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 Kwei-chou   - The mission of Kwei-chou embraces the entire province of that name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08713a.htm    Kwang-tung - This prefecture comprises the whole province of that name except the civil prefecture of Shin-hing, the three districts of Heung-shan, Yan-ping, and Yeung-tsun, which belong to the Diocese of Macao, and the three districts of San-on, Kwei-shin, and Hoi-fu - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08712b.htm Kwang-si - The mission of Kwang-si comprises the entire province of that name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08712a.htm Kwango - The name of a river which flows into the Kassai, which itself is a tributary of the River Congo. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08711b.htm Kutenai Indians - An important tribe of south-eastern British Columbia and the adjacent portions of Montana and Idaho. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08711a.htm Kuhn, Johannes von - Theologian, b. at Waeschenbeuren in Wuertemberg, 19 Feb., 1806; d. at Tübingen, 8 May, 1887. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08703a.htm Krzycki, Andrew - A typical humanistic poet, a most supple courtier for whom poetry was to be a source of renown and profit, Krzycki was well-read in Latin poetry and knew the language to perfection. Date of birth uncertain; d. in 1535. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08702c.htm Kromer, Martin - A distinguished Polish bishop and historian; b. at Biecz in Galicia in 1512; d. at Heilsberg, Ermland (now East Prussia), on 23 March, 1589. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08702b.htm Krain - A duchy and crownland in the Austrian Empire, bounded on the north by Karinthia, on the north-east by Styria, on the south-east and south by Croatia, and on the west by Trieste, Goritza, and Istria. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08696a.htm Knox, John - Scotch Protestant leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, 24 November, 1572. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08680a.htm Kisfaludy - Born at Suemeg, Hungary, 27 Sept., 1772; died at Suemeg, 28 October, 1844. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08662b.htm Kiowa Indians - An important Plains tribe, constituting a distinct linguistic stock. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08660b.htm Kingston - The Archdiocese of Kingston comprises the territory from the eastern line of Dundas County to the western boundary of Hastings County in the Province of Ontario, Canada. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08658a.htm Kingisel - The name of two abbots who ruled Glastonbury in the seventh and eighth centuries respectively. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08647a.htm Kimberley in Orange - The portion of South Africa which at the present day forms the Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange became in the division of the Vicariate of Good Hope part of the Eastern District, and later on part of the Vicariate of Natal. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645b.htm Kimberley - Vicariate apostolic; suffragan of Adelaide, erected by Leo XIII, 5 May, 1887. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645a.htm Kilwinning, Benedictine Abbey of - Located in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the town of the same name, where a church was said to have been founded early in the eighth century by St. Winning. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08644b.htm Kilmore - Diocese in Ireland, includes almost all Cavan and about half of Leitrim. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08642a.htm Kildare and Leighlin - One of the four suffragans of Dublin, Ireland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08637a.htm Kildare, School of - Situated in Magh Liffe, or the Plain of the Liffey, came to be known as Cill-Dara, or the Church of the Oak, from the stately oak-tree so much loved by St. Brigid, who under its branches laid the foundations of what in process of time became a monastic ci - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636c.htm Kielce - Diocese in the sourthern part of Russian Poland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08636a.htm Kickapoo Indians - Apparently corrupted from a longer term signifying "roamers", a tribe of Algonquian stock, closely related dialectically to the Sauk and Foxes, and living when first known in south central Wisconsin. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635c.htm Kiang-si, Southern - Separated from the mission of Northern Kiang-si in 1879, and organized into an independent Vicariate Apostolic. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635b.htm Kiang-si, Northern - Father Matteo Ricci of the Society of Jesus was the first missionary who entered the province of Kiang-si at the end of the sixteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08635a.htm Kiang-si, Eastern - The mission of Eastern Kiang-si was separated from the mission of Northern Kiang-si in 1885. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08634a.htm Kiang-nan - The Vicariate comprises the two provinces of Kiang-su and Ngan-hwei. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08633b.htm Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von - Bishop of Mainz, b. at Münster, in Westphalia, 25 Dec., 1811; d. at Burghausen, 13 July, 1877. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08629c.htm Koran, The - The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the revelation of God. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08692a.htm Klopp, Onno - Historian, b. on 9 October, 1822, at Leer (East Friesland); d. at Vienna, 9 August 1903. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08668a.htm Konrad of Würzburg - A Middle High German poet, b. about 1230; d. at Basle, 1287. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08691b.htm Krasicki, Ignatius - Born in 1735; died at Berlin, 1801. He took orders in early youth, and soon after became a canon, travelled abroad, preached the coronation sermon for King Stanislaus Poniatowski, by whose favour he shortly got a bishopric in what was soon to become Pruss - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08698a.htm Konarski, Stanislaus - Born in 1700; died in 1773. This great reformer of Polish schools was a Piarist who, during a visit to Rome after his ordination, received there the first idea of his life's mission. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08687b.htm Kernan, Francis - Lawyer, statesman; born in Steuben County, New York, 14 January, 1816; d. at Utica, New York, 7 September, 1892. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08626c.htm Kreil, Karl - Austrian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Ried, Upper Austria, 4 Nov., 1798; d. at Vienna, 21 Dec., 1862. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08700a.htm Konrad of Lichtenau - Medieval German chronicler. (d. 1240) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08690b.htm Kateri Tekakwitha, Blessed - Biographical article on the "Lily of the Mohawks," who died in 1680. Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha or Takwita. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14471a.htm Knights of Columbus - Brief explanation and history of the organization. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670c.htm Keyes, Erasmus Darwin - Soldier, convert, b. at Brimfield, Massuchusetts, U.S.A., 29 May, 1810; d. at Nice, France, 14 October, 1895. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08631a.htm Krafft, Adam - Sculptor, b. about 1440 at Nuremberg; d. Jan., 1509 at Schwabach. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08695b.htm Keys, Power of the - The expression "power of the keys" is derived from Christ's words to St. Peter (in Matthew 16:19). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08631b.htm Krämer, John - Born about the end of the fourteenth century, he must have died between 1437 and 1440, as a manuscript of the Carthusian monastery of Memmingen speaks of the gift made to it by Krämer in 1437, and the general chapter of the Carthusian Order held in 1440 - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08697a.htm Kochowski, Vespasian - Born at Sandomir?, 1633; died at Krakow, 1699. He received his education at the Jesuit College, Sandomir, served in the army, and then spent the rest of his life on his estate. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08686a.htm Kober, Franz Quirin von - German canonist and pedagogist, b. of simple countryfolk on 6 March, 1821, at Warthausen, Biberach, Würtemberg; d. at Tübingen, 25 January, 1897. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08684a.htm Koberger, Anthony - German printer, publisher, and bookseller, b. about 1445; d. at Nuremberg, 3 October, 1513. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08684b.htm Knabl, Joseph - A master of religious plastic art, b. at Fliess, Tyrol, in 1819; d. at Munich in 1881. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08669a.htm Kleutgen, Josef Wilhelm Karl - German theologian and philosopher, b. at Dortmund, Westphalia, 9 April, 1811; d. at St. Anton near Kaltern, Tyrol, 13 Jan., 1883. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08667a.htm Knoblecher, Ignatius - Catholic missionary in Central Africa, born 6 July, 1819, at St. Cantian in Lower Carniola; died 13 April, 1858, at Naples. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08672a.htm Kneipp, Sebastian - Bavarian priest and hydrotherapist, b. at Stephansreid, Bavaria, 17 May, 1821; d. at Wörishofen, 17 June, 1897. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08669b.htm Kickham, Charles Joseph - Patriot, novelist, and poet, b. at Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1828; d. at Blackrock, Co. Dublin, 22 Aug., 1882. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16049b.htm Klee, Heinrich - German theologian and exegete, b. at Münstermaifeld, in the Rhine province, 20 April, 1800; d. at Munich, 28 July, 1840. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08666a.htm Knight, Venerable William - Put to death for the Faith at York, on 29 November, 1596; with him also suffered Venerables George Errington of Herst, William Gibson of Ripon, and William Abbot of Howden, in Yorkshire. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08670a.htm Kenraghty - Irish priest, d. 30 April, 1585, at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08617b.htm Kells, School of - Kells (in Gaelic Cenannus) was the chief of the Irish Columban monasteries. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08615a.htm Kager, Johann Matthias - German historical painter, born at Munich, 1566; died at Augsburg, 1634. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08592a.htm Knights of the Cross - A religious order famous in the history of Bohemia, and accustomed from the beginning to the use of arms, a custom which was confirmed in 1292 by an ambassador of Pope Nicholas IV. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08671a.htm Kafiristan and Kashmir, Prefecture Apostolic of - Created (1887) by Leo XIII in the extreme North of India. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08591a.htm Kottayam, Vicariate Apostolic of - Located on the Malabar Coast, India. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16050a.htm Kaulen, Franz Philip - Scriptural scholar, born 20 March, 1827, at Düsseldorf; died at Bonn, 11 July, 1907. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08611a.htm Kircher, Athanasius - Celebrated for the versatility of his knowledge and particularly distinguished for his knowledge of the natural sciences, b. 2 May, 1601, at Geisa, a small town on the northern bank of the Upper Rhone (Buchonia); d. at Rome, 28 Nov., 1680. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08661a.htm Kamerun, Vicariate Apostolic of - Located in German West Africa, between British Nigeria and French Congo. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08596a.htm Kemp, John - Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England. (1380-1454) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616b.htm Kerssenbroch, Hermann von - A teacher and historian, b. at Monchshof, near Barntrup (Lippe), about 1520; d. at Osnabruck, 5 July, 1585. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08628a.htm Kirkwall - A parish, also a royal and parliamentary burgh and chief or county town of Orkney, in the north of Scotland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08662a.htm Keller, Jacob - Controversialist, born at Sackingen, Baden, Germany, in 1568; died at Munich, Bavaria, 23 February, 1631. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08613c.htm Kumbakonam - Kumbakonam, signifying in English the "Jug's Corner," is a town of 60,000 inhabitants, and is situated in the fertile plain of the Tanjore District about half-way on the railroad which connects Madras with Tuticorin. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08710a.htm Kalocsa-Bacs, Archdiocese of - This archdiocese embraces within its territories an archdiocese and a diocese founded by St. Stephen of Hungary in 1010. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08594b.htm Klaczko, Julian - Polish author, b. at Vilna, 6 November, 1825, of Jewish parents; d. at Cracow, 26 November, 1906. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08665a.htm Kino, Eusebius - A famous Jesuit missionary of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. 10 August, 1644, in Welschtirol (Anauniensis); d. 15 March, 1711. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08660a.htm Kellner, Lorenz - Educationist, born at Kalteneber in the district of Eichsfeld, 29 January, 1811; died at Trier, 18 August, 1892. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08614a.htm Kosciuszko, Tadeusz - Polish patriot and soldier, b. near Novogrudok, Lithuania, Poland, 12 February, 1752; d. at Solothurn, Switzerland, 15 October, 1817. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08694a.htm |