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Macrina the Elder, Saint Macrina the Elder, Saint
Macrina the Elder, Saint- Grandmother of SS. Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Macrina the Younger. ...
Melito, Saint Melito, Saint
Melito, Saint- Bishop of Sardis, ecclesiastical writer, latter half of the second century. ...
Mary Magdalen, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint
Mary Magdalen, Saint- Article on the Apostle to the Apostles. ...
Monasticism, Western Monasticism, Western
Monasticism, Western- The introduction of monasticism into the West may be dated from about A.D. 340 when St. Athanasius visited Rome accompanied by the two Egyptian monks Ammon and Isidore, disciples of St. Anthony. ...
Monasticism Monasticism
Monasticism- The act of "dwelling alone" (Greek monos, monazein, monachos), has come to denote the mode of life pertaining to persons living in seclusion from the world, under religious vows and subject to a fixed rule, ...
Monasticism, Eastern, Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451) Monasticism, Eastern, Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451)
Monasticism, Eastern, Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451)- Egypt was the Motherland of Christian monasticism. It sprang into existence there at the beginning of the fourth century. ...
Middle Ages Middle Ages
Middle Ages- A term commonly used to designate that period of European history between the Fall of the Roman Empire and about the middle of the fifteenth century. ...
Montanists Montanists
Montanists- Schismatics of the second century, first known as Phrygians, or "those among the Phrygians" (oi kata Phrygas), then as Montanists, Pepuzians, and (in the West) Cataphrygians. ...
Monothelitism and Monothelites Monothelitism and Monothelites
Monothelitism and Monothelites- A modification of Monophysitism proposing that Christ had no human free will. Rejected by the Third Council of Constantinople (680). ...
Manichaeism Manichaeism
Manichaeism- A religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century. ...
Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed
Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed- The daughter of Victor Emanuel I, married King Ferdinand II of Sicily, d. 1836 at the age of 23. ...
Madeleine-Sophie Barat, Saint Madeleine-Sophie Barat, Saint
Madeleine-Sophie Barat, Saint- Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, d. 1865. ...
Marcionites Marcionites
Marcionites- Said that the creator "god" of the Old Testament was not the good God and Father of Jesus Christ of the New Testament. Had their own shadow hierarchy and their own Bible, which consisted of parts of Luke and ...
Monarchians Monarchians
Monarchians- The so-called Dynamic Monarchians were actually a form of adoptionism. Monarchianism, properly speaking, refers to the Modalists. Denial of the Trinity, assertion that there is only one Divine Person, who ap ...
Monophysites and Monophysitism Monophysites and Monophysitism
Monophysites and Monophysitism- Rejected the dual nature of Christ. Rejected by the Council of Chalcedon (451). ...
Monasteries in England, Suppression of Monasteries in England, Suppression of
Monasteries in England, Suppression of- From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be regarded as one of the great events of the sixteenth century. ...
Mathew Flathers, Blessed Mathew Flathers, Blessed
Mathew Flathers, Blessed- English priest martyred at York in 1607. ...
Margaret of Cortona, Saint Margaret of Cortona, Saint
Margaret of Cortona, Saint- Third Order Franciscan, d. 1297. ...
Margaret of Savoy, Blessed Margaret of Savoy, Blessed
Margaret of Savoy, Blessed- Widow, Third Order Dominican, d. 1464. ...
Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed
Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed- A.k.a. Madame Acarie. Founded the French Carmel, d. 1618. ...
Mark Barkworth, Blessed Mark Barkworth, Blessed
Mark Barkworth, Blessed- Short biography of the English convert, martyred in 1601. ...
Michael de Sanctis, Saint Michael de Sanctis, Saint
Michael de Sanctis, Saint- Or Michael de los Santos. Catalonian, member of the Discalced Trinitarians, d. 1625. ...
Meinwerk, Blessed Meinwerk, Blessed
Meinwerk, Blessed- Also called Meginwerk. The energetic tenth bishop of Paderborn, d. 1036. ...
Mary Anne de Paredes, Saint Mary Anne de Paredes, Saint
Mary Anne de Paredes, Saint- Of Quito, Ecuador, lived as a solitary in her own home and had many extraordinary spiritual gifts. She died in 1645. ...
