| Directory > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Denominations > Catholicism > Reference > Catholic Encyclopedia Judas Machabeus
Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was the centre and soul of the patriotic and
religious revolt of the Jews against the King of Syria (I Mach., ii, 4).
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Justiniani, Blessed Nicholas
Benedictine monk, dispensed from his vows, never formally beatified.
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Joseph Oriol, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Judgment, Particular
The Catholic doctrine of the particular judgment is this: that immediately after death the eternal
destiny of each separated soul is decided by the just judgment of God.
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John Ruysbroeck, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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John Speed, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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John Southworth, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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John Duns Scotus, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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John Cassian
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Julitta and Quiricus
Martyrs in the Diocletian persecution. According to later legends, Julitta fled from persecution in
Lycaonia, but was martyred in Tarsus, along with her three-month-old child Quiricus.
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Joseph of Arimathea
All that is known for certain concerning him is derived from the canonical Gospels.
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John Finch, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Justin de Jacobis, Saint
Italian, a Lazarist priest, titular bishop of Nilopolis, d. 1860.
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Jungmann, Josef
In 1850 he entered the German College at Rome, and was ordained priest in 1855. He afterwards
joined the Society of Jesus.
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Jungmann, Bernard
A dogmatic theologian and ecclesiastical historian, born at Münster in Westphalia, 1 March, 1833;
died at Louvain, 12 Jan., 1895.
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Julius Africanus
The father of Christian chronography.
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Julius III, Pope
Born at Rome, 10 September, 1487; died there, 23 March, 1555.
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Julius II, Pope
Born on 5 December, 1443, at Albissola near Savona; crowned on 28 November, 1503; died at Rome, in
the night of 20-21 February, 1513.
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Julius I, Pope Saint
A Roman, anti-Arian, supporter of St. Athanasius. Julius died in 352.
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Julian and Basilissa, Saints
Husband and wife, of whom little is known except that he was martyred in the Diocletian
persecution. According to later legend, Basilissa was the founder of a monastery.
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Judgment, General
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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Judea
It designates the part of Palestine adjacent to Jerusalem and inhabited by the Jewish community
after their return from captivity.
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Juan Bautista de Toledo
An eminent Spanish sculptor and architect; b. at Madrid (date not known); d. there 19 May, 1567.
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Jones, Blessed Edward
Priest and martyr, b. in the Diocese of St. Asaph, Wales, date unknown; d. in London, 6 May 1590.
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Jonas of Orléans
Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, born in Aquitaine; died in 843 or 844.
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Jonas of Bobbio
Monk and hagiographer, b. about the close of the sixth century at Sigusia (Susa) in Piedmont; d.
after 659.
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John the Silent, Saint
John Hesychastes, monk, runaway bishop of Colonia, hermit, d. 558.
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John the Almsgiver, Saint
Patriarch of Alexandria. (550-616)
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John Shert, Blessed
Very brief biographical profile of the English priest, martyred in 1581.
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John Payne, Saint
English priest, tortured and martyred on completely fabricated charges of conspiracy to murder the
queen. Executed in 1582.
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John Parvus
A French theologian and professor in the University of Paris; b. most likely at Brachy, Caux, in
Normandy, and certainly in the Diocese of Rouen, about 1360; d. 15 July, 1411.
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John of Sahagun, Saint
Spanish canon, became an Augustinian hermit, d. 1479.
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John of Parma, Blessed
Franciscan, professor of theology, Minister General, peacemaker, d. 1289.
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John XXIII
Antipope. (1370-1419)
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John XXII, Pope
Born at Cahors in 1249; enthroned, 5 September, 1316; died at Avignon, 4 December, 1334.
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John XIV, Pope
After the death of Benedict VII, Bishop Peter Campanora of Pavia, earlier imperial chancellor of
Italy, was elected pope with the consent of Emperor Otto II, and took the name of John.
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John XIII, Pope
Date of birth unknown; enthroned on 1 Oct., 965; d. 6 Sept., 972.
