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  Jesus Christ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374c.htm
An index of articles on the subject.
  Joan of Arc, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409c.htm
Her brief life, her trial and death, swift rehabilitation, and her beatification in 1909.
  John VI, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423a.htm
A Greek, the date of whose birth is unknown; d. 11 January, 705.
  John XVII (XVIII), Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08428b.htm
Date of birth unknown; d. 6 Nov., 1003.
  John I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421a.htm
A Tuscan, was warmly received in Constantinople, but upon his return to Rome, was imprisoned by King Theodoric. Pope John died in prison in 526.
  John V, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422c.htm
A Syrian whose father was one Cyriacus; when he was born is not known; d. 2 August, 686.
  John XIV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08427b.htm
After the death of Benedict VII, Bishop Peter Campanora of Pavia, earlier imperial chancellor of Italy, was elected pope with the consent of Emperor Otto II, and took the name of John.
  John X, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08425b.htm
Born at Tossignano, Romagna; enthroned, 914; died at Rome, 928.
  John IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422b.htm
A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius.
  John XII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08426b.htm
Date of birth unknown; reigned 955-64.
  John IX, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08425a.htm
Reigned 898-900.
  John II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421b.htm
A Roman and the son of Projectus; if not born in the second region (Coelimontium) he had at least been a priest of St. Clement's Basilica.
  John XI, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08426a.htm
Reigned 931-935.
  John VIII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423c.htm
Reigned 872-82.
  John VII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423b.htm
Reigned 705-707.
  John III, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422a.htm
A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571c.htm
In its ordinary and proper sense, signifiies the most important of the cardinal virtues.
  Jews (as a Religion) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08399a.htm
Judaism designates the religious communion which survived the destruction of the Jewish nation by the Assyrians and the Babylonians.
  John XIII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08427a.htm
Date of birth unknown; enthroned on 1 Oct., 965; d. 6 Sept., 972.
  John XV (XVI), Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08427c.htm
Enthroned 985; d. April, 996.
  John XVIII (XIX), Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429a.htm
Successor of John XVII, consecrated Christmas, 1003; d. June, 1009.
  Jansenius and Jansenism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08285a.htm
The subject of this article lived three-quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638.
  John XIX (XX), Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429b.htm
Enthroned in 1024; d. 1032.
  Jerome, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm
Lengthy article on the life and works of St. Jerome.
  John XXII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08431a.htm
Born at Cahors in 1249; enthroned, 5 September, 1316; died at Avignon, 4 December, 1334.
  John XVI (XVII) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08428a.htm
Antipope 997-998; d. probably in 1013.
  Julius I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08561a.htm
A Roman, anti-Arian, supporter of St. Athanasius. Julius died in 352.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08329a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08329a.htm
Proper name of God in the Old Testament.
  Julius III, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08564a.htm
Born at Rome, 10 September, 1487; died there, 23 March, 1555.
  John Duns Scotus, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05194a.htm
Called "Doctor Subtilis," Franciscan, philosopher, d. 1308.
  Jubilee, Holy Year of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531c.htm
Background information relating to the Jubilee.
  Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08567a.htm
The right to guide and rule the Church of God.
  Julian of Eclanum - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08557b.htm
Born about 386; died in Sicily, 454; the most learned among the leaders of the Pelagian movement and Bishop of Eclanum near Beneventum.
  Julius II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08562a.htm
Born on 5 December, 1443, at Albissola near Savona; crowned on 28 November, 1503; died at Rome, in the night of 20-21 February, 1513.
  Jesus Christ, Chronology of the Life of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08377a.htm
Includes absolute and relative chronologies.
  Justin Martyr, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580c.htm
Lengthy article on the life and teachings of the apologist.
  John Damascene, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm
Lengthy biographical article on the last of the Greek Fathers.
  Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08344a.htm
This article deals with the destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption.
  Josephus, Flavius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08522a.htm
Jewish historian, born A.D. 37, at Jerusalem; died about 101.
  John XXI (XX), Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429c.htm
Born at Lisbon between 1210 and 1220; enthroned, 1276; died at Viterbo, 20 May, 1277.
  Jesus Christ, Character of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08382a.htm
The surpassing eminence of the character of Jesus has been acknowledged by men of the most varied type.
  Jeremias the Prophet - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08334a.htm
Background information on his era. His life and mission. Analysis of the Biblical book which bears his name.
  John Fisher, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462b.htm
Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535.
  Jesus Christ, Early Historical Documents on - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08375a.htm
Divided into three classes: pagan sources, Jewish sources, and Christian sources.
  John Baptist de la Salle, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08444a.htm
Essay on the founder of the Christian Brothers.
  Judgment, General - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08552a.htm
To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the "Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31; Ezekiel 13:5; Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment. In the New Testament the second Parusia, or coming of Christ as Judge of the world, is an oft-repeated doctrine.
  Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282c.htm
Biography of the widowed baroness, mother, founder of the Congregation of the Visitation, who died in 1641.
  Judaizers - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08537a.htm
A party of Jewish Christians in the Early Church, who either held that circumcision and the observance of the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation and in consequence wished to impose them on the Gentile converts, or who at least considered them as still obligatory on the Jewish Christians.
  Jews, History of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08386a.htm
Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races; the latter, the creed and worship of the Jews in contrast to Christianity and others.
