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» "God", Etymology of the Word
   Anglo-Saxon God; German Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608x.htm

» Gabala
   A titular see of Syria Prima.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328a.htm

» Gabbatha
   The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of Lithostrotos.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328b.htm

» Gaboon
   Formerly called the Vicariate Apostolic of the Two Guineas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06328c.htm

» Gabriel Lalemant, Saint
   Short biography of this Jesuit missionary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08752b.htm

» Gabriel Possenti, Saint
   Passionist student, d. 1862.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330c.htm

» Gabriel Sionita
   A learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the Parisian polyglot of the Bible; b. 1577, at Edden on the Lebanon; d. 1648.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06331a.htm

» Gabriel the Archangel, Saint
   One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330a.htm

» Gabriel, Brothers of Saint
   Originally founded by St. Louis Grignon de Montfort in 1705, but it did not spread much till it was amalgamated with one founded in 1835 by Monsignor Deshayes. Vicar-General of Rennes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330b.htm

» Gad
   A proper name which designates in the Bible, (I), a patriarch; (II), a tribe of Israel; (III), a prophet; (IV), a pagan deity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06331b.htm

» Gadara
   A titular see of Palaestina Prima; there were two sees of this name, one in Palaestina Prima, the other in Palaestina Secunda.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06332a.htm

» Gaddi, Agnolo, Giovanni, and Taddeo
   Florentine artists, Taddeo being the father of Agnolo and Giovanni.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06332b.htm

» Gaeta
   Archdiocese in the province of Caserta in Campania (Southern Italy).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06333a.htm

» Gagarin, Ivan Sergejewitch
   Of the Russian family which traces its origin to the ancient rulers of Starodub; born at Moscow, 1 August, 1814; died at Paris, 19 July, 1882.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334a.htm

» Gagliardi, Achille
   Ascetic writer and spiritual director; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at Modena, 6 July, 1607.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334b.htm

» Gahan, William
   A priest and author; born 5 June, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin; died there, 6 December, 1804.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06334c.htm

» Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand
   French engraver and painter; b. at Paris, 7 Jan., 1834; d. there, 27 Jan., 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06335a.htm

» Gal, Saint
   The sixteenth and twenty-third bishops of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) were both named Gal, and both are saints. The first St. Gal was bishop from 527 to 551, and the second, from 640-650.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06335b.htm

» Galatians, Epistle to the
   Background on Galatia, purpose and date, a summary of its contents, its importance and a discussion of some difficulties.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06336a.htm

» Galatino, Pietro Colonna
   Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at Rome, soon after 1539.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06340a.htm

» Galerius, Valerius Maximianus
   Galerius, a native of Illyria, was made Caesar 1 March, 293, by Diocletian, whose daughter Valeria he married and who in turn adopted her husband.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341a.htm

» Galien, Joseph
   Dominican, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Avignon, meteorologist, physicist, and writer on aeronautics; b. 1699.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341b.htm

» Galilee
   The native land of Jesus Christ, where He began His ministry and performed many of His works, and whence He drew His Apostles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341c.htm

» Galilei, Alessandro
   An eminent Florentine architect; born 1691; died 1737.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342a.htm

» Galilei, Galileo
   Although in the popular mind Galileo is remembered chiefly as an astronomer, it was not in this character that he made really substantial contributions to human knowledge, but rather in the field of mechanics, and especially of dynamics, which science may
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342b.htm

» Galitzin, Elizabeth
   Princess, religious of the Sacred Heart; born at St. Petersburg, 22 February, 1797; died in Louisiana, 8 December, 1843.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06346a.htm

» Gall, Abbey of Saint
   In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of Constance; for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe; founded about 613, and named after Gallus, an Irishman, the disciple and companion of St. Columbanus in his exile from Luxe
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06347a.htm

» Gall, Saint
   Late sixth- to early seventh-century Irish hermit.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06346b.htm

» Galla
   Vicariate Apostolic embracing the territory of the Galla or Oromo tribes in Abyssinia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348b.htm

» Galla, Saint
   A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06348a.htm

» Gallait, Louis
   Flemish painter; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349a.htm

» Galland, Antoine
   French Orientalist and numismatist, b. at Rollot, near Montdidier, in Picardy, 1646, d. at Paris, 1715.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349b.htm

» Gallandi, Andrea
   Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 January, 1779, or 1780.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349c.htm

» Galle
   Diocese in Ceylon, created by Leo XIII 25 Aug., 1893.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06349d.htm

» Gallego, Juan Nicasio
   Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 January, 1853.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350a.htm

» Galletti, Pietro Luigi
   Benedictine, historian and archaeologist; b. at Rome in 1724; d. there, 13 December, 1790.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350b.htm

» Gallia Christiana
   A documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupants.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06350c.htm

» Gallican Rite, The
   The rite which prevailed in Gaul until about the middle or end of the eighth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06357a.htm

» Gallicanism
   This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06351a.htm

» Gallicanus, Saints
   Three saints by this name commemorated on 25 June.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06365a.htm

» Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius
   Roman emperor; b. about 218; d. at Milan, 4 March, 268.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366a.htm

» Gallifet, Joseph de
   French Jesuit. (1663-1749)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366b.htm

» Gallipoli
   Diocese in the province of Lecce (Southern Italy).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06366c.htm

» Gallitzin, Adele Amalie
   Princess; b. at Berlin, 28 Aug., 1748; d. at Angelmodde, near Münster, Westphalia, 17 April, 1806.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367a.htm

» Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine
   Prince, priest, and missionary. (1770-1840)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06367b.htm

» Galloway, Diocese of
   Situated in the southwest of Scotland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370a.htm

» Galluppi, Pasquale
   Philosopher, b. at Tropea, in Calabria, 2 April, 1770; d. at Naples, 13 Dec., 1846, where from 1831 he was a professor in the university.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370b.htm

» Gallwey, Peter
   Famous London priest. (1820-1906)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370c.htm

» Galtelli-Nuoro
   Diocese in the province of Sassari (Sardinia), suffragan of Caglari.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371a.htm

» Galura, Bernhard
   Prince-Bishop of Brixen; b. 21 August, 1764, at Herbolzheim, Bresigau; d. 17 May, 1856.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371b.htm

» Galvani, Luigi
   Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06371c.htm

» Galveston
   The Diocese of Galveston was established in 1847 and comprises that part of the State of Texas, U.S.A., between the Sabine River on the east, the Colorado River on the west, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and the northern line of the counties of Lampasa
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06372a.htm

» Galway and Kilmacduagh
   Diocese in Ireland; an amalgamation of two distinct ancient sees.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06373a.htm

» Gama, Vasco da
   The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, Portugal, about 1469; died at Cochin, India, 24 December, 1524.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm

» Gamaliel
   Famous Pharisee and Rabbi.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374b.htm

» Gamans, Jean
   Priest and missionary. (1606-1684)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375a.htm

» Gambling
   The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375b.htm

» Gams, Pius Bonifacius
   Ecclesiastical historian. (1816-1892)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06376a.htm

» Gandolphy, Peter
   Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, 1779; d. at East Sheen, Surrey, 9 July, 1821.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377a.htm

» Gangra
   A titular see in the province of Paphlagonia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06377b.htm

» Gap
   Diocese; suffragan of Aix, includes the department of the Hautes-Alpes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378a.htm

» Garcilasso de la Vega
   Historian of Peru. (1539-1617)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06382a.htm

» García Moreno, Gabriel
   Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated at Quito, 6 August, 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379b.htm

» Gardellini, Aloisio
   Born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1759; died there, 8 Oct., 1829, famous chiefly for his collection of the decrees of the Congregation of Rites.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06382b.htm

» Garesché, Julius Peter
   Soldier; born 26 April, 1821, near Havana, Cuba; killed at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, U.S.A., 31 December, 1862.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384a.htm

» Garet, Jean
   Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at Jumieges, 24 September, 1694.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384b.htm

» Gargara
   A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384c.htm

» Garin, André
   An Oblate missionary and parish priest. (1822-1895)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06384d.htm

» Garland
   A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385a.htm

» Garland, John
   English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06385b.htm