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John XII, Pope
Date of birth unknown; reigned 955-64.
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John XI, Pope
Reigned 931-935.
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John X, Pope
Born at Tossignano, Romagna; enthroned, 914; died at Rome, 928.
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John IX, Pope
Reigned 898-900.
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John VIII, Pope
Reigned 872-82.
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John VII, Pope
Reigned 705-707.
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Jesus Christ, Devotion to the Heart of
Special form of devotion to Jesus. Discussion of what it is and what distinguishes it, its object,
its foundations, and its proper act.
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Jesuits, History of the (1814-1912)
Pius VII had resolved to restore the Society during his captivity in France; and after his return
to Rome he did so with little delay.
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Jesuits, History of the (1773-1814)
The execution of the Brief of Suppression having been largely left to local bishops, there was room
for a good deal of variety in the treatment the Jesuits might receive in different places.
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Jesuits, Suppression of the (1750-1773)
The most difficult part of the history of the Society.
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Jesuits, History of the (pre-1750)
Includes details of activities in various countries.
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Jesuits, Distinguished
A list without details of the Jesuits. Does include links to articles when there is one about the
person.
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John Wall, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de
Spanish statesman and man of letters, at Gijon, Asturias, 5 Jan., 1744, d. at Puerto de Vega on the
borders of Asturias, 27 Nov., 1811.
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Jesuit Generals Prior to the Suppression
Details of several who held the position.
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Justus, Saint
Fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. (d. 627)
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Justina and Cyprian, Saints
Martyrs of Antioch. (d. 304)
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Justin Martyr, Saint
Christian apologist. (A.D. 100-165)
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Jennings, Sir Patrick Alfred
An Australian statesman, b. at Newry, Ireland, 1831; d. July, 1897.
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Juste
The name conventionally applied to a family of Italian sculptors, whose real name was Betti,
originally from San Martino a Mensola, near Florence.
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Junípero Serra
Franciscan missionary. (1713-1784)
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Jolly, Philipp Johann Gustav von
German physicist, born at Mannheim, 26 September, 1809; died at Munich, 24 December, 1884.
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Joseph Vaz, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Saint
Vincentian priest, missionary to China, where he was tortured and martyred in 1840.
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Judges, The Book of
The seventh book of the Old Testament, second of the Early Prophets of the Hebrew canon.
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Juliopolis
Titular see in the province of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicaea.
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Juliana of Norwich
Biographical article on this fourteenth-century English anchoress, mystic, author.
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Juliana of Liège, Saint
Belgian nun. (1193-1258)
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Jean de La Bruyère
Born at Paris in 1645; died at Chantilly in 1696. He was the son of a comptroller general of
municipal revenue.
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Juliana Falconieri, Saint
Florentine Servite. (1270-1341)
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Jocelin
Cistercian monk and Bishop of Glasgow; d. at Melrose Abbey in 1199.
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Jovinianus
An opponent of Christian asceticism in the fourth century, condemned as a heretic (390).
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Juliana, Saint
Martyred in the Diocletian persecution. The oldest notice says that she died near Naples; the
notion that she lived in Nicomedia is strictly legendary.
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Jordan, The
Formed at a point about five and a half miles below Banias, by the junction of three streams, the
Jordan enters Lake Hûleh about nine and a third miles lower down.
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John Pibush, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Judica Sunday
Name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, and derived from the first words of the Introit of that
day.
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Jussieu, De
Name of five French botanists.
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Jouvancy, Joseph de
Poet, pedagogue, philologist, and historian, b. at Paris, 14 September, 1643; d. at Rome, 29 May,
1719.
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Jubilee, Holy Year of
Background information relating to the Jubilee.
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Judge, Ecclesiastical
An ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the
strict sense.
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Joliet, Louis
A discoverer and the son of a wagon-maker, was born at Quebec, Canada, on 21 September 1645; d. in
Canada, May 1700.
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Jehovah
Proper name of God in the Old Testament.