  John XXIII - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08434a.htm
Antipope. (1370-1419)
  Joan, Popess - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08407a.htm
The fable about a female pope, who afterwards bore the name of Johanna (Joan), is first noticed in the middle of the thirteenth century.
  Joachim of Flora, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406c.htm
Article on this Cistercian abbot, mystic, regarded as a prophet, d. 1202.
  Jealousy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326b.htm
Taken to be synonymous with envy.
  Judgment, Divine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08549a.htm
Divine judgment (judicium divinum), as an immanent act of God, denotes the action of God's retributive justice by which the destiny of rational creatures is decided according to their merits and demerits.
  Jesus Christ, Origin of the Name of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374x.htm
Article examines the name Jesus and Christ separately.
  John the Baptist, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08486b.htm
Lengthy article on the Precursor.
  Jerusalem (After 1291) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08364a.htm
The Latin dominion over Jerusalem really came to an end on 2 October, 1187, when the city opened its gates to Saladin (Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Salah-ed-din, Emir of Egypt, 1169-93); although fragments of the Latin kingdom in Palestine lasted into another century.
  John Kemble, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616a.htm
Biography of the priest and martyr, who died in 1679.
  Josaphat Kuncevyc, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08503b.htm
Lithuanian-born Basilian monk and Ruthenian Rite archbishop of Polotsk, writer. He loved to make profound bows while reciting the Jesus Prayer. Martyred in 1623.
  Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326c.htm
The Curé of Ars, d. 1869.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08270a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08270a.htm
The largest of the British West Indian islands, situated in the Caribbean Sea.
  John Ruysbroeck, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13280c.htm
Article on the Admirable Doctor, "undoubtedly the foremost of the Flemish mystics," author, who died in 1381.
  Junípero Serra, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13730b.htm
Biography of the famed Franciscan priest, missionary to Mexico and California, who died in 1784.
  Judgment, Particular - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08550a.htm
The Catholic doctrine of the particular judgment is this: that immediately after death the eternal destiny of each separated soul is decided by the just judgment of God.
  Jordan, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08501a.htm
Formed at a point about five and a half miles below Banias, by the junction of three streams, the Jordan enters Lake Hûleh about nine and a third miles lower down.
  John the Evangelist, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08492a.htm
Brother of James and son of Zebedee.
  John the Faster - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08493a.htm
Patriarch of Constantinople (John IV, 582-595), famous chiefly through his assumption of the title "eœcumenical patriarch"; d. 2 September, 595.
  Joseph II - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08508b.htm
German Emperor (reigned 1765-90), of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine, son and successor of Maria Theresa and Francis I.
  Jeroboam - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08340a.htm
Name of two Israelitish kings.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08419a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08419a.htm
Profile of the Old Testament prophet and analysis of the book bearing his name.
  Joseph of Cupertino, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08520b.htm
Mystic from a very young age, priest, d. 1663. Biographical article.
  Joseph, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm
Information on the entire life of St. Joseph.
  Joseph Calasanctius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08518d.htm
Priest, founder of the Piarists, d. 1648.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08297a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08297a.htm
Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north-west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08506a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08506a.htm
The eleventh son of Jacob, the firstborn of Rachel, and the immediate ancestor of the tribes of Manasses and Ephraim.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08497b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08497b.htm
The fifth of the Minor Prophets. Article takes a look at the Book of Jonah.
  John Capistran, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452a.htm
Lawyer, governor, ambassador, became a Franciscan priest and a renowned preacher, died in 1456.
  Jesuits, History of the (1814-1912) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14100a.htm
Pius VII had resolved to restore the Society during his captivity in France; and after his return to Rome he did so with little delay.
  Jesuits, Suppression of the (1750-1773) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14096a.htm
The most difficult part of the history of the Society.
  Jesuits, History of the (pre-1750) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14086a.htm
Includes details of activities in various countries.
  Jesuits, Distinguished - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14109a.htm
A list without details of the Jesuits. Does include links to articles when there is one about the person.
  John and Paul, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08443a.htm
Roman martyrs, c. 362.
  Julia Billiart, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08559a.htm
Biographical article on the founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She died in 1816.
  John Francis Regis, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08464a.htm
Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640.
  John Nepomucene, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08467a.htm
Biography of the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, who was tortured and then thrown into the Moldau and drowned, by order of King Wenceslaus IV, in 1393.
  John, Gospel of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08438a.htm
According to the traditional order, the Gospel of St. John occupies the last place among the four canonical Gospels.
  John of God, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472c.htm
Portuguese shepherd, soldier, bookseller, finally found his niche caring for the health of the poor in Granada, became de facto founder of a religious order, d. 1550.
  Judges, The Book of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08547a.htm
The seventh book of the Old Testament, second of the Early Prophets of the Hebrew canon.
  Jesuit's Bark - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08372b.htm
On account of its alkaloids, is the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria.
  John, Epistles of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08435a.htm
Three canonical books of the New Testament written by the Apostle St. John.
  Juliana of Norwich, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08557a.htm
Biographical article on this fourteenth-century English anchoress, mystic, author. By Edmund Gardner.
  Juliana Falconieri, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08556a.htm
Niece of St. Alexis Falconieri. She founded the Servite Third Order, and died in 1341.
  Juliana, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08555a.htm
Martyred in the Diocletian persecution. The oldest notice says that she died near Naples; the notion that she lived in Nicomedia is strictly legendary.
  John of the Cross, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08480a.htm
Article on the life and teaching of this Discalced Carmelite associated with St. Teresa of Avila. Mystic, Doctor of the Church, d. 1591.
