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» Maassen, Friedrich Bernard Christian
   Professor of law. (1823-1900)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09479a.htm

» Mabillon, Jean
   Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. (1632-1707)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09479b.htm

» Mabinogion
   A collection of medieval Welsh tales in prose.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09481a.htm

» MacCaghwell, Hugh
   Archbishop and theologian, born at Saul, Co. Down, 1571; died 22 September, 1626.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09484b.htm

» MacCarthy, Bartholomew
   Irish scholar and chronologist (1843-1904).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16057a.htm

» MacCarthy, Denis Florence
   Well-known Irish poet of the nineteenth century, born in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, 26 May, 1817; died at Blackrock, Dublin, 7 April, 1882.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09484c.htm

» MacCarthy, Nicholas Tuite
   Called the Abbé de Lévignac, born in Dublin on 19 May, 1769; died at Annécy, Savoy, 3 May, 1833.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09485a.htm

» MacDonald, John
   Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan, philanthropist, colonizer, soldier, born in Glenaladale, Scotland, about 1742; died at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1811; he was the son of Alexander and Margaret (MacDonnell of Scotus).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09489a.htm

» MacDonell, Alexander
   First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, b. 17 July 1760, at Inchlaggan in Glengarry, Scotland; d. 14 January, 1840, at Dumfries, Scotland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09489b.htm

» MacFarland, Francis Patrick
   Third Bishop of Hartford (q.v.) born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 April, 1819; died at Hartford, Connecticut, 2 October, 1874.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492b.htm

» MacGeoghegan, James
   Born at Uisneach, Westmeath, Ireland, 1702; died at Paris, 1763. He came of a long family long settled in Westmeath and long holding a high position among the Leinster chiefs, and was related to that MacGeoghegan who defended the Castle of Dunboy against
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09493a.htm

» MacHale, John
   Born March 6, 1791 at Tubbernavine, Co. Mayo, Ireland; died at Tuam, November 4, 1881.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09499a.htm

» MacMahon, Heber
   Bishop of Clogher, Ireland, and patriotic leader, born at Farney, County Monaghan, 1600; executed at Enniskillen in 1650.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16058a.htm

» MacNeven, William James
   Irish-American physician and medical educator. (1763-1841)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09506b.htm

» Macao
   Diocese; suffragan of Goa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09481b.htm

» Macarius
   Article on two saints named Macarius, both fourth-century Egyptian monks: St. Macarius the Egyptian ("the Elder") and St. Macarius the Alexandrian ("the Younger").
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16056d.htm

» Macarius Magnes
   A Christian apologist of the end of the fourth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09483a.htm

» Macarius of Antioch
   A Patriarch, deposed in 681.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09483b.htm

» Macarius, Saint
   Bishop of Jerusalem, d. 334. He was an opponent of Arianism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09482a.htm

» Maccabees, The
   A priestly family which under the leadership of Mathathias initiated the revolt against the tyranny of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, King of Syria, and after securing Jewish independence ruled the commonwealth till overthrown by Herod the Great.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09493b.htm

» Maccabees, The Books of
   The author, date, and contents of 1 and 2 Machabees. A brief look at 3 and 4 Machabees.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09495a.htm

» Mace
   A short, richly ornamented staff.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09491a.htm

» Macedo, Francisco
   Known as a S. Augustino, O.F.M., theologian, born at Coimbra, Portugal, 1596; he entered the Jesuit Order in 1610, which however he left in 1638 in order to join the Discalced Franciscans.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09491b.htm

» Macerata and Tolentino
   Located in the Marches, Central Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492a.htm

» Machiavelli, Nicolò
   Including a short biography, a list of his works and a summary of his ideas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09501a.htm

» Machpelah
   The burial-place in the vicinity of ancient Hebron which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hethite for the interment of Sara (Gen., xxiii, 9, 17).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09502a.htm

» Machutus, Saint
   Also called Malo or Maclovius. According to this article, Machutus was baptized by St. Brendan the Navigator, and accompanied him on his famous voyage.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09503a.htm

» Mackenzie
   This vicariate which was detached from the Athabaska-Mackenzie Vicariate in 1901 and intrusted to Mgr Gabriel Breynat, Titular Bishop of Adramytus, consecrated 6 April 1902, is bounded on the west by the Rocky Mountains, on the south by 60º latitude, on
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09504a.htm

» Macri
   A titular see in Mauretania Sitifiensis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09508a.htm

» Macrina the Elder, Saint
   Grandmother of SS. Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Macrina the Younger.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09508b.htm

» Macrina the Younger, Saint
   Granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder, and the sister of St. Gregory of Nyssa. She died in 379.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09508c.htm

» Mactaris
   A titular see of the Byzantine Empire.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509d.htm

» Madagascar
   Island situated to the south-east of Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509e.htm

» Madaurus
   A titular see of Numidia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09512a.htm

» Madeleine-Sophie Barat, Saint
   Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, d. 1865.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02283a.htm

» Maderna, Carlo
   Known principally by his extension of St. Peter's, at the command of the pope, from the form of a Greek to that of a Latin cross. (1556-1629)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09512b.htm

» Maderno, Stefano
   A sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary. (1576-1636)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09513a.htm

» Madianites
   An Arabian tribe introduced into history in the texts of Gen., xxv, 1-4 and I Chron., i, 32.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09513b.htm

» Madras
   Archdiocese in India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09515a.htm

» Madrid-Alcalá
   Province and town in Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09516a.htm

» Madruzzi, Christopher
   Born of a noble family of Trent, 5 July, 1512; died at Tivoli, Italy, 5 July, 1578.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09519a.htm

» Madura Mission
   The Madura mission owes its origin to Robert de Nobili, who commenced at Madura, in 1606, that peculiar method of propagating the faith which has made his name famous.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09519b.htm

» Maedoc, Saint
   First bishop of Ferns, d. 626.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520a.htm

» Maelruan, Saint
   Founder and first abbot of Tallacht, d. around 791. Co-author with St. Aengus of the Rule of the Célidhé Dé.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520b.htm

» Maelrubha, Saint
   Abbot and martyr, died in 722.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520c.htm

» Maerlant, Jacob van
   Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09521a.htm

» Maestro di Camera del Papa
   The maestro di camera is the real chief chamberlain. His authority extends over all matters concerning the daily personal service of His Holiness.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09521b.htm

» Maffei, Bernardino
   Poet, orator, antiquarian (1514-1549).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522a.htm

» Maffei, Francesco
   Italian painter. (d. 1660)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522b.htm

» Maffei, Marchese Francesco Scipione
   Italian littérateur and archaeologist, b. at Verona, 1 June, 1675; d. there, 11 Feb., 1755.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16058b.htm

» Maffei, Raffaelo
   Humanist, historian and theologian (1451-1522).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522c.htm

» Magaud, Antoine-Dominique
   French painter, b. at Marseilles 1817; d. there, 1899.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522d.htm

» Magdala
   It is perhaps the Migdal-El mentioned in the Old Testament (Jos., xix, 38) belonging to the tribe of Nephtali.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09523a.htm

» Magdalens
   The members of certain religious communities of penitent women who desired to reform their lives.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09524a.htm

» Magdeburg
   Capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, situated on the Elbe; pop. 241,000; it is noted for its industries, particularly the production of sugar, its trade, and its commerce. From 968 until 1552 it was the seat of an archbishopric.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09524b.htm

» Mageddo
   Situated on the torrent Qina, on the east of the Plain of Esdraelon opposite Jezrahel, commanded the central of the three passes that join the plain with the seaboard.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526a.htm

» Magellan, Ferdinand
   Short biographical article on the Portuguese explorer (1480-1521).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm

» Magi
   The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm

» Magin Catalá
   Born at Montblanch, Catalonia, Spain, 29 or 30 January, 1761; died at Santa Clara, California, 22 Nov., 1830. He received the habit of St. Francis at Barcelona on 4 April, 1777, and was ordained priest probably in 1785.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530a.htm

» Maginn, Edward
   Irish bishop (1802-1849).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16059a.htm

» Magistris, Simone de
   Born in 1728; died 6 October, 1802; a priest of the Oratorio di S. Filippo Neri, at Rome, whom Pius VI created titular Bishop of Cyrene and provost of the Congregation for the correction of the liturgical books of Oriental Rites.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530b.htm

» Magliabechi, Antonio
   Italian scholar and librarian, b. 20 Oct., 1633, at Florence; d. there, 4 July, 1714.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530c.htm

» Magna Carta
   The charter of liberties granted by King John of England in 1215 and confirmed with modifications by Henry III in 1216, 1217, and 1225.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09531a.htm

» Magnesia
   A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Ephesus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09533a.htm

» Magnien, Alphonse
   An educator of the clergy, born at Bleymard, in the Diocese of Mende, France, 9 June, 1837; died 21 December, 1902.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09533b.htm

» Magnificat
   The title commonly given to the Latin text and vernacular translation of the Canticle (or Song) of Mary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09534a.htm

» Magnus, Olaus
   Swedish historian and geographer, b. at Skeninge, Sweden, 1490; d. at Rome, 1 Aug., 1558.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09536b.htm

» Magnus, Saint
   His "life" was re-edited twice, so that he is said in it to be a contemporary of St. Gall (early seventh century) but also of the first bishop of Augsburg (mid-eighth century).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09536a.htm

» Magnus, Valerianus
   Born at Milan, 1586, presumably of the noble family of de Magni; died at Salzburg, 29 July, 1661. He received the Capuchin habit at Prague.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09537a.htm

» Magrath, John Macrory
   Born in Munster, Ireland, in the fifteenth certury; date and place of death unknown. Like many of his ancestors, he was chief historian to the O'Briens, princes of Thomond and chiefs of the Dalcassian clans.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09537b.htm

» Magydus
   A titular see of Pamphylia Secunda, suffragan of Perga.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09537c.htm

» Mai, Angelo
   Roman cardinal and celebrated philologist, b. at Schilpario, in the Diocese of Bergamo, 7 March 1782; d. at Albano, 9 September 1854.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09538a.htm

» Maignan, Emmanuel
   French physicist and theologian; b. at Toulouse, 17 July, 1601; d. at Toulouse, 29 October, 1676.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09538b.htm

» Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de
   Jesuit missionary; b. 16 Dec., 1669, at Château Maillac on the Isère; d. 28 June, 1748, at Peking, China.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09538c.htm

» Maillard, Antoine-Simon
   Missionary b. in France (parentage, place and date of birth unknown); d. 12 August, 1762.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09539a.htm

» Maillard, Oliver
   Celebrated preacher, b. at Juignac, (?), Brittany, about 1430; d. at Toulouse, 22 July, 1502.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09539b.htm

» Maimbourg, Louis
   French church historian, b. at Nancy, 10 January, 1610; d. at Paris, 13 August, 1686.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09540a.htm

» Maimonides, Teaching of Moses
   Article by William Turner discusses this Jewish thinker's life and doctrines.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09540b.htm

» Maina Indians
   A group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock, the Mainan, ranging along the north bank of the Marañón.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09541a.htm

» Maine
   Commonly known as the Pine Tree State, but is sometimes called the Star in the East.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09541b.htm

» Maine de Biran, François-Pierre-Gonthier
   A philosopher; born at Grateloup near Bergerac, Dordogne, France, 29 November, 1766; died at Paris, 16 July, 1824.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09548a.htm

» Maintenon, Françoise, Marquise de
   Born at Niort, 28 November 1635; died at Saint-Cyr, 15 April 1719. She was the granddaughter of the celebrated Protestant writer, Agrippa d'Aubigné.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09548b.htm

» Mainz
   German town and bishopric in Hesse; formerly the seat of an archbishop and elector.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09550a.htm

» Maipure Indians
   A former important group of tribes on the Upper Orinoco River, from above the Meta to the entrance of the Cassiquiare, in Venezuela and Columbia, speaking dialects of the Arawakan stock.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09553a.htm

» Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de
   Founder of Montreal (d. 1676).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16059b.htm

» Maistre, Joseph-Marie, Comte de
   Biographical article, summarizing his chief arguments for authority and against Gallicanism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09554a.htm

» Maistre, Xavier de
   French romance writer, younger brother of Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre, b. at Chambery, Savoy, in 1763; d. at St. Petershurg, 12 June, 1852.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09555a.htm

» Maitland
   Located in New South Wales. Maitland, the principal settlement on Hunter River, was chosen as the title for a bishop in 1848.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09555b.htm

» Majano, Benedetto da
   A well-known Florentine sculptor and architect of the Renaissance, b. at Majano, Tuscany. 1442; d. at Florence, 24 May, 1498.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09556a.htm

» Majorca and Iviza
   A suffragan of Valencia, with the episcopal residence at Palma on the Island of Majorca.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09556b.htm

» Majordomo
   Chief steward of the household of the pope.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09556c.htm

» Majority
   The state of a person or thing greater, or superior, in relation to another person or thing.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09557a.htm

» Majunke, Paul
   Catholic journalist, born at Gross-Schmograu in Silesia, 14 July, 1842; died at Hochkirch near Glogau, 21 May, 1899.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09557b.htm

» Malabar
   The name of a district of India stretching about 145 miles along the west coast, south of Mangalore, in the general region of present-day Kerala.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09558a.htm

» Malabar Rites
   Certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their neophytes to retain after conversion, but which were afterwards prohibited by the Holy See.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09558b.htm

