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Garnet, Saint Thomas Protomartyr of St. Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College. (1575-1608) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Glossolalia A supernatural gift of the class gratiae gratis datae, designed to aid in the outer development of the primitive Church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grace, Actual A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689x.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gozzolini, Saint Sylvester Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble family of the Gozzolini at Osimo, 1177; d. 26 Nov., 1267. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14372b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gonzalez, Saint Peter Popularly known as St. Elmo, b. in 1190 at Astorga, Spain; d. 15 April, 1246, at Tuy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11768b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerard, Blessed Miles Martyr; born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, 1680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gounod, Charles-François French composer. (1818-1893) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galilei, Alessandro An eminent Florentine architect; born 1691; died 1737. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guarda, Diocese of Province of Beira, Portugal. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guadix, Diocese of Diocese in Spain, comprises the greater part of the Province of Granada and a portion of the Province of Almeria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gutenberg, Johann Inventor of printing. (1400-1467) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07090a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guise, House of A branch of the ducal family of Lorraine who played an important part in the religious troubles of France during the seventeenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07074a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galien, Joseph Dominican, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Avignon, meteorologist, physicist, and writer on aeronautics; b. 1699. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guijon, André Bishop and orator. (1548-1631) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gratian Roman Emperor; son of Valentinian I; born at Sirmium, 359; died at Lyons, 383. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guiana The name given to all that region of South America which extends along the Atlantic coast from the Orinoco to the Amazon. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07062a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galilei, Galileo Although in the popular mind Galileo is remembered chiefly as an astronomer, it was not in this character that he made really substantial contributions to human knowledge, but rather in the field of mechanics, and especially of dynamics, which science may be said to owe its existence to him. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gulf of St. Lawrence Vicariate erected 12 September, 1905, and formed from the prefecture Apostolic of the same name organized 29 May, 1882. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guaicuri Indians A group of small tribes, speaking dialectic forms of a common language, probably of distinct stock, formerly occupying part of Lower California. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07044b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory XI Reigned 1370-1378. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06799a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, Saint (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12082b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de Painter and etcher, b. in Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain, 31 March, 1746; d. in Bordeaux, 16 April, 1828. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06686a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galitzin, Elizabeth Princess, religious of the Sacred Heart; born at St. Petersburg, 22 February, 1797; died in Louisiana, 8 December, 1843. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06346a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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González de Santalla, Thyrsus Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus, b. at Arganda, Spain, 18 January, 1624; died at Rome, 27 October, 1705. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gunpowder Plot, The Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605. Robert Catesby, the originator of the Powder Plot, owned estates at Lapworth and Ashby St. Legers. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gagliardi, Achille Ascetic writer and spiritual director; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at Modena, 6 July, 1607. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallandi, Andrea Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 January, 1779, or 1780. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallait, Louis Flemish painter; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, 1887. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallwey, Peter Famous London priest. (1820-1906) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galtelli-Nuoro Diocese in the province of Sassari (Sardinia), suffragan of Caglari. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galvani, Luigi Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gabbatha The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of Lithostrotos. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallego, Juan Nicasio Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galura, Bernhard Prince-Bishop of Brixen; b. 21 August, 1764, at Herbolzheim, Bresigau; d. 17 May, 1856. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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George Napper, Blessed (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10703a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gabriel Sionita A learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the Parisian polyglot of the Bible; b. 1577, at Edden on the Lebanon; d. 1648. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06331a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guido of Arezzo Benedictine monk. (995-1050) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07065a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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GarcĂa, Anne Better known as Venerable Anne of St. Bartholomew, Discalced Carmelite nun, companion of St. Teresa; b. at Almendral, Old Castile, 1 Oct. 1550; d. at Antwerp, 7 June, 1626. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory XII Reigned 1406-1415. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gams, Pius Bonifacius Ecclesiastical historian. (1816-1892) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06376a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guastalla, Diocese of Situated in the province of Reggio Emilia (Central Italy) on the left bank of the Po at its junction with the Crostolo. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garlick, Venerable Nicholas Priest and martyr, born at Dinting, Derbyshire, c. 1555; died at Derby, 24 July, 1588. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallicanism This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06351a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galilee The native land of Jesus Christ, where He began His ministry and performed many of His works, and whence He drew His Apostles. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garcilasso de la Vega Spanish poet. (1503-1536) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06381a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gargara A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guastallines Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), widowed for the second time when she was twenty-five, resolved to devote her life to the service of God. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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George Nichols, Venerable (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garland, John English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gwyn, Saint Richard (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15612a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gandolphy, Peter Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, 1779; d. at East Sheen, Surrey, 9 July, 1821. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garnet, Henry English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Groote, Gerard Founder of the "Brethren of the Common Life", b. 1340 at Deventer, Gelderland; d. 20 Aug., 1384. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07036a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galluppi, Pasquale Philosopher, b. at Tropea, in Calabria, 2 April, 1770; d. at Naples, 13 Dec., 1846, where from 1831 he was a professor in the university. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grace Leads to four articles on the subject. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gunther, Anton Philosopher; b. 17 Nov., 1783, at Lindenau, near Leitmeritz, Bohemia; d. at Vienna, 24 February, 1863. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07085a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gagarin, Ivan Sergejewitch Of the Russian family which traces its origin to the ancient rulers of Starodub; born at Moscow, 1 August, 1814; died at Paris, 19 July, 1882. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory VIII Antipope placed upon the papal chair by Emperor Henry V, 8 March, 1118. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galatians, Epistle to the St. Paul addresses his letter to the churches of Galatia (Gal., i, 2) and calls them Galatians (Gal, iii, 1); and in I Cor., vi, 1, he speaks of the collections which he ordered to be made in the churches of Galatia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06336a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garnier, Charles Jesuit Missionary, born at Paris, 1606, of Jean G. and Anne de Garault; died 7 December, 1649. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gabriel, Brothers of Saint Originally founded by St. Louis Grignon de Montfort in 1705, but it did not spread much till it was amalgamated with one founded in 1835 by Monsignor Deshayes. Vicar-General of Rennes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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GarcĂa Moreno, Gabriel Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated at Quito, 6 August, 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garnier, Julien Jesuit missionary, born at Connerai, France, 6 January, 1642; d. in Quebec, 1730. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gall, Abbey of Saint In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of Constance; for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe; founded about 613, and named after Gallus, an Irishman, the disciple and companion of St. Columbanus in his exile from Luxeuil. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06347a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galloway, Diocese of Situated in the southwest of Scotland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaston, William Jurist: b. at Newbern, North Carolina, U.S.A., 19 Sept., 1778: d. at Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 January 1844. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Goupil, René Jesuit missionary; born 1607, in Anjou; martyred in New York State, 23 September, 1642. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garcia, Saint Gonsalo Born of a Portuguese father and a Canarese mother in Bassein, East India, about the year 1556 or 1557; d. 5 Feb., 1597. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gama, Vasco da The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, Portugal, about 1469; died at Cochin, India, 24 December, 1524. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallifet, Joseph de French Jesuit. (1663-1749) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Glory Be The doxology in the form in which we know it has been used since about the seventh century all over Western Christendom, except in one corner. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05150a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaudentius of Brescia A theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins; b. at Brescia in 1612; d. at Oriano, 25 March, 1672. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grey Nuns of the Cross A community founded in 1745 at Monteal by Madame d'Youville, known as the Grey Sisters, or Grey Nuns, from the colour of the costume. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., 1900. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaudete Sunday The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garzon Suffragan diocese of Popayan in the Republic of Colombia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaubil, Antoine French Jesuit and missionary to China, b. at Gaillac (Aveyron), 14 July, 1689; d. at Peking, 24 July, 1759. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galatino, Pietro Colonna Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at Rome, soon after 1539. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06340a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grillparzer, Franz An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06401a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galerius, Valerius Maximianus Galerius, a native of Illyria, was made Caesar 1 March, 293, by Diocletian, whose daughter Valeria he married and who in turn adopted her husband. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gras, Saint Louise de Marillac Le Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, born at Paris, 12 August, 1591, daughter of Louis de Marillac, Lord of Ferri res, and Marguerite Le Camus; died there, 15 March, 1660. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09133b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallia Christiana A documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupants. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grottaferrata, Abbey of A Basilian monastery near Rome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07040b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaudier, Antoine de A writer on asectic theology; b. at Château-Thierry, France, 7 January, 1572; d. at Paris, 14 April, 1622. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gassendi, Pierre French philosopher and scientist. (1592-1655) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garrucci, Raffaele A historian of Christian art, b. at Naples, 22 January, 1812; d. at Rome, 5 May, 1885. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gedoyn, Nicolas A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orleans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grey Nuns The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal, commonly called Grey Nuns because of the colour of their attire, was founded in 1738. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Generation Definitions include: a definite period of time, with a special reference to the average length of man's life; an indefinite period of time, of time past; the men who lived in the same period of time who were contemporaries; a race or class of men; and a dwelling place or habitation. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gamaliel Famous Pharisee and Rabbi. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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God Links to five articles about the subject. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genealogy of Christ Offers the geneology according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06410a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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General Chapter The daily assembling of a community for purposes of discipline and administration of monastic affairs has always included the reading of a chapter of the rule, and thus the assembly itself came to be called the chapter and the place of meeting the chapter-house. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genga, Girolamo A painter, born at Urbino in 1476; died at the same place, 1551. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guigues du Chastel Medieval Carthusian. (1083-1137) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaspe, Philippe-Aubert de French Canadian writer, b. at Quebec, 30 Oct., 1786, of a family ennobled by Louis XIV in 1693, d. 29 Jan., 1871. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genesius Five people with this name including: Genesius of Rome; Genesius of Arles; Genesius, Bishop of Clermont; Genesius Count of Clermont; and Genesius of Lyons. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gabriel the Archangel, Saint One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory XV, Pope Reigned 1621-1623. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gelasius II, Pope Reigned 1118-1119. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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George Haydock, Blessed (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gavantus, Bartolommeo Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order; b. at Monza, 1569; d. at Milan, 14 August, 1638. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Geoffrey of Clairvaux A disciple of Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and 1120, at Auxerre; d. some time after the year 1188. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gau, Franz Christian Architect and archæologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, 1854. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genezareth, Land of By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of Palestine bordering on the Sea of Galilee, and which in the parallel passage of Matthew (xiv, 34) is called "the country of Genesar". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ginoulhiac, Jacques-Marie-Achille A French bishop; b. at Montpellier (department of Herault) 3 Dec., 1806; d. there 17 Nov., 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von German novelist of the seventeenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Geoffrey of VendĂ´me A cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d. there, 26 March, 1132. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gebhart, Emile French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy; d. 22 April, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genebrard, Gilbert Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, in the department of Puy-de-DĂ´me; d. 16 Feb., 1597. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Geoffrey of Dunstable Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Charity of the The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who wish to do penance for their iniquities and to lead a truly christian life. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genealogy (in the Bible) The word genealogy occurs only twice in the New Testament: I Tim., i, 4, and Tit., iii, 9. In these passages commentators explain the word as referring to the Gentile theogonies, or to the Essene generation of angels, or to the emanation of spirits and aeons as conceived by the Gnostics, or to the genealogies of Jesus Christ, or finally to the genealogies of the Old Testament construed into a source of an occult doctrine. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06408a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guyon, Jeanne-Marie-Bouvier de La Motte- A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; born at Montargis, in the Orléanais, 13 April, 1648; died at Blois, 9 June, 1717. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius Roman emperor; b. about 218; d. at Milan, 4 March, 268. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gebhard (III) of Constance Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial encroachments during the Investitures conflict; b. about 1040; d. 12 November, 1110. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garin, André An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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God, Relation of the Universe to Sections include essential dependence of the universe on God, divine immanence and transcendence, and possibility of the supernatural. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06614a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Galla, Saint A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guérin, Anne-Thérèse In religion, Mother Theodore. Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 October, 1798; died 14 May, 1856. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genicot, Edward Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gethsemane, Abbey of Our Lady of An abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians, commonly called Trappists, established in 1848 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, in the Diocese of Louisville, being the first abbey on American soil. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gentili, Aloysius Proficient in poetry, displayed considerable musical aptitude, had a taste for mechanical and electrical science and was devoted to the cultivation of modern languages, applying himself more particularly to the study of English. (1801-1848) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerard, Richard Confessor; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gedeon Or Gideon, one of the Greater Judges of Israel. He belonged to the tribe of Manasses, and to the family of Abiezer. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gegenbauer, Josef Anton An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at Wangen, WĂĽrtemberg; d. 31 January, 1876, at Rome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerando, Joseph-Marie de French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, 10 November, 1842. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gassner, Johann Joseph A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gusmão, Bartholomeu Lourenço de Naturalist, and the first aeronaut; b. in 1685 at Santos in the province of São Paulo, Brazil; d. 18 November, 1724, in Toledo, Spain. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07089b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 January, 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07058a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph Journalist, historian. (1842-1911) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16042b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of The most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean Sea. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07061a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Good Samaritan, Sisters of the A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney, Australia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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God, Nature and Attributes of Covered as natural reason and faith. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06612a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Geiler von Kayserberg, Johann A celebrated German pulpit orator, b. at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 16 March, 1445; d. at Strasburg, 10 March, 1510. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gousset, Thomas-Marie-Joseph French cardinal and theologian; b. at Montigny-les-Charlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; d. at Reims in 1866. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerardus Odonis Also Geraldus Othonis, or Ottonis, a medieval theologian and Minister General of the Franciscan Order; born probably at Châteauroux, in the present department of Indre, France, date unknown; died at Catania, Sicily, 1348. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gallicanus, Saints Three saints by this name commemorated on 25 June. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06365a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gomes De Amorim, Francisco Portuguese poet, dramatist, and novelist. (1827-1891) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gomara, Francisco Lopez de Chaplain to Cortés. (b. 1510) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield A musician, born at Ballygar Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec., 1829; died at St. Louis, 24 Sept., 1892. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Genesareth This is the name given to the Lake of Tiberias in Luke 5:1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at Perpignan (Pyrénées Orientales), 1864. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06470b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerard, Archbishop of York Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garet, Jean Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at Jumieges, 24 September, 1694. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guardian Angels, Feast of This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07050a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garland A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garnier, Jean Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian; b. at Paris, 11 Nov., 1612; d. at Bologna, 26 Nov., 1681. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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General Judgment To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the "Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31; Ezekiel 13:5; Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment. In the New Testament the second Parusia, or coming of Christ as Judge of the world, is an oft-repeated doctrine. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08552a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gibbons, Richard Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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George the Bearded Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 August, 1471; d. in the same city, 17 April, 1539. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06457a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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George Pisides A Byzantine poet who lived in the first half of the seventh century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Georgetown University Founded immediately after the Revolutionary War, by the incorporated Catholic Clergy of Maryland, who selected from their Body Trustees, and invested them with full power to choose a President and appoint Professors. Since the year 1805, it has been under the direction of Society of Jesus". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gervase, George Priest and martyr, born at Boscham, Suffolk, England, 1571; died at Tyburn, 11 April, 1608. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grimaldi, Francesco Maria Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07034a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Greifswald, University of The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gennings, Edmund and John The first, a martyr for the Catholic Faith, and the second, the restorer of the English province of Franciscan friars, were brothers and converts to the Church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06418a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerhoh of Reichersberg Provost of that place and Austin canon, one of the most distinguished theologians of Germany in the twelfth century, b. at Polling, Bavaria, 1093; d. at Reichersberg, 27 June, 1169. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaspare del Bufalo, Saint Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guarino da Verona A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona, Italy; d. 1460, at Ferrara. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gilbertines, Order of Founded by St. Gilbert, about the year 1130, at Sempringham, Gilbert's native place, where he was then parish priest. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gibbons, John Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3 Dec., 1589. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Goossens, Pierre-Lambert Cardinal, Archbishop of Michlin (Belgium), b. at Perck, near Vilvorde, 18 July, 1827; d. at Michlin, 25 January, 1906. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerbillon, Jean-François French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at Peking, China, 27 March, 1707. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gentiles In the English versions of both Testaments it collectively designates the nations distinct from the Jewish people. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grace, Controversies on These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06710a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gift, Supernatural Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06553a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gillespie, Eliza Maria In religion Mother Mary of St. Angela. Born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, 21 February, 1824; died at St. Mary's convent, Notre Dame, Indiana, 4 March, 1887. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gioberti, Vincenzo An Italian statesman and philosopher; b. at Turin, 5 April, 1801; d. at Paris, 26 October, 1852. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gilbert Foliot Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerard of Cremona A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gillespie, Neal Henry Brother of the foregoing; b. in Washington county, Pa., 19 January 1831; d. at St. Mary's, Notre Dame, Indiana, 12 November, 1874. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Giordani, Tommasso A composer, b. at Naples in 1738; d. at Dublin, Ireland, February 1806. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Giotto di Bondone A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most probably, in the village of Vespignano near Florence; d. at Milan, 8 Jan., 1337. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06565a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gyor A Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gran. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gilbert Islands Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gottfried von Strasburg Middle High German epic poet. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06680a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ghibellines and Guelphs Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gresset, Jean Baptiste Born 29 August, 1709; died 16 June, 1777, at Amiens. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gonnelieu, Jérôme de Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died at Paris, 28 Feb., 1715. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guarini, Battista An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07052a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gisbert, Blaise French rhetorician and critic; born at Cahors, 21 February, 1657; died at Montpellier, 21 February, 1731. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06571a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Giocondo, Fra Giovanni An Italian architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar, b. in Verona, c. 1445; d. in Venice (?), c. 1525. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06563a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Glendalough, School of Founded by St. Kevin. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Girard, Jean-Baptiste Known as Père Girard, a Swiss pedagogue, b. at Fribourg, 17 December, 1765; d. there, 6 March, 1850. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06569a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Granada, University of The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, which, when the city was captured by St. Ferdinand in 1236, was removed to Granada and there continued. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grace, William Russell Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Giraud de Borneil A Provençal troubadour, b. about the middle of the twelfth century, at Excideuil in the Viscounty of Limoges. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gindarus A titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patriarchate of Antioch. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gethsemane The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06540a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gap Diocese; suffragan of Aix, includes the department of the Hautes-Alpes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gorkum, The Martyrs of Their beatification took place on 14 Nov., 1675, and their canonization on 29 June, 1865. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Godet des Marais, Paul Bishop of Chartres, France; b. at Talcy, near Blois, 1647; d. at Chartres, 1709. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06624a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gillis, James Scottish bishop; b. at Montreal, Canada, 7 April, 1802; d. at Edinburgh, 24 February 1864. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Goar, Jacques Dominican and hellenist. (1601-1653) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gloves, Episcopal Liturgical gloves are a liturgical adornment reserved for bishops and cardinals. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06589a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Giordano, Luca Neapolitan painter; b. at Naples, 1632; d. in the same place, 12 Jan., 1705. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gloria in Excelsis Deo The great doxology (hymnus angelicus) in the Mass is a version of a very old Greek form". It begins with the words sung by the angels at Christ's birth (Luke, ii, 14). To this verse others were added very early, forming a doxology. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06583a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gobelinus, Person Westphalian known as an historian and an ardent reformer of monastic life in his native land. (1358-1421) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Greuze, Jean-Baptiste French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Garneau, François-Xavier French Canadian historian. (1809-1866) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory VI, Pope Reigned 1045-46. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grande Chartreuse, La The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley of the Alps of Dauphine. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03636a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gloria, Laus et Honor A hymn composed by St. Theodulph of Orléans in 810. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gospel in the Liturgy From the very earliest times the public reading of parts of the Bible was an important element in the Liturgy inherited from the service of the Synagogue. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06659a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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God, Three Persons of The Blessed Trinity. The term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion, the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these three persons being truly distinct one from another. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guamanga, Diocese of A Peruvian diocese, suffragan to Lima. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guadalupe, Shrine of Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07043a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gezireh Seat of two Catholic residential sees, one Chaldean, the other Syrian. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gobat, George Moral theologian; born at Charmoilles, in the Diocese of Basil, now in the Department of the Doubs, France, 1 July, 1600; died 23 March, 1679. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ghost Dance The principal ceremonial rite of an Indian religion which originated about 1887 with Wovoka, alias jack Wilson, an Indian of the Piute tribe in Nevada. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06547b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Golden Bull A fundamental law of the Holy Roman Empire; probably the best known of all the many ordinances of the imperial diet. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03048a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Golden Calf An object of worship among the Hebrews, mention of which occurs principally in Ex., xxxii, where the story of the molten calf of Aaron is narrated, and in III Kings, xii (cf. II Par., xi), in connection with the policy of Jeroboam after the schism of the ten tribes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gluttony The excessive indulgence in food and drink. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Government Authority The moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gottschalk of Orbais A medieval theologian; b. about 800, d. after 866, probable 30 October, 868. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gnosticism The doctrine of salvation by knowledge. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Geoffrey of Monmouth Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gonet, Jean Baptiste Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 Jan., 1681. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gotti, Vincent Louis Cardinal and theologian. (1664-1742) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Giuseppe Giusti A poet and patriot; b. 1809, at Monsumano near Pescia, Italy; d. 31 March, 1850. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gatianus, Saint Founder and bishop of Tours; b. probably at Rome; d. at Tours, 20 December, 301. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grosseteste, Robert Bishop of Lincoln and one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages; b. about 1175; d. 9 October, 1253. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07037a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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God, Existence of The arguments for God's existence are variously classified and entitled by different writers, but all agree in recognizing the distinction between a priori, or deductive, and a posteriori, or inductive reasoning in this connection. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gorz Capital of the Austrian crown-land Görz and Gradiska. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gresemund, Dietrich German humanist; b. in 1477, at Speyer; d. 1512, at Mainz. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Girardon, François A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at Paris, 1715. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gonzaga, Scipione Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Goa Archdiocese in India. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06602a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gondulphus The name of three saints, of whom one was Bishop of Tongres (Maestricht), the second Bishop of Metz, while the third is known as Gondulphus of Berry. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06633a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Golden Rose A precious and sacred ornament made of pure gold by skilled artificers, which the popes have been accustomed for centuries to bless each year, and occasionally confer upon illustrious churches and sanctuaries as a token of special reverence and devotion, upon Catholic kings or queens, princes or princesses, renowned generals or other distinguished personages, upon governments or cities conspicuous for their Catholic spirit and loyalty to the Holy See, as a mark of esteem and paternal affection. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06629a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Greith, Karl Johann Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 May, 1882. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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González, Zeferino Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher. (1831-1894) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory of Valencia Professor of the University of Ingolstadt, b. at Medina, Spain); d. at Naples, 25 April, 1603. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grace, Supernatural Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06701a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gothic Architecture History of the style. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Godinez Mystical theologian. (1591-1644) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15524a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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George of Trebizond A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance; b. in Crete (a Venetian possession from 1206-1669), 1395; d. in Rome, 1486. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Godden, Thomas True name Tylden. Born at Addington, Kent, 1624; died in London, 1 Dec., 1688. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06621b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerard, John Jesuit; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory XIII, Pope Reigned 1572-1585. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gregory VIII, Pope Reigned 1187. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaudentius, Saint Bishop of Brescia. (387-410) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guardi, Francesco Venetian painter. (1712-1793) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Golgotha The place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03191a.htm
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