  Jubilees, Book of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08535a.htm
An apocryphal writing, so called from the fact that the narratives and stories contained in it are arranged throughout in a fanciful chronological system of jubilee-periods of forty-nine years each; each event is recorded as having taken place in such a week of such a month of such a Jubilee year.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08404a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08404a.htm
Wife of Achab, King of Israel.
  Jacopone da Todi, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08263a.htm
More properly called Jacopo Benedetti. Biographical article on the lawyer, widower, Franciscan poet sympathetic to the Spirituals, who died about 1306.
  Jerome Emiliani, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08343a.htm
Soldier, priest, founder of the Order of Somascha, d. 1537.
  Jovianus, Flavius Claudius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08529b.htm
Roman Emperor, 363-4.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08413a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08413a.htm
One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it.
  Jeanne de Valois, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08327b.htm
Biography of St. Jeanne, also known as Jéhanne de France or Jane of Valois, queen, founder of the Annonciades. She died in 1505.
  John Chrysostom, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452b.htm
Long biographical article on this bishop and Doctor of the Church.
  Julius Africanus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08565a.htm
The father of Christian chronography.
  Josue (Joshua) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08524a.htm
The name of eight persons in the Old Testament, and of one of the Sacred Books.
  Joseph of Arimathea, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08520a.htm
All that is known for certain concerning him is derived from the canonical Gospels.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm
The son of Isaac and Rebecca, third great patriarch of the chosen people, and the immediate ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.
  James, Epistle of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08275b.htm
The author is commonly identified with the Lord's brother, the Bishop of Jerusalem; the view that the Lord's brother must be identified with James, the son of Alpheus, is by far the most probable.
  Judas Machabeus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08541a.htm
Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was the centre and soul of the patriotic and religious revolt of the Jews against the King of Syria (I Mach., ii, 4).
  John Berchmans, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08450a.htm
Biography of this Jesuit, always pious, who died in 1621 at the age of 22.
  Joseph, Sisters of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08511a.htm
Founded at Le Puy, in Velay, France, by the Rev. Jean-Paul Médaille of the Society of Jesus.
  Januarius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08295a.htm
Bishop of Beneventum, martyr, believed to have died in the Diocletian persecution, c. 305. Article has a lengthy discussion of the liquefaction of the saint's blood.
  James Thompson, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08281a.htm
Also called James Hudson. Priest who was imprisoned and then martyred at York in 1582.
  James the Less, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08280a.htm
Identifies James the Less with James the Apostle, son of Alpheus, and with James the brother of the Lord.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08536a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08536a.htm
The name of one of the Patriarchs, the name of the tribe reputed to be descended from him, the name of the territory occupied by the same, and also the name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08523a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08523a.htm
A pious King of Juda (639-608 B.C.), who ascended the throne when he was only eight years of age. He was the son of Amon and the grandson of Manasses.
  Justinian I - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08578b.htm
Roman Emperor (527-65).
  Judas Iscariot - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08539a.htm
The Apostle who betrayed Jesus.
  Julian the Apostate - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08558b.htm
Roman emperor 361-63, b. at Constantinople in 331, d. 26 June, 363, son of Julius Constantius, the half-brother of Constantine the Great.
  Jude, Epistle of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08542b.htm
One of the so-called antilegomena; but, although its canonicity has been questioned in several Churches, its genuineness has never been denied.
  James the Greater, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279b.htm
What can be known of St. James, son of Zebedee and brother of John, from Scripture. Also discusses the tradition that St. James preached in Spain and that his body was translated to Compostela.
  Joliet, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496a.htm
A discoverer and the son of a wagon-maker, was born at Quebec, Canada, on 21 September 1645; d. in Canada, May 1700.
  Justification - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08573a.htm
A biblio-ecclesiastical term; which denotes the transforming of the sinner from the state of unrighteousness to the state of holiness and sonship of God.
  Joachim, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm
According to apocryphal literature, the father of Mary.
  Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of (1099-1291) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08361a.htm
Founded as a result of the First Crusade, in 1099. Destroyed a first time by Saladin in 1187, it was re-established around Saint-Jean d'Acre and maintained until the capture of that city in 1291.
  Jesuit Apologetic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14103a.htm
The accusations brought against the Society have been exceptional for their frequency and fierceness.
  Jerusalem (71-1099) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08355a.htm
History in several periods to the first crusade.
  Jehoshaphat, Valley of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08503a.htm
Mentioned in only one passage of the Bible (Joel, iii-Heb. text, iv).
  Jubilee, Year of (Hebrew) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08534a.htm
According to the Pentateuchal legislation contained in Leviticus, a Jubilee year is the year that follows immediately seven successive Sabbatic years (the Sabbatic year being the seventh year of a seven-year cycle).
  Jean Eudes, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05596a.htm
French missionary, religious founder, writer, d. 1680.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08269b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08269b.htm
A form of religion intermediate between Brahminism and Buddhism, originated in India in pre-Christian times.
  Judith, Book of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08554a.htm
The book exists in distinct Greek and Latin versions, of which the former contains at least eighty-four verses more than the later.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08544a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08544a.htm
It designates the part of Palestine adjacent to Jerusalem and inhabited by the Jewish community after their return from captivity.
  Joannes de Sacrobosco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409b.htm
John Holywood, a monk of English origin, lived in the first half of the thirteenth century as professor of astronomy at Paris; died in that city, 1256.
