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Montfort, Simon de An Earl of Leicester, date of birth unknown, died at Toulouse, 25 June, 1218. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10540a.htm Moloch A divinity worshipped by the idolatrous Israelites. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10443b.htm Mennonites A Protestant denomination of Europe and America which arose in Switzerland in the sixteenth century and derived its name from Menno Simons, its leader in Holland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10190b.htm Maitland Located in New South Wales. Maitland, the principal settlement on Hunter River, was chosen as the title for a bishop in 1848. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09555b.htm McCarthy, Justin Irish politician and writer (1830-1912). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16057b.htm Miles, George Henry A dramatist and man of letters, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 31 July, 1824; died near Emmitsburg, 23 July, 1871. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10302b.htm Mastrius, Bartholomew Franciscan, philosopher, and theologian, born near Forli, at Meldola, ltaly, in 1602; died 3 January, 1673. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10040a.htm Metastasio, Pietro Brief biography of the Italian librettist. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234a.htm Mary Anne de Paredes, Saint Of Quito, Ecuador, lived as a solitary in her own home and had many extraordinary spiritual gifts. She died in 1645. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09753b.htm Mysore Diocese in India, suffragan to Pondicherry. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10661d.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Michel-Eyquen de Montaigne A concise study of the thinker, by Georges Bertrin. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10512c.htm Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de Jesuit missionary; b. 16 Dec., 1669, at Château Maillac on the Isère; d. 28 June, 1748, at Peking, China. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09538c.htm Milan Located in Lombardy, northern Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10298a.htm Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed A.k.a. Madame Acarie. Founded the French Carmel, d. 1618. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09667b.htm Montefiascone Located in the province of Rome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10529a.htm Medellín Archdiocese in the Republic of Colombia, Metropolitan of Antioquia and Manizales, in the Departments of Medellín, Antioquia, and Manizales. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10116b.htm Mechitarists Armenian Benedictines, founded by Mechitar in 1712. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10102b.htm Motu Proprio The name given to certain papal rescripts on account of the clause motu proprio (of his own accord) used in the document. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10602a.htm Memberton Principal chief of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia at the time of the establishment of the French colony under de Monts and Poutrincourt in 1605, and noted in mission annals of the first Christian in the tribe. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10172a.htm Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary (1440-1490). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10066b.htm Millennium and Millenarianism At the end of time Christ will return in all His splendour to gather together the just, to annihilate hostile powers, and to found a glorious kingdom on earth for the enjoyment of the highest spiritual and material blessings; He Himself will reign as its king, and all the just, including the saints recalled to life, will participate in it. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10307a.htm Mühlbacher, Engelbert Historian, born at Gresten, Austria, 4 Oct., 1843; died at Vienna, 17 July, 1903. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10625b.htm Mystery This term signifies in general that which is unknowable, or valuable knowledge that is kept secret. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10662a.htm Masses, Bequests for Information on court cases about the subject. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16061a.htm Montpellier The Diocese of Montpellier (Montis Pessulani) comprises the department of Hérault, and is a suffragan of Avignon. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10545a.htm Miracle In general, a wonderful thing, the word being so used in classical Latin; in a specific sense, the Latin Vulgate designates by miracula wonders of a peculiar kind, expressed more clearly in the Greek text by the terms terata, dynameis, semeia, i.e., wonders performed by supernatural power as signs of some special mission or gift and explicitly ascribed to God. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10338a.htm Mark, Gospel of The Second Gospel, like the other two Synoptics, deals chiefly with the Galilean ministry of Christ, and the events of the last week at Jerusalem. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09674b.htm Mohr, Christian Born at Andernach, 1823; died at Cologne, 1888. He practised his profession of sculptor chiefly at Cologne under the cathedral architect Zwirner. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10432a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Macrina the Younger Granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder, and the sister of St. Gregory of Nyssa. She died in 379. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09508c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Mary Tudor Detailed biographical article first published in 1910. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09766a.htm Manfredonia The city of Manfredonia is situated in the province of Foggia in Apulia, Central Italy, on the borders of Mount Gargano. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09588a.htm Mendel, Mendelism Gregor Johann Mendel (the first name was taken on entrance to his order), b. 22 July, 1822, at Heinzendorf near Odrau, in Austrian Silesia; d. 6 January 1884, at the Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas, Brunn. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10180b.htm Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed The daughter of Victor Emanuel I, married King Ferdinand II of Sicily, d. 1836 at the age of 23. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09666a.htm Matteo of Aquasparta Italian Franciscan (1235-1302). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10053a.htm Meignan, Guillaume-René Cardinal Archbishop of Tours, French apologist and Scriptural exegete, b. at Chauvigné, France, 12 April, 1817; d. at Tours, 20 January 1896. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10147a.htm St. Melito Bishop of Sardis, ecclesiastical writer, latter half of the second century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10166b.htm Martyrs, The Ten Thousand On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman Martyrology. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746a.htm Madaurus A titular see of Numidia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09512a.htm Manuel Chysoloras First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at Constantinople about the middle of the fourteenth century; died at Constance, German, and was buried there, 15 April, 1415. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09614a.htm Suppression of Monasteries in England A Catholic view of the suppression of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10455a.htm Meehan, Charles Patrick Irish historical writer and translator, b. in Dublin, 12 July, 1812; d. there 14 March 1890. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10145c.htm Mechtilde, Saint Born Matilda von Hackeborn-Wippra, blood sister of the Abbess Gertrude von Hackeborn, monastic herself. Quite plausibly the model for Matelda in Dante's "Purgatorio." She died in 1298. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10105b.htm Mullanphy, John Merchant, philanthropist, b. near Enniskillen, Co. Fremanagh, Ireland, 1758; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 29 August, 1833. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10626c.htm Mérode, Frédéric-François-Xavier Ghislain de A Belgian prelate and statesman, born at Brussels, 1820; died at Rome, 1874. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209a.htm Moses Bar Cephas A Syriac bishop and writer, b. at Balad about 813; d. 12 Feb., 903. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10597a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Maedoc St. Maedoc, first bishop of Ferns, d. 626. Feast day 31 January. Also known as St. Aidus, Aeddan Foeddog, Moedhog, Mogue, or Hugh. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520a.htm More, Henry Priest and descendant of St. Thomas More (1586-1661). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10564c.htm MacNeven, William James Irish-American physician and medical educator. (1763-1841) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09506b.htm St. Martin of Braga Missionary, monastic founder, archbishop, ecclesiastical writer, d. 580. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09731b.htm Mostar and Markana-Trebinje History of the dioceses. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10599a.htm Memphis Ancient capital of Egypt; diocese of the province of Arcadia or Heptanomos, suffragan of Oxyrynchus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10176a.htm Messene A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212b.htm Molloy, Gerald A theologian and scientist, born at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, 10 Sept., 1834; died at Aberdeen, 1 Oct., 1906. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10442c.htm Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Armenia Created by Gregory XVI on 17 Dec., 1832. Mgr. Trioche, Archbishop of Babylon or Bagdad, became its first titular; he resided habitually in Bagdad. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10210b.htm Manu, The Laws of The English designation commonly applied to the "Manava Dharma-sastra", a metrical Sanskrit compendium of ancient sacred laws and customs held in the highest reverence by the orthodox adherents of Brahminism. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09613a.htm Meissonier, Ernest French painter, b. at Lyons 21 February,1815; d. at Paris, 31 January, 1891. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10149a.htm Memling, Hans Flemish painter, d. 1494. Artist's biography with bibliography. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10172c.htm Mameluco The general term applied in South America to designate the mixed European-Indian race, and more specifically applied in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the organized bands of Portuguese slave-hunters who desolated the vast interior of South America from the Atlantic to the slopes of the Andes, and from the Paraguay to the Orinoco. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09578c.htm Musso, Cornelius Franciscan bishop. (1511-1574) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16064c.htm Möhler, Johann Adam Theologian, b. at Igersheim, 6 April, 1796; d. at Munich, 12 April, 1838. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10430a.htm Messina, Antonello da Painter, born at Messina, about 1430; died 1497. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10215a.htm Mohammedan Confraternities The countries where Mohammedanism prevails are full of religious associations, more or less wrapped in secrecy, which are also political. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10422b.htm Maffei, Raffaelo Humanist, historian and theologian (1451-1522). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522c.htm Micmacs The easternmost of the Algonquin tribes and probably the first visited by a white man, formerly occupied what is now Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton, as well as part of New Brunswick, Quebec, and south-western Newfoundland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10283b.htm Montenegro A kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea; the territory was in ancient times a portion of the Roman province of Dalmatia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10529c.htm Monism A philosophical term which, in its various meanings, is opposed to Dualism or Pluralism. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10483a.htm Methuselah One of the Hebrew patriarchs, mentioned in Genesis 5. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10048b.htm Massa Carrara Diocese in Central Italy (Lunigiana and Garfagnana). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10024b.htm Mansard, Jules French architect, grand-nephew of François, was originally Jules Hardouin, but took the name of Mansard; was born in Paris, 1646; died at Marly 1708. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09609b.htm Muri An abbey of monks of the Order of S. Benedict, which flourished for over eight centuries at Muri near Basle in Switzerland, and which is now established under Austrian rule at Gries near Bozen in Tyrol. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10643a.htm Misericorde, Congregation of the Sisters of Founded 16 January, 1848, for the purpose of procuring spiritual and corporal assistance for poor mothers and unfortunate girls. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10354a.htm Marenzio, Luca Composer (1550-1599). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652a.htm Media and Medes An ancient country of Asia and the inhabitants thereof. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10117a.htm Mariotte, Edme French physicist, b. at Dijon, France, about 1620; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1684. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671a.htm Mamachi, Thomas Maria Dominican theologian and historian, born at Chios in the Archipelago, 4 December, 1713; died at Corneto, near Montefiascone, Italy, 7 June, 1792. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09578a.htm Monomotapa Whatever may be the etymological meaning of the word Monomotapa, the origin of which is much disputed, it is certain, at any rate, that the Portuguese of the sixteenth century employed it to denote the paramount chief of the Makaranga, a powerf ul South African tribe dwelling between the Zambesi and Limpopo rivers and extending westward from the Indian Ocean probably as far as the twenty-fifth parallel of east longitude. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10489a.htm Malory, Sir Thomas Writer of the "Morte Arthure", the earliest production of English prose. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573c.htm Mengarini, Gregario Pioneer missionary of the Flathead tribe and philologist of their language, b. in Rome, 21 July, 1811; d. at Santa Clara, California, 23 September, 1886. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10188a.htm Mondovi Located in Piedmont, province of Cuneo, northern Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10478a.htm Majority The state of a person or thing greater, or superior, in relation to another person or thing. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09557a.htm Maderna, Carlo Known principally by his extension of St. Peter's, at the command of the pope, from the form of a Greek to that of a Latin cross. (1556-1629) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09512b.htm Monothelitism and Monothelites A modification of Monophysitism proposing that Christ had no human free will. Rejected by the Third Council of Constantinople (680). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10502a.htm Pope St. Marcellus I After a vacancy in office following the death of Pope St. Marcellinus, was elected to the papacy in 308. Fairly lengthy biographical article in the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09640b.htm Mental Reservation The name applied to a doctrine which has grown out of the common Catholic teaching about lying and which is its complement. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10195b.htm Maistre, Joseph-Marie, Comte de Biographical article, summarizing his chief arguments for authority and against Gallicanism. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09554a.htm Mecklenburg A division of the German Empire, consists of the two Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10107a.htm Nicolò Machiavelli - Catholic Encyclopedia An encyclopedia entry, including a short biography, a list of his works and a summary of his ideas. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09501a.htm Magrath, John Macrory Born in Munster, Ireland, in the fifteenth certury; date and place of death unknown. Like many of his ancestors, he was chief historian to the O'Briens, princes of Thomond and chiefs of the Dalcassian clans. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09537b.htm Morton, John Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, b. in Dorsetshire about 1420, d. at Knowle, Kent, 15 Sept., 1500. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10582a.htm Marinus II, Pope Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09670c.htm Maestro di Camera del Papa The maestro di camera is the real chief chamberlain. His authority extends over all matters concerning the daily personal service of His Holiness. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09521b.htm Morell, Juliana Dominican nun, b. at Barcelona, Spain, 16 February, 1594; d. at the convent of the Dominican nuns at Avignon, France, 26 June, 1653. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10565a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Detailed study of this writer's intellectual career, by Antoine Degert. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10536a.htm Martyr d'Anghiera, Peter Historian of Spain and of the discoveries of her representatives, b. at Arona, near Anghiera, on Lake Maggiore in Italy, 2 February, 1457; d. at Granada in October, 1526. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09740a.htm Morgagni, Giovanni Battista Italian physician and investigator in medicine; b. 25 February, 1682; d. Bologna, 6 December, 1771. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10567c.htm Marcopois A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Edessa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09649a.htm Melbourne Located in the state of Victoria, Southeastern Australia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10155a.htm Pope St. Miltiades Died in 314. An African, his name is also sometimes given as Miltiadea or Melchiades. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10318a.htm Massorah The textual tradition of Hebrew Bible, an official registration of its words, consonants, vowels and accents. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10035a.htm Modernism Etymologically, modernism means an exaggerated love of what is modern, an infatuation for modern ideas. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10415a.htm Mariana Islands The Marianas Archipelago (also called the Ladrone Islands) is a chain of fifteen islands in the Northern Pacific, first discovered in 1521 by Magellan. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09660b.htm Mediator (Christ as Mediator) A mediator is one who brings estranged parties to an amicable agreement. In New Testament theology the term invariably implies that the estranged beings are God and man, and it is appropriated to Christ, the One Mediator. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10118a.htm Martin of Leon, Saint Augustinian priest, d. 1203. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09732a.htm Mezger, Francis, Joseph, and Paul Three brothers, learned Benedictines of the monastery of St. Peter in Salsburg, and professors at the University of Salzburg. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10270a.htm St. Medardus Bishop of Noyon, d. around 545. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10115b.htm Magdalens The members of certain religious communities of penitent women who desired to reform their lives. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09524a.htm Memory Memory is the capability of the mind, to store up conscious processes, and reproduce them later with some degree of fidelity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10174a.htm Mendes de Silva, João Better known as Amadeus of Portugal, b. 1420, d. at Milan, 1482, began his religious life in the Hieronnymite monastery of Notre-Dame de Guadalupe (Spain), where he spent about ten years. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10182a.htm Miletus, Vitus A Catholic theologian, born 1549; died at Mainz, 11 Sept., 1615. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304a.htm Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint Biographical article on the apostle of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09653a.htm Mangan, James Clarence Irish poet, b. in Dublin, 1 May, 1803; d. there, 20 June, 1849. He was the son of James Mangan, a grocer, and of Catherine Smith. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09589a.htm Montalto Located in Ascoli Piceno. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10516a.htm Mondoñedo, Diocese of It comprises the civil Provinces of Lugo and Corunna, and is bounded on the north by the Bay of Biscay, on the east by the Austurias, on the south by the Diocese of Lugo, and on the west by the Archdiocese of Compostela (or Santiago de Galicia), of which it has been a suffragan since 1114. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10477a.htm Martigny, Joseph-Alexander Canon of Belley, archaeologist; b at Sauverny, Ain, in 1808; d at Belley, 19 August, 1880. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09723b.htm Menochio, Giovanni Stefano Jesuit biblical scholar, b. at Padua, 1575; d. in Rome, 4 Feb., 1655. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10190c.htm St. Macarius Bishop of Jerusalem, d. 334. He was an opponent of Arianism. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09482a.htm Mathieu, François-Désiré Bishop and cardinal, born 27 May, 1839; died 26 October, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10048a.htm St. Maruthas Writer, greatly devoted to the martyrs, Mesopotamian bishop, d. before 420. Feast day: 4 December. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09748a.htm Marciane A titular see of Lycia, suffragan of Myra. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645a.htm Mace A short, richly ornamented staff. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09491a.htm Mater A titular bishopric in the province of Byzantium. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10041a.htm Morris, John Brande Born at Brentford, Middlesex, 4 September, 1812; died at Hammersmith, London, 9 April, 1880; he studied at Baliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1834 (B.A. honours) and 1837 (M. A.), He was at once elected Petrean Fellow of Exeter College, and lectured on Hebrew. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10577a.htm Morality Morality is antecedent to ethics: it denotes those concrete activities of which ethics is the science. It may be defined as human conduct in so far as it is freely subordinated to the ideal of what is right and fitting. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10559a.htm Marcellinus, Flavius A high official at the court of Emperor Honorius, and possessed the confidence of his imperial master owing to his good sense, and unblemished conduct. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639a.htm Micheas, Book of Micheas (Hebr. Mikhah; Jeremiah 26:18: Mikhayah keth.), the author of the book which holds the sixth place in the collection of the Twelve Minor Prophets, was born at Moresheth (Micheas 1:1; Jeremiah 26:18), a locality not far from the town of Geth (Micheas 1:14). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10278a.htm Muro-Lucano Located in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10646a.htm McCloskey, William George Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky (1823-1909). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09488a.htm Maurus, Sylvester Writer on philosophy and theology, b. at Spoleto, 31 Dec., 1619; d. in Rome, 13 Jan., 1687. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10072b.htm Malling Abbey Benedictine abbey in England. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060a.htm Monarchia Sicula A right exercised from the beginning of the sixteenth century by the secular rulers of Sicily, according to which they had final jurisdiction in purely religious matters, independent of the Holy See. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10451a.htm Mexico, Archdiocese of Information about the boundaries and bishops. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10269a.htm Montreuil Charterhouse of Notre-Dame-des-Pres, at Montreuil, in the Diocese of Arras, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, founded by Robert, Count of Boulogne and Auvergne. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10550a.htm Maniple An ornamental vestment in the form of a band, a little over a yard long and from somewhat over two to almost four inches wide, which is placed on the left arm in such manner that it falls in equal length on both sides of the arm. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09601b.htm Marchand, Jean Baptiste Second principal in order of succession of the Sulpician College of Montreal and missionary of the Detroit Hurons at Sandwich, Ont.; b. at Verchères, Que., 25 Feb. 1760, son of Louis Marchand and Marguerite de Niverville; d. at Sandwich, 14 Apr., 1825. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09642c.htm Montana Includes geography, history, statistics, education, and religious information. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10516b.htm Missions, Catholic Indian, of the United States Includes the history of the missions and a list of the missionary martyrs. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10384a.htm Moxos Indians According to one authority, they are named from Musu, their Quichua name; according to others, from the Moxos word, muha, erroneously thought by the Spaniards to be the tribal name. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10606b.htm Miletus A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Aphrodisias, in Caria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10303c.htm Michoacan Located in Mexico, the Diocese of Michoacan was established in 1536 by Pope Paul III at the instance of the Emperor Charles V, its boundaries to coincide with those of the ancient Kingdom of Michoacan. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10282a.htm McLoughlin, John Physician and pioneer, born in the parish of La Riviere du Loup, Canada, 19 October, 1784; died at Oregon City, 3 September, 1857. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09504b.htm Molina, Luis de One of the most learned and renown theologians of the Society of Jesus, b. of noble parentage at Cuenca, New Castle, Spain, in 1535; d. at Madrid, 12 October, 1600. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10436a.htm Morse The rectangular ornamented piece of material attached to the two front edges of the cope near the breast to prevent the vestment from slipping from the shoulders. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10577c.htm Maximilian I Duke of Bavaria (1573-1651). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10075b.htm Ménard, Nicolas-Hugues French Maurist Benedictine teacher and writer, died 1644. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10178b.htm Marcellinus of Civezza, O.F.M. Modern Franciscan author, born at Civezza in Liguria, Italy, 29 May, 1822; d. at Leghorn, 27 March, 1906. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639c.htm Mayer, Christian Franciscan writer; b. in Wiltshire, 1599; d. at Douai, 30 Dec, 1678. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10086a.htm Madianites An Arabian tribe introduced into history in the texts of Gen., xxv, 1-4 and I Chron., i, 32. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09513b.htm Marinus I, Pope Reigned 882-884. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09670b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Menas Martyred under Diocletian, c. 295. Most likely Menas of Mareotis, Menas of Cotyaes, and Menas of Constantinople, surnamed Kallikelados, are all the same person honored in different places. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10178d.htm Montford Scott, Blessed Biography of the English priest, martyred in 1591 after an imprisonment of seven years. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13632b.htm Methymna A titular see in the island of Lesbos. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10243b.htm Moroni, Giovanni Battista A painter, b. at Bondo, near Albino, in the territory of Bergamo, between 1520 and 1525; d. at Bergamo, in 1578. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10576b.htm Maltret, Claude French Jesuit, b. at Puy, 3 Oct., 1621; d. Toulouse, 3 Jan., 1674. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09576a.htm Monsabré, Jacques-Marie-Louis A celebrated pulpit orator, born at Blois, France, 10 Dec., 1827; died at Havre, 21 Feb., 1907. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10508c.htm Montauban A suffragan of Toulouse, comprises the entire department of Tarn and Garonne. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10524a.htm Messina Located in Sicily. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10216a.htm Migazzi, Christoph Anton Cardinal, Prince Archbishop of Vienna, b. 1714, in the Tyrol, d. 14 April, 1803, at Vienna. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10288a.htm Matteo da Siena Painter (1435-1495). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10052b.htm Marriage, Sacrament of Christian marriage (i.e. marriage between baptized persons) is really a sacrament of the New Law in the strict sense of the word is for all Catholics an indubitable truth. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09707a.htm Melrose, Chronicle of It opens with the year 735, ends abruptly in 1270, and is founded solely upon the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. ix, in the British Museum, the only ancient copy preserved. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10171a.htm Mance, Jeanne Foundress of the Montreal Hôtel-Dieu, and one of the first women settlers in Canada, b. at Nogent-le-Roi, Champagne, 1606; d. at Montreal, 19 June, 1673. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09584a.htm Michaud, Joseph-François Historian, born at Albens, Savoy, 1767; died at Passy, 30 September, 1839. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10277a.htm Mendíburu, Manuel de Nineteenth-century Peruvian-born soldier and diplomat. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10183b.htm Müntz, Eugène French savant and historian; b. 11 June, 1845; d. at Paris, 2 November, 1902. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10640a.htm Myra A titular see of Lycia in Asia Minor. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10661a.htm Moylan, Stephen An American patriot and merchant, born in Ireland in 1734; died at Philadelphia, 11 April, 1811. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10609c.htm Mystical Body of the Church The members of the Church are bound together by a supernatural life communicated to them by Christ through the sacraments. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10663a.htm Marshall, Thomas William Controversial writer, b. 1818; d. at Surbiton, Surrey, 14 Dec., 1877. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718a.htm Ferdinand Magellan Short biographical article from the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm Most Pure Heart of Mary, Feast of the In its principal object this feast is identical with the feast of the "Inner Life of Mary", celebrated by the Sulpitians on 19 October. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10600a.htm Marquette League A society founded in New York, in May, 1904, by Rev. H.G. Ganss, of Lancaster, Pa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09691a.htm Mège, Antoine-Joseph A Maurist Benedictine. Writer and translator. He died in 1691. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146c.htm Missions, Catholic A general survey of the missionary activity of the Catholic Church at the time the article was written. (1908) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10375a.htm Marina The name of an ancient and noble family of the Republic of Genoa, distinguished alike in the Island of Chios, one of its dependencies, where it possessed many beautiful and valuable estates. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09669a.htm Maratta, Carlo An Italian painter, b. at Camerino, in the March of Ancona, 13 May, 1625, d. in Rome, 15 December, 1713. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09636c.htm Morocco The country known as Morocco (from Marrakesh, the name of one of its chief cities) forms the northwest corner of the Continent of Africa. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10574a.htm Molfetta, Terlizzi, and Giovinazzo Molfetta is a city of the province of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea; its origin is unknown, but many objects of the neolithic, bronze, and the Mycenæan epoch have been found at a place called Pulo, which shows that the site of Molfetta was inhabited in prehistoric times. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10434a.htm Mount Saint Mary's College The second oldest among the Catholic collegiate institutions in the United States, is located near Emmitsburg, Maryland, within the limits of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10605a.htm Mass, Chapter and Conventual A conventual Mass sung or said in all cathedrals and collegiate churches that have a chapter; in this case it is often called the "chapter" Mass. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09790a.htm Margaritae The canonists of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries who taught canon law by commenting on the Decretum of Gratian and on the various collections of the Decretals, gave the most varied forms and diverse names to their treatises. The "Margaritae" are collections specially intended to help the memory. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09657a.htm Monsell, William, Baron Emly Politician, born 21 Sept., 1812; died at Tervoe, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 20 April, 1894. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10509b.htm Moralities Moralities are a development or an offshoot of the Miracle Plays and together with these form the greater part of Medieval drama. They were popular in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries and existed side by side with the Miracle Plays of that date. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10557b.htm Manzoni, Alessandro Italian poet and novelist, b. at Milan, 7 March, 1785; d. 22 May, 1873. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09634a.htm Malta The group of Maltese islands, including Malta, Gozo, Comine and a few inconsiderable islets, lies 58 miles south of Sicily and about 180 miles S.E. by E. of Cape Bon in Tunisia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09574a.htm Minor Orders The lower degrees of the hierarchy are designated by the name of minor orders, in opposition to the "major" or "sacred" orders. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332b.htm Maximinus, Caius Valerius Daja Under his uncle Augustus Galerius, the Caesar of Syria and Egypt, from the year 305; in 307 following the example of Constantine, he assumed the title of Augustus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10077b.htm Mayoruna Indians A tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, ranging the forests between the Ucayali, the Yavari and the Marañon (Amazon) rivers in north-east Peru and the adjacent portions of Brazil. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10090b.htm Mann, Theodore Augustine English naturalist and historian, b. in Yorkshire, 22 June, 1735; d. at Prague in Bohemia, 23 Feb., 1809. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09603a.htm Mocoví Indians A tribe of the Guaycuran stock closely related linguistically to the Toba, Mbaya, and Abipon, their usual allies, settled principally along the middle and upper Vermejo River. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10412b.htm Menestrier, Claude-François French antiquarian (1631-1705). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16063b.htm McMahon, Martin Thomas Soldier, jurist; born at Laprairie, Canada, 21 March, 1838; died in New York, 21 April, 1906. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09505a.htm Mallus A titular see of Cilicia Prima, suffragan of Tarsus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09572b.htm Margaret of Hungary, Saint Princess who became a Dominican at the age of 4. She died in 1270 or 1271, and was canonized in 1943. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09654a.htm Mallinckrodt, Pauline A sister of the Catholic political leader Hermann Mallinckrodt, and foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity, b. at Minden, Westphalia, 3 June, 1817; d. at Paderborn, 30 April, 1881. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09571b.htm Medulic, Andras A Croatian painter and engraver, called by Italian authors Medola, Medula, Schiavone, Schiaon, etc., b. at Sibenik, Dalmatia, 1522; d. at Venice 1582. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10145b.htm Margotti, Giacomo A Catholic publicist, born 11 May, 1823; died 6 May, 1887. He was a native of San Remo, where his father was president of the Chamber of Commerce, and there he studied the classics and philosophy, after which he entered the seminary of Ventimiglia; in 1845, he obtained the doctorate at the University of Genoa and was received into the Royal Academy of Superga, where he remained until 1849. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09657c.htm Morelos, José María Mexican patriot, b. at Valladolid (now called Morelia in his honour), Mexico, on 30 September, 1765; shot at San Cristóbal Ecatepec on 22 December, 1815. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10565b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Marie Antoinette Biography of the Queen of France. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09665a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Michael the Archangel Article about this angel in Scripture and tradition. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm St. Magnus His "life" was re-edited twice, so that he is said in it to be a contemporary of St. Gall (early seventh century) but also of the first bishop of Augsburg (mid-eighth century). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09536a.htm Morone, Giovanni Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, b. at Milan 25 Jan., 1509; d. at Rome, 1 Dec., 1580. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10575a.htm Müller, Johann Physiologist and comparative anatomist, b. at Coblenz, 14 July, 1801; d. at Berlin, 28 April, 1858. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10627a.htm Martyrs, Japanese The most famous of the Japanese martyrs are the twenty-six who were crucified in Nagasaki in 1597, but thousands of other Japanese died for the faith between 1560 and 1860. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09744a.htm Manharter A politico-religious sect which arose in Tyrol in the first half of the nineteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09590a.htm Musti A titular see of Proconsular Africa, suffragan of Carthage. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10658a.htm Minorca Suffragan of Valencia, comprises the Island of Minorca, the second in size of the Balearic Islands, which are possessions of Spain. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332a.htm Miami Indians An important tribe of Algonquian stock formerly claiming prior dominion over the whole of what is now Indiana and western Ohio, including the territories drained by the Wabash, St. Joseph, Maumee, and Miami rivers. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10271a.htm Mosaics Includes information on the history and techniques. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10584a.htm Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Louis-Joseph A French general, born 28 Feb., 1712, at Candiac; died at Quebec 14 Sept., 1759. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10526a.htm Monasteries, Double Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in contiguous establishments, united under the rule of one superior, and using one church in common for their liturgical offices. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10452a.htm Montemayor, Jorge De A writer, born at Montemôr, province of Coimbra, Portugal, about 1520; died at Turin, 26 February, 1561. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10529b.htm Martini, Simone Sienese painter, born in Siena, 1283; died either in the same place or at Avignon in 1344 or 1349. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730d.htm Mandan Indians Tribe occupying jointly with the Hidatsa (Minitari or Grosventre) and Arikara (Ree) the Fort Berthold reservation, on both sides of the Missouri, near its conjunction with the Knife River, North Dakota. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09587a.htm Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco Pico della Italian philosopher, nephew of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, b. about 1469; d. 1533. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10351b.htm Mortmain History and details of the laws. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10579a.htm Mezzofanti, Giuseppe A cardinal, the greatest of polyglots, born 19 September, 1774; died 15 March, 1849. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10270b.htm Malatesta, House of The name of an Italian family prominent in the history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, famous alike in the poetry of Dante and in the annals of the early Renaissance. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09566a.htm McSherry, Richard Physician; born at Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), 21 November, 1817; died Baltimore, Md., 7 Ocbober, l885, son of Dr. Richard McSherry. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509c.htm Morales, Ambrosio Spanish historian, b. at Cordova, 1513; d. in 1591. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10556a.htm Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint Biography of the 17th-century Carmelite mystic. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09762a.htm Meaux, Diocese of Comprises the entire department of Seine and Marne, suffragan of Sens until 1622, and subsequently of Paris. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10098a.htm Mansard, François French architect, born in Paris, probably of Italian stock, in 1598; died there, 1666. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09609a.htm Metempsychosis The doctrine of the transmigration of souls, teaches that the same soul inhabits in succession the bodies of different beings, both men and animals. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234d.htm Manchuria A north-eastern division of the Chinese Empire and the cradle of the present [1910] imperial dynasty. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09585a.htm Mansi, Gian Domenico Italian prelate and scholar born at Lucca, of a patrician family, 16 February, 1692; died archbishop of that city, 27 September, 1769. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09609c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Matins Not Morning Prayer, but a nighttime prayer, which has now been replaced by the Office of Readings. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10050a.htm Masses, Bequests for (Canada) Information on the laws. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030c.htm Morghen, Raffaello Italian engraver, b. at Portici, 19 June, 1768 (1761?); d. at Florence, 8 April, 1833. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10568b.htm Motet A short piece of music set to Latin words, and sung instead of, or immediately after, the Offertorium, or as a detached number in extra-liturgical functions. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10600c.htm Magydus A titular see of Pamphylia Secunda, suffragan of Perga. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09537c.htm Margil, Antonio Born at Valencia, Spain, 18 August, 1657; died at Mexico, 6 Aug., 1726. He entered the Franciscan Order in his native city on 22 April, 1673. After his ordination to the priesthood he volunteered for the Indian missions in America, and arrived at Vera Cruz on 6 June, 1683. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09657b.htm Maillard, Antoine-Simon Missionary b. in France (parentage, place and date of birth unknown); d. 12 August, 1762. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09539a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Maine An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia about Maine and Catholics. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09541b.htm Magi The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm McSherry, James Sr. Author; born at LibertyTown, Frederick County, Maryland, 29 July, 1819; died at Frederick City, Maryland, 13 July, 1869, was the son of James McSherry and Anne Ridgely Sappington, and the grandson of Patrick McSherry, who came from Ireland in 1745 to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and removed later to Maryland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509a.htm Maxentius, Joannes Leader of the so-called Scythian monks, appears in history at Constantinople in 519 and 520. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10073a.htm Michael, Military Orders of Saint Information on three groups by this name. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10272a.htm Madeleine-Sophie Barat, Saint Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, d. 1865. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02283a.htm Moore, Thomas Poet and biographer, b. 28 May, 1779, at Dublin, Ireland; d. 26 February, 1852, at Devizes, England. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10553b.htm Metaphrastes, Symeon The principal compiler of the legends of saints in the Menologia of the Byzantine Church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10225a.htm Maina Indians A group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock, the Mainan, ranging along the north bank of the Marañón. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09541a.htm Mary de Cervellione, Saint Popularly called Maria de Socos. First superior of a Third Order branch of the Mercedarians, for women. She died in 1290. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09753c.htm Montfaucon, Bernard de French scholar, b. 1655; d. 1741. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10539b.htm Marius Maximus, Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus Roman historian, lived c. 165-230. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09672a.htm Malaga Diocese in Spain, by the Concordat of 1851 made a suffragan of Granada, having previously been dependent on Seville. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09565b.htm Mirabilia Urbis Romæ The title of a medieval Latin description of the city of Rome, dating from about 1150. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10337a.htm Mazarin, Jules Born either at Rome or at Piscina in the Abruzzi, of a very old Sicilian family, 14 July, 1602; died at Vincennes, 9 March, 1661. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10092a.htm Mass, Sacrifice of the The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the "breaking of bread" (fractio panis) or "liturgy". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10006a.htm Mermillod, Gaspard Bishop of Lausanne and cardinal, born at Carouge, Switzerland, 22 September, 1824; died in Rome, 23 February, 1892. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10208a.htm Mame, Alfred-Henri-Amand Printer and publisher, b. at Tours, 17 Aug., 1811; d. at Tours, 12 April, 1893. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09578b.htm Maximianus Roman emperor (d. 310). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074c.htm Morgan, Venerable Edward Welsh priest, martyr, b. at Bettisfield, Hanmer, Flintshire, executed at Tyburn, London, 26 April, 1642. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10568a.htm Man Includes sections on the nature of man, the origin of man, and the end of man. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580c.htm Marechal, Ambrose The third Archbishop of Baltimore; born at Ingres near Orléans, France, 28 August, 1764; died at Baltimore, 29 January, 1828. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09651a.htm MacDonell, Alexander First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, b. 17 July 1760, at Inchlaggan in Glengarry, Scotland; d. 14 January, 1840, at Dumfries, Scotland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09489b.htm The Military Orders The apocryphal, stillborn, and genuine orders, including their general organization. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304d.htm Museums, Christian Though applicable to collections composed of Christian objects representative of all epochs, this term is usually reserved to those museums which abound chiefly in Christian objects antedating the Middle Ages, namely, Sarcophagi, inscriptions and products of the minor arts. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10647a.htm Mennas Patriarch of Constantinople from 536 to 552. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10190a.htm Malachy, Saint Abbot of Bangor, later Archbishop of Armagh, d. 1148. Article includes testimony from St. Bernard of Clairvaux on St. Malachy's character. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09565a.htm Massys, Quentin A painter, born at Louvain in 1466; died at Antwerp in 1530 (bet. 13 July and 16 September), and not in 1529, as his epitaph states (it dates from the seventeenth century). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10037c.htm Mariana Situated in the centre of Minas Geraes, the great mining state of Brazil, is bounded on the north, south and west respectively by its suffragan sees, Diamantina, Pouso Alegre, Goyaz, and Uberaba. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09660a.htm Michel, Jean A French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10278b.htm Milwaukee Established as a diocese, 28 Nov., 1843. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10319a.htm Marriage, Mystical In the Old and the New Testament, the love of God for man, and, in particular His relations with His chosen people (whether of the Synagogue or of the Church), are frequently typified under the form of the relations between bridegroom and bride. In like manner, Christian virginity been considered from the earliest centuries as a special offering made by the soul to its spouse, Christ. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09703a.htm Minor That which is less, or inferior in comparison with another, the term being employed as well of things as of persons. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10331a.htm Michelozzo di Bartolommeo An architect and sculptor, born at Florence circa 1391; died 1472. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10279c.htm Mind Explores the term in relation to consciousness, matter, and mechanism. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10321a.htm Mylasa A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Aphrodisias, or Stauropolis, in Caria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10660b.htm Maxwell, Winifred Countess of Nithsdale, d. at Rome, May, 1749. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10082a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Philipp Melancthon Extensive article, informative but anti-Lutheran. Thorough examination of his humanism and his contributions to western educational theory and practice. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10151a.htm Marini, Luigi Gaetano A natural philosopher, jurist, historian, archeologist, born at Sant' Orcangelo (pagus Acerbotanus), 18 Dec., 1742; died at Paris, 7 May, 1815. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09670a.htm Macedo, Francisco Known as a S. Augustino, O.F.M., theologian, born at Coimbra, Portugal, 1596; he entered the Jesuit Order in 1610, which however he left in 1638 in order to join the Discalced Franciscans. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09491b.htm Maximianopolis A titular see of Palestina Secunda, suffragan of Scythopolis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074b.htm Migne, Jacques-Paul Priest, and publisher of theological works, born at Saint-Flour, 25 October, 1800; died at Paris, 24 October, 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10290a.htm Caius Julius Verus Maximinus Thrax Entry at the Catholic Encyclopedia for the Roman Emperor Maximinus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10077c.htm Magistris, Simone de Born in 1728; died 6 October, 1802; a priest of the Oratorio di S. Filippo Neri, at Rome, whom Pius VI created titular Bishop of Cyrene and provost of the Congregation for the correction of the liturgical books of Oriental Rites. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530b.htm Michelians A German Protestant sect which derives its name from "Michel", the popular designation of its founder Johann Michael Hahn. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10279a.htm Malone, William Jesuit missioner and writer; born according to the best authorities, in 1585; died at Seville, 1655. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573b.htm Mitre A kind of folding-cap consisting of two like parts, each stiffened by a lining and rising to a peak; these are sewn together on the sides, but are united above by a piece of material that can fold together. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10404a.htm Martène, Edmond An historian and liturgist, born 22 December, 1654, at Saint-Jean-de-Losne near Dijon; died 20 June, 1739, at Saint-Germain-des-Prés near Paris. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09721a.htm Morigi, Michaelangelo (Caravaggio) Milanese painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1569, d. at Porto d' Ercole in 1609. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10569b.htm Mulholland, St. Clair Augustine Born at Lisburn, Co. Antrium, Ireland, 1 April 1839; died at Philadelphia, 17 Feb., 1910. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10626b.htm Manutius, Aldus Scholar and printer (1450-1515). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09633b.htm Macri A titular see in Mauretania Sitifiensis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09508a.htm Mocissus A titular metropolitan see of Cappadocia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10412a.htm Mitylene A titulary archbishopric on the island of Lesbos. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10407a.htm Maerlant, Jacob van Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09521a.htm Manuterge The name given to the towel used by the priest when engaged liturgically. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09633a.htm Mohammed and Mohammedism Mohammed, "the Praised One", the prophet of Islam and the founder of Mohammedanism, was born at Mecca (20 August?) A.D. 570. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10424a.htm Metternich, Klemens Lothar Wenzel Von Statesman; born at Coblenz, 15 May, 1773; died at Vienna, 11 June, 1859. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10245a.htm Murner, Thomas German satirist of the sixteenth century, b. at Oberehnheim, Alsace, 24 Dec., 1475; d. there, 1537. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10645a.htm Mayor, John A Scotch philosopher and historian, b. at Gleghornie near Haddington, 1496; d. at St. Andrew's, 1550. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10090a.htm Membre, Zenobius Born 1645 at Bapaume, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, he was a member of the Franciscan province of St. Antony. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10172b.htm Molina, Antonio De A Spanish Carthusian and celebrated ascetical writer, born about 1560, at Villanueva de los infantes; died at Miraflores, 21 September, 1612 or 1619. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10435b.htm Mozarabic Rite The name "Mozarabic Rite" is given to the rite used generally in Spain and in what afterwards became Portugal from the earliest times of which we have any information down to the latter part of the eleventh century, and still surviving in the Capilla Muzárabe in Toledo cathedral and in the chapel of San Salvador or Talavera, in the old cathedral of Salamanca. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10611a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Mysticism Mysticism as direct union of the human soul with the Divinity primarily from a Catholic perspective, but does mention other mystical traditions. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10663b.htm Marcianopolis A titular see in Lower Maesia, on the right bank of the Danube, so called by Trajan after his sister Marciana (Amm. Marcellinus, XXVII, 2) and previously known as Parthenopolis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645b.htm Minsk A suffragan of Mohileff, in Western Russia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10333a.htm Manasses The name of seven persons of the Bible, a tribe of Israel, and one of the apocryphal writings. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09583c.htm Martini, Martino Austrian Jesuit missionary to the Chinese, in the seventeenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730c.htm Milic, Jan A pre-Hussite reform preacher and religious enthusiast, born at Kremsier in Moravia, died 29 June, 1374, at Avignon. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304c.htm Mundwiler, Fintan Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Meinrad, Indiana, born at Dietikon in Switzerland, 12 July, 1835; died at St. Meinrad's Abbey, 14 February, 1898. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10630b.htm Mason, Richard Angelus a S. Francisco Franciscan writer; b. in Wiltshire, 1599; d. at Douai, 30 Dec, 1678. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09770a.htm Mascoutens Indians A Wisconsin tribe of Algonquian stock of considerable missionary importance in the seventeenth century, but long since entirely extinct. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09768b.htm Modigliana Located in the Province of Florence, in Tuscany. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10421a.htm Missions, Catholic Indian, of Canada History of the missions. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10378a.htm MacFarland, Francis Patrick Third Bishop of Hartford (q.v.) born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 April, 1819; died at Hartford, Connecticut, 2 October, 1874. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09492b.htm Monopoli, Diocese of A diocese in the Province of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10497a.htm Munich-Freising An archdiocese in Bavaria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10631a.htm Mercy, Sisters of, of St. Borromeo Originally a pious association of ladies formed in 1626 for the care of the sick in the hospital of St. Charles at Nancy, but constituted a religious community in 1652 after being generously endowed by the father of Emmanuel Chauvenel, a young advocate who had given his life in the service of the sick. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10201a.htm Mecca The birthplace of Mohammed and the seat of the famous Kaaba, it was celebrated even in pre-Islamic times as the chief sanctuary of the Arabs, and visited by numerous pilgrims and devotees. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10099a.htm Malacca The Diocese of Malacca comprises the southern portions of the Malay Peninsula, otherwise known as the Straits Settlements. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09562a.htm Mrak, Ignatius The second Bishop of Marquette, U. S. A., born 16 October, 1818, in Hotovle, in the Diocese of Laibach (Carinthia), Austria; died at Marquette, 2 Jan., 1901. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10624d.htm Mellifont Abbey Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, it was the first Cistercian monastery established in Ireland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10168a.htm Martini, Antonio Archbishop of Florence, Biblical scholar; b. at Prato in Tuscany, 20 April, 1720; d. at Florence, 31 December 1809. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Marin Mersenne Article by C.A. Dubray reviewing the intellectual career of this learned Minim friar. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm Molyneux, Sir Caryll Baronet of Sefton, and third Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough in Ireland, born 1624; died 1699. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10446a.htm McQuaid, Bernard John The first Bishop of Rochester, U. S. A.; born in New York City, 15 December, 1823; died at Rochester, 18 January, 1909. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09507b.htm Menominee Indians A considerable tribe of Algonquian linguistic stock, formerly ranging over north-eastern Wisconsin to the west of Menominee River and Green Bay. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10192a.htm Marcellus of Ancyra One of the bishops present at the Councils of Ancyra and of Nicaea, a strong opponent of Arianism, but in his zeal to combat Arius adopting the opposite extreme of modified Sabellianism and being several times condemned, dying deprived of his see c. A.D. 374. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09642a.htm Monte Vergine History of the abbey near Mercogliano, Italy, established by William of Vercelli. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10538b.htm Melo Located in Uruguay. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10169a.htm Majano, Benedetto da A well-known Florentine sculptor and architect of the Renaissance, b. at Majano, Tuscany. 1442; d. at Florence, 24 May, 1498. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09556a.htm Metham, Sir Thomas A knight, confessor of the Faith, died in York Castle, 1573. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10237a.htm Morimond, Abbey of Founded in 1115 by Odelric d' Aigremont and his wife, Adeline de Choiseul. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10570a.htm Teaching of Moses Maimonides Article by William Turner from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Discusses this thinker's life and doctrines. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09540b.htm Monteverde, Claudio A distinguished musician, born at Cremona, May, 1567; died at Venice, 29 Nov., 1643. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10538a.htm Mazzara del Vallo The city is situated in the province of Trepani, Sicily, on the Mediterranean, at the mouth of the Mazzara River. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10094b.htm Messingham, Thomas An Irish hagiologist, born in the Diocese of Meath, and studied in the Irish College, Paris, proceeding to the degree of S.T.D. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10217a.htm Maurice Roman Emperor, born in 539; died in November, 602. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10069a.htm Movers, Franz Karl Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Koesfeld, Westphalia, 17 July, 1806; d. at Breslau, 28 Sept., 1856. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10606a.htm Melzi, Francesco Born at Milan, about 1490; died 1568. He was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci, and Vasari tells that he was a Milanese nobleman, and that he possessed the principal part of the anatomical drawings of Leonardo. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10171b.htm St. Maelrubha Also known as Ma-Rui, Molroy, Errew, Summaryruff, or Sagart-Ruadh. Abbot and martyr, died in 722. Biographical entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520c.htm Moses Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the thirteenth and early part of the twelfth century, B. C. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10596a.htm Montes Pietatis Charitable institutions of credit that lend money at low rates of interest, or without interest at all, upon the security of objects left in pawn, with a view to protecting persons in want from usurers. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10534d.htm Menologium A particular service-book of the Greek Church. From its derivation the term Menologium means "month-set", in other words, a book arranged according to the months. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10191b.htm Maderno, Stefano A sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary. (1576-1636) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09513a.htm Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle A community of priests for giving missions and doing other Apostolic works, especially for making converts to the Catholic faith. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10368c.htm Martyrs in China With the revival of the missions in China with Matteo Ricci, who died at Peking in 1610, the blood of martyrs was soon shed to fertilize the evangelical field; the change of the Ming dynasty to the Manchu dynasty, giving occasion for new prosecution. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746b.htm Meilleur, Jean-Baptiste French Canadian physician and educator, b. at St. Laurent, P.Q., 9 May, 1796; d. 7 Dec., 1878. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10147b.htm Mai, Angelo Roman cardinal and celebrated philologist, b. at Schilpario, in the Diocese of Bergamo, 7 March 1782; d. at Albano, 9 September 1854. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09538a.htm Micrologus Either a "synopsis" or a "short explanation", and in the Middle Ages used as an equivalent for "Manual". http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10285a.htm Monstrelet, Enguerrand de A French chronicler, born about 1390 or 1395; died in July, 1453. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10511a.htm Mengs, Anthon Rafael A Bohemian painter, usually regarded as belonging to the Italian or Spanish school, b. at Aussig in Bohemia, 12 March, 1728; d. in Rome, 29 June, 1779. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10189a.htm Muchar, Albert Anton Von An historian, born at Linez, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1781; died at Graz, Styria, 6 June, 1849. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10625a.htm Montagna, Bartolomeo Italian painter, chief representative of the Vicenza School, b. at Orzinuovi about 1450; d. at Vicenza, 11 October, 1523. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10511b.htm Malchus A name common in the Semitic languages and of special interest as being that borne by the Jewish servant whose ear was struck off by St. Peter. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09566b.htm Manichaeism A religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09591a.htm Medina, Miguel de Theologian, born at Belalcazar, Spain, 1489; died at Toledo, May, 1578. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10144b.htm Mass, Nuptial "Missa pro sponso et sponsa", the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It is composed of lessons and chants suitable to the Sacrament of Matrimony, contains prayers for persons just married and is interwoven with part of the marriage rite, of which in the complete form it is an element. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10005a.htm Mechanism There is no constant meaning in the history of philosophy for the word Mechanism. Originally, the term meant that cosmological theory which ascribes the motion and changes of the world to some external force. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10100a.htm Menevia Said to be derived from Menapia, the name of an ancient Roman settlement supposed to have existed in Pembrokeshire, or Hen Meneu (vetus rubus) where St. David was born. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10187d.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Megarians Short article on the history and teachings of this school by William Turner. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146b.htm Maccabees, The Books of The author, date, and contents of 1 and 2 Machabees. A brief look at 3 and 4 Machabees. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09495a.htm Mivart, St. George Jackson Corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Member of the Council of Linnean Society, etc., b. in London, 30 November, 1827, d. there 1 April, 1900. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10407b.htm Maffei, Francesco Italian painter. (d. 1660) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522b.htm Marca, Pierre de French bishop and scholar, b. at Gan in Béarn, 24 Jan., 1594, of a family distinguished in the magistracy; d. at Paris, 29 June, 1662. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637b.htm Mickiewicz, Adam Born near Novogrodek, Lithuania, 1798; died at Constantinople, 1855. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10283a.htm Michael de Sanctis, Saint Or Michael de los Santos. Catalonian, member of the Discalced Trinitarians, d. 1625. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10274a.htm Montmorency, Anne, First Duke of Born at Chantilly, 15 March, 1492; died at Paris, 12 November, 1567. He belonged to that family of Montmorency whose members from 1327 held the title of first Barons of France. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10544a.htm Mazzolini, Sylvester Theologian, b. at Priero, Piedmont, 1460; d. at Rome, 1523, sometimes confounded with Sylvester Ferrariensis (d. 1526). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10095b.htm Methodius I Patriarch of Constantinople (842-846), defender of images during the second Iconoclast persecution, b. at Syracuse, towards the end of the eighth century; d. at Constantinople, 14 June, 846. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09242a.htm Madras Archdiocese in India. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09515a.htm Malvern Located in Worcestershire, England, a district covered by a lofty range between the Severn and Wye, known as the Malvern Hills. On its eastern side were formerly two houses of Benedictine monks, the priories of Great and Little Malvern. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09577b.htm Malabar Rites Certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their neophytes to retain after conversion, but which were afterwards prohibited by the Holy See. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09558b.htm Mainz German town and bishopric in Hesse; formerly the seat of an archbishop and elector. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09550a.htm Martín, Enrico Date and place of birth unknown; d. in Mexico in 1632. According to some he was of Spanish descent; Humboldt says that he was either a German or Dutchman, and according to others a Mexican educated in Spain, but in all probability he was a Frenchman. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060d.htm Masses, Bequests for (England) Before the Reformation dispositions of property, whether real or personal, for the purposes of Masses, were valid, unless where, in the case of real property, they might happen to conflict with the Mortmain laws by being made to religious congregations. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10031a.htm Moscow The ancient capital of Russia and the chief city of the government (province) of Moscow, situated in almost the centre of European Russia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10591b.htm Monterey and Los Angeles Comprises that part of the State of California which lies south of 37 deg. 5 min. N. lat. and covers an area of 80,000 square miles. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10532a.htm Sts. Mark and Marcellian Blood brothers martyred at Rome in the Diocletian persecution, probably in 286. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09682a.htm Mercadé, Eustache French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10197a.htm Mexico Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10250b.htm Mush An Armenian Catholic see, comprising the sanjaks of Mush and Seert, in the vilayet of Bitlis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10647b.htm Mormons Also called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This religious body had its origin during the early part of the nineteenth century. Joseph Smith, the founder and first president of the sect, was the son of a Vermont farmer, and was born in Sharon township, Windsor County, in that state, on 23 December, 1805. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10570c.htm Minnesota One of the North Central States of the American Union, lies about midway between the eastern and western shores of the continent, and about midway between the gulf of Mexico and Hudson's Bay. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10326c.htm Mariana, Juan Author and Jesuit, b. at Talavern, Toledo, Spain, probably in April, 1536; d. at Toledo, 16 February, 1624. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09659b.htm Medici, House of A Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired great wealth as bankers, rose in a few generations to be first the unofficial rulers of the republic of Florence and afterwards the recognized sovereigns of Tuscany. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10120a.htm Sts. Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum Family martyred at Rome in 270. SS. Maris and Martha were husband and wife. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671b.htm Mehrerau Formerly a Benedictine, now a Cistercian Abbey, is situated on Lake Constance, west of Bregenz, in the district of Vorarlberg, Austria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10146d.htm Maria-Laach A Benedictine abbey on the southwest bank of Lake Laach, near Andernach in Rhineland, Germany. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09658a.htm Moy De Sons, Karl Ernst, Freiherr Von A jurist, born 10 August, 1799, at Munich; died 1 August, 1867, at Innsbruck (Tyrol). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10608a.htm Marsi Diocese in the province of Aquila, Central Italy, with its seat at Pescina. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718c.htm Mayo, School of Was situated in the present parish of Mayo, County Mayo, almost equidistant from the towns of Claremorris and Castlebar. The founder, St. Colman, who flourished about the middle of the seventh century, was in all probability a native of the West of Ireland, and made his ecclesiastical studies at Iona during the abbacy of the renowned Segenius. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10089a.htm Mendicant Friars Members of those religious orders which, originally, by vow of poverty renounced all proprietorship not only individually but also (and in this differing from the monks) in common, relying for support on their own work and on the charity of the faithful. Hence the name of begging friars. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10183c.htm Monotheism A word coined in comparatively modern times to designate belief in the one supreme God, the Creator and Lord of the world, the eternal Spirit, All-powerful, All-wise, and All-good, the Rewarder of good and the Punisher of evil, the Source of our happiness and perfection. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10499a.htm St. Maurus Deacon, disciple of St. Benedict. Portrayed by St. Gregory the Great as a model of monastic obedience. Died 584. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10072a.htm Mammon Mamona; the spelling Mammona is contrary to the textual evidence and seems not to occur in printed Bibles till the edition of Elzevir. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580b.htm Mondino dei Lucci Anatomist, b. probably at Bologna, about 1275; d. there, about 1327. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10476b.htm Metcalfe, Edward Born in Yorkshire, 1792; died a martyr of charity at Leeds, 7 May, 1847. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10234b.htm Maignan, Emmanuel French physicist and theologian; b. at Toulouse, 17 July, 1601; d. at Toulouse, 29 October, 1676. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09538b.htm Maria Theresa Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman-German Empress, born 1717; died 1780. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09662d.htm Molitor, Wilhelm A poet, novelist, canonist and publicist, born at Zweibruecken in the Rhine Palatinate, 24 August, 1819; died at Speyer, 11 January, 1880. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10442a.htm Montagnais Indians (Chippewayans) A name given in error to the Chippewayans, owing to a fancied resemblance to the Montagnais Indians of Quebec. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10512b.htm Minimi Members of the religious order founded by St. Francis of Paula. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10325a.htm Mobile Suffragan of New Orleans, comprises the State of Alabama and western Florida. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10410a.htm Magaud, Antoine-Dominique French painter, b. at Marseilles 1817; d. there, 1899. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522d.htm Melchites The people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt who remained faithful to the Council of Chalcedon (451) when the greater part turned Monophysite. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10157b.htm Madruzzi, Christopher Born of a noble family of Trent, 5 July, 1512; died at Tivoli, Italy, 5 July, 1578. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09519a.htm Marius Mercator Ecclesiastical writer, born probably in Northern Africa about 390; died shortly after 451. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09672b.htm Macarius Magnes A Christian apologist of the end of the fourth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09483a.htm Melchisedech King of Salem (Gen. xiv, 18-20). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10156b.htm Middlesbrough In medieval history it was known as Myddilburga or Middilburga, with many other variations of form. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10286a.htm Mary, Missionaries of the Company of The Company of Mary was founded by Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort in 1713. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749d.htm Maran, Prudentius A learned Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation, b. 14 October, 1683, at Sezanne, in the Department of Marne; d. 2 April, 1762, at Paris. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09636a.htm Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed Baptismal name Marie Guyard. First superior of the Ursulines of Quebec. Biography. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09668a.htm Myndus A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10660c.htm Michael Caerularius Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-58), author of the second and final schism of the Byzantine Church, date of birth unknown; d. 1058. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10273a.htm Mercy, Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy as it is here contemplated is said to be a virtue influencing one's will to have compassion for, and, if possible, to alleviate another's misfortune. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198d.htm Mount Calvary, Congregations of Two groups are detailed. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10604a.htm Medicine and Canon Law In the early centuries the practice of medicine by clerics, whether secular or regular, was not treated with disapproval by the Church, nor was it at all uncommon for them to devote a considerable part of their time to the medical avocation. Abuses, however, arose, and in the twelfth century ecclesiastical canons were framed which became more and more adverse to clerics practising the art of medicine. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10142a.htm Mary de Sales Chappuis, Venerable Belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, born at Soyhières, a village of the Bernese Jura (then French territory), 16 June, 1793; died at Troyes, 6 October, 1875. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09754a.htm Misocco and Galanca This prefecture in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, comprises the valley of the Moesa which starts at the pass of San Bernardino and flows into the Ticino, and also the valley of Calanca, through which the Calasanca flows. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10354b.htm Materialism As the word itself signifies, Materialism is a philosophical system which regards matter as the only reality in the world, which undertakes to explain every event in the universe as resulting from the conditions and activity of matter, and which thus denies the existence of God and the soul. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10041b.htm Marquesas Islands Located in Polynesia, includes all the Marquesas Islands. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09688a.htm Maurists, The A congregation of Benedictine monks in France, whose history extends from 1618 to 1818. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10069b.htm Massé, Enemond One of the first Jesuits sent to New France; born at Lyons, 1574; died at Sillery, l2 May, 1646. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10030b.htm Monogram of Christ By the Monogram of Christ is ordinarily understood the abbreviation of Christ's name formed by combining the first two letters of the Greek form; this monogram was also known as the Chrismon. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10488a.htm Moreri, Louis An encyclopaedist, b. at Bargemont in the Diocese of Frejus, France, 25 March, 1643, d. at Paris, 10 July, 1680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10567a.htm Marian Priests This term is applied to those English priests who being ordained in or before the reign of Queen Mary (1553-1558), survived into the reign of Elizabeth. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09661b.htm Map, Walter Archdeacon of Oxford, b. at, or in the vicinity of, Hereford, c. 1140, d. between 1208 and 1210. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09635a.htm