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Wall, Saint John
Martyr, born in Lancashire, 1620.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15537b.htm
Wessel Goesport, John
A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at Gröningen in 1420; died there on 4 Oct., 1489.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15590a.htm
Walpole, Saint Henry
English Jesuit martyr, born at Docking, Norfolk. (1558-1595)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15540a.htm
William the Clerk (of Normandy)
French poet of the thirteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15642b.htm
Waagen, Wilhelm Heinrich
Geologist and palaeontologist. (1841-1900)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15521a.htm
Würzburg, University of
John I of Egloffstein (1400-1411), Bishop of Wurzburg, obtained from Pope Boniface IX a charter, dated 10 December, 1492, for the university.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15720a.htm
Würzburg, Diocese of
Located in Bavaria; suffragan of Bamberg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15718a.htm
William the Walloon
Medieval abbot. (d. 1089)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15644a.htm
Wace, Robert
Poet, born at Jersey, about 1100; died at Bayeux, 1174.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15521b.htm
Walsh, Edward
Irish poet, born at Derry in 1805; died at Cork, 6 August, 1850.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15540b.htm
Walsh, Robert
Publicist, diplomat, born at Baltimore, MD., 1785; died at Paris, 7 Feb., 1859.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15541b.htm
Walsh, Patrick
Irish-American journalist and senator. (1840-1900)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16085a.htm
Walmesley, Charles
Bishop of Rama, Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, England. (1722-1797)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15539b.htm
Wachter, Eberhard
Painter, born at Stuttgart, (1762-1852)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15521c.htm
Walsingham Priory
It stood a few miles from the sea in the northern part of Norfolk, England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15543a.htm
Waitzen, Diocese of
Located in Hungary; suffragan of Gran; probably founded by King St. Stephen.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15525b.htm
Worship, Christian
In its most general sense, homage paid to a person or a thing.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15710a.htm
Wimmer, Boniface
Bavarian archabbot. (1809-1887)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15648b.htm
Wadding, Michael
Mystical theologian, born at Waterford, Ireland. (1591-1644)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15524a.htm
Walsingham, Thomas
Benedictine historian, died about 1422.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15542b.htm
Walter of Winterburn
An English Dominican, cardinal, orator, poet, philosopher, and theologian in the thirteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15544d.htm
Wyntoun, Andrew of
Scottish chronicler.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15724a.htm
Wandelbert
Benedictine monk and theological writer. (813-850)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15546a.htm
Walter of Mortagne
A twelfth-century Scholastic philosopher, and theologian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15544b.htm
Ward, Mary
Founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15551c.htm
William Ward, Blessed
English martyr. (1560-1641)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15552b.htm
Walsh, Peter
Irish Franciscan, born at Mooretown, County Kildare, about 1608; died in London, 15 March, 1688.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15541a.htm
Water, Holy, Fonts
Vessels intended for the use of holy water.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07433a.htm
Wangnereck, Heinrich
German theologian, preacher, and author. (1595-1664)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15546b.htm
Walther von der Vogelweide
Minnesinger and old poet, born about 1170; died in 1228.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15545b.htm
Wolsey, Thomas
Cardinal Archbishop of York. (1471-1530)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15685a.htm
Wallon Henri-Alexandre
Historian and statesman, born at Valenciennes. (1812-1904)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15539a.htm
Wulfen, Franz Xaver Freiherr von
Botanist. (1728-1805)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15715d.htm
Walter of Châtillon
Poet in the second half of the twelfth century, born at Lille; died of the plague in the beginning of the thirteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15543c.htm
Waldsassen, Abbey of
Cistercian monastery founded by Gerwich von Wolmundstein.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15530a.htm
Walsh, Thomas
Bishop of Cambysopolis, born in London in 1777.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15541c.htm
William Carter, Blessed
English martyr. (1548-1584)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630b.htm
Wimborne Minster
Monastery in Dorsetshire, England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15648a.htm
Walla-Walla Indians
A Shahaptian tribe dwelling on the Walla-Walla River and the Columbia in Washington and Oregon, from Snake River to the Umatilla.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15538a.htm
Worthington, Thomas, D.D.
