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• Jaca, Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08260a.htm
  Located in the Spanish province of Huesca. Jaca, the chief town of the mountain district of Sobrarbe.

• Jackson, Henry Moore

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08260b.htm
  Knight, born in Grenada, 1849; died in London, 29 August, 1908.

• Jacob

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm
  The son of Isaac and Rebecca, third great patriarch of the chosen people, and the immediate ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Jacob of Jüterbogk

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261b.htm
  Theologian and canonist, born of poor parents near Jüterbogk, Brandenburg, Germany, 1381; died at Erfurt in 1465.

• Jacobus de Teramo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08262a.htm
  Canonist and bishop, born in 1349 at Teramo in Italy; died in 1417 in Poland.

• Jacopo de Voragine, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08262b.htm
  Became a Dominican at a very early age, was a renowned preacher, provincial, and then Archbishop of Genoa. He died in about 1298. Biographical article.

• Jacopone da Todi, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08263a.htm
  More properly called Jacopo Benedetti. Biographical article on the lawyer, widower, Franciscan poet sympathetic to the Spirituals, who died about 1306.

• Jacotot, Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08265a.htm
  French educator, b. at Dijon, March, 1770; d. at Paris, 30 July, 1840.

• Jacques de Vitry

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08266a.htm
  Historian of the crusades, cardinal Bishop of Acre, later of Tusculum, b. at Vitry-sur-Seine, near Paris, probably about 1160; d. at Rome, 1240.

• Jacquier, François

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08266b.htm
  French mathematician and physicist, born at Vitry-le-Francois, 7 June, 1711; died at Rome, 3 July, 1788.

• Jaén

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267a.htm
  Diocese in Southern Spain.

• Jaenbert

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267b.htm
  Thirteenth Archbishop of Canterbury; died at Canterbury 11 or 12 August, 791.

• Jaffa

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08268a.htm
  A titular see in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

• Jaffna, Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08269a.htm
  Situated in the northern portion of Ceylon, Jaffna comprises the northern and north-central provinces of the island.

• Jainism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08269b.htm
  A form of religion intermediate between Brahminism and Buddhism, originated in India in pre-Christian times.

• Jamaica

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08270a.htm
  The largest of the British West Indian islands, situated in the Caribbean Sea.

• Jamay, Denis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08275a.htm
  Franciscan, missionary, date and place of birth unknown; died in France, 1625; an important figure in the early history of the Church in Canada.

• James Bell, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02411a.htm
  Ordained priest in Mary's reign, served the Established Church under Queen Elizabeth, but returned to the Catholic Church and became a missionary. He was martyred along with a layman, John Finch, in 1584.

• James Duckett, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05182b.htm
  Convert to Catholicism, publisher and bookseller, martyred in 1601.

• James of Brescia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08277a.htm
  Theologian of the fifteenth century.

• James of Edessa

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08277b.htm
  A celebrated Syrian writer, b. most likely in A.D. 633; d. 5 June, 708.

• James of Sarugh

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278a.htm
  A writer of the Syrian Church.

• James of the Marches, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278b.htm
  Surnamed Gangala, civil lawyer, Franciscan priest, d. 1476.

• James Primadicci

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279a.htm
  Born at Bologna; died in the same city in 1460.

• James the Greater, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279b.htm
  What can be known of St. James, son of Zebedee and brother of John, from Scripture. Also discusses the tradition that St. James preached in Spain and that his body was translated to Compostela.

• James the Less, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08280a.htm
  Identifies James the Less with James the Apostle, son of Alpheus, and with James the brother of the Lord.

• James Thompson, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08281a.htm
  Also called James Hudson. Priest who was imprisoned and then martyred at York in 1582.

• James, Epistle of Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08275b.htm
  The author is commonly identified with the Lord's brother, the Bishop of Jerusalem; the view that the Lord's brother must be identified with James, the son of Alpheus, is by far the most probable.

• Janauschek, Leopold

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282a.htm
  Cistercian, born at Brünn, Moravia, 13 October, 1827; died 23 July, 1898, at Baden, near Vienna.

• Jandel, Alexandre Vincent

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282b.htm
  General of the Dominican order, born at Gerbevilliers (Lorraine), 18 July, 1810; died at Rome, 11 December, 1872.

• Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282c.htm
  Biography of the widowed baroness, mother, founder of the Congregation of the Visitation, who died in 1641.

• Janner, Ferdinand

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08283a.htm
  Theologian, born at Hirschau, in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria), 4 Feb., 1836; died 1 November, 1895.

• Janow, Matthew of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284a.htm
  A medieval ecclesiastical author, born in the fourteenth century in Bohemia; died at Prague, 30 Nov., 1394.

• Jansen, Cornelius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284b.htm
  Exegete, born at Hulst, Flanders, 1510; died at Ghent, 11 April, 1576.

• Jansenius and Jansenism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08285a.htm
  The subject of this article lived three-quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638.

• Janssen, Johann

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284c.htm
  Historian, born 10 April, 1829, at Kanten, Germany; died 24 December, 1891, at Frankfort-on-the-Main.

• Janssens, Abraham

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08294a.htm
  Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp about 1573; d. probably in the same place about 1631.

• Janssens, Johann Hermann

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08294b.htm
  Catholic theologian, b. at Maeseyck, Belgium, 7 Dec., 1783; d. at Engis, 23 May, 1853.

• Januarius, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08295a.htm
  Bishop of Beneventum, martyr, believed to have died in the Diocletian persecution, c. 305. Article has a lengthy discussion of the liquefaction of the saint's blood.

