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Gury, Jean-Pierre
Moral theologian; b. at Mailleroncourt, Haute-Saône, 23 January, 1801; d. at Merc ur, Haute Loire,
18 April, 1866.

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Gurk
A prince-bishopric of Carinthia, suffragan to Salzburg.
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Gunther of Cologne
An archbishop of that city, died 8 July, 873.
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Guitmund
A Bishop of Aversa, a Benedictine monk, theologian, and opponent of Berengarius; born at an unknown
place in Normandy during the first quarter of the eleventh century; died between 1090-95, at
Aversa, near Naples.

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Guiscard, Robert
Duke of Apulia and Calabria, founder of the Norman state of the Two Sicilies; born about 1016; died
17 July, 1085.

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Guiney, Patrick Robert
Soldier, born at Parkstown, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, on 15 Jan., 1835; died at Boston, 21 March,
1877.

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Guilds
Voluntary associations for religious, social, and commercial purposes.
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Guicciardini, Francesco
An historian and statesman; born at Florence, 1483; died there, 23 May, 1540.
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Guibert of Ravenna
An antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100; born at Parma about 1025; died at Cività
Castellana, 8 Sept., 1100.

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Gugler, Joseph Heinrich Aloysius
Born at Udligerschwyl, near Lucerne, Switzerland, 25 August, 1782; died at Lucerne, 28 February,
1827.

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Guérin
Eugénie de Guérin, a French writer; b. at the château of La Cayla, in Languedoc, 15 January,
1805; d. there 5 June, 1848. Georges-Maurice de Guérin, a French poet, brother of Eugénie; b. at
the château of La Cayla, in Languedoc, 5 August, 1810; d. there, 19 July, 1839.

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Gudenus, Moritz
German convert to the Catholic faith from the Protestant ministry; b. 11 April, 1596, at Cassel; d.
February, 1680.

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Gubbio
Diocese of Eugubinensis, in the province of Perugia in Umbria (Central Italy).
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Guayaquil
The capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas.
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Guatemala, Santiago de
Archdiocese conterminous with the Republic of Guatemala, in Central America.
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Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence
A person intrusted by law with the interests of another whose youth, inexperience, mental weakness
or feebleness of will, disqualifies him from acting for himself in the ordinary affairs of life,
and who is known as the ward.

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Guarantees, Law of
A law passed by the senate and chamber of the Italian parliament, 13 May, 1871, concerning the
prerogatives of the Holy See, and the relations between State and Church in the Kingdom of Italy.

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Guadeloupe
Diocese in the West Indies, comprises the islands of Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, La
Désirade, and the French portions of St. Martin and St Bartholomew.

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Grosswardein
A diocese of the Latin Rite in Hungary, suffragan of Kalocsa-Bács.
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Gröne, Valentin
Catholic theologian. (1817-1882)
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Grenoble
Comprises the Department of Isère and the Canton of Villeurbanne (Rhône).
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Gregory Bæticus
Bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his surname; d. about
392.

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Greenland
An island stretching from within the Arctic Circle south to about 59 degrees N. latitude, being
between 20 degrees and 75 degrees W. longitude.

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Green Bay
Diocese established 3 March, 1868, from the territory of the Diocese of Milwaukee.
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Green, Thomas Louis
Priest and controversialist; b. at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1799; d. at Newport, Shropshire, 27
Feb., 1883.

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Greek Rites
People who speak of the Greek Rite generally mean that of Constantinople.
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Greek Orthodox Church in America
The name Orthodox Church is generally used to distinguish those of the Greek Rite who are not in
communion with the Holy See.

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Greece
History of the country and church.
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Greco, El
Spanish artist. Born in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; died at Toledo, 7 April, 1614.
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Great Falls
Created by Pope Pius X, 18 May, 1904; comprises the following counties in the State of Montana:
Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fergus, Park, Rosebud, Sweet Grass, Valley, and
Yellowstone.

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Graz, University of
Located in the capital of the Province of Steiermark, owes its establishment to the
Counter-Reformation and the efforts of Archduke Karl von Steiermark, who, in 1584, requested Pope
Gregory XIII to grant autonomous university privileges to the Jesuit college of Graz.

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Gravina and Montepeloso
Gravina is a town in the Province of Bari (Southern Italy), since the ninth century an episcopal
see, suffragan of Acerenza and Matera. In 1818 it was united aeque principaliter with Montepeloso,
which dates back to the twelfth century (some say the fifteenth) and was suffragan of Potenza.

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Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo
Italian jurist and littérateur of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. at Rogliano,
Calabria, 21 January, 1664; d. at Rome, 6 January, 1718.

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Gravina, Dominic
Theologian; b. in Sicily, about 1573; d. in the Minerva, at Rome, 26 Aug., 1643.
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Gratry, Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse
French priest and writer; b. at Lille, 30 March, 1805; d. at Montreux, Switzerland, 7 February,
1872.

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Gratius, Ortwin
Humanist; b. 1475 at Holtwick, near Coesfeld, Westphalia; d. at Cologne, 22 May, 1542.
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Gratianopolis
A titular see in Caesarea Mauretania, Africa.
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Grassel, Lorenz
Coadjutor-elect of Baltimore; born at Ruemannsfelden, Bavaria, 18 August, 1753; died at
Philadelphia, U.S.A., October, 1793.

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Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul
Count and Marquess de Grasse-Tilly, lieutenant-general of the naval forces; b. near Toulon, 1723;
d. at Paris, 11 January, 1788.

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Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de
Named Archbishop of Mechlin in 1559 and cardinal in 1561.
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Grant, Thomas
First Bishop of Southwark; b. at Ligny-les-Aires, Arras, France, 25 Nov., 1816; d. at Rome, 1 June,
1870.

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Grand Rapids
Diocese created 12 May, 1882 out of the diocese of Detroit.
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Grandidier, Philippe-André
Priest and historian, b. at Strasburg, Alsace, 9 Nov., 1752; d. at the Abbey of Luntzel (Lucelles),
Sundgau, 11 Oct., 1787.