Third President of Douai College. (1549-1627)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15713b.htm
Waltham Abbey
Formerly located near London.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15545a.htm
Walkenried
Cistercian abbey of Germany, situated in the Duchy of Brunswick between Lauterberg and Nordhausen. Founded in 1127 by Countess Adelheid of Klettenberg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15537a.htm
Walter of Merton
Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15544a.htm
Wallenstein, Albrecht von
Born at Hermanic, Bohemia. (1583-1634)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15538b.htm
Waterford and Lismore
Suffragan of Cashel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15564b.htm
Wyart, Théophile-Louis-Henri
French Cistercian. (1839-1904)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15721b.htm
Way of the Cross
Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15569a.htm
Welbourne, Blessed Thomas
English martyr. (d. 1605)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15578b.htm
Ward, Thomas
English controversialist. (1652-1708)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15552a.htm
Walsh, William
Bishop of Meath, Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15542a.htm
Warham, William
Archbishop of Canterbury. (1450-1532)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15554a.htm
Waterworth, James
English priest. (1806-1876)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15567b.htm
Watteau, Jean Antoine
French painter. (1684-1721)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15568a.htm
Walton, Brian
English Biblical scholar. (1600-1661)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15545c.htm
Witchcraft
As commonly understood, involves the idea of a diabolical pact or at least an appeal to the intervention of the spirits of evil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15674a.htm
Water, Liturgical Use of
Besides the holy water which is used in rites of blessing, and the water employed in the washing of feet and hands, and in the baptismal font, water has its recognized place in the ritual of every Mass.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15564a.htm
Wearmouth Abbey
Benedictine monastery in Durham, England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15572a.htm
Ward, William George
English writer and convert. (1812-1882)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15552c.htm
Waire, Venerable
English friar and martyr, hanged, drawn, and quartered at St. Thomas Waterings in Camberwell, 8 July, 1539.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15525a.htm
William of Shoreham
An English religious writer of the Anglo-Norman period, born at Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, in the latter half of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15638c.htm
Wittenberg
City and University.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15678b.htm
Waldeck, Principality of
A former state of the German Empire.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15527a.htm
Waldseemüller, Martin
Learned humanist and celebrated cartographer. A canon of St-Dié in Lorraine. (1475-1522)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15531a.htm
Way, Blessed William
English priest and martyr. (d. 1588)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15568c.htm
Walter, Ferdinand
Jurist, born at Wetzlar. (1794-1879)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15543b.htm
Windischmann, Karl Joseph Hieronymus
Philosopher. (1775-1839)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15652c.htm
Wilmers, Wilhelm
Professor of philosophy and theology. (1817-1899)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15646b.htm
Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm
Physician, poet, statesman. (1813-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15573c.htm
Wells, Saint Swithin
English martyr. (1536-1591)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15580b.htm
Weitenauer, Ignatius von
Littérateur, exegete, and Orientalist. (1709-1783)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15578a.htm
Worcester, Ancient Diocese of
Located in England, created in 680 when, at the Synod of Hatfield under St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, the great Mercian diocese was divided into five sees.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15703a.htm
Warde, Mary Francis Xavier
Irish-American nun. (1810-1884)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15553a.htm
Wenceslaus, Saint
Duke, martyr, and patron of Bohemia, born probably 903; died at Alt-Bunzlau, 28 September, 935.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15587b.htm
Weis, Nicolaus von
Bishop in Lorraine. (1796-1869)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15577a.htm
Washington, State of
One of the Pacific coast states, popularly known as the "Evergreen State".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15560a.htm
Way or State
The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14254a.htm
Walburga, Saint
Patroness of Eichstadt, Oudenarde, Furnes, Antwerp, Gronigen, Weilburg, and Zutphen, and is invoked as special patroness against hydrophobia, and in storms, and also by sailors.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15526b.htm
Woerndle, Von, Family
Philip, Edmund, and August.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15709a.htm
Wellington, Archdiocese of
Located in New Zealand.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15580a.htm
Weber, Heinrich
German Church historian. (1834-1898)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15574a.htm
Wealth, Use of
The term "wealth" is not used here in the technical sense in which it occurs in treatises on economic subjects.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15571a.htm
Washington, D.C.
