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Allatius, Leo

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A learned Greek of the seventeenth century. (1586-1669)

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Allahabad

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Diocese; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, India.

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All Souls' Day

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The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on 2 November, or, if this be a Sunday or a solemnity, on 3 November.

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All Saints' Day

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Celebrated on the first of November. Instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year.

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All Hallows College

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An institution devoted to the preparation of priests for the missions in English-speaking countries.

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Aliturgical Days

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Those days on which the "liturgy", i.e. the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist, is not allowed to be celebrated.

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Alimony

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In the common legal sense of the word, the allowance by order of the court a husband pays to his wife for her maintenance while she is living separately from him, or paid by her former husband to a divorced woman.

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Alimentation

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In a broad sense, whatever is necessary to sustain human life: not merely food and drink, but lodging, clothing, care during sickness and burial.

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Alife

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A diocese made up of twelve communes in the province of Caserta, Archbishopric of Benevento, Italy.

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Algonquins

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The Micmacs, Abenakis, Montagnais, Penobscots, Chippewas, Mascoutens, Nipissings, Sacs, Pottowatomies, and Illinois, the Pequods of Massachusetts, the Mohegans of New York, the Lenapes of Pennsylvania and Delaware, with many other minor tribes, may be classed among them.

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Algiers

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Archdiocese comprising the province of Algeria in French Africa. Its suffragans are the Sees of Oran and Constantine.

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Alghero

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An Italian diocese comprising twenty-two communes in the province of Sassari, and four in that of Cagliari, Archdiocese of Sassari.

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Alfwold, Saint

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Monk of Winchester, became the last bishop of Sherborne, d. 1058.

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Alfrida, Saint

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Daughter of King Offa of Mercia. Hermit at Crowland, fl. 795.

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Alford, Michael

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A Jesuit missionary in England during the persecution. (1587-1652)

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Alfonso of Burgos

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Royal confessor of Ferdinand and Isabella. Died 1489.

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Alfonso de Zamora

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A converted Spanish Rabbi, baptized 1506; died 1531.

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Alfieri, Pietro

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A priest and at one time a Camaldolese monk. (1801-1863)

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