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• Waagen, Wilhelm Heinrich

  Geologist and palaeontologist (1841-1900)

• Wace, Robert

  Poet, born at Jersey, about 1100; died at Bayeux, 1174

• Wachter, Eberhard

  Painter, born at Stuttgart, (1762-1852)

• Wadding, Luke

  Historian and theologian, born at Waterford, Ireland (1588-1657)

• Waire, Venerable

  English friar and martyr, hanged, drawn, and quartered at St. Thomas Waterings in Camberwell, 8 July, 1539

• Wakash Indians

  A linguistic family inhabiting the western coast of British Columbia, and the west and northwest of Vancouver Island, as well as a small region around Cape Flattery, Washington

• Walafrid

  German poet and theologian of the ninth century

• Walburga, Saint

  Fairly lengthy biographical article on this abbess of a double monastery, and author, who died in 777

• Waldeck, Principality of

  A former state of the German Empire

• Waldenses

  An heretical sect which appeared in the second half of the twelfth century

• Waldsassen, Abbey of

  Cistercian monastery founded by Gerwich von Wolmundstein

• Waldseemüller, Martin

  Learned humanist and celebrated cartographer. A canon of St-Die in Lorraine (1475-1522)

• Walenburch, Adrian and Peter von

  Auxiliary bishops of Cologne and celebrated controversial theologians, born at Rotterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century

• Wales

  Located in the western portion of Great Britain

• Walkenried

  Cistercian abbey of Germany, situated in the Duchy of Brunswick between Lauterberg and Nordhausen. Founded in 1127 by Countess Adelheid of Klettenberg

• Walla-Walla Indians

  A Shahaptian tribe dwelling on the Walla-Walla River and the Columbia in Washington and Oregon, from Snake River to the Umatilla

• Wallenstein, Albrecht von

  Born at Hermanic, Bohemia (1583-1634)

• Wallon Henri-Alexandre

  Historian and statesman, born at Valenciennes (1812-1904)

• Wall, Venerable John

  Biography of the English Franciscan priest and missionary, martyred in 1679

• Walmesley, Charles

  Bishop of Rama, Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, England (1722-1797)

• Walpole, Ven. Henry

  Converted to Catholicism by the death of Edmund Campion. Walpole became a Jesuit priest, and was arrested as soon as he returned to England. He was martyred in 1595

• Walsh, Edward

  Irish poet, born at Derry in 1805; died at Cork, 6 August, 1850

• Walsh, Patrick

  Irish-American journalist and senator (1840-1900)

• Walsh, Peter

  Irish Franciscan, born at Mooretown, County Kildare, about 1608; died in London, 15 March, 1688

• Walsh, Robert

  Publicist, diplomat, born at Baltimore, MD., 1785; died at Paris, 7 Feb., 1859

• Walsh, Thomas

  Bishop of Cambysopolis, born in London in 1777

• Walsh, William

  Bishop of Meath, Ireland

• Walsingham Priory

  It stood a few miles from the sea in the northern part of Norfolk, England

• Walsingham, Thomas

  Benedictine historian, died about 1422

• Walter, Ferdinand

  Jurist, born at Wetzlar (1794-1879)

• Walter of Châtillon

  Poet in the second half of the twelfth century, born at Lille; died of the plague in the beginning of the thirteenth century

• Walter of Merton

  Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford

• Walter of Mortagne

  A twelfth-century Scholastic philosopher, and theologian

• Walter of St-Victor

  Mystic philosopher and theologian of the twelth century

• Walter of Winterburn

  An English Dominican, cardinal, orator, poet, philosopher, and theologian in the thirteenth century

• Waltham Abbey

  Formerly located near London

• Walther von der Vogelweide

  Minnesinger and old poet, born about 1170; died in 1228

• Walton, Brian

  English Biblical scholar (1600-1661)

• Wandelbert

  Benedictine monk and theological writer (813-850)

• Wangnereck, Heinrich

  German theologian, preacher, and author (1595-1664)

• War

  In its juridical sense, a contention carried on by force of arms between sovereign states, or communities having in this regard the right of states

• Warde, Mary Francis Xavier

  Irish-American nun (1810-1884)

• Ward, Hugh

  Irish Hagiographer (1590-1635)