» Malacca
   The Diocese of Malacca comprises the southern portions of the Malay Peninsula, otherwise known as the Straits Settlements.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09562a.htm

» Malachias (Malachi)
   Examination of the Old Testament prophet and book.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09562b.htm

» Malachy, Saint
   Abbot of Bangor, later Archbishop of Armagh, d. 1148. Article includes testimony from St. Bernard of Clairvaux on St. Malachy's character.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09565a.htm

» Malaga
   Diocese in Spain, by the Concordat of 1851 made a suffragan of Granada, having previously been dependent on Seville.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09565b.htm

» Malagrida, Gabriel
   A Jesuit missionary to Brazil, b. 18 September or 6 December, 1689, at Menaggio, in Italy; d. 21 September, 1761, at Lisbon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09565c.htm

» Malatesta, House of
   The name of an Italian family prominent in the history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, famous alike in the poetry of Dante and in the annals of the early Renaissance.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09566a.htm

» Malchus
   A name common in the Semitic languages and of special interest as being that borne by the Jewish servant whose ear was struck off by St. Peter.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09566b.htm

» Maldonado, Juan
   A theologian and exegete, b. in 1533 at Casas de Reina, in the district of Llerena, 66 leagues from Madrid; d. at Rome, 5 Jan., 1583.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09567a.htm

» Malebranche, Nicolas
   A philosopher and theologian, priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri; b. at Paris, 6 Aug., 1638; d. 13 Oct 1715.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09568a.htm

» Malediction (in Scripture)
   Four principal words are rendered maledictio in the Vulgate, "curse" in Douay Version.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09569a.htm

» Malherbe, François
   French poet, b. at Caen, Normandy, in 1555; d. at Paris, 16 October, 1628.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09569b.htm

» Maliseet Indians
   A tribe of Algonquian stock, occupying territory upon the lower St. John River, St. Croix River, and Passamaquody Bay, in western New Brunswick and northeastern Maine, and closely connected linguistically and historically with the Abnaki (Penobscot, etc.)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09570a.htm

» Mallard, Ernest-François
   A French mineralogist, b. 4 February, 1833, at Châteauneuf-sur-Cher; d. 6 July, 1894, in Paris.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09570b.htm

» Mallinckrodt, Herman von
   German parliamentarian; born 5 Feb., 1821, at Minden, Westphalia; died 26 May, 1874, at Berlin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09571a.htm

» Mallinckrodt, Pauline
   A sister of the Catholic political leader Hermann Mallinckrodt, and foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity, b. at Minden, Westphalia, 3 June, 1817; d. at Paderborn, 30 April, 1881.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09571b.htm

» Malling Abbey
   Benedictine abbey in England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060a.htm

» Mallory, Stephen Russell
   An American statesman; born in the Island of Trinidad, W. I., 1813; died at Pensacola, Florida, United States, 9 Nov., 1873.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09572a.htm

» Mallus
   A titular see of Cilicia Prima, suffragan of Tarsus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09572b.htm

» Malmesbury
   Town in Wiltshire, England, ninety-five miles west of London, formerly the seat of a mitred parliamentary abbey of Benedictine monks.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09572c.htm

» Malmesbury, The Monk of
   Supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian manuscripts in the British Museum (Vesp. D. IV. 73) which Tanner states to be only a copy of a chronicle written by Alfred of Beverley in the twelfth century, but which, according to Sir Thomas Hardy, is
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573a.htm

» Malone, William
   Jesuit missioner and writer; born according to the best authorities, in 1585; died at Seville, 1655.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573b.htm

» Malory, Sir Thomas
   Writer of the "Morte Arthure", the earliest production of English prose.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573c.htm

» Malpighi, Marcello
   Founder of comparative physiology, b. at Crevalcore, 10 March, 1628; d. at Rome, 29 Sept., 1694.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573d.htm

» Malta
   The group of Maltese islands, including Malta, Gozo, Comine and a few inconsiderable islets, lies 58 miles south of Sicily and about 180 miles S.E. by E. of Cape Bon in Tunisia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09574a.htm

» Maltret, Claude
   French Jesuit, b. at Puy, 3 Oct., 1621; d. Toulouse, 3 Jan., 1674.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09576a.htm

» Malvenda, Thomas
   An exegete and historical critic, b. at Jativa, Valencia, 1566; d. 7 May, 1628.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09577a.htm

» Malvern
   Located in Worcestershire, England, a district covered by a lofty range between the Severn and Wye, known as the Malvern Hills. On its eastern side were formerly two houses of Benedictine monks, the priories of Great and Little Malvern.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09577b.htm

» Mamachi, Thomas Maria
   Dominican theologian and historian, born at Chios in the Archipelago, 4 December, 1713; died at Corneto, near Montefiascone, Italy, 7 June, 1792.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09578a.htm

» Mame, Alfred-Henri-Amand
   Printer and publisher, b. at Tours, 17 Aug., 1811; d. at Tours, 12 April, 1893.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09578b.htm

» Mameluco
   The general term applied in South America to designate the mixed European-Indian race, and more specifically applied in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the organized bands of Portuguese slave-hunters who desolated the vast interior of South Am
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09578c.htm

» Mamertine Prison
   The so-called "Mamertine Prison", beneath the church of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami, via di Marforio, Rome, is generally accepted as being identical with "the prison ... in the middle of the city, overlooking the forum", mentioned by Livy (I, xxxiii).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09579a.htm

» Mamertus, Saint
   Bishop of Vienne, d. around 476.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580a.htm

» Mammon
   Mamona; the spelling Mammona is contrary to the textual evidence and seems not to occur in printed Bibles till the edition of Elzevir.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580b.htm

» Man
   Includes sections on the nature of man, the origin of man, and the end of man.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580c.htm

» Manahem
   King of Israel.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09583a.htm

» Manahen, Saint
   Or Manaen. Mentioned in Scripture, and traditionally believed to have been one of the first Christians in Antioch.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09583b.htm

» Manasses
   The name of seven persons of the Bible, a tribe of Israel, and one of the apocryphal writings.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09583c.htm

» Mance, Jeanne
   Foundress of the Montreal Hôtel-Dieu, and one of the first women settlers in Canada, b. at Nogent-le-Roi, Champagne, 1606; d. at Montreal, 19 June, 1673.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09584a.htm

» Manchester
   A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston, U.S.A.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09584b.htm

» Manchuria
   A north-eastern division of the Chinese Empire and the cradle of the present [1910] imperial dynasty.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09585a.htm

» Mandan Indians
   Tribe occupying jointly with the Hidatsa (Minitari or Grosventre) and Arikara (Ree) the Fort Berthold reservation, on both sides of the Missouri, near its conjunction with the Knife River, North Dakota.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09587a.htm

» Mandeville, Jean de
   The author of a book of travels much read in the Middle Ages, died probably in 1372.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09587b.htm

» Manfredonia
   The city of Manfredonia is situated in the province of Foggia in Apulia, Central Italy, on the borders of Mount Gargano.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09588a.htm

» Mangalore
   Diocese on the west coast of India, suffragan of Bombay.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09588b.htm

» Mangan, James Clarence
   Irish poet, b. in Dublin, 1 May, 1803; d. there, 20 June, 1849. He was the son of James Mangan, a grocer, and of Catherine Smith.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09589a.htm

» Manharter
   A politico-religious sect which arose in Tyrol in the first half of the nineteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09590a.htm

» Manichaeism
   A religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09591a.htm

» Manifestation of Conscience
   A practice in many religious orders and congregations, by which subjects manifest the state of their conscience to the superior, in order that the latter may know them intimately, and thus further their spiritual progress.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09597a.htm

» Manila
   This archdiocese comprises the city of Manila, the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Cavite, Mindoro, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Rizal, Tarlac, and Zambales; and the Districts of Infanta and Marinduque in the Province of Tayabas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09597b.htm

» Manila Observatory
   Founded by Father Frederic Faura, S.J., in 1865; constituted officially The Philippine Weather Bureau by decree of the American governor, May, 1901.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09601a.htm

» Maniple
   An ornamental vestment in the form of a band, a little over a yard long and from somewhat over two to almost four inches wide, which is placed on the left arm in such manner that it falls in equal length on both sides of the arm.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09601b.htm

» Manitoba
   History of the Canadian province.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09602a.htm

» Mann, Theodore Augustine
   English naturalist and historian, b. in Yorkshire, 22 June, 1735; d. at Prague in Bohemia, 23 Feb., 1809.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09603a.htm

» Manna
   The food miraculously sent to the Israelites during their forty years sojourn in the desert (Ex., xvi; Num., xi, 6-9).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09604a.htm

» Manning, Henry Edward
   Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster (1808-1892).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09604b.htm

» Mannyng, Robert
   Poet, from Bourne in Lincolnshire, England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09608a.htm

» Mansard, François
   French architect, born in Paris, probably of Italian stock, in 1598; died there, 1666.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09609a.htm

» Mansard, Jules
   French architect, grand-nephew of François, was originally Jules Hardouin, but took the name of Mansard; was born in Paris, 1646; died at Marly 1708.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09609b.htm

» Mansi, Gian Domenico
   Italian prelate and scholar born at Lucca, of a patrician family, 16 February, 1692; died archbishop of that city, 27 September, 1769.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09609c.htm

» Mantegna, Andrea
   Biography of the Italian painter.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09610a.htm

» Mantelletta
   An outer vestment reaching to the knees, open in front, with slits instead of sleeves on the sides.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09611a.htm

» Mantua
   Diocese of Mantua (Mantuana), in Lombardy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09611b.htm

» Manu, The Laws of
   The English designation commonly applied to the "Manava Dharma-sastra", a metrical Sanskrit compendium of ancient sacred laws and customs held in the highest reverence by the orthodox adherents of Brahminism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09613a.htm

» Manuel Chysoloras
   First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at Constantinople about the middle of the fourteenth century; died at Constance, German, and was buried there, 15 April, 1415.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09614a.htm

» Manuscripts
   Every book written by hand on flexible material and intended to be placed in a library is called a manuscript.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09614b.htm

» Manuscripts of the Bible
   Manuscripts are written, as opposed to printed, copies of the original text or of a version either of the whole Bible or of a part thereof.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09627a.htm

» Manuscripts, Illuminated
   A large number of manuscripts covered with painted ornaments.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09620a.htm

» Manuterge
   The name given to the towel used by the priest when engaged liturgically.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09633a.htm

» Manutius, Aldus
   Scholar and printer (1450-1515).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09633b.htm

» Manzoni, Alessandro
   Italian poet and novelist, b. at Milan, 7 March, 1785; d. 22 May, 1873.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09634a.htm

» Map, Walter
   Archdeacon of Oxford, b. at, or in the vicinity of, Hereford, c. 1140, d. between 1208 and 1210.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09635a.htm

» Maphrian
   The Syriac word mafriano signifies one who fructifies, a consecrator. It is used to designate the prelate who holds the second rank after the patriarch among the Jacobite Syrians.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09635b.htm

» Maran, Prudentius
   A learned Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation, b. 14 October, 1683, at Sezanne, in the Department of Marne; d. 2 April, 1762, at Paris.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09636a.htm

» Marash
   An Armenian Catholic Diocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09636b.htm

» Maratta, Carlo
   An Italian painter, b. at Camerino, in the March of Ancona, 13 May, 1625, d. in Rome, 15 December, 1713.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09636c.htm

» Marbodius
   Bishop of Rennes, ecclesiastical writer and hymnologist, b. about 1035 at Angers, France, d. there 11 September, 1123.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637a.htm

» Marca, Pierre de
   French bishop and scholar, b. at Gan in Béarn, 24 Jan., 1594, of a family distinguished in the magistracy; d. at Paris, 29 June, 1662.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637b.htm

» Marcellina, Saint
   Consecrated virgin, blood sister of St. Ambrose, d. about 398.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637c.htm

» Marcellinus Comes
   Latin chronicler of the sixth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639b.htm

» Marcellinus of Civezza, O.F.M.
   Modern Franciscan author, born at Civezza in Liguria, Italy, 29 May, 1822; d. at Leghorn, 27 March, 1906.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639c.htm

» Marcellinus, Flavius
   A high official at the court of Emperor Honorius, and possessed the confidence of his imperial master owing to his good sense, and unblemished conduct.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639a.htm

» Marcellinus, Pope Saint
   Elected to the papacy in 296. He died in 304, probably of natural causes, since no early source calls him a martyr.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637d.htm

» Marcello, Benedetto
   Biography focusing on religious works, particularly his Paraphrase of the Psalms.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09640a.htm

» Marcellus I, Pope Saint
   After a vacancy in office following the death of Pope St. Marcellinus, was elected to the papacy in 308. Fairly lengthy biographical article.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09640b.htm

» Marcellus II, Pope
   Born 6 May, 1501, at Montepulciano in Tuscany; died 6 May, 1555, at Rome. His father, Ricardo Cervini, was Apostolic treasurer in the March of Ancona.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09641a.htm

» Marcellus of Ancyra
   One of the bishops present at the Councils of Ancyra and of Nicaea, a strong opponent of Arianism, but in his zeal to combat Arius adopting the opposite extreme of modified Sabellianism and being several times condemned, dying deprived of his see c. A.D.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09642a.htm

