A German jurist and publicist. (1577-1638)

A Jansenist writer, b. at Paris, 1686; d. 1763.

Describes two people known by this name.

Though primarily a missionary, better know as one of the classical writers of Tamil literature. (1680-1746)

Jesuit missionary in Canada. (1630-1711)

Born at Linz, 1726; died 1781.

Archdiocese coextensive with the departments of Doubs, Haute-Saône, and the district of Belfort.

A French priest, founder of charitable institutions. (1795-1865)

Cardinal, and founder of the French congregation of the Oratory. (1575-1629)

Converted to Christianity from paganism, entered the monastery of Luxeuil under the Rule of St. Columban, became abbot of Bobbio, was staunchly anti-Arian, d. 639 or 640.

Article covers a French Cardinal, theologian, and canonist, b. 1280 at Annonay in Vivarais, and a French cardinal, nephew of the foregoing, whose name he adopted, b. in 1279, at Colombier in Vivarais.

Italian missionary. (1552-1625)

Anciently called Forum Truentinorum, and, at the time of the Gothic war, Petra Honorii, whence the present name, is a small city in Romagna, province of Forli, Italy.

Monk living under the Rule of St. Columban, missionary to the Morini, monastic founder, abbot of St. Omer, d. about 709.

Italian theologian, b. 28 May, 1696, at Sarravezza, Tuscany; d. 26 March, 1766, at Pisa.

Benedictine monk and chronicler of the Abbey of Reichenau on the Lake of Constance; d. probably in 1088.

Franciscan of the monastery of that city and the most powerful preacher of repentance in the thirteenth century, b. about 1210; d. at Ratisbon, 14 December, 1272.

Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. 1441; d. 21 December, 1504.

German bishop and theological writer. (1465-1543)

Bishop, Apostle of the Livonians, killed 24 July, 1198, in a crusade against the pagan Livonians who threatened destruction to all Christians that lived in their territory.

A Jesuit professor and writer, born at Issoudun, 1704; died at Bourges, 1782.

Brief biographies of five holy women of this name: two saints; two beatae; and one Bertha who is commonly called a saint but there is no evidence of a cultus surrounding her.

A town on the southern extremity of Palestine.