Web Directory

» Vaast, Abbey of Saint
   Situated at Arras, the ancient capital of Artois, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France; founded in 667.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248a.htm

» Vacancy
   A term applied to an office or position devoid of an incumbent, as a vacant benefice, bishopric, or parish.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248b.htm

» Vadstena, Abbey of
   Founded in Sweden by St. Bridget in 1346.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248c.htm

» Vaga
   A titular see of Numidia, frequently mentioned by historians and ancient geographers.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249a.htm

» Vaillant de Gueslis, François
   Jesuit missionary. (1646-1718)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249b.htm

» Vaison, Ancient Diocese of
   Suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, its territory is now included in the Dioceses of Avignon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16078b.htm

» Valdés, Alfonso de
   Spanish Humanist and chancellor of Emperor Charles V. (1500-1532)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249c.htm

» Valence, Diocese of
   Comprises the Department of Drome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15250a.htm

» Valence, University of
   Erected 26 July, 1452, by letters patent from the Dauphin Louis, afterwards Louis XI.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15251a.htm

» Valencia
   Located in Spain; comprises the civil Provinces of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15251b.htm

» Valencia, University of
   At the request of Jaime I the Conqueror, Innocent IV in 1246, authorized by a Bull the establishment of estudios generales in Valencia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15253a.htm

» Valens, Flavius
   Emperor of the East. (328-378)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15253b.htm

» Valentine, Pope
   Reigned briefly in A.D. 827.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254b.htm

» Valentine, Saint
   At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm

» Valentinian I
   Emperor of the West. (321-375)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254c.htm

» Valentinian II
   Emperor of the West. (371-392)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15255a.htm

» Valentinian III
   Reigned 425-55, son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius, succeeded Emperor Honorius.(419-455)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15255b.htm

» Valentinus and Valentinians
   The best known and most influential of the Gnostic heretics, born on the coast of Egypt.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256a.htm

» Valerian
   Biography of the Roman ruler, focusing on his treatment of Christians.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256b.htm

» Validation of Marriage
   May be effected by a simple renewal of consent when its nullity arises only from a defective consent in one or both parties.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256c.htm

» Valla, Lorenzo
   Article by U. Benigni on the teachings of this Italian humanist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15257a.htm

» Valladolid, Archdiocese of
   Bounded on the north by Palencia, east by Burgos and Segovia, south by Avila and Salamanca, and west by Zamora.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15258a.htm

» Valladolid, University of
   Alfonso XI was the patron of Valladolid.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15259a.htm

» Vallarsi, Dominic
   Italian priest. (1702-1771)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260a.htm

» Valle, Pietro della
   Italian traveller in the Orient. (1586-1652)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260b.htm

» Valleyfield, Diocese of
   Situated at the outlet of Lake St. Francis, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261a.htm

» Vallgornera, Thomas de
   Dominican theologian and ascetical writer. (1595-1665)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261b.htm

» Valliscaulian Order
   Founded towards the end of the twelfth century by Viard, a lay brother of the Carthusian priory of Loubigny, in the Diocese of Langres.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261c.htm

» Vallumbrosan Order
   Founded by St. John Gualbert, son of the noble Florentine Gualbert Visdomini.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15262a.htm

» Vallée-Poussin, Charles-Louis-Joseph-Xavier de la
   Professor of geology and mineralogy at the Catholic University of Louvain. (1827-1903)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260c.htm

» Valois, Henri
   Philologist. (1603-1676)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15263a.htm

» Valona
   Titular see, suffragan of Dyrrachium, in Epirus Nova.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264a.htm

» Valroger, Hyacinthe de
   French oratorian, first studied medicine, and was later ordained priest. (1814-1876)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264b.htm

» Valva and Sulmona, Dioceses of
   Located in Italy, Valva, a medieval castle belonging to the Bishop of Sulmona, Baron of Valva, is situated near the ancient Corfinium, chief town of the Peligni, a Samnite tribe.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264c.htm

» Valverde, Vincent de
   First Bishop of Cuzco. (d. 1541)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15265a.htm

» Van Beethoven, Ludwig
   Composer. (1770-1827)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15265b.htm

» Van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph
   Professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in the Catholic University at Louvain. (1809-1831)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15266a.htm

