French publicist. (1842-1912)

Titular see of the Cyclades, suffragan of Rhodes.

Situated on an island of the same name, now known as that of Saint-Honorat, about a league from the coast of Provence, in the Department of the Maritime Alps, now included in the Diocese of Nice, formerly in that of Grasse or of Antibes.

Diocese; suffragan of Tarragona.

A titular see of Tripolitana.

A chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus leprœ, characterized by the formation of growths in the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, bones, and internal viscera, producing various deformities and mutilations of the human body, and usually terminating in death.

Italian name for Naupactos (Naupactus) a titular metropolitan see of ancient Epirus

Established at Vienna for the purpose of aiding the Catholic missions in North America.

A titular archiepiscopal see of Augustamnica Secunda.

Bishop of Fréjus, d. 488. On good terms with Honoratus, who founded the famous monastery of Lérins, and with John Cassian and Pope St. Leo I.

An important theologian of the sixth century.

The Roman Martyrology mentions at least six martyrs named Leonidas or Leonides, the most famous being St. Leonidas of Alexandria, the father of Origen.

Franciscan preacher and ascetic writer, d. 1751.

According to eleventh-century legend, he was a sixth-century Frankish nobleman.

Born at an uncertain date on the Island of Chios, then under Genoese domination; died in Chios or in Italy, 1842.

Spanish poet and theologian, b. at Belmonte, Aragon, in 1528; d. at Madrigal, 23 August, 1591.

Provides history and geography of the area.

Suffragan of Michoacan in Mexico, erected in 1863.

Bishop of Autun, martyred in 678. Also known as St. Leger.

Virgin and martyr, d. probably in 304.

Companion of St. Francis of Assisi. (d. 1271)

Lengthy biographical article on the author of "Rerum novarum."

Born at the Castello della Genga in the territory of Spoleto, 22 August, 1760; died in Rome, 10 February, 1829.