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• Haarlem

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07095a.htm
  One of the suffragan sees of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands.

• Habacuc (Habakkuk)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07097a.htm
  Article on the minor prophet of the Old Testament, and his book.

• Haberl, Francis Xavier

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043b.htm
  Music historian. (1840-1910)

• Habington, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07099a.htm
  Poet and historian; born at Hindlip, Worcestershire, 1605; died 1654; son of Thomas Habington the antiquarian.

• Habit

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07099b.htm
  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 follow this or that particular line of action".

• Habor River

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103a.htm
  A river of Mesopotamia in Asiatic Turkey, an important eastern affluent of the Euphrates.

• Haceldama

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103b.htm
  The name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas.

• Hadewych, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07104a.htm
  Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre, d. around 1200. Also known as Hedwig or Hadewig.

• Hadrian, Publius Aelius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07104b.htm
  Emperor of the Romans; born 24 January, A. D. 76 at Rome; died 10 July, 138.

• Hadrian, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105a.htm
  Article on this martyr, who died in about 306.

• Hadrumetum

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105b.htm
  A titular see of Byzacena.

• Haeften, Benedict van

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105c.htm
  Benedictine writer, provost of the Monastery of Afflighem, Belgium; born at Utrecht, 1588; died 31 July, 1648.

• Hagen, Gottfried

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105d.htm
  Town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne "Reimchronik" (rhymed chronicle); died 1299.

• Haggith

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07106a.htm
  One of David's wives (II Kings, iii,4).

• Hagiography

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07106b.htm
  The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object.

• Hague, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07108a.htm
  Capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland.

• Hahn-Hahn, Ida

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07109a.htm
  Countess, convert and authoress, born 22 June, 1805; died 12 January, 1880.

• Haid, Herenaus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07110a.htm
  Catechist, born in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 16 February, 1784; died 7 January, 1873.

• Hail Mary

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07110b.htm
  Analysis of the prayer Ave Maria: origins and development.

• Haimhausen, Karl von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07112a.htm
  German missionary; b. at Munich, of a noble Bavarian family, 28 May, 1692; d. in Chile, 7 April, 1767.

• Hair (in Christian Antiquity)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113a.htm
  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 arranged in tiers, while for women the hair twined about the head forming a high diadem over the brow.

• Hairshirt

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113b.htm
  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.

• Haiti

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07114a.htm
  An island of the Greater Antilles.

• Haito

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07115a.htm
  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.

• Hakodate

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07116a.htm
  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.

• Hakon the Good

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07116b.htm
  King of Norway, 935 (936) to 960 (961), youngest child of King Harold Fair Hair and Thora Mosterstang.

• Halicarnassus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07117a.htm
  A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.

• Halifax

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07117b.htm
  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.

• Hallahan, Margaret

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07118a.htm
  Foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (third order); b. in London, 23 January, 1803; d. 10 May, 1868.

• Haller, Karl Ludwig von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07119a.htm
  A professor of constitutional law, b. 1 August, 1768, at Berne, d. 21 May, 1854, at Solothurn, Switzerland.

• Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'Omalius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120a.htm
  Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, Belgium, 16 February, 1783; d. at Brussels, 15 January, 1875.

• Halma, Nicholas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120b.htm
  French mathematician; born at Sedan, 31 December, 1755; died at Paris, 4 June, 1828.

• Hamar, Ancient See of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043c.htm
  Located in Norway.

• Hamatha

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120c.htm
  A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea.

• Hamburg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07121b.htm
  A city supposed to be identical with the Marionis of Ptolemy, was founded by a colony of fishermen from Lower Saxony.

• Hamilton, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07123b.htm
  Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, first Earl of Arran.

• Hamilton, Ontario, Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07123a.htm
  Located in Ontario, Canada; a suffragan of Toronto.

• Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07124a.htm
  A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856.

• Hammurabi

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07125a.htm
  The sixth king of the first Babylonian dynasty.

• Hamsted, Adrian

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127a.htm
  Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581.

• Haneberg, Daniel Bonifacius von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127b.htm
  German prelate and Orientalist of the nineteenth century, b. At Tanne near Kempten, Bavaria, 16 June, 1816.

• Hanover

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127c.htm
  The former Kingdom of Hanover has been a province of the Prussian monarchy since 20 September, 1866.

• Hansiz, Markus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130b.htm
  Historian, b. at Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d. at Vienna, 5 September, 1766.

• Hanthaler, Chrysostomus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130c.htm
  A Cistercian, historical investigator and writer. (1690-1754)

• Hanxleden, Johann Ernest

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07131a.htm
  Jesuit missionary in the East Indies: b at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d. in Malabar, 20 March, 1732.

• Happiness

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07131b.htm
  The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening.

• Harbor Grace

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07133a.htm
  Diocese in Newfoundland, erected in 1856.

• Hardee, William J.

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134a.htm
  Soldier, convert, b. at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., 1817, d. at Wytheville, Virginia, 6 Nov., 1873.

• Hardey, Mary Aloysia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134b.htm
  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.

• Harding, Thomas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135a.htm
  Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516 d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572.

• Hardman, Mary Juliana

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135b.htm
  Known in religion as Sister Mary; b. 26 April, 1813; d. 24 March, 1884.

• Hardouin, Jean

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135c.htm
  Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, 23 Dec., 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; d. at Paris, 3 Sept., 1729.

• Hardyng, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136a.htm
  An English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1460.

• Hare Indians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136b.htm
  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.

• Harland, Henry

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044a.htm
  American novelist. (1861-1905)

• Harlay, Family of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07137a.htm
  An important family of parliamentarians and bishops, who deserve a place in religious history.

• Harlez de Deulin, Charles-Joseph de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07138a.htm
  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.

• Harmony

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07139a.htm
  A concord of sounds, several tones of different pitch sounded as a chord; among the Greeks, the general term for music.

• Harney

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07140a.htm
  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.

• Harold Bluetooth

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141b.htm
  Son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. (911-986)

• Harold, Francis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141a.htm
  Irish Franciscan and historical writer, d. at Rome, 18 March, 1685.

• Harpasa

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141c.htm
  A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.

• Harper, Thomas Morton

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141d.htm
  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.

• Harris, Joel Chandler

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07142b.htm
  Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; born at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A., 1848; died at Atlanta, Georgia, 3 July, 1908.

• Harrisburg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143a.htm
  Diocese in Pennsylvania.

• Harrison, James

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143b.htm
  Priest and martyr; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, 22 March, 1602.

• Harrison, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143c.htm
  Third and last archpriest of England, b. in Derbyshire in 1553; d. 11 May, 1621.

