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• Jaca, Diocese of

  Located in the Spanish province of Huesca. Jaca, the chief town of the mountain district of Sobrarbe

• Jackson, Henry Moore

  Knight, born in Grenada, 1849; died in London, 29 August, 1908

• Jacob

  The son of Isaac and Rebecca, third great patriarch of the chosen people, and the immediate ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel

• Jacob of Jüterbogk

  Theologian and canonist, born of poor parents near Jueterbogk, Brandenburg, Germany, 1381; died at Erfurt in 1465

• Jacobus de Teramo

  Canonist and bishop, born in 1349 at Teramo in Italy; died in 1417 in Poland

• Jacopo de Voragine, Blessed

  Became a Dominican at a very early age, was a renowned preacher, provincial, and then Archbishop of Genoa. He died in about 1298. Biographical article

• Jacopone da Todi

  More properly called Jacopo Benedetti. Biographical article on the lawyer, widower, Franciscan poet sympathetic to the Spirituals, who died about 1306

• Jacotot, Joseph

  French educator, b. at Dijon, March, 1770; d. at Paris, 30 July, 1840

• Jacques de Vitry

  Historian of the crusades, cardinal Bishop of Acre, later of Tusculum, b. at Vitry-sur-Seine, near Paris, probably about 1160; d. at Rome, 1240

• Jacquier, François

  French mathematician and physicist, born at Vitry-le-Francois, 7 June, 1711; died at Rome, 3 July, 1788

• Jaén

  Diocese in Southern Spain

• Jaenbert

  Thirteenth Archbishop of Canterbury; died at Canterbury 11 or 12 August, 791

• Jaffa

  A titular see in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem

• Jaffna, Diocese of

  Situated in the northern portion of Ceylon, Jaffna comprises the northern and north-central provinces of the island

• Jainism

  A form of religion intermediate between Brahminism and Buddhism, originated in India in pre-Christian times

• Jamaica

  The largest of the British West Indian islands, situated in the Caribbean Sea

• Jamay, Denis

  Franciscan, missionary, date and place of birth unknown; died in France, 1625; an important figure in the early history of the Church in Canada

• James, Epistle of Saint

  The author is commonly identified with the Lord's brother, the Bishop of Jerusalem; the view that the Lord's brother must be identified with James, the son of Alpheus, is by far the most probable

• James of Brescia

  Theologian of the fifteenth century

• James of Edessa

  A celebrated Syrian writer, b. most likely in A.D. 633; d. 5 June, 708

• James of Sarugh

  A writer of the Syrian Church

• James of the Marches, Saint

  Surnamed Gangala, civil lawyer, Franciscan priest, d. 1476

• James Primadicci

  Born at Bologna; died in the same city in 1460

• James the Greater, Saint

  What can be known of St. James, son of Zebedee and brother of John, from Scripture. Also discusses the tradition that St. James preached in Spain and that his body was translated to Compostela

• James the Less, Saint

  Identifies James the Less with James the Apostle, son of Alpheus, and with James the brother of the Lord

• Janauschek, Leopold

  Cistercian, born at Bruenn, Moravia, 13 October, 1827; died 23 July, 1898, at Baden, near Vienna

• Jandel, Alexandre Vincent

  General of the Dominican order, born at Gerbevilliers (Lorraine), 18 July, 1810; died at Rome, 11 December, 1872

• Janner, Ferdinand

  Theologian, born at Hirschau, in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria), 4 Feb., 1836; died 1 November, 1895

• Janow, Matthew of

  A medieval ecclesiastical author, born in the fourteenth century in Bohemia; died at Prague, 30 Nov., 1394

• Jansen, Cornelius

  Exegete, born at Hulst, Flanders, 1510; died at Ghent, 11 April, 1576

• Jansenius and Jansenism

  The subject of this article lived three-quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638

• Janssen, Arnold

  Short biography of the founder of the Society of the Divine Word

• Janssen, Johann

  Historian, born 10 April, 1829, at Xanten, Germany; died 24 December, 1891, at Frankfort-on-the-Main

• Janssens, Abraham

  Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp about 1573; d. probably in the same place about 1631

• Janssens, Johann Hermann

  Catholic theologian, b. at Maeseyck, Belgium, 7 Dec., 1783; d. at Engis, 23 May, 1853

