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Saint-Denis Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis- Diocese erected in 1850 as suffragan of Bordeaux, includes the Island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean about 350 miles cast of Madagascar. ...
Saint-Denis, Abbey of Saint-Denis, Abbey of
Saint-Denis, Abbey of- Situated in a small town to which it has given its name, about four miles north of Paris. ...
Saint-Victor, Achard de Saint-Victor, Achard de
Saint-Victor, Achard de- Canon regular, Abbot of St-Victor, Paris, and Bishop of Avranches, b. about 1100; d. 1172. ...
Saint Peter, Tomb of Saint Peter, Tomb of
Saint Peter, Tomb of- The history of the confusion and conflicting authorities surrounding the location of the tomb of Saint Peter. ...
Salve Regina Salve Regina
Salve Regina- The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four Breviary anthems of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ...
Saint-Dié Saint-Dié
Saint-Dié- Diocese comprising the Department of the Vosges. ...
Saint Thomas, Diocese of Saint Thomas, Diocese of
Saint Thomas, Diocese of- Diocese comprising the Islands of São Thomé and Principe, in the Gulf of Guinea. ...
Sacred Heart, Brothers of the Sacred Heart, Brothers of the
Sacred Heart, Brothers of the- A congregation founded in 1821 by Père André Coindre, of the Diocese of Lyons, France. Its constitutions were modeled upon the constitutions of St. Ignatius based upon the Rule of Saint Aug ...
Sidon Sidon
Sidon- Titular metropolis of Pamphylia Prima. ...
Saint Francis Mission Saint Francis Mission
Saint Francis Mission- A noted Catholic Indian mission village under Jesuit control near Pierreville, Yamaska district, Province of Quebec, Canada. ...
Salesian Society, The Salesian Society, The
Salesian Society, The- Founded by Saint John Bosco, takes its distinctive name from its patron, Saint Francis de Sales. ...
Salamon, Louis-Siffren-Joseph Salamon, Louis-Siffren-Joseph
Salamon, Louis-Siffren-Joseph- Bishop of Saint-Flour; b. at Carpentras, 22 Oct., 1759; d. at Saint-Flour, 11 June, 1829. ...
Saint George's Saint George's
Saint George's- Diocese in Newfoundland. Beginning at Garnish it takes in the western portion of the south coast and then stretches along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, northwards, almost as far as the Straits of Belle Isle, ...
Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de
Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de- Second Bishop of Quebec, b. at Grenoble, France, 14 Nov. 1653; d. at Quebec, Canada, 26 Dec., 1727; son of Jean de La Croix de Chevrières, and Marie de Sayne. ...
Synod Synod
Synod- A general term for ecclesiastical gatherings under hierarchical authority, for the discussion and decision of matters relating to faith, morals, or discipline. It corresponds to the Latin word concilium. ...
Stoning in Scripture Stoning in Scripture
Stoning in Scripture- At first an expression of popular fury analogous to "lynching", later came to be a natural and legally recognized method of execution. ...
Salazar, Domingo de Salazar, Domingo de
Salazar, Domingo de- Born in La Rioja, in the village of La Bastida on the banks of the Ebro, 1512; died in Madrid, 4 December, 1594. Devoted to the conversion of natives of the new world. ...
Salmas Salmas
Salmas- A Chaldean see, included in the ancient Archdiocese of Adhorbigan, or Adherbaidjan. ...
Sale Sale
Sale- Saliensis. Diocese in Victoria, Australia, comprises all the territory known as Gippsland. ...
Syntagma Canonum Syntagma Canonum
Syntagma Canonum- A canonical collection made in 1335 by Blastares, a Greek monk about whose life nothing certain is known. ...
Salimbene degli Adami Salimbene degli Adami
Salimbene degli Adami- Chronicler, b. at Parma, 9 Oct., 1221; d. probably at Montefalcone about 1288. ...
Soul Soul
Soul- The question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is among the most important problems of philosophy, for with it is bound up the doctrine of a future life. ...
Salmanticenses and Complutenses Salmanticenses and Complutenses
Salmanticenses and Complutenses- Authors of the courses of scholastic philosophy and theology, and moral theology. ...
Salamanca Salamanca
Salamanca- Article on the Spanish diocese. ...