  Jean de Brébeuf, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02751b.htm
Biographical article on the Jesuit missionary and martyr.
  John of Montecorvino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08474a.htm
A Franciscan and founder of the Catholic mission in China, b. at Montecorvino in Southern Italy, in 1246; d. at Peking, in 1328.
  John of Salisbury - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08478b.htm
Article on the life and thought of this medieval philosopher, by P. Coffey.
  Jeremias - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333c.htm
Name of several Old Testament figures.
  Janssen, Johann - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284c.htm
Historian, born 10 April, 1829, at Kanten, Germany; died 24 December, 1891, at Frankfort-on-the-Main.
  John of Antioch - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08468a.htm
There are four persons commonly known by this name.
  Judge, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08545a.htm
An ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense.
  Jumièges, Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08566a.htm
Founded in 634 by St. Philibert, who had been the companion of Sts. Ouen and Wandrille at the Merovingian court.
  John of Biclaro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470a.htm
Chronicler, born in Portugal, probably about the middle of the sixth century; died after 621.
  John the Deacon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08491a.htm
Article about four historians of the Middle Ages who bear this name.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08339a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08339a.htm
Three cities of this name have successively occupied sites in the same neighbourhood.
  John Malalas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466c.htm
A Monophysite Byzantine chronicler of the sixth century.
  Jovinianus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08530a.htm
An opponent of Christian asceticism in the fourth century, condemned as a heretic (390).
  Jesuits, History of the (1773-1814) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14099a.htm
The execution of the Brief of Suppression having been largely left to local bishops, there was room for a good deal of variety in the treatment the Jesuits might receive in different places.
  Jesuit Generals Prior to the Suppression - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14084a.htm
Details of several who held the position.
  Joyeuse, Henri, Duc de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08530c.htm
Born in 1563 and not, as is mistakenly stated in the "Biographic Michaud", in 1567; died at Rivoli, 28 Sept., 1608. He was the third son of Maréchal Guillaume de Joyeuse, and was a brother of the Admiral Anne de Joyeuse and of the prelate François de Joyeuse.
  Jansen, Cornelius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284b.htm
Exegete, born at Hulst, Flanders, 1510; died at Ghent, 11 April, 1576.
  Jussieu, De - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08569a.htm
Name of five French botanists.
  Justus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586a.htm
The first bishop of Rochester, and later the fourth archbishop of Canterbury, died possibly in 627.
  John of Beverley, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08469b.htm
Benedictine bishop of Hexham and later of York, monastic founder, d. 721.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267a.htm
Diocese in Southern Spain.
  Jacopo de Voragine, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08262b.htm
Became a Dominican at a very early age, was a renowned preacher, provincial, and then Archbishop of Genoa. He died in about 1298. Biographical article.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08268a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08268a.htm
A titular see in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
  Juliana of Liège, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08556c.htm
Devoted to the Blessed Sacrament, lobbied for the institution of the feast of Corpus Christi, d. 1258.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571b.htm
The name conventionally applied to a family of Italian sculptors, whose real name was Betti, originally from San Martino a Mensola, near Florence.
  John Colombini, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08458a.htm
Sienese husband and father whose life was transformed by reading the life of St. Mary of Egypt. Founder of the Jesuati. He died in 1367.
  John of Victring - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08481a.htm
Chronicler, b. probably between 1270 and 1280; d. at Victring, Austria, 12 November, 1347.
  John the Almsgiver, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08486a.htm
Also called John Eleemosynarius. Patriarch of Alexandria, d. 616.
  James of the Marches, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278b.htm
Surnamed Gangala, civil lawyer, Franciscan priest, d. 1476.
  Jacques de Vitry - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08266a.htm
Historian of the crusades, cardinal Bishop of Acre, later of Tusculum, b. at Vitry-sur-Seine, near Paris, probably about 1160; d. at Rome, 1240.
  Jíbaro Indians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08405a.htm
An important tribal group of Ecuador, comprising a great number of small subtribes speaking a common language with dialectic variants, and together constituting a distinct linguistic stock.
  Jesus, Daughters of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374a.htm
Founded at Kermaria, in the Diocese of Vannes, France, in 1834, for the care of the sick poor, and the education of girls.
  Jarlath, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323c.htm
Studied under St. Benen, founded a college at Cloonfush, was noted for his fasting, died about 540.
  Jerusalem, Liturgy of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08371a.htm
The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch.
  John of Paris - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475b.htm
Theologian and controversialist; born at Paris, date unknown; died at Bordeaux, 22 September, 1306.
  Joliette - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496b.htm
Diocese created by Pius X, 27 January, 1904 by division of the Archdiocese of Montreal; comprises three counties, Joliette, Berthier, and Montcalm, with four parishes of L'Assomption County.
  John of Saint Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08479b.htm
Theologian, born at Lisbon, 9 June, 1589; died at Fraga, Spain, 17 June, 1644.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333b.htm
One of the judges of Israel. The story of Jephte is narrated in chapters xi and xii of the Book of Judges.
  James of Edessa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08277b.htm
A celebrated Syrian writer, b. most likely in A.D. 633; d. 5 June, 708.
  John Woodcock, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15702a.htm
Brief biography of the English Franciscan martyr, who died in 1646.
  John of Parma, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475c.htm
Franciscan, professor of theology, Minister General, peacemaker, d. 1289.
