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

McCloskey, William George
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky (1823-1909).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09488a.htm

MacDonald, John
Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan, philanthropist, colonizer, soldier, born in Glenaladale, Scotland, about 1742; died at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1811; he was the son of Alexander and Margaret (MacDonnell of Scotus).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09489a.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

Monaco, Principality and Diocese of
Situated on the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded on all sides by the French department of the Maritime Alps, and has an area of 5337 acres.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10447a.htm

Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel
Inventor; b. at Vidalon-lez-Annonay, 26 August, 1740; d. at Balaruc-les-Bains, France, 26 June, 1810.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10541a.htm

MacCarthy, Denis Florence
Well-known Irish poet of the nineteenth century, born in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, 26 May, 1817; died at Blackrock, Dublin, 7 April, 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09484c.htm

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Biography of the composer (1756-1791).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10623a.htm

Micheas, Son of Jemla
A prophet of the Kingdom of Samaria, contemporary with Elias and Eliseus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10277c.htm

Mosaic Legislation
The body of juridical, moral, and ceremonial institutions, laws, and decisions comprised in the last four books of the Pentateuch, and ascribed by Christian and Hebrew tradition to Moses.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10582c.htm

MacCaghwell, Hugh
Archbishop and theologian, born at Saul, Co. Down, 1571; died 22 September, 1626.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09484b.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

Musso, Cornelius
Franciscan bishop. (1511-1574)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16064c.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

Mortification
One of the methods which Christian ascesticism employs in training the soul to virtuous and holy living.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10578b.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

Monk
A member of a community of men, leading a more or less contemplative life apart from the world, under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to a rule characteristic of the particular order to which he belongs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10487b.htm

MacHale, John
Born March 6, 1791 at Tubbernavine, Co. Mayo, Ireland; died at Tuam, November 4, 1881.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09499a.htm

Mozzetta
A short, cape-shaped garment, covering the shoulders and reaching only to the elbow, with an open front, which may be fastened by means of a row of small buttons; at the neck it has a very small and purely ornamental hood.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10624b.htm

Malmesbury, The Monk of
Supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian manuscripts in the British Museum (Vesp. D. IV. 73) which Tanner states to be only a copy of a chronicle written by Alfred of Beverley in the twelfth century, but which, according to Sir Thomas Hardy, is almost entirely based on that of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573a.htm

MacMahon, Heber
Bishop of Clogher, Ireland, and patriotic leader, born at Farney, County Monaghan, 1600; executed at Enniskillen in 1650.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16058a.htm

McMaster, James Alphonsus
An editor, convert, born at Duanesburg, New York, U. S. A., 1 April, 1820; died in Brooklyn, New York, 29 December, 1886.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09506a.htm

Macrina the Younger, Saint
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

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

McSherry, James Jr.
Jurist, son of the author James McSherry; born at Frederick, Maryland, 30 December, 1842; died there 23 October, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509b.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

Mactaris
A titular see of the Byzantine Empire.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09509d.htm

Mabillon, Jean
Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. (1632-1707)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09479b.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

Madrid-Alcalá
Province and town in Spain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09516a.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

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

Maelruan, Saint
Founder and first abbot of Tallacht, d. around 791. Co-author with St. Aengus of the Rule of the Célidhé Dé.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520b.htm

Maelrubha, Saint
Abbot and martyr, died in 722.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09520c.htm

Magdeburg
Capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, situated on the Elbe; pop. 241,000; it is noted for its industries, particularly the production of sugar, its trade, and its commerce. From 968 until 1552 it was the seat of an archbishopric.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09524b.htm

Magnesia
A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Ephesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09533a.htm

MacGeoghegan, James
Born at Uisneach, Westmeath, Ireland, 1702; died at Paris, 1763. He came of a long family long settled in Westmeath and long holding a high position among the Leinster chiefs, and was related to that MacGeoghegan who defended the Castle of Dunboy against Carew, and also to Connell MacGeoghegan, who translated the Annals of Clonmacnoise.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09493a.htm

