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Gorz Capital of the Austrian crown-land Görz and Gradiska. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Gilbert of Sempringham Short biography of the founder of the Gilbertines, who died in 1189. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557b.htm Germaine Cousin, Saint Sickly, pious shepherdess, cruelly treated by her stepmother. St. Germaine died in 1601, at the age of 22. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06474a.htm Gallego, Juan Nicasio Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350a.htm Gerona 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/06530a.htm Grace, William Russell Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Giles Also known as Aegidius. Hermit and then abbot in late seventh-century Gaul. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06559a.htm St. Gerard, Bishop of Toul Biography of this tenth-century bishop. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466a.htm Gregory XVI, Pope Reigned 1831-1846. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07006a.htm Geissel, Johannes von Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 5 February, 1796, at Gimmeldingen, in the Palatinate; d. 8 September, 1864, at Cologne. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06405a.htm Giorgione Italian painter, b. at Castelfranco in or before 1477; d. in Venice in October or November, 1510. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564c.htm Gremiale 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07026a.htm Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 January, 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07058a.htm Gennadius II 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06416b.htm Ghiberti, Lorenzo di Cione Sculptor; b. at Florence about 1381; d. there, December, 1455. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06544a.htm George of Trebizond A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance; b. in Crete (a Venetian possession from 1206-1669), 1395; d. in Rome, 1486. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456a.htm Goyaz, Diocese of Co-extensive with the state of the same name, one of the twenty states which, with the Federal District, comprise the Republic of Brazil. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06687a.htm Gesta Romanorum A medieval collection of anecdotes, to which moral reflections are attached. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06539b.htm Gluttony The excessive indulgence in food and drink. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm Gordon, Andrew Monk and physicist. (1712-1751) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649b.htm Genealogy of Christ Offers the genealogy according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06410a.htm Garin, André An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384d.htm Gerberon, Gabriel A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation. (1628-1711) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06469b.htm Gozo, Diocese of Comprises the island of Gozo in the Mediterranean Sea and the islet of Comino. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06687b.htm Good Samaritan, Sisters of the A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney, Australia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647b.htm Grassel, Lorenz Coadjutor-elect of Baltimore; born at Ruemannsfelden, Bavaria, 18 August, 1753; died at Philadelphia, U.S.A., October, 1793. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729a.htm Gloves, Episcopal Liturgical gloves are a liturgical adornment reserved for bishops and cardinals. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06589a.htm Graz, University of 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733d.htm Glasgow Archdiocese in the south-west of Scotland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06577b.htm Glastonbury Abbey Benedictine monastery, Somersetshire, England, pre-eminently the centre of early Christian tradition in England. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06579a.htm Genuflexion To genuflect, to bend the knee. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06423a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Gaza History of the Biblical city. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399c.htm Gelasius of Cyzicus 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407b.htm Gallandi, Andrea Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 January, 1779, or 1780. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Gregorian Chant An excellent short description and history of Gregorian chant with links to more info. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06779a.htm Garland 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/06385a.htm Gog and Magog 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). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628a.htm St. Gregory of Nyssa Bishop, one of the Cappadocian Fathers, d. after 385 or 386. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07016a.htm Gorres, Guido Historian, publicist, and poet; b. at Coblenz on 28 May, 1805; d. at Munich on 14 July, 1852. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06652a.htm Gravier, Jacques Jesuit missionary; born 1651 at Moulins, where he studied classics and philosophy under the Jesuits; died in Louisiana in 1708. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06732b.htm Granada, University of 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724a.htm Gervase of Canterbury English chronicler, b. about 1141; d. in, or soon after, 1210. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536b.htm Guadeloupe 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07044a.htm Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo Italian jurist and littérateur of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. at Rogliano, Calabria, 21 January, 1664; d. at Rome, 6 January, 1718. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733b.htm Galloway, Diocese of Situated in the southwest of Scotland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Gal 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06335b.htm Guiney, Patrick Robert Soldier, born at Parkstown, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, on 15 Jan., 1835; died at Boston, 21 March, 1877. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07072a.htm Glendalough, School of Founded by St. Kevin. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582b.htm Gerdil, Hyacinthe Sigismond Cardinal and theologian; b. at Samoëns in Savoy, 20 June, 1718; d. at Rome, 12 August 1802. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471b.htm Garcilasso de la Vega Historian of Peru. (1539-1617) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06382a.htm Gerard, Richard Confessor; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467b.htm St. Gregory of Neocaesarea Also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus, converted to Christianity by Origen, became a bishop, d. between 270 and 275. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07015a.htm Galtelli-Nuoro Diocese in the province of Sassari (Sardinia), suffragan of Caglari. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371a.htm Guicciardini, Francesco Biographical article by Edmund G. Gardner, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07064a.htm Gerbillon, Jean-François French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at Peking, China, 27 March, 1707. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471a.htm Giffard, Bonaventure Bishop, born at Wolverhampton, England, 1642; died at Hammersmith, Middlesex, 12 March, 1734 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06551a.htm Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, Saint Jesuit priest, novice master, provincial, d. 1811. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12082b.htm Germans in the United States Includes all German-speaking people, whether originally from Germany proper, Austria, Switzerland, or Luxemburg. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475c.htm Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06588a.htm Giberti, Gian Matteo 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549d.htm St. Géry Or, in Latin, Gaugericus. Bishop of Cambrai-Arras, d. between 623 and 626. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537b.htm Grace, Actual A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689x.htm Grail, The Holy 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06719a.htm Gambling The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375b.htm Goscelin Benedictine biographical writer. (d. 1099) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655a.htm Goldoni, Carlo Brief biography of the Italian dramatist. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06631a.htm Gertrude of Aldenberg, Blessed Longtime abbess of a Premonstratensian convent near Wetzlar. She died in 1297. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533a.htm Gennings, Edmund and John 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06418a.htm Giuseppe Maria Tommasi, Saint Cardinal, scholar, and author, died 1713. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06573a.htm God Links to five articles about the subject. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm Gassner, Johann Joseph A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392b.htm Gradual 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/06715a.htm Sts. Gervasius and Protasius Martyred in Milan, probably in the second century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Gregory the Illuminator Patron saint of Armenia. Husband and father, bishop, d. possibly in 337. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07023a.htm Gröne, Valentin Catholic theologian. (1817-1882) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035c.htm St. Germain Monk, Bishop of Paris, d. 576. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06473a.htm Gratianopolis A titular see in Caesarea Mauretania, Africa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06730b.htm Germany History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484b.htm Giordani, Tommasso A composer, b. at Naples in 1738; d. at Dublin, Ireland, February 1806. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564a.htm Grant, Thomas First Bishop of Southwark; b. at Ligny-les-Aires, Arras, France, 25 Nov., 1816; d. at Rome, 1 June, 1870. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06726b.htm Gamaliel Famous Pharisee and Rabbi. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374b.htm Gulf of St. Lawrence Vicariate erected 12 September, 1905, and formed from the prefecture Apostolic of the same name organized 29 May, 1882. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081a.htm Gregory VIII, Pope Reigned 1187. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. George Long, scholarly article on St. George, martyr, patron saint of England. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06453a.htm Gonnelieu, Jérôme de Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died at Paris, 28 Feb., 1715. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634b.htm Galura, Bernhard Prince-Bishop of Brixen; b. 21 August, 1764, at Herbolzheim, Bresigau; d. 17 May, 1856. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371b.htm Guaicuri Indians A group of small tribes, speaking dialectic forms of a common language, probably of distinct stock, formerly occupying part of Lower California. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07044b.htm Gudenus, Moritz German convert to the Catholic faith from the Protestant ministry; b. 11 April, 1596, at Cassel; d. February, 1680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056a.htm Giannone, Pietro Italian historian, born 7 May, 1676, at Ischitella in the province of Capinata, Naples; died at Turin, 27 March, 1748. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548a.htm Gaeta Archdiocese in the province of Caserta in Campania (Southern Italy). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06333a.htm George Hamartolus A monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the author of a chronicle of some importance. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06455a.htm Glebe 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/06582a.htm Generation 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412c.htm Geraldton Diocese in Australia, established in 1898, suffragan of Adelaide. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464c.htm Galland, Antoine French Orientalist and numismatist, b. at Rollot, near Montdidier, in Picardy, 1646, d. at Paris, 1715. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349b.htm Gresemund, Dietrich German humanist; b. in 1477, at Speyer; d. 1512, at Mainz. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028a.htm Germia A titular see of Galatia Secunda, a suffragan of Pessinus; mentioned by Hierocles in the sixth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06529b.htm Galien, Joseph Dominican, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Avignon, meteorologist, physicist, and writer on aeronautics; b. 1699. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341b.htm Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield A musician, born at Ballygar Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec., 1829; died at St. Louis, 24 Sept., 1892. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561a.htm Gaudete Sunday The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm Gaudentius of Brescia A theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins; b. at Brescia in 1612; d. at Oriano, 25 March, 1672. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394a.htm Ghost Dance 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06547b.htm St. Godeberta Born in about 640, superior of a convent at Noyon. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06623a.htm Gratian 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/06729c.htm Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand French engraver and painter; b. at Paris, 7 Jan., 1834; d. there, 27 Jan., 1887. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06335a.htm Guilds Voluntary associations for religious, social, and commercial purposes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066c.htm Gerard Majella, Saint Tailor, Redemptorist, called "Father of the Poor," d. 1755. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467c.htm Gonzaga, Scipione Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635b.htm Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph Journalist, historian. (1842-1911) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16042b.htm Gennadius of Marseilles A priest whose chief title to fame is his continuation of St. Jerome's catalogue "De Viris illustribus". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06417a.htm Gabala A titular see of Syria Prima. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328a.htm Georgius Syncellus The author of one of the more important medieval Byzantine chronicles, died after 810. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06463a.htm God, Nature and Attributes of Covered as natural reason and faith. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06612a.htm Gordon Riots 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649c.htm Gunther, Blessed Lay brother, penitent, hermit in Bohemia, d. 1045. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07084a.htm Gregory XI Reigned 1370-1378. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06799a.htm Gossaert, Jan Flemish painter; b. about 1472; d. at Middelburg about 1533. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06663b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Genevieve Patroness of Paris, d. 512. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413f.htm Gregory XIV, Pope Reigned 1590-1591. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004a.htm Gillespie, Eliza Maria 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560a.htm Guijon, André Bishop and orator. (1548-1631) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066b.htm Gamans, Jean Priest and missionary. (1606-1684) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375a.htm Gallicanism 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06351a.htm Gothic Architecture History of the style. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665b.htm Galle Diocese in Ceylon, created by Leo XIII 25 Aug., 1893. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349d.htm Garneau, François-Xavier French Canadian historian. (1809-1866) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386a.htm Gertrude van der Oosten, Blessed Beguine, had the stigmata and the gift of prophecy, died on Epiphany, 1358. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06535a.htm Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, 1680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035a.htm Gonet, Jean Baptiste Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 Jan., 1681. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634a.htm Grosswardein A diocese of the Latin Rite in Hungary, suffragan of Kalocsa-Bács. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07040a.htm Gindarus A titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patriarchate of Antioch. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561c.htm Grillparzer, Franz An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033b.htm Geoffrey of Monmouth Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428a.htm St. Gerald English monk, Bishop of Mayo, d. 731. Brief biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464b.htm Giuseppe Giusti A poet and patriot; b. 1809, at Monsumano near Pescia, Italy; d. 31 March, 1850. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574a.htm Germanicia A titular see in the province of Euphratensis and the patriarchate of Antioch; incorrectly called Germaniciana and located in Byzacene, Africa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475a.htm Ghent Comprises the whole territory of East Flanders, one of the nine provinces of Belgium. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542c.htm Guadalupe, Shrine of 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07043a.htm Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06401a.htm Giulio Romano 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06572a.htm Gervaise, Dom François Armand Discalced Carmelite, b. at Paris, 1660; d. at Reclus, France, 1761. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06535b.htm St. Gennadius I Patriarch of Constantinople, d. 471. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06416a.htm Gabriel Lalemant, Saint Short biography of this Jesuit missionary. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08752b.htm Guibert of Ravenna An antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100; born at Parma about 1025; died at Cività Castellana, 8 Sept., 1100. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07063a.htm The Abbey of St. Gall History (in the Catholic Encyclopedia). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06347a.htm Garnier, Julien Jesuit missionary, born at Connerai, France, 6 January, 1642; d. in Quebec, 1730. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389a.htm Galla Vicariate Apostolic embracing the territory of the Galla or Oromo tribes in Abyssinia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348b.htm Gaspe, Philippe-Aubert de French Canadian writer, b. at Quebec, 30 Oct., 1786, of a family ennobled by Louis XIV in 1693, d. 29 Jan., 1871. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391a.htm George Nichols, Blessed 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065c.htm Gerhard of Zütphen 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471c.htm Giocondo, Fra Giovanni An Italian architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar, b. in Verona, c. 1445; d. in Venice (?), c. 1525. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06563a.htm Gordos A titular see in the province of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651a.htm Geography and the Church Explains the nature of this science and the course of its evolution. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06447a.htm Gordian Entry on the briefly reigning line of House Gordianus from the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648b.htm Pope St. Gregory II Also known as Gregory Junior, or Gregory the Younger, d. 731. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06787a.htm Gilbert de la Porrée Bishop of Poitiers, philosopher, theologian and general scholar; b. at Poitiers in 1076; d. in 1154. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06555a.htm Greek Church Details the history and various divisions of the church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06752a.htm Pope St. Gregory I ("the Great") Biographical article on this Doctor of the Church, d. 604. In the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06780a.htm Godfrey Goodman Anglican Bishop of Gloucester. (1582-3-1656) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06646a.htm Gother, John Priest and controversialist; b. at Southampton, date unknown; d. at sea on a voyage to Lisbon, 2 October, 1704. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665a.htm Gilbert Foliot Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556a.htm Gahan, William A priest and author; born 5 June, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin; died there, 6 December, 1804. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334c.htm Gaume, Jean-Joseph French theologian and author, b. at Fuans (Franche-Comté) in 1802; d. in 1879. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06398b.htm Galilei, Alessandro An eminent Florentine architect; born 1691; died 1737. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342a.htm Gfrörer, August Friedrich German historian; b. at Calw, Würtemberg, 5 March, 1803; d. at Karlsbad, 6 July, 1861. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542a.htm Greifswald, University of The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025a.htm Ghibellines and Guelphs Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056c.htm Gubbio Diocese of Eugubinensis, in the province of Perugia in Umbria (Central Italy). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07055a.htm Genezareth, Land of 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". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415a.htm Valerius Maximianus Galerius Information on the life of this Emperor from the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341a.htm Glabrio, Manius Acilius Consul at Rome during A.D. 91, with Trajan. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06575a.htm St. Germain A married lawyer, rather worldly, became Bishop of Auxerre, d. 448 or 450. Biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472b.htm Grand Rapids Diocese created 12 May, 1882 out of the diocese of Detroit. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06726a.htm Godfrey of Fontaines Catholic Encyclopedia article by P. Coffey. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626a.htm Gregory of Rimini Entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia, by Patricius Schlager. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07018a.htm Goss, Alexander Bishop of Liverpool. (1814-1872) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06663a.htm Glosses, Scriptural The word gloss designates not only marginal notes, but also words or remarks inserted for various reasons in the very text of the Scriptures. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06586a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia Three saints named Gallicanus share 25 June as their feast day. St. Gallicanus (of Ostia) was a Roman martyr in Egypt, c. 363. St. Gallicanus I, was seventh bishop of Embrun, fl. 524-529. And St. Gallicanus II was the ninth bishop of Embrun from c. 518-549 or 554. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06365a.htm Gallait, Louis Flemish painter; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, 1887. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349a.htm Gibault, Pierre Missionary, b. at Montreal, Canada, 1737; d. at New Madrid, about 1804. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548c.htm Goa Archdiocese in India. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06602a.htm Ghirlandajo Florentine painter; b. 1449; d. 11 Jan., 1494. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06545a.htm Galletti, Pietro Luigi Benedictine, historian and archaeologist; b. at Rome in 1724; d. there, 13 December, 1790. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350b.htm Gugler, Joseph Heinrich Aloysius Born at Udligerschwyl, near Lucerne, Switzerland, 25 August, 1782; died at Lucerne, 28 February, 1827. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07060b.htm Grimaldi, Francesco Maria Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07034a.htm Vasco Da Gama An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia with links to related articles. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm Pope St. Gregory III A Syrian, was elected the successor of Pope St. Gregory II by acclamation, d. 741. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06789a.htm George Beesley, Blessed English priest and martyr, died 1591. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02389a.htm Gebhart, Emile French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy; d. 22 April, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402b.htm Gortyna A titular see, and in the Greek Church metropolitan see, of the Island of Crete. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654a.htm Geoffrey of Dunstable Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427b.htm Gargara A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384c.htm Garesché, Julius Peter Soldier; born 26 April, 1821, near Havana, Cuba; killed at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, U.S.A., 31 December, 1862. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384a.htm Garrucci, Raffaele A historian of Christian art, b. at Naples, 22 January, 1812; d. at Rome, 5 May, 1885. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389b.htm Gethsemane, Abbey of Our Lady of 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541a.htm Garnier, Jean Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian; b. at Paris, 11 Nov., 1612; d. at Bologna, 26 Nov., 1681. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388c.htm Good Friday The Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06643a.htm Gonzalo de Berceo Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon Essay on the life, experiences, and teachings of this seventeenth-century French mystic. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092b.htm Gabriel, Brothers of Saint 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330b.htm Gradual Psalms Fifteen psalms, namely Psalms 119-133. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718a.htm Gregory X, Pope Blessed Biographical article on this thirteenth-century pope. Includes bibliography. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06798a.htm Godeau, Antoine Bishop, poet and exegete; b. at Dreux in the diocese of Chartres, 1605; d. at Vence, 21 April, 1672. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06622a.htm Girardon, François A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at Paris, 1715. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570a.htm Galluppi, Pasquale 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370b.htm Guadalajara Archdiocese in Mexico, separated from the Diocese of Michoacan by Paul III, 31 July, 1548. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07042b.htm Gutenberg, Johann Inventor of printing. (1400-1467) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07090a.htm Grandmont, Abbey and Order of Abbey and Order in the department of Hte-Vienne, France. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725c.htm Green, Thomas Louis Priest and controversialist; b. at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1799; d. at Newport, Shropshire, 27 Feb., 1883. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06776b.htm Gounod, Charles-François An article focusing especially on his religious compositions and the effect of his beliefs on his compositions. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683b.htm Guastallines 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053c.htm Geography, Biblical 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428c.htm Gratry, Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse French priest and writer; b. at Lille, 30 March, 1805; d. at Montreux, Switzerland, 7 February, 1872. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06731b.htm Guise, House of A branch of the ducal family of Lorraine who played an important part in the religious troubles of France during the seventeenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07074a.htm Galitzin, Elizabeth Princess, religious of the Sacred Heart; born at St. Petersburg, 22 February, 1797; died in Louisiana, 8 December, 1843. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06346a.htm Green Bay Diocese established 3 March, 1868, from the territory of the Diocese of Milwaukee. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777a.htm Gnesen-Posen Archdiocese in the Kingdom of Prussia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590b.htm Gemblours 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407c.htm Gunther of Cologne An archbishop of that city, died 8 July, 873. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07088a.htm Grenoble Comprises the Department of Isère and the Canton of Villeurbanne (Rhône). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07026b.htm Galvani, Luigi Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371c.htm Gotti, Vincent Louis Cardinal and theologian. (1664-1742) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041d.htm Geoffrey of Vendôme A cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d. there, 26 March, 1132. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428b.htm Gonsalo Garcia, Saint Biography of the Franciscan martyr born in Vasai. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379a.htm Gozzi, Carlo Italian author, born at Venice, 1720; died 1806. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688a.htm Girgenti The capital of a province in Sicily. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570d.htm Gedoyn, Nicolas A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orleans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403a.htm Gau, Franz Christian Architect and archæologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, 1854. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393a.htm Guastalla, Diocese of Situated in the province of Reggio Emilia (Central Italy) on the left bank of the Po at its junction with the Crostolo. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053b.htm Glaber, Raoul Benedictine chronicler; b. in Burgundy before 1000; d. at Cluny about 1050. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574b.htm Gran Located in Hungary. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06721b.htm Grancolas, Jean Doctor of the Sorbonne, theologian, liturgist; b. near Chateaudun, about 1660; d. at Paris, 1 August, 1732. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724b.htm Gonzaga, Ercole Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 March, 1563. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635a.htm Gravina and Montepeloso 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733c.htm Gorkum, The Martyrs of Their beatification took place on 14 Nov., 1675, and their canonization on 29 June, 1865. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651c.htm Grueber, Johann German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07041a.htm Grace at Meals 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714b.htm Gratian, Johannes 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06730a.htm Giovanelli, Ruggiero Composer, b. at Velletri, near Rome, in 1560; d. at Rome, 7 January, 1625. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568a.htm Girard, Jean-Baptiste Known as Père Girard, a Swiss pedagogue, b. at Fribourg, 17 December, 1765; d. there, 6 March, 1850. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06569a.htm St. Gatianus First bishop of Tours, d. 301. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392d.htm Gondulphus 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06633a.htm Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Laurent Poet, b. at Fontenoy-le-Château, 1751; d. at Paris, 12 November, 1780. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06554a.htm Greenland Historical essay about Greenland, from The Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777b.htm Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at Perpignan (Pyrénées Orientales), 1864. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06470b.htm Gerardus Odonis 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468b.htm Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094a.htm Giotto di Bondone 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06565a.htm Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07061a.htm Gibraltar 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06550a.htm Gilbertines, Order of Founded by St. Gilbert, about the year 1130, at Sempringham, Gilbert's native place, where he was then parish priest. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556b.htm Gillis, James Scottish bishop; b. at Montreal, Canada, 7 April, 1802; d. at Edinburgh, 24 February 1864. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560c.htm Garet, Jean Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at Jumieges, 24 September, 1694. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384b.htm Granderath, Theodor Known for his monumental labours on the Vatican Council. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725a.htm St. Gregory of Tours Lengthy article in the Catholic Encyclopedia about this bishop, historian, and theologian. He died in 593 or 594. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07018b.htm Gap Diocese; suffragan of Aix, includes the department of the Hautes-Alpes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378a.htm Gloria in Excelsis Deo 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06583a.htm Garland, John English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385b.htm Galway and Kilmacduagh Diocese in Ireland; an amalgamation of two distinct ancient sees. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06373a.htm Grey Nuns of the Cross 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031b.htm Gerace Diocese in the province of Reggio in Calabria (Southern Italy). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464a.htm Goulburn One of the six suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical province of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683a.htm Genebrard, Gilbert Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, in the department of Puy-de-Dôme; d. 16 Feb., 1597. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412a.htm Genicot, Edward Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415c.htm St. Goar Priest, hermit, d. 649. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606b.htm Gurk A prince-bishopric of Carinthia, suffragan to Salzburg. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07088b.htm Guaraní Indians 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07045a.htm Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., 1900. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392a.htm Goffine, Leonard Priest and writer. Born at Cologne, or according to some, at Broich, 6 December, 1648; died 11 August, 1719. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06627b.htm Gozzoli Painter; b. at Florence, 1420; d. at Pisa 1497. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688b.htm Guérin, Anne-Thérèse In religion, Mother Theodore. Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 October, 1798; died 14 May, 1856. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059b.htm Genesareth This is the name given to the Lake of Tiberias in Luke 5:1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413a.htm St. Gregory of Utrecht Missionary companion of St. Boniface, and later an abbot, d. 775 or 780. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021a.htm Guarini, Battista An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07052a.htm Gretser, Jacob A celebrated Jesuit writer; b. at Markdorf in the Diocese of Constance in 1562; d. at Ingolstadt in 1625. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029b.htm Greuze, Jean-Baptiste French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029c.htm Gobban Saer Profile of the renowned Irish architect, commonly called St. Gobban. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607b.htm Goossens, Pierre-Lambert Cardinal, Archbishop of Michlin (Belgium), b. at Perck, near Vilvorde, 18 July, 1827; d. at Michlin, 25 January, 1906. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648a.htm Gallipoli Diocese in the province of Lecce (Southern Italy). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366c.htm Glaire, Jean-Baptiste Priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. at Bordeaux, 1 April, 1798; d. at Issy, near Paris, 25 Feb., 1879. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06576a.htm Geramb, Baron Ferdinand de 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464d.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Epistle to the Galatians Background on Galatia, purpose and date, a summary of its contents, its importance and a discussion of some difficulties. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06336a.htm Glarean, Henry 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06577a.htm Gusmão, Bartholomeu Lourenço de Naturalist, and the first aeronaut; b. in 1685 at Santos in the province of São Paulo, Brazil; d. 18 November, 1724, in Toledo, Spain. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07089b.htm Girba A titular see in the province of African Tripoli. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570c.htm Grandidier, Philippe-André Priest and historian, b. at Strasburg, Alsace, 9 Nov., 1752; d. at the Abbey of Luntzel (Lucelles), Sundgau, 11 Oct., 1787. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725b.htm Gil de Albornoz, Alvarez Carillo A renowned cardinal, general, and statesman; b. about 1310 at Cuenca in New Castile; d. 23 Aug., 1367. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06558a.htm Gerard of Cremona A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468a.htm Gegenbauer, Josef Anton An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at Wangen, Würtemberg; d. 31 January, 1876, at Rome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403b.htm Griffiths, Thomas Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the London District educated wholly in England. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033a.htm St. Gaudentius Successor of St. Philastrius as bishop of Brescia. St. Gaudentius died c. 410. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393c.htm Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von German novelist of the seventeenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035b.htm Greith, Karl Johann Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 May, 1882. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025b.htm Giffard, William Second Norman Bishop of Winchester from 1100 to 1129. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06552a.htm Gratz, Peter Aloys Schoolmaster and exegete, b. 17 Aug., 1769, at Mittelberg, Allgäu, Bavaria; d. at Darmstadt, 1 Nov., 1849. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06732a.htm Gousset, Thomas-Marie-Joseph French cardinal and theologian; b. at Montigny-les-Charlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; d. at Reims in 1866. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684b.htm God, Relation of the Universe to Sections include essential dependence of the universe on God, divine immanence and transcendence, and possibility of the supernatural. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06614a.htm Gesta Dei per Francos Title adopted by Guibert de Nogent (died about 1124) for his history of the First Crusade. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06539a.htm García Moreno, Gabriel Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated at Quito, 6 August, 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379b.htm Gibail and Batrun A Maronite residential see. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548b.htm Gaspare del Bufalo, Saint Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood, died 1837. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390b.htm Gagliardi, Achille Ascetic writer and spiritual director; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at Modena, 6 July, 1607. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334b.htm Gebhard (III) of Constance Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial encroachments during the Investitures conflict; b. about 1040; d. 12 November, 1110. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402a.htm Gardellini, Aloisio Born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1759; died there, 8 Oct., 1829, famous chiefly for his collection of the decrees of the Congregation of Rites. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06382b.htm Guérard, Robert Writer, born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059a.htm Gabbatha The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of Lithostrotos. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328b.htm Genealogy (in the Bible) 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06408a.htm Gaudier, Antoine de A writer on asectic theology; b. at Château-Thierry, France, 7 January, 1572; d. at Paris, 14 April, 1622. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394c.htm Gottschalk of Orbais A medieval theologian; b. about 800, d. after 866, probable 30 October, 868. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682a.htm Good 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/06636b.htm St. Gregory of Nazianzus Biographical article on this Doctor of the Church, known in the Christian East as St. Gregory the Theologian. From the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010b.htm Greslon, Adrien French Jesuit missionary. (1618-1697) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028b.htm Gottschalk, Saint Wendish prince, considered a martyr, d. 1066. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06681a.htm Gadara 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/06332a.htm Good, Highest, The (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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06640a.htm Glagolitic An ancient alphabet of the Slavic languages, also called in Russian bukvitsa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06575b.htm Grottaferrata, Abbey of A Basilian monastery near Rome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07040b.htm St. Germanus I Patriarch of Constantinople, defender of the veneration of ikons, d. 733 or 740. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484a.htm Golden Calf 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628b.htm Genesius Five people with this name including: Genesius of Rome; Genesius of Arles; Genesius, Bishop of Clermont; Genesius Count of Clermont; and Genesius of Lyons. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413c.htm Guarda, Diocese of Province of Beira, Portugal. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049a.htm St. Guthlac Brief biography of this soldier, monk, and hermit, who died in 714. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092a.htm Germany, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06529a.htm Galilei, Galileo 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342b.htm Giraldi, Ubaldo An Italian canonist; b. in 1692; d. in 1775. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568c.htm Gropper, John An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest, Westphalia; d. at Rome, 13 March, 1559. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07036b.htm God, Existence of 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm Gangra A titular see in the province of Paphlagonia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377b.htm St. Gertrude of Nivelles Benedictine abbess of a double monastery, d. 659. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533c.htm Gandolphy, Peter Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, 1779; d. at East Sheen, Surrey, 9 July, 1821. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377a.htm Gesellenvereine German Catholic societies for the religious, moral, and professional improvement of young men. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06538a.htm Gentili, Aloysius 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) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422b.htm Graffiti The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude inscriptions scratched on the walls of ancient monuments, generally sepulchral, as distinguised from the formal inscriptions engraved on the tombs of the deceased. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718c.htm Good Hope, Cape of (Western) The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are virtually one. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06645b.htm Gertrude the Great, Saint Benedictine, mystic, author, d. 1301 or 1302. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06534a.htm Gunther, Anton Philosopher; b. 17 Nov., 1783, at Lindenau, near Leitmeritz, Bohemia; d. at Vienna, 24 February, 1863. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07085a.htm Glory 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/06585a.htm Goffe, Stephen Oratorian; b. 1605; d. at Paris, Christmas Day, 1681. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06627a.htm Grosseteste, Robert Bishop of Lincoln and one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages; b. about 1175; d. 9 October, 1253. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07037a.htm Griffin, Gerald A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick, Ireland; d. at Cork, 12 June, 1840. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07032a.htm Guigues du Chastel Medieval Carthusian. (1083-1137) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066a.htm Gioberti, Vincenzo An Italian statesman and philosopher; b. at Turin, 5 April, 1801; d. at Paris, 26 October, 1852. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562b.htm Gallican Rite, The The rite which prevailed in Gaul until about the middle or end of the eighth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06357a.htm Galatino, Pietro Colonna Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at Rome, soon after 1539. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06340a.htm Guiana 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/07062a.htm Germanicopolis A titular see in the province of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475b.htm Grace Leads to four articles on the subject. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689a.htm George Haydock, Blessed Biographical article on the English priest and martyr. Includes bibliography. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm Gómara, Francisco Lopez de 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632a.htm Garnet, Henry English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386b.htm Gerard, Archbishop of York Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466b.htm Gelasius II, Pope Reigned 1118-1119. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407a.htm Gnosticism 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm Good Faith 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06642a.htm Grosseto Suffragan diocese of Siena. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07039a.htm Gregory of Heimburg Humanist and Statesman, b. at Würzburg in the beginning of the fifteenth century; d. at Tharandt near Dresden, August, 1472. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010a.htm González, Zeferino Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher. (1831-1894) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041c.htm Gaul, Christian The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connexion with the persecution at Lyons under Marcus Aurelius (177). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06395b.htm Goldwell, Thomas Bishop of St. Asaph, the last survivor of the ancient hierarchy of England; b. between 1501 and 1515; d. in Rome, 3 April, 1585. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06631b.htm Gilbert Islands Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557a.htm Gideon 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/06402c.htm Gad 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/06331b.htm Gethsemane The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06540a.htm Gallwey, Peter Famous London priest. (1820-1906) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370c.htm Gallifet, Joseph de French Jesuit. (1663-1749) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366b.htm Grace, Supernatural Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06701a.htm Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07051a.htm Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul Count and Marquess de Grasse-Tilly, lieutenant-general of the naval forces; b. near Toulon, 1723; d. at Paris, 11 January, 1788. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06728a.htm Grey Nuns 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031a.htm Guarino da Verona A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona, Italy; d. 1460, at Ferrara. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053a.htm Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367b.htm Gerson, Jean de Charlier de Biographical article. Examines his view of conciliarism, and considers his mystical theology. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530c.htm Gregory XV, Pope Reigned 1621-1623. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004b.htm Gams, Pius Bonifacius Ecclesiastical historian. (1816-1892) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06376a.htm Pierre Gassendi Article by J.G. Hagen, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Covers Gassendi's life and work in some detail. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391b.htm Blessed Giovanni Dominici Biography of the Dominican preacher and writer. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05112a.htm Gregory VI Eleventh-century antipope. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791b.htm Grün, Anastasius Pseudonym for Anton Alexander (Maria), Count von Auersperg, a nineteenth-century Austrian poet. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07042a.htm Greek Rites People who speak of the Greek Rite generally mean that of Constantinople. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06774a.htm Guitmund 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07080a.htm Gezireh Seat of two Catholic residential sees, one Chaldean, the other Syrian. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541b.htm Gisbert, Blaise French rhetorician and critic; born at Cahors, 21 February, 1657; died at Montpellier, 21 February, 1731. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06571a.htm The Gunpowder Plot This page is one of many from the Catholic Encyclopedia, it covers the subject profoundly. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm Gobat, George 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607a.htm Gottfried von Strasburg Middle High German epic poet. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06680a.htm Gibbons, John Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3 Dec., 1589. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549a.htm Gramont, Eugénie de Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at Paris, 19 November, 1846. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06721a.htm Pope St. Gelasius I An assessment of his pontificate. He died in 496. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06406a.htm Guiscard, Robert Duke of Apulia and Calabria, founder of the Norman state of the Two Sicilies; born about 1016; died 17 July, 1085. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07072b.htm Gobelinus, Person Westphalian known as an historian and an ardent reformer of monastic life in his native land. (1358-1421) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607c.htm Guardian Angels The lowest orders of angels are sent to men. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049c.htm Gaboon Formerly called the Vicariate Apostolic of the Two Guineas. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328c.htm Giraud de Borneil A Provençal troubadour, b. about the middle of the twelfth century, at Excideuil in the Viscounty of Limoges. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570b.htm Good Hope, Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of Established in 1847, when the Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was divided into Eastern and Western. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06645a.htm Guardian Angels, Feast of This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07050a.htm Godric The name of two Abbots of Croyland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626c.htm Gloria, Laus et Honor A hymn composed by St. Theodulph of Orléans in 810. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041b.htm Greek Catholics in America Includes the history and statistics. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06744a.htm Greece History of the country and church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06735a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Gildas 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557c.htm Gerrha A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium in the Patriarchate of Alexandria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530b.htm Gallienus Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia on this Roman ruler. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366a.htm Galilee 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/06341c.htm Golden Rose 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06629a.htm George Gervase, Blessed Account of the dramatic life of this Benedictine priest and martyr, who died in 1608. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536a.htm Goodman, Ven. John Priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647a.htm "God", Etymology of the Word Anglo-Saxon God; German Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608x.htm Ginoulhiac, Jacques-Marie-Achille A French bishop; b. at Montpellier (department of Herault) 3 Dec., 1806; d. there 17 Nov., 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562a.htm General Chapter 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412b.htm Giraldi, Giovanni Battista Italian dramatist and novelist; b. at Ferrara, Italy, 1504; d. there, 1573. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568b.htm Gregory Bæticus Bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his surname; d. about 392. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07009a.htm Gyor A Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gran. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094b.htm Gifford, William Archbishop of Reims; b. in Hampshire, 1554; d. at Reims, 11 April, 1629. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06552b.htm German Literature History starting with the pre-Christian period to 800 A.D. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06517a.htm Gaston, William Jurist: b. at Newbern, North Carolina, U.S.A., 19 Sept., 1778: d. at Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 January 1844. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392c.htm Guatemala, Santiago de Archdiocese conterminous with the Republic of Guatemala, in Central America. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07054a.htm Gavantus, Bartolommeo Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order; b. at Monza, 1569; d. at Milan, 14 August, 1638. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399a.htm Georgetown University 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". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Charity of the 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647c.htm Greek Orthodox Church in America The name Orthodox Church is generally used to distinguish those of the Greek Rite who are not in communion with the Holy See. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06772a.htm Goetz, Marie Josephine 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626d.htm Geoffrey of Clairvaux A disciple of Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and 1120, at Auxerre; d. some time after the year 1188. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427a.htm St. Gudula In Latin, Guodila. Born in Brabant, one of a family of saints. She died in the early eighth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056b.htm Gregory XII Reigned 1406-1415. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Gorgonius 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651b.htm Godet des Marais, Paul Bishop of Chartres, France; b. at Talcy, near Blois, 1647; d. at Chartres, 1709. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06624a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649a.htm Gregory VI, Pope Reigned 1045-46. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791a.htm St. Galla Sixth-century Roman widow, feast day is 5 October. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348a.htm Gerhoh of Reichersberg 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472a.htm Gillespie, Neal Henry Brother of the foregoing; b. in Washington county, Pa., 19 January 1831; d. at St. Mary's, Notre Dame, Indiana, 12 November, 1874. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560b.htm Gerando, Joseph-Marie de French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, 10 November, 1842. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465a.htm Gregory VII, Pope Saint 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791c.htm Gottweig, Abbey of A Benedictine abbey situated on a hill of the same name, south of Krems, in Lower Austria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682b.htm Gerard, John Jesuit; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466c.htm Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of The most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean Sea. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606a.htm George the Bearded Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 August, 1471; d. in the same city, 17 April, 1539. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06457a.htm Gibbons, Richard Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549b.htm Godfrey of Viterbo German writer of the twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626b.htm Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de Named Archbishop of Mechlin in 1559 and cardinal in 1561. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06727a.htm Gallitzin, Adele Amalie Princess; b. at Berlin, 28 Aug., 1748; d. at Angelmodde, near Münster, Westphalia, 17 April, 1806. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367a.htm Gagarin, Ivan Sergejewitch 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334a.htm Gregory IX Reigned 1227-1241. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06796a.htm Gratian, Jerome Spiritual director of St. Teresa and first Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites; born at Valladolid, 6 June, 1545; died at Brussels, 21 September, 1614. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729d.htm Godden, Thomas True name Tylden. Born at Addington, Kent, 1624; died in London, 1 Dec., 1688. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06621b.htm Galveston 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06372a.htm Gift, Supernatural Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06553a.htm Guarantees, Law of 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. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07048a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Gabriel the Archangel Called "Fortitudo Dei."