Formerly the seat of an archdiocese situated in the north-western part of the present German Empire.

Term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century.

French Dominican theologian of the convent of Evreux; died c. 1479.

Diocese situated in the Dutch province of Brabant and suffragan of Utrecht.

A liturgical act prescribed in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

In the Christian liturgy bread is used principally as one of the elements of the Eucharistic sacrifice.

Information includes history, religion, climate, education, and economy.

As far as known, author of the first book on medicine printed in America.

A duchy situated in the mountainous central part of Northern Germany, comprising the region of the Harz mountains.

Bavarian historian. (1756-1829)

Bishop of Saragossa, hagiographer, friend of St. Isidore of Seville. St. Braulio died in about 651.

Younger brother of Johann Alexander, went to Vienna with his brother in 1524 and likewise won distinction both as a philologist and jurist.

German humanist, born probably at Cannstatt, 1500; died at Vienna, 25 November, 1539.

Born at Bourbourg, France, 1814; died at Nice in January, 1874.

Earliest existing dated examples are of the thirteenth century.

French writer of memoirs, b. in 1539, or a little later; d. 15 July, 1614.

Short biography of the German humanist and poet.

Nineteenth century French physicist.

Formerly an electoral principality, and a diocese in the heart of the present Kingdom of Prussia.

One of the medieval English names for Palm Sunday.

Jesuit missionary to China. (1607-1671)

Cardinal, Minor conventual, and theologian. (1612-1693)

An ancient and illustrious Neapolitan family, from which the "Brancas" of France were descended.