Web Directory

» Kabbala
   It primarily signifies reception, and, secondarily, a doctrine received by oral tradition.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08590a.htm

» Kafiristan and Kashmir, Prefecture Apostolic of
   Created (1887) by Leo XIII in the extreme North of India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08591a.htm

» Kafirs
   A term popularly to nearly all the natives of South Africa. It was originally imposed by the Arab traders of the East coast, and means "unbeliever".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08591b.htm

» Kager, Johann Matthias
   German historical painter, born at Munich, 1566; died at Augsburg, 1634.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592a.htm

» Kaiser, Kajetan Georg von
   Chemist, born at Kelheim on the Danube (Bavaria), 5 January, 1803; died at Munich, 28 August, 1871.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592b.htm

» Kaiserchronik
   A German epic poem of the twelfth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592c.htm

» Kaiserwilhelmsland
   Prefecture Apostolic, comprises the German part of the island of New Guinea.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592d.htm

» Kalands Brethren
   The name given to religious and charitable associations of priests and laymen especially numerous in Northern and Central Germany, which held regular meetings for religious edification and instruction, and also to encourage works of charity and prayers fo
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08593a.htm

» Kalcker, Jan Stephanus van
   Flemish painter, native of the Duchy of Cleves; b. between 1499 and 1510; d. at Naples, 1546.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08593b.htm

» Kalinka, Valerian
   Polish historian, born near Cracow in 1826; died at Jaroslaw in 1886.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08593c.htm

» Kalispel Indians
   Popularly known under the French name of Pend d'Oreilles, "ear pendants", an important tribe of Salishan stock originally residing about Pend d Oreille lake and river, in northern Idaho and northeast Washington.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08594a.htm

» Kalocsa-Bacs, Archdiocese of
   This archdiocese embraces within its territories an archdiocese and a diocese founded by St. Stephen of Hungary in 1010.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08594b.htm

» Kamerun, Vicariate Apostolic of
   Located in German West Africa, between British Nigeria and French Congo.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08596a.htm

» Kan-Su, Prefecture Apostolic of Southern
   Separated from the Northern Kan-su mission in 1905, and committed to the Belgian Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutveld, Brussels).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08602b.htm

» Kan-Su, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
   This vicariate includes the territory of Ku-ku-nor, northern part of Tibet, and the five northern prefectures of the Chinese province of Kan-su: Lan-chou-fu, Si-ning-fu, Liang-chou-fu, Kan-chou-fu, and Su-chou.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08602c.htm

» Kandy, Diocese of
   Formerly part of the Vicariate of Southern Colombo, Ceylon, India, from which it was cut off as a vicariate Apostolic on 16 April, 1883, and erected into a diocese on 1 September, 1886.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08596b.htm

» Kansas
   One of the United States of America, is the central state of the Union, to which it was admitted 29 January, 1861.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08597a.htm

» Kansas City, Diocese of
   Established 10 September, 1880.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08602a.htm

» Kant, Philosophy of Immanuel
   A detailed evaluation by William Turner.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08603a.htm

» Karnkowski, Stanislaw
   Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland, born about 1526; died at Lowicz,in the Government of Warsaw, 25 May (al., 8 June), 1603.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08608a.htm

» Kaskaskia Indians
   Formerly chief tribe of the confederacy of Illinois Indians.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08608b.htm

» Kassai, Upper
   Erected as a simple mission in 1901, and detached, as a prefecture Apostolic, from the Vicariate of Belgian Congo since 20 August, 1901.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08609a.htm

» Kateri Tekakwitha, Blessed
   Biographical article on the "Lily of the Mohawks," who died in 1680. Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha or Takwita.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14471a.htm

» Kauffmann, Angelica
   Artist's biography with bibliography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08609b.htm

» Kaufmann, Alexander
   Poet and folklorist, born at Bonn, 14 May, 1817; died at Wertheim, 1 May, 1893.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08610a.htm

» Kaufmann, Leopold
   Chief Burgomaster of Bonn, brother of the poet and folklorist Alexander Kaufmann, born 13 March, 1821; died 27 Feb., 1898.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08610b.htm

