Fioretti di San Francesco d'Assisi
Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi, the name given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions as they appeared to the Italian people at the beginning of the fourteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06078b.htm

Fytch, William Benedict
An English Capuchin, whose family name was Filch. (1563-1610)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06327a.htm

Faa di Bruno, Francesco
Italian mathematician and priest. (1825-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740a.htm

Friars Minor, Order of
History, traditions, and saints of the order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06281a.htm

Fabricius, Hieronymus
Italian anatomist and surgeon. 1537-1619)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05745a.htm

Fundamental Articles
This term was employed by Protestant theologians to distinguish the essential parts of the Christian faith from those non-essential doctrines, which, as they believed, individual churches might accept or reject without forfeiting their claim to rank as parts of the Church universal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06319a.htm

Fumo, Bartolommeo
Theologian. (d. 1545)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06318b.htm

French Literature
Origin, foundations, and types.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06190a.htm

Fabyan, Robert
English chronicler, died 28 February, 1513.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05745b.htm

Furniss, John
A well-known children's missioner. (1809-1865)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324c.htm

Fabre, Joseph
Second Superior General of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. (1824-1892)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05743b.htm

Funeral Dues
The canonical perquisites of a parish priest receivable on the occasion of the funeral of any of his parishioners.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06321a.htm

Fast
Abstinence from food or drink.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789c.htm

Fabri, Honoré
Jesuit, theologian, b. about 1607 in the Department of Ain, France; d. at Rome, 8 March, 1688.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05743c.htm

Frequent Communion
Discusses the history and practice.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06278a.htm

France
Geography, statistics, and history.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06166a.htm

Filioque
It expresses the Procession of the Holy Ghost from both Father and Son as one Principle; and, it was the occasion of the Greek schism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06073a.htm

Famagusta
A titular see in the Island of Cyprus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781b.htm

Furni
A titular see in Proconsular Africa, where two towns of this name are known to have existed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324b.htm

Faribault, George-Barthélemy
Canadian archaeologist. (1789-1866)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05787a.htm

Faith
In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word means essentially steadfastness. As signifying man's attitude towards God it means trustfulness or fiducia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752c.htm

Faithful, The
Those who have bound themselves to a religious association, whose doctrine they accept, and into whose rites they have been initiated. Among Christians the term is applied to those who have been fully initiated by baptism and, regularly speaking, by confirmation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05769a.htm

Fanon
Shoulder-cape worn by the pope.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785b.htm

Feilmoser, Andreas Benedict
Theologian and Scripture scholar. (1777-1831)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06026c.htm

Faber, Frederick William
Oratorian and devotional writer. (1814-1863)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740c.htm

Faber, Matthias
Writer and preacher, born at Altomünster, Germany, 24 February, 1586; died at Tyrnau, 26 April 1653.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05742b.htm

Frassen, Claude
A celebrated Scotist theologian and philosopher of the Order of Friars Minor; b. near Peronne, France, in 1620; d. at Paris, 26 February, 1711.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06244a.htm

Fallopio, Gabriello
Anatomist. (1523-1562)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05772a.htm

Faraud, Henri
Canadian bishop. (1823-1890)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785c.htm

Fano
Located in Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05785a.htm

Fussola
A titular see in Numidia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06326a.htm

Fabriano and Matelica
Fabriano, a city in the province of Macerata, Central Italy, is noted for its paper manufactories and its trade in salted fish. The town of Matelica possesses some ancient inscriptions. A Roman colony was established there in 89 B.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05744a.htm

Fatalism
The view which holds that all events in the history of the world, and, in particular, the actions and incidents which make up the story of each individual life, are determined by fate.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05791a.htm

Foresters, Catholic Orders of
A Catholic fraternal insurance society.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06135a.htm

Faculties of the Soul
Article covers the meaning and classification.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05749a.htm

Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von
An Austrian poet, philosopher, and physician; born at Vienna, 29 April, 1806; died 3 September, 1849.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06058b.htm

Frankfort, Council of
Convened in the summer of 794, by the grace of God, authority of the pope, and command of Charlemagne (can. 1), and attended by the bishops of the Frankish kingdom, Italy, and the province of Aquitania, and even by ecclesiastics from England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06236a.htm

