Theological writer of acknowledged merit, born at Meckenheim near Bonn, 1 March, 1835; died at Cologne, 21 July, 1888.

German Humanist and historian, b. at Nuremberg, 13 February, 1440; d. there on 28 November, 1514.

A German principality, surrounded by the Prussian province of Westphalia Hanover, and an exclave of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau (the Prussian County of Schaumburg).

Inquisitor (1463-1527)

German historian, b. at Luxembourg, 23 July, 1683; d. at Heidleberg, 6 March, 1739.

An especially prominent figure among the missionaries to China, b. of an important family at Cologne in 1591; d. at Peking, 15 Aug., 1666.

Orator, poet, and statesman, b. at Tubbergen, Holland, 2 March, 1844; d. at Rome, 21 Jan., 1903.

Painter, b. at Berlin, 1789; d. at Düsseldorf, 1862. He was the son of the sculptor, Johann Gottfried Schadow of Berlin.

Etymology of the word based on a Greek term meaning "speculation, doubt".

French poet and dramatist, b. in Paris, 4 July, 1610; d. 7 October, 1660.

Special emphasis on his religious works and his influence on later composers.

Oratorian, Papal envoy, b. of a noble and ancient family in the Duchy of Monferrato, Piedmont, 1596; d. at Rome, 14 Oct., 1656.

Ascetical writer, b. at Rome, 24 Nov., 1687; d. at Macerata, 11 Jan., 1752.

The most important part, of the habit of the monastic orders.

Bolognese painter, born about 1360; died about 1410.

A word or action evil in itself, which occasions another's spiritual ruin.

Educator, b. at Whitefield, Maine, U.S.A., 27 Dec., 1816; d. at New York, 7 Dec., 1894.

Theologian, better known by his religious name, Anrea di Castellana.

Article by Paul Lejay on this scholar's life and writings.

Consisting of twenty-eight white marble steps, at Rome, near the Lateran; according to tradition the staircase leading once to the prætorium of Pilate at Jerusalem, hence sanctified by the footsteps of Our Lord during his Passion.

Fourteenth-century philosopher.

Chronology of the area and the people.

Thirteenth-century Danish historian