The capital of the United States.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15558a.htm
Waverley, Cistercian Abbey of
Founded by William Gifford, the first monastery of the Order of Citeaux in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15568b.htm
Ward, Hugh
Irish Hagiographer. (1590-1635)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15550a.htm
Ward, James Harman
The first Union naval officer to fall in the Civil War.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15551a.htm
Winchester, Ancient See of
This diocese came into existence in 635 when the great missionary Diocese of Dorchester, founded by St. Birinus in 634 for the Kingdom of Wessex, was subdivided into the Sees of Sherborne and Winchester.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15649c.htm
Webb, Benjamin Joseph
Kentucky editor and historian. (1814-1897)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16086a.htm
Würtemberg, Kingdom of
Situated between Bavaria and Baden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15716b.htm
Waterton, Charles
English naturalist and explorer. (1782-1865)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15567a.htm
Werburgh, Saint
Benedictine, patroness of Chester, Abbess of Weedon, Trentham, Hanbury, Minster in Sheppy, and Ely, born in Staffordshire early in the seventh century.(d. 700)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15588b.htm
Wendelin of Trier, Saint
Abbot of Tholey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15587c.htm
Walter of St-Victor
Mystic philosopher and theologian of the twelth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15544c.htm
Washing of Feet and Hands
Owing to the general use of sandals in Eastern countries the washing of the feet was almost everywhere recognized from the earliest times as a duty of courtesy to be shown to guests.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15557b.htm
Weedall, Henry
English priest. (1788-1859)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15575a.htm
Weislinger, Johann Nikolaus
Polemical writer. (1691-1755)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15577b.htm
Weissenau, Monastery of
Suppressed Premonstratensian house in Würtemberg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15577d.htm
Waterson, Ven. Edward
English martyr. (d. 1594)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15566a.htm
Whitaker, Venerable Thomas
English martyr. (1614-1646)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15609a.htm
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Middle-High-German epic poet. (d. 1216)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15683a.htm
Weathers, William
English bishop. (1814-1895)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15572b.htm
Weiss, Johann Baptist
Historian. (1820-1899)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15577c.htm
Welte, Benedict
Exegete, born at Ratzenried in Würtemberg. (1825-1885)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15587a.htm
Wessobrunn
Suppressed Benedictine abbey in Bavaria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15591a.htm
Weber, Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von
Composer. (1786-1826)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15574b.htm
Weld, Frederick Aloysius
New Zealand colonist. (1823-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15579a.htm
Week, Liturgical
The week was regarded as a sacred institution among the Jews owing to the law of the Sabbath rest and its association with the first chapter of Genesis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15575b.htm
Wharton, Ven. Christopher
English martyr. (1536-1600)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15607c.htm
Woman
The position of woman in society has given rise to a discussion which, is known under the name of the "woman question".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15687b.htm
Winding Sheet of Christ, Feast of the Holy
In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of Christ was brought to Besançon by Otto de La Roche, and the feast of its arrival (Susceptio) was ordered to be kept on 11 July.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15652a.htm
Welle, Prefecture Apostolic of
Located in the extreme north of Belgian Congo, Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15579b.htm
Weingarten
Suppressed Benedictine abbey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15576b.htm
Wenrich of Trier
Eleventh-century German ecclesiastico-political writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15588a.htm
Webbe, Samuel
English composer. (1742-1816)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15573a.htm
Whitbread, Blessed Thomas
English martyr. (1618-1679)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15609b.htm
Westminster, Matthew of
The name given to the supposed author of a well-known English chronicle, the "Flores Historiarum".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15597a.htm
Whiting, Blessed Richard
Last Abbot of Glastonbury and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13046c.htm
Wigand, Saints
Three saints of this name are mentioned in the Roman Martyrology.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15619a.htm
White, Edward
Grandfather of Stephen Mallory White, born in County Limerick, Ireland, in the latter part of the eighteenth century; died December, 1863.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15613b.htm
Wigbert, Saint
Companion of St. Boniface, born in England about 675; died at Hersfeld about 746.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15619b.htm
William of St-Amour
Thirteenth-century theologian and controversialist. (d. 1273)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15637d.htm
Western Schism
This schism of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries differs in all points from the Eastern Schism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13539a.htm
Warsaw, Archdiocese of
Located in Poland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15555a.htm