» Van Buren, William Home
   American surgeon. (1819-1883)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15267a.htm

» Van De Vyver, Augustine
   Sixth Bishop of Richmond, Virginia. (1844-1911)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15270b.htm

» Van de Velde, Peter
   Spanish painter. (1503-1580)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15270a.htm

» Van den Broek, Theodore J.
   Priest and missionary. (1783-1851)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269a.htm

» Van der Sandt, Maximilian
   Wrote works on philosophy and theology, including a notable controversial reply to the Batavian Calvinist Lawrence in defence of the moral teaching of the Jesuits. (1578-1656)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269b.htm

» Van der Weyden, Rogier
   Painter. (1399-1464)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269c.htm

» Vancouver
   Archdiocese; includes that part of the mainland of the Province of British Columbia south of 54 ° N. lat. and west of the Straits of Georgia, together with the Queen Charlotte Islands.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15267b.htm

» Vandal, Albert
   French writer. (1853-1910)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268a.htm

» Vandals
   A Germanic people belonging to the family of East Germans.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268b.htm

» Vane, Thomas
   Seventeenth-century convert from Anglicanism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271a.htm

» Vannes, Diocese of
   Comprises the Department of Morbihan, and was re-established by the Concordat of 1802.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271b.htm

» Vanni, Andrea
   Painter and statesman. (1320-1414)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15272a.htm

» Vanni, Francesco
   Siennese painter. (1565-1609)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15272b.htm

» Vargas y Mexia, Francisco de
   Spanish diplomat and ecclesiastical writer, died 1566.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15273b.htm

» Vargas, Luis de
   Seville painter. (1502-1568)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15273a.htm

» Vasari, Giorgio
   Painter, architect, and writer. (1511-1574)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15274a.htm

» Vasquez, Gabriel
   Theologian. (1549-1604)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15275a.htm

» Vatable, François
   Abbot of Bellozane, died 1547.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276a.htm

» Vatican Council
   The twentieth and up to 1912, the last ecumenical council, opened on 8 December, 1869, and adjourned on 20 October, 1870.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15303a.htm

» Vatican Observatory
   Gregory XIII ordered a tower to be erected in a convenient part of the Vatican buildings, and to be fitted out with the greatest and best instruments of the time.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15309a.htm

» Vatican as a Scientific Institution, The
   Details of scientific activity in the Vatican.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15286a.htm

» Vatican, The
   Detailed history and information.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm

» Vaudreuil
   Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil. Governor of Canada, died 1725.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15311a.htm

» Vaughan, Herbert
   Cardinal, and third Archbishop of Westminster. (1832-1903)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15311b.htm

» Vaughan, Roger William
   Second Archbishop of Sydney. (1834-1883)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315a.htm

» Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas
   French chemist. (1763-1829)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315b.htm

» Vaux, Laurence
   Martyr in prison. (1519-1585)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315c.htm

» Vaux-de-Cernay
   Cistercian abbey situated in the Diocese of Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, in what was called the "Isle-de-France".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15316a.htm

» Vavasour, Thomas
   English physician. (1536-1585)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15316b.htm

» Vavasseur, François
   Humanist and controversialist. (1605-1681)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317a.htm

» Vecchietta, Lorenzo di Pietro
   Artist. (1412-1480)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317c.htm

» Vedas
   Sacred books of ancient India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15318a.htm

» Vega, Andreas de
   Spanish theologian. (d. 1560)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15319a.htm

» Veghe, Johannes
   German preacher and religious writer, died 1504.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15320a.htm

» Vegio, Maffeo
   Humanist, poet, and educator. (1406-1458)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15320b.htm

» Veglia, Diocese of
   In Austria, suffragan of Görz-Gradisca.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15321a.htm

» Veil, Religious
   The bride of Christ, as the vestal virgins had done, adopted the veil, which thus symbolized not so much the purity as the inviolable fidelity to Christ which was to be reverenced in her.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15321c.htm

» Veit, Philipp
   Painter. (1793-1877)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15322a.htm

» Veith, Johann Emanuel
   Preacher. (1787-1876)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15322b.htm

» Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y
   Artist's biography by Louis Gillet.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15323a.htm