» Kaulen, Franz Philip
   Scriptural scholar, born 20 March, 1827, at Düsseldorf; died at Bonn, 11 July, 1907.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08611a.htm

» Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton
   An Austrian prince and statesman, born at Vienna 2 February, 1711; died there 27 June, 1794.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08611b.htm

» Kavanagh, Edward
   American statesman and diplomat, born at Newcastle, Maine, 27 April, 1795; died there, 21 Jan., 1844.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08612a.htm

» Kavanagh, Julia
   Novelist and biographer, born 7 Jan., 1824, at Thurles, Ireland; died 28 October, 1877, at Nice, France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08613a.htm

» Kearney, Diocese of
   By Decree of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation of 8 March, 1912, Pius X divided into two parts the territory of the Diocese of Omaha, erecting the western part into a new and distinct diocese with its see at Kearney.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16048a.htm

» Keating, Geoffrey
   Irish theologian, historian, and poet, b. at Burgess in the parish of Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary, about 1569; d. at Tubbrid about 1644.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16048b.htm

» Keewatin, Vicariate Apostolic of
   Includes the northern half of the Province of Saskatchewan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16049a.htm

» Kehrein, Joseph
   Educator, philologist, and historian of German literature, born at Heidesheim, near Mainz, 20 October, 1808; died at Montabaur, Hesse-Nassau, 25 March, 1876.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08613b.htm

» Keller, Jacob
   Controversialist, born at Sackingen, Baden, Germany, in 1568; died at Munich, Bavaria, 23 February, 1631.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08613c.htm

» Kellner, Lorenz
   Educationist, born at Kalteneber in the district of Eichsfeld, 29 January, 1811; died at Trier, 18 August, 1892.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08614a.htm

» Kells, Book of
   An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, and the Eusebian canons, known also as the "Book of Columba".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08614b.htm

» Kells, School of
   Kells (in Gaelic Cenannus) was the chief of the Irish Columban monasteries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08615a.htm

» Kemp, John
   Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England. (1380-1454)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616b.htm

» Kenia
   Vicariate Apostolic in Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616c.htm

» Kennedy, James
   Bishop of St. Andrews, Scotland. Born about 1406; died 10 May, 1466.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616d.htm

» Kenosis
   A term derived from the discussion as to the real meaning of Phil. 2:6.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08617a.htm

» Kenraghty
   Irish priest, d. 30 April, 1585, at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08617b.htm

» Kenrick, Francis Patrick and Peter Richard
   Archbishops of Baltimore, Maryland, and of St. Louis, Missouri.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08618a.htm

» Kentigern, Saint
   Also known as Mungo. First bishop of Glasgow, died in 603. Biography.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08620a.htm

» Kentucky
   A state situated between the parallels of latitude 36° 30 and 39°6' N., and between the meridians 82° and 89°38' W.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08620b.htm

» Keon, Miles Gerard
   Irish journalist. (1821-1875)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08626a.htm

» Kerkuk
   Chaldean Catholic diocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08626b.htm

» Kernan, Francis
   Lawyer, statesman; born in Steuben County, New York, 14 January, 1816; d. at Utica, New York, 7 September, 1892.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08626c.htm

» Kerry and Aghadoe
   The Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe (Kerriensis Et Aghadoensis), suffragan of Cashel, Ireland, is sixty-six miles in length, and sixty-one in breadth, containing a superficial area of 983,400 acres, and extending over the whole County of Kerry and a portion
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08627a.htm

» Kerssenbroch, Hermann von
   A teacher and historian, b. at Monchshof, near Barntrup (Lippe), about 1520; d. at Osnabruck, 5 July, 1585.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08628a.htm

» Kervyn de Lettenhove, Joseph-Marie-Bruno-Constantin, Baron
   Belgian statesman and historian, b. at Saint-Michel-lez-Bruges, 17 August, 1817; d. there, 3 April, 1891.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08629a.htm

