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 Dibon   - A Latin titular see. The site is mentioned in Scripture, and is near Damascus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777b.htm    Desertion - Brief explanation of the different situations to which this concept applies in canon law. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04750a.htm Daniel Comboni, Saint - Short biographical profile of this nineteenth-century Italian missionary to Africa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04152b.htm Dymphna, Saint - Virgin and martyr, venerated since at least the thirteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05221b.htm Dymoke, Robert - Confessor of the Faith, date of birth uncertain; d. at Lincoln, England, 11 Sept., 1580. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05221a.htm Dyck, Antoon (Anthonis) Van - Flemish portrait-painter, b. at Antwerp, 22 March, 1599; d. in London, 9 December, 1641. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05220b.htm Durham - Ancient Catholic Diocese of Durham. Owing to its geographical position on the Scottish border, the successive bishops were led to assume constitutional and political functions in addition to their spiritual office. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05211a.htm Durandus of Troarn - French Benedictine and ecclesiastical writer, b. about 1012, at Le Neubourg near Evreux; d. 1089. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05208b.htm Durandus, William, the Younger - Died 1328, canonist, nephew of the famous ritualist and canonist of the same name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05207b.htm Dupin, Louis Ellies - A theologian, born 17 June, 1657, of a noble family in Normandy; died 6 June, 1719. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05204a.htm Duperron, Jacques-Davy - A theologian and diplomat, born 25 Nov., 1556, at St-Lô (Normandy), France; died 5 Sept., 1618. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05203a.htm Dunkeld - Located in Scotland, constituted, as far back as the middle of the ninth century, the primatial see of the Columban Church by King Kenneth Mac Alpine, who rebuilt there the church and monastery founded by King Constantine (afterwards destroyed by the Dane - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05193a.htm Dunin, Martin von - Archbishop of Gnesen and Posen, born 11 Nov., 1774, in the village of Wat near the city of Rawa, Poland; died 26 Dec., 1842. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05192c.htm Dunfermline, Abbey of - In the south-west of Fife, Scotland. Founded by King Malcolm Canmore and his queen, Margaret, about 1070, it was richly endowed by him and his sons, and remodelled as a Benedictine abbey by his successor, David I, who brought an abbot and twelve monks fro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05192a.htm Dunedin - Diocese comprises the provincial district of Otago (including the Otago part, Southland, and Stewart Island, as well as other adjacent islands). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05191c.htm Dundrennan, Abbey of - In Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; a Cistercian house founded in 1142 by King David I and Fergus Lord of Galloway for monks brought from Rievaulx in Yorkshire. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05191b.htm Dunchadh, Saint - Abbot of Iona, confessor, d. 717. Also known as St. Dunichad, Duncad, or Donatus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05191a.htm Dunbar, William - Scottish poet, sometimes styled the "Chaucer of Scotland", born c. 1460. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190d.htm Dumoulin, Charles - French jurist, b. at Paris in 1500; d. there 27 December, 1566. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190c.htm Duluth - Diocese, established 3 Oct., 1889, suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. Paul. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188c.htm Duccio di Buoninsegna - Painter, and founder of the Sienese School, b. about 1255 or 1260, place not known; d. 3 August, 1319. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05181c.htm Dubuque - Archdiocese established, 28 July, 1837, created an archbishopric, 1893, comprises that part of Iowa, U.S.A., north of Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Scott, and east of Kossuth, Humboldt, Webster, and Boone Counties. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05179b.htm Dubric, Saint - Welsh bishop and confessor, d. 612. Also called St. Dubricius or Dyfrig. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05179a.htm Dubois, Jean-Antoine - French missionary in India, b. in 1765 at St. Remèze (Ardèche); d. in Paris, 17 Feb., 1848. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178a.htm Dubois, Guillaume - A French cardinal and statesman, born at Brive, in Limousin, 1656; died at Versailles, 1723. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05177a.htm Du Coudray, Philippe-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Tronson - Soldier, b. at Reims, France, 8 September, 1738; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 11 September, 1777. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05183a.htm Du Cange, Charles Dufresne - Historian and philologist, b. at Amiens, France, 18 Dec., 1610; d. at Paris, 1688. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05181b.htm Dryden, John - Introductory biography of the poet and dramatist. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05167b.htm Dryburgh Abbey - A monastery belonging to the canons of the Premonstratensian Order (Norbertine or White Canons), situated four miles south-east of Melrose, Scotland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05167a.htm Druys, Jean - Thirtieth Abbot of Parc near Louvain, Belgium, b. at Cumptich, near Tirlemont; d. 25 March, 1635. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05166b.htm Drumgoole, John C. - Priest and philanthropist, b. at Granard, Co. Longford, Ireland, 15 August, 1816; d. in New York, 28 March, 1888. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05164b.htm Druillettes, Gabriel - Missionary, b. in France, 29 September, 1610; d. at Quebec, 8 April, 1681. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05164a.htm Droste-Vischering, Clemens August von - Archbishop of Cologne, born 21 Jan., 1773, at Münster, Germany; died 19 Oct., 1845, in the same city. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05161b.htm Drostan, Saint - Scottish abbot and later hermit, fl. about 600. Also known as St. Drustan, Dustan, or Throstan. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05161a.htm Drey, Johann Sebastian von - A professor of theology at the University of Tübingen. (1777-1853) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05159b.htm Drexel, Francis Anthony - Banker, b. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 20 June, 1824; d. there 15 Feb., 1885. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05159a.htm Drevet Family, The - Leading portrait engravers of France for over a hundred years, beginning with Pierre, and sustained by his son, Pierre-Imbert, and by his nephew, Claude. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05158b.htm Dreves, Lebrecht Blücher - Poet, b. at Hamburg, Germany, 12 September, 1816; d. at Feldkirch, 19 Dec., 1870. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05158a.htm Dresden - The capital of the Kingdom of Saxony and the residence of the royal family, is situated on both sides of the Elbe. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05156b.htm Drane, Augusta Theodosia - In religion Mother Francis Raphael; b. At Bromley near London, in 1823; d. at Stone, Staffordshire, 19 April, 1894. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05153b.htm Dracontius, Blossius Aemilius - A Christian poet of the fifth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05153a.htm Doyle, James Warren - Irish bishop; b. near New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, 1786; d. at Carlow, 1834. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05151a.htm Down and Connor - A line drawn from Whitehouse on Belfast Lough due west to the Clady River, thence by the river itself to Muckamore and Lough Neagh, marks the boundary between the Diocese of Down and the Diocese of Connor. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05147a.htm Dower, Religious - Because of its analogy with the dower that a woman brings to her husband when she marries, the name "religious dower" has been given to the sum of money or the property that a religious woman, or nun (religiosa) brings, for her maintenance, into - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05146a.htm Dower - A provision for support during life accorded by law to a wife surviving her hustand. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05145c.htm Dowdall, George - Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, in 1487; d. at London, 15 August, 1558. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05145a.htm Dossi, Giovanni - An Italian painter, b. about 1479; d. at Ferrara in 1542. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05137b.htm Dosquet, Pierre-Herman - Fourth Bishop of Quebec, b. at Liège, Flanders, 1691; d. at Paris, 1777. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05137a.htm Dorothea, Saint - Brief hagiographies of two saints of this name: St. Dorothea, virgin and martyr, d. at Caesarea; and St. Dorothea of Montau. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135d.htm Dornin, Bernard - First publisher in the United States of distinctively Catholic books, b. in Ireland, 1761; d. in Ohio, 1836. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135c.htm Dorman, Thomas - Theologian, b. at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, date uncertain; d. at Tournai, 1572 or 1577. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135b.htm Doring, Matthias - Historian and theologian, b. between 1390 and 1400, at Kyritz, in Brandenburg; d. there 24 July, 1469. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05135a.htm Doria, Andrea - Genoese admiral and statesman, b. at Oneglia, Italy, 1468; d. at Genoa, 1560. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05134b.htm Dore, Pierre - Controversialist, b. at Orleans about 1500; d. at Paris, 19 May, 1559. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05134a.htm Dorchester, Abbey of - Founded in 1140 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133c.htm Donus, Pope - Son of a Roman called Mauricius; he was consecrated Bishop of Rome 2 Nov., 676, to succeed Adeodatus II, after an interval of four months and seventeen days; d. 11 April, 678. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133a.htm Donoso Cortés, Juan Francesco Maria de la Saludad - Primarily biographical article by Condé B. Pallen on the Spanish thinker. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05132b.htm Donnet, Ferdinand-François-Auguste - A French cardinal, b. at Bourg-Argental (Loire), 1795; d. at Bordeaux, 1882. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05132a.htm Donnan, Saint - Three or possibly four Irish saints of this name lived in the sixth and seventh centuries. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05131b.htm Donlevy, Andrew - Educator, b. in 1694, probably in Sligo, Ireland; date and place of death uncertain. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05131a.htm Dominican Republic - The eastern, and much larger political division of the island now comprehensively known as Haiti, which is the second in size of the Greater Antilles. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05110a.htm Dominic, Saint - Biography of the founder of the Order of Preachers, d. 1221. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05106a.htm Domenech, Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonne - Abbe, missionary and author, b. at Lyons, France, 4 November, 1826; d. in France, June, 1886. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05102a.htm Dome - An architectural term often used synonymously with cupola. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05100b.htm Dolores Mission - Or Mission San Francisco De Asis De Los Dolores. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05099b.htm Dolman, Charles - Publisher and bookseller, b. at Monmouth, England, 20 Sept., 1807; d. in Paris, 31 December, 1863. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05099a.htm Docetæ - Docetism, from the Greek "dokeo" (to seem, to appear) was the contention that Christ merely seemed to be human and only appeared to be born, to suffer, and to die. Already in New Testament times, the Gospel of John opposes Docetism, and so do Ig - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05070c.htm Dinooth, Saint - Founder and first abbot of Bangor on the Dee, fl. 500-542. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04798a.htm Dijon - Diocese comprising the entire department of Côte-d'Or and is a suffragan of Lyons. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04794b.htm Diarmaid, Saint - Brief biographies of two Irish saints of this name. The first mentioned was Archbishop of Armagh, and died in 851 or 852. The second, St. Diarmaid the Just, was a monastic founder and distinguished writer of the mid-sixth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775a.htm Diario Romano - A booklet published annually at Rome, with papal authorization, giving the routine of feasts and fasts to be observed in Rome and the ecclesiastical functions to be performed in the city. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04773c.htm Diamantina - Located in the north of the state of Minas Geraes, Brazil, South America; created under the Brazilian Empire, 10 Aug., 1853, and confirmed by the Holy See, 6 June, 1854. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04772a.htm Diakovár - See of the Bishop of the united Dioceses of Bosnia or Diakovár and Syrmia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04769c.htm |