• Harrowing of Hell

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143d.htm
  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 since the beginning of the world.

• Hartford

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07144a.htm
  Diocese of Hartford, established by Gregory XVI, 18 Sept., 1843.

• Hartmann von Aue

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146c.htm
  A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; died between 1210 and 1220.

• Hartmann, Georg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146b.htm
  Mechanician and physicist; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, 9 Feb. 1489; d. at Nuremberg, 9 April, 1564.

• Hasak, Vincenz

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147a.htm
  Historian, b. at Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia , 18 July, 1812; d. 1 September, 1889, as dean of Weisskirchlitz, near Teplitz.

• Haschka, Lorenz Leopold

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147b.htm
  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.

• Haspinger, Johann Simon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147c.htm
  A Tyrolese priest and patriot; b. at Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d. in the imperial palace of Mirabell, Salzburg, 12 January, 1858.

• Hassard, John Rose Greene

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07148a.htm
  An editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A., 4 September, 1836; d. in that city, 18 April, 1888.

• Hasslacher, Peter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149a.htm
  Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876.

• Hatred

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149b.htm
  In general, a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other.

• Hatto

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149c.htm
  Archbishop of Mainz; b. of a noble Swabian family, c. 850; d. 15 May, 913.

• Hatton, Edward Anthony

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150a.htm
  Dominican, apologist; b. in 1701; d. at Stourton Lodge, near Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 October, 1783.

• Hauara

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150b.htm
  A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.

• Haudriettes

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150c.htm
  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.

• Haughery, Margaret

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09652d.htm
  "The mother of the orphans", as she was familiarly styled, b. in Cavan, Ireland, about 1814; d. at New Orleans, Louisiana, 9 February, 1882.

• Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150d.htm
  Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896.

• Hautecombe

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151a.htm
  A Cistercian monastery near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy.

• Hautefeuille, Jean de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151b.htm
  French physicist, b. at Orléans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724.

• Hauteserre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151c.htm
  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.

• Hauy, René-Just

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152a.htm
  Mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822.

• Hauy, Valentin

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152b.htm
  Founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the name of "Father and Apostle of the Blind". (1745-1822)

• Hauzeur, Mathias

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07153a.htm
  A Franciscan theologian, b. at Verviers, 1589; d. at Liège 12 November, 1676, for many years professor of theology.

• Havana

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07153b.htm
  Jurisdiction of the See of Havana comprises the two provinces of Havana and Matanzas.

• Havestadt, Bernhard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155a.htm
  German Jesuit; b. at Cologne, 27 February, 1714; died at Münster after 1778.

• Hawarden, Edward

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155b.htm
  Theologian and controversialist, b. in Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d. in London, 23 April, 1735.

• Hawes, Stephen

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155c.htm
  Poet; b. in Suffolk about 1474; d. about 1523.

• Hawker, Robert Stephen

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07156a.htm
  Poet and antiquary; b. at Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d. there 15 August, 1875.

• Hawkins, Sir Henry

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07156b.htm
  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.

• Hay, Edmund and John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157a.htm
  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.

• Hay, George

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157b.htm
  Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, 24 Aug., 1729; d. at Aquhorties, 18 Oct., 1811.

• Haydn, Franz Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07158b.htm
  Famous composer. (1732-1809)

• Haydn, Johann Michael

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07158a.htm
  Younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn. (1737-1806)

• Haydock, George Leo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07160a.htm
  Priest and biblical scholar. (1774-1849)

• Haymo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07160b.htm
  Benedictine bishop. (d. 853)

• Haymo of Faversham

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07161a.htm
  English Franciscan and schoolman, b. at Faversham, Kent; d. at Anagni, Italy, in 1243, according to the most probable opinion; Wadding gives 1244.

• Haynald, Lajos

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07161b.htm
  Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa-Bács in Hungary; b. at Szécsény, 3 October, 1816; d. at Kalocsa, 3 July, 1891.

• Hazart, Cornelius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162a.htm
  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.

• Healy, George Peter Alexander

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162b.htm
  An American portrait and historical painter, b. at Boston, 15 July, 1808; d. at Chicago, 14 June 1894.

• Hearse, Tenebrae

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162c.htm
  The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service.

• Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the Sacred

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07163a.htm
  Description, spiritual significance, and historical background of devotion to the Sacred Heart.

• Heart of Mary, Congregations of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07167a.htm
  Details on several congregations under this name.

• Heart of Mary, Devotion to the Immaculate

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07168a.htm
  Description of this devotion, along with its history.

• Heaven

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07170a.htm
  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 the stars that shine in the sky. Furthermore heaven is spoken of as the dwelling of God; for, although God is omnipresent, He manifests Himself in a special manner in the light and grandeur of the firmament.

• Hebrew Bible

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07175a.htm
  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 (x, 4 to end) and Daniel (iii, 24-90; xiii; xiv).

• Hebrew Language and Literature

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07176a.htm
  Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament.

• Hebrews, Epistle to the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm
  The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office.

• Hebrides, New

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10789a.htm
  Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides; in Oceania.

• Hebron

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07184a.htm
  An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David.

• Hecker, Isaac Thomas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07186a.htm
  Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888.

• Hedonism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07187a.htm
  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 constituted right, and, conversely, what increases pain is wrong.

• Hedwig, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07189a.htm
  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.

• Heeney, Cornelius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190a.htm
  Merchant and philanthropist; b. in King's County, Ireland, 1754; d. at Brooklyn, U.S.A., 3 May, 1848.

• Heereman von Zuydwyk, Freiherr von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190b.htm
  Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. 26 Aug., 1832, at Surenburg near Riesenbeck, Westphalia; d. 23 March, 1903, at Berlin.

• Heeswijk

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190c.htm
  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.

• Hefele, Karl Joseph von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07191a.htm
  Bishop of Rottenburg, b. at Unterkochen, Würtemberg, 15 March, 1890; d. at Rottenburg, 5 June, 1893.

• Hegelianism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07192a.htm
  Article by William Turner, evaluating this school of thought.

• Hegesippus, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07194a.htm
  Second-century writer, opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism.

• Hegesippus, The Pseudo-

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195a.htm
  Fourth-century translator of Josephus.

• Hegius, Alexander

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195b.htm
  Humanist; b. probably in 1433, at Heeck (Westphalia); d. 7 December, 1498.

• Heidelberg, University of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07196a.htm
  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.

• Heiligenkreuz

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198a.htm
  An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of Baden in Lower Austria.

• Heilsbronn

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198b.htm
  Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle Franconia.

• Heilsbronn, Monk of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199a.htm
  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.

