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Society, The Catholic Church Extension Society, The Catholic Church Extension- The first active agitation for a church extension or home mission society for the Catholic Church in North America was begun in 1904 by an … Sabinianus, Pope Sabinianus, Pope- Reigned 604-606. The son of Bonus, he was born at Blera (Bieda) near Viterbo. In 593 he was sent by St. Gregory I as apocrisiarius or Apostolic nuncio to Constan… Sergius III, Pope Sergius III, Pope- Reigned 904-911. Scripture Scripture- Sacred Scripture is one of the several names denoting the inspired writings which make up the Old and New Testament. Sacraments Sacraments- Presents the necessity, the nature, the origin/cause, the number, the effects, the minister, and the recipient of the Sacraments. Stanislas Kostka, Saint Stanislas Kostka, Saint- Polish Jesuit, died in 1568 at the age of 17, less than a year after entering the Society. Sydney Hodgson, Blessed Sydney Hodgson, Blessed- Was martyred in 1591 for having assisted priests and for being a convert to Catholicism. Simon Stock, Saint Simon Stock, Saint- Biography of the English Carmelite, sixth general of the Order. Associated with the brown scapular. Died 1265. Seraphina Sforza, Blessed Seraphina Sforza, Blessed- Forced by her husband to enter the Poor Clares, d. 1478. Swithin Wells, Saint Swithin Wells, Saint- A married lay schoolmaster, hanged opposite his house in 1591 for the crime of attending mass. Sebastian Newdigate, Blessed Sebastian Newdigate, Blessed- Martyred at Tyburn in 1535 for denying the royal supremacy. Stanislaus of Cracow, Saint Stanislaus of Cracow, Saint- Bishop and martyr, d. 1079. The patron saint of Poland. Stephen, Saint Stephen, Saint- First King of Hungary. Baptized at the age of 10 by St. Adalbert, and died in 1038. Stephen Harding, Saint Stephen Harding, Saint- English Cistercian, confessor, the third abbot of Cîteaux, d. 1134. Stephen of Muret, Saint Stephen of Muret, Saint- Founder of the Order of Grandmont. Died 1124. Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint- Founder of the Sylvestrines. Canon, hermit. Died 1267. Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint- Late sixteenth-century Italian Capuchin. Had the gift of reading hearts. Scotism and Scotists Scotism and Scotists- Article on the school of philosophy inspired by John Duns Scotus, and its proponents in the fourteenth through nineteenth centuries. Sarum Rite Sarum Rite- The manner of regulating the details of the Roman Liturgy that obtained in pre-Reformation times in the south of England and was thence propagated over the greater par… Schism, Western Schism, Western- Only a temporary misunderstanding, even though it compelled the Church for forty years to seek its true head; it was fed by politics and passions, and was termina… Society of Jesus, The Society of Jesus, The- Comprehensive information about the past of the Jesuit order. Spirituals Spirituals- A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second half of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, who, in opposition… Serapion, Saint Serapion, Saint- Bishop and theological author. Died 211. Samson, Saint Samson, Saint- Biography of this Welsh-born abbot, reluctant bishop, confessor. Died about 565. Suitbert, Saint Suitbert, Saint- Born in England, studied in Ireland, accompanied St. Willibrord on his missionary journeys. Died in 713. Sylvester I, Pope Saint Sylvester I, Pope Saint- In office for 21 years, while Constantine was emperor. St. Sylvester died in 335. Sabbas, Saint Sabbas, Saint- St. Sabbas, or Sabas. Basilian monk, hermit, founded the monastery at Mar Saba near Jerusalem. Died 532. Article also mentions five other saints of this name. Siricius, Pope Saint Siricius, Pope Saint- Siricius condemned Jovinian, but this did not spare the pope from criticism by St. Jerome. Sergius and Bacchus, Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Saints- Soldiers, martyred in the Diocletian persecution in about 303. Universally venerated in the East. Silverius, Pope Saint Silverius, Pope Saint- Son of Pope St. Hormisdas. Named pope while yet a subdeacon, to thwart the Monophysites. Exiled through a forgery of his political and religious enemies, di…