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• Haarlem

  One of the suffragan sees of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands

• Habacuc

  Article on the minor prophet of the Old Testament, and his book

• Haberl, Francis Xavier

  Music historian (1840-1910)

• Habington, William

  Poet and historian; born at Hindlip, Worcestershire, 1605; died 1654; son of Thomas Habington the antiquarian

• Habit

  Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as 'a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will to follow this or that particular line of action'

• Habor River

  A river of Mesopotamia in Asiatic Turkey, an important eastern affluent of the Euphrates

• Haceldama

  The name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas

• Hadewych, Blessed

  Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre, d. around 1200. Also known as Hedwig or Hadewig

• Hadrian

  Article on this martyr, who died in about 306

• Hadrian, Publius Ælius

  Emperor of the Romans; born 24 January, A.D. 76 at Rome; died 10 July, 138

• Hadrumetum

  A titular see of Byzacena

• Haeften, Benedict van

  Benedictine writer, provost of the Monastery of Afflighem, Belgium; born at Utrecht, 1588; died 31 July, 1648

• Hagen, Gottfried

  Town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne 'Reimchronik' (rhymed chronicle); died 1299

• Haggith

  One of David's wives

• Hagiography

  The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object

• Hague, The

  Capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland

• Hahn-Hahn, Ida

  Countess, convert and authoress, born 22 June, 1805; died 12 January, 1880

• Haid, Herenaus

  Catechist, born in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 16 February, 1784; died 7 January, 1873

• Hail Holy Queen

  The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four Breviary anthems of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• Haimhausen, Karl von

  German missionary; b. at Munich, of a noble Bavarian family, 28 May, 1692; d. in Chile, 7 April, 1767

• Hair (in Christian Antiquity)

  The paintings in the catacombs permit the belief that the early Christians simply followed the fashion of their time. The short hair of the men and the waved tresses of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, frizzed with irons, and arranged in tiers, while for women the hair twined about the head forming a high diadem over the brow

• Hairshirt

  A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance

• Haiti

  An island of the Greater Antilles

• Haito

  Bishop of Basle; b. in 763, of a noble family of Swabia; d. 17 March, 836, in the Abbey of Reichenau, on an island in the Lake of Constance

• Hakodate

  Comprises the six northern provinces of the island of Nippon, the island of Yezo, and the Kurile Islands, as well as the administration of the southern part of the island of Saghalin, which still belongs to the Diocese of Mohilev

• Hakon the Good

  King of Norway, 935 (936) to 960 (961), youngest child of King Harold Fair Hair and Thora Mosterstang

• Halicarnassus

  A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis

• Halifax

  This see takes its name from the city of Halifax which has been the seat of government in Nova Scotia since its foundation by Lord Cornwallis in 1749

• Hallahan, Margaret

  Foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (third order); b. in London, 23 January, 1803; d. 10 May, 1868

• Haller, Karl Ludwig von

  A professor of constitutional law, b. 1 August, 1768, at Berne, d. 21 May, 1854, at Solothurn, Switzerland

• Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'Omalius

  Belgian geologist, b. at Liege, Belgium, 16 February, 1783; d. at Brussels, 15 January, 1875

• Halma, Nicholas

  French mathematician; born at Sedan, 31 December, 1755; died at Paris, 4 June, 1828

• Hamar, Ancient See of

  Located in Norway

• Hamatha

  A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea

• Hambley, Ven. John

  More than once this priest offered to conform to the state-mandated religion, but at last he died a martyr

• Hamburg

  A city supposed to be identical with the Marionis of Ptolemy, was founded by a colony of fishermen from Lower Saxony

• Hamilton, John

  Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, first Earl of Arran

• Hamilton, Ontario, Diocese of

  Located in Ontario, Canada; a suffragan of Toronto

• Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von

  A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856

• Hammurabi

  The sixth king of the first Babylonian dynasty

• Hamsted, Adrian

  Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581

• Haneberg, Daniel Bonifacius von

  German prelate and Orientalist of the nineteenth century, b. At Tanne near Kempten, Bavaria, 16 June, 1816

• Hanover

  The former Kingdom of Hanover has been a province of the Prussian monarchy since 20 September, 1866

• Hanse, Blessed Everald

  Priest martyred at Tyburn in 1581

• Hansiz, Markus

  Historian, b. at Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d. at Vienna, 5 September, 1766

• Hanthaler, Chrysostomus

  A Cistercian, historical investigator and writer (1690-1754)

• Hanxleden, Johann Ernest

  Jesuit missionary in the East Indies; b. at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d. in Malabar, 20 March, 1732

• Happiness

  The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening

• Haraldson, Saint Olaf

  Martyr and King of Norway, d. 1030

• Harbor Grace

  Diocese in Newfoundland, erected in 1856

• Hardee, William J.

  Soldier, convert, b. at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., 1817, d. at Wytheville, Virginia, 6 Nov., 1873

• Hardey, Mary Aloysia

  Of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who established all the convents of her order, up to the year 1883, in the eastern part of the United States, Canada, and Cuba; b. at Piscataway, Maryland, 1809; d. at Paris, France, 17 June. 1886

• Harding, St. Stephen

  English Cistercian, confessor, the third abbot of Citeaux, d. 1134

• Harding, Thomas

  Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516 d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572

• Hardman, Mary Juliana

  Known in religion as Sister Mary; b. 26 April, 1813; d. 24 March, 1884

• Hardouin, Jean

  Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, 23 Dec., 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; d. at Paris, 3 Sept., 1729

• Hardyng, John

  An English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1460

• Hare Indians

  A Dene tribe which shares with the Loucheux the distinction of being the northernmost in America, their habitat being immediately south of that of the Eskimos

• Harland, Henry

  American novelist (1861-1905)

• Harlay, Family of

  An important family of parliamentarians and bishops, who deserve a place in religious history

• Harlez de Deulin, Charles-Joseph de

  A Belgian Orientalist, domestic prelate, canon of the cathedral of Liege, member of the Academic Royale of Belgium; b. at Liege, 21 August, 1832; d. at Louvain, 14 July, 1899

• Harmony

  A concord of sounds, several tones of different pitch sounded as a chord; among the Greeks, the general term for music

• Harney

  William Selby Harney, soldier, convert; b. near Haysboro, Tennessee, U.S.A., 27 August, 1800; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, 9 May, 1889. John Milton Harney, brother of foregoing, b. in Delaware, 9 March, 1789; d. at Somerset, Kentucky, 15 January, 1825

• Harold, Francis

  Irish Franciscan and historical writer, d. at Rome, 18 March, 1685

• Harpasa

  A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis

• Harper, Thomas Morton

  Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London 26 Sept., 1821, of Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the City; d. 29 Aug., 1893

• Harrington, Ven. William

  Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1594

• Harrisburg

  Diocese in Pennsylvania

• Harris, Joel Chandler

  Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; born at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A., 1848; died at Atlanta, Georgia, 3 July, 1908

• Harrison, James

  Priest and martyr; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, 22 March, 1602

• Harrison, William

  Third and last archpriest of England, b. in Derbyshire in 1553; d. 11 May, 1621

• Harrowing of Hell

  This is the Old English and Middle English term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell (or Hades) between the time of His Crucifixion and His Resurrection, when, according to Christian belief, He brought salvation to the souls held captive there since the beginning of the world