• Heim, François Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199b.htm
  French historical painter, b. near Belfort, 1787, d. in Paris, 1865.

• Heinrich der Glïchezäre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199c.htm
  A Middle High German poet, author of a narrative poem "Reinhart Fuchs".

• Heinrich von Ahaus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200a.htm
  Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany. (1371-1439)

• Heinrich von Laufenberg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200b.htm
  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.

• Heinrich von Meissen

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200c.htm
  Usually called "Frauenlob" (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b. at Meissen about 1250; d. at Mainz, 1318.

• Heinrich von Melk

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07200d.htm
  German satirist of the twelfth century; of knightly birth and probably a lay brother in the convent of Melk, in Styria.

• Heinrich von Veldeke

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201a.htm
  A medieval German poet of knightly rank; b. near Maastricht in the Netherlands about the middle of the twelfth century.

• Heinz, Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201b.htm
  Swiss painter. (1564-1609)

• Heis, Eduard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201c.htm
  German astronomer, b. at Cologne, 18 February, 1806; d. at Münster, Westphalia, 30 June, 1877.

• Heisterbach

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202a.htm
  A former Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge near the little town of Oberdollendorf in the Archdiocese of Cologne.

• Helen of Sköfde, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203b.htm
  Biography of the twelfth-century Swedish widow and martyr, killed in perhaps the year 1160.

• Helena (Montana)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203a.htm
  Erected from the Vicariate of Montana, 7 March, 1884.

• Helena, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202b.htm
  The mother of Constantine the Great, she died about 330.

• Helenopolis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204a.htm
  A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa.

• Heli

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204b.htm
  Discusses the Old Testament priest, and the New Testament father of Joseph.

• Heliae, Paul

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205a.htm
  A Carmelite, opponent of the Reformation in Denmark, born at Warberg (in the Laen of Halland), about 1480; died after 1534.

• Heliand, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07205b.htm
  The oldest complete work of German literature.

• Helinand

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206a.htm
  Medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer.

• Heliogabalus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206b.htm
  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.

• Hell

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07207a.htm
  Hell (infernus) in theological usage is a place of punishment after death.

• Hell, Maximilian

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07211a.htm
  Astronomer, b. at Schemnitz in Hungary, 15 May, 1720; d. at Vienna, 14 April, 1792.

• Hello, Ernest

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044b.htm
  19th-century French philosopher and essayist. Article by Susan Tracy Otten.

• Helmold

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07212a.htm
  A historian, born in the first half of the twelfth century; died about 1177.

• Helmont, Jan Baptista van

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07212b.htm
  Born at Brussels, 1577; died near Vilvorde, 30 December, 1644. This scientist, distinguished in the early annals of chemistry, belonged to a Flemish family.

• Helpers of the Holy Souls, Society of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07213a.htm
  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).

• Helpidius, Flavius Rusticius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07213b.htm
  The name of several Latin writers.

• Helyot, Pierre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214a.htm
  Usually known as Hippolyte, his name in religion. Born at Paris, in 1660; died there 5 January, 1716.

• Hemmerlin, Felix

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214b.htm
  A provost at Solothurn, in Switzerland, born at Zurich, in 1388 or 1389; died about 1460.

• Henderson, Issac Austin

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07214c.htm
  Theologian, musician, singer, and writer. (1850-1909)

• Hendrick, Thomas Augustine

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215a.htm
  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.

• Hengler, Lawrence

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215b.htm
  Catholic priest and the inventor of the horizontal pendulum, b. at Reichenhofen, Würtemberg, 3 Feb., 1806; d. at Tigerfeld, 1858.

• Hennepin, Louis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215c.htm
  One of the most famous explorers in the wilds of North America during the seventeenth century.

• Henoch

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218a.htm
  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.).

• Henoch, Book of (Ethiopic)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01602a.htm
  Introductory article.

• Henoticon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218b.htm
  The unsuccessful law made by the Emperor Zeno in order to conciliate Catholics and Monophysites.

• Henri de Saint-Ignace

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219a.htm
  A Carmelite theologian, b. in 1630, at Ath in Hainaut, Belgium; d. in 1719 or 1720, near Liège.

• Henrion, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219b.htm
  Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist; b. at Metz, 19 June, 1805; d. at Aix, September, 1862.

• Henríquez, Crisóstomo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219c.htm
  A Cistercian of the Spanish Congregation; b. at Madrid, 1594; d. 23 December, 1632, at Louvain.

• Henríquez, Enrique

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220a.htm
  Jesuit theologian, b. at Oporto, 1536; d. at Tivoli, 28 January, 1608.

• Henry Abbot, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01021a.htm
  A layman and convert to Catholicism, martyred at York in 1597. Explains the circumstances which led to his martyrdom.

• Henry Heath, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07169a.htm
  Short biography of the English Franciscan, martyred for being a priest. He died in 1643.

• Henry II

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220b.htm
  Biographical article that focuses on the King of England's constitutional and legal reforms, and his conflict with Thomas Becket.

• Henry II, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07227a.htm
  Biography of the German king and Holy Roman Emperor, d. 1024.

• Henry III

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07228a.htm
  German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1017-1056)

• Henry IV

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07230a.htm
  German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1050-1108)

• Henry IV

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07225a.htm
  King of France and Navarre. (1553-1610)

• Henry Morse, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10578a.htm
  English Jesuit who made his novitiate in prison. He was martyred at Tyburn in 1644.

• Henry of Friemar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235a.htm
  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.

• Henry of Ghent

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235b.htm
  A notable scholastic philosopher and theologian of the thirteenth century.

• Henry of Herford

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235c.htm
  Friar and chronicler; date of birth unknown; died at Minden, 9 Oct., 1370.

• Henry of Huntingdon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07235d.htm
  Historian; b. probably near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, between 1080 and 1085; d. 1155.

• Henry of Kalkar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236a.htm
  Carthusian writer, b. at Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d. at Cologne, 20 December, 1408.

• Henry of Langenstein

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236b.htm
  Theologian and mathematician; b. about 1325 at the villa of Hainbuch (Hembuche), near Langenstein in Hesse; d. at Vienna, 11 Feb., 1397.

• Henry of Nördlingen

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07237a.htm
  A Bavarian secular priest, of the fourteenth century, date of death unknown; the spiritual adviser of Margaretha Ebner (died 1351), the mystic of Medingen.

• Henry of Rebdorf

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07237b.htm
  Alleged author of an imperial and papal chronicle of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

• Henry of Segusio, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238a.htm
  Usually called Hostiensis. Italian canonist, bishop of Ostia, d. 1261.

