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Trinità di Cava dei Tirrenti, Abbey of
Located in the Province of Salerno.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045c.htm

Trinitarians, Order of
Towards the end of the twelfth century the order had 250 houses throughout Christendom, where its benevolent work was manifested by the return of liberated captives.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045d.htm

Twiketal of Croyland
English abbot. (d. 975)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106a.htm

Tulasne, Louis-René
Botanist. (1815-1885)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15086b.htm

Troy, John Thomas
Archbishop of Dublin. (1739-1823)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15066b.htm

Tuam, School of
Founded by St. Jarlath, it rivalled Clonmacnoise as a center of Celtic art in the eleventh century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15082a.htm

Turkish Empire
Created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, from the caliphate of Baghdad and independent Turkish principalities.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15097a.htm

Taensa Indians
A Muskhogean tribe living when first known on the west bank of the Mississippi, within the present limits of Tensas parish, Louisiana.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14429c.htm

Tacana Indians
The collective designation for a group of tribes constituting the Tacanan linguistic stock in different dialects, occupying the upper valleys of the Beni and Madre de Dios Rivers, on the eastern slope of the Andes, Department of Beni, north-western Bolivia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427a.htm

Tribe, Jewish
The earlier Hebrew term rendered in English versions by the word "tribe" is shebet, while the term matteh, prevails in the post-exilic writings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15039a.htm

Tait Indians
A collective term for those members of the Cowichan tribe, occupying the Lower Fraser River, Yale District, British Columbia (Canada), between Nicomen and Yale.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14431a.htm

Toledo (Ohio)
A diocese in Ohio, U.S.A., formed out of the Diocese of Cleveland and erected into a separate jurisdiction, 15 April, 1910.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14759a.htm

Tyrannicide
The killing of a tyrant, and usually is taken to mean the killing of a tyrant by a private person for the common good.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15108a.htm

Tulancingo
Diocese in the Mexican Republic, suffragan of Mexico.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15086a.htm

Tabernacle
Vessel holding the Blessed Sacrament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14424a.htm

Turkestan
Details of Chinese Turkestan and Russian Turkestan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15095a.htm

Talmud
A post-Biblical substantive formation of Pi'el ("to teach"), and originally signified "doctrine" or "study".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14435b.htm

Tyana
Titular see of Cappadocia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106b.htm

Tunstall, Cuthbert
Bishop of London, later of Durham. (1474-1559)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15091a.htm

Tarazona
The Diocese of Tarazona comprises the Spanish provinces of Saragossa, Soria, Navarre, and Logroño.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14452a.htm

Tarnow
Diocese in western Galicia, Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14458b.htm

Tarsus
A metropolitan see of Cilicia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14461b.htm

Tynemouth Priory
Located on the east coast of Northumberland, England, occupied the site of an earlier Saxon church built first in wood, then in stone, in the seventh century, and famous as the burial-place of St. Oswin, king and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106d.htm

Tasse, Joseph
Writer and journalist. (1848-1895)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14463b.htm

Tallis, Thomas
Focusing especially on his contributions to Catholic liturgics and hymnody, even after the English Reformation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14435a.htm

Tebaldeo, Antonio
Italian poet, born at Ferrara, in 1463; died. in 1537.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468b.htm

Trasilla and Emiliana, Saints
Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026a.htm

Tychicus
Disciple and companion of St. Paul.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106c.htm

Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The
A collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477d.htm

Tropology, Scriptural
The theory and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of Holy Writ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15066a.htm

Tabernacle
Old Testament precursor to the Temple.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14424b.htm

Tuy
Suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15105a.htm

Temperance
One of the four cardinal virtues.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14481a.htm

Tabb, John Bannister
American poet and educator. (1845-1909)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423c.htm

Tabernacles, Feast of
One of the three great feasts of the Hebrew liturgical calendar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14425a.htm

Theology, Mystical
Mysticism and mystical prayer or contemplation considered from a Catholic perspective, along with a bibliography of famous Christian mystics.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14621a.htm

Takkali
The hybrid name by which the Carrier Indians of the northern interior of British Columbia were originally made known by the fur traders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14431b.htm

Trissino, Giangiorgio
Italian poet and scholar. (1478-1550)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15061a.htm

Tenedos
A titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14506b.htm

Tuscany
A division of central Italy, includes the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Massa and Carrara, Pisa, and Siena.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15103b.htm

Tamanac Indians
A tribe of Cariban linguistic stock occupying the territory about the Cuchivero River, a tributary of the lower Orinoco, Venezuela.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440a.htm

Tenebræ
The name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14506a.htm

Telesphorus of Cosenza
A name assumed by one of the pseudo-prophets during the time of the Great Schism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477c.htm

Taoism
Religion derived from the philosophical doctrines of Lao-tze.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14446b.htm

Templars, The Knights
The earliest founders of the military orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm

Temptation
An incitement to sin whether by persuasion or by the offer of some good or pleasure.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14504a.htm

Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint
Short biographical article by Edith Donovan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/17721a.htm

Terill, Anthony
English theologian. (1623-1676)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14517b.htm

Terracina, Sezze, and Piperno
Located in the Province of Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518c.htm

Temptation of Christ
Christ endured temptation only from without, inasmuch as His human nature was free from all concupiscence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14504b.htm

Tenure, Ecclesiastical
System of feudal tenure was not always restricted to lands, as church revenues and tithes were often farmed out to secular persons as a species of ecclesiastical fief.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14512c.htm

Terenuthis
Titular see, suffragan of Antinoë in Thebais Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14515a.htm

Testament, New
Jesus Christ uses the words "new testament" as meaning the alliance established by Himself between God and the world, and this is called "new" as opposed to that of which Moses was the mediator.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14530a.htm

Thomas Welbourne, Blessed
A schoolmaster, was martyred at York in 1605.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15578b.htm

Terrestrial Paradise
The name popularly given in Christian tradition to the scriptural Garden of Eden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14519a.htm

Taparelli, Aloysius
Philosopher and writer on sociological subjects. (1793-1862)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14449a.htm

Trusts and Bequests
Defined as the right enforceable solely in equity to the beneficial enjoyment of property of which the legal title is in another.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15072a.htm

Taverner, John
English composer. (1475-1535)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14466b.htm

Tentyris
Seat of a titular suffragan see of Ptolemais in Thebaid Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14512b.htm

Tetzel, Johann
First public antagonist of Luther. (1465-1519)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14539a.htm

Turpin
Archbishop of Reims.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15103a.htm

Tartaglia, Nicolò
Italian mathematician. (1500-1557)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14461c.htm

Teutonic Order
A medieval military order modeled on the Hospitallers of St. John.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14541b.htm

Thais, Saint
A penitent in Egypt in the fourth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553d.htm

Teuchira
A titular see in Libyan Pentapolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14541a.htm

Tewdrig, Saint
Brief introduction to the Welsh martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14542a.htm

Thalberg, Sigismond
Life, musical highlights, comparisons with Liszt, and comments on his better and worse works.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553e.htm

Test-Oath, Missouri
The terms of the oath required the affiant to deny, not only that he had ever been in armed hostility to the United States, or to the lawful authorities thereof, but that he had ever "by act or word", manifested his adherence to the cause of the enemies of the United States.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14538a.htm

Thagaste
A titular see in Numidia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553b.htm

Theology of Christ (Christology)
Christology is that part of theology which deals with Our Lord Jesus Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14597a.htm

Tanner, Matthias
Taught humanities, philosophy, theology, and Scripture, was made rector of the imperial university, and guided for six years the Bohemian province of his order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14445a.htm

Thagora
Titular see in Numidia, mentioned by the "Rabula Peutingeriana", which calls it Thacora.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553c.htm

Thangmar
Historian. (d. 1022)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14554b.htm

Talbot, John
English Catholic layman.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14432b.htm

Thecla, Saints
The most famous of several saints named Thecla is Thecla of Iconium. Other saints of this name include a martyr from Gaza, an African martyr, one or two Roman martyrs, one who is purely legendary (Boniface and Thecla), and one St. Thecla of whom almost nothing is known.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14564a.htm

Thomas More, Saint
Biographical article on the Lord Chancellor of England, and martyr. Beheaded 1535.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm

Tintern Abbey
In Monmouthshire, England, founded in 1131 by Walter de Clare for Cistercian monks.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14736d.htm

