Web Directory

» D'Avenant, Sir William
   Poet and dramatist, b. Feb., 1605-6, at Oxford, England; d. in London, 7 April, 1668.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04639b.htm

» Da Ponte, Lorenzo
   Poet, b. at Cenada, Italy, 1749; d. in New York, 17 Aug., 1838.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634a.htm

» Dablon, Claude
   Jesuit missionary, born at Dieppe, France, in February, 1618; died at Quebec, 3 May, 1697.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04601a.htm

» Dabrowski, Joseph
   Founder of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Detroit. (d. 1903)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032a.htm

» Dacca
   Diocese in Bengal, India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04601b.htm

» Dacier, André
   A French philologist, born at Castres, 6 April, 1651; died 18 September, 1722.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602a.htm

» Dacier, Anne
   The wife of André Dacier, born at Saumur in 1651; died 17 April 1720.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602b.htm

» Dagon
   A Philistine deity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602c.htm

» Daguesseau, Henri-François
   Chancellor of France, born at Limoges, 27 November, 1668; died at Paris, 5 February, 1751.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04603a.htm

» Dahomey
   The Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, in West Africa, is territorially identical with the French colony of the same name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04603b.htm

» Dalberg, Adolphus von
   Prince-Abbot of Fulda and founder of the university in the same city, born 29 May, 1678; died 3 November, 1737.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04604a.htm

» Dalgairns, John Dobree
   Born in the island of Guernsey, 21 Oct., 1818; d. 6 April, 1876, at St. George's Retreat, Burgess Hill, near Brighton, England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04604b.htm

» Dallas
   Diocese created in 1890, comprising 108 counties in the northern and north-western portion of the State of Texas, U.S.A.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04605b.htm

» Dalley, William Bede
   Lawyer and statesman, born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1831; died there 28 October, 1888.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04606a.htm

» Dalmatia
   A part of the Kingdom of Croatia according to a convention entered into between Croatia and Hungary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04606b.htm

» Dalmatic
   The outer liturgical vestment of the deacon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04608a.htm

» Dalton, John
   Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04609a.htm

» Damaraland
   The middle part of the German colony, German Southwest Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04610b.htm

» Damascus
   It is mentioned in the Bible at the time of Abraham (Gen., xiv, 15; xv, 2); also on the pylons of Karnak, among the Syrian cities captured by the Pharaoh Touthmes III.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04611a.htm

» Damasus I, Pope Saint
   Damasus, who had to contend with an antipope, condemned Apollinarianism, and persuaded St. Jerome to undertake the revision of the Latin Bible, died in 384.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04613a.htm

» Damasus II, Pope
   A native of Bavaria and the third German to be elevated to the See of Peter.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614a.htm

» Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand
   Church historian, born 1 March, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria; died 1 April, 1859, at Schäftlarn.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614b.htm

» Damien, Father (Joseph de Veuster)
   Biography of the Belgian missionary priest to the leper colony on Molokai.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615a.htm

» Damietta
   An Egyptian titular see for the Latins and the Catholic Melchite Greeks, in Augustamnica Prima.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615b.htm

» Damão
   Suffragan to Goa, and situated in Portuguese India and the British Government of Bombay.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04610a.htm

» Dan
   The fifth son of Jacob, being the elder of the two sons born to him by Bala, the handmaid of Rachel, and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe bearing the same name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615c.htm

» Danaba
   A titular see of Phænicia Secunda.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04616a.htm

» Dance of Death
   Originally a species of spectacular play akin to the English moralities. It has been traced back to the middle of the fourteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04617a.htm

» Dancing
   The origin of dancing is from the natural tendency to employ gesture either to supplement or to replace speech.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04618b.htm

» Dandolo, Enrico
   Doge of Venice from 1192 to 1205; died, aged about a hundred years, in 1205.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04619a.htm

» Daniel
   The hero and traditional author of the book which bears his name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04620a.htm

» Daniel Comboni, Saint
   Short biographical profile of this nineteenth-century Italian missionary to Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04152b.htm

» Daniel of Winchester
   Bishop of the West Saxons, and ruler of the See of Winchester from 705 to 744; died in 745.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627c.htm

» Daniel, Book of
   In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant versions, the Book of Daniel is limited to its proto-canonical portions. In the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and many other ancient and modern translations of the Bible, it comprises both its proto- and its d
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621b.htm

» Daniel, Charles
   Founded the "Etudes de théologie et d' histoire", a magazine with monthly publication. (1818-1893)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626a.htm

» Daniel, Gabriel
   Historian and controversialist, born at Rouen, France, 8 Feb., 1649; died at Paris, 23 June, 1728.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626b.htm

» Daniel, John
   Priest and professor, Born 1745; died in Paris, 3 October, 1823.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627a.htm

» Daniel, Saint, and Companions
   Franciscan missionaries and martyrs, d. 10 October, 1227.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627b.htm

» Dansara
   A titular see in Osrhoene.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627d.htm

» Dante Alighieri
   An annotated (in linked hypertext) biography of the poet.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04628a.htm

» Danti, Ignazio
   Mathematician and cosmographer, b. at Perugia, Italy, 1537; d. at Alatri, 19 Oct., 1586.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633a.htm

» Danti, Vincenzo
   Sculptor, brother of Ignazio, b. at Perugia, 1530; d. 24 May, 1576.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633b.htm

» Dantine, Maurus
   Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, and chronologist, born at Gourieux near Namur, Belgium, 1 April, 1688; died in the monastery of the "Blancs-Manteaux", Paris, 3 November, 1746.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633c.htm

» Darboy, Georges
   Archbishop of Paris and ecclesiastical writer, b. at Fayl-Billot, near Langres, 1813; killed by Communists at Paris, 24 May, 1871.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634b.htm

» Dardanus
   A titular see in the province of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634c.htm

» Dardel, Jean
   Friar Minor of the French province of the order, chronicler of Armenia in the fourteenth century, adviser and confessor to King Leo V (or VI) of Armenia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635a.htm

» Darerca, Saint
   Sister of St. Patrick and the mother of many saints.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635b.htm

» Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine-Elisabeth
   Historian and professor, b. in Paris, 25 October, 1820; d. at Lucenay-lès-Aix, 6 August, 1882.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635c.htm

» Darnis
   Titular see of Libya.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635d.htm

» Darras, Joseph-Epiphane
   Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636a.htm

» Darrell, William
   Theologian, b. 1651, in Buckinghamshire, England; d. 28 Feb., 1721, at St. Omer's, France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636b.htm

» Dates and Dating
   In classical Latin even before the time of Christ it was usual for correspondents to indicate when and where their letters were written.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636c.htm

» Daubrée, Gabriel-Auguste
   French geologist, b. at Metz, 25 June, 1814; d. at Paris, 29 May, 1896.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04638a.htm

» Daulia
   A titular see of Greece.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04638b.htm

» Daumer, Georg Friedrich
   German poet and philosopher, b. at Nuremberg, 5 March, 1800; d. at Wurzburg, 14 December, 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04639a.htm

» Davenport
   Diocese erected 8 May, 1881, in the four southern tiers of counties in Iowa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04640a.htm

» Davenport, Christopher
   Theologian, b. 1598, at Coventry, England, d. 31 May, 1680.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04639c.htm

» David Scotus
   A medieval Irish chronicler, date of birth unknown; d. 1139.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04645b.htm

» David of Augsburg
   Medieval German mystic, b. probably at Augsburg, Bavaria, early in the thirteenth century; d. at Augsburg, 19 November, 1272.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04644a.htm

» David of Dinant
   A pantheistic philosopher who lived in the first decades of the thirteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04645a.htm

» David, Armand
   Missionary priest and zoologist, b. 1826; d. 1900.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04641a.htm

» David, Gheeraert
   Painter and illuminator. (1450-1523)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642a.htm

» David, King
   In the Bible the name David is borne only by the second king of Israel, the great-grandson of Boaz and Ruth.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642b.htm

» David, Saint
   Also known as Dewi or Degui. Biography of this bishop and confessor, the patron saint of Wales.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04640b.htm

