Hugh Green, Blessed - An English priest who had converted to Catholicism. He was martyred in a brutal way in 1642. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06776a.htm
Hugh Taylor, Blessed - The first (November 1585) to suffer martyrdom for the crime of being a priest in England who had studied abroad; the following day, a layman who had outwardly conformed was martyred for the newly defined felony of harboring such a person. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468a.htm
Hunyady, János - Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564b.htm
Hungarian Literature - History from the pre-Reformation period to the modern period. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07560a.htm
Hungary - History of the country. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07547a.htm
Hungarian Catholics in America - Information about immigrants from this country. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07545b.htm
Humiliati - A penitential order dating back, according to some authorities, to the beginning of the eleventh, but more probably to the beginning of the twelfth century, to the reign of Emperor Henry V, who, after quelling a rebellion in Lombardy, led the principal no - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543a.htm
Humanism - The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538b.htm
Hulst, Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d' - A prelate, writer, orator; born at Paris, 10 Oct., 1841; died there, 6 Nov., 1896. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538a.htm
Huguenots - An extensive history of this French Protestant tradition. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527b.htm
Huguccio - Italian canonist, b. at Pisa, date unknown; d. in 1210. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527a.htm
Hugo, Charles-Hyacinthe - Historiographer of the Norbertine Order. (1667-1739) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07526a.htm
Hugh of Strasburg - Theologian, flourished during the latter half of the thirteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07523a.htm
Hugh of Lincoln, Saint - Biography of this Augustinian and later a Carthusian, d. 1200, canonized 1220. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07519c.htm
Hugh Capet - King of France, founder of the Capetian dynasty, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. about 996, probably 24 October. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515c.htm
Hüffer, Hermann - Historian and jurist; born 24 March, 1830, at Münster in Westphalia; died at Bonn, 15 March, 1905. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07514a.htm
Huet, Pierre-Daniel - A distinguished savant and celebrated French bishop; born 8 February, 1630, at Caen (Normandy), where his father, a convert from Calvinism, was sheriff; died at Paris, 26 January, 1721. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513b.htm
Huesca - Diocese embracing parts of the province of Huesca in north-eastern Spain, seven parishes in the Broto valley and three within the limits of the Archdiocese of Saragossa, one parish being situated in the city of Saragossa itself. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07513a.htm
Hueber, Fortunatus - A Franciscan historian and theologian, born at Neustadt on the Danube; died 12 Feb., 1706, at Munich. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512a.htm
Hucbald of St-Amand - A Benedictine monk; born in 840; died in 930 or 932. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510b.htm
Huc, Evariste Régis - A French Lazarist missionary and traveller; born at Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne), 1 June, 1813; died at Paris, 26 March, 1860. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07510a.htm
Hübner, Alexander, Count - An Austrian statesman, born 26 Nov., 1811; died 30 July, 1892. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07509a.htm
Hubert Walter - Archbishop of Canterbury (1193-1205); died 13 July, 1205. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508c.htm
Hubert, Saint, Military Orders of - The highest order of Bavaria, founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard V, Duke of Jülich, in commemoration of a victory gained on St. Hubert's day (3 Nov.); some, however, date the establishment as late as 1473 and 1475. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508b.htm
Hubert, Jean-François - The ninth Bishop of Quebec, born at Quebec, 23 February, 1739; died 17 October, 1799. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508a.htm
Huber, Alphons - Historian; born 14 October, 1834, at Fügen, Zillerthal (Tyrol); died 23 November, 1898, at Vienna. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506c.htm
Huaraz - Suffragan of Lima. It comprises the entire department of Ancachs in the Republic of Peru. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506b.htm
Huanuco - Suffragan of Lima in Peru. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506a.htm
Huajuápam de León - Diocese in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected by Bull of Leo XIII. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07505a.htm
Houbigant, Charles François - Oratorian, one of the ablest Biblical scholars of his time. Born in Paris, 1686; died there 31 October, 1783. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07498a.htm
Host - Archaeological and historical aspects. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489d.htm
Hospitals - Originally, hospital meant a place where strangers or visitors were received; in the course of time, its use was restricted to institutions for the care of the sick. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07480a.htm
Hospitallers - During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout, religious of both sexes lived under one roof, following the Rule of St. Augustine. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07476a.htm
Hospitality - In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475c.htm
Hosius of Cordova - The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; born about 256; died about 358. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475a.htm
Hosius, Stanislaus - Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Ermland; born of German parents at Cracow, 5 May, 1504; died at Capranica, near Rome, S August, 1579. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07473a.htm
Hortulus Animæ - A prayer book popular in the early years of the sixteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472a.htm
Hornyold, John Joseph - A titular Bishop of Phiomelia, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, England; born 19 February, 1706; died at Longbirch, Staffordshire, 26 December, 1778. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07471b.htm