» March, Auzias
   A Catalan poet, b. perhaps in the last quarter of the fourteenth century, at Valencia; d. there in 1458.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09642b.htm

» Marchand, Jean Baptiste
   Second principal in order of succession of the Sulpician College of Montreal and missionary of the Detroit Hurons at Sandwich, Ont.; b. at Verchères, Que., 25 Feb. 1760, son of Louis Marchand and Marguerite de Niverville; d. at Sandwich, 14 Apr., 1825.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09642c.htm

» Marchant, Peter
   A theologian, b. at Couvin, a village in the principality of Liege, in 1585; d. at Ghent, 11 Nov., 1661.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09643a.htm

» Marchesi, Pompeo
   A Lombard sculptor of the neoclassic school, born at Saltrio, near Milan, 7 August, 1790; died at Milan, 6 February. 1858.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09643b.htm

» Marchi, Giuseppe
   An archæologist, born at Tolmezzo near Udine, 22 Feb., 1795; died at Rome, 10 Feb., 1860.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09643c.htm

» Marcian
   Roman Emperor at Constantinople, b. in Thrace about 390; d. January, 457.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09644a.htm

» Marciane
   A titular see of Lycia, suffragan of Myra.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645a.htm

» Marcianopolis
   A titular see in Lower Maesia, on the right bank of the Danube, so called by Trajan after his sister Marciana (Amm. Marcellinus, XXVII, 2) and previously known as Parthenopolis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645b.htm

» Marcionites
   Said that the creator "god" of the Old Testament was not the good God and Father of Jesus Christ of the New Testament. Had their own shadow hierarchy and their own Bible, which consisted of parts of Luke and Paul, edited so as to disparage the Old Testame
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645c.htm

» Marcopois
   A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Edessa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09649a.htm

» Marcosians
   A sect of Valentinian Gnostics, founded by Marcus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09649b.htm

» Marcoux, Joseph
   A missionary among the Iroquois, b. in Canada, 16 March, 1791; d. there 29 May, 1855.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09650a.htm

» Marcus
   The name of three leading Gnostics.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09650b.htm

» Marcus Diadochus
   An obscure writer of the fourth century of whom nothing is known but his name at the head of a "Sermon against the Arians", discovered by Wetsten in a manuscript codex of St. Athanasius at Basle.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09650c.htm

» Marcus Eremita
   A theologian and ascetic writer of some importance in the fifth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09650d.htm

» Mardin
   A residential Armenian archbishopric, a Chaldean bishopric, and a residential Syrian bishopric; moreover it is the headquarters of the Capuchin mission of Mardin and Amida.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09650e.htm

» Marechal, Ambrose
   The third Archbishop of Baltimore; born at Ingres near Orléans, France, 28 August, 1764; died at Baltimore, 29 January, 1828.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09651a.htm

» Marenco
   (1), Carlo, Italian dramatist, born at Cassolo (or Cassolnuovo) in Piedmont in 1800; died at Savona in 1846. (2), Leopoldo, Italian dramatic poet, born at Ceva in 1831; died 1899, son of Carlo Marenco.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09651b.htm

» Marenzio, Luca
   Composer (1550-1599).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652a.htm

» Margaret Clitherow, Saint
   Article on this martyr, d. 1586, who is called the "Pearl of York." St. Margaret was crushed to death for the crime of harboring priests.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04059b.htm

» Margaret Colona, Blessed
   A Roman orphan, hermit, founder of a community of Poor Clares, d. 1284.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652c.htm

» Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint
   Biographical article on the apostle of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09653a.htm

» Margaret Pole, Blessed
   Biography of the Countess of Salisbury, martyred in 1541.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09656b.htm

» Margaret Ward, Saint
   English martyr, died at Tyburn in 1588.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15551b.htm

» Margaret of Cortona, Saint
   Third Order Franciscan, d. 1297.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09653b.htm

» Margaret of Hungary, Saint
   Princess who became a Dominican at the age of 4. She died in 1270 or 1271, and was canonized in 1943.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09654a.htm

» Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed
   Duchess d'Alencon, widow, became a Poor Clare, d. 1521.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655a.htm

» Margaret of Savoy, Blessed
   Widow, Third Order Dominican, d. 1464.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655b.htm

» Margaret of Scotland, Saint
   Biographical entry on the eleventh-century queen.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655c.htm

» Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament
   French Carmelite nun (1590-1660).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09656a.htm

» Margaret, Saint
   Also known in the Christian East as St. Marina. Virgin and martyr from Pisidian Antioch.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652b.htm

» Margaritae
   The canonists of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries who taught canon law by commenting on the Decretum of Gratian and on the various collections of the Decretals, gave the most varied forms and diverse names to their treatises. The "Margaritae" are coll
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09657a.htm

» Margil, Antonio
   Born at Valencia, Spain, 18 August, 1657; died at Mexico, 6 Aug., 1726. He entered the Franciscan Order in his native city on 22 April, 1673. After his ordination to the priesthood he volunteered for the Indian missions in America, and arrived at Vera Cru
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09657b.htm

» Margotti, Giacomo
   A Catholic publicist, born 11 May, 1823; died 6 May, 1887. He was a native of San Remo, where his father was president of the Chamber of Commerce, and there he studied the classics and philosophy, after which he entered the seminary of Ventimiglia; in 184
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09657c.htm

» Maria Theresa
   Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman-German Empress, born 1717; died 1780.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09662d.htm

» Maria-Laach
   A Benedictine abbey on the southwest bank of Lake Laach, near Andernach in Rhineland, Germany.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09658a.htm

» Mariales, Kantes
   A Dominican, born about 1580; died at Venice in April, 1660.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09659a.htm

» Marian Priests
   This term is applied to those English priests who being ordained in or before the reign of Queen Mary (1553-1558), survived into the reign of Elizabeth.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09661b.htm

» Mariana
   Situated in the centre of Minas Geraes, the great mining state of Brazil, is bounded on the north, south and west respectively by its suffragan sees, Diamantina, Pouso Alegre, Goyaz, and Uberaba.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09660a.htm

» Mariana Islands
   The Marianas Archipelago (also called the Ladrone Islands) is a chain of fifteen islands in the Northern Pacific, first discovered in 1521 by Magellan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09660b.htm

» Mariana, Juan
   Author and Jesuit, b. at Talavern, Toledo, Spain, probably in April, 1536; d. at Toledo, 16 February, 1624.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09659b.htm

» Mariannhill, Congregation of the Missionaries of
   Located in Natal, near Pinetown, 15 miles from Durban, and 56 from Pietermaritzburg.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09661a.htm

» Marianus Scotus
   Two Irish scholars of this name attained distinction in the eleventh century. Both spent the greater part of their lives in Germany.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09662b.htm

» Marianus of Florence
   A Friar Minor and historian, born at Florence about the middle of the fifteenth century, exact date of birth uncertain; died there, 20 July, 1523.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09662a.htm

» Marie Antoinette
   Biography of the Queen of France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09665a.htm

» Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed
   The daughter of Victor Emanuel I, married King Ferdinand II of Sicily, d. 1836 at the age of 23.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09666a.htm

» Marie de France
   Twelfth-century French poetess.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09667a.htm

» Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed
   Baptismal name Marie Guyard. First superior of the Ursulines of Quebec. Biography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09668a.htm

» Marie-Marguérite d'Youville, Saint
   Biography of the founder of the Gray Nuns, or Sisters of Charity. She died in 1771.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15736c.htm

» Marienberg
   A Benedictine abbey of the Congregation of St. Joseph near Mals, Tyrol (in Vintschau).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09668b.htm

» Marignolli, Giovanni de'
   Franciscan missionary to Asia (b. 1290).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060b.htm

» Marina
   The name of an ancient and noble family of the Republic of Genoa, distinguished alike in the Island of Chios, one of its dependencies, where it possessed many beautiful and valuable estates.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09669a.htm

» Marini, Luigi Gaetano
   A natural philosopher, jurist, historian, archeologist, born at Sant' Orcangelo (pagus Acerbotanus), 18 Dec., 1742; died at Paris, 7 May, 1815.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09670a.htm

» Marinus I, Pope
   Reigned 882-884.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09670b.htm

» Marinus II, Pope
   Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09670c.htm

» Mariotte, Edme
   French physicist, b. at Dijon, France, about 1620; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1684.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671a.htm

» Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints
   Family martyred at Rome in 270. SS. Maris and Martha were husband and wife.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671b.htm

» Marisco, Adam de
   A Franciscan who probably came from the county of Somerset, but the date of his birth is unknown; died at the end of 1257 or the beginning of 1258.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671c.htm

» Marius Aventicus, Saint
   Or Aventicensis, so called because he was bishop of Avenches. Goldsmith, chronicler, d. 594.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671d.htm

» Marius Maximus, Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus
   Roman historian, lived c. 165-230.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09672a.htm

» Marius Mercator
   Ecclesiastical writer, born probably in Northern Africa about 390; died shortly after 451.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09672b.htm

» Mark Barkworth, Blessed
   Short biography of the English convert, martyred in 1601.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02296c.htm

» Mark and Marcellian, Saints
   Blood brothers martyred at Rome in the Diocletian persecution, probably in 286.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09682a.htm

» Mark of Lisbon
   Friar minor, historian, and Bishop of Oporto in Portugal, b. at Lisbon (date of birth uncertain); d. in 1591.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09682b.htm

» Mark, Gospel of
   The Second Gospel, like the other two Synoptics, deals chiefly with the Galilean ministry of Christ, and the events of the last week at Jerusalem.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09674b.htm

» Mark, Pope Saint
   Reigned for less than 9 months, d. 336.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09674a.htm

» Mark, Saint
   What can be pieced together of St. Mark's life from Scripture. Also reports on tradition surrounding the saint.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09672c.htm

» Maroni, Paul
   Missionary, b. 1 Nov., 1695.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09683a.htm

» Maronia
   A titular see in the province of Rhodopis, suffragan of Trajanopolis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09683b.htm

» Maronites
   History of the Maronite nation and Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09683c.htm

» Marquesas Islands
   Located in Polynesia, includes all the Marquesas Islands.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09688a.htm

» Marquette (Michigan)
   The Diocese comprises the upper peninsula and the adjacent islands of the State of Michigan, U.S.A.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09689a.htm

» Marquette League
   A society founded in New York, in May, 1904, by Rev. H.G. Ganss, of Lancaster, Pa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09691a.htm

» Marquette University
   Marquette University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an outgrowth of Marquette College, which was opened in 1881, although it had been planned by Right Rev. John Martin Henni as far back as 1850.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15204b.htm

» Marquette, Jacques
   Jesuit missionary and discoverer of the Mississippi River, b. in 1636, at Laon, a town in north central France; d. near Ludington, Michigan, 19 May, 1675.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09690a.htm

» Marriage, Civil
   The municipal law deals with this status only as a civil institution.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09691b.htm

» Marriage, History of
   The Catholic views of marriage.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09693a.htm

» Marriage, Mixed
   Those between Catholics and non-Catholics, when the latter have been baptized in some Christian sect. The term is also used to designate unions between Catholics and infidels.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09698a.htm

» Marriage, Moral and Canonical Aspect of
   Marriage is that individual union through which man and woman by their reciprocal rights form one principle of generation.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09699a.htm

» Marriage, Mystical
   In the Old and the New Testament, the love of God for man, and, in particular His relations with His chosen people (whether of the Synagogue or of the Church), are frequently typified under the form of the relations between bridegroom and bride. In like m
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09703a.htm

» Marriage, Ritual of
   The form for the celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony is detailed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09703b.htm

» Marriage, Sacrament of
   Christian marriage (i.e. marriage between baptized persons) is really a sacrament of the New Law in the strict sense of the word is for all Catholics an indubitable truth.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09707a.htm

» Marryat, Florence
   English novelist and actress (1838-1899).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09715a.htm

» Marseilles
   Diocese of Marseilles (Massiliensis), suffragan of Aix, comprises the district of Marseilles in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09715b.htm

» Marshall Islands
   These islands, a German possession since 1885, lying in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Caroline islands, between 4 and 13 N. lat., and 161 and 171 E. longitude, were discovered in 1529 by Saavedra, Villalobos and other Spanish mariners, and explored by Ma
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718b.htm

» Marshall, Thomas William
   Controversial writer, b. 1818; d. at Surbiton, Surrey, 14 Dec., 1877.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718a.htm

» Marsi
   Diocese in the province of Aquila, Central Italy, with its seat at Pescina.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718c.htm

» Marsico Nuovo and Potenza
   Suffragan diocese of Salerno.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09719a.htm

» Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinando, Count de
   Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at Bologna 10 July, 1658; d. at Bologna 1 Nov., 1730.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09719b.htm

» Marsilius of Padua
   Physician and theologian, b. at Padua about 1270; d. about 1342.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09719c.htm

» Martha, Saint
   Sister of Mary of Bethany and of Lazarus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09721b.htm

» Martial, Saint
   Third-century bishop of Limoges.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09721c.htm

» Martiall, John
   One of the six companions associated with Dr. Allen in the foundation of the English College at Douai in 1568.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09722a.htm

» Martianay, Jean
   Born 30 Dec., 1647, at Saint-Sever-Cap, Diocese of Aire; died 16 June, 1717, at Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris. He entered the Benedictine Congregation of St. Maur at an early age, and devoted himself to Biblical studies.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09722b.htm

