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Fetishism
The word fetish is derived through the Portuguese feitiço from the Latin factitius (facere, to do, or to make), signifying made by art, artificial (cf. Old English fetys in Chaucer).
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Fathers of the Church
The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ:
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Frequent Communion
Discusses the history and practice.
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Ferdinand III, Saint
King of León and Castile, Third Order Franciscan, d. 1252.
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Fussola
A titular see in Numidia.
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Fabyan, Robert
English chronicler, died 28 February, 1513.
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Fraticelli
A name given to various heretical sects which appeared in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, principally in Italy.
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Freiburg
City, archdiocese, and university in the Archduchy of Baden, Germany.
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Frederick I (Barbarossa)
German King and Roman Emperor. (1123-1190)
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Sts. Felix and Adauctus
Martyrs at Rome in 303. "Adauctus" is not the second martyr's proper name--it means "added."
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Fabriano and Matelica
Fabriano, a city in the province of Macerata, Central Italy, is noted for its paper manufactories and its trade in salted fish. The town of Matelica possesses some ancient inscriptions. A Roman colony was established there in 89 B.C.
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Feilding, Rudolph William Basil
English convert. (1823-1892)
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Forcellini, Egidio
Latin lexicographer, b. at Fener, near Treviso, Italy, 26 Aug., 1688; d. at Padua, 4 April, 1768.
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Frejus
Suffragan of Aix; comprises the whole department of Var (France).
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Free-Thinkers
Those who, abandoning the religious truths and moral dictates of the Christian Revelation, and accepting no dogmatic teaching on the ground of authority, base their beliefs on the unfettered findings of reason alone.
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Funchal
Diocese in the Madeira Islands.
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Flaccilla, Aelia
Empress, wife of Theodosius the Great, died c. A. D. 385 or 386.
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Florez, Enrique
Spanish theologian, archeologist, and historian; born at Valladolid, 14 February, 1701; died at Madrid, 20 August, 1773.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: Saints Fergus
There are at least ten Irish saints named Fergus. This article gives details on three of them: St. Fergus Cruithneach, or the Pict, bishop, d. about 730; St. Fergus, Bishop of Duleek, d. 778; and St. Fergus, Bishop of Downpatrick, d. 583.
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Fumo, Bartolommeo
Theologian. (d. 1545)
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Fiscal Procurator
The duties of the fiscal procurator consist in preventing crime and safeguarding ecclesiastical law.
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St. Fulgentius
Bishop of Ecija, died sometime between 619 and 633.
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Furniss, John
A well-known children's missioner. (1809-1865)
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Feneberg, Johann Michael Nathanael
Born in Oberdorf, Allgau, Bavaria, 9 Feb., 1751; died 12 Oct., 1812. He studied at Kaufbeuren and in the Jesuit gymnasium at Augsburg, and in 1770 entered the Society of Jesus, at Landsberg, Bavaria.
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Fonseca, Pedro Da
A philosopher and theologian, born at Cortizada, Portugal, 1528; died at Lisbon, 4 Nov., 1599.
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Firmament
The notion that the sky was a vast solid dome seems to have been common among the ancient peoples.
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Formby, Henry
Writer, born 1816; died at Normanton Hall, Leicester, 12 March, 1884.
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Förster, Arnold
German entomologist. (1810-1884)
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Fenn, John
Born at Montacute near Wells in Somersetshire; d. 27 Dec., 1615. He was the eldest brother of Ven. James Fenn, the martyr, and Robert Fenn, the confessor.
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Ferdinand II
Emperor, eldest son of Archduke Karl and the Bavarian Princess Maria, b. 1578; d. 15 February, 1637.
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Felbiger, Johann Ignaz von
German Augustinian. (1724-1788)
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Formerly the scene of the election and coronation of the German emperors.
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Marsilio Ficino
Entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia on this Renaissance Platonist, by M. Schumacher. Details his life and explores his relation to the classical thinkers.
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Forbin-Janson, Comte de Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph
A Bishop of Nancy and Toul, founder of the Association of the Holy Childhood. (1785-1844)
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Frankfort, Council of
Convened in the summer of 794, by the grace of God, authority of the pope, and command of Charlemagne (can. 1), and attended by the bishops of the Frankish kingdom, Italy, and the province of Aquitania, and even by ecclesiastics from England.
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Foundling Asylums
Under this title are comprised all institutions which take charge of infants whose parents or guardians are unable or unwilling to care for them.
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Facciolati, Jacopo
Lexicographer and philologist. (1682-1769)
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Frayssinous, Denis de
Bishop of Hermopolis in partibus infidelium, is celebrated chiefly for his conferences at Notre-Dame de Paris. (1765-1841)
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Faroe Islands
A group of Danish islands rising from the sea some four hundred miles west of Norway and almost as far south of Iceland.
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Francis Caracciolo, Saint
Co-founder of the Congregation of the Minor Clerks Regular, d. 1608.
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Fano
Located in Italy.
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Fünfkirchen, Diocese of
Diocese in Hungary, in the ecclesiastical province of Gran.
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Fesch, Joseph
Cardinal, b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, 3 January, 1763; d. at Rome, 13 May, 1839.
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Feuardent, François
Franciscan, theologian, preacher of the Ligue, b. at Coutanees, Normandy, in 1539; d. at Paris, 1 Jan., 1610.
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Ferrer, Rafael
A Spanish missionary and explorer; b. at Valencia, in 1570; d. at San José, Peru, in 1611.
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Flavigny, Abbey of
Benedictine abbey in the Diocese of Dijon, the department of Côte-d'Or, and arroundissement of Semur.
