By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided in three parts: Ludwig the German received Eastern Franconia; Charles the Bald, Western Franconia; and Lothair I, the strip of land lying between the two and reaching from the North Sea to the Rhone, with Italy in addition. After the death of Lothair I, in 855, Italy passed to his son Lothair II, who gave his name to the district henceforth known as Lotharii Regnum - Lotharingen, Lothringen, or Lorraine.

French painter and etcher, b. in 1600 at Chamagnc on the banks of the Moselle in Lorraine; d. in Rome, 21 Nov., 1681 (or 23 Nov., 1682).

An Indian village occupied by the principal remnant of the ancient Huron tribe on the east bank of Saint Charles River.

An Italian Capuchin with a talent for languages, much in demand as a preacher, was chaplain of the Imperial army. Doctor of the Church. He died in 1619.

Sienese painters. The time of their birth and death is not known.

Cardinal, b. 22 Sept., 1722 at Leon in Spain; d. 17 April, 1804, at Rome.

Titular see in Arabia.

Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the phrase "Lord's Prayer" does not seem to have been generally familiar in England before the Reformation. During the Middle Ages the "Our Father" was always said in Latin, even by the uneducated. Hence it was then most commonly known as the Pater noster.

Spanish artist, b. at Seville in 1598; d. at Madrid in 1662; he was a pupil of Juan de Las Roelas, the painter of the great altar-piece in the church of St. Isidore in Seville, of the "Martyrdom of St. Andrew" in the museum at Seville, and of the pictures in the university chapel.

Poet and dramatist, b. at Madrid, 1562; d. 23 Aug., 1635.

Soldier and Catholic convert. Born 8 January, 1821, at Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.A.; died at Gainesville, Georgia, 2 January, 1904.

Diocese in Canada, established 21 February, 1855; see transferred to Sandwich, 2 February, 1859, transferred back to London, 3 October, 1869.

The capital of England and chief city of the British Empire, is situated about fifty miles from the mouth of the Thames.

French cardinal and statesman. (1727-1794)

A word derived from Longobardia and used during the Middle Ages to designate the country ruled over by the Longobards, which varied in extent with the varying fortunes of that race in Italy.

Archbishop. (1555-1625)

Brief article accepts the tradition that Loman, bishop of Trim, was a nephew of St. Patrick.

The name given to the followers of John Wyclif, an heretical body numerous in England in the latter part of the fourteenth and the first half of the fifteenth century.

Suffragan of Quito, Ecuador, includes the greater part of the Provinces of Loja and El Oro.

Professor of philosophy and speculative theology. Born 13 March, 1619, at Neuötting in the Diocese of Salzburg; died 26 (probably) May, 1697.

Archbishop of Prague, b. at Eger, Bohemia, 1549; d. 2 Nov., 1622.

The word Logos is the term by which Christian theology in the Greek language designates the Word of God, or Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.

A historical survey from Indian and Pre-Aristotelian philosophy to the Logic of John Stuart Mill.