• Hartford

  Diocese of Hartford, established by Gregory XVI, 18 Sept., 1843

• Hartley, Ven. William

  Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1588. Also some information on his companions in martyrdom John Hewitt, Robert Sutton, and John Harrison

• Hartmann, Georg

  Mechanician and physicist; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, 9 Feb. 1489; d. at Nuremberg, 9 April, 1564

• Hartmann von Aue

  A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; died between 1210 and 1220

• Hart, William

  English priest, was betrayed by an apostate on Christmas Day of 1582, chained in an underground dungeon, and martyred at York in 1583

• Hasak, Vincenz

  Historian, b. at Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia, 18 July, 1812; d. 1 September, 1889, as dean of Weisskirchlitz, near Teplitz

• Haschka, Lorenz Leopold

  A poet-author of the Austrian national anthem; b. at Vienna, 1 Sept. 1749, d. there 3 Aug., 1827, was in his youth a member of the Society of Jesus

• Haspinger, Johann Simon

  A Tyrolese priest and patriot; b. at Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d. in the imperial palace of Mirabell, Salzburg, 12 January, 1858

• Hassard, John Rose Greene

  An editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A., 4 September, 1836; d. in that city, 18 April, 1888

• Hasslacher, Peter

  Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876

• Hatred

  In general, a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other

• Hatto

  Archbishop of Mainz; b. of a noble Swabian family, c. 850; d. 15 May, 913

• Hatton, Edward Anthony

  Dominican, apologist; b. in 1701; d. at Stourton Lodge, near Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 October, 1783

• Hauara

  A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra

• Haudriettes

  A religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Etienne Haudry, a private secretary of St. Louis, King of France

• Haughery, Margaret

  'The mother of the orphans', as she was familiarly styled, b. in Cavan, Ireland, about 1814; d. at New Orleans, Louisiana, 9 February, 1882

• Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy

  Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896

• Hautecombe

  A Cistercian monastery near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy

• Hautefeuille, Jean de

  French physicist, b. at Orleans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724

• Hauteserre

  Antoine Dadin d'Hauteserre, born 1602, died 1682; a distinguished French historian and canonist, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Toulouse. Flavius Hauteserre, younger brother of the above, died about 1670; professor of law at Poitiers

• Haüy, René-Just

  Mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822

• Haüy, Valentin

  Founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the name of 'Father and Apostle of the Blind' (1745-1822)

• Hauzeur, Mathias

  A Franciscan theologian, b. at Verviers, 1589; d. at Liege 12 November, 1676, for many years professor of theology

• Havana

  Jurisdiction of the See of Havana comprises the two provinces of Havana and Matanzas

• Havestadt, Bernhard

  German Jesuit; b. at Cologne, 27 February, 1714; died at Muenster after 1778

• Hawarden, Edward

  Theologian and controversialist, b. in Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d. in London, 23 April, 1735

• Hawes, Stephen

  Poet; b. in Suffolk about 1474; d. about 1523

• Hawker, Robert Stephen

  Poet and antiquary; b. at Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d. there 15 August, 1875

• Hawkins, Sir Henry

  Raised to the peerage as Lord Brampton, eminent English lawyer and Judge, b. at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 14 September, 1817; d. at London, 12 October, 1907

• Haydn, Franz Joseph

  Famous composer (1732-1809)

• Haydn, Johann Michael

  Younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn (1737-1806)

• Haydock, George Leo

  Priest and biblical scholar (1774-1849)

• Haydock, Venerable George

  Biographical article on the English priest and martyr. Includes bibliography

• Hay, Edmund and John

  Edmund Hay, jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1540?; d. at Rome, 4 Nov., 1591. John Hay, kinsman and contemporary of Edmund, of the family of Hay of Dalgetti; b., 1546; d. at Pont-a-Mousson, 1608; a well-known scholar, professor, and writer

• Hay, George

  Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, 24 Aug., 1729; d. at Aquhorties, 18 Oct., 1811

• Haymo

  Benedictine bishop (d. 853)

• Haymo of Faversham

  English Franciscan and schoolman, b. at Faversham, Kent; d. at Anagni, Italy, in 1243, according to the most probable opinion; Wadding gives 1244

• Haynald, Lajos

  Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa-Bacs in Hungary; b. at Szecseny, 3 October, 1816; d. at Kalocsa, 3 July, 1891

• Hazart, Cornelius

  Controversialist, orator, and writer, b. 28 October, 1617, at Oudenarde in the Netherlands; entered the Society of Jesus, 24 Sept., 1634; d. 25 October, 1690, at Antwerp

• Healy, George Peter Alexander

  An American portrait and historical painter, b. at Boston, 15 July, 1808; d. at Chicago, 14 June 1894

• Hearse, Tenebrae

  The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service

• Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the

  Description, spiritual significance, and historical background of devotion to the Sacred Heart

• Heart of Mary, Congregations of

  Details on several congregations under this name

• Heart of Mary, Devotion to the

  Description of this devotion, along with its history

• Heath, Ven. Henry

  Short biography of the English Franciscan, martyred for being a priest. He died in 1643

• Heaven

  In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Genesis 1:20 speaks of the birds 'under the firmament of heaven'. In other passages it denotes the region of the stars that shine in the sky. Furthermore heaven is spoken of as the dwelling of God; for, although God is omnipresent, He manifests Himself in a special manner in the light and grandeur of the firmament

• Hebrew Bible

  As compared with the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with the exception of the seven deuterocanonical books, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Machabees, and the deuterocanonical portions of Esther (x, 4 to end) and Daniel (iii, 24-90; xiii; xiv)

• Hebrew Language and Literature

  Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament

• Hebrews, Epistle to the

  The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office

• Hebrides, New

  Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides; in Oceania

• Hebron

  An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David

• Hecker, Isaac Thomas

  Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888

• Hedonism

  The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with various modifications, that feelings of pleasure or happiness are the highest and final aim of conduct; that, consequently those actions which increase the sum of pleasure are thereby constituted right, and, conversely, what increases pain is wrong

• Hedwig, Saint

  Duchess of Silesia, aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Hedwig married Henry I, and was the mother of seven. Upon her husband's death, she entered a Cistercian monastery. Died 1243

• Heeney, Cornelius

  Merchant and philanthropist; b. in King's County, Ireland, 1754; d. at Brooklyn, U.S.A., 3 May, 1848

• Heereman von Zuydwyk, Freiherr von

  Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. 26 Aug., 1832, at Surenburg near Riesenbeck, Westphalia; d. 23 March, 1903, at Berlin

• Heeswijk

  A village in the diocese of Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Holland, in which the dispersed religious of the confiscated Norbertine Abbey of Berne created a new abbey and college

• Hefele, Karl Joseph von

  Bishop of Rottenburg, b. at Unterkochen, Wuertemberg, 15 March, 1890; d. at Rottenburg, 5 June, 1893

• Hegelianism

  Article by William Turner, evaluating this school of thought

• Hegesippus, Saint

  Second-century writer, opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism

• Hegesippus, The Pseudo-

  Fourth-century translator of Josephus

• Hegius, Alexander

  Humanist; b. probably in 1433, at Heeck (Westphalia); d. 7 December, 1498

• Heidelberg, University of

  The fame of Heidelberg is due to its university, which was founded in 1386 by the warlike Rupert I of Wittelsbach when he was over seventy years of age, on the model of the University of Paris