• Henry Suso, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm
  Biography of this German Dominican mystic, d. 1366.

• Henry the Navigator, Prince

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07239a.htm
  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.

• Henry V

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07232a.htm
  German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1081-1125)

• Henry VI

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07233a.htm
  German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1165-1197)

• Henry VIII

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm
  Lengthy article which concentrates on Henry's break with the Church of Rome.

• Henry Walpole, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15540a.htm
  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.

• Henryson, Robert

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238b.htm
  Scottish poet, born probably 1420-1430; died about 1500.

• Henschen, Godfrey

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07240a.htm
  Jesuit, hagiographer; b. at Venray (Limburg), 21 June, 1601; d. at Antwerp, 11 Sept., 1681.

• Hensel, Luise

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07240b.htm
  Poetess and convert; born at Linum, 30 March, 1798; died. at Paderborn, 18 December, 1876.

• Henten, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241a.htm
  John Henton, Biblical exegete, born 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium; died 10 Oct., 1566.

• Heortology

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241b.htm
  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.

• Hephæstus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241c.htm
  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.

• Heptarchy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241d.htm
  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 Wessex.

• Heraclas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07242a.htm
  Bishop of Alexandria from 231 or 232; to 247 or 248.

• Heraclea

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07242b.htm
  A titular see of Thracia Prima.

• Heraldry, Ecclesiastical

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07243a.htm
  Information on heraldry as it is used in and by the Catholic Church.

• Herbart and Herbartianism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07248a.htm
  Article on the life and philosophy of Johann Friedrich Herbart, by Michael Maher.

• Herbert of Bosham

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07250a.htm
  A biographer of St. Thomas Becket, dates of birth and death unknown.

• Herbert of Derwentwater, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07250b.htm
  Short biography of the seventh-century anchorite.

• Herbert of Lea, Lady Elizabeth

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044c.htm
  English authoress and philanthropist. (1822-1911)

• Herbst, Johann Georg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251a.htm
  Born at Rottweil, in Würtemberg, 13 January, 1787; died 31 July, 1836.

• Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Alejandro

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251b.htm
  Born at Lisbon, 28 March, 1810; died near Santarem, 13 Sept., 1877.

• Herder

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251c.htm
  The name of a German firm of publishers and booksellers.

• Herdtrich, Christian Wolfgang

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07253a.htm
  An Austrian Jesuit missionary in China; born at Graz, Styria, 25 June, 1625; d. 18 July, 1684.

• Heredity

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07254a.htm
  The offspring tends to resemble, sometimes with extraordinary closeness, the parents.

• Hereford, Ancient Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07255a.htm
  Located in England.

• Hereswitha, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256a.htm
  Also known as Haeresvid or Hereswyde, blood sister of St. Hilda of Whitby. Mother, widow, and nun.

• Heresy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm
  St. Thomas defines heresy: "a species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas".

• Hergenröther, Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07262a.htm
  Church historian and canonist, first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b. at Würzburg, 15 Sept., 1824; d. at Mehrerau (Bodensee), 3 Oct., 1890.

• Heribert

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07264b.htm
  Archbishop of Milan. (1018-1045)

• Heribert, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07264a.htm
  Archbishop of Cologne, d. 1021.

• Heriger of Lobbes

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07264c.htm
  A medieval theologian and historian; born about 925; died 31 October, 1007.

• Herincx, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07265a.htm
  A theologian, born at Helmond, North Brabant, 1621; died 17 Aug., 1678.

• Hermann Contractus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07266a.htm
  Chronicler, mathematician, and poet. (1013-1054)

• Hermann I

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07265b.htm
  Landgrave of Thuringia (1190-1217), famous as a patron of medieval German poets.

• Hermann Joseph, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07266b.htm
  Biographical article on this German Premonstratensian mystic, who died in 1241.

• Hermann of Altach

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267a.htm
  A medieval historian; b. 1200 or 1201; d. 31 July, 1275.

• Hermann of Fritzlar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267b.htm
  With this name are connected two works on mysticism written in German.

• Hermann of Minden

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267c.htm
  Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date; d. shortly after 1294.

• Hermann of Salza

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267d.htm
  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.

• Hermas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07268b.htm
  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.

• Hermas, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07268a.htm
  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.

• Hermeneutics

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07271a.htm
  Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god Hermes, the reputed messenger and interpreter of the gods.

• Hermengild, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276a.htm
  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.

• Hermes, George

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276c.htm
  Joseph Schulte's treatment of this German religious thinker.

• Hermes, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276b.htm
  Martyr, Bishop of Salano (Spalato) in Dalmatia.

• Hermite, Charles

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07279a.htm
  Mathematician, born at Dieuze, Lorraine, 24 December, 1822; d. at Paris, 14 January, 1901;

• Hermits

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07280a.htm
  Also called anchorites, men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement.

• Hermits of St. Augustine

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07281a.htm
  A religious order which in the thirteenth century combined several monastic societies into one, under this name.

• Hermon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07288a.htm
  A group of mountains forming the southern extremity of Anti-Lebanon, and marking on the east of the Jordan the northern boundary of Israel.

• Hermopolis Magna

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289a.htm
  A titular see of Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoe, in Egypt.

• Hermopolis Parva

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289b.htm
  A titular see of Ægyptus Prima, suffragan of Alexandria.

• Herod

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289c.htm
  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.

• Herodias

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292a.htm
  Wife of Herod Philip, and mistress of Herod Antipas.

• Heroic Act of Charity

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292b.htm
  A decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences dated 18 December, 1885, and confirmed the following day by Leo XIII.

• Heroic Virtue

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292c.htm
  St. Augustine first applied the pagan title of hero to the Christian martyrs.

• Herp, Henry

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07293a.htm
  A fifteenth century Franciscan of the Strict Observance and a distinguished writer on mysticism.

• Herrad of Landsberg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294a.htm
  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.

• Herregouts

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294b.htm
  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.

• Herrera Barnuevo, Sebastiano de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07295b.htm
  A painter, architect, sculptor and etcher; born in Madrid, 1611 or 1619; died there, 1671.

• Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296a.htm
  A Spanish historian; born at Cuellar, in the province of Segovia, in 1559; died at Madrid, 27 March, 1625.

• Herrera, Fernando de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07294c.htm
  A Spanish lyric poet; born 1537; died 1597.

• Herrera, Francisco

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07295a.htm
  A Spanish painter, etcher, medallist, and architect; born in Seville, 1576; died in Madrid, 1656.

• Herrgott, Marquard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296b.htm
  A Benedictine historian and diplomat. (1694-1762)

• Hersfeld

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07296c.htm
  An ancient imperial abbey of the Benedictine Order.

• Hervás y Panduro, Lorenzo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07297a.htm
  Spanish Jesuit and famous philologist; b. at Horcajo, 1 May, 1735; d. at Rome, 24 August, 1809.

• Hervetus, Gentian

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298a.htm
  French theologian and controversialist; b. at Olivet, near Orléans, in 1499; d. at Reims, 12 September, 1584.

• Hesebon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298b.htm
  A titular see of the province of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra.

• Hesse

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298c.htm
  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.

• Hessels, Jean

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07300a.htm
  A distinguished theologian of Louvain; born 1522; died 1566.

• Hesychasm

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07301a.htm
  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 body and will, to see a mystic light; which is none other than the uncreated light of God.

• Hesychius of Alexandria

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07303a.htm
  Grammarian and lexicographer; of uncertain date, but assigned by most authorities to the later fourth or earlier fifth century.

• Hesychius of Jerusalem

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07303b.htm
  Presbyter and exegete, probably of the fifth century.

• Hesychius of Sinai

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07304a.htm
  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.

• Hethites

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07305a.htm
  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.

• Hettinger, Franz

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07307a.htm
  A Catholic theologian; born 13 January, 1819, at Aschaffenburg; died 26 January, 1890, at Würzburg.

• Heude, Pierre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07308a.htm
  Missionary to China and zoologist. (1836-1902)

• Hewett, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07309a.htm
  English martyr; son of William Hewett of York; date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, 6 October, 1588.

• Hewit, Augustine Francis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07309b.htm
  Priest and second Superior General of the Institute of St. Paul the Apostle. (1820-1897)

• Hexaemeron

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07310a.htm
  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.

• Hexapla

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07316a.htm
  Article on Origen's compilation of six ancient versions of the Bible in parallel columns, his purpose and the principles that guided his work.

• Hexateuch

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318a.htm
  A name commonly used by the critics to designate the first six books of the Old Testament, i.e. the Pentateuch and Josue.

• Hexham and Newcastle

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318b.htm
  Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Hagulstadensis et Novocastrensis).

• Heynlin of Stein, Johann

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318c.htm
  A theologian, born about 1425; died at Basle, 12 March, 1496.

• Heywood, Jasper and John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07319a.htm
  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.

• Hibernians, Ancient Order of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07320a.htm
  This organization grew up gradually among the Catholics of Ireland owing to the dreadful hardships and persecutions to which they were subjected.

• Hickey, Antony

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07321b.htm
  A theologian, born in the Barony of Islands, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1586; died in Rome, 26 June, 1641.

• Hidalgo, Miguel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16045a.htm
  Mexican patriot. (1753-1811)

• Hierapolis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322b.htm
  Titular see of Phrygia Salutaris.

• Hierapolis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322a.htm
  Titular Archdiocese, metropolis of the Province of Euphrates, in the Patriarchate of Antioch.

• Hierarchy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322c.htm
  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 Ecclesiastical Hierarchy".

• Hierarchy of the Early Church

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07326a.htm
  The word hierarchy is used here to denote the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon (ministri).

• Hierocæsarea

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07344a.htm
  A titular see of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis.

• Hieronymites

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07345a.htm
  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.

• Hierotheus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07345b.htm
  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 narrative various fictitious personalities of the Apostolic Era, such as Peter, James, John, Timothy, Carpus, and others.

• Higden, Ranulf

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07346a.htm
  Benedictine chronicler. (d. 1364)

• High Altar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07346b.htm
  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.

• Hilarion, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07347a.htm
  Hermit, died in about 371.

• Hilarius of Sexten

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07348a.htm
  Moral theologian. (1839-1900)

• Hilarus, Pope Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07348b.htm
  As an archdeacon, he had acted as one of Pope St. Leo the Great's legates at the "Robber Synod." Biographical article.

• Hilary of Arles, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349a.htm
  Biographical article on this 5th-century archbishop.

• Hilary of Poitiers, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349b.htm
  Biographical article on this bishop, a staunch opponent of Arianism, who died in 368. Includes bibliography.

• Hilda, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350a.htm
  Biographical article on the influential abbess, who died in 680.

• Hildebert of Lavardin

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350b.htm
  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.

• Hildegard, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07351a.htm
  Seer and prophet, Sibyl of the Rhine, d. 1179. Never formally canonized, but she is listed in the Roman Martyrology.

• Hildesheim

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07353a.htm
  An exempt see, comprising the Prussian province of Hanover east of the Weser, besides the Duchy of Brunswick.

• Hilduin, Abbot of St-Denis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07354a.htm
  Died 22 November, 840.

• Hillel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07354c.htm
  Short essay on the Jewish rabbi and philosopher.

• Hilton, Walter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07355a.htm
  Article about the spiritual writings of this Augustinian mystic, d. 1396.

• Himeria

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07355b.htm
  A titular see in the province of Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa.

• Himerius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07356a.htm
  An Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, 385.

• Hincmar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07356b.htm
  Archbishop of Reims.

• Hincmar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07357a.htm
  A bishop of Laon, died 879.

• Hinderer, Roman

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07358a.htm
  A German missionary in China, born at Reiningen, near Mülhausen, in Alsace, 21 Sept., 1668; died 24 Aug., 1744.

• Hinduism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07358b.htm
  The conglomeration of religious beliefs and practices existing in India that have grown out of ancient Brahminism.

• Hingston, Sir William Hales

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07359a.htm
  Canadian physician and surgeon, b. at Hinchinbrook near Huntingdon, Quebec, June 29, 1829; d. at Montreal, 19 February, 1907.

• Hippo Diarrhytus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07360a.htm
  Titular see of Northern Africa.

• Hippo Regius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07360b.htm
  Titular see of Numidia.

• Hippolytus of Rome, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07360c.htm
  Presbyter, antipope, martyr, died about 236.

• Hippolytus, Saints

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07362a.htm
  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.

• Hirena

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07362b.htm
  Titular see of Tunis.

• Hirschau, Abbey of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363a.htm
  A celebrated Benedictine monastery in Würtemberg, Diocese of Spires.

• Hirscher, Johann Baptist von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363b.htm
  Professor of moral theology and catechetics at the University of Freiburg in the Breisgau.

• History, Ecclesiastical

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07365a.htm
  A survey of the role of church history, the history of the Catholic Church and historiography of church history.

• Hittorp, Melchior

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380a.htm
  A theologian and liturgical writer, born about 1525, at Cologne; died there in 1584.

