Primarily, and in its psychological application, the term signifies the theory that the phenomena of consciousness are simply the product of sensuous experience, i.e. of sensations variously associated and arranged.

An Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic, born 8 September, 1774, at Flamsche, near Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Munster, Westphalia, Germany; died at Dulmen, 9 February, 1824.

A Benedictine monastery at Ratisbon (Regensburg), named after its traditional founder, the patron saint of the city.

Late seventh-century missionary to Bavaria, where he was martyred.

A titular see in Pa1æstina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea.

Signifies "God with us" (Matthew 1:23), and is the name of the child predicted in Isaias 7:14: "Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel".

Details of several organizations, the earliest being the Charitable Irish Society of Boston, Massachusetts, founded 17 March, 1737.

A titular see of Phœnicia Secunda, suffragan of Damascus, and the seat of two Uniat archdioceses, Greek Melchite and Syrian.

Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice during the French Revolution, b. 26 Aug., 1732, at Gex; d. at Paris, 28 April, 1811.

Virgin and martyr, d. at Rome in the third century.

In Christian worship embroidery was used from early times to ornament vestments.

An insertion, addition, interpretation. The word has two specific uses in the language of the Church; in the prayer and in the calendar.

The days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence.

In ancient Rome emancipation was a process of law by which a slave released from the control of his master, or a son liberated from the authority of his father (patria potestas), was declared legally independent. The earliest ecclesiastical employment of this process was in the freeing of slaves.

The doctrine that emanation (Lat. emanare, "to flow from") is the mode by which all things are derived from the First Reality, or Principle.

Married, Third Order Franciscan, d. 1323.

Ancient diocese in England.

Held early in the fourth century at Elliberis, or Illiberis, in Spain, a city now in ruins not far from Granada.

A titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.

Suffragan of Tuam, Ireland, a see founded by St. Patrick.

Also called Alphege or Godwine. Hermit, abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyred in 1012. Biographical article.

The common name for God.

The earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Wurtemberg, situated in the Diocese of Augsburg about thirty miles north-east of the town of Stuttgart.