• Heiligenkreuz

  An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles northwest of Baden in Lower Austria

• Heilsbronn

  Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle Franconia

• Heilsbronn, Monk of

  This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn

• Heim, François Joseph

  French historical painter, b. near Belfort, 1787, d. in Paris, 1865

• Heinrich der Glïchezäre

  A Middle High German poet, author of a narrative poem 'Reinhart Fuchs'

• Heinrich von Ahaus

  Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany (1371-1439)

• Heinrich von Laufenberg

  A German poet of the fifteenth century, d. at Strasburg in 1460; he was a priest in Freiburg (Breisgau), and later dean of the cathedral

• Heinrich von Meissen

  Usually called 'Frauenlob' (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b. at Meissen about 1250; d. at Mainz, 1318

• Heinrich von Melk

  German satirist of the twelfth century; of knightly birth and probably a lay brother in the convent of Melk, in Styria

• Heinrich von Veldeke

  A medieval German poet of knightly rank; b. near Maastricht in the Netherlands about the middle of the twelfth century

• Heinz, Joseph

  Swiss painter (1564-1609)

• Heis, Eduard

  German astronomer, b. at Cologne, 18 February, 1806; d. at Muenster, Westphalia, 30 June, 1877

• Heisterbach

  A former Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge near the little town of Oberdollendorf in the Archdiocese of Cologne

• Helena (Montana)

  Erected from the Vicariate of Montana, 7 March, 1884

• Helena, Saint

  The mother of Constantine the Great, she died about 330

• Helen of Sköfde, Saint

  Biography of the twelfth-century Swedish widow and martyr, killed in perhaps the year 1160

• Helenopolis

  A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa

• Heliae, Paul

  A Carmelite, opponent of the Reformation in Denmark, born at Warberg (in the Laen of Halland), about 1480; died after 1534

• Heliand, The

  The oldest complete work of German literature

• Hélinand

  Medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer

• Heliogabalus

  The name adopted by Varius Avitus Bassianus, Roman emperor (218-222), born of a Syrian family and a grandnephew of Julia Domna, the consort of Emperor Septimus Severus

• Hell

  Hell (infernus) in theological usage is a place of punishment after death

• Hell, Maximilian

  Astronomer, b. at Schemnitz in Hungary, 15 May, 1720; d. at Vienna, 14 April, 1792

• Hello, Ernest

  19th-century French philosopher and essayist. Article by Susan Tracy Otten

• Helmold

  A historian, born in the first half of the twelfth century; died about 1177

• Helmont, Jan Baptista van

  Born at Brussels, 1577; died near Vilvorde, 30 December, 1644. This scientist, distinguished in the early annals of chemistry, belonged to a Flemish family

• Helpers of the Holy Souls, Society of the

  A religious order of women founded in Paris, France, 1856, with the object of assisting the Holy Souls, by [Blessed] Eugenie Smet (in religion, Marie de la Providence)

• Helpidius, Flavius Rusticius

  The name of several Latin writers

• Hélyot, Pierre

  Usually known as Hippolyte, his name in religion. Born at Paris, in 1660; died there 5 January, 1716

• Hemmerlin, Felix

  A provost at Solothurn, in Switzerland, born at Zurich, in 1388 or 1389; died about 1460

• Henderson, Issac Austin

  Theologian, musician, singer, and writer (1850-1909)

• Hendrick, Thomas Augustine

  Twenty-second Bishop of Cebu, Philippine Islands, b. at Penn Yan, New York, U.S.A., 29 Oct., 1849; d. at Cebu, 29 Nov., 1909

• Hengler, Lawrence

  Catholic priest and the inventor of the horizontal pendulum, b. at Reichenhofen, Wuertemberg, 3 Feb., 1806; d. at Tigerfeld, 1858

• Hennepin, Louis

  One of the most famous explorers in the wilds of North America during the seventeenth century

• Henoticon

  The unsuccessful law made by the Emperor Zeno in order to conciliate Catholics and Monophysites

• Henri de Saint-Ignace

  A Carmelite theologian, b. in 1630, at Ath in Hainaut, Belgium; d. in 1719 or 1720, near Liege

• Henrion, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste

  Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist; b. at Metz, 19 June, 1805; d. at Aix, September, 1862

• Henríquez, Crisóstomo

  A Cistercian of the Spanish Congregation; b. at Madrid, 1594; d. 23 December, 1632, at Louvain

• Henríquez, Enrique

  Jesuit theologian, b. at Oporto, 1536; d. at Tivoli, 28 January, 1608

• Henry II

  Biographical article that focuses on the King of England's constitutional and legal reforms, and his conflict with Thomas Becket

• Henry III

  German king and Holy Roman Emperor (1017-1056)

• Henry II, Saint

  Biography of the German king and Holy Roman Emperor, d. 1024

• Henry IV

  King of France and Navarre (1553-1610)

• Henry IV

  German king and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1108)

• Henry of Friemar

  German theologian; b. at Friemar, a small town near Gotha in Thuringia, about the end of the thirteenth century; d. probably at Erfurt about 1355

• Henry of Ghent

  A notable scholastic philosopher and theologian of the thirteenth century

• Henry of Herford

  Friar and chronicler; date of birth unknown; died at Minden, 9 Oct., 1370

• Henry of Huntingdon

  Historian; b. probably near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, between 1080 and 1085; d. 1155

• Henry of Kalkar

  Carthusian writer, b. at Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d. at Cologne, 20 December, 1408

• Henry of Langenstein

  Theologian and mathematician; b. about 1325 at the villa of Hainbuch (Hembuche), near Langenstein in Hesse; d. at Vienna, 11 Feb., 1397

• Henry of Nördlingen

  A Bavarian secular priest, of the fourteenth century, date of death unknown; the spiritual adviser of Margaretha Ebner (died 1351), the mystic of Medingen

• Henry of Rebdorf

  Alleged author of an imperial and papal chronicle of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

• Henry of Segusio, Blessed

  Usually called Hostiensis. Italian canonist, bishop of Ostia, d. 1261

• Henryson, Robert

  Scottish poet, born probably 1420-1430; died about 1500

• Henry Suso, Blessed

  Biography of this German Dominican mystic, d. 1366

• Henry the Navigator, Prince

  Born 4 March, 1394; died 13 November, 1460; he was the fourth son of John I, King of Portugal, by Queen Philippa, a daughter of John of Gaunt

• Henry V

  German king and Holy Roman Emperor (1081-1125)

• Henry VI

  German king and Holy Roman Emperor (1165-1197)

• Henry VIII

  Lengthy article which concentrates on Henry's break with the Church of Rome

• Henschen, Godfrey

  Jesuit, hagiographer; b. at Venray (Limburg), 21 June, 1601; d. at Antwerp, 11 Sept., 1681

• Hensel, Luise

  Poetess and convert; born at Linum, 30 March, 1798; died. at Paderborn, 18 December, 1876

• Henten, John

  John Henton, Biblical exegete, born 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium; died 10 Oct., 1566

• Heortology

  The science of sacred festivals, embracing the principles of their origin, significance, and historical development, with reference to epochs or incidents in the Christian year