Theft
The secret taking of another's property against the reasonable will of that other.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14564b.htm

Thaumaci
Titular see in Thessaly.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556c.htm

Telepathy
A term introduced by F.W.H. Myers in 1882 to denote "the ability of one mind to impress or to be impressed by another mind otherwise than through the recognized channels of sense".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14475a.htm

Theodard, Saint
Archbishop of Narbonne, died 893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568b.htm

Thelepte
A titular see in Byzacene.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14566a.htm

Thennesus
A titular suffragan see of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14567a.htm

Theobald
Archbishop of Canterbury. (d. 1161)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14567c.htm

Theodoric (Thierry) of Chartes
A Platonist philosopher of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14575a.htm

Thanksgiving Day
The custom originated in 1621, when Governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony appointed a day for public praise and prayer after the first harvest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14555a.htm

Thayer, John
New England convert and priest. (1755-1815)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556d.htm

Theonas
Bishop of Alexandria from about 283 to 301.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14622a.htm

Theodicy
Term was introduced into philosophy by Leibniz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14569a.htm

Thalhofer, Valentin
German theologian. (1825-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14554a.htm

Tabernacle Society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14426b.htm

Truchsess von Waldburg, Otto
Cardinal-Bishop of Augsburg. (1514-1573)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069a.htm

Teilo, Saint
Archbishop of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire; died at Llandilo Vawr, Carmarthenshire, probably in or before 560.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14473b.htm

Theology, Dogmatic
That part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and His works.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14580a.htm

Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Explores the question where Mary died and was buried, either Jerusalem or Ephesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14774a.htm

Trinity College
An institution for the higher education of Catholic women, located at Washington, D.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15057a.htm

Theophilanthropists
A deistic sect formed in France during the latter part of the French Revolution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14624a.htm

Theology, Ascetical
Briefly defined as the scientific exposition of Christian asceticism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14613a.htm

Theodore of Gaza
A fifteenth-century Greek Humanist and translator of Aristotle.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14573b.htm

Theosophy
A term used in general to designate the knowledge of God supposed to be obtained by the direct intuition of the Divine essence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14626a.htm

Theophilus (Bishop of Antioch)
Second-century Bishop of Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14625a.htm

Thorns, Feast of the Crown of
First instituted at Paris in 1239.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706b.htm

Theology, Pastoral
The science of the care of souls.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14611a.htm

Théophane Vénard, Saint
French missionary to West Tonkin, martyred in 1861.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623c.htm

Teramo
Diocese in southern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14514b.htm

Thomas Ford, Blessed
English priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689a.htm

Testem Benevolentiae
An Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII addressed to Cardinal Gibbons, 22 January, 1899.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14537a.htm

Tyrie, James
Scottish theologian. (1543-1597)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15112a.htm

Theology, Moral
Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14601a.htm

Thomas Atkinson, Blessed
Priest martyred at York in 1616.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051b.htm

Thomas Abel, Blessed
Biography of the priest and martyr, chaplain to Catherine of Aragon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14659b.htm

Thomas Cottam, Blessed
A convert to Catholicism, entered the Jesuit novitiate, was ordained a priest. Imprisoned and tortured for a year and a half, he died a martyr in 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14688a.htm

Thomas Alfield, Blessed
Priest, twice imprisoned, twice converted, died a martyr in 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663a.htm

Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus, Saints
Martyrs of the Diocletian persecution. (c. 304)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450c.htm

Thomas Aquinas, Saint
Lengthy article on the life, writings, and influence of this philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. Called the Angelic Doctor. Died in 1274.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm

Theology, History of Dogmatic
Detailed article broken into time periods.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14588a.htm

Thomas Johnson, Blessed
The last of nine London Carthusians to die of starvation in prison in 1537. He died 20 September, after nearly 5 months of barbaric treatment.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689b.htm

Thomas Garnet, Saint
Biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1608.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388a.htm

Thomas of Villanova, Saint
Spanish Augustinian, d. 1555. Educator, diligent in almsgiving, Archbishop of Valencia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14696a.htm

Thomas Woodhouse, Blessed
Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14698a.htm

Thomas Becket, Saint
Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14676a.htm