» Garneau, François-Xavier
   French Canadian historian. (1809-1866)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386a.htm

» Garnet, Henry
   English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06386b.htm

» Garnier, Jean
   Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian; b. at Paris, 11 Nov., 1612; d. at Bologna, 26 Nov., 1681.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388c.htm

» Garnier, Julien
   Jesuit missionary, born at Connerai, France, 6 January, 1642; d. in Quebec, 1730.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389a.htm

» Garrucci, Raffaele
   A historian of Christian art, b. at Naples, 22 January, 1812; d. at Rome, 5 May, 1885.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06389b.htm

» Garzon
   Suffragan diocese of Popayan in the Republic of Colombia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390a.htm

» Gaspare del Bufalo, Saint
   Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood, died 1837.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390b.htm

» Gaspe, Philippe-Aubert de
   French Canadian writer, b. at Quebec, 30 Oct., 1786, of a family ennobled by Louis XIV in 1693, d. 29 Jan., 1871.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391a.htm

» Gassendi, Pierre
   French philosopher and scientist. Article by J.G. Hagen covers Gassendi's life and work in some detail.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06391b.htm

» Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph
   Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., 1900.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392a.htm

» Gassner, Johann Joseph
   A celebrated exorcist; b. 22 Aug., 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. 4 April, 1779.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392b.htm

» Gaston, William
   Jurist: b. at Newbern, North Carolina, U.S.A., 19 Sept., 1778: d. at Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 January 1844.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392c.htm

» Gatianus, Saint
   First bishop of Tours, d. 301.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06392d.htm

» Gau, Franz Christian
   Architect and archæologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, 1854.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393a.htm

» Gaubil, Antoine
   French Jesuit and missionary to China, b. at Gaillac (Aveyron), 14 July, 1689; d. at Peking, 24 July, 1759.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393b.htm

» Gaudentius of Brescia
   A theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins; b. at Brescia in 1612; d. at Oriano, 25 March, 1672.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394a.htm

» Gaudentius, Saint
   Successor of St. Philastrius as bishop of Brescia. Gaudentius died c. 410.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06393c.htm

» Gaudete Sunday
   The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm

» Gaudier, Antoine de
   A writer on asectic theology; b. at Château-Thierry, France, 7 January, 1572; d. at Paris, 14 April, 1622.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394c.htm

» Gaudiosus
   Bishop of Tarazona (Turiasso), Spain; died about 540.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06395a.htm

» Gaul, Christian
   The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connexion with the persecution at Lyons under Marcus Aurelius (177).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06395b.htm

» Gaultier, Aloisius-Edouard-Camille
   Priest and schoolmaster; b. at Asti, Piedmont, about 1745; d. at Paris, 18 Sept., 1818.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06398a.htm

» Gaume, Jean-Joseph
   French theologian and author, b. at Fuans (Franche-Comté) in 1802; d. in 1879.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06398b.htm

» Gavantus, Bartolommeo
   Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order; b. at Monza, 1569; d. at Milan, 14 August, 1638.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399a.htm

» Gaza
   A titular see of Palaestina Prima, in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06399c.htm

» Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria
   A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06401a.htm

» Gebhard (III) of Constance
   Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial encroachments during the Investitures conflict; b. about 1040; d. 12 November, 1110.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402a.htm

» Gebhart, Emile
   French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy; d. 22 April, 1908.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402b.htm

» Gedoyn, Nicolas
   A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orleans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403a.htm

» Gegenbauer, Josef Anton
   An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at Wangen, Würtemberg; d. 31 January, 1876, at Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403b.htm

» Geiler von Kayserberg, Johann
   A celebrated German pulpit orator, b. at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 16 March, 1445; d. at Strasburg, 10 March, 1510.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06403c.htm

» Geissel, Johannes von
   Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 5 February, 1796, at Gimmeldingen, in the Palatinate; d. 8 September, 1864, at Cologne.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06405a.htm

» Gelasius I, Pope Saint
   An assessment of his pontificate. He died in 496.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06406a.htm

» Gelasius II, Pope
   Reigned 1118-1119.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407a.htm

» Gelasius of Cyzicus
   Ecclesiastical writer, son of a priest of Cyzicus, and wrote in Bithynia, about 475, to prove against the Eutychians, that the Nicene Fathers did not teach Monophysitism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407b.htm

» Gemblours
   A suppressed Benedictine monastery on the river Orneau in Belgium, founded c. 945 by St. Guibert (Wibert) and dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and the holy martyr Exuperius.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06407c.htm

» Genealogy (in the Bible)
   The word genealogy occurs only twice in the New Testament: I Tim., i, 4, and Tit., iii, 9. In these passages commentators explain the word as referring to the Gentile theogonies, or to the Essene generation of angels, or to the emanation of spirits and ae
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06408a.htm

» Genealogy of Christ
   Offers the genealogy according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06410a.htm

» Genebrard, Gilbert
   Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, in the department of Puy-de-Dôme; d. 16 Feb., 1597.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412a.htm

» General Chapter
   The daily assembling of a community for purposes of discipline and administration of monastic affairs has always included the reading of a chapter of the rule, and thus the assembly itself came to be called the chapter and the place of meeting the chapter
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412b.htm

» Generation
   Definitions include: a definite period of time, with a special reference to the average length of man's life; an indefinite period of time, of time past; the men who lived in the same period of time who were contemporaries; a race or class of men; and a d
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06412c.htm

» Genesareth
   This is the name given to the Lake of Tiberias in Luke 5:1.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413a.htm

» Genesius
   Five people with this name including: Genesius of Rome; Genesius of Arles; Genesius, Bishop of Clermont; Genesius Count of Clermont; and Genesius of Lyons.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413c.htm

» Genevieve, Saint
   Patroness of Paris, d. 512.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413f.htm

» Genezareth, Land of
   By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of Palestine bordering on the Sea of Galilee, and which in the parallel passage of Matthew (xiv, 34) is called "the country of Genesar".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415a.htm

» Genga, Girolamo
   A painter, born at Urbino in 1476; died at the same place, 1551.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415b.htm

» Genicot, Edward
   Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06415c.htm

» Gennadius I, Saint
   Patriarch of Constantinople, d. 471.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06416a.htm

» Gennadius II
   His original name was George Scholarius. Born about 1400, was first a teacher of philosophy and then judge in the civil courts under the Emperor John VIII.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06416b.htm

» Gennadius of Marseilles
   A priest whose chief title to fame is his continuation of St. Jerome's catalogue "De Viris illustribus".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06417a.htm

» Gennings, Edmund and John
   The first, a martyr for the Catholic Faith, and the second, the restorer of the English province of Franciscan friars, were brothers and converts to the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06418a.htm

» Genoa
   Archdiocese in Liguria, Northern Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06419a.htm

» Gentile da Fabriano
   Italian painter; b. probably about 1378 in the District of the Marches; d. probably 1427.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06421a.htm

» Gentiles
   In the English versions of both Testaments it collectively designates the nations distinct from the Jewish people.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422a.htm

» Gentili, Aloysius
   Proficient in poetry, displayed considerable musical aptitude, had a taste for mechanical and electrical science and was devoted to the cultivation of modern languages, applying himself more particularly to the study of English. (1801-1848)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06422b.htm

» Genuflexion
   To genuflect, to bend the knee.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06423a.htm

» Geoffrey of Clairvaux
   A disciple of Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and 1120, at Auxerre; d. some time after the year 1188.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427a.htm

» Geoffrey of Dunstable
   Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06427b.htm

» Geoffrey of Monmouth
   Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Alban's, 26 Feb., 1146.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428a.htm

» Geoffrey of Vendôme
   A cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d. there, 26 March, 1132.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428b.htm

» Geography and the Church
   Explains the nature of this science and the course of its evolution.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06447a.htm

» Geography, Biblical
   With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book in the Bible which, to a greater or less extent, does not contain mention of, or allusions to, the geography and topography of the Holy Land.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06428c.htm

» George Beesley, Blessed
   English priest and martyr, died 1591.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02389a.htm

» George Gervase, Blessed
   Account of the dramatic life of this Benedictine priest and martyr, who died in 1608.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536a.htm