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Granderath, Theodor
Known for his monumental labours on the Vatican Council.
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Granada
Archdiocese in Spain, founded by St. Cecilius about the year 64, was made an archiepiscopal see by
Alexander VI, 23 Jan., 1493.

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Gramont, Eugénie de
Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at Paris, 19
November, 1846.

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Graham, Patrick
First Archbishop of St. Andrews and Metropolitan of Scotland, date of birth uncertain; d. 1478.
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Gottweig, Abbey of
A Benedictine abbey situated on a hill of the same name, south of Krems, in Lower Austria.
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Gother, John
Priest and controversialist; b. at Southampton, date unknown; d. at sea on a voyage to Lisbon, 2
October, 1704.

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Gosselin, Jean-Edmé-Auguste
Ecclesiastical author; b. at Rouen, France, 28 Sept., 1787; d. at Paris, 27 Nov., 1858.
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Gossaert, Jan
Flemish painter; b. about 1472; d. at Middelburg about 1533.
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Gortyna
A titular see, and in the Greek Church metropolitan see, of the Island of Crete.
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Gorres, Johann Joseph
Writer and professor of physics. (1776-1848)
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Gorres, Guido
Historian, publicist, and poet; b. at Coblenz on 28 May, 1805; d. at Munich on 14 July, 1852.
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Gordos
A titular see in the province of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis.
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Good Hope, Cape of (Western)
The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are virtually one.
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Good Hope, Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of
Established in 1847, when the Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was divided into Eastern and
Western.

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Good, Highest, The
(1)Utilitarianism, when the highest good is identified with happiness; (2)Rational Deontologism,
when the highest good is identified with virtue or duty; (3)Rational Eudæmonism, or tempered
Deontologism, when both virtue and happiness are combined in the highest good.

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Goldwell, Thomas
Bishop of St. Asaph, the last survivor of the ancient hierarchy of England; b. between 1501 and
1515; d. in Rome, 3 April, 1585.

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Goldoni, Carlo
Dramatist; b. at Venice, 25 Feb., 1707; d. at Paris, 6 Jan., 1793.
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Goffine, Leonard
Priest and writer. Born at Cologne, or according to some, at Broich, 6 December, 1648; died 11
August, 1719.

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Goffe, Stephen
Oratorian; b. 1605; d. at Paris, Christmas Day, 1681.
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Goetz, Marie Josephine
Second superior-general of the Society of the Sacred Heart, daughter of Joseph Goetz of Strasburg
and Marie Anne Wagner; b. 7 March, 1817; d. 4 January, 1874.

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Gordianus and Epimachus, Saints
Martyrs, suffered under Julian the Apostate, 362, commemorated on 10 May.
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Godfrey of Viterbo
German writer of the twelfth century.
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Godfrey Goodman
Anglican Bishop of Gloucester. (1582-3-1656)
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Godeberta, Saint
Born about the year 640, at Boves, a few leagues from Amiens, in France; died about the beginning
of the eighth century, at Noyon (Oise), the ancient Noviomagus.

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Godard, Saint
Bishop of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony; born about the year 960.
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"God", Etymology of the Word
Anglo-Saxon God; German Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda.
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Goar, Saint
Anchorite of Aquitaine. (585-649)
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Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists
To gloss is to interpret or explain a text by taking up its words one after another. A glossary is
therefore a collection of words about which observations and notes have been gathered, and a
glossarist is one who thus explains or illustrates given texts.

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Glosses, Scriptural
The word gloss designates not only marginal notes, but also words or remarks inserted for various
reasons in the very text of the Scriptures.

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Glory
In the English version of the Bible the word Glory, one of the commonest in the Scripture, is used
to translate several Hebrew terms in the Old Testament, and the Greek doxa in the New Testament.
Sometimes the Catholic versions employ brightness, where others use glory.

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Glebe
Originally signified, in common law, any farm, estate, or parcel of land, and the word is so used
in the Theodosian Code. But in ecclesiastical law it has become the technical term for land
permanently assigned for the maintenance of the incumbent of a parish, and is the oldest form of
parochial endowment.

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Glastonbury Abbey
Benedictine monastery, Somersetshire, England, pre-eminently the centre of early Christian
tradition in England.

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Glasgow
Archdiocese in the south-west of Scotland.
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Glarean, Henry
Swiss humanist, poet, philosopher, geographer, mathematician, and musician, born at Mollis, near
Glarus, Switzerland, in June, 1488, and died at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 27 March, 1563.

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Glanville, Ranulf de
Chief Justiciar of England; b. at Stratford, Suffolk, England, date unknown; d. before Acre,
Palestine, 1190.

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Glaire, Jean-Baptiste
Priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. at Bordeaux, 1 April, 1798; d. at Issy, near Paris, 25
Feb., 1879.

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Glagolitic
An ancient alphabet of the Slavic languages, also called in Russian bukvitsa.
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Glabrio, Manius Acilius
Consul at Rome during A.D. 91, with Trajan.
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Giuseppe Maria Tommasi, Saint
Cardinal, scholar, and author, died 1713.
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Giulio Romano
A famous architect and painter, the best-known of Raphael's pupils, and the unique representative
of the so-called "Roman School"; b. at Rome in 1492; d. at Mantua in 1546.

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Girgenti
The capital of a province in Sicily.
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Giraldus Cambrensis
Gerald de Barry, a distinguished writer, historian, and ecclesiastic of the early Middle Ages.
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Giraldi, Ubaldo
An Italian canonist; b. in 1692; d. in 1775.
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Giraldi, Giovanni Battista
Italian dramatist and novelist; b. at Ferrara, Italy, 1504; d. there, 1573.
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Giovanelli, Ruggiero
Composer, b. at Velletri, near Rome, in 1560; d. at Rome, 7 January, 1625.
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Giorgione
Italian painter, b. at Castelfranco in or before 1477; d. in Venice in October or November, 1510.
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Gilbert de la Porrée
Bishop of Poitiers, philosopher, theologian and general scholar; b. at Poitiers in 1076; d. in
1154.