• Hladnik, Franz von Paula

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380b.htm
  Botanist and schoolmaster. (1773-1844)

• Hobart

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380c.htm
  Archdiocese comprises Tasmania, Bruni Island, and the Cape Barren, Flinders, King, and other islands in Bass Straits.

• Hofer, Andreas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07381b.htm
  A patriot and soldier, born at St. Leonhard in Passeyrthale, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1767; executed at Mantua, 20 Feb., 1810.

• Höfler, Konstantin von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07382a.htm
  Historian; born at Memmingen, Bavaria, 26 March, 1811; died at Prague, 29 December, 1898.

• Hogan, John Baptist

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07383a.htm
  Better known, on account of his long sojourn in France, as Abbé Hogan. (1829-1901)

• Hohenbaum van der Meer, Moritz

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384a.htm
  A Benedictine historian; born at Spörl near Belgrade, 25 June, 1718; died at the monastery of Rheinau, near Schaffhausen in Switzerland, 18 December, 1795.

• Hohenburg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384b.htm
  A suppressed nunnery, situated on the Odilienberg, the most famous of the Vosges mountains in Alsace.

• Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Alexander Leopold

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384c.htm
  A titular Bishop of Sardica, famous for his many supposedly miraculous cures. (1794-1849)

• Holbein, Hans

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385a.htm
  A German painter; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in 1524.

• Holden, Henry

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385b.htm
  An English priest; born 1596; died March, 1662.

• Holiness

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07386a.htm
  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 towards which we daily unflinchingly tend.

• Hollanders in the United States

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07393b.htm
  Statistics and other information about Dutch immigrants.

• Holmes, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07396a.htm
  Catholic educator and priest; born at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; died at Lorette, near Quebec, Canada, in 1852.

• Holocaust

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07396b.htm
  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.]

• Holstenius, Lucas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397a.htm
  German philologist, b. at Hamburg, 1596; d. at Rome, 2 February, 1661.

• Holtei, Karl von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397b.htm
  German novelist, poet, and dramatist; b. at Breslau, 24 January, 1798; d. in that city, 12 February, 1880.

• Holy Agony, Archconfraternity of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397c.htm
  An association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani.

• Holy Alliance

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07398a.htm
  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."

• Holy Child Jesus, Society of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07400a.htm
  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.

• Holy Childhood, Association of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07399a.htm
  A children's association for the benefit of foreign missions.

• Holy Coat

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07400b.htm
  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.

• Holy Communion

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07402a.htm
  By Communion is meant the actual reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

• Holy Cross Abbey

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07406a.htm
  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.

• Holy Cross, Congregation of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07403a.htm
  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.

• Holy Cross, Sisters Marianites of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405a.htm
  Founded in 1841, in the parish of Holy Cross near Le Mans, Sarthe, France, by a priest of the same city, Basile-Antoine Moreau.

• Holy Cross, Sisters of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405b.htm
  Mother House, St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame, Indiana.

• Holy Faith, Sisters of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407a.htm
  Founded at Dublin, in 1857, by Margaret Aylward, under the direction of Rev. John Gowan, C.M., for the care of Catholic orphans.

• Holy Family, Archconfraternity of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407b.htm
  This archconfraternity owes its origin to Henri Belletable, an officer in the Engineers' Corps, Liege, Belgium.

• Holy Family, Congregations of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407c.htm
  Details of various groups by this name.

• Holy Ghost

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07409a.htm
  The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms an integral part of her teaching on the mystery of the Holy Trinity.

• Holy Ghost, Orders of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07415a.htm
  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.

• Holy Ghost, Religious Congregations of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07416a.htm
  Several groups by this name are covered.

• Holy Humility of Mary, Sisters of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418a.htm
  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.

• Holy Infancy, Brothers of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418b.htm
  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.

• Holy Innocents

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07419a.htm
  Fairly long article on these children, and the commemoration of their martyrdom. Both Western and Eastern Christianity.

• Holy Name of Jesus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07421a.htm
  Reverence for the name of Jesus is not optional for believers. Article highlights the Scriptural reasons, and describes some customary ways of showing reverence.

• Holy Name, Feast of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07420a.htm
  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.

• Holy Name, Society of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07420b.htm
  A.k.a. Holy Name Society. Men's confraternity to encourage prayer.

• Holy Oils

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07421b.htm
  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.

• Holy Oils, Vessels for

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07422a.htm
  In Christian antiquity there existed an important category of vessels used as receptacles for holy oil.

• Holy Saturday

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07424a.htm
  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.

• Holy See

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07424b.htm
  A term derived from the enthronement-ceremony of the bishops of Rome.

• Holy Sepulchre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07425a.htm
  The tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death upon the Cross.

• Holy Sepulchre, Canonesses Regular of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427a.htm
  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.

• Holy Sepulchre, Fathers of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427b.htm
  Franciscan Fathers, who with lay brothers keep watch over the Holy Sepulchre and the sanctuaries of the basilica.

• Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427c.htm
  A secular confraternity which gradually grew up around the most august of the Holy Places.

• Holy Synod

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07428a.htm
  The name of the council by which the Church of Russia and, following its example, many other Orthodox Churches are governed.

• Holy Water

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07432a.htm
  In the earliest Christian times, water was used for expiatory and purificatory purposes, to a way analogous to its employment under the Jewish Law.

• Holy Water Fonts

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07433a.htm
  Vessels intended for the use of holy water.

• Holy Week

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07435a.htm
  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.

• Holyrood Abbey

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07423a.htm
  Located in Edinburgh, Scotland; founded in 1128 by King David I for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, probably brought from St. Andrews.

• Holywell

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07438a.htm
  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.

• Holywood, Christopher

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07439a.htm
  Jesuit; b. At Artane, Dublin, in 1559; d. 4 September, 1626.

• Holzhauser, Bartholomew

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07439b.htm
  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.

• Homes

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07440a.htm
  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.

• Homicide

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07441a.htm
  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.

• Homiletics

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07443a.htm
  Lengthy historical article. Includes extensive bibliography.

• Homiliarium

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07447a.htm
  A collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels.

• Homily

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07448a.htm
  Etymology, early development. Also a summary of four ways of preaching on Scripture.

• Homoousion

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07449a.htm
  The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ.

• Honduras

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07449b.htm
  The territory of the vicariate is co-extensive with that of the British Crown Colony of the same name.

• Hong-Kong

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07450a.htm
  A prefect Apostolic under the Bishop of Macao was nominated by Gregory XVI (1846); a vicariate Apostolic was created in 1874.

• Honoratus a Sancta Maria

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07451b.htm
  A Discalced Carmelite; born at Limoges, 4 July, 1651 ; died at Lille, 1729.

