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"God", Etymology of the Word - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608x.htm Anglo-Saxon God; German Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda.

Gabbatha - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328b.htm The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of Lithostrotos.

Gabriel Lalemant, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08752b.htm Short biography of this Jesuit missionary.

Gabriel Possenti, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330c.htm Passionist student, d. 1862.

Gabriel Sionita - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06331a.htm A learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the Parisian polyglot of the Bible; b. 1577, at Edden on the Lebanon; d. 1648.

Gabriel the Archangel, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330a.htm One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible.

Gabriel, Brothers of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330b.htm Originally founded by St. Louis Grignon de Montfort in 1705, but it did not spread much till it was amalgamated with one founded in 1835 by Monsignor Deshayes. Vicar-General of Rennes.

Gaddi, Agnolo, Giovanni, and Taddeo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06332b.htm Florentine artists, Taddeo being the father of Agnolo and Giovanni.

Gagarin, Ivan Sergejewitch - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334a.htm Of the Russian family which traces its origin to the ancient rulers of Starodub; born at Moscow, 1 August, 1814; died at Paris, 19 July, 1882.

Gagliardi, Achille - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334b.htm Ascetic writer and spiritual director; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at Modena, 6 July, 1607.

Gahan, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334c.htm A priest and author; born 5 June, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin; died there, 6 December, 1804.

Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06335a.htm French engraver and painter; b. at Paris, 7 Jan., 1834; d. there, 27 Jan., 1887.

Gal, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06335b.htm The sixteenth and twenty-third bishops of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) were both named Gal, and both are saints. The first St. Gal was bishop from 527 to 551, and the second, from 640-650.

Galatians, Epistle to the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06336a.htm Background on Galatia, purpose and date, a summary of its contents, its importance and a discussion of some difficulties.

Galatino, Pietro Colonna - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06340a.htm Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at Rome, soon after 1539.

Galerius, Valerius Maximianus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341a.htm Galerius, a native of Illyria, was made Caesar 1 March, 293, by Diocletian, whose daughter Valeria he married and who in turn adopted her husband.

Galien, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341b.htm Dominican, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Avignon, meteorologist, physicist, and writer on aeronautics; b. 1699.

Galilei, Alessandro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342a.htm An eminent Florentine architect; born 1691; died 1737.

Galilei, Galileo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342b.htm Although in the popular mind Galileo is remembered chiefly as an astronomer, it was not in this character that he made really substantial contributions to human knowledge, but rather in the field of mechanics, and especially of dynamics, which science may be said to owe its existence to him.

Galitzin, Elizabeth - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06346a.htm Princess, religious of the Sacred Heart; born at St. Petersburg, 22 February, 1797; died in Louisiana, 8 December, 1843.

Gall, Abbey of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06347a.htm In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of Constance; for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe; founded about 613, and named after Gallus, an Irishman, the disciple and companion of St. Columbanus in his exile from Luxeuil.

Gall, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06346b.htm Late sixth- to early seventh-century Irish hermit.

Galla, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348a.htm A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October.

Gallait, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349a.htm Flemish painter; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, 1887.

Galland, Antoine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349b.htm French Orientalist and numismatist, b. at Rollot, near Montdidier, in Picardy, 1646, d. at Paris, 1715.

Gallandi, Andrea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349c.htm Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 January, 1779, or 1780.

Gallego, Juan Nicasio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350a.htm Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853.

Galletti, Pietro Luigi - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350b.htm Benedictine, historian and archaeologist; b. at Rome in 1724; d. there, 13 December, 1790.

Gallia Christiana - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350c.htm A documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupants.

Gallican Rite, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06357a.htm The rite which prevailed in Gaul until about the middle or end of the eighth century.

Gallicanism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06351a.htm This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country.

Gallicanus, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06365a.htm Three saints by this name commemorated on 25 June.

Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366a.htm Roman emperor; b. about 218; d. at Milan, 4 March, 268.

Gallifet, Joseph de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366b.htm French Jesuit. (1663-1749)

Gallipoli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366c.htm Diocese in the province of Lecce (Southern Italy).

Gallitzin, Adele Amalie - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367a.htm Princess; b. at Berlin, 28 Aug., 1748; d. at Angelmodde, near Münster, Westphalia, 17 April, 1806.

Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367b.htm Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840)

Galloway, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370a.htm Situated in the southwest of Scotland.

Galluppi, Pasquale - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370b.htm Philosopher, b. at Tropea, in Calabria, 2 April, 1770; d. at Naples, 13 Dec., 1846, where from 1831 he was a professor in the university.

Gallwey, Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370c.htm Famous London priest. (1820-1906)

Galtelli-Nuoro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371a.htm Diocese in the province of Sassari (Sardinia), suffragan of Caglari.

Galura, Bernhard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371b.htm Prince-Bishop of Brixen; b. 21 August, 1764, at Herbolzheim, Bresigau; d. 17 May, 1856.

Galvani, Luigi - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371c.htm Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798.

Galveston - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06372a.htm The Diocese of Galveston was established in 1847 and comprises that part of the State of Texas, U.S.A., between the Sabine River on the east, the Colorado River on the west, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and the northern line of the counties of Lampasas, Coryell, McLennan, Limestone, Freestone, Anderson, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, and Shelby on the north.

Galway and Kilmacduagh - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06373a.htm Diocese in Ireland; an amalgamation of two distinct ancient sees.

Gama, Vasco da - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, Portugal, about 1469; died at Cochin, India, 24 December, 1524.

Gamaliel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374b.htm Famous Pharisee and Rabbi.

Gamans, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375a.htm Priest and missionary. (1606-1684)

Gambling - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375b.htm The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance.

Gams, Pius Bonifacius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06376a.htm Ecclesiastical historian. (1816-1892)

Gandolphy, Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377a.htm Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, 1779; d. at East Sheen, Surrey, 9 July, 1821.

García Moreno, Gabriel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379b.htm Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated at Quito, 6 August, 1875.

Garcilasso de la Vega - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06381a.htm Spanish poet. (1503-1536)

Garcilasso de la Vega - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06382a.htm Historian of Peru. (1539-1617)

Gardellini, Aloisio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06382b.htm Born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1759; died there, 8 Oct., 1829, famous chiefly for his collection of the decrees of the Congregation of Rites.

Garesché, Julius Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384a.htm Soldier; born 26 April, 1821, near Havana, Cuba; killed at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, U.S.A., 31 December, 1862.

Garet, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384b.htm Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at Jumieges, 24 September, 1694.

Garin, André - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384d.htm An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895)

Garland, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385b.htm English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century.

Garneau, François-Xavier - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386a.htm French Canadian historian. (1809-1866)

Garnet, Henry - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386b.htm English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606.

Garnier, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388c.htm Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian; b. at Paris, 11 Nov., 1612; d. at Bologna, 26 Nov., 1681.

Garnier, Julien - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389a.htm Jesuit missionary, born at Connerai, France, 6 January, 1642; d. in Quebec, 1730.

Garrucci, Raffaele - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389b.htm A historian of Christian art, b. at Naples, 22 January, 1812; d. at Rome, 5 May, 1885.

Gaspare del Bufalo, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390b.htm Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood, died 1837.

Gaspe, Philippe-Aubert de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391a.htm French Canadian writer, b. at Quebec, 30 Oct., 1786, of a family ennobled by Louis XIV in 1693, d. 29 Jan., 1871.

Gassendi, Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391b.htm French philosopher and scientist. Article by J.G. Hagen covers Gassendi's life and work in some detail.

Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392a.htm Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., 1900.

Gassner, Johann Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392b.htm A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779.