» Venezuela
   A republic formed out of the provinces which, under Spanish rule, constituted the captaincy general of the same name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15327a.htm

» Veni Creator Spiritus
   The most famous of hymns, assigned in the Roman Breviary to Vespers (I and II) and Terce of Pentecost and throughout the octave.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15341a.htm

» Veni Sancte Spiritus Et Emitte Coelitus
   Sung at Mass from Whitsunday until the following Saturday inclusively, and comprises ten stanzas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342a.htm

» Veni Sancte Spiritus Reple
   A prose invocation of the Holy Ghost.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342b.htm

» Venice
   The capital of a province in Northern Italy, is formed of a group of 117 small islands joined together by 378 bridges mostly built of stone.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15333a.htm

» Venosa
   Diocese in Southern Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342c.htm

» Ventimiglia
   Italian diocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15343a.htm

» Ventura di Raulica, Gioacchino
   Italian orator, patriot, philosopher. (1792-1861)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15343b.htm

» Venturino of Bergamo
   Preacher. (1304-1346)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344a.htm

» Venusti, Raffaele
   Italian controversialist. (d. 1543)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344b.htm

» Vera Cruz
   Diocese of the Mexican Republic, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Mexico.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344c.htm

» Verapoly, Archdiocese of
   Located on the Malabar Coast, India, having the Diocese of Quilon as suffragan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15345a.htm

» Verbiest, Ferdinand
   Jesuit missionary and astronomer. (1623-1688)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15346a.htm

» Verbum Supernum Prodiens
   The first line of two hymns celebrating respectively the Nativity of Christ and the Institution of the Holy Eucharist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15348a.htm

» Vercelli
   Archdiocese in the Province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15348b.htm

» Vercellone, Carlo
   Biblical scholar, born at Biella, Milan; died at Rome, 19 January, 1869.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15349a.htm

» Verdaguer, Jacinto
   Spanish poet. (1845-1902)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350a.htm

» Verdi, Giuseppe
   Italian composer. (1813-1901)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350b.htm

» Verdun, Diocese of
   Comprises the Department of the Meuse.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350c.htm

» Verecundus
   Bishop of Junca, in the African Province of Byzacena, in the middle of the sixth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15352a.htm

» Vergani, Paolo
   Italian political economist. (1753-1820)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353a.htm

» Vergerio, Pier Paolo, the Elder
   Humanist, statesman, and canonist. (b. 1370)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353b.htm

» Vergil, Polydore
   Commissioned by Henry VII to write the history of England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353c.htm

» Vergilius of Salzburg, Saint
   Irish-born Abbot of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. He held that the earth was round, for which St. Boniface accused him of heresy. Vergilius freed himself of the charge, and went on to become a missionary, dying in 789.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353d.htm

» Vering, Friedrich Heinrich
   German canonist. (1833-1896)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15354a.htm

» Vermont
   One of the New England states.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15354b.htm

» Verna, La
   An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358a.htm

» Vernazza, Tommasina
   Entered the monastery of St. Maria delle Grazie, and became a canoness regular, taking the name of Battistina. (1497-1587)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358b.htm

» Verne, Jules
   Novelist. (1828-1905)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358c.htm

» Vernier, Pierre
   Inventor of the instrument which bears his name. (1580-1637)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359a.htm

» Veroli, Diocese of
   Located in the Province of Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359b.htm

» Veron, François
   French controversialist, born at Paris about 1575; died at Charenton, 1625.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359c.htm

» Verona
   Diocese in Venetia (Northern Italy).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15360a.htm

» Veronica Giuliani, Saint
   Short biographical article on this Capuchin, who died in 1727.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15363a.htm

» Veronica, Saint
   Veronica is a name popularly given to one of the women who accompanied Christ to Calvary. "Veronica" is an abbreviation of "vera icon" (true image), and the woman now called Veronica is said to have offered a towel to Christ, on which he left the imprint
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm

» Verot, Augustin
   Third Bishop of Savannah, first of St. Augustine. (1804-1876)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15363b.htm

» Verrazano, Giovanni da
   Navigator, died 1527.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364a.htm

» Verreau, Hospice-Anthelme
   French-Canadian priest, educator, and historian. (1828-1901)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364b.htm

» Verri, Count Pietro
   Economist.(1728-1797)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364c.htm