White, Robert
English composer. (1530-1574)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15612b.htm
White, Thomas
Several of White's opinions were censured by the Inquisition.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15613c.htm
Weston, William
Jesuit missionary priest, born at Maidstone.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15601a.htm
Wilcox, Robert, Venerable
English martyr. (1558-1588)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15621a.htm
Westphalia
Province of Prussia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15601b.htm
White Fathers
Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa of Algeria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15613d.htm
Welser, Bartholomeus
German merchant prince. (1488-1561)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15582a.htm
Wheeling, Diocese of
Located in West Virginia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15608a.htm
White, Saint Eustace
English martyr. (1560-1591) Article includes information on Saint Polydore Plasden, Venerable John Mason, and Blessed Brian Lacey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15611b.htm
White, Saint Richard
English martyr. (1537-1584)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15612a.htm
West Syrian Rite
Used by the Jacobite sect in Syria and by the Catholic Syrians is in its origin simply the old rite of Antioch in the Syriac language.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14417a.htm
Whitby, Abbey of
Formerly called Streoneshalh. A Benedictine monastery in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, founded about 657, as a double monastery, by Oswy, King of Northumberland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15609c.htm
West Virginia
The state bounded by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and on Kentucky.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15605a.htm
Wetzer, Heinrich Joseph
Learned Orientalist, born at Anzefahr in Hesse-Cassel. (1801-1853)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15607b.htm
White, Andrew
Missionary. (1579-1656)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15610b.htm
White, Stephen
Irish antiquarian and polyhistor. (1574-1646)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15612c.htm
Welsh Church
The term Welsh Church covers "the British Church during the Roman period", "the British Church during the period of Saxon Conquest", and "the Church of Wales".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15582b.htm
Wilfrid, Saint
Bishop of York, son of a Northumbrian thegn, born in 634; died at Oundle in Northamptonshire, 709.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15621c.htm
Whitty, Ellen
Australian nun. (1819-1892)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15615b.htm
Widmer, Joseph
Swiss theologian. (1779-1844)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15617b.htm
Willehad, Saint
Bishop at Bremen. (745-789)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15628a.htm
William
Abbot of Saint-Bénigne on Dijon. (962-1031)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630a.htm
Wibald
Medieval Belgian Abbot. (1098-1158)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15615d.htm
Wichmans, Francis
Belgian Augustinian. (1596-1661)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15617a.htm
Welsh Monastic Foundations
The British church was driven into Wales in the fifth century
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15585a.htm
Westeraas, Ancient See of
Located in Sweden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15592b.htm
Westminster Cathedral
A national expression of religious faith given by Roman Catholics to England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15599a.htm
William, Abbot of Marmoutiers
For a time he was Archdeacon of Nantes, but renounced this dignity and became a monk at the Benedictine monastery of Marmoutiers. (d. 1124)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15629c.htm
Whitty, Rose
Irish nun. (1831-1911)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15615a.htm
William, Blessed
Abbot of Hirschau. (d. 1091)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15629b.htm
Weber, Beda
Benedictine professor, author, statesman. (1798-1859)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15573b.htm
Werden
Suppressed Benedictine monastery.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15589a.htm
Westcott, Sebastian
English organist. (1524-1583)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15592a.htm
Whithorn Priory
Founded in Scotland in the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15614a.htm
Westminster Abbey
This most famous of all English abbeys is situated within the precincts of the Royal Palace of Westminster.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15598a.htm
Whitty, Robert
English Jesuit. (1817-1895)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15615c.htm
Wales
Located in the western portion of Great Britain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15532a.htm
Walafrid
German poet and theologian of the ninth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15526a.htm
Waldenses
An heretical sect which appeared in the second half of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15527b.htm
Whitby, Synod of
A conference at the monastery of St. Hilda at Whitby or Streanoeshalch. King Oswy with Bishops Colman and Chad represented the Celtic tradition; Alchfrid, son of Oswy, and Bishops Wilfrid and Agilbert that of Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15610a.htm
William, Saint
Bishop of St-Brieuc. (1180-1234)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15629a.htm
Wichita Indians
A confederacy of Caddoan stock, formerly dwelling between the Arkansas River, Kansas, and the Brazos River, Texas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15616b.htm
William Exmew, Blessed
Carthusian monk and martyr. (d. 1535)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630c.htm
