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• Rabanus, Maurus Magnentius, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12617a.htm
  Biographical article on this Benedictine, abbot of Fulda, Archbishop of Mainz, theologian, who died in 856.

• Rabbi and Rabbinism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12617b.htm
  Article covering a 1913 Catholic view of Rabbinism.

• Rabbulas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12619a.htm
  Bishop of Edessa. (d. 435)

• Rabelais, François

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12619b.htm
  Sixteenth-century French writer.

• Raccolta

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12620a.htm
  A book containing prayers and pious exercises to which the popes have attached indulgences.

• Race, Human

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12620b.htm
  Article describing the view of the human race from a 1911 Catholic perspective.

• Race, Negro

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12627a.htm
  Article describing the view of the negro race from a 1911 Catholic perspective.

• Rachel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12630a.htm
  Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, and love of Jacob.

• Racine, Jean

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12630b.htm
  Brief biography of the seventeenth-century dramatist.

• Rader, Matthew

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12631a.htm
  Philologist and historian. (1561-1634)

• Radewyns, Florens

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12631b.htm
  Co-founder of the Brethren of the Common Life. (d. 1400)

• Radowitz, Joseph Maria von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12631c.htm
  Writer and statesman. (1797-1853)

• Radulph of Rivo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12632a.htm
  Historian and liturgist. (d. 1403)

• Raffeix, Pierre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12633a.htm
  Missionary and cartographer. (1633-1724)

• Ragueneau, Paul

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12633b.htm
  Jesuit missionary. (1608-1680)

• Raich, Johann Michael

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12634a.htm
  German theologian and writer. (1832-1907)

• Raimondi, Marcantonio

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12634b.htm
  Fifteenth-and-sixteenth century Italian engraver.

• Rainald of Dassel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12634c.htm
  Chancellor of the German Empire. (d. 1167)

• Rajpootana

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12635a.htm
  Prefecture apostolic covering several Indian states.

• Râle (Rasle), Sebastian

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12635b.htm
  French Jesuit missionary to North America, and martyr. (1654-1724)

• Ralph Ashley, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776d.htm
  English Jesuit lay-brother, cook and domestic servant, was tortured and martyred in 1606.

• Ralph Corbie, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04355c.htm
  Sometimes called Ralph Corrington. An Irish-born Jesuit, martyred together with secular priest John Duckett in 1644.

• Ralph Crockett, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12636a.htm
  English priest, martyred in 1588.

• Ralph Milner, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10317a.htm
  A husband and father, convert to Catholicism, arrested the day of his first Communion, and martyred in 1591.

• Ralph Sherwin, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12636b.htm
  An English priest who was imprisoned and tortured. He died a martyr in 1581.

• Ram, Pierre François Xavier de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12636c.htm
  Belgian historian and rector of the Catholic University of Louvain. (1804-1865)

• Ramatha

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12637a.htm
  Titular see in Palestine, suppressed in 1884 by the Roman Curia.

• Rambler, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12637b.htm
  Monthly English Catholic periodical published from 1848 to 1859.

• Rameau, Jean-Philippe

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12637c.htm
  Life, summaries of religious and secular works, and commentary on his advances in music theory and composition.

• Ramsey Abbey

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12638a.htm
  English abbey founded by a Saxon noble in 969.

• Ramus, Peter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12638b.htm
  Article by William Turner on this early humanist and logician.

• Rance, Jean-Armand le Bouthillier de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12639a.htm
  French abbot and reformer. (1626-1700)

• Randall, James Ryder

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12639b.htm
  American journalist and poet. (1839-1908)

• Ransom, Feast of Our Lady of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12640a.htm
  Feast on 24 September commemorating the foundation of the Mercedarians.

• Raphael

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12640c.htm
  Italian painter. (1483-1520)

• Raphael, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12640b.htm
  Archangel appearing in the Book of Tobias.

• Raphoe

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12647a.htm
  Diocese comprising the greater part of County Donegal in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh.

• Rapin, René

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12648a.htm
  French Jesuit writer. (1621-1687)

• Raskolniks

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12648b.htm
  A generic term for dissidents from the Established Church in Russia.

• Rass, Andreas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12650a.htm
  Bishop of Strasburg. (1794-1887)

• Rathborne, Joseph

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12651a.htm
  Priest and controversialist. (1807-1842)

• Ratherius of Verona

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12651b.htm
  Writer and troubled leader of the Diocese of Verona.

• Ratio Studiorum

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12654a.htm
  The educational system of the Jesuits.

• Rationale

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12651c.htm
  Collar ornamented in the front and back with appendages worn by the Bishops of Eichstätt, Paderborn, Toul, and Cracow.

• Rationalism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12652a.htm
  Term used in an exact sense, to designate a particular moment in the development of Protestant thought in Germany, or in a broader, and more usual, sense to cover the view that the human reason, or understanding, is the sole source and final test of all truth.

• Ratisbon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12657a.htm
  German diocese embracing the greater portion of the administrative district of Oberpfalz, and portions of Upper and Lower Bavaria, and Upper Franconia.

• Ratisbonne, Maria Alphonse

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12659a.htm
  Converted Jew who built two convents in Jerusalem. (1814-1884)

• Ratisbonne, Maria Theodor

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12659b.htm
  Preacher, writer, and director of the Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers. (1802-1884)

• Ratramnus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12659c.htm
  Ninth-century Benedictine monk and author.

• Ratzeburg, Ancient See of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16070a.htm
  Ancient German diocese that was suffragan to Hamburg and embraced the Duchy of Lauenburg (Holstein) in the Prussian Province of Schleswig- Holstein, the Principality of Ratzeburg in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the western part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, including Wismar but not Schwerin.

• Ratzinger, Georg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12660a.htm
  Political economist and social reformer. (1844-1899)

• Rauscher, Joseph Othmar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12660b.htm
  Prince-Archbishop of Vienna. (1797-1875)

• Ravalli, Antonio

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12662a.htm
  Italian missionary. (1811-1884)

• Ravenna

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12662b.htm
  Archdiocese based in the capital of a province in Romagna, central Italy.

