Ceillier, Rémi
Patrologist, b. at Bar-le-Duc, 14 May, 1688; d. at Flavigny, 26 May, 1763.
Celenderis
A port and fortress in Isauria, founded by the Phoenicians or, according to legend, by Sandacos, son of Astynoös and grandson of Phaethon.
Celestine I, Pope Saint
Excommunicated Nestorius, sent St. Patrick to Ireland, d. 432.
Celestines
The name given to certain extreme "Spiritual" Franciscans of the Marches, because they were taken by Celestine V under his special protection.
Celibacy of the Clergy
The renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grade…
Cellier, Elizabeth
A noted London midwife, who came into prominence through the pretended "Meal-Tub Plot" of 1680.
Celsus the Platonist
An eclectic Platonist and polemical writer against Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the second century.
Celtes, Conrad
German Humanist, b. at Wipfeld in Lower Franconia, 1 February, 1459; d. at Vienna, 4 February, 1508.
Celtic Rite, The
The term "Celtic Rite" is generally, but rather indefinitely, applied to the various rites in use in Great Britain, Ireland, perhaps in Brittany, and sporadically in Northern Spain…
Cemeteries
The word coemeterium or cimiterium (in Gr. koimeterion) may be said in early literature to be used exclusively of the burial places of Jews and Christians.
Cemeteries in Law
Includes information concerning the laws in the United States and Canada.
Cemeteries, Early Roman Christian
This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb cemeteries in the vicinity of Rome.
Cenacle, Religious of the
The Society of Our Lady of the Cenacle was founded in 1826, at La Louvesc in France, near the tomb of St. John Francis Regis.
Cenalis, Robert
Bishop, historian, and controversialist, b. in Paris, 1483; d. there, 1560.
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