Villers, Cistercian Abbey of
Situated on the confines of Villers and Tilly, Duchy of Brabant, present Diocese of Namur (Belgium), and first monastery of the order in this territory.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431c.htm

Villehardouin, Geoffroi de
Maréchal de Champagne, warrior, and first historian in the French language.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15430b.htm

Von Gagern, Max, Freiherr
Born at Weilburg (in Nassau), Germany, 25 March, 1810; died at Vienna, 17 October, 1889.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15508a.htm

Viterbo and Toscanella
The city of Viterbo in the Province of Rome stands at the foot of Monte Cimino, in Central Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15487a.htm

Vondel, Joost van Den
Netherland poet and convert. (1587-1679)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15507b.htm

Volterra, Daniele da
Italian painter. (1509-1566)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15504a.htm

Vitelleschi, Muzio
Born at Rome 2 Dec., 1563; died there 9 Feb., 1645.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486d.htm

Vadstena, Abbey of
Founded in Sweden by St. Bridget in 1346.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248c.htm

Volta, Alessandro
Physicist. (1745-1827)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15503a.htm

Vrie, Theodoric
Fourteenth-century historian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15515a.htm

Valens, Flavius
Emperor of the East. (328-378)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15253b.htm

Vrau, Philibert
"The holy man of Lille", organizer of numerous Catholic activities. (1829-1905)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15514a.htm

Votive Offices
One not entered in the general calendar, but adopted with a view to satisfying a special devotion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15510a.htm

Volk, Wilhelm
Pseudonym, Ludwig Clarus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15501c.htm

Vigor, Simon
French bishop and controversialist. (1515-1575)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15428b.htm

Voluspa
A wise woman.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15507a.htm

Virtue
According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15472a.htm

Valencia
Located in Spain; comprises the civil Provinces of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15251b.htm

Valence, University of
Erected 26 July, 1452, by letters patent from the Dauphin Louis, afterwards Louis XI.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15251a.htm

Valentinian II
Emperor of the West. (371-392)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15255a.htm

Vaison, Ancient Diocese of
Suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, its territory is now included in the Dioceses of Avignon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16078b.htm

Victorinus, Caius Marius
A fourth-century grammarian, rhetorician, philosopher, and theologian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414b.htm

Votive Offerings
The general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to God, or a saint, and in consequence looked upon as set apart by this act of consecration.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15509a.htm

Valence, Diocese of
Comprises the Department of Drome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15250a.htm

Valencia, University of
At the request of Jaime I the Conqueror, Innocent IV in 1246, authorized by a Bull the establishment of estudios generales in Valencia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15253a.htm

Validation of Marriage
May be effected by a simple renewal of consent when its nullity arises only from a defective consent in one or both parties.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256c.htm

Valle, Pietro della
Italian traveller in the Orient. (1586-1652)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260b.htm

Valdés, Alfonso de
Spanish Humanist and chancellor of Emperor Charles V. (1500-1532)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249c.htm

Valentinian I
Emperor of the West. (321-375)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254c.htm

Vizeu
Diocese in north central Portugal.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15496b.htm

Vallgornera, Thomas de
Dominican theologian and ascetical writer. (1595-1665)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261b.htm

Vertot, Réné-Aubert, Sieur de
French historian. (1655-1735)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378a.htm

Vitalini, Bonifazio
Jurist, died 1388.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15485a.htm

Vaast, Abbey of Saint
Situated at Arras, the ancient capital of Artois, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France; founded in 667.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248a.htm

Vedas
Sacred books of ancient India.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15318a.htm

Visitors Apostolic
Officials whom canonists commonly class with papal legates.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483a.htm

Valladolid, Archdiocese of
Bounded on the north by Palencia, east by Burgos and Segovia, south by Avila and Salamanca, and west by Zamora.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15258a.htm

Valleyfield, Diocese of
Situated at the outlet of Lake St. Francis, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261a.htm

Valla, Lorenzo
Article by U. Benigni on the teachings of this Italian humanist.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15257a.htm

Visits to the Blessed Sacrament
A devotional practice of relatively modern development, honoring the Real Presence of Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483b.htm

Vallarsi, Dominic
Italian priest. (1702-1771)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260a.htm

Valladolid, University of
Alfonso XI was the patron of Valladolid.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15259a.htm