Gaston, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392c.htm Jurist: b. at Newbern, North Carolina, U.S.A., 19 Sept., 1778: d. at Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 January 1844.

Gatianus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392d.htm First bishop of Tours, d. 301.

Gau, Franz Christian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393a.htm Architect and archæologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, 1854.

Gaubil, Antoine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393b.htm French Jesuit and missionary to China, b. at Gaillac (Aveyron), 14 July, 1689; d. at Peking, 24 July, 1759.

Gaudentius of Brescia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394a.htm A theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins; b. at Brescia in 1612; d. at Oriano, 25 March, 1672.

Gaudentius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393c.htm Successor of St. Philastrius as bishop of Brescia. Gaudentius died c. 410.

Gaudete Sunday - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice).

Gaudier, Antoine de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394c.htm A writer on asectic theology; b. at Château-Thierry, France, 7 January, 1572; d. at Paris, 14 April, 1622.

Gaudiosus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06395a.htm Bishop of Tarazona (Turiasso), Spain; died about 540.

Gaul, Christian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06395b.htm The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connexion with the persecution at Lyons under Marcus Aurelius (177).

Gaultier, Aloisius-Edouard-Camille - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06398a.htm Priest and schoolmaster; b. at Asti, Piedmont, about 1745; d. at Paris, 18 Sept., 1818.

Gaume, Jean-Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06398b.htm French theologian and author, b. at Fuans (Franche-Comté) in 1802; d. in 1879.

Gavantus, Bartolommeo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399a.htm Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order; b. at Monza, 1569; d. at Milan, 14 August, 1638.

Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06401a.htm A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799.

Gebhard (III) of Constance - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402a.htm Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial encroachments during the Investitures conflict; b. about 1040; d. 12 November, 1110.

Gebhart, Emile - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402b.htm French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy; d. 22 April, 1908.

Gedoyn, Nicolas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403a.htm A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orleans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744.

Gegenbauer, Josef Anton - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403b.htm An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at Wangen, Würtemberg; d. 31 January, 1876, at Rome.

Geiler von Kayserberg, Johann - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403c.htm A celebrated German pulpit orator, b. at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 16 March, 1445; d. at Strasburg, 10 March, 1510.

Geissel, Johannes von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06405a.htm Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 5 February, 1796, at Gimmeldingen, in the Palatinate; d. 8 September, 1864, at Cologne.

Gelasius I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06406a.htm An assessment of his pontificate. He died in 496.

Gelasius II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407a.htm Reigned 1118-1119.

Gelasius of Cyzicus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407b.htm Ecclesiastical writer, son of a priest of Cyzicus, and wrote in Bithynia, about 475, to prove against the Eutychians, that the Nicene Fathers did not teach Monophysitism.

Gemblours - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407c.htm A suppressed Benedictine monastery on the river Orneau in Belgium, founded c. 945 by St. Guibert (Wibert) and dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and the holy martyr Exuperius.

Genealogy (in the Bible) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06408a.htm The word genealogy occurs only twice in the New Testament: I Tim., i, 4, and Tit., iii, 9. In these passages commentators explain the word as referring to the Gentile theogonies, or to the Essene generation of angels, or to the emanation of spirits and aeons as conceived by the Gnostics, or to the genealogies of Jesus Christ, or finally to the genealogies of the Old Testament construed into a source of an occult doctrine.

Genealogy of Christ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06410a.htm Offers the genealogy according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke.

Genebrard, Gilbert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412a.htm Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, in the department of Puy-de-Dôme; d. 16 Feb., 1597.

General Chapter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412b.htm The daily assembling of a community for purposes of discipline and administration of monastic affairs has always included the reading of a chapter of the rule, and thus the assembly itself came to be called the chapter and the place of meeting the chapter-house.

Generation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412c.htm Definitions include: a definite period of time, with a special reference to the average length of man's life; an indefinite period of time, of time past; the men who lived in the same period of time who were contemporaries; a race or class of men; and a dwelling place or habitation.

Genesareth - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413a.htm This is the name given to the Lake of Tiberias in Luke 5:1.

Genesius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413c.htm Five people with this name including: Genesius of Rome; Genesius of Arles; Genesius, Bishop of Clermont; Genesius Count of Clermont; and Genesius of Lyons.

Genevieve, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413f.htm Patroness of Paris, d. 512.

Genezareth, Land of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415a.htm By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of Palestine bordering on the Sea of Galilee, and which in the parallel passage of Matthew (xiv, 34) is called "the country of Genesar".

Genga, Girolamo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415b.htm A painter, born at Urbino in 1476; died at the same place, 1551.

Genicot, Edward - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415c.htm Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900.

Gennadius I, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06416a.htm Patriarch of Constantinople, d. 471.

Gennadius II - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06416b.htm His original name was George Scholarius. Born about 1400, was first a teacher of philosophy and then judge in the civil courts under the Emperor John VIII.

Gennadius of Marseilles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06417a.htm A priest whose chief title to fame is his continuation of St. Jerome's catalogue "De Viris illustribus".

Gennings, Edmund and John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06418a.htm The first, a martyr for the Catholic Faith, and the second, the restorer of the English province of Franciscan friars, were brothers and converts to the Church.

Gentile da Fabriano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06421a.htm Italian painter; b. probably about 1378 in the District of the Marches; d. probably 1427.

Gentiles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422a.htm In the English versions of both Testaments it collectively designates the nations distinct from the Jewish people.

Gentili, Aloysius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422b.htm Proficient in poetry, displayed considerable musical aptitude, had a taste for mechanical and electrical science and was devoted to the cultivation of modern languages, applying himself more particularly to the study of English. (1801-1848)

Genuflexion - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06423a.htm To genuflect, to bend the knee.

Geoffrey of Clairvaux - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427a.htm A disciple of Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and 1120, at Auxerre; d. some time after the year 1188.

Geoffrey of Dunstable - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427b.htm Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.

Geoffrey of Monmouth - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428a.htm Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.

Geoffrey of Vendôme - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428b.htm A cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d. there, 26 March, 1132.

Geography and the Church - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06447a.htm Explains the nature of this science and the course of its evolution.

Geography, Biblical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428c.htm With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book in the Bible which, to a greater or less extent, does not contain mention of, or allusions to, the geography and topography of the Holy Land.

George Beesley, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02389a.htm English priest and martyr, died 1591.

George Gervase, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536a.htm Account of the dramatic life of this Benedictine priest and martyr, who died in 1608.

George Hamartolus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06455a.htm A monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the author of a chronicle of some importance.

George Haydock, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm Biographical article on the English priest and martyr. Includes bibliography.

George Napper, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10703a.htm Or George Napier. Expelled from university for being Catholic, imprisoned for nearly 9 years for merely visiting the English College at Reims, finally martyred for being a priest. He died in 1610.

George Nichols, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065c.htm Biography of the English priest and martyr. Also some information on the Bl. Richard Yaxley, a fellow priest. They were arrested together with laymen Humphrey Prichard and Thomas Belson. All four were martyred in 1589.

George of Trebizond - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456a.htm A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance; b. in Crete (a Venetian possession from 1206-1669), 1395; d. in Rome, 1486.

George Pisides - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456b.htm A Byzantine poet who lived in the first half of the seventh century.

George the Bearded - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06457a.htm Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 August, 1471; d. in the same city, 17 April, 1539.

George, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06453a.htm Long, scholarly article on St. George, martyr, patron saint of England.

Georgetown University - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm Founded immediately after the Revolutionary War, by the incorporated Catholic Clergy of Maryland, who selected from their Body Trustees, and invested them with full power to choose a President and appoint Professors. Since the year 1805, it has been under the direction of Society of Jesus".