• Japan

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08297a.htm
  Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north-west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent.

• Jarcke, Karl Ernst

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323a.htm
  Born 10 November, 1801, at Danzig, Prussia; died 27 December, 1852, at Vienna. He belonged to a Protestant merchant family. He took up the study of jurisprudence, and became at an early age professor of criminal law at Bonn and later in Berlin.

• Jaricot, Pauline-Marie

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323b.htm
  Foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Association of the Living Rosary, born at Lyons, 22 July, 1799; died there, 9 January, 1862.

• Jarlath, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323c.htm
  Studied under St. Benen, founded a college at Cloonfush, was noted for his fasting, died about 540.

• Jaro

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323d.htm
  Diocese in the Philippine Islands, formerly a part of the Diocese of Cebú, was made a separate diocese on 27 May, 1865.

• Jarric, Pierre de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08324a.htm
  Missionary writer, born at Toulouse in 1566; d. at Saintes, 2 March, 1617.

• Jason

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08324c.htm
  A Greek name adopted by many Jews whose Hebrew designation was Joshua (Jesus). In the Old Testament, it is applied to three or four persons connected with the period of the Machabees.

• Jassus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325a.htm
  A titular see of Caria, and suffragan of Aphrodisias.

• Jassy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325b.htm
  Diocese in Rumania.

• Jauregui, Juan de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325c.htm
  A Spanish painter and poet, born at Seville c. 1570, or, according to some, as late as 1583; died at Madrid c. 1640-1.

• Jealousy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326b.htm
  Taken to be synonymous with envy.

• Jean de Brébeuf, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02751b.htm
  Biographical article on the Jesuit missionary and martyr.

• Jean Eudes, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05596a.htm
  French missionary, religious founder, writer, d. 1680.

• Jean Louis Bonnard, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02674a.htm
  Short biography of the French missionary priest and martyr, d. 1852.

• Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326c.htm
  The Curé of Ars, d. 1869.

• Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08327a.htm
  Vincentian priest, missionary to China, where he was tortured and martyred in 1840.

• Jeanne de Valois, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08327b.htm
  Biography of St. Jeanne, also known as Jéhanne de France or Jane of Valois, queen, founder of the Annonciades. She died in 1505.

• Jeaurat, Edmond

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08328a.htm
  French engraver, b. at Vermenton, near Auxerre, 1688; d. at Paris, 1738.

• Jedburgh

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08328b.htm
  Augustinian abbey, in the town of the same name, established as a priory by David I, King of Scots, in 1118, and colonized by Canons Regular of St. Augustine from the Abbey of St-Quentin, at Beauvais, France.

• Jehoshaphat

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502c.htm
  Fourth King of Juda after the schism of the Ten Tribes.

• Jehoshaphat, Valley of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08503a.htm
  Mentioned in only one passage of the Bible (Joel, iii-Heb. text, iv).

• Jehovah

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08329a.htm
  Proper name of God in the Old Testament.

• Jehu

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332a.htm
  The derivation of the name is uncertain. By some it is translated "Yahweh is he". Several by this name are noted in the article.

• Jemez Pueblo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332b.htm
  An Indian pueblo situated upon the north bank of the river of the same name about twenty miles north-west of Bernalillo, New Mexico.

• Jeningen, Venerable Philipp

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332c.htm
  Born at Eichstätt, Bavaria, 5 January, 1642;d, at Ellwangen, 8 February, 1704. Entering the Society of Jesus, 19 January, 1663, he became a most successful popular missionary at the shrine of Our Lady of Schönenberg, near Ellwangen in Swabia.

• Jenks, Silvester

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332d.htm
  Theologian, born in Shropshire, c. 1656; died in December, 1714.

• Jennings, Sir Patrick Alfred

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333a.htm
  An Australian statesman, b. at Newry, Ireland, 1831; d. July, 1897.

• Jephte

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333b.htm
  One of the judges of Israel. The story of Jephte is narrated in chapters xi and xii of the Book of Judges.

• Jeremias

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333c.htm
  Name of several Old Testament figures.

• Jeremias the Prophet

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08334a.htm
  Background information on his era. His life and mission. Analysis of the Biblical book which bears his name.

• Jericho

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08339a.htm
  Three cities of this name have successively occupied sites in the same neighbourhood.

• Jeroboam

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08340a.htm
  Name of two Israelitish kings.

• Jerome Emiliani, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08343a.htm
  Soldier, priest, founder of the Order of Somascha, d. 1537.

• Jerome, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm
  Lengthy article on the life and works of St. Jerome.

• Jerusalem (71-1099)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08355a.htm
  History in several periods to the first crusade.

• Jerusalem (After 1291)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08364a.htm
  The Latin dominion over Jerusalem really came to an end on 2 October, 1187, when the city opened its gates to Saladin (Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Salah-ed-din, Emir of Egypt, 1169-93); although fragments of the Latin kingdom in Palestine lasted into another century.

• Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08344a.htm
  This article deals with the destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption.

• Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of (1099-1291)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08361a.htm
  Founded as a result of the First Crusade, in 1099. Destroyed a first time by Saladin in 1187, it was re-established around Saint-Jean d'Acre and maintained until the capture of that city in 1291.

• Jerusalem, Liturgy of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08371a.htm
  The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch.

• Jesi

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08372a.htm
  Diocese in the Province of Ancona, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See.

• Jesu Dulcis Memoria

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047b.htm
  A poem ranging from forty two to fifty three stanzas (in various manuscripts), to form the three hymns of the Office of the Holy Name.