• Ward, James Harman

  The first Union naval officer to fall in the Civil War

• Ward, Margaret, Saint

  English martyr, died at Tyburn in 1588

• Ward, Mary

  Founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• Ward, Thomas

  English controversialist (1652-1708)

• Ward, Ven. William

  Ward, whose real name was William Webster, was over 40 when he began his studies for the priesthood. He labored for 30 years in England, 20 of which were spent in prison. He was martyred in 1641 at the age of about 80, for the crime of being a priest

• Ward, William George

  English writer and convert (1812-1882)

• Warham, William

  Archbishop of Canterbury (1450-1532)

• Warsaw, Archdiocese of

  Located in Poland

• Wartenberg, Franz Wilhelm, Count von

  Bishop and cardinal (1593-1661)

• Washing of Feet and Hands

  Owing to the general use of sandals in Eastern countries the washing of the feet was almost everywhere recognized from the earliest times as a duty of courtesy to be shown to guests

• Washington, D.C.

  The capital of the United States

• Washington, State of

  One of the Pacific coast states, popularly known as the 'Evergreen State'

• Water, Liturgical Use of

  Besides the holy water which is used in rites of blessing, and the water employed in the washing of feet and hands, and in the baptismal font, water has its recognized place in the ritual of every Mass

• Waterson, Ven. Edward

  English priest, missionary, and martyr. Executed in 1594 (1593 old style). Biographical entry

• Waterton, Charles

  English naturalist and explorer (1782-1865)

• Waterworth, James

  English priest (1806-1876)

• Watteau, Jean Antoine

  Artist's biography with bibliography

• Waverley, Cistercian Abbey of

  Founded by William Gifford, the first monastery of the Order of Citeaux in England

• Way, Ven. William

  English priest and martyr, d. 1588

• Wealth, Use of

  The term 'wealth' is not used here in the technical sense in which it occurs in treatises on economic subjects

• Wearmouth Abbey

  Benedictine monastery in Durham, England

• Weathers, William

  English bishop (1814-1895)

• Webb, Benjamin Joseph

  Kentucky editor and historian (1814-1897)

• Webbe, Samuel

  English composer (1742-1816)

• Weber, Beda

  Benedictine professor, author, statesman (1798-1859)

• Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm

  Physician, poet, statesman (1813-1894)

• Weber, Heinrich

  German Church historian (1834-1898)

• Weber, Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von

  Composer (1786-1826)

• Weedall, Henry

  English priest (1788-1859)

• Week, Liturgical

  The week was regarded as a sacred institution among the Jews owing to the law of the Sabbath rest and its association with the first chapter of Genesis

• Wegg-Prosser, Francis Richard

  Prominent English convert (1824-1911)

• Weingarten

  Suppressed Benedictine abbey

• Weislinger, Johann Nikolaus

  Polemical writer (1691-1755)

• Weis, Nicolaus von

  Bishop in Lorraine (1796-1869)

• Weissenau, Monastery of

  Suppressed Premonstratensian house in Wuertemberg

• Weiss, Johann Baptist

  Historian (1820-1899)

• Weitenauer, Ignatius von

  Litterateur, exegete, and Orientalist (1709-1783)

• Welbourne, Ven. Thomas

  A schoolmaster, was martyred at York in 1605

• Weld

  Name of a prominent English Catholic family

• Weld, Frederick Aloysius

  New Zealand colonist (1823-1891)

• Welle, Prefecture Apostolic of

  Located in the extreme north of Belgian Congo, Africa

• Wellington, Archdiocese of

  Located in New Zealand

• Wells in Scripture

  It is difficult to realize the importance which a country like Palestine attaches to any source of fresh water

• Wells, Ven. Swithin

  A married lay schoolmaster, hanged opposite his house in 1591 for the crime of attending mass

• Welser, Bartholomeus

  German merchant prince (1488-1561)

• Welsh Church

  The term Welsh Church covers 'the British Church during the Roman period', 'the British Church during the period of Saxon Conquest', and 'the Church of Wales'

• Welsh Monastic Foundations

  The British church was driven into Wales in the fifth century

• Welte, Benedict

  Exegete, born at Ratzenried in Wuertemberg (1825-1885)