• Ravesteyn, Josse

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12667a.htm
  French theologian. (d. 1570)

• Ravignan, Gustave Xavier Lacroix de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12667b.htm
  French Jesuit, orator, and author. (1795-1858)

• Rawes, Henry Augustus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12669a.htm
  Oblate of St. Charles, hymn-writer and preacher. (1826-1885)

• Raymbault, Charles

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12669b.htm
  French missionary. (b. 1602)

• Raymond IV, of Saint-Gilles

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12669c.htm
  Count of Toulouse and of Tripoli. (d. 1105)

• Raymond Lully, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12670c.htm
  Biobibliographical article on Ramon Lull, who is called "Doctor Illuminatus."

• Raymond Martini

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12671a.htm
  Dominican, theologian and Orientalist. (1220-1284)

• Raymond Nonnatus, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12671b.htm
  Spanish Mercedarian. (1200-1240)

• Raymond of Peñafort, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12671c.htm
  Born near Barcelona, Raymond was an able canon lawyer who joined the Dominicans. He died in 1275.

• Raymond of Sabunde

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12672a.htm
  Teacher and writer. (d. 1432)

• Raymond VI

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12670a.htm
  Count of Toulouse. (1156-1222)

• Raymond VII

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12670b.htm
  Count of Toulouse and son of Raymond VI. (1197-1249)

• Raynaldi, Odorico

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12672b.htm
  Italian oratorian. (1595-1671)

• Raynaud, Théophile

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12672c.htm
  French theologian and writer. (1583-1663)

• Raynouard, François-Juste-Marie

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12672d.htm
  French poet, dramatist, and philologist. (1761-1836)

• Reading Abbey

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12673a.htm
  Abbey founded by Henry I in 1121 and located in Surrey, England.

• Reason

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12673b.htm
  Article discussing various definitions of the term.

• Recanati and Loreto

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12675a.htm
  Diocese based around the province of Ancona in Central Italy.

• Rechab and the Rechabites

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12676a.htm
  Rechab was the father of Jonadab who in IV Kings, x, 15-28, appears as a fervent supporter of Jehu's attack on the House of Achab. The Rechabites were his descendants.

• Recollection

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12676b.htm
  Recollection, as understood in respect to the spiritual life, means attention to the presence of God in the soul.

• Rector

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12676c.htm
  Priests who preside over missions or quasi-parishes.

• Rector Potens, Verax Deus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12676d.htm
  The daily hymn for Sext in the Roman Breviary.

• Recusants, English

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12677a.htm
  People who refrained from attending Church of England services.

• Red Sea

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12688a.htm
  The north-west arm of the Indian Ocean, some 1400 miles long and lying between Arabia on the east and Africa on the west.

• Redeemer, Feast of the Most Holy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12677b.htm
  Feast that is found only in the special calendar of some dioceses and religious orders, and is celebrated with proper Mass and Office either on the third Sunday of July or on 23 October.

• Redeemer, Knights of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12677c.htm
  A secular community founded in 1608 by the Duke of Mentone, Vincent Gonzaga, on the occasion of the marriage of his eldest son Francis II Gonzaga with Marguerite of Savoy.

• Redemption

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12677d.htm
  The restoration of man from the bondage of sin to the liberty of the children of God through the satisfactions and merits of Christ.

• Redemption in the Old Testament

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12681a.htm
  Strictly deliverance by payment of a price or ransom, or simply deliverance by power, as from oppression, violence, or captivity.

• Redemptions, Penitential

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12682a.htm
  The substitution of exercises either easier or extending over a shorter period, for works of penance imposed according to the penitential canons.

• Redemptoristines

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12682b.htm
  Community of nuns formed in Scala, Italy, by Father Thomas Falcoia.

• Redemptorists

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12683a.htm
  Society of missionary priests founded by St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori in 1732 at Scala, Italy.

• Redford, Sebastion

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12687a.htm
  Jesuit chaplain and writer. (1701-1763)

• Redi, Francesco

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12687b.htm
  Italian poet. (1626-1698)

• Reding, Augustine

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12687c.htm
  Prince-Abbot of Einsiedeln and theological writer. (1625-1692)

• Reductions of Paraguay

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12688b.htm
  Jesuit campaign to convert the natives of Paraguay.

• Referendarii

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12700a.htm
  Officials in the Byzantine Court who reported to the emperor on the memorials of petitioners, and conveyed to the judges the orders of the emperor in connexion with such memorials.

• Reform of a Religious Order

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12711a.htm
  Return or bringing back of an order from a mitigated or relaxed observance to the rigour of its primitive rule.

• Reformation, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12700b.htm
  Sixteenth century religious movement led by Martin Luther.

• Reformed Churches

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12710a.htm
  Protestant bodies which adopted the tenets of Zwingli and, later, the doctrinal principles of Calvin.

• Refuge, Cities of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12712a.htm
  Towns which according to the Jewish law enjoyed the right of asylum and to which anyone who had unintentionally slain another might flee and be protected from the "avenger of blood".

• Refuge, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12712b.htm
  Religious order founded in 1641 that works towards reforming women living a life of sin.

• Regale, Droit de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12712c.htm
  Document denoting those rights that belonged exclusively to the king.

• Regalia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12713a.htm
  The insignia of royalty or "crown jewels".

• Regeneration

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12714a.htm
  Biblico-dogmatic term closely connected with the ideas of justification, Divine sonship, and the deification of the soul through grace.

• Regesta, Papal

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12715a.htm
  Copies, generally entered in special registry volumes, of the papal letters and official documents that are kept in the papal archives.

• Reggio dell' Emilia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12717b.htm
  Italian diocese and suffragan of Modena.

• Reggio di Calabria

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12717a.htm
  Archdiocese in Calabria, southern Italy.

• Regina

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12718a.htm
  Ecclesiastical division comprising the southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

• Regina Coeli

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12718b.htm
  The opening words of the Eastertide anthem of the Blessed Virgin.

• Reginald of Piperno

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12719b.htm
  Companion of St. Thomas Aquinas. (1230-1290)

• Regino of Prüm

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12719c.htm
  German abbot. (d. 915)

• Regionarii

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12719d.htm
  The name given in later antiquity and the early Middle Ages to those clerics and officials of the Church of Rome who were attached neither to the papal palace or the titular churches of Rome, but to one of the city regions, or wards, which was assigned as their official district.