• Jesuit Apologetic

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14103a.htm
  The accusations brought against the Society have been exceptional for their frequency and fierceness.

• Jesuit Generals Prior to the Suppression

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14084a.htm
  Details of several who held the position.

• Jesuit's Bark

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08372b.htm
  On account of its alkaloids, is the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria.

• Jesuits, Distinguished

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14109a.htm
  A list without details of the Jesuits. Does include links to articles when there is one about the person.

• Jesuits, History of the (1773-1814)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14099a.htm
  The execution of the Brief of Suppression having been largely left to local bishops, there was room for a good deal of variety in the treatment the Jesuits might receive in different places.

• Jesuits, History of the (1814-1912)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14100a.htm
  Pius VII had resolved to restore the Society during his captivity in France; and after his return to Rome he did so with little delay.

• Jesuits, History of the (pre-1750)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14086a.htm
  Includes details of activities in various countries.

• Jesuits, Suppression of the (1750-1773)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14096a.htm
  The most difficult part of the history of the Society.

• Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy Childhood of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374b.htm
  Several groups detailed.

• Jesus Christ

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374c.htm
  An index of articles on the subject.

• Jesus Christ, Character of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08382a.htm
  The surpassing eminence of the character of Jesus has been acknowledged by men of the most varied type.

• Jesus Christ, Chronology of the Life of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08377a.htm
  Includes absolute and relative chronologies.

• Jesus Christ, Early Historical Documents on

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08375a.htm
  Divided into three classes: pagan sources, Jewish sources, and Christian sources.

• Jesus Christ, Origin of the Name of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374x.htm
  Article examines the name Jesus and Christ separately.

• Jesus Mary, Religious of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08385a.htm
  Founded at Lyons, France, in October, 1818, by Claudine Thevenet, in religion, Mother St. Ignatius.

• Jesus, Daughters of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374a.htm
  Founded at Kermaria, in the Diocese of Vannes, France, in 1834, for the care of the sick poor, and the education of girls.

• Jews (as a Religion)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08399a.htm
  Judaism designates the religious communion which survived the destruction of the Jewish nation by the Assyrians and the Babylonians.

• Jews, History of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08386a.htm
  Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races; the latter, the creed and worship of the Jews in contrast to Christianity and others.

• Jezabel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08404a.htm
  Wife of Achab, King of Israel.

• Jíbaro Indians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08405a.htm
  An important tribal group of Ecuador, comprising a great number of small subtribes speaking a common language with dialectic variants, and together constituting a distinct linguistic stock.

• Joachim of Flora, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406c.htm
  Article on this Cistercian abbot, mystic, regarded as a prophet, d. 1202.

• Joachim, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm
  According to apocryphal literature, the father of Mary.

• Joan of Arc, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409c.htm
  Her brief life, her trial and death, swift rehabilitation, and her beatification in 1909.

• Joan, Popess

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08407a.htm
  The fable about a female pope, who afterwards bore the name of Johanna (Joan), is first noticed in the middle of the thirteenth century.

• Joanna of Portugal, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409a.htm
  Princess, Dominican, d. 1490.

• Joannes de Sacrobosco

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409b.htm
  John Holywood, a monk of English origin, lived in the first half of the thirteenth century as professor of astronomy at Paris; died in that city, 1256.

• Job

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08413a.htm
  One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it.

• Jocelin

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418a.htm
  Cistercian monk and Bishop of Glasgow; d. at Melrose Abbey in 1199.

• Jocelin de Brakelond

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418b.htm
  An English chronicler, of the late twelfth century.

• Jocelin of Wells

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418c.htm
  Bishop of Bath and Wells, d. 19 Nov., 1242.

• Joel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08419a.htm
  Profile of the Old Testament prophet and analysis of the book bearing his name.

• Joest, Jan

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08420a.htm
  Dutch painter, b. at Calcker, or Calcar, about 1460; d. at Haarlem in 1519.

• Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079b.htm
  Bishop of Trent, d. 1860.

• John Adams, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135e.htm
  A convert to Catholicism, he was martyred at Tyburn in 1586.

• John Almond, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328d.htm
  Biographical sketch of the martyr.

• John Amias, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428b.htm
  Cloth merchant, widower, priest, martyred 1589.

• John and Paul, Saints

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08443a.htm
  Roman martyrs, c. 362.

• John Baptist de la Salle, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08444a.htm
  Essay on the founder of the Christian Brothers.

• John Baptist de Rossi, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08449a.htm
  Priest, canon, preacher, d. 1764.

• John Beche, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02381a.htm
  Benedictine abbot. When Beche refused to grant that the king had any authority to confiscate St. John's Abbey, Colchester, he was thrown in the Tower on charges of treason. Though weak, he gained the crown of martyrdom in 1539.

• John Berchmans, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08450a.htm
  Biography of this Jesuit, always pious, who died in 1621 at the age of 22.

• John Bodey, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02608c.htm
  Short biography of the English layman and martyr, who died in 1583.

• John Boste, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02702a.htm
  Or John Boast. Priest, martyred at Durham in 1594. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

• John Britton, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02793c.htm
  Also called John Bretton. Short biography of the layman and martyr.

• John Buckley, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08451a.htm
  Alias John Jones. Welsh Franciscan priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1598.

• John Cantius, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08451b.htm
  Polish priest, professor of Sacred Scripture, d. 1473.

• John Capistran, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452a.htm
  Lawyer, governor, ambassador, became a Franciscan priest and a renowned preacher, died in 1456.

• John Chrysostom, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452b.htm
  Long biographical article on this bishop and Doctor of the Church.

• John Climacus, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08457a.htm
  Sometimes called Scholasticus or the Sinaita. Article on the sixth-century Syrian abbot of Mt. Sinai. He is called "Climacus" because he wrote the spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," "Klimax" being the Greek for "ladder."

• John Colombini, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08458a.htm
  Sienese husband and father whose life was transformed by reading the life of St. Mary of Egypt. Founder of the Jesuati. He died in 1367.

• John Cornelius and Companions, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459a.htm
  Cornelius, born of Irish parents in Cornwall, studied for the priesthood at Reims. For 10 years he worked as a missionary in England till he was martyred in 1594 for being a Catholic priest, and three companions were also martyred for aiding him.

• John Damascene, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm
  Lengthy biographical article on the last of the Greek Fathers.

• John de Britto, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08461a.htm
  Portuguese Jesuit missionary to India, martyr, d. 1693.

• John Duckett, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05183b.htm
  Biographical sketch of the English priest and martyr.

• John Duns Scotus, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05194a.htm
  Called "Doctor Subtilis," Franciscan, philosopher, d. 1308.

• John Felton, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462a.htm
  Arrested, imprisoned, and tortured for having attached a copy of the papal bull excommunicating the queen to the Bishop of London's door. He died a martyr in 1570.

• John Finch, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076b.htm
  A layman, raised Protestant. As a young man he converted to Catholicism, married, served as a catechist, and made his home a center of missionary activity. Captured, he was tortured and imprisoned for three years before being martyred in 1584.

• John Finglow, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076c.htm
  Yorkshire priest, martyred in 1586.

• John Fisher, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462b.htm
  Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535.

• John Forest, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08463a.htm
  English Franciscan, served as confessor to Queen Catherine, was burned at the stake at Smithfield in 1538.

• John Francis Regis, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08464a.htm
  Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640.

• John Hambley, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07121a.htm
  More than once this priest offered to conform to the state-mandated religion, but at last he died a martyr.

• John Houghton, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08465a.htm
  Biography of the Carthusian martyr, who died in 1535, and details on some of his companions in martyrdom.

• John I, Pope Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421a.htm
  A Tuscan, was warmly received in Constantinople, but upon his return to Rome, was imprisoned by King Theodoric. Pope John died in prison in 526.

• John II, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421b.htm
  A Roman and the son of Projectus; if not born in the second region (Coelimontium) he had at least been a priest of St. Clement's Basilica.

• John III, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422a.htm
  A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574.

• John Ingram, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08008a.htm
  English priest, tortured and twice imprisoned, martyred in 1594.

• John IV, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422b.htm
  A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius.

• John IX, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08425a.htm
  Reigned 898-900.

• John Joseph of the Cross, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466a.htm
  Italian Franciscan priest, had the gift of miracles, d. 1739.

• John Kemble, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08616a.htm
  Biography of the priest and martyr, who died in 1679.

• John Larke, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466b.htm
  Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543/4, along with another priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner.

• John Lloyd, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09316b.htm
  Welsh priest and martyr, executed at Cardiff in 1679. Article also has information on his fellow martyr the Jesuit Philip Evans.

• John Lockwood, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09322a.htm
  Short biographical article on the English priest and martyr.

• John Malalas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466c.htm
  A Monophysite Byzantine chronicler of the sixth century.

• John Martin Moye, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10609a.htm
  Biography of the founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, and missionary to China. He died in 1793.

• John Nelson, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466d.htm
  Jesuit priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1577/8.

• John Nepomucene, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08467a.htm
  Biography of the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, who was tortured and then thrown into the Moldau and drowned, by order of King Wenceslaus IV, in 1393.

• John of Antioch

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08468a.htm
  There are four persons commonly known by this name.

• John of Avila, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08469a.htm
  Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569.

• John of Beverley, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08469b.htm
  Benedictine bishop of Hexham and later of York, monastic founder, d. 721.

• John of Biclaro

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470a.htm
  Chronicler, born in Portugal, probably about the middle of the sixth century; died after 621.

• John of Cornwall

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470b.htm
  Lived about 1176. Author of a treatise written against the doctrine of Abelard.

• John of Ephesus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470c.htm
  Syriac historian, born at Amida (Diarbekir, on the upper Tigris), about 505; d. about 585.

• John of Falkenberg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08471a.htm
  Author, b. at Falkenberg, Pomerania, Prussia, date unknown; d. about 1418 in Italy.

• John of Fécamp

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08471b.htm
  Ascetic writer, b. near Ravenna about the beginning of the eleventh century; d. at Fécamp, Normandy, 22 February, 1079.

• John of Fermo, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472a.htm
  Also known as John of La Verna. Franciscan, a friend of Jacopone of Todi. John died in 1322.

• John of Genoa

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472b.htm
  Grammarian; born at Genoa, date unknown; died there about 1298.

• John of God, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472c.htm
  Portuguese shepherd, soldier, bookseller, finally found his niche caring for the health of the poor in Granada, became de facto founder of a religious order, d. 1550.

• John of Hauteville

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08473a.htm
  Moralist and satirical poet of the twelfth century (flourished about 1184).

• John of Janduno

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08473b.htm
  An Averroistic philosopher, theologian, and political writer of the fourteenth century.

• John of Montecorvino

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08474a.htm
  A Franciscan and founder of the Catholic mission in China, b. at Montecorvino in Southern Italy, in 1246; d. at Peking, in 1328.

• John of Montesono

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08474b.htm
  Theologian and controversialist, born at Monzón, Spain; dates of birth and death unknown.