William Filby, Blessed
English martyr. (d. 1582)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630d.htm
William Hart, Blessed
English priest. (1558-1583)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15631a.htm
William Lacy, Blessed
Sixteenth-century English priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15631b.htm
William of Ebelholt, Saint
Also called William of Paris or William of the Paraclete. Twelfth-century canon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15632d.htm
William of Gellone, Saint
Second Count of Toulouse. (755-812)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15633a.htm
William of Maleval, Saint
Also known as St. William the Great. Hermit, d. 1157.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15633c.htm
William of Norwich, Saint
Born 1132; died 22 March, 1144.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15635a.htm
William of Paris, Saint
Abbot of Eskill in Denmark.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15636b.htm
William of Perth, Saint
English martyr. (d. 1201)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15637a.htm
Wichita, Diocese of
Erected in 1887, from the Diocese of Leavenworth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15616a.htm
Widukind of Corvey
Historian who lived in the tenth century in the Benedictine Abbey of Corvey, Germany.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15618b.htm
Whipple, Amiel Weeks
American military engineer and soldier. (1818-1863)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15608b.htm
Wessenberg, Ignaz Heinrich von
Vicar-General and Administrator of the Diocese of Constance. (1774-1860)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15590b.htm
Weld
Name of a prominent English Catholic family.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15578c.htm
Wegg-Prosser, Francis Richard
Prominent English convert. (1824-1911)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15576a.htm
Whitsunday
Alternate name for Pentecost.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15614b.htm
Wilhelm of Herle
Painter, born at Herle in Dutch Limburg at an unknown date in the fourteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15623b.htm
William, Saint
Twelfth-century Archbishop of York.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15628c.htm
Worsley, Edward
English Jesuit. (1605-1676)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15713a.htm
Wells in Scripture
It is difficult to realize the importance which a country like Palestine attaches to any source of fresh water.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15581a.htm
Westminster, Archdiocese of
Comprises the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, and London north of the Thames.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15592c.htm
White, Charles Ignatius
American editor and historian. (1807-1878)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15611a.htm
William of Auxerre
Thirteenth-century theologian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15631d.htm
William of Moerbeke
Scholar, Orientalist, philosopher. (1215-1286)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15634a.htm
Winwallus, Saint
Fifth-century Abbot of Landevennec.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15659b.htm
William of Vercelli
Founder of the Hermits of Monte Vergine. (1085-1142)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15639b.htm
Wolfgang, Saint
Bishop of Ratisbon. (934-994)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15682b.htm
Wolstan, Saint
Benedictine, and Bishop of Worcester. (1008-1095)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15687a.htm
William of Newburgh
English historian. (1136-1198)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15634c.htm
William of Nangis
Medieval chronicler. (d. 1300)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15634b.htm
William of Poitiers
Norman historian, born of a noted family, at Préaux near Pont Audemer, Normandy, about 1020.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15637b.htm
Willems, Pierre
Philologist. (1840-1898)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15628b.htm
Wittman, Patrizius
Catholic journalist. (1818-1883)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15679b.htm
William of Malmesbury
Benedictine monk at Malmesbury Abbey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15633d.htm
William of St-Thierry
Theologian and mystic. (1085-1148)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15638a.htm
William of Sens
A twelfth-century French architect, supposed to have been born at Sens.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15638b.htm
Willibald and Winnebald, Saints
Members of the Order of St. Benedict.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15644c.htm
Willibrord, Saint
Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of the Frisians, and son of St. Hilgis, born in Northumbria. (658-739)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15645a.htm
Willigis, Saint
Archbishop of Mainz. (d. 1011)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15645b.htm
War
In its juridical sense, a contention carried on by force of arms between sovereign states, or communities having in this regard the right of states.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15546c.htm
William of Auvergne
Bishop of Paris, medieval philosopher and theologian. (d. 1249)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15631c.htm
Winnoc, Saint
Abbot of Wormhoult. (d. 716)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15658a.htm
Wilcannia, Diocese of
Located in New South Wales, one of the six suffragan sees of Sydney.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15620d.htm
Woodcock, Venerable John
English Franciscan martyr. (1603-1646)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15702a.htm
Wright, Blessed Peter
English martyr. (1603-1651)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15715b.htm
Windthorst, Ludwig