Van Buren, William Home
American surgeon. (1819-1883)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15267a.htm

Volterra
Diocese in Tuscany.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15504b.htm

Vacancy
A term applied to an office or position devoid of an incumbent, as a vacant benefice, bishopric, or parish.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248b.htm

Van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph
Professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in the Catholic University at Louvain. (1809-1831)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15266a.htm

Vizagapatam, Diocese of
Located in the east of India, suffragan to Madras.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15496a.htm

Valroger, Hyacinthe de
French oratorian, first studied medicine, and was later ordained priest. (1814-1876)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264b.htm

Valliscaulian Order
Founded towards the end of the twelfth century by Viard, a lay brother of the Carthusian priory of Loubigny, in the Diocese of Langres.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261c.htm

Votive Mass
A Mass offered for a votum, a special intention.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15508b.htm

Vallumbrosan Order
Founded by St. John Gualbert, son of the noble Florentine Gualbert Visdomini.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15262a.htm

Valois, Henri
Philologist. (1603-1676)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15263a.htm

Visions and Apparitions
The article deals not with natural but with supernatural visions, that is, visions due to the direct intervention of a power superior to man.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15477a.htm

Vitellius, Lucius
Proclaimed Roman Emperor by the soldiers at Cologne during the civil war of A.D. 69; d. at Rome, 21 Dec., 69.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486e.htm

Valentinian III
Reigned 425-55, son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius, succeeded Emperor Honorius.(419-455)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15255b.htm

Villalpandus, Juan Bautista
His fame rests mainly on a "Commentary on Ezechiel".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429a.htm

Vargas, Luis de
Seville painter. (1502-1568)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15273a.htm

Versailles
Diocese includes the Department of Seine-et-Oise, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15366a.htm

Vanni, Francesco
Siennese painter. (1565-1609)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15272b.htm

Vane, Thomas
Seventeenth-century convert from Anglicanism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271a.htm

Veni Sancte Spiritus Et Emitte Coelitus
Sung at Mass from Whitsunday until the following Saturday inclusively, and comprises ten stanzas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342a.htm

Vasari, Giorgio
Painter, architect, and writer. (1511-1574)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15274a.htm

Van de Velde, Peter
Spanish painter. (1503-1580)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15270a.htm

Vasquez, Gabriel
Theologian. (1549-1604)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15275a.htm

Vancouver
Archdiocese; includes that part of the mainland of the Province of British Columbia south of 54 ° N. lat. and west of the Straits of Georgia, together with the Queen Charlotte Islands.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15267b.htm

Van der Weyden, Rogier
Painter. (1399-1464)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269c.htm

Vandal, Albert
French writer. (1853-1910)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268a.htm

Vaux, Laurence
Martyr in prison. (1519-1585)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315c.htm

Vaughan, Herbert
Cardinal, and third Archbishop of Westminster. (1832-1903)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15311b.htm

Vatican Observatory
Gregory XIII ordered a tower to be erected in a convenient part of the Vatican buildings, and to be fitted out with the greatest and best instruments of the time.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15309a.htm

Visit ad Limina
The obligation incumbent on certain members of the hierarchy of visiting, the "thresholds of the Apostles", Sts. Peter and Paul, and of presenting themselves before the pope to give an account of the state of their dioceses.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15478a.htm

Vergilius of Salzburg, Saint
Irish-born Abbot of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. He held that the earth was round, for which St. Boniface accused him of heresy. Vergilius freed himself of the charge, and went on to become a missionary, dying in 789.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353d.htm

Vaillant de Gueslis, François
Jesuit missionary. (1646-1718)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249b.htm

Vavasour, Thomas
English physician. (1536-1585)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15316b.htm

Vatican Council
The twentieth and up to 1912, the last ecumenical council, opened on 8 December, 1869, and adjourned on 20 October, 1870.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15303a.htm

Vanni, Andrea
Painter and statesman. (1320-1414)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15272a.htm

Vannes, Diocese of
Comprises the Department of Morbihan, and was re-established by the Concordat of 1802.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271b.htm

Vegio, Maffeo
Humanist, poet, and educator. (1406-1458)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15320b.htm

Veghe, Johannes
German preacher and religious writer, died 1504.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15320a.htm