• Januarius, Saint

  Bishop of Beneventum, martyr, believed to have died in the Diocletian persecution, c. 305. Article has a lengthy discussion of the liquefaction of the saint's blood

• Japan

  Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated northwest of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent

• Japanese Martyrs

  The most famous of the Japanese martyrs are the twenty-six who were crucified in Nagasaki in 1597, but thousands of other Japanese died for the faith between 1560 and 1860

• Jarcke, Karl Ernst

  Born 10 November, 1801, at Danzig, Prussia; died 27 December, 1852, at Vienna. He belonged to a Protestant merchant family. He took up the study of jurisprudence, and became at an early age professor of criminal law at Bonn and later in Berlin

• Jaricot, Pauline-Marie

  Foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Association of the Living Rosary, born at Lyons, 22 July, 1799; died there, 9 January, 1862

• Jarlath, Saint

  Studied under St. Benen, founded a college at Cloonfush, was noted for his fasting, died about 540

• Jaro

  Diocese in the Philippine Islands, formerly a part of the Diocese of Cebu, was made a separate diocese on 27 May, 1865

• Jarric, Pierre de

  Missionary writer, born at Toulouse in 1566; d. at Saintes, 2 March, 1617

• Jason

  A Greek name adopted by many Jews whose Hebrew designation was Joshua (Jesus). In the Old Testament, it is applied to three or four persons connected with the period of the Machabees

• Jassus

  A titular see of Caria, and suffragan of Aphrodisias

• Jassy

  Diocese in Rumania

• Jáuregui, Juan de

  A Spanish painter and poet, born at Seville c. 1570, or, according to some, as late as 1583; died at Madrid c. 1640-1

• Jean de La Bruyère

  Born at Paris in 1645; died at Chantilly in 1696. He was the son of a comptroller general of municipal revenue

• Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Blessed

  Vincentian priest, missionary to China, where he was tortured and martyred in 1840

• Jeanne de Valois, Saint

  Biography of St. Jeanne, also known as Jehanne de France or Jane of Valois, queen, founder of the Annonciades. She died in 1505

• Jeaurat, Edmond

  French engraver, b. at Vermenton, near Auxerre, 1688; d. at Paris, 1738

• Jedburgh

  Augustinian abbey, in the town of the same name, established as a priory by David I, King of Scots, in 1118, and colonized by Canons Regular of St. Augustine from the Abbey of St-Quentin, at Beauvais, France

• Jehoshaphat

  Fourth King of Juda after the schism of the Ten Tribes

• Jehoshaphat, Valley of

  Mentioned in only one passage of the Bible (Joel, iii-Heb. text, iv)

• Jehovah

  Proper name of God in the Old Testament

• Jehu

  The derivation of the name is uncertain. By some it is translated 'Yahweh is he'. Several by this name are noted in the article

• Jemez Pueblo

  An Indian pueblo situated upon the north bank of the river of the same name about twenty miles northwest of Bernalillo, New Mexico

• Jeningen, Venerable Philipp

  Born at Eichstaett, Bavaria, 5 January, 1642;d, at Ellwangen, 8 February, 1704. Entering the Society of Jesus, 19 January, 1663, he became a most successful popular missionary at the shrine of Our Lady of Schoenenberg, near Ellwangen in Swabia

• Jenks, Silvester

  Theologian, born in Shropshire, c. 1656; died in December, 1714

• Jennings, Sir Patrick Alfred

  An Australian statesman, b. at Newry, Ireland, 1831; d. July, 1897

• Jephte

  One of the judges of Israel. The story of Jephte is narrated in chapters xi and xii of the Book of Judges

• Jeremias

  Name of several Old Testament figures

• Jeremias the Prophet

  Background information on his era. His life and mission. Analysis of the Biblical book which bears his name

• Jericho

  Three cities of this name have successively occupied sites in the same neighbourhood

• Jeroboam

  Name of two Israelitish kings

• Jerome, Saint

  Lengthy article on the life and works of St. Jerome

• Jerusalem (71-1099)

  History in several periods to the first crusade

• Jerusalem (After 1291)