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Judde, Claude
French preacher and spiritual father; born at Rouen, about 20 December, 1661; died at Paris, 11
March, 1735.
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Joseph II
German Emperor (reigned 1765-90), of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine, son and successor of Maria
Theresa and Francis I.
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Joel
Old Testament prophet.
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Jubilate Sunday
The third Sunday after Easter.
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Joyeuse, Henri, Duc de
Born in 1563 and not, as is mistakenly stated in the "Biographic Michaud", in 1567; died
at Rivoli, 28 Sept., 1608. He was the third son of Maréchal Guillaume de Joyeuse, and was a
brother of the Admiral Anne de Joyeuse and of the prelate François de Joyeuse.
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Johnson, Lionel Pigot
Born at Broadstairs on the Kentish coast, 15 Mar., 1867; died 4 Oct., 1902.
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Jovius, Paulus
Historian, b. at Como, Italy, 9 April, 1483, d. at Florence, 11 Dec., 1552.
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Joubert, Joseph
French philosopher; b. at Martignac (Dordogne), 7 May, 1754, d. at Villeneuve-le-Roi (Yonne), 4 May
1824.
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Jerusalem (After 1291)
The Latin dominion over Jerusalem really came to an end on 2 October, 1187, when the city opened
its gates to Saladin (Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Salah-ed-din, Emir of Egypt, 1169-93); although fragments of
the Latin kingdom in Palestine lasted into another century.
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Jouvenet, Jean
French painter, b. at Rouen in 1644, d. at Paris, 5 April, 1717.
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Jesus Christ, Knowledge of
"Knowledge of Jesus Christ," as used in this article, does not mean a summary of what we
know about Jesus Christ, but a survey of the intellectual endowment of Christ.
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Josephites
A congregation devoted to the Christian education of youth, founded in the Diocese of Ghent
(Belgium) by Canon van Crombrugghe, in 1817.
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Jesus Christ, Resurrection of
Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life.
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John of Ragusa
Dominican theologian. (1380-1443)
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Jorg, Joseph Edmund
Historian and politician, b. 23 Dec., 1819 at Immenstadt (Ahgau); d. at Landshut, 18 Nov., 1901.
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Jones, Inigo
A biography with references of the London-born architect who drew his inspiration from the
Classical forms of Italy.
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Joseph of Exeter
A twelfth-century Lain poet; b. at Exeter, England.
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John of Roquetaillade (de Rupescissa)
Franciscan alchemist, date of birth unknown; d. probably at Avignon, 1362.
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John the Deacon
Article about four historians of the Middle Ages who bear this name.
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Joseph
The eleventh son of Jacob, the firstborn of Rachel, and the immediate ancestor of the tribes of
Manasses and Ephraim.
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Jonas
The fifth of the Minor Prophets.
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Jordanus of Giano
Italian Minorite, b. at Giano in the Valley of Spoleto, c. 1195; d. after 1262.
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Jesus Christ, Early Historical Documents on
Divided into three classes: pagan sources, Jewish sources, and Christian sources.
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Joest, Jan
Dutch painter, b. at Calcker, or Calcar, about 1460; d. at Haarlem in 1519.
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Jesus Mary, Religious of
Founded at Lyons, France, in October, 1818, by Claudine Thevenet, in religion, Mother St. Ignatius.
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Jonathan
Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament.
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Josephus, Flavius
Jewish historian, born A.D. 37, at Jerusalem; died about 101.
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Japan
Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or
Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north-west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic
continent.
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Joseph, Saint
Information on the entire life of St. Joseph.
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Jouffroy, Jean de
French prelate and statesman; b. at Luxeuil (Franche-Comté) about 1412; d. at the priory of Rulli,
in the Diocese of Bourges, 24 November, 1473.
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John of Cornwall
Lived about 1176. Author of a treatise written against the doctrine of Abelard.
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Joseph of Leonessa, Saint
Capuchin missionary, confessor, d. 1612.