Faillon, Etienne-Michel
Historian. (1800-1870)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752b.htm

Farinato, Paolo
Italian painter. (1524-1606)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05787c.htm

Faunt, Lawrence Arthur
Jesuit theologian. (1554-1590)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06018a.htm

Farnese, Alessandro
Cardinal. (1520-1589)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05788b.htm

Fleuriot, Zénaide-Marie-Anne
French novelist, b. at Saint-Brieuc, 12 September, 1829; d. at Paris, 18 December, 1890.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102b.htm

Fulbert of Chartres
Bishop. (952-1028)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06312a.htm

Faber, Felix
German writer, born about 1441 at Zurich, of a famous family commonly known as Schmid; died in 1502 at Ulm, Germany.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05740b.htm

Fathers of the Church
The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06001a.htm

Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria
Astronomer and naturalist. (1789-1860)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06145a.htm

Fridelli, Xavier Ehrenbert
Jesuit missionary and cartographer. (1673-1743)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06303a.htm

Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk von
Chemist and mineralogist. (1774-1856)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06311c.htm

Fullerton, Lady Georgiana Charlotte
Novelist; born 23 September, 1812, in Staffordshire, died 19 January, 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06318a.htm

Faribault, Jean-Baptiste
Early settler in Minnesota. (1774-1860)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05787b.htm

Fabrica Ecclesiæ
Latin term, meaning, etymologically, the construction of a church, but in a broader sense the funds necessary for such construction.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05744b.htm

Forum, Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is distinguished into that of the internal and external forum.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06153b.htm

Febronianism
The politico-ecclesiastical system outlined by Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, under the pseudonym Justinus Febronius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06023a.htm

Farlati, Daniele
Ecclesiastical historian. (1690-1773)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05788a.htm

Fenelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe-
French bishop and author, b. in the Château de Fénelon in Périgord (Dordogne), 6 August, 1651; d. at Cambrai, 7 January, 1715.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06035a.htm

Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris, Chevalier de
Writer, born at the château of Florian (Gard), 6 March, 1755; died at Sceaux, 13 September, 1794.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114d.htm

Figueroa, Francisco García de la Rosa
Franciscan, b. in the latter part of the eighteenth century at Toluca, in the Archdiocese of Mexico; date of death unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071b.htm

Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo
Spanish writer. (1676-1764)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06066a.htm

Falsity
A perversion of truth originating in the deceitfulness of one party, and culminating in the damage of another party.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781a.htm

Feasts, Ecclesiastical
Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days which are celebrated in commemoration of the sacred mysteries and events recorded in the history of our redemption, in memory of the Virgin Mother of Christ, or of His apostles, martyrs, and saints, by special services and rest from work.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06021b.htm

Fagnano, Giulio Carlo de' Toschi di
Mathematician. (1682-1766)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752a.htm

Feneberg, Johann Michael Nathanael
Born in Oberdorf, Allgau, Bavaria, 9 Feb., 1751; died 12 Oct., 1812. He studied at Kaufbeuren and in the Jesuit gymnasium at Augsburg, and in 1770 entered the Society of Jesus, at Landsberg, Bavaria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06034b.htm

Faye, Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albann
Astronomer. (1814-1902)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06020a.htm

Ferstel, Heinrich, Freiherr von
Architect; with Hansen and Schmidt, the creator of modern Vienna; b. 7 July, 1828, at Vienna; d. at Grinzing, near Vienna, 14 July, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06050a.htm

Feilding, Rudolph William Basil
English convert. (1823-1892)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06026b.htm

Felbiger, Johann Ignaz von
German Augustinian. (1724-1788)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027a.htm

Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis
Physicist. (1819-1896)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06088b.htm

Ferland, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine
A French Canadian historian, b. at Montreal, 25 December, 1805; d. at Quebec, 11 January, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06043b.htm

Free Will
The question of free will, moral liberty, or the liberum arbitrium of the Schoolmen, ranks amongst the three or four most important philosophical problems of all time.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06259a.htm

Fear (from a Moral Standpoint)
Viewed from the moral standpoint, that is, in so far as it is a factor to be reckoned with in pronouncing upon the freedom of human acts, as well as offering an adequate excuse for failing to comply with positive law, particularly if the law be of human origin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06021a.htm