  The Latin dominion over Jerusalem really came to an end on 2 October, 1187, when the city opened its gates to Saladin (Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Salah-ed-din, Emir of Egypt, 1169-93); although fragments of the Latin kingdom in Palestine lasted into another century

• Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71)

  This article deals with the destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption

• Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of (1099-1291)

  Founded as a result of the First Crusade, in 1099. Destroyed a first time by Saladin in 1187, it was re-established around Saint-Jean d'Acre and maintained until the capture of that city in 1291

• Jerusalem, Liturgy of

  The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch

• Jesi

  Diocese in the Province of Ancona, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See

• Jesu Dulcis Memoria

  A poem ranging from forty two to fifty three stanzas (in various manuscripts), to form the three hymns of the Office of the Holy Name

• Jesuit Apologetic

  The accusations brought against the Society have been exceptional for their frequency and fierceness

• Jesuit Generals Prior to the Suppression

  Details of several who held the position

• Jesuit's Bark

  On account of its alkaloids, is the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria

• Jesuits, Distinguished

  A list without details of the Jesuits. Does include links to articles when there is one about the person

• Jesuits, History of the (1773-1814)

  The execution of the Brief of Suppression having been largely left to local bishops, there was room for a good deal of variety in the treatment the Jesuits might receive in different places

• Jesuits, History of the (1814-1912)

  Pius VII had resolved to restore the Society during his captivity in France; and after his return to Rome he did so with little delay

• Jesuits, History of the (pre-1750)

  Includes details of activities in various countries

• Jesuits, Suppression of the (1750-1773)

  The most difficult part of the history of the Society

• Jesuits, The

  Comprehensive information about the past of the Jesuit order

• Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy Childhood of

  Several groups detailed

• Jesus Christ, Resurrection of

  Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life

• Jesus, Daughters of

  Founded at Kermaria, in the Diocese of Vannes, France, in 1834, for the care of the sick poor, and the education of girls

• Jesus Mary, Religious of

  Founded at Lyons, France, in October, 1818, by Claudine Thevenet, in religion, Mother St. Ignatius

• Jewish Tribe

  The earlier Hebrew term rendered in English versions by the word 'tribe' is shebet, while the term matteh, prevails in the post-exilic writings

• Jews (as a Religion)

  Judaism designates the religious communion which survived the destruction of the Jewish nation by the Assyrians and the Babylonians

• Jews, History of the

  Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races; the latter, the creed and worship of the Jews in contrast to Christianity and others

• Jezabel

  Wife of Achab, King of Israel

• Jíbaro Indians

  An important tribal group of Ecuador, comprising a great number of small subtribes speaking a common language with dialectic variants, and together constituting a distinct linguistic stock

• Joachim of Flora

  Article on this Cistercian abbot, mystic, regarded as a prophet, d. 1202

• Joachim, Saint

  According to apocryphal literature, the father of Mary

• Joanna of Portugal, Blessed

  Princess, Dominican, d. 1490

• Joan of Arc, Saint

  Her brief life, her trial and death, swift rehabilitation, and her beatification in 1909

• Joan, Popess

  The fable about a female pope, who afterwards bore the name of Johanna (Joan), is first noticed in the middle of the thirteenth century

• Job

  One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it

• Jocelin

  Cistercian monk and Bishop of Glasgow; d. at Melrose Abbey in 1199

• Jocelin de Brakelond

  An English chronicler, of the late twelfth century

• Jocelin of Wells

  Bishop of Bath and Wells, d. 19 Nov., 1242

• Joel

  Profile of the Old Testament prophet and analysis of the book bearing his name

• Joest, Jan

  Dutch painter, b. at Calcker, or Calcar, about 1460; d. at Haarlem in 1519

• John and Paul, Saints

  Roman martyrs, c. 362

• John Baptist de la Salle, Saint

  Essay on the founder of the Christian Brothers

• John Baptist de Rossi, Saint

  Priest, canon, preacher, d. 1764

• John Capistran, Saint

  Lawyer, governor, ambassador, became a Franciscan priest and a renowned preacher, died in 1456

• John Climacus, Saint

  Sometimes called Scholasticus or the Sinaita. Article on the sixth-century Syrian abbot of Mt. Sinai. He is called 'Climacus' because he wrote the spiritual classic 'The Ladder of Divine Ascent,' 'Klimax' being the Greek for 'ladder.'