Thomas, Charles L.A.
French composer. (1811-1896)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14659a.htm

Theophanes Kerameus
Twelfth-century archbishop and writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623b.htm

Thirty Years War
Though pre-eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14648b.htm

Thomas a Kempis
Author of the "Imitation of Christ", born at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, in 1379 or 1380; died 25 July, 1471.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14661a.htm

Thierry of Freburg
A philosopher and physician of the Middle Ages, and a member of the Order of Saint Dominic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14635a.htm

Thomas of Dover
Martyr. (d. 1295)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14694b.htm

Thacia Montana
A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14552b.htm

Thomas of Cantimpré
Medieval writer, preacher, and theologian. (1201-1272)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693c.htm

Thomas Percy, Blessed
Earl of Northumberland, martyr, born in 1528; died at York, 22 August, 1572.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14697a.htm

Thomas Sherwood, Blessed
Was imprisoned, tortured, and finally martyred (in 1578) for denying the royal supremacy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14697b.htm

Thomas Thwing, Blessed
Priest, missionary to his native England, convicted of plotting to murder the king on the same evidence by which the other accused had been acquitted, martyred in 1680.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14713b.htm

Thonissen, Jean-Joseph
Professor of law at the University of Louvain, minister in the Belgian Government. (1817-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14705a.htm

Tabæ
Titular see in Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423a.htm

Turin, University of
Founded in 1404, when the lectures at Piacenza and Pavia were interrupted by the wars of Lombardy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15094a.htm

Tabasco
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Yucatán.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423b.htm

Thapsus
Titular see in Macedonia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556a.htm

Transfiguration of Christ, Feast of the
Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory recorded by St. Matthew (Chapter 17).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15019b.htm

Thébaud, Augustus
Jesuit educator and publicist. (1807-1885)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14562a.htm

Tocqueville, Charles-Alexis-Henri-Maurice-Clerel de
Writer and statesman. (1805-1859)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14753a.htm

Tabbora
A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423d.htm

Terrien, Jean-Baptiste
Dogmatic theologian. (1832-1903)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520a.htm

Thompson, Francis
Poet. (1859-1907)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14703b.htm

Thomas á Jesu
Discalced Carmelite, writer on mystical theology. (1564-1627)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14660a.htm

Thomas of Celano
Franciscan poet and writer. (1200-1255)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14694a.htm

Triesnecker, Francis a Paula
Astronomer. (1745-1817)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15044a.htm

Thou, Jacques-Auguste de
French historian. (1553-1617)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706d.htm

Thmuis
A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14658a.htm

Tournon, Charles-Thomas Maillard de
Papal legate to India and China, cardinal, born of a noble Savoyard family at Turin, 21 December, 1668; died in confinement at Macao, 8 June, 1710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15001a.htm

Thun-Hohenstein, Count Leo
Austrian statesman. (1811-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711c.htm

Tibaldi, Pellegrino
Known also as Pellegrino da Bologna and as Pellegrino Pellegrini, decorator, mural painter, and architect. 1527-1592)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14715a.htm

Tyre
Melchite archdiocese and Maronite diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15109a.htm

Tabernacle Societies
The Association of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and of work for poor churches was founded at Brussels in 1848 by Anne de Meeûs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14426a.htm

Turnebus, Adrian
Philologist. (1512-1565)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15102a.htm

Tiara
The papal crown, ornamented with precious stones and pearls, which is shaped like a bee-hive, has a small cross at its highest point.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14714c.htm

Ticelia
Titular see, suffragan of Cyrene, in the Libya Pentapolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721a.htm

Tichborne, Ven. Thomas
Born at Hartley, Hampshire, 1567; martyred at Tyburn, London, 20 April, 1602.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721c.htm

Ticonius
An African Donatist writer of the fourth century who appears to have had some influence on St. Augustine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721d.htm

Thomas of Jorz
English theologian and cardinal. (d. 1310)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14695b.htm

Thomism
In a broad sense, the name given to the system which follows the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas in philosophical and theological questions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14698b.htm

Tilly, Johannes Tserclæs, Count of
Born at Brabant in 1559; died at Ingolstadt in April, 1632.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14724c.htm