  Janauschek, Leopold - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282a.htm
Cistercian, born at Brünn, Moravia, 13 October, 1827; died 23 July, 1898, at Baden, near Vienna.
  Jus Spolii - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571a.htm
A claim, exercised in the Middle Ages, of succession to the property of deceased clerics, at least such as they had derived from their ecclesiastical benefices.
  John of Avila, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08469a.htm
Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569.
  John of Segovia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08479a.htm
A Spanish theologian, b. at Segovia towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. probably in 1458.
  John of Ragusa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08476a.htm
Dominican theologian. (1380-1443)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08372a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08372a.htm
Diocese in the Province of Ancona, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See.
  John Roberts, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13098c.htm
A Welsh Benedictine, the first prior of Downside, was arrested six times, exiled four times, and finally martyred at Tyburn in 1610.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325b.htm
Diocese in Rumania.
  John Wall, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15537b.htm
Biography of the English Franciscan priest and missionary, martyred in 1679.
  John of Cornwall - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470b.htm
Lived about 1176. Author of a treatise written against the doctrine of Abelard.
  Jandel, Alexandre Vincent - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282b.htm
General of the Dominican order, born at Gerbevilliers (Lorraine), 18 July, 1810; died at Rome, 11 December, 1872.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332a.htm
The derivation of the name is uncertain. By some it is translated "Yahweh is he". Several by this name are noted in the article.
  John Story, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485b.htm
Or Storey. Member of Parliament, was arrested but escaped and became a Spanish subject. Kidnapped in Flanders, he was carried to the Tower, where he was tortured repeatedly. Died a martyr in 1571.
  John de Britto, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08461a.htm
Portuguese Jesuit missionary to India, martyr, d. 1693.
  Joest, Jan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08420a.htm
Dutch painter, b. at Calcker, or Calcar, about 1460; d. at Haarlem in 1519.
  Joseph Vaz, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317b.htm
Biographical article on this 17th-century priest from Goa who was a missionary to Sri Lanka.
  James of Sarugh - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278a.htm
A writer of the Syrian Church.
  Juliopolis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08560a.htm
Titular see in the province of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicaea.
  John Houghton, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08465a.htm
Biography of the Carthusian martyr, who died in 1535, and details on some of his companions in martyrdom.
  John Joseph of the Cross, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466a.htm
Italian Franciscan priest, had the gift of miracles, d. 1739.
  John of Nikiû - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475a.htm
An Egyptian chronicler who flourished in the latter part of the seventh century.
  Jubilate Sunday - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531b.htm
The third Sunday after Easter.
  Jaca, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08260a.htm
Located in the Spanish province of Huesca. Jaca, the chief town of the mountain district of Sobrarbe.
  Juvenile Courts - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586c.htm
Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes or offences.
  Jouffroy, Claude-François-Dorothée de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526b.htm
Mechanician, b. at Abbans, near Besançon, 30 Sept., 1751; d. at Paris, 18 July, 1832.
  John Rochester, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08483b.htm
Brief biography of this English Carthusian priest and martyr, d. 1537.
  John of Ephesus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470c.htm
Syriac historian, born at Amida (Diarbekir, on the upper Tigris), about 505; d. about 585.
  John Nelson, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466d.htm
Jesuit priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1577/8.
  John Beche, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02381a.htm
Benedictine abbot. When Beche refused to grant that the king had any authority to confiscate St. John's Abbey, Colchester, he was thrown in the Tower on charges of treason. Though weak, he gained the crown of martyrdom in 1539.
  John Parvus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08482b.htm
A French theologian and professor in the University of Paris; b. most likely at Brachy, Caux, in Normandy, and certainly in the Diocese of Rouen, about 1360; d. 15 July, 1411.
  Jocelin de Brakelond - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418b.htm
An English chronicler, of the late twelfth century.
  Josephites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08519b.htm
A congregation devoted to the Christian education of youth, founded in the Diocese of Ghent (Belgium) by Canon van Crombrugghe, in 1817.
  Jaricot, Pauline-Marie - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323b.htm
Foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Association of the Living Rosary, born at Lyons, 22 July, 1799; died there, 9 January, 1862.
  John Thulis, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711a.htm
Lancashire priest and martyr, converted some of his fellow prisoners. Was executed together with Roger Wrenno in 1615 or 1616.
  John Lloyd, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09316b.htm
Welsh priest and martyr, executed at Cardiff in 1679. Article also has information on his fellow martyr the Jesuit Philip Evans.
  Joinville, Jean, Sire de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08495b.htm
Seneschal of Champagne, historian, b in 1225; d. at Joinville, 1317.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323d.htm
Diocese in the Philippine Islands, formerly a part of the Diocese of Cebú, was made a separate diocese on 27 May, 1865.
  Jaffna, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08269a.htm
Situated in the northern portion of Ceylon, Jaffna comprises the northern and north-central provinces of the island.
  Jonathan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08499b.htm
Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament.
  Jouvancy, Joseph de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08527b.htm
Poet, pedagogue, philologist, and historian, b. at Paris, 14 September, 1643; d. at Rome, 29 May, 1719.
  James Bell, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02411a.htm
Ordained priest in Mary's reign, served the Established Church under Queen Elizabeth, but returned to the Catholic Church and became a missionary. He was martyred along with a layman, John Finch, in 1584.