• Wenceslaus, Saint

  The patron saint of Bohemia, murdered by his brother c. 929

• Wendelin of Trier, Saint

  Patron of shepherds. Died c. 617

• Weninger, Francis Xavier

  Jesuit missionary and author (1805-1888)

• Wenrich of Trier

  Eleventh-century German ecclesiastico-political writer

• Werburgh, Saint

  Benedictine abbess, died 699 or 700. Biographical article

• Werden

  Suppressed Benedictine monastery

• Werner, Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias

  Prussian convert, poet, and pulpit orator (1768-1823)

• Wessenberg, Ignaz Heinrich von

  Vicar-General and Administrator of the Diocese of Constance (1774-1860)

• Wessobrunn

  Suppressed Benedictine abbey in Bavaria

• Westcott, Sebastian

  English organist (1524-1583)

• Westeraas, Ancient See of

  Located in Sweden

• Westminster Abbey

  This most famous of all English abbeys is situated within the precincts of the Royal Palace of Westminster

• Westminster, Archdiocese of

  Comprises the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, and London north of the Thames

• Westminster Cathedral

  A national expression of religious faith given by Roman Catholics to England

• Westminster, Matthew of

  The name given to the supposed author of a well-known English chronicle, the 'Flores Historiarum'

• Weston, William

  Jesuit missionary priest, born at Maidstone

• Westphalia

  Province of Prussia

• West Virginia

  The state bounded by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and on Kentucky

• Wettingen-Mehrerau, Abbacy Nullius of

  Cistercian abbey in Austria

• Wetzer, Heinrich Joseph

  Learned Orientalist, born at Anzefahr in Hesse-Cassel (1801-1853)

• Wharton, Ven. Christopher

  Biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1600

• Wheeling, Diocese of

  Located in West Virginia

• Whipple, Amiel Weeks

  American military engineer and soldier (1818-1863)

• Whitaker, Venerable Thomas

  Brief biography of this Lancashire priest, martyred in 1646

• Whitbread, Venerable Thomas

  A native of Essex and Jesuit provincial, refused Titus Oates admission to the Society of Jesus. And the rest, as they say, is history. Whitbread died a martyr in 1679

• Whitby, Abbey of

  Formerly called Streoneshalh. A Benedictine monastery in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, founded about 657, as a double monastery, by Oswy, King of Northumberland

• Whitby, Synod of

  A conference at the monastery of St. Hilda at Whitby or Streanoeshalch. King Oswy with Bishops Colman and Chad represented the Celtic tradition; Alchfrid, son of Oswy, and Bishops Wilfrid and Agilbert that of Rome

• White, Andrew

  Missionary (1579-1656)

• White, Charles Ignatius

  American editor and historian (1807-1878)

• White, Edward

  Grandfather of Stephen Mallory White, born in County Limerick, Ireland, in the latter part of the eighteenth century; died December, 1863

• White, Eustace, Venerable

  English convert to Catholicism, priest, missionary to his native land, martyred in 1591. Short biography

• White Fathers

  Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa of Algeria

• White, Richard, Venerable

  Real name, Richard Gwyn. Welsh schoolmaster, husband and father, had a reputation as a scholar, poet, martyred in 1584

• White, Robert

  English composer (1530-1574)

• White, Stephen

  Irish antiquarian and polyhistor (1574-1646)

• White, Stephen Mallory

  American statesman (1853-1901)

• White, Thomas

  Several of White's opinions were censured by the Inquisition

• Whithorn Priory

  Founded in Scotland in the twelfth century

• Whitty, Ellen

  Australian nun (1819-1892)

• Whitty, Robert

  English Jesuit (1817-1895)

• Whitty, Rose

  Irish nun (1831-1911)

• Wibald

  Medieval Belgian Abbot (1098-1158)

• Wichita, Diocese of

  Erected in 1887, from the Diocese of Leavenworth

• Wichita Indians

  A confederacy of Caddoan stock, formerly dwelling between the Arkansas River, Kansas, and the Brazos River, Texas

• Wichmans, Francis

  Belgian Augustinian (1596-1661)

• Widmer, Joseph

  Swiss theologian (1779-1844)

• Widow

  Canonical prescriptions concerning widows in the Old Testament refer mainly to the question of remarriage