Thugut, Johann Amadeus Franz de Paula
Austrian statesman, born at Linz, 31 March, 1736; died at Vienna, 28 May, 1818.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14710b.htm

Tepl
A Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14514a.htm

Timothy and Symphorian, Saints
Martyrs whose feast is observed on 22 August.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14727a.htm

Thomas of Jesus
Reformer and preacher. (1529-1582)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14695a.htm

Thomas of Strasburg
A fourteenth-century scholastic of the Augustinian Order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14695c.htm

Thorney Abbey
For some three centuries the seat of Saxon hermits, or of anchorites living in community, before it was refounded in 972 for Benedictine monks by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, with the aid of King Edgar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706a.htm

Ticuna Indians
A tribe along the north bank of the upper Amazon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721e.htm

Thomas of Beckington
Bishop of Bath and Wells, born at Beckington, Somerset, about 1390; died at Wells, 14 January, 1465.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693a.htm

Throne
The seat the bishop uses when not engaged at the altar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14709a.htm

Tantum Ergo
The opening words of the penultimate stanza of the Vesper hymn of Corpus Christi.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14445b.htm

Tithes
The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support or devoted to religious or charitable uses.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14741b.htm

Tiepolo
Article on Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Tiepolo and his son Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14723a.htm

Tabor, Mount
Distinguished among the mountains of Palestine for its picturesque site, its graceful outline, the remarkable vegetation which covers its sides of calcareous rock, and the splendour of the view from its summit.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14551a.htm

Truce of God
A temporary suspension of hostilities, as distinct from the Peace of God which is perpetual.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15068a.htm

Thyräus, Hermann
German Jesuit. (1532-1591)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14714b.htm

Theodosius I
Roman Emperor (also known as Flavius Theodosius), born in Spain, about 346; died at Milan, 17 January, 395.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577d.htm

Toledo (Spain)
Primatial see of Spain, whose archbishop, raised almost always to the dignity of cardinal, occupies the first place in the ranks of the higher Spanish clergy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14755a.htm

Time
Article explores two questions, What are the notes, or elements, contained in the subjective representation of time? and To what external reality does this representation correspond?
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14726a.htm

Tibet
Includes information on geography, history, and missions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14718a.htm

Thundering Legion
The story of an expedition against the Quadi led by Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711b.htm

Thompson River Indians
Also known as Knife Indians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14704b.htm

Thomas of Bradwardine
Theologian known as the Doctor Profundus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693b.htm

Toleration, Religious
The magnanimous indulgence one shows towards a religion other than his own, accompanied by the moral determination to leave it and its adherents unmolested in private and public, although internally one views it with complete disapproval as a "false faith".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14763a.htm

Thessalonians, Epistles to the
Two of the canonical Epistles of St. Paul.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629d.htm

Tacapæ
Titular see of Tripolitana in northern Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427b.htm

Tincker, Mary Agnes
Novelist. (1833-1907)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14735a.htm

Tongerloo, Abbey of
Founded in 1128 near Antwerp, Belgium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776a.htm

Tonsure
A sacred rite instituted by the Church by which a baptized and confirmed Christian is received into the clerical order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779a.htm

Tintoretto, Il
Italian painter, b. at Venice, 1518; d. there 1594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14737a.htm

Timucua Indians
A principal group or confederacy of ancient Florida.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14733a.htm

Taché, Alexandre-Antonin
First Archbishop of St. Boniface, Manitoba, missionary, prelate, statesman, and writer of Western Canada. (1823-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427c.htm

Trivet, Nicholas
Author of a large number of theological and historical works and commentaries on the classics, more especially the works of Seneca.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063b.htm

Trapezopolis
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan to Laodicea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15023b.htm

Tornielli, Girolamo Francesco
Italian Jesuit, preacher and writer. (1693-1752)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781b.htm

Titulus
In pagan times titulus signified an inscription on stone, and later the stone which marked the confines of property.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14745b.htm

Tiraboschi, Girolamo
Italian scholar. (1731-1794)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14738b.htm

Toledo, Francisco
Philosopher, theologian, and exegete, son of an actuary. (1532-1596)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14760a.htm

Tallagaht, Monastery of
Situated in the barony of Uppercross.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16077b.htm