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John Ogilvie, Saint
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Joseph's Society for Colored Missions, Saint
This organization began its labours in 1871, when four young priests from Mill Hill were put in
charge of St. Francis Xavier's church, with a large congregation of black Catholics, in Baltimore.
Other black missions were soon begun at Louisville, Charleston, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, and
other places in the South.
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Janssens, Johann Hermann
Catholic theologian, b. at Maeseyck, Belgium, 7 Dec., 1783; d. at Engis, 23 May, 1853.
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Jephte
One of the judges of Israel. The story of Jephte is narrated in chapters xi and xii of the Book of
Judges.
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Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions, Saint
A society of priests and laymen whose object is to labour for the conversion of heathens in foreign
countries.
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Joseph of Cupertino, Saint
Mystic from a very young age, priest, d. 1663.
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Janssens, Abraham
Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp about 1573; d. probably in the same place about 1631.
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Jesus, Daughters of
Founded at Kermaria, in the Diocese of Vannes, France, in 1834, for the care of the sick poor, and
the education of girls.
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John of Salisbury
Born about 1115; died 1180; a distinguished philosopher, historian, churchman, and scholar.
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Josaphat Kuncevyc, Saint
Lithuanian martyr. (1580-1623)
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Jus Spolii
A claim, exercised in the Middle Ages, of succession to the property of deceased clerics, at least
such as they had derived from their ecclesiastical benefices.
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John Malalas
A Monophysite Byzantine chronicler of the sixth century.
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Jordanis
Historian, lived about the middle of the sixth century in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Joliette
Diocese created by Pius X, 27 January, 1904 by division of the Archdiocese of Montreal; comprises
three counties, Joliette, Berthier, and Montcalm, with four parishes of L'Assomption County.
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Jassy
Diocese in Rumania.
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Joinville, Jean, Sire de
Seneschal of Champagne, historian, b in 1225; d. at Joinville, 1317.
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Jamaica
The largest of the British West Indian islands, situated in the Caribbean Sea.
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Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy Childhood of
Several groups detailed.
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Jeroboam
Name of two Israelitish kings.
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John of Paris
Theologian and controversialist; born at Paris, date unknown; died at Bordeaux, 22 September, 1306.
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Johnston, Richard Malcolm
Educator, author, b. 8 March, 1822, at Powellton, Georgia, U.S.A.; d. at Baltimore, Maryland, 23
September, 1898.
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Johnson, Blessed Thomas
The last of nine London Carthusians to die of starvation in prison in 1537.
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Joannes de Sacrobosco
John Holywood, 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.
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Johnson, Blessed Robert
Born in Shropshire, entered the German College, Rome, 1 October, 1571. Brief biography.
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John Twenge, Saint
English saint. (1319-1379)
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John the Faster
Patriarch of Constantinople (John IV, 582-595), famous chiefly through his assumption of the title
"cumenical patriarch"; d. 2 September, 595.
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John of Segovia
A Spanish theologian, b. at Segovia towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. probably in 1458.
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John the Evangelist, Saint
Brother of James and son of Zebedee.
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John the Baptist, Saint
Lengthy article on the Precursor.
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John Talaia
Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (481-482) at the time of the Monophysite troubles.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485c.htm
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John Story, Blessed
Or Storey. Member of Parliament, was arrested but escaped and became a Spanish subject. Kidnapped
in Flanders, he was carried to the Tower, where he was tortured repeatedly. Died a martyr in 1571.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485b.htm
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John Stone, Saint
English Augustinian friar, martyred probably in 1539.
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John Scholasticus
Patriarch of Constantinople, the author of an important collection of ecclesiastical laws; b. at
Sirimis near Antioch; d. 577.
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John Sarkander, Saint
Priest, tortured for refusing to break the seal of confession, and died in prison in 1620.
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John Rochester, Blessed
Brief biography of this English Carthusian priest and martyr, d. 1537.
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John Roberts, Saint
A Welsh Benedictine, the first prior of Downside, was arrested six times, exiled four times, and
finally martyred at Tyburn in 1610.