• Widukind

  Saxon leader, and one of the heads of the Westphalian nobility

• Widukind of Corvey

  Historian who lived in the tenth century in the Benedictine Abbey of Corvey, Germany

• Wiener-Neustadt, Diocese of

  Suppressed see in Lower Austria

• Wiest, Stephan

  Member of the Order of Cistercians (1748-1797)

• Wigand, Saints

  Three saints of this name are mentioned in the Roman Martyrology

• Wigbert, Saint

  English-born companion of St. Boniface. Wigbert was abbot of Hersfeld and, for a time, of Ohrdruf. He died in about 746

• Wigbod

  Theological writer of the eighth century

• Wigley, George J.

  By profession he was an architect, but subsequently devoted himself to journalism in Paris

• Wilberforce, Henry William

  Third son of William Wilberforce, and younger brother of Robert Wilberforce

• Wilberforce, Robert Isaac

  Second son of William Wilberforce, and a younger brother of Samuel Wilberforce

• Wilcannia, Diocese of

  Located in New South Wales, one of the six suffragan sees of Sydney

• Wilcox, Robert, Venerable

  Biographical details on this English priest and two of his companions in martyrdom: fellow priest 'Edward Campion' and layman Robert Widmerpool. Martyred in 1588

• Wild, Johann

  Scriptural commentator and preacher (1495-1554)

• Wilfrid, Saint

  Biographical article on this abbot and bishop, who died in 709

• Wilgefortis

  The legend makes her a Christian daughter of a pagan King of Portugal

• Wilhelm of Herle

  Painter, born at Herle in Dutch Limburg at an unknown date in the fourteenth century

• Wilhelm V

  Duke of Bavaria (1548-1626)

• Wilhering, Cistercian Abbey of

  Situated on the right bank of the Danube, in the Diocese of Linz, Austria

• Will

  This article discusses will in its psychological aspect

• Willaert, Adrian

  Biography of the composer (1480-1562)

• Will and Testament of Clerics

  Roman law allowed clerics to dispose of their property by will or otherwise

• Willehad, Saint

  Short biography of the missionary and bishop, d. 789

• Willems, Pierre

  Philologist (1840-1898)

• William

  For a time he was Archdeacon of Nantes, but renounced this dignity and became a monk at the Benedictine monastery of Marmoutiers (d. 1124)

• William

  Abbot of Saint-Benigne on Dijon (962-1031)

• William, Blessed

  Biographical article on this Cluniac, abbot of Hirschau, monastic reformer, astronomer, musician, who died in 1091

• Williamites

  Name of two minor religious orders

• William of Auvergne

  Short article on this thinker, by William Turner

• William of Auxerre

  Thirteenth-century theologian

• William of Champeaux

  A concise summary of his life and thought, by William Turner

• William of Conches

  Scholastic philosopher and theologian (b. 1100)

• William of Digulleville

  Fourteenth-century French poet

• William of Ebelholt, Saint

  Also called William of Paris or William of the Paraclete. Twelfth-century canon

• William of Gellone, Saint

  Late eighth century. The second count of Toulouse, founded a Benedictine monastery, then became a monk himself

• William of Jumièges

  Benedictine historian (d. 1090)

• William of Maleval, Saint

  Also known as St. William the Great. Hermit, d. 1157

• William of Malmesbury

  Benedictine monk at Malmesbury Abbey

• William of Moerbeke

  Short article by M. de Wulf on this learned man of the 13th century

• William of Nangis

  Medieval chronicler (d. 1300)

• William of Newburgh

  English historian (1136-1198)

• William of Norwich, Saint

  William's corpse was found showing signs of a violent death. He is the earliest example of a medieval blood libel saint, having died in 1144. His biographer relied on hearsay, and was 'a man of unlimited credulity.'