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Gilbert, Sir John Thomas
Irish archivist and historian, b. in Dublin, 23 January, 1829; d. there, 23 May, 1898.
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Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Laurent
Poet, b. at Fontenoy-le-Château, 1751; d. at Paris, 12 November, 1780.
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Gifford, William
Archbishop of Reims; b. in Hampshire, 1554; d. at Reims, 11 April, 1629.
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Giffard, William
Second Norman Bishop of Winchester from 1100 to 1129.
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Giffard, Godfrey
Bishop of Worcester, b. about 1235; d. 26 Jan., 1301.
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Giffard, Bonaventure
Bishop, born at Wolverhampton, England, 1642; died at Hammersmith, Middlesex, 12 March, 1734
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Gibraltar
A rugged promontory in the province of Andalusia, Spain, about 6 miles in circumference. Its almost
perpendicular walls rise to a height of 1396 feet.

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Giberti, Gian Matteo
Cardinal, and Bishop of Verona, the natural son of Francesco Giberti, a Genoese naval captain, b.
at Palermo in 1495; d. at Verona, 30 Dec., 1543.

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Giberti, Jean-Pierre
Canonist; b. at Aix, Provence, in 1660; d. at Paris in 1736.
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Gibault, Pierre
Missionary, b. at Montreal, Canada, 1737; d. at New Madrid, about 1804.
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Gibail and Batrun
A Maronite residential see.
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Giannone, Pietro
Italian historian, born 7 May, 1676, at Ischitella in the province of Capinata, Naples; died at
Turin, 27 March, 1748.

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Ghirlandajo
Florentine painter; b. 1449; d. 11 Jan., 1494.
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Ghiberti, Lorenzo di Cione
Sculptor; b. at Florence about 1381; d. there, December, 1455.
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Ghent
Comprises the whole territory of East Flanders, one of the nine provinces of Belgium.
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Ghislain, Saint
Confessor and anchorite in Belgium; b. in the first half of the seventh century.
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Gery, Saint
Bishop. (d. 623)
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Gesta Romanorum
A medieval collection of anecdotes, to which moral reflections are attached.
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Gesta Dei per Francos
Title adopted by Guibert de Nogent (died about 1124) for his history of the First Crusade.
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Gervasius and Protasius, Saints
Second-century Milanese martyrs.
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Gervase of Tilbury
Medieval writer, b. probably at Tilbury, in the County of Essex, England, about 1150; d. at
Arlington, about 1220.

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Gervase of Canterbury
English chronicler, b. about 1141; d. in, or soon after, 1210.
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Gertrude of Aldenberg, Blessed
Abbess of the Premonstratensian convent of Aldenberg, near Wetzlar, in the Diocese of Trier; born
about 1227, died 13 August, 1297.

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Gerson, Jean de Charlier de
The surname being the name of his native place, b. in the hamlet of Gerson 14 December, 1363; d. at
Lyons, 12 July, 1429.

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Gerrha
A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium in the Patriarchate of
Alexandria.

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German Gardiner, Blessed
Last martyr under Henry VIII; date of birth unknown; died at Tyburn, 7 March, 1544.
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Germia
A titular see of Galatia Secunda, a suffragan of Pessinus; mentioned by Hierocles in the sixth
century.

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Germany, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
Its jurisdiction covers the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Meeklenburg-Strelitz, the
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, the free Hanse towns, Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen, the
Principality of Lübeck (capital Eutin), belonging to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, and the Island
of Helgoland.

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Germans in the United States
Includes all German-speaking people, whether originally from Germany proper, Austria, Switzerland,
or Luxemburg.

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Germanicopolis
A titular see in the province of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia.
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Germanicia
A titular see in the province of Euphratensis and the patriarchate of Antioch; incorrectly called
Germaniciana and located in Byzacene, Africa.

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Gerhard of Zütphen
Born at Zütphen, 1367; died at Windesheim, 1398; a mystical writer and one of the first of the
Brothers of the Common Life, founded by Gerhard Groote and Florentius Radewyn at Deventer, in the
Netherlands.

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Gerdil, Hyacinthe Sigismond
Cardinal and theologian; b. at Samoëns in Savoy, 20 June, 1718; d. at Rome, 12 August 1802.
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Gerberon, Gabriel
A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation. (1628-1711)
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Geramb, Baron Ferdinand de
In religion, Brother Mary Joseph; Abbot and procurator-general of La Trappe, came of a noble and
ancient family in Hungary; b. in Lyons, 14 Jan., 1772; d. at Rome, 15 March, 1848.

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Geraldton
Diocese in Australia, established in 1898, suffragan of Adelaide.
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Gerace
Diocese in the province of Reggio in Calabria (Southern Italy).
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Georgius Syncellus
The author of one of the more important medieval Byzantine chronicles, died after 810.
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Georgia
The largest of the original thirteen United States; bounded on the north by Tennessee and North
Carolina, on the east by the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Florida, and on
the west by Florida and Alabama.

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Geography and the Church
Explains the nature of this science and the course of its evolution.
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Geography, Biblical
With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book in the Bible which, to a greater or
less extent, does not contain mention of, or allusions to, the geography and topography of the Holy
Land.

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Gentile da Fabriano
Italian painter; b. probably about 1378 in the District of the Marches; d. probably 1427.
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Genoa
Archdiocese in Liguria, Northern Italy.
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Gennadius of Marseilles
A priest whose chief title to fame is his continuation of St. Jerome's catalogue "De Viris
illustribus".

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Gennadius II
His original name was George Scholarius. Born about 1400, was first a teacher of philosophy and
then judge in the civil courts under the Emperor John VIII.

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Gemblours
A suppressed Benedictine monastery on the river Orneau in Belgium, founded c. 945 by St. Guibert
(Wibert) and dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and the holy martyr Exuperius.

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Gelasius of Cyzicus
Ecclesiastical writer, son of a priest of Cyzicus, and wrote in Bithynia, about 475, to prove
against the Eutychians, that the Nicene Fathers did not teach Monophysitism.

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Geissel, Johannes von
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 5 February, 1796, at Gimmeldingen, in the Palatinate; d. 8
September, 1864, at Cologne.

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Gaza
A titular see of Palaestina Prima, in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
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Gaume, Jean-Joseph
French theologian and author, b. at Fuans (Franche-Comté) in 1802; d. in 1879.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06398b.htm
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Gaultier, Aloisius-Edouard-Camille
Priest and schoolmaster; b. at Asti, Piedmont, about 1745; d. at Paris, 18 Sept., 1818.
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Gaul, Christian
The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connexion with the persecution at Lyons under
Marcus Aurelius (177).

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Garesché, Julius Peter
Soldier; born 26 April, 1821, near Havana, Cuba; killed at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee,
U.S.A., 31 December, 1862.

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Gardellini, Aloisio
Born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1759; died there, 8 Oct., 1829, famous chiefly for his collection of the
decrees of the Congregation of Rites.

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Garcilasso de la Vega
Historian of Peru. (1539-1617)
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Gansfort, John Wessel
A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at Gröningen in 1420; died there on 4 Oct., 1489.
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Gangra
A titular see in the province of Paphlagonia.
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Gambling
The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance.
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Gamans, Jean
Priest and missionary. (1606-1684)
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Galway and Kilmacduagh
Diocese in Ireland; an amalgamation of two distinct ancient sees.
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Galveston
The Diocese of Galveston was established in 1847 and comprises that part of the State of Texas,
U.S.A., between the Sabine River on the east, the Colorado River on the west, the Gulf of Mexico on
the south, and the northern line of the counties of Lampasas, Coryell, McLennan, Limestone,
Freestone, Anderson, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, and Shelby on the north.

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Gallitzin, Adele Amalie
Princess; b. at Berlin, 28 Aug., 1748; d. at Angelmodde, near Münster, Westphalia, 17 April, 1806.
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Gallipoli
Diocese in the province of Lecce (Southern Italy).
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Gallican Rite, The
The rite which prevailed in Gaul until about the middle or end of the eighth century.
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Galletti, Pietro Luigi
Benedictine, historian and archaeologist; b. at Rome in 1724; d. there, 13 December, 1790.
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Galle
Diocese in Ceylon, created by Leo XIII 25 Aug., 1893.
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Gall, Saint
An Irishman by birth, one of the twelve disciples who accompanied St. Columbanus to Gaul, and
established themselves with him at Luxeuil.

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Gal, Saint
Of the ninety-eight bishops who have occupied the see of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) the sixteenth
and twenty-third bore the name of Gal, and both are numbered among the twenty-nine bishops of this
church who are honoured as saints.

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Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand
French engraver and painter; b. at Paris, 7 Jan., 1834; d. there, 27 Jan., 1887.
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Gahan, William
A priest and author; born 5 June, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin; died there, 6
December, 1804.

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Gaetano, Saint (Cajetan)
Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at Vicenza in Venetian territory; died at Naples in
1547.

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Gaeta
Archdiocese in the province of Caserta in Campania (Southern Italy).
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Gaddi, Agnolo, Giovanni, and Taddeo
Florentine artists, Taddeo being the father of Agnolo and Giovanni.
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Gadara
A titular see of Palaestina Prima; there were two sees of this name, one in Palaestina Prima, the
other in Palaestina Secunda.

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Gad
A proper name which designates in the Bible, (I), a patriarch; (II), a tribe of Israel; (III), a
prophet; (IV), a pagan deity.

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Gaboon
Formerly called the Vicariate Apostolic of the Two Guineas.
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Gabala
A titular see of Syria Prima.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint
Doctor of the Church, born at Arianzus, in Asia Minor, c. 325; died at the same place, 389.
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Godric
The name of two Abbots of Croyland.
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Guthlac, Saint
English hermit. (673-714)
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Gunther, Blessed
A hermit in Bohemia in the eleventh century; b. about 955; d. at Hartmanitz, Bohemia, 9 Oct., 1045.
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Guadalajara
Archdiocese in Mexico, separated from the Diocese of Michoacan by Paul III, 31 July, 1548.
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Grosseto
Suffragan diocese of Siena.
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Gregory VII, Pope Saint
Reigned 1073-1085.
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Gregory the Illuminator
The apostle, national saint, and patron of Armenia.
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Gregory of Utrecht, Saint
Abbot. (707-775)
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Gregory of Tours, Saint
Bishop and historian, born in 538 or 539; died at Tours, 17 Nov., in 593 or 594.
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Gregory of Rimini, Saint
Augustinian theologian. (d. 1358)
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Gregory of Nyssa, Saint
One of the Cappadocian fathers. (d. 385)
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Gregory of Heimburg
Humanist and Statesman, b. at Würzburg in the beginning of the fifteenth century; d. at Tharandt
near Dresden, August, 1472.

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Gudula, Saint
Born in Brabant, Belgium, of Witger and Amalberga, in the seventh century; died at the beginning of
the eighth century.

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Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint
Born at Neocaesarea in Pontus (Asia Minor) about 213; died there 270-275.
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Gregory III, Pope Saint
Reigned 731-41.
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Gregory II, Pope Saint
Reigned 715-731.
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Grassis, Paris de
Master of ceremonies to Julius II and Leo X; b. at Bologna, about 1470; d. at Rome, 10 June, 1528.
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Galantini, Ippolito, Blessed
Founder of the Congregation of Christian Doctrine of Florence; b. at Florence of obscure parentage,
12 October. 1565; d. 20 March, 1619.

