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Würzburg, University of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15720a.htm
John I of Egloffstein (1400-1411), Bishop of Wurzburg, obtained from Pope Boniface IX a charter, dated 10 December, 1492, for the university.
Würzburg, Diocese of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15718a.htm
Located in Bavaria; suffragan of Bamberg.
Würzburg Abbeys
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15721a.htm
Abbey of the Holy Redeemer, St. Andrew's Abbey, St. Stephen's Abbey, and St. James's Abbey.
Würtemberg, Kingdom of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15716b.htm
Situated between Bavaria and Baden.
Wyoming
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15724b.htm
Forty-fourth state, derives its name from the Delaware Indian word "Maughwauwama", signifying mountains with large plains between.
Wyclif, John
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15722a.htm
Lengthy biographical article. Includes bibliography.
Wyart, Théophile-Louis-Henri
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15721b.htm
French Cistercian. (1839-1904)
Wulfram, Saint
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15716a.htm
Late seventh-century missionary and bishop.
Wright, William
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15715c.htm
A professor of philosophy at Gratz and Vienna and chaplain to the Gages at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk. (1562-1639)
Wounds, The Five Sacred
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15714a.htm
The revival of religious life and the zealous activity of St. Bernard and St. Francis in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, together with the enthusiasm of the Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, increased devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ and particularly to practices in honour of the Wounds in His Sacred Hands, Feet, and Side.
Worthington, Thomas, D.D.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15713b.htm
Third President of Douai College. (1549-1627)
Worship, Christian
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15710a.htm
In its most general sense, homage paid to a person or a thing.
World, Antiquity of the
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15704b.htm
Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world.
Words (in Canon Law)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15704a.htm
Canonists give many rules for the exact acceptation of words, in order that decrees may be correctly understood and the extent of their obligation determined.
Worcester, Ancient Diocese of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15703a.htm
Located in England, created in 680 when, at the Synod of Hatfield under St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, the great Mercian diocese was divided into five sees.
Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15702c.htm
Priest and scientist. (1832-1889)
Wood-Carving
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15698b.htm
Discusses the branch of wood-carving dealing with artistic objects, belonging either to plastic (as statues, crucifixes, and similar carvings), or to industrial art (as arabesques and rosettes), and which serve mainly for the ornamentation of cabinet work.