» Verrocchio, Andrea del
   Artist. (1435-1488)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364d.htm

» Versailles
   Diocese includes the Department of Seine-et-Oise, France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15366a.htm

» Versions of the Bible
   Article on versions of the Bible in the original languages and in translation. Grouped by source.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15367a.htm

» Versions of the Bible, Coptic
   At least parts of Scripture were translated into all four dialects of the Coptic language, though there is some debate about which of the Coptic versions is oldest.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16078c.htm

» Verstegan, Richard
   Publisher and antiquarian, born at London, about 1548.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15377a.htm

» Vertin, John
   Third Bishop of Marquette, U.S.A. (1844-1899)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15377b.htm

» Vertot, Réné-Aubert, Sieur de
   French historian. (1655-1735)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378a.htm

» Veruela
   A Cistercian monastery and church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. It is situated five miles north-west of Borja, Saragossa, Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378b.htm

» Vesalius, Andreas
   The reorganizer of the study of anatomy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378c.htm

» Vespasian
   Biography of the Roman Emperor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15379a.htm

» Vespasiano da Bisticci
   Florentine humanist and librarian. (1421-1498)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15380a.htm

» Vespers
   Historical article on Evening Prayer, one of the two principal canonical hours.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15381a.htm

» Vespers, Music of
   Applies especially to the cathedral Office, i.e., the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15382a.htm

» Vespers, Sicilian
   The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at Palermo on Easter Tuesday, 31 March, 1282, against the domination of Charles of Anjou.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384a.htm

» Vespucci, Amerigo
   Biographical article on the Italian navigator (1451-1512).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm

» Vestibule (in Architecture)
   A hall projecting in front of the façade of a church, found from the fifth century both in the East and the West.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15387a.htm

» Vestments
   According to the rules of the Church or from ecclesiastical usage, are to be worn by the clergy in performing the ceremonies of the services of the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15388a.htm

» Veszprém
   Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Gran, one of the sees founded about 1009 by King St. Stephen, or perhaps by Queen Gisela, his wife.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15392a.htm

» Veto, The Royal
   Lord Grenville presented a petition for the Catholics in the Lords, and, in moving for a committee, proposed an effective veto for the king on the appointment of bishops.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15392b.htm

» Vetter, Conrad
   Preacher and polemical writer. (1547-1622)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15394a.htm

» Veuillot, Louis
   Journalist and writer. (1813-1883)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15394b.htm

» Vexilla Regis Prodeunt
   Written by Venantius Fortunatus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15396a.htm

» Vexiö, Ancient See of
   In Sweden, comprised the County of Kronoberg and the hundreds of Ostra, Westra, Östbo, and Westbo in the County of Jönköping.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16081a.htm

» Vezzosi, Antonio Francesco
   Member of the Theatine Congregation and biographical writer. (1708-1783)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397a.htm

» Viader, José
   Assistant at the Indian mission of Santa Clara.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397b.htm

» Viaticum
   Among the ancient Greeks the custom prevailed of giving a supper to those setting out on a journey.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397c.htm

» Viator, Clerics of Saint
   Lector of the cathedral at Lyons, France, in the fourth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15399a.htm

» Viborg, Ancient See of
   Located in Denmark.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16081b.htm

» Vicar
   In canon law, the representative of a person clothed with ordinary ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm

» Vicar Apostolic
   In the early ages of the Church, the popes committed to some residentiary bishops the duty of watching over ecclesiastical matters in a certain region.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401b.htm

» Vicar Capitular
   The administrator of a vacant diocese, elected by a cathedral chapter.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401c.htm

» Vicar of Christ
   A title of the pope implying his supreme and universal primacy, both of honour and of jurisdiction, over the Church of Christ.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403b.htm

» Vicar-General
   The highest official of a diocese after the ordinary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15402a.htm

» Vicari, Hermann von
   Archbishop of Freiburg in Baden. (1773-1868)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403a.htm

» Vicariate Apostolic (Updated List)
   Recently erected vicariates Apostolic as of 1913.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16082a.htm

» Vice
   Regarded as a habit inclining one to sin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403c.htm

» Vicelinus, Saint
   Biographical article on the Bishop of Oldenburg, who died in 1154.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404a.htm