Morcelli, Stefano Antonio
Italian Jesuit and epigraphist (1737-1822).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10564a.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

Monastery, Canonical Erection of a
Details the conditions for the legitimate erection of a monastery.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10458a.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

MacCarthy, Nicholas Tuite
Called the Abbé de Lévignac, born in Dublin on 19 May, 1769; died at Annécy, Savoy, 3 May, 1833.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09485a.htm

Monism
A philosophical term which, in its various meanings, is opposed to Dualism or Pluralism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10483a.htm

Machpelah
The burial-place in the vicinity of ancient Hebron which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hethite for the interment of Sara (Gen., xxiii, 9, 17).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09502a.htm

Magdala
It is perhaps the Migdal-El mentioned in the Old Testament (Jos., xix, 38) belonging to the tribe of Nephtali.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09523a.htm

Maerlant, Jacob van
Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09521a.htm

Mace
A short, richly ornamented staff.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09491a.htm

Madura Mission
The Madura mission owes its origin to Robert de Nobili, who commenced at Madura, in 1606, that peculiar method of propagating the faith which has made his name famous.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09519b.htm

Magaud, Antoine-Dominique
French painter, b. at Marseilles 1817; d. there, 1899.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522d.htm

Macarius of Antioch
A Patriarch, deposed in 681.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09483b.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

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

Martha, Saint
Sister of Mary of Bethany and of Lazarus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09721b.htm

Mozetena Indians
A group of some half dozen tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock upon the headwaters of the Beni river, Department of Beni, in northwestern Bolivia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10624a.htm

Mabinogion
A collection of medieval Welsh tales in prose.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09481a.htm

Mozzi, Luigi
Controversialist, born at Bergamo, 26 May, 1746; died near Milan, 24 June, 1813.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10624c.htm

Maffei, Bernardino
Poet, orator, antiquarian (1514-1549).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522a.htm

Monopoli, Diocese of
A diocese in the Province of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10497a.htm

Mageddo
Situated on the torrent Qina, on the east of the Plain of Esdraelon opposite Jezrahel, commanded the central of the three passes that join the plain with the seaboard.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526a.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

Maffei, Francesco
Italian painter. (d. 1660)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522b.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

MacNeven, William James
Irish-American physician and medical educator. (1763-1841)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09506b.htm

Maffei, Raffaelo
Humanist, historian and theologian (1451-1522).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09522c.htm

Maillard, Oliver
Celebrated preacher, b. at Juignac, (?), Brittany, about 1430; d. at Toulouse, 22 July, 1502.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09539b.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

Motolinia, Toribio de Benavente
Franciscan missionary to Mexico (d. 1568).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10601a.htm

Mercy, Brothers of Our Lady of
Founded at Mechlin in 1839 by Canon J. B. Cornelius Scheppers for the instruction and care of prisoners and of the sick.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198c.htm

Magnus, Valerianus
Born at Milan, 1586, presumably of the noble family of de Magni; died at Salzburg, 29 July, 1661. He received the Capuchin habit at Prague.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09537a.htm

Magliabechi, Antonio
Italian scholar and librarian, b. 20 Oct., 1633, at Florence; d. there, 4 July, 1714.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530c.htm

Margaret Clitherow, Saint
Article on this martyr, d. 1586, who is called the "Pearl of York." St. Margaret was crushed to death for the crime of harboring priests.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04059b.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

Murray, John O'Kane
Irish-American physician and historian (1847-1885).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16064b.htm

Magdalens
The members of certain religious communities of penitent women who desired to reform their lives.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09524a.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

Magnus, Olaus
Swedish historian and geographer, b. at Skeninge, Sweden, 1490; d. at Rome, 1 Aug., 1558.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09536b.htm

Magydus
A titular see of Pamphylia Secunda, suffragan of Perga.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09537c.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

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

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

Maistre, Xavier de
French romance writer, younger brother of Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre, b. at Chambery, Savoy, in 1763; d. at St. Petershurg, 12 June, 1852.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09555a.htm

