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• Nabo

  A town mentioned in several passages of the Old Testament

• Nabuchodonosor

  Commentary on the two Babylonian kings of that name, especially the second, who is mentioned in Scripture

• Nacchiante, Giacomo

  Dominican theologian from Florence (d. 1569)

• Nacolia

  Titular metropolitan see in Phrygia Salutaris

• Nagasaki

  History of Catholicism in this Japanese city

• Nagpur

  Diocese in India, suffragan to Madras

• Nahanes

  American Indian tribe

• Nahum

  Essay on the Old Testament prophet and the book which bears his name

• Nails, Holy

  The question has long been debated whether Christ was crucified with three or with four nails...

• Naim

  The city where Christ raised to life the widow's son

• Name of Jesus, Religious Communities of the

  Includes Swedish knights, French sisters and a Portuguese confraternity

• Name of Mary, Feast of the Holy

  Feast commemorating all the privileges given to Mary by God and all the graces we have received through her intercession and mediation.

• Names, Christian

  Strictly speaking, this is not merely the first name of a person, but the name given to him at his baptism

• Names, Hebrew

  To the philosopher a name is an artificial sign consisting in a certain combination of articulate sounds, whereby a particular class of people are wont to designate one thing and distinguish it from all others...

• Names of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy

  Religious congregation founded 1844 in Quebec

• Namur

  Constituted by the Bull of 12 May, 1559, from territory previously belonging to the Diocese of Liege

• Nancy

  Diocese in France and heir to the celebrated See of Toul

• Nantes

  French diocese re-established by the Concordat of 1802

• Nanteuil, Robert

  French engraver and crayonist (1623-1678)

• Naples

  The capital of a province in Campania, southern Italy, and formerly capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

• Napoleon I (Bonaparte)

  Emperor of the French (1769-1821)

• Napoleon III

  Emperor of the French (1808-1873)

• Napper, Venerable George

  Or George Napier. Expelled from university for being Catholic, imprisoned for nearly 9 years for merely visiting the English College at Reims, finally martyred for being a priest. He died in 1610

• Nardi, Jacopo

  Italian historian; born at Florence (1476-1563)

• Nardò

  Diocese in southern Italy

• Narni and Terni

  United dioceses located in central Italy

• Narthex

  In early Christian architecture a portion of the church separated from the nave and reserved for those who were not admitted amongst the congregation.

• Nashville

  Comprises the entire territory of the State of Tennessee.

• Nasoræans

  Pagan Gnostics who once flourished in Mesopotamia and Babylonia

• Natal

  Vicariate apostolic in South Africa

• Natal Day

  The anniversary of a person's death

• Natchez

  Diocese located in Mississippi

• Natchitoches

  Former title of the Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana

• Nathan

  Identifies six men of that name mentioned in the Old Testament

• Nathanael

  One of the first disciples of Jesus, to Whom he was brought by his friend Philip

• Nathinites

  An inferior class of Temple servants

• National Union, Catholic Young Men's

  Its objects are the furtherance of practical unity, the spiritual, intellectual, moral, and physical advanced of Catholic youth, and the development of better citizens and Catholics.

• Naturalism

  Philosophical tendency that consists essentially in looking upon nature as the one original and fundamental source of all that exists, and in attempting to explain everything in terms of nature.

• Nature

  Has reference to the production of things, and hence generally includes in its connotation the ideas of energy and activity.

• Naturism

  The term proposed by Reville to designate the worship of nature.

• Nausea, Frederic

  Bishop of Vienna (1480-1552)

• Navajo Indians

  The largest group of Indians belonging to the Athapaskan, or Dene stock

• Navarre

  Territory in the Pyrenees

• Navarrete, Domingo Fernández

  Dominican missionary and archbishop (1610-1689)

• Navarrete, Juan Fernández

  (catholic Encyclopedia)

• Navarrete, Martín Fernández

  Spanish navigator and writer (1765-1844)

• Nave

  Architecturally the central, open space of a church, west of the choir or chancel, and separated therefrom by a low wall or screen.

• Nazarene

  A name applied to Our Lord in the New Testament

• Nazareth

  The town of Galilee where the Blessed Virgin dwelt when the Archangel announced to her the Incarnation of the Word, and where Christ lived until the age of thirty years

• Nazareth, Sisters of Charity of

  Founded in 1812 by Father David

• Nazarite

  The name given by the Hebrews to a person set apart and especially consecrated to the Lord.