Georgius Syncellus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06463a.htm The author of one of the more important medieval Byzantine chronicles, died after 810.

Gerald, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464b.htm English monk, Bishop of Mayo, d. 731. Brief biography.

Geraldton - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464c.htm Diocese in Australia, established in 1898, suffragan of Adelaide.

Geramb, Baron Ferdinand de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464d.htm In religion, Brother Mary Joseph; Abbot and procurator-general of La Trappe, came of a noble and ancient family in Hungary; b. in Lyons, 14 Jan., 1772; d. at Rome, 15 March, 1848.

Gerando, Joseph-Marie de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465a.htm French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, 10 November, 1842.

Gerard Majella, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467c.htm Tailor, Redemptorist, called "Father of the Poor," d. 1755.

Gerard of Cremona - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468a.htm A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187.

Gérard, Abbot of Brogne, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465b.htm Soldier turned monk, d. 959.

Gerard, Archbishop of York - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466b.htm Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108.

Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466a.htm Biography of this tenth-century bishop.

Gerard, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466c.htm Jesuit; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637.

Gerard, Richard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467b.htm Confessor; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680.

Gerardus Odonis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468b.htm Also Geraldus Othonis, or Ottonis, a medieval theologian and Minister General of the Franciscan Order; born probably at Châteauroux, in the present department of Indre, France, date unknown; died at Catania, Sicily, 1348.

Gerberon, Gabriel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06469b.htm A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation. (1628-1711)

Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06470b.htm A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at Perpignan (Pyrénées Orientales), 1864.

Gerbillon, Jean-François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471a.htm French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at Peking, China, 27 March, 1707.

Gerdil, Hyacinthe Sigismond - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471b.htm Cardinal and theologian; b. at Samoëns in Savoy, 20 June, 1718; d. at Rome, 12 August 1802.

Gerhard of Zütphen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471c.htm Born at Zütphen, 1367; died at Windesheim, 1398; a mystical writer and one of the first of the Brothers of the Common Life, founded by Gerhard Groote and Florentius Radewyn at Deventer, in the Netherlands.

Gerhoh of Reichersberg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472a.htm Provost of that place and Austin canon, one of the most distinguished theologians of Germany in the twelfth century, b. at Polling, Bavaria, 1093; d. at Reichersberg, 27 June, 1169.

Germain, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472b.htm A married lawyer, rather worldly, became Bishop of Auxerre, d. 448 or 450. Biography.

Germain, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06473a.htm Monk, Bishop of Paris, d. 576.

Germaine Cousin, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06474a.htm Sickly, pious shepherdess, cruelly treated by her stepmother. St. Germaine died in 1601, at the age of 22.

German Gardiner, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06474b.htm Layman, the last martyr under Henry VIII. Executed at Tyburn on 7 March, 1544, for refusing to grant that the King was the head of the English and Irish Church.

German Literature - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06517a.htm History starting with the pre-Christian period to 800 A.D.

Germanicia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475a.htm A titular see in the province of Euphratensis and the patriarchate of Antioch; incorrectly called Germaniciana and located in Byzacene, Africa.

Germanicopolis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475b.htm A titular see in the province of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia.

Germans in the United States - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475c.htm Includes all German-speaking people, whether originally from Germany proper, Austria, Switzerland, or Luxembourg.

Germanus I, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484a.htm Patriarch of Constantinople, defender of the veneration of ikons, d. 733 or 740.

Germany, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06529a.htm Its jurisdiction covers the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Meeklenburg-Strelitz, the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, the free Hanse towns, Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen, the Principality of Lübeck (capital Eutin), belonging to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, and the Island of Helgoland.

Gerson, Jean de Charlier de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530c.htm Biographical article. Examines his view of conciliarism, and considers his mystical theology.

Gertrude of Aldenberg, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533a.htm Longtime abbess of a Premonstratensian convent near Wetzlar. She died in 1297.

Gertrude of Hackeborn - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533b.htm Cistercian Abbess of Helfta, near Eisleben; born near Halberstadt in 1232; died towards the end of 1292.

Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533c.htm Benedictine abbess of a double monastery, d. 659.

Gertrude the Great, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06534a.htm Benedictine, mystic, author, d. 1301 or 1302.

Gertrude van der Oosten, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06535a.htm Beguine, had the stigmata and the gift of prophecy, died on Epiphany, 1358.

Gervaise, Dom François Armand - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06535b.htm Discalced Carmelite, b. at Paris, 1660; d. at Reclus, France, 1761.

Gervase of Canterbury - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536b.htm English chronicler, b. about 1141; d. in, or soon after, 1210.

Gervase of Tilbury - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536c.htm Medieval writer, b. probably at Tilbury, in the County of Essex, England, about 1150; d. at Arlington, about 1220.

Gervasius and Protasius, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537a.htm Martyred in Milan, probably in the second century.

Géry, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537b.htm Bishop of Cambrai-Arras, d. between 623 and 626.

Gesellenvereine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06538a.htm German Catholic societies for the religious, moral, and professional improvement of young men.

Gesta Dei per Francos - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06539a.htm Title adopted by Guibert de Nogent (died about 1124) for his history of the First Crusade.

Gesta Romanorum - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06539b.htm A medieval collection of anecdotes, to which moral reflections are attached.

Gethsemane - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06540a.htm The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews.

Gethsemane, Abbey of Our Lady of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541a.htm An abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians, commonly called Trappists, established in 1848 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, in the Diocese of Louisville, being the first abbey on American soil.

Gfrörer, August Friedrich - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542a.htm German historian; b. at Calw, Würtemberg, 5 March, 1803; d. at Karlsbad, 6 July, 1861.

Ghardaia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542b.htm Prefecture Apostolic in the French Sahara, separated in 1901 from the Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and the Soudan.

Ghibellines and Guelphs - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056c.htm Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages.

Ghiberti, Lorenzo di Cione - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06544a.htm Sculptor; b. at Florence about 1381; d. there, December, 1455.

Ghirlandajo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06545a.htm Florentine painter; b. 1449; d. 11 Jan., 1494.

Ghislain, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06547a.htm Hermit in Belgium, confessor, died c. 680.

Ghost Dance - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06547b.htm The principal ceremonial rite of an Indian religion which originated about 1887 with Wovoka, alias jack Wilson, an Indian of the Piute tribe in Nevada.

Giannone, Pietro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548a.htm Italian historian, born 7 May, 1676, at Ischitella in the province of Capinata, Naples; died at Turin, 27 March, 1748.

Gibail and Batrun - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548b.htm A Maronite residential see.

Gibault, Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548c.htm Missionary, b. at Montreal, Canada, 1737; d. at New Madrid, about 1804.

Gibbons, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549a.htm Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3 Dec., 1589.

Gibbons, Richard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549b.htm Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632.

Giberti, Gian Matteo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549d.htm Cardinal, and Bishop of Verona, the natural son of Francesco Giberti, a Genoese naval captain, b. at Palermo in 1495; d. at Verona, 30 Dec., 1543.

Giberti, Jean-Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549c.htm Canonist; b. at Aix, Provence, in 1660; d. at Paris in 1736.

Gibraltar - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06550a.htm A rugged promontory in the province of Andalusia, Spain, about 6 miles in circumference. Its almost perpendicular walls rise to a height of 1396 feet.

Giffard, Bonaventure - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06551a.htm Bishop, born at Wolverhampton, England, 1642; died at Hammersmith, Middlesex, 12 March, 1734

Giffard, Godfrey - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06551b.htm Bishop of Worcester, b. about 1235; d. 26 Jan., 1301.

Giffard, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06552a.htm Second Norman Bishop of Winchester from 1100 to 1129.