Falco, Juan Conchillos
Painter, b. at Valencia of an ancient noble family in 1641; d. 14 May, 1711.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05770a.htm

Fiji, Vicariate Apostolic of
Comprising the islands belonging to the Fiji Archipelago.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16040a.htm

Feder, Johann Michael
German theologian. (1753-1824)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06026a.htm

Fernández de Palencia, Diego
A Spanish conqueror and historian; b. at Palencia in the early part of the sixteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044c.htm

Förster, Arnold
German entomologist. (1810-1884)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144b.htm

Fargo
Diocese; suffragan of St. Paul, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05786a.htm

Fonseca, Pedro Da
A philosopher and theologian, born at Cortizada, Portugal, 1528; died at Lisbon, 4 Nov., 1599.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06125c.htm

Ferentino, Diocese of
In the province of Rome, immediately subject to the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06042b.htm

Faith, The Rule of
The word rule (Lat. regula, Gr. kanon) means a standard by which something can be tested, and the rule of faith means something extrinsic to our faith, and serving as its norm or measure.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05766b.htm

Faversham Abbey
A former Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac Congregation situated in the County of Kent about nine miles west of Canterbury. It was founded about 1147 by King Stephen and Queen Matilda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06019c.htm

Fernández, Antonio
A Jesuit missionary; b. at Lisbon, c. 1569; d. at Goa, 12 November, 1642.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044a.htm

Felicitas, Saint
Roman martyr. Article explains how she and the seven martyrs who are called her sons have come to have different feast days.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06028a.htm

Franciscan Order
An article on the history of the Franciscan order and its role within the Catholic Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06217a.htm

Ferre, Vicente
Theologian. (d. 1682)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049a.htm

Feval, Paul-Henri-Corentin
French novelist. (1817-1887)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06065b.htm

Fear
A mental disturbance caused by the perception of instant or future danger.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06020b.htm

Feller, François-Xavier de
An author and apologist, b at Brussels 18 August, 1735; d. at Ratisbon 22 May, 1802.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06034a.htm

Faroe Islands
A group of Danish islands rising from the sea some four hundred miles west of Norway and almost as far south of Iceland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789b.htm

Ferrer, Rafael
A Spanish missionary and explorer; b. at Valencia, in 1570; d. at San José, Peru, in 1611.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049c.htm

Faro
A suffragan of Evora, Portugal, and extending over the province of Algarve.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789a.htm

Fredegis of Tours
A ninth-century monk, teacher, and writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06252a.htm

Fessler, Josef
Bishop of St. Polten in Austria and secretary of the Vatican Council; b. 2 December, 1813, at Lochau near Bregenz in the Vorarlberg; d. 25 April, 1872.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06051a.htm

Franzelin, Johann Baptist
Cardinal and theologian. (1816-1886)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06242a.htm

Familiars
Strictly speaking, seculars subject to a master's authority and maintained at his expense. In canon law the term usually signifies seculars residing in monasteries and other religious houses, actually employed therein as servants and subject to the authority of the regular prelate to the same extent as servants are subject to their masters.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781c.htm

Ferrières, Abbey of
Situated in the Diocese of Orléans, department of Loiret, and arrondissement of Montargis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049d.htm

Fleury, André-Hercule de
Chaplain to Maria Theresa and Louis XIV. (1653-1742)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06103a.htm

Fetishism
The word fetish is derived through the Portuguese feitiço from the Latin factitius (facere, to do, or to make), signifying made by art, artificial (cf. Old English fetys in Chaucer).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06052b.htm

Felician Sisters, O.S.F.
Founded 21 November, 1855, at Warsaw, Poland, by Mother Mary Angela.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027b.htm

Fitzherbert, Maria Anne
Wife of King George IV; b. 26 July, 1756 (place uncertain); d. at Brighton, England, 29 March, 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06085a.htm

Fire, Liturgical Use of
One of the most expressive and most ancient of liturgical symbols.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06079a.htm

Fauriel, Charles-Claude
French historian. (1772-1844)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06018b.htm

Ferraris, Lucius
An eighteenth-century canonist of the Franciscan Order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06048a.htm

Feti, Domenico
Italian painter; born at Rome, 1589; died at Venice, 1624.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06052a.htm