• Nazarius and Celsus, Saints

  St. Ambrose discovered the bodies of these martyrs

• Nazarius, John Paul

  Dominican theologian (1556-1645)

• Nazarius, Saint

  Fourteenth abbot of Lerins

• Nazianzus

  Titular metropolitan see of Cappadocia Tertia.

• Neale, Leonard

  Second Archbishop of Baltimore (1746-1817)

• Nebo, Mount

  A mountain of the Abarim range east of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, from which Moses surveyed the Promised Land

• Nebraska

  One of the United States of America, originally included in the Louisiana Purchase.

• Necessity

  A strict connection between different beings, or the different elements of a being, or between a being and its existence.

• Neckam, Alexander of

  English scholar (1157-1217)

• Necrologies

  The registers in which religious communities were accustomed to enter the names of the dead — notably their own deceased members, their associates, and their principal benefactors — with a view to the offering of prayers for their souls.

• Necromancy

  A special mode of divination by the summoning of the dead

• Nectarius

  Patriarch of Constantinople (381-397)

• Negligence

  The omission, whether habitual or not, of the care required for the performance of duties, or at any rate, for their full adequate discharge.

• Nehemiah, Book of

  Summary with some commentary

• Neher, Stephan Jakob

  Church historian (1829-1902)

• Nélaton, Auguste

  French surgeon (1807-1873)

• Nemore, Jordanus (Jordanis) de

  The name given in medieval manuscripts to a mathematician called Jordanus Nemorarius

• Nemrod

  An examination of this Old Testament figure, mentioned in Genesis as 'a mighty hunter before the Lord' and king of Babylon

• Neocæsarea

  Titular see, suffragan of Hierapolis in the Patriarchate of Antioch sometimes called Caesarea.

• Neocæsarea

  Titular see of Pontus Polemoniacus

• Neophyte

  A term used of those who, lately converted from heathenism, have by the sacrament of Baptism, been transplanted into the higher life of the Church.

• Neo-Platonism

  Article by William Turner covering this movement's principal figures and later influence

• Neo-Pythagorean Philosophy

  An ethico-religious society founded by Pythagoras, which flourished especially in Magna Graecia in the fifth century B.C.

• Neo-Scholasticism

  The development of the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

• Nephtali

  A look at the son of Jacob and the tribe of Nephtali

• Nepi and Sutri

  United sees of the province of Rome in central Italy

• Nepveu, Francis

  Ascetical writer (1639-1654)

• Neri, Antonio

  Florentine chemist (d. 1614)

• Nerinckx, Charles

  Missionary priest in Kentucky, founder of the Sisters of Loretto (1761-1824)

• Neri, Saint Philip Romolo

  Biographical article on the Apostle of Rome, who died in 1595

• Nero

  The last Roman emperor (reigned 54-68) of the Julian-Claudian line

• Nerses I-IV

  Armenian patriarchs.

• Nerses of Lambron

  Scholar (1153-1198)

• Nestorius and Nestorianism

  Biography of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and examination of the unacceptable implications of his doctrine

• Netherlands, The

  The Low Countries, as organized by Charles V, under whom the Burgundian era ended

• Netter, Thomas

  Theologian and controversialist (1375-1430)

• Neugart, Trudpert

  Benedictine historian (1742-1825)

• Neum

  A term in medieval music theory

• Neumann, Johann Balthasar

  German artist and architect (1687-1753)

• Neumayr, Franz

  Preacher, writer and dramatist (1697-1765)

• Neusohl

  Diocese founded in 1776 by Maria Theresa.

• Neutra

  Diocese in western Hungary, suffragan of Gran

• Nevada

  A western state of the United States

• Neve

  Titular see of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra.

• Nève, Felix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph

  Orientalist and philologist (1816-1893)

• Nevers

  Diocese in France

• Neville

  Biographies of Edmund (1605-1647), Edmund (1563-1648), Edward (1663-1735) and various other Nevilles

• New Abbey

  Abbey situated near Dumfries, Scotland.

• Newark

  Diocese created in 1853 in New Jersey

• Newbattle

  Located near Edinburgh, the second of the six Cistercian monasteries established by St. David, King of Scotland

• New Caledonia

  Vicariate apostolic in Oceania

• Newdigate, Blessed Sebastian

  Martyred at Tyburn in 1535 for denying the royal supremacy

• Newfoundland

  Located in Canada

• New Guinea

  Large island country

• New Hampshire

  The most northerly of the thirteen original states of the United States

• Newhouse, Abbey of

  The first Premonstratensian abbey in England, founded in 1143

• New Jersey

  One of the original thirteen states of the American Union...