• Honoratus, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07451a.htm
  Founder of the famous monastery at Lérins, Archbishop of Arles, d. 429.

• Honorius I, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07452b.htm
  Reigned 625-638.

• Honorius II, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07456a.htm
  Archdeacon of Bologna. Died at Rome, 14 February, 1130.

• Honorius III, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07457a.htm
  Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227.

• Honorius IV, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07459a.htm
  Born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, 3 April, 1287.

• Honorius of Autun

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07461a.htm
  A theologian, philosopher, and encyclopedic writer who lived in the first half of the twelfth century.

• Honorius, Flavius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07460a.htm
  Roman Emperor, d. 25 August, 423.

• Honorius, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07452a.htm
  Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 653.

• Honour

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07462a.htm
  May be defined as the deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or station.

• Hontheim, Johannes Nicolaus von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07463a.htm
  An auxiliary Bishop of Trier; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at Montquentin, near Orval, 2 Sept., 1790.

• Hood

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07464a.htm
  A flexible, conical, brimless head-dress, covering the entire head, except the face.

• Hoogstraten, Jacob van

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07464b.htm
  A theologian and controversialist, born about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, Belgium; died in Cologne, 24 January, 1527.

• Hooke, Luke Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465a.htm
  Born at Dublin in 1716; died at St. Cloud, Paris, 16 April, 1796, son of Nathaniel Hooke the historian.

• Hope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465b.htm
  The desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it.

• Hope-Scott, James Robert

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07467a.htm
  Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. 15 July, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d. in London, 29 April, 1873.

• Hopi Indians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07468a.htm
  A tribe of Pueblo Indians of Shoshonean stock.

• Hôpital, Guillaume-François-Antoine de L'

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07469a.htm
  Marquis de Sainte-Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at Paris, 2 February, 1704.

• Hopkins, Gerard Manley

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16045b.htm
  Jesuit and poet. (1844-1889)

• Hormisdas, Pope Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07470a.htm
  Died 523. The father of Pope Silverius.

• Hornyold, John Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07471b.htm
  A titular Bishop of Phiomelia, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, England; born 19 February, 1706; died at Longbirch, Staffordshire, 26 December, 1778.

• Hortulus Animæ

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472a.htm
  A prayer book popular in the early years of the sixteenth century.

• Hosanna

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472b.htm
  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 people were commanded to "rejoice before the Lord" (Lev., xxiii, 40); and on the seventh day it was recited each time during the seven processions.

• Hosius of Cordova

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475a.htm
  The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; born about 256; died about 358.

• Hosius, Stanislaus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07473a.htm
  Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Ermland; born of German parents at Cracow, 5 May, 1504; died at Capranica, near Rome, S August, 1579.

• Hospice

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475b.htm
  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.

• Hospital Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07488a.htm
  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.

• Hospitality

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475c.htm
  In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West.

• Hospitallers

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07476a.htm
  During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout, religious of both sexes lived under one roof, following the Rule of St. Augustine.

• Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07477a.htm
  The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration.

• Hospitals

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07480a.htm
  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.

• Hospitius, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489a.htm
  Popularly known as Sospis. A hermit, he died in 581.

• Hossche, Sidron de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489b.htm
  Poet and priest; born at Mercken, West Flanders, in 1596; died at Tongres in 1653.

• Host

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489d.htm
  Archaeological and historical aspects.

• Host, Johann

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489c.htm
  One of the seven Dominicans, who distinguished themselves in the struggle against Luther in Cologne.

• Hottentots

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07497a.htm
  One of three tribes of South Africa which may be divided Bantus, Hottentots, and Bushmen.

• Houbigant, Charles François

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07498a.htm
  Oratorian, one of the ablest Biblical scholars of his time. Born in Paris, 1686; died there 31 October, 1783.

• Houdon, Jean-Antoine

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07499a.htm
  Born at Versailles, 1741; died 16 July, 1828; the most distinguished sculptor of France during the latter half of the eighteenth century.

• Houdry, Vincent

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07499b.htm
  Preacher and writer on ascetics; b. 23 January, 1631, at Tours; d. 21 March, 1729, at Paris.

• Houghton, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07500a.htm
  Archbishop of Dublin, date and place of birth unknown; died at Dijon, 1298.

• Hours, Canonical

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07500b.htm
  Essay on the practice of reciting the Divine Office according to set hours.

• Hove, Peter van

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502a.htm
  Friar Minor, lector in theology and exegete; b. at Rethy, in Campine (Belgium); d. at Antwerp, in 1793.

• Howard, Mary, of the Holy Cross

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502b.htm
  Poor Clare, born 28 December, 1653; died at Rouen, 21 Mary's 1735.

• Howard, Philip Thomas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502c.htm
  Dominican and cardinal, commonly called the "Cardinal of Norfolk"; born at Arundel House, London, 21 September, 1629; died at Rome, 17 June, 1694.

• Hroswitha

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07504b.htm
  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.

• Huajuápam de León

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07505a.htm
  Diocese in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected by Bull of Leo XIII.

• Huanuco

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506a.htm
  Suffragan of Lima in Peru.

• Huaraz

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506b.htm
  Suffragan of Lima. It comprises the entire department of Ancachs in the Republic of Peru.

• Huber, Alphons

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506c.htm
  Historian; born 14 October, 1834, at Fügen, Zillerthal (Tyrol); died 23 November, 1898, at Vienna.

• Hubert Walter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508c.htm
  Archbishop of Canterbury (1193-1205); died 13 July, 1205.

• Hubert, Jean-François

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508a.htm
  The ninth Bishop of Quebec, born at Quebec, 23 February, 1739; died 17 October, 1799.

• Hubert, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07507a.htm
  Confessor, first bishop of Liège, d. 727 or 728.

• Hubert, Saint, Military Orders of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508b.htm
  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.

• Hübner, Alexander, Count

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07509a.htm
  An Austrian statesman, born 26 Nov., 1811; died 30 July, 1892.

• Huc, Evariste Régis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510a.htm
  A French Lazarist missionary and traveller; born at Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne), 1 June, 1813; died at Paris, 26 March, 1860.

• Hucbald of St-Amand

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510b.htm
  A Benedictine monk; born in 840; died in 930 or 932.

• Huddleston, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07511a.htm
  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.

• Hueber, Fortunatus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512a.htm
  A Franciscan historian and theologian, born at Neustadt on the Danube; died 12 Feb., 1706, at Munich.

• Huelgas de Burgos

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512b.htm
  Founded by Alfonso VIII at the instance of his consort, Doña Leonor of England, about the year 1180.