» George Hamartolus
   A monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the author of a chronicle of some importance.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06455a.htm

» George Haydock, Blessed
   Biographical article on the English priest and martyr. Includes bibliography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm

» George Napper, Blessed
   Or George Napier. Expelled from university for being Catholic, imprisoned for nearly 9 years for merely visiting the English College at Reims, finally martyred for being a priest. He died in 1610.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10703a.htm

» George Nichols, Blessed
   Biography of the English priest and martyr. Also some information on the Bl. Richard Yaxley, a fellow priest. They were arrested together with laymen Humphrey Prichard and Thomas Belson. All four were martyred in 1589.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065c.htm

» George Pisides
   A Byzantine poet who lived in the first half of the seventh century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456b.htm

» George of Trebizond
   A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance; b. in Crete (a Venetian possession from 1206-1669), 1395; d. in Rome, 1486.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06456a.htm

» George the Bearded
   Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 August, 1471; d. in the same city, 17 April, 1539.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06457a.htm

» George, Saint
   Long, scholarly article on St. George, martyr, patron saint of England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06453a.htm

» Georgetown University
   Founded immediately after the Revolutionary War, by the incorporated Catholic Clergy of Maryland, who selected from their Body Trustees, and invested them with full power to choose a President and appoint Professors. Since the year 1805, it has been under
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm

» Georgia
   The largest of the original thirteen United States; bounded on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina, on the east by the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Florida, and on the west by Florida and Alabama.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06460a.htm

» Georgius Syncellus
   The author of one of the more important medieval Byzantine chronicles, died after 810.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06463a.htm

» Gerace
   Diocese in the province of Reggio in Calabria (Southern Italy).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464a.htm

» Gerald, Saint
   English monk, Bishop of Mayo, d. 731. Brief biography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464b.htm

» Geraldton
   Diocese in Australia, established in 1898, suffragan of Adelaide.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464c.htm

» Geramb, Baron Ferdinand de
   In religion, Brother Mary Joseph; Abbot and procurator-general of La Trappe, came of a noble and ancient family in Hungary; b. in Lyons, 14 Jan., 1772; d. at Rome, 15 March, 1848.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06464d.htm

» Gerando, Joseph-Marie de
   French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, 10 November, 1842.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465a.htm

» Gerard Majella, Saint
   Tailor, Redemptorist, called "Father of the Poor," d. 1755.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467c.htm

» Gerard of Cremona
   A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468a.htm

» Gerard, Archbishop of York
   Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466b.htm

» Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint
   Biography of this tenth-century bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466a.htm

» Gerard, John
   Jesuit; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06466c.htm

» Gerard, Richard
   Confessor; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06467b.htm

» Gerardus Odonis
   Also Geraldus Othonis, or Ottonis, a medieval theologian and Minister General of the Franciscan Order; born probably at Châteauroux, in the present department of Indre, France, date unknown; died at Catania, Sicily, 1348.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06468b.htm

» Gerasa
   A titular see in the province of Arabia and the Patriarchate of Antioch.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06469a.htm

» Gerberon, Gabriel
   A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation. (1628-1711)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06469b.htm

» Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe
   A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at Perpignan (Pyrénées Orientales), 1864.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06470b.htm

» Gerbillon, Jean-François
   French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at Peking, China, 27 March, 1707.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471a.htm

» Gerdil, Hyacinthe Sigismond
   Cardinal and theologian; b. at Samoëns in Savoy, 20 June, 1718; d. at Rome, 12 August 1802.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471b.htm

» Gerhard of Zütphen
   Born at Zütphen, 1367; died at Windesheim, 1398; a mystical writer and one of the first of the Brothers of the Common Life, founded by Gerhard Groote and Florentius Radewyn at Deventer, in the Netherlands.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06471c.htm

» Gerhoh of Reichersberg
   Provost of that place and Austin canon, one of the most distinguished theologians of Germany in the twelfth century, b. at Polling, Bavaria, 1093; d. at Reichersberg, 27 June, 1169.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472a.htm

» Germain, Saint
   A married lawyer, rather worldly, became Bishop of Auxerre, d. 448 or 450. Biography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06472b.htm

» Germaine Cousin, Saint
   Sickly, pious shepherdess, cruelly treated by her stepmother. St. Germaine died in 1601, at the age of 22.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06474a.htm

» German Gardiner, Blessed
   Layman, the last martyr under Henry VIII. Executed at Tyburn on 7 March, 1544, for refusing to grant that the King was the head of the English and Irish Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06474b.htm

» German Literature
   History starting with the pre-Christian period to 800 A.D.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06517a.htm

» Germanicia
   A titular see in the province of Euphratensis and the patriarchate of Antioch; incorrectly called Germaniciana and located in Byzacene, Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475a.htm

» Germanicopolis
   A titular see in the province of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475b.htm

» Germans in the United States
   Includes all German-speaking people, whether originally from Germany proper, Austria, Switzerland, or Luxembourg.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06475c.htm

» Germanus I, Saint
   Patriarch of Constantinople, defender of the veneration of ikons, d. 733 or 740.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484a.htm

» Germany
   History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484b.htm

» Germany, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
   Its jurisdiction covers the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Meeklenburg-Strelitz, the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, the free Hanse towns, Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen, the Principality of Lübeck (capital Eutin), belonging to the Grand Duchy
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06529a.htm

» Germia
   A titular see of Galatia Secunda, a suffragan of Pessinus; mentioned by Hierocles in the sixth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06529b.htm

» Gerona
   The Diocese of Geronia in Catalonia, Spain, suffragan of Tarragona, is bounded on the north by the Pyrenees, on the south and east by the Mediterranean, and on the west by the dioceses of Barcelona and Vich.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530a.htm

» Gerrha
   A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium in the Patriarchate of Alexandria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530b.htm

» Gerson, Jean de Charlier de
   Biographical article. Examines his view of conciliarism, and considers his mystical theology.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06530c.htm

» Gertrude of Aldenberg, Blessed
   Longtime abbess of a Premonstratensian convent near Wetzlar. She died in 1297.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533a.htm

» Gertrude of Hackeborn
   Cistercian Abbess of Helfta, near Eisleben; born near Halberstadt in 1232; died towards the end of 1292.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533b.htm

» Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint
   Benedictine abbess of a double monastery, d. 659.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06533c.htm

» Gertrude the Great, Saint
   Benedictine, mystic, author, d. 1301 or 1302.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06534a.htm

» Gertrude van der Oosten, Blessed
   Beguine, had the stigmata and the gift of prophecy, died on Epiphany, 1358.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06535a.htm

» Gervaise, Dom François Armand
   Discalced Carmelite, b. at Paris, 1660; d. at Reclus, France, 1761.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06535b.htm

» Gervase of Canterbury
   English chronicler, b. about 1141; d. in, or soon after, 1210.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536b.htm

» Gervase of Tilbury
   Medieval writer, b. probably at Tilbury, in the County of Essex, England, about 1150; d. at Arlington, about 1220.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536c.htm

» Gervasius and Protasius, Saints
   Martyred in Milan, probably in the second century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537a.htm

» Gesellenvereine
   German Catholic societies for the religious, moral, and professional improvement of young men.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06538a.htm

» Gesta Dei per Francos
   Title adopted by Guibert de Nogent (died about 1124) for his history of the First Crusade.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06539a.htm

» Gesta Romanorum
   A medieval collection of anecdotes, to which moral reflections are attached.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06539b.htm

» Gethsemane
   The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06540a.htm

» Gethsemane, Abbey of Our Lady of
   An abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians, commonly called Trappists, established in 1848 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, in the Diocese of Louisville, being the first abbey on American soil.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541a.htm

» Gezireh
   Seat of two Catholic residential sees, one Chaldean, the other Syrian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06541b.htm

» Gfrörer, August Friedrich
   German historian; b. at Calw, Würtemberg, 5 March, 1803; d. at Karlsbad, 6 July, 1861.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542a.htm

» Ghardaia
   Prefecture Apostolic in the French Sahara, separated in 1901 from the Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and the Soudan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542b.htm

» Ghent
   Comprises the whole territory of East Flanders, one of the nine provinces of Belgium.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06542c.htm