» Martianus Capella
   Roman writer of Africa who flourished in the fifth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09723a.htm

» Martigny, Joseph-Alexander
   Canon of Belley, archaeologist; b at Sauverny, Ain, in 1808; d at Belley, 19 August, 1880.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09723b.htm

» Martin
   Benedictine Abbot of the Schottenkloster of Vienna, b. about 1400; d. 28 July, 1464 (29 July 1470).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09726a.htm

» Martin I, Pope Saint
   Opposed the Monothelites, who were supported by the emperor. He was taken prisoner to Constantinople, but refused to sign a heretical declaration. He died in exile in 655.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09723c.htm

» Martin IV, Pope
   Born at the castle of Montpensier in the old French province of Touraine at an unknown date; d. at Perugia 28 March, 1285. As priest he held a benefice at Rouen for a short time, whereupon he became canon and treasurer at the church of St. Martin in Tours
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09724a.htm

» Martin V, Pope
   Born at Genazzano in the Campagna di Roma, 1368; died at Rome, 20 Feb., 1431.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09725a.htm

» Martin of Braga, Saint
   Missionary, monastic founder, archbishop, ecclesiastical writer, d. 580.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09731b.htm

» Martin of Leon, Saint
   Augustinian priest, d. 1203.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09732a.htm

» Martin of Tours, Saint
   Fairly lengthy biographical article on this bishop, who died in around 397.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09732b.htm

» Martin of Troppau
   A chronicler, date of birth unknown; died 1278.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09733a.htm

» Martin of Valencia, O.F.M.
   Born at Villa de Valencia, Spain, about the middle of the fifteenth century; died in the odour of sanctity at Tlalmanalco, Mexico, 31 August, 1534. He entered the Franciscan Order at Mayorga in the Province of Santiago, built the monastery of Santa Maria
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09734a.htm

» Martin y Garcia, Luis
   Jesuit General (1846-1906).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09736a.htm

» Martin, Felix
   Antiquary, historiographer, architect, educationist, b. 4 October, 1804, at Auray, seat of the famous shrine of St. Ann in Brittany, France; d. at Vaugirard, Paris, 25 November, 1886.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09726b.htm

» Martin, Gregory
   Translator of the Douai Version of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate; b. in Maxfield, parish of Guestling, near Winchelsea, in Sussex; d. at Reims, 28 October, 1582.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09727a.htm

» Martin, Konrad
   Bishop of Paderborn; b. 18 May, 1812, at Geismar, Province of Saxony; d. 16 July, 1879, at Mont St Guibert, near Brussels, Belgium.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09728a.htm

» Martin, Paulin
   French Biblical scholar. (1840 - 1890)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09729a.htm

» Martina, Saint
   Roman virgin and martyr, d. 226 or (more likely) 228.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730a.htm

» Martini, Antonio
   Archbishop of Florence, Biblical scholar; b. at Prato in Tuscany, 20 April, 1720; d. at Florence, 31 December 1809.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730b.htm

» Martini, Martino
   Austrian Jesuit missionary to the Chinese, in the seventeenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730c.htm

» Martini, Simone
   Sienese painter, born in Siena, 1283; died either in the same place or at Avignon in 1344 or 1349.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730d.htm

» Martinique
   Diocese; Martinique is one of the French Lesser Antilles, 380 sq. miles in area; It was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, and colonized by the French about 1625; it was in the hands of the English from 1762-1783, and was again occupied by them i
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09731a.htm

» Martinov, John
   Jesuit and writer. Born 7 October, 1821; died 26 April, 1894.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09734b.htm

» Martinsberg
   A Benedictine abbey in Hungary about fourteen English miles south of Raab, and sixty west of Buda-Pesth.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09734c.htm

» Martinuzzi, George
   Monk, bishop, cardinal, b. at Kamicac, Dalmatia, 1482; d. 16 December, 1551. His real name was George Utjesenovic.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09735a.htm

» Martyr
   The Greek word martus signifies a witness who testifies to a fact of which he has knowledge from personal observation. The term martyr came to be exclusively applied to those who had died for the faith.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09736b.htm

» Martyr d'Anghiera, Peter
   Historian of Spain and of the discoveries of her representatives, b. at Arona, near Anghiera, on Lake Maggiore in Italy, 2 February, 1457; d. at Granada in October, 1526.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09740a.htm

» Martyrology
   By martyrology is understood a catalogue of martyrs and saints arranged according to the order of their feasts, i. e., according to the calendar.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09741a.htm

» Martyropolis
   A titular see, suffragan of Amida in the Province of Mesopotamia or Armenia Quarta.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09742a.htm

» Martyrs in China
   With the revival of the missions in China with Matteo Ricci, who died at Peking in 1610, the blood of martyrs was soon shed to fertilize the evangelical field; the change of the Ming dynasty to the Manchu dynasty, giving occasion for new prosecution.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746b.htm

» Martyrs, Acts of the
   Records of the trials of early Christian martyrs made by the notaries of the court.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09742b.htm

» Martyrs, Japanese
   The most famous of the Japanese martyrs are the twenty-six who were crucified in Nagasaki in 1597, but thousands of other Japanese died for the faith between 1560 and 1860.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09744a.htm

» Martyrs, The Ten Thousand
   On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman Martyrology.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746a.htm

» Martène, Edmond
   An historian and liturgist, born 22 December, 1654, at Saint-Jean-de-Losne near Dijon; died 20 June, 1739, at Saint-Germain-des-Prés near Paris.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09721a.htm

» Martín, Enrico
   Date and place of birth unknown; d. in Mexico in 1632. According to some he was of Spanish descent; Humboldt says that he was either a German or Dutchman, and according to others a Mexican educated in Spain, but in all probability he was a Frenchman.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060d.htm

» Maruthas, Saint
   Writer, greatly devoted to the martyrs, Mesopotamian bishop, d. before 420.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09748a.htm

» Mary Anne de Paredes, Saint
   Of Quito, Ecuador, lived as a solitary in her own home and had many extraordinary spiritual gifts. She died in 1645.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09753b.htm

» Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint
   Third Order Franciscan, d. 1791.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09755a.htm

» Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint
   Biography of the 17th-century Carmelite mystic.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09762a.htm

» Mary Magdalen, Saint
   Article on the Apostle to the Apostles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09761a.htm

» Mary Queen of Scots
   Mary Stuart, born at Linlithgow, 8 December, 1542; died at Fotheringay, 8 February, 1587. She was the only legitimate child of James V of Scotland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09764a.htm

» Mary Tudor
   Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; born 18 February, 1516; died 17 November, 1558. Mary was the daughter and only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09766a.htm

» Mary de Cervellione, Saint
   Popularly called Maria de Socos. First superior of a Third Order branch of the Mercedarians, for women. She died in 1290.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09753c.htm

» Mary de Sales Chappuis, Venerable
   Belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, born at Soyhières, a village of the Bernese Jura (then French territory), 16 June, 1793; died at Troyes, 6 October, 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09754a.htm

» Mary of Cleophas
   This title occurs only in John, xix, 25. A comparison of the lists of those who stood at the foot of the cross would seem to identify her with Mary, the mother of James the Less and Joseph ( Mark, xv, 40; cf. Matt., xxvii, 56).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09748b.htm

» Mary of Egypt, Saint
   Biographical article on the penitent and hermit, who died around 421.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09763a.htm

» Mary of Romans 16:6
   She had "laboured much among" the Roman Church, hence St. Paul's salutation to her.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749b.htm

» Mary, Little Brothers of
   Generally known as Marist School Brothers. This religious teaching institute is modern in its origin, having been founded in 1817, in France, by Benedict Marcellin Champagnat.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749a.htm

» Mary, Missionaries of the Company of
   The Company of Mary was founded by Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort in 1713.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749d.htm

» Mary, Name of
   In Scripture and in Catholic use.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09753a.htm

» Mary, Society of (Marist Fathers)
   A religious order of priests, so called on account of the special devotion they profess toward the Blessed Virgin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09750b.htm

» Mary, Society of, of Paris
   Founded in 1817 by Very Reverend William Joseph Chaminade at Bordeaux, France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09752a.htm

» Maryland
   One of the thirteen English colonies which after the Revolution of 1776 became the original States of the American Union.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09755b.htm

» Masaccio
   Italian painter, born about 1402, at San Giovanni di Valdarno, a stronghold situated between Arezzo and Florence; died, probably at Rome, in 1429.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09768a.htm

» Mascoutens Indians
   A Wisconsin tribe of Algonquian stock of considerable missionary importance in the seventeenth century, but long since entirely extinct.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09768b.htm

» Masolino da Panicale
   Son of Cristoforo Fini; b. in the subrub of Panicale di Valdese, near Florence, 1383; d, c. 1440.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09769a.htm

» Mason, Richard Angelus a S. Francisco
   Franciscan writer; b. in Wiltshire, 1599; d. at Douai, 30 Dec, 1678.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09770a.htm

» Masonry (Freemasonry)
   An overview of Freemasonry and description of its condemnation by the Catholic Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09771a.htm

» Maspha
   Name of several places in the Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09788a.htm

» Mass, Chapter and Conventual
   A conventual Mass sung or said in all cathedrals and collegiate churches that have a chapter; in this case it is often called the "chapter" Mass.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09790a.htm

» Mass, Liturgy of the
   The complex of prayers and ceremonies that make up the service of the Eucharist in the Latin rites.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09790b.htm

» Mass, Music of the
   Article covers exclusively the texts of the Mass (not seasonal) which receive a musical treatment.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10001a.htm

» Mass, Nuptial
   "Missa pro sponso et sponsa", the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It is composed of lessons and chants suitable to the Sacrament of Matrimony, contains prayers for persons just married and is interwoven with part of the marriage rite, of which
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10005a.htm

» Mass, Sacrifice of the
   The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the "breaking of bread" (fractio panis) or "liturgy".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10006a.htm

» Massa Candida
   The fame of the Massa Candida has been perpetuated chiefly through two early references to them: that of St. Augustine, and that of the poet Prudentius (q.v.).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10024a.htm

» Massa Carrara
   Diocese in Central Italy (Lunigiana and Garfagnana).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10024b.htm

» Massa Marittima
   In the Province of Grosseto, in Tuscany, first mentioned in the eighth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030a.htm

» Massachusetts
   One of the thirteen original United States of America. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts covers part of the territory originally granted to the Plymouth Company of England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10024c.htm

» Massaia, Guglielmo
   A Cardinal, born 9 June, 1809, at Piova in Piedmont, Italy; died at Cremona, 6 August, 1889.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10029a.htm

» Masses, Bequests for
   Information on court cases about the subject.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16061a.htm

» Masses, Bequests for (Canada)
   Information on the laws.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030c.htm

» Masses, Bequests for (England)
   Before the Reformation dispositions of property, whether real or personal, for the purposes of Masses, were valid, unless where, in the case of real property, they might happen to conflict with the Mortmain laws by being made to religious congregations.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10031a.htm

» Masses, Devises and Bequests for (United States)
   Laws from various states discussed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10032a.htm

» Massillon, Jean-Baptiste
   A celebrated French preacher and bishop; born 24 June, 1663; died 28 September, 1742.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10034a.htm

» Massorah
   The textual tradition of Hebrew Bible, an official registration of its words, consonants, vowels and accents.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10035a.htm

» Massoulié, Antoine
   Theologian, born at Toulouse, 28 Oct., 1632; died at Rome, 23 Jan., 1706.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10037a.htm

» Massuet, René
   Benedictine patrologist, of the Congregation of St. Maur; born 13 August, 1666, at St. Ouen de Mancelles in the diocese of Evreux; died 11 Jan. 1716, at St. Germain des Prés in Paris.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10037b.htm

» Massys, Quentin
   A painter, born at Louvain in 1466; died at Antwerp in 1530 (bet. 13 July and 16 September), and not in 1529, as his epitaph states (it dates from the seventeenth century).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10037c.htm

» Massé, Enemond
   One of the first Jesuits sent to New France; born at Lyons, 1574; died at Sillery, l2 May, 1646.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030b.htm

» Master of the Sacred Palace
   This office (which has always been entrusted to a Friar Preacher) may briefly be described as being that of the pope's theologian. St. Dominic, appointed in 1218, was the first Master of the Sacred Palace (Magister Sacri Palatii).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10039a.htm

» Mastrius, Bartholomew
   Franciscan, philosopher, and theologian, born near Forli, at Meldola, ltaly, in 1602; died 3 January, 1673.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10040a.htm

» Mataco Indians
   Tribes ranging over a great part of the Chaco region, about the headwaters of the Vermejo and the Picomayo, in the Argentine province of Salta and the Bolivian province of Tarija, and noted for the efforts made by Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries in the
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10040b.htm

» Mater
   A titular bishopric in the province of Byzantium.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10041a.htm

» Materialism
   As the word itself signifies, Materialism is a philosophical system which regards matter as the only reality in the world, which undertakes to explain every event in the universe as resulting from the conditions and activity of matter, and which thus deni
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10041b.htm

» Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
   Second Sunday in October. The object of this feast is to commemorate the dignity of the Mary as Mother of God.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10046a.htm

» Mathathias
   The name of ten persons of the Bible, variant in both Hebrew and Greek of Old Testament and in Greek of New Testament; uniform in Vulgate.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10046b.htm