• Newman, John Henry

  Lengthy and admiring biography of Newman as a thinker, author, leader, and illustrious convert to Catholicism

• New Mexico

  A state of the United States

• New Norcia

  Benedictine abbey in Western Australia

• New Orleans

  Archdiocese in the southern United States

• New Pomerania

  The largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago

• Newport (England)

  Diocese in the County of Monmouth, England

• New Testament

  Jesus Christ uses the words 'new testament' as meaning the alliance established by Himself between God and the world, and this is called 'new' as opposed to that of which Moses was the mediator

• Newton, John

  Soldier and engineer (1823-1895)

• New Year's Day

  Since there was no necessary starting-point in the circle of the year, we find among different nations, and among the same at different epochs of their history, a great variety of dates with which the new year began...

• New York (Archdiocese)

  Large archdiocese erected 1808 in the northeastern United States

• New York (State)

  One of the thirteen colonies of Great Britain, which on 4 July, 1776, adopted the Declaration of Independence and became the United States of America.

• New Zealand

  Consists of three main islands (North Island, South Island, sometimes also called Middle island, and Stewart island) and several groups of smaller islands...

• Niagara University

  A Vincentian university located near Niagara Falls, New York

• Nicaea

  Titular see of Bithynia Secunda, situated on Lake Ascanius

• Nicaea, First Council of

  First ecumenical council, held in 325 to combat Arianism

• Nicaea, Second Council of

  Seventh Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 787.

• Nicaragua

  Republic and diocese in Central America

• Nicastro

  A city in Calabria, southern Italy

• Niccola Pisano

  Pisan architect and sculptor (1205-1278)

• Nice

  Diocese re-established in France by the Concordat of 1801

• Nicephorus, Saint

  Long article on the stormy career of the Patriarch of Constantinople, who died in 829

• Nicéron, Jean-Pierre

  French lexicographer (1685-1738)

• Nicetas

  Bishop of Remesiana in Serbia (335-414)

• Nicetius, Saint

  Sixth-century bishop of Trier

• Niche

  A recess for the reception of a statue, so designed as to give it emphasis, frame it effectively, and afford some measure of protection.

• Nicholas III, Pope

  Pope who reigned from 1277 to 1280

• Nicholas II, Pope

  Pope who reigned from 1058 to 1061

• Nicholas I, Saint, Pope

  Biography of this pope, d. 867, who upheld the authority of the papacy and the inviolability of marriage

• Nicholas IV, Pope

  Pope who reigned from 1288 to 1292

• Nicholas of Cusa

  Lengthy article on the life and writings of the fifteenth-century canon lawyer, diplomat, and philosopher

• Nicholas of Flüe, Blessed

  Soldier, husband and father, became a hermit and was known as Brother Klaus

• Nicholas of Gorran

  Medieval preacher and scriptural commentator (1232-1295)

• Nicholas of Lyra

  Exegete, author of postillae, insisted that the literal sense of Scripture is the foundation for any spiritual interpretation

• Nicholas of Myra, Saint

  Fourth-century bishop in Asia Minor. Also called St. Nicholas of Bari because his relics were translated there in the eleventh century

• Nicholas of Osimo

  Italian preacher and author (d. 1453)

• Nicholas of Strasburg

  Fourteenth-century French mystic

• Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint

  Augustinian hermit, d. 1306

• Nicholas Owen, Saint

  A Jesuit lay brother, skilled in building hiding places for priests. He died under torture in 1606

• Nicholas Pieck, Saint

  Franciscan, studied at Louvain, was ordained a priest. He was martyred in 1572

• Nicholas V, Pope

  Pope who reigned from 1447 to 1455

• Nicholson, Francis

  English controversial writer (1650-1731)

• Nichols, Venerable George

  Biography of the English priest and martyr. Also some information on the Bl. Richard Yaxley, a fellow priest. They were arrested together with laymen Humphrey Prichard and Thomas Belson. All four were martyred in 1589

• Nicodemus

  A prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John

• Nicolaï, Jean

  Dominican theologian and controversialist (1594-1673)

• Nicolaites

  A sect mentioned in the second chapter of Revelation

• Nicolas, Armella

  Saintly (though never canonized) French serving-maid (1606-1671)

• Nicolas, Auguste

  French apologist (1807-1888)

• Nicolaus Germanus

  Fifteenth-century cartographer

• Nicole, Pierre

  Theologian and controversialist (1625-1695)

• Nicolet

  Diocese in Quebec, Canada

• Nicolò de' Tudeschi

  Benedictine canonist from Sicily (1386-1445)

• Nicomedes, Saint

  Roman martyr venerated since at least the fifth century

• Nicomedia

  Titular see of Bithynia Prima, founded by King Zipoetes.