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Gabriel Possenti, Blessed
Pasionist student; renowned for sanctity and miracles; born at Assisi, 1 March, 1838; died 27
February, 1862.

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Gregory I, Pope Saint
Reigned 590-604.
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Gradwell, Robert
Bishop; b. at Clifton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, 26 Jan., 1777; d. in London, 15 March, 1833.
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Gottschalk, Saint
Martyr Prince of the Wends; d. at Lenzen on the Elbe, 7 June 1066.
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Gorgonius, Saint
Martyr. (d. 304)
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Godfrey of Fontaines
A scholastic philosopher and theologian; born near Liège within the first half of the thirteenth
century.

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Godfrey of Bouillon
Duke of Lower Lorraine and first King of Jerusalem, son of Eustache II, Count of Boulogne, and of
Ida, daughter of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lower Lorraine; b. probably at Boulogne-sur-Mer,
1060; d. at Jerusalem, 18 July, 1100.

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Godelina, Saint
Physically and psychologically abused by her husband Bertolf and mother-in-law, until finally she
was murdered at Bertolf's orders in 1070.

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Godeau, Antoine
Bishop, poet and exegete; b. at Dreux in the diocese of Chartres, 1605; d. at Vence, 21 April,
1672.

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Gobban Saer
Regarded in traditional lore as the greatest Irish architect of the seventh century, and popularly
canonized as St. Gobban; b. at Turvey, near Malahide, Co. Dublin, about 560.

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Glaber, Raoul
Benedictine chronicler; b. in Burgundy before 1000; d. at Cluny about 1050.
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Ghardaia
Prefecture Apostolic in the French Sahara, separated in 1901 from the Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara
and the Soudan.

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Giuliani, Veronica
Canonized by Gregory XVI in 1839.
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Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint
Founder of the Order of Gilbertines, b. at Sempringham, on the border of the Lincolnshire fens,
between Bourn and Heckington.

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Giovanni Dominici, Blessed
Cardinal, statesman, and writer. (1356-1420)
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Giles, Saint
An Abbot, said to have been born of illustrious Athenian parentage about the middle of the seventh
century.

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Gildas, Saint
Surnamed the Wise; b. about 516; d. at Houat, Brittany, 570.
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Gil of Santarem, Blessed
A Portuguese Dominican: b. at Vaozela, diocese of Viseu, about 1185; d. at Santarem, 14 May, 1265.
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Gfrörer, August Friedrich
German historian; b. at Calw, Würtemberg, 5 March, 1803; d. at Karlsbad, 6 July, 1861.
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Gesellenvereine
German Catholic societies for the religious, moral, and professional improvement of young men.
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Gervaise, Dom François Armand
Discalced Carmelite, b. at Paris, 1660; d. at Reclus, France, 1761.
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Gertrude of Hackeborn
Cistercian Abbess of Helfta, near Eisleben; born near Halberstadt in 1232; died towards the end of
1292.

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Gertrude the Great, Saint
Benedictine and mystic writer; born in Germany, 6 Jan., 1256; died at Helfta, near Eisleben,
Saxony, 17 November, 1301 or 1302.

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Gertrude van der Oosten, Venerable
Beguine; born at Voorburch, Holland; died at Delft, 6 Jan., 1358.
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Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint
Virgin, and Abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles; born in 626; died 17 March, 659.
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Gerona
The Diocese of Geronia in Catalonia, Spain, suffragan of Tarragona, is bounded on the north by the
Pyrenees, on the south and east by the Mediterranean, and on the west by the dioceses of Barcelona
and Vich.

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Germanus I, Saint
Patriarch of Constantinople. (d. 733)
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Galland, Antoine
French Orientalist and numismatist, b. at Rollot, near Montdidier, in Picardy, 1646, d. at Paris,
1715.

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Germaine Cousin, Saint
Feast is kept in the Diocese of Toulouse on 15 June.
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Germain, Saint, Bishop of Paris
Bishop of Paris; born near Autun, Saône-et-Loire, c. 496; died at Paris, 28 May, 576.
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Germain, Saint, Bishop of Auxerre
Bishop of Auxerre, born at Auxerre c. 380; died at Ravenna, 31 July, 448.
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Gerard Majella, Saint
Born in Muro, in April, 1726; died 16 October, 1755; beatified by Leo XIII, 29 January, 1893, and
canonized by Pius X, 11 December, 1904.

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Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint
Born at Cologne, 935; died at Toul, 23 April, 994.
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Gerard, Abbot of Brogne, Saint
Priest, born at Staves in the county of Namur, towards the end of the ninth century; died at Brogne
or St-Gérard, 3 Oct. 959.

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Gerald, Saint
Bishop of Mayo, an English monk, date of birth unknown; died 13 March, 731.
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George, Orders of Saint
Knights of St. George appear at different historical periods and in different countries as mutually
independent bodies having nothing in common but the veneration of St. George, the patron of
knighthood.

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George, Saint
Martyr, patron of England, suffered at or near Lydda, also known as Diospolis, in Palestine,
probably before the time of Constantine.

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Gabriel Lalemant, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Genuflexion
To genuflect, to bend the knee.
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Greek Catholics in America
Includes the history and statistics.
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Gravier, Jacques
Jesuit missionary; born 1651 at Moulins, where he studied classics and philosophy under the
Jesuits; died in Louisiana in 1708.

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Grandmont, Abbey and Order of
Abbey and Order in the department of Hte-Vienne, France.
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Gran
Located in Hungary.
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Gnesen-Posen
Archdiocese in the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Gennadius I, Saint
Patriarch of Constantinople (458-471).
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Gil de Albornoz, Alvarez Carillo
A renowned cardinal, general, and statesman; b. about 1310 at Cuenca in New Castile; d. 23 Aug.,
1367.