• John Colombini, Blessed

  Sienese husband and father whose life was transformed by reading the life of St. Mary of Egypt. Founder of the Jesuati. He died in 1367

• John Damascene, Saint

  Lengthy biographical article on the last of the Greek Fathers

• John, Epistles of

  Three canonical books of the New Testament written by the Apostle St. John

• John Felton, Blessed

  Arrested, imprisoned, and tortured for having attached a copy of the papal bull excommunicating the queen to the Bishop of London's door. He died a martyr in 1570

• John Fisher, Saint

  Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535

• John Forest, Blessed

  English Franciscan, served as confessor to Queen Catherine, was burned at the stake at Smithfield in 1538

• John Francis Regis, Saint

  Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640

• John, Gospel of

  According to the traditional order, the Gospel of St. John occupies the last place among the four canonical Gospels

• John III, Pope

  A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574

• John II, Pope

  A Roman and the son of Projectus; if not born in the second region (Coelimontium) he had at least been a priest of St. Clement's Basilica

• John I, Pope Saint

  A Tuscan, was warmly received in Constantinople, but upon his return to Rome, was imprisoned by King Theodoric. Pope John died in prison in 526

• John IV, Pope

  A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius

• John IX, Pope

  Reigned 898-900

• John Joseph of the Cross, Saint

  Italian Franciscan priest, had the gift of miracles, d. 1739

• John Larke, Blessed

  Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543 or 1544, along with another priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner

• John Malalas

  A Monophysite Byzantine chronicler of the sixth century

• John Nelson, Blessed

  Jesuit priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1577 or 1578

• John Nepomucene, Saint

  Biography of the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, who was tortured and then thrown into the Moldau and drowned, by order of King Wenceslaus IV, in 1393

• John of Antioch

  There are four persons commonly known by this name

• John of Avila, Blessed

  Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569

• John of Beverley, Saint

  Benedictine bishop of Hexham and later of York, monastic founder, d. 721

• John of Biclaro

  Chronicler, born in Portugal, probably about the middle of the sixth century; died after 621

• John of Cornwall

  Lived about 1176. Author of a treatise written against the doctrine of Abelard

• John of Ephesus

  Syriac historian, born at Amida (Diarbekir, on the upper Tigris), about 505; d. about 585

• John of Falkenberg

  Author, b. at Falkenberg, Pomerania, Prussia, date unknown; d. about 1418 in Italy

• John of Fécamp

  Ascetic writer, b. near Ravenna about the beginning of the eleventh century; d. at Fecamp, Normandy, 22 February, 1079

• John of Fermo, Blessed

  Also known as John of La Verna. Franciscan, a friend of Jacopone of Todi. John died in 1322

• John of Genoa

  Grammarian; born at Genoa, date unknown; died there about 1298

• John of God, Saint

  Portuguese shepherd, soldier, bookseller, finally found his niche caring for the health of the poor in Granada, became de facto founder of a religious order, d. 1550

• John of Hauteville

  Moralist and satirical poet of the twelfth century (flourished about 1184)

• John of Janduno

  An Averroistic philosopher, theologian, and political writer of the fourteenth century

• John of Montecorvino

  A Franciscan and founder of the Catholic mission in China, b. at Montecorvino in Southern Italy, in 1246; d. at Peking, in 1328

• John of Montesono

  Theologian and controversialist, born at Monzon, Spain; dates of birth and death unknown

• John of Nikiû

  An Egyptian chronicler who flourished in the latter part of the seventh century

• John of Paris

  Theologian and controversialist; born at Paris, date unknown; died at Bordeaux, 22 September, 1306

• John of Parma, Blessed

  Franciscan, professor of theology, Minister General, peacemaker, d. 1289

• John of Ragusa

  Dominican theologian (1380-1443)

• John of Roquetaillade (de Rupescissa)

  Franciscan alchemist, date of birth unknown; d. probably at Avignon, 1362

• John of Rupella

  Franciscan theologian, b. at La Rochelle (Rupella), towards the end of the twelfth century