» Mathew Flathers, Blessed
   English priest martyred at York in 1607.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098a.htm

» Mathew, Theobald
   Apostle of Temperance, born at Thomastown Castle, near Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland, 10 October, 1790; died at Queenstown, Cork, 8 December, 1856.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10047a.htm

» Mathieu, François-Désiré
   Bishop and cardinal, born 27 May, 1839; died 26 October, 1908.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10048a.htm

» Matilda of Canossa
   Countess of Tuscany, daughter and heiress of the Marquess Boniface of Tuscany, and Beatrice, daughter of Frederick of Lorraine, b. 1046; d. 24 July, 1114.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10049b.htm

» Matilda, Saint
   Biography of the Queen of Germany, wife of Henry I (the Fowler). She died in 968.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10049a.htm

» Matins
   Not Morning Prayer, but a nighttime prayer, which has now been replaced by the Office of Readings.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10050a.htm

» Matricula
   A term having several meanings in the field of Christian antiquity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10052a.htm

» Matteo da Siena
   Painter (1435-1495).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10052b.htm

» Matteo of Aquasparta
   Italian Franciscan (1235-1302).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10053a.htm

» Matter
   Taking the term in its widest sense, matter signifies that out of which anything is made or composed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10053b.htm

» Matteucci, Carlo
   Physicist, born at Forli, in the Romagna, 21 June, 1811; died at Ardenza, near Leghorn, 25 July, 1868.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10056a.htm

» Matthew of Cracow
   Renowned scholar and preacher of the fourteenth century, b. at Cracow about 1335, d. at Pisa, 5 March, 1410.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10065b.htm

» Matthew, Gospel of Saint
   Detailed article about the first Gospel.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10057a.htm

» Matthew, Saint
   The Apostle and Evangelist, in Scripture and tradition.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10056b.htm

» Matthew, Sir Tobie
   English priest, born at Salisbury, 3 October, 1577, died at Ghent, 13 October, 1655.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10065a.htm

» Matthias Corvinus
   King of Hungary (1440-1490).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10066b.htm

» Matthias of Neuburg
   Chronicler, born towards the close of the thirteenth century, possibly at Neuburg, in Baden; died between 1364 and 1370, probably at Strasburg, in Alsace.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10067a.htm

» Matthias, Saint
   The Apostle, in Scripture and legend.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10066a.htm

» Maundy Thursday
   The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068a.htm

» Maunoury, Auguste-François
   Hellenist and exegete (1811-1898).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068b.htm

» Maurice
   Roman Emperor, born in 539; died in November, 602.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10069a.htm

» Maurice, Saint
   Leader of the Theban Legion, killed around 287.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068c.htm

» Maurists, The
   A congregation of Benedictine monks in France, whose history extends from 1618 to 1818.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10069b.htm

» Maurus, Saint
   Deacon, disciple of St. Benedict. Portrayed by St. Gregory the Great as a model of monastic obedience. Died 584.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10072a.htm

» Maurus, Sylvester
   Writer on philosophy and theology, b. at Spoleto, 31 Dec., 1619; d. in Rome, 13 Jan., 1687.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10072b.htm

» Maury, Jean-Siffrein
   Cardinal and statesman, born at Valréas, near Avignon, 26 June, 1746; died at Rome on 10 May, 1817.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10072c.htm

» Maxentius, Joannes
   Leader of the so-called Scythian monks, appears in history at Constantinople in 519 and 520.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10073a.htm

» Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius
   Roman Emperor 306-12, son of the Emperor Maximianus Herculius and son-in-law of the chief Emperor Galerius.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10073b.htm

» Maximianopolis
   A titular see of Palestina Secunda, suffragan of Scythopolis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074b.htm

» Maximianus
   Roman emperor (d. 310).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074c.htm

» Maximilian
   Brief profiles of three saints of this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10075a.htm

» Maximilian I
   Duke of Bavaria (1573-1651).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10075b.htm

» Maximinus Thrax
   Roman emperor 235-238.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10077c.htm

» Maximinus, Caius Valerius Daja
   Under his uncle Augustus Galerius, the Caesar of Syria and Egypt, from the year 305; in 307 following the example of Constantine, he assumed the title of Augustus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10077b.htm

» Maximinus, Saint
   Bishop of Trier, d. 349 or 352.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10077a.htm

» Maximopolis
   Titular see of Arabia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10078a.htm

» Maximus of Constantinople, Saint
   Also known as Maximus the Theologian or Maximus Confessor. Monk, abbot, wrote on ascetic mysticism, and on the Incarnation against the Monothelites. Died in exile, 662.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10078b.htm

» Maximus of Turin, Saint
   Bishop and theological writer (380-465).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10081a.htm

» Maxwell, William
   Fifth Earl of Nithsdale (Lord Nithsdale signed as Nithsdaill) and fourteenth Lord Maxwell, b. in 1676; d. at Rome, 2 March, 1744.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10081b.htm

» Maxwell, Winifred
   Countess of Nithsdale, d. at Rome, May, 1749.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10082a.htm

» Maya Indians
   The most important of the cultured native peoples of North America, both in the degree of their civilization and in population and resources, formerly occupying a territory of about 60,000 square miles, including the whole of the peninsula of Yucatan, Sou
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10082b.htm

» Mayer, Christian
   Franciscan writer; b. in Wiltshire, 1599; d. at Douai, 30 Dec, 1678.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10086a.htm

» Mayhew, Edward
   Born in 1569; died 14 September, 1625. He belonged to the old English family of Mayhew or Mayow of Winton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10086b.htm

» Maynooth College
   The National College of Saint Patrick, at Maynooth in County Kildare, about twelve miles from Dublin, founded in the year 1795.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10087b.htm

» Mayo Indians
   A tribe that occupied some fifteen towns on Mayo and Fuerte rivers, southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa, Mexico.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10089b.htm

» Mayo, School of
   Was situated in the present parish of Mayo, County Mayo, almost equidistant from the towns of Claremorris and Castlebar. The founder, St. Colman, who flourished about the middle of the seventh century, was in all probability a native of the West of Irelan
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10089a.htm

» Mayor, John
   A Scotch philosopher and historian, b. at Gleghornie near Haddington, 1496; d. at St. Andrew's, 1550.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10090a.htm

» Mayoruna Indians
   A tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, ranging the forests between the Ucayali, the Yavari and the Marañon (Amazon) rivers in north-east Peru and the adjacent portions of Brazil.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10090b.htm

» Mayotte, Nossi-Bé, and Comoro
   Mayotte is the farthest south and most important of the group of Comoro Islands: Mayotte (Maote), Anjuan (Inzuani), Mohilla (Moheli), and Great Comoro (Komoro, i.e. where there is fire, or Angazidya).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10090c.htm

» Mayr, Beda
   A Bavarian Benedictine philosopher, apologist, and poet, b. 15 January, 1742 at Daiting near Augsburg; d. 28 April, 1794, in the monastery of Heillgenkreuz in Donauworth.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10091a.htm

» Mayron, Francis
   Born about 1280, probably at Mayronnes, Department of Basses-Alpes, he entered the Franciscan order at the neighbouring Digne (or Sisteron).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10091b.htm

» Mazarin, Jules
   Born either at Rome or at Piscina in the Abruzzi, of a very old Sicilian family, 14 July, 1602; died at Vincennes, 9 March, 1661.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10092a.htm

» Mazatec Indians
   Mexican tribe of Zapotecan linguistic stock, occupying the mountain region of north-east Oaxaca, chiefly in the districts of Cuicatlan and Teotitlan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10093a.htm

» Mazzara del Vallo
   The city is situated in the province of Trepani, Sicily, on the Mediterranean, at the mouth of the Mazzara River.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10094b.htm

» Mazzella, Camillo
   Theologian and cardinal, born at Vitulano, 10 Feb., 1833; d. at Rome, 26 March, 1900.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10094c.htm

» Mazzolini, Lodovico
   Italian painter, b. in Ferrara in 1480, d., according to one account, in 1528, and to another, in 1530; place of death unknown.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10095a.htm

» Mazzolini, Sylvester
   Theologian, b. at Priero, Piedmont, 1460; d. at Rome, 1523, sometimes confounded with Sylvester Ferrariensis (d. 1526).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10095b.htm

» Mazzuchelli, Pietro Francesco
   Milanese painter, b. at Moranzone near Milan, either in 1571 or 1575; d. at Piacenza in 1626.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10095c.htm

» Mbaya Indians
   A tribe formerly ranging on both sides of the Paraguay River, on the north and northwestern Paraguay frontier, and in the adjacent portion of the province of Matto Grosso, Brazil.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10095d.htm

» McCabe, Edward
   Cardinal, born in Dublin, 1816; died at Kingstown, 11 February, 1885; he was the son of poor parents, educated at Father Doyle's school on the Quays and at Maynooth College, and was ordained priest in 1839.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09484a.htm

» McCarthy, Justin
   Irish politician and writer (1830-1912).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16057b.htm

» McCloskey, William George
   Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky (1823-1909).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09488a.htm

» McGee, Thomas D'Arcy
   An editor, politician, and poet, born at Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland, 13 April, 1825; assassinated at Ottawa, Canada, 7 April, 1868.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492c.htm

» McLoughlin, John
   Physician and pioneer, born in the parish of La Riviere du Loup, Canada, 19 October, 1784; died at Oregon City, 3 September, 1857.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09504b.htm

» McMahon, Martin Thomas
   Soldier, jurist; born at Laprairie, Canada, 21 March, 1838; died in New York, 21 April, 1906.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09505a.htm

» McMaster, James Alphonsus
   An editor, convert, born at Duanesburg, New York, U. S. A., 1 April, 1820; died in Brooklyn, New York, 29 December, 1886.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09506a.htm

» McQuaid, Bernard John
   The first Bishop of Rochester, U. S. A.; born in New York City, 15 December, 1823; died at Rochester, 18 January, 1909.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09507b.htm

» McSherry, James Jr.
   Jurist, son of the author James McSherry; born at Frederick, Maryland, 30 December, 1842; died there 23 October, 1907.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509b.htm

» McSherry, James Sr.
   Author; born at LibertyTown, Frederick County, Maryland, 29 July, 1819; died at Frederick City, Maryland, 13 July, 1869, was the son of James McSherry and Anne Ridgely Sappington, and the grandson of Patrick McSherry, who came from Ireland in 1745 to Lanc
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509a.htm

» McSherry, Richard
   Physician; born at Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), 21 November, 1817; died Baltimore, Md., 7 Ocbober, l885, son of Dr. Richard McSherry.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509c.htm

» Meagher, Thomas Francis
   Soldier, politician, b. at Waterford, Ireland, 3 August, 1823; accidentally drowned in the Missouri River, Montana Territory, U.S.A., 1 July, 1867.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10096a.htm

» Meath
   Diocese in Ireland, suffragan of Armagh.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10097a.htm

» Meaux
   English Cistercian abbey.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16062b.htm

» Meaux, Diocese of
   Comprises the entire department of Seine and Marne, suffragan of Sens until 1622, and subsequently of Paris.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10098a.htm

» Mecca
   The birthplace of Mohammed and the seat of the famous Kaaba, it was celebrated even in pre-Islamic times as the chief sanctuary of the Arabs, and visited by numerous pilgrims and devotees.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10099a.htm

» Mechanism
   There is no constant meaning in the history of philosophy for the word Mechanism. Originally, the term meant that cosmological theory which ascribes the motion and changes of the world to some external force.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10100a.htm

» Mechitar
   The name taken by Peter Manuk, founder of the religious order of Mechitarists, when he became a monk.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10102a.htm

» Mechitarists
   Armenian Benedictines, founded by Mechitar in 1712.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10102b.htm

» Mechlin
   Archdiocese comprising the two Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10104a.htm

» Mechtel, Johann
   Chronicler; b. 1562 at Pfalzel near Trier (Germany); d. after 1631, perhaps as late as 1653 at Trier.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10105a.htm

» Mechtilde, Saint
   Born Matilda von Hackeborn-Wippra, blood sister of the Abbess Gertrude von Hackeborn, monastic herself. Quite plausibly the model for Matelda in Dante's "Purgatorio." She died in 1298.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10105b.htm

» Mecklenburg
   A division of the German Empire, consists of the two Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10107a.htm

» Medaille, Jean Paul
   Jesuit missionary; b. at Carcassonne, the capital of the Department of Aude, France, 29 January, 1618; d. at Auch, the capital of the Department of Gers, France, 15 May, 1689.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10111a.htm

» Medal, Miraculous
   The devotion owes its origin to Zoe Labore, a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, known in religion as Sister Catherine, to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared three separate times in the year 1830, at the mother-house of the comm
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10115a.htm

» Medals, Devotional
   A medal may be defined to be a piece of metal, usually in the form of a coin, not used as money, but struck or cast for a commemorative purpose, and adorned with some appropriate effigy, device, or inscription. In the present article we are concerned only
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10111b.htm

» Medardus, Saint
   Bishop of Noyon, d. around 545.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10115b.htm

» Medea
   A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Heraclea.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10116a.htm

» Medellín
   Archdiocese in the Republic of Colombia, Metropolitan of Antioquia and Manizales, in the Departments of Medellín, Antioquia, and Manizales.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10116b.htm