• Hephæstus

  A titular see of Augustamnica Prima, mentioned by Hierocles (Synecd., 727, 9), by George of Cyprus, and by certain rare documents, as among the thirteen towns of that province

• Heptarchy

  By the term heptarchy is understood that complexus of seven kingdoms, into which, roughly speaking, Anglo-Saxon Britain was divided for nearly three centuries, until at last the supremacy, about the year 829, fell definitely and finally into the hands of Wessex

• Heraclas

  Bishop of Alexandria from 231 or 232; to 247 or 248

• Heraclea

  A titular see of Thracia Prima

• Heraldry, Ecclesiastical

  Information on heraldry as it is used in and by the Catholic Church

• Herbart and Herbartianism

  Article on the life and philosophy of Johann Friedrich Herbart, by Michael Maher

• Herbert of Bosham

  A biographer of St. Thomas Becket, dates of birth and death unknown

• Herbert of Derwentwater, Saint

  Short biography of the seventh-century anchorite

• Herbert of Lea, Lady Elizabeth

  English authoress and philanthropist (1822-1911)

• Herbst, Johann Georg

  Born at Rottweil, in Wuertemberg, 13 January, 1787; died 31 July, 1836

• Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Alejandro

  Born at Lisbon, 28 March, 1810; died near Santarem, 13 Sept., 1877

• Herder

  The name of a German firm of publishers and booksellers

• Herdtrich, Christian Wolfgang

  An Austrian Jesuit missionary in China; born at Graz, Styria, 25 June, 1625; d. 18 July, 1684

• Heredity

  The offspring tends to resemble, sometimes with extraordinary closeness, the parents

• Hereford, Ancient Diocese of

  Located in England

• Hereswitha, Saint

  Also known as Haeresvid or Hereswyde, blood sister of St. Hilda of Whitby. Mother, widow, and nun

• Heresy

  St. Thomas defines heresy: 'a species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas'

• Hergenröther, Joseph

  Church historian and canonist, first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b. at Wuerzburg, 15 Sept., 1824; d. at Mehrerau (Bodensee), 3 Oct., 1890

• Heribert

  Archbishop of Milan (1018-1045)

• Heribert, Saint

  Archbishop of Cologne, d. 1021

• Heriger of Lobbes

  A medieval theologian and historian; born about 925; died 31 October, 1007

• Herincx, William

  A theologian, born at Helmond, North Brabant, 1621; died 17 Aug., 1678

• Hermann I

  Landgrave of Thuringia (1190-1217), famous as a patron of medieval German poets

• Hermann Joseph, Saint

  Biographical article on this German Premonstratensian mystic, who died in 1241

• Hermann of Altach

  A medieval historian; b. 1200 or 1201; d. 31 July, 1275

• Hermann of Fritzlar

  With this name are connected two works on mysticism written in German

• Hermann of Minden

  Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date; d. shortly after 1294

• Hermann of Salza

  Fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, descendant of the noble Thuringian house of Salza; b. 1180 at Langensalza in Thuringia; d. 19 March, 1239, at Barletta in Southern Italy

• Hermanos Penitentes, Los

  A society of flagellants existing among the Spanish of New Mexico and Colorado.

• Hermas

  First or second century, author of the book called 'The Shepherd' (Poimen, Pastor), a work which had great authority in ancient times and was ranked with Holy Scripture

• Hermas, Saint

  The Roman Martyrology includes for 18 August Roman martyrs Hermas, Serapion, and Polyaenus. Ten days later a Roman martyr Hermes and Alexandrian martyrs Polienus and Serapion are commemorated. Perhaps they are the same

• Hermeneutics

  Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god Hermes, the reputed messenger and interpreter of the gods

• Hermengild, Saint

  The son of an Arian Visigothic king. His mother and wife were Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism, and resisted Arianism. He was beheaded in 585

• Hermes, George

  Joseph Schulte's treatment of this German religious thinker

• Hermes, Saint

  Martyr, Bishop of Salano (Spalato) in Dalmatia

• Hermite, Charles

  Mathematician, born at Dieuze, Lorraine, 24 December, 1822; d. at Paris, 14 January, 1901;

• Hermits

  Also called anchorites, men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement

• Hermon

  A group of mountains forming the southern extremity of Anti-Lebanon, and marking on the east of the Jordan the northern boundary of Israel

• Hermopolis Magna

  A titular see of Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoe, in Egypt

• Hermopolis Parva

  A titular see of Aegyptus Prima, suffragan of Alexandria

• Herod

  Herod was the name of many rulers mentioned in the N.T. and in history. It was known long before the time of the biblical Herods

• Herodias

  Wife of Herod Philip, and mistress of Herod Antipas

• Heroic Act of Charity

  A decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences dated 18 December, 1885, and confirmed the following day by Leo XIII

• Heroic Virtue

  St. Augustine first applied the pagan title of hero to the Christian martyrs

• Herp, Henry

  A fifteenth century Franciscan of the Strict Observance and a distinguished writer on mysticism

• Herrad of Landsberg

  A twelfth-century abbess, author of the 'Hortus Deliciarum'; born about 1130, at the castle of Landsberg, the seat of a noble Alsatian family; died 1195

• Herregouts

  There were three artists of the name of Herregouts, father, son, and grandson, of whom the chief was Hendrik, the son of David, and the father of Jan

• Herrera Barnuevo, Sebastiano de

  A painter, architect, sculptor and etcher; born in Madrid, 1611 or 1619; died there, 1671

• Herrera, Fernando de

  A Spanish lyric poet; born 1537; died 1597

• Herrera, Francisco

  A Spanish painter, etcher, medallist, and architect; born in Seville, 1576; died in Madrid, 1656

• Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de

  A Spanish historian; born at Cuellar, in the province of Segovia, in 1559; died at Madrid, 27 March, 1625

• Herrgott, Marquard

  A Benedictine historian and diplomat (1694-1762)

• Hersfeld

  An ancient imperial abbey of the Benedictine Order

• Hervás y Panduro, Lorenzo

  Spanish Jesuit and famous philologist; b. at Horcajo, 1 May, 1735; d. at Rome, 24 August, 1809

• Hervetus, Gentian

  French theologian and controversialist; b. at Olivet, near Orleans, in 1499; d. at Reims, 12 September, 1584

• Hesebon

  A titular see of the province of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra

• Hesse

  The name of a German tribe, and also a district in Germany extending along the Lahn, Eder, Fulda, Werra, and the Lower Main and Rhine

• Hessels, Jean

  A distinguished theologian of Louvain; born 1522; died 1566

• Hesychasm

  Hesychasts (hesychastes — quietist) were people, nearly all monks, who defended the theory that it is possible by an elaborate system of asceticism, detachment from earthly cares, submission to an approved master, prayer, especially perfect repose of body and will, to see a mystic light; which is none other than the uncreated light of God

• Hesychius of Alexandria

  Grammarian and lexicographer; of uncertain date, but assigned by most authorities to the later fourth or earlier fifth century

• Hesychius of Jerusalem

  Presbyter and exegete, probably of the fifth century

• Hesychius of Sinai

  A priest and monk of the Order of St. Basil in the Thorn-bush (Batos) monastery on Mt. Sinai, and ascetic author of the Byzantine period in literature