Van Beethoven, Ludwig
Composer. (1770-1827)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15265b.htm

Vicariate Apostolic (Updated List)
Recenty erected vicariates Apostolic as of 1913.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16082a.htm

Vatable, François
Abbot of Bellozane, died 1547.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276a.htm

Vaudreuil
Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil. Governor of Canada, died 1725.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15311a.htm

Veith, Johann Emanuel
Preacher. (1787-1876)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15322b.htm

Vocation, Ecclesiastical and Religious
The special gift of those who, in the Church of God, follow with a pure intention the ecclesiastical profession of the evangelical counsels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15498a.htm

Van den Broek, Theodore J.
Priest and missionary. (1783-1851)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269a.htm

Valona
Titular see, suffragan of Dyrrachium, in Epirus Nova.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264a.htm

Venice
The capital of a province in Northern Italy, is formed of a group of 117 small islands joined together by 378 bridges mostly built of stone.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15333a.htm

Valentine, Pope
Reigned briefly in A.D. 827.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254b.htm

Vincenzo de Vit
Latinist. (1810-1892)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15484a.htm

Valva and Sulmona, Dioceses of
Located in Italy, Valva, a medieval castle belonging to the Bishop of Sulmona, Baron of Valva, is situated near the ancient Corfinium, chief town of the Peligni, a Samnite tribe.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264c.htm

Valverde, Vincent de
First Bishop of Cuzco. (d. 1541)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15265a.htm

Venezuela
A republic formed out of the provinces which, under Spanish rule, constituted the captaincy general of the same name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15327a.htm

Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas
French chemist. (1763-1829)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315b.htm

Vavasseur, François
Humanist and controversialist. (1605-1681)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317a.htm

Verapoly, Archdiocese of
Located on the Malabar Coast, India, having the Diocese of Quilon as suffragan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15345a.htm

Valerian
Biography of the Roman ruler, focusing on his treatment of Christians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256b.htm

Venusti, Raffaele
Italian controversialist. (d. 1543)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344b.htm

Veglia, Diocese of
In Austria, suffragan of Görz-Gradisca.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15321a.htm

Veil, Religious
The bride of Christ, as the vestal virgins had done, adopted the veil, which thus symbolized not so much the purity as the inviolable fidelity to Christ which was to be reverenced in her.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15321c.htm

Verdaguer, Jacinto
Spanish poet. (1845-1902)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350a.htm

Voluntary
Wilful, proceeding from the will.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15506a.htm

Vaux-de-Cernay
Cistercian abbey situated in the Diocese of Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, in what was called the "Isle-de-France".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15316a.htm

Visitation Convent, Georgetown
Located in the District of Columbia, United States of America.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483c.htm

Vega, Andreas de
Spanish theologian. (d. 1560)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15319a.htm

Veronica, Saint
Veronica is a name popularly given to one of the women who accompanied Christ to Calvary. "Veronica" is an abbreviation of "vera icon" (true image), and the woman now called Veronica is said to have offered a towel to Christ, on which he left the imprint of his face.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm

Veni Sancte Spiritus Reple
A prose invocation of the Holy Ghost.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342b.htm

Versions of the Bible
Article on versions of the Bible in the original languages and in translation. Grouped by source.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15367a.htm

Vives, Juan Luis
Article on his life and works, by Paul Lejay.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15492a.htm

Vandals
A Germanic people belonging to the family of East Germans.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268b.htm

Vera Cruz
Diocese of the Mexican Republic, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Mexico.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344c.htm

Verbiest, Ferdinand
Jesuit missionary and astronomer. (1623-1688)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15346a.htm

Vatican, The
Detailed history and information.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm

Verdi, Giuseppe
Italian composer. (1813-1901)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350b.htm

Verdun, Diocese of
Comprises the Department of the Meuse.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350c.htm

Vernier, Pierre
Inventor of the instrument which bears his name. (1580-1637)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359a.htm

Venosa
Diocese in Southern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342c.htm

Vespers, Sicilian
The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at Palermo on Easter Tuesday, 31 March, 1282, against the domination of Charles of Anjou.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384a.htm

Veron, François
French controversialist, born at Paris about 1575; died at Charenton, 1625.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359c.htm

Vaughan, Roger William
Second Archbishop of Sydney. (1834-1883)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315a.htm