» Davila Padilla
   Writer, Bishop of Santo Domingo. A native of the City of Mexico, b. 1562; d. 1604.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04646b.htm

» Dawson, Aeneas McDonnell
   Author, b. in Scotland, 30 July, 1810; d. in Ottawa, Canada, 29 Dec., 1894.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04646c.htm

» Dax, Diocese of
   Suppressed French diocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032b.htm

» Day, George
   Bishop of Chichester; b. in Shropshire, England, c. 1501; d. 2 August, 1556.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647a.htm

» Day, John Charles, Sir
   Jurist, b. near Bath, England, 1826; d. 13 June, 1908, at Newbury.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647b.htm

» De L'Orme, Philibert
   Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a little later; died at Paris, 8 January, 1570.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700b.htm

» De La Croix, Charles
   Missionary, b. at Hoorbeke-St-Corneille, Belgium, 28 Oct., 1792; d. at Ghent, 20 Aug., 1869.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04689a.htm

» De Lisle, Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps
   Born 17 March, 1809; died 5 March, 1878.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698c.htm

» De Paul University
   In Chicago, the outgrowth of St. Vincent's College, which opened in Sept., 1898.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15203a.htm

» De Profundis
   "Out of the depths". First words of Psalm 129.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738b.htm

» De Rossi, Giovanni Battista
   Christian archaeologist, best known for his work in connection with the Roman catacombs. (1822-1894)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739c.htm

» De Smet, Pierre-Jean
   Missionary among the North American Indians, b. at Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, 30 Jan., 1801; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 23 May, 1873.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04752a.htm

» De Soto, Hernando
   Explorer and conqueror, born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; died on the banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04753a.htm

» De Vere, Aubrey Thomas Hunt
   Poet, critic, and essayist, b. at Curragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, 10 January, 1814; died there, 21 January, 1902.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04763a.htm

» Deaconesses
   Offers history and functions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04651a.htm

» Deacons
   The name means only minister or servant, and is employed in this sense both in the Septuagint (though only in the book of Esther, and in the New Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647c.htm

» Dead Sea
   The name given to the lake that lies on the south-eastern border of Palestine.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04658a.htm

» Dead, Prayers for the
   Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle's Creed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04653a.htm

» Dean
   One of the principal administrative officials of a diocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04659a.htm

» Dease, Thomas
   Bishop of Meath, born in Ireland, 1568; died at Galway, 1651.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660b.htm

» Death, Preparation for
   Includes the steps taken, such as calling a priest, winding up earthly affairs, and confession.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660c.htm

» Debbora
   Prophetess and judge, wife of Lapidoth and endowed by God with prophetic gifts which secured for her the veneration of the divided Israelitic tribes and gave her great authority over them.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04663a.htm

» Debt
   That which is owed or due to another; in general, anything which one person is under an obligation to pay or render to another.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04663b.htm

» Decalogue
   The term employed to designate the collection of precepts written on two tables of stone and given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04664a.htm

» Decapolis
   Name given in the Bible and by ancient writers to a region in Palestine lying to the east and south of the Sea of Galilee.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04664b.htm

» Dechamps, Adolphe
   Belgian statesman and publicist, brother of Cardinal Dechamps, born at Melle near Ghent, 17 June, 1807, died at Manage, 19 July, 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04665a.htm

» Dechamps, Victor Augustin Isidore
   Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechlin, and Primate of Belgium; born at Melle near Ghent 6 Dec., 1810; died 29 Sept., 1883, at Mechlin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04665b.htm

» Decius
   Roman Emperor 249-251.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04666a.htm

» Decker, Hans
   A German sculptor of the middle of the fifteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04666b.htm

» Decorations, Pontifical
   The titles of nobility, orders of Christian knighthood and other marks of honour and distinction which the papal court confers upon men of unblemished character who have in any way promoted the interests of society, the Church, and the Holy See.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04667a.htm

» Decree
   In a general sense, an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others. In ecclesiastical use it has various meanings. Any papal Bull, Brief, or Motu Proprio is a decree inasmuch as these documents are legislative acts of the Holy Fa
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04670a.htm

» Decretals, Papal
   In the wide sense the term decretalis signifies a pontifical letter containing a decretum, or pontifical decision. In a narrower sense it denotes a decision on a matter of discipline. In the strictest sense of the word, it means a rescript, an answer of t
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04670b.htm

» Dedication
   A term which, though sometimes used of persons who are consecrated to God's service, is more properly applied to the "setting aside" of places for a special and sacred purpose.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04673a.htm

» Dedication, Feast of the
   Also called the Feast of the Machabees and Feast of Lights.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04673b.htm

» Deduction
   An argument or reasoning process, that kind of mediate inference by which from truths already known we advance to a knowledge of other truths necessarily implied in the former; the mental product or result of that process. Also a method, the deductive met
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04674a.htm

» Deer, Abbey of
   A once famous Scotch monastery. According to the Celtic legend St. Columcille, his disciple Drostan, and others, went from Hy (Iona) into Buchan and established an important missionary centre at Deer on the banks of the Ugie on lands given him by the morm
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04674b.htm

» Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
   An official whose duty is to defend the marriage-bond in the procedure prescribed for the hearing of matrimonial causes which involve the validity or nullity of a marriage already contracted.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04675a.htm

» Definitions, Theological
   An irrevocable decision, by which the supreme teaching authority in the Church decides a question appertaining to faith or morals, and which binds the whole Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04675b.htm

» Definitor (in Canon Law)
   An official in secular deaneries and in certain religious orders.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04676a.htm

» Definitors (in Religious Orders)
   Generally speaking, the governing council of an order.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677a.htm

» Deger, Ernst
   Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in Düsseldorf, 27 Jan., 1885.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677b.htm

» Degradation
   A canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office, benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced to the state of a layman, losing the privileges of the cleri
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677c.htm

» Deharbe, Joseph
   Theologian, catechist, b. at Straburg, Alsace, 11 April, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, 8 November, 1871.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04678a.htm

» Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia
   A formulæ added to the titles of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679a.htm

» Deicolus, Saint
   Or Dichuil. Elder brother of St. Gall and missionary companion of St. Columbanus. Deicolus died in 625.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04678b.htm

» Deism
   Historical survey and critique.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm

» Deity
   This article is confined to the non-Christian notion of the Deity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04683a.htm

» Delacroix, Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène
   Artist's biography with bibliography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04689b.htm

» Delaroche, Hippolyte
   Painter, born at Paris, 17 July, 1797; died 4 November, 1856.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691a.htm

» Delatores
   A term used by the Synod of Elvira (c. 306) to stigmatize those Christians who appeared as accusers of their brethren.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691b.htm

» Delaware
   One of the original thirteen of the United States of America.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04692a.htm

» Delaware Indians
   An important tribal confederacy of Algonquian stock originally holding the basin of the Delaware River, in Eastern Pennsylvania.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04695a.htm

» Delcus
   A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Philippopolis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04696a.htm

» Delegation
   A delegation is the commission to another of jurisdiction, which is to be exercised in the name of the person delegating. Jurisdiction is defined as the power of anyone who has public authority and pre-eminence over others for their rule and government.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04696b.htm

» Delfau, François
   Theologian, born 1637 at Montel in Auvergne, France; died 13 Oct., 1676.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04697a.htm

» Delfino, Pietro
   A theologian, born at Venice in 1444; died 16 Jan., 1525.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698a.htm

» Delilah
   The woman who deceived and betrayed Samson.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04605a.htm

» Delille, Jacques
   French abbé and litterateur, born at Aigueperse, 22 June, 1738; died at Paris, 1 May, 1813.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698b.htm

» Delisle, Guillaume
   Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in Paris; died there 25 January, 1726.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700a.htm

» Delphine, Blessed
   Third Order Franciscan, the wife of St. Elzéar. She died in 1358.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701a.htm

» Delrio, Martin Anton
   Scholar, statesman, Jesuit theologian, born at Antwerp, 17 May, 1551; died at Louvain, 19 October, 1608.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701b.htm

» Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the
   Situated in the north of Egypt and comprises four of the six provinces forming Lower Egypt, namely: Gharbieh, Charkieb, Menufieh, and Kalyiubieh.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701c.htm

» Deluge
   A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1-ix, 19.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04702a.htm

» Demers, Modeste
   Missionary in Pacific Northwest. (1809-1871)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04706a.htm

» Demetrius
   The name of two Syrian kings mentioned in the Old Testament and two other persons in the New Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04707a.htm

» Demetrius, Saint
   The first bishop of Alexandria of whom anything is known. Appointed Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later condemned him for being ordained to the presbyterate without authorization. Demetrius died in 231.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04706b.htm

» Demiurge
   The word means literally a public worker, demioergós, demiourgós, and was originally used to designate any craftsman plying his craft or trade for the use of the public. Soon, however, technítes and other words began to be used to designate the common
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04707b.htm

» Democracy, Christian
   Article representing Christian democracy as the ensemble of Catholic doctrine, organization, and action in the field of popular social questions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04708a.htm

» Demon
   In Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04710a.htm

» Demoniacs
   Article concerned with the demonic possession in the New Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04711a.htm

» Demonology
   The science or doctrine concerning demons.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04713a.htm

» Dempster, Thomas
   Savant, professor, and author. (1579-1625)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04717a.htm

» Denaut, Pierre
   Tenth Bishop of Quebec, b. at Montreal, 20 July, 1743; d. at Longueuil in 1806.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04717b.htm

» Denes
   An aboriginal race of North America, also called Athapaskans and known earlier among earlier ethnologists as Tinne or Tinneh.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04717c.htm

» Denifle, Heinrich Seuse
   Paleographer and historian. (1844-1905)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04719a.htm

» Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael
   Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at Vienna, 29 Sept., 1800.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04721b.htm

» Denis, Joseph
   The first Canadian to join the Recollects of the Friars Minor. (1657-1736)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722a.htm

» Denis, Saint
   Bishop of Paris, martyred along with his deacons Rusticus and Eleutherius in about 275.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04721a.htm

» Denman, William
   Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 12 September, 1870.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722b.htm

» Denmark
   History includes politics, religion, literary, and art.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722c.htm

» Denonville, Seigneur and Marquis de
   Governor of New France, born in 1638 at Denonville in the department of Eure-et-Loir, France; died 1710.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04732a.htm

» Dens, Peter
   Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, 15 February, 1775.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733a.htm

» Denunciation
   Making known the crime of another to one who is his superior.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733b.htm

» Denver
   A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fé, erected in 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733c.htm

» Denys the Carthusian, Blessed
   Sometimes called the last of the Schoolmen, devoted to prayer, avid reader whose favorite author was Pseudo-Dionysius. Author of commentaries, sermons, and theological and philosophical treatises. He died in 1471.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04734a.htm

» Denza, Francesco
   Italian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Naples, 7 June, 1834; d. at Rome, 14 December, 1894.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736a.htm

» Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus
   Theologian of the modern Catholic German school and author of the "Enchiridion" universally used, b. 10 Oct., 1819, at Liege; d. 19 June, 1883.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736b.htm

» Deo Gratias
   An old liturgical formula of the Latin Church to give thanks to God for graces received.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737a.htm

» Deposition
   An ecclesiastical vindictive penalty by which a cleric is forever deprived of his office or benefice and of the right of exercising the functions of his orders.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737b.htm

» Deprés, Josquin
   Article about his life and work, especially the religious dynamic in his compositions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738a.htm

» Derbe
   A titular see of Lycaonia, Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738c.htm

» Dereser, Anton
   Discalced Carmelite, born at Fahr in Franconia, 3 February, 1757; died at Breslau, 15 or 16 June, 1807.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739a.htm

» Derogation
   The partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739b.htm

» Derry
   Includes nearly all the County Derry, part of Donegal, and a large portion of Tyrone, Ireland; it is a suffragan of Armagh.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04742a.htm

» Derry, School of
   This was the first foundation of St. Columba, the great Apostle of Scotland, and one of the three patron saints of Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04743a.htm

» Desains, Paul-Quentin
   Physicist, b. at St-Quentin, France, 12 July, 1817; d. at Paris, 3 May, 1885.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04743b.htm

» Desault, Pierre-Joseph
   Surgeon and anatomist, b. at Magny-Vernois a small town of Franche-Comté, France, in 1744; d. 1 June, 1795.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04744a.htm

» Descartes, René
   Philosopher and scientist, born at La Haye France, 31 March, 1596; died at Stockholm, Sweden, 11 February 1650.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04744b.htm

» Deschamps, Eustache
   Also called Morel, on account of his dark complexion; b. at Vertus in Champagne between 1338 and 1340; d. about 1410.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04748a.htm

» Deschamps, Nicolas
   Polemical writer, born at Villefranche (Rhône), France, 1797; died at Aix-en-Provence, 1872.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04748b.htm

» Desclée, Henri and Jules
   Nineteenth-century Belgian monks.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032c.htm

» Desecration
   The loss of that peculiar quality of sacredness, which inheres in places and things in virtue of the constitutive blessing of the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04748c.htm

» Desert
   The word wilderness, which is more frequently used than desert of the region of the Exodus, more nearly approaches the meaning of the Hebrew.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04749a.htm

» Desertion
   Brief explanation of the different situations to which this concept applies in canon law.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04750a.htm

» Deshon, George
   Paulist priest, died in 1903.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04750b.htm

» Desiderius of Cahors, Saint
   Bishop of Cahors, promoted monasticism, d. 655.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04751a.htm

» Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean
   A French dramatist and novelist, born in Paris, 1595, died there, 1676.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04751b.htm

» Despair
   The voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope of saving one's soul and of having the means required for that end.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04755a.htm

» Despretz, César-Mansuète
   Chemist and physicist, b. at Lessines, Belgium, 11 May, 1798; d. at Paris, 11 May, 1863.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04755b.htm

» Desservants
   The name of a class of French parish priests.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04756a.htm

» Desurmont, Achille
   Ascetical writer, b. at Tourcoing, France, 23 Dec., 1828; d. 23 July, 1898.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04756b.htm

» Determinism
   A name employed by writers, especially since J. Stuart Mill, to denote the philosophical theory which holds, in opposition to the doctrine of free will, that all man's volitions are invariably determined by pre-existing circumstances.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04756c.htm

» Detraction
   The unjust damaging of another's good name by the revelation of some fault or crime of which that other is really guilty or at any rate is seriously believed to be guilty by the defamer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04757a.htm

» Detroit
   Diocese established 8 March, 1838. Suffragan of Cincinnati.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04758b.htm

» Detré, William
   French missionary. (b. 1668)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04758a.htm

» Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende
   These words form the introductory prayer to every Hour of the Roman, monastic, and Ambrosian Breviaries, except during the last three days of Holy Week, and in the Office of the Dead.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04761a.htm

» Deusdedit, Cardinal
   Joined the Benedictine Order and became a zealous promoter of ecclesiastical reforms in the latter half of the eleventh century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04760c.htm

» Deusdedit, Pope Saint
   Also known as Pope Adeodatus I, d. 618.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04760a.htm

» Deusdedit, Saint
   First Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 664.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04760b.htm

» Deuteronomy
   This term occurs in Deut., xvii, 18 and Jos., viii, 32, and is the title of one of the five books of the Pentateuch.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04761b.htm

» Deutinger, Martin
   Philosopher and religious writer, b. in Langenpreising, Bavaria, 24 March, 1815; d. at Pfäfers, Switzerland, 9 Sept., 1864.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04761c.htm

» Devas, Charles Stanton
   Political economist, b. at Woodside, Old Windsor, England, of Protestant parents, 26 August, 1848; d. 6 November, 1906.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04762a.htm

» Devereux, John C.
   Irish immigrant to New York. (1774-1848)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16033a.htm

» Devereux, Nicholas
   Born near Enniscorthy, Ireland, 7 June, 1791; died at Utica, New York, 29 Dec., 1855, was the youngest brother of John C. Devereux.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16033b.htm