• Hethites

  One of the many peoples of North-Western Asia, styled Hittim in the Hebrew Bible, Khuti or Kheta on the Egyptian monuments, and Hatti in the cuneiform documents

• Hettinger, Franz

  A Catholic theologian; born 13 January, 1819, at Aschaffenburg; died 26 January, 1890, at Wuerzburg

• Heude, Pierre

  Missionary to China and zoologist (1836-1902)

• Hewett, John

  English martyr; son of William Hewett of York; date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, 6 October, 1588

• Hewit, Augustine Francis

  Priest and second Superior General of the Institute of St. Paul the Apostle (1820-1897)

• Hexapla

  Article on Origen's compilation of six ancient versions of the Bible in parallel columns, his purpose and the principles that guided his work

• Hexateuch

  A name commonly used by the critics to designate the first six books of the Old Testament, i.e. the Pentateuch and Josue

• Hexham and Newcastle

  Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Hagulstadensis et Novocastrensis)

• Heynlin of Stein, Johann

  A theologian, born about 1425; died at Basle, 12 March, 1496

• Heywood, Jasper and John

  Jasper Heywood, poet and translator; born 1535 in London; died 1598 at Naples. John Heywood, father of Jasper, dramatist and epigrammatist; born probably c. 1497; died about 1580

• Hibernians, Ancient Order of

  This organization grew up gradually among the Catholics of Ireland owing to the dreadful hardships and persecutions to which they were subjected

• Hickey, Antony

  A theologian, born in the Barony of Islands, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1586; died in Rome, 26 June, 1641

• Hidalgo, Miguel

  Mexican patriot (1753-1811)

• Hierapolis

  Titular Archdiocese, metropolis of the Province of Euphrates, in the Patriarchate of Antioch

• Hierapolis

  Titular see of Phrygia Salutaris

• Hierarchy

  This word has been used to denote the totality of ruling powers in the Church, ever since the time of the Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita (sixth century), who consecrated the expression in his works, 'The Celestial Hierarchy' and 'The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy'

• Hierarchy of the Early Church

  The word hierarchy is used here to denote the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon (ministri)

• Hierocæsarea

  A titular see of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis

• Hieronymites

  In the fourth century, certain Roman ladies, following St. Paula, embraced the religious life in Bethlehem, putting themselves under the direction of St. Jerome, who had founded a monastery in that city

• Hierotheus

  All attempts to establish as historical a personality corresponding to the Hierotheus who appears in the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius are rendered abortive by the fact, now definitely proven, that those writings, with intent to mislead, weave into their narrative various fictitious personalities of the Apostolic Era, such as Peter, James, John, Timothy, Carpus, and others

• Higden, Ranulf

  Benedictine chronicler (d. 1364)

• High Priest, The

  The chief priest in the Old Testament

• Hilarion, Saint

  Hermit, died in about 371

• Hilarius of Sexten

  Moral theologian (1839-1900)

• Hilarius, Pope Saint

  As an archdeacon, he had acted as one of Pope St. Leo the Great's legates at the 'Robber Synod.' Biographical article

• Hilary of Arles, Saint

  Biographical article on this 5th-century archbishop

• Hilary of Poitiers, Saint

  Biographical article on this bishop, a staunch opponent of Arianism, who died in 368. Includes bibliography

• Hilda, Saint

  Biographical article on the influential abbess, who died in 680

• Hildebert of Lavardin

  Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours, and celebrated medieval poet; b. about 1056, at the Castle of Lavardin near Montoir on the Loire; d. 8 December, 1133 or 1134

• Hildegard, Saint

  Seer and prophet, Sibyl of the Rhine, d. 1179. Never formally canonized, but she is listed in the Roman Martyrology

• Hildesheim

  An exempt see, comprising the Prussian province of Hanover east of the Weser, besides the Duchy of Brunswick

• Hilduin, Abbot of St-Denis

  Died 22 November, 840

• Hillel

  Short essay on the Jewish rabbi and philosopher

• Hill, Ven. Richard

  A Yorkshireman and priest, executed in 1590. Martyred together with John Hogg, Richard Holiday, and Edmund Duke

• Hilton, Walter

  Article about the spiritual writings of this Augustinian mystic, d. 1396

• Himeria

  A titular see in the province of Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa

• Himerius

  An Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, 385

• Hincmar of Laon

  A bishop of Laon, died 879

• Hincmar of Reims

  Archbishop of Reims

• Hinderer, Roman

  A German missionary in China, born at Reiningen, near Muelhausen, in Alsace, 21 Sept., 1668; died 24 Aug., 1744

• Hinduism

  The conglomeration of religious beliefs and practices existing in India that have grown out of ancient Brahminism

• Hingston, Sir William Hales

  Canadian physician and surgeon, b. at Hinchinbrook near Huntingdon, Quebec, June 29, 1829; d. at Montreal, 19 February, 1907

• Hippo Diarrhytus

  Titular see of Northern Africa

• Hippolytus of Rome, Saint

  Presbyter, antipope, martyr, died about 236

• Hippolytus, Saints

  Several mentions of a saint or saints named Hippolytus occur in the Roman Martyrology. Some must be identified with Hippolytus of Rome, but at least one (a 'Greek martyr') cannot possibly be the same person as the Roman presbyter

• Hippo Regius

  Titular see of Numidia

• Hirena

  Titular see of Tunis

• Hirschau, Abbey of

  A celebrated Benedictine monastery in Wuertemberg, Diocese of Spires

• Hirscher, Johann Baptist von

  Professor of moral theology and catechetics at the University of Freiburg in the Breisgau

• History, Ecclesiastical

  A survey of the role of church history, the history of the Catholic Church and historiography of church history

• Hittorp, Melchior

  A theologian and liturgical writer, born about 1525, at Cologne; died there in 1584

• Hladnik, Franz von Paula

  Botanist and schoolmaster (1773-1844)

• Hobart

  Archdiocese comprises Tasmania, Bruni Island, and the Cape Barren, Flinders, King, and other islands in Bass Straits

• Hodgson, Sydney

  Was martyred in 1591 for having assisted priests and for being a convert to Catholicism

• Hofer, Andreas

  A patriot and soldier, born at St. Leonhard in Passeyrthale, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1767; executed at Mantua, 20 Feb., 1810

• Höfler, Konstantin von

  Historian; born at Memmingen, Bavaria, 26 March, 1811; died at Prague, 29 December, 1898

• Hogan, John Baptist

  Better known, on account of his long sojourn in France, as Abbe Hogan (1829-1901)

• Hohenbaum van der Meer, Moritz

  A Benedictine historian; born at Spoerl near Belgrade, 25 June, 1718; died at the monastery of Rheinau, near Schaffhausen in Switzerland, 18 December, 1795

• Hohenburg

  A suppressed nunnery, situated on the Odilienberg, the most famous of the Vosges mountains in Alsace

• Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Alexander Leopold

  A titular Bishop of Sardica, famous for his many supposedly miraculous cures (1794-1849)

• Holbein, Hans

  A German painter; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in 1524

• Holden, Henry

  An English priest; born 1596; died March, 1662

• Holiness

  Holiness or sanctity is the outcome of sanctification, that Divine act by which God freely justifies us, and by which He has claimed us for His own; by our resulting sanctity, in act as well as in habit, we claim Him as our Beginning and as the End towards which we daily unflinchingly tend

• Hollanders in the United States

  Statistics and other information about Dutch immigrants

• Holland, Ven. Thomas

  Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1642

• Holmes, John

  Catholic educator and priest; born at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; died at Lorette, near Quebec, Canada, in 1852

• Holocaust

  As suggested by its Greek origin (holos 'whole', and kaustos 'burnt') the word designates an offering entirely consumed by fire, in use among the Jews and some pagan nations of antiquity. [Definition from 1910.]