• Regis, Jean-Baptiste

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12720a.htm
  French missionary. (d. 1738)

• Regis, Pierre Sylvain

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12721a.htm
  French philosopher and writer. (1632-1707)

• Registers, Parochial

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12721b.htm
  Five distinct parish registers that a pastor must have: one each of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths; and a fifth containing a census or general account of the state of souls in the parish.

• Regnault, Henri Victor

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12722a.htm
  French chemist and physicist. (1810-1878)

• Regulae Juris

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12722b.htm
  Certain fundamental laws in the form of axioms found in the "Corpus Juris".

• Regulars

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12722c.htm
  Monks in observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.

• Reichenau

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12723a.htm
  Island upon the Gnadensee of the Lake of Constance, about one mile in breadth and about three and three-quarter miles long.

• Reichensperger, August

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12723b.htm
  Prussian politician and author. (1808-1895)

• Reichensperger, Peter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12724a.htm
  German jurist and parliamentarian. (1810-1892)

• Reifenstein

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12724b.htm
  Former Cistercian abbey in Eichsfeld, founded on 1 August, 1162 by Count Ernst of Tonna.

• Reiffenstuel, Johann Georg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12724c.htm
  Theologian and canonist. (1641-1703)

• Reims

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12725a.htm
  Archdiocese of Reims comprising the district of Reims in the Department of Marne and the whole Department of Ardennes.

• Reims, Synods of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12730a.htm
  History of a series of synods held at the French city.

• Reinmar of Hagenau

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12730b.htm
  German minnesinger of the twelfth century.

• Reisach, Carl von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12730c.htm
  Theologian and statesman. (1800-1869)

• Reisch, Gregor

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12731a.htm
  Intellectual and writer. (d. 1525)

• Relationship

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12731b.htm
  A certain connection of persons established either by nature or by civil or canon law.

• Relatives, Duties of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12731c.htm
  Discusses a variety of duties that relatives should apply to one another.

• Relativism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12731d.htm
  A doctrine which denies, universally or in regard to some restricted sphere of being, the existence of absolute values.

• Relics

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12734a.htm
  An object, notably part of the body or clothes, remaining as a memorial of a departed saint.

• Religion

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12738a.htm
  The voluntary subjection of oneself to God.

• Religion, Virtue of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12748a.htm
  Article discussing the moral value of religion.

• Religious Life

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12748b.htm
  Overview and evangelical ideas on what makes up religious life.

• Reliquaries

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12762a.htm
  Any box, casket, or shrine destined for the reception of relics.

• Remesiana

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12763a.htm
  A titular see in Bulgaria, suffragan of Sardica.

• Remigius of Auxerre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12764a.htm
  Benedictine monk, teacher and theologian. (d. 908)

• Remigius, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12763b.htm
  Apostle of the Franks, Archbishop of Reims, d. 553.

• Remiremont

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12764b.htm
  Monastery and nunnery of the Rule of St. Benedict, founded by Sts. Romaricus and Amatus in 620 above the town of Vosges, France.

• Remuzat, Ven. Anne-Madeleine

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12764c.htm
  Writer and witness to a revelation. (1696-1730)

• Remy, Abbey of Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12765a.htm
  Abbey located in Reims, France that acquired the relics of St. Remy in 553.

• Renaissance, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12765b.htm
  Period of revival of classic, especially of Greek, learning and the recovery of ancient art in the departments of sculpture, painting, and architecture.

• Renaudot, Eusebius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12769a.htm
  Apologetical writer and Orientalist. (1648-1720)

• Renaudot, Théophraste

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12770a.htm
  Doctor who engaged in relief work for the poor. (1586-1653)

• René Goupil, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06684a.htm
  Short biography of the Jesuit missionary, martyred in 1642.

• Reni, Guido

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12771a.htm
  Italian painter. (1575-1642)

• Rennes

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12771b.htm
  French diocese including the Department of Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Renty, Gaston Jean Baptiste de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12773a.htm
  Jesuit who devoted himself to the service of the needy and suffering. (1611-1649)

• Renunciation

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12774a.htm
  A canonical term signifying the resignation of an ecclesiastical office or benefice.

• Reordinations

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12774b.htm
  The history of all ordinations which were considered null for any other reason than defect of the prescribed form or intention and which were repeated.

• Reparation

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12775a.htm
  Theological concept of God demanding satisfaction for the injuries which man had done Him.

• Repington, Philip

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12776a.htm
  Fourteenth-and-fifteenth century cardinal-priest of the title of SS.

• Repose, Altar of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12776b.htm
  Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more frequently repository.

• Reputation (as Property)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12776c.htm
  The outcome of a person's meritorious activity.

• Requiem, Masses of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12776d.htm
  Masses that are offered for the dead.

• Rerum Crerator Optime

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12782a.htm
  The hymn for Matins of Wednesday in the Divine Office.

• Rerum Deus Tenax Vigor

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12782b.htm
  Brief article on a hymn for None, one of the "little hours." Mid-afternoon.

• Rerum Novarum

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12783a.htm
  The opening words and the title of the Encyclical issued by Leo XIII, 15 May, 1891, on the "Condition of Labour".

• Rescripts, Papal

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12783b.htm
  Responses of the pope or a Sacred Congregation, in writing, to queries or petitions of individuals.

• Reservation

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12784a.htm
  The restriction in certain cases by a superior of the jurisdiction ordinarily exercised by an inferior.

• Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12784b.htm
  The practice of preserving after the celebration of the Liturgy a portion of the consecrated elements for the Communion of the sick or for other pious purposes. The extreme antiquity of such reservation cannot be disputed.

• Reserved Cases

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12785a.htm
  A term used for sins whose absolution is not within the power of every confessor.

• Residence, Ecclesiastical

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12785b.htm
  A remaining or abiding where one's duties lie or where one's occupation is properly carried on.

• Respighi, Lorenzo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12786a.htm
  Italian astronomer. (1824-1889)

• Responsorium

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12787a.htm
  A series of verses and responses, usually taken from Holy Scripture and varying according to the feast or season.

• Restitution

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12788a.htm
  An act of commutative justice by which exact reparation as far as possible is made for an injury that has been done to another.

• Resurrection of Jesus Christ

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12789a.htm
  Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life.

• Resurrection, General

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12792a.htm
  The rising again from the dead, the resumption of life.

