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Monaco, Principality and Diocese of Monaco, Principality and Diocese of
Monaco, Principality and Diocese of- Situated on the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded on all sides by the French department of the Maritime Alps, and has an area of 5337 acres. ...
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel- Inventor; b. at Vidalon-lez-Annonay, 26 August, 1740; d. at Balaruc-les-Bains, France, 26 June, 1810. ...
MacCarthy, Denis Florence MacCarthy, Denis Florence
MacCarthy, Denis Florence- Well-known Irish poet of the nineteenth century, born in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, 26 May, 1817; died at Blackrock, Dublin, 7 April, 1882. ...
Mosaic Legislation Mosaic Legislation
Mosaic Legislation- The body of juridical, moral, and ceremonial institutions, laws, and decisions comprised in the last four books of the Pentateuch, and ascribed by Christian and Hebrew tradition to Moses. ...
MacCaghwell, Hugh MacCaghwell, Hugh
MacCaghwell, Hugh- Archbishop and theologian, born at Saul, Co. Down, 1571; died 22 September, 1626. ...
Monogram of Christ Monogram of Christ
Monogram of Christ- By the Monogram of Christ is ordinarily understood the abbreviation of Christ's name formed by combining the first two letters of the Greek form; this monogram was also known as the Chrismon. ...
Musso, Cornelius Musso, Cornelius
Musso, Cornelius- Franciscan bishop. (1511-1574) ...
Mozarabic Rite Mozarabic Rite
Mozarabic Rite- The name "Mozarabic Rite" is given to the rite used generally in Spain and in what afterwards became Portugal from the earliest times of which we have any information down to the latter part of the eleven ...
Mortification Mortification
Mortification- One of the methods which Christian ascesticism employs in training the soul to virtuous and holy living. ...
Montreuil Montreuil
Montreuil- Charterhouse of Notre-Dame-des-Pres, at Montreuil, in the Diocese of Arras, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, founded by Robert, Count of Boulogne and Auvergne. ...
Monk Monk
Monk- A member of a community of men, leading a more or less contemplative life apart from the world, under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to a rule characteristic of the particular order to whic ...
MacHale, John MacHale, John
MacHale, John- Born March 6, 1791 at Tubbernavine, Co. Mayo, Ireland; died at Tuam, November 4, 1881. ...
Mozzetta Mozzetta
Mozzetta- A short, cape-shaped garment, covering the shoulders and reaching only to the elbow, with an open front, which may be fastened by means of a row of small buttons; at the neck it has a very small and purely orna ...
Malmesbury, The Monk of Malmesbury, The Monk of
Malmesbury, The Monk of- Supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian manuscripts in the British Museum (Vesp. D. IV. 73) which Tanner states to be only a copy of a chronicle written by Alfred of Beverley in the tw ...
MacMahon, Heber MacMahon, Heber
MacMahon, Heber- Bishop of Clogher, Ireland, and patriotic leader, born at Farney, County Monaghan, 1600; executed at Enniskillen in 1650. ...
McMaster, James Alphonsus McMaster, James Alphonsus
McMaster, James Alphonsus- An editor, convert, born at Duanesburg, New York, U. S. A., 1 April, 1820; died in Brooklyn, New York, 29 December, 1886. ...
McSherry, James Sr. McSherry, James Sr.
McSherry, James Sr.- Author; born at LibertyTown, Frederick County, Maryland, 29 July, 1819; died at Frederick City, Maryland, 13 July, 1869, was the son of James McSherry and Anne Ridgely Sappington, and the grandson of ...
Nyassa Nyassa
Nyassa- (Catholic Encyclopedia) ...
Nyssa Nyssa
Nyssa- (Catholic Encyclopedia) ...
Natal Day Natal Day
Natal Day- (Catholic Encyclopedia) ...
Notitiae Episcopatuum Notitiae Episcopatuum
Notitiae Episcopatuum- (Catholic Encyclopedia) ...
Marignolli, Giovanni de' Marignolli, Giovanni de'
Marignolli, Giovanni de'- Franciscan missionary to Asia (b. 1290). ...
Monopoli, Diocese of Monopoli, Diocese of
Monopoli, Diocese of- A diocese in the Province of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy. ...
McSherry, James Jr. McSherry, James Jr.