» Media and Medes
   An ancient country of Asia and the inhabitants thereof.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10117a.htm

» Mediator (Christ as Mediator)
   A mediator is one who brings estranged parties to an amicable agreement. In New Testament theology the term invariably implies that the estranged beings are God and man, and it is appropriated to Christ, the One Mediator.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10118a.htm

» Medices, Hieronymus
   Illustrious as a scholastic of acumen and penetration, b. at Camerino in Umbria, 1569, whence the surname de Medicis a Camerino.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10119a.htm

» Medici, House of
   A Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired great wealth as bankers, rose in a few generations to be first the unofficial rulers of the republic of Florence and afterwards the recognized sovereigns of Tuscany.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10120a.htm

» Medici, Maria de'
   Queen of France; b. at Florence, 26 April, 1573; d. at Cologne, 3 July, 1642.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10121a.htm

» Medicine and Canon Law
   In the early centuries the practice of medicine by clerics, whether secular or regular, was not treated with disapproval by the Church, nor was it at all uncommon for them to devote a considerable part of their time to the medical avocation. Abuses, howev
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10142a.htm

» Medicine, History of
   Presents the history of modern medical science from its Greek foundation.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10122a.htm

» Medina, Bartholomew
   Dominican theologian, b. at Medina, 1527; d. at Salamanca, 1581.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10143a.htm

» Medina, Juan de
   Theologian; born 1490; died 1547; he occupied the first rank among the theologians of the sixteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10144a.htm

» Medina, Miguel de
   Theologian, born at Belalcazar, Spain, 1489; died at Toledo, May, 1578.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10144b.htm

» Medrano, Francisco
   A Spanish lyric poet, b. in Seville, not to be confounded with Sebastian Francisco de Medrano who was also a poet and lived at about the same time.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10145a.htm

» Medulic, Andras
   A Croatian painter and engraver, called by Italian authors Medola, Medula, Schiavone, Schiaon, etc., b. at Sibenik, Dalmatia, 1522; d. at Venice 1582.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10145b.htm

» Meehan, Charles Patrick
   Irish historical writer and translator, b. in Dublin, 12 July, 1812; d. there 14 March 1890.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10145c.htm

» Megara
   A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146a.htm

» Megarians
   Short article on the history and teachings of this school of philosophy by William Turner.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146b.htm

» Mehrerau
   Formerly a Benedictine, now a Cistercian Abbey, is situated on Lake Constance, west of Bregenz, in the district of Vorarlberg, Austria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146d.htm

» Meignan, Guillaume-René
   Cardinal Archbishop of Tours, French apologist and Scriptural exegete, b. at Chauvigné, France, 12 April, 1817; d. at Tours, 20 January 1896.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10147a.htm

» Meilleur, Jean-Baptiste
   French Canadian physician and educator, b. at St. Laurent, P.Q., 9 May, 1796; d. 7 Dec., 1878.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10147b.htm

» Meinwerk, Blessed
   Also called Meginwerk. The energetic tenth bishop of Paderborn, d. 1036.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10148a.htm

» Meissen
   A former see of north-east Germany.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10148b.htm

» Meissonier, Ernest
   French painter, b. at Lyons 21 February,1815; d. at Paris, 31 January, 1891.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10149a.htm

» Melancthon, Philipp
   Extensive article, informative. Thorough examination of his humanism and his contributions to western educational theory and practice.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10151a.htm

» Melania (the Younger), Saint
   Granddaughter of St. Melania the Elder, and a friend of St. Jerome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10154a.htm

» Melbourne
   Located in the state of Victoria, Southeastern Australia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10155a.htm

» Melchers, Paul
   Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 6 Jan., 1813, at Münster, Westphalia; d. 14 December, 1895, at Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10156a.htm

» Melchisedech
   King of Salem (Gen. xiv, 18-20).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10156b.htm

» Melchisedechians
   A branch of the Monarchians, founded by Theodotus the banker.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10157a.htm

» Melchites
   The people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt who remained faithful to the Council of Chalcedon (451) when the greater part turned Monophysite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10157b.htm

» Meletius of Antioch, Saint
   Lengthy article on the career of the gentle bishop who longed for unity in the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10161b.htm

» Meletius of Lycopolis
   Bishop of Lycopolis in Egypt, gave his name to a schism of short duration.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10164a.htm

» Melfi and Rapolla
   Diocese in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10165a.htm

» Meli, Giovanni
   Sicilian poet, b. at Palermo, 4 March, 1740, d. 20 Dec., 1815.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10165b.htm

» Melia, Pius
   Italian theologian, b. at Rome, 12 Jan., 1800; d. in London, June 1883.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10165c.htm

» Melissus of Samos
   A Greek philosopher, of the Eleatic School, b. at Samos about 470 B C.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10165d.htm

» Melitene
   The residence of an Armenian Catholic see, also a titulary archbishopric.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10166a.htm

» Melito, Saint
   Bishop of Sardis, ecclesiastical writer, latter half of the second century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10166b.htm

» Melk, Abbey and Congregation of
   Situated on an isolated rock commanding the Danube, Melk has been a noted place since the days of the Romans.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10167a.htm

» Melleray
   Situated in Brittany, Diocese of Nantes, in the vicinity of Chateaubriand, was founded about the year 1134.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10167b.htm

» Mellifont Abbey
   Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, it was the first Cistercian monastery established in Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10168a.htm

» Mellitus, Saint
   Archbishop of Canterbury, died in 624. Abbot sent to Canterbury by St. Gregory the Great, and the recipient of a letter from Gregory regarding pagan temples, idols, and festivals.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10168b.htm

» Melo
   Located in Uruguay.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10169a.htm

» Melos
   A titular see, suffragan of Naxos in the Cyclades.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10169b.htm

» Melozzo da Forlí
   An Italian painter of the Umbrian School, b. at Forlí, 1438; d. there 1494.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10169c.htm

» Melrose Abbey
   Located in Roxburghshire, founded in 1136 by King David I, was the earliest Cistercian monastery established in Scotland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10170a.htm

» Melrose, Chronicle of
   It opens with the year 735, ends abruptly in 1270, and is founded solely upon the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. ix, in the British Museum, the only ancient copy preserved.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10171a.htm

» Melzi, Francesco
   Born at Milan, about 1490; died 1568. He was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci, and Vasari tells that he was a Milanese nobleman, and that he possessed the principal part of the anatomical drawings of Leonardo.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10171b.htm

» Meléndez Valdés, Juan
   Spanish poet and politician, b. at Ribera del Fresno (Badajoz) 11 March, 1754; d. in exile at Montpelier, France, 24 May, 1817.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10161a.htm

» Memberton
   Principal chief of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia at the time of the establishment of the French colony under de Monts and Poutrincourt in 1605, and noted in mission annals of the first Christian in the tribe.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10172a.htm

» Membre, Zenobius
   Born 1645 at Bapaume, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, he was a member of the Franciscan province of St. Antony.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10172b.htm

» Memling, Hans
   Flemish painter, d. 1494. Artist's biography with bibliography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10172c.htm

» Memory
   Memory is the capability of the mind, to store up conscious processes, and reproduce them later with some degree of fidelity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10174a.htm

» Memphis
   Ancient capital of Egypt; diocese of the province of Arcadia or Heptanomos, suffragan of Oxyrynchus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10176a.htm

» Men of Understanding
   Name assumed by a heretical sect which in 1410-11 was cited before the Inquisition at Brussels.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10191a.htm

» Mena, Juan de
   Spanish poet, born 1411 at Cordova; died 1456 at Torrelaguna.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10177a.htm

» Menaion
   The name of the twelve books, one for every month, that contain the offices for immovable feasts in the Byzantine rite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10177b.htm

» Menas, Saint
   Martyred under Diocletian, c. 295. Most likely Menas of Mareotis, Menas of Cotyaes, and Menas of Constantinople, surnamed Kallikelados, are all the same person honored in different places.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10178d.htm

» Mencius
   Chinese philosopher (b. 371 B.C.).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10179a.htm

» Mendaña de Neyra, Alvaro de
   A Spanish navigator and explorer, born in Saragossa, 1541; died in Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, 18 October, 1596.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10179b.htm

» Mende
   This diocese includes the department of Lozère, in France. Suffragan of Bourges under the old régime, it was re-established by the Concordat of 1801 as a suffragan of Lyons and united with the department of Ardèche.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10180a.htm

» Mendel, Mendelism
   Gregor Johann Mendel (the first name was taken on entrance to his order), b. 22 July, 1822, at Heinzendorf near Odrau, in Austrian Silesia; d. 6 January 1884, at the Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas, Brunn.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10180b.htm

» Mendes de Silva, João
   Better known as Amadeus of Portugal, b. 1420, d. at Milan, 1482, began his religious life in the Hieronnymite monastery of Notre-Dame de Guadalupe (Spain), where he spent about ten years.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10182a.htm

» Mendicant Friars
   Members of those religious orders which, originally, by vow of poverty renounced all proprietorship not only individually but also (and in this differing from the monks) in common, relying for support on their own work and on the charity of the faithful.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10183c.htm

» Mendieta, Jerónimo
   A Spanish missionary; born at Vitoria, Spain, 1525; died in the City of Mexico, 9 May, 1604.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10185a.htm

» Mendoza, Diego Hurtade de
   A Spanish diplomat and writer, and one of the greatest figures in the history of Spanish politics and letters; born in Granada, of noble parentage, about 1503; died in Madrid, 1575.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10186a.htm

» Mendoza, Francisco Sarmiento de
   A Spanish canonist and bishop; b. of a noble family at Burgos; d. 1595, at Jaen.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10187a.htm

» Mendoza, Pedro Gonzalez de
   Cardinal and Primate of Spain, b. at Guadalajara, 3 May, 1428; d. there, 11 January, 1495.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10187b.htm

» Mendíburu, Manuel de
   Nineteenth-century Peruvian-born soldier and diplomat.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10183b.htm

» Meneses, Osorio Francisco
   Spanish painter, b. at Seville, 1630; d. probably in the same place, 1705.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10187c.htm

» Menestrier, Claude-François
   French antiquarian (1631-1705).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16063b.htm

» Menevia
   Said to be derived from Menapia, the name of an ancient Roman settlement supposed to have existed in Pembrokeshire, or Hen Meneu (vetus rubus) where St. David was born.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10187d.htm

» Mengarini, Gregario
   Pioneer missionary of the Flathead tribe and philologist of their language, b. in Rome, 21 July, 1811; d. at Santa Clara, California, 23 September, 1886.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10188a.htm

» Mengs, Anthon Rafael
   A Bohemian painter, usually regarded as belonging to the Italian or Spanish school, b. at Aussig in Bohemia, 12 March, 1728; d. in Rome, 29 June, 1779.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10189a.htm

» Mennas
   Patriarch of Constantinople from 536 to 552.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10190a.htm

» Mennonites
   A Protestant denomination of Europe and America which arose in Switzerland in the sixteenth century and derived its name from Menno Simons, its leader in Holland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10190b.htm

» Menochio, Giovanni Stefano
   Jesuit biblical scholar, b. at Padua, 1575; d. in Rome, 4 Feb., 1655.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10190c.htm

» Menologium
   A particular service-book of the Greek Church. From its derivation the term Menologium means "month-set", in other words, a book arranged according to the months.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10191b.htm

» Menominee Indians
   A considerable tribe of Algonquian linguistic stock, formerly ranging over north-eastern Wisconsin to the west of Menominee River and Green Bay.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10192a.htm

» Mensa, Mensal Revenue
   The Latin word mensa has for its primitive signification "a table for meals"; it designates by extension the expenses, or better, the necessary resources of sustenance, and generally, all the resources for personal support. He who lives at the expense of
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10194a.htm

» Mensing, John
   A theologian and celebrated opponent of Luther, born according to some at Zütphen, Holland, but more probably at Magdeburg, Saxony, date unknown; died about 1541.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10195a.htm

» Mental Reservation
   The name applied to a doctrine which has grown out of the common Catholic teaching about lying and which is its complement.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10195b.htm

» Mentelin, Johannes
   Born c. 1410; died 12 Dec., 1478; an eminent German typographer of the fifteenth century, and the first printer and bookseller at Strasburg (Alsace).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10196a.htm

» Menzini, Benedetto
   Priest and poet, b. at Florence, 1646; d. at Rome, 7 Sept., 1704.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10196b.htm

» Menéndez y Pelayo, Marcelino
   Spanish poet and historian (1856-1912).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16063a.htm

» Mercadé, Eustache
   French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10197a.htm

» Mercedarians
   A congregation of men founded in 1218 by St. Peter Nolasco, born 1189, at Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, Department of Aude, France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10197b.htm

» Mercier, Louis-Honoré
   French Canadian statesman (1840-1894).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198a.htm

» Mercuriali, Geronimo
   Italian philologist and physician (1530-1606).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198b.htm

» Mercy, Brothers of Our Lady of
   Founded at Mechlin in 1839 by Canon J. B. Cornelius Scheppers for the instruction and care of prisoners and of the sick.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198c.htm

» Mercy, Corporal and Spiritual Works of
   Mercy as it is here contemplated is said to be a virtue influencing one's will to have compassion for, and, if possible, to alleviate another's misfortune.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198d.htm

» Mercy, Sisters of
   A congregation of women founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1827, by Catherine Elizabeth McAuley, born 29 September, 1787, at Stormanstown House, County Dublin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10199a.htm

