Roman Emperor 249-251.

Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechlin, and Primate of Belgium; born at Melle near Ghent 6 Dec., 1810; died 29 Sept., 1883, at Mechlin.

Belgian statesman and publicist, brother of Cardinal Dechamps, born at Melle near Ghent, 17 June, 1807, died at Manage, 19 July, 1875.

Name given in the Bible and by ancient writers to a region in Palestine lying to the east and south of the Sea of Galilee.

The term employed to designate the collection of precepts written on two tables of stone and given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.

That which is owed or due to another; in general, anything which one person is under an obligation to pay or render to another.

Prophetess and judge, wife of Lapidoth and endowed by God with prophetic gifts which secured for her the veneration of the divided Israelitic tribes and gave her great authority over them.

Includes the steps taken, such as calling a priest, winding up earthly affairs, and confession.

Bishop of Meath, born in Ireland, 1568; died at Galway, 1651.

One of the principal administrative officials of a diocese.

Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle's Creed.

The name given to the lake that lies on the south-eastern border of Palestine.

The name means only minister or servant, and is employed in this sense both in the Septuagint (though only in the book of Esther, and in the New Testament.

Offers history and functions.

Poet, critic, and essayist, b. at Curragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, 10 January, 1814; died there, 21 January, 1902.

Explorer and conqueror, born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; died on the banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542.

Missionary among the North American Indians, b. at Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, 30 Jan., 1801; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 23 May, 1873.

Christian archaeologist, best known for his work in connection with the Roman catacombs. (1822-1894)

"Out of the depths". First words of Psalm 129.

In Chicago, the outgrowth of St. Vincent's College, which opened in Sept., 1898.

Born 17 March, 1809; died 5 March, 1878.

Missionary, b. at Hoorbeke-St-Corneille, Belgium, 28 Oct., 1792; d. at Ghent, 20 Aug., 1869.

Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a little later; died at Paris, 8 January, 1570.