Bisarchio, Diocese of
Situated in Sardinia, in the province of Sassari, district of Nuoro, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sassari.
Bishop, William
The first superior in England in episcopal orders since the old hierarchy died out in the reign of Elizabeth, born c. 1553 at Brailes in Warwickshire, where his family continued to…
Bismarck, Diocese of
In North Dakota, this diocese was erected on 31 December, 1909, and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Black Fast, The
This form of fasting, the most rigorous in the history of church legislation, was marked by austerity regarding the quantity and quality of food permitted on fasting days as well a…
Blackburne, Robert
An English Catholic who suffered imprisonment in the closing years of the seventeenth, and during the earlier half of the eighteenth, centuries; died in 1748.
Blackfoot Indians
An important tribe of the Northern Plains, constituting the westernmost extension of the great Algonquian stock.
Blanc, Anthony
Fifth Bishop, and first Archbishop, of New Orleans, La., U.S.A. (1792-1860)
Blanchet, Augustin Magloire
Brother of François Norbert Blanchet, first Bishop of Walla Walla-Nesqually, State of Washington, U.S.A. (1797-1887)
Blanchet, Franç Norbert
Missionary and first Archbishop of Oregon City, U.S.A. (1795-1883)
Blane, Saint
Nephew of St. Cathan. Blane studied in Ireland under SS. Comgall and Kenneth, became a monk, went to Scotland, became a bishop of the Picts, died 590.
Blastares, Matthew
A monk of the Order of St. Basil, living in the fourteenth century, who applied himself to the study of theology and canon law.
Blathmac, Saint
Irish monk, martyred at Iona in about 835. In Latinized form, he is sometimes called Florentius. His life was written in Latin hexameter by Strabo.
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