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German Literature
History starting with the pre-Christian period to 800 A.D.
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Germany
History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556.
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George Hamartolus
A monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the author of a chronicle of some
importance.

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Galla
Vicariate Apostolic embracing the territory of the Galla or Oromo tribes in Abyssinia.
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Gruen, Anastasius
A pseudonym for Anton Alexander (Maria), Count von Auersperg, an Austrian poet; b. at Laibach in
1806. d. at Graz in 1876.

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Good
The moral good (bonum honestum) consists in the due ordering of free action or conduct according to
the norm of reason, the highest faculty, to which it is to conform.

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Gerasa
A titular see in the province of Arabia and the Patriarchate of Antioch.
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Graffiti
The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude inscriptions scratched
on the walls of ancient monuments, generally sepulchral, as distinguised from the formal
inscriptions engraved on the tombs of the deceased.

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Gremiale
A square or oblong cloth which the bishop should wear over his lap, when seated on the throne
during the singing of the Kyrie, Gloria, and Credo by the choir, during the distribution of blessed
candles, palms or ashes, and also during the anointments in connection with Holy orders.

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Gaudiosus
Bishop of Tarazona (Turiasso), Spain; died about 540.
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Gregory X
Reigned 1271-1276.
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Good Faith
A phrase employed to designate the mental and moral state of honest, even if objectively unfounded,
conviction as to the truth or falsehood of a proposition or body of opinion, or as to the rectitude
or depravity of a line of conduct.

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Gregory VI
Eleventh-century antipope.
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Gregory IX
Reigned 1227-1241.
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Gower, John
Poet; born between 1327-1330, probably in Kent; died October, 1408.
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Green, Hugh
Martyr; born about 1584; martyred 19 August, 1642.
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Gozzi, Carlo
Italian author, born at Venice, 1720; died 1806.
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Greek Church
Details the history and various divisions of the church.
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Gog and Magog
Names, respectively, of a king and of his supposed kingdom, mentioned several times in chapters 38
and 39 of the Book of Ezechiel, and once in the Apocalypse (20:7).

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Gropper, John
An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest, Westphalia; d. at Rome, 13 March,
1559.

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Genevieve, Saint
Patroness of Paris. (419-512)
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Gradual
In English often called Grail, is the oldest and most important of the four chants that make up the
choir's part of the Proper of the Mass.

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Gradual Psalms
Fifteen psalms, namely Psalms 119-133.
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Gretser, Jacob
A celebrated Jesuit writer; b. at Markdorf in the Diocese of Constance in 1562; d. at Ingolstadt in
1625.

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Grancolas, Jean
Doctor of the Sorbonne, theologian, liturgist; b. near Chateaudun, about 1660; d. at Paris, 1
August, 1732.

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Grail, The Holy
The name of a legendary sacred vessel, variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist or
the dish of the Pascal lamb, and the theme of a famous medieval cycle of romance.

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Gratian, Jerome
Spiritual director of St. Teresa and first Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites; born at
Valladolid, 6 June, 1545; died at Brussels, 21 September, 1614.

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Goss, Alexander
Bishop of Liverpool. (1814-1872)
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Goulburn
One of the six suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical province of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Grace at Meals
One of the most ancient formulae of prayer at meals is found in a treatise of the fourth century,
attributed without foundation to Saint Athanasius.

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Gozzoli
Painter; b. at Florence, 1420; d. at Pisa 1497.
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Gospel of Mark
The Second Gospel, like the other two Synoptics, deals chiefly with the Galilean ministry of
Christ, and the events of the last week at Jerusalem.

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Gregorian Chant
The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, comprising not only the Church music of the
early Middle Ages, but also later compositions (elaborate melodies for the Ordinary of the Mass,
sequences, etc.) written in a similar style down to the sixteenth century and even in modern times.

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Gregory V, Pope
Reigned 996-999.
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Greslon, Adrien
French Jesuit missionary. (1618-1697)
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Girba
A titular see in the province of African Tripoli.
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Griffin, Gerald
A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick, Ireland; d. at Cork, 12 June,
1840.

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Gordian
There were three Roman emperors of this name, who reigned between A.D. 237-44, and all of whom met
with violent deaths.

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Gordon Riots
This agitation, so called from the head and spirit of the movement, Lord George Gordon, convulsed
the metropolis of England from 2 June till 9 June, 1780.

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Grueber, Johann
German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century.
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Guaraní Indians
A tribal group of South America, having the former home territory chiefly between the Uruguay and
lower Paraguay Rivers, in what is now Paraguay and the Provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios of
Argentina.

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Gelasius I, Pope Saint
Reigned 492-496.
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Guardian Angels
The lowest orders of angels are sent to men.
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Guérard, Robert
Writer, born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715.
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Good Friday
The Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Gift of Miracles
The gift of miracles is one of those mentioned by St. Paul in his First Epistle to the Corinthians
(xii, 9, 10), among the extraordinary graces of the Holy Ghost.

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Gozo, Diocese of
Comprises the island of Gozo in the Mediterranean Sea and the islet of Comino.
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Gratz, Peter Aloys
Schoolmaster and exegete, b. 17 Aug., 1769, at Mittelberg, Allgäu, Bavaria; d. at Darmstadt, 1
Nov., 1849.

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Gregory IV, Pope
Reigned 827-44.
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Goscelin
Benedictine biographical writer. (d. 1099)
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Gonzalo de Berceo
Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242.
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Goyaz, Diocese of
Co-extensive with the state of the same name, one of the twenty states which, with the Federal
District, comprise the Republic of Brazil.

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Gratian, Johannes
The little that is known concerning the author of the "Concordantia discordantium
canonum", more generally called the "Decretum Gratiani", is furnished by that work
itself, its earliest copies, and its twelfth-century "Summae" or abridgments.

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Gregory XIV, Pope
Reigned 1590-1591.
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Gregory XVI, Pope
Reigned 1831-1846.
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Griffiths, Thomas
Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the
London District educated wholly in England.