• William of Paris, Saint

  Abbot of Eskill in Denmark

• William of Perth, Saint

  Honored as a martyr because he was on pilgrimage to Jerusalem when murdered by his adopted son

• William of Poitiers

  Norman historian, born of a noted family, at Preaux near Pont Audemer, Normandy, about 1020

• William of Ramsey

  A monk of Crowland Abbey

• William of Sens

  A twelfth-century French architect, supposed to have been born at Sens

• William of Shoreham

  An English religious writer of the Anglo-Norman period, born at Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, in the latter half of the twelfth century

• William of St-Amour

  Thirteenth-century theologian and controversialist (d. 1273)

• William of St-Thierry

  Theologian and mystic (1085-1148)

• William of Turbeville

  Bishop of Norwich (1095-1174)

• William of Tyre

  Archbishop of Tyre and historian (1130-1190)

• William of Vercelli

  Founder of the Hermits of Monte Vergine, died 1142

• William of Ware

  William de Warre, Guard, Guaro, Varro or Varron

• William of Wayneflete

  English bishop and chancellor (d. 1486)

• William of Wykeham

  Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England (1324-1404)

• William Perault

  Thirteenth-century French writer and preacher

• William, Saint

  Biographical article on William Fitzherbert, also called William of Thwayt. Twelfth-century Archbishop of York

• William, Saint

  Bishop of St-Brieuc, died about 1234

• William the Clerk (of Normandy)

  French poet of the thirteenth century

• William the Conqueror

  King of England and Duke of Normandy

• William the Walloon

  Medieval abbot (d. 1089)

• Willibald and Winnebald, Saints

  Members of the Order of St. Benedict

• Willibrord, Saint

  Article on the Benedictine missionary and bishop, who died in 739

• Willigis, Saint

  Archbishop of Mainz, d. 1011

• Williram

  Scripture scholar (d. 1085)

• Wilmers, Wilhelm

  Professor of philosophy and theology (1817-1899)

• Wilmington, Diocese of

  Located in Delaware, U.S.A

• Wilton Abbey

  Benedictine convent near Salisbury, England

• Wilton, Richard

  English Trinitarian scholar (d. 1239)

• Wimborne Minster

  Monastery in Dorsetshire, England

• Wimmer, Boniface

  Bavarian archabbot (1809-1887)

• Wimpfeling, Jakob

  Humanist and theologian (1450-1528)

• Wimpina, Konrad

  Theologian (1465-1531)

• Winchester, Ancient See of

  This diocese came into existence in 635 when the great missionary Diocese of Dorchester, founded by St. Birinus in 634 for the Kingdom of Wessex, was subdivided into the Sees of Sherborne and Winchester

• Winckelmann, Johann Joachim

  Archaeologist and historian of ancient art (1717-1768)

• Windesheim

  Augustinian monastery in Holland

• Winding Sheet of Christ, Feast of the Holy

  In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of Christ was brought to Besancon by Otto de La Roche, and the feast of its arrival (Susceptio) was ordered to be kept on 11 July

• Windischmann, Friedrich Heinrich Hugo

  Orientalist and exegete (1811-1861)

• Windischmann, Karl Joseph Hieronymus

  Concise article on this philosopher's life and works, by Friedrich Lauchert

• Windows in Church Architecture

  A history of the use and form of windows in Christian houses of worship

• Windsor

  A town on the Thames, in Berkshire, England; rendered Ventus Morbidus in some medieval documents, the name being really from the Saxon Windels-or, 'winding shore'

• Windthorst, Ludwig

  German statesman (1812-1891)

• Winefride, Saint

  Seventh-century Welsh niece of St. Beuno. According to legend, she was decapitated by a frustrated suitor and restored to life by her uncle

• Wingham, Thomas

  Pianist, organist, composer and teacher (1846-1893)

• Winnebago Indians

  A Siouan tribe closely related in speech to the Iowa, Missouri, and Oto, and more remotely to the Dakota and Ponca

• Winnoc, Saint

  Early eighth-century Benedictine prior

• Winona, Diocese of

  Established in 1889, suffragan of St. Paul, in southern Minnesota

• Winslow, Jakob Benignus

  Physician and anatomist (1669-1760)

• Winwallus, Saint

  Abbot, contemporary of St. Patrick. There are fifty-some forms of his name, including Bennoc and Winwalloc

• Winzet, Ninian

  Benedictine abbot and controversial writer (1518-1592)

• Wipo

  Eleventh-century priest and biographer

• Wireker, Nigel

  Twelfth-century satirist

• Wirt, Wigand

  Theologian, born at Frankfort about 1460; died at Steyer, 30 June, 1519

• Wisconsin

  Known as the 'Badger State', admitted to the Union on 29 May, 1848, the seventeenth state admitted, after the original thirteen

