Directory > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Denominations > Catholicism > Reference > Catholic Encyclopedia Hunyady, János Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hungarian Literature History from the pre-Reformation period to the modern period. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07560a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hungary History of the country. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07547a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hungarian Catholics in America Information about immigrants from this country. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07545b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Humiliati A penitential order dating back, according to some authorities, to the beginning of the eleventh, but more probably to the beginning of the twelfth century, to the reign of Emperor Henry V, who, after quelling a rebellion in Lombardy, led the principal nobles of the cities implicated back to Germany as captives. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Humanism The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hulst, Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d' A prelate, writer, orator; born at Paris, 10 Oct., 1841; died there, 6 Nov., 1896. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huelshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Baroness von A poetess; born at Schloss Hülshoff near Münster in Westphalia, 10 January, 1797; died 24 May, 1848. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07537a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huguenots A name by which the French Protestants are often designated. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huguccio Italian canonist, b. at Pisa, date unknown; d. in 1210. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugo, Charles-Hyacinthe Historiographer of the Norbertine Order. (1667-1739) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07526a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of Strasburg Theologian, flourished during the latter half of the thirteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07523a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of Lincoln, Saint Augustinian and later a Carthusian, d. 1200, canonized 1220. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh Capet King of France, founder of the Capetian dynasty, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. about 996, probably 24 October. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hueffer, Hermann An historian and jurist; born 24 March, 1830, at Münster in Westphalia; died at Bonn, 15 March, 1905. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07514a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huet, Pierre-Daniel A distinguished savant and celebrated French bishop; born 8 February, 1630, at Caen (Normandy), where his father, a convert from Calvinism, was sheriff; died at Paris, 26 January, 1721. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huesca Diocese embracing parts of the province of Huesca in north-eastern Spain, seven parishes in the Broto valley and three within the limits of the Archdiocese of Saragossa, one parish being situated in the city of Saragossa itself. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hueber, Fortunatus A Franciscan historian and theologian, born at Neustadt on the Danube; died 12 Feb., 1706, at Munich. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hucbald of St-Amand A Benedictine monk; born in 840; died in 930 or 932. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huc, Evariste Régis A French Lazarist missionary and traveller; born at Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne), 1 June, 1813; died at Paris, 26 March, 1860. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huebner, Alexander, Count An Austrian statesman, born 26 Nov., 1811; died 30 July, 1892. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07509a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hubert Walter Archbishop of Canterbury (1193-1205); died 13 July, 1205. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hubert, Saint, Military Orders of The highest order of Bavaria, founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard V, Duke of Jülich, in commemoration of a victory gained on St. Hubert's day (3 Nov.); some, however, date the establishment as late as 1473 and 1475. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hubert, Jean-François The ninth Bishop of Quebec, born at Quebec, 23 February, 1739; died 17 October, 1799. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huber, Alphons Historian; born 14 October, 1834, at Fügen, Zillerthal (Tyrol); died 23 November, 1898, at Vienna. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huaraz Suffragan of Lima. It comprises the entire department of Ancachs in the Republic of Peru. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huanuco Suffragan of Lima in Peru. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huajuápam de León Diocese in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected by Bull of Leo XIII. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07505a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Houbigant, Charles François Oratorian, one of the ablest Biblical scholars of his time. Born in Paris, 1686; died there 31 October, 1783. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07498a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Host Archaeological and historical aspects. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hospitals Originally, hospital meant a place where strangers or visitors were received; in the course of time, its use was restricted to institutions for the care of the sick. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07480a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hospitallers During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout, religious of both sexes lived under one roof, following the Rule of St. Augustine. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07476a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hospitality In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hosius of Cordova The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; born about 256; died about 358. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hosius, Stanislaus Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Ermland; born of German parents at Cracow, 5 May, 1504; died at Capranica, near Rome, S August, 1579. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07473a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hortulus Animæ A prayer book popular in the early years of the sixteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hornyold, John Joseph A titular Bishop of Phiomelia, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, England; born 19 February, 1706; died at Longbirch, Staffordshire, 26 December, 1778. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07471b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hope-Scott, James Robert Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. 