• Rethel, Alfred

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12794a.htm
  German painter. (1816-1859)

• Retreat of the Sacred Heart, Congregation of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12795a.htm
  Congregation founded in 1678 with large schools in various places in England, France, and Belgium.

• Retreats

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12795b.htm
  A series of days passed in solitude and consecrated to practices of asceticism, in particular to prayer and penance.

• Retz, Cardinal de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12797a.htm
  Archbishop of Paris. (1614-1679)

• Reuben

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13214b.htm
  Proper name meaning both a patriarch and a tribe of Israel.

• Reuchlin, Johannes

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12798a.htm
  German humanist. (1455-1522)

• Reumont, Alfred von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12798b.htm
  Statesman and historian. (1808-1887)

• Reusens, Edmond

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12799a.htm
  Belgian archeologist and historian. (1831-1903)

• Reuss

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12799b.htm
  Name of the two smallest states of the German Confederation.

• Revelation

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13001a.htm
  The communication of some truth by God to a rational creature through means which are beyond the ordinary course of nature.

• Revelations, Private

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13005a.htm
  Article discussing the judging of private revelations.

• Revocation

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13007a.htm
  The act of recalling or annulling.

• Revolution, English, of 1688

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13007b.htm
  The history of the Revolution resolves itself into a catalogue of various ill-judged measures which alienated the support of the Established Church, the Tory party, and the nation as a whole.

• Revolution, French

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13009a.htm
  A view of its effect on the Church.

• Rex Gloriose Martyrum

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13017a.htm
  The hymn at Lauds in the Common of Martyrs in the Roman Breviary.

• Rex Sempiterne Caelitum

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13017b.htm
  The Roman Breviary hymn for Matins of Sundays and weekdays during the Paschal Time.

• Rey, Anthony

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13017c.htm
  Educator and Mexican War chaplain. (1807-1847)

• Reynolds, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13018a.htm
  Writer, priest and lecturer. (1544-1594)

• Rhaetia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13018b.htm
  Prefecture Apostolic in Switzerland.

• Rhaphanaea

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13018c.htm
  A titular see in Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea.

• Rheinberger, Joseph Gabriel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13018d.htm
  Bavarian composer and organist. (1839-1901)

• Rhesaena

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13018e.htm
  A titular see in Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa.

• Rhinocolura

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13019a.htm
  A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium.

• Rhithymna

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13019b.htm
  A titular see of Crete, suffragan of Gortyna.

• Rhizus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13019c.htm
  A titular see of Pontus Polemoniacus, suffragan of Neocaesarea.

• Rho, Giacomo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13019d.htm
  Italian missionary to China. (1593-1638)

• Rhode Island

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13020a.htm
  American state and one of the thirteen original colonies.

• Rhodes

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13024b.htm
  A titular metropolitan of the Cyclades.

• Rhodes, Alexandre De

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13024a.htm
  French missionary. (1591-1660)

• Rhodesia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13025a.htm
  British possession in South Africa (present-day Zimbabwe).

• Rhodiopolis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13026a.htm
  A titular see of Lycia, suffragan of Myra.

• Rhodo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13026b.htm
  Second-century Christian writer.

• Rhosus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13026c.htm
  A titular see in Cilicia Secunda, suffragan to Anazarba.

• Rhymed Bibles

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13026d.htm
  Short article on rhymed versions of the Bible, which are almost always psalters or only part of the Psalms.

• Rhythmical Office

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13027a.htm
  A liturgical horary prayer, the canonical hours of the priest, or an office of the Breviary, in which not only the hymns are regulated by a certain rhythm, but where, with the exception of the psalms and lessons, practically all the other parts show metre, rhythm, or rhyme.

• Ribadeneira, Pedro de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13029a.htm
  Writer and member of the Society of Jesus. (1526-1611)

• Ribas, Andrés Pérez De

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13030a.htm
  Missionary and historian. (1576-1655)

• Ribe, Ancient See of, in Denmark (Jutland)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16070b.htm
  Diocese that once consisted of the modern Danish Provinces of Ribe, Vejle, and Ringkjöbing, and of part of North Schleswig.

• Ribeirao Preto

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13031a.htm
  A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil.

• Ribera, Jusepe de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13031b.htm
  Spanish artist. (1588-1656)

• Ricardus Anglicus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13032a.htm
  Pioneer of scientific judicial procedure in the twelfth century.

• Riccardi, Nicholas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13032b.htm
  Italian theologian, writer and preacher. (1585-1639)

• Ricci, Lorenzo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13033a.htm
  General of the Society of Jesus. (1703-1775)

• Ricci, Matteo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13034a.htm
  Founder of the Catholic missions of China. (1552-1610)

• Riccioli, Giovanni Battista

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13040a.htm
  Italian astronomer. (1598-1671)

• Richard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13041a.htm
  A Friar minor and preacher, appearing in history between 1428 and 1431, whose origin and nationality are unknown.

• Richard de Bury

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13042b.htm
  English bishop and bibliophile. (1286-1345)

• Richard de la Vergne, François-Marie-Benjamin

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13043a.htm
  Archbishop of Paris. (1819-1908)

• Richard de Wyche, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13043b.htm
  The devoted companion of St. Edmund Rich, was bishop of Chichester. Richard died in 1253, and was canonized less than 10 years later.

• Richard Fetherston, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13044a.htm
  Priest and martyr, died at Smithfield, 1540.

• Richard Hill, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07354b.htm
  A Yorkshireman and priest, executed in 1590. Martyred together with John Hogg, Richard Holiday, and Edmund Duke.

• Richard Hurst, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583a.htm
  Also called Richard Herst. Layman martyred at Lancaster in 1628 following a show trial.

• Richard I, King of England

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13041b.htm
  King who embarked on the Crusades. (1157-1199)

• Richard Langhorne, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08789a.htm
  Married Englishman, lawyer, martyred in 1679.

• Richard Langley, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08789b.htm
  Biographical portrait of the Yorkshire layman who refused to compromise his faith, and who paid the price for it. He was martyred in 1586.

• Richard Leigh, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09138a.htm
  Article on this English priest and missionary to his native land, martyred in 1588.

• Richard of Cirencester

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13044b.htm
  Chronicler and monk at Westminster Abbey.

• Richard of Cornwall

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13045a.htm
  Thirteenth century writer and lecturer.