Malabar
The name of a district of India stretching about 145 miles along the west coast, south of Mangalore, in the general region of present-day Kerala.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09558a.htm

Macarius Magnes
A Christian apologist of the end of the fourth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09483a.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

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

Malagrida, Gabriel
A Jesuit missionary to Brazil, b. 18 September or 6 December, 1689, at Menaggio, in Italy; d. 21 September, 1761, at Lisbon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09565c.htm

Maimbourg, Louis
French church historian, b. at Nancy, 10 January, 1610; d. at Paris, 13 August, 1686.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09540a.htm

Mallard, Ernest-François
A French mineralogist, b. 4 February, 1833, at Châteauneuf-sur-Cher; d. 6 July, 1894, in Paris.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09570b.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

Majunke, Paul
Catholic journalist, born at Gross-Schmograu in Silesia, 14 July, 1842; died at Hochkirch near Glogau, 21 May, 1899.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09557b.htm

Madras
Archdiocese in India.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09515a.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

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

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

Maldonado, Juan
A theologian and exegete, b. in 1533 at Casas de Reina, in the district of Llerena, 66 leagues from Madrid; d. at Rome, 5 Jan., 1583.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09567a.htm

Malherbe, François
French poet, b. at Caen, Normandy, in 1555; d. at Paris, 16 October, 1628.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09569b.htm

Malory, Sir Thomas
Writer of the "Morte Arthure", the earliest production of English prose.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573c.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

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

Maliseet Indians
A tribe of Algonquian stock, occupying territory upon the lower St. John River, St. Croix River, and Passamaquody Bay, in western New Brunswick and northeastern Maine, and closely connected linguistically and historically with the Abnaki (Penobscot, etc.) of Maine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09570a.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

Mallinckrodt, Herman von
German parliamentarian; born 5 Feb., 1821, at Minden, Westphalia; died 26 May, 1874, at Berlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09571a.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

Malvenda, Thomas
An exegete and historical critic, b. at Jativa, Valencia, 1566; d. 7 May, 1628.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09577a.htm

Manahen, Saint
Or Manaen. Mentioned in Scripture, and traditionally believed to have been one of the first Christians in Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09583b.htm

Malebranche, Nicolas
A philosopher and theologian, priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri; b. at Paris, 6 Aug., 1638; d. 13 Oct 1715.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09568a.htm

Mallus
A titular see of Cilicia Prima, suffragan of Tarsus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09572b.htm

Mouchy, Antoine de
Theologian and canonist (1494-1574).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10602b.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

Manchester
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston, U.S.A.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09584b.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

Malling Abbey
Benedictine abbey in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060a.htm

Mark, Pope Saint
Reigned for less than 9 months, d. 336.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09674a.htm

Miraeus, Aubert
Ecclesiastical historian, born at Brussels, 30 Nov., 1573; died at Antwerp, 19 October, 1640.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10351a.htm

Mandeville, Jean de
The author of a book of travels much read in the Middle Ages, died probably in 1372.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09587b.htm

Majordomo
Chief steward of the household of the pope.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09556c.htm

MacCarthy, Bartholomew
Irish scholar and chronologist (1843-1904).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16057a.htm

Magna Carta
The charter of liberties granted by King John of England in 1215 and confirmed with modifications by Henry III in 1216, 1217, and 1225.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09531a.htm

Manahem
King of Israel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09583a.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

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

Macao
Diocese; suffragan of Goa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09481b.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

Maginn, Edward
Irish bishop (1802-1849).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16059a.htm

Mamertine Prison
The so-called "Mamertine Prison", beneath the church of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami, via di Marforio, Rome, is generally accepted as being identical with "the prison ... in the middle of the city, overlooking the forum", mentioned by Livy (I, xxxiii).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09579a.htm

Manichaeism
A religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09591a.htm

McCabe, Edward
Cardinal, born in Dublin, 1816; died at Kingstown, 11 February, 1885; he was the son of poor parents, educated at Father Doyle's school on the Quays and at Maynooth College, and was ordained priest in 1839.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09484a.htm

Mansard, François
French architect, born in Paris, probably of Italian stock, in 1598; died there, 1666.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09609a.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

Mantelletta
An outer vestment reaching to the knees, open in front, with slits instead of sleeves on the sides.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09611a.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

Mark and Marcellian, Saints
Blood brothers martyred at Rome in the Diocletian persecution, probably in 286.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09682a.htm

Martin of Leon, Saint
Augustinian priest, d. 1203.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09732a.htm

Mersenne, Marin
Article by C.A. Dubray reviewing the intellectual career of this learned Minim friar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm

Mangalore
Diocese on the west coast of India, suffragan of Bombay.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09588b.htm

Maltret, Claude
French Jesuit, b. at Puy, 3 Oct., 1621; d. Toulouse, 3 Jan., 1674.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09576a.htm

Magellan, Ferdinand
Short biographical article on the Portuguese explorer (1480-1521).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm

Manuscripts
Every book written by hand on flexible material and intended to be placed in a library is called a manuscript.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09614b.htm

Manitoba
History of the Canadian province.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09602a.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

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

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

Manuterge
The name given to the towel used by the priest when engaged liturgically.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09633a.htm

Mantegna, Andrea
Biography of the Italian painter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09610a.htm

Marcellina, Saint
Consecrated virgin, blood sister of St. Ambrose, d. about 398.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637c.htm

Marcellinus, Pope Saint
Elected to the papacy in 296. He died in 304, probably of natural causes, since no early source calls him a martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637d.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

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

Marcopois
A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Edessa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09649a.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

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

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

Medina, Juan de
Theologian; born 1490; died 1547; he occupied the first rank among the theologians of the sixteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10144a.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

Maintenon, Françoise, Marquise de
Born at Niort, 28 November 1635; died at Saint-Cyr, 15 April 1719. She was the granddaughter of the celebrated Protestant writer, Agrippa d'Aubigné.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09548b.htm

Margaret of Cortona, Saint
Third Order Franciscan, d. 1297.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09653b.htm

Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed
Duchess d'Alencon, widow, became a Poor Clare, d. 1521.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655a.htm

Margaret of Savoy, Blessed
Widow, Third Order Dominican, d. 1464.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655b.htm

Margaret Colona, Blessed
A Roman orphan, hermit, founder of a community of Poor Clares, d. 1284.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652c.htm

Monophysites and Monophysitism
Rejected the dual nature of Christ. Rejected by the Council of Chalcedon (451).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10489b.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

Marenzio, Luca
Composer (1550-1599).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652a.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

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

Marienberg
A Benedictine abbey of the Congregation of St. Joseph near Mals, Tyrol (in Vintschau).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09668b.htm

Manutius, Aldus
Scholar and printer (1450-1515).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09633b.htm

Manuscripts, Illuminated
A large number of manuscripts covered with painted ornaments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09620a.htm

Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints
Family martyred at Rome in 270. SS. Maris and Martha were husband and wife.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671b.htm

Martin of Tours, Saint
Fairly lengthy biographical article on this bishop, who died in around 397.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09732b.htm

Mariales, Kantes
A Dominican, born about 1580; died at Venice in April, 1660.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09659a.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

Marius Aventicus, Saint
Or Aventicensis, so called because he was bishop of Avenches. Goldsmith, chronicler, d. 594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671d.htm

Mission, Congregation of Priests of the
A congregation of secular priests with religious vows founded by St. Vincent de Paul.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10357a.htm

Monasticism, Eastern, Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451)
Egypt was the Motherland of Christian monasticism. It sprang into existence there at the beginning of the fourth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10464a.htm

Marie de France
Twelfth-century French poetess.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09667a.htm

Mariotte, Edme
French physicist, b. at Dijon, France, about 1620; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1684.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671a.htm