Gifford, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06552b.htm Archbishop of Reims; b. in Hampshire, 1554; d. at Reims, 11 April, 1629.

Gift, Supernatural - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06553a.htm Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature.

Gil de Albornoz, Alvarez Carillo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06558a.htm A renowned cardinal, general, and statesman; b. about 1310 at Cuenca in New Castile; d. 23 Aug., 1367.

Gil of Santarem, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561b.htm Portuguese Dominican, d. 1265.

Gilbert de la Porrée - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06555a.htm Bishop of Poitiers, philosopher, theologian and general scholar; b. at Poitiers in 1076; d. in 1154.

Gilbert Foliot - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556a.htm Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century.

Gilbert Islands - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557a.htm Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa.

Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557b.htm Short biography of the founder of the Gilbertines, who died in 1189.

Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Laurent - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06554a.htm Poet, b. at Fontenoy-le-Château, 1751; d. at Paris, 12 November, 1780.

Gilbert, Sir John Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06554b.htm Irish archivist and historian, b. in Dublin, 23 January, 1829; d. there, 23 May, 1898.

Gilbertines, Order of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556b.htm Founded by St. Gilbert, about the year 1130, at Sempringham, Gilbert's native place, where he was then parish priest.

Gildas, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557c.htm Biographical entry for St. Gildas the Wise, also called "Badonicus," born to a British family in Scotland, educated in Wales, monk, priest, died in 570.

Giles, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06559a.htm Also known as Aegidius. Hermit and then abbot in late seventh-century Gaul.

Gillespie, Eliza Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560a.htm In religion Mother Mary of St. Angela. Born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, 21 February, 1824; died at St. Mary's convent, Notre Dame, Indiana, 4 March, 1887.

Gillespie, Neal Henry - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560b.htm Brother of the foregoing; b. in Washington county, Pa., 19 January 1831; d. at St. Mary's, Notre Dame, Indiana, 12 November, 1874.

Gillis, James - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560c.htm Scottish bishop; b. at Montreal, Canada, 7 April, 1802; d. at Edinburgh, 24 February 1864.

Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561a.htm A musician, born at Ballygar Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec., 1829; died at St. Louis, 24 Sept., 1892.

Gindarus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561c.htm A titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patriarchate of Antioch.

Ginoulhiac, Jacques-Marie-Achille - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562a.htm A French bishop; b. at Montpellier (department of Herault) 3 Dec., 1806; d. there 17 Nov., 1875.

Gioberti, Vincenzo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562b.htm An Italian statesman and philosopher; b. at Turin, 5 April, 1801; d. at Paris, 26 October, 1852.

Giocondo, Fra Giovanni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06563a.htm An Italian architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar, b. in Verona, c. 1445; d. in Venice (?), c. 1525.

Giordani, Tommasso - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564a.htm A composer, b. at Naples in 1738; d. at Dublin, Ireland, February 1806.

Giordano, Luca - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564b.htm Neapolitan painter; b. at Naples, 1632; d. in the same place, 12 Jan., 1705.

Giorgione - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564c.htm Italian painter, b. at Castelfranco in or before 1477; d. in Venice in October or November, 1510.

Giotto di Bondone - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06565a.htm A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most probably, in the village of Vespignano near Florence; d. at Milan, 8 Jan., 1337.

Giovanelli, Ruggiero - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568a.htm Composer, b. at Velletri, near Rome, in 1560; d. at Rome, 7 January, 1625.

Giovanni Dominici, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05112a.htm Biography of the Dominican preacher and writer.

Giovanni Melchior Bosco, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02689d.htm Commonly called Don Bosco or John Bosco. Founder of the Salesians, d. 1888.

Giraldi, Giovanni Battista - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568b.htm Italian dramatist and novelist; b. at Ferrara, Italy, 1504; d. there, 1573.

Giraldi, Ubaldo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568c.htm An Italian canonist; b. in 1692; d. in 1775.

Giraldus Cambrensis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568d.htm Biographical article on the medieval ecclesiastic and writer.

Girard, Jean-Baptiste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06569a.htm Known as Père Girard, a Swiss pedagogue, b. at Fribourg, 17 December, 1765; d. there, 6 March, 1850.

Girardon, François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570a.htm A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at Paris, 1715.

Giraud de Borneil - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570b.htm A Provençal troubadour, b. about the middle of the twelfth century, at Excideuil in the Viscounty of Limoges.

Girgenti - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570d.htm The capital of a province in Sicily.

Gisbert, Blaise - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06571a.htm French rhetorician and critic; born at Cahors, 21 February, 1657; died at Montpellier, 21 February, 1731.

Giulio Romano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06572a.htm A famous architect and painter, the best-known of Raphael's pupils, and the unique representative of the so-called "Roman School"; b. at Rome in 1492; d. at Mantua in 1546.

Giuseppe Giusti - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574a.htm A poet and patriot; b. 1809, at Monsumano near Pescia, Italy; d. 31 March, 1850.

Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12082b.htm Jesuit priest, novice master, provincial, d. 1811.

Giuseppe Maria Tommasi, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06573a.htm Cardinal, scholar, and author, died 1713.

Glaber, Raoul - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574b.htm Benedictine chronicler; b. in Burgundy before 1000; d. at Cluny about 1050.

Glabrio, Manius Acilius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06575a.htm Consul at Rome during A.D. 91, with Trajan.

Glagolitic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06575b.htm An ancient alphabet of the Slavic languages, also called in Russian bukvitsa.

Glaire, Jean-Baptiste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06576a.htm Priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. at Bordeaux, 1 April, 1798; d. at Issy, near Paris, 25 Feb., 1879.

Glanville, Ranulf de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06576b.htm Chief Justiciar of England; b. at Stratford, Suffolk, England, date unknown; d. before Acre, Palestine, 1190.

Glarean, Henry - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06577a.htm Swiss humanist, poet, philosopher, geographer, mathematician, and musician, born at Mollis, near Glarus, Switzerland, in June, 1488, and died at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 27 March, 1563.

Glastonbury Abbey - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06579a.htm Benedictine monastery, Somersetshire, England, pre-eminently the centre of early Christian tradition in England.

Glendalough, School of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582b.htm Founded by St. Kevin.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06583a.htm The great doxology (hymnus angelicus) in the Mass is a version of a very old Greek form". It begins with the words sung by the angels at Christ's birth (Luke, ii, 14). To this verse others were added very early, forming a doxology.

Gloria, Laus et Honor - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041b.htm A hymn composed by St. Theodulph of Orléans in 810.

Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06588a.htm To gloss is to interpret or explain a text by taking up its words one after another. A glossary is therefore a collection of words about which observations and notes have been gathered, and a glossarist is one who thus explains or illustrates given texts.

Glosses, Scriptural - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06586a.htm The word gloss designates not only marginal notes, but also words or remarks inserted for various reasons in the very text of the Scriptures.

Gloves, Episcopal - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06589a.htm Liturgical gloves are a liturgical adornment reserved for bishops and cardinals.

Gluttony - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm The excessive indulgence in food and drink.

Gnesen-Posen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590b.htm Archdiocese in the Kingdom of Prussia.

Gnosticism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm History of Gnosticism from its pre-Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia-myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rites, schools, and literature.

Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606a.htm The most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean Sea.

Goar, Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606c.htm Dominican and hellenist. (1601-1653)

Goar, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606b.htm Priest, hermit, d. 649.

Gobat, George - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607a.htm Moral theologian; born at Charmoilles, in the Diocese of Basil, now in the Department of the Doubs, France, 1 July, 1600; died 23 March, 1679.