» Vicente, Gil
   Portuguese dramatist. (1470-1536)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404b.htm

» Vicenza, Diocese of
   The city is the capital of a province in Venetia (Northern Italy).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404c.htm

» Vich, Diocese of
   Suffragan of Tarragona.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15405a.htm

» Vico, Francescoe de
   Astronomer. (1805-1848)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15406a.htm

» Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani
   First stanza of the Easter sequence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15407a.htm

» Victor
   Bishop of Tunnunum in Northern Africa. (d. 569)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15412a.htm

» Victor I, Pope Saint
   Article on the late second-century pope, involved in the Quartodeciman controversy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15408a.htm

» Victor II, Pope
   Reigned 1055-57.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15409a.htm

» Victor III, Pope Blessed
   Benedictine monk, peacemaker, abbot of Monte Cassino, elected to the papacy in 1086, d. 1087.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15410a.htm

» Victor IV
   Cardinal Gregory Conti, elected in opposition to Innocent II.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15411a.htm

» Victor Vitensis
   An African bishop of the Province of Byzacena.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415a.htm

» Victor of Capua
   A sixteenth-century bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414c.htm

» Victoria
   Diocese in southwestern British Columbia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15412b.htm

» Victoria Nyanza, Northern
   Founded in 1878 by the White Fathers of Cardinal Lavigerie.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15413a.htm

» Victoria Nyanza, Southern
   Vicariate apostolic erected from the mission of Nyanza.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15413b.htm

» Victorinus, Caius Marius
   A fourth-century grammarian, rhetorician, philosopher, and theologian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414b.htm

» Victorinus, Saint
   Biographical profile of the bishop of Pettau, an ecclesiastical writer, martyred in the Diocletian persecution.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414a.htm

» Vida, Marco Girolamo
   Italian Humanist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415c.htm

» Vieira, Antonio
   Missionary, diplomat, orator. (1608-1697)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415d.htm

» Viel, Nicholas
   Died 1625, the first victim of apostolic zeal on the shores of the St. Lawrence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15416a.htm

» Vienna
   The capital of Austria-Hungary, the residence of the emperor, and the seat of a Latin archbishopric.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15417a.htm

» Vienna, University of
   The oldest university of the former Holy Roman Empire, next to the University of Prague.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15421a.htm

» Vienne, Council of
   Convened 1311-1312, dealing mainly with the Knights Templar.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15423a.htm

» Vierthaler, Franz Michael
   Austrian pedagogue. (1758-1827)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425a.htm

» Vieta, François
   Father of modern algebra.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425b.htm

» Viger, Denis-Benjamin
   French-Canadian statesman and writer. (1774-1861)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425c.htm

» Viger, Jacques
   French-Canadian antiquarian and archaeologist. (1787-1858)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426a.htm

» Vigevano
   Diocese in Lombardy, Province of Pavia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426b.htm

» Vigilius
   Bishop of Tapsus, in the African Province of Byzacena.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15427a.htm

» Vigilius, Pope
   Reigned 537-55.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15427b.htm

» Vigilius, Saint
   Biographical essay on the Bishop of Trent, martyred 26 June, 405.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426c.htm

» Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi da
   A theoretical and practical architect of the Transition Period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles. (1507-1573)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15428a.htm

» Vigor, Simon
   French bishop and controversialist. (1515-1575)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15428b.htm

» Villalpandus, Juan Bautista
   His fame rests mainly on a "Commentary on Ezechiel".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429a.htm

» Villani, Giovanni
   Florentine historian, b. about 1276; d. of the plague in 1348.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429b.htm

» Villanovanus, Arnaldus
   Physician and alchemist. (1235-1312)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429c.htm

» Villefranche, Jacques-Melchior
   Publicist. (1829-1904)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15430a.htm

» Villehardouin, Geoffroi de
   Maréchal de Champagne, warrior, and first historian in the French language.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15430b.htm

» Villeneuve-Barcement, Jean-Paul-Alban
   Vicomte de, b. at Saint-Auban, Var, 8 Aug., 1784; d. at Paris, 8 June, 1850.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431a.htm

» Villermé, Louis-René
   French economist. (1782-1863)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431b.htm