• John of Sahagun, Saint

  Spanish canon, became an Augustinian hermit, d. 1479

• John of Saint Thomas

  Theologian, born at Lisbon, 9 June, 1589; died at Fraga, Spain, 17 June, 1644

• John of Salisbury

  Article on the life and thought of this medieval philosopher, by P. Coffey

• John of Segovia

  A Spanish theologian, b. at Segovia towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. probably in 1458

• John of the Cross, Saint

  Article on the life and teaching of this Discalced Carmelite associated with St. Teresa of Avila. Mystic, Doctor of the Church, d. 1591

• John of Victring

  Chronicler, b. probably between 1270 and 1280; d. at Victring, Austria, 12 November, 1347

• John of Winterthur

  Historian, born about 1300 at Winterthur (Switzerland); died subsequently to 1348, probably at Zurich

• John Parvus

  A French theologian and professor in the University of Paris; b. most likely at Brachy, Caux, in Normandy, and certainly in the Diocese of Rouen, about 1360; d. 15 July, 1411

• John Payne, Blessed

  English priest, tortured and martyred on completely fabricated charges of conspiracy to murder the queen. Executed in 1582

• John Rigby, Saint

  Rigby, an unmarried layman, appeared in court on behalf of his employer's daughter and admitted that he was himself a Catholic. He was martyred in 1600

• John Roberts, Saint

  A Welsh Benedictine, the first prior of Downside, was arrested six times, exiled four times, and finally martyred at Tyburn in 1610

• John Rochester, Blessed

  Brief biography of this English Carthusian priest and martyr, d. 1537

• John Sarkander, Blessed

  This priest was tortured for refusing to break the seal of confession, and died in prison in 1620

• John Scholasticus

  Patriarch of Constantinople, the author of an important collection of ecclesiastical laws; b. at Sirimis near Antioch; d. 577

• John Shert, Blessed

  Very brief biographical profile of the English priest, martyred in 1581

• Johnson, Blessed Robert

  English priest and martyr (d. 1581)

• Johnson, Blessed Thomas

  The last of nine London Carthusians to die of starvation in prison in 1537. He died 20 September, after nearly 5 months of barbaric treatment

• Johnson, Lionel Pigot

  Born at Broadstairs on the Kentish coast, 15 Mar., 1867; died 4 Oct., 1902

• John Stone, Blessed

  English Augustinian friar, martyred probably in 1539

• Johnston, Richard Malcolm

  Educator, author, b. 8 March, 1822, at Powellton, Georgia, U.S.A.; d. at Baltimore, Maryland, 23 September, 1898

• John Story, Blessed

  Or Storey. Member of Parliament, was arrested but escaped and became a Spanish subject. Kidnapped in Flanders, he was carried to the Tower, where he was tortured repeatedly. Died a martyr in 1571

• John Talaia

  Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (481-482) at the time of the Monophysite troubles

• John the Almsgiver, Saint

  Also called John Eleemosynarius. Patriarch of Alexandria, d. 616

• John the Baptist, Saint

  Lengthy article on the Precursor

• John the Deacon

  Article about four historians of the Middle Ages who bear this name

• John the Evangelist, Saint

  Brother of James and son of Zebedee

• John the Faster

  Patriarch of Constantinople (John IV, 582-595), famous chiefly through his assumption of the title 'ecumenical patriarch'; d. 2 September, 595

• John the Silent, Saint

  Or John Hesychastes. Monk, runaway bishop of Colonia, hermit, d. 558

• John Twenge, Saint

  Canon regular, prior of St. Mary's, Bridlington. Miracle-worker, d. 1379

• John VIII, Pope

  Reigned 872-82

• John VII, Pope

  Reigned 705-707

• John VI, Pope

  A Greek, the date of whose birth is unknown; d. 11 January, 705

• John V, Pope

  A Syrian whose father was one Cyriacus; when he was born is not known; d. 2 August, 686

• John XIII, Pope

  Date of birth unknown; enthroned on 1 Oct., 965; d. 6 Sept., 972

• John XII, Pope

  Date of birth unknown; reigned 955-64

• John XI, Pope

  Reigned 931-935

• John XIV, Pope

  After the death of Benedict VII, Bishop Peter Campanora of Pavia, earlier imperial chancellor of Italy, was elected pope with the consent of Emperor Otto II, and took the name of John