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Free Will
The question of free will, moral liberty, or the liberum arbitrium of the Schoolmen, ranks amongst the three or four most important philosophical problems of all time.
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Felix V
Regnal name of Amadeus of Savoy, Antipope (1440-1449). (1383-1451)
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Falkner, Thomas
Surgeon and missionary. (1707-1784)
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Faye, Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albann
Astronomer. (1814-1902)
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St. Fiacc
Poet, chief bishop of Leinster, d. around 520.
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Famagusta
A titular see in the Island of Cyprus.
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Florida
The Peninsular or Everglade State, the most southern in the American Union and second largest east of the Mississippi.
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Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von
An Austrian poet, philosopher, and physician; born at Vienna, 29 April, 1806; died 3 September, 1849.
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Fonseca, José Ribeiro da
Friar Minor; b. at Evora, 3 Dec., 1690; d. at Porto, 16 June, 1752.
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Francis of Vittoria
Spanish theologian; b. about 1480, at Vittoria, province of Avila, in Old Castile; d. 12 August, 1546.
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Falco, Juan Conchillos
Painter, b. at Valencia of an ancient noble family in 1641; d. 14 May, 1711.
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Feuillants
The Cistercians who, about 1145, founded an abbey in a shady valley in the Diocese of Rieux (now Toulouse) named it Fuliens, later Les Feuillans or Notre-Dame des Feuillans.
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Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris, Chevalier de
Writer, born at the château of Florian (Gard), 6 March, 1755; died at Sceaux, 13 September, 1794.
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Fullerton, Lady Georgiana Charlotte
Novelist; born 23 September, 1812, in Staffordshire, died 19 January, 1885.
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Faustus of Riez
Bishop of Riez in Southern Gaul, the best known and most distinguished defender of Semipelagianism, b. between 405 and 410, d. between 490 and 495.
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Fitzsimon, Henry
Irish Jesuit. (1566-1643)
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St. Foillan
Blood brother of SS. Fursey and Ultan. Irish-born abbot of Cnoberesburg until it was captured by the Mercians, whereupon Foillan fled to Nivelles. He was murdered in 652. Also known as Faelan, Faolan, Foelan, or Foalan.
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Friars Minor, Order of
History, traditions, and saints of the order.
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Fossombrone
Diocese in the province of Pesaro, Italy, a suffragan of Urbino.
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Florilegia
Systematic collections of excerpts (more or less copious) from the works of the Fathers and other ecclesiastical writers of the early period, compiled with a view to serve dogmatic or ethical purposes.
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Facade
The face or front of any building. In ecclesiastical architecture the term is generally used to designate the west front; sometimes the transept fronts.
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Feilmoser, Andreas Benedict
Theologian and Scripture scholar. (1777-1831)
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Foucault, Jean-Bertrand-Léon
A physicist and mechanician, b. at Paris, 19 Sept., 1819; d. there 11 Feb., 1868.
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Fonseca Soares, Antonio da
Friar Minor and ascetical writer. (1631-1682)
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Florence
Located in the province of Tuscany (Central Italy).
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Fideism
A philosophical term meaning a system of philosophy or an attitude of mind, which, denying the power of unaided human reason to reach certitude, affirms that the fundamental act of human knowledge consists in an act of faith, and the supreme criterion of certitude is authority.
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Fioretti di San Francesco d'Assisi
Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi, the name given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions as they appeared to the Italian people at the beginning of the fourteenth century.
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Flagellants
A fanatical and heretical sect that flourished in the thirteenth and succeeding centuries.
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Fire, Liturgical Use of
One of the most expressive and most ancient of liturgical symbols.
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Fiesole
Diocese in the province of Tuscany, suffragan of Florence.
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Fulbert of Chartres
Bishop. (952-1028)
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Fleury, Abbey of
One of the oldest and most celebrated Benedictine abbeys of Western Europe. Its modern name is Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, applicable both to the monastery and the township with which the abbey has always been associated.
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Foster, John Gray
Soldier, convert. (1823-1874)
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Fessler, Josef
Bishop of St. Polten in Austria and secretary of the Vatican Council; b. 2 December, 1813, at Lochau near Bregenz in the Vorarlberg; d. 25 April, 1872.
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Farinato, Paolo
Italian painter. (1524-1606)
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French Catholics in the United States
History and statistics of French Canadian immigration to the United States.
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Frascati
One of the six suburbicarian (i.e. neighbouring) dioceses from an immemorial date closely related to the Roman Church.
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Filliucius, Felix
An Italian humanist, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Siena about the year 1525; supposed to have d. at Florence c. 1590.
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Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Saint
Former lawyer who joined the Capuchins, and was sent as a missionary to the Calvinists. Martyred in 1622.
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Fowler, John
Scholar and printer, b. at Bristol, England, 1537; d. at Namur, Flanders, 13 Feb., 1578-9.
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Flanders
Designated in the eighth century a small territory around Bruges; it became later the name of the country bounded by the North Sea, the Scheldt, and the Canche.
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Feder, Johann Michael
German theologian. (1753-1824)
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Faro
A suffragan of Evora, Portugal, and extending over the province of Algarve.
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Fear
A mental disturbance caused by the perception of instant or future danger.
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Floyd, John
English missionary. (1572-1649)
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Flaviopolis
A titular see in the province of Honorias.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: Sts. Faith, Hope & Charity
Two groups of martyrs. The first were martyred along with their mother Sophia during the reign of Hadrian, and buried on the Aurelian Way. The second band, also along with someone named Sophia, were martyred at a later date, and buried along the Appian Way.
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Francis Xavier, Saint
Biographical article on one of the first Jesuits, and missionary to Asia, who died in 1552.