» Devil
   The name commonly given to the fallen angels, who are also known as demons. With the article (ho) it denotes Lucifer, their chief, as in Matthew 25:41, "the Devil and his angels".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04764a.htm

» Devil Worship
   Fathers and theologians explain the matter as, the fallen angels besides tempting and assailing men in other ways have, by working on their fears or exciting their cupidity, brought them to give worship to themselves under the guise of idols.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04767a.htm

» Devolution
   The right of an ecclesiastical superior to provide for a benefice, when the ordinary patron or collator has failed to do so, either through negligence or by the nomination of an improper candidate.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04768a.htm

» Devoti, Giovani
   Canonist, born at Rome, 11 July, 1744; died there 18 Sept., 1820.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04768b.htm

» Deymann, Clementine
   Priest and prison chaplain. Born at Klein-Stavern, Oldenburg, Germany, 24 June, 1844; died at Phoenix, Arizona.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04768c.htm

» Deza, Diego
   Patron of Columbus. (1444-1523)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16033c.htm

» Dhuoda
   Wife of Bernard, Duke of Septimania.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04769a.htm

» Diaconicum
   In the Greek Church, the liturgical book specifying the functions of the deacon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04769b.htm

» Diakovár
   See of the Bishop of the united Dioceses of Bosnia or Diakovár and Syrmia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04769c.htm

» Dialectic
   Greek dialektike (techne or methodos), the dialectic art or method, from dialegomai I converse, discuss, dispute; as noun also dialectics; as adjective, dialectical.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04770a.htm

» Diamantina
   Located in the north of the state of Minas Geraes, Brazil, South America; created under the Brazilian Empire, 10 Aug., 1853, and confirmed by the Holy See, 6 June, 1854.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04772a.htm

» Diana, Antonino
   Moral theologian, born of a noble family at Palermo, Sicily, in 1586; died at Rome, 20 July, 1663.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04773a.htm

» Diano
   Diocese and small city in the province of Salermo, Italy; the ancient Tegianum and seat of the Tegyani, a tribe of Lucania.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04773b.htm

» Diario Romano
   A booklet published annually at Rome, with papal authorization, giving the routine of feasts and fasts to be observed in Rome and the ecclesiastical functions to be performed in the city.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04773c.htm

» Diarmaid, Saint
   Brief biographies of two Irish saints of this name. The first mentioned was Archbishop of Armagh, and died in 851 or 852. The second, St. Diarmaid the Just, was a monastic founder and distinguished writer of the mid-sixth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775a.htm

» Dias, Bartolomeu
   A famous Portuguese navigator of the fifteenth century, discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope; died at sea, 29 May, 1500.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm

» Diaspora
   The name given to the countries (outside of Palestine) through which the Jews were dispersed, and secondarily to the Jews living in those countries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775c.htm

» Dibon
   A Latin titular see. The site is mentioned in Scripture, and is near Damascus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777b.htm

» Dicastillo, Juan de
   Jesuit theologian. (1584-1653)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777c.htm

» Dicconson, Edward
   Titular Bishop of Malla, or Mallus, Vicar Apostolic of the English Northern District; b. 30 Nov., 1670; d. 5 May, 1752.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777d.htm

» Diceto, Ralph de
   Dean of St. Paul's, London, and chronicler.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04778a.htm

» Dichu, Saint
   The son of an Ulster chieftain, was the first convert of St. Patrick in Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04778b.htm

» Dicuil
   Irish monk and geographer, b. in the second half of the eighth century; date of death unknown.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04778c.htm

» Didache
   A short treatise which was accounted by some of the Fathers as next to Holy Scripture.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04779a.htm

» Didacus, Saint
   Franciscan lay brother, d. 1463.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04781a.htm

» Didascalia Apostolorum
   A treatise which pretends to have been written by the Apostles at the time of the Council of Jerusalem (Acts, xv), but is really a composition of the third century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04781b.htm

» Didon, Henri
   Preacher, writer, and educator, b. 17 March, 1840, at Touvet (Isère), France; d. 13 March, 1900, at Toulouse.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04782a.htm

» Didot
   Preacher, writer, and educator, b. 17 March, 1840, at Touvet (Isère), France; d. 13 March, 1900, at Toulouse.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04782b.htm

» Didron, Adolphe-Napoleon
   Also called Didron aîné; archaeologist; together with Viollet-le-Duc and Caumont, one of the principal revivers of Christian art in France; b. 13 March, 1806, d. 13 November, 1867.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04783a.htm

» Didymus the Blind
   Layman, one of the principal opponents of Arianism. Born about 310-313; died about 395-398.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04784a.htm

» Diego y Moreno, Francisco Garcia
   First bishop of California, b. 17 Sept., 1785, at Lagos in the state of Jalisco, Mexico; d. 30 April, 1846, at Santa Barbara.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04785a.htm

» Diekamp, Wilhelm
   Historian, b. at Geldern, 13 May, 1854; d. at Rome, 25 Dec., 1885.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04785b.htm

» Diemoth
   An old German word for the present "Demuth", the English "humility", was the name of a pious recluse at the monastery of Wessobrunn in Upper Bavaria, b. about 1060 of a noble Bavarian or Swabian family; d. 30 March, probably in 1130.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04785c.htm

» Diepenbeeck, Abraham van
   An erudite and accomplished painter of the Flemish School, b. at Bois-le-Duc in the Netherlands, 1599; d. at Antwerp, 1675.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04786a.htm

» Diepenbrock, Melchior, Baron von
   Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Breslau, b. 6 January, 1798, at Boeholt in Westphalia; d. at the castle of Johannisberg in Upper Silesia, 20 January, 1853.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04786b.htm

» Dieringer, Franz Xaver
   Catholic theologian, b. 22 August, 1811, at Rangeningen (Hohenzollern-Hechingen); d. 8 September, 1876, at Veringendorf.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04786c.htm

» Dies Irae
   Name by which the sequence in requiem Masses is commonly known.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04787a.htm

» Dietenberger, Johann
   Theologian, b. about 1475 at Frankfort-on-the-Main, d. 4 Sept., 1537, at Mainz.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04788a.htm

» Diether of Isenburg
   Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. about 1412; d. 7 May, 1482, at Aschaffenburg.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04789a.htm

» Dietrich von Nieheim
   Born in the Diocese of Paderborn, between 1338 and 1340; d. at Maastricht, 22 March, 1418, a medieval German historian, best known for his contributions to the history of the Western Schism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04789b.htm

» Digby, George
   Second Earl of Bristol, b. at Madrid, Spam, where his father, the first earl, was ambassador, l612; d. at Chelsea, England, 1677.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04791a.htm

» Digby, Kenelm Henry
   Writer, b. in Ireland, 1800; d. at Kensington, Middlesex, England, 22 March, 1880.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04791b.htm

» Digby, Sir Everard
   Born 16 May, 1578, died 30 Jan., 1606. Succeeded in his fourteenth year to large properties in the Counties of Lincoln, Leicester, and Rutland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04792a.htm

» Digby, Sir Kenelm
   Physicist, naval commander and diplomatist, b. at Gayhurst (Goathurst), Buckinghamshire, England, 11 July, 1603; d. in Covent Garden, Westminster, 11 June, 1665.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04792b.htm

» Digne
   Diocese comprising the entire department of the Basses Alpes; suffragan of the Archbishopric of Aix.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04793a.htm

» Dignitary, Ecclesiastical
   A member of a chapter, cathedral or collegiate, possessed not only of a foremost place, but also of a certain jurisdiction.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04794a.htm

» Dijon
   Diocese comprising the entire department of Côte-d'Or and is a suffragan of Lyons.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04794b.htm

» Dillingen, University of
   Located in Swabia, a district of Bavaria. Its founder was Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1543-1573).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04795a.htm

» Dillon, Arthur-Richard
   A French prelate, b. at St-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, 1721; d. in London, 1806.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04797a.htm