• John of Nikiû

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475a.htm
  An Egyptian chronicler who flourished in the latter part of the seventh century.

• John of Paris

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475b.htm
  Theologian and controversialist; born at Paris, date unknown; died at Bordeaux, 22 September, 1306.

• John of Parma, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475c.htm
  Franciscan, professor of theology, Minister General, peacemaker, d. 1289.

• John of Ragusa

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08476a.htm
  Dominican theologian. (1380-1443)

• John of Roquetaillade (de Rupescissa)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08477a.htm
  Franciscan alchemist, date of birth unknown; d. probably at Avignon, 1362.

• John of Rupella

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08477b.htm
  Franciscan theologian, b. at La Rochelle (Rupella), towards the end of the twelfth century.

• John of Sahagun, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08478a.htm
  Spanish canon, became an Augustinian hermit, d. 1479.

• John of Saint Thomas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08479b.htm
  Theologian, born at Lisbon, 9 June, 1589; died at Fraga, Spain, 17 June, 1644.

• John of Salisbury

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08478b.htm
  Article on the life and thought of this medieval philosopher, by P. Coffey.

• John of Segovia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08479a.htm
  A Spanish theologian, b. at Segovia towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. probably in 1458.

• John of the Cross, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08480a.htm
  Article on the life and teaching of this Discalced Carmelite associated with St. Teresa of Avila. Mystic, Doctor of the Church, d. 1591.

• John of Victring

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08481a.htm
  Chronicler, b. probably between 1270 and 1280; d. at Victring, Austria, 12 November, 1347.

• John of Winterthur

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08482a.htm
  Historian, born about 1300 atWinterthur (Switzerland); died subsequently to 1348, probably at Zurich.

• John Ogilvie, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11223b.htm
  Scotsman, raised Calvinist, converted to Catholicism, became a Jesuit priest and missionary to his native land, was tortured and martyred in 1615.

• John Parvus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08482b.htm
  A French theologian and professor in the University of Paris; b. most likely at Brachy, Caux, in Normandy, and certainly in the Diocese of Rouen, about 1360; d. 15 July, 1411.

• John Payne, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08483a.htm
  English priest, tortured and martyred on completely fabricated charges of conspiracy to murder the queen. Executed in 1582.

• John Pibush, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12073a.htm
  English priest and missionary to his native land, imprisoned for more than six years, on trial twice for the crime of being a priest, martyred at Waterings in 1600/1.

• John Rigby, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13055a.htm
  Rigby, an unmarried layman, appeared in court on behalf of his employer's daughter and admitted that he was himself a Catholic. He was martyred in 1600.

• John Roberts, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13098c.htm
  A Welsh Benedictine, the first prior of Downside, was arrested six times, exiled four times, and finally martyred at Tyburn in 1610.

• John Rochester, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08483b.htm
  Brief biography of this English Carthusian priest and martyr, d. 1537.

• John Ruysbroeck, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13280c.htm
  Article on the Admirable Doctor, "undoubtedly the foremost of the Flemish mystics," author, who died in 1381.

• John Sandys, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13439a.htm
  Brief account of the martyrdom of the English priest, which took place in 1586.

• John Sarkander, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484a.htm
  This priest was tortured for refusing to break the seal of confession, and died in prison in 1620.

• John Scholasticus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484b.htm
  Patriarch of Constantinople, the author of an important collection of ecclesiastical laws; b. at Sirimis near Antioch; d. 577.

• John Shert, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689d.htm
  Very brief biographical profile of the English priest, martyred in 1581.

• John Southworth, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14165a.htm
  English priest, missionary to his native land, imprisoned several times, once deported, finally martyred for the crime of being a priest. He was executed at Tyburn, 28 June, 1654.

• John Speed, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14214a.htm
  Alias John Spence. Englishman, martyred for aiding St. John Boste. Bl. John was executed at Durham in 1593/4.

• John Stone, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485a.htm
  English Augustinian friar, martyred probably in 1539.

• John Story, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485b.htm
  Or Storey. Member of Parliament, was arrested but escaped and became a Spanish subject. Kidnapped in Flanders, he was carried to the Tower, where he was tortured repeatedly. Died a martyr in 1571.

• John Sugar, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14325c.htm
  Also called John Suker. English priest, was martyred on the same day as a layman, the Bl. Robert Grissold, in 1604 after spending a year in prison.

• John Talaia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485c.htm
  Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (481-482) at the time of the Monophysite troubles.

• John the Almsgiver, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08486a.htm
  Also called John Eleemosynarius. Patriarch of Alexandria, d. 616.

• John the Baptist, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08486b.htm
  Lengthy article on the Precursor.

• John the Deacon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08491a.htm
  Article about four historians of the Middle Ages who bear this name.

• John the Evangelist, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08492a.htm
  Brother of James and son of Zebedee.

• John the Faster

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08493a.htm
  Patriarch of Constantinople (John IV, 582-595), famous chiefly through his assumption of the title "eœcumenical patriarch"; d. 2 September, 595.

• John the Silent, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08495a.htm
  Or John Hesychastes. Monk, runaway bishop of Colonia, hermit, d. 558.

• John Thulis, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711a.htm
  Lancashire priest and martyr, converted some of his fellow prisoners. Was executed together with Roger Wrenno in 1615 or 1616.

• John Twenge, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15105b.htm
  Canon regular, prior of St. Mary's, Bridlington. Miracle-worker, d. 1379.

• John V, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422c.htm
  A Syrian whose father was one Cyriacus; when he was born is not known; d. 2 August, 686.

• John VI, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423a.htm
  A Greek, the date of whose birth is unknown; d. 11 January, 705.

