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 Hugh Green, Blessed   - An English priest who had converted to Catholicism. He was martyred in a brutal way in 1642. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06776a.htm    Hugh Taylor, Blessed - The first (November 1585) to suffer martyrdom for the crime of being a priest in England who had studied abroad; the following day, a layman who had outwardly conformed was martyred for the newly defined felony of harboring such a person. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468a.htm Hunyady, János - Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564b.htm Hungarian Literature - History from the pre-Reformation period to the modern period. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07560a.htm Hungarian Catholics in America - Information about immigrants from this country. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07545b.htm Humiliati - A penitential order dating back, according to some authorities, to the beginning of the eleventh, but more probably to the beginning of the twelfth century, to the reign of Emperor Henry V, who, after quelling a rebellion in Lombardy, led the principal no - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543a.htm Humanism - The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538b.htm Hulst, Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d' - A prelate, writer, orator; born at Paris, 10 Oct., 1841; died there, 6 Nov., 1896. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538a.htm Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Baroness von - Biographical article on "Germany's greatest poetess." - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07537a.htm Huguenots - An extensive history of this French Protestant tradition. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527b.htm Huguccio - Italian canonist, b. at Pisa, date unknown; d. in 1210. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527a.htm Hugo, Charles-Hyacinthe - Historiographer of the Norbertine Order. (1667-1739) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07526a.htm Hugh of Strasburg - Theologian, flourished during the latter half of the thirteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07523a.htm Hugh of Lincoln, Saint - Biography of this Augustinian and later a Carthusian, d. 1200, canonized 1220. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519c.htm Hugh Capet - King of France, founder of the Capetian dynasty, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. about 996, probably 24 October. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515c.htm Hüffer, Hermann - Historian and jurist; born 24 March, 1830, at Münster in Westphalia; died at Bonn, 15 March, 1905. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07514a.htm Huet, Pierre-Daniel - A distinguished savant and celebrated French bishop; born 8 February, 1630, at Caen (Normandy), where his father, a convert from Calvinism, was sheriff; died at Paris, 26 January, 1721. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513b.htm Huesca - Diocese embracing parts of the province of Huesca in north-eastern Spain, seven parishes in the Broto valley and three within the limits of the Archdiocese of Saragossa, one parish being situated in the city of Saragossa itself. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513a.htm Hueber, Fortunatus - A Franciscan historian and theologian, born at Neustadt on the Danube; died 12 Feb., 1706, at Munich. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512a.htm Hucbald of St-Amand - A Benedictine monk; born in 840; died in 930 or 932. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510b.htm Huc, Evariste Régis - A French Lazarist missionary and traveller; born at Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne), 1 June, 1813; died at Paris, 26 March, 1860. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510a.htm Hübner, Alexander, Count - An Austrian statesman, born 26 Nov., 1811; died 30 July, 1892. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07509a.htm Hubert Walter - Archbishop of Canterbury (1193-1205); died 13 July, 1205. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508c.htm Hubert, Saint, Military Orders of - The highest order of Bavaria, founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard V, Duke of Jülich, in commemoration of a victory gained on St. Hubert's day (3 Nov.); some, however, date the establishment as late as 1473 and 1475. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508b.htm Hubert, Jean-François - The ninth Bishop of Quebec, born at Quebec, 23 February, 1739; died 17 October, 1799. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508a.htm Huber, Alphons - Historian; born 14 October, 1834, at Fügen, Zillerthal (Tyrol); died 23 November, 1898, at Vienna. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506c.htm Huaraz - Suffragan of Lima. It comprises the entire department of Ancachs in the Republic of Peru. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506b.htm Huajuápam de León - Diocese in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected by Bull of Leo XIII. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07505a.htm Houbigant, Charles François - Oratorian, one of the ablest Biblical scholars of his time. Born in Paris, 1686; died there 31 October, 1783. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07498a.htm Hospitals - Originally, hospital meant a place where strangers or visitors were received; in the course of time, its use was restricted to institutions for the care of the sick. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07480a.htm Hospitallers - During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout, religious of both sexes lived under one roof, following the Rule of St. Augustine. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07476a.htm Hospitality - In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475c.htm Hosius of Cordova - The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; born about 256; died about 358. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475a.htm Hosius, Stanislaus - Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Ermland; born of German parents at Cracow, 5 May, 1504; died at Capranica, near Rome, S August, 1579. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07473a.htm Hortulus Animæ - A prayer book popular in the early years of the sixteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472a.htm Hornyold, John Joseph - A titular Bishop of Phiomelia, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, England; born 19 February, 1706; died at Longbirch, Staffordshire, 26 December, 1778. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07471b.htm Hope-Scott, James Robert - Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. 15 July, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d. in London, 29 April, 1873. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07467a.htm Hooke, Luke Joseph - Born at Dublin in 1716; died at St. Cloud, Paris, 16 April, 1796, son of Nathaniel Hooke the historian. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465a.htm Hoogstraten, Jacob van - A theologian and controversialist, born about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, Belgium; died in Cologne, 24 January, 1527. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07464b.htm Hontheim, Johannes Nicolaus von - An auxiliary Bishop of Trier; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at Montquentin, near Orval, 2 Sept., 1790. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07463a.htm Honorius of Autun - A theologian, philosopher, and encyclopedic writer who lived in the first half of the twelfth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07461a.htm Honoratus a Sancta Maria - A Discalced Carmelite; born at Limoges, 4 July, 1651 ; died at Lille, 1729. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07451b.htm Hong-Kong - A prefect Apostolic under the Bishop of Macao was nominated by Gregory XVI (1846); a vicariate Apostolic was created in 1874. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07450a.htm Homily - Etymology, early development. Also a summary of four ways of preaching on Scripture. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07448a.htm Homiletics - Lengthy historical article. Includes extensive bibliography. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07443a.htm Homicide - Signifies, in general, the killing of a human being. In practice, however, the word has come to mean the unjust taking away of human life, perpetrated by one distinct from the victim and acting in a private capacity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07441a.htm Homes - This term, when used in an eleemosynary sense, covers all institutions that afford the general comforts of domestic life to persons who are defective and dependent. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07440a.htm Holzhauser, Bartholomew - Parish priest, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of a religious community; born 24 Aug., 1613, at Laugna in the Diocese of Augsburg, Bavaria; died 20 May, 1658. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07439b.htm Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the - A secular confraternity which gradually grew up around the most august of the Holy Places. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427c.htm Holy Ghost, Religious Congregations of the - Several groups by this name are covered. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07416a.htm Holy Ghost, Orders of the - The Hospital of the Holy Ghost at Rome was the cradle of an order, which, beginning in the thirteenth century, spread throughout all the countries of Christendom, and whose incalculable services have been recognized by every historian of medicine. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07415a.htm Holy Ghost - The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms an integral part of her teaching on the mystery of the Holy Trinity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07409a.htm Holy Cross, Sisters of the - Mother House, St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame, Indiana. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405b.htm Holy Cross, Sisters Marianites of - Founded in 1841, in the parish of Holy Cross near Le Mans, Sarthe, France, by a priest of the same city, Basile-Antoine Moreau. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405a.htm Holy Cross, Congregation of - A body of priests and lay brothers constituted in the religious state by the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and bearing the common name of Religious of Holy Cross. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07403a.htm Holden, Henry - An English priest; born 1596; died March, 1662. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385b.htm Holbein, Hans - A German painter; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in 1524. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385a.htm Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Alexander Leopold - A titular Bishop of Sardica, famous for his many supposedly miraculous cures. (1794-1849) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384c.htm Hohenburg - A suppressed nunnery, situated on the Odilienberg, the most famous of the Vosges mountains in Alsace. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384b.htm Hohenbaum van der Meer, Moritz - A Benedictine historian; born at Spörl near Belgrade, 25 June, 1718; died at the monastery of Rheinau, near Schaffhausen in Switzerland, 18 December, 1795. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384a.htm Hogan, John Baptist - Better known, on account of his long sojourn in France, as Abbé Hogan. (1829-1901) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07383a.htm Höfler, Konstantin von - Historian; born at Memmingen, Bavaria, 26 March, 1811; died at Prague, 29 December, 1898. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07382a.htm Hofer, Andreas - A patriot and soldier, born at St. Leonhard in Passeyrthale, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1767; executed at Mantua, 20 Feb., 1810. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07381b.htm Hobart - Archdiocese comprises Tasmania, Bruni Island, and the Cape Barren, Flinders, King, and other islands in Bass Straits. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380c.htm Hittorp, Melchior - A theologian and liturgical writer, born about 1525, at Cologne; died there in 1584. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380a.htm History, Ecclesiastical - A survey of the role of church history, the history of the Catholic Church and historiography of church history. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07365a.htm Hirscher, Johann Baptist von - Professor of moral theology and catechetics at the University of Freiburg in the Breisgau. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363b.htm Hirschau, Abbey of - A celebrated Benedictine monastery in Würtemberg, Diocese of Spires. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363a.htm Himeria - A titular see in the province of Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07355b.htm Hildebert of Lavardin - Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours, and celebrated medieval poet; b. about 1056, at the Castle of Lavardin near Montoir on the Loire; d. 8 December, 1133 or 1134. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350b.htm Heraclas - Bishop of Alexandria from 231 or 232; to 247 or 248. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07242a.htm Hephæstus - A titular see of Augustamnica Prima, mentioned by Hierocles (Synecd., 727, 9), by George of Cyprus, and by certain rare documents, as among the thirteen towns of that province. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241c.htm Hensel, Luise - Poetess and convert; born at Linum, 30 March, 1798; died. at Paderborn, 18 December, 1876. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07240b.htm Henderson, Issac Austin - Theologian, musician, singer, and writer. (1850-1909) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214c.htm Hemmerlin, Felix - A provost at Solothurn, in Switzerland, born at Zurich, in 1388 or 1389; died about 1460. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214b.htm Helyot, Pierre - Usually known as Hippolyte, his name in religion. Born at Paris, in 1660; died there 5 January, 1716. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214a.htm Helpidius, Flavius Rusticius - The name of several Latin writers. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07213b.htm Helmold - A historian, born in the first half of the twelfth century; died about 1177. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07212a.htm Heliogabalus - The name adopted by Varius Avitus Bassianus, Roman emperor (218-222), born of a Syrian family and a grandnephew of Julia Domna, the consort of Emperor Septimus Severus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206b.htm Heliand, The - The oldest complete work of German literature. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205b.htm Heliae, Paul - A Carmelite, opponent of the Reformation in Denmark, born at Warberg (in the Laen of Halland), about 1480; died after 1534. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205a.htm Heinrich von Veldeke - A medieval German poet of knightly rank; b. near Maastricht in the Netherlands about the middle of the twelfth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201a.htm Heinrich von Melk - German satirist of the twelfth century; of knightly birth and probably a lay brother in the convent of Melk, in Styria. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200d.htm Heinrich von Meissen - Usually called "Frauenlob" (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b. at Meissen about 1250; d. at Mainz, 1318. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200c.htm Heinrich von Laufenberg - A German poet of the fifteenth century, d. at Strasburg in 1460; he was a priest in Freiburg (Breisgau), and later dean of the cathedral. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200b.htm Heinrich von Ahaus - Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany. (1371-1439) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200a.htm Heidelberg, University of - The fame of Heidelberg is due to its university, which was founded in 1386 by the warlike Rupert I of Wittelsbach when he was over seventy years of age, on the model of the University of Paris. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07196a.htm Hegius, Alexander - Humanist; b. probably in 1433, at Heeck (Westphalia); d. 7 December, 1498. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195b.htm Heeswijk - A village in the diocese of Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Holland, in which the dispersed religious of the confiscated Norbertine Abbey of Berne created a new abbey and college. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190c.htm Hebrides, New - Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides; in Oceania. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10789a.htm Hildegard, Saint - Seer and prophet, Sibyl of the Rhine, d. 1179. Never formally canonized, but she is listed in the Roman Martyrology. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07351a.htm Healy, George Peter Alexander - An American portrait and historical painter, b. at Boston, 15 July, 1808; d. at Chicago, 14 June 1894. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162b.htm Haynald, Lajos - Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa-Bács in Hungary; b. at Szécsény, 3 October, 1816; d. at Kalocsa, 3 July, 1891. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07161b.htm Havana - Jurisdiction of the See of Havana comprises the two provinces of Havana and Matanzas. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07153b.htm Hautecombe - A Cistercian monastery near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151a.htm Haughery, Margaret - "The mother of the orphans", as she was familiarly styled, b. in Cavan, Ireland, about 1814; d. at New Orleans, Louisiana, 9 February, 1882. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652d.htm Hatto - Archbishop of Mainz; b. of a noble Swabian family, c. 850; d. 15 May, 913. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149c.htm Hartmann von Aue - A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; died between 1210 and 1220. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146c.htm Hartford - Diocese of Hartford, established by Gregory XVI, 18 Sept., 1843. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07144a.htm Harpasa - A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141c.htm Harold, Francis - Irish Franciscan and historical writer, d. at Rome, 18 March, 1685. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141a.htm Harmony - A concord of sounds, several tones of different pitch sounded as a chord; among the Greeks, the general term for music. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07139a.htm Harbor Grace - Diocese in Newfoundland, erected in 1856. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07133a.htm Happiness - The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07131b.htm Haneberg, Daniel Bonifacius von - German prelate and Orientalist of the nineteenth century, b. At Tanne near Kempten, Bavaria, 16 June, 1816. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127b.htm Hammurabi - The sixth king of the first Babylonian dynasty. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07125a.htm Hamilton, John - Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, first Earl of Arran. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07123b.htm Halifax - This see takes its name from the city of Halifax which has been the seat of government in Nova Scotia since its foundation by Lord Cornwallis in 1749. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07117b.htm Hakon the Good - King of Norway, 935 (936) to 960 (961), youngest child of King Harold Fair Hair and Thora Mosterstang. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07116b.htm Hakodate - Comprises the six northern provinces of the island of Nippon, the island of Yezo, and the Kurile Islands, as well as the administration of the southern part of the island of Saghalin, which still belongs to the Diocese of Mohilev. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07116a.htm Haid, Herenaus - Catechist, born in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 16 February, 1784; died 7 January, 1873. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07110a.htm Hague, The - Capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07108a.htm Hagiography - The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07106b.htm Hadrian, Publius Aelius - Emperor of the Romans; born 24 January, A. D. 76 at Rome; died 10 July, 138. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07104b.htm Hierotheus - All attempts to establish as historical a personality corresponding to the Hierotheus who appears in the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius are rendered abortive by the fact, now definitely proven, that those writings, with intent to mislead, weave into their n - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07345b.htm Hierocæsarea - A titular see of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07344a.htm Hickey, Antony - A theologian, born in the Barony of Islands, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1586; died in Rome, 26 June, 1641. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07321b.htm Hibernians, Ancient Order of - This organization grew up gradually among the Catholics of Ireland owing to the dreadful hardships and persecutions to which they were subjected. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07320a.htm Heywood, Jasper and John - Jasper Heywood, poet and translator; born 1535 in London; died 1598 at Naples. John Heywood, father of Jasper, dramatist and epigrammatist; born probably c. 1497; died about 1580. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07319a.htm Heynlin of Stein, Johann - A theologian, born about 1425; died at Basle, 12 March, 1496. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318c.htm Hexham and Newcastle - Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Hagulstadensis et Novocastrensis). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318b.htm Hexateuch - A name commonly used by the critics to designate the first six books of the Old Testament, i.e. the Pentateuch and Josue. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318a.htm Hexapla - Article on Origen's compilation of six ancient versions of the Bible in parallel columns, his purpose and the principles that guided his work. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07316a.htm Hexaemeron - Signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days' work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07310a.htm Hesychius of Sinai - A priest and monk of the Order of St. Basil in the Thorn-bush (Batos) monastery on Mt. Sinai, and ascetic author of the Byzantine period in literature. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07304a.htm Hesychius of Jerusalem - Presbyter and exegete, probably of the fifth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07303b.htm Hesychius of Alexandria - Grammarian and lexicographer; of uncertain date, but assigned by most authorities to the later fourth or earlier fifth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07303a.htm Hesychasm - Hesychasts (hesychastes -- quietist) were people, nearly all monks, who defended the theory that it is possible by an elaborate system of asceticism, detachment from earthly cares, submission to an approved master, prayer, especially perfect repose of bod - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07301a.htm Hessels, Jean - A distinguished theologian of Louvain; born 1522; died 1566. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07300a.htm Hesse - The name of a German tribe, and also a district in Germany extending along the Lahn, Eder, Fulda, Werra, and the Lower Main and Rhine. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298c.htm Hersfeld - An ancient imperial abbey of the Benedictine Order. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296c.htm Herrgott, Marquard - A Benedictine historian and diplomat. (1694-1762) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296b.htm Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de - A Spanish historian; born at Cuellar, in the province of Segovia, in 1559; died at Madrid, 27 March, 1625. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296a.htm Herrera Barnuevo, Sebastiano de - A painter, architect, sculptor and etcher; born in Madrid, 1611 or 1619; died there, 1671. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07295b.htm Herrera, Francisco - A Spanish painter, etcher, medallist, and architect; born in Seville, 1576; died in Madrid, 1656. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07295a.htm Herrera, Fernando de - A Spanish lyric poet; born 1537; died 1597. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294c.htm Herregouts - There were three artists of the name of Herregouts, father, son, and grandson, of whom the chief was Hendrik, the son of David, and the father of Jan. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294b.htm Herrad of Landsberg - A twelfth-century abbess, author of the "Hortus Deliciarum"; born about 1130, at the castle of Landsberg, the seat of a noble Alsatian family; died 1195. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294a.htm Herp, Henry - A fifteenth century Franciscan of the Strict Observance and a distinguished writer on mysticism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07293a.htm Hermann Joseph, Saint - Biographical article on this German Premonstratensian mystic, who died in 1241. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07266b.htm Herincx, William - A theologian, born at Helmond, North Brabant, 1621; died 17 Aug., 1678. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07265a.htm Heriger of Lobbes - A medieval theologian and historian; born about 925; died 31 October, 1007. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07264c.htm Hereswitha, Saint - Also known as Haeresvid or Hereswyde, blood sister of St. Hilda of Whitby. Mother, widow, and nun. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256a.htm Herbert of Derwentwater, Saint - Short biography of the seventh-century anchorite. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07250b.htm Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Alejandro - Born at Lisbon, 28 March, 1810; died near Santarem, 13 Sept., 1877. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251b.htm Herbst, Johann Georg - Born at Rottweil, in Würtemberg, 13 January, 1787; died 31 July, 1836. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251a.htm Hennepin, Louis - One of the most famous explorers in the wilds of North America during the seventeenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215c.htm Helena (Montana) - Erected from the Vicariate of Montana, 7 March, 1884. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203a.htm Henry of Segusio, Blessed - Usually called Hostiensis. Italian canonist, bishop of Ostia, d. 1261. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238a.htm Henry the Navigator, Prince - Born 4 March, 1394; died 13 November, 1460; he was the fourth son of John I, King of Portugal, by Queen Philippa, a daughter of John of Gaunt. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07239a.htm Henry of Rebdorf - Alleged author of an imperial and papal chronicle of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07237b.htm Henry of Nördlingen - A Bavarian secular priest, of the fourteenth century, date of death unknown; the spiritual adviser of Margaretha Ebner (died 1351), the mystic of Medingen. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07237a.htm Henry of Huntingdon - Historian; b. probably near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, between 1080 and 1085; d. 1155. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235d.htm Henry of Herford - Friar and chronicler; date of birth unknown; died at Minden, 9 Oct., 1370. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235c.htm Henry of Ghent - A notable scholastic philosopher and theologian of the thirteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235b.htm Henry of Friemar - German theologian; b. at Friemar, a small town near Gotha in Thuringia, about the end of the thirteenth century; d. probably at Erfurt about 1355. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235a.htm Henry VI - German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1165-1197) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07233a.htm Henry V - German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1081-1125) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07232a.htm Hadewych, Blessed - Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre, d. around 1200. Also known as Hedwig or Hadewig. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07104a.htm Hedwig, Saint - Duchess of Silesia, aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Hedwig married Henry I, and was the mother of seven. Upon her husband's death, she entered a Cistercian monastery. Died 1243. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07189a.htm Hugh Faringdon, Blessed - His family name was Cook; Faringdon is his probable birthplace. Mitred abbot of Reading. When he refused to surrender the abbey, he was condemned to death. Martyred in 1539. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07518a.htm Holy Innocents - Fairly long article on these children, and the commemoration of their martyrdom. Both Western and Eastern Christianity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07419a.htm Hyginus, Pope Saint - Greek by birth, the successor of Pope Telesphorus. Died in about 142. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07593a.htm Hyacintha Mariscotti, Saint - Third Order Franciscan, founder of the Oblates of Mary (Sacconi), died 1640. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591c.htm Hugh the Great, Saint - Biographical article on the distinguished and influential Abbot of Cluny, d. 1109. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07524a.htm Hottentots - One of three tribes of South Africa which may be divided Bantus, Hottentots, and Bushmen. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07497a.htm Hubert, Saint - Confessor, first bishop of Liège, d. 727 or 728. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07507a.htm Hospitius, Saint - Popularly known as Sospis. A hermit, he died in 581. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489a.htm Hormisdas, Pope Saint - Died 523. The father of Pope Silverius. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07470a.htm Hebrew Language and Literature - Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07176a.htm Holy Synod - The name of the council by which the Church of Russia and, following its example, many other Orthodox Churches are governed. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07428a.htm Honoratus, Saint - Founder of the famous monastery at Lérins, Archbishop of Arles, d. 429. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07451a.htm Hippolytus of Rome, Saint - Presbyter, antipope, martyr, died about 236. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07360c.htm Haarlem - One of the suffragan sees of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07095a.htm Hilda, Saint - Biographical article on the influential abbess, who died in 680. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350a.htm Hilary of Poitiers, Saint - Biographical article on this bishop, a staunch opponent of Arianism, who died in 368. Includes bibliography. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349b.htm Hilary of Arles, Saint - Biographical article on this 5th-century archbishop. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349a.htm Hilarus, Pope Saint - As an archdeacon, he had acted as one of Pope St. Leo the Great's legates at the "Robber Synod." Biographical article. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07348b.htm Hettinger, Franz - A Catholic theologian; born 13 January, 1819, at Aschaffenburg; died 26 January, 1890, at Würzburg. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07307a.htm Hethites - One of the many peoples of North-Western Asia, styled Hittim in the Hebrew Bible, Khuti or Kheta on the Egyptian monuments, and Hatti in the cuneiform documents. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07305a.htm Hermits of St. Augustine - A religious order which in the thirteenth century combined several monastic societies into one, under this name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07281a.htm Hermes, Saint - Martyr, Bishop of Salano (Spalato) in Dalmatia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276b.htm Hermas, Saint - The Roman Martyrology includes for 18 August Roman martyrs Hermas, Serapion, and Polyaenus. Ten days later a Roman martyr Hermes and Alexandrian martyrs Polienus and Serapion are commemorated. Perhaps they are the same. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07268a.htm Hermengild, Saint - The son of an Arian Visigothic king. His mother and wife were Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism, and resisted Arianism. He was beheaded in 585. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276a.htm Hugh of St. Victor - Lengthy essay on the life and writings of this philosopher, theologian, and mystical writer. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521c.htm Hermas - First or second century, author of the book called "The Shepherd" (Poimen, Pastor), a work which had great authority in ancient times and was ranked with Holy Scripture. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07268b.htm Hugh of Remiremont - Cardinal, born of a noble family, probably in Lorraine, died soon after 1098. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521a.htm Hugh of Fleury - Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer; d. not before 1118. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519b.htm Hugh of Flavigny - Benedictine monk and historian; b. about 1064, probably at Verdun (Lorraine); d. before the middle of the twelfth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519a.htm Honduras - The territory of the vicariate is co-extensive with that of the British Crown Colony of the same name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07449b.htm Hollanders in the United States - Statistics and other information about Dutch immigrants. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07393b.htm Hildesheim - An exempt see, comprising the Prussian province of Hanover east of the Weser, besides the Duchy of Brunswick. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07353a.htm Harlay, Family of - An important family of parliamentarians and bishops, who deserve a place in religious history. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07137a.htm Hanover - The former Kingdom of Hanover has been a province of the Prussian monarchy since 20 September, 1866. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127c.htm Hamburg - A city supposed to be identical with the Marionis of Ptolemy, was founded by a colony of fishermen from Lower Saxony. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07121b.htm Hermon - A group of mountains forming the southern extremity of Anti-Lebanon, and marking on the east of the Jordan the northern boundary of Israel. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07288a.htm Honour - May be defined as the deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or station. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07462a.htm Holywell - Two documents of the twelfth century, preserved in the British Museum, and printed by the Bollandists, give its history, with the earliest record of the miraculous cures effected by its waters. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07438a.htm Humility - The word humility signifies lowliness or submissiveness an it is derived from the Latin humilitas or, as St. Thomas says, from humus, i.e. the earth which is beneath us. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543b.htm Hus, Jan - Biographical article, with extensive hyperlinks. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07584b.htm Holy Week - The week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, and which consequently is used to commemorate the Passion of Christ, and the event which immediately led up to it. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07435a.htm Hroswitha - A celebrated nun-poetess of the tenth century, whose name has been given in various forms, Roswitha, Hrotswitha, Hrosvitha, and Hrotsuit; born probably between 930 and 940, died about 1002. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07504b.htm Hylozoism - The doctrine according to which all matter possesses life. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07594a.htm Hypnotism - The nervous sleep, induced by artificial and external means, which has been made the subject of experiment and methodical study by men of science, physicians or physiologists. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07604b.htm Hosanna - The general opinion is that of St. Jerome, that the word originated from two Hebrew words of Psalm cxvii (cxviii), 25. This psalm, was recited by one of the priests every day during the procession round the altar, during the Feast of Tabernacles, when the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472b.htm Host, Johann - One of the seven Dominicans, who distinguished themselves in the struggle against Luther in Cologne. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489c.htm Hesebon - A titular see of the province of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298b.htm Hopi Indians - A tribe of Pueblo Indians of Shoshonean stock. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07468a.htm Hugh of Digne - Friar Minor and ascetical writer; b. at Digne, south-east France, date uncertain; d. at Marseilles about 1285. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07518b.htm Hunolt, Franz - The most popular German preacher of the early part of the eighteenth century, b. 31 March, 1691, at Siegen; d. 12 September, 1746, at Trier. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07562a.htm Holmes, John - Catholic educator and priest; born at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; died at Lorette, near Quebec, Canada, in 1852. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07396a.htm Hood - A flexible, conical, brimless head-dress, covering the entire head, except the face. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07464a.htm Hell - Hell (infernus) in theological usage is a place of punishment after death. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07207a.htm Houdry, Vincent - Preacher and writer on ascetics; b. 23 January, 1631, at Tours; d. 21 March, 1729, at Paris. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07499b.htm Hove, Peter van - Friar Minor, lector in theology and exegete; b. at Rethy, in Campine (Belgium); d. at Antwerp, in 1793. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502a.htm Holy Water Fonts - Vessels intended for the use of holy water. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07433a.htm Holy Water - In the earliest Christian times, water was used for expiatory and purificatory purposes, to a way analogous to its employment under the Jewish Law. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07432a.htm Holyrood Abbey - Located in Edinburgh, Scotland; founded in 1128 by King David I for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, probably brought from St. Andrews. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07423a.htm Huron Indians - If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing apart territor - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07565a.htm Holstenius, Lucas - German philologist, b. at Hamburg, 1596; d. at Rome, 2 February, 1661. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397a.htm Holy See - A term derived from the enthronement-ceremony of the bishops of Rome. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07424b.htm Holy Sepulchre - The tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death upon the Cross. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07425a.htm Honorius II, Pope - Archdeacon of Bologna. Died at Rome, 14 February, 1130. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07456a.htm Holy Oils - Oil is a product of great utility the symbolic signification of which harmonizes with its natural uses. It serves to sweeten, to strengthen, to render supple; and the Church employs it for these purposes in its rites. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07421b.htm Holy Cross Abbey - The ruins of this monastery are situated on the right bank of the River Suir, about three miles south-west of the cathedral town of Thurles, Co. Tipperary. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07406a.htm High Altar - The chief altar in a church, raised on an elevated plane in the sanctuary, where it may be seen simultaneously by all the faithful in the body of the church. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07346b.htm Holy Saturday - In the early Church this was the only Saturday on which fasting was permitted (Constit. Apost., VII, 23), and the fast was one of special severity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07424a.htm Honorius IV, Pope - Born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, 3 April, 1287. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07459a.htm Houghton, William - Archbishop of Dublin, date and place of birth unknown; died at Dijon, 1298. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07500a.htm Holy Communion - By Communion is meant the actual reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07402a.htm Holiness - Holiness or sanctity is the outcome of sanctification, that Divine act by which God freely justifies us, and by which He has claimed us for His own; by our resulting sanctity, in act as well as in habit, we claim Him as our Beginning and as the End toward - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07386a.htm Holy Alliance - The Emperor Francis I of Austria, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and the Tsar Alexander I of Russia, signed a treaty on 26 September, 1815, by which they united in a "Holy Alliance." - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07398a.htm Henry Abbot, Blessed - A layman and convert to Catholicism, martyred at York in 1597. Explains the circumstances which led to his martyrdom. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01021a.htm Honorius III, Pope - Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07457a.htm Holy Coat - The possession of the seamless garment of Christ, for which the soldiers cast lots at the Crucifixion, is claimed by the cathedral of Trier and by the parish church of Argenteuil. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07400b.htm Houdon, Jean-Antoine - Born at Versailles, 1741; died 16 July, 1828; the most distinguished sculptor of France during the latter half of the eighteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07499a.htm Heroic Act of Charity - A decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences dated 18 December, 1885, and confirmed the following day by Leo XIII. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292b.htm Holywood, Christopher - Jesuit; b. At Artane, Dublin, in 1559; d. 4 September, 1626. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07439a.htm Howard, Philip Thomas - Dominican and cardinal, commonly called the "Cardinal of Norfolk"; born at Arundel House, London, 21 September, 1629; died at Rome, 17 June, 1694. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502c.htm Hawker, Robert Stephen - Poet and antiquary; b. at Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d. there 15 August, 1875. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07156a.htm Holy Oils, Vessels for - In Christian antiquity there existed an important category of vessels used as receptacles for holy oil. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07422a.htm Heinrich der Glïchezäre - A Middle High German poet, author of a narrative poem "Reinhart Fuchs". - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199c.htm Hladnik, Franz von Paula - Botanist and schoolmaster. (1773-1844) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380b.htm Holtei, Karl von - German novelist, poet, and dramatist; b. at Breslau, 24 January, 1798; d. in that city, 12 February, 1880. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397b.htm Hilton, Walter - Article about the spiritual writings of this Augustinian mystic, d. 1396. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07355a.htm Holocaust - As suggested by its Greek origin (holos "whole", and kaustos "burnt") the word designates an offering entirely consumed by fire, in use among the Jews and some pagan nations of antiquity. [Definition from 1910.] - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07396b.htm Hervás y Panduro, Lorenzo - Spanish Jesuit and famous philologist; b. at Horcajo, 1 May, 1735; d. at Rome, 24 August, 1809. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07297a.htm Holy Name, Society of the - A.k.a. Holy Name Society. Men's confraternity to encourage prayer. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07420b.htm Heude, Pierre - Missionary to China and zoologist. (1836-1902) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07308a.htm Hutton, Peter - Priest, b. at Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 29 June, 1811; d. at Ratcliffe, Leicestershire, England, 2 Sept., 1880. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07590b.htm Heptarchy - By the term heptarchy is understood that complexus of seven kingdoms, into which, roughly speaking, Anglo-Saxon Britain was divided for nearly three centuries, until at last the supremacy, about the year 829, fell definitely and finally into the hands of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241d.htm Hervetus, Gentian - French theologian and controversialist; b. at Olivet, near Orléans, in 1499; d. at Reims, 12 September, 1584. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298a.htm Hierarchy - This word has been used to denote the totality of ruling powers in the Church, ever since the time of the Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita (sixth century), who consecrated the expression in his works, "The Celestial Hierarchy" and "The Ecclesias - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322c.htm Hinduism - The conglomeration of religious beliefs and practices existing in India that have grown out of ancient Brahminism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07358b.htm Hinderer, Roman - A German missionary in China, born at Reiningen, near Mülhausen, in Alsace, 21 Sept., 1668; died 24 Aug., 1744. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07358a.htm Hewit, Augustine Francis - Priest and second Superior General of the Institute of St. Paul the Apostle. (1820-1897) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07309b.htm Habit - Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as "a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will to fol - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07099b.htm Hippolytus, Saints - Several mentions of a saint or saints named Hippolytus occur in the Roman Martyrology. Some must be identified with Hippolytus of Rome, but at least one (a "Greek martyr") cannot possibly be the same person as the Roman presbyter. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07362a.htm Hillel - Short essay on the Jewish rabbi and philosopher. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07354c.htm Hendrick, Thomas Augustine - Twenty-second Bishop of Cebú, Philippine Islands, b. at Penn Yan, New York, U.S.A., 29 Oct., 1849; d. at Cebú, 29 Nov., 1909. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215a.htm Hieronymites - In the fourth century, certain Roman ladies, following St. Paula, embraced the religious life in Bethlehem, putting themselves under the direction of St. Jerome, who had founded a monastery in that city. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07345a.htm Holy Faith, Sisters of the - Founded at Dublin, in 1857, by Margaret Aylward, under the direction of Rev. John Gowan, C.M., for the care of Catholic orphans. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407a.htm Henríquez, Crisóstomo - A Cistercian of the Spanish Congregation; b. at Madrid, 1594; d. 23 December, 1632, at Louvain. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219c.htm Hingston, Sir William Hales - Canadian physician and surgeon, b. at Hinchinbrook near Huntingdon, Quebec, June 29, 1829; d. at Montreal, 19 February, 1907. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07359a.htm Humphrey Middlemore, Blessed - English Carthusian priest and martyr, was executed in 1535 for unwillingness to take the oath of supremacy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07544a.htm Huntington, Jedediah Vincent - Clergyman, novelist; born 20 January, 1815, in New York City; died 10 March, 1862, at Pau, France. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564a.htm Hermann Contractus - Chronicler, mathematician, and poet. (1013-1054) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07266a.htm Husenbeth, Frederick Charles - Writer and editor, born at Bristol, 30 May, 1796; died at Cossey, Norfolk, 31 October, 1872. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07589a.htm Hierarchy of the Early Church - The word hierarchy is used here to denote the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon (ministri). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07326a.htm Hermopolis Parva - A titular see of Ægyptus Prima, suffragan of Alexandria. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289b.htm Henoticon - The unsuccessful law made by the Emperor Zeno in order to conciliate Catholics and Monophysites. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218b.htm Hermes, George - Joseph Schulte's treatment of this German religious thinker. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276c.htm Hewett, John - English martyr; son of William Hewett of York; date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, 6 October, 1588. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07309a.htm Herdtrich, Christian Wolfgang - An Austrian Jesuit missionary in China; born at Graz, Styria, 25 June, 1625; d. 18 July, 1684. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07253a.htm Hermann I - Landgrave of Thuringia (1190-1217), famous as a patron of medieval German poets. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07265b.htm Hierapolis - Titular Archdiocese, metropolis of the Province of Euphrates, in the Patriarchate of Antioch. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322a.htm Heortology - The science of sacred festivals, embracing the principles of their origin, significance, and historical development, with reference to epochs or incidents in the Christian year. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241b.htm Henry of Kalkar - Carthusian writer, b. at Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d. at Cologne, 20 December, 1408. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236a.htm Herodias - Wife of Herod Philip, and mistress of Herod Antipas. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292a.htm Hermeneutics - Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god Hermes, the reputed messenger and interpreter of the gods. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07271a.htm Hypsistarians - A distinct Jewish-pagan sect which flourished from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 400, mostly in Asia Minor (Cappadocia Bithynia, Pontus) and on the South Russian coasts of the Euxine Sea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611a.htm Henry Suso, Blessed - Biography of this German Dominican mystic, d. 1366. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm Heroic Virtue - St. Augustine first applied the pagan title of hero to the Christian martyrs. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292c.htm Herbert of Lea, Lady Elizabeth - English authoress and philanthropist. (1822-1911) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044c.htm Heart of Mary, Congregations of - Details on several congregations under this name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07167a.htm Hermits - Also called anchorites, men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07280a.htm Hermann of Minden - Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date; d. shortly after 1294. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267c.htm Herbart and Herbartianism - Article on the life and philosophy of Johann Friedrich Herbart, by Michael Maher. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07248a.htm Hello, Ernest - 19th-century French philosopher and essayist. Article by Susan Tracy Otten. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044b.htm Henri de Saint-Ignace - A Carmelite theologian, b. in 1630, at Ath in Hainaut, Belgium; d. in 1719 or 1720, near Liège. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219a.htm Heredity - The offspring tends to resemble, sometimes with extraordinary closeness, the parents. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07254a.htm Haito - Bishop of Basle; b. in 763, of a noble family of Swabia; d. 17 March, 836, in the Abbey of Reichenau, on an island in the Lake of Constance. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07115a.htm Hermopolis Magna - A titular see of Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoe, in Egypt. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289a.htm Hermite, Charles - Mathematician, born at Dieuze, Lorraine, 24 December, 1822; d. at Paris, 14 January, 1901; - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07279a.htm Heresy - St. Thomas defines heresy: "a species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas". - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm Hamatha - A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120c.htm Hermann of Salza - Fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, descendant of the noble Thuringian house of Salza; b. 1180 at Langensalza in Thuringia; d. 19 March, 1239, at Barletta in Southern Italy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267d.htm Hawes, Stephen - Poet; b. in Suffolk about 1474; d. about 1523. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155c.htm Henrion, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste - Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist; b. at Metz, 19 June, 1805; d. at Aix, September, 1862. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219b.htm Holy Agony, Archconfraternity of - An association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397c.htm Henten, John - John Henton, Biblical exegete, born 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium; died 10 Oct., 1566. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241a.htm Hossche, Sidron de - Poet and priest; born at Mercken, West Flanders, in 1596; died at Tongres in 1653. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489b.htm Holy Child Jesus, Society of the - Founded in England in 1840 by Mrs. Cornelia Connelly, née Peacock, a native of Philadelphia, U.S.A., who had become a convert to the Catholic Faith in 1835. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07400a.htm Heereman von Zuydwyk, Freiherr von - Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. 26 Aug., 1832, at Surenburg near Riesenbeck, Westphalia; d. 23 March, 1903, at Berlin. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190b.htm Heraldry, Ecclesiastical - Information on heraldry as it is used in and by the Catholic Church. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07243a.htm Henryson, Robert - Scottish poet, born probably 1420-1430; died about 1500. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238b.htm Hermann of Altach - A medieval historian; b. 1200 or 1201; d. 31 July, 1275. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267a.htm Heilsbronn, Monk of - This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199a.htm Henschen, Godfrey - Jesuit, hagiographer; b. at Venray (Limburg), 21 June, 1601; d. at Antwerp, 11 Sept., 1681. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07240a.htm Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von - A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07124a.htm Henríquez, Enrique - Jesuit theologian, b. at Oporto, 1536; d. at Tivoli, 28 January, 1608. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220a.htm Holy Family, Archconfraternity of the - This archconfraternity owes its origin to Henri Belletable, an officer in the Engineers' Corps, Liege, Belgium. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407b.htm Henry of Langenstein - Theologian and mathematician; b. about 1325 at the villa of Hainbuch (Hembuche), near Langenstein in Hesse; d. at Vienna, 11 Feb., 1397. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236b.htm Herder - The name of a German firm of publishers and booksellers. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251c.htm Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'Omalius - Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, Belgium, 16 February, 1783; d. at Brussels, 15 January, 1875. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120a.htm Helinand - Medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206a.htm Hamilton, Ontario, Diocese of - Located in Ontario, Canada; a suffragan of Toronto. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07123a.htm Henoch - The name of the son of Cain (Gen., iv, 17, 18), of a nephew of Abraham (Gen., xxv, 4), of the first-born of Ruben (Gen., xlvi, 9), and of the son of Jared and the father of Mathusala (Gen., v. 18 sq.). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218a.htm Holy Infancy, Brothers of the - Founded in 1853 by the Right Rev. John Timon, the first Bishop of Buffalo. The special aim of this congregation is the sanctification of its members and the care of destitute and wayward boys. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418b.htm Helpers of the Holy Souls, Society of the - A religious order of women founded in Paris, France, 1856, with the object of assisting the Holy Souls, by [Blessed] Eugénie Smet (in religion, Marie de la Providence). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07213a.htm Hermann of Fritzlar - With this name are connected two works on mysticism written in German. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267b.htm Holy Sepulchre, Canonesses Regular of the - Concerning the foundation there is only a tradition connecting it with St. James the Apostle and representing St. Helena as invested with the habit by St. Macanus, Bishop of Jerusalem. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427a.htm Harlez de Deulin, Charles-Joseph de - A Belgian Orientalist, domestic prelate, canon of the cathedral of Liège, member of the Academic Royale of Belgium; b. at Liège, 21 August, 1832; d. at Louvain, 14 July, 1899. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07138a.htm Henry III - German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1017-1056) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07228a.htm Helmont, Jan Baptista van - Born at Brussels, 1577; died near Vilvorde, 30 December, 1644. This scientist, distinguished in the early annals of chemistry, belonged to a Flemish family. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07212b.htm Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy - Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150d.htm Henry VIII - Lengthy article which concentrates on Henry's break with the Church of Rome. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm Heis, Eduard - German astronomer, b. at Cologne, 18 February, 1806; d. at Münster, Westphalia, 30 June, 1877. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201c.htm Hengler, Lawrence - Catholic priest and the inventor of the horizontal pendulum, b. at Reichenhofen, Würtemberg, 3 Feb., 1806; d. at Tigerfeld, 1858. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215b.htm Hell, Maximilian - Astronomer, b. at Schemnitz in Hungary, 15 May, 1720; d. at Vienna, 14 April, 1792. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07211a.htm Hecker, Isaac Thomas - Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07186a.htm Hauy, René-Just - Mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152a.htm Helenopolis - A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204a.htm Heilsbronn - Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle Franconia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198b.htm Hours, Canonical - Essay on the practice of reciting the Divine Office according to set hours. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07500b.htm Heart of Mary, Devotion to the Immaculate - Description of this devotion, along with its history. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07168a.htm Hawkins, Sir Henry - Raised to the peerage as Lord Brampton, eminent English lawyer and Judge, b. at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 14 September, 1817; d. at London, 12 October, 1907. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07156b.htm Howard, Mary, of the Holy Cross - Poor Clare, born 28 December, 1653; died at Rouen, 21 Mary's 1735. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502b.htm Heim, François Joseph - French historical painter, b. near Belfort, 1787, d. in Paris, 1865. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199b.htm Hughes, John - Fourth bishop and first Archbishop of New York, born at Annaloghan, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 24 June, 1797 of Patrick Hughes and Margaret McKenna: died in New York, 3 January, 1864. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07516a.htm Henry II, Saint - Biography of the German king and Holy Roman Emperor, d. 1024. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07227a.htm Hairshirt - A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113b.htm Hail Mary - Analysis of the prayer Ave Maria: origins and development. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07110b.htm Hebron - An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07184a.htm Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem - The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07477a.htm Heeney, Cornelius - Merchant and philanthropist; b. in King's County, Ireland, 1754; d. at Brooklyn, U.S.A., 3 May, 1848. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190a.htm Hospital Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus - These sisters are established in religion under the Rule of St. Augustine (q. v.), the institute being dependent on the pope represented by the bishop. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07488a.htm Hearse, Tenebrae - The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162c.htm Heli - Discusses the Old Testament priest, and the New Testament father of Joseph. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204b.htm Hedonism - The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with various modifications, that feelings of pleasure or happiness are the highest and final aim of conduct; that, consequently those actions which increase the sum of pleasure are thereby constitu - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07187a.htm Haeften, Benedict van - Benedictine writer, provost of the Monastery of Afflighem, Belgium; born at Utrecht, 1588; died 31 July, 1648. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105c.htm Heisterbach - A former Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge near the little town of Oberdollendorf in the Archdiocese of Cologne. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202a.htm Henry Walpole, Saint - Converted to Catholicism by the death of Edmund Campion. Walpole became a Jesuit priest, and was arrested as soon as he returned to England. He was martyred in 1595. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15540a.htm Hegelianism - Article by William Turner, evaluating this school of thought. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07192a.htm Hebrew Bible - As compared with the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with the exception of the seven deuterocanonical books, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Machabees, and the deuterocanonical portions of Esther - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07175a.htm Heiligenkreuz - An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of Baden in Lower Austria. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198a.htm Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the Sacred - Description, spiritual significance, and historical background of devotion to the Sacred Heart. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07163a.htm Herbert of Bosham - A biographer of St. Thomas Becket, dates of birth and death unknown. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07250a.htm Hegesippus, The Pseudo- - Fourth-century translator of Josephus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195a.htm Hautefeuille, Jean de - French physicist, b. at Orléans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151b.htm Haydock, George Leo - Priest and biblical scholar. (1774-1849) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07160a.htm Hauteserre - Antoine Dadin d'Hauteserre, born 1602, died 1682; a distinguished French historian and canonist, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Toulouse. Flavius Hauteserre, younger brother of the above, died about 1670; professor of law at Poitiers. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151c.htm Hardyng, John - An English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1460. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136a.htm Hefele, Karl Joseph von - Bishop of Rottenburg, b. at Unterkochen, Würtemberg, 15 March, 1890; d. at Rottenburg, 5 June, 1893. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07191a.htm Hay, George - Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, 24 Aug., 1729; d. at Aquhorties, 18 Oct., 1811. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157b.htm Hebrews, Epistle to the - The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm Holy Family, Congregations of the - Details of various groups by this name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407c.htm Habacuc (Habakkuk) - Article on the minor prophet of the Old Testament, and his book. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07097a.htm Henry Heath, Blessed - Short biography of the English Franciscan, martyred for being a priest. He died in 1643. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07169a.htm Hay, Edmund and John - Edmund Hay, jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1540?; d. at Rome, 4 Nov., 1591. John Hay, kinsman and contemporary of Edmund, of the family of Hay of Dalgetti; b., 1546; d. at Pont-à-Mousson, 1608; a well-known scholar, professor, and writer. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157a.htm Heaven - In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds "under the firmament of heaven". In other passages it denotes the region of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07170a.htm Haspinger, Johann Simon - A Tyrolese priest and patriot; b. at Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d. in the imperial palace of Mirabell, Salzburg, 12 January, 1858. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147c.htm Hare Indians - A Déné tribe which shares with the Loucheux the distinction of being the northernmost in America, their habitat being immediately south of that of the Eskimos. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136b.htm Hauara - A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150b.htm Hunting, Canons on - From early times, hunting, in one form or another has been forbidden to clerics. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563c.htm Helena, Saint - The mother of Constantine the Great, she died about 330. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202b.htm Hazart, Cornelius - Controversialist, orator, and writer, b. 28 October, 1617, at Oudenarde in the Netherlands; entered the Society of Jesus, 24 Sept., 1634; d. 25 October, 1690, at Antwerp. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162a.htm Henry Morse, Saint - English Jesuit who made his novitiate in prison. He was martyred at Tyburn in 1644. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10578a.htm Holy Sepulchre, Fathers of the - Franciscan Fathers, who with lay brothers keep watch over the Holy Sepulchre and the sanctuaries of the basilica. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427b.htm Holy Name of Jesus - Reverence for the name of Jesus is not optional for believers. Article highlights the Scriptural reasons, and describes some customary ways of showing reverence. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07421a.htm Hawarden, Edward - Theologian and controversialist, b. in Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d. in London, 23 April, 1735. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155b.htm Hasslacher, Peter - Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149a.htm Havestadt, Bernhard - German Jesuit; b. at Cologne, 27 February, 1714; died at Münster after 1778. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155a.htm Hassard, John Rose Greene - An editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A., 4 September, 1836; d. in that city, 18 April, 1888. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07148a.htm Haydn, Johann Michael - Younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn. (1737-1806) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07158a.htm Hymn - A derivative of the Latin hymnus, which comes from the Greek hymnos, derived from hydein, to sing. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07595a.htm Haudriettes - A religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Etienne Haudry, a private secretary of St. Louis, King of France. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150c.htm Hardey, Mary Aloysia - Of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who established all the convents of her order, up to the year 1883, in the eastern part of the United States, Canada, and Cuba; b. at Piscataway, Maryland, 1809; d. at Paris, France, 17 June. 1886. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134b.htm Hardee, William J. - Soldier, convert, b. at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., 1817, d. at Wytheville, Virginia, 6 Nov., 1873. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134a.htm Hatton, Edward Anthony - Dominican, apologist; b. in 1701; d. at Stourton Lodge, near Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 October, 1783. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150a.htm Hauy, Valentin - Founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the name of "Father and Apostle of the Blind". (1745-1822) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152b.htm Hauzeur, Mathias - A Franciscan theologian, b. at Verviers, 1589; d. at Liège 12 November, 1676, for many years professor of theology. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07153a.htm Hagen, Gottfried - Town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne "Reimchronik" (rhymed chronicle); died 1299. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105d.htm Huddleston, John - Monk of the Order of St. Benedict; b. at Farington Hall, Lancashire, 15 April, 1608; exact date of death unknown; buried at London, 13 September, 1698. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07511a.htm Henry II - Biographical article that focuses on the King of England's constitutional and legal reforms, and his conflict with Thomas Becket. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220b.htm Hasak, Vincenz - Historian, b. at Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia , 18 July, 1812; d. 1 September, 1889, as dean of Weisskirchlitz, near Teplitz. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147a.htm Hartmann, Georg - Mechanician and physicist; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, 9 Feb. 1489; d. at Nuremberg, 9 April, 1564. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146b.htm Habor River - A river of Mesopotamia in Asiatic Turkey, an important eastern affluent of the Euphrates. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103a.htm Hatred - In general, a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149b.htm Harney - William Selby Harney, soldier, convert; b. near Haysboro, Tennessee, U.S.A., 27 August, 1800; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, 9 May, 1889. John Milton Harney, brother of foregoing, b. in Delaware, 9 March, 1789; d. at Somerset, Kentucky, 15 January, 1825. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07140a.htm Harrowing of Hell - This is the Old English and Middle English term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell (or Hades) between the time of His Crucifixion and His Resurrection, when, according to Christian belief, He brought salvation to the souls held captive there s - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143d.htm Hunter, Sylvester Joseph - English Jesuit priest and educator; b. at Bath, 13 Sept., 1829; d. at Stonyhurst, 20 June, 1896. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563b.htm Haschka, Lorenz Leopold - A poet-author of the Austrian national anthem; b. at Vienna, 1 Sept. 1749, d. there 3 Aug., 1827, was in his youth a member of the Society of Jesus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147b.htm Hanthaler, Chrysostomus - A Cistercian, historical investigator and writer. (1690-1754) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130c.htm Harrison, James - Priest and martyr; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, 22 March, 1602. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143b.htm Harris, Joel Chandler - Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; born at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A., 1848; died at Atlanta, Georgia, 3 July, 1908. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07142b.htm Harrison, William - Third and last archpriest of England, b. in Derbyshire in 1553; d. 11 May, 1621. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143c.htm Hypostatic Union - A theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth that in Christ one person subsists in two natures, the Divine and the human. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610b.htm Huelgas de Burgos - Founded by Alfonso VIII at the instance of his consort, Doña Leonor of England, about the year 1180. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512b.htm Helen of Sköfde, Saint - Biography of the twelfth-century Swedish widow and martyr, killed in perhaps the year 1160. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203b.htm Harding, Thomas - Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516 d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135a.htm Harper, Thomas Morton - Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London 26 Sept., 1821, of Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the City; d. 29 Aug., 1893. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141d.htm Hanxleden, Johann Ernest - Jesuit missionary in the East Indies: b at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d. in Malabar, 20 March, 1732. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07131a.htm Hardman, Mary Juliana - Known in religion as Sister Mary; b. 26 April, 1813; d. 24 March, 1884. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135b.htm Herod - Herod was the name of many rulers mentioned in the N.T. and in history. It was known long before the time of the biblical Herods. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289c.htm Hôpital, Guillaume-François-Antoine de L' - Marquis de Sainte-Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at Paris, 2 February, 1704. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07469a.htm Hardouin, Jean - Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, 23 Dec., 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; d. at Paris, 3 Sept., 1729. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135c.htm Homiliarium - A collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07447a.htm Halicarnassus - A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07117a.htm Hansiz, Markus - Historian, b. at Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d. at Vienna, 5 September, 1766. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130b.htm Hamsted, Adrian - Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127a.htm Haimhausen, Karl von - German missionary; b. at Munich, of a noble Bavarian family, 28 May, 1692; d. in Chile, 7 April, 1767. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07112a.htm Hallahan, Margaret - Foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (third order); b. in London, 23 January, 1803; d. 10 May, 1868. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07118a.htm Holy Name, Feast of the - Formerly the second Sunday after Epiphany, no longer on the Roman Calendar. Article's value is mostly historical. Mentions some of the more beautiful hymns addressed to Jesus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07420a.htm Hug, Johann Leonhard - A German Catholic exegete, b. at Constance, 1 June, 1765; d. at Freiburg im Br., 11 March, 1846. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515a.htm Hegesippus, Saint - Second-century writer, opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07194a.htm Haller, Karl Ludwig von - A professor of constitutional law, b. 1 August, 1768, at Berne, d. 21 May, 1854, at Solothurn, Switzerland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07119a.htm Hahn-Hahn, Ida - Countess, convert and authoress, born 22 June, 1805; died 12 January, 1880. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07109a.htm Halma, Nicholas - French mathematician; born at Sedan, 31 December, 1755; died at Paris, 4 June, 1828. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120b.htm Holy Childhood, Association of the - A children's association for the benefit of foreign missions. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07399a.htm Hair (in Christian Antiquity) - The paintings in the catacombs permit the belief that the early Christians simply followed the fashion of their time. The short hair of the men and the waved tresses of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, frizzed with irons, and - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113a.htm Harold Bluetooth - Son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. (911-986) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141b.htm Hussey, Thomas - Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at Tramore, Co. Waterford, 11 July, 1803. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07590a.htm Holy Humility of Mary, Sisters of the - Founded at Dommartin-sous-Amance, France, in 1855, by John Joseph Begel (b. 5 April, 1817; d. 23 Jan., 1884), pastor of the two villages of Laitre and Dommartin. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418a.htm Habington, William - Poet and historian; born at Hindlip, Worcestershire, 1605; died 1654; son of Thomas Habington the antiquarian. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07099a.htm Humeral Veil - The name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ft. wide. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542b.htm Hergenröther, Joseph - Church historian and canonist, first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b. at Würzburg, 15 Sept., 1824; d. at Mehrerau (Bodensee), 3 Oct., 1890. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07262a.htm Hope - The desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465b.htm Hyssop - A plant which is referred to in a few passages of Holy Writ, and which cannot be identified with certainty at the present day. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07612a.htm Hospice - During the early centuries of Christianity the hospice was a shelter for the sick, the poor, the orphans, the old, the travellers and the needy of every kind. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475b.htm Hussites - The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although Hus and even Jerome of Prague are also named as the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07585a.htm Haceldama - The name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103b.htm Homoousion - The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07449a.htm Hypocrisy - The pretension to qualities which one does not possess, or, more cognately to the scope of this article, the putting forward of a false appearance of virtue or religion. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610a.htm Hyrtl, Joseph - Austrian anatomist, b. at Eisenstadt in Hungary, December 7, 1810; d. 17 July, 1894, on his estate near Vienna. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611b.htm Hurtado, Caspar - A Spanish Jesuit and theologian, b. at Mondejar, New Castle, in 1575; d. at Alcalá, 5 August, 1647. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583b.htm Humbert of Romans - Fifth Dominican master general. (1194-1277) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542a.htm Hymnody and Hymnology - Hymnody means exactly "hymn song", but as the hymn-singer as well as the hymn-poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico-philogic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07596a.htm Hyderabad-Deccan, Diocese of - Hyderabad, also called Bhagnagar, and Fakhunda Bunyad, capital of the Nizam's dominions, was founded in 1589, by Mohammed Kuli, King of Golconda. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07592b.htm Hadrian, Saint - Article on this martyr, who died in about 306. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105a.htm Haymo of Faversham - English Franciscan and schoolman, b. at Faversham, Kent; d. at Anagni, Italy, in 1243, according to the most probable opinion; Wadding gives 1244. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07161a.htm |
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