Clovesho, Councils of
Notable as the place at which were held several councils of the Anglo-Saxon Church.
Clovio, Giorgio
Italian miniaturist, called by Vasari "the unique" and "little Michelangelo", b. at Grizani, on the coast of Croatia, in 1498; d. at Rome, 1578.
Cluny, Congregation of
The earliest reform, which became practically a distinct order, within the Benedictine family.
Co-Consecrators
The bishops who assist the presiding bishop in the act of consecrating a new bishop.
Co-education
The term is now generally reserved to the practice of educating the sexes together; but even in this sense it has a variety of meanings.
Coccaleo, Viatora
A Capuchin friar, so called from his birthplace, Coccaglio in Lombardy, date of birth unknown; d. 1793.
Cochabamba
The city from which this diocese takes its name is the capital of the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Cochem, Martin of
German theologian, preacher and ascetic writer, born at Cochem, a small town on the Moselle, in 1630; died in the convent at Waghäusel, 10 September, 1712.
Cochin, Diocese of
Erected and constituted a suffragan of the Diocese of Goