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 Utah   - The thirty-second state admitted to the Union, takes its name from an Indian tribe known as the Utes. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15238a.htm    Urban I, Pope Saint - Died 230. Very little is known about his life, and even his burial place was in doubt for some time. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15209a.htm Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, Society of the Sisters of Saint - Religious congregation of women founded in 1606 by the Venerable Anne de Xainctonge. (1587-1612) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15228a.htm Usuard, Martyrology of - A Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prxs, Paris. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15235b.htm Ursperger Chronicle - A history of the world in Latin that begins with the Assyrian King Ninius and extends to the year 1229. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15225c.htm Upsala, Ancient See of - History of an episcopal see established at Old Upsala, the center of idolatrous worship not only for Sweden but for all Scandinavia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15207a.htm Urmiah - A residential see in Chaldea, in the Province of Adherbaidjan, Persia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15225a.htm University College (Dublin) - A constitutional college of the National University of Ireland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15200a.htm Universalists - A liberal Protestant sect whose distinctive tenet is the belief in the final salvation of all souls. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15181a.htm Urubamba - This prefecture apostolic was created by a Decree of the Holy See in 1899 at the request of the Peruvian Government. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15230b.htm Ulfilas - Apostle of the Goths, missionary, translator of the Bible, and inventor of an alphabet. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15120c.htm Utrecht, Archdiocese of - Situated in the Netherlands, includes the Provinces of Utrecht, Friesland, Overyssel, Drenthe, Groningen, the larger part of Gelderland, and a small part of North Holland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15245a.htm Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris - The first line of a hymn in honour of St. John the Baptist. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15244a.htm Ursus, Saint - Member of the Theban Legion, martyr, commemorated from very early times. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15230a.htm Ulloa, Francisco de - Accompanied Hernan Cortés to California. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15122c.htm Urdaneta, Andrés - Augustinian, born at Villafranca, Guipúzcoa, Spain, 1498; died in the City of Mexico, 1568. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15223a.htm United States of America, The - Provides geographic, historic, and statistical information. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15156a.htm Ungava - A Canadian territory lying north of the Province of Quebec. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15127a.htm Uranopolis - A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ancyra in Galatia Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15208b.htm Ursula, Saint, and the Eleven Thousand Virgins - This history rests on ten lines, and these are open to question. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15225d.htm Upper Rhine - Ecclesiastical province; includes the Archdiocese of Freiburg and the suffragan Dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, Limburg, and Rottenburg. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15205b.htm Universities - The principal Catholic foundations have been treated in special articles; here the general aspects of the subject are presented. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15188a.htm Urban VII, Pope - Giambattista Castagna, born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1521; elected pope, 15 September, 1590; died at Rome, 27 September, 1590. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15218a.htm Urban VI, Pope - Bartolomeo Prignano, the first Roman pope during the Western Schism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15216a.htm Urban V, Pope Blessed - Benedictine monk, canonist, diplomat, elected to the papacy in 1362, d. 1370. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15214a.htm Urban III, Pope - Reigned 1185-87, born at Milan; died at Ferrara, 19 October, 1187. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15211a.htm Urban II, Pope Blessed - Long article on the canon and later Cluniac prior, assistant to Pope Gregory VII. Urban was elected unanimously to the papacy in 1088, but was forced to spend years wandering southern Italy. He died in 1099. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15210a.htm Upper Nile - Vicariate apostolic; separated from the mission of Nyanza, 6 July, 1894, comprises the eastern portion of Uganda. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15205a.htm Union of Christendom - Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15132a.htm Upsala, University of - The oldest university of Sweden. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15208a.htm Universals - Those ideas which, while excluding whatever constitutes the difference of things of the same genus or species, represent that which is necessary to their constitution, is essential, and is therefore common to all, remaining fixed in all vicissitudes. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15182a.htm Urbs Beata Jerusalem dicta pacis visio - The first line of a hymn of probably the seventh or eighth century, comprising eight stanzas together with a doxology. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15222a.htm Uruguay - The smallest independent state in South America. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15230c.htm Unitarians - A Protestant sect which holds as it distinctive tenet the belief in a uni-personal instead of a tri-personal God. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15154b.htm Ubiquitarians - A Protestant sect started at the Lutheran synod of Stuttgart, 19 December, 1559, by John Brenz. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15117a.htm Udine - The capital of a province and archdiocese in Friuli, northern Italy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15118a.htm Uruguayana - Diocese; suffragan of Porto Alegre, Brazil. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15233a.htm Ullathorne, William Bernard - English Benedictine monk and bishop. (1806-1889) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15121a.htm Union of Brest - 1596. The union of the Ruthenians with Catholicism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15130a.htm Unigenitus - A celebrated Apostolic Constitution of Clement XI, condemning 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15128a.htm Ulrich of Richenthal - Chronicler of the Council of Constance. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15124b.htm Ultramontanism - A term used to denote integral and active Catholicism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15125a.htm Utraquism - The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of the Calixtines or Hussites. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15244b.htm Ubaghs, Casimir - Born at Bergélez-Fauquemont, 26 November, 1800; died at Louvain, 15 February, 1875. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15114a.htm Ulenberg, Kaspar - Convert, theological writer and translator of the Bible. (1549-1617) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15120b.htm Ulrich of Bamberg - A cleric of the cathedral church of Bamberg. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15124a.htm Ulrich of Zell - Wulderic; called also of Cluny, and of Ratisbon. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15124c.htm Ullerston, Richard - From 1403 held the prebend of Oxford in Salisbury cathedral, and from 1407 the rectory of Beeford in Yorkshire. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15122a.htm Ushaw College - A combined college and seminary for the six dioceses that were comprised in the old Northern Vicariate of England. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15233b.htm Urráburu, Juan José - Article on this Jesuit thinker, by Antonio Nadal. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15225b.htm Ulloa, Antoine de - Naval officer and scientist. (1716-1795) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15122b.htm Unam Sanctam - The Bull on papal supremacy issued 18 November, 1302, by Boniface VIII during the dispute with Philip the Fair, King of France. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15126a.htm Urim and Thummim - The sacred lot by means of which the ancient Hebrews were wont to seek manifestations of the Divine will. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15224a.htm Ugento - Situated in the Province of Leece, in Apulia, on the Gulf of Tarentum. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15119a.htm Uthina - A titular see of Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15241a.htm Uccello - Painter, born at Florence, 1397; died there, 1475. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15117c.htm Urbi et Orbi - Signifies that a papal document is addressed not only to the City of Rome but to the entire Catholic world. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15221a.htm Ubanghi-Chari - Prefecture Apostolic in Equatorial Africa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15115c.htm Utilitarianism - A modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15241c.htm Uniformity Acts - Statutes passed in an effort to secure uniformity in public worship throughout England. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15127b.htm Ubanghi, Belgian - In Belgian Congo, separated on 7 April, 1911, from the Vicariate of the Belgian Congo and entrusted to the Capuchins. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15115a.htm Ubertino of Casale - Leader of the Spirituals, born at Casale of Vercelli, 1259; died about 1330. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15116a.htm Ultan of Ardbracca - Collected a life of the Irish saint for his pupil, St. Brogan Cloen of Rostuirc, on Ossory. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15124d.htm Ubaldus, Saint - Confessor, Bishop of Gubbio, born of noble parents at Gubbio, Umbria, Italy, towards the beginning of the twelfth centry; died there, Whitsuntide, 1168. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15114b.htm Ursulines of Quebec, The - The oldest institution of learning for women in North America. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15229a.htm Ubanghi - Vicariate Apostolic; formerly part of the Vicariate of French Congo, erected on 14 Oct., 1890. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15115b.htm Utopia - A term used to designate a visionary or an ideally perfect state of society first used by Sir Thomas More. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15243a.htm |
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