» Ghibellines and Guelphs
   Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056c.htm

» Ghiberti, Lorenzo di Cione
   Sculptor; b. at Florence about 1381; d. there, December, 1455.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06544a.htm

» Ghirlandajo
   Florentine painter; b. 1449; d. 11 Jan., 1494.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06545a.htm

» Ghislain, Saint
   Hermit in Belgium, confessor, died c. 680.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06547a.htm

» Ghost Dance
   The principal ceremonial rite of an Indian religion which originated about 1887 with Wovoka, alias jack Wilson, an Indian of the Piute tribe in Nevada.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06547b.htm

» Giannone, Pietro
   Italian historian, born 7 May, 1676, at Ischitella in the province of Capinata, Naples; died at Turin, 27 March, 1748.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548a.htm

» Gibail and Batrun
   A Maronite residential see.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548b.htm

» Gibault, Pierre
   Missionary, b. at Montreal, Canada, 1737; d. at New Madrid, about 1804.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06548c.htm

» Gibbons, John
   Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3 Dec., 1589.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549a.htm

» Gibbons, Richard
   Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549b.htm

» Giberti, Gian Matteo
   Cardinal, and Bishop of Verona, the natural son of Francesco Giberti, a Genoese naval captain, b. at Palermo in 1495; d. at Verona, 30 Dec., 1543.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549d.htm

» Giberti, Jean-Pierre
   Canonist; b. at Aix, Provence, in 1660; d. at Paris in 1736.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549c.htm

» Gibraltar
   A rugged promontory in the province of Andalusia, Spain, about 6 miles in circumference. Its almost perpendicular walls rise to a height of 1396 feet.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06550a.htm

» Gideon
   One of the Greater Judges of Israel. He belonged to the tribe of Manasses, and to the family of Abiezer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06402c.htm

» Giffard, Bonaventure
   Bishop, born at Wolverhampton, England, 1642; died at Hammersmith, Middlesex, 12 March, 1734
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06551a.htm

» Giffard, Godfrey
   Bishop of Worcester, b. about 1235; d. 26 Jan., 1301.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06551b.htm

» Giffard, William
   Second Norman Bishop of Winchester from 1100 to 1129.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06552a.htm

» Gifford, William
   Archbishop of Reims; b. in Hampshire, 1554; d. at Reims, 11 April, 1629.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06552b.htm

» Gift, Supernatural
   Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06553a.htm

» Gil de Albornoz, Alvarez Carillo
   A renowned cardinal, general, and statesman; b. about 1310 at Cuenca in New Castile; d. 23 Aug., 1367.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06558a.htm

» Gil of Santarem, Blessed
   Portuguese Dominican, d. 1265.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561b.htm

» Gilbert Foliot
   Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556a.htm

» Gilbert Islands
   Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557a.htm

» Gilbert de la Porrée
   Bishop of Poitiers, philosopher, theologian and general scholar; b. at Poitiers in 1076; d. in 1154.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06555a.htm

» Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint
   Short biography of the founder of the Gilbertines, who died in 1189.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557b.htm

» Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Laurent
   Poet, b. at Fontenoy-le-Château, 1751; d. at Paris, 12 November, 1780.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06554a.htm

» Gilbert, Sir John Thomas
   Irish archivist and historian, b. in Dublin, 23 January, 1829; d. there, 23 May, 1898.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06554b.htm

» Gilbertines, Order of
   Founded by St. Gilbert, about the year 1130, at Sempringham, Gilbert's native place, where he was then parish priest.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06556b.htm

» Gildas, Saint
   Biographical entry for St. Gildas the Wise, also called "Badonicus," born to a British family in Scotland, educated in Wales, monk, priest, died in 570.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06557c.htm

» Giles, Saint
   Also known as Aegidius. Hermit and then abbot in late seventh-century Gaul.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06559a.htm

» Gillespie, Eliza Maria
   In religion Mother Mary of St. Angela. Born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, 21 February, 1824; died at St. Mary's convent, Notre Dame, Indiana, 4 March, 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560a.htm

» Gillespie, Neal Henry
   Brother of the foregoing; b. in Washington county, Pa., 19 January 1831; d. at St. Mary's, Notre Dame, Indiana, 12 November, 1874.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560b.htm

» Gillis, James
   Scottish bishop; b. at Montreal, Canada, 7 April, 1802; d. at Edinburgh, 24 February 1864.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06560c.htm

» Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield
   A musician, born at Ballygar Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec., 1829; died at St. Louis, 24 Sept., 1892.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561a.htm

» Gindarus
   A titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patriarchate of Antioch.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06561c.htm

» Ginoulhiac, Jacques-Marie-Achille
   A French bishop; b. at Montpellier (department of Herault) 3 Dec., 1806; d. there 17 Nov., 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562a.htm

» Gioberti, Vincenzo
   An Italian statesman and philosopher; b. at Turin, 5 April, 1801; d. at Paris, 26 October, 1852.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06562b.htm

» Giocondo, Fra Giovanni
   An Italian architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar, b. in Verona, c. 1445; d. in Venice (?), c. 1525.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06563a.htm

» Giordani, Tommasso
   A composer, b. at Naples in 1738; d. at Dublin, Ireland, February 1806.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564a.htm

» Giordano, Luca
   Neapolitan painter; b. at Naples, 1632; d. in the same place, 12 Jan., 1705.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564b.htm

» Giorgione
   Italian painter, b. at Castelfranco in or before 1477; d. in Venice in October or November, 1510.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06564c.htm

» Giotto di Bondone
   A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most probably, in the village of Vespignano near Florence; d. at Milan, 8 Jan., 1337.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06565a.htm

» Giovanelli, Ruggiero
   Composer, b. at Velletri, near Rome, in 1560; d. at Rome, 7 January, 1625.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568a.htm

» Giovanni Dominici, Blessed
   Biography of the Dominican preacher and writer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05112a.htm

» Giovanni Melchior Bosco, Saint
   Commonly called Don Bosco or John Bosco. Founder of the Salesians, d. 1888.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02689d.htm

» Giraldi, Giovanni Battista
   Italian dramatist and novelist; b. at Ferrara, Italy, 1504; d. there, 1573.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568b.htm

» Giraldi, Ubaldo
   An Italian canonist; b. in 1692; d. in 1775.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568c.htm

» Giraldus Cambrensis
   Biographical article on the medieval ecclesiastic and writer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06568d.htm

» Girard, Jean-Baptiste
   Known as Père Girard, a Swiss pedagogue, b. at Fribourg, 17 December, 1765; d. there, 6 March, 1850.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06569a.htm

» Girardon, François
   A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at Paris, 1715.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570a.htm

» Giraud de Borneil
   A Provençal troubadour, b. about the middle of the twelfth century, at Excideuil in the Viscounty of Limoges.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570b.htm

» Girba
   A titular see in the province of African Tripoli.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570c.htm

» Girgenti
   The capital of a province in Sicily.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06570d.htm

» Gisbert, Blaise
   French rhetorician and critic; born at Cahors, 21 February, 1657; died at Montpellier, 21 February, 1731.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06571a.htm

» Giulio Romano
   A famous architect and painter, the best-known of Raphael's pupils, and the unique representative of the so-called "Roman School"; b. at Rome in 1492; d. at Mantua in 1546.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06572a.htm

» Giuseppe Giusti
   A poet and patriot; b. 1809, at Monsumano near Pescia, Italy; d. 31 March, 1850.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574a.htm

» Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, Saint
   Jesuit priest, novice master, provincial, d. 1811.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12082b.htm

» Giuseppe Maria Tommasi, Saint
   Cardinal, scholar, and author, died 1713.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06573a.htm

» Glaber, Raoul
   Benedictine chronicler; b. in Burgundy before 1000; d. at Cluny about 1050.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06574b.htm

» Glabrio, Manius Acilius
   Consul at Rome during A.D. 91, with Trajan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06575a.htm

» Glagolitic
   An ancient alphabet of the Slavic languages, also called in Russian bukvitsa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06575b.htm

» Glaire, Jean-Baptiste
   Priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. at Bordeaux, 1 April, 1798; d. at Issy, near Paris, 25 Feb., 1879.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06576a.htm

