A blessing given by the Church to mothers after recovery from childbirth.

The term church is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which the New Testament writers denote the society founded by Jesus Christ.

The proper support of church edifices and church institutions.

Comprises at present the Swiss Cantons of Graubünden (Grisons), Glarus, Zürich, Unterwalden, and Uri, as well as the little Principality of Lichtenstein.

A titular see of Roman Arabia.

Martyr at Aquileia, probably during the Diocletian persecution.

Martyrs at Rome, perhaps in 283 or 284.

Mathematical chronology determines the units to be employed in measuring time, and historical chronology which fixes in the general course of time the position of any particular occurrence, or, as it is generally termed, its date.

Deals with the dates of the various events recorded in the Bible.

The name ordinarily given to a valuable Byzantine chronicle of the world written in the seventh century, so designated because, like many other chronicles of the Middle Ages, it follows a system of Christian chronology based on the paschal canon, or cycle.

Bishop of Aquileia, anti-Arian theologian, tried to reconcile Rufinus and Jerome, d. 406 or 407.

Bishop of Metz, d. 766.

Article on this martyr, probably of the third century. Although Christopher has been a center of popular legend since the sixth century, all that can be known for certain is that he was a great martyr.

Reigned 903-904.

Biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1600.

Wrote an account of the martyrdom of St. John Boste. Was himself martyred for being a priest, in 1598.

Minister General of the Friars Minor and cardinal. (d. 1528)

Priest who was martyred at Canterbury in 1588, together with Robert Wilcox and Edward Campion.

English priest, who was tortured and martyred less than three years after ordination. Also mentions fellow martyrs Nicholas Horner and Alexander Blake.

Provides a detailed overview of the holiday from the fourth century through the modern age. Includes links to related topics.

A visionary at a very early age, became a Beguine, d. 1312.

Biography, including a list of her major poetic and historical works.

Queen of Sweden. Biographical article by P. Wittman.