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Gonzaga, Ercole
Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 March, 1563.
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Gordon, Andrew
Monk and physicist. (1712-1751)
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Gospel and Gospels
The word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and deeds.
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Goodman, Ven. John
Priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642.
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Golgotha
The place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Guardi, Francesco
Venetian painter. (1712-1793)
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Gaudentius, Saint
Bishop of Brescia. (387-410)
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Gregory VIII, Pope
Reigned 1187.
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Gregory XIII, Pope
Reigned 1572-1585.
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Gerard, John
Jesuit; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637.
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Godden, Thomas
True name Tylden. Born at Addington, Kent, 1624; died in London, 1 Dec., 1688.
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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.

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Godinez
Mystical theologian. (1591-1644)
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Gothic Architecture
History of the style.
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Grace, Supernatural
Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity.
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Gregory of Valencia
Professor of the University of Ingolstadt, b. at Medina, Spain); d. at Naples, 25 April, 1603.
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González, Zeferino
Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher. (1831-1894)
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Goa
Archdiocese in India.
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Gonzaga, Scipione
Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593.
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Girardon, François
A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at Paris, 1715.
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Gresemund, Dietrich
German humanist; b. in 1477, at Speyer; d. 1512, at Mainz.
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Gorz
Capital of the Austrian crown-land Görz and Gradiska.
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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.

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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.

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Gatianus, Saint
Founder and bishop of Tours; b. probably at Rome; d. at Tours, 20 December, 301.
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Giuseppe Giusti
A poet and patriot; b. 1809, at Monsumano near Pescia, Italy; d. 31 March, 1850.
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Gotti, Vincent Louis
Cardinal and theologian. (1664-1742)
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Gonet, Jean Baptiste
Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 Jan., 1681.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
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Gnosticism
The doctrine of salvation by knowledge.
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Gottschalk of Orbais
A medieval theologian; b. about 800, d. after 866, probable 30 October, 868.
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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.

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Gluttony
The excessive indulgence in food and drink.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Gezireh
Seat of two Catholic residential sees, one Chaldean, the other Syrian.
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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.

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Guamanga, Diocese of
A Peruvian diocese, suffragan to Lima.
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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.

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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.

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Gloria, Laus et Honor
A hymn composed by St. Theodulph of Orléans in 810.
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Grande Chartreuse, La
The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley of the Alps of Dauphine.
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Gregory VI, Pope
Reigned 1045-46.
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Garneau, François-Xavier
French Canadian historian. (1809-1866)
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Greuze, Jean-Baptiste
French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805.
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Gobelinus, Person
Westphalian known as an historian and an ardent reformer of monastic life in his native land.
(1358-1421)

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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.

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Giordano, Luca
Neapolitan painter; b. at Naples, 1632; d. in the same place, 12 Jan., 1705.
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Gloves, Episcopal
Liturgical gloves are a liturgical adornment reserved for bishops and cardinals.
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Goar, Jacques
Dominican and hellenist. (1601-1653)
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Gillis, James
Scottish bishop; b. at Montreal, Canada, 7 April, 1802; d. at Edinburgh, 24 February 1864.
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Godet des Marais, Paul
Bishop of Chartres, France; b. at Talcy, near Blois, 1647; d. at Chartres, 1709.
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Gorkum, The Martyrs of
Their beatification took place on 14 Nov., 1675, and their canonization on 29 June, 1865.
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Gap
Diocese; suffragan of Aix, includes the department of the Hautes-Alpes.
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Gethsemane
The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews.
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Gindarus
A titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patriarchate of Antioch.
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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.

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Grace, William Russell
Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904.
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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.

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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.

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Glendalough, School of
Founded by St. Kevin.
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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.

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Gisbert, Blaise
French rhetorician and critic; born at Cahors, 21 February, 1657; died at Montpellier, 21 February,
1731.

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Guarini, Battista
An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612.
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Gonnelieu, Jérôme de
Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died at Paris, 28
Feb., 1715.

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Gresset, Jean Baptiste
Born 29 August, 1709; died 16 June, 1777, at Amiens.
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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.

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Gottfried von Strasburg
Middle High German epic poet.
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Gilbert Islands
Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa.
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Gyor
A Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gran.
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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.

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Giordani, Tommasso
A composer, b. at Naples in 1738; d. at Dublin, Ireland, February 1806.
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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.

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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.

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Gilbert Foliot
Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century.
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Gioberti, Vincenzo
An Italian statesman and philosopher; b. at Turin, 5 April, 1801; d. at Paris, 26 October, 1852.
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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.

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Gift, Supernatural
Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature.
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Grace, Controversies on
These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will.
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Gentiles
In the English versions of both Testaments it collectively designates the nations distinct from the
Jewish people.

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Gerbillon, Jean-François
French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at Peking, China, 27 March, 1707.
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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.

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Gibbons, John
Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3
Dec., 1589.

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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.

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Guarino da Verona
A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona, Italy; d. 1460, at Ferrara.
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Gaspare del Bufalo, Saint
Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood.
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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.

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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.

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Greifswald, University of
The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456.
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Grimaldi, Francesco Maria
Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663.
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Gervase, George
Priest and martyr, born at Boscham, Suffolk, England, 1571; died at Tyburn, 11 April, 1608.
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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".

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George Pisides
A Byzantine poet who lived in the first half of the seventh century.
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George the Bearded
Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 August, 1471; d. in the same city, 17 April, 1539.
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Gibbons, Richard
Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Guardian Angels, Feast of
This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar.
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Garet, Jean
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at Jumieges, 24
September, 1694.

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Gerard, Archbishop of York
Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108.
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Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe
A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at Perpignan (Pyrénées Orientales),
1864.