» Glanville, Ranulf de
   Chief Justiciar of England; b. at Stratford, Suffolk, England, date unknown; d. before Acre, Palestine, 1190.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06576b.htm

» Glarean, Henry
   Swiss humanist, poet, philosopher, geographer, mathematician, and musician, born at Mollis, near Glarus, Switzerland, in June, 1488, and died at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 27 March, 1563.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06577a.htm

» Glasgow
   Archdiocese in the south-west of Scotland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06577b.htm

» Glastonbury Abbey
   Benedictine monastery, Somersetshire, England, pre-eminently the centre of early Christian tradition in England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06579a.htm

» Glebe
   Originally signified, in common law, any farm, estate, or parcel of land, and the word is so used in the Theodosian Code. But in ecclesiastical law it has become the technical term for land permanently assigned for the maintenance of the incumbent of a pa
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582a.htm

» Glendalough, School of
   Founded by St. Kevin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582b.htm

» Gloria in Excelsis Deo
   The great doxology (hymnus angelicus) in the Mass is a version of a very old Greek form". It begins with the words sung by the angels at Christ's birth (Luke, ii, 14). To this verse others were added very early, forming a doxology.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06583a.htm

» Gloria, Laus et Honor
   A hymn composed by St. Theodulph of Orléans in 810.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041b.htm

» Glory
   In the English version of the Bible the word Glory, one of the commonest in the Scripture, is used to translate several Hebrew terms in the Old Testament, and the Greek doxa in the New Testament. Sometimes the Catholic versions employ brightness, where ot
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06585a.htm

» Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists
   To gloss is to interpret or explain a text by taking up its words one after another. A glossary is therefore a collection of words about which observations and notes have been gathered, and a glossarist is one who thus explains or illustrates given texts.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06588a.htm

» Glosses, Scriptural
   The word gloss designates not only marginal notes, but also words or remarks inserted for various reasons in the very text of the Scriptures.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06586a.htm

» Gloves, Episcopal
   Liturgical gloves are a liturgical adornment reserved for bishops and cardinals.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06589a.htm

» Gluttony
   The excessive indulgence in food and drink.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm

» Gnesen-Posen
   Archdiocese in the Kingdom of Prussia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590b.htm

» Gnosticism
   History of Gnosticism from its pre-Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia-myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rites, schools, and literature.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm

» Goa
   Archdiocese in India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06602a.htm

» Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of
   The most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean Sea.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606a.htm

» Goar, Jacques
   Dominican and hellenist. (1601-1653)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606c.htm

» Goar, Saint
   Priest, hermit, d. 649.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606b.htm

» Gobat, George
   Moral theologian; born at Charmoilles, in the Diocese of Basil, now in the Department of the Doubs, France, 1 July, 1600; died 23 March, 1679.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607a.htm

» Gobban Saer
   Regarded in traditional lore as the greatest Irish architect of the seventh century, and popularly canonized as St. Gobban; b. at Turvey, near Malahide, Co. Dublin, about 560.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607b.htm

» Gobelinus, Person
   Westphalian known as an historian and an ardent reformer of monastic life in his native land. (1358-1421)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06607c.htm

» God
   Links to five articles about the subject.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm

» God, Existence of
   The arguments for God's existence are variously classified and entitled by different writers, but all agree in recognizing the distinction between a priori, or deductive, and a posteriori, or inductive reasoning in this connection.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm

» God, Nature and Attributes of
   Covered as natural reason and faith.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06612a.htm

» God, Relation of the Universe to
   Sections include essential dependence of the universe on God, divine immanence and transcendence, and possibility of the supernatural.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06614a.htm

» Godard, Saint
   Benedictine abbot, bishop of Hildesheim, d. 1038.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06621a.htm

» Godden, Thomas
   True name Tylden. Born at Addington, Kent, 1624; died in London, 1 Dec., 1688.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06621b.htm

» Godeau, Antoine
   Bishop, poet and exegete; b. at Dreux in the diocese of Chartres, 1605; d. at Vence, 21 April, 1672.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06622a.htm

» Godeberta, Saint
   Born in about 640, superior of a convent at Noyon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06623a.htm

» Godelina, Saint
   Physically and psychologically abused by her husband Bertolf and mother-in-law, until finally she was murdered at Bertolf's orders in 1070.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06623b.htm

» Godet des Marais, Paul
   Bishop of Chartres, France; b. at Talcy, near Blois, 1647; d. at Chartres, 1709.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06624a.htm

» Godfrey Goodman
   Anglican Bishop of Gloucester. (1582-3-1656)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06646a.htm

» Godfrey of Bouillon
   Duke of Lower Lorraine and first King of Jerusalem, son of Eustache II, Count of Boulogne, and of Ida, daughter of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lower Lorraine; b. probably at Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1060; d. at Jerusalem, 18 July, 1100.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06624b.htm

» Godfrey of Fontaines
   A scholastic philosopher and theologian; born near Liège within the first half of the thirteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626a.htm

» Godfrey of Viterbo
   German writer of the twelfth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626b.htm

» Godric
   The name of two Abbots of Croyland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626c.htm

» Goetz, Marie Josephine
   Second superior-general of the Society of the Sacred Heart, daughter of Joseph Goetz of Strasburg and Marie Anne Wagner; b. 7 March, 1817; d. 4 January, 1874.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626d.htm

» Goffe, Stephen
   Oratorian; b. 1605; d. at Paris, Christmas Day, 1681.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06627a.htm

» Goffine, Leonard
   Priest and writer. Born at Cologne, or according to some, at Broich, 6 December, 1648; died 11 August, 1719.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06627b.htm

» Gog and Magog
   Names, respectively, of a king and of his supposed kingdom, mentioned several times in chapters 38 and 39 of the Book of Ezechiel, and once in the Apocalypse (20:7).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628a.htm

» Golden Calf
   An object of worship among the Hebrews, mention of which occurs principally in Ex., xxxii, where the story of the molten calf of Aaron is narrated, and in III Kings, xii (cf. II Par., xi), in connection with the policy of Jeroboam after the schism of the
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06628b.htm

» Golden Rose
   A precious and sacred ornament made of pure gold by skilled artificers, which the popes have been accustomed for centuries to bless each year, and occasionally confer upon illustrious churches and sanctuaries as a token of special reverence and devotion,
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06629a.htm

» Goldoni, Carlo
   Brief biography of the Italian dramatist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06631a.htm

» Goldwell, Thomas
   Bishop of St. Asaph, the last survivor of the ancient hierarchy of England; b. between 1501 and 1515; d. in Rome, 3 April, 1585.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06631b.htm

» Gomes De Amorim, Francisco
   Portuguese poet, dramatist, and novelist. (1827-1891)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632b.htm

» Gondulphus
   The name of three saints, of whom one was Bishop of Tongres (Maestricht), the second Bishop of Metz, while the third is known as Gondulphus of Berry.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06633a.htm

» Gonet, Jean Baptiste
   Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 Jan., 1681.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634a.htm

» Gonnelieu, Jérôme de
   Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died at Paris, 28 Feb., 1715.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634b.htm

» Gonsalo Garcia, Saint
   Biography of the Franciscan martyr born in Vasai.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06379a.htm

» Gonzaga, Ercole
   Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 March, 1563.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635a.htm

» Gonzaga, Scipione
   Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635b.htm

» Gonzalo de Berceo
   Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636a.htm

» González de Santalla, Thyrsus
   Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus, b. at Arganda, Spain, 18 January, 1624; died at Rome, 27 October, 1705.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06635c.htm

» González, Zeferino
   Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher. (1831-1894)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041c.htm

» Good
   The moral good (bonum honestum) consists in the due ordering of free action or conduct according to the norm of reason, the highest faculty, to which it is to conform.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm

» Good Faith
   A phrase employed to designate the mental and moral state of honest, even if objectively unfounded, conviction as to the truth or falsehood of a proposition or body of opinion, or as to the rectitude or depravity of a line of conduct.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06642a.htm

» Good Friday
   The Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06643a.htm

» Good Hope, Cape of (Western)
   The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are virtually one.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06645b.htm