» Kessels, Matthias
   Sculptor, b. at Maastricht, 1784; d. at Rome, 3 March, 1836.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08629b.htm

» Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von
   Bishop of Mainz, b. at Münster, in Westphalia, 25 Dec., 1811; d. at Burghausen, 13 July, 1877.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08629c.htm

» Kevin (Coemgen), Saint
   Abbot of Glendalough, d. 618.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04092c.htm

» Keyes, Erasmus Darwin
   Soldier, convert, b. at Brimfield, Massuchusetts, U.S.A., 29 May, 1810; d. at Nice, France, 14 October, 1895.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08631a.htm

» Keys, Power of the
   The expression "power of the keys" is derived from Christ's words to St. Peter (in Matthew 16:19).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08631b.htm

» Kharput
   Armenian Uniat diocese created in 1850.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08633a.htm

» Kiang-nan
   The Vicariate comprises the two provinces of Kiang-su and Ngan-hwei.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08633b.htm

» Kiang-si, Eastern
   The mission of Eastern Kiang-si was separated from the mission of Northern Kiang-si in 1885.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08634a.htm

» Kiang-si, Northern
   Father Matteo Ricci of the Society of Jesus was the first missionary who entered the province of Kiang-si at the end of the sixteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635a.htm

» Kiang-si, Southern
   Separated from the mission of Northern Kiang-si in 1879, and organized into an independent Vicariate Apostolic.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635b.htm

» Kickapoo Indians
   Apparently corrupted from a longer term signifying "roamers", a tribe of Algonquian stock, closely related dialectically to the Sauk and Foxes, and living when first known in south central Wisconsin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635c.htm

» Kickham, Charles Joseph
   Patriot, novelist, and poet, b. at Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1828; d. at Blackrock, Co. Dublin, 22 Aug., 1882.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16049b.htm

» Kielce
   Diocese in the southern part of Russian Poland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636a.htm

» Kieran, Saints
   Of the many Irish saints of this name, the most famous is St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise. SS. Kieran of Seir-Kieran and Kieran of Disert-Kieran are fairly well-known. There is also a St. Kieran, patron of Clonsost, and a St. Kieran, son of Colga.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636b.htm

» Kildare and Leighlin
   One of the four suffragans of Dublin, Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08637a.htm

» Kildare, School of
   Situated in Magh Liffe, or the Plain of the Liffey, came to be known as Cill-Dara, or the Church of the Oak, from the stately oak-tree so much loved by St. Brigid, who under its branches laid the foundations of what in process of time became a monastic ci
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636c.htm

» Kilian, Saint
   Missionary, bishop of Würzburg, martyred with his companions Colman and Totnan in about 689.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08639a.htm

» Killala
   Diocese, one of the five suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical Province of Tuam.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08640a.htm

» Killaloe
   A suffragan diocese of Cashel.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08641a.htm

» Kilmore
   Diocese in Ireland, includes almost all Cavan and about half of Leitrim.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08642a.htm

» Kilwardby, Robert
   Archbishop of Canterbury. (d. 1279)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08644a.htm

» Kilwinning, Benedictine Abbey of
   Located in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the town of the same name, where a church was said to have been founded early in the eighth century by St. Winning.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08644b.htm

» Kimberley
   Vicariate apostolic; suffragan of Adelaide, erected by Leo XIII, 5 May, 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645a.htm

» Kimberley in Orange
   The portion of South Africa which at the present day forms the Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange became in the division of the Vicariate of Good Hope part of the Eastern District, and later on part of the Vicariate of Natal.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645b.htm

» Kingdom of God
   In this expression the innermost teaching of the Old Testament is summed up, but it should be noted that the word kingdom means ruling as well; thus it signifies not so much the actual kingdom as the sway of the king.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08646a.htm

» Kingisel
   The name of two abbots who ruled Glastonbury in the seventh and eighth centuries respectively.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08647a.htm

» Kings, Chronology of the
   Offers a table with the kings from the Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08654a.htm