Hope-Scott, James Robert - Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. 15 July, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d. in London, 29 April, 1873. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07467a.htm
Hooke, Luke Joseph - Born at Dublin in 1716; died at St. Cloud, Paris, 16 April, 1796, son of Nathaniel Hooke the historian. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465a.htm
Hoogstraten, Jacob van - A theologian and controversialist, born about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, Belgium; died in Cologne, 24 January, 1527. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07464b.htm
Hontheim, Johannes Nicolaus von - An auxiliary Bishop of Trier; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at Montquentin, near Orval, 2 Sept., 1790. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07463a.htm
Honorius of Autun - A theologian, philosopher, and encyclopedic writer who lived in the first half of the twelfth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07461a.htm
Honorius, Flavius - Roman Emperor, d. 25 August, 423. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07460a.htm
Honoratus a Sancta Maria - A Discalced Carmelite; born at Limoges, 4 July, 1651 ; died at Lille, 1729. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07451b.htm
Hong-Kong - A prefect Apostolic under the Bishop of Macao was nominated by Gregory XVI (1846); a vicariate Apostolic was created in 1874. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07450a.htm
Homily - Etymology, early development. Also a summary of four ways of preaching on Scripture. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07448a.htm
Homiletics - Lengthy historical article. Includes extensive bibliography. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07443a.htm
Homicide - Signifies, in general, the killing of a human being. In practice, however, the word has come to mean the unjust taking away of human life, perpetrated by one distinct from the victim and acting in a private capacity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07441a.htm
Homes - This term, when used in an eleemosynary sense, covers all institutions that afford the general comforts of domestic life to persons who are defective and dependent. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07440a.htm
Holzhauser, Bartholomew - Parish priest, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of a religious community; born 24 Aug., 1613, at Laugna in the Diocese of Augsburg, Bavaria; died 20 May, 1658. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07439b.htm
Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the - A secular confraternity which gradually grew up around the most august of the Holy Places. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427c.htm
Holy Ghost, Orders of the - The Hospital of the Holy Ghost at Rome was the cradle of an order, which, beginning in the thirteenth century, spread throughout all the countries of Christendom, and whose incalculable services have been recognized by every historian of medicine. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07415a.htm
Holy Ghost - The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms an integral part of her teaching on the mystery of the Holy Trinity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07409a.htm
Holy Cross, Sisters of the - Mother House, St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame, Indiana. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405b.htm
Holy Cross, Sisters Marianites of - Founded in 1841, in the parish of Holy Cross near Le Mans, Sarthe, France, by a priest of the same city, Basile-Antoine Moreau. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07405a.htm
Holy Cross, Congregation of - A body of priests and lay brothers constituted in the religious state by the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and bearing the common name of Religious of Holy Cross. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07403a.htm
Holden, Henry - An English priest; born 1596; died March, 1662. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385b.htm
Holbein, Hans - A German painter; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in 1524. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385a.htm
Hohenburg - A suppressed nunnery, situated on the Odilienberg, the most famous of the Vosges mountains in Alsace. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384b.htm
Hohenbaum van der Meer, Moritz - A Benedictine historian; born at Spörl near Belgrade, 25 June, 1718; died at the monastery of Rheinau, near Schaffhausen in Switzerland, 18 December, 1795. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07384a.htm
Hogan, John Baptist - Better known, on account of his long sojourn in France, as Abbé Hogan. (1829-1901) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07383a.htm
Höfler, Konstantin von - Historian; born at Memmingen, Bavaria, 26 March, 1811; died at Prague, 29 December, 1898. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07382a.htm
Hofer, Andreas - A patriot and soldier, born at St. Leonhard in Passeyrthale, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1767; executed at Mantua, 20 Feb., 1810. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07381b.htm
Hobart - Archdiocese comprises Tasmania, Bruni Island, and the Cape Barren, Flinders, King, and other islands in Bass Straits. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380c.htm
Hittorp, Melchior - A theologian and liturgical writer, born about 1525, at Cologne; died there in 1584. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07380a.htm
History, Ecclesiastical - A survey of the role of church history, the history of the Catholic Church and historiography of church history. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07365a.htm
Hirscher, Johann Baptist von - Professor of moral theology and catechetics at the University of Freiburg in the Breisgau. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363b.htm
Hirschau, Abbey of - A celebrated Benedictine monastery in Würtemberg, Diocese of Spires. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07363a.htm
Hincmar - A bishop of Laon, died 879. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07357a.htm
Himerius - An Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, 385. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07356a.htm
Himeria - A titular see in the province of Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07355b.htm
Hildebert of Lavardin - Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours, and celebrated medieval poet; b. about 1056, at the Castle of Lavardin near Montoir on the Loire; d. 8 December, 1133 or 1134. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350b.htm
Heraclea - A titular see of Thracia Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07242b.htm