» Mercy, Sisters of, of St. Borromeo
   Originally a pious association of ladies formed in 1626 for the care of the sick in the hospital of St. Charles at Nancy, but constituted a religious community in 1652 after being generously endowed by the father of Emmanuel Chauvenel, a young advocate wh
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10201a.htm

» Meredith, Edward
   English Catholic controversialist, b. in 1648, was a son of the rector of Landulph, Cornwall.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10201b.htm

» Merit
   By merit (meritum) in general is understood that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward from him in whose service the work is done.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10202b.htm

» Mermillod, Gaspard
   Bishop of Lausanne and cardinal, born at Carouge, Switzerland, 22 September, 1824; died in Rome, 23 February, 1892.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10208a.htm

» Merneptah I
   The fourth king of the nineteenth Egyptian dynasty and the supposed Pharaoh of the Exodus, was the thirteenth son of Rameses II whom he succeeded in or about 1234 B.C., being then long past middle age.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10208b.htm

» Mersenne, Marin
   Article by C.A. Dubray reviewing the intellectual career of this learned Minim friar.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm

» Mesa
   A King of Moab in the ninth century B. C., whose history is given in IV Kings, iii.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10210a.htm

» Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Armenia
   Created by Gregory XVI on 17 Dec., 1832. Mgr. Trioche, Archbishop of Babylon or Bagdad, became its first titular; he resided habitually in Bagdad.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10210b.htm

» Mesrob
   One of the greatest figures in Armenian history, he was born about 361 at Hassik in the Province of Taron; died at Valarsabad, 441.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10211a.htm

» Messalians
   An heretical sect which originated in Mesopotamia about 360 and survived in the East until the ninth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212a.htm

» Messene
   A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212b.htm

» Messias
   The Greek form Messias is a transliteration of the Hebrew, Messiah, "the anointed". The word appears only twice of the promised prince (Daniel 9:26; Psalm 2:2); yet, when a name was wanted for the promised one, who was to be at once King and Saviour, it w
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm

» Messina
   Located in Sicily.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10216a.htm

» Messina, Antonello da
   Painter, born at Messina, about 1430; died 1497.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10215a.htm

» Messingham, Thomas
   An Irish hagiologist, born in the Diocese of Meath, and studied in the Irish College, Paris, proceeding to the degree of S.T.D.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10217a.htm

» Metalwork in the Service of the Church
   From the earliest days the Church has employed utensils and vessels of metal in its liturgical ceremonies. This practice increased during the Middle Ages.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10218a.htm

» Metaphrastes, Symeon
   The principal compiler of the legends of saints in the Menologia of the Byzantine Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10225a.htm

» Metaphysics
   That portion of philosophy which treats of the most general and fundamental principles underlying all reality and all knowledge.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10226a.htm

» Metastasio, Pietro
   Brief biography of the Italian librettist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234a.htm

» Metcalfe, Edward
   Born in Yorkshire, 1792; died a martyr of charity at Leeds, 7 May, 1847.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234b.htm

» Metellopolis
   A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234c.htm

» Metempsychosis
   The doctrine of the transmigration of souls, teaches that the same soul inhabits in succession the bodies of different beings, both men and animals.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234d.htm

» Metham, Sir Thomas
   A knight, confessor of the Faith, died in York Castle, 1573.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10237a.htm

» Methodism
   A religious movement which was originated in 1739 by John Wesley in the Anglican Church, and subsequently gave rise to numerous separate denominations.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10237b.htm

» Methodius I
   Patriarch of Constantinople (842-846), defender of images during the second Iconoclast persecution, b. at Syracuse, towards the end of the eighth century; d. at Constantinople, 14 June, 846.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09242a.htm

» Methodius of Olympus, Saint
   Bishop, ecclesiastical writer, martyr, died c. 311.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10243a.htm

» Methuselah
   One of the Hebrew patriarchs, mentioned in Genesis 5.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10048b.htm

» Methymna
   A titular see in the island of Lesbos.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10243b.htm

» Metrophanes of Smyrna
   A leader of the faithful Ignatian bishops at the time of the Photian schism (867). Baronius (Ann. Ecci., ad an. 843, I) says that his mother was the woman who was bribed to bring a false accusation of rape against the Patriarch Methodius I (842-846) durin
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10244a.htm

» Metropolis
   A titular episcopal see and suffragan of Ephesus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10244b.htm

» Metropolitan
   In ecclesiastical language, refers to whatever relates to the metropolis, the principal city, or see, of an ecclesiastical province.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10244c.htm

» Metternich, Klemens Lothar Wenzel Von
   Statesman; born at Coblenz, 15 May, 1773; died at Vienna, 11 June, 1859.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10245a.htm

» Metz
   A town and bishopric in Lorraine.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10247a.htm

» Meun, Jean Clopinel de
   French poet, b. c. 1260 in the little city of Meung-sur-Loire; d. at Paris between 1305 and 1320.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10250a.htm

» Mexico
   Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10250b.htm

» Mexico, Archdiocese of
   Information about the boundaries and bishops.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10269a.htm

» Mezger, Francis, Joseph, and Paul
   Three brothers, learned Benedictines of the monastery of St. Peter in Salsburg, and professors at the University of Salzburg.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10270a.htm

» Mezzofanti, Giuseppe
   A cardinal, the greatest of polyglots, born 19 September, 1774; died 15 March, 1849.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10270b.htm

» Miami Indians
   An important tribe of Algonquian stock formerly claiming prior dominion over the whole of what is now Indiana and western Ohio, including the territories drained by the Wabash, St. Joseph, Maumee, and Miami rivers.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10271a.htm

» Michael Caerularius
   Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-58), author of the second and final schism of the Byzantine Church, date of birth unknown; d. 1058.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10273a.htm

» Michael Scotus
   A thirteenth century mathematician, philosopher, and scholar.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275a.htm

» Michael de Sanctis, Saint
   Or Michael de los Santos. Catalonian, member of the Discalced Trinitarians, d. 1625.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10274a.htm

» Michael of Cesena
   A Friar Minor, Minister General of the Franciscan Order, and theologian, born at Cesena, a small town in Central Italy, about 1270; died at Munich, 29 Nov., 1342.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10274b.htm

» Michael the Archangel, Saint
   Article about this angel in Scripture and tradition.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm

» Michael, Military Orders of Saint
   Information on three groups by this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10272a.htm

» Michaud, Joseph-François
   Historian, born at Albens, Savoy, 1767; died at Passy, 30 September, 1839.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10277a.htm

» Micheas of Ephraim
   The Book of Judges (17-18) contains the history of a certain Michas (Hebrews 17:1 and 4: Mikhayehu; elsewhere Mikhah), a resident of the hill country of Ephraim who founded an idolatrous sanctuary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10277b.htm

» Micheas, Book of
   Micheas (Hebr. Mikhah; Jeremiah 26:18: Mikhayah keth.), the author of the book which holds the sixth place in the collection of the Twelve Minor Prophets, was born at Moresheth (Micheas 1:1; Jeremiah 26:18), a locality not far from the town of Geth (Miche
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10278a.htm

» Micheas, Son of Jemla
   A prophet of the Kingdom of Samaria, contemporary with Elias and Eliseus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10277c.htm

» Michel, Jean
   A French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10278b.htm

» Michelians
   A German Protestant sect which derives its name from "Michel", the popular designation of its founder Johann Michael Hahn.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10279a.htm

» Michelis, Edward
   A theologian, born in St. Mauritz, 6 Feb., 1813; died in Luxembourg, 8 June, 1855.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10279b.htm

» Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
   An architect and sculptor, born at Florence circa 1391; died 1472.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10279c.htm

» Michigan
   Information on history, geography, statistics, religion, and education of the state.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10280a.htm

» Michoacan
   Located in Mexico, the Diocese of Michoacan was established in 1536 by Pope Paul III at the instance of the Emperor Charles V, its boundaries to coincide with those of the ancient Kingdom of Michoacan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10282a.htm

» Mickiewicz, Adam
   Born near Novogrodek, Lithuania, 1798; died at Constantinople, 1855.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10283a.htm

» Micmacs
   The easternmost of the Algonquin tribes and probably the first visited by a white man, formerly occupied what is now Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton, as well as part of New Brunswick, Quebec, and south-western Newfoundland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10283b.htm

» Micrologus
   Either a "synopsis" or a "short explanation", and in the Middle Ages used as an equivalent for "Manual".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10285a.htm

» Middendorp, Jakob
   Theologian and historian; b. about 1537 at Oldenzaal, or, according to others, at Ootmarsum, Overyssel, Holland; d. at Cologne, 13 Jan., 1611.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10285b.htm

» Middle Ages
   A term commonly used to designate that period of European history between the Fall of the Roman Empire and about the middle of the fifteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10285c.htm

» Middlesbrough
   In medieval history it was known as Myddilburga or Middilburga, with many other variations of form.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10286a.htm

» Midrashim
   The term commonly designates ancient rabbinical commentaries on the Hebrew Scriptures.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10286b.htm

» Midwives
   Come under the canon law of the Church in their relation towards two of the sacraments, baptism and matrimony.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10287a.htm

» Migazzi, Christoph Anton
   Cardinal, Prince Archbishop of Vienna, b. 1714, in the Tyrol, d. 14 April, 1803, at Vienna.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10288a.htm

» Mignard, Pierre
   A French painter, born at Troyes, 7 November, 1612; died at Paris, 30 May, 1695.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10289a.htm

» Migne, Jacques-Paul
   Priest, and publisher of theological works, born at Saint-Flour, 25 October, 1800; died at Paris, 24 October, 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10290a.htm

» Migration
   The movement of populations from place to place.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10291a.htm

» Milan
   Located in Lombardy, northern Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10298a.htm

» Milde, Vinzenz Eduard
   Prince-Archbishop of Vienna, born at Brünn, in Moravia, in 1777; died at Vienna in 1853.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10302a.htm

» Miles Gerard, Blessed
   Priest martyred in 1590.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467a.htm

» Miles, George Henry
   A dramatist and man of letters, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 31 July, 1824; died near Emmitsburg, 23 July, 1871.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10302b.htm

» Mileto, Diocese of
   Located in Calabria, in the province of Reggio, southern Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10303a.htm

» Miletopolis
   A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Cyzicus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10303b.htm

» Miletus
   A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Aphrodisias, in Caria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10303c.htm

» Miletus, Vitus
   A Catholic theologian, born 1549; died at Mainz, 11 Sept., 1615.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304a.htm

» Milevum
   A titular see of Numidia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304b.htm

» Milic, Jan
   A pre-Hussite reform preacher and religious enthusiast, born at Kremsier in Moravia, died 29 June, 1374, at Avignon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304c.htm

» Military Orders, The
   A historical review of dozens of military orders.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304d.htm

» Millennium and Millenarianism
   At the end of time Christ will return in all His splendour to gather together the just, to annihilate hostile powers, and to found a glorious kingdom on earth for the enjoyment of the highest spiritual and material blessings; He Himself will reign as its
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10307a.htm

» Miller, Ferdinand Von
   Born 1813; died at Munich, 1887. He laboured for the development of the bronze founders' craft and the uplifting of the artistic profession, far beyond the borders of Bavaria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10310a.htm

» Millet, Jean-François
   French painter; b. at Gruchy, near Cherbourg, 4 October, 1814; d. at Barbizon, 20 January, 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10310b.htm

» Millet, Pierre
   A celebrated early Jesuit missionary in New York State, b. at Bourges, France, 19 November, 1635 (al. 1631); d. at Quebec, 31 December, 1708.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10312a.htm

» Milner, John
   Writer and controversialist. Born in London, 14 October, 1752: died at Wolverhampton, 19 April, 1826.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10315a.htm

» Milo Crispin
   Monk, and cantor of the Benedictine Abbey of Bec, wrote the lives of five of its abbots: Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, Gulielmus de Bellomonte, Boso, Theobaldus, and Letardus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10317b.htm

» Milopotamos
   A titular see of Crete, suffragan of Candia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10317c.htm

» Miltiades, Pope Saint
   Died in 314. An African, his name is also sometimes given as Miltiadea or Melchiades.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10318a.htm

» Miltiz, Karl von
   Papal chamberlain and nuncio. (1480-1529)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10318b.htm

» Milwaukee
   Established as a diocese, 28 Nov., 1843.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10319a.htm

» Mind
   Explores the term in relation to consciousness, matter, and mechanism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10321a.htm

» Minden
   Minden on the Weser is first heard of in 798, and in 803 in the Treaty of Salz, made with the Saxons, it is spoken of as a see.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10323a.htm

» Ming, John
   A philosopher and writer, born at Gyswyl, Unterwalden, Switzerland, 20 Sept., 1838; died at Brooklyn, Ohio, U. S. A., 17 June, 1910.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10324a.htm

» Minimi
   Members of the religious order founded by St. Francis of Paula.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10325a.htm

» Minister
   Even before the Reformation the word minister was occasionally used in English to describe those of the clergy actually taking part in a function, or the celebrant as distinguished from the assistants, but it was not then used sine addito to designate an
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10326a.htm

» Minkelers, Jean-Pierre
   Inventor of illuminating gas. (1748-1824)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10326b.htm