» Good Hope, Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of
   Established in 1847, when the Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was divided into Eastern and Western.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06645a.htm

» Good Samaritan, Sisters of the
   A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney, Australia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647b.htm

» Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Charity of the
   The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who wish to do penance for their iniquities and to lead a truly christian life.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647c.htm

» Good, Highest, The
   (1)Utilitarianism, when the highest good is identified with happiness; (2)Rational Deontologism, when the highest good is identified with virtue or duty; (3)Rational Eudæmonism, or tempered Deontologism, when both virtue and happiness are combined in the
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06640a.htm

» Goodman, Ven. John
   Priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06647a.htm

» Goossens, Pierre-Lambert
   Cardinal, Archbishop of Michlin (Belgium), b. at Perck, near Vilvorde, 18 July, 1827; d. at Michlin, 25 January, 1906.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648a.htm

» Gordian
   There were three Roman emperors of this name, who reigned between A.D. 237-44, and all of whom met with violent deaths.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06648b.htm

» Gordianus and Epimachus, Saints
   Roman martyrs under Julian the Apostate. Both died in 362. Although they did not die together, they are buried together, and the cemetery is named after them. Identifies two other martyrs named Gordianus, considers several named Epimachus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649a.htm

» Gordon Riots
   This agitation, so called from the head and spirit of the movement, Lord George Gordon, convulsed the metropolis of England from 2 June till 9 June, 1780.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649c.htm

» Gordon, Andrew
   Monk and physicist. (1712-1751)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649b.htm

» Gordos
   A titular see in the province of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651a.htm

» Gorgonius, Saint
   Identifies six martyrs of this name. Article concentrates on an imperial official who suffered in the Diocletian persecution and whose feast is 9 September. His cult was strong in France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651b.htm

» Gorkum, The Martyrs of
   Their beatification took place on 14 Nov., 1675, and their canonization on 29 June, 1865.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651c.htm

» Gorres, Guido
   Historian, publicist, and poet; b. at Coblenz on 28 May, 1805; d. at Munich on 14 July, 1852.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06652a.htm

» Gorres, Johann Joseph
   Writer and professor of physics. (1776-1848)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06652b.htm

» Gortyna
   A titular see, and in the Greek Church metropolitan see, of the Island of Crete.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654a.htm

» Gorz
   Capital of the Austrian crown-land Görz and Gradiska.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06654b.htm

» Goscelin
   Benedictine biographical writer. (d. 1099)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655a.htm

» Gospel and Gospels
   The word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and deeds.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655b.htm

» Gospel in the Liturgy
   From the very earliest times the public reading of parts of the Bible was an important element in the Liturgy inherited from the service of the Synagogue.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06659a.htm

» Goss, Alexander
   Bishop of Liverpool. (1814-1872)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06663a.htm

» Gossaert, Jan
   Flemish painter; b. about 1472; d. at Middelburg about 1533.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06663b.htm

» Gosselin, Jean-Edmé-Auguste
   Ecclesiastical author; b. at Rouen, France, 28 Sept., 1787; d. at Paris, 27 Nov., 1858.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06664a.htm

» Gother, John
   Priest and controversialist; b. at Southampton, date unknown; d. at sea on a voyage to Lisbon, 2 October, 1704.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665a.htm

» Gothic Architecture
   History of the style.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665b.htm

» Gottfried von Strasburg
   Middle High German epic poet.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06680a.htm

» Gotti, Vincent Louis
   Cardinal and theologian. (1664-1742)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041d.htm

» Gottschalk of Orbais
   A medieval theologian; b. about 800, d. after 866, probable 30 October, 868.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682a.htm

» Gottschalk, Saint
   Wendish prince, considered a martyr, d. 1066.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06681a.htm

» Gottweig, Abbey of
   A Benedictine abbey situated on a hill of the same name, south of Krems, in Lower Austria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06682b.htm

» Goulburn
   One of the six suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical province of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683a.htm

» Gounod, Charles-François
   An article focusing especially on his religious compositions and the effect of his beliefs on his compositions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683b.htm

» Gousset, Thomas-Marie-Joseph
   French cardinal and theologian; b. at Montigny-les-Charlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; d. at Reims in 1866.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684b.htm

» Gower, John
   Poet; born between 1327-1330, probably in Kent; died October, 1408.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06685a.htm

» Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
   Painter and etcher, b. in Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain, 31 March, 1746; d. in Bordeaux, 16 April, 1828.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06686a.htm

» Goyaz, Diocese of
   Co-extensive with the state of the same name, one of the twenty states which, with the Federal District, comprise the Republic of Brazil.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06687a.htm

» Gozo, Diocese of
   Comprises the island of Gozo in the Mediterranean Sea and the islet of Comino.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06687b.htm

» Gozzi, Carlo
   Italian author, born at Venice, 1720; died 1806.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688a.htm

» Gozzoli
   Painter; b. at Florence, 1420; d. at Pisa 1497.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06688b.htm

» Grace
   Leads to four articles on the subject.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689a.htm

» Grace at Meals
   One of the most ancient formulae of prayer at meals is found in a treatise of the fourth century, attributed without foundation to Saint Athanasius.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714b.htm

» Grace, Actual
   A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689x.htm

» Grace, Controversies on
   These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06710a.htm

» Grace, Supernatural
   Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06701a.htm

» Grace, William Russell
   Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06714a.htm

» Gradual
   In English often called Grail, is the oldest and most important of the four chants that make up the choir's part of the Proper of the Mass.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06715a.htm

» Gradual Psalms
   Fifteen psalms, namely Psalms 119-133.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718a.htm

» Gradwell, Robert
   Bishop; b. at Clifton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, 26 Jan., 1777; d. in London, 15 March, 1833.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718b.htm

» Graffiti
   The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude inscriptions scratched on the walls of ancient monuments, generally sepulchral, as distinguished from the formal inscriptions engraved on the tombs of the deceased.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718c.htm

» Graham, Patrick
   First Archbishop of St. Andrews and Metropolitan of Scotland, date of birth uncertain; d. 1478.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06718d.htm

» Grail, The Holy
   The name of a legendary sacred vessel, variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist or the dish of the Pascal lamb, and the theme of a famous medieval cycle of romance.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06719a.htm

» Gramont, Eugénie de
   Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at Paris, 19 November, 1846.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06721a.htm

» Gran
   Located in Hungary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06721b.htm

» Granada
   Archdiocese in Spain, founded by St. Cecilius about the year 64, was made an archiepiscopal see by Alexander VI, 23 Jan., 1493.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06723a.htm

» Granada, University of
   The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, which, when the city was captured by St. Ferdinand in 1236, was removed to Granada and there continued.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724a.htm

» Grancolas, Jean
   Doctor of the Sorbonne, theologian, liturgist; b. near Chateaudun, about 1660; d. at Paris, 1 August, 1732.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06724b.htm

» Grand Rapids
   Diocese created 12 May, 1882 out of the diocese of Detroit.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06726a.htm

» Granderath, Theodor
   Known for his monumental labours on the Vatican Council.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725a.htm

» Grandidier, Philippe-André
   Priest and historian, b. at Strasburg, Alsace, 9 Nov., 1752; d. at the Abbey of Luntzel (Lucelles), Sundgau, 11 Oct., 1787.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725b.htm

» Grandmont, Abbey and Order of
   Abbey and Order in the department of Hte-Vienne, France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06725c.htm

» Grant, Thomas
   First Bishop of Southwark; b. at Ligny-les-Aires, Arras, France, 25 Nov., 1816; d. at Rome, 1 June, 1870.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06726b.htm

» Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de
   Named Archbishop of Mechlin in 1559 and cardinal in 1561.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06727a.htm

» Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul
   Count and Marquess de Grasse-Tilly, lieutenant-general of the naval forces; b. near Toulon, 1723; d. at Paris, 11 January, 1788.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06728a.htm

» Grassel, Lorenz
   Coadjutor-elect of Baltimore; born at Ruemannsfelden, Bavaria, 18 August, 1753; died at Philadelphia, U.S.A., October, 1793.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729a.htm