Gobban Saer - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607b.htm Regarded in traditional lore as the greatest Irish architect of the seventh century, and popularly canonized as St. Gobban; b. at Turvey, near Malahide, Co. Dublin, about 560.

Gobelinus, Person - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607c.htm Westphalian known as an historian and an ardent reformer of monastic life in his native land. (1358-1421)

God, Existence of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm The arguments for God's existence are variously classified and entitled by different writers, but all agree in recognizing the distinction between a priori, or deductive, and a posteriori, or inductive reasoning in this connection.

God, Nature and Attributes of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06612a.htm Covered as natural reason and faith.

God, Relation of the Universe to - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06614a.htm Sections include essential dependence of the universe on God, divine immanence and transcendence, and possibility of the supernatural.

Godard, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06621a.htm Benedictine abbot, bishop of Hildesheim, d. 1038.

Godden, Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06621b.htm True name Tylden. Born at Addington, Kent, 1624; died in London, 1 Dec., 1688.

Godeau, Antoine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06622a.htm Bishop, poet and exegete; b. at Dreux in the diocese of Chartres, 1605; d. at Vence, 21 April, 1672.

Godeberta, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06623a.htm Born in about 640, superior of a convent at Noyon.

Godelina, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06623b.htm Physically and psychologically abused by her husband Bertolf and mother-in-law, until finally she was murdered at Bertolf's orders in 1070.

Godet des Marais, Paul - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06624a.htm Bishop of Chartres, France; b. at Talcy, near Blois, 1647; d. at Chartres, 1709.

Godfrey Goodman - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06646a.htm Anglican Bishop of Gloucester. (1582-3-1656)

Godfrey of Bouillon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06624b.htm Duke of Lower Lorraine and first King of Jerusalem, son of Eustache II, Count of Boulogne, and of Ida, daughter of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lower Lorraine; b. probably at Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1060; d. at Jerusalem, 18 July, 1100.

Godfrey of Fontaines - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626a.htm A scholastic philosopher and theologian; born near Liège within the first half of the thirteenth century.

Godfrey of Viterbo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626b.htm German writer of the twelfth century.

Goetz, Marie Josephine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626d.htm Second superior-general of the Society of the Sacred Heart, daughter of Joseph Goetz of Strasburg and Marie Anne Wagner; b. 7 March, 1817; d. 4 January, 1874.

Goffe, Stephen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06627a.htm Oratorian; b. 1605; d. at Paris, Christmas Day, 1681.

Goffine, Leonard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06627b.htm Priest and writer. Born at Cologne, or according to some, at Broich, 6 December, 1648; died 11 August, 1719.

Gog and Magog - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628a.htm Names, respectively, of a king and of his supposed kingdom, mentioned several times in chapters 38 and 39 of the Book of Ezechiel, and once in the Apocalypse (20:7).

Golden Calf - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628b.htm An object of worship among the Hebrews, mention of which occurs principally in Ex., xxxii, where the story of the molten calf of Aaron is narrated, and in III Kings, xii (cf. II Par., xi), in connection with the policy of Jeroboam after the schism of the ten tribes.

Golden Rose - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06629a.htm A precious and sacred ornament made of pure gold by skilled artificers, which the popes have been accustomed for centuries to bless each year, and occasionally confer upon illustrious churches and sanctuaries as a token of special reverence and devotion, upon Catholic kings or queens, princes or princesses, renowned generals or other distinguished personages, upon governments or cities conspicuous for their Catholic spirit and loyalty to the Holy See, as a mark of esteem and paternal affection.

Goldoni, Carlo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06631a.htm Brief biography of the Italian dramatist.

Goldwell, Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06631b.htm Bishop of St. Asaph, the last survivor of the ancient hierarchy of England; b. between 1501 and 1515; d. in Rome, 3 April, 1585.

Gómara, Francisco Lopez de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632a.htm Chaplain to Cortés. Born 1510. Wrote a severely flawed history of the Spanish conquest of the New World, though he himself had never been there.

Gomes De Amorim, Francisco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632b.htm Portuguese poet, dramatist, and novelist. (1827-1891)

Gondulphus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06633a.htm The name of three saints, of whom one was Bishop of Tongres (Maestricht), the second Bishop of Metz, while the third is known as Gondulphus of Berry.

Gonet, Jean Baptiste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634a.htm Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 Jan., 1681.

Gonnelieu, Jérôme de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634b.htm Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died at Paris, 28 Feb., 1715.

Gonsalo Garcia, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379a.htm Biography of the Franciscan martyr born in Vasai.

Gonzaga, Ercole - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635a.htm Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 March, 1563.

Gonzaga, Scipione - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635b.htm Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593.

González de Santalla, Thyrsus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635c.htm Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus, b. at Arganda, Spain, 18 January, 1624; died at Rome, 27 October, 1705.

González, Zeferino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041c.htm Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher. (1831-1894)

Gonzalo de Berceo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636a.htm Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242.

Good Faith - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06642a.htm A phrase employed to designate the mental and moral state of honest, even if objectively unfounded, conviction as to the truth or falsehood of a proposition or body of opinion, or as to the rectitude or depravity of a line of conduct.

Good Friday - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06643a.htm The Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Good Hope, Cape of (Western) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06645b.htm The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are virtually one.

Good Hope, Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06645a.htm Established in 1847, when the Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was divided into Eastern and Western.

Good Samaritan, Sisters of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647b.htm A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney, Australia.

Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Charity of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647c.htm The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who wish to do penance for their iniquities and to lead a truly christian life.

Good, Highest, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06640a.htm (1)Utilitarianism, when the highest good is identified with happiness; (2)Rational Deontologism, when the highest good is identified with virtue or duty; (3)Rational Eudæmonism, or tempered Deontologism, when both virtue and happiness are combined in the highest good.

Goodman, Ven. John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647a.htm Priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642.

Goossens, Pierre-Lambert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648a.htm Cardinal, Archbishop of Michlin (Belgium), b. at Perck, near Vilvorde, 18 July, 1827; d. at Michlin, 25 January, 1906.

Gordianus and Epimachus, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649a.htm Roman martyrs under Julian the Apostate. Both died in 362. Although they did not die together, they are buried together, and the cemetery is named after them. Identifies two other martyrs named Gordianus, considers several named Epimachus.

Gordon Riots - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649c.htm This agitation, so called from the head and spirit of the movement, Lord George Gordon, convulsed the metropolis of England from 2 June till 9 June, 1780.

Gordon, Andrew - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649b.htm Monk and physicist. (1712-1751)

Gorgonius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651b.htm Identifies six martyrs of this name. Article concentrates on an imperial official who suffered in the Diocletian persecution and whose feast is 9 September. His cult was strong in France.

Gorkum, The Martyrs of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651c.htm Their beatification took place on 14 Nov., 1675, and their canonization on 29 June, 1865.

Gorres, Guido - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06652a.htm Historian, publicist, and poet; b. at Coblenz on 28 May, 1805; d. at Munich on 14 July, 1852.

Gorres, Johann Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06652b.htm Writer and professor of physics. (1776-1848)

Goscelin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655a.htm Benedictine biographical writer. (d. 1099)

Gospel and Gospels - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655b.htm The word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and deeds.

Gospel in the Liturgy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06659a.htm From the very earliest times the public reading of parts of the Bible was an important element in the Liturgy inherited from the service of the Synagogue.

Goss, Alexander - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06663a.htm Bishop of Liverpool. (1814-1872)

Gossaert, Jan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06663b.htm Flemish painter; b. about 1472; d. at Middelburg about 1533.

Gosselin, Jean-Edmé-Auguste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06664a.htm Ecclesiastical author; b. at Rouen, France, 28 Sept., 1787; d. at Paris, 27 Nov., 1858.