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Judgment, Divine
Divine judgment (judicium divinum), as an immanent act of God, denotes the action of God's
retributive justice by which the destiny of rational creatures is decided according to their merits
and demerits.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08549a.htm
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John Bosco, Saint
St. Giovanni Melchior Bosco, commonly called Don Bosco or John Bosco. Founder of the Salesians, d.
1888.
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John Rigby, Saint
Rigby, an unmarried layman, appeared in court on behalf of his employer's daughter and admitted
that he was himself a Catholic. He was martyred in 1600.
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Jubilees, Book of
An apocryphal writing, so called from the fact that the narratives and stories contained in it are
arranged throughout in a fanciful chronological system of jubilee-periods of forty-nine years each;
each event is recorded as having taken place in such a week of such a month of such a Jubilee year.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08535a.htm
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John of Victring
Chronicler, b. probably between 1270 and 1280; d. at Victring, Austria, 12 November, 1347.
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Jocelin de Brakelond
An English chronicler, of the late twelfth century.
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John of Ephesus
Syriac historian, born at Amida (Diarbekir, on the upper Tigris), about 505; d. about 585.
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John of Montesono
Theologian and controversialist, born at Monzón, Spain; dates of birth and death unknown.
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John of the Cross, Saint
Article on the life and teaching of this Discalced Carmelite associated with St. Teresa of Avila.
Mystic, Doctor of the Church, d. 1591.
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Juvencus, C. Vettius Aquilinus
Fourth-century Christian Latin poet.
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John of Fécamp
Ascetic writer, b. near Ravenna about the beginning of the eleventh century; d. at Fécamp,
Normandy, 22 February, 1079.
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John of Rupella
Franciscan theologian, b. at La Rochelle (Rupella), towards the end of the twelfth century.
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John Lockwood, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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John of Genoa
Grammarian; born at Genoa, date unknown; died there about 1298.
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John, Epistles of
Three canonical books of the New Testament written by the Apostle St. John.
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John of Montecorvino
A Franciscan and founder of the Catholic mission in China, b. at Montecorvino in Southern Italy, in
1246; d. at Peking, in 1328.
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Jesuit's Bark
On account of its alkaloids, is the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria.
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John of Janduno
An Averroistic philosopher, theologian, and political writer of the fourteenth century.
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Jíbaro Indians
An important tribal group of Ecuador, comprising a great number of small subtribes speaking a
common language with dialectic variants, and together constituting a distinct linguistic stock.
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Jarcke, Karl Ernst
Born 10 November, 1801, at Danzig, Prussia; died 27 December, 1852, at Vienna. He belonged to a
Protestant merchant family. He took up the study of jurisprudence, and became at an early age
professor of criminal law at Bonn and later in Berlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323a.htm
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John of Biclaro
Chronicler, born in Portugal, probably about the middle of the sixth century; died after 621.
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John of Hauteville
Moralist and satirical poet of the twelfth century (flourished about 1184).
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Jaffa
A titular see in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
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John Britton, Blessed
A layman and martyr.
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Jocelin of Wells
Bishop of Bath and Wells, d. 19 Nov., 1242.
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John of Antioch
There are four persons commonly known by this name.
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John of God, Saint
Portuguese shepherd, soldier, bookseller, finally found his niche caring for the health of the poor
in Granada, became de facto founder of a religious order, d. 1550.
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John of Fermo, Blessed
The immemorial cultus of Blessed John was approved by Leo XIII in 1880, and his feast is kept in
the Order of Friars Minor on 9 August.
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John, Gospel of
According to the traditional order, the Gospel of St. John occupies the last place among the four
canonical Gospels.
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John of Beverley, Saint
Benedictine bishop of Hexham and later of York, monastic founder, d. 721.
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John of Avila, Saint
Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569.
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Jewish Tribe
The earlier Hebrew term rendered in English versions by the word "tribe" is shebet, while
the term matteh, prevails in the post-exilic writings.
