Directory > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Denominations > Catholicism > Reference > Catholic Encyclopedia Terce The origin of Terce, like that of Sext and None, to which it bears a close relationship, dates back to Apostolic times. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14514c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thomas Whitbread, Blessed (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15609b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Testament, Old The Apostle St. Paul declares himself (II Cor., iii, 6) a minister "of the new testament", and calls (iii, 14) the covenant entered into on Mount Sinai "the old testament". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14526a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thomas Pickering, Blessed (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12075b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trudo, Saint Apostle of Hasbein in Brabant. (d. 698) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tournai Diocese in Belgium. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14798a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Toulouse Includes the Department of Haute-Garonne. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14795b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Touchet, George Anselm Born at Stalbridge, Dorset; died about 1689. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14795a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tosti, Luigi Benedictine historian. (1811-1897) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14788c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tostado, Alonso Exegete, born at Madrigal, Castile, about 1400; died at Bonilla de la Sierra, near Avila, 3 Sept., 1455. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14788b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tosephta Hebrew, addition, supplement. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14788a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tortosa Located in Spain, suffragan of Tarragona. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14785a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tortona Diocese in Piedmont, Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14784c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Torrubia, José A linguist, scientist, collector of fossils and of books, writer on historical, political, and religious subjects. Born towards the end of the seventeenth century at Granada, Spain; died in 1768. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14784b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Torres Naharro, Bartolemé de Spanish poet and dramatist, born at Torres, near Badajoz, towards the end of the fifteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14783c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Torone A titular see in Macedonia, suffragan of Thessalonica. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo, Saint Archbishop of Lima. (1538-1606) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Torbido, Francesco Veronese painter and engraver. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14780a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Torah Signifies first "direction, instruction", as, for instance, the instruction of parents, or of the wise. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tootell, Hugh Historian commonly known as Charles Dodd. Died 1743. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tongues, Gift of A supernatural gift of the class gratiae gratis datae, designed to aid in the outer development of the primitive Church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tomi A titular metropolitan see in the Province of Scythia, on the Black Sea. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14775a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tomb A memorial for the dead at the place of burial, customary, especially for distinguished persons. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tolentino and Macerata Located in the Marches, Central Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tobias Name of various persons and a book in the Bible. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14749c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tlos A titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14748a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tlaxcala A former diocese of the colony of New Spain. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14747c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tivoli Diocese in the Province of Rome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14747b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tius Titular see, suffragan of Claudiopolis in Honorias. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14747a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Titus Roman Emperor 79-81. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14746b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Titus, Bishop of Bostra Born about 362-371. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14746a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Titopolis Titular see, suffragan of Seleucia Trachaea in Isauria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14745a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tissot, James French draughtsman and painter. (1836-1902) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14741a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tisio da Garofalo, Benvenuto An Italian painter of the Ferrarese school. (1481-1559) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14739b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tiraspol Diocese in Southern Russia suffragan of Mohilev. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14739a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tipasa A titular see of Numidia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14738a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tinos and Mykonos A Latin diocese of the Cyclades. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14736c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tinin Located in Dalmatia; suffragan to Kalocsa-Bacs. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14736b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tingis A titular see of Mauretania Tingitana (the official list of the Roman Curia places it in Mauretania Caesarea). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14736a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Timothy and Titus, Epistles to Disciples of St. Paul. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14727b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Timbrias A titular see in Pisidia, suffragan of Antioch. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14725a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tigris, Saint Sister of St. Patrick. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14724a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tierney, Mark Aloysius Wrote "The History and Antiquities of the Castle of Arundel" (London, 1834) and several controversial pamphlets. Also acted as editor of the "Dublin Review", succeeding Quin, the first editor. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14723b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tieffentaller, Joseph Jesuit missionary and noted geographer in Hindustan. 1710-1785) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14722a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tichborne, Ven. Nicholas Martyr, born at Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire; suffered at Tyburn, London, 24 Aug., 1601. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tiburtius and Susanna, Saints Roman martyrs, feast 11 August. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14720a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tiberius The second Roman emperor. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14717b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tiberiopolis Titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14717a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tiberias, Sea of So called in John 21:1 (cf. 6:1), otherwise known as "the sea of Galilee". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14716b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tiberias Titular see, suffragan of Scythopolis, in Palaestina Secunda. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14716a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thynias A titular see, suffragan of Nicomedia, in Bithynia Prima. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14714a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thyatira A titular suffragan see of Sardes in Lydia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14713c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thulis, Venerable John English martyr, born at Up Holland, Lancashire, probably about 1568; suffered at Lancaster, 18 March, 1615 or 1616. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thugga Titular see of Numidia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14710a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thuburbo Minus A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14709b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Three Rivers Formed from the Archdiocese of Quebec, to which it is suffragan. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14708a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Three Chapters (1) the person and writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia; (2) certain writings of Theodoret of Cyrus; (3) the letter of Ibas to Maris. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14707b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thou, Nicolas de Bishop of Chartres, uncle of the historian Jacques-Auguste de Thou. (1528-1598) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14707a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thomas Christians, Saint An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14678a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thomas the Apostle, Saint The principal document concerning him is the "Acta Thomae", variations both in Greek and in Syriac, and bearing signs of its Gnostic origin. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14658b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Third Orders Lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14637b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thimelby, Richard Missionary priest. (1614-1672) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14637a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thijm, Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk President of the Association Tijd en Vlijt and of Constantius Buter, also a member of the Flemish Academy, and for a time, its president. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14636c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thijm, Joseph Albert Alberdingk Dutch poet of the nineteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14636b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thignica A titular see in Numidia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14636a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thiers, Louis-Adolphe French statesman and historian, first president of the Third French Republic. (1797-1877) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14635b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thibaut de Champagne Thibaut IV, count of Champagne and King of Navarre, and French poet. (1201-1253) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14634c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thibaris Titular see in Byzacena. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14634b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theveste Titular see of Numidia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14634a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thessalonica Titular metropolis in Macedonia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14633a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thermopylae A titular see and suffragan of Athens in Achaia Prima. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thermae Basilicae A titular see in Cappadocia Prima, suffragan of Caesarea. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thera (Santorin) Diocese in the Cyclades. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theotocopuli, Domenico (El Greco) Spanish artist. Born in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; died at Toledo, 7 April, 1614. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14628a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theophilus Patriarch of Alexandria. (385-412) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14625b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theophanes, Saint Chronicler. (758-817) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodotus of Ancyra, Saint Patron of innkeepers. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14579a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodosius Florentini Born at Münster, in the Grisons, Switzerland, 23 May, 1808; died at Heiden, in Appenzell, 15 Feb., 1865. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14578a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodosiopolis A titular metropolitan see of Thracia Prima. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodorus Lector A lector attached to the Church of St. Sophia of Constantinople in the early part of the sixth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodorus and Theophanes, Saints Brothers, natives of Jerusalem. Championed the veneration of images during the second Iconoclastic controversy in the East. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodoric the Great King of the Ostrogoths. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14576a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodore of Amasea, Saint Martyrdom seems to have taken place 17 Feb., 306, under the Emperors Galerius Maximian and Maximin, for on this day the Menologies give his feast. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14573a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodoret Bishop of Cyrus and theologian, born at Antioch in Syria about 393; died about 457. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14574b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodore of Studium, Saint A zealous champion of the veneration of images and the last geat representative of the unity and independence of the Church in the East. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14574a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia Bishop in Cilicia and ecclesiastical writer. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14571b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury Seventh Archbishop of Canterbury. (602-690) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14571a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodore II, Pope Son of Photius. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14570b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theodore I, Pope Reigned from 642 to 649. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14570a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theobald, Saint French priest. (1017-1066) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14567b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thénard, Louis-Jacques, Baron Chemist. (1777-1857) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14566d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Themisonium A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14566c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Themiscyra A titular see, suffragan of Amasea in the Hellespont. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14566b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theiner, Augustin Theologian and historian. (1804-1874) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14565b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thegan (Degan) of Treves Chronicler, died about 850. Assistant Bishop of Trier and friend of Walafrid Strabo. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14565a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thecla, Saint Benedictine Abbess of Kitzingen and Ochsenfurt; date of birth unknown; d. at Kitzingen about 790 or later. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14563a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thebes Titular see of Thebais Secunda, suffragan of Ptolemais, and the seat of a Coptic Catholic diocese. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14562c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thebes A metropolitan titular see of Achaia Secunda. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14562b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thebaid The valley of the Nile, under Roman domination, was divided into four provinces: Lower and Upper Egypt, Lower and Upper Thebaid. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14561a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theatre, The All forms of the drama were banned by the Fathers of both East and West indiscriminately and in terms of the severest reprobation. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14559a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Theatines A religious order of men, founded by Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, Paolo Consiglieri, Bonifacio da Colle, and Giovanni Pietro Carafa, afterwards Pope Paul IV. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14557a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thasos A titular see in Macedonia, suffragan of Thessalonica. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thænæ A titular see in Africa Byzacena. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thabraca A titular see of Numidia near the sea, between the Armua and the Tusca. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14552a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Texas Includes geography, history, demographic, and government information. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14543a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teruel A suffragan of Saragossa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14525a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tertullian Ecclesiastical writer in the second and third centuries. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Terrasson, André A French preacher, born at Lyons in 1669; died at Paris, 25 April, 1723. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ternan, Saint Bishop of the Picts, flourished in the sixth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Termoli Located on the Italian coast of the Adriatic, having a small harbour near the mouth of the Petraglione. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Termessus A titular see, suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia Secunda. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14517c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne, The Sixteen Blessed Guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé (now called Place de la Nation), Paris, 17 July, 1794. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14517a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teresa of Avila, Saint Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada, born at Avila, Old Castile. (1515-1582) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14515b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tepic A diocese of the Mexican Republic, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Guadalajara. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14513b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teos Titular see; suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14513a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tenney, William Jewett An author, editor, born at Newport, Rhode Island, 1814; died at Newark, New Jersey, 20 Sept., 1883. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14512a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tennessee Includes geography, history, and demographics. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14508a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teniers, David The name of two eminent Flemish landscape painters; the elder, born at Antwerp in 1582; died there in 1649; the younger; born at Antwerp in 1610; died at Brussels in 1694. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14507b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teneriffe Suffragan of Seville, formerly called Nivariensis from Nivaria, the ancient name of the island. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14507a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ten Thousand Martyrs, The On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman Martyrology. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tencin, Pierre-Guérin de French statesman and cardinal. (1680-1758) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14505a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Temple of Jerusalem In the Bible the sanctuary of Jerusalem bears the Hebrew name of Bet Yehovah (house of Jehovah). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14499a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Temple, Sisters of the Established in London for educational purposes at the time of the Crusades. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14498a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Temple The Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14495a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Temperance Movements Covers the history in Europe, the United States, and Canada. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14482a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tempel, Wilhelm German astronomer. (1821-1889) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14479d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Temnus A titular see in Asia, a suffragan of Ephesus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14479c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Temiskaming The Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, suffragan of Ottawa, Canada. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14479b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Te Lucis Ante Terminum The hymn at Compline in the Roman Breviary. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14479a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Telmessus Titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14478c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tellier, Michel Le Commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin to organize the royal army. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14478b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Téllez, Gabriel Spanish priest and poet, better known by his pseudonym of Tirso de Molina. (1571-1648) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14478a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Telesphorus, Pope Saint Reigned about 125-136. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Telesio, Bernardino Italian humanist and philosopher born of a noble family at Cosenza, near Naples, 1508; died there, 1588. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Telese A small town in the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14476a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teleology From Greek telos, end, and logos, science. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14474a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tehuantepec Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Oaxaca. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14473a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tegernsee Benedictine abbey of Bavaria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14471b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Te Deum, The An abbreviated title commonly given a hymn in rhythmical prose, of which the opening words, Te Deum Laudamus, formed its earliest known title. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taylor, Ven. Hugh English martyr. (d. 1585) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taylor, Frances Margaret Superior General, and foundress of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God. (1832-1900) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taxster, John de Sometimes erroneously called Taxter or Taxston. A thirteenth-century chronicler, of whose life nothing is known except that he was professed as a Benedictine at Bury St. Edmund's 20 Nov., 1244. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taxa Innocentiana A Decree issued by Innocent XI, 1 Oct., 1678, regulating the fees that may be demanded or accepted by episcopal chancery offices for various acts, instruments, or writings. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tavium A titular see in Galatia Prima, suffragan of Ancyra. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tavistock Abbey Located on the Tavy River in Devonshire, England, founded for Benedictine monks in 961. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14466c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taunton, Ethelred Writer, born at Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, 17 Oct., 1857; died in London, 9 May, 1907. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14466a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tauler, John German Dominican, mystic and preacher. (1300-1361) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14465c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taubaté Diocese in Brazil, South America, established on 29 April, 1908, as a suffragan of Sãn Paulo. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14465b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tatwin, Saint Archbishop of Canterbury; died 30 July, 734. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14465a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tatian A second-century apologist about whose antecedents and early history nothing can be affirmed with certainty except that he was born in Assyria and that he was trained in Greek philosophy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14464b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tassoni, Alessandro Italian poet. (1565-1635) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14464a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tasso, Torquato Italian poet. (1544-1595) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14463d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tassin, René-Prosper French historian, belonging to the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur. (1697-1777) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14463c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tassach, Saint Irish saint, born in the first decade of the fifth century; died about 497. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14463a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taschereau, Elzéar-Alexandre Archbishop of Quebec and first Canadian cardinal. (1820-1898) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14462b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tartini, Giuseppe Violinist, composer, and theorist. (1692-1770) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14462a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarsicius, Saint Roman martyr. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14461a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarragona Its suffragans are Barcelona, Lérida, Gerona, Urgel, Vich, Tortosa, and Solsona. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14459a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarquini, Camillus Cardinal, Jesuit canonist and archaeologist. (1810-1874) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14458c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarkin, Saint Eighth-century Scottish bishop. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14458a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarisel, Pierre Master-mason to the king, b. about 1442; d. in August, 1510. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14457a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Targum The distinctive designation of the Aramaic translations or paraphrases of the Old Testament. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14454b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarentaise Comprises the arrondissement of Moutiers in the Department of Savoie; it is also sometimes called the Diocese of Moutiers en Tarentaise, and is suffragan of Chambéry. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14454a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarbes The Diocese of Tarbes comprises the Department of the Hautes-Pyrenees (ancient territory of Bigorre). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14453a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarasius, Saint Patriarch of Constantinople, date of birth unknown; died 25 February, 806. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarapacá Situated in Chile, bounded on the north by the canon of the Camarones and on the south by the Loa River. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taranto Diocese in southern Italy, on a bay in the Gulf of Taranto. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tarabotti, Helena Nun and authoress, b. at Venice, 1605; d. there 1652. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tapis, Esteban Entered the Franciscan Order at Gerona, 27 Jan., 1778, and joined the missionary College of San Fernando, Mexico, in 1786. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tapestry A fabric in which the two processes of weaving and embroidering are combined. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14449b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taos Pueblo Town of the Pueblo group, inhabited by Indians speaking the Tigua language of Shoshonean linguistic stock. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14448a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tanucci, Bernardo Marchese, Italian statesman, born at Stia in Tuscany, of poor family, in 1698 died at Naples, 29 April, 1793. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14446a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tanner, Edmund Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland, 1574-1579; born about 1526; died 1579. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14444c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tanner, Conrad Abbot of Einsiedeln, born at Arth in the Canton of Schwyz, 28 Dec., 1752; died 7 April, 1825. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14444b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tanner, Adam Controversialist, born at Innsbruck in 1571; died at Unken, 25 May, 1632. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14444a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tanis A titular see, suffragan of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima, capital of the fourteenth district of Lower Egypt. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14443b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tanguay, Cyprien Genealogist, born at Quebec, 1819; died 1902. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14443a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taney, Roger Brooke Fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14442c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tancred Prince of Antioch, born about 1072; died at Antioch, 12 Dec., 1112. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14442b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tanagra A titular see in Hellas, suffragan of Corinth. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14442a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tamisier, Marie-Marthe-Baptistine Initiator of international Eucharistic congresses, born at Tours, 1 Nov., 1834; died there 20 June, 1910. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14441c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tametsi The first word of Chapter 1, Session 24, of the Council of Trent. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14441b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tamburini, Thomas Moral theologian. (1591-1675) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14441a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tamburini, Michelangelo Fourteenth General of the Society of Jesus. (1648-1730) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tamaulipas Diocese in the Mexican Republic, suffragan of Linares. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tamassus A titular see in Cyprus, suffragan of Salamis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Talon, Pierre A French-Canadian explorer, born at Quebec, 1676. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14439b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Talon, Nicolas French Jesuit, historian, and ascetical writer. (1605-1691) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14439a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Talon, Jean First intendant in exercise of New France. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14438a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tradition and Living Magisterium The word tradition refers sometimes to the thing (doctrine, account, or custom) transmitted from one generation to another sometimes to the organ or mode of the transmission. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Talbot, Thomas Joseph Brother of the fourteenth Earl of Shrewsbury, and of Bishop James Talbot. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14434a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Types in Scripture Offers several definitions. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15107a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trithemius, John Scholar and Benedictine abbot. (1462-1516) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15062a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Talbot, Peter Archbishop of Dublin, 1669-1680; b. at Malahide, Dublin, in 1620. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14432c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tuam The Archdiocese of Tuam, the metropolitan see of Connacht, extends, roughly speaking, from the Shannon westwards to the sea, and comprises half of County Galway, and nearly half of Mayo, with a small portion of south Roscommon. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Turin, Shroud of This name given to a relic now preserved at Turin, for which the claim is made that it is the actual "clean linen cloth" in which Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus Christ. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13762a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tunja Diocese established in 1880 as a suffragan of Bogotá, in the Republic of Colombia, South America. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15090a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Turin The chief town of a civil province in Piedmont and was formerly the capital of the Duchy of Savoy and of the Kingdom of Sardinia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tunis French protectorate on the northern coast of Africa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15088a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tunic A vestment shaped like a sack, which has in the closed upper part only a slit for putting the garment over the head, and, on the sides, either sleeves or slits through which the arms can be passed. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15087a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tulle Diocese comprising the Department of Corrèze. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15086c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Truth Defines ontological, logical, and moral truth. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15073a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tudela Diocese in Spain. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15085b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tucumán Suffragan to Buenos Aires, erected from the Diocese of Salta on 15 February, 1897. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15085a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trujillo Diocese comprising the Departments of Lambayeque, Libertad, Pinra, and the Province of Tumbes, in North-west Peru, formed by Gregory XIII. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15070b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tucson Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15084b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tubunae A titular see in Mauretania Caesariensis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15084a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Troyes Diocese comprising the Department of Aube. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15067a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Triple-Candlestick A name given along with several others to a church ornament used only in the office of Holy Saturday. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15058b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tschupick, John Nepomuk A celebrated preacher, b. at Vienna, 7 or 12 April, 1729; d. there, 20 July, 1784. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trustee System In the exercise of inherent rights of administering property, the Church often appoints deputies. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15071b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Todi Diocese in Central Italy; immediately dependent on the Holy See. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14754a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tunsted, Simon English Minorite. (d. 1369) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Thirkeld, Blessed Richard (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13046b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Talbot, James Fourth son of George Talbot and brother of the fourteenth Earl of Shrewsbury. Chiefly known for having been the last priest to be indicted in the public courts for saying Mass. (1726-1790) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14432a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Treason, Accusations of A common misrepresentation concerning the Elizabethan persecution of English and Irish Catholics from 1570 onwards is the statement that the victims devoted to imprisonment, torture, and death suffered not for their religious belief but for treason against the queen and her government. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville, Marquis de Viceroy of New France, born in France, 1603, of noble parents; died there in 1670. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trondhjem, Ancient See of In 997 Olaf Trygvesson founded at the mouth of the River Nid the city of Nidaros, afterwards called Trondhjem. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15064a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trope A collective name which, since about the close of the Middle Ages or a little later, has been applied to texts of great variety (in both poetry and prose) written for the purpose of amplifying and embellishing an independently complete liturgical text. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15065a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trumpets, Feast of The first day of Tishri (October), the seventh month of the Hebrew year. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15070c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trinity Sunday The first Sunday after Pentecost, instituted to honour the Most Holy Trinity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15058a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tunstall, Venerable Thomas Martyred at Norwich, 13 July, 1616. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trullo, Council in Held in 692 under Justinian II. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04311b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trivento Diocese in southern Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trueba, Antonio de Spanish poet and folklorist. (1821-1889) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15070a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trokelowe, John de A Benedictine monk of St. Albans and monastic chronicler still living in 1330, but the dates of whose birth and death are unknown. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063e.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trumwin, Saint Consecrated by St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a missionary bishop among the Picts, and was consequently regarded later as the first Bishop of Whithorn, in Galloway. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15071a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trudpert, Saint Seventh-century missionary in Germany. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo Mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. (1397-1482) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14786a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trocmades Titular see of Galatia Secunda, suffragan of Pessinus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tricca Titular see, suffragan of Larissa in Thessaly. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trent, Council of Main object was the definitive determination of the doctrines of the Church in answer to the heresies of the Protestants. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trinity, The Blessed The term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion, the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these three persons being truly distinct one from another. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tritheists Heretics who divide the Substance of the Blessed Trinity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15061b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Taigi, Blessed Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Born at Siena, Italy, 29 May, 1769; died at Rome, 9 June, 1837. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14430b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Troas A suffragan of Cyzicus in the Hellespont. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tricassin, Charles Joseph Theologian of the Capuchin Order, b. at Troyes; d. in 1681. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trani and Barletta Diocese in Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tremithus Titular see, suffragan of Salamis in Cyprus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trier Diocese; suffragan of Cologne. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15042a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tregian, Francis Confessor, born in Cornwall, 1548; died at Lisbon, 25 Sept., 1608. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tripolis A Maronite and Melchite diocese, in Syria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15060a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha Martyrs whose feast is observed in the Latin Church on 10 November. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tertiaries Known as "Third Orders", those persons who live according to the Third Rule of religious orders, either outside of a monastery in the world, or in a religious community. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tricarico, Diocese of Located in the Province of Potenza in the Basilicata (Southern Italy), near the River Perrola. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tricomia Titular see, suffragan of Caesarea in Palaestina Prima. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Triduum Three days. Frequently chosen for prayer or for other devout practices. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Traditionalism A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15013a.htm
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