  John Climacus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08457a.htm
Sometimes called Scholasticus or the Sinaita. Article on the sixth-century Syrian abbot of Mt. Sinai. He is called "Climacus" because he wrote the spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," "Klimax" being the Greek for "ladder."
  Jaenbert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267b.htm
Thirteenth Archbishop of Canterbury; died at Canterbury 11 or 12 August, 791.
  Jones, Inigo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08500b.htm
A biography with references of the London-born architect who drew his inspiration from the Classical forms of Italy.
  John of Montesono - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08474b.htm
Theologian and controversialist, born at Monzón, Spain; dates of birth and death unknown.
  Jouvenet, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08528a.htm
French painter, b. at Rouen in 1644, d. at Paris, 5 April, 1717.
  Jean Louis Bonnard, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02674a.htm
Short biography of the French missionary priest and martyr, d. 1852.
  John Scholasticus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484b.htm
Patriarch of Constantinople, the author of an important collection of ecclesiastical laws; b. at Sirimis near Antioch; d. 577.
  Justiniani, Benedetto - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580a.htm
Theological and Biblical writer. (1550-1622)
  John Cornelius and Companions, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459a.htm
Cornelius, born of Irish parents in Cornwall, studied for the priesthood at Reims. For 10 years he worked as a missionary in England till he was martyred in 1594 for being a Catholic priest, and three companions were also martyred for aiding him.
  John Cantius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08451b.htm
Polish priest, professor of Sacred Scripture, d. 1473.
  John Baptist de Rossi, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08449a.htm
Priest, canon, preacher, d. 1764.
  Jouin, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08527a.htm
Linguist, philosopher, author, b. at Berlin, 14 June, 1818, d. at New York, 10 June, 1899.
  Joseph of Leonessa, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521b.htm
Capuchin missionary, confessor, d. 1612.
  Jonas of Bobbio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08498a.htm
Monk and hagiographer, b. about the close of the sixth century at Sigusia (Susa) in Piedmont; d. after 659.
  Jonas of Orléans - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08499a.htm
Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, born in Aquitaine; died in 843 or 844.
  John Buckley, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08451a.htm
Alias John Jones. Welsh Franciscan priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1598.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08324c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08324c.htm
A Greek name adopted by many Jews whose Hebrew designation was Joshua (Jesus). In the Old Testament, it is applied to three or four persons connected with the period of the Machabees.
  John Ingram, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08008a.htm
English priest, tortured and twice imprisoned, martyred in 1594.
  John Stone, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485a.htm
English Augustinian friar, martyred probably in 1539.
  Julian and Basilissa, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08556b.htm
Husband and wife, of whom little is known except that he was martyred in the Diocletian persecution. According to later legend, Basilissa was the founder of a monastery.
  John Southworth, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14165a.htm
English priest, missionary to his native land, imprisoned several times, once deported, finally martyred for the crime of being a priest. He was executed at Tyburn, 28 June, 1654.
  Jarric, Pierre de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08324a.htm
Missionary writer, born at Toulouse in 1566; d. at Saintes, 2 March, 1617.
  John Britton, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02793c.htm
Also called John Bretton. Short biography of the layman and martyr.
  Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08327a.htm
Vincentian priest, missionary to China, where he was tortured and martyred in 1840.
  Jolly, Philipp Johann Gustav von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08497a.htm
German physicist, born at Mannheim, 26 September, 1809; died at Munich, 24 December, 1884.
  Jungmann, Josef - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08566c.htm
In 1850 he entered the German College at Rome, and was ordained priest in 1855. He afterwards joined the Society of Jesus.
  John of Janduno - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08473b.htm
An Averroistic philosopher, theologian, and political writer of the fourteenth century.
  Jamay, Denis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08275a.htm
Franciscan, missionary, date and place of birth unknown; died in France, 1625; an important figure in the early history of the Church in Canada.
  John Larke, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466b.htm
Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543/4, along with another priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner.
  Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08529a.htm
Spanish statesman and man of letters, at Gijon, Asturias, 5 Jan., 1744, d. at Puerto de Vega on the borders of Asturias, 27 Nov., 1811.
  John Forest, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08463a.htm
English Franciscan, served as confessor to Queen Catherine, was burned at the stake at Smithfield in 1538.
  John Felton, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462a.htm
Arrested, imprisoned, and tortured for having attached a copy of the papal bull excommunicating the queen to the Bishop of London's door. He died a martyr in 1570.
  John Amias, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428b.htm
Cloth merchant, widower, priest, martyred 1589.
  John Boste, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02702a.htm
Or John Boast. Priest, martyred at Durham in 1594. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
  Jauregui, Juan de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325c.htm
A Spanish painter and poet, born at Seville c. 1570, or, according to some, as late as 1583; died at Madrid c. 1640-1.
  Joanna of Portugal, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409a.htm
Princess, Dominican, d. 1490.
  John of Sahagun, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08478a.htm
Spanish canon, became an Augustinian hermit, d. 1479.
  John Duckett, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05183b.htm
Biographical sketch of the English priest and martyr.
  John Finglow, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076c.htm
Yorkshire priest, martyred in 1586.
  John Hambley, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07121a.htm
More than once this priest offered to conform to the state-mandated religion, but at last he died a martyr.
  Julian of Speyer - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08558a.htm
A famous composer, poet, and historian of the thirteenth century, b. at Speyer, d. at Paris about 1250.