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John Nepomucene, Saint
Biography of the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, who was tortured and then thrown into
the Moldau and drowned, by order of King Wenceslaus IV, in 1393.
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John Nelson, Blessed
Jesuit priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1577/8.
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John Larke, Blessed
Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543/4, along with another
priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466b.htm
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John Joseph of the Cross, Saint
Italian Franciscan priest, had the gift of miracles, d. 1739.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466a.htm
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John Ingram, Blessed
English priest, tortured and twice imprisoned, martyred in 1594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08008a.htm
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John Hambley, Venerable
English martyr (suffered 1587), born and educated in Cornwall, and converted by reading one of
Father Persons' books in 1582.
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John Francis Regis, Saint
Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640.
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John Forest, Blessed
English Franciscan, served as confessor to Queen Catherine, was burned at the stake at Smithfield
in 1538.
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John Fisher, Saint
Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535.
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Julia Billiart, Saint
Biographical article on the founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
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John Felton, Blessed
Martyr, date and place of birth unknown, was executed in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, 8 August,
1570, for having, about eleven o'clock at night on the previous 24 May, affixed a copy of the Bull
of St. Pius V excommunicating the queen to the gates of the Bishop of London's palace near St.
Paul's.
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Jacopo de Voragine, Blessed
Dominican, a renowned preacher, provincial, and Archbishop of Genoa. He died in about 1298.
Biographical article.
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John Buckley, Saint
Alias John Jones. Welsh Franciscan priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1598.
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John Damascene, Saint
Lengthy biographical article on the last of the Greek Fathers.
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John Colombini, Blessed
Sienese husband and father whose life was transformed by reading the life of St. Mary of Egypt.
Founder of the Jesuati. He died in 1367.
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John Beche, Blessed
English Benedictine abbot and martyr; date of birth unknown; d. at Colchester, England, l December,
1539.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02381a.htm
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John Climacus, Saint
Sometimes called Scholasticus or the Sinaita. Sixth-century Syrian abbot of Mt. Sinai. He is
called "Climacus" because he wrote the spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine
Ascent," "Klimax" being the Greek for "ladder."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08457a.htm
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John Cornelius and Companions, Blessed
Born of Irish parents in Cornwall, studied for the priesthood at Reims. For 10 years he worked as a
missionary in England till he was martyred in 1594 for being a Catholic priest, and three
companions were also martyred for aiding him.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459a.htm
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Javouhey, Blessed Anne-Marie
Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, missionary to Africa and South America, d. 1851.
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John Amias, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Josaphat and Barlaam
The main characters of a seventh-century Christian legend. Barlaam, a hermit, converted the prince
Josaphat to Christianity, despite the efforts of Josaphat's father Abenner to prevent such a thing.
Although Barlaam and Josaphat are included in the Roman Martyrology and in the Greek calendar, the
story is actually a Christianized version of a legend about Buddha.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02297a.htm
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John de Britto, Saint
Portuguese Jesuit missionary to India, martyr, d. 1693.
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John Boste, Saint
Or John Boast. Priest, martyred at Durham in 1594. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02702a.htm
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John Capistran, Saint
Lawyer, governor, ambassador, became a Franciscan priest and a renowned preacher, died in 1456.
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John Baptist de Rossi, Saint
Priest, canon, preacher, d. 1764.
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John Baptist de la Salle, Saint
Founder of the Christian Brothers.
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John and Paul, Saints
Fourth-century martyrs.
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Jewish Calendar
Details include days, weeks, months, years, and eras.
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Jauregui, Juan de
A Spanish painter and poet, born at Seville c. 1570, or, according to some, as late as 1583; died
at Madrid c. 1640-1.
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John and Cyrus, Saints
Celebrated martyrs of the Coptic Church.
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John XXI (XX), Pope
Born at Lisbon between 1210 and 1220; enthroned, 1276; died at Viterbo, 20 May, 1277.
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John XIX (XX), Pope
Enthroned in 1024; d. 1032.