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Feuillet, Louis
Geographer, b. at Mane near Forcalquier, France, in 1660; d. at Marseilles in 1732.
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Felician Sisters, O.S.F.
Founded 21 November, 1855, at Warsaw, Poland, by Mother Mary Angela.
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Fleming, Thomas
Archbishop of Dublin, son of the Baron of Slane. (1593-1665)
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Folengo, Teofilo
Italian poet. (1496-1544)
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Fontevrault, Order and Abbey of
The monastery of Fontevrault was founded by Blessed Robert d'Arbrissel about the end of 1100.
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Fortaleza, Diocese of
Co-extensive with the State of Ceará in the Republic of Brazil.
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Fridelli, Xavier Ehrenbert
Jesuit missionary and cartographer. (1673-1743)
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Foligno
Diocese in the province of Perugia, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See.
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Fouard, Constant
An ecclesiastical writer b. at Elbeuf, near Rouen, 6 Aug. 1837.
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Fatalism
The view which holds that all events in the history of the world, and, in particular, the actions and incidents which make up the story of each individual life, are determined by fate.
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Farnese, Alessandro
Cardinal. (1520-1589)
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Foundation
An ecclesiastical foundation is the making over of temporal goods to an ecclesiastical corporation or individual, either by gift during life or by will after death, on the condition of some spiritual work being done either in perpetuity or for a long time.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: Saints Fintan
Brief biographical sketches of two saints of this name: St. Fintan of Clonenagh, and St. Fintan (Munnu) of Taghmon.
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Fredegarius
The supposed author of an anonymous historical compilation (Chronicon Fredegarii) of the seventh century, in which is related the history of the Franks from the earliest times until 658.
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Ferber, Nicolaus
A Friar Minor and controversialist, born at Herborn, Germany, in 1485; died at Toulouse, 15 April, 1534.
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Fontbonne, Jeanne
Mother St. John, second foundress and superior-general of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons. (1759-1843)
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Florence of Worcester
English chronicler, died in 1118.
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Fractio Panis
The name given to a fresco in the so-called "Capella Greca" in the catacomb of St. Priscilla.
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Faber, Johann
Theologian. (1478-1541)
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Fauriel, Charles-Claude
French historian. (1772-1844)
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Faldstool
A movable folding chair used in pontifical functions by the bishop outside of his cathedral, or within it if he is not at his throne or cathedra.
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Ferland, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine
A French Canadian historian, b. at Montreal, 25 December, 1805; d. at Quebec, 11 January, 1865.
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Farlati, Daniele
Ecclesiastical historian. (1690-1773)
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Feasts, Ecclesiastical
Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days which are celebrated in commemoration of the sacred mysteries and events recorded in the history of our redemption, in memory of the Virgin Mother of Christ, or of His apostles, martyrs, and saints, by special services and rest from work.
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Ferrières, Abbey of
Situated in the Diocese of Orléans, department of Loiret, and arrondissement of Montargis.
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Feria
A day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged to work, and on which there were no court sessions.
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Faribault, Jean-Baptiste
Early settler in Minnesota. (1774-1860)
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Fontana, Carlo
An architect and writer; b. at Bruciato, near Como, 1634; d. at Rome, 1714.
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First-Born
The word, though casually taken in Holy Writ in a metaphorical sense, is most generally used by the sacred writers to designate the first male child in a family.
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Friedrich von Hausen
Medieval German poet.
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Firmicus Maternus
Christian author of the fourth century.
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Fenelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe-
French bishop and author, b. in the Château de Fénelon in Périgord (Dordogne), 6 August, 1651; d. at Cambrai, 7 January, 1715.
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Fresnel, Augustin-Jean
Physicist; b. at Broglie near Bernay, Normandy, 10 May, 1788; d. at Ville d'Avray, near Paris, 14 July, 1827.
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Francis of Fabriano, Blessed
Italian Franciscan priest and missionary, d. 1322.
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Franceschini, Marc' Antonio
Italian painter; b. at Bologna, 1648; d. there c. 1729; best known for the decorative works he carried out in Parma, Bologna, and Genoa, and for the designs executed for Clement XI for certain mosaics in St. Peter's.
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Fritz, Samuel
A Jesuit missionary of the eighteenth century noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin.
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Faber, Matthias
Writer and preacher, born at Altomünster, Germany, 24 February, 1586; died at Tyrnau, 26 April 1653.
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Family
In the classical Roman period the familia rarely included the parents or the children. Its English derivative was frequently used in former times to describe all the persons of the domestic circle, parents, children, and servants. Present usage, however, excludes servants.
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Fall River
A suffragan see of the Province of Boston; comprises the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, with the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett and Wareham in Plymouth county, Massachusetts.
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Fabricius, Hieronymus
Italian anatomist and surgeon. 1537-1619)
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St. Florentina
Sometimes called Florentia. Spanish nun, d. about 612.
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Facundus of Hermiane
A sixth-century Christian author, Bishop of Hermiane in Africa, about whose career very little is known.
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Ficker, Julius
Historian, b. at Paderborn, Germany, 30 April, 1826; d. at Innsbruck, 10 June, 1902.
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St. Frideswide
Also known as Frideswida, Fredeswida, Frévisse, or Fris. Patron saint of Oxford, d. 735. Biographical entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
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Finotti, Joseph M.
Italian-American Jesuit in Colorado. (1817-1879)
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Fringes (in Scripture)
A special kind of trimming, consisting of loose threads of wool, silk, etc., or strips of other suitable material, along the edge of a piece of cloth.
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William Freeman, Blessed
English priest, martyred at Warwick in 1595.