» Grassis, Paris de
   Master of ceremonies to Julius II and Leo X; b. at Bologna, about 1470; d. at Rome, 10 June, 1528.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729b.htm

» Gratian
   Details on this Roman Emperor who was the son of Valentinian I. He was born at Sirmium, 359 and died at Lyons, 383.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729c.htm

» Gratian, Jerome
   Spiritual director of St. Teresa and first Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites; born at Valladolid, 6 June, 1545; died at Brussels, 21 September, 1614.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729d.htm

» Gratian, Johannes
   The little that is known concerning the author of the "Concordantia discordantium canonum", more generally called the "Decretum Gratiani", is furnished by that work itself, its earliest copies, and its twelfth-century "Summae" or abridgments.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06730a.htm

» Gratianopolis
   A titular see in Caesarea Mauretania, Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06730b.htm

» Gratius, Ortwin
   Humanist; b. 1475 at Holtwick, near Coesfeld, Westphalia; d. at Cologne, 22 May, 1542.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06731a.htm

» Gratry, Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse
   French priest and writer; b. at Lille, 30 March, 1805; d. at Montreux, Switzerland, 7 February, 1872.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06731b.htm

» Gratz, Peter Aloys
   Schoolmaster and exegete, b. 17 Aug., 1769, at Mittelberg, Allgäu, Bavaria; d. at Darmstadt, 1 Nov., 1849.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06732a.htm

» Gravier, Jacques
   Jesuit missionary; born 1651 at Moulins, where he studied classics and philosophy under the Jesuits; died in Louisiana in 1708.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06732b.htm

» Gravina and Montepeloso
   Gravina is a town in the Province of Bari (Southern Italy), since the ninth century an episcopal see, suffragan of Acerenza and Matera. In 1818 it was united aeque principaliter with Montepeloso, which dates back to the twelfth century (some say the fifte
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733c.htm

» Gravina, Dominic
   Theologian; b. in Sicily, about 1573; d. in the Minerva, at Rome, 26 Aug., 1643.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733a.htm

» Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo
   Italian jurist and littérateur of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. at Rogliano, Calabria, 21 January, 1664; d. at Rome, 6 January, 1718.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733b.htm

» Graz, University of
   Located in the capital of the Province of Steiermark, owes its establishment to the Counter-Reformation and the efforts of Archduke Karl von Steiermark, who, in 1584, requested Pope Gregory XIII to grant autonomous university privileges to the Jesuit coll
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06733d.htm

» Great Falls
   Created by Pope Pius X, 18 May, 1904; comprises the following counties in the State of Montana: Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fergus, Park, Rosebud, Sweet Grass, Valley, and Yellowstone.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06734a.htm

» Greece
   History of the country and church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06735a.htm

» Greek Catholics in America
   Includes the history and statistics.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06744a.htm

» Greek Church
   Details the history and various divisions of the church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06752a.htm

» Greek Orthodox Church in America
   The name Orthodox Church is generally used to distinguish those of the Greek Rite who are not in communion with the Holy See.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06772a.htm

» Greek Rites
   People who speak of the Greek Rite generally mean that of Constantinople.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06774a.htm

» Green Bay
   Diocese established 3 March, 1868, from the territory of the Diocese of Milwaukee.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777a.htm

» Green, Thomas Louis
   Priest and controversialist; b. at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1799; d. at Newport, Shropshire, 27 Feb., 1883.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06776b.htm

» Greenland
   An island stretching from within the Arctic Circle south to about 59 degrees N. latitude, being between 20 degrees and 75 degrees W. longitude.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777b.htm

» Gregorian Chant
   Short description and history, with links to more information.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06779a.htm

» Gregory Bæticus
   Bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his surname; d. about 392.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07009a.htm

» Gregory I ("the Great"), Pope Saint
   Biographical article on this Doctor of the Church, d. 604.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06780a.htm

» Gregory II, Pope Saint
   Also known as Gregory Junior, or Gregory the Younger, d. 731.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06787a.htm

» Gregory III, Pope Saint
   A Syrian, was elected the successor of Pope St. Gregory II by acclamation, d. 741.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06789a.htm

» Gregory IV, Pope
   Reigned 827-44.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06789b.htm

» Gregory IX
   Reigned 1227-1241.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06796a.htm

» Gregory V, Pope
   Reigned 996-999.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06790a.htm

» Gregory VI
   Eleventh-century antipope.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791b.htm

» Gregory VI, Pope
   Reigned 1045-46.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791a.htm

» Gregory VII, Pope Saint
   Also known as Hildebrand: "one of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times." He died in 1085. Biographical article.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791c.htm

» Gregory VIII
   Antipope placed upon the papal chair by Emperor Henry V, 8 March, 1118.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795b.htm

» Gregory VIII, Pope
   Reigned 1187.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795a.htm

» Gregory X, Pope Blessed
   Biographical article on this thirteenth-century pope. Includes bibliography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06798a.htm

» Gregory XI
   Reigned 1370-1378.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06799a.htm

» Gregory XII
   Reigned 1406-1415.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001a.htm

» Gregory XIII, Pope
   Reigned 1572-1585.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001b.htm

» Gregory XIV, Pope
   Reigned 1590-1591.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004a.htm

» Gregory XV, Pope
   Reigned 1621-1623.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07004b.htm

» Gregory XVI, Pope
   Reigned 1831-1846.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07006a.htm

» Gregory of Heimburg
   Humanist and Statesman, b. at Würzburg in the beginning of the fifteenth century; d. at Tharandt near Dresden, August, 1472.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010a.htm

» Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint
   Biographical article on this Doctor of the Church, known in the Christian East as St. Gregory the Theologian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010b.htm

» Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint
   Also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus, converted to Christianity by Origen, became a bishop, d. between 270 and 275.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07015a.htm

» Gregory of Nyssa, Saint
   Bishop, one of the Cappadocian Fathers, d. after 385 or 386.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07016a.htm

» Gregory of Rimini
   Augustinian theologian, d. 1358.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07018a.htm

» Gregory of Tours, Saint
   Lengthy article about this bishop, historian, and theologian. He died in 593 or 594.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07018b.htm

» Gregory of Utrecht, Saint
   Missionary companion of St. Boniface, and later an abbot, d. 775 or 780.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021a.htm

» Gregory of Valencia
   Professor of the University of Ingolstadt, b. at Medina, Spain); d. at Naples, 25 April, 1603.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021b.htm

» Gregory the Illuminator, Saint
   Patron of Armenia. Husband and father, bishop, d. possibly in 337.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07023a.htm

» Greifswald, University of
   The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025a.htm

» Greith, Karl Johann
   Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 May, 1882.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07025b.htm

» Gremiale
   A square or oblong cloth which the bishop should wear over his lap, when seated on the throne during the singing of the Kyrie, Gloria, and Credo by the choir, during the distribution of blessed candles, palms or ashes, and also during the anointments in c
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07026a.htm

» Grenoble
   Comprises the Department of Isère and the Canton of Villeurbanne (Rhône).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07026b.htm

» Gresemund, Dietrich
   German humanist; b. in 1477, at Speyer; d. 1512, at Mainz.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028a.htm

» Greslon, Adrien
   French Jesuit missionary. (1618-1697)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07028b.htm

» Gresset, Jean Baptiste
   Born 29 August, 1709; died 16 June, 1777, at Amiens.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029a.htm

» Gretser, Jacob
   A celebrated Jesuit writer; b. at Markdorf in the Diocese of Constance in 1562; d. at Ingolstadt in 1625.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029b.htm

» Greuze, Jean-Baptiste
   French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07029c.htm

» Grey Nuns
   The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal, commonly called Grey Nuns because of the colour of their attire, was founded in 1738.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031a.htm

» Grey Nuns of the Cross
   A community founded in 1745 at Monteal by Madame d'Youville, known as the Grey Sisters, or Grey Nuns, from the colour of the costume.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07031b.htm

» Griffin, Gerald
   A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick, Ireland; d. at Cork, 12 June, 1840.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07032a.htm

» Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph
   Journalist, historian. (1842-1911)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16042b.htm

» Griffiths, Thomas
   Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the London District educated wholly in England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033a.htm