» Villers, Cistercian Abbey of
   Situated on the confines of Villers and Tilly, Duchy of Brabant, present Diocese of Namur (Belgium), and first monastery of the order in this territory.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431c.htm

» Vilna
   The capital of Lithuania, situated at the junction of the Rivers Vileika and Vilja.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15432a.htm

» Vincent Ferrer, Saint
   Biography of this Spanish-born Dominican missionary, who died in 1419.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15437a.htm

» Vincent Kadlubek, Blessed
   Bishop of Cracow, resigned his office and became the first Pole to join the Cistercians. He died in 1223.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15438a.htm

» Vincent Mary Pallotti, Saint
   Biography of the founder of the Pious Society of Missions, who are commonly known as the Pallottine Fathers. He died in 1850.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11429a.htm

» Vincent de Paul, Saint
   Biography of the French priest, founder of the Congregation of the Mission, who died in 1660.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434c.htm

» Vincent of Beauvais
   Priest and encyclopedist. (1190-1264)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15439a.htm

» Vincent of Lérins, Saint
   Essay on the fifth-century monk and ecclesiastical writer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15439b.htm

» Vincent, Saint
   Also called Maldegarius, married to St. Waldetrude. Their four children are also among the saints. SS. Vincent and Waldetrude both entered monastic life, he founding the monasteries of Hautmont and Soignies. He died in 677.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434a.htm

» Vincenzo de Vit
   Latinist. (1810-1892)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15484a.htm

» Vinci, Leonardo di Ser Piero da
   Florentine painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scholar. (1452-1519)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15440a.htm

» Vindicianus, Saint
   Biography of the bishop of Cambrai-Arras, born about 620.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15445a.htm

» Vineam Domini
   An Apostolic Constitution issued by Clement XI against the Jansenists on 16 July, 1705.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15445b.htm

» Violence
   The stimulus or moving cause must come from without; no one can do violence to himself.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15446a.htm

» Viotti, Giovanni Battista
   Founder of the modern school of violinist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15447a.htm

» Virgilius, Saint
   Essay on the monk, archbishop of Arles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15447b.htm

» Virgin Birth of Christ
   The dogma which teaches that the Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ was a virgin before, during, and after the conception and birth of her Divine Son.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15448a.htm

» Virgin Mary, Devotion to the
   Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be regarded as a practical application of the doctrine of the Communion of Saints.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15459a.htm

» Virgin Mary, Name of
   The Hebrew form of her name is Miryam.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464a.htm

» Virgin Mary, The
   The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm

» Virginia
   One of the thirteen original states.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15451a.htm

» Virginity
   Morally, virginity signifies the reverence for bodily integrity which is suggested by a virtuous motive.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15458a.htm

» Virtue
   According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15472a.htm

» Vischer, Peter
   Sculptor and metal founder. (1460-1529)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15475a.htm

» Visdelou, Claude de
   One of the missionaries sent to China by Louis XIV in 1687.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15476a.htm

» Visigoths
   One of the two principal branches of the Goths.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15476b.htm

» Visions and Apparitions
   The article deals not with natural but with supernatural visions, that is, visions due to the direct intervention of a power superior to man.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15477a.htm

» Visit ad Limina
   The obligation incumbent on certain members of the hierarchy of visiting, the "thresholds of the Apostles", Sts. Peter and Paul, and of presenting themselves before the pope to give an account of the state of their dioceses.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15478a.htm

» Visitation Convent, Georgetown
   Located in the District of Columbia, United States of America.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483c.htm

» Visitation Order
   The nuns of the Visitation of Mary, called also Filles de Sainte-Marie, Visitandines, and Salesian Sisters, were founded in 1610.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15481a.htm

» Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
   Article on the event and the feast.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15480a.htm

» Visitation, Canonical
   The act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view of maintaining faith and discipline, and of correcting abuses by the application of proper remedies.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15479a.htm

» Visitors Apostolic
   Officials whom canonists commonly class with papal legates.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483a.htm

» Visits to the Blessed Sacrament
   A devotional practice of relatively modern development, honoring the Real Presence of Christ.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483b.htm

» Vitalian, Pope Saint
   He tried to win over the Monothelites who then held sway in Constantinople, and was the reigning pope at the time of the Synod of Whitby. He died in 672.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15484b.htm