Gother, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665a.htm Priest and controversialist; b. at Southampton, date unknown; d. at sea on a voyage to Lisbon, 2 October, 1704.

Gothic Architecture - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665b.htm History of the style.

Gottfried von Strasburg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06680a.htm Middle High German epic poet.

Gotti, Vincent Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041d.htm Cardinal and theologian. (1664-1742)

Gottschalk of Orbais - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682a.htm A medieval theologian; b. about 800, d. after 866, probable 30 October, 868.

Gottschalk, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06681a.htm Wendish prince, considered a martyr, d. 1066.

Gottweig, Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682b.htm A Benedictine abbey situated on a hill of the same name, south of Krems, in Lower Austria.

Goulburn - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683a.htm One of the six suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical province of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Gounod, Charles-François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683b.htm An article focusing especially on his religious compositions and the effect of his beliefs on his compositions.

Gousset, Thomas-Marie-Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684b.htm French cardinal and theologian; b. at Montigny-les-Charlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; d. at Reims in 1866.

Gower, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06685a.htm Poet; born between 1327-1330, probably in Kent; died October, 1408.

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06686a.htm Painter and etcher, b. in Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain, 31 March, 1746; d. in Bordeaux, 16 April, 1828.

Goyaz, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06687a.htm Co-extensive with the state of the same name, one of the twenty states which, with the Federal District, comprise the Republic of Brazil.

Gozo, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06687b.htm Comprises the island of Gozo in the Mediterranean Sea and the islet of Comino.

Gozzi, Carlo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688a.htm Italian author, born at Venice, 1720; died 1806.

Grace at Meals - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714b.htm One of the most ancient formulae of prayer at meals is found in a treatise of the fourth century, attributed without foundation to Saint Athanasius.

Grace, Actual - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689x.htm A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation.

Grace, Controversies on - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06710a.htm These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will.

Grace, Supernatural - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06701a.htm Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity.

Grace, William Russell - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714a.htm Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904.

Gradual Psalms - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718a.htm Fifteen psalms, namely Psalms 119-133.

Gradwell, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718b.htm Bishop; b. at Clifton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, 26 Jan., 1777; d. in London, 15 March, 1833.

Graffiti - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718c.htm The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude inscriptions scratched on the walls of ancient monuments, generally sepulchral, as distinguished from the formal inscriptions engraved on the tombs of the deceased.

Graham, Patrick - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718d.htm First Archbishop of St. Andrews and Metropolitan of Scotland, date of birth uncertain; d. 1478.

Grail, The Holy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06719a.htm The name of a legendary sacred vessel, variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist or the dish of the Pascal lamb, and the theme of a famous medieval cycle of romance.

Gramont, Eugénie de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06721a.htm Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at Paris, 19 November, 1846.

Granada, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724a.htm The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, which, when the city was captured by St. Ferdinand in 1236, was removed to Granada and there continued.

Grancolas, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724b.htm Doctor of the Sorbonne, theologian, liturgist; b. near Chateaudun, about 1660; d. at Paris, 1 August, 1732.

Grand Rapids - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06726a.htm Diocese created 12 May, 1882 out of the diocese of Detroit.

Granderath, Theodor - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725a.htm Known for his monumental labours on the Vatican Council.

Grandidier, Philippe-André - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725b.htm Priest and historian, b. at Strasburg, Alsace, 9 Nov., 1752; d. at the Abbey of Luntzel (Lucelles), Sundgau, 11 Oct., 1787.

Grandmont, Abbey and Order of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725c.htm Abbey and Order in the department of Hte-Vienne, France.

Grant, Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06726b.htm First Bishop of Southwark; b. at Ligny-les-Aires, Arras, France, 25 Nov., 1816; d. at Rome, 1 June, 1870.

Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06727a.htm Named Archbishop of Mechlin in 1559 and cardinal in 1561.

Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06728a.htm Count and Marquess de Grasse-Tilly, lieutenant-general of the naval forces; b. near Toulon, 1723; d. at Paris, 11 January, 1788.

Grassel, Lorenz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729a.htm Coadjutor-elect of Baltimore; born at Ruemannsfelden, Bavaria, 18 August, 1753; died at Philadelphia, U.S.A., October, 1793.

Grassis, Paris de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729b.htm Master of ceremonies to Julius II and Leo X; b. at Bologna, about 1470; d. at Rome, 10 June, 1528.

Gratian, Jerome - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729d.htm Spiritual director of St. Teresa and first Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites; born at Valladolid, 6 June, 1545; died at Brussels, 21 September, 1614.

Gratian, Johannes - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06730a.htm The little that is known concerning the author of the "Concordantia discordantium canonum", more generally called the "Decretum Gratiani", is furnished by that work itself, its earliest copies, and its twelfth-century "Summae" or abridgments.

Gratianopolis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06730b.htm A titular see in Caesarea Mauretania, Africa.

Gratius, Ortwin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06731a.htm Humanist; b. 1475 at Holtwick, near Coesfeld, Westphalia; d. at Cologne, 22 May, 1542.

Gratry, Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06731b.htm French priest and writer; b. at Lille, 30 March, 1805; d. at Montreux, Switzerland, 7 February, 1872.

Gratz, Peter Aloys - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06732a.htm Schoolmaster and exegete, b. 17 Aug., 1769, at Mittelberg, Allgäu, Bavaria; d. at Darmstadt, 1 Nov., 1849.

Gravier, Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06732b.htm Jesuit missionary; born 1651 at Moulins, where he studied classics and philosophy under the Jesuits; died in Louisiana in 1708.

Gravina and Montepeloso - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733c.htm Gravina is a town in the Province of Bari (Southern Italy), since the ninth century an episcopal see, suffragan of Acerenza and Matera. In 1818 it was united aeque principaliter with Montepeloso, which dates back to the twelfth century (some say the fifteenth) and was suffragan of Potenza.

Gravina, Dominic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733a.htm Theologian; b. in Sicily, about 1573; d. in the Minerva, at Rome, 26 Aug., 1643.

Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733b.htm Italian jurist and littérateur of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. at Rogliano, Calabria, 21 January, 1664; d. at Rome, 6 January, 1718.

Graz, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733d.htm Located in the capital of the Province of Steiermark, owes its establishment to the Counter-Reformation and the efforts of Archduke Karl von Steiermark, who, in 1584, requested Pope Gregory XIII to grant autonomous university privileges to the Jesuit college of Graz.

Great Falls - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06734a.htm Created by Pope Pius X, 18 May, 1904; comprises the following counties in the State of Montana: Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fergus, Park, Rosebud, Sweet Grass, Valley, and Yellowstone.

Greek Catholics in America - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06744a.htm Includes the history and statistics.

Greek Church - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06752a.htm Details the history and various divisions of the church.

Greek Orthodox Church in America - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06772a.htm The name Orthodox Church is generally used to distinguish those of the Greek Rite who are not in communion with the Holy See.

Greek Rites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06774a.htm People who speak of the Greek Rite generally mean that of Constantinople.

Green Bay - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777a.htm Diocese established 3 March, 1868, from the territory of the Diocese of Milwaukee.

Green, Thomas Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06776b.htm Priest and controversialist; b. at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1799; d. at Newport, Shropshire, 27 Feb., 1883.

Greenland - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777b.htm An island stretching from within the Arctic Circle south to about 59 degrees N. latitude, being between 20 degrees and 75 degrees W. longitude.

Gregorian Chant - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06779a.htm Short description and history, with links to more information.

Gregory Bæticus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07009a.htm Bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his surname; d. about 392.

Gregory I ("the Great"), Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06780a.htm Biographical article on this Doctor of the Church, d. 604.

