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Baltimore, Provincial Councils of

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These councils have a unique importance for the Church in the United States, inasmuch as the earlier ones legislated for practically the whole territory of the Republic, and furnished moreover a norm for all the later provincial councils of the country.

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Baltimore, Plenary Councils of

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Provides details of three councils held in 1852, 1866, and 1884.

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Baltasar

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The Greek and Latin name for Belshazzar, which is the Hebrew equivalent for Bel­sarra­usur, i.e., "May Bel protect the king".

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Balsamon, Theodore

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A canonist of the Greek Church, born in the second half of the twelfth century at Constantinople; died there, after 1195.

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Balsam

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Balsam is an oily, resinous, and odorous substance, which flows spontaneously or by incision from certain plants, and which the Church mixes with olive oil for use as chrism.

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Balmes, Jaime Luciano

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Philosopher and publicist, b. at Vich, Spain, 28 August, 1810; d. there, 9 July, 1848.

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Balme, Henry

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A Franciscan theologian, born at Genera, date uncertain; d. 23 February, 1439.

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Ballerini, Girolamo and Pietro

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Celebrated theologians and canonists, the sons of a distinguished surgeon of Verona.

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Ballarat

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One of the three suffragan dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Melbourne, Australia.

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Ball, Mother Frances Mary Teresa

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Born in Dublin 9 January, 1794; died 19 May, 1861; foundress of the Irish Branch of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Balearic Isles

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A group in the western part of the Mediterranean belonging to Spain and consisting of four larger islands, Majorca, Minorca, Iviza, and Formentera, and eleven smaller islands of rocky formation.

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Baldwin of Canterbury

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Thirty-ninth Archbishop, a native of Exeter, date of birth unknown; d. 19 Nov., 1190.

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Baldwin

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Archbishop of Trier and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, born 1285; died 1354.

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Baldung, Hans

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Known as Grien or Grun, from his fondness for brilliant green, both in his own costume and in his pictures, a vigorous and distinguished painter, engraver, and draughtsman on wood, b. at Gmund, Swabia, about 1476; d. at Strasburg, 1545.

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Baldred, Saint

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Two saints of this name have the same feast day. One was a Celt; the other, and Englishman.

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Baldovinetti, Alesso

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A notable Florentine painter, b. in Florence, 14 October, 1427; d. there, 29 August, 1499.

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Baldi, Bernardino

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An Italian poet and savant, b. at Urbino, 5 June, 1553; d. at the same place, 10 October, 1617.

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Balderic (Baudry)

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A monk of Liège, a writer and teacher of the twelfth century, b. date unknown, at Florennes in Belgium; d. about 1157.

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Balderic

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Bishop of Dol, in France, chronicler, b. about 1050; d. 7 January, 1130.

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