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John Cantius, Saint
Polish priest, professor of Sacred Scripture, d. 1473.
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John XVIII (XIX), Pope
Successor of John XVII, consecrated Christmas, 1003; d. June, 1009.
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John XVII (XVIII), Pope
Date of birth unknown; d. 6 Nov., 1003.
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John XVI (XVII)
Antipope 997-998; d. probably in 1013.
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John XV (XVI), Pope
Enthroned 985; d. April, 996.
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John VI, Pope
A Greek, the date of whose birth is unknown; d. 11 January, 705.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423a.htm
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John V, Pope
A Syrian whose father was one Cyriacus; when he was born is not known; d. 2 August, 686.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422c.htm
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John IV, Pope
A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius.
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John III, Pope
A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574.
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John II, Pope
A Roman and the son of Projectus; if not born in the second region (Coelimontium) he had at least
been a priest of St. Clement's Basilica.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421b.htm
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Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint
Biography of the widowed baroness, mother, founder of the Congregation of the Visitation, who died
in 1641.
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Judaizers
A party of Jewish Christians in the Early Church, who either held that circumcision and the
observance of the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation and in consequence wished to impose them
on the Gentile converts, or who at least considered them as still obligatory on the Jewish
Christians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08537a.htm
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Jesi
Diocese in the Province of Ancona, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See.
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Jenks, Silvester
Theologian, born in Shropshire, c. 1656; died in December, 1714.
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Jews, History of the
Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of
Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races; the latter, the creed and worship of the Jews in
contrast to Christianity and others.
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Jezabel
Wife of Achab, King of Israel.
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Jumièges, Abbey of
Founded in 634 by St. Philibert, who had been the companion of Sts. Ouen and Wandrille at the
Merovingian court.
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John I, Pope Saint
A Tuscan warmly received in Constantinople, but upon his return to Rome, was imprisoned by King
Theodoric. He died in prison in 526.
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Jerusalem, Liturgy of
The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch.
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Joan of Arc, Saint
Her brief life, her trial and death, swift rehabilitation, and her beatification in 1909.
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Jandel, Alexandre Vincent
General of the Dominican order, born at Gerbevilliers (Lorraine), 18 July, 1810; died at Rome, 11
December, 1872.
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Joseph Calasanctius, Saint
Priest, founder of the Piarists, d. 1648.
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Joanna of Portugal, Blessed
Princess, Dominican, d. 1490.
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Joan, Popess
The fable about a female pope, who afterwards bore the name of Johanna (Joan), is first noticed in
the middle of the thirteenth century.
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Joachim of Flora
Cistercian abbot and mystic; b. at Celico, near Cosenza, Italy, c. 1132; d. at San Giovanni in
Fiore, in Calabria, 30 March, 1202.
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Justification
A biblio-ecclesiastical term; which denotes the transforming of the sinner from the state of
unrighteousness to the state of holiness and sonship of God.
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Jericho
Three cities of this name have successively occupied sites in the same neighbourhood.
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Jeremias the Prophet
Lived at the close of the seventh and in the first part of the sixth century before Christ; a
contemporary of Draco and Solon of Athens.
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Joachim, Saint
According to apocryphal literature, the father of Mary.
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Jesus Christ
An index of articles on the subject.
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Jeaurat, Edmond
French engraver, b. at Vermenton, near Auxerre, 1688; d. at Paris, 1738.
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Jansenius and Jansenism
The subject of this article lived three-quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born
28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at
Ypres, 6 May, 1638.
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Joseph Calasanctius of the Mother of God, Pious Workers of Saint
Founded at Vienna, 24 November, 1889, by Father Anton Maria Schwartz for all works of charity, but
especially the apostolate among workingmen.
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Jesu Dulcis Memoria
A poem ranging from forty two to fifty three stanzas (in various manuscripts), to form the three
hymns of the Office of the Holy Name.
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Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical
The right to guide and rule the Church of God.
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Jesus Christ, Genealogy of
Offers the geneology according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke.
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