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Francis I
King of France; b. at Cognac, 12 September, 1494; d. at Rambouillet, 31 March, 1547.
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Fernández de Palencia, Diego
A Spanish conqueror and historian; b. at Palencia in the early part of the sixteenth century.
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Fleming, Richard
Bishop of Lincoln and founder of Lincoln College, Oxford; b. about 1360; d. at Sleaford, 25 Jan., 1431.
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Falloux du Coudray
Frédéric Alfred Pierre. (1811-1885)
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Fagnani, Prospero
Canonist, b. in Italy, place and date of birth uncertain; d. in 1678.
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Francia
Bolognese goldsmith, engraver, and artist, b. about 1450; d. in 1517.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06206b.htm
St. Finan
Irish monk, second Bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 661.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06075c.htm
Franchi, Ausonio
Philosopher; b. 24 February, 1821, at Pegli, province of Genoa; d. 12 September, 1895, at Genoa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06206a.htm
Fortunato of Brescia
Morphologist and Minorite of the Reform of Lombardy; b. at Brescia, 1701; d. at Madrid, 1754.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06148a.htm
Forum, Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is distinguished into that of the internal and external forum.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06153b.htm
Funeral Dues
The canonical perquisites of a parish priest receivable on the occasion of the funeral of any of his parishioners.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06321a.htm
Sts. Felicitas and Perpetua
Martyred at Carthage in 203. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06029a.htm
Francis, Rule of Saint
As known, St. Francis founded three orders and gave each of them a special rule.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06208a.htm
Fraud
In the common acceptation of the word, an act or course of deception deliberately practised with the view of gaining a wrong and unfair advantage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06249a.htm
Faenza
Diocese in the province of Ravenna (Central Italy), suffragan of Ravenna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05751b.htm
Funk, Franz Xaver von
Church historian. (1840-1907)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06322c.htm
St. Fructuosus of Braga
Hermit, abbot, archbishop, d. around 665.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06311a.htm
Fallopio, Gabriello
Anatomist. (1523-1562)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05772a.htm
Feller, François-Xavier de
An author and apologist, b at Brussels 18 August, 1735; d. at Ratisbon 22 May, 1802.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06034a.htm
Flete, William
An Augustinian hermit friar, a contemporary and great friend of St. Catherine of Siena; the exact place and date of his birth are unknown and those of his death are disputed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102a.htm
Folkestone Abbey
Located in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06125a.htm
Fulcran, Saint
Bishop of Lodève, d. 1006.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06313a.htm
Fish, Symbolism of the
The symbol itself may have been suggested by the miraculous multification of the loaves and fishes or the repast of the seven Disciples, after the Resurrection, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, but its popularity among Christians was due principally, to the famous acrostic consisting of the initial letters of five Greek words forming the word for fish (Ichthys), which words briefly but clearly described the character of Christ and His claim to the worship of believers: Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter, i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06083a.htm
Francis of Paula, Saint
Founder of the Order of Minims, d. 1507.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06231a.htm
Fathers of Mercy, The
A congregation of missionary priests first established at Lyons, France, in 1808, and later at Paris, in 1814, and finally approved by Pope Gregory XVI, 18 February, 1834.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05794a.htm
Frances d'Amboise, Blessed
Biographical article on the Duchess of Brittany. While married, she was a great friend of the Poor Clares, Dominicans, and Carmelites. After she was widowed, she became a Carmelite herself, and died in 1485.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06205b.htm
Fabrica Ecclesiæ
Latin term, meaning, etymologically, the construction of a church, but in a broader sense the funds necessary for such construction.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05744b.htm
Flemael, Bertholet
Painter, b. at Liège, Flanders, in 1614; d. there in 1675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100b.htm
Sts. Faustinus and Jovita
Brothers martyred at Brescia in 120.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06019a.htm
Forty Hours' Devotion
Somewhat dated with regard to the liturgical details, but otherwise an accurate depiction. A eucharistic devotion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06151a.htm
Faversham Abbey
A former Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac Congregation situated in the County of Kent about nine miles west of Canterbury. It was founded about 1147 by King Stephen and Queen Matilda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06019c.htm
Finland
As of the time of this article, a department or province of the Russian Empire; bounded on the north by Norway, on the west by Sweden and the Gulf of Bothnia, on the south by the Gulf of Finland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076d.htm
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne
Wife of King George IV; b. 26 July, 1756 (place uncertain); d. at Brighton, England, 29 March, 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06085a.htm
Fargo
Diocese; suffragan of St. Paul, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05786a.htm
Fytch, William Benedict
An English Capuchin, whose family name was Filch. (1563-1610)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06327a.htm
Form
The original meaning of the term form, both in Greek and Latin, was and is that in common use - eidos, being translated, that which is seen, shape, etc., with secondary meanings derived from this, as form, sort, particular, kind, nature.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06137b.htm
Furni
A titular see in Proconsular Africa, where two towns of this name are known to have existed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324b.htm
Fraunhofer, Joseph von
Optician. (1787-1826)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06250a.htm
Fitton, James
Missionary, b. at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 10 April, 1805; d. there, 15 Sept., 1881.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06084b.htm
Felix, Célestin Joseph
French Jesuit, b. at Neuville-sur-l' Escaut (Nord), 28 June 1810; d. at Lille, 7 July, 1891.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06032a.htm
Ferdinand, Blessed
Prince of Portugal, always pious and known for his generosity. When a military mission of his brother failed, Ferdinand offered himself as a hostage, and died in captivity in 1443.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06039c.htm
Florians, The