» Grillparzer, Franz
   An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07033b.htm

» Grimaldi, Francesco Maria
   Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07034a.htm

» Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco
   An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, 1680.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035a.htm

» Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von
   German novelist of the seventeenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035b.htm

» Groote, Gerard
   Founder of the "Brethren of the Common Life", b. 1340 at Deventer, Gelderland; d. 20 Aug., 1384.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07036a.htm

» Gropper, John
   An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest, Westphalia; d. at Rome, 13 March, 1559.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07036b.htm

» Grosseteste, Robert
   Bishop of Lincoln and one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages; b. about 1175; d. 9 October, 1253.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07037a.htm

» Grosseto
   Suffragan diocese of Siena.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07039a.htm

» Grosswardein
   A diocese of the Latin Rite in Hungary, suffragan of Kalocsa-Bács.
   http://newadvent.org/cathen/07040a.htm

» Grottaferrata, Abbey of
   A Basilian monastery near Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07040b.htm

» Grueber, Johann
   German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07041a.htm

» Gröne, Valentin
   Catholic theologian. (1817-1882)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07035c.htm

» Grün, Anastasius
   Pseudonym for Anton Alexander (Maria), Count von Auersperg, a nineteenth-century Austrian poet.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07042a.htm

» Guadalajara
   Archdiocese in Mexico, separated from the Diocese of Michoacan by Paul III, 31 July, 1548.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07042b.htm

» Guadalupe, Shrine of
   Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07043a.htm

» Guadeloupe
   Diocese in the West Indies, comprises the islands of Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the French portions of St. Martin and St Bartholomew.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07044a.htm

» Guadix, Diocese of
   Diocese in Spain, comprises the greater part of the Province of Granada and a portion of the Province of Almeria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043a.htm

» Guaicuri Indians
   A group of small tribes, speaking dialectic forms of a common language, probably of distinct stock, formerly occupying part of Lower California.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07044b.htm

» Guarantees, Law of
   A law passed by the senate and chamber of the Italian parliament, 13 May, 1871, concerning the prerogatives of the Holy See, and the relations between State and Church in the Kingdom of Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07048a.htm

» Guaraní Indians
   A tribal group of South America, having the former home territory chiefly between the Uruguay and lower Paraguay Rivers, in what is now Paraguay and the Provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios of Argentina.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07045a.htm

» Guarda, Diocese of
   Province of Beira, Portugal.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049a.htm

» Guardi, Francesco
   Venetian painter. (1712-1793)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049b.htm

» Guardian Angels
   The lowest orders of angels are sent to men.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049c.htm

» Guardian Angels, Feast of
   This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07050a.htm

» Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence
   A person intrusted by law with the interests of another whose youth, inexperience, mental weakness or feebleness of will, disqualifies him from acting for himself in the ordinary affairs of life, and who is known as the ward.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07051a.htm

» Guarini, Battista
   An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07052a.htm

» Guarino da Verona
   A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona, Italy; d. 1460, at Ferrara.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053a.htm

» Guastalla, Diocese of
   Situated in the province of Reggio Emilia (Central Italy) on the left bank of the Po at its junction with the Crostolo.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053b.htm

» Guastallines
   Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), widowed for the second time when she was twenty-five, resolved to devote her life to the service of God.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07053c.htm

» Guatemala, Santiago de
   Archdiocese conterminous with the Republic of Guatemala, in Central America.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07054a.htm

» Guayaquil
   The capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07054b.htm

» Gubbio
   Diocese of Eugubinensis, in the province of Perugia in Umbria (Central Italy).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07055a.htm

» Gudenus, Moritz
   German convert to the Catholic faith from the Protestant ministry; b. 11 April, 1596, at Cassel; d. February, 1680.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056a.htm

» Gudula, Saint
   Born in Brabant, one of a family of saints. She died in the early eighth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056b.htm

» Gugler, Joseph Heinrich Aloysius
   Born at Udligerschwyl, near Lucerne, Switzerland, 25 August, 1782; died at Lucerne, 28 February, 1827.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07060b.htm

» Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista
   Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07061a.htm

» Guiana
   The name given to all that region of South America which extends along the Atlantic coast from the Orinoco to the Amazon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07062a.htm

» Guibert of Ravenna
   An antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100; born at Parma about 1025; died at Cività Castellana, 8 Sept., 1100.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07063a.htm

» Guicciardini, Francesco
   Biographical article by Edmund G. Gardner on the historian and statesman, who died in 1540.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07064a.htm

» Guido of Arezzo
   Article with life and summary of his contributions to musical theory and composition.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07065a.htm

» Guigues du Chastel
   Medieval Carthusian. (1083-1137)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066a.htm

» Guijon, André
   Bishop and orator. (1548-1631)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066b.htm

» Guilds
   Voluntary associations for religious, social, and commercial purposes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07066c.htm

» Guiney, Patrick Robert
   Soldier, born at Parkstown, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, on 15 Jan., 1835; died at Boston, 21 March, 1877.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07072a.htm

» Guiscard, Robert
   Duke of Apulia and Calabria, founder of the Norman state of the Two Sicilies; born about 1016; died 17 July, 1085.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07072b.htm

» Guise, House of
   A branch of the ducal family of Lorraine who played an important part in the religious troubles of France during the seventeenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07074a.htm

» Guitmund
   A Bishop of Aversa, a Benedictine monk, theologian, and opponent of Berengarius; born at an unknown place in Normandy during the first quarter of the eleventh century; died between 1090-95, at Aversa, near Naples.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07080a.htm

» Gulf of St. Lawrence
   Vicariate erected 12 September, 1905, and formed from the prefecture Apostolic of the same name organized 29 May, 1882.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081a.htm

» Gunpowder Plot, The
   Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605. Robert Catesby, the originator of the Powder Plot, owned estates at Lapworth and Ashby St. Legers.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm

» Gunther of Cologne
   An archbishop of that city, died 8 July, 873.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07088a.htm

» Gunther, Anton
   Philosopher; b. 17 Nov., 1783, at Lindenau, near Leitmeritz, Bohemia; d. at Vienna, 24 February, 1863.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07085a.htm

» Gunther, Blessed
   Lay brother, penitent, hermit in Bohemia, d. 1045.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07084a.htm

» Gurk
   A prince-bishopric of Carinthia, suffragan to Salzburg.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07088b.htm

» Gury, Jean-Pierre
   Moral theologian; b. at Mailleroncourt, Haute-Saône, 23 January, 1801; d. at Merc ur, Haute Loire, 18 April, 1866.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07089a.htm

» Gusmão, Bartholomeu Lourenço de
   Naturalist, and the first aeronaut; b. in 1685 at Santos in the province of São Paulo, Brazil; d. 18 November, 1724, in Toledo, Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07089b.htm

» Gutenberg, Johann
   Inventor of printing. (1400-1467)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07090a.htm

» Guthlac, Saint
   Brief biography of this soldier, monk, and hermit, who died in 714.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092a.htm

» Guyon, Jeanne-Marie-Bouvier de La Motte-
   Essay on the life, experiences, and teachings of this seventeenth-century French mystic.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07092b.htm

» Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de
   Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094a.htm

» Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal
   Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 January, 1875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07058a.htm

» Guérard, Robert
   Writer, born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059a.htm

» Guérin
   Eugénie de Guérin, a French writer; b. at the château of La Cayla, in Languedoc, 15 January, 1805; d. there 5 June, 1848. Georges-Maurice de Guérin, a French poet, brother of Eugénie; b. at the château of La Cayla, in Languedoc, 5 August, 1810; d. t
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07060a.htm

» Guérin, Anne-Thérèse
   In religion, Mother Theodore. Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 October, 1798; died 14 May, 1856.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07059b.htm

» Gyor
   A Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gran.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07094b.htm

» Gérard, Abbot of Brogne, Saint
   Soldier turned monk, d. 959.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06465b.htm

» Géry, Saint
   Bishop of Cambrai-Arras, d. between 623 and 626.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537b.htm

» Gómara, Francisco Lopez de
   Chaplain to Cortés. Born 1510. Wrote a severely flawed history of the Spanish conquest of the New World, though he himself had never been there.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06632a.htm