The State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, parts of the Louisiana Purchase, were formed, 1843, into the Diocese of Little Rock.

Historical article on the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, modeled on the Divine Office.

A noble Milanese family which gave two distinguished cardinals to the Church.

Includes information about immigration, religion, schools, and periodicals.

An ancient grandy-duchy united with Poland in the fourteenth century.

The model of all other litanies, of great antiquity.

Does not give the text of the litany itself, but mentions many of the titles of Jesus Christ.

Long article examines the somewhat murky history of the Litany of Loreto. Also information on Marian litanies in general.

Article follows the pianist and composer's life and career, showing how his religious expression waned during his middle years, then increased toward the end of his life.

Jesuit writer, b. in Lancashire, about 1559; d. in England, probably before 1628; was the son of Christopher Lister, of Midhope, Yorks.

Founded in the year 635 by St. Carthach the Younger.

The Diocese of Lismore extends over a territory of 21,000 square miles in the north-east of New South Wales (Australia).

Patriarchate of Lisbon (Lisbonensis).

Biographical article on the humanist by Paul Lejay.

A term sometimes used synonymously with reliquary, but signifying, more correctly, the little box containing the relics, which is placed inside the reliquary.

A cardinal, hagiographer, b. in 1500; d. 15 August, 1559. Of a noble Venetian family, he devoted himself from his youth to the study of the classical languages and later to the pursuit of the sacred sciences.

Biography of the Italian painter (1406-1469).

Italian painter, d. 1515. Artist's biography with bibliography.

One of the Confederate States of the German Empire.

Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vienna.

Reigned about A.D. 64 or 67 to 76 or 79.

A titular see of Bithynia Secunda, known only from the "Notitiae Episcopatuum" which mention it as late as the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as a suffragan of Nicaea.

Located in Sweden; originally included Östergötland, the Islands of Gotland and Öland, and Smaaland.