» Dimissorial Letters
   Letters given by an ecclesiastical superior to his subjects to have effect in territory outside his jurisdiction.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04797b.htm

» Dingley, Ven. Sir Thomas
   Martyr, prior of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, found guilty of high treason 28 April, 1539, and beheaded on Tower Hill, 9 July, together with the Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04797c.htm

» Dinooth, Saint
   Founder and first abbot of Bangor on the Dee, fl. 500-542.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04798a.htm

» Diocaesarea
   Information on several places by this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04798b.htm

» Diocesan Chancery
   That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government of a diocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04798c.htm

» Diocese
   The territory or churches subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05001a.htm

» Dioceses (Supplemental List)
   Brief details of dioceses that were too new to have articles about them in 1914.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16034a.htm

» Dioclea
   A titular see of Phyrgia in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05007a.htm

» Diocletian
   Roman Emperor and persecutor of the Church, b. of parents who had been slaves, at Dioclea, near Salona, in Dalmatia, A.D. 245; d. at Salona, A.D. 313.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05007b.htm

» Diocletianopolis
   A titular see of Palaestina Prima.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05007c.htm

» Diodorus of Tarsus
   Date of birth uncertain; d. about A.D. 392. He was of noble family, probably of Antioch. St. Basil calls him a "nursling" of Silvanus, Bishop of Tarsus, but whether this discipleship was at Antioch or at Tarsus is not known.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05008a.htm

» Diognetus, Epistle to
   An apology for Christianity cited by no ancient or medieval writer, and came from a single manuscript which perished in the siege of Strasburg (1870).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05008b.htm

» Dionysias
   A titular see in Arabia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05009a.htm

» Dionysius Exiguus
   According to his friend and fellow-student, Cassiodorus, though by birth a Scythian, he was in character a true Roman and thorough Catholic, most learned in both tongues i.e., Greek and Latin, and an accomplished scripturist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05010b.htm

» Dionysius of Alexandria, Saint
   Also called Dionysius the Great. Bishop, d. 264 or 265.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05011a.htm

» Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite
   Article on the identity of the mysterious Pseudo-Areopagite, his writings, and their influence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05013a.htm

» Dionysius, Pope Saint
   Elected towards the end of a wave of persecution. Dionysius opposed the errors of the Sabellians and Marcionites, and died in 268.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05009b.htm

» Dionysius, Saint
   Bishop of Corinth about 170.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05010a.htm

» Dioscorus
   Fifth-century Bishop of Alexandria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05019a.htm

» Diplomatics, Papal
   The word diplomatics denotes in English the science of ancient official documents, more especially of those emanating from the chanceries of popes, kings, emperors, and other authorities possessing a recognized jurisdiction.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05021a.htm

» Diptych
   A sort of notebook, formed by the union of two tablets, placed one upon the other and united by rings or by a hinge.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05022a.htm

» Direction, Spiritual
   Personal guidance according to individual needs. Criticizes excesses at both ends of the spectrum: heavyhanded directors, and people who think that since they have the Holy Spirit they have no need of human help.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05024a.htm

» Directories, Catholic
   Directorium simply means guide, but in the later Middle Ages it came to be specially applied to guides for the recitation of Office and Mass.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05025a.htm

» Discalced
   A term applied to those religious congregations of men and women, the members of which go entirely unshod or wear sandals, with or without other covering for the feet.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05028a.htm

» Discernment of Spirits
   In the restricted sense, spirits indicate the various spiritual agents which, by their suggestions and movements, may influence the moral value of our acts.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05028b.htm

» Disciple
   This term is commonly applied to one who is learning any art or science from one distinguished by his accomplishments.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05029a.htm

» Disciples of Christ
   A sect founded in the United States of America by Alexander Campbell.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05029b.htm

» Discipline of the Secret
   A theological term used to express the custom which prevailed in the earliest ages of the Church, by which the knowledge of the more intimate mysteries of the Christian religion was carefully kept from the heathen and even from those who were undergoing i
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05032a.htm

» Discipline, Ecclesiastical
   Various meanings discussed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05030a.htm

» Discussions, Religious
   Oral dialectical duels, more or less formal and public, between champions of divergent religious beliefs.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05034a.htm

» Disibod, Saint
   Irish-born abbot and bishop, d. 700.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05037a.htm

» Disparity of Cult
   A diriment impediment introduced by the Church to safeguard the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05037b.htm

» Dispensation
   An act whereby in a particular case a lawful superior grants relaxation from an existing law.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05041a.htm

» Dispersion of the Apostles
   A feast in commemoration of the missionary work of the Twelve Apostles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05046a.htm

» Dissen, Heinrich von
   Carthusian monk. (1415-1484)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05046b.htm

» Dissentis, Abbey of
   Benedictine monastery in Switzerland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05047a.htm

» Distraction
   Distraction (Lat. distrahere, to draw away, hence to distract) is here considered in so far as it is wont to happen in time of prayer and in administering the sacraments.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05047b.htm

» Distributions
   Canonically termed disturbtiones quotidianae, are certain portions of the revenue of a church, distributed to the canons present at Divine service.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05047c.htm

» Dithmar
   Bishop of Merseburg and medieval chronicler, b. 25 July, 975; d. 1 Dec., 1018.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05047d.htm

» Dives
   Latin for rich. The word is not used in the Bible as a proper noun; but in the Middle Ages it came to be employed as the name of the rich man in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Luke, XVI, 19-31.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05048a.htm

» Divination
   The seeking after knowledge of future or hidden things by inadequate means.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05048b.htm

» Divine Charity, Daughters of
   Founded at Vienna, 21 November, 1868, by Franziska Lechner (d. 1894) on the Rule of St. Augustine, and approved by the Holy See in 1884 and definitively confirmed 22 July, 1891.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05052f.htm

» Divine Charity, Sisters of
   Founded at Besançon, in 1799, by a Vincentian Sister, and modelled on the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05051b.htm

» Divine Charity, Society of
   Founded at Maria-Martental near Kaisersesch, in 1903 by Josepth Tallmanns.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05051a.htm

» Divine Compassion, Institute of the
   Founded in the city of New York, USA, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Stanislaus Preston.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05052a.htm

» Divine Office
   Brief essay on the historical development of the Liturgy of the Hours.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11219a.htm

» Divine Providence, Sisters of
   Includes several orders by this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05052b.htm

» Divine Redeemer, Daughters of the
   Motherhouse at Oedenburg, Hungary; founded in 1863 from the Daughters of the Divine Saviour of Vienna.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05053a.htm

» Divine Savior, Society of the
   Founded at Rome, 8 Dec., 1881, by Johann Baptist Jordan (b. 1848 at Gartweil im Breisgau), elected superior general as Father Francis Mary of the Cross.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05053b.htm

» Divine Word, Society of the
   The first German Catholic missionary society established. It was founded in 1875 during the period of the Kulturkampf at Steyl, near Tegelen, Holland, by a priest, Rev. Arnold Janssen (d. 15 January, 1909), for the propagation of the Catholic religion amo
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05054a.htm

» Divisch, Procopius
   Premonstratensian, b. at Senftenberg, Bohemia, 26 March, 1698; d. at Prenditz, Moravia, 21 December, 1765.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05054b.htm

» Divorce (in Civil Jurisprudence)
   Defined in jurisprudence as "the dissolution or partial suspension by law of the marriage relation".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05064a.htm

» Divorce (in Moral Theology)
   The subject is treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05054c.htm

» Dixon, Joseph
   Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, born at Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, in 1806; died at Armagh, 29 April, 1866.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05069a.htm

» Dlugosz, Jan
   Short biography of Krakow's and Poland's preeminent medieval historian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05069b.htm

» Dobmayer, Marian
   Benedictine theologian, born 24 October, 1753, at Schwandorf, Bavaria; died 21 December, 1805.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05070a.htm

» Dobrizhoffer, Martin
   Missionary, b. in Graz, Styria, 7 Sept., 1717; d. in Vienna, 17 July 1791.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05070b.htm