McSherry, James Jr.- Jurist, son of the author James McSherry; born at Frederick, Maryland, 30 December, 1842; died there 23 October, 1907. ...
Nonantola Nonantola
Nonantola- (Catholic Encyclopedia) ...
McSherry, Richard McSherry, Richard
McSherry, Richard- Physician; born at Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), 21 November, 1817; died Baltimore, Md., 7 Ocbober, l885, son of Dr. Richard McSherry. ...
Mactaris Mactaris
Mactaris- A titular see of the Byzantine Empire. ...
Mabillon, Jean Mabillon, Jean
Mabillon, Jean- Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. (1632-1707) ...
Montes Pietatis Montes Pietatis
Montes Pietatis- Charitable institutions of credit that lend money at low rates of interest, or without interest at all, upon the security of objects left in pawn, with a view to protecting persons in want from usurers. ...
Madrid-Alcalá Madrid-Alcalá
Madrid-Alcalá- Province and town in Spain. ...
Motet Motet
Motet- A short piece of music set to Latin words, and sung instead of, or immediately after, the Offertorium, or as a detached number in extra-liturgical functions. ...
Maderna, Carlo Maderna, Carlo
Maderna, Carlo- Known principally by his extension of St. Peter's, at the command of the pope, from the form of a Greek to that of a Latin cross. (1556-1629) ...
Magdeburg Magdeburg
Magdeburg- Capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, situated on the Elbe; pop. 241,000; it is noted for its industries, particularly the production of sugar, its trade, and its commerce. From 968 until 1552 it was the ...
Magnesia Magnesia
Magnesia- A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Ephesus. ...
MacGeoghegan, James MacGeoghegan, James
MacGeoghegan, James- Born at Uisneach, Westmeath, Ireland, 1702; died at Paris, 1763. He came of a long family long settled in Westmeath and long holding a high position among the Leinster chiefs, and was related to that ...
Morcelli, Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Stefano Antonio
Morcelli, Stefano Antonio- Italian Jesuit and epigraphist (1737-1822). ...
Macedo, Francisco Macedo, Francisco
Macedo, Francisco- Known as a S. Augustino, O.F.M., theologian, born at Coimbra, Portugal, 1596; he entered the Jesuit Order in 1610, which however he left in 1638 in order to join the Discalced Franciscans. ...
Monastery, Canonical Erection of a Monastery, Canonical Erection of a
Monastery, Canonical Erection of a- Details the conditions for the legitimate erection of a monastery. ...
Maderno, Stefano Maderno, Stefano
Maderno, Stefano- A sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary. (1576-1636) ...
MacCarthy, Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy, Nicholas Tuite
MacCarthy, Nicholas Tuite- Called the Abbé de Lévignac, born in Dublin on 19 May, 1769; died at Annécy, Savoy, 3 May, 1833. ...
Monism Monism
Monism- A philosophical term which, in its various meanings, is opposed to Dualism or Pluralism. ...
Magdala Magdala
Magdala- It is perhaps the Migdal-El mentioned in the Old Testament (Jos., xix, 38) belonging to the tribe of Nephtali. ...
Maerlant, Jacob van Maerlant, Jacob van
Maerlant, Jacob van- Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291. ...
Mace Mace
Mace- A short, richly ornamented staff. ...
Madura Mission Madura Mission
Madura Mission- The Madura mission owes its origin to Robert de Nobili, who commenced at Madura, in 1606, that peculiar method of propagating the faith which has made his name famous. ...
Magaud, Antoine-Dominique Magaud, Antoine-Dominique
Magaud, Antoine-Dominique- French painter, b. at Marseilles 1817; d. there, 1899. ...
Macarius of Antioch Macarius of Antioch
Macarius of Antioch- A Patriarch, deposed in 681. ...
Magistris, Simone de Magistris, Simone de
Magistris, Simone de- Born in 1728; died 6 October, 1802; a priest of the Oratorio di S. Filippo Neri, at Rome, whom Pius VI created titular Bishop of Cyrene and provost of the Congregation for the correction of the litu ...
Moralities Moralities
Moralities- Moralities are a development or an offshoot of the Miracle Plays and together with these form the greater part of Medieval drama. They were popular in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries and existed s ...
Mozetena Indians Mozetena Indians
Mozetena Indians- A group of some half dozen tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock upon the headwaters of the Beni river, Department of Beni, in northwestern Bolivia. ...

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