» Minnesota
   One of the North Central States of the American Union, lies about midway between the eastern and western shores of the continent, and about midway between the gulf of Mexico and Hudson's Bay.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10326c.htm

» Mino di Giovanni
   Artist. (1431-1484)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16063c.htm

» Minor
   That which is less, or inferior in comparison with another, the term being employed as well of things as of persons.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10331a.htm

» Minor Orders
   The lower degrees of the hierarchy are designated by the name of minor orders, in opposition to the "major" or "sacred" orders.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332b.htm

» Minorca
   Suffragan of Valencia, comprises the Island of Minorca, the second in size of the Balearic Islands, which are possessions of Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332a.htm

» Minsk
   A suffragan of Mohileff, in Western Russia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10333a.htm

» Mint, Papal
   History of the coins.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10334a.htm

» Minucius Felix
   Christian apologist, flourished between 160 and 300; the exact date is not known.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10336a.htm

» Mirabilia Urbis Romæ
   The title of a medieval Latin description of the city of Rome, dating from about 1150.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10337a.htm

» Miracle
   In general, a wonderful thing, the word being so used in classical Latin; in a specific sense, the Latin Vulgate designates by miracula wonders of a peculiar kind, expressed more clearly in the Greek text by the terms terata, dynameis, semeia, i.e., wonde
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10338a.htm

» Miracle Plays and Mysteries
   These two names are used to designate the religious drama which developed among Christian nations at the end of the Middle Ages.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10348a.htm

» Miracles, Gift of
   The gift of miracles is one of those mentioned by St. Paul in his First Epistle to the Corinthians (xii, 9, 10), among the extraordinary graces of the Holy Ghost.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10350a.htm

» Miraeus, Aubert
   Ecclesiastical historian, born at Brussels, 30 Nov., 1573; died at Antwerp, 19 October, 1640.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10351a.htm

» Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco Pico della
   Italian philosopher, nephew of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, b. about 1469; d. 1533.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10351b.htm

» Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della
   Italian philosopher and scholar (1463-1494).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10352a.htm

» Miridite, Abbey of
   The name of an abbatia nullius in Albania, where there formerly stood a Benedictine abbey, now destroyed, dedicated to St. Alexander, martyr.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10352b.htm

» Miserere
   The first word of the Vulgate text of Psalm 1.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10352c.htm

» Misericorde, Congregation of the Sisters of
   Founded 16 January, 1848, for the purpose of procuring spiritual and corporal assistance for poor mothers and unfortunate girls.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10354a.htm

» Misocco and Galanca
   This prefecture in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, comprises the valley of the Moesa which starts at the pass of San Bernardino and flows into the Ticino, and also the valley of Calanca, through which the Calasanca flows.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10354b.htm

» Missal
   The book which contains the prayers said by the priest at the altar as well as all that is officially read or sung in connection with the offering of the holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the ecclesiastical year.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10354c.htm

» Mission Indians (of California)
   A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and official term to designate the modern descendants of those tribes of California, of various stocks and languages, evangelized by the Franciscans in the latter part of the eighteen
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10369a.htm

» Mission, Congregation of Priests of the
   A congregation of secular priests with religious vows founded by St. Vincent de Paul.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10357a.htm

» Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, Congregation of
   Founded by John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy (d. 1 June, 1905); approved in principle by Leo XIII in a Brief dated 25 November, 1887; constitution definitively approved by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, 3 October, 1908
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10368a.htm

» Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy
   Society of missionary priests.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10368b.htm

» Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle
   A community of priests for giving missions and doing other Apostolic works, especially for making converts to the Catholic faith.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10368c.htm

» Missions, Catholic
   A general survey of the missionary activity of the Catholic Church at the time the article was written. (1908)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10375a.htm

» Missions, Catholic Indian, of Canada
   History of the missions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10378a.htm

» Missions, Catholic Indian, of the United States
   Includes the history of the missions and a list of the missionary martyrs.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10384a.htm

» Missions, Catholic Parochial
   This term is used to designate certain special exertions of the Church's pastoral agencies, made, for the most part, among Catholics, to instruct them more fully in the truths of their religion, to convert sinners, rouse the torpid and indifferent, and li
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10391a.htm

» Mississippi
   The state takes its name from the Mississippi River that forms its western boundary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10394a.htm

» Missouri
   The State of Missouri was carved out of the Louisiana Territory, and derives its name from the principal river flowing through its center.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10398a.htm

» Mithraism
   A pagan religion consisting mainly of the cult of the ancient Indo-Iranian Sun-god Mithra.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10402a.htm

» Mitre
   A kind of folding-cap consisting of two like parts, each stiffened by a lining and rising to a peak; these are sewn together on the sides, but are united above by a piece of material that can fold together.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10404a.htm

» Mittarelli, Nicola Giacomo
   A monastic historian, born 2 September, 1707, at Venice; died 4 August, 1777, in the monastery of San Michele di Murano near Venice.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10406a.htm

» Mitylene
   A titulary archbishopric on the island of Lesbos.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10407a.htm

» Mivart, St. George Jackson
   Corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Member of the Council of Linnean Society, etc., b. in London, 30 November, 1827, d. there 1 April, 1900.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10407b.htm

» Mixe Indians
   A mountain tribe in southern Mexico, noted for their extreme conservatism, constituting together with the neighbouring Zoque, a distinct linguistic stock, the Zoquean.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10408a.htm

» Mixteca Indians
   One of the most important civilized tribes of southern Mexico, occupying an extensive territory in western and northern Oaxaca and extending into Guerrero and Puebla.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10409a.htm

» Moab, Moabites
   In the Old Testament, the word Moab designates (1) a son of Lot by his elder daughter (Gen., xix, 37); (2) the people of whom this son of Lot is represented as the ancestor (Ex., xv, 15, etc.), and who are also called "the Moabites" (Gen., xix, 37); and p
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10409b.htm

» Mobile
   Suffragan of New Orleans, comprises the State of Alabama and western Florida.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10410a.htm

» Mocissus
   A titular metropolitan see of Cappadocia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10412a.htm

» Mocoví Indians
   A tribe of the Guaycuran stock closely related linguistically to the Toba, Mbaya, and Abipon, their usual allies, settled principally along the middle and upper Vermejo River.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10412b.htm

» Modena
   Located in central Italy, between the rivers Secchia and Panaro.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10413a.htm

» Modernism
   Etymologically, modernism means an exaggerated love of what is modern, an infatuation for modern ideas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10415a.htm

» Modigliana
   Located in the Province of Florence, in Tuscany.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10421a.htm

» Modra
   A titular see of Bithynia Secunda.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10422a.htm

» Mohammed and Mohammedism
   Mohammed, "the Praised One", the prophet of Islam and the founder of Mohammedanism, was born at Mecca (20 August?) A.D. 570.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10424a.htm

» Mohammedan Confraternities
   The countries where Mohammedanism prevails are full of religious associations, more or less wrapped in secrecy, which are also political.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10422b.htm

» Mohileff
   Latin Catholic archdiocese and ecclesiastical province in Russia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10428a.htm

» Mohr, Christian
   Born at Andernach, 1823; died at Cologne, 1888. He practised his profession of sculptor chiefly at Cologne under the cathedral architect Zwirner.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10432a.htm

» Mohr, Joseph
   Born at Siegburg, Rhine Province, 11 Jan., 1834; died at Munich, 7 February, 1892.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10432b.htm

» Moigno, François-Napoléon-Marie
   Physicist and author, b. at Guéméné (Morbihan), 15 April, 1804; d. at Saint-Denis (Seine), 14 July, 1884.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10432c.htm

» Molai, Jacques de
   Born at Rahon, Jura, about 1244; d. at Paris, 18 March, 1314. A Templar at Beaune since 1265, Molai is mentioned as Grand Master of the Templars as early as 1298.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10433a.htm

» Molesme, Notre-Dame de
   A celebrated Benedictine monastery in a village of the same name, Canton of Laignes, ancient Burgundy, on the confines of the Diocese of Langres and Troyes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10433b.htm

» Molfetta, Terlizzi, and Giovinazzo
   Molfetta is a city of the province of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea; its origin is unknown, but many objects of the neolithic, bronze, and the Mycenæan epoch have been found at a place called Pulo, which shows that the site of Molf
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10434a.htm

» Molina, Antonio De
   A Spanish Carthusian and celebrated ascetical writer, born about 1560, at Villanueva de los infantes; died at Miraflores, 21 September, 1612 or 1619.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10435b.htm

» Molina, Juan Ignacio
   Naturalist and scientist; b. 20 July, 1740, at Guaraculen near Talca (Chile); d. 23 Oct. (12 Sept.?), 1829, at Imola or Bologna (Italy).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10435c.htm

» Molina, Luis de
   One of the most learned and renown theologians of the Society of Jesus, b. of noble parentage at Cuenca, New Castle, Spain, in 1535; d. at Madrid, 12 October, 1600.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10436a.htm

» Molinism
   The name used to denote one of the systems which purpose to reconcile grace and free will.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10437a.htm

» Molinos, Miguel de
   Founder of Quietism, born at Muniesa, Spain, 21 December, 1640; died at Rome, 28 December, 1696.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10441a.htm

» Molitor, Wilhelm
   A poet, novelist, canonist and publicist, born at Zweibruecken in the Rhine Palatinate, 24 August, 1819; died at Speyer, 11 January, 1880.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10442a.htm

» Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
   French comic poet; b. at Paris, 15 Jan., 1622; d. there 17 Feb., 1673.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10434b.htm

» Molloy, Francis
   A theologian, grammarian born in King's County, Ireland, at the beginning of the seventeenth century; died at St. Isidore's, Rome, about 1684.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10442b.htm

» Molloy, Gerald
   A theologian and scientist, born at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, 10 Sept., 1834; died at Aberdeen, 1 Oct., 1906.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10442c.htm

» Molo, Gasparo
   Italian goldsmith and planisher, chiefly known as a medalist, born (according to Forrer) in Breglio near Como or (according to older records) in Lugano; date of death unknown.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10443a.htm

» Moloch
   A divinity worshipped by the idolatrous Israelites.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10443b.htm

» Molokai
   Information about this Hawaiian island and the leper colony there.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10444a.htm

» Molyneux, Sir Caryll
   Baronet of Sefton, and third Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough in Ireland, born 1624; died 1699.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10446a.htm

» Mombritius, Bonino
   A philologist, humanist, and editor of ancient writings, born 1424; died between 1482 and 1502.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10446b.htm

» Monaco, Principality and Diocese of
   Situated on the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded on all sides by the French department of the Maritime Alps, and has an area of 5337 acres.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10447a.htm

» Monad
   The word monad is used by the neo-Platonists to signify the One; for instance, in the letters of the Christian Platonist Synesius, God is described as the Monad of Monads.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10447b.htm

» Monarchia Sicula
   A right exercised from the beginning of the sixteenth century by the secular rulers of Sicily, according to which they had final jurisdiction in purely religious matters, independent of the Holy See.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10451a.htm

» Monarchians
   The so-called Dynamic Monarchians were actually a form of adoptionism. Monarchianism, properly speaking, refers to the Modalists. Denial of the Trinity, assertion that there is only one Divine Person, who appears in three different roles. Noetians and Sab
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10448a.htm

» Monasteries in Continental Europe, Suppression of
   The suppressions of religious houses (whether monastic in the strict sense or houses of the mendicant orders) since the Reformation.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10453a.htm

» Monasteries in England, Suppression of
   From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be regarded as one of the great events of the sixteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10455a.htm

» Monasteries, Double
   Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in contiguous establishments, united under the rule of one superior, and using one church in common for their liturgical offices.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10452a.htm

» Monastery, Canonical Erection of a
   Details the conditions for the legitimate erection of a monastery.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10458a.htm

» Monasticism
   The act of "dwelling alone" (Greek monos, monazein, monachos), has come to denote the mode of life pertaining to persons living in seclusion from the world, under religious vows and subject to a fixed rule, as monks, friars, nuns, or in general as religio
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10459a.htm

» Monasticism, Eastern
   Includes the origin and history.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10467a.htm

» Monasticism, Eastern, Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451)
   Egypt was the Motherland of Christian monasticism. It sprang into existence there at the beginning of the fourth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10464a.htm

» Monasticism, Western
   The introduction of monasticism into the West may be dated from about A.D. 340 when St. Athanasius visited Rome accompanied by the two Egyptian monks Ammon and Isidore, disciples of St. Anthony.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10472a.htm

» Moncada, Francisco De
   Count of Osona, Spanish historian, son of the Governor of Sardinia and Catalonia, born at Valencia, 29 December, 1586; died near Goch, Germany, 1635.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10476a.htm

» Mondino dei Lucci
   Anatomist, b. probably at Bologna, about 1275; d. there, about 1327.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10476b.htm

» Mondovi
   Located in Piedmont, province of Cuneo, northern Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10478a.htm

» Mondoñedo, Diocese of
   It comprises the civil Provinces of Lugo and Corunna, and is bounded on the north by the Bay of Biscay, on the east by the Austurias, on the south by the Diocese of Lugo, and on the west by the Archdiocese of Compostela (or Santiago de Galicia), of which
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10477a.htm

» Mone, Franz
   A historian and archeologist, born at Mingolsheim near Bruchsal, Baden, 12 May, 1796; died at Karlsruhe, 12 March, 1871.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10478b.htm