• Holstenius, Lucas

  German philologist, b. at Hamburg, 1596; d. at Rome, 2 February, 1661

• Holtei, Karl von

  German novelist, poet, and dramatist; b. at Breslau, 24 January, 1798; d. in that city, 12 February, 1880

• Holy Childhood, Association of the

  A children's association for the benefit of foreign missions

• Holy Child Jesus, Society of the

  Founded in England in 1840 by Mrs. Cornelia Connelly, nee Peacock, a native of Philadelphia, U.S.A., who had become a convert to the Catholic Faith in 1835

• Holy Coat

  The possession of the seamless garment of Christ, for which the soldiers cast lots at the Crucifixion, is claimed by the cathedral of Trier and by the parish church of Argenteuil

• Holy Cross Abbey

  The ruins of this monastery are situated on the right bank of the River Suir, about three miles southwest of the cathedral town of Thurles, Co. Tipperary

• Holy Cross, Congregation of

  A body of priests and lay brothers constituted in the religious state by the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and bearing the common name of Religious of Holy Cross

• Holy Cross, Sisters Marianites of

  Founded in 1841, in the parish of Holy Cross near Le Mans, Sarthe, France, by a priest of the same city, Basile-Antoine Moreau

• Holy Cross, Sisters of the

  Mother House, St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame, Indiana

• Holy Faith, Sisters of the

  Founded at Dublin, in 1857, by Margaret Aylward, under the direction of Rev. John Gowan, C.M., for the care of Catholic orphans

• Holy Family, Archconfraternity of the

  This archconfraternity owes its origin to Henri Belletable, an officer in the Engineers' Corps, Liege, Belgium

• Holy Family, Congregations of the

  Details of various groups by this name

• Holy Ghost

  The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms an integral part of her teaching on the mystery of the Holy Trinity

• Holy Ghost, Orders of the

  The Hospital of the Holy Ghost at Rome was the cradle of an order, which, beginning in the thirteenth century, spread throughout all the countries of Christendom, and whose incalculable services have been recognized by every historian of medicine

• Holy Ghost, Religious Congregations of the

  Several groups by this name are covered

• Holy House of Loreto

  Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the 'Holy House' of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of Italy

• Holy Humility of Mary, Sisters of the

  Founded at Dommartin-sous-Amance, France, in 1855, by John Joseph Begel (b. 5 April, 1817; d. 23 Jan., 1884), pastor of the two villages of Laitre and Dommartin

• Holy Infancy, Brothers of the

  Founded in 1853 by the Right Rev. John Timon, the first Bishop of Buffalo. The special aim of this congregation is the sanctification of its members and the care of destitute and wayward boys

• Holy Innocents

  Fairly long article on these children, and the commemoration of their martyrdom. Both Western and Eastern Christianity

• Holy Name, Feast of the

  Formerly the second Sunday after Epiphany, no longer on the Roman Calendar. Article's value is mostly historical. Mentions some of the more beautiful hymns addressed to Jesus

• Holy Name, Litany of the

  Does not give the text of the litany itself, but mentions many of the titles of Jesus Christ

• Holy Name of Jesus

  Reverence for the name of Jesus is not optional for believers. Article highlights the Scriptural reasons, and describes some customary ways of showing reverence

• Holy Name, Society of the

  A.k.a. Holy Name Society. Men's confraternity to encourage prayer

• Holy Oils

  Oil is a product of great utility the symbolic signification of which harmonizes with its natural uses. It serves to sweeten, to strengthen, to render supple; and the Church employs it for these purposes in its rites

• Holy Oils, Vessels for

  In Christian antiquity there existed an important category of vessels used as receptacles for holy oil

• Holy Orders

  The sacrament by which grace and spiritual power for the discharge of ecclesiastical offices are conferred.

• Holyrood Abbey

  Located in Edinburgh, Scotland; founded in 1128 by King David I for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, probably brought from St. Andrews

• Holy Saturday

  In the early Church this was the only Saturday on which fasting was permitted (Constit. Apost., VII, 23), and the fast was one of special severity

• Holy See

  A term derived from the enthronement-ceremony of the bishops of Rome

• Holy Sepulchre

  The tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death upon the Cross

• Holy Sepulchre, Canonesses Regular of the

  Concerning the foundation there is only a tradition connecting it with St. James the Apostle and representing St. Helena as invested with the habit by St. Macanus, Bishop of Jerusalem

• Holy Sepulchre, Fathers of the

  Franciscan Fathers, who with lay brothers keep watch over the Holy Sepulchre and the sanctuaries of the basilica

• Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the

  A secular confraternity which gradually grew up around the most august of the Holy Places

• Holy Stairs (Scala Sancta)

  Consisting of twenty-eight white marble steps, at Rome, near the Lateran; according to tradition the staircase leading once to the praetorium of Pilate at Jerusalem, hence sanctified by the footsteps of Our Lord during his Passion

• Holy Synod

  The name of the council by which the Church of Russia and, following its example, many other Orthodox Churches are governed

• Holy Thursday

  The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week

• Holy Water

  In the earliest Christian times, water was used for expiatory and purificatory purposes, to a way analogous to its employment under the Jewish Law

• Holy Week

  The week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, and which consequently is used to commemorate the Passion of Christ, and the event which immediately led up to it

• Holywell

  Two documents of the twelfth century, preserved in the British Museum, and printed by the Bollandists, give its history, with the earliest record of the miraculous cures effected by its waters

• Holywood, Christopher

  Jesuit; b. At Artane, Dublin, in 1559; d. 4 September, 1626

• Holywood, John

  John Holywood, a monk of English origin, lived in the first half of the thirteenth century as professor of astronomy at Paris; died in that city, 1256

• Holy Year of Jubilee

  Background information relating to the Jubilee

• Holzhauser, Bartholomew

  Parish priest, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of a religious community; born 24 Aug., 1613, at Laugna in the Diocese of Augsburg, Bavaria; died 20 May, 1658

• Homes

  This term, when used in an eleemosynary sense, covers all institutions that afford the general comforts of domestic life to persons who are defective and dependent

• Homicide

  Signifies, in general, the killing of a human being. In practice, however, the word has come to mean the unjust taking away of human life, perpetrated by one distinct from the victim and acting in a private capacity

• Homiletics

  Lengthy historical article. Includes extensive bibliography

• Homiliarium

  A collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels

• Homily

  Etymology, early development. Also a summary of four ways of preaching on Scripture

• Homoousion

  The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ

• Honduras

  The territory of the vicariate is co-extensive with that of the British Crown Colony of the same name

• Hong-Kong

  A prefect Apostolic under the Bishop of Macao was nominated by Gregory XVI (1846); a vicariate Apostolic was created in 1874