• John VII, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423b.htm
  Reigned 705-707.

• John VIII, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423c.htm
  Reigned 872-82.

• John Wall, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15537b.htm
  Biography of the English Franciscan priest and missionary, martyred in 1679.

• John Woodcock, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15702a.htm
  Brief biography of the English Franciscan martyr, who died in 1646.

• John X, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08425b.htm
  Born at Tossignano, Romagna; enthroned, 914; died at Rome, 928.

• John XI, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08426a.htm
  Reigned 931-935.

• John XII, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08426b.htm
  Date of birth unknown; reigned 955-64.

• John XIII, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08427a.htm
  Date of birth unknown; enthroned on 1 Oct., 965; d. 6 Sept., 972.

• John XIV, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08427b.htm
  After the death of Benedict VII, Bishop Peter Campanora of Pavia, earlier imperial chancellor of Italy, was elected pope with the consent of Emperor Otto II, and took the name of John.

• John XIX (XX), Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429b.htm
  Enthroned in 1024; d. 1032.

• John XV (XVI), Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08427c.htm
  Enthroned 985; d. April, 996.

• John XVI (XVII)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08428a.htm
  Antipope 997-998; d. probably in 1013.

• John XVII (XVIII), Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08428b.htm
  Date of birth unknown; d. 6 Nov., 1003.

• John XVIII (XIX), Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429a.htm
  Successor of John XVII, consecrated Christmas, 1003; d. June, 1009.

• John XXI (XX), Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429c.htm
  Born at Lisbon between 1210 and 1220; enthroned, 1276; died at Viterbo, 20 May, 1277.

• John XXII, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08431a.htm
  Born at Cahors in 1249; enthroned, 5 September, 1316; died at Avignon, 4 December, 1334.

• John XXIII

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08434a.htm
  Antipope. (1370-1419)

• John, Epistles of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08435a.htm
  Three canonical books of the New Testament written by the Apostle St. John.

• John, Gospel of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08438a.htm
  According to the traditional order, the Gospel of St. John occupies the last place among the four canonical Gospels.

• Johnson, Lionel Pigot

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047c.htm
  Born at Broadstairs on the Kentish coast, 15 Mar., 1867; died 4 Oct., 1902.

• Johnston, Richard Malcolm

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484c.htm
  Educator, author, b. 8 March, 1822, at Powellton, Georgia, U.S.A.; d. at Baltimore, Maryland, 23 September, 1898.

• Joinville, Jean, Sire de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08495b.htm
  Seneschal of Champagne, historian, b in 1225; d. at Joinville, 1317.

• Joliet, Louis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496a.htm
  A discoverer and the son of a wagon-maker, was born at Quebec, Canada, on 21 September 1645; d. in Canada, May 1700.

• Joliette

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496b.htm
  Diocese created by Pius X, 27 January, 1904 by division of the Archdiocese of Montreal; comprises three counties, Joliette, Berthier, and Montcalm, with four parishes of L'Assomption County.

• Jolly, Philipp Johann Gustav von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08497a.htm
  German physicist, born at Mannheim, 26 September, 1809; died at Munich, 24 December, 1884.

• Jonah

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08497b.htm
  The fifth of the Minor Prophets. Article takes a look at the Book of Jonah.

• Jonas of Bobbio

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08498a.htm
  Monk and hagiographer, b. about the close of the sixth century at Sigusia (Susa) in Piedmont; d. after 659.

• Jonas of Orléans

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08499a.htm
  Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, born in Aquitaine; died in 843 or 844.

• Jonathan

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08499b.htm
  Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament.

• Jones, Inigo

  http://newadvent.org/cathen/08500b.htm
  A biography with references of the London-born architect who drew his inspiration from the Classical forms of Italy.

• Jordan, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08501a.htm
  Formed at a point about five and a half miles below Banias, by the junction of three streams, the Jordan enters Lake Hûleh about nine and a third miles lower down.

• Jordanis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08501b.htm
  Historian, lived about the middle of the sixth century in the Eastern Roman Empire.

• Jordanus of Giano

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502a.htm
  Italian Minorite, b. at Giano in the Valley of Spoleto, c. 1195; d. after 1262.

• Jorg, Joseph Edmund

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502b.htm
  Historian and politician, b. 23 Dec., 1819 at Immenstadt (Ahgau); d. at Landshut, 18 Nov., 1901.

• Josaphat Kuncevyc, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08503b.htm
  Lithuanian-born Basilian monk and Ruthenian Rite archbishop of Polotsk, writer. He loved to make profound bows while reciting the Jesus Prayer. Martyred in 1623.

• Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08506a.htm
  The eleventh son of Jacob, the firstborn of Rachel, and the immediate ancestor of the tribes of Manasses and Ephraim.

• Joseph Anchieta, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01461c.htm
  Short biography of this famous Jesuit missionary to Brazil.

• Joseph Calasanctius of the Mother of God, Pious Workers of Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08519a.htm
  Founded at Vienna, 24 November, 1889, by Father Anton Maria Schwartz for all works of charity, but especially the apostolate among workingmen.

• Joseph Calasanctius, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08518d.htm
  Priest, founder of the Piarists, d. 1648.

• Joseph II

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08508b.htm
  German Emperor (reigned 1765-90), of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine, son and successor of Maria Theresa and Francis I.

• Joseph Lambton, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08761a.htm
  Yorkshire man, a priest, martyred at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1592.

• Joseph of Arimathea, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08520a.htm
  All that is known for certain concerning him is derived from the canonical Gospels.