• Richard of Middletown

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13045b.htm
  Thirteenth-century writer and Franciscan.

• Richard of St. Victor

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13045c.htm
  Biographical article on the 12th-century Scottish theologian, exegete, and mystic.

• Richard Rolle de Hampole, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13119a.htm
  English solitary and writer. Article on his life and writings.

• Richard Sergeant, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13727b.htm
  English priest martyred in 1586.

• Richard Thirkeld, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13046b.htm
  English priest, missionary, arrested while visiting a Catholic in prison, and martyred in 1583.

• Richard White, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15612a.htm
  Real name, Richard Gwyn. Welsh schoolmaster, husband and father, had a reputation as a scholar, poet, martyred in 1584.

• Richard Whiting, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13046c.htm
  Last abbot of Glastonbury, martyr, executed in 1539.

• Richard, Charles-Louis

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13042a.htm
  Theologian and publicist. (1711-1794)

• Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, Duke de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13047a.htm
  Cardinal and French statesman. (1585-1642)

• Richmond, Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13050a.htm
  Suffragan of Baltimore consisting of parts of the states of Virginia and West Virginia.

• Ricoldo da Monte di Croce

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13052a.htm
  Italian professor, scholar and writer. (d. 1320)

• Riemenschneider, Tillmann

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13052b.htm
  Frankish sculptor. (1460-1531)

• Rienzi, Cola di

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13052c.htm
  Italian revolutionary and notary of the Camera Capitolina. (d. 1354)

• Rieti

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13054a.htm
  Diocese in Central Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See.

• Rievaulx, Abbey of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13054b.htm
  English monastery founded in 1131.

• Riffel, Caspar

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13054c.htm
  German historian and writer. (1807-1856)

• Rigby, Nicholas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13055b.htm
  English priest. (1800-1886)

• Right

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13055c.htm
  Substantive designating the object of justice.

• Rimbert, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13057a.htm
  Monk and archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg. (d. 888)

• Rimini

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13057c.htm
  Diocese, suffragan of Ravenna.

• Rimini, Council of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13057b.htm
  Opened early in July, 359, with over four hundred bishops.

• Rimouski

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13058a.htm
  Canadian diocese, suffragan of Quebec.

• Ring of the Fisherman, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13060a.htm
  Ring worn by the popes, with a representation of St. Peter in a boat on it.

• Rings

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13059a.htm
  Article discussing religious uses and values concerning the wearing of rings.

• Rinuccini, Giovanni Battista

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13061a.htm
  Papal nuncio to Ireland during the uprising of 1645-49. (1592-1653)

• Rio Negro

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13062a.htm
  Prefecture Apostolic in Brazil.

• Rio, Alexis-François

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13061b.htm
  French writer on art. (1797-1874)

• Riobamba

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13061c.htm
  City forming the base for the diocese of Bolivarensis, suffragan of Quito, Ecuador.

• Rioja, Francisco de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16071a.htm
  Spanish poet. (1583-1659)

• Ripalda, Juan Martínez de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13062b.htm
  Spanish theologian. (1594-1648)

• Ripatransone

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13062c.htm
  Diocese in Ascoli Piceno, Central Italy.

• Ripon, Marquess of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13062d.htm
  English politician, Governor-General and Viceroy of India. (1827-1909)

• Risby, Richard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13063a.htm
  Warden of the Observant friary at Canterbury who was condemned to death by Henry VIII. (1489-1534)

• Rishanger, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13063b.htm
  Thirteenth-century English chronicler.

• Rishton, Edward

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13063c.htm
  Priest and writer that fell victim to the plague. (1550-1585)

• Rita of Cascia, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13064a.htm
  Rita married an abusive man, became a mother, was widowed, joined the Augustinians. She died in 1456.

• Rites

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13064b.htm
  The ceremonies, prayers, and functions of any religious body.

• Rites in the United States

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13078a.htm
  Article discussing various rites used within the United States.

• Ritschlianism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13086a.htm
  Conception of the nature and scope of Christianity, widely held in modern Protestantism, especially in Germany.

• Ritter, Joseph Ignatius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13088a.htm
  German historian and writer. (1787-1857)

• Ritual

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13088b.htm
  One of the official books of the Roman Rite. It includes all the services performed by a priest that are not in the Missal and Breviary and has also, for convenience, some that are in those books.

• Ritualists

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13090a.htm
  The advanced section of the High Church party in the Anglican Establishment, which since about 1860 has adhered to and developed further the principles of the earlier Tractarian Movement.

• Rivington, Luke

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13094a.htm
  English priest and writer. (1838-1899)

• Rizal, José Mercado

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13094b.htm
  Filipino hero, physician, poet, novelist, and sculptor. (1861-1896)

• Robbia, Andrea della

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13095a.htm
  Nephew, pupil and assistant to painter Luca. (1431-1528)

• Robbia, Lucia di Simone

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13095b.htm
  Italian sculptor. (1400-1481)

• Robert Anderton, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467c.htm
  English priest and friend of William Marsden. The two were shipwrecked, whereupon they were arrested for being priests coming into England from abroad, and tried on the "bloody question." They were hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1586.

• Robert Bickerdike, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02558a.htm
  Short biography of the sixteenth-century martyr, a layman from Yorkshire.

• Robert Drury, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05165a.htm
  Biographical portrait of the English priest, martyred at Tyburn in February 1606/7.

• Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02411d.htm
  Biographical article on the Jesuit theologian and cardinal.

• Robert Johnson, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689e.htm
  English priest and martyr. (d. 1581)

• Robert Morton, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10582b.htm
  Brief biography of the English priest, martyred at London in 1588, along with a layman, Hugh Moor. Article also mentions others martyred on the same day elsewhere in England, including the Bl. William Dean.

• Robert Nutter, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11171c.htm
  Information on this English priest and martyr, blood brother of John Nutter. Also details on Edward Thwing, a priest and professor from near York. Robert Nutter and Thwing were martyred together in 1600.

• Robert of Arbrissel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13096a.htm
  Itinerant preacher and founder of Fontevrault. (b. 1047)

• Robert of Courçon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13096b.htm
  English Cardinal. (d. 1218)

• Robert of Geneva

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13096c.htm
  Antipope under the name of Clement VII. (1342-1394)

• Robert of Jumièges

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13097a.htm
  Eleventh-century Archbishop of Canterbury.

• Robert of Luzarches

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13097b.htm
  Thirteenth century French architect.

• Robert of Melun

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13097c.htm
  English philosopher and theologian. (d. 1167)

• Robert of Molesme, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13097d.htm
  Founder of the Abbey of Citeaux and the monastery at Molesme. (d. 1111)

• Robert of Newminster, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13098a.htm
  English abbot. (d. 1159)

• Robert Pullus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13098b.htm
  Twelfth-century Cardinal, English philosopher and theologian.

• Robert Southwell, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14164a.htm
  Biography of the English poet, Jesuit, and martyr. He was hanged in 1595.

• Robert Thorpe, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706c.htm
  Brief account of the martyrdom of the Yorkshire priest, who was hanged in 1591.

• Robert Wilcon, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15621a.htm
  Biographical details on this English priest and two of his companions in martyrdom: fellow priest "Edward Campion" and layman Robert Widmerpool. Martyred in 1588.

• Robert, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13095c.htm
  French Benedictine, founder of the Abbey of Chaise-Dieu, d. 1067.

• Robertson, James Burton

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13099a.htm
  Historian and professor. (1800-1877)

• Robinson, William Callyhan

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13099c.htm
  Jurist and educator. (1834-1911)

• Rocaberti, Juan Tomás de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13099d.htm
  Spanish theologian. (1624-1699)

• Rocamadour

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13100a.htm
  Communal chief town of the canton of Gramat, district of Gourdon, Department of Lot, in the Diocese of Cahors and the ancient province of Quercy.

• Rocca, Angelo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13100b.htm
  Founder of the Angelica Library at Rome. (1545-1620)

• Roch, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13100c.htm
  Early 14th century. While on pilgrimage, Roch acquired renown for healing plague victims. He himself was stricken with the plague. Upon returning to his hometown, he was cast into prison as an accused spy, where he died.

• Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13101a.htm
  French marshal. (1725-1807)

• Rochester, Ancient See of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13101b.htm
  The oldest and smallest of all the suffragan sees of Canterbury, was founded by St. Augustine, Apostle of England, who in 604 consecrated St. Justus as its first bishop.

• Rochester, Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13102a.htm
  Located in New York.

• Rochet

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13104a.htm
  An over-tunic usually made of fine white linen (cambric; fine cotton material is also allowed), and reaching to the knees.

• Rochette. Désiré Raoul

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13104b.htm
  French archæologist. (1789-1854)

• Rock, Daniel

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13105a.htm
  English antiquarian and ecclesiologist. (1799-1871)

• Rockford, Diocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13105b.htm
  Created 23 September, 1908, in the north-western part of the State of Illinois.

• Rococo Style

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13106a.htm
  A discussion of this whimsical style, its origins and uses.

• Rodez

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13107a.htm
  The Diocese of Rodez was united to the Diocese of Cahors by the Concordat of 1802, and again became an episcopal see by the Concordat of 1817 and Bull of 1822.

• Rodrigues Ferreira, Alexandre

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13109a.htm
  Brazilian scientist and explorer. (1756-1815)

• Rodriguez, Alonso

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13109b.htm
  Spanish writer and teacher. (1526-1616)

• Rodriguez, Joao

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13109c.htm
  Missionary and author. (1558-1633)

• Roe, Bartholomew

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13109d.htm
  English Benedictine martyr. (1583-1641)

• Roermond

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13110a.htm
  Diocese in Holland; suffragan of Utrecht.

• Rogation Days

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13110b.htm
  Days of prayer, and formerly also of fasting, instituted by the Church to appease God's anger at man's transgressions, to ask protection in calamities, and to obtain a good and bountiful harvest.

• Roger Bacon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13111b.htm
  Philosopher, born at Ilchester, Somersetshire, about 1214; died at Oxford, perhaps 11 June, 1294.

• Roger Cadwallador, Blessed

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13116a.htm
  Short biography of the English priest, martyred in 1610.

• Roger of Hoveden

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13116b.htm
  Chronicler and king's clerk in the time of Henry II.

• Roger of Wendover

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13116c.htm
  Benedictine monk and chronicler. (d. 1236)

• Roger, Bishop of Worcester

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13111a.htm
  Bishop of Worcester. (d. 1179)

• Roh, Peter

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13117a.htm
  German-speaking Jesuit preacher. (1811-1872)

• Rohault de Fleury

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13117b.htm
  Family of French architects and archaeologists of the nineteenth century.

• Rohrbacher, Réné François

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13117c.htm
  French ecclesiastical historian. (1789-1856)

• Rojas y Zorrilla, Francisco de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13118a.htm
  Spanish dramatic poet. (1607-1680)

• Rokewode, John Gage

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13118b.htm
  Director of the Society of Antiquaries. (1786-1842)

• Rolduc

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13118c.htm
  Located in S. E. Limburg, Netherlands.

• Rolfus, Hermann

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13118d.htm
  Catholic educationist and writer. (1821-1896)

• Rollin, Charles

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13119b.htm
  French writer and professor. (1661-1741)

• Rolls Series

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13120a.htm
  A collection of historical materials of which the general scope is indicated by its official title, "The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages".

• Rolph, Thomas

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13120b.htm
  Surgeon and writer of several works on emigration. (1800-1858)

• Roman Catechism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13120c.htm
  This catechism differs from other summaries of Christian doctrine for the instruction of the people in two points: it is primarily intended for priests having care of souls (ad parochos), and it enjoys an authority equalled by no other catechism.

• Roman Catholic

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm
  A qualification of the name Catholic commonly used in English-speaking countries by those unwilling to recognize the claim of being the One True Church.

• Roman Catholic Relief Bill

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13123a.htm
  Sections on England and Ireland.

• Roman Colleges

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13131a.htm
  This article treats of the various colleges in Rome which have been founded under ecclesiastical auspices and are under ecclesiastical direction, with the exception of those that are treated separately under their respective titles throughout the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• Roman Congregations

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13136a.htm
  The most important of certain departments organized by the Holy See at various times to assist it in the transaction of those affairs which canonical discipline and the individual interests of the faithful bring to Rome.

• Roman Curia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13147a.htm
  Strictly speaking, the ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the sovereign pontiff in the government of the Universal Church.

• Roman Rite, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13155a.htm
  The manner of celebrating the Holy Sacrifice, administering Sacraments, reciting the Divine Office, and performing other ecclesiastical functions as used in the city and Diocese of Rome.

• Romanos Pontifices, Constitutio

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13154b.htm
  The constitution makes clear the following: though regulars according to canon law are subject immediately to the Holy See, bishops are given jurisdiction over small communities.

• Romanos, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13154a.htm
  Sixth-century poet.

• Romans, Epistle to the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13156a.htm
  The subject is treated under the following heads: I. The Roman Church and St. Paul; II. Character, Contents, and Arrangement of the Epistle; III. Authenticity; IV. Integrity; V. Date and Circumstances of Composition; VI. Historical Importance; VII, Theological Contents: Faith and Works (Paul and James).

• Romanus, Pope

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13163b.htm
  Ninth-century Pope who reigned for four months in 897.

• Romanus, Saints

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13163a.htm
  Mentions and gives brief profiles of several saints of this name.

• Rome

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13164a.htm
  The significance of Rome lies primarily in the fact that it is the city of the pope.

• Rome, University of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13177a.htm
  The university is now under the control of the Italian Government and is called the Royal University.

• Romero, Juan

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13179a.htm
  Missionary and Indian linguist. (1559-1630)

• Romuald, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13179b.htm
  Italian-born founder of the Camaldolese, d. 1027.

• Romulus Augustulus

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13179c.htm
  Deposed in the year 476, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

• Ronan, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13180a.htm
  Article describing the most celebrated of the twelve Irish saints known as Ronan.

• Ronsard, Pierre de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13180b.htm
  French poet. (1524-1585)

• Rood

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13181a.htm
  A term, often used to signify the True Cross itself, which, with the prefix Holy, occurs as the dedication of some churches.

• Roothaan, Johann Philipp

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13182a.htm
  Twenty-first General of the Society of Jesus. (1785-1853)

• Roper, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13183a.htm
  English politician and biographer of St. Thomas More. (1496-1578)

• Rorate Coeli

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13183b.htm
  Vulgate, text, the opening words of Isaiah 45:8.

• Rosa, Salvatore

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13183c.htm
  Neapolitan artist. (1615-1673)

• Rosalia, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13184a.htm
  Hermitess, greatly venerated at Palermo and in the whole of Sicily of which she is patroness.

• Rosary, Breviary Hymns of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13188a.htm
  Their author was a pious client of Mary, Eustace Sirena.

• Rosary, Confraternity of the

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13188b.htm
  The Perpetual Rosary is an organization for securing the continuous recitation of the Rosary by day and night among a number of associates who perform their allotted share at stated times.

• Rosary, Feast of the Holy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13189a.htm
  At the request of the Dominican Order Gregory XIII in 1573 allowed this feast to be kept in all churches which possessed an altar dedicated to the Holy Rosary.

• Rosary, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13184b.htm
  History of this devotion. Also considers the Orthodox and Eastern-Rite Catholic practice.

• Rosate, Alberico de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13189b.htm
  Italian jurist. (d. 1354)

• Roscelin

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13189c.htm
  A monk of Compiègne, was teaching as early as 1087.

• Roscommon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13190a.htm
  Capital of County Roscommon, Ireland; owes origin and name to a monastery founded by St. Coman in the first half of the eighth century on a "ros" or wooded point amidst marshes.

• Rose of Lima, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13192c.htm
  Biographical article on the first American to be named a saint.

• Rose of Viterbo, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13193a.htm
  Third order Franciscan, preached repentance. She died at the age of 17, in 1252.

• Rosea

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13191a.htm
  The official catalogue of the Roman Curia mentioned formerly a titular see of Rosea in Syria.

• Roseau

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13191b.htm
  Diocese; suffragan of Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W.I.

• Rosecrans, William Starke

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13191c.htm
  American soldier and politician.

• Roseline, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13192a.htm
  A Carthusian prioress. She died in 1329.

• Rosenau

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13192b.htm
  Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Eger, established by Maria Theresa, in 1775-76.

• Rosicrucians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13193b.htm
  The original appelation of the alleged members of the occult-cabalistic-theosophic "Rosicrucian Brotherhood", described in the pamphlet "Fama Fraternitatis R.C."

• Roskilde, Ancient See of, in Denmark

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16071c.htm
  Suffragan to Hamburg, about 991-1104, to Lund, 1104-1536.

• Roskovanyi, August

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13194a.htm
  Bishop of Neutra in Hungary, doctor of philosophy and theology. (1807-1892)

• Rosmini and Rosminianism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13194b.htm
  Antonio Rosmini Serbati, philosopher, and founder of the Institute of Charity, born 24 March, 1797, at Rovereto, Austrian Tyrol; died 1 July, 1855, at Stresa, Italy.

• Rosminians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13198a.htm
  The Institute of Charity, or, officially, Societas a charitate nuncupata, is a religious congregation founded by Antonio Rosmini, first organized in 1828.

• Ross

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13201a.htm
  Diocese in Ireland.

• Ross, School of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13202a.htm
  Ross-Carbery, formerly Ross-Ailithir.

• Rossano

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13203a.htm
  Archdiocese in Calabria, province of Cosenza, Southern Italy.

• Rosselino, Antonio di Matteo di Domenico

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16072a.htm
  Italian sculptor. (1427-1478)

• Rosselino, Bernardo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16072b.htm
  Italian sculptor. (1409-1464)

• Rosselli, Cosimo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13203b.htm
  Italian fresco painter. (1439-1507)

• Rossi, Bernardo de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13203c.htm
  Italian theologian and historian. (1687-1775)

• Rossi, Pellegrino

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13204a.htm
  Diplomat, economist and statesman. (1787-1848)

• Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13204b.htm
  Article focusing on his musical innovations and his church music.

• Rostock, Sebastian von

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13205a.htm
  Bishop of Breslau. (1607-1671)

• Rostock, University of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13205b.htm
  Located in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, founded in the year 1419.

• Rota, Sacra Romana

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13205c.htm
  One of three tribunals instituted by the "Sapienti Consilio" constitution of 1908.

• Roth, Heinrich

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13206a.htm
  Missionary in India and Sanskrit scholar. (1620-1668)

• Rothe, David

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13207a.htm
  Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. (1573-1650)

• Rottenburg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13207b.htm
  Diocese; suffragan of the ecclesiastical Province of the Upper Rhine.

• Rotuli

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13208a.htm
  Rolls in which a long narrow strip of papyrus or parchment, written on one side, was wound like a blind about its staff.

• Rouen, Archdiocese of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13208b.htm
  Revived by the Concordat of 1802 with the Sees of Bayeux, Evreux, and Séez as suffragans: it also includes the Department of the Seine Inferieure.

• Rouen, Synods of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13211a.htm
  The first synod is generally believed to have been held by Archbishop Saint-Ouen about 650.

• Rouquette, Adrien

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13212a.htm
  Scholar and missionary to the Choctaw Indians. (1813-1887)

• Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13212b.htm
  French poet. (1670-1741)

• Rovezzano, Benedetto da

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13212c.htm
  Sculptor and architect. (1490-1530)

• Rowsham, Stephen

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13212d.htm
  Sixteenth-century English priest and martyr.

• Royal Declaration, The

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13213a.htm
  The name most commonly given to the solemn repudiation of Catholicity which, in accordance with provisions of the "Bill of Rights" (1689) and of "the Act of Succession" (1700), every sovereign succeeding to the throne of Great Britain was required to make in the presence of the assembled Lords and Commons.

• Royer-Collard, Pierre-Paul

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13213b.htm
  Philosopher and French politician. (1763-1845)

• Ruadhan, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13214a.htm
  Irish founder of the monastery of Lorrha, one of the "twelve apostles of Erin," d. 584.

• Rubens, Peter Paul

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13214c.htm
  Flemish painter. (1577-1640)

• Rubrics

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13216a.htm
  Among the ancients, according to Columella, Vitruvius, and Pliny, the word rubrica, rubric, signified the red earth used by carpenters to mark on wood the line to follow in cutting it; according to Juvenal the same name was applied to the red titles under which the jurisconsults arranged the announcements of laws.

• Rubruck, William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13217a.htm
  Thirteenth-century Franciscan missionary and writer of travels.

• Rudolf of Fulda

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13218a.htm
  French chronicler. (d. 862)

• Rudolf of Habsburg

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13218b.htm
  German king. (1218-1291)

• Rudolf of Rudesheim

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13219a.htm
  Bishop of Breslau. (1402-1482)

• Rudolf von Ems

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13219b.htm
  Middle High German epic poet of the thirteenth century.

• Rueckers, Family of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13220a.htm
  Famous organ and piano-forte builders of Antwerp.

• Ruffini, Paolo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13220b.htm
  Physician and mathematician. (1765-1822)

• Rufford Abbey

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13220c.htm
  A monastery of the Cistercian Order, situated on the left bank of the Rainworth Water, about two miles south of Ollerton in Nottinghamshire.

• Rufina, Saints

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13221a.htm
  Brief notices on four saints of this name.

• Rufinus, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13221b.htm
  Record of the eleven saints named Rufinus in the Roman Martyrology.

• Rufus, Saints

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13222b.htm
  Record of the ten saints named Rufus in the Roman Martyrology.

• Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, Juan de

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13223b.htm
  Spanish dramatic poet. (1580-1639)

• Ruiz de Montoya, Antonio

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13223c.htm
  Linguist and pioneer of the original Jesuit mission in Paraguay. (1585-1652)

• Ruiz de Montoya, Diego

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13224a.htm
  Spanish theologian. (1562-1632)

• Rumania

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13224b.htm
  A kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, situated between the Black Sea, the Danube, the Carpathian Mountains, and the Pruth.

• Rumohr, Karl Friedrich

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13228a.htm
  German art historian. (1785-1843)

• Rupert, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13229a.htm
  First Bishop of Salzburg. (d. 718)

• Rusaddir

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13230a.htm
  A titular see of Mauritania Tingitana.

• Rusicade

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13230b.htm
  A titular see of Numidia.

• Ruspe

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13230c.htm
  Titular see of Byzacena in Africa, mentioned only by Ptolemy (IV, 3) and the "Tabula" Peutinger.

• Russell, Charles

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13230d.htm
  English lawyer, journalist and politician. (1832-1900)

• Russell, Charles William

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13231a.htm
  Irish professor and writer. (1812-1880)

• Russell, Richard

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13231b.htm
  Bishop of Vizéu in Portugal. (1630-1693)

• Russia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13231c.htm
  Geography and history.

• Russia, The Religion of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13253a.htm
  There are two theories in regard to the early Christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from the times when she embraced Christianity until the twelfth century; the other holds that Russia was always Orthodox.

• Russian Language and Literature

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13265a.htm
  Russian is a Slav language belonging to the Indo-European family.

• Rusticus of Narbonne, Saint

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13275a.htm
  Monk from Gaul, became bishop of Narbonne. Zealous opponent of the Arians and Nestorians.

• Ruth, Book of

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13276a.htm
  One of the proto-canonical writings of the Old Testament.

• Ruthenian Rite

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13277a.htm
  There is no separate and distinct rite for the Ruthenians, but the name is often used for the modifications which the Ruthenians have introduced in the Byzantine or Greek Rite.

• Ruthenians

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13278a.htm
  A Slavic people from Southern Russia, Galicia and Bukowina in Austria, and North-eastern Hungary.

• Rutter, Henry

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13280a.htm
  English priest and writer. (1755-1838)

• Ruvo and Bitonto

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13280b.htm
  Diocese in the Province of Bari, Aquileia, Southern Italy. Ruvo, the ancient Rubi, situated on a calcareous hill, includes a fine Norman cathedral of the eleventh century.

• Ruysch, John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13282a.htm
  Astronomer, cartographer, and painter. (d. 1533)

• Ryan, Father Abram J.

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13282b.htm
  Poet, newspaper editor and Confederate chaplain. (1839-1886)

• Ryan, Patrick John

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13282c.htm
  Sixth Bishop and second Archbishop of Philadelphia. (1831-1911)

• Ryder, Henry Ignatius Dudley

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13283a.htm
  English Oratorian priest and controversialist. (1837-1907)

• Ryken, Theodore James

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13284a.htm
  Founder of the Xaverian Brothers. (1797-1871)

 

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