• Nicopolis

  Titular see, suffragan of Sebasteia, in Armenia Prima.

• Nicopolis

  Diocese in Bulgaria

• Nicopolis

  Titular see and metropolis in ancient Epirus.

• Nicosia

  A city of the Province of Catania, in Sicily

• Nicosia

  Titular archdiocese in the Province of Cyprus.

• Nicotera and Tropea

  Suffragan diocese of Reggio di Calabria

• Nider, John

  Dominican theologian (1380-1438)

• Nieremberg y Otin, Juan Eusebio

  Theologian and polygraphist (1595-1658)

• Niessenberger, Hans

  An architect of the latter part of the Middle Ages

• Nigeria

  A colony of British East Africa

• Niger, Peter George

  Dominican theologian, preacher and controversialist (1434-1481)

• Nihilism

  One who bows to no authority and accepts no doctrine, however widespread, that is not supported by proof.

• Nihus, Barthold

  Convert and controversialist (1590-1657)

• Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl

  German theologian (1360-1433)

• Nikon

  Patriarch of Moscow (1652-1658; d. 1681)

• Nilles, Nikolaus

  Priest in Luxemburg (1828-1907)

• Nilopolis

  Titular see and a suffragan of Oxyrynchos, in Egypt.

• Nilus, Saint

  Fifth-century monk at Mount Sinai

• Nilus the Younger

  Calabrian monk, hermit, founder, d. 1005

• Nimbus

  In art and archaeology signifies a shining light implying great dignity.

• Nîmes

  Diocese; suffragan of Avignon in France

• Ninian, Saint

  British by birth, St. Ninian evangelized the southern Picts in Scotland

• Nirschl, Joseph

  Bavarian theologian and writer (1823-1904)

• Nisibis

  Titular Archdiocese of Mesopotamia, situated on the Mygdonius at the foot of Mt. Masius.

• Nithard

  Frankish historian and grandson of Charlemagne (d. 843)

• Noah

  A study of this Old Testament figure

• Noailles, Louis-Antoine de

  Cardinal and bishop (1651-1729)

• Nobili, Robert de'

  Missionary to India (1577-1656)

• Noble, Daniel

  English physician (1810-1885)

• Nocera

  Diocese in Perugia, Umbria, Italy

• Nocera dei Pagani

  Diocese in Salermo, Italy

• Nocturns

  The convoluted history of this nighttime prayer

• Nogaret, Guillaume de

  Counsellor of Philip the Fair (d. 1314)

• Nola

  Diocese; suffragan of Naples

• Nola, Giovanni Marliano da

  Sculptor and architect (1488-1558)

• Nolasco, Saint Peter

  Biographical article on the founder of the Mercedarians

• Nollet, Jean-Antoine

  French physicist (1700-1770)

• Nomination

  The designation of a person for an ecclesiastical benefice or office made by the competent civil authority and conferring on the person named the right to be canonically instituted by the ecclesiastical superior.

• Nomocanon

  A collection of Church law, the elements of which are borrowed from secular and canon law

• Nonantola

  Former Benedictine monastery and prelature nullius, founded in 752

• Nonconformists

  Denotes those refusing to conform with the authorized formularies and rites of the Established Church of England.

• None

  Essay on the daytime canonical hour recited in mid-afternoon

• Non Expedit

  Words with which the Holy See enjoined upon Italian Catholics the policy of abstention from parliamentary elections

• Non-Jurors

  Anglican Churchmen who in 1689 refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary

• Nonnotte, Claude-Adrien

  French controversialist (1711-1793)

• Nonnus

  Egyptian poet (c. 400)

• Norbertines

  Religious order founded in 1120 by St. Norbert

• Norbert, Saint

  Biography of the founder of the Premonstratensians

• Norcia

  Diocese and city in Perugia, Italy

• Norfolk, Catholic Dukes of

  Under this title are accounts of the prominent Catholic Dukes of Norfolk since the Reformation; includes a list of the dukes

• Noris, Henry

  Veronese cardinal (1631-1704)

• Normandy

  An ancient French province, from which five 'departments' were formed in 1790

• Norris, Sylvester

  Controversial writer and English missionary priest (1570-1630)

• Norsemen

  The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ravaged the coasts of Western Europe and its islands and then turned from raiding into settlers.