• Huesca

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513a.htm
  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.

• Huet, Pierre-Daniel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513b.htm
  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.

• Hüffer, Hermann

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07514a.htm
  Historian and jurist; born 24 March, 1830, at Münster in Westphalia; died at Bonn, 15 March, 1905.

• Hug, Johann Leonhard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515a.htm
  A German Catholic exegete, b. at Constance, 1 June, 1765; d. at Freiburg im Br., 11 March, 1846.

• Hugh Capet

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515c.htm
  King of France, founder of the Capetian dynasty, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. about 996, probably 24 October.

• Hugh Faringdon, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07518a.htm
  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.

• Hugh Green, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06776a.htm
  An English priest who had converted to Catholicism. He was martyred in a brutal way in 1642.

• Hugh of Digne

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07518b.htm
  Friar Minor and ascetical writer; b. at Digne, south-east France, date uncertain; d. at Marseilles about 1285.

• Hugh of Flavigny

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519a.htm
  Benedictine monk and historian; b. about 1064, probably at Verdun (Lorraine); d. before the middle of the twelfth century.

• Hugh of Fleury

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519b.htm
  Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer; d. not before 1118.

• Hugh of Lincoln, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519c.htm
  Biography of this Augustinian and later a Carthusian, d. 1200, canonized 1220.

• Hugh of Remiremont

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521a.htm
  Cardinal, born of a noble family, probably in Lorraine, died soon after 1098.

• Hugh of St-Cher

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521b.htm
  Dominican cardinal. (1200-1263)

• Hugh of St. Victor

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521c.htm
  Lengthy essay on the life and writings of this philosopher, theologian, and mystical writer.

• Hugh of Strasburg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07523a.htm
  Theologian, flourished during the latter half of the thirteenth century.

• Hugh Taylor, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468a.htm
  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.

• Hugh the Great, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07524a.htm
  Biographical article on the distinguished and influential Abbot of Cluny, d. 1109.

• Hugh, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515b.htm
  Article on Little St. Hugh of Lincoln.

• Hughes, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07516a.htm
  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.

• Hugo, Charles-Hyacinthe

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07526a.htm
  Historiographer of the Norbertine Order. (1667-1739)

• Huguccio

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527a.htm
  Italian canonist, b. at Pisa, date unknown; d. in 1210.

• Huguenots

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527b.htm
  An extensive history of this French Protestant tradition.

• Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Baroness von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07537a.htm
  Biographical article on "Germany's greatest poetess."

• Hulst, Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538a.htm
  A prelate, writer, orator; born at Paris, 10 Oct., 1841; died there, 6 Nov., 1896.

• Humanism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538b.htm
  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.

• Humbert of Romans

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542a.htm
  Fifth Dominican master general. (1194-1277)

• Humeral Veil

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542b.htm
  The name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ft. wide.

• Humiliati

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543a.htm
  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 nobles of the cities implicated back to Germany as captives.

• Humility

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543b.htm
  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.

• Humphrey Middlemore, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07544a.htm
  English Carthusian priest and martyr, was executed in 1535 for unwillingness to take the oath of supremacy.

• Hungarian Catholics in America

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07545b.htm
  Information about immigrants from this country.

• Hungarian Literature

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07560a.htm
  History from the pre-Reformation period to the modern period.

• Hungary

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07547a.htm
  History of the country.

• Hunolt, Franz

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07562a.htm
  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.

• Hunter, Sylvester Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563b.htm
  English Jesuit priest and educator; b. at Bath, 13 Sept., 1829; d. at Stonyhurst, 20 June, 1896.

• Hunting, Canons on

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563c.htm
  From early times, hunting, in one form or another has been forbidden to clerics.

• Huntington, Jedediah Vincent

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564a.htm
  Clergyman, novelist; born 20 January, 1815, in New York City; died 10 March, 1862, at Pau, France.

• Hunyady, János

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564b.htm
  Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456.

• Huron Indians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07565a.htm
  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 territorially, within historical times, as did the Tuskaroras, the Cherokees, and the Andastes.

• Hurtado, Caspar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583b.htm
  A Spanish Jesuit and theologian, b. at Mondejar, New Castle, in 1575; d. at Alcalá, 5 August, 1647.

• Hurter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583c.htm
  Several members of this family detailed.

• Hus, Jan

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07584b.htm
  Biographical article, with extensive hyperlinks.

• Husenbeth, Frederick Charles

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07589a.htm
  Writer and editor, born at Bristol, 30 May, 1796; died at Cossey, Norfolk, 31 October, 1872.

• Hussey, Thomas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07590a.htm
  Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at Tramore, Co. Waterford, 11 July, 1803.

• Hussites

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07585a.htm
  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 their leaders.

• Hutton, Peter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07590b.htm
  Priest, b. at Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 29 June, 1811; d. at Ratcliffe, Leicestershire, England, 2 Sept., 1880.

• Huysmans, Joris Karl

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591a.htm
  French novelist. (1848-1907)

• Hyacinth, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591b.htm
  Polish Dominican, died in 1257.

• Hyacintha Mariscotti, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591c.htm
  Third Order Franciscan, founder of the Oblates of Mary (Sacconi), died 1640.

• Hydatius of Lemica

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07592a.htm
  Chronicler and bishop. (d. 468)

• Hyderabad-Deccan, Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07592b.htm
  Hyderabad, also called Bhagnagar, and Fakhunda Bunyad, capital of the Nizam's dominions, was founded in 1589, by Mohammed Kuli, King of Golconda.

• Hyginus, Pope Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07593a.htm
  Greek by birth, the successor of Pope Telesphorus. Died in about 142.

• Hylozoism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07594a.htm
  The doctrine according to which all matter possesses life.

• Hymn

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07595a.htm
  A derivative of the Latin hymnus, which comes from the Greek hymnos, derived from hydein, to sing.

• Hymnody and Hymnology

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07596a.htm
  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-philogical investigation and aesthetic estimation of hymns and hymn writers.

• Hypnotism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07604b.htm
  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.

• Hypocrisy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610a.htm
  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.

• Hypostatic Union

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610b.htm
  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.

• Hypsistarians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611a.htm
  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.

• Hypæpa

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07604a.htm
  Titular see of Asia Minor.

• Hyrtl, Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611b.htm
  Austrian anatomist, b. at Eisenstadt in Hungary, December 7, 1810; d. 17 July, 1894, on his estate near Vienna.

• Hyssop

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07612a.htm
  A plant which is referred to in a few passages of Holy Writ, and which cannot be identified with certainty at the present day.

 

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