Magin Catalá
Born at Montblanch, Catalonia, Spain, 29 or 30 January, 1761; died at Santa Clara, California, 22 Nov., 1830. He received the habit of St. Francis at Barcelona on 4 April, 1777, and was ordained priest probably in 1785.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530a.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

Marquesas Islands
Located in Polynesia, includes all the Marquesas Islands.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09688a.htm

Malpighi, Marcello
Founder of comparative physiology, b. at Crevalcore, 10 March, 1628; d. at Rome, 29 Sept., 1694.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09573d.htm

Marie Antoinette
Biography of the Queen of France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09665a.htm

Mark of Lisbon
Friar minor, historian, and Bishop of Oporto in Portugal, b. at Lisbon (date of birth uncertain); d. in 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09682b.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

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

Monasteries in England, Suppression of
From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be regarded as one of the great events of the sixteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10455a.htm

Miles Gerard, Blessed
Priest martyred in 1590.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467a.htm

Marquette, Jacques
Jesuit missionary and discoverer of the Mississippi River, b. in 1636, at Laon, a town in north central France; d. near Ludington, Michigan, 19 May, 1675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09690a.htm

Manzoni, Alessandro
Italian poet and novelist, b. at Milan, 7 March, 1785; d. 22 May, 1873.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09634a.htm

Martina, Saint
Roman virgin and martyr, d. 226 or (more likely) 228.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730a.htm

Media and Medes
An ancient country of Asia and the inhabitants thereof.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10117a.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

Marcellinus Comes
Latin chronicler of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09639b.htm

Marignolli, Giovanni de'
Franciscan missionary to Asia (b. 1290).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16060b.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

Manna
The food miraculously sent to the Israelites during their forty years sojourn in the desert (Ex., xvi; Num., xi, 6-9).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09604a.htm

Maassen, Friedrich Bernard Christian
Professor of law. (1823-1900)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09479a.htm

Marriage, Civil
The municipal law deals with this status only as a civil institution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09691b.htm

Marriage, Mixed
Those between Catholics and non-Catholics, when the latter have been baptized in some Christian sect. The term is also used to designate unions between Catholics and infidels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09698a.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

Marshall Islands
These islands, a German possession since 1885, lying in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Caroline islands, between 4 and 13 N. lat., and 161 and 171 E. longitude, were discovered in 1529 by Saavedra, Villalobos and other Spanish mariners, and explored by Marshall and Gilbert in 1788.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09718b.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

Martin, Gregory
Translator of the Douai Version of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate; b. in Maxfield, parish of Guestling, near Winchelsea, in Sussex; d. at Reims, 28 October, 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09727a.htm

Magnificat
The title commonly given to the Latin text and vernacular translation of the Canticle (or Song) of Mary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09534a.htm

Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint
Third Order Franciscan, d. 1791.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09755a.htm

Mechtel, Johann
Chronicler; b. 1562 at Pfalzel near Trier (Germany); d. after 1631, perhaps as late as 1653 at Trier.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10105a.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

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

Marash
An Armenian Catholic Diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09636b.htm

Maroni, Paul
Missionary, b. 1 Nov., 1695.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09683a.htm

Marriage, History of
The Catholic views of marriage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09693a.htm

Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della
Italian philosopher and scholar (1463-1494).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10352a.htm

Martini, Martino
Austrian Jesuit missionary to the Chinese, in the seventeenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09730c.htm

Marryat, Florence
English novelist and actress (1838-1899).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09715a.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

Mary, Society of (Marist Fathers)
A religious order of priests, so called on account of the special devotion they profess toward the Blessed Virgin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09750b.htm

Margaret Pole, Blessed
Biography of the Countess of Salisbury, martyred in 1541.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09656b.htm

Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de
Founder of Montreal (d. 1676).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16059b.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

Macarius, Saint
Bishop of Jerusalem, d. 334. He was an opponent of Arianism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09482a.htm

Mary, Little Brothers of
Generally known as Marist School Brothers. This religious teaching institute is modern in its origin, having been founded