Felix V
Regnal name of Amadeus of Savoy, Antipope (1440-1449). (1383-1451)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06031b.htm

Fresnel, Augustin-Jean
Physicist; b. at Broglie near Bernay, Normandy, 10 May, 1788; d. at Ville d'Avray, near Paris, 14 July, 1827.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06280a.htm

Freppel, Charles-Emile
Bishop of Angers, France; and deputy from Finistère. (1827-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06277a.htm

Fraunhofer, Joseph von
Optician. (1787-1826)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06250a.htm

Felix, Célestin Joseph
French Jesuit, b. at Neuville-sur-l' Escaut (Nord), 28 June 1810; d. at Lille, 7 July, 1891.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06032a.htm

Feuardent, François
Franciscan, theologian, preacher of the Ligue, b. at Coutanees, Normandy, in 1539; d. at Paris, 1 Jan., 1610.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06058a.htm

Forty Hours' Devotion
Somewhat dated with regard to the liturgical details, but otherwise an accurate depiction. A eucharistic devotion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06151a.htm

Fermo, Archdiocese of
In the province of Ascoli Piceno (Central Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06043c.htm

Funchal
Diocese in the Madeira Islands.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06318c.htm

Filelfo, Franscesco
A humanist, b. at Tolentino, 25 July, 1398; d. at Florence 31 July, 1481.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071c.htm

Ferrari, Gaudenzio
An Italian painter and the greatest master of the Piedmontese School, b. at Valduggia, near Novara. Italy, c. 1470: d. at Milan, 31 January, 1546.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06047a.htm

Fish, Symbolism of the
The symbol itself may have been suggested by the miraculous multification of the loaves and fishes or the repast of the seven Disciples, after the Resurrection, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, but its popularity among Christians was due principally, to the famous acrostic consisting of the initial letters of five Greek words forming the word for fish (Ichthys), which words briefly but clearly described the character of Christ and His claim to the worship of believers: Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter, i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06083a.htm

Figueroa, Francisco de
A celebrated Spanish poet, surnamed "the Divine", b. at Alcalá de Henares, c. 1540, d. there, 1620.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06071a.htm

Fortaleza, Diocese of
Co-extensive with the State of Ceará in the Republic of Brazil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06145b.htm

Florence of Worcester
English chronicler, died in 1118.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114a.htm

Fixlmillner, Placidus
Astromomer. (1721-1791)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06088a.htm

Feudalism
The source of feudalism rises from an intermingling of barbarian usage and Roman law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06058c.htm

Fenn, John
Born at Montacute near Wells in Somersetshire; d. 27 Dec., 1615. He was the eldest brother of Ven. James Fenn, the martyr, and Robert Fenn, the confessor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06039a.htm

Felicissimus
Third-century schismatic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027c.htm

Ferreira, Antonio
A poet, important both for his lyric and his dramatic compositions, b. at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1528; d. there of the plague in 1569.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06049b.htm

Fiscal Procurator
The duties of the fiscal procurator consist in preventing crime and safeguarding ecclesiastical law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06082b.htm

Filicaja, Vincenzo da
Lyric poet; born at Florence, 30 December, 1642; died there 24 September, 1707.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06072b.htm

Fulgentius Ferrandus
A canonist and theologian of the African Church in the first half of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06317a.htm

Fortunato of Brescia
Morphologist and Minorite of the Reform of Lombardy; b. at Brescia, 1701; d. at Madrid, 1754.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06148a.htm

Ficino, Marsilio
Entry on this Renaissance Platonist, by M. Schumacher. Details his life and explores his relation to the classical thinkers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06067b.htm

Fontenelle, Abbey of
A Benedictine monastery in Normandy (Seine-Inférieure), near Caudebec-en-Caux.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06129a.htm

Florence, Council of
The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council was the continuation of the Council of Ferrara.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06111a.htm

Firmament
The notion that the sky was a vast solid dome seems to have been common among the ancient peoples.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06079b.htm

Fitzsimon, Henry
Irish Jesuit. (1566-1643)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06087a.htm

First-Fruits
First-fruit offerings are designated in the Law by a threefold name: Bíkkûrîm, Reshîth, and Terûmôth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06082a.htm

