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 Laurence Humphreys, Blessed   - Short account of the life of this young layman who was martyred in 1591 for words allegedly uttered when he was seriously ill. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07545a.htm    Lyons, Second Council of - One of the most largely attended of conciliar assemblies, there being present five hundred bishops, sixty abbots, more than a thousand prelates or procurators. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09476c.htm Lyons, First Council of - Innocent IV, threatened by Emperor Frederick II, arrived at Lyons 2 December, 1244, and early in 1245 summoned the bishops and princes to the council. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09476b.htm Lyons, Archdiocese of - Comprises the Department of the Rhône (except the Canton of Villeurbanne, which belongs to the Diocese of Grenoble) and of the Loire. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09472a.htm Lyndwood, William - Bishop of St. David's, b. about 1375; d. in 1446. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09471b.htm Lydgate, John - Writer, born at Lydgate, Suffolk, about 1370; d. probably about 1450. He entered the Benedictine abbey at Bury when fifteen and may have been educated earlier at the school of the Benedictine monks there and have been afterwards at the Benedictine house o - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09468c.htm Lydda - A titular see of Palestina Prima in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09468b.htm Luxemburg - The small remnant of the old duchy of this name and since 11 May, 1867, an independent neutral grand duchy, comprising 998 sq. miles of territory, lying principally between 49° 27' and 50° 12' N. lat., and 5° 45' and 6° 32' E. long. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09465a.htm Lussy, Melchior - Statesman, b. at Stans, Canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland, 1529; d. there 14 Nov., 1606. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09437c.htm Lusignan, Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse - French-Canadian writer, b. at St-Denis on the Richelieu, P.Q., 27 September, 1843; d. 5 January, 1893, son of Jean-Baptiste Lusignan, a merchant, and Onésime Masse. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09437b.htm Luscinius, Ottmar - An Alsatian Humanist, b. at Strasburg, 1487; d. at Freiburg, 1537. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09437a.htm Lupus, Christian - Historian, b. at Ypres (Flanders), 23 July, 1612; d. at Louvain, 10 July, 1681. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09436c.htm Lupus - Abbot of Ferrieres, French Benedictine writer, b. in the Diocese of Sens, about 805; d. about 862. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09436b.htm Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato - Diocese in the province of Genoa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09436a.htm Luminare - The name applied to the shafts in the roof of the passages and chambers of the Catacombs occasionally pierced for the admission of light and air. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09430b.htm Lumen Christi - The versicle chanted by the deacon on Holy Saturday as he lights the triple candle. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09430a.htm Lully, Jean-Baptiste - Article profiles the composer's secular and religious contributions. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09429a.htm Lugos - Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Fogaras and Alba Julia of the Uniat-Rumanian Rite, was erected in November, 1853. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09419a.htm Lugo, John de - Spanish Jesuit and Cardinal, one of the most eminent theologians of modern times, b. at Madrid, November, 1583, though he used to call himself "Hispalensis", because his family seat was at Seville; d. at Rome, 20 August, 1660. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09418b.htm Lugo, Francisco de - Jesuit theologian, b. at Madrid, 1580; d, at Valladolid, 17 September, 1652. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09418a.htm Lugo - Diocese in Galicia, Spain, a suffragan of Santiago, said to have been founded (by Agapitus) in Apostolic times. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09417b.htm Lueger, Karl - A burgomaster of Vienna, Austrian political leader and municipal reformer, born at Vienna, 24 October, 1844; died there, 10 March, 1910. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09417a.htm Ludovicus a S. Carolo - Carmelite writer, b. at Châlons-sur-Marne (according to some at Chalon-sur-Saône), 20 Aug., 1608; d. at Paris 10 March, 1670. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09416c.htm Ludger, Saint - Also known as St. Lüdiger, or Liudger. Biography of this missionary, the first bishop of Munster, who died in 809. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09415a.htm Lucius III, Pope - Died 1185. Innocent II created him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede on 23 February, 1141, and afterwards sent him as legate to France. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09412b.htm Lucius II, Pope - Born at Bologna, unknown date, died at Rome, 15 February, 1145. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09412a.htm Lucius I, Pope Saint - Biographical article on this pope, exiled for a time, who reigned less than one year, and died in 254. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09411a.htm Lucina, Crypt of - The traditional title of the most ancient section of the catacomb of St. Callistus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09410c.htm Lucifer of Cagliari - A bishop, who must have been born in the early years of the fourth century; died in 371. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09410b.htm Lucic, John - Croatian historian, b. early in the seventeenth century, at Trojir, or Tragurion, in Dalmatia; d. at Rome, 11 January, 1679. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09409b.htm Lucian of Antioch - Biographical article on the presbyter famed for his sanctity and scholarship, who died a martyr in 312. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09409a.htm Lucerne - Chief town of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09406b.htm Lucera - An ancient city in the province of Foggia in Apulia, Southern Italy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09406a.htm Lucca - The capital of the like named province in Tuscany, Central Italy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09405a.htm Lucas, Frederick - A member of Parliament and journalist, b. in Westminster, 30 March, 1812, d. at Staines, Middlesex, 22 Oct., 1855. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09404b.htm Luca, Giovanni Battista de - A Cardinal and Italian canonist of the seventeenth century, b. at Venusia, Southern Italy, in 1614; d. at Rome, on 5 February, 1683. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09404a.htm Lublin - The city of Lublin is in Russian Poland, capital of the Government of Lublin, lies on the Bistrzyca, a tributary of the Vistula, and in 1897 had a population of 50,152, of whom 30,914 were Catholics. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09403a.htm Loyola University (New Orleans) - Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, was (in 1912) the only Catholic university in what is popularly designated "The Old South". - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15203d.htm Loyola University, Chicago - The outgrowth of St. Ignatius College, founded by the Jesuits in 1869 for the higher education of the Catholic youth of Chicago, and empowered by the Legislature of Illinois (30 June, 1870) to confer the usual degrees in the various faculties of a univers - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15203c.htm Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of - A community devoted to the education of youth and the care of the sick and infirm. It was founded at Renaix, Flanders, in 1830, by Etienne Modeste Glorieux, a Belgian priest, and approved in 1892 by Leo XIII. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09389a.htm Louisiana - Includes history, religious information, and statistics. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09378a.htm Louise, Sister - Educator and organizer, b. at Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland, 14 Nov., 1813; d. at Cincinnati, Ohio, 3 Dec., 1886. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09377a.htm Louis Allemand, Blessed - Brief article on this 15th-century Cardinal Archbishop of Arles, who was a supporter of antipope Felix V. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09376a.htm Loucheux - The would-be Kuchin of some ethnologists, and the Tukudh of the Protestant missionaries; Richardson called them Quarrellers. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09367b.htm Lotto, Lorenzo - Italian portrait painter, d. 1556. Artist's biography with bibliography. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09367a.htm Lotti, Antonio - Biography of the Venetian composer noting his accomplishments as organist, teacher, and creator of operas and religious works. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09366c.htm Lorraine - By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided in three parts: Ludwig the German received Eastern Franconia; Charles the Bald, Western Franconia; and Lothair I, the strip of land lying between the two and reaching from the North Sea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09362a.htm Lorrain, Claude de - French painter and etcher, b. in 1600 at Chamagnc on the banks of the Moselle in Lorraine; d. in Rome, 21 Nov., 1681 (or 23 Nov., 1682). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09361a.htm Lorette - An Indian village occupied by the principal remnant of the ancient Huron tribe on the east bank of Saint Charles River. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09360a.htm Lorenzetti, Pietro and Ambrogio - Sienese painters. The time of their birth and death is not known. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09357c.htm Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio de - Cardinal, b. 22 Sept., 1722 at Leon in Spain; d. 17 April, 1804, at Rome. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09357b.htm Lopez-Caro, Francisco - Spanish artist, b. at Seville in 1598; d. at Madrid in 1662; he was a pupil of Juan de Las Roelas, the painter of the great altar-piece in the church of St. Isidore in Seville, of the "Martyrdom of St. Andrew" in the museum at Seville, and of th - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09355a.htm London (Ontario) - Diocese in Canada, established 21 February, 1855; see transferred to Sandwich, 2 February, 1859, transferred back to London, 3 October, 1869. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09353a.htm London - The capital of England and chief city of the British Empire, is situated about fifty miles from the mouth of the Thames. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09341a.htm Lombardy - A word derived from Longobardia and used during the Middle Ages to designate the country ruled over by the Longobards, which varied in extent with the varying fortunes of that race in Italy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09336b.htm Loman, Saint - Brief article accepts the tradition that Loman, bishop of Trim, was a nephew of St. Patrick. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09335a.htm Lohel, Johann - Archbishop of Prague, b. at Eger, Bohemia, 1549; d. 2 Nov., 1622. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09331a.htm Logia, Jesu - Found partly in the Inspired Books of the New Testament, partly in uninspired writings. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09323a.htm Loci Theologici - Loci theologici or loci communes, are the common topics of discussion in theology. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09320a.htm Lochner, Stephen - A painter, born at Meersburg, on the Lake of Constance, date of birth unknown; died at Cologne, 1452. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09319c.htm Lobbes, Benedictine Abbey of - Located in Hainault, Belgium, founded about 650, by St. Landelin, a converted brigand, so that the place where his crimes had been committed might benefit by his conversion. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09318a.htm Loango - Formerly included in the great Kingdom of Congo, Loango became independent towards the end of the sixteenth century, at which time it extended from the mouth of the Kwilou to that of the River Congo. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09317a.htm Loaisa, Garcia de - Cardinal and Archbishop of Seville, b. in Talavera, Spain, c. 1479; d. at Madrid, 21 April, 1546. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09316c.htm Llandaff - The origins of this see are to be found in the sixth century monastic movement initiated by St. Dubricius, who presided over the monastery of Mochros. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09315c.htm Llancarvan - Llancarvan, Glamorganshire, Wales, was a college and monastery founded apparently about the middle of the fifth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09315b.htm Livias - A titular see in Palestina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09315a.htm Liverpool - One of the thirteen dioceses into which Pius IX divided Catholic England, 29 September, 1850, when he re-established the Catholic hierarchy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09314a.htm Liutprand of Cremona - Bishop and historian, b. at the beginning of the tenth century; d. after 970. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09313a.htm Liturgy - A Greek composite word meaning originally a public duty, a service to the state undertaken by a citizen. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09306a.htm Liturgical Chant - A chant, if its style, composition, and execution prove it suitable for liturgical use, may properly be called liturgical chant. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09304a.htm Liturgical Books - All the books, published by the authority of any church, that contain the text and directions for her official (liturgical) services. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09296a.htm Little Rock - The State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, parts of the Louisiana Purchase, were formed, 1843, into the Diocese of Little Rock. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09295a.htm Litta - A noble Milanese family which gave two distinguished cardinals to the Church. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09293a.htm Lithuania - An ancient grandy-duchy united with Poland in the fourteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09292a.htm Litany of the Saints - The model of all other litanies, of great antiquity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09291a.htm |