Montford Scott, Blessed Montford Scott, Blessed
Montford Scott, Blessed- Biography of the English priest, martyred in 1591 after an imprisonment of seven years. ...
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint- Third Order Franciscan, d. 1791. ...
Margaret Pole, Blessed Margaret Pole, Blessed
Margaret Pole, Blessed- Biography of the Countess of Salisbury, martyred in 1541. ...
Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint
Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint- Biography of the 17th-century Carmelite mystic. ...
Marie-Marguérite d'Youville, Saint Marie-Marguérite d'Youville, Saint
Marie-Marguérite d'Youville, Saint- Biography of the founder of the Gray Nuns, or Sisters of Charity. She died in 1771. ...
Margaret Ward, Saint Margaret Ward, Saint
Margaret Ward, Saint- English martyr, died at Tyburn in 1588. ...
Mechtilde, Saint Mechtilde, Saint
Mechtilde, Saint- Born Matilda von Hackeborn-Wippra, blood sister of the Abbess Gertrude von Hackeborn, monastic herself. Quite plausibly the model for Matelda in Dante's "Purgatorio." She died in 1298. ...
Martin of Leon, Saint Martin of Leon, Saint
Martin of Leon, Saint- Augustinian priest, d. 1203. ...
Margaret of Hungary, Saint Margaret of Hungary, Saint
Margaret of Hungary, Saint- Princess who became a Dominican at the age of 4. She died in 1270 or 1271, and was canonized in 1943. ...
Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed
Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed- Baptismal name Marie Guyard. First superior of the Ursulines of Quebec. Biography. ...
Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed
Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed- Duchess d'Alencon, widow, became a Poor Clare, d. 1521. ...
Miles Gerard, Blessed Miles Gerard, Blessed
Miles Gerard, Blessed- Priest martyred in 1590. ...
Margaret Colona, Blessed Margaret Colona, Blessed
Margaret Colona, Blessed- A Roman orphan, hermit, founder of a community of Poor Clares, d. 1284. ...
Margaret Clitherow, Saint Margaret Clitherow, Saint
Margaret Clitherow, Saint- Article on this martyr, d. 1586, who is called the "Pearl of York." St. Margaret was crushed to death for the crime of harboring priests. ...
Malachy, Saint Malachy, Saint
Malachy, Saint- Abbot of Bangor, later Archbishop of Armagh, d. 1148. Article includes testimony from St. Bernard of Clairvaux on St. Malachy's character. ...
Mary de Cervellione, Saint Mary de Cervellione, Saint
Mary de Cervellione, Saint- Popularly called Maria de Socos. First superior of a Third Order branch of the Mercedarians, for women. She died in 1290. ...
Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint
Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint- Biographical article on the apostle of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. ...
Medal, Miraculous Medal, Miraculous
Medal, Miraculous- The devotion owes its origin to Zoe Labore, a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, known in religion as Sister Catherine, to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared three separate t ...
Martyrs, Japanese Martyrs, Japanese
Martyrs, Japanese- The most famous of the Japanese martyrs are the twenty-six who were crucified in Nagasaki in 1597, but thousands of other Japanese died for the faith between 1560 and 1860. ...
Manuscripts of the Bible Manuscripts of the Bible
Manuscripts of the Bible- Manuscripts are written, as opposed to printed, copies of the original text or of a version either of the whole Bible or of a part thereof. ...
Mass, Music of the Mass, Music of the
Mass, Music of the- Article covers exclusively the texts of the Mass (not seasonal) which receive a musical treatment. ...
Musical Instruments in Church Services Musical Instruments in Church Services
Musical Instruments in Church Services- History of their use, starting with the organ. ...
McCarthy, Justin McCarthy, Justin
McCarthy, Justin- Irish politician and writer (1830-1912). ...
Mysticism Mysticism
Mysticism- Mysticism as direct union of the human soul with the Divinity primarily from a Catholic perspective, but does mention other mystical traditions. ...
McCloskey, William George McCloskey, William George
McCloskey, William George- Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky (1823-1909). ...
MacDonald, John MacDonald, John
MacDonald, John- Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan, philanthropist, colonizer, soldier, born in Glenaladale, Scotland, about 1742; died at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1811; he was the son of Alexander and M ...

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