Charlemagne and Church Music
Charlemagne's interest in church music and solicitude for its propagation and adequate performance throughout his empire, have never been equalled by any civil ruler either before …
Charles Borromeo, Saint
Biographical article on the Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal, a leading light of the Catholic Reformation.
Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod, Saint
Short biography of the bishop of Marseilles and founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
Charles Mahony, Blessed
Irish Franciscan priest who was executed at Ruthin in Wales in 1679. Short article includes a statement by the martyr.
Charles Martel
French monarch, born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741.
Charles V, Emperor
Born at Ghent, 1500; died at Yuste, in Spain, 1558; was a descendant of the house of Hapsburg, and to this descent owed his sovereignty over so many lands that it was said of him t…
Charleston
The Diocese of Charleston (Carolopolitana) comprises the entire state of South Carolina, U.S.A.
Charlevoix, François-Xavier
Historian, b. at St-Quentin, France, 24 October, 1682, d. at La Flèche, 1 February, 1761.
Charlottetown
Diocese includes all Prince Edward Island (formerly called St. John's Island), the smallest province of the dominion of Canada.
Charpentier, François-Philippe
French engraver, inventor, and mechanician, b. at Blois, 1734; d. there 22 July, 1817.
Charron, Pierre
Article by Charles B. Schrantz notes this French thinker's impact and the regrettable superficiality of his thought.
Charterhouse
From the fact that St. Bruno founded the first house of his austere order at Chartreux, near Grenoble, the institution has ever since been known by the name of that place.
Chartreuse, La Grande
The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley of the Alps of Dauphine.
Chartulary
A medieval manuscript volume or roll (rotulus) containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the foundation, privileges, and legal rights of ecclesiastical establishm…
Chastellain, Georges
Burgundian chronicler, born in the County of Alost, Flanders, in 1403; died at Valenciennes in 1475.
Chastellain, Pierre
Missionary among the Huron Indians, born at Senlis, France, in 1606; died at Quebec, 14 August, 1684.
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