Jacques-Paul
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10290a.htm
Merida
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10202a.htm
Marriage, Moral and Canonical Aspect of
Marriage is that individual union through which man and woman by their reciprocal rights form one principle of generation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09699a.htm
Metaphrastes, Symeon
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10225a.htm
Matthias, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10066a.htm
Motu Proprio
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10602a.htm
Menendez y Pelayo, Marcelino
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16063a.htm
Miridite, Abbey of
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10352b.htm
Mittarelli, Nicola Giacomo
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10406a.htm
Minor
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10331a.htm
Mixe Indians
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10408a.htm
Merit
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10202b.htm
Messiah
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm
Middle Ages
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10285c.htm
Mongus, Peter
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11770a.htm
Minorca
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332a.htm
Marriage, Mystical
In the Old and the New Testament, the love of God for man, and, in particular His relations with His chosen people (whether of the Synagogue or of the Church), are frequently typified under the form of the relations between bridegroom and bride. In like manner, Christian virginity been considered from the earliest centuries as a special offering made by the soul to its spouse, Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09703a.htm
Middendorp, Jakob
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10285b.htm
Miami Indians
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10271a.htm
Malatesta, House of
The name of an Italian family prominent in the history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, famous alike in the poetry of Dante and in the annals of the early Renaissance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09566a.htm
Mosynoupolis
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10600b.htm
Modena
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10413a.htm
Missouri Test-Oath
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14538a.htm
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