• Northampton

  Diocese in England

• North Carolina

  One of the original thirteen states of the United States

• Northcote, James Spencer

  English convert (1821-1907)

• North Dakota

  One of the United States of America, originally included in the Louisiana Purchase.

• Northern Territory

  Territory in northern Australia

• Norton, Christopher

  English martyr (d. 1570)

• Norway

  Scandinavian country

• Norwich, Ancient Diocese of

  Centuries-old diocese in England

• Notaries

  Persons appointed by competent authority to draw up official or authentic documents

• Notburga

  Belgian statesman (1805-1881)

• Notburga, Saint

  Cook noted for generosity in feeding the poor

• Notitia Dignitatum

  The official handbook of the civil and military officials in the later Roman Empire

• Notitiae Episcopatuum

  The name given to official documents that furnish for Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a Church.

• Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae

  A list of the bishops and their sees in the Latin provinces of North Africa, arranged according to provinces

• Notker

  Various monks of St. Gall who bore this name

• Noto

  Diocese and city in Sicily, Italy

• Notoriety, Notorious

  Whatever is so fully or officially proved, that it may and ought to be held as certain without further investigation, is notorious

• Notre Dame de Montreal, Congregation of

  Founded in the seventeenth century by Marguerite Bourgeoys

• Notre-Dame de Namur, Institute of

  Founded in 1803 in France, by Julie Billiart

• Notre-Dame de Sion, Congregation of

  French religious institute of women, founded 1843

• Notre Dame, School Sisters of

  A religious community devoted to education.

• Notre Dame, Sisters of (of Cleveland, Ohio)

  A branch of the congregation founded by Blessed Julie Billiart.

• Notre Dame, University of

  University in northern Indiana in the United States

• Nottingham

  One of the original twelve English dioceses created at the time of the restoration of the hierarchy

• Nourrisson, Jean-Felix

  French philosopher (1825-1899)

• Novara

  Diocese and city in Piedmont, Italy

• Nova Scotia

  One of the maritime provinces of Canada

• Novatianism

  Roman priest, antipope, third-century schismatic, and founder of the sect of the Novatians

• Novatus, Saint

  Son of St. Pudens and brother of SS. Praxedes and Pudentia

• Novena

  Article on the different kinds of novenas and their place in the spiritual life of the Church

• Novice

  The canonical Latin name of those who, having been regularly admitted into a religious order and ordinarily already confirmed in their higher vocation by a certain period of probation as postulants, are prepared by a series of exercises and tests for the religious profession

• Nubia

  A detailed history of Nubia, with emphasis on the religious aspects (primarily Christian and Catholic) of its culture

• Nueva Cáceres

  Diocese created in 1595 in the Philippines

• Nueva Pamplona

  Diocese founded in 1549 in Colombia, South America

• Nueva Segovia

  Diocese in the Philippines

• Nugent, Francis

  Irish Capuchin priest (1569-1635)

• Nugent, James

  English philanthropist, temperance advocate and social reformer (1822-1905)

• Numbers, Use of, in the Church

  No attentive reader of the Old Testament can fail to notice that a certain sacredness seems to attach to particular numbers...

• Numismatics

  The science of coins and medals

• Nuncio

  An ordinary and permanent representative of the pope, vested with both political and ecclesiastical powers, accredited to the court of a sovereign or assigned to a definite territory with the duty of safeguarding the interests of the Holy See.

• Nunez, Pedro

  Mathematician and astronomer (1492-1577)

• Nuns

  Females consecrated to God by religious vows

• Nuremberg

  One of the largest cities in Bavaria

• Nusco

  Diocese near Salerno, Italy

• Nussbaum, Johann Nepomuk von

  German surgeon (1829-1890)

• Nutter, Robert, Ven.

  Information on this English priest and martyr, blood brother of John Nutter. Also details on Edward Thwing, a priest and professor from near York. Robert Nutter and Thwing were martyred together in 1600

• Nuyens, Wilhelmus

  Dutch historian (1823-1894)

• Nyassa

  Vicariate Apostolic in Central Africa

• Nympha, Tryphon, and Respicius

  Martyrs whose feast is observed in the Latin Church on 10 November

• Nyssa

  Titular see in Cappadocia Prima, suffragan of Caesarea.