German statesman. (1812-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15655a.htm
Wilgefortis
The legend makes her a Christian daughter of a pagan King of Portugal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15622a.htm
Woodhouse, Blessed Thomas
Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14698a.htm
Werner, Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias
Prussian convert, poet, and pulpit orator. (1768-1823)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15589b.htm
Wulfram, Saint
Bishop of Sens. (d. 704)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15716a.htm
Widukind
Saxon leader, and one of the heads of the Westphalian nobility.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15618a.htm
Willaert, Adrian
Composer. (1480-1562)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15626a.htm
White, Stephen Mallory
American statesman. (1853-1901)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15613a.htm
William Perault
Thirteenth-century French writer and preacher.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15642a.htm
Wild, Johann
Scriptural commentator and preacher. (1495-1554)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15621b.htm
Wise Men (Magi)
The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm
Wisdom, Book of
One of the deutero-canonical writings of the Old Testament, placed in the Vulgate between the Canticle of Canticles and Ecclesiasticus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15666a.htm
William of Ramsey
A monk of Crowland Abbey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15637c.htm
Wingham, Thomas
Pianist, organist, composer and teacher. (1846-1893)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15657a.htm
Wilton, Richard
English Trinitarian scholar. (d. 1239)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15647a.htm
Winona, Diocese of
Established in 1889, suffragan of St. Paul, in southern Minnesota.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15658b.htm
William of Tyre
Archbishop of Tyre and historian. (1130-1190)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15639a.htm
William of Turbeville
Bishop of Norwich. (1095-1174)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15638d.htm
William of Conches
Scholastic philosopher and theologian. (b. 1100)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15632b.htm
William of Ware
William de Warre, Guard, Guaro, Varro or Varron.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15640a.htm
Windows in Church Architecture
Christian houses of worship required the admission of much light by large openings in the walls, that is, by windows.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15653b.htm
William of Wayneflete
English bishop and chancellor. (d. 1486)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15640b.htm
William of Jumièges
Benedictine historian. (d. 1090)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15633b.htm
Wiener-Neustadt, Diocese of
Suppressed see in Lower Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15618c.htm
Wilberforce, Henry William
Third son of William Wilberforce, and younger brother of Robert Wilberforce.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15620b.htm
Williamites
Name of two minor religious orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15644b.htm
Wirt, Wigand
Theologian, born at Frankfort about 1460; died at Steyer, 30 June, 1519.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15661a.htm
Wimpina, Konrad
Theologian. (1465-1531)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15649b.htm
Wimpfeling, Jakob
Humanist and theologian. (1450-1528)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15649a.htm
Woodhead, Abraham
English writer. (1609-1678)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15702b.htm
William of Digulleville
Fourteenth-century French poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15632c.htm
William of Ockham
Fourteenth-century Franciscan philosopher.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15636a.htm
Wolgemut, Michael
Painter and engraver. (1434-1519)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15684a.htm
Wiest, Stephan
Member of the Order of Cistercians. (1748-1797)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15618d.htm
Will
This article discusses will in its psychological aspect.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15624a.htm
Winzet, Ninian
Benedictine abbot and controversial writer. (1518-1592)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15659c.htm
Windischmann, Friedrich Heinrich Hugo
Orientalist and exegete. (1811-1861)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15652b.htm
Wilhelm V
Duke of Bavaria. (1548-1626)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15623a.htm
Wireker, Nigel
Twelfth-century satirist.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15660b.htm
Will, Free
The question of free will, moral liberty, or the liberum arbitrium of the Schoolmen, ranks amongst the three or four most important philosophical problems of all time.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06259a.htm
Wolowski, Louis-François-Michel-Reymond
Polish economist. (1810-1876)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15684b.htm
Wettingen-Mehrerau, Abbacy Nullius of
Cistercian abbey in Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15607a.htm
Wartenberg, Franz Wilhelm, Count von
Bishop and cardinal. (1593-1661)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15557a.htm
Wilton Abbey
Benedictine convent near Salisbury, England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15647b.htm
Wilhering, Cistercian Abbey of
Situated on the right bank of the Danube, in the Diocese of Linz, Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15623c.htm
Wigbod
Theological writer of the eighth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15619c.htm
William of Wykeham
Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. (1324-1404)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15641a.htm
Wigley, George J.