» Docetæ
   Docetism, from the Greek "dokeo" (to seem, to appear) was the contention that Christ merely seemed to be human and only appeared to be born, to suffer, and to die. Already in New Testament times, the Gospel of John opposes Docetism, and so do Ignatius, Ir
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05070c.htm

» Docimium
   A titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05072a.htm

» Doctor
   The title of an authorized teacher.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05072b.htm

» Doctors of the Church
   Certain ecclesiastical writers have received this title on account of the great advantage the whole Church has derived from their doctrine.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05075a.htm

» Doctors, Surnames of Famous
   Lists the principal surnames with the dates of death.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05074a.htm

» Doctrine of Addai
   Syriac document which relates the conversion of Edessa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05088a.htm

» Doctrine, Christian
   The word katechesis means instruction by word of mouth, especially by questioning and answering. The Apostle insists upon "doctrine" as one of the most important duties of a bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05075b.htm

» Dogma
   Signifies, in the writings of the ancient classical authors, sometimes, an opinion or that which seems true to a person; sometimes, the philosophical doctrines or tenets, and especially the distinctive philosophical doctrines, of a particular school of ph
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05089a.htm

» Dogmatic Fact
   Any fact connected with a dogma and on which the application of the dogma to a particular case depends.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05092a.htm

» Dolbeau, Jean
   Recollect friar, born in the Province of Anjou, France, 12 March, 1586; died at Orléans, 9 June, 1652.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05093a.htm

» Dolci, Carlo
   Painter, born in Florence, Italy, 25 May, 1616; died 17 January, 1686.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05093b.htm

» Doliche
   A titular see of Commagene (Augusto-Euphratesia).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05093c.htm

» Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
   Historian and theologian. (1799-1890)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05094a.htm

» Dolman, Charles
   Publisher and bookseller, b. at Monmouth, England, 20 Sept., 1807; d. in Paris, 31 December, 1863.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05099a.htm

» Dolores Mission
   Or Mission San Francisco De Asis De Los Dolores.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05099b.htm

» Dolphin
   The use of the dolphin as a Christian symbol is connected with the general ideas underlying the more general use of the fish. The particular idea is that of swiftness and celerity symbolizing the desire with which Christians, who are thus represented as b
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05100a.htm

» Dome
   An architectural term often used synonymously with cupola.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05100b.htm

» Domenech, Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonne
   Abbe, missionary and author, b. at Lyons, France, 4 November, 1826; d. in France, June, 1886.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05102a.htm

» Domenechino
   Italian painter. (1581-1641)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05102b.htm

» Domesday Book
   The name given to the record of the great survey of England made by order of William the Conqueror in 1085-86.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05103a.htm

» Domicile
   The canon law has no independent and original theory of domicile; both the canon law and all modern civil codes borrowed this theory from the Roman law; the canon law, however, extended and perfected the Roman theory by adding thereto that of quasi-domici
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05103b.htm

» Dominic of Prussia
   A Carthusian monk and ascetical writer, born in Poland, 1382; died at the monastery of St. Alban near Trier, 1461.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05112b.htm

» Dominic of the Mother of God
   A member of the Passionist Congregation and theologian, b. near Viterbo, Italy, 22 June, 1792; d. near Reading, England, 27 August, 1849.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05113a.htm

» Dominic, Saint
   Biography of the founder of the Order of Preachers, d. 1221.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05106a.htm

» Dominical Letter
   A device adopted from the Romans by the old chronologers to aid them in finding the day of the week corresponding to any given date, and indirectly to facilitate the adjustment of the "Proprium de Tempore" to the "Proprium Sanctorum" when constructing the
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05109a.htm

» Dominican Republic
   The eastern, and much larger political division of the island now comprehensively known as Haiti, which is the second in size of the Greater Antilles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05110a.htm

» Dominis, Marco Antonio de
   Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and man of science, b. on the island of Arbe, off the coast of Dalmatia, in 1566; d. in the Castle of Sant' Angelo, Rome, September, 1624.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05113b.htm

» Dominus Vobiscum
   An ancient form of devout salutation, incorporated in the liturgy of the Church, where it is employed as a prelude to certain formal prayers.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05114a.htm

» Domitian
   Roman emperor and persecutor of the Church, son of Vespasian and younger brother and successor of the Emperor Titus; b. 24 Oct., A.D. 51, and reigned from 81 to 96.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05114b.htm

» Domitiopolis
   A titular see of Isauria in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05115a.htm

» Domnus Apostolicus
   A title applied to the pope, which was in most frequent use between the sixth and the eleventh centuries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05115b.htm

» Donahoe, Patrick
   Publisher, born at Munnery, County Cavan, Ireland, 17 March, 1811; died at Boston, U.S.A., 18 March, 1901.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05115c.htm

» Donatello Di Betto Bardi
   One of the great Tuscan sculptors of the Renaissance, born at Florence, c. 1386; died there, 13 Dec., 1466.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05115d.htm

» Donation (in Canon Law)
   The gratuitous transfer to another of some right or thing.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05116a.htm

» Donation (in Civil Law)
   The gratuitous transfer, or gift, of ownership of property.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05117a.htm

» Donation of Constantine
   By this name is understood, since the end of the Middle Ages, a forged document of Emperor Constantine the Great, by which large privileges and rich possessions were conferred on the pope and the Roman Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05118a.htm

» Donatists
   The Donatist schism in Africa began in 311 and flourished just one hundred years, until the conference at Carthage in 411, after which its importance waned.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05121a.htm

» Donatus of Fiesole
   Irish teacher and poet, Bishop of Fiesole, about 829-876.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05129a.htm

» Donders, Peter
   Missionary among the lepers, b. at Tilburg in Holland, 27 Oct., 1807; d. 14 Jan., 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05129b.htm

» Dongan, Thomas
   Second Earl of Limerick, b. 1634, at Castletown Kildrought, now Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland; d. at London, 1715.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05130a.htm

» Donlevy, Andrew
   Educator, b. in 1694, probably in Sligo, Ireland; date and place of death uncertain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05131a.htm

» Donnan, Saint
   Three or possibly four Irish saints of this name lived in the sixth and seventh centuries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05131b.htm

» Donner, Georg Raphael
   Austrian sculptor, b. at Essling, Austria, 25 May, 1692; d. at Vienna, 15 February, 1741.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05131c.htm

» Donnet, Ferdinand-François-Auguste
   A French cardinal, b. at Bourg-Argental (Loire), 1795; d. at Bordeaux, 1882.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05132a.htm

» Donoso Cortés, Juan Francesco Maria de la Saludad
   Primarily biographical article by Condé B. Pallen on the Spanish thinker.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05132b.htm

» Donus, Pope
   Son of a Roman called Mauricius; he was consecrated Bishop of Rome 2 Nov., 676, to succeed Adeodatus II, after an interval of four months and seventeen days; d. 11 April, 678.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133a.htm

» Dora
   A titular see of Palestina Prima.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133b.htm

» Dorchester, Abbey of
   Founded in 1140 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133c.htm

» Dore, Pierre
   Controversialist, b. at Orleans about 1500; d. at Paris, 19 May, 1559.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05134a.htm

» Doria, Andrea
   Genoese admiral and statesman, b. at Oneglia, Italy, 1468; d. at Genoa, 1560.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05134b.htm

» Doring, Matthias
   Historian and theologian, b. between 1390 and 1400, at Kyritz, in Brandenburg; d. there 24 July, 1469.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135a.htm

» Dorman, Thomas
   Theologian, b. at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, date uncertain; d. at Tournai, 1572 or 1577.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135b.htm

» Dornin, Bernard
   First publisher in the United States of distinctively Catholic books, b. in Ireland, 1761; d. in Ohio, 1836.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135c.htm

» Dorothea, Saint
   Brief hagiographies of two saints of this name: St. Dorothea, virgin and martyr, d. at Caesarea; and St. Dorothea of Montau.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135d.htm

» Dorsey, Anne Hanson
   Novelist, born at Georgetown, District of Columbia, U.S.A., 1815; died at Washington, 26 December, 1896.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05136a.htm