Gregory II, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06787a.htm Also known as Gregory Junior, or Gregory the Younger, d. 731.

Gregory III, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06789a.htm A Syrian, was elected the successor of Pope St. Gregory II by acclamation, d. 741.

Gregory IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06789b.htm Reigned 827-44.

Gregory IX - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06796a.htm Reigned 1227-1241.

Gregory of Heimburg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010a.htm Humanist and Statesman, b. at Würzburg in the beginning of the fifteenth century; d. at Tharandt near Dresden, August, 1472.

Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010b.htm Biographical article on this Doctor of the Church, known in the Christian East as St. Gregory the Theologian.

Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07015a.htm Also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus, converted to Christianity by Origen, became a bishop, d. between 270 and 275.

Gregory of Nyssa, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07016a.htm Bishop, one of the Cappadocian Fathers, d. after 385 or 386.

Gregory of Rimini - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07018a.htm Augustinian theologian, d. 1358.

Gregory of Tours, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07018b.htm Lengthy article about this bishop, historian, and theologian. He died in 593 or 594.

Gregory of Utrecht, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021a.htm Missionary companion of St. Boniface, and later an abbot, d. 775 or 780.

Gregory of Valencia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021b.htm Professor of the University of Ingolstadt, b. at Medina, Spain); d. at Naples, 25 April, 1603.

Gregory the Illuminator, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07023a.htm Patron of Armenia. Husband and father, bishop, d. possibly in 337.

Gregory V, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06790a.htm Reigned 996-999.

Gregory VI - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791b.htm Eleventh-century antipope.

Gregory VI, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791a.htm Reigned 1045-46.

Gregory VII, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791c.htm Also known as Hildebrand: "one of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times." He died in 1085. Biographical article.

Gregory VIII - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795b.htm Antipope placed upon the papal chair by Emperor Henry V, 8 March, 1118.

Gregory VIII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795a.htm Reigned 1187.

Gregory X, Pope Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06798a.htm Biographical article on this thirteenth-century pope. Includes bibliography.

Gregory XI - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06799a.htm Reigned 1370-1378.

Gregory XII - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001a.htm Reigned 1406-1415.

Gregory XIII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001b.htm Reigned 1572-1585.

Gregory XIV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004a.htm Reigned 1590-1591.

Gregory XV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004b.htm Reigned 1621-1623.

Gregory XVI, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07006a.htm Reigned 1831-1846.

Greifswald, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025a.htm The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456.

Greith, Karl Johann - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025b.htm Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 May, 1882.

Gremiale - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07026a.htm A square or oblong cloth which the bishop should wear over his lap, when seated on the throne during the singing of the Kyrie, Gloria, and Credo by the choir, during the distribution of blessed candles, palms or ashes, and also during the anointments in connection with Holy orders.

Grenoble - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07026b.htm Comprises the Department of Isère and the Canton of Villeurbanne (Rhône).

Gresemund, Dietrich - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028a.htm German humanist; b. in 1477, at Speyer; d. 1512, at Mainz.

Greslon, Adrien - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028b.htm French Jesuit missionary. (1618-1697)

Gresset, Jean Baptiste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029a.htm Born 29 August, 1709; died 16 June, 1777, at Amiens.

Gretser, Jacob - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029b.htm A celebrated Jesuit writer; b. at Markdorf in the Diocese of Constance in 1562; d. at Ingolstadt in 1625.

Greuze, Jean-Baptiste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029c.htm French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805.

Grey Nuns - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031a.htm The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal, commonly called Grey Nuns because of the colour of their attire, was founded in 1738.

Grey Nuns of the Cross - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031b.htm A community founded in 1745 at Monteal by Madame d'Youville, known as the Grey Sisters, or Grey Nuns, from the colour of the costume.

Griffin, Gerald - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07032a.htm A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick, Ireland; d. at Cork, 12 June, 1840.

Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16042b.htm Journalist, historian. (1842-1911)

Griffiths, Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033a.htm Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the London District educated wholly in England.

Grillparzer, Franz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033b.htm An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872.

Grimaldi, Francesco Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07034a.htm Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663.

Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035a.htm An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, 1680.

Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035b.htm German novelist of the seventeenth century.

Gröne, Valentin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035c.htm Catholic theologian. (1817-1882)

Groote, Gerard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07036a.htm Founder of the "Brethren of the Common Life", b. 1340 at Deventer, Gelderland; d. 20 Aug., 1384.

Gropper, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07036b.htm An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest, Westphalia; d. at Rome, 13 March, 1559.

Grosseteste, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07037a.htm Bishop of Lincoln and one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages; b. about 1175; d. 9 October, 1253.

Grosseto - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07039a.htm Suffragan diocese of Siena.

Grosswardein - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07040a.htm A diocese of the Latin Rite in Hungary, suffragan of Kalocsa-Bács.

Grottaferrata, Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07040b.htm A Basilian monastery near Rome.

Grueber, Johann - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07041a.htm German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century.

Grün, Anastasius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07042a.htm Pseudonym for Anton Alexander (Maria), Count von Auersperg, a nineteenth-century Austrian poet.

Guadalajara - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07042b.htm Archdiocese in Mexico, separated from the Diocese of Michoacan by Paul III, 31 July, 1548.

Guadalupe, Shrine of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07043a.htm Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around.

Guadeloupe - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07044a.htm Diocese in the West Indies, comprises the islands of Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the French portions of St. Martin and St Bartholomew.

Guadix, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043a.htm Diocese in Spain, comprises the greater part of the Province of Granada and a portion of the Province of Almeria.

Guaicuri Indians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07044b.htm A group of small tribes, speaking dialectic forms of a common language, probably of distinct stock, formerly occupying part of Lower California.

Guaraní Indians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07045a.htm A tribal group of South America, having the former home territory chiefly between the Uruguay and lower Paraguay Rivers, in what is now Paraguay and the Provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios of Argentina.

Guarantees, Law of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07048a.htm A law passed by the senate and chamber of the Italian parliament, 13 May, 1871, concerning the prerogatives of the Holy See, and the relations between State and Church in the Kingdom of Italy.

Guarda, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049a.htm Province of Beira, Portugal.

Guardi, Francesco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049b.htm Venetian painter. (1712-1793)

Guardian Angels - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049c.htm The lowest orders of angels are sent to men.

Guardian Angels, Feast of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07050a.htm This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar.

Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07051a.htm A person intrusted by law with the interests of another whose youth, inexperience, mental weakness or feebleness of will, disqualifies him from acting for himself in the ordinary affairs of life, and who is known as the ward.

Guarini, Battista - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07052a.htm An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612.

Guarino da Verona - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053a.htm A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona, Italy; d. 1460, at Ferrara.

Guastalla, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053b.htm Situated in the province of Reggio Emilia (Central Italy) on the left bank of the Po at its junction with the Crostolo.

Guastallines - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053c.htm Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), widowed for the second time when she was twenty-five, resolved to devote her life to the service of God.

Guatemala, Santiago de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07054a.htm Archdiocese conterminous with the Republic of Guatemala, in Central America.

Guayaquil - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07054b.htm The capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas.

Gudenus, Moritz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056a.htm German convert to the Catholic faith from the Protestant ministry; b. 11 April, 1596, at Cassel; d. February, 1680.

Gudula, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056b.htm Born in Brabant, one of a family of saints. She died in the early eighth century.

Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07058a.htm Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 January, 1875.

Guérard, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059a.htm Writer, born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715.

Guérin, Anne-Thérèse - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059b.htm In religion, Mother Theodore. Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 October, 1798; died 14 May, 1856.

