A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its resemblance in form to a bubble floating upon water.

Known also as Aquapontanus, historian of the Catholic confessors under Queen Elizabeth, born in Yorkshire about 1532; died probably at Trier, about 1596.

These publications derive their origin and their title from the Rev. Francis Henry Egerton, eighth and last Earl of Bridgewater.

Priest and author. (1829-1899)

Biography of the mother of 8, widow, visionary, founder of the Brigittines.

During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, various religious associations were founded for the purpose of building bridges.

Preacher, b. at Chusclan, France, 21 March, 1701; d. at Roquemaure, 22 December, 1767.

Includes three people with this name.

The payment or the promise of money or other lucrative consideration to induce another, while under the obligation of acting without any view to private emolument, to act as the briber shall prescribe.

Seventh Bishop of Quebec, b. in 1715 at Plérin, Brittany; d. 25 June, 1794.

German historian, born at Puffendorf in Germany, 6 September, 1640; died at the same place about 1713.

Article on the 1911-1913 revamping of the breviary so as to allow recitation of all of the Psalter each week. Feasts were also ranked according to liturgical importance, and some offices were no longer obligatory or were even suppressed.

Described as the Sarum Office in a Scottish form.

Evolution of the book, or set of books, containing the texts and rubrics of the canonical hours.

French missionary among the Caribbean Indians. (1609-1679)

A group of persons closely connected with the Saviour appears repeatedly in the New Testament under the designation "his brethren" or "the brethren of the Lord".

Italian missionary to the Indians. (1612-1672)

Prince-Bishopric seated at Breslau, on the River Oder in the Prussian Province of Silesia.

The Diocese takes its name from the principal city in the province of the same name in Lombardy, between the Mella and the Naviglio.

German poet. (1778-1842)

Article on St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, also known as Brendan the Voyager. Monastic founder, d. 577. About half of the article is devoted to St. Brendan's famous voyage.

Irish Church historian. (1780-1847)

Fifth-century Irish missionary to Wales and a contemporary of St. Patrick.