» Dorylaeum
   A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris, in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05136b.htm

» Dositheans
   Followers of Dositheus, a Samaritan who formed a Gnostic-Judaistic sect, previous to Simon Magus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05136c.htm

» Dosquet, Pierre-Herman
   Fourth Bishop of Quebec, b. at Liège, Flanders, 1691; d. at Paris, 1777.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05137a.htm

» Dossi, Giovanni
   An Italian painter, b. about 1479; d. at Ferrara in 1542.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05137b.htm

» Douai
   The town of Douai, in the department of Nord, France, is on the River Scarpe, some twenty miles south of Lille.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05138a.htm

» Douay Bible
   The original Douay Version, which is the foundation on which nearly all English Catholic versions are still based, owed its existence to the religious controversies of the sixteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05140a.htm

» Doubt
   A state in which the mind is suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05141a.htm

» Douglas, Gavin
   Scottish prelate and poet, born about 1474; died 1522.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05143a.htm

» Doutreleau, Stephen
   Missionary, born in France, 11 October, 1693; date of death uncertain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05144a.htm

» Dove
   In Christian antiquity the dove appears as a symbol and as a Eucharistic vessel.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05144b.htm

» Dowdall, George
   Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, in 1487; d. at London, 15 August, 1558.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05145a.htm

» Dowdall, James
   Martyr, date of birth unknown; executed for his faith at Exeter, England, 20 September, 1600.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05145b.htm

» Dower
   A provision for support during life accorded by law to a wife surviving her hustand.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05145c.htm

» Dower, Religious
   Because of its analogy with the dower that a woman brings to her husband when she marries, the name "religious dower" has been given to the sum of money or the property that a religious woman, or nun (religiosa) brings, for her maintenance, into the conve
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05146a.htm

» Down and Connor
   A line drawn from Whitehouse on Belfast Lough due west to the Clady River, thence by the river itself to Muckamore and Lough Neagh, marks the boundary between the Diocese of Down and the Diocese of Connor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05147a.htm

» Downside Abbey
   Near Bath, Somersetshire, England, was founded at Douai, Flanders, under the patronage of St. Gregory the Great, in 1605 by the Venerable John Roberts.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05149a.htm

» Doxology
   The doxology in the form in which we know it has been used since about the seventh century all over Western Christendom, except in one corner.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05150a.htm

» Doyle, James Warren
   Irish bishop; b. near New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, 1786; d. at Carlow, 1834.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05151a.htm

» Doyle, John
   Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1797; died in London, 2 January, 1868; English portrait-painter and caricaturist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05151b.htm

» Doyle, Richard
   English artist and caricaturist, b. in London, September, 1824; d. there 11 December, 1883.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05151c.htm

» Drach, David Paul
   Convert from Judaism, b. at Strasburg, 6 March, 1791; d. end of January, 1868, at Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05152a.htm

» Drachma
   A Greek silver coin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05152b.htm

» Dracontius, Blossius Aemilius
   A Christian poet of the fifth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05153a.htm

» Drane, Augusta Theodosia
   In religion Mother Francis Raphael; b. At Bromley near London, in 1823; d. at Stone, Staffordshire, 19 April, 1894.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05153b.htm

» Dreams, Interpretation of
   Theologians continue to admit the possibility of dreams supernatural in their origin, and consequently the possibility of dream-interpretation depending on supernatural communications.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05154a.htm

» Drechsel, Jeremias
   Ascetic writer, b. at Augsburg, 15 August, 1581; entered the Society of Jesus 27 July, 1598; d. at Munich, 19 April, 1638.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05156a.htm

» Dresden
   The capital of the Kingdom of Saxony and the residence of the royal family, is situated on both sides of the Elbe.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05156b.htm

» Dreves, Lebrecht Blücher
   Poet, b. at Hamburg, Germany, 12 September, 1816; d. at Feldkirch, 19 Dec., 1870.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05158a.htm

» Drevet Family, The
   Leading portrait engravers of France for over a hundred years, beginning with Pierre, and sustained by his son, Pierre-Imbert, and by his nephew, Claude.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05158b.htm

» Drexel, Francis Anthony
   Banker, b. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 20 June, 1824; d. there 15 Feb., 1885.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05159a.htm

» Drey, Johann Sebastian von
   A professor of theology at the University of Tübingen. (1777-1853)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05159b.htm

» Dromore
   Suffragan of Armagh, Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05160a.htm

» Drostan, Saint
   Scottish abbot and later hermit, fl. about 600. Also known as St. Drustan, Dustan, or Throstan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05161a.htm

» Droste-Vischering, Clemens August von
   Archbishop of Cologne, born 21 Jan., 1773, at Münster, Germany; died 19 Oct., 1845, in the same city.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05161b.htm

» Druidism
   Probably the best-substantiated derivation of the word is from the root vid, "to know", and the intensive prefix dru. According to this etymology, the druids would be the "very wise and learned ones".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05162a.htm

» Druillettes, Gabriel
   Missionary, b. in France, 29 September, 1610; d. at Quebec, 8 April, 1681.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05164a.htm

» Drumgoole, John C.
   Priest and philanthropist, b. at Granard, Co. Longford, Ireland, 15 August, 1816; d. in New York, 28 March, 1888.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05164b.htm

» Drusilla
   Daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05165b.htm

» Drusipara
   A titular see in Thracia Prima.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05166a.htm

» Druys, Jean
   Thirtieth Abbot of Parc near Louvain, Belgium, b. at Cumptich, near Tirlemont; d. 25 March, 1635.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05166b.htm

» Druzbicki, Gaspar
   Ascetic writer, b. at Sierady in Poland, 1589; entered the Society of Jesus, 20 August 1609; d. at Posen, 2 April, 1662.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05166c.htm

» Druzes
   Small Mohammedan sect in Syria, notorious for their opposition to the Marionites, a Catholic people dwelling on the slopes of the Lebanon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05166d.htm

» Dryburgh Abbey
   A monastery belonging to the canons of the Premonstratensian Order (Norbertine or White Canons), situated four miles south-east of Melrose, Scotland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05167a.htm

» Dryden, John
   Introductory biography of the poet and dramatist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05167b.htm

» Du Cange, Charles Dufresne
   Historian and philologist, b. at Amiens, France, 18 Dec., 1610; d. at Paris, 1688.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05181b.htm

» Du Coudray, Philippe-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Tronson
   Soldier, b. at Reims, France, 8 September, 1738; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 11 September, 1777.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05183a.htm

» Du Lhut Daniel Greysolon, Sieur
   Born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye about 1640; died at Montreal, 26 Feb., 1710. He first served in the French army, becoming a lieutenant in 1657 and a gendarme of the King's Guard in 1664.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188a.htm

» Dualism
   Denotes the religious or theological system which would explain the universe as the outcome of two eternally opposed and coexisting principles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05169a.htm

» Dublin
   Archdiocese; occupies about sixty miles of the middle eastern coast of Ireland, and penetrates inland, about forty-six miles, including all the County of Dublin, nearly all of Wicklow, and parts of Kildare and Wexford, with three suffragans: Kildare and L
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05171a.htm

» Dubois, Guillaume
   A French cardinal and statesman, born at Brive, in Limousin, 1656; died at Versailles, 1723.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05177a.htm

» Dubois, Jean-Antoine
   French missionary in India, b. in 1765 at St. Remèze (Ardèche); d. in Paris, 17 Feb., 1848.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178a.htm

» Dubois, John
   Third Bishop of New York, educator and missionary, b. in Paris, 24 August, 1764; d. in New York, 20 December, 1842.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178b.htm

» Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin
   Second Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, Bishop of Montauban, Archbishop of Besançon. (1766-1833)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178c.htm

» Dubric, Saint
   Welsh bishop and confessor, d. 612. Also called St. Dubricius or Dyfrig.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05179a.htm

» Dubuque
   Archdiocese established, 28 July, 1837, created an archbishopric, 1893, comprises that part of Iowa, U.S.A., north of Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Scott, and east of Kossuth, Humboldt, Webster, and Boone Counties.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05179b.htm