• John XIX (XX), Pope

  Enthroned in 1024; d. 1032

• John X, Pope

  Born at Tossignano, Romagna; enthroned, 914; died at Rome, 928

• John XVIII (XIX), Pope

  Successor of John XVII, consecrated Christmas, 1003; d. June, 1009

• John XVII (XVIII), Pope

  Date of birth unknown; d. 6 Nov., 1003

• John XVI (XVII)

  Antipope 997-998; d. probably in 1013

• John XV (XVI), Pope

  Enthroned 985; d. April, 996

• John XXIII

  Antipope (1370-1419)

• John XXII, Pope

  Born at Cahors in 1249; enthroned, 5 September, 1316; died at Avignon, 4 December, 1334

• John XXI (XX), Pope

  Born at Lisbon between 1210 and 1220; enthroned, 1276; died at Viterbo, 20 May, 1277

• Joinville, Jean, Sire de

  Seneschal of Champagne, historian, b. in 1225; d. at Joinville, 1317

• Joliet, Louis

  A discoverer and the son of a wagon-maker, was born at Quebec, Canada, on 21 September 1645; d. in Canada, May 1700

• Joliette

  Diocese created by Pius X, 27 January, 1904 by division of the Archdiocese of Montreal; comprises three counties, Joliette, Berthier, and Montcalm, with four parishes of L'Assomption County

• Jolly, Philipp Johann Gustav von

  German physicist, born at Mannheim, 26 September, 1809; died at Munich, 24 December, 1884

• Jonah

  The fifth of the Minor Prophets. Article takes a look at the Book of Jonah

• Jonas of Bobbio

  Monk and hagiographer, b. about the close of the sixth century at Sigusia (Susa) in Piedmont; d. after 659

• Jonas of Orléans

  Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, born in Aquitaine; died in 843 or 844

• Jonathan

  Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament

• Jones, Inigo

  A biography with references of the London-born architect who drew his inspiration from the Classical forms of Italy

• Jones, Venerable Edward

  Welsh convert to Catholicism. Became a priest. He was martyred in 1590. Article also has some information on his fellow martyr Anthony Middleton

• Jordanis

  Historian, lived about the middle of the sixth century in the Eastern Roman Empire

• Jordan, The

  Formed at a point about five and a half miles below Banias, by the junction of three streams, the Jordan enters Lake Huleh about nine and a third miles lower down

• Jordanus of Giano

  Italian Minorite, b. at Giano in the Valley of Spoleto, c. 1195; d. after 1262

• Jörg, Joseph Edmund

  Historian and politician, b. 23 Dec., 1819 at Immenstadt (Ahgau); d. at Landshut, 18 Nov., 1901

• Josaphat Kuncevyc, Saint

  Lithuanian-born Basilian monk and Ruthenian Rite archbishop of Polotsk, writer. He loved to make profound bows while reciting the Jesus Prayer. Martyred in 1623

• Joseph

  The eleventh son of Jacob, the firstborn of Rachel, and the immediate ancestor of the tribes of Manasses and Ephraim

• Joseph Calasanctius of the Mother of God, Pious Workers of Saint

  Founded at Vienna, 24 November, 1889, by Father Anton Maria Schwartz for all works of charity, but especially the apostolate among workingmen

• Joseph II

  German Emperor (reigned 1765-90), of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine, son and successor of Maria Theresa and Francis I

• Josephites

  A congregation devoted to the Christian education of youth, founded in the Diocese of Ghent (Belgium) by Canon van Crombrugghe, in 1817

• Joseph of Arimathea

  All that is known for certain concerning him is derived from the canonical Gospels

• Joseph of Cupertino, Saint

  Mystic from a very young age, priest, d. 1663. Biographical article

• Joseph of Exeter

  A twelfth-century Lain poet; b. at Exeter, England

• Joseph of Issachar

  A man of the tribe of Issachar, and the father of Igal who was one of the spies sent by Moses to traverse Chanaan and report on the country (Numbers 13:8)

• Joseph of Leonessa, Saint

  Capuchin missionary, confessor, d. 1612

• Joseph, Saint

  Information on the entire life of St. Joseph

• Joseph, Sisters of Saint

  Founded at Le Puy, in Velay, France, by the Rev. Jean-Paul Medaille of the Society of Jesus