  John Sugar, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14325c.htm
Also called John Suker. English priest, was martyred on the same day as a layman, the Bl. Robert Grissold, in 1604 after spending a year in prison.
  John Sandys, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13439a.htm
Brief account of the martyrdom of the English priest, which took place in 1586.
  John Payne, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08483a.htm
English priest, tortured and martyred on completely fabricated charges of conspiracy to murder the queen. Executed in 1582.
  Joubert, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526a.htm
French philosopher; b. at Martignac (Dordogne), 7 May, 1754, d. at Villeneuve-le-Roi (Yonne), 4 May 1824.
  Jovius, Paulus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08530b.htm
Historian, b. at Como, Italy, 9 April, 1483, d. at Florence, 11 Dec., 1552.
  James Duckett, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05182b.htm
Convert to Catholicism, publisher and bookseller, martyred in 1601.
  John Shert, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689d.htm
Very brief biographical profile of the English priest, martyred in 1581.
  Jordanis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08501b.htm
Historian, lived about the middle of the sixth century in the Eastern Roman Empire.
  Johnston, Richard Malcolm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484c.htm
Educator, author, b. 8 March, 1822, at Powellton, Georgia, U.S.A.; d. at Baltimore, Maryland, 23 September, 1898.
  Judde, Claude - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08542a.htm
French preacher and spiritual father; born at Rouen, about 20 December, 1661; died at Paris, 11 March, 1735.
  John Speed, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14214a.htm
Alias John Spence. Englishman, martyred for aiding St. John Boste. Bl. John was executed at Durham in 1593/4.
  John Talaia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485c.htm
Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (481-482) at the time of the Monophysite troubles.
  Judica Sunday - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08553a.htm
Name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, and derived from the first words of the Introit of that day.
  John Pibush, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12073a.htm
English priest and missionary to his native land, imprisoned for more than six years, on trial twice for the crime of being a priest, martyred at Waterings in 1600/1.
  John Rigby, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13055a.htm
Rigby, an unmarried layman, appeared in court on behalf of his employer's daughter and admitted that he was himself a Catholic. He was martyred in 1600.
  Juvencus, C. Vettius Aquilinus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586b.htm
Fourth-century Christian Latin poet.
  John Finch, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076b.htm
A layman, raised Protestant. As a young man he converted to Catholicism, married, served as a catechist, and made his home a center of missionary activity. Captured, he was tortured and imprisoned for three years before being martyred in 1584.
  John of Rupella - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08477b.htm
Franciscan theologian, b. at La Rochelle (Rupella), towards the end of the twelfth century.
  John Lockwood, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09322a.htm
Short biographical article on the English priest and martyr.
  John the Silent, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08495a.htm
Or John Hesychastes. Monk, runaway bishop of Colonia, hermit, d. 558.
  Juan Bautista de Toledo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531a.htm
An eminent Spanish sculptor and architect; b. at Madrid (date not known); d. there 19 May, 1567.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325a.htm
A titular see of Caria, and suffragan of Aphrodisias.
  Justin de Jacobis, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08578a.htm
Italian, a Lazarist priest, titular bishop of Nilopolis, d. 1860.
  Janner, Ferdinand - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08283a.htm
Theologian, born at Hirschau, in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria), 4 Feb., 1836; died 1 November, 1895.
  Jacotot, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08265a.htm
French educator, b. at Dijon, March, 1770; d. at Paris, 30 July, 1840.
  James of Brescia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08277a.htm
Theologian of the fifteenth century.
  Jacquier, François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08266b.htm
French mathematician and physicist, born at Vitry-le-Francois, 7 June, 1711; died at Rome, 3 July, 1788.
  Johnson, Lionel Pigot - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047c.htm
Born at Broadstairs on the Kentish coast, 15 Mar., 1867; died 4 Oct., 1902.
  Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521d.htm
A society of priests and laymen whose object is to labour for the conversion of heathens in foreign countries.
  Janssens, Abraham - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08294a.htm
Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp about 1573; d. probably in the same place about 1631.
  Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy Childhood of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374b.htm
Several groups detailed.
  John Twenge, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15105b.htm
Canon regular, prior of St. Mary's, Bridlington. Miracle-worker, d. 1379.
  John Sarkander, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484a.htm
This priest was tortured for refusing to break the seal of confession, and died in prison in 1620.
  John of Fécamp - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08471b.htm
Ascetic writer, b. near Ravenna about the beginning of the eleventh century; d. at Fécamp, Normandy, 22 February, 1079.
  John of Hauteville - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08473a.htm
Moralist and satirical poet of the twelfth century (flourished about 1184).
  Joseph of Exeter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521a.htm
A twelfth-century Lain poet; b. at Exeter, England.
  John of Roquetaillade (de Rupescissa) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08477a.htm
Franciscan alchemist, date of birth unknown; d. probably at Avignon, 1362.
  Jocelin of Wells - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418c.htm
Bishop of Bath and Wells, d. 19 Nov., 1242.
  Jackson, Henry Moore - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08260b.htm
Knight, born in Grenada, 1849; died in London, 29 August, 1908.
  Jemez Pueblo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332b.htm
An Indian pueblo situated upon the north bank of the river of the same name about twenty miles north-west of Bernalillo, New Mexico.
  John of Falkenberg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08471a.htm
Author, b. at Falkenberg, Pomerania, Prussia, date unknown; d. about 1418 in Italy.