» Kings, First and Second Books of
   Known as the First and Second Books of Kings in the Authorized Version, in the Hebrew editions and the Protestant versions these are known as 1st and 2nd Samuel, with the Third and Fourth Books of Kings being styled First and Second Books of Kings.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08647b.htm

» Kings, Third and Fourth Books of
   The historical book called in the Hebrew Melakhim, i.e. Kings, is in the Vulgate, in imitation of the Septuagint, styled the Third and Fourth Book of Kings.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08652a.htm

» Kingston
   The Archdiocese of Kingston comprises the territory from the eastern line of Dundas County to the western boundary of Hastings County in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08658a.htm

» Kinloss
   Cistercian abbey on the coast of Morayshire, Scotland, founded in 1150 or 1151 (authorities differ) by King David I, in gratitude, according to the popular legend, for having been guided into safety by a white dove when he had lost his way hunting in the
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08659a.htm

» Kino, Eusebius
   A famous Jesuit missionary of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. 10 August, 1644, in Welschtirol (Anauniensis); d. 15 March, 1711.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08660a.htm

» Kiowa Indians
   An important Plains tribe, constituting a distinct linguistic stock.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08660b.htm

» Kircher, Athanasius
   Celebrated for the versatility of his knowledge and particularly distinguished for his knowledge of the natural sciences, b. 2 May, 1601, at Geisa, a small town on the northern bank of the Upper Rhone (Buchonia); d. at Rome, 28 Nov., 1680.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08661a.htm

» Kirkwall
   A parish, also a royal and parliamentary burgh and chief or county town of Orkney, in the north of Scotland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08662a.htm

» Kisfaludy
   Born at Suemeg, Hungary, 27 Sept., 1772; died at Suemeg, 28 October, 1844.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08662b.htm

» Kiss
   Four times in the Epistles of St. Paul is met the injunction, used as a sort of formula of farewell, "Salute one another in a holy kiss" (en philemati hagio), for which St. Peter (1 Pet., v, 14) substitutes "in a kiss of love" (en philemati agapes).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08663a.htm

» Klaczko, Julian
   Polish author, b. at Vilna, 6 November, 1825, of Jewish parents; d. at Cracow, 26 November, 1906.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08665a.htm

» Klee, Heinrich
   German theologian and exegete, b. at Münstermaifeld, in the Rhine province, 20 April, 1800; d. at Munich, 28 July, 1840.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08666a.htm

» Klesl, Melchior
   A cardinal and Austrian statesman, b. at Vienna, 19 February, 1552; d. at Wiener-Neustadt, 18 September, 1630.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08666b.htm

» Kleutgen, Josef Wilhelm Karl
   German theologian and philosopher, b. at Dortmund, Westphalia, 9 April, 1811; d. at St. Anton near Kaltern, Tyrol, 13 Jan., 1883.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08667a.htm

» Klinkowström
   Artist, author and teacher; b. at Ludwigsburg in Swedish Pomerania on 31 August, 1778; d. at Vienna, 4 April, 1835.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08667b.htm

» Klopp, Onno
   Historian, b. on 9 October, 1822, at Leer (East Friesland); d. at Vienna, 9 August 1903.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08668a.htm

» Knabl, Joseph
   A master of religious plastic art, b. at Fliess, Tyrol, in 1819; d. at Munich in 1881.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08669a.htm

» Kneipp, Sebastian
   Bavarian priest and hydrotherapist, b. at Stephansreid, Bavaria, 17 May, 1821; d. at Wörishofen, 17 June, 1897.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08669b.htm

» Knight, Venerable William
   Put to death for the Faith at York, on 29 November, 1596; with him also suffered Venerables George Errington of Herst, William Gibson of Ripon, and William Abbot of Howden, in Yorkshire.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670a.htm

» Knighton, Henry
   A fourteenth-century chronicler.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670b.htm

» Knights of Columbus
   Brief explanation and history of the organization.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670c.htm

» Knights of the Cross
   A religious order famous in the history of Bohemia, and accustomed from the beginning to the use of arms, a custom which was confirmed in 1292 by an ambassador of Pope Nicholas IV.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08671a.htm