• Joseph of Cupertino, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08520b.htm
  Mystic from a very young age, priest, d. 1663. Biographical article.

• Joseph of Exeter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521a.htm
  A twelfth-century Lain poet; b. at Exeter, England.

• Joseph of Issachar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08508a.htm
  A man of the tribe of Issachar, and the father of Igal who was one of the spies sent by Moses to traverse Chanaan and report on the country (Numbers 13:8).

• Joseph of Leonessa, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521b.htm
  Capuchin missionary, confessor, d. 1612.

• Joseph Oriol, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11316a.htm
  Earned a doctorate in theology, served as a parish priest, renowned for gifts of prophecy and miracles. St. Joseph died in 1702.

• Joseph Vaz, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317b.htm
  Biographical article on this 17th-century priest from Goa who was a missionary to Sri Lanka.

• Joseph's Society for Colored Missions, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521c.htm
  This organization began its labours in 1871, when four young priests from Mill Hill were put in charge of St. Francis Xavier's church, with a large congregation of black Catholics, in Baltimore. Other black missions were soon begun at Louisville, Charleston, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, and other places in the South.

• Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521d.htm
  A society of priests and laymen whose object is to labour for the conversion of heathens in foreign countries.

• Joseph, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm
  Information on the entire life of St. Joseph.

• Joseph, Sisters of Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08511a.htm
  Founded at Le Puy, in Velay, France, by the Rev. Jean-Paul Médaille of the Society of Jesus.

• Josephites

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08519b.htm
  A congregation devoted to the Christian education of youth, founded in the Diocese of Ghent (Belgium) by Canon van Crombrugghe, in 1817.

• Josephus, Flavius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08522a.htm
  Jewish historian, born A.D. 37, at Jerusalem; died about 101.

• Josias

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08523a.htm
  A pious King of Juda (639-608 B.C.), who ascended the throne when he was only eight years of age. He was the son of Amon and the grandson of Manasses.

• Josue (Joshua)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08524a.htm
  The name of eight persons in the Old Testament, and of one of the Sacred Books.

• Joubert, Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526a.htm
  French philosopher; b. at Martignac (Dordogne), 7 May, 1754, d. at Villeneuve-le-Roi (Yonne), 4 May 1824.

• Jouffroy, Claude-François-Dorothée de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526b.htm
  Mechanician, b. at Abbans, near Besançon, 30 Sept., 1751; d. at Paris, 18 July, 1832.

• Jouffroy, Jean de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526c.htm
  French prelate and statesman; b. at Luxeuil (Franche-Comté) about 1412; d. at the priory of Rulli, in the Diocese of Bourges, 24 November, 1473.

• Jouin, Louis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08527a.htm
  Linguist, philosopher, author, b. at Berlin, 14 June, 1818, d. at New York, 10 June, 1899.

• Jouvancy, Joseph de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08527b.htm
  Poet, pedagogue, philologist, and historian, b. at Paris, 14 September, 1643; d. at Rome, 29 May, 1719.

• Jouvenet, Jean

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08528a.htm
  French painter, b. at Rouen in 1644, d. at Paris, 5 April, 1717.

• Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08529a.htm
  Spanish statesman and man of letters, at Gijon, Asturias, 5 Jan., 1744, d. at Puerto de Vega on the borders of Asturias, 27 Nov., 1811.

• Jovianus, Flavius Claudius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08529b.htm
  Roman Emperor, 363-4.

• Jovinianus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08530a.htm
  An opponent of Christian asceticism in the fourth century, condemned as a heretic (390).

• Jovius, Paulus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08530b.htm
  Historian, b. at Como, Italy, 9 April, 1483, d. at Florence, 11 Dec., 1552.

• Joyeuse, Henri, Duc de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08530c.htm
  Born in 1563 and not, as is mistakenly stated in the "Biographic Michaud", in 1567; died at Rivoli, 28 Sept., 1608. He was the third son of Maréchal Guillaume de Joyeuse, and was a brother of the Admiral Anne de Joyeuse and of the prelate François de Joyeuse.

• Juan Bautista de Toledo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531a.htm
  An eminent Spanish sculptor and architect; b. at Madrid (date not known); d. there 19 May, 1567.

• Jubilate Sunday

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531b.htm
  The third Sunday after Easter.

• Jubilee, Holy Year of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531c.htm
  Background information relating to the Jubilee.

• Jubilee, Year of (Hebrew)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08534a.htm
  According to the Pentateuchal legislation contained in Leviticus, a Jubilee year is the year that follows immediately seven successive Sabbatic years (the Sabbatic year being the seventh year of a seven-year cycle).

• Jubilees, Book of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08535a.htm
  An apocryphal writing, so called from the fact that the narratives and stories contained in it are arranged throughout in a fanciful chronological system of jubilee-periods of forty-nine years each; each event is recorded as having taken place in such a week of such a month of such a Jubilee year.

• Juda

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08536a.htm
  The name of one of the Patriarchs, the name of the tribe reputed to be descended from him, the name of the territory occupied by the same, and also the name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament.

• Judaizers

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08537a.htm
  A party of Jewish Christians in the Early Church, who either held that circumcision and the observance of the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation and in consequence wished to impose them on the Gentile converts, or who at least considered them as still obligatory on the Jewish Christians.

• Judas Iscariot

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08539a.htm
  The Apostle who betrayed Jesus.

• Judas Machabeus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08541a.htm
  Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was the centre and soul of the patriotic and religious revolt of the Jews against the King of Syria (I Mach., ii, 4).