An independent order, and not, as some consider, a branch of the Cistercians; it was founded in 1189 by the Abbot Joachim of Flora.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06115a.htm
Filial Church
A church to which is annexed the cure of souls, but which remains dependent on another church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06072a.htm
Fleury, André-Hercule de
Chaplain to Maria Theresa and Louis XIV. (1653-1742)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06103a.htm
Formularies
Medieval collections of models for the execution of documents (acta), public or private; a space being left for the insertion of names, dates, and circumstances peculiar to each case.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06141a.htm
Forer, Laurenz
Controversialist, b. at Lucerne, 1580; d. at Ratisbon, 7 January, 1659.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06134c.htm
Frankenberg
Archbishop of Mechlin (Malines), Primate of Belgium, and cardinal. (1726-1804)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235c.htm
Forster, Fobrenius
Bavarian Prince-Abbot. (1709-1791)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144c.htm
Fontana, Felice
Italian naturalist and physiologist, b. at Pomarolo in the Tyrol, 15 April, 1730; d. at Florence, 11 January, 1805.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06127a.htm
Febronianism
The politico-ecclesiastical system outlined by Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, under the pseudonym Justinus Febronius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06023a.htm
St. Fructuosus of Tarragona
Bishop, was martyred along with his deacons Augurius and Eulogius in 259.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06311b.htm
St. Finbarr
Also known as Lochan or Barr. Bishop and patron saint of Cork, Ireland, d. 623.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076a.htm
Forrest, William
Sixteenth-century English priest and poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144a.htm
Free Church of Scotland
Short introduction and history of the United Free Church. Briefly covers the secession, notes the events leading up to the disruption and deals with the events during the unification.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06257b.htm
Pope St. Felix IV
Since Felix II was an antipope imposed by the Arians while Pope Liberius was still alive, Pope St. Felix IV is sometimes called Felix III. Pope St. Felix IV died in 530. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06031a.htm
Franco, Giovanni Battista
Italian historical painter and etcher, b. at Udine in 1510; d. at Venice in 1580.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235a.htm
Figueroa, Francisco de
A celebrated Spanish poet, surnamed "the Divine", b. at Alcalá de Henares, c. 1540, d. there, 1620.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071a.htm
St. Fulgentius
Full name was Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius. Monk, abbot, Bishop of Ruspe, anti-Arian theologian, d. 533.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06316a.htm
Ferentino, Diocese of
In the province of Rome, immediately subject to the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06042b.htm
Fisher, Philip
Missionary, b. in Madrid, 1595-6; d. in Maryland, U. S., 1652.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06083b.htm
Figueroa, Francisco García de la Rosa
Franciscan, b. in the latter part of the eighteenth century at Toluca, in the Archdiocese of Mexico; date of death unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071b.htm
Fuhrich, Joseph
Artist. (1800-1876)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06311d.htm
Furness Abbey
Originally a Benedictine monastery of the Savigny Reform it afterwards became Cistercian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324a.htm
Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo
Spanish writer. (1676-1764)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06066a.htm
Francis Borgia, Saint
Long essay on the dramatic life of the Duke of Gandia turned Jesuit.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06213a.htm
Fort Wayne
The Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., established in 1834, comprised the whole State of Indiana till the Holy See, on 22 September, 1857, created the Diocese of Fort Wayne, assigning to it that part of Indiana north of the southern boundary of Warren, Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, and Randolph Counties.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06150a.htm
Four Masters, Annals of the
The most extensive of all the compilations of the ancient annals of Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06163b.htm
Fulda
This diocese of the German Empire takes its name from the ancient Benedictine abbey of Fulda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06313b.htm
Flanagan, Thomas Canon
Canon of Birmingham Diocese. Born in England in 1814, though Irish by descent; died at Kidderminster, 21 July, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06094a.htm
Faa di Bruno, Francesco
Italian mathematician and priest. (1825-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740a.htm
False Decretals
A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05773a.htm
Frassen, Claude
A celebrated Scotist theologian and philosopher of the Order of Friars Minor; b. near Peronne, France, in 1620; d. at Paris, 26 February, 1711.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06244a.htm
Ferstel, Heinrich, Freiherr von
Architect; with Hansen and Schmidt, the creator of modern Vienna; b. 7 July, 1828, at Vienna; d. at Grinzing, near Vienna, 14 July, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06050a.htm
Francis de Sales, Saint
Biographical article on the Bishop of Geneva, and Doctor of the Church, who died in 1622.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06220a.htm
Ferns
Diocese in the province of Leinster (Ireland), suffragan of Dublin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06045a.htm
Francis Regis Clet, Blessed
French Lazarist missionary to China, martyred in 1820.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06232b.htm
Fitzralph, Richard
Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Dundalk, Ireland, about 1295; d. at Avignon, 16 Dec., 1360.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06086c.htm
Flagellation
Includes history and its use in scripture.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06092a.htm
Fitzalan, Henry
Twelfth Earl of Arundel, b. about 1511; d. in London, 24 Feb., 1580.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06084c.htm
Fischer, Antonius
Cardinal-Archbishop of Cologne. (1840-1912)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16040b.htm
Franck, Kasper
A theologian and controversialist; b. at Ortrand, Saxony, 2 Nov., 1543; d. at Ingolstadt, 12 March, 1584.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06234a.htm
Faraud, Henri
Canadian bishop. (1823-1890)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785c.htm
Fixlmillner, Placidus
Astromomer. (1721-1791)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06088a.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Fabiola
Divorced, remarried, widowed, penitent, renowned for her generosity. She died in 399 or 400.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05743a.htm
Felix II
Pope (more properly Antipope), 355-358; d. 22 Nov., 365.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06030a.htm
Franks, The
A confederation formed in Western Germany of a certain number of ancient barbarian tribes who occupied the right shore of the Rhine from Mainz to the sea. Their name is first mentioned by Roman historians in connection with a battle fought against this people about the year 241.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06238a.htm