» Vitalini, Bonifazio
   Jurist, died 1388.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15485a.htm

» Vitalis and Agricola, Saints
   Vitalis was a slave, converted to Christianity by his master Agricola. Both were martyred at Bologna about 304.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486b.htm

» Vitalis of Savigny, Saint
   Founder of the monastery and Congregation of Savigny. Died 1122.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486c.htm

» Vitalis, Saint
   Martyr in about 171. Husband of St. Valeria (also a martyr), and father of SS. Gervasius and Protasius.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486a.htm

» Vitelleschi, Muzio
   Born at Rome 2 Dec., 1563; died there 9 Feb., 1645.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486d.htm

» Vitellius, Lucius
   Proclaimed Roman Emperor by the soldiers at Cologne during the civil war of A.D. 69; d. at Rome, 21 Dec., 69.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486e.htm

» Viterbo and Toscanella
   The city of Viterbo in the Province of Rome stands at the foot of Monte Cimino, in Central Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15487a.htm

» Vitoria
   Diocese; suffragan of Burgos, in Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15489a.htm

» Vittorino da Feltre
   Humanist educator. (1397-1446)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15490a.htm

» Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Saints
   According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15490b.htm

» Viva, Domenico
   Writer. (1648-1726)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15491a.htm

» Vivarini
   A family of Italian painters. Alvise, Antonio, and Bartolommeo (Bartolommeo da Murano).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15491b.htm

» Vives, Juan Luis
   Article on his life and works, by Paul Lejay.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15492a.htm

» Viviers
   Diocese; includes the Department of Ardèche, France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15493a.htm

» Vivisection
   Defined literally the word vivisection signifies the dissection of living creatures.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15494a.htm

» Vizagapatam, Diocese of
   Located in the east of India, suffragan to Madras.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15496a.htm

» Vizeu
   Diocese in north central Portugal.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15496b.htm

» Vladimir the Great, Saint
   Biography of the grandson of St. Olga. Grand Duke of Kiev and All Russia, first ruler of Russia to convert to Christianity, d. 1015.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15497a.htm

» Vocation, Ecclesiastical and Religious
   The special gift of those who, in the Church of God, follow with a pure intention the ecclesiastical profession of the evangelical counsels.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15498a.htm

» Vogler, George Joseph
   Theorist, composer, organist. (1749-1814)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15501a.htm

» Vogüé, Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte de
   Critic, novelist, and historian. (1848-1910)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15501b.htm

» Volk, Wilhelm
   Pseudonym, Ludwig Clarus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15501c.htm

» Volksverein
   Organization of German Catholics opposing heresies and revolutionary tendencies in the social world, and for the defence of Christian order in society.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15502a.htm

» Volta, Alessandro
   Physicist. (1745-1827)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15503a.htm

» Volterra
   Diocese in Tuscany.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15504b.htm

» Volterra, Daniele da
   Italian painter. (1509-1566)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15504a.htm

» Voluntarism
   In the modern metaphysical sense is a theory which explains the universe as emanating ultimately from some form of will.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15505a.htm

» Voluntary
   Wilful, proceeding from the will.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15506a.htm

» Voluspa
   A wise woman.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15507a.htm

» Von Gagern, Max, Freiherr
   Born at Weilburg (in Nassau), Germany, 25 March, 1810; died at Vienna, 17 October, 1889.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15508a.htm

» Vondel, Joost van Den
   Netherland poet and convert. (1587-1679)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15507b.htm

» Votive Mass
   A Mass offered for a votum, a special intention.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15508b.htm

» Votive Offerings
   The general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to God, or a saint, and in consequence looked upon as set apart by this act of consecration.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15509a.htm

» Votive Offices
   One not entered in the general calendar, but adopted with a view to satisfying a special devotion.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15510a.htm

» Vows
   A promise made to God.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15511a.htm

» Vrau, Philibert
   "The holy man of Lille", organizer of numerous Catholic activities. (1829-1905)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15514a.htm

» Vrie, Theodoric
   Fourteenth-century historian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15515a.htm

» Vulgate, Revision of
   In the spring of 1907 the public press announced that Pius X had determined to begin preparations for a critical revision of the Latin Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15515b.htm