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 Francis X. Seelos, Blessed   - Short biographical article on the missionary priest. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13681b.htm    Fursey, Saint - Blood brother of St. Foillan. Fursey was an Irish monk and visionary, the abbot of Lagny. He died in about 650. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324d.htm Furness Abbey - Originally a Benedictine monastery of the Savigny Reform it afterwards became Cistercian. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324a.htm Fünfkirchen, Diocese of - Diocese in Hungary, in the ecclesiastical province of Gran. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06322b.htm Fulgentius, Saint - Full name, Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius. Monk, abbot, Bishop of Ruspe, anti-Arian theologian, d. 533. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06316a.htm Frowin, Blessed - Abbot of Engelberg, renowned for learning as well as sanctity, d. 1178. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06310b.htm Frontenac, Louis de Baude - A governor of New France, b. at Paris, 1662; d. at Quebec, 28 Nov., 1698. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06310a.htm Fromentin, Eugène - French writer and artist. (1820-1876) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06309a.htm Froissart, Jean - Biography of the French historian and poet. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06308b.htm Fringes (in Scripture) - A special kind of trimming, consisting of loose threads of wool, silk, etc., or strips of other suitable material, along the edge of a piece of cloth. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06307b.htm Frigolet, Abbey of - The monastery of St. Michael was founded, about 960, at Frigolet, by Conrad the Pacific, King of Arles. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06307a.htm Friends of God - An association of pious persons, both ecclesiastical and lay, having for its object the cultivation of holiness. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06306a.htm Frideswide, Saint - Patron saint of Oxford, d. 735. Biographical entry. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06303b.htm French, Nicholas - Bishop of Ferns, Ireland. (1604-1678) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06271b.htm Fremin, James - Jesuit missionary to the American Indians; b. at Reims, 12 March, 1628; d. at Quebec, 2 July, 1691. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06271a.htm Frejus - Suffragan of Aix; comprises the whole department of Var (France). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06269a.htm Freiburg - City, archdiocese, and university in the Archduchy of Baden, Germany. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06264a.htm Fregoso, Federigo - Cardinal; b. at Genoa, about 1480; d. 22 July, 1541. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06263a.htm William Freeman, Blessed - English priest, martyred at Warwick in 1595. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06258a.htm Free Church of Scotland - Short introduction and history of the United Free Church. Briefly covers the secession, notes the events leading up to the disruption and deals with the events during the unification. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06257b.htm Fredoli, Berenger - Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati. (1250-1323) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06257a.htm Frederick II - German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily; born 26 Dec., 1194; died at Fiorentina, in Apulia, 13 Dec., 1250. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06255a.htm Frederick I (Barbarossa) - German King and Roman Emperor. (1123-1190) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06252b.htm Frechette, Louis-Honoré - Canadian journalist and poet. (1839-1908) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06251b.htm Frayssinous, Denis de - Bishop of Hermopolis in partibus infidelium, is celebrated chiefly for his conferences at Notre-Dame de Paris. (1765-1841) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06251a.htm Fraticelli - A name given to various heretical sects which appeared in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, principally in Italy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06244b.htm Frascati - One of the six suburbicarian (i.e. neighbouring) dioceses from an immemorial date closely related to the Roman Church. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06243a.htm Frankfort-on-the-Main - Formerly the scene of the election and coronation of the German emperors. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06237a.htm Frank, Michael Sigismund - Catholic artist and rediscoverer of the lost art of glass-painting; b. 1 June, 1770, at Nuremberg; d. at Munich, 16 January, 1847. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235b.htm Francis Caracciolo, Saint - Co-founder of the Congregation of the Minor Clerks Regular, d. 1608. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06218a.htm Francis Borgia, Saint - Long essay on the dramatic life of the Duke of Gandia turned Jesuit. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06213a.htm Francis, Rule of Saint - As known, St. Francis founded three orders and gave each of them a special rule. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06208a.htm Frances d'Amboise, Blessed - Biographical article on the Duchess of Brittany. While married, she was a great friend of the Poor Clares, Dominicans, and Carmelites. After she was widowed, she became a Carmelite herself, and died in 1485. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06205b.htm Franchi, Ausonio - Philosopher; b. 24 February, 1821, at Pegli, province of Genoa; d. 12 September, 1895, at Genoa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06206a.htm Franceschini, Marc' Antonio - Italian painter; b. at Bologna, 1648; d. there c. 1729; best known for the decorative works he carried out in Parma, Bologna, and Genoa, and for the designs executed for Clement XI for certain mosaics in St. Peter's. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06205a.htm Four Crowned Martyrs - The Four Crowned Martyrs are actually two groups, with a total of nine or ten martyrs. The first five were masons or sculptors in Pannonia, martyred in 305. The second was a group of four martyrs, names unknown. They have been venerated since the fourth c - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06163a.htm Fouquet, Jehan - French painter and miniaturist, b. at Tours, c. 1415; d. about 1480. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06161b.htm Foundling Asylums - Under this title are comprised all institutions which take charge of infants whose parents or guardians are unable or unwilling to care for them. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06159a.htm Fothad, Saint - St. Fothad Na Canoine ("of the Canon"), late eighth-century monk in County Donegal, bard. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06156a.htm Fossors - Grave diggers in the Roman catacombs in the first three or four centuries of the Christian Era. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06155a.htm Fossombrone - Diocese in the province of Pesaro, Italy, a suffragan of Urbino. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06154b.htm Fossano - Diocese located in the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, Northern Italy, a suffragan of Turin. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06154a.htm Formularies - Medieval collections of models for the execution of documents (acta), public or private; a space being left for the insertion of names, dates, and circumstances peculiar to each case. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06141a.htm Formby, Henry - Writer, born 1816; died at Normanton Hall, Leicester, 12 March, 1884. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06139a.htm Form - The original meaning of the term form, both in Greek and Latin, was and is that in common use - eidos, being translated, that which is seen, shape, etc., with secondary meanings derived from this, as form, sort, particular, kind, nature. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06137b.htm Forgery, Forger - The deliberate untruthfulness of an assertion, or in the deceitful presentation of an object, and is based on an intention to deceive and to injure while using the externals of honesty. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06135b.htm Forer, Laurenz - Controversialist, b. at Lucerne, 1580; d. at Ratisbon, 7 January, 1659. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06134c.htm Foreman, Andrew - A Scottish prelate; b. at Hatton, near Berwick-on-Tweed; d. 1522. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06134b.htm Fordham University - Developed out of Saint John's College, founded by Bishop Hughes upon the old Rose Hill Farm at Fordham, then in Westchester County, and formally opened on St. John the Baptist's Day, 24 June, 1841. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15203b.htm Forcellini, Egidio - Latin lexicographer, b. at Fener, near Treviso, Italy, 26 Aug., 1688; d. at Padua, 4 April, 1768. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06134a.htm Forbin-Janson, Comte de Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph - A Bishop of Nancy and Toul, founder of the Association of the Holy Childhood. (1785-1844) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06133c.htm Fontevrault, Order and Abbey of - The monastery of Fontevrault was founded by Blessed Robert d'Arbrissel about the end of 1100. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06129b.htm Foillan, Saint - Blood brother of SS. Fursey and Ultan. Irish-born abbot of Cnoberesburg until it was captured by the Mercians, whereupon Foillan fled to Nivelles. He was murdered in 652. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06123c.htm Foggia - Diocese in the province of the same name in Apulia (Southern Italy). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06123b.htm Fogaras - Archdiocese in Hungary, of the Greek-Rumanian Rite. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06123a.htm Florilegia - Systematic collections of excerpts (more or less copious) from the works of the Fathers and other ecclesiastical writers of the early period, compiled with a view to serve dogmatic or ethical purposes. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06121a.htm Flodoard - French historian and chronicler, b. at Epernay in 894; d. in 966. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06105a.htm Flaviopolis - A titular see in the province of Honorias. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06099c.htm Flanders - Designated in the eighth century a small territory around Bruges; it became later the name of the country bounded by the North Sea, the Scheldt, and the Canche. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06094b.htm Flanagan, Thomas Canon - Canon of Birmingham Diocese. Born in England in 1814, though Irish by descent; died at Kidderminster, 21 July, 1865. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06094a.htm Flaget, Benedict Joseph - First Bishop of Bardstown (subsequently of Louisville), Kentucky, U.S.A. (1763-1850) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06093a.htm Flagellants - A fanatical and heretical sect that flourished in the thirteenth and succeeding centuries. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06089c.htm Fitz-Simons, Thomas - American merchant, b. in Ireland, 1741; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 26 Aug., 1811. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06087b.htm Fitzralph, Richard - Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Dundalk, Ireland, about 1295; d. at Avignon, 16 Dec., 1360. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06086c.htm Fitzpatrick, William John - Historian, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 31 Aug., 1830; d. there 24 Dec., 1895. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06086b.htm Fitzherbert, Thomas - Born 1552, at Swynnerton, Staffs, England; died 17 Aug., 1640, at Rome. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06086a.htm Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir - Judge, b. in 1470; d. 27 May, 1538. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06085b.htm Fitzalan, Henry - Twelfth Earl of Arundel, b. about 1511; d. in London, 24 Feb., 1580. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06084c.htm Fitton, James - Missionary, b. at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 10 April, 1805; d. there, 15 Sept., 1881. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06084b.htm Fitter, Daniel - Born in Worcestershire, England, 1628; died at St. Thomas' Priory, near Stafford, 6 Feb., 1700. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06084a.htm Fisher, Philip - Missionary, b. in Madrid, 1595-6; d. in Maryland, U. S., 1652. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06083b.htm Firmilian - Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, died c. 269. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06080b.htm Firmicus Maternus - Christian author of the fourth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06080a.htm Finland - As of the time of this article, a department or province of the Russian Empire; bounded on the north by Norway, on the west by Sweden and the Gulf of Bothnia, on the south by the Gulf of Finland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076d.htm |