» Duc, Fronton du
   A French theologian and Jesuit, b. at Bordeaux in 1558; d. at Paris, 25 September, 1624.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05181a.htm

» Duccio di Buoninsegna
   Painter, and founder of the Sienese School, b. about 1255 or 1260, place not known; d. 3 August, 1319.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05181c.htm

» Ducrue, Francis Bennon
   Missionary in Mexico, b. at Munich, Bavaria. of French parents, 10 June 1721; d. there 30 March, 1779.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05183c.htm

» Dudik, Beda Franciscus
   Moravian historian, b. at Kojetein near Kremsier, Moravia, 29 January, 1815; d. as abbot and titular bishop at the monastery of Raigern, 18 January, 1890.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05184a.htm

» Duel
   This word, as used both in the ecclesiastical and civil criminal codes, generally signifies every contest with deadly weapons which takes place by agreement between two persons on account of some private quarrel.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05184b.htm

» Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan
   Politician and author, b. at Monaghan, Ireland, 12 April, 1816; d. at Nice, France, 9 Feb., 1903.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05187a.htm

» Duhamel, Jean-Baptiste
   A French scientist, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Vire, Normandy, 11 June, 1624; d. at Paris, 6 August, 1706.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05187b.htm

» Dulia
   A theological term signifying the honour paid to the saints, while latria means worship given to God alone, and hyperdulia the veneration offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188b.htm

» Duluth
   Diocese, established 3 Oct., 1889, suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. Paul.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188c.htm

» Dumas, Jean-Baptiste
   French chemist and senator, b. at Alais, department of Gard, 14 July, 1800; d. at Cannes, 10 April, 1884.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05189a.htm

» Dumetz, Francisco
   Date of birth unknown; died 14 Jan., 1811. He was a native of Mallorca (Majorca), Spain, where he entered the Franciscan Order.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190a.htm

» Dumont, Hubert-André
   Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, 15 Feb., 1809; d. in the same city, 28 Feb., 1857.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190b.htm

» Dumoulin, Charles
   French jurist, b. at Paris in 1500; d. there 27 December, 1566.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190c.htm

» Dunbar, William
   Scottish poet, sometimes styled the "Chaucer of Scotland", born c. 1460.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190d.htm

» Dunchadh, Saint
   Abbot of Iona, confessor, d. 717. Also known as St. Dunichad, Duncad, or Donatus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05191a.htm

» Dundrennan, Abbey of
   In Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; a Cistercian house founded in 1142 by King David I and Fergus Lord of Galloway for monks brought from Rievaulx in Yorkshire.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05191b.htm

» Dunedin
   Diocese comprises the provincial district of Otago (including the Otago part, Southland, and Stewart Island, as well as other adjacent islands).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05191c.htm

» Dunfermline, Abbey of
   In the south-west of Fife, Scotland. Founded by King Malcolm Canmore and his queen, Margaret, about 1070, it was richly endowed by him and his sons, and remodelled as a Benedictine abbey by his successor, David I, who brought an abbot and twelve monks fro
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05192a.htm

» Dungal
   Irish monk, teacher, astronomer, and poet who flourished about 820.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05192b.htm

» Dunin, Martin von
   Archbishop of Gnesen and Posen, born 11 Nov., 1774, in the village of Wat near the city of Rawa, Poland; died 26 Dec., 1842.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05192c.htm

» Dunkeld
   Located in Scotland, constituted, as far back as the middle of the ninth century, the primatial see of the Columban Church by King Kenneth Mac Alpine, who rebuilt there the church and monastery founded by King Constantine (afterwards destroyed by the Dane
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05193a.htm

» Dunstan, Saint
   Long biographical essay on this tenth-century Anglo-Saxon archbishop and confessor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05199a.htm

» Dupanloup, Félix-Antoine-Philibert
   Bishop of Orléans, France, b. at Saint-Félix; Savoie, 2 June, 1802; d. at Lacombe, Isère, 11 October, 1878.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05202a.htm

» Duperron, Jacques-Davy
   A theologian and diplomat, born 25 Nov., 1556, at St-Lô (Normandy), France; died 5 Sept., 1618.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05203a.htm

» Dupin, Louis Ellies
   A theologian, born 17 June, 1657, of a noble family in Normandy; died 6 June, 1719.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05204a.htm

» Dupin, Pierre-Charles-François
   French mathematician and economist. (1784-1873)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05205a.htm

» Duponceau, Peter Stephen
   Jurist and linguist. (1760-1844)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05205b.htm

» Duprat, Antoine & Guillaume
   Antoine, chancellor of France and Cardinal, b. at Issoire in Auvergne, 17 January, 1463; d. 1535. Guillaume, son of the foregoing, b. at Issoire, 1507; d. at Beauregard, 1560. Appointed Bishop of Clermont in 1529.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05205c.htm

» Dupré, Giovanni
   Sculptor. (1817-1882)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16036a.htm

» Dupuytren, Baron Guillaume
   French anatomist and surgeon. (1777-1835)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05206a.htm

» Duquesnoy, François
   Sculptor. (1594-1646)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05206b.htm

» Duran, Narcisco
   Franciscan missionary. (1776-1846)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05206c.htm

» Durand Ursin
   Benedictine. (1682-1771)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05206d.htm

» Durandus of Saint-Pourçain
   Philosopher and theologian. (d. 1332)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05208a.htm

» Durandus of Troarn
   French Benedictine and ecclesiastical writer, b. about 1012, at Le Neubourg near Evreux; d. 1089.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05208b.htm

» Durandus, William
   Canonist and writer. (1237-1296)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05207a.htm

» Durandus, William, the Younger
   Died 1328, canonist, nephew of the famous ritualist and canonist of the same name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05207b.htm

» Durango
   Archdiocese located in north-western Mexico.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05208c.htm

» Durazzo
   Archdiocese in Albania.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05209a.htm

» Durbin, Elisha John
   The "Patriarch-priest of Kentucky", born 1 February, 1800; died in 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05209b.htm

» Durer, Albrecht
   German artist. (1471-1528)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05209c.htm

» Durham
   Ancient Catholic Diocese of Durham. Owing to its geographical position on the Scottish border, the successive bishops were led to assume constitutional and political functions in addition to their spiritual office.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05211a.htm

» Durham Rite
   The earliest document giving an account of liturgical services in the Diocese of Durham is the so-called "Rituale ecclesiæ Dunelmensis".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05213a.htm

» Durrow, School of
   Irish Dairmagh, Plain of the Oaks. Situated in the King's County, a few miles from the town of Tullamore.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05214a.htm

» Duty
   The definition of the term duty given by lexicographers is: "something that is due", "obligatory service"; "something that one is bound to perform or to avoid".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05215a.htm

» Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean
   One of the authors of Jansenism, b. at Bayonne, France, 1581; d. in Paris, 1643.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05218a.htm

» Duvernay, Ludger
   A French-Canadian journalist and patriot, born at Verchères, Quebec, 22 January, 1799; died 28 November, 1852.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05220a.htm

» Dwight, Thomas
   American anatomist. (1843-1911)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16037a.htm

» Dyck, Antoon (Anthonis) Van
   Flemish portrait-painter, b. at Antwerp, 22 March, 1599; d. in London, 9 December, 1641.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05220b.htm

» Dymoke, Robert
   Confessor of the Faith, date of birth uncertain; d. at Lincoln, England, 11 Sept., 1580.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05221a.htm

» Dymphna, Saint
   Virgin and martyr, venerated since at least the thirteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05221b.htm

» Dynamism
   A general name for a group of philosophical views concerning the nature of matter.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05222a.htm

» Díaz de Solís, Juan
   Spanish navigator and explorer, b. about 1470.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777a.htm

» Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
   Spanish historian, one of the chief chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, b. at Medina del Campo, Spain, c. 1498; d. after 1568.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04776b.htm

» Díaz, Pedro
   Missionary, b. at Lupedo, Diocese of Toledo, Spain, in 1546; d. in Mexico, 12 Jan., 1618.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04776a.htm