  Jesu Dulcis Memoria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047b.htm
A poem ranging from forty two to fifty three stanzas (in various manuscripts), to form the three hymns of the Office of the Holy Name.
  Jeaurat, Edmond - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08328a.htm
French engraver, b. at Vermenton, near Auxerre, 1688; d. at Paris, 1738.
  Jesus Mary, Religious of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08385a.htm
Founded at Lyons, France, in October, 1818, by Claudine Thevenet, in religion, Mother St. Ignatius.
  Jenks, Silvester - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332d.htm
Theologian, born in Shropshire, c. 1656; died in December, 1714.
  John Ogilvie, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11223b.htm
Scotsman, raised Calvinist, converted to Catholicism, became a Jesuit priest and missionary to his native land, was tortured and martyred in 1615.
  John Martin Moye, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10609a.htm
Biography of the founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, and missionary to China. He died in 1793.
  Joseph Lambton, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08761a.htm
Yorkshire man, a priest, martyred at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1592.
  Joseph Anchieta, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01461c.htm
Short biography of this famous Jesuit missionary to Brazil.
  Joseph Oriol, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11316a.htm
Earned a doctorate in theology, served as a parish priest, renowned for gifts of prophecy and miracles. St. Joseph died in 1702.
  John Almond, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328d.htm
Biographical sketch of the martyr.
  John Bodey, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02608c.htm
Short biography of the English layman and martyr, who died in 1583.
  Justinianopolis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580b.htm
A titular see of Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebaste.
  Janssens, Johann Hermann - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08294b.htm
Catholic theologian, b. at Maeseyck, Belgium, 7 Dec., 1783; d. at Engis, 23 May, 1853.
  Joseph's Society for Colored Missions, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521c.htm
This organization began its labours in 1871, when four young priests from Mill Hill were put in charge of St. Francis Xavier's church, with a large congregation of black Catholics, in Baltimore. Other black missions were soon begun at Louisville, Charleston, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, and other places in the South.
  Jordanus of Giano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502a.htm
Italian Minorite, b. at Giano in the Valley of Spoleto, c. 1195; d. after 1262.
  John Adams, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135e.htm
A convert to Catholicism, he was martyred at Tyburn in 1586.
  Jacob of Jüterbogk - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261b.htm
Theologian and canonist, born of poor parents near Jüterbogk, Brandenburg, Germany, 1381; died at Erfurt in 1465.
  Jorg, Joseph Edmund - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502b.htm
Historian and politician, b. 23 Dec., 1819 at Immenstadt (Ahgau); d. at Landshut, 18 Nov., 1901.
  Jouffroy, Jean de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526c.htm
French prelate and statesman; b. at Luxeuil (Franche-Comté) about 1412; d. at the priory of Rulli, in the Diocese of Bourges, 24 November, 1473.
  Joseph of Issachar - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08508a.htm
A man of the tribe of Issachar, and the father of Igal who was one of the spies sent by Moses to traverse Chanaan and report on the country (Numbers 13:8).
  Jacobus de Teramo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08262a.htm
Canonist and bishop, born in 1349 at Teramo in Italy; died in 1417 in Poland.
  Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079b.htm
Bishop of Trent, d. 1860.
  Janow, Matthew of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284a.htm
A medieval ecclesiastical author, born in the fourteenth century in Bohemia; died at Prague, 30 Nov., 1394.
  John of Winterthur - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08482a.htm
Historian, born about 1300 atWinterthur (Switzerland); died subsequently to 1348, probably at Zurich.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418a.htm
Cistercian monk and Bishop of Glasgow; d. at Melrose Abbey in 1199.
  John of Genoa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472b.htm
Grammarian; born at Genoa, date unknown; died there about 1298.
  Jarcke, Karl Ernst - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323a.htm
Born 10 November, 1801, at Danzig, Prussia; died 27 December, 1852, at Vienna. He belonged to a Protestant merchant family. He took up the study of jurisprudence, and became at an early age professor of criminal law at Bonn and later in Berlin.
  Jungmann, Bernard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08566b.htm
A dogmatic theologian and ecclesiastical historian, born at Münster in Westphalia, 1 March, 1833; died at Louvain, 12 Jan., 1895.
  Jeningen, Venerable Philipp - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332c.htm
Born at Eichstätt, Bavaria, 5 January, 1642;d, at Ellwangen, 8 February, 1704. Entering the Society of Jesus, 19 January, 1663, he became a most successful popular missionary at the shrine of Our Lady of Schönenberg, near Ellwangen in Swabia.
  Jedburgh - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08328b.htm
Augustinian abbey, in the town of the same name, established as a priory by David I, King of Scots, in 1118, and colonized by Canons Regular of St. Augustine from the Abbey of St-Quentin, at Beauvais, France.
  Jennings, Sir Patrick Alfred - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333a.htm
An Australian statesman, b. at Newry, Ireland, 1831; d. July, 1897.
  James Primadicci - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279a.htm
Born at Bologna; died in the same city in 1460.
  John of Fermo, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472a.htm
Also known as John of La Verna. Franciscan, a friend of Jacopone of Todi. John died in 1322.
  Joseph Calasanctius of the Mother of God, Pious Workers of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08519a.htm
Founded at Vienna, 24 November, 1889, by Father Anton Maria Schwartz for all works of charity, but especially the apostolate among workingmen.
  Jehoshaphat - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502c.htm
Fourth King of Juda after the schism of the Ten Tribes.

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