By profession he was an architect, but subsequently devoted himself to journalism in Paris.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15620a.htm
William of Champeaux
Scholastic, philosopher and theologian. (1070-1121)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15632a.htm
Wood-Carving
Discusses the branch of wood-carving dealing with artistic objects, belonging either to plastic (as statues, crucifixes, and similar carvings), or to industrial art (as arabesques and rosettes), and which serve mainly for the ornamentation of cabinet work.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15698b.htm
Witt, Francis Xavier
Composer and reformer of church music. (1834-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15678a.htm
Walenburch, Adrian and Peter von
Auxiliary bishops of Cologne and celebrated controversial theologians, born at Rotterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15531b.htm
Will and Testament of Clerics
Roman law allowed clerics to dispose of their property by will or otherwise.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15626b.htm
Window, Rose
A circular window, with mullions and traceries generally radiating from the centre, and filled with stained glasses.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15653a.htm
Wilmington, Diocese of
Located in Delaware, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15646c.htm
Witness
One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15677a.htm
Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison
Priest and scientist. (1832-1889)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15702c.htm
Widow
Canonical prescriptions concerning widows in the Old Testament refer mainly to the question of remarriage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15617c.htm
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
Archaeologist and historian of ancient art. (1717-1768)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15650a.htm
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. (1802-1865)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15670a.htm
Wounds, The Five Sacred
The revival of religious life and the zealous activity of St. Bernard and St. Francis in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, together with the enthusiasm of the Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, increased devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ and particularly to practices in honour of the Wounds in His Sacred Hands, Feet, and Side.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15714a.htm
World, Antiquity of the
Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15704b.htm
Wittman, George Michael
Bishop-elect of Ratisbon. (1760-1833)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15679a.htm
Wilberforce, Robert Isaac
Second son of William Wilberforce, and a younger brother of Samuel Wilberforce.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15620c.htm
Windesheim
Augustinian monastery in Holland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15651a.htm
Windsor
A town on the Thames, in Berkshire, England; rendered Ventus Morbidus in some medieval documents, the name being really from the Saxon Windels-or, "winding shore".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15654a.htm
Wisdom, Daughters of
Founded at Poitiers by Blessed Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort in 1703.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15668a.htm
Williram
Scripture scholar. (d. 1085)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15646a.htm
Winslow, Jakob Benignus
Physician and anatomist. (1669-1760)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15659a.htm
Winnebago Indians
A Siouan tribe closely related in speech to the Iowa, Missouri, and Oto, and more remotely to the Dakota and Ponca.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15657b.htm
Wood, Thomas
Priest and confessor. (1499-1588)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15698a.htm
William the Conqueror
King of England and Duke of Normandy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15642c.htm
Würzburg Abbeys
Abbey of the Holy Redeemer, St. Andrew's Abbey, St. Stephen's Abbey, and St. James's Abbey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15721a.htm
Witzel, Georg
Hessian theologian. (1501-1573)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15680a.htm
Wright, William
A professor of philosophy at Gratz and Vienna and chaplain to the Gages at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk. (1562-1639)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15715c.htm
Wyclif, John
Writer and "reformer". (1324-1384)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15722a.htm
Wine, Altar
Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. For valid and licit consecration vinum de vite, i.e. the pure juice of the grape naturally and properly fermented, is to be used.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01358a.htm
Wisconsin
Known as the "Badger State", admitted to the Union on 29 May, 1848, the seventeenth state admitted, after the original thirteen.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15661b.htm
Wormwood
Absinthe, known for its repulsive bitterness.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060b.htm
Wyoming
Forty-fourth state, derives its name from the Delaware Indian word "Maughwauwama", signifying mountains with large plains between.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15724b.htm
Wipo
Eleventh-century priest and biographer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15660a.htm
Weninger, Francis Xavier
Jesuit missionary and author. (1805-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15587d.htm
Wladislaw, Diocese of
The historical origin of this diocese is not known precisely.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15680b.htm
Wouters, G. Henry
Historian. (1802-1872)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15715a.htm
Ward, Margaret, Saint
Martyr, born at Congleton, Cheshire; executed at Tyburn, London, 30 Aug., 1588.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15551b.htm
Wadding, Luke
Historian and theologian, born at Waterford, Ireland. (1588-1657)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15521d.htm
Wakash Indians
A linguistic family inhabiting the western coast of British Columbia, and the west and northwest of Vancouver Island, as well as a small region around Cape Flattery, Washington.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15525c.htm
Words (in Canon Law)
Canonists give many rules for the exact acceptation of words, in order that decrees may be correctly understood and the extent of their obligation determined.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15704a.htm
Wolff, George Dering
American editor. (1822-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15682a.htm
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