• Joseph's Society for Colored Missions, Saint

  This organization began its labours in 1871, when four young priests from Mill Hill were put in charge of St. Francis Xavier's church, with a large congregation of black Catholics, in Baltimore. Other black missions were soon begun at Louisville, Charleston, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, and other places in the South

• Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions, Saint

  A society of priests and laymen whose object is to labour for the conversion of heathens in foreign countries

• Josephus, Flavius

  Jewish historian, born A.D. 37, at Jerusalem; died about 101

• Joshua

  The name of eight persons in the Old Testament, and of one of the Sacred Books

• Josias

  A pious King of Juda (639-608 B.C.), who ascended the throne when he was only eight years of age. He was the son of Amon and the grandson of Manasses

• Joubert, Joseph

  French philosopher; b. at Martignac (Dordogne), 7 May, 1754, d. at Villeneuve-le-Roi (Yonne), 4 May 1824

• Jouffroy, Claude-François-Dorothée de

  Mechanician, b. at Abbans, near Besancon, 30 Sept., 1751; d. at Paris, 18 July, 1832

• Jouffroy, Jean de

  French prelate and statesman; b. at Luxeuil (Franche-Comte) about 1412; d. at the priory of Rulli, in the Diocese of Bourges, 24 November, 1473

• Jouin, Louis

  Linguist, philosopher, author, b. at Berlin, 14 June, 1818, d. at New York, 10 June, 1899

• Jouvancy, Joseph de

  Poet, pedagogue, philologist, and historian, b. at Paris, 14 September, 1643; d. at Rome, 29 May, 1719

• Jouvenet, Jean

  French painter, b. at Rouen in 1644, d. at Paris, 5 April, 1717

• Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de

  Spanish statesman and man of letters, at Gijon, Asturias, 5 Jan., 1744, d. at Puerto de Vega on the borders of Asturias, 27 Nov., 1811

• Jovianus, Flavius Claudius

  Roman Emperor, 363-4

• Jovinianus

  An opponent of Christian asceticism in the fourth century, condemned as a heretic (390)

• Jovius, Paulus

  Historian, b. at Como, Italy, 9 April, 1483, d. at Florence, 11 Dec., 1552

• Joyeuse, Henri, Duc de

  Born in 1563 and not, as is mistakenly stated in the 'Biographic Michaud', in 1567; died at Rivoli, 28 Sept., 1608. He was the third son of Marechal Guillaume de Joyeuse, and was a brother of the Admiral Anne de Joyeuse and of the prelate Francois de Joyeuse

• Juan Bautista de Toledo

  An eminent Spanish sculptor and architect; b. at Madrid (date not known); d. there 19 May, 1567

• Jubilate Sunday

  The third Sunday after Easter

• Jubilees, Book of

  An apocryphal writing, so called from the fact that the narratives and stories contained in it are arranged throughout in a fanciful chronological system of jubilee-periods of forty-nine years each; each event is recorded as having taken place in such a week of such a month of such a Jubilee year

• Jubilee, Year of (Hebrew)

  According to the Pentateuchal legislation contained in Leviticus, a Jubilee year is the year that follows immediately seven successive Sabbatic years (the Sabbatic year being the seventh year of a seven-year cycle)

• Juda

  The name of one of the Patriarchs, the name of the tribe reputed to be descended from him, the name of the territory occupied by the same, and also the name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament

• Judaizers

  A party of Jewish Christians in the Early Church, who either held that circumcision and the observance of the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation and in consequence wished to impose them on the Gentile converts, or who at least considered them as still obligatory on the Jewish Christians

• Judas Iscariot

  The Apostle who betrayed Jesus

• Judas Machabeus

  Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was the centre and soul of the patriotic and religious revolt of the Jews against the King of Syria (I Mach., ii, 4)

• Judde, Claude

  French preacher and spiritual father; born at Rouen, about 20 December, 1661; died at Paris, 11 March, 1735

• Judea

  It designates the part of Palestine adjacent to Jerusalem and inhabited by the Jewish community after their return from captivity

• Jude, Epistle of Saint

  One of the so-called antilegomena; but, although its canonicity has been questioned in several Churches, its genuineness has never been denied

• Judge, Ecclesiastical

  An ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense

• Judges, The Book of

  The seventh book of the Old Testament, second of the Early Prophets of the Hebrew canon