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Genesareth
This is the name given to the Lake of Tiberias in Luke 5:1.
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Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield
A musician, born at Ballygar Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec., 1829; died at St. Louis, 24 Sept., 1892.
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Gomara, Francisco Lopez de
Chaplain to Cortés. (b. 1510)
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Gomes De Amorim, Francisco
Portuguese poet, dramatist, and novelist. (1827-1891)
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Gallicanus, Saints
Three saints by this name commemorated on 25 June.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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God, Nature and Attributes of
Covered as natural reason and faith.
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Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine
Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840)
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Good Samaritan, Sisters of the
A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney,
Australia.

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Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista
Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817.
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Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of
The most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean Sea.
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Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph
Journalist, historian. (1842-1911)
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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.

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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.

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Gassner, Johann Joseph
A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779.
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Gerando, Joseph-Marie de
French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, 10 November, 1842.
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Gegenbauer, Josef Anton
An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at Wangen, Würtemberg;
d. 31 January, 1876, at Rome.

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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.

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Gerard, Richard
Confessor; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680.
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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)

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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.

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Genicot, Edward
Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900.
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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.

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Galla, Saint
A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October.
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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.

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Garin, André
An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895)
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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.

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Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius
Roman emperor; b. about 218; d. at Milan, 4 March, 268.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Geoffrey of Dunstable
Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
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Genebrard, Gilbert
Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, in the department of
Puy-de-Dôme; d. 16 Feb., 1597.

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Gebhart, Emile
French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy; d. 22 April, 1908.
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Geoffrey of Vendôme
A cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d.
there, 26 March, 1132.

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Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von
German novelist of the seventeenth century.
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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.
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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".

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Gau, Franz Christian
Architect and archæologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, 1854.
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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.

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Gavantus, Bartolommeo
Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order; b. at Monza, 1569; d. at Milan, 14 August, 1638.
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George Haydock, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Gelasius II, Pope
Reigned 1118-1119.
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Gregory XV, Pope
Reigned 1621-1623.
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Gabriel the Archangel, Saint
One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible.
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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.

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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.

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Guigues du Chastel
Medieval Carthusian. (1083-1137)
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Genga, Girolamo
A painter, born at Urbino in 1476; died at the same place, 1551.
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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.

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Genealogy of Christ
Offers the geneology according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke.
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God
Links to five articles about the subject.
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Gamaliel
Famous Pharisee and Rabbi.
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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.

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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.

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Gedoyn, Nicolas
A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orleans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744.
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Garrucci, Raffaele
A historian of Christian art, b. at Naples, 22 January, 1812; d. at Rome, 5 May, 1885.
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Gassendi, Pierre
French philosopher and scientist. (1592-1655)
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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.

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Grottaferrata, Abbey of
A Basilian monastery near Rome.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria
A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799.
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Grillparzer, Franz
An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872.
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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.

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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.

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Garzon
Suffragan diocese of Popayan in the Republic of Colombia.
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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).

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Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph
Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., 1900.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Gallifet, Joseph de
French Jesuit. (1663-1749)
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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.

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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.

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Goupil, René
Jesuit missionary; born 1607, in Anjou; martyred in New York State, 23 September, 1642.
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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.

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Galloway, Diocese of
Situated in the southwest of Scotland.
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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.

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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
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García Moreno, Gabriel
Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated at Quito, 6
August, 1875.

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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.

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Garnier, Charles
Jesuit Missionary, born at Paris, 1606, of Jean G. and Anne de Garault; died 7 December, 1649.
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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.

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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
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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.

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Gunther, Anton
Philosopher; b. 17 Nov., 1783, at Lindenau, near Leitmeritz, Bohemia; d. at Vienna, 24 February,
1863.

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Grace
Leads to four articles on the subject.
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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.

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Groote, Gerard
Founder of the "Brethren of the Common Life", b. 1340 at Deventer, Gelderland; d. 20
Aug., 1384.

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Garnet, Henry
English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606.
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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
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Gwyn, Saint Richard
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15612a.htm
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Garland, John
English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century.
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George Nichols, Venerable
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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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.

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Gargara
A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus.
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Garcilasso de la Vega
Spanish poet. (1503-1536)
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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.

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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.

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Garlick, Venerable Nicholas
Priest and martyr, born at Dinting, Derbyshire, c. 1555; died at Derby, 24 July, 1588.
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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.

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Gams, Pius Bonifacius
Ecclesiastical historian. (1816-1892)
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Gregory XII
Reigned 1406-1415.
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García, 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.

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Guido of Arezzo
Benedictine monk. (995-1050)
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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.

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George Napper, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Galura, Bernhard
Prince-Bishop of Brixen; b. 21 August, 1764, at Herbolzheim, Bresigau; d. 17 May, 1856.
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Gallego, Juan Nicasio
Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853.
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Gabbatha
The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of
Lithostrotos.

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Galvani, Luigi
Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798.
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Galtelli-Nuoro
Diocese in the province of Sassari (Sardinia), suffragan of Caglari.
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Gallwey, Peter
Famous London priest. (1820-1906)
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Gallait, Louis
Flemish painter; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, 1887.
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Gallandi, Andrea
Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 January, 1779, or
1780.

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Gagliardi, Achille
Ascetic writer and spiritual director; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at Modena, 6 July, 1607.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Gregory XI
Reigned 1370-1378.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Gratian
Roman Emperor; son of Valentinian I; born at Sirmium, 359; died at Lyons, 383.
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Guijon, André
Bishop and orator. (1548-1631)
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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.

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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.

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Gutenberg, Johann
Inventor of printing. (1400-1467)
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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.

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Guarda, Diocese of
Province of Beira, Portugal.
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Galilei, Alessandro
An eminent Florentine architect; born 1691; died 1737.
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Gounod, Charles-François
French composer. (1818-1893)
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Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de
Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458).
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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
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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
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Gonzalez, Saint Peter
Popularly known as St. Elmo, b. in 1190 at Astorga, Spain; d. 15 April, 1246, at Tuy.
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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.

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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
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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.

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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
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Gregorian Antiphonary
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01579a.htm
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