» Knoblecher, Ignatius
   Catholic missionary in Central Africa, born 6 July, 1819, at St. Cantian in Lower Carniola; died 13 April, 1858, at Naples.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08672a.htm

» Knoll, Albert (Joseph)
   Dogmatic theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, born at Bruneck in northern Tyrol, 12 July, 1796; died at Bozen, 30 March, 1863.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08672b.htm

» Knowledge
   Knowledge, being a primitive fact of consciousness, cannot, strictly speaking, be defined; but the direct and spontaneous consciousness of knowing may be made clearer by pointing out its essential and distinctive characteristics.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08673a.htm

» Knowledge of Jesus Christ
   "Knowledge of Jesus Christ," as used in this article, does not mean a summary of what we know about Jesus Christ, but a survey of the intellectual endowment of Christ.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08675a.htm

» Knownothingism
   Article on this 1850s United States anti-immigrant movement.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08677a.htm

» Knox, John
   Scotch Protestant leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, 24 November, 1572.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08680a.htm

» Kober, Franz Quirin von
   German canonist and pedagogist, b. of simple countryfolk on 6 March, 1821, at Warthausen, Biberach, Würtemberg; d. at Tübingen, 25 January, 1897.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08684a.htm

» Koberger, Anthony
   German printer, publisher, and bookseller, b. about 1445; d. at Nuremberg, 3 October, 1513.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08684b.htm

» Kobler, Andreas
   An historian, b. at Muhldorf in Bavaria, 22 June, 1816; d. at Klagenfurt, 15 November, 1892.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08685a.htm

» Kochanowski, Jan
   Born at Sycyna, 1530, died at Lublin, 22 August, 1584.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08685b.htm

» Kochowski, Vespasian
   Born at Sandomir?, 1633; died at Krakow, 1699. He received his education at the Jesuit College, Sandomir, served in the army, and then spent the rest of his life on his estate.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08686a.htm

» Kohlmann, Anthony
   Educator and missionary. (1771-1836)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08686c.htm

» Koller, Marian Wolfgang
   Scientist and educator. (1792-1866)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08687a.htm

» Konarski, Stanislaus
   Born in 1700; died in 1773. This great reformer of Polish schools was a Piarist who, during a visit to Rome after his ordination, received there the first idea of his life's mission.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08687b.htm

» Konig, Joseph
   Theologian and exegete. (1819-1900)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08688a.htm

» Koniggrätz
   Diocese in Bohemia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08688b.htm

» Konigshofen, Jacob
   Medieval chronicler. (1346-1420)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08689a.htm

» Konings, Anthony
   Born at Helmond, Diocese of Bois-1e-Duc, Holland, 24 August, 1821; died 30 June, 1884.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08689b.htm

» Konrad
   A German epic poet of the twelfth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08690a.htm

» Konrad of Lichtenau
   Medieval German chronicler. (d. 1240)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08690b.htm

» Konrad of Megenberg
   Scholar and writer, b. probably at Mainberg, near Schweinfurt, Bavaria, 2 February, 1309; d. at Ratisbon, 11 April, 1374.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08691a.htm

» Konrad of Würzburg
   A Middle High German poet, b. about 1230; d. at Basle, 1287.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08691b.htm

» Konsag, Ferdinand
   A German missionary of the eighteenth century, b. 2 December, 1703, at Warasdin, Croatia; d. 10 September, 1758.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08691c.htm

» Koran, The
   The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the revelation of God.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08692a.htm

» Kosciuszko, Tadeusz
   Polish patriot and soldier, b. near Novogrudok, Lithuania, Poland, 12 February, 1752; d. at Solothurn, Switzerland, 15 October, 1817.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08694a.htm

» Kottayam, Vicariate Apostolic of
   Located on the Malabar Coast, India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16050a.htm

» Kozmian, Stanislaus and John
   Two brothers who took part in the Polish insurrection of 1831, and subsequently fled the country.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08695a.htm