• Wisdom, Book of

  One of the deutero-canonical writings of the Old Testament, placed in the Vulgate between the Canticle of Canticles and Ecclesiasticus

• Wisdom, Daughters of

  Founded at Poitiers by Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort in 1703

• Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick

  Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster (1802-1865)

• Witchcraft

  As commonly understood, involves the idea of a diabolical pact or at least an appeal to the intervention of the spirits of evil

• Witness

  One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof

• Wittenberg

  City and University

• Witt, Francis Xavier

  Composer and reformer of church music (1834-1888)

• Wittman, George Michael

  Bishop-elect of Ratisbon (1760-1833)

• Wittman, Patrizius

  Catholic journalist (1818-1883)

• Witzel, Georg

  Hessian theologian (1501-1573)

• Wladislaw, Diocese of

  The historical origin of this diocese is not known precisely

• Wolff, George Dering

  American editor (1822-1894)

• Wolfgang, Saint

  Tenth-century Benedictine bishop of Ratisbon (Regensburg)

• Wolfram von Eschenbach

  Middle-High-German epic poet (d. 1216)

• Wolgemut, Michael

  Painter and engraver (1434-1519)

• Wolowski, Louis-François-Michel-Reymond

  Polish economist (1810-1876)

• Wolsey, Thomas

  Cardinal Archbishop of York (1471-1530)

• Wolstan, Saint

  Eleventh-century Benedictine, Bishop of Worcester. Biography

• Woman

  The position of woman in society has given rise to a discussion which, is known under the name of the 'woman question'

• Wood-Carving

  Discusses the branch of wood-carving dealing with artistic objects, belonging either to plastic (as statues, crucifixes, and similar carvings), or to industrial art (as arabesques and rosettes), and which serve mainly for the ornamentation of cabinet work

• Woodcock, Venerable John

  Brief biography of the English Franciscan martyr, who died in 1646

• Woodhead, Abraham

  English writer (1609-1678)

• Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison

  Priest and scientist (1832-1889)

• Wood, Thomas

  Priest and confessor (1499-1588)

• Worcester, Ancient Diocese of

  Located in England, created in 680 when, at the Synod of Hatfield under St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, the great Mercian diocese was divided into five sees

• Words (in Canon Law)

  Canonists give many rules for the exact acceptation of words, in order that decrees may be correctly understood and the extent of their obligation determined

• World, Antiquity of the

  Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world

• Wörndle, Von, Family

  Philip, Edmund, and August

• Worship, Christian

  In its most general sense, homage paid to a person or a thing

• Worsley, Edward

  English Jesuit (1605-1676)

• Worthington, Thomas, D.D.

  Third President of Douai College (1549-1627)

• Wounds, The Five Sacred

  The revival of religious life and the zealous activity of St. Bernard and St. Francis in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, together with the enthusiasm of the Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, increased devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ and particularly to practices in honour of the Wounds in His Sacred Hands, Feet, and Side

• Wouters, G. Henry

  Historian (1802-1872)

• Wright, Venerable Peter

  English Jesuit and martyr, d. 1651

• Wright, William

  A professor of philosophy at Gratz and Vienna and chaplain to the Gages at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk (1562-1639)

• Wulfen, Franz Xaver Freiherr von

  Botanist (1728-1805)

• Wulfram, Saint

  Late seventh-century missionary and bishop

• Würtemberg, Kingdom of

  Situated between Bavaria and Baden

• Würzburg Abbeys

  Abbey of the Holy Redeemer, St. Andrew's Abbey, St. Stephen's Abbey, and St. James's Abbey

• Würzburg, Diocese of

  Located in Bavaria; suffragan of Bamberg

• Würzburg, University of

  John I of Egloffstein (1400-1411), Bishop of Wurzburg, obtained from Pope Boniface IX a charter, dated 10 December, 1492, for the university

• Wyart, Théophile-Louis-Henri

  French Cistercian (1839-1904)

• Wyclif, John

  Lengthy biographical article. Includes bibliography

• Wyntoun, Andrew of

  Scottish chronicler

• Wyoming

  Forty-fourth state, derives its name from the Delaware Indian word 'Maughwauwama', signifying mountains with large plains between