Gugler, Joseph Heinrich Aloysius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07060b.htm Born at Udligerschwyl, near Lucerne, Switzerland, 25 August, 1782; died at Lucerne, 28 February, 1827.

Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07061a.htm Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817.

Guibert of Ravenna - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07063a.htm An antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100; born at Parma about 1025; died at Cività Castellana, 8 Sept., 1100.

Guicciardini, Francesco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07064a.htm Biographical article by Edmund G. Gardner on the historian and statesman, who died in 1540.

Guido of Arezzo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07065a.htm Article with life and summary of his contributions to musical theory and composition.

Guigues du Chastel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066a.htm Medieval Carthusian. (1083-1137)

Guijon, André - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066b.htm Bishop and orator. (1548-1631)

Guiney, Patrick Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07072a.htm Soldier, born at Parkstown, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, on 15 Jan., 1835; died at Boston, 21 March, 1877.

Guiscard, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07072b.htm Duke of Apulia and Calabria, founder of the Norman state of the Two Sicilies; born about 1016; died 17 July, 1085.

Guise, House of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07074a.htm A branch of the ducal family of Lorraine who played an important part in the religious troubles of France during the seventeenth century.

Guitmund - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07080a.htm A Bishop of Aversa, a Benedictine monk, theologian, and opponent of Berengarius; born at an unknown place in Normandy during the first quarter of the eleventh century; died between 1090-95, at Aversa, near Naples.

Gulf of St. Lawrence - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081a.htm Vicariate erected 12 September, 1905, and formed from the prefecture Apostolic of the same name organized 29 May, 1882.

Gunpowder Plot, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605. Robert Catesby, the originator of the Powder Plot, owned estates at Lapworth and Ashby St. Legers.

Gunther of Cologne - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07088a.htm An archbishop of that city, died 8 July, 873.

Gunther, Anton - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07085a.htm Philosopher; b. 17 Nov., 1783, at Lindenau, near Leitmeritz, Bohemia; d. at Vienna, 24 February, 1863.

Gunther, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07084a.htm Lay brother, penitent, hermit in Bohemia, d. 1045.

Gury, Jean-Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07089a.htm Moral theologian; b. at Mailleroncourt, Haute-Saône, 23 January, 1801; d. at Merc ur, Haute Loire, 18 April, 1866.

Gusmão, Bartholomeu Lourenço de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07089b.htm Naturalist, and the first aeronaut; b. in 1685 at Santos in the province of São Paulo, Brazil; d. 18 November, 1724, in Toledo, Spain.

Gutenberg, Johann - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07090a.htm Inventor of printing. (1400-1467)

Guthlac, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092a.htm Brief biography of this soldier, monk, and hermit, who died in 714.

Guyon, Jeanne-Marie-Bouvier de La Motte- - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092b.htm Essay on the life, experiences, and teachings of this seventeenth-century French mystic.

Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094a.htm Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458).

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328a.htm A titular see of Syria Prima.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328c.htm Formerly called the Vicariate Apostolic of the Two Guineas.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06331b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06331b.htm A proper name which designates in the Bible, (I), a patriarch; (II), a tribe of Israel; (III), a prophet; (IV), a pagan deity.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06332a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06332a.htm A titular see of Palaestina Prima; there were two sees of this name, one in Palaestina Prima, the other in Palaestina Secunda.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06333a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06333a.htm Archdiocese in the province of Caserta in Campania (Southern Italy).

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341c.htm The native land of Jesus Christ, where He began His ministry and performed many of His works, and whence He drew His Apostles.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348b.htm Vicariate Apostolic embracing the territory of the Galla or Oromo tribes in Abyssinia.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349d.htm Diocese in Ceylon, created by Leo XIII 25 Aug., 1893.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377b.htm A titular see in the province of Paphlagonia.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378a.htm Diocese; suffragan of Aix, includes the department of the Hautes-Alpes.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384c.htm A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385a.htm A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390a.htm Suffragan diocese of Popayan in the Republic of Colombia.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399c.htm A titular see of Palaestina Prima, in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402c.htm One of the Greater Judges of Israel. He belonged to the tribe of Manasses, and to the family of Abiezer.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06419a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06419a.htm Archdiocese in Liguria, Northern Italy.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06460a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06460a.htm The largest of the original thirteen United States; bounded on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina, on the east by the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Florida, and on the west by Florida and Alabama.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464a.htm Diocese in the province of Reggio in Calabria (Southern Italy).

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06469a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06469a.htm A titular see in the province of Arabia and the Patriarchate of Antioch.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484b.htm History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06529b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06529b.htm A titular see of Galatia Secunda, a suffragan of Pessinus; mentioned by Hierocles in the sixth century.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530a.htm The Diocese of Geronia in Catalonia, Spain, suffragan of Tarragona, is bounded on the north by the Pyrenees, on the south and east by the Mediterranean, and on the west by the dioceses of Barcelona and Vich.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530b.htm A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium in the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541b.htm Seat of two Catholic residential sees, one Chaldean, the other Syrian.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542c.htm Comprises the whole territory of East Flanders, one of the nine provinces of Belgium.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570c.htm A titular see in the province of African Tripoli.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06577b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06577b.htm Archdiocese in the south-west of Scotland.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582a.htm Originally signified, in common law, any farm, estate, or parcel of land, and the word is so used in the Theodosian Code. But in ecclesiastical law it has become the technical term for land permanently assigned for the maintenance of the incumbent of a parish, and is the oldest form of parochial endowment.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06585a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06585a.htm In the English version of the Bible the word Glory, one of the commonest in the Scripture, is used to translate several Hebrew terms in the Old Testament, and the Greek doxa in the New Testament. Sometimes the Catholic versions employ brightness, where others use glory.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06602a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06602a.htm Archdiocese in India.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm Links to five articles about the subject.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626c.htm The name of two Abbots of Croyland.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm The moral good (bonum honestum) consists in the due ordering of free action or conduct according to the norm of reason, the highest faculty, to which it is to conform.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648b.htm There were three Roman emperors of this name, who reigned between A.D. 237-44, and all of whom met with violent deaths.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651a.htm A titular see in the province of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654a.htm A titular see, and in the Greek Church metropolitan see, of the Island of Crete.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654b.htm Capital of the Austrian crown-land Görz and Gradiska.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688b.htm Painter; b. at Florence, 1420; d. at Pisa 1497.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689a.htm Leads to four articles on the subject.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06715a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06715a.htm In English often called Grail, is the oldest and most important of the four chants that make up the choir's part of the Proper of the Mass.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06721b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06721b.htm Located in Hungary.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06723a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06723a.htm Archdiocese in Spain, founded by St. Cecilius about the year 64, was made an archiepiscopal see by Alexander VI, 23 Jan., 1493.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729c.htm Details on this Roman Emperor who was the son of Valentinian I. He was born at Sirmium, 359 and died at Lyons, 383.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06735a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06735a.htm History of the country and church.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07055a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07055a.htm Diocese of Eugubinensis, in the province of Perugia in Umbria (Central Italy).

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07060a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07060a.htm Eugénie de Guérin, a French writer; b. at the château of La Cayla, in Languedoc, 15 January, 1805; d. there 5 June, 1848. Georges-Maurice de Guérin, a French poet, brother of Eugénie; b. at the château of La Cayla, in Languedoc, 5 August, 1810; d. there, 19 July, 1839.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07062a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07062a.htm The name given to all that region of South America which extends along the Atlantic coast from the Orinoco to the Amazon.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066c.htm Voluntary associations for religious, social, and commercial purposes.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07088b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07088b.htm A prince-bishopric of Carinthia, suffragan to Salzburg.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094b.htm A Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gran.

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