15 July, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d. in London, 29 April, 1873. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07467a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hooke, Luke Joseph Born at Dublin in 1716; died at St. Cloud, Paris, 16 April, 1796, son of Nathaniel Hooke the historian. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hoogstraten, Jacob van A theologian and controversialist, born about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, Belgium; died in Cologne, 24 January, 1527. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07464b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hontheim, Johannes Nicolaus von An auxiliary Bishop of Trier; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at Montquentin, near Orval, 2 Sept., 1790. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07463a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honorius of Autun A theologian, philosopher, and encyclopedic writer who lived in the first half of the twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07461a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honorius, Flavius Roman Emperor, d. 25 August, 423. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07460a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honoratus a Sancta Maria A Discalced Carmelite; born at Limoges, 4 July, 1651 ; died at Lille, 1729. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07451b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hong-Kong A prefect Apostolic under the Bishop of Macao was nominated by Gregory XVI (1846); a vicariate Apostolic was created in 1874. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07450a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Homily Derived from the Greek word homilia (from homilein), which means to have communion or hold intercourse with a person. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07448a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Homiletics The science that treats of the composition and delivery of a sermon or other religious discourse. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07443a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Homicide Signifies, in general, the killing of a human being. In practice, however, the word has come to mean the unjust taking away of human life, perpetrated by one distinct from the victim and acting in a private capacity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07441a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Homes This term, when used in an eleemosynary sense, covers all institutions that afford the general comforts of domestic life to persons who are defective and dependent. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07440a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holzhauser, Bartholomew Parish priest, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of a religious community; born 24 Aug., 1613, at Laugna in the Diocese of Augsburg, Bavaria; died 20 May, 1658. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07439b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the A secular confraternity which gradually grew up around the most august of the Holy Places. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Ghost, Religious Congregations of the Several groups by this name are covered. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07416a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Ghost, Orders of the The Hospital of the Holy Ghost at Rome was the cradle of an order, which, beginning in the thirteenth century, spread throughout all the countries of Christendom, and whose incalculable services have been recognized by every historian of medicine. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07415a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Ghost The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms an integral part of her teaching on the mystery of the Holy Trinity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07409a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Cross, Sisters of the Mother House, St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame, Indiana. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Cross, Sisters Marianites of Founded in 1841, in the parish of Holy Cross near Le Mans, Sarthe, France, by a priest of the same city, Basile-Antoine Moreau. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Cross, Congregation of A body of priests and lay brothers constituted in the religious state by the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and bearing the common name of Religious of Holy Cross. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07403a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holden, Henry An English priest; born 1596; died March, 1662. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holbein, Hans A German painter; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in 1524. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Alexander Leopold A titular Bishop of Sardica, famous for his many supposedly miraculous cures. (1794-1849) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hohenburg A suppressed nunnery, situated on the Odilienberg, the most famous of the Vosges mountains in Alsace. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hohenbaum van der Meer, Moritz A Benedictine historian; born at Spörl near Belgrade, 25 June, 1718; died at the monastery of Rheinau, near Schaffhausen in Switzerland, 18 December, 1795. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hogan, John Baptist Better known, on account of his long sojourn in France, as Abbé Hogan. (1829-1901) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07383a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hoefler, Konstantin von An historian; born at Memmingen, Bavaria, 26 March, 1811; died at Prague, 29 December, 1898. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07382a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hofer, Andreas A patriot and soldier, born at St. Leonhard in Passeyrthale, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1767; executed at Mantua, 20 Feb., 1810. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07381b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hobart Archdiocese comprises Tasmania, Bruni Island, and the Cape Barren, Flinders, King, and other islands in Bass Straits. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hittorp, Melchior A theologian and liturgical writer, born about 1525, at Cologne; died there in 1584. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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History, Ecclesiastical The scientific investigation and the methodical description of the temporal development of the Church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07365a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hirscher, Johann Baptist von Professor of moral theology and catechetics at the University of Freiburg in the Breisgau. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hirschau, Abbey of A celebrated Benedictine monastery in Würtemberg, Diocese of Spires. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hincmar A bishop of Laon, died 879. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07357a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hincmar Archbishop of Reims. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07356b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Himerius An Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, 385. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07356a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Himeria A titular see in the province of Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07355b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hilduin, Abbot of St-Denis Died 22 November, 840. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07354a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hildebert of Lavardin Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours, and celebrated medieval poet; b. about 1056, at the Castle of Lavardin near Montoir on the Loire; d. 8 December, 1133 or 1134. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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High Priest, The Aaron being the first high-priest and Eleazar his successor; so that, though the Scripture does not say so explicitly, the succession of the eldest son to the office of high-priest became a law. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12407b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heraclea A titular see of Thracia Prima. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07242b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heraclas Bishop of Alexandria from 231 or 232; to 247 or 248. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07242a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hephæstus A titular see of Augustamnica Prima, mentioned by Hierocles (Synecd., 727, 9), by George of Cyprus, and by certain rare documents, as among the thirteen towns of that province. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hensel, Luise Poetess and convert; born at Linum, 30 March, 1798; died. at Paderborn, 18 December, 1876. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07240b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henderson, Issac Austin Theologian, musician, singer, and writer. (1850-1909) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hemmerlin, Felix A provost at Solothurn, in Switzerland, born at Zurich, in 1388 or 1389; died about 1460. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Helyot, Pierre Usually known as Hippolyte, his name in religion. Born at Paris, in 1660; died there 5 January, 1716. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Helpidius, Flavius Rusticius The name of several Latin writers. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07213b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Helmold A historian, born in the first half of the twelfth century; died about 1177. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07212a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heliogabalus The name adopted by Varius Avitus Bassianus, Roman emperor (218-222), born of a Syrian family and a grandnephew of Julia Domna, the consort of Emperor Septimus Severus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heliand, The The oldest complete work of German literature. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heliae, Paul A Carmelite, opponent of the Reformation in Denmark, born at Warberg (in the Laen of Halland), about 1480; died after 1534. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heinrich von Veldeke A medieval German poet of knightly rank; b. near Maastricht in the Netherlands about the middle of the twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heinrich von Melk German satirist of the twelfth century; of knightly birth and probably a lay brother in the convent of Melk, in Styria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heinrich von Meissen Usually called "Frauenlob" (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b. at Meissen about 1250; d. at Mainz, 1318. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heinrich von Laufenberg A German poet of the fifteenth century, d. at Strasburg in 1460; he was a priest in Freiburg (Breisgau), and later dean of the cathedral. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heinrich von Ahaus Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany. (1371-1439) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heidelberg, University of The fame of Heidelberg is due to its university, which was founded in 1386 by the warlike Rupert I of Wittelsbach when he was over seventy years of age, on the model of the University of Paris. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07196a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hegius, Alexander Humanist; b. probably in 1433, at Heeck (Westphalia); d. 7 December, 1498. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heeswijk A village in the diocese of Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Holland, in which the dispersed religious of the confiscated Norbertine Abbey of Berne created a new abbey and college. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hebrides, New Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides; in Oceania. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10789a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honorius, Saint Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 653. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07452a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hildegard, Saint Seer and prophet, Sibyl of the Rhine, d. 1179. Never formally canonized, but she is listed in the Roman Martyrology. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07351a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Healy, George Peter Alexander An American portrait and historical painter, b. at Boston, 15 July, 1808; d. at Chicago, 14 June 1894. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Haynald, Lajos Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa-Bács in Hungary; b. at Szécsény, 3 October, 1816; d. at Kalocsa, 3 July, 1891. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07161b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Havana Jurisdiction of the See of Havana comprises the two provinces of Havana and Matanzas. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07153b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hautecombe A Cistercian monastery near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Haughery, Margaret "The mother of the orphans", as she was familiarly styled, b. in Cavan, Ireland, about 1814; d. at New Orleans, Louisiana, 9 February, 1882. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hatto Archbishop of Mainz; b. of a noble Swabian family, c. 850; d. 15 May, 913. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hartmann von Aue A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; died between 1210 and 1220. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hartford Diocese of Hartford, established by Gregory XVI, 18 Sept., 1843. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07144a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Harpasa A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Harold, Francis Irish Franciscan and historical writer, d. at Rome, 18 March, 1685. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Harmony A concord of sounds, several tones of different pitch sounded as a chord; among the Greeks, the general term for music. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07139a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Harbor Grace Diocese in Newfoundland, erected in 1856. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07133a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Happiness The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07131b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Haneberg, Daniel Bonifacius von German prelate and Orientalist of the nineteenth century, b. At Tanne near Kempten, Bavaria, 16 June, 1816. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hammurabi The sixth king of the first Babylonian dynasty. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07125a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hamilton, John Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, first Earl of Arran. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07123b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Halifax This see takes its name from the city of Halifax which has been the seat of government in Nova Scotia since its foundation by Lord Cornwallis in 1749. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07117b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hakon the Good King of Norway, 935 (936) to 960 (961), youngest child of King Harold Fair Hair and Thora Mosterstang. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07116b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hakodate Comprises the six northern provinces of the island of Nippon, the island of Yezo, and the Kurile Islands, as well as the administration of the southern part of the island of Saghalin, which still belongs to the Diocese of Mohilev. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07116a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Haid, Herenaus Catechist, born in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 16 February, 1784; died 7 January, 1873. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07110a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hague, The Capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07108a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hagiography The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07106b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hadrian, Publius Aelius Emperor of the Romans; born 24 January, A. D. 76 at Rome; died 10 July, 138. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07104b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hilarion, Saint Founder of anchoritic life in Palestine. (291-371) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07347a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hierotheus All attempts to establish as historical a personality corresponding to the Hierotheus who appears in the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius are rendered abortive by the fact, now definitely proven, that those writings, with intent to mislead, weave into their narrative various fictitious personalities of the Apostolic Era, such as Peter, James, John, Timothy, Carpus, and others. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07345b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hierocæsarea A titular see of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07344a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hickey, Antony A theologian, born in the Barony of Islands, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1586; died in Rome, 26 June, 1641. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07321b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hibernians, Ancient Order of This organization grew up gradually among the Catholics of Ireland owing to the dreadful hardships and persecutions to which they were subjected. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07320a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heywood, Jasper and John Jasper Heywood, poet and translator; born 1535 in London; died 1598 at Naples. John Heywood, father of Jasper, dramatist and epigrammatist; born probably c. 1497; died about 1580. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07319a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heynlin of Stein, Johann A theologian, born about 1425; died at Basle, 12 March, 1496. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hexham and Newcastle Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Hagulstadensis et Novocastrensis). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hexateuch A name commonly used by the critics to designate the first six books of the Old Testament, i.e. the Pentateuch and Josue. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hexapla The name given to Origen's edition of the Old Testament in Hebrew and Greek. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07316a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hexaemeron Signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days' work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07310a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hesychius of Sinai A priest and monk of the Order of St. Basil in the Thorn-bush (Batos) monastery on Mt. Sinai, and ascetic author of the Byzantine period in literature. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07304a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hesychius of Jerusalem Presbyter and exegete, probably of the fifth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07303b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hesychius of Alexandria Grammarian and lexicographer; of uncertain date, but assigned by most authorities to the later fourth or earlier fifth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07303a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hesychasm Hesychasts (hesychastes -- quietist) were people, nearly all monks, who defended the theory that it is possible by an elaborate system of asceticism, detachment from earthly cares, submission to an approved master, prayer, especially perfect repose of body and will, to see a mystic light; which is none other than the uncreated light of God. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07301a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hessels, Jean A distinguished theologian of Louvain; born 1522; died 1566. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07300a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hesse The name of a German tribe, and also a district in Germany extending along the Lahn, Eder, Fulda, Werra, and the Lower Main and Rhine. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hersfeld An ancient imperial abbey of the Benedictine Order. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herrgott, Marquard A Benedictine historian and diplomat. (1694-1762) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de A Spanish historian; born at Cuellar, in the province of Segovia, in 1559; died at Madrid, 27 March, 1625. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herrera Barnuevo, Sebastiano de A painter, architect, sculptor and etcher; born in Madrid, 1611 or 1619; died there, 1671. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07295b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herrera, Francisco A Spanish painter, etcher, medallist, and architect; born in Seville, 1576; died in Madrid, 1656. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07295a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herrera, Fernando de A Spanish lyric poet; born 1537; died 1597. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herregouts There were three artists of the name of Herregouts, father, son, and grandson, of whom the chief was Hendrik, the son of David, and the father of Jan. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herrad of Landsberg A twelfth-century abbess, author of the "Hortus Deliciarum"; born about 1130, at the castle of Landsberg, the seat of a noble Alsatian family; died 1195. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herp, Henry A fifteenth century Franciscan of the Strict Observance and a distinguished writer on mysticism. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07293a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hermann Joseph, Saint Premonstratensian monk and mystic. (1150-1241) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07266b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herincx, William A theologian, born at Helmond, North Brabant, 1621; died 17 Aug., 1678. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07265a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heriger of Lobbes A medieval theologian and historian; born about 925; died 31 October, 1007. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07264c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hereswitha, Saint Daughter of Hereric and Beorhtswith and sister of St. Hilda of Whitby. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herbert of Derwentwater, Saint An anchorite of the seventh century, who dwelt for many years on the little island still known as St. Herbert's Isle, in the Lake of Derwentwater. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07250b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Alejandro Born at Lisbon, 28 March, 1810; died near Santarem, 13 Sept., 1877. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Herbst, Johann Georg Born at Rottweil, in Würtemberg, 13 January, 1787; died 31 July, 1836. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hennepin, Louis One of the most famous explorers in the wilds of North America during the seventeenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Helena (Montana) Erected from the Vicariate of Montana, 7 March, 1884. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry of Segusio, Blessed Usually called Hostiensis, an Italian canonist of the thirteenth century, born at Susa (in the ancient Diocese of Turin); died at Lyons, 25 October, 1271. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry the Navigator, Prince Born 4 March, 1394; died 13 November, 1460; he was the fourth son of John I, King of Portugal, by Queen Philippa, a daughter of John of Gaunt. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07239a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry of Rebdorf Alleged author of an imperial and papal chronicle of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07237b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry of Nördlingen A Bavarian secular priest, of the fourteenth century, date of death unknown; the spiritual adviser of Margaretha Ebner (died 1351), the mystic of Medingen. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07237a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry of Huntingdon Historian; b. probably near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, between 1080 and 1085; d. 1155. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry of Herford Friar and chronicler; date of birth unknown; died at Minden, 9 Oct., 1370. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry of Ghent A notable scholastic philosopher and theologian of the thirteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry of Friemar German theologian; b. at Friemar, a small town near Gotha in Thuringia, about the end of the thirteenth century; d. probably at Erfurt about 1355. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry VI German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1165-1197) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07233a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry V German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1081-1125) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07232a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Henry IV King of France and Navarre. (1553-1610) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07225a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hadewych, Blessed Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre, d. around 1200. Also known as Hedwig or Hadewig. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07104a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hedwig, Saint Duchess of Silesia. (1174-1243) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07189a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh Faringdon, Blessed English martyr; b. probably at Faringdon, Berkshire, date unknown; d. at Reading, 15 November, 1539. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07518a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Innocents Article on these children, and the commemoration of their martyrdom. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07419a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hyginus, Pope Saint Greek by birth, the successor of Pope Telesphorus. Died in about 142. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07593a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hyacintha Mariscotti, Saint Third-Order Franciscan and foundress of the Sacconi. (1585-1640) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hyacinth, Saint Dominican, called the Apostle of the North, son of Eustachius Konski of the noble family of Odrowacz; born 1185 at the castle of Lanka, at Kamin, in Silesia, Poland (now Prussia); died 15 August, 1257. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hyacinth and Protus, Saints Roman martyrs. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12504a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh the Great, Saint Abbot of Cluny. (1024-1109) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07524a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh, Saint English martyr. (1246-1255) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hottentots One of three tribes of South Africa which may be divided Bantus, Hottentots, and Bushmen. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07497a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hubert, Saint Confessor, thirty-first Bishop of Maastricht, first Bishop of Liège, and Apostle of the Ardennes, born about 656. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07507a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hospitius, Saint Popularly known as Sospis, hermit, d. 581. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hormisdas, Pope Saint Date of birth unknown, elected to the Holy See, 514; d. at Rome, 6 August, 523. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07470a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hebrew Language and Literature Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07176a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Synod The name of the council by which the Church of Russia and, following its example, many other Orthodox Churches are governed. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07428a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honoratus, Saint Founder of the famous monastery at Lérins, Archbishop of Arles, d. 429. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07451a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hippolytus of Rome, Saint Martyr, presbyter and antipope. (d. 236) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07360c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Haarlem One of the suffragan sees of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07095a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hilda, Saint Abbess, born 614; died 680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hilary of Poitiers, Saint Fourth-century bishop. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hilary of Arles, Saint 5th-century archbishop. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hilarius, Pope Saint As an archdeacon, he had acted as one of Pope St. Leo the Great's legates at the "Robber Synod." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07348b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hettinger, Franz A Catholic theologian; born 13 January, 1819, at Aschaffenburg; died 26 January, 1890, at Würzburg. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07307a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hethites One of the many peoples of North-Western Asia, styled Hittim in the Hebrew Bible, Khuti or Kheta on the Egyptian monuments, and Hatti in the cuneiform documents. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07305a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hermits of St. Augustine A religious order which in the thirteenth century combined several monastic societies into one, under this name. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07281a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hermes, Saint Martyr, Bishop of Salano (Spalato) in Dalmatia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hermas, Saint The Roman Martyrology sets down for 18 August (XV Kal. Septembris) the feast of the holy martyrs Hermas, Serapion, and Polyaenus, with the statement that they suffered death in Rome for the Faith. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07268a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hermengild, Saint The son of an Arian Visigothic king. His mother and wife were Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism, and resisted Arianism. He was beheaded in 585. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hypæpa Titular see of Asia Minor. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07604a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of St. Victor Medieval philosopher, theologian, and mystical writer; b. 1096, at the manor of Hartingham in Saxony; d. 11 March, 1141. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hermas First or second century, author of the book called "The Shepherd" (Poimen, Pastor), a work which had great authority in ancient times and was ranked with Holy Scripture. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07268b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of Remiremont Cardinal, born of a noble family, probably in Lorraine, died soon after 1098. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of Fleury Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer; d. not before 1118. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of Flavigny Benedictine monk and historian; b. about 1064, probably at Verdun (Lorraine); d. before the middle of the twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honduras The territory of the vicariate is co-extensive with that of the British Crown Colony of the same name. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07449b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hollanders in the United States Statistics and other information about Dutch immigrants. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07393b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hildesheim An exempt see, comprising the Prussian province of Hanover east of the Weser, besides the Duchy of Brunswick. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07353a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Harlay, Family of An important family of parliamentarians and bishops, who deserve a place in religious history. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07137a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hanover The former Kingdom of Hanover has been a province of the Prussian monarchy since 20 September, 1866. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hamburg A city supposed to be identical with the Marionis of Ptolemy, was founded by a colony of fishermen from Lower Saxony. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07121b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hermon A group of mountains forming the southern extremity of Anti-Lebanon, and marking on the east of the Jordan the northern boundary of Israel. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07288a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honour May be defined as the deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or station. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07462a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holywell Two documents of the twelfth century, preserved in the British Museum, and printed by the Bollandists, give its history, with the earliest record of the miraculous cures effected by its waters. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07438a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Humility The word humility signifies lowliness or submissiveness an it is derived from the Latin humilitas or, as St. Thomas says, from humus, i.e. the earth which is beneath us. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hus, Jan Born at Husinetz in Southern Bohemia, 1369; died at Constance 6 July, 1415. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07584b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Week The week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, and which consequently is used to commemorate the Passion of Christ, and the event which immediately led up to it. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07435a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hroswitha A celebrated nun-poetess of the tenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07504b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hylozoism The doctrine according to which all matter possesses life. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07594a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hypnotism The nervous sleep, induced by artificial and external means, which has been made the subject of experiment and methodical study by men of science, physicians or physiologists. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07604b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hosanna The general opinion is that of St. Jerome, that the word originated from two Hebrew words of Psalm cxvii (cxviii), 25. This psalm, was recited by one of the priests every day during the procession round the altar, during the Feast of Tabernacles, when the people were commanded to "rejoice before the Lord" (Lev., xxiii, 40); and on the seventh day it was recited each time during the seven processions. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Horns, Altar On the Jewish altar there were four projections, one at each corner, which were called the horns of the altar. These projections are not found on the Christian altar, but the word cornu ("horn") is still maintained to designate the sides or corners of the altar. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01354a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Host, Johann One of the seven Dominicans, who distinguished themselves in the struggle against Luther in Cologne. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heribert Archbishop of Milan. (1018-1045) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07264b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hesebon A titular see of the province of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hopi Indians A tribe of Pueblo Indians of Shoshonean stock. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07468a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Thursday The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of Digne Friar Minor and ascetical writer; b. at Digne, south-east France, date uncertain; d. at Marseilles about 1285. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07518b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hunolt, Franz The most popular German preacher of the early part of the eighteenth century, b. 31 March, 1691, at Siegen; d. 12 September, 1746, at Trier. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07562a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holywood, John A monk of English origin, lived in the first half of the thirteenth century as professor of astronomy at Paris; died in that city, 1256. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holmes, John Catholic educator and priest; born at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; died at Lorette, near Quebec, Canada, in 1852. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07396a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hood A flexible, conical, brimless head-dress, covering the entire head, except the face. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07464a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hell Hell (infernus) in theological usage is a place of punishment after death. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07207a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hirena Titular see of Tunis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07362b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Grail, The 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06719a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Houdry, Vincent Preacher and writer on ascetics; b. 23 January, 1631, at Tours; d. 21 March, 1729, at Paris. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07499b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hove, Peter van Friar Minor, lector in theology and exegete; b. at Rethy, in Campine (Belgium); d. at Antwerp, in 1793. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hugh of St-Cher Dominican cardinal. (1200-1263) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Water Fonts Vessels intended for the use of holy water. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07433a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honorius I, Pope Reigned 625-638. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07452b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Water In the earliest Christian times, water was used for expiatory and purificatory purposes, to a way analogous to its employment under the Jewish Law. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07432a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Orders Order primarily means a relation. It is used to designate that on which the relation is founded and thus generally means rank. In this sense it was applied to clergy and laity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11279a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holyrood Abbey Located in Edinburgh, Scotland; founded in 1128 by King David I for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, probably brought from St. Andrews. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07423a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Huron Indians If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing apart territorially, within historical times, as did the Tuskaroras, the Cherokees, and the Andastes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07565a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Heribert, Saint Archbishop of Cologne; born at Worms, c. 970; died at Cologne, 16 March, 1021. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07264a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holstenius, Lucas German philologist, b. at Hamburg, 1596; d. at Rome, 2 February, 1661. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy See A term derived from the enthronement-ceremony of the bishops of Rome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07424b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holy Sepulchre The tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death upon the Cross. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07425a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honorius II, Pope Archdeacon of Bologna. Died at Rome, 14 February, 1130. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07456a.htm
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