Van der Sandt, Maximilian
Wrote works on philosophy and theology, including a notable controversial reply to the Batavian Calvinist Lawrence in defence of the moral teaching of the Jesuits. (1578-1656)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269b.htm

Vernazza, Tommasina
Entered the monastery of St. Maria delle Grazie, and became a canoness regular, taking the name of Battistina. (1497-1587)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358b.htm

Verrazano, Giovanni da
Navigator, died 1527.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364a.htm

Verecundus
Bishop of Junca, in the African Province of Byzacena, in the middle of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15352a.htm

Versions of the Bible, Coptic
At least parts of Scripture were translated into all four dialects of the Coptic language, though there is some debate about which of the Coptic versions is oldest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16078c.htm

Veroli, Diocese of
Located in the Province of Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359b.htm

Valentine, Saint
At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm

Vicelinus, Saint
Biographical article on the Bishop of Oldenburg, who died in 1154.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404a.htm

Villani, Giovanni
Florentine historian, b. about 1276; d. of the plague in 1348.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429b.htm

Verne, Jules
Novelist. (1828-1905)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358c.htm

Vecchietta, Lorenzo di Pietro
Artist. (1412-1480)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317c.htm

Vermont
One of the New England states.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15354b.htm

Vercellone, Carlo
Biblical scholar, born at Biella, Milan; died at Rome, 19 January, 1869.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15349a.htm

Verna, La
An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358a.htm

Verrocchio, Andrea del
Artist. (1435-1488)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364d.htm

Vespers, Music of
Applies especially to the cathedral Office, i.e., the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15382a.htm

Vows
A promise made to God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15511a.htm

Vesalius, Andreas
The reorganizer of the study of anatomy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378c.htm

Vergani, Paolo
Italian political economist. (1753-1820)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353a.htm

Valentinus and Valentinians
The best known and most influential of the Gnostic heretics, born on the coast of Egypt.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256a.htm

Vespasian
Biography of the Roman Emperor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15379a.htm

Vercelli
Archdiocese in the Province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15348b.htm

Verot, Augustin
Third Bishop of Savannah, first of St. Augustine. (1804-1876)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15363b.htm

Veto, The Royal
Lord Grenville presented a petition for the Catholics in the Lords, and, in moving for a committee, proposed an effective veto for the king on the appointment of bishops.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15392b.htm

Vespasiano da Bisticci
Florentine humanist and librarian. (1421-1498)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15380a.htm

Veni Creator Spiritus
The most famous of hymns, assigned in the Roman Breviary to Vespers (I and II) and Terce of Pentecost and throughout the octave.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15341a.htm

Vering, Friedrich Heinrich
German canonist. (1833-1896)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15354a.htm

Victor I, Pope Saint
Article on the late second-century pope, involved in the Quartodeciman controversy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15408a.htm

Viva, Domenico
Writer. (1648-1726)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15491a.htm

Victor II, Pope
Reigned 1055-57.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15409a.htm

Vertin, John
Third Bishop of Marquette, U.S.A. (1844-1899)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15377b.htm

Victor III, Pope Blessed
Benedictine monk, peacemaker, abbot of Monte Cassino, elected to the papacy in 1086, d. 1087.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15410a.htm

Veszprém
Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Gran, one of the sees founded about 1009 by King St. Stephen, or perhaps by Queen Gisela, his wife.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15392a.htm

Verbum Supernum Prodiens
The first line of two hymns celebrating respectively the Nativity of Christ and the Institution of the Holy Eucharist.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15348a.htm

Vexilla Regis Prodeunt
Written by Venantius Fortunatus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15396a.htm

Vice
Regarded as a habit inclining one to sin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403c.htm

Veuillot, Louis
Journalist and writer. (1813-1883)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15394b.htm

Vicar Apostolic
In the early ages of the Church, the popes committed to some residentiary bishops the duty of watching over ecclesiastical matters in a certain region.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401b.htm

Vicar of Christ
A title of the pope implying his supreme and universal primacy, both of honour and of jurisdiction, over the Church of Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403b.htm

Veit, Philipp
Painter. (1793-1877)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15322a.htm

Verri, Count Pietro
Economist.(1728-1797)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364c.htm

Vaga
A titular see of Numidia, frequently mentioned by historians and ancient geographers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249a.htm