• Honoratus a Sancta Maria

  A Discalced Carmelite; born at Limoges, 4 July, 1651; died at Lille, 1729

• Honoratus, Saint

  Founder of the famous monastery at Lerins, Archbishop of Arles, d. 429

• Honorius, Flavius

  Roman Emperor, d. 25 August, 423

• Honorius III, Pope

  Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227

• Honorius II, Pope

  Archdeacon of Bologna. Died at Rome, 14 February, 1130

• Honorius I, Pope

  Reigned 625-638

• Honorius IV, Pope

  Born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, 3 April, 1287

• Honorius of Autun

  A theologian, philosopher, and encyclopedic writer who lived in the first half of the twelfth century

• Honorius, Saint

  Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 653

• Honour

  May be defined as the deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or station

• Hontheim, Johannes Nicolaus von

  An auxiliary Bishop of Trier; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at Montquentin, near Orval, 2 Sept., 1790

• Hood

  A flexible, conical, brimless head-dress, covering the entire head, except the face

• Hoogstraten, Jacob van

  A theologian and controversialist, born about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, Belgium; died in Cologne, 24 January, 1527

• Hooke, Luke Joseph

  Born at Dublin in 1716; died at St. Cloud, Paris, 16 April, 1796, son of Nathaniel Hooke the historian

• Hope

  The desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it

• Hope-Scott, James Robert

  Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. 15 July, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d. in London, 29 April, 1873

• Hopi Indians

  A tribe of Pueblo Indians of Shoshonean stock

• Hôpital, Guillaume-François-Antoine de L'

  Marquis de Sainte-Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at Paris, 2 February, 1704

• Hopkins, Gerard Manley

  Jesuit and poet (1844-1889)

• Hormisdas, Pope Saint

  Died 523. The father of Pope Silverius

• Horner, Nicholas

  Short biography of the London tailor, a layman, who was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1590 for assisting a Catholic priest

• Hornyold, John Joseph

  A titular Bishop of Phiomelia, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, England; born 19 February, 1706; died at Longbirch, Staffordshire, 26 December, 1778

• Hortulus Animæ

  A prayer book popular in the early years of the sixteenth century

• Hosanna

  The general opinion is that of St. Jerome, that the word originated from two Hebrew words of Psalm 117:25. This psalm, was recited by one of the priests every day during the procession round the altar, during the Feast of Tabernacles, when the people were commanded to 'rejoice before the Lord' (Levitucs 13:40); and on the seventh day it was recited each time during the seven processions

• Hosea

  The prophet and his book

• Hosius of Cordova

  The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; born about 256; died about 358

• Hosius, Stanislaus

  Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Ermland; born of German parents at Cracow, 5 May, 1504; died at Capranica, near Rome, S August, 1579

• Hospice

  During the early centuries of Christianity the hospice was a shelter for the sick, the poor, the orphans, the old, the travellers and the needy of every kind

• Hospitality

  In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West

• Hospitallers

  During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout, religious of both sexes lived under one roof, following the Rule of St. Augustine

• Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem

  The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration

• Hospitals

  Originally, hospital meant a place where strangers or visitors were received; in the course of time, its use was restricted to institutions for the care of the sick

• Hospital Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus

  These sisters are established in religion under the Rule of St. Augustine, the institute being dependent on the pope represented by the bishop

• Hospitius, Saint

  Popularly known as Sospis. A hermit, he died in 581

• Hossche, Sidron de

  Poet and priest; born at Mercken, West Flanders, in 1596; died at Tongres in 1653

• Host

  Archaeological and historical aspects

• Host, Johann

  One of the seven Dominicans, who distinguished themselves in the struggle against Luther in Cologne

• Hottentots

  One of three tribes of South Africa which may be divided Bantus, Hottentots, and Bushmen

• Houbigant, Charles François

  Oratorian, one of the ablest Biblical scholars of his time. Born in Paris, 1686; died there 31 October, 1783

• Houdon, Jean-Antoine

  Born at Versailles, 1741; died 16 July, 1828; the most distinguished sculptor of France during the latter half of the eighteenth century

• Houdry, Vincent

  Preacher and writer on ascetics; b. 23 January, 1631, at Tours; d. 21 March, 1729, at Paris

• Houghton, John, Blessed

  Biography of the Carthusian martyr, who died in 1535, and details on some of his companions in martyrdom

• Houghton, William

  Archbishop of Dublin, date and place of birth unknown; died at Dijon, 1298

• Hove, Peter van

  Friar Minor, lector in theology and exegete; b. at Rethy, in Campine (Belgium); d. at Antwerp, in 1793

• Howard, Mary, of the Holy Cross

  Poor Clare, born 28 December, 1653; died at Rouen, 21 Mary's 1735

• Howard, Philip Thomas

  Dominican and cardinal, commonly called the 'Cardinal of Norfolk'; born at Arundel House, London, 21 September, 1629; died at Rome, 17 June, 1694

• Howard, Philip, Venerable

  Biographical article on the Earl of Arundel, martyred in 1595

• Howard, Venerable William

  Biography of the Viscount Stafford, who headed the list of Catholic lords pursued by Titus Oates in the so-called Popish Plot. Imprisoned in the Tower and tried before the House of Lords, Stafford was executed in 1680

• Hroswitha

  A celebrated nun-poetess of the tenth century, whose name has been given in various forms, Roswitha, Hrotswitha, Hrosvitha, and Hrotsuit; born probably between 930 and 940, died about 1002

• Huajuápam de León

  Diocese in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected by Bull of Leo XIII

• Huánuco

  Suffragan of Lima in Peru

• Huaraz

  Suffragan of Lima. It comprises the entire department of Ancachs in the Republic of Peru

• Huber, Alphons

  Historian; born 14 October, 1834, at Fuegen, Zillerthal (Tyrol); died 23 November, 1898, at Vienna

• Hubert, Jean-François

  The ninth Bishop of Quebec, born at Quebec, 23 February, 1739; died 17 October, 1799

• Hubert, Saint

  Confessor, first bishop of Liege, d. 727 or 728

• Hubert, Saint, Military Orders of

  The highest order of Bavaria, founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard V, Duke of Juelich, in commemoration of a victory gained on St. Hubert's day (3 Nov.); some, however, date the establishment as late as 1473 and 1475

• Hubert Walter

  Archbishop of Canterbury (1193-1205); died 13 July, 1205

• Hübner, Count Alexander

  An Austrian statesman, born 26 Nov., 1811; died 30 July, 1892

• Hucbald of St-Amand

  A Benedictine monk; born in 840; died in 930 or 932

• Huc, Evariste Régis

  A French Lazarist missionary and traveller; born at Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne), 1 June, 1813; died at Paris, 26 March, 1860

• Huddleston, John

  Monk of the Order of St. Benedict; b. at Farington Hall, Lancashire, 15 April, 1608; exact date of death unknown; buried at London, 13 September, 1698

• Hudson, Blessed James

  Also called James Hudson. Priest who was imprisoned and then martyred at York in 1582

• Hueber, Fortunatus

  A Franciscan historian and theologian, born at Neustadt on the Danube; died 12 Feb., 1706, at Munich

• Huelgas de Burgos

  Founded by Alfonso VIII at the instance of his consort, Dona Leonor of England, about the year 1180

