Baysio, Guido de
An Italian canonist, b. about the middle of the thirteenth century of a noble Ghibelline family; d. at Avignon, 10 August, 1313.
Bazin, John Stephen
Third Bishop of Vincennes (now the Diocese of Indianapolis). (1796-1848)
Beads, Use of, at Prayers
Essay on chaplets, rosaries, prayer ropes, prayer cords. Brief treatment of the use of beads in prayer by non-Christians.
Beatific Vision
The immediate knowledge of God which the angelic spirits and the souls of the just enjoy in Heaven.
Beatification and Canonization
According to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis.
Beatitudes, Mount of
Name given to the place where the "Sermon on the Mount", was delivered.
Beatitudes, The Eight
The solemn blessings which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount.
Beaufort, Lady Margaret
Countess of Richmond and Derby, b. 1441; d. 1509, daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, first Duke of Somerset.
Beaulieu Abbey
A Cistercian house in Hampshire, one of the three monasteries founded by King John (c. 1204) and peopled by thirty monks from Cîteaux.
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant
Soldier, b. near New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., 28 May, 1818; d. there 20 February, 1893.
Beauvais, Gilles-François-de
Jesuit writer and preacher, born at Mans, France, 7 July, 1693; died probably at Paris about 1773.
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