• Judgment, Divine

  Divine judgment (judicium divinum), as an immanent act of God, denotes the action of God's retributive justice by which the destiny of rational creatures is decided according to their merits and demerits

• Judgment, Particular

  The Catholic doctrine of the particular judgment is this: that immediately after death the eternal destiny of each separated soul is decided by the just judgment of God

• Judica Sunday

  Name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, and derived from the first words of the Introit of that day

• Judith, Book of

  The book exists in distinct Greek and Latin versions, of which the former contains at least eighty-four verses more than the later

• Juliana Falconieri, Saint

  Niece of St. Alexis Falconieri. She founded the Servite Third Order, and died in 1341

• Julian and Basilissa, Saints

  Husband and wife, of whom little is known except that he was martyred in the Diocletian persecution. According to later legend, Basilissa was the founder of a monastery

• Juliana of Liège, Saint

  Devoted to the Blessed Sacrament, lobbied for the institution of the feast of Corpus Christi, d. 1258

• Juliana of Norwich

  Biographical article on this fourteenth-century English anchoress, mystic, author. By Edmund Gardner

• Juliana, Saint

  Martyred in the Diocletian persecution. The oldest notice says that she died near Naples; the notion that she lived in Nicomedia is strictly legendary

• Julian of Eclanum

  Born about 386; died in Sicily, 454; the most learned among the leaders of the Pelagian movement and Bishop of Eclanum near Beneventum

• Julian of Speyer

  A famous composer, poet, and historian of the thirteenth century, b. at Speyer, d. at Paris about 1250

• Julian the Apostate

  Roman emperor 361-63, b. at Constantinople in 331, d. 26 June, 363, son of Julius Constantius, the half-brother of Constantine the Great

• Juliopolis

  Titular see in the province of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicaea

• Julitta and Quiricus

  Martyrs in the Diocletian persecution

• Julius Africanus

  The father of Christian chronography

• Julius III, Pope

  Born at Rome, 10 September, 1487; died there, 23 March, 1555

• Julius II, Pope

  Born on 5 December, 1443, at Albissola near Savona; crowned on 28 November, 1503; died at Rome, in the night of 20-21 February, 1513

• Julius I, Pope Saint

  A Roman, anti-Arian, supporter of St. Athanasius. Julius died in 352

• Jumièges, Abbey of

  Founded in 634 by St. Philibert, who had been the companion of Sts. Ouen and Wandrille at the Merovingian court

• Jungmann, Bernard

  A dogmatic theologian and ecclesiastical historian, born at Muenster in Westphalia, 1 March, 1833; died at Louvain, 12 Jan., 1895

• Jungmann, Josef

  In 1850 he entered the German College at Rome, and was ordained priest in 1855. He afterwards joined the Society of Jesus

• Junípero Serra

  Biography of the famed Franciscan priest, missionary to Mexico and California, who died in 1784

• Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical

  The right to guide and rule the Church of God

• Jussieu, De

  Name of five French botanists

• Jus Spolii

  A claim, exercised in the Middle Ages, of succession to the property of deceased clerics, at least such as they had derived from their ecclesiastical benefices

• Juste

  The name conventionally applied to a family of Italian sculptors, whose real name was Betti, originally from San Martino a Mensola, near Florence

• Justice

  In its ordinary and proper sense, signifiies the most important of the cardinal virtues

• Justification

  A biblio-ecclesiastical term; which denotes the transforming of the sinner from the state of unrighteousness to the state of holiness and sonship of God

• Justin de Jacobis, Blessed

  Italian, a Lazarist priest, titular bishop of Nilopolis, d. 1860

• Justinian I

  Roman Emperor (527-65)

• Justiniani, Benedetto

  Theological and Biblical writer (1550-1622)

• Justiniani, Nicholas

  Benedictine monk, dispensed from his vows, never formally beatified

• Justinianopolis

  A titular see of Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebaste

• Justin Martyr, Saint

  Lengthy article on the life and teachings of the apologist

• Justus, Saint

  The first bishop of Rochester, and later the fourth archbishop of Canterbury, died possibly in 627

• Juvencus, C. Vettius Aquilinus

  Fourth-century Christian Latin poet

• Juvenile Courts

  Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes or offences