• Huesca

  Diocese embracing parts of the province of Huesca in north-eastern Spain, seven parishes in the Broto valley and three within the limits of the Archdiocese of Saragossa, one parish being situated in the city of Saragossa itself

• Huet, Pierre-Daniel

  A distinguished savant and celebrated French bishop; born 8 February, 1630, at Caen (Normandy), where his father, a convert from Calvinism, was sheriff; died at Paris, 26 January, 1721

• Hüffer, Hermann

  Historian and jurist; born 24 March, 1830, at Muenster in Westphalia; died at Bonn, 15 March, 1905

• Hugh Capet

  King of France, founder of the Capetian dynasty, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. about 996, probably 24 October

• Hughes, John

  Fourth bishop and first Archbishop of New York, born at Annaloghan, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 24 June, 1797 of Patrick Hughes and Margaret McKenna: died in New York, 3 January, 1864

• Hugh of Digne

  Friar Minor and ascetical writer; b. at Digne, south-east France, date uncertain; d. at Marseilles about 1285

• Hugh of Flavigny

  Benedictine monk and historian; b. about 1064, probably at Verdun (Lorraine); d. before the middle of the twelfth century

• Hugh of Fleury

  Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer; d. not before 1118

• Hugh of Lincoln, Saint

  Biography of this Augustinian and later a Carthusian, d. 1200, canonized 1220

• Hugh of Remiremont

  Cardinal, born of a noble family, probably in Lorraine, died soon after 1098

• Hugh of St-Cher

  Dominican cardinal (1200-1263)

• Hugh of Strasburg

  Theologian, flourished during the latter half of the thirteenth century

• Hugh of St. Victor

  Lengthy essay on the life and writings of this philosopher, theologian, and mystical writer

• Hugh, Saint

  Article on Little St. Hugh of Lincoln

• Hugh the Great, Saint

  Biographical article on the distinguished and influential Abbot of Cluny, d. 1109

• Hug, Johann Leonhard

  A German Catholic exegete, b. at Constance, 1 June, 1765; d. at Freiburg im Br., 11 March, 1846

• Hugo, Charles-Hyacinthe

  Historiographer of the Norbertine Order (1667-1739)

• Huguccio

  Italian canonist, b. at Pisa, date unknown; d. in 1210

• Huguenots

  An extensive history of this French Protestant tradition

• Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth von

  Biographical article on 'Germany's greatest poetess.'

• Hulst, Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'

  A prelate, writer, orator; born at Paris, 10 Oct., 1841; died there, 6 Nov., 1896

• Humanism

  The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity

• Humbert of Romans

  Fifth Dominican master general (1194-1277)

• Humeral Veil

  The name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 feet long and 18 inches wide

• Humiliati

  A penitential order dating back, according to some authorities, to the beginning of the eleventh, but more probably to the beginning of the twelfth century, to the reign of Emperor Henry V, who, after quelling a rebellion in Lombardy, led the principal nobles of the cities implicated back to Germany as captives

• Humility

  The word humility signifies lowliness or submissiveness and it is derived from the Latin humilitas or, as St. Thomas says, from humus, i.e. the earth which is beneath us

• Humphrey Middlemore, Blessed

  English Carthusian priest and martyr, was executed in 1535 for unwillingness to take the oath of supremacy

• Humphreys, Laurence

  Short account of the life of this young layman who was martyred in 1591 for words allegedly uttered when he was seriously ill

• Hungarian Catholics in America

  Information about immigrants from this country

• Hungarian Literature

  History from the pre-Reformation period to the modern period

• Hungary

  History of the country

• Hunolt, Franz

  The most popular German preacher of the early part of the eighteenth century, b. 31 March, 1691, at Siegen; d. 12 September, 1746, at Trier

• Hunter, Sylvester Joseph

  English Jesuit priest and educator; b. at Bath, 13 Sept., 1829; d. at Stonyhurst, 20 June, 1896

• Hunting, Canons on

  From early times, hunting, in one form or another has been forbidden to clerics

• Huntington, Jedediah Vincent

  Clergyman, novelist; born 20 January, 1815, in New York City; died 10 March, 1862, at Pau, France

• Hunt, Ven. Thurston

  When Robert Middleton was arrested, Hunt tried to rescue him but was captured. The two priests were martyred at Lancaster in 1601. Efforts by the government to bring the condemned men into public disrepute were failures

• Hunyady, János

  Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456

• Huron Indians

  If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing apart territorially, within historical times, as did the Tuskaroras, the Cherokees, and the Andastes

• Hurst, Richard

  Also called Richard Herst. Layman martyred at Lancaster in 1628 following a show trial

• Hurtado, Caspar

  A Spanish Jesuit and theologian, b. at Mondejar, New Castle, in 1575; d. at Alcala, 5 August, 1647

• Hurter

  Several members of this family detailed

• Husenbeth, Frederick Charles

  Writer and editor, born at Bristol, 30 May, 1796; died at Cossey, Norfolk, 31 October, 1872

• Hus, Jan

  Biographical article, with extensive hyperlinks

• Hussey, Thomas

  Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at Tramore, Co. Waterford, 11 July, 1803

• Hussites

  The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although Hus and even Jerome of Prague are also named as their leaders

• Hutton, Peter

  Priest, b. at Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 29 June, 1811; d. at Ratcliffe, Leicestershire, England, 2 Sept., 1880

• Huysmans, Joris Karl

  French novelist (1848-1907)

• Hyacintha Mariscotti, Saint

  Third Order Franciscan, founder of the Oblates of Mary (Sacconi), died 1640

• Hyacinth and Protus, Saints

  Martyrs in the Valerian persecution (257-259)

• Hyacinth, Saint

  Polish Dominican, died in 1257

• Hydatius of Lemica

  Chronicler and bishop (d. 468)

• Hyderabad-Deccan, Diocese of

  Hyderabad, also called Bhagnagar, and Fakhunda Bunyad, capital of the Nizam's dominions, was founded in 1589, by Mohammed Kuli, King of Golconda

• Hyginus, Pope Saint

  Greek by birth, the successor of Pope Telesphorus. Died in about 142

• Hylozoism

  The doctrine according to which all matter possesses life

• Hymn

  A derivative of the Latin hymnus, which comes from the Greek hymnos, derived from hydein, to sing

• Hymnody and Hymnology

  Hymnody means exactly 'hymn song', but as the hymn-singer as well as the hymn-poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico-philogical investigation and aesthetic estimation of hymns and hymn writers

• Hypæpa

  Titular see of Asia Minor

• Hypnotism

  The nervous sleep, induced by artificial and external means, which has been made the subject of experiment and methodical study by men of science, physicians or physiologists

• Hypocrisy

  The pretension to qualities which one does not possess, or, more cognately to the scope of this article, the putting forward of a false appearance of virtue or religion

• Hypostatic Union

  A theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth that in Christ one person subsists in two natures, the Divine and the human

• Hypsistarians

  A distinct Jewish-pagan sect which flourished from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 400, mostly in Asia Minor (Cappadocia Bithynia, Pontus) and on the South Russian coasts of the Euxine Sea

• Hyrtl, Joseph

  Austrian anatomist, b. at Eisenstadt in Hungary, December 7, 1810; d. 17 July, 1894, on his estate near Vienna

• Hyssop

  A plant which is referred to in a few passages of Holy Writ, and which cannot be identified with certainty at the present day