Edward Ambrose Barlow, Saint - Short biography of the Benedictine priest, martyred at Lancaster in 1641. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02298b.htm
Edward Bamber, Blessed - Lancashire priest martyred in 1646. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02242b.htm
Everald Hanse, Blessed - Priest martyred at Tyburn in 1581. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130a.htm
Edward Osbaldeston, Blessed - Profile of the English priest and martyr, who was executed at York in 1594. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11335a.htm
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Blessed - Biographical article on the founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (better known as the Irish Christian Brothers). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13040b.htm
Edward Oldcorne, Blessed - Englishman, Jesuit priest, martyred in 1606. Biography. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11237a.htm
Ewing, Thomas - Jurist and statesman, b. in West Liberty, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S.A., 28 December, 1789; d. at Lancaster, Ohio, 26 October, 1871. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05672b.htm
Ewald, Saints - Both saints named Ewald (or Hewald)--Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair--were Northumbrian priests, martyred in Old Saxony about 695. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05672a.htm
Evreux - Diocese in the Department of Eure, France; suffragan of the Archbishopric of Rouen. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05671a.htm
Evora - Located in Portugal, raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1544, at which time it was given as suffragans Leiria and Portalegre; in 1570 and later were added Sylves, Ceuta, Congo, Santo Thomé, Funchal, Cabo Verde, and Angra. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05670a.htm
Evaristus, Pope Saint - Sometimes called Aristus. Martyr, died about 107. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05646a.htm
Evangelical Church - Almost from the beginning the new Evangelical Church was split, first into two communions, the Lutheran and the Reformed, then into a multitude of sects. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05642a.htm
Evangeliaria - Liturgical books containing those portions of the Gospels which are read during Mass or in the public offices of the Church. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05640b.htm
Evagrius Ponticus - Short article on this important fourth-century author of ascetical writings. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05640a.htm
Evagrius - Church historian. (536-594) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05639b.htm
Eutychius - Melchite Patriarch of Alexandria, author of a history of the world, b. 876, at Fustat (Cairo); d. 11 May, 940. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05639a.htm
Eutychius I - Patriarch of Constantinople, b. about 512, in Phrygia; d. Easter Day, 5 April, 582. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05638b.htm
Eutychianus, Pope Saint - The successor of Pope Felix I. Eutychianus died in 283. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05638a.htm
Eutychianism - Eutychianism and Monophysitism are usually identified as a single heresy. But as some Monophysites condemned Eutyches, the name Eutychians is given by some writers only to those in Armenia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05633a.htm
Euthymius, Saint - Called "the Great," abbot in Palestine, d. 473. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05630b.htm
Eustochium Julia, Saint - Daughter of St. Paula. Monastic, spoke Latin and Greek, read Hebrew, the recipient of a famous letter from St. Jerome. She died in 419 or 420. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05629a.htm
Eustathius of Sebaste - Born about 300; died about 377. He was one of the chief founders of monasticism in Asia Minor, and for a long time was an intimate friend of St. Basil. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05628b.htm
Eustathius, Saint - Anti-Arian bishop of Antioch, died in exile, probably in 360. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05627b.htm
Eustace, Saint - Companion of St. Columbanus and second abbot of Luxeuil, d. 625. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05626a.htm
Eusebius of Nicomedia - Bishop, place and date of birth unknown; d. 341. He was a pupil at Antioch of Lucian the Martyr, in whose famous school he learned his Arian doctrines. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05623b.htm
Eusebius of Dorylæum - Bishop of Dorylæum in Asia Minor, was the prime mover on behalf of Catholic orthodoxy against the heresies of Nestorius and Eutyches. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05622a.htm
Eusebius, Saint - Bishop of Vercelli, exiled for defending St. Athanasius, anti-Arian, martyr, d. 371. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05614b.htm
Europe - The conception of Europe as a distinct division of the earth, separate from Asia and Africa, had its origin in ancient times. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05607b.htm
Euroea - A titular see of Epirus Vetus in Greece, suffragan of Nicopolis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05607a.htm
Euphrosyne, Saint - According to the Vitae Patrum, passed as a man and lived in a men's monastery for 38 years. She died in about 470. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05606c.htm
Eumenia - A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana in Asia Minor, and suffragan to Hierapolis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05604b.htm
Eulogius of Cordova, Saint - Writer, martyr, elected Archbishop of Toledo shortly before he was beheaded (11 March, 859). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05604a.htm
Eulogius of Alexandria, Saint - Patriarch of Alexandria. Argued against Novatians, and against Nestorius and Eutyches. Eulogius died in 607. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05603c.htm
Eulalia of Barcelona, Saint - Martyred 12 February, 304, patron saint of sailors. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05603a.htm
Eugenius of Carthage, Saint - Unanimously elected bishop of Carthage, exiled for a time for speaking out against the Arians, died 505. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05602c.htm
Eugene IV, Pope - Gabriello Condulmaro, or Condulmerio, b. at Venice, 1388; elected 4 March, 1431; d. at Rome, 23 Feb., 1447. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05601a.htm
Eugene III, Pope Blessed - Cistercian monk and abbot chosen by unanimous vote of the College of Cardinals to succeed Lucius II. Blessed Eugene died in 1151. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05599a.htm
Eugene II, Pope - Elected 6 June, 824; died 27 Aug., 827. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05598b.htm