Flaccilla, Aelia
Empress, wife of Theodosius the Great, died c. A. D. 385 or 386.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06089b.htm

Friends, Society of
Quakers, an Anglo-American religious sect.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06304b.htm

Flathead Indians
A name used in both Americas, without special ethnologic significance, to designate tribes practising the custom of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06097a.htm

Fideism
A philosophical term meaning a system of philosophy or an attitude of mind, which, denying the power of unaided human reason to reach certitude, affirms that the fundamental act of human knowledge consists in an act of faith, and the supreme criterion of certitude is authority.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06068b.htm

Finotti, Joseph M.
Italian-American Jesuit in Colorado. (1817-1879)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06077b.htm

Flavia Domitilla
A Christian Roman matron of the imperial family who lived towards the close of the first century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098b.htm

Flavigny, Abbey of
Benedictine abbey in the Diocese of Dijon, the department of Côte-d'Or, and arroundissement of Semur.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06099b.htm

Flechier, Esprit
Bishop; b. at Pernes, France, 1632; died at Montpellier, 1710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100a.htm

Fleming, Patrick
Franciscan friar b. at Lagan, County Louth, Ireland, 17April, 1599; d. 7 November, 1631.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100c.htm

Felicitas and Perpetua, Saints
Martyred at Carthage in 203.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06029a.htm

Fountains Abbey
A monastery of the Cistercian Order situated on the banks of the Skell about two and a half miles from Ripon in Yorkshire, established by thirteen Benedictine monks of St. Mary's Abbey, York.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06161a.htm

Fernández, Juan
A Jesuit lay brother and missionary; b. at Cordova; d. 12 June, 1567, in Japan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06044b.htm

Ficker, Julius
Historian, b. at Paderborn, Germany, 30 April, 1826; d. at Innsbruck, 10 June, 1902.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06068a.htm

Fletcher, John
A missionary and theologian; d. about 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101c.htm

Francis of Vittoria
Spanish theologian; b. about 1480, at Vittoria, province of Avila, in Old Castile; d. 12 August, 1546.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06232a.htm

Fleming, Richard
Bishop of Lincoln and founder of Lincoln College, Oxford; b. about 1360; d. at Sleaford, 25 Jan., 1431.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101a.htm

Filliucci, Vincenzo
Jesuit moralist. (1566-1622)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06075a.htm

Flemael, Bertholet
Painter, b. at Liège, Flanders, in 1614; d. there in 1675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06100b.htm

Foulque de Neuilly
A popular Crusade preacher, d. March, 1202.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06157a.htm

Forster, Fobrenius
Bavarian Prince-Abbot. (1709-1791)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144c.htm

Floreffe, Abbey of
Situated on the Sambre, about seven miles southwest of Namur, Belgium, owes its foundation to Godfrey, Count of Namur, and his wife Ermensendis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06105b.htm

Fleming, Thomas
Archbishop of Dublin, son of the Baron of Slane. (1593-1665)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101b.htm

Fesch, Joseph
Cardinal, b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, 3 January, 1763; d. at Rome, 13 May, 1839.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06050b.htm

Family
In the classical Roman period the familia rarely included the parents or the children. Its English derivative was frequently used in former times to describe all the persons of the domestic circle, parents, children, and servants. Present usage, however, excludes servants.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05782a.htm

Fust, John
A partner of Gutenberg in promoting the art of printing, d. at Paris about 1466.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06326b.htm

Fleury, Abbey of
One of the oldest and most celebrated Benedictine abbeys of Western Europe. Its modern name is Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, applicable both to the monastery and the township with which the abbey has always been associated.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102c.htm

Flagellation
Includes history and its use in scripture.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06092a.htm

Florez, Enrique
Spanish theologian, archeologist, and historian; born at Valladolid, 14 February, 1701; died at Madrid, 20 August, 1773.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114c.htm

Felix and Adauctus, Saints
Martyrs at Rome in 303. "Adauctus" is not the second martyr's proper name--it means "added."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06032b.htm

Fontbonne, Jeanne
Mother St. John, second foundress and superior-general of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons. (1759-1843)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06127b.htm

Fontana, Domenico
A Roman architect of the Late Renaissance, b. at Merli on the Lake of Lugano, 1543; d. at Naples, 1607.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06126c.htm

Franck, Kasper
A theologian and controversialist; b. at Ortrand, Saxony, 2 Nov., 1543; d. at Ingolstadt, 12 March, 1584.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06234a.htm

Folengo, Teofilo
Italian poet. (1496-1544)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06124a.htm

Fischer, Antonius
Cardinal-Archbishop of Cologne. (1840-1912)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16040b.htm

Flete, William
An Augustinian hermit friar, a contemporary and great friend of St. Catherine of Siena; the exact place and date of his birth are unknown and those of his death are disputed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102a.htm

Fouard, Constant
An ecclesiastical writer b. at Elbeuf, near Rouen, 6 Aug. 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06156b.htm

Forrest, William
Sixteenth-century English priest and poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06144a.htm

Fontana, Carlo
An architect and writer; b. at Bruciato, near Como, 1634; d. at Rome, 1714.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06126b.htm

Folkestone Abbey
Located in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06125a.htm

Foucault, Jean-Bertrand-Léon
A physicist and mechanician, b. at Paris, 19 Sept., 1819; d. there 11 Feb., 1868.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06156c.htm

Fontana, Felice
Italian naturalist and physiologist, b. at Pomarolo in the Tyrol, 15 April, 1730; d. at Florence, 11 January, 1805.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06127a.htm

Foley, Henry
English Jesuit lay brother. (1811-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041a.htm

Foppa, Ambrogio
Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and die sinker, b. 1445, d. about 1527.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06133a.htm

Feria
A day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged to work, and on which there were no court sessions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06043a.htm

Fonte-Avellana
A suppressed order of hermits, which takes its name from their first hermitage in the Apennines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06128a.htm

Fritz, Samuel
A Jesuit missionary of the eighteenth century noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06308a.htm

Fractio Panis
The name given to a fresco in the so-called "Capella Greca" in the catacomb of St. Priscilla.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06165a.htm

Florians, The
An independent order, and not, as some consider, a branch of the Cistercians; it was founded in 1189 by the Abbot Joachim of Flora.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06115a.htm

Felix II
Pope (more properly Antipope), 355-358; d. 22 Nov., 365.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06030a.htm

Fowler, John
Scholar and printer, b. at Bristol, England, 1537; d. at Namur, Flanders, 13 Feb., 1578-9.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06164a.htm

Flabellum
A fan made of leather, silk, parchment, or feathers intended to keep away insects from the Sacred Species and from the priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06089a.htm

Forbes, John
Capuchin, b. 1570; d. 1606.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06133b.htm

Fredegarius
The supposed author of an anonymous historical compilation (Chronicon Fredegarii) of the seventh century, in which is related the history of the Franks from the earliest times until 658.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06251c.htm

Franks, The
A confederation formed in Western Germany of a certain number of ancient barbarian tribes who occupied the right shore of the Rhine from Mainz to the sea. Their name is first mentioned by Roman historians in connection with a battle fought against this people about the year 241.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06238a.htm

Floyd, John
English missionary. (1572-1649)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06122a.htm

First-Born
The word, though casually taken in Holy Writ in a metaphorical sense, is most generally used by the sacred writers to designate the first male child in a family.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06081a.htm

Francis I
King of France; b. at Cognac, 12 September, 1494; d. at Rambouillet, 31 March, 1547.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06207a.htm

Fate
Lat. fatum, from fari, to tell or predict.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05793a.htm

Fortitude
One of the gifts from the Holy Ghost is a supernatural virtue.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06147a.htm

Flavias
A titular see of Cilicia Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06099a.htm

Florus
A deacon of Lyons, ecclesiastical writer in the first half of the ninth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06121b.htm

Friar
A member of one of the mendicant orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06280b.htm

Fraud
In the common acceptation of the word, an act or course of deception deliberately practised with the view of gaining a wrong and unfair advantage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06249a.htm

Forli
Diocese in the province of Romagna (Central Italy); suffragan of Ravenna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06137a.htm

Fonseca Soares, Antonio da
Friar Minor and ascetical writer. (1631-1682)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06126a.htm

Ferns
Diocese in the province of Leinster (Ireland), suffragan of Dublin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06045a.htm