Victor Vitensis
An African bishop of the Province of Byzacena.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415a.htm

Viader, José
Assistant at the Indian mission of Santa Clara.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397b.htm

Vicari, Hermann von
Archbishop of Freiburg in Baden. (1773-1868)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403a.htm

Vergil, Polydore
Commissioned by Henry VII to write the history of England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353c.htm

Vicenza, Diocese of
The city is the capital of a province in Venetia (Northern Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404c.htm

Victorinus, Saint
Biographical profile of the bishop of Pettau, an ecclesiastical writer, martyred in the Diocletian persecution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414a.htm

Vischer, Peter
Sculptor and metal founder. (1460-1529)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15475a.htm

Vatican as a Scientific Institution, The
Details of scientific activity in the Vatican.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15286a.htm

Vigilius, Saint
Biographical essay on the Bishop of Trent, martyred 26 June, 405.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426c.htm

Vigilius, Pope
Reigned 537-55.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15427b.htm

Vincent de Paul, Saint
Biography of the French priest, founder of the Congregation of the Mission, who died in 1660.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434c.htm

Verona
Diocese in Venetia (Northern Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15360a.htm

Vestments
According to the rules of the Church or from ecclesiastical usage, are to be worn by the clergy in performing the ceremonies of the services of the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15388a.htm

Vicar Capitular
The administrator of a vacant diocese, elected by a cathedral chapter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401c.htm

Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Saints
According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15490b.htm

Viaticum
Among the ancient Greeks the custom prevailed of giving a supper to those setting out on a journey.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397c.htm

Verreau, Hospice-Anthelme
French-Canadian priest, educator, and historian. (1828-1901)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364b.htm

Victoria Nyanza, Northern
Founded in 1878 by the White Fathers of Cardinal Lavigerie.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15413a.htm

Viator, Clerics of Saint
Lector of the cathedral at Lyons, France, in the fourth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15399a.htm

Vincent Ferrer, Saint
Biography of this Spanish-born Dominican missionary, who died in 1419.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15437a.htm

Venturino of Bergamo
Preacher. (1304-1346)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344a.htm

Vetter, Conrad
Preacher and polemical writer. (1547-1622)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15394a.htm

Victor of Capua
A sixteenth-century bishop.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414c.htm

Victor
Bishop of Tunnunum in Northern Africa. (d. 569)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15412a.htm

Vexiö, Ancient See of
In Sweden, comprised the County of Kronoberg and the hundreds of Ostra, Westra, Östbo, and Westbo in the County of Jönköping.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16081a.htm

Verstegan, Richard
Publisher and antiquarian, born at London, about 1548.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15377a.htm

Vincent Kadlubek, Blessed
Bishop of Cracow, resigned his office and became the first Pole to join the Cistercians. He died in 1223.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15438a.htm

Visdelou, Claude de
One of the missionaries sent to China by Louis XIV in 1687.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15476a.htm

Victoria Nyanza, Southern
Vicariate apostolic erected from the mission of Nyanza.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15413b.htm

Vieira, Antonio
Missionary, diplomat, orator. (1608-1697)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415d.htm

Vienna, University of
The oldest university of the former Holy Roman Empire, next to the University of Prague.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15421a.htm

Viel, Nicholas
Died 1625, the first victim of apostolic zeal on the shores of the St. Lawrence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15416a.htm

Victoria
Diocese in southwestern British Columbia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15412b.htm

Vincent of Lérins, Saint
Essay on the fifth-century monk and ecclesiastical writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15439b.htm

Vigevano
Diocese in Lombardy, Province of Pavia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426b.htm

Vincent, Saint
Essay on the deacon, a native of Saragossa, martyred in 304.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434b.htm

Vestibule (in Architecture)
A hall projecting in front of the façade of a church, found from the fifth century both in the East and the West.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15387a.htm

Vicente, Gil
Portuguese dramatist. (1470-1536)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404b.htm

Veruela
A Cistercian monastery and church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. It is situated five miles north-west of Borja, Saragossa, Spain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378b.htm

Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi da
A theoretical and practical architect of the Transition Period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles. (1507-1573)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15428a.htm

Vespucci, Amerigo
Biographical article on the Italian navigator (1451-1512).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm

Viborg, Ancient See of
Located in Denmark.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16081b.htm