Toleration, History of
Explores the attitude of the Church towards religious toleration.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14761a.htm

Toustain, Charles-François
French Benedictine, and member of the Congregation of St-Maur. (1700-1754)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15004a.htm

Theodulf
Bishop of Orléans, a writer skilled in poetic forms and a learned theologian, born in Spain about 760; died at Angers, France, 18 December, 821.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14579b.htm

Tonkawa Indians
A tribal group formerly ranging about the middle Trinity and Colorado Rivers, in Eastern Texas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14778a.htm

Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques
Baron de L'Aulne, French minister. (1727-1781)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092c.htm

Toaldo, Giuseppe
Priest and physicist. (1719-1797)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14749a.htm

Thanksgiving Before and After Meals
The word grace, which, as applied to prayer over food, always in pre-Elizabethan English took the plural form graces, means nothing but thanksgiving.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14554c.htm

Totonac Indians
One of the smaller cultured nations of ancient Mexico, occupying at the time of the Spanish conquest the coast province of Totonicapan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14794a.htm

Tokio
Archdiocese comprising 21 provinces or 15 departments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14754b.htm

Truth Societies, Catholic
Covers their establishment in various countries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15077a.htm

Trichinopoly, Diocese of
Located in India, suffragan of Bombay.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040d.htm

Tonica Indians
A small tribe living, when first known to the French, in small villages on the lower Yazoo River, Mississippi.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14777a.htm

Thompson, Edward Healy and Harriet Diana
English converts.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14703a.htm

Thompson, Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David
Jurist and first Catholic Premier of Canada. (1844-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14704a.htm

Taché, Etienne-Pascal
Statesman, b. at St. Thomas (Montmagny, Province of Quebec), 5 Sept., 1795, son of Charles, and Geneviève Michon; d. 30 July, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14428a.htm

Tresham, Sir Thomas
Knight Bachelor (in or before 1524), Grand Prior of England in the Order of Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15037b.htm

Tower of Babel
Information on the history, site, and construction of the tower.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15005b.htm

Toba Indians
Tribe of the great Chaco wilderness of South America.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14749b.htm

Titian
Biography of the artist, with bibliography.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14742a.htm

Traducianism
In general the doctrine that, in the process of generation, the human spiritual soul is transmitted to the offspring by the parents.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15014a.htm

Trajanopolis
Titular metropolitan see of Rhodope.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016a.htm

Toronto
Located in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781d.htm

Thomas of Hereford
Bishop of Hereford. (1218-1282)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14694c.htm

Torres, Francisco
Hellenist and polemicist. (1509-1584)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14783b.htm

Totemism
Constitutes the group of superstitions and customs of which the totem is the center.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14789a.htm

Touron, Antoine
Dominican biographer and historian. (1686-1775)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15001b.htm

Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles-Maurice de
Prince of Benevento, Bishop of Autun, French minister and ambassador. (1754-1838)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14434b.htm

Theocracy
A form of civil government in which God Himself is recognized as the head.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm

Trajanopolis
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016b.htm

Tralles
A titular see, suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016c.htm

Transylvania
Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Kalocsa Bács.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15022a.htm

Transvaal
Vicariate apostolic. Portion of south Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15020a.htm

Tadama
A titular see in Mauretania Cæsariensis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14429a.htm

Torricelli, Evangelista
Italian mathematician and physicist, born at Faenza, 15 October, 1608; died at Florence, 25 October, 1647.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14784a.htm

Trappists
The Cistercians who follow the reform inaugurated by the Abbot de Rancé (b. 1626; d. 1700) in the Abbey of La Trappe, and often now applied to the entire Order of Reformed Cistercians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15024a.htm

Taenarum
A titular see in Greece, suffragan of Corinth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14429b.htm

Trincomalee
Located in Ceylon, suffragan of Colombo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045b.htm

Transept
A rectangular space inserted between the apse and nave in the early Christian basilica.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15018a.htm

Tolomei, John Baptist
Jesuit theologian and cardinal. (1653-1726)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773a.htm

Tournély, Honoré
Theologian. (1658-1729)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14800a.htm

Trebizond
An Armenian Catholic diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15028a.htm

Tours
Archdiocese in France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/150