Ave Regina
An antiphon so called from its first line, Ave regina caelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven).
Avendano, Fernando
Priest, native of Lima, spoke Quichua. Died 1665, shortly after being named bishop of Santiago de Chile.
Aversa, Diocese of
Comprising twenty-one towns in the Province of Caserta and twelve in the Province of Naples, it is under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See.
Avesta, The
The sacred books of Parsees, or Zoroastrians, and the main source of our knowledge concerning the religious and spiritual life the ancient Persians.
Avesta, Theological Aspects of the
Explores the subjects of God, dualism, angelology, and man.
Avignon, University of
Developed from the already existing schools of the city, was formally constituted in 1303, by a Bull of Boniface VIII.
Avila, Francisco de
Curate or vicar in the province of Huarochiri of Peru, later curate at Huánaco, finally Canon of the Church of La Plata, in Bolivia.
Avila, Sancho de
Born at Avila of the Kings, in Old Castile, 1546, and named after the place of his birth; died at Plasencia, in the same province, 6 or 7 December, 1625.
Avitus, Saint
Anti-Arian Bishop of Vienne, converted King Sigismund, was a renowned poet, d. about 518.
Avranches, Council of
In 1172 (September 27-28) a Council was held at Avranches in France, apropos of the troubles caused in the English Church by the murder of St. Thomas Becket.
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