Salvation Salvation
Salvation- Salvation has in Scriptural language the general meaning of liberation from straitened circumstances or from other evils, and of a translation into a state of freedom and security. ...
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg- The imperial residence and second capital of Russia, lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland. ...
Saint Hyacinthe Saint Hyacinthe
Saint Hyacinthe- Diocese in the Province of Quebec, suffragan of Montreal. ...
Salt Lake, Diocese of Salt Lake, Diocese of
Salt Lake, Diocese of- Includes the State of Utah, and slightly more than half of the State of Nevada. ...
Salto Salto
Salto- Diocese in Uruguay, suffragan to Montevideo. ...
Salvianus Salvianus
Salvianus- Fifth-century Latin writer. ...
Samoa Samoa
Samoa- A group of islands situated in the south Pacific. ...
Sacristy Sacristy
Sacristy- A room in the church or attached thereto, where the vestments, church furnishings and the like, sacred vessels, and other treasures are kept, and where the clergy meet and vest for the various ecclesiastical fu ...
Stylites Stylites
Stylites- Solitaries who, taking up their abode upon the tops of a pillar (stylos), chose to spend their days amid the restraints thus entailed and in the exercise of other forms of asceticism. This practice may be regar ...
Salzmann, Joseph Salzmann, Joseph
Salzmann, Joseph- Founder of St. Francis Provincial Seminary (St. Francis, Wisconsin) known as the "Salesianum", one of the best known pioneer priests of the North-west, b. at Münzbach, Diocese of Linz, Upper Austria, 17 ...
Salome Salome
Salome- Daughter of Herod Philip and Herodias at whose request John the Baptist was beheaded. ...
Saliva Indians Saliva Indians
Saliva Indians- The principal of a small group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock (the Salivan), centring in the eighteenth century, about and below the junction of the Meta and Orinoco, in Venezuela. ...
Saint-Claude Saint-Claude
Saint-Claude- The Diocese of Saint-Claude comprised in the eighteenth century only twenty-six parishes, subject previously to the Abbey of Saint-Claude, and some parishes detached from the Dioceses of Besançon and Lyons. ...
San Gallo San Gallo
San Gallo- A celebrated family of architects, sculptors, painters, and engravers, which flourished in Italy during the Renaissance period, from the middle of the fifteenth to the end of the sixteenth century. The founder ...
Salvete Christi Vulnera Salvete Christi Vulnera
Salvete Christi Vulnera- The Roman Breviary hymn at Lauds of the feast of the Most Precious Blood, is found in the Appendix to Pars Verna of the Roman Breviary (Venice, 1798). ...
Salmeron, Alphonsus Salmeron, Alphonsus
Salmeron, Alphonsus- Jesuit Biblical scholar, born at Toledo, 8 Sept., 1515; died at Naples, 13 Feb., 1585. ...
Sámar and Leyte Sámar and Leyte
Sámar and Leyte- The names of two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines. ...
San José de Costa Rica San José de Costa Rica
San José de Costa Rica- The Republic of Costa Rica, Central America, constitutes this diocese as a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Guatemala. ...
Sánchez, Alonzo Coello Sánchez, Alonzo Coello
Sánchez, Alonzo Coello- Painter - Born at Benyfayro, Valenciz, Spain, in 1513 or 1515; died at Madrid, 1590. ...
Sánchez, Alonzo Sánchez, Alonzo
Sánchez, Alonzo- Jesuit missionary and writer, born in Mondejar, Guadalajara, Spain, in 1547; died at Alcalá, 27 May, 1593. ...
Salta, Diocese of Salta, Diocese of
Salta, Diocese of- Comprises the civil Provinces of Salta and Jujuy in the northern part of the Republic of Argentina. ...
Samosata Samosata
Samosata- A titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis, capital of Commagenum. ...
San Carlos de Ancud San Carlos de Ancud
San Carlos de Ancud- The most southern of the Chilian dioceses. ...
Sanction Sanction
Sanction- Sanction signifies the authoritative act whereby the legislator gives a law value and binding force for its subjects. ...
Sanctuary Sanctuary
Sanctuary- Church architecture term. ...
Synods, National Synods, National
Synods, National- According to the recent canon law, national councils are the deliberating assemblies at which all the bishops of a nation are convoked by the patriarch or primate (Cf. Bened. XIV, "De Synodo", I, i), bu ...

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