• Judde, Claude

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08542a.htm
  French preacher and spiritual father; born at Rouen, about 20 December, 1661; died at Paris, 11 March, 1735.

• Jude, Epistle of Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08542b.htm
  One of the so-called antilegomena; but, although its canonicity has been questioned in several Churches, its genuineness has never been denied.

• Judea

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08544a.htm
  It designates the part of Palestine adjacent to Jerusalem and inhabited by the Jewish community after their return from captivity.

• Judge, Ecclesiastical

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08545a.htm
  An ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense.

• Judges, The Book of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08547a.htm
  The seventh book of the Old Testament, second of the Early Prophets of the Hebrew canon.

• Judgment, Divine

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08549a.htm
  Divine judgment (judicium divinum), as an immanent act of God, denotes the action of God's retributive justice by which the destiny of rational creatures is decided according to their merits and demerits.

• Judgment, General

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08552a.htm
  To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the "Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31; Ezekiel 13:5; Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment. In the New Testament the second Parusia, or coming of Christ as Judge of the world, is an oft-repeated doctrine.

• Judgment, Particular

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08550a.htm
  The Catholic doctrine of the particular judgment is this: that immediately after death the eternal destiny of each separated soul is decided by the just judgment of God.

• Judica Sunday

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08553a.htm
  Name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, and derived from the first words of the Introit of that day.

• Judith, Book of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08554a.htm
  The book exists in distinct Greek and Latin versions, of which the former contains at least eighty-four verses more than the later.

• Julia Billiart, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08559a.htm
  Biographical article on the founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She died in 1816.

• Julian and Basilissa, Saints

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08556b.htm
  Husband and wife, of whom little is known except that he was martyred in the Diocletian persecution. According to later legend, Basilissa was the founder of a monastery.

• Julian of Eclanum

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08557b.htm
  Born about 386; died in Sicily, 454; the most learned among the leaders of the Pelagian movement and Bishop of Eclanum near Beneventum.

• Julian of Speyer

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08558a.htm
  A famous composer, poet, and historian of the thirteenth century, b. at Speyer, d. at Paris about 1250.

• Julian the Apostate

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08558b.htm
  Roman emperor 361-63, b. at Constantinople in 331, d. 26 June, 363, son of Julius Constantius, the half-brother of Constantine the Great.

• Juliana Falconieri, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08556a.htm
  Niece of St. Alexis Falconieri. She founded the Servite Third Order, and died in 1341.

• Juliana of Liège, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08556c.htm
  Devoted to the Blessed Sacrament, lobbied for the institution of the feast of Corpus Christi, d. 1258.

• Juliana of Norwich, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08557a.htm
  Biographical article on this fourteenth-century English anchoress, mystic, author. By Edmund Gardner.

• Juliana, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08555a.htm
  Martyred in the Diocletian persecution. The oldest notice says that she died near Naples; the notion that she lived in Nicomedia is strictly legendary.

• Juliopolis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08560a.htm
  Titular see in the province of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicaea.

• Julius Africanus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08565a.htm
  The father of Christian chronography.

• Julius I, Pope Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08561a.htm
  A Roman, anti-Arian, supporter of St. Athanasius. Julius died in 352.

• Julius II, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08562a.htm
  Born on 5 December, 1443, at Albissola near Savona; crowned on 28 November, 1503; died at Rome, in the night of 20-21 February, 1513.

• Julius III, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08564a.htm
  Born at Rome, 10 September, 1487; died there, 23 March, 1555.

• Jumièges, Abbey of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08566a.htm
  Founded in 634 by St. Philibert, who had been the companion of Sts. Ouen and Wandrille at the Merovingian court.

• Jungmann, Bernard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08566b.htm
  A dogmatic theologian and ecclesiastical historian, born at Münster in Westphalia, 1 March, 1833; died at Louvain, 12 Jan., 1895.

• Jungmann, Josef

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08566c.htm
  In 1850 he entered the German College at Rome, and was ordained priest in 1855. He afterwards joined the Society of Jesus.

• Junípero Serra, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13730b.htm
  Biography of the famed Franciscan priest, missionary to Mexico and California, who died in 1784.

• Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08567a.htm
  The right to guide and rule the Church of God.

• Jus Spolii

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571a.htm
  A claim, exercised in the Middle Ages, of succession to the property of deceased clerics, at least such as they had derived from their ecclesiastical benefices.

• Jussieu, De

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08569a.htm
  Name of five French botanists.

• Juste

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571b.htm
  The name conventionally applied to a family of Italian sculptors, whose real name was Betti, originally from San Martino a Mensola, near Florence.

• Justice

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571c.htm
  In its ordinary and proper sense, signifiies the most important of the cardinal virtues.

• Justification

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08573a.htm
  A biblio-ecclesiastical term; which denotes the transforming of the sinner from the state of unrighteousness to the state of holiness and sonship of God.

• Justin de Jacobis, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08578a.htm
  Italian, a Lazarist priest, titular bishop of Nilopolis, d. 1860.

• Justin Martyr, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580c.htm
  Lengthy article on the life and teachings of the apologist.

• Justinian I

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08578b.htm
  Roman Emperor (527-65).

• Justiniani, Benedetto

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580a.htm
  Theological and Biblical writer. (1550-1622)

• Justinianopolis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580b.htm
  A titular see of Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebaste.

• Justus, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586a.htm
  The first bishop of Rochester, and later the fourth archbishop of Canterbury, died possibly in 627.

• Juvencus, C. Vettius Aquilinus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586b.htm
  Fourth-century Christian Latin poet.

• Juvenile Courts

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586c.htm
  Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes or offences.

 

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