Ventura di Raulica, Gioacchino
Italian orator, patriot, philosopher. (1792-1861)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15343b.htm

Vezzosi, Antonio Francesco
Member of the Theatine Congregation and biographical writer. (1708-1783)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397a.htm

Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y
Artist's biography by Louis Gillet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15323a.htm

Vida, Marco Girolamo
Italian Humanist.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415c.htm

Vargas y Mexia, Francisco de
Spanish diplomat and ecclesiastical writer, died 1566.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15273b.htm

Vincent, Saint
Also called Maldegarius, married to St. Waldetrude. Their four children are also among the saints. SS. Vincent and Waldetrude both entered monastic life, he founding the monasteries of Hautmont and Soignies. He died in 677.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434a.htm

Virgin Mary, Name of
The Hebrew form of her name is Miryam.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464a.htm

Vicar
In canon law, the representative of a person clothed with ordinary ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm

Vindicianus, Saint
Biography of the bishop of Cambrai-Arras, born about 620.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15445a.htm

Virgilius, Saint
Essay on the monk, archbishop of Arles.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15447b.htm

Virgin Mary, The
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm

Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani
First stanza of the Easter sequence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15407a.htm

Virgin Mary, Devotion to the
Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be regarded as a practical application of the doctrine of the Communion of Saints.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15459a.htm

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Article on the event and the feast.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15480a.htm

Vico, Francescoe de
Astronomer. (1805-1848)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15406a.htm

Vitalian, Pope Saint
He tried to win over the Monothelites who then held sway in Constantinople, and was the reigning pope at the time of the Synod of Whitby. He died in 672.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15484b.htm

Ventimiglia
Italian diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15343a.htm

Vieta, François
Father of modern algebra.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425b.htm

Vergerio, Pier Paolo, the Elder
Humanist, statesman, and canonist. (b. 1370)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353b.htm

Vitalis and Agricola, Saints
Vitalis was a slave, converted to Christianity by his master Agricola. Both were martyred at Bologna about 304.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486b.htm

Vicar-General
The highest official of a diocese after the ordinary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15402a.htm

Vigilius
Bishop of Tapsus, in the African Province of Byzacena.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15427a.htm

Vierthaler, Franz Michael
Austrian pedagogue. (1758-1827)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425a.htm

Vitalis of Savigny, Saint
Founder of the monastery and Congregation of Savigny. Died 1122.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486c.htm

Vitalis, Saint
Martyr in about 171. Husband of St. Valeria (also a martyr), and father of SS. Gervasius and Protasius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486a.htm

Vinci, Leonardo di Ser Piero da
Florentine painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scholar. (1452-1519)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15440a.htm

Vladimir the Great, Saint
Biography of the grandson of St. Olga. Grand Duke of Kiev and All Russia, first ruler of Russia to convert to Christianity, d. 1015.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15497a.htm

Villanovanus, Arnaldus
Physician and alchemist. (1235-1312)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429c.htm

Vulgate, Revision of
In the spring of 1907 the public press announced that Pius X had determined to begin preparations for a critical revision of the Latin Bible.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15515b.htm

Villermé, Louis-René
French economist. (1782-1863)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431b.htm

Violence
The stimulus or moving cause must come from without; no one can do violence to himself.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15446a.htm

Victor IV
Cardinal Gregory Conti, elected in opposition to Innocent II.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15411a.htm

Vienna
The capital of Austria-Hungary, the residence of the emperor, and the seat of a Latin archbishopric.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15417a.htm

Viger, Jacques
French-Canadian antiquarian and archaeologist. (1787-1858)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426a.htm

Vincent of Beauvais
Priest and encyclopedist. (1190-1264)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15439a.htm

Virginity
Morally, virginity signifies the reverence for bodily integrity which is suggested by a virtuous motive.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15458a.htm

Viger, Denis-Benjamin
French-Canadian statesman and writer. (1774-1861)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425c.htm

Vespers
Historical article on Evening Prayer, one of the two principal canonical hours.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15381a.htm

Vich, Diocese of
Suffragan of Tarragona.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15405a.htm

Villefranche, Jacques-Melchior
Publicist. (1829-1904)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15430a.htm

Vienne, Council of
Convened 1311-1312, dealing mainly with the Knights Templar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15423a.htm

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