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Clement VI, Pope Clement VI, Pope
Clement VI, Pope- Born 1291 in the castle of Maumont, departmentof Corrèze, France, elected pope, 7 May, 1342, at Avignon, where he died 6 December, 1352. ...
Clogher Clogher
Clogher- A suffragan of Armagh, Ireland, which comprises the County Monaghan, almost the whole of Fermanagh, the southern portion of Tyrone, and parts of Donegal, Louth, and Cavan. ...
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Jean-Baptiste
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste- Marquis de Seignelay, statesman, b. at Rheims, France, 1619; d. at Paris, 1683. ...
Chioggia (Chiozza) Chioggia (Chiozza)
Chioggia (Chiozza)- A sea-coast city in the province of Venice. In antiquity it was known as Fossa Clodia; in the Middle Ages as Clugia. ...
Camaldolese Camaldolese
Camaldolese- A joint order of hermits and cenobites, founded by St. Romuald at the beginning of the eleventh century. ...
Camerlengo Camerlengo
Camerlengo- The title of certain papal officials. ...
Campeggio, Lorenzo Campeggio, Lorenzo
Campeggio, Lorenzo- Cardinal, an eminent canonist, ecclesiastical diplomat, and reformer. ...
Campo Santo de' Tedeschi Campo Santo de' Tedeschi
Campo Santo de' Tedeschi- A cemetery, church, and hospice for Germans on the south side of St. Peter's, Rome. ...
Camus de Pont-Carré, Jean-Pierre Camus de Pont-Carré, Jean-Pierre
Camus de Pont-Carré, Jean-Pierre- French bishop, b. 3 November, 1584, at Paris; d. there 25 April, 1652. ...
Canaan, Canaanites Canaan, Canaanites
Canaan, Canaanites- The Hebrew word Kenaan, denoting a person. ...
Canada Canada
Canada- Comprises all that part of North America north of the United States, with the exception of Newfoundland, and Labrador. ...
Canada, Catholicity in Canada, Catholicity in
Canada, Catholicity in- Treated under three headings: I. Period of French domination, from the discovery of Canada to the Treaty of Paris, in 1763; II. Period of British rule, from 1763 to the present day; III. Present c ...
Canal, José de la Canal, José de la
Canal, José de la- Ecclesiastical historian. ...
Canary Islands, The Canary Islands, The
Canary Islands, The- An archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the western coast of Africa. ...
Canatha Canatha
Canatha- A titular see of Arabia. ...
Carranza, Diego Carranza, Diego
Carranza, Diego- Missionary among the Chontal Indians. ...
Candia Candia
Candia- The residence of the Greek Metropolitan of Crete, who has seven suffragan sees, Khania, Kisamos, Rethymnon (Retimo), Sitia, Lampa, Arkadia, and Chersonesos. ...
Candidus Candidus
Candidus- The name of two scholars of the Carlovingian revival of letters in the ninth century. ...
Canon Canon
Canon- Musical term, the strictest of all contrapuntal forms. ...
Canoness Canoness
Canoness- The assistance of women in the work of the Church goes back to the earliest time, and their uniting together for community exercises was a natural development of religious worship. ...
Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception
Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception- A congregation founded in the department of Isère, at Saint-Antoine, France, by the Abbé Dom Adrien Gréa. ...
Canopus Canopus
Canopus- A titular see of Egypt. ...
Canova, Antonio Canova, Antonio
Canova, Antonio- Italian sculptor. (1757-1822) ...
Capranica, Domenico Capranica, Domenico
Capranica, Domenico- Cardinal, theologian, canonist, and statesman, b. at Capranica near Palestrina, Italy, in 1400; d. at Rome, 14 July, 1458. ...
Capua Capua
Capua- Situated in the province of Caserta, Southern Italy. ...
Capuchinesses Capuchinesses
Capuchinesses- A branch of the Poor Clares of the Primitive Observance, instituted at Naples, in 1538, by the Venerable Maria Longo. ...
Capuchin Friars Minor Capuchin Friars Minor
Capuchin Friars Minor- An autonomous branch of the first Franciscan Order. ...
Capuciati Capuciati
Capuciati- From caputium, hood - So named from the headgear which was one of their distinctive marks. ...
Caquetá Caquetá
Caquetá- Apostolic prefecture situated in South America on the southern border of the Republic of Colombia. ...
Caracas Caracas
Caracas- Located in the Republic of Venezuela, a metropolitan see with the Barquisimeto, Calabozo, Guayana, Merida, and Zulia as suffragans. ...
Caraites Caraites
Caraites- A Jewish sect professing to follow the text of the Bible (Miqra) to the exclusion of Rabbinical traditions, and hence opposed to the Talmud. ...
Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Juan
Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Juan- Spanish ecclesiastic and writer. (1606-1682) ...
Carbonari Carbonari
Carbonari- The name of a secret political society, which played an important part, chiefly in France and Italy, during the first decades of the nineteenth century. ...
Carcassonne Carcassonne
Carcassonne- Diocese comprising the entire department of Aude, and suffragan to Toulouse. ...
Cardan, Girolamo Cardan, Girolamo
Cardan, Girolamo- Italian physician and mathematician. (1501-1576) ...
Cardinal Protector Cardinal Protector
Cardinal Protector- Since the thirteenth century it has been customary at Rome to confide to some particular cardinal a special solicitude in the Roman Curia for the interests of a given religious order or institute, con ...
Cardinal Vicar Cardinal Vicar
Cardinal Vicar- The vicar-general of the pope, as Bishop of Rome, for the spiritual administration of the city, and its surrounding district, properly known as Vicarius Urbis. ...
Cardinal Virtues Cardinal Virtues
Cardinal Virtues- The four principal virtues upon which the rest of the moral virtues turn or are hinged. ...
Carducci, Bartolommeo and Vincenzo Carducci, Bartolommeo and Vincenzo
Carducci, Bartolommeo and Vincenzo- Florentine painters, brothers, usually grouped under the Spanish School. ...
Carem Carem
Carem- Name of a town in the Tribe of Juda. ...
Carey, Mathew Carey, Mathew
Carey, Mathew- Author and publisher, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 28 January, 1760; d. in Philadelphia, U.S.A., 15 September, 1839. ...
Cariati Cariati
Cariati- Suffragan of Santa Severina. ...
Caribs Caribs
Caribs- Next to the Arawaks, probably the most numerous Indian stock, of more or less nomadic habits, in South America. ...
Carlisle Carlisle
Carlisle- The Catholic was smaller in extent than the present Anglican diocese, which was enlarged in 1856. ...
Carlovingian Schools Carlovingian Schools
Carlovingian Schools- Established under the Merovingian Kings, a school, scola palatina, the chroniclers of the eighth century styled it for the training of the young Frankish nobles in the art of war and in the ceremoni ...
Carnoy, Jean-Baptiste Carnoy, Jean-Baptiste
Carnoy, Jean-Baptiste- Belgian biologist. (1836-1899) ...
Caroline Islands Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands- A group of about 500 small coral islands, east of the Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean. ...
Caron, Raymond Caron, Raymond
Caron, Raymond- Franciscan friar and author, b. at Athlone, Ireland, in 1605; d. at Dublin, 1666. ...
Carpasia Carpasia
Carpasia- A titular see of Cyprus. Carpasia, Karpasia, also Karpasion is said to have been founded by King Pygmalion near Cape Sarpedon. ...
Carpi Carpi
Carpi- Situated in the province of Modena, Central Italy. ...

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