Florence
Located in the province of Tuscany (Central Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06105c.htm

Florida
The Peninsular or Everglade State, the most southern in the American Union and second largest east of the Mississippi.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06115b.htm

Felix III, Pope Saint
Felix II was an antipope, irregularly imposed by the Arians while Pope Liberius was still alive, so St. Felix III is sometimes called Felix II. Pope St. Felix III was much involved in battling heresy, and died in 492.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06030b.htm

Foligno
Diocese in the province of Perugia, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06124b.htm

Fort Wayne
The Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., established in 1834, comprised the whole State of Indiana till the Holy See, on 22 September, 1857, created the Diocese of Fort Wayne, assigning to it that part of Indiana north of the southern boundary of Warren, Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, and Randolph Counties.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06150a.htm

Frankenberg
Archbishop of Mechlin (Malines), Primate of Belgium, and cardinal. (1726-1804)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235c.htm

French Catholics in the United States
History and statistics of French Canadian immigration to the United States.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06271c.htm

Felix IV, Pope Saint
Since Felix II was an antipope imposed by the Arians while Pope Liberius was still alive, St. Felix IV is sometimes called Felix III. Pope St. Felix IV died in 530.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06031a.htm

Felix of Cantalice, Saint
Biography of this Capuchin lay brother, known for his goodness, popular with children, d. 1587.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033a.htm

Felix I, Pope Saint
The successor of Pope St. Dionysius, Felix died in 274. He is sometimes confused with a Roman martyr of the same name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06029b.htm

Felix of Nola, Saint
Third-century confessor. Possibly the same as St. Felix of Nola, bishop and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033b.htm

Felix of Valois, Saint
Co-founder of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, d. 1212.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033c.htm

Ferdinand III, Saint
King of León and Castile, Third Order Franciscan, d. 1252.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06042a.htm

Fergus, Saints
There are at least ten Irish saints named Fergus. This article gives details on three of them: St. Fergus Cruithneach, or the Pict, bishop, d. about 730; St. Fergus, Bishop of Duleek, d. 778; and St. Fergus, Bishop of Downpatrick, d. 583.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06042c.htm

Fiacc, Saint
Poet, chief bishop of Leinster, d. around 520.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06066b.htm

Fiacre, Saint
Biography of this Irish priest and hermit, patron saint of gardeners, d. 670.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06067a.htm

Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Saint
Former lawyer who joined the Capuchins, and was sent as a missionary to the Calvinists. Martyred in 1622.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06069a.htm

Finan, Saint
Irish monk, second Bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 661.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06075c.htm

Finbarr, Saint
Bishop and patron of Cork, Ireland. (550-623)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076a.htm

Finnian of Moville, Saint
Irish monk, author of a monastic rule and a penitential. Also the founder of a famous school in County Down. St. Finnian died in 589.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06077a.htm

Fintan, Saints
Brief biographical sketches of two saints of this name: St. Fintan of Clonenagh, and St. Fintan (Munnu) of Taghmon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06078a.htm

Flavian, Saint
Bishop of Constantinople, excommunicated Eutyches, was the recipient of the famous "Tome of Leo," deposed by the Latrocinium, died from severe beatings in exile in 449.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06098c.htm

Florentina, Saint
Sometimes called Florentia. Spanish nun, d. about 612.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06114b.htm

Feckenham, John de
Last Abbot of Westminster, and confessor of the Faith; b. in Feckenham Forest, Worcestershire, in 1515(?); d. at Wisbech Castle, 16 Oct., 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06025a.htm

Fonseca, José Ribeiro da
Friar Minor; b. at Evora, 3 Dec., 1690; d. at Porto, 16 June, 1752.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06125b.htm

Fortunatus
Lengthy biographical article on the talented sixth-century poet and hymn-writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06149a.htm

Foundation
An ecclesiastical foundation is the making over of temporal goods to an ecclesiastical corporation or individual, either by gift during life or by will after death, on the condition of some spiritual work being done either in perpetuity or for a long time.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06157b.htm

Four Masters, Annals of the
The most extensive of all the compilations of the ancient annals of Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06163b.htm

Frances of Rome, Saint
Wife and mother, Benedictine oblate, mystic, d. 1440.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06205c.htm