» Krafft, Adam
   Sculptor, b. about 1440 at Nuremberg; d. Jan., 1509 at Schwabach.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08695b.htm

» Krain
   A duchy and crownland in the Austrian Empire, bounded on the north by Karinthia, on the north-east by Styria, on the south-east and south by Croatia, and on the west by Trieste, Goritza, and Istria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08696a.htm

» Krasicki, Ignatius
   Born in 1735; died at Berlin, 1801. He took orders in early youth, and soon after became a canon, travelled abroad, preached the coronation sermon for King Stanislaus Poniatowski, by whose favour he shortly got a bishopric in what was soon to become Pruss
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08698a.htm

» Krasinski, Sigismund
   Count, son of a Polish general, b. at Paris, 19 Feb., 1812; d. there, 23 Feb., 1859.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08698b.htm

» Kraus, Franz Xaver
   An ecclesiastical and art historian, b. at Trier, 18 September, 1840; d. at San Remo, 28 December, 1901.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08699a.htm

» Kreil, Karl
   Austrian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Ried, Upper Austria, 4 Nov., 1798; d. at Vienna, 21 Dec., 1862.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08700a.htm

» Kreiten, William
   Literary critic and poet, b. 21 June, 1847, at Gangelt near Aschen; d. 6 June, 1902, at Kerkrade (Kirchrath) in Dutch Limburg.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08700b.htm

» Kremsmünster
   A Benedictine abbey in Austria, on the little river Krems, about twenty miles south of Linz, founded A.D. 777 by Tassilo II Duke of Bavaria, who richly endowed it, as did subsequently Charlemagne and his successors.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08701a.htm

» Kromer, Martin
   A distinguished Polish bishop and historian; b. at Biecz in Galicia in 1512; d. at Heilsberg, Ermland (now East Prussia), on 23 March, 1589.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08702b.htm

» Krzycki, Andrew
   A typical humanistic poet, a most supple courtier for whom poetry was to be a source of renown and profit, Krzycki was well-read in Latin poetry and knew the language to perfection. Date of birth uncertain; d. in 1535.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08702c.htm

» Krämer, John
   Born about the end of the fourteenth century, he must have died between 1437 and 1440, as a manuscript of the Carthusian monastery of Memmingen speaks of the gift made to it by Krämer in 1437, and the general chapter of the Carthusian Order held in 1440
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08697a.htm

» Kuhn, Johannes von
   Theologian, b. at Waeschenbeuren in Wuertemberg, 19 Feb., 1806; d. at Tübingen, 8 May, 1887.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08703a.htm

» Kulturkampf
   The name given to the political struggle for the rights and self-government of the Catholic Church, carried out chiefly in Prussia and afterwards in Baden, Hesse, and Bavaria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08703b.htm

» Kumbakonam
   Kumbakonam, signifying in English the "Jug's Corner," is a town of 60,000 inhabitants, and is situated in the fertile plain of the Tanjore District about half-way on the railroad which connects Madras with Tuticorin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08710a.htm

» Kutenai Indians
   An important tribe of south-eastern British Columbia and the adjacent portions of Montana and Idaho.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08711a.htm

» Kwang-si
   The mission of Kwang-si comprises the entire province of that name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08712a.htm

» Kwang-tung
   This prefecture comprises the whole province of that name except the civil prefecture of Shin-hing, the three districts of Heung-shan, Yan-ping, and Yeung-tsun, which belong to the Diocese of Macao, and the three districts of San-on, Kwei-shin, and Hoi-fu
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08712b.htm

» Kwango
   The name of a river which flows into the Kassai, which itself is a tributary of the River Congo.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08711b.htm

» Kwei-chou
   The mission of Kwei-chou embraces the entire province of that name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08713a.htm

» Kyrie Eleison
   Greek for "Lord have mercy"; the Latin transliteration supposes a pronunciation as in Modern Greek, is a very old, even pre-Christian, expression used constantly in all Christian liturgies.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08714a.htm

» Kögler, Ignaz
   Jesuit missionary to China. (1680-1746)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08686b.htm