First-Fruits
First-fruit offerings are designated in the Law by a threefold name: Bíkkûrîm, Reshîth, and Terûmôth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06082a.htm
Forbes, John
Capuchin, b. 1570; d. 1606.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06133b.htm
Fast
Abstinence from food or drink.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789c.htm
Filelfo, Franscesco
A humanist, b. at Tolentino, 25 July, 1398; d. at Florence 31 July, 1481.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071c.htm
Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis
Physicist. (1819-1896)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06088b.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Felix of Nola
Third-century confessor. Feast day 14 January. Possibly the same as St. Felix of Nola, bishop and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033b.htm
Felix of Cantalice, Saint
Biography of this Capuchin lay brother, known for his goodness, popular with children, d. 1587.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033a.htm
Friends of God
An association of pious persons, both ecclesiastical and lay, having for its object the cultivation of holiness.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06306a.htm
Florus
A deacon of Lyons, ecclesiastical writer in the first half of the ninth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06121b.htm
Fernández, Antonio
A Jesuit missionary; b. at Lisbon, c. 1569; d. at Goa, 12 November, 1642.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044a.htm
Forgery, Forger
The deliberate untruthfulness of an assertion, or in the deceitful presentation of an object, and is based on an intention to deceive and to injure while using the externals of honesty.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06135b.htm
Floreffe, Abbey of
Situated on the Sambre, about seven miles southwest of Namur, Belgium, owes its foundation to Godfrey, Count of Namur, and his wife Ermensendis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06105b.htm
Fear (from a Moral Standpoint)
Viewed from the moral standpoint, that is, in so far as it is a factor to be reckoned with in pronouncing upon the freedom of human acts, as well as offering an adequate excuse for failing to comply with positive law, particularly if the law be of human origin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06021a.htm
Falsity
A perversion of truth originating in the deceitfulness of one party, and culminating in the damage of another party.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781a.htm
Flavias
A titular see of Cilicia Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06099a.htm
Flodoard
French historian and chronicler, b. at Epernay in 894; d. in 966.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06105a.htm
Francis Ingleby, Blessed
Brief biography of the Yorkshire priest and martyr, who died in 1586.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08007c.htm
Fitzherbert, Thomas
Born 1552, at Swynnerton, Staffs, England; died 17 Aug., 1640, at Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06086a.htm
Fundamental Articles
This term was employed by Protestant theologians to distinguish the essential parts of the Christian faith from those non-essential doctrines, which, as they believed, individual churches might accept or reject without forfeiting their claim to rank as parts of the Church universal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06319a.htm
Florence, Council of
The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council was the continuation of the Council of Ferrara.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06111a.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia: Jean Froissart
Biography of the French historian and poet from the 1911 edition.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06308b.htm
Frigolet, Abbey of
The monastery of St. Michael was founded, about 960, at Frigolet, by Conrad the Pacific, King of Arles.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06307a.htm
St. Fothad
St. Fothad Na Canoine ("of the Canon"), late eighth-century monk in County Donegal, bard.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06156a.htm
Foresters, Catholic Orders of
A Catholic fraternal insurance society.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06135a.htm
Francis de Geronimo, Saint
Italian Jesuit, a popular preacher with a flair for the dramatic, d. 1716.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06218b.htm
Fredegis of Tours
A ninth-century monk, teacher, and writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06252a.htm
Foppa, Ambrogio
Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and die sinker, b. 1445, d. about 1527.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06133a.htm
St. Flavian
Bishop of Constantinople, excommunicated Eutyches, was the recipient of the famous "Tome of Leo," deposed by the Latrocinium, died from severe beatings in exile in 449.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098c.htm
Fortunatus
Lengthy biographical article on the talented sixth-century poet and hymn-writer. In the Catholic Encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06149a.htm
Faithful, The
Those who have bound themselves to a religious association, whose doctrine they accept, and into whose rites they have been initiated. Among Christians the term is applied to those who have been fully initiated by baptism and, regularly speaking, by confirmation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05769a.htm
Flavia Domitilla
A Christian Roman matron of the imperial family who lived towards the close of the first century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098b.htm
St. Finnian of Moville
Irish monk, author of a monastic rule and a penitential. Also the founder of a famous school in County Down. St. Finnian died in 589. Feast day 10 September.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06077a.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia: Four Crowned Martyrs
The Four Crowned Martyrs are actually two groups, with a total of nine or ten martyrs. The first five were masons or sculptors in Pannonia, martyred in 305. The second was a group of four martyrs, names unknown. They have been venerated since the fourth century and share a feast day on 8 November.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06163a.htm
Fountains Abbey
A monastery of the Cistercian Order situated on the banks of the Skell about two and a half miles from Ripon in Yorkshire, established by thirteen Benedictine monks of St. Mary's Abbey, York.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06161a.htm
Fordham University
Developed out of Saint John's College, founded by Bishop Hughes upon the old Rose Hill Farm at Fordham, then in Westchester County, and formally opened on St. John the Baptist's Day, 24 June, 1841.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15203b.htm
Formosus, Pope
Reigned 891-896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06139b.htm
Friends, Society of
Quakers, an Anglo-American religious sect.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06304b.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis of Assisi
Long article on St. Francis, founder, mystic, perhaps the most beloved Catholic saint of all.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm
Feval, Paul-Henri-Corentin
French novelist. (1817-1887)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06065b.htm
Fletcher, John
A missionary and theologian; d. about 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101c.htm
Faber, Frederick William
Oratorian and devotional writer. (1814-1863)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740c.htm
Feudalism
The source of feudalism rises from an intermingling of barbarian usage and Roman law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06058c.htm
Familiars
Strictly speaking, seculars subject to a master's authority and maintained at his expense. In canon law the term usually signifies seculars residing in monasteries and other religious houses, actually employed therein as servants and subject to the authority of the regular prelate to the same extent as servants are subject to their masters.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781c.htm
Faculties, Canonical
In law, a faculty is the authority, privilege, or permission, to perform an act or function.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05748a.htm
Fremin, James
Jesuit missionary to the American Indians; b. at Reims, 12 March, 1628; d. at Quebec, 2 July, 1691.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06271a.htm
Felicissimus
Third-century schismatic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027c.htm
Fernández, Juan
A Jesuit lay brother and missionary; b. at Cordova; d. 12 June, 1567, in Japan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044b.htm
Fanon
Shoulder-cape worn by the pope.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785b.htm
Franciscan Order
An article on the history of the Franciscan order and its role within the Catholic church. From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06217a.htm
Flabellum
A fan made of leather, silk, parchment, or feathers intended to keep away insects from the Sacred Species and from the priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06089a.htm
France
Geography, statistics, and history.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06166a.htm
Faillon, Etienne-Michel
Historian. (1800-1870)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752b.htm
Fortitude
One of the gifts from the Holy Ghost is a supernatural virtue.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06147a.htm
Francis X. Seelos, Blessed
Short biographical article on the missionary priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13681b.htm
Foulque de Neuilly
A popular Crusade preacher, d. March, 1202.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06157a.htm
Forli
Diocese in the province of Romagna (Central Italy); suffragan of Ravenna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06137a.htm
Francis Solanus, Saint
Spanish Franciscan missionary to South America, d. 1610. Short biographical article.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233a.htm
Frowin, Blessed
Abbot of Engelberg, renowned for learning as well as sanctity, d. 1178.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06310b.htm
Franzelin, Johann Baptist
Cardinal and theologian. (1816-1886)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06242a.htm
Flandrin, Jean-Hippolyte
French painter. (1809-1864)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06096a.htm
Fontana, Domenico
A Roman architect of the Late Renaissance, b. at Merli on the Lake of Lugano, 1543; d. at Naples, 1607.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06126c.htm
Feast of Fools
A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in many parts of Europe, and particularly in France, during the later middle ages took place every year on or about the feast of the Circumcision (1 Jan.).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06132a.htm
Foley, Henry
English Jesuit lay brother. (1811-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041a.htm
Fate
Lat. fatum, from fari, to tell or predict.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05793a.htm
Flathead Indians
A name used in both Americas, without special ethnologic significance, to designate tribes practising the custom of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06097a.htm
St. Felicitas
Roman martyr. Article explains how she and the seven martyrs who are called her sons have come to have different feast days.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06028a.htm
Fredoli, Berenger
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati. (1250-1323)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06257a.htm
Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk von
Chemist and mineralogist. (1774-1856)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06311c.htm
Fossano
Diocese located in the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, Northern Italy, a suffragan of Turin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06154a.htm
Fermo, Archdiocese of
In the province of Ascoli Piceno (Central Italy).
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Fleuriot, Zénaide-Marie-Anne
French novelist, b. at Saint-Brieuc, 12 September, 1829; d. at Paris, 18 December, 1890.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102b.htm
Flaget, Benedict Joseph
First Bishop of Bardstown (subsequently of Louisville), Kentucky, U.S.A. (1763-1850)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06093a.htm
Freppel, Charles-Emile
Bishop of Angers, France; and deputy from Finistère. (1827-1891)
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Friar
A member of one of the mendicant orders.
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Filicaja, Vincenzo da
Lyric poet; born at Florence, 30 December, 1642; died there 24 September, 1707.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06072b.htm
Faunt, Lawrence Arthur
Jesuit theologian. (1554-1590)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06018a.htm
Frechette, Louis-Honoré
Canadian journalist and poet. (1839-1908)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06251b.htm
French Literature
Origin, foundations, and types.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06190a.htm
Ferraris, Lucius
An eighteenth-century canonist of the Franciscan Order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06048a.htm
Fogaras
Archdiocese in Hungary, of the Greek-Rumanian Rite.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06123a.htm
Pope St. Felix I
The successor of Pope St. Dionysius, Felix died in 274. He is sometimes confused with a Roman martyr of the same name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06029b.htm
Felix of Valois, Saint
Co-founder of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, d. 1212.
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French, Nicholas
Bishop of Ferns, Ireland. (1604-1678)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06271b.htm
Fabre, Joseph
Second Superior General of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. (1824-1892)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05743b.htm
Fouquet, Jehan
French painter and miniaturist, b. at Tours, c. 1415; d. about 1480.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06161b.htm
Ferrara
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06046a.htm
Foggia
Diocese in the province of the same name in Apulia (Southern Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06123b.htm
Furstenberg, Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von
A statesman and educator. (1729- 1810)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06325a.htm
Fitter, Daniel
Born in Worcestershire, England, 1628; died at St. Thomas' Priory, near Stafford, 6 Feb., 1700.
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Frederick II
German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily; born 26 Dec., 1194; died at Fiorentina, in Apulia, 13 Dec., 1250.
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Forty Martyrs
Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia about this group of soldiers who, for professing Christianity, were ordered by the prefect to lie naked on a frozen lake. One of these threw himself into a warm bath which had been set up for defectors, but one of the guards was so impressed with the others that he declared himself a Christian and died with them. Early fourth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06153a.htm
Feti, Domenico
Italian painter; born at Rome, 1589; died at Venice, 1624.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06052a.htm
Faculties of the Soul
Article covers the meaning and classification.
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Faith, The Rule of
The word rule (Lat. regula, Gr. kanon) means a standard by which something can be tested, and the rule of faith means something extrinsic to our faith, and serving as its norm or measure.
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St. Fridolin
Irish missionary, founded the Monastery of Säckingen sometime before the ninth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06303c.htm
Faber, Johann
Controversialist and preacher. (1504-1558)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05741b.htm
Feckenham, John de
Last Abbot of Westminster, and confessor of the Faith; b. in Feckenham Forest, Worcestershire, in 1515(?); d. at Wisbech Castle, 16 Oct., 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06025a.htm
Fitzpatrick, William John
Historian, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 31 Aug., 1830; d. there 24 Dec., 1895.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06086b.htm
Farfa, Abbey of
A legend in the "Chronicon Farfense" relates the foundation of a monastery at Farfa in the time of the Emperors Julian, or Gratian, by the Syrian St. Laurentius, who had come to Rome with his sister, Susannah, and had been made Bishop of Spoleto.
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Ferrari, Gaudenzio
An Italian painter and the greatest master of the Piedmontese School, b. at Valduggia, near Novara. Italy, c. 1470: d. at Milan, 31 January, 1546.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06047a.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Fiacre
Biography of this Irish priest and hermit, patron saint of gardeners, d. 670.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06067a.htm
Firmilian
Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, died c. 269.
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Faith
In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word means essentially steadfastness. As signifying man's attitude towards God it means trustfulness or fiducia.
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Ferreira, Antonio
A poet, important both for his lyric and his dramatic compositions, b. at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1528; d. there of the plague in 1569.
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Filioque
It expresses the Procession of the Holy Ghost from both Father and Son as one Principle; and, it was the occasion of the Greek schism.
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Fregoso, Federigo
Cardinal; b. at Genoa, about 1480; d. 22 July, 1541.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06263a.htm
Faber, Felix
German writer, born about 1441 at Zurich, of a famous family commonly known as Schmid; died in 1502 at Ulm, Germany.
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Frances of Rome, Saint
Wife and mother, Benedictine oblate, mystic, d. 1440.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06205c.htm
Fiji, Vicariate Apostolic of
Comprising the islands belonging to the Fiji Archipelago.
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Fabri, Honoré
Jesuit, theologian, b. about 1607 in the Department of Ain, France; d. at Rome, 8 March, 1688.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05743c.htm
Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir
Judge, b. in 1470; d. 27 May, 1538.
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Fitz-Simons, Thomas
American merchant, b. in Ireland, 1741; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 26 Aug., 1811.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06087b.htm
Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria
Astronomer and naturalist. (1789-1860)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06145a.htm
Fleming, Patrick
Franciscan friar b. at Lagan, County Louth, Ireland, 17April, 1599; d. 7 November, 1631.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100c.htm
Filliucci, Vincenzo
Jesuit moralist. (1566-1622)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06075a.htm
Pope St. Felix III
Felix II was an antipope, irregularly imposed by the Arians while Pope Liberius was still alive, so Pope St. Felix III is sometimes called Felix II. Pope St. Felix III was much involved in battling heresy, and died in 492. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06030b.htm
Fillastre, Guillaume
French cardinal, canonist, humanist, and geographer. (1348-1428)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06074a.htm
Foreman, Andrew
A Scottish prelate; b. at Hatton, near Berwick-on-Tweed; d. 1522.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06134b.htm
St. Fursey
Blood brother of St. Foillan. Fursey was an Irish monk and visionary, the abbot of Lagny. He died in about 650.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324d.htm
Fonte-Avellana
A suppressed order of hermits, which takes its name from their first hermitage in the Apennines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06128a.htm
Fagnano, Guilio Carlo de' Toschi di
Mathematician. (1682-1766)
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Funeral Pall
A black cloth usually spread over the coffin while the obsequies are performed for a deceased person.
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Frank, Michael Sigismund
Catholic artist and rediscoverer of the lost art of glass-painting; b. 1 June, 1770, at Nuremberg; d. at Munich, 16 January, 1847.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235b.htm
Flechier, Esprit
Bishop; b. at Pernes, France, 1632; died at Montpellier, 1710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100a.htm
Fossors
Grave diggers in the Roman catacombs in the first three or four centuries of the Christian Era.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06155a.htm
Fontenelle, Abbey of
A Benedictine monastery in Normandy (Seine-Inférieure), near Caudebec-en-Caux.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06129a.htm
Faber, Philip
Theologian, philosopher and noted commentator of Duns Scotus. (1564-1630)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742c.htm
Fromentin, Eugène
French writer and artist. (1820-1876)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06309a.htm
Faribault, George-Barthélemy
Canadian archaeologist. (1789-1866)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05787a.htm
Fulgentius Ferrandus
A canonist and theologian of the African Church in the first half of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06317a.htm
Ferre, Vicente
Theologian. (d. 1682)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049a.htm
Fust, John
A partner of Gutenberg in promoting the art of printing, d. at Paris about 1466.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06326b.htm
Pope St. Fabian
Biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia of this pope who was martyred in 250.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742d.htm
Faber, Johann Augustanus
Theologian, born at Fribourg, Switzerland, c. 1470; died about 1531.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742a.htm
Frontenac, Louis de Baude
A governor of New France, b. at Paris, 1662; d. at Quebec, 28 Nov., 1698.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06310a.htm
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