Eugene I, Pope Saint - Made bishop of Rome after Pope St. Martin I had been in exile for 14 months. Eugene died in 657. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05598a.htm
Eugendus, Saint - Fourth abbot of Condat, d. 510. Also called St. Augendus, Oyand, or Oyan. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05597c.htm
Eucharius, Saint - First bishop of Trier (Treves). Second half of third century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05594a.htm
Eucharistic Congresses - Gatherings of ecclesiastics and laymen for the purpose of celebrating and glorifying the Holy Eucharist and of seeking the best means to spread its knowledge and love throughout the world. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05592a.htm
Eucarpia - A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05572b.htm
Euaria - A titular see of Phoenicia Secunda or Libanensis, in Palestine. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05572a.htm
Ethiopia - Includes geography, history, and religion. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05566a.htm
Etherianus, Hugh and Leo - Brothers, Tuscans by birth, employed at the court of Constantinople under the Emperor Manuel I (Comnenus, 1143-1180). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05555c.htm
Ethelwold, Saint - Bishop of Winchester, called "father of monks," d. 984. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05555b.htm
Etheldreda, Saint - Queen of Northumbria, twice married for reasons of state, d. 679. Biography. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05554b.htm
Ethelbert, Saint - Biography of the King of the East Angles, who was murdered in 794. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05553a.htm
Estaing, Comte d' - French admiral, b. at the chateau de Ravel (Auvergne), 28 November, 1729; d. at Paris, 28 April, 1794. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05548b.htm
Essence and Existence - Essence, described as that whereby a thing is what it is. Existence is that whereby the essence is an actuality in the line of being. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm
Espen, Zeger Bernhard van - Belgian canonist, born at Louvain, 9 July, 1646; died at Amersfoort, Netherlands, 2 Oct., 1728. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05541b.htm
Espejo, Antonio - A Spanish explorer, whose fame rests upon a notable expedition which he conducted into New Mexico and Arizona in 1582-3. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05541a.htm
Esnambuc, Pierre Belain, Sieur d' - Captain in the French marine, b. 1565, at Allouville, near Yvetot (Seine-Inferieure); d. at St. Christopher in Dec., 1636. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05540a.htm
Eskimo - A littoral race occupying the entire Arctic coast and outlying islands of America from below Cook Inlet in Alaska to the mouth of the St. Lawrence. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05539a.htm
Eskil - Archbishop of Lund, Skåne, Sweden; b. about 1100; d. at Clairvaux, 6 (7?) Sept., 1181. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05538b.htm
Escorial, The - A building in Spain situated on the south-eastern slope of the Sierra Guadarrama about twenty-seven miles north-west of Madrid. Its proper title is El Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial , Escorial being the name of a small town in the vicinity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05534c.htm
Escobar, Marina de - Mystic and foundress of a modified branch of the Brigittine Order b. at Valladolid, Spain, 8 Feb., 1554; d. there 9 June, 1633. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05534a.htm
Esch, Nicolaus van - A famous mystical theologian, b. in Oisterwijk near Hertogenbosch (Boisle-Duc), Holland, in 1507; d. 19 July, 1578. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05528a.htm
Erzerum (Theodosiopolis) - The kings of Armenia established their summer residence here. Later Garin fell into the power of the Byzantines, who named it Theodosiopolis (415), under which title it is still a Latin titular see. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05527b.htm
Erythrae - A titular see in Asia Minor. According to legend the city was founded by colonists from Crete. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05527a.htm
Erwin of Steinbach - One of the architects of the Strasburg cathedral, date of birth unknown; d. at Strasburg, 17 January, 1318. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05526b.htm
Erthal, Friedrich Karl Joseph, Freiherr von - Last Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, b. 3 Jan., 1719, at Mainz; d. 25 July, 1802, at Aschaffenburg. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05526a.htm
Erthal, Franz Ludwig von - Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg, b. at Lohr on the Main, 16 September, 1730; d. at Würzburg, 16 February, 1795. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05525c.htm
Erskine, Charles - Cardinal, b. at Rome, 13 Feb., 1739; d. at Paris, 20 March, 1811. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05525b.htm
Errington, William - Priest, founder of Sedgley Park School, b. 17 July, 1716; d. 28 September, 1768. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05524c.htm
Ernulf - Architect, b. at Beauvais, France, in 1040; d. 1124. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05524b.htm
Ernst of Hesse-Rheinfels - The sixth son of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, after whose resignation of the government in 1627 to his son Wilhelm V, Ernst and his brother Hermann respectively founded the collateral lines of Hesse-Rheinfels and Hesse-Rotenburg. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05524a.htm
Eriugena, John Scotus - Article by William Turner recounts this scholar's life and influence, and evaluates his teachings. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05519a.htm
Erhard of Ratisbon, Saint - Seventh-century Irish-born missionary bishop. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05518a.htm
Erconwald, Saint - Monk, Bishop of London, founded two monasteries, d. about 690. Biography. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05517a.htm
Edesius and Frumentius - Tyrian Greeks of the fourth century, probably brothers, who introduced Christianity into Abyssinia; the latter a saint and first Bishop of Axum, styled the Apostle of Abyssinia, d. about 383. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281b.htm
Eoghan, Saints - Some details on five Irish saints of this name. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05480a.htm
Ensingen, Ulrich - Belonged to a family of architects who came from Einsingen near Ulm, Wurtemberg, and who shared as master-builders in the construction of the most important Gothic buildings of the fifteenth century in Southern Germany. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05479a.htm
Ennodius, Magnus Felix - Rhetorician and bishop, b. probably at Arles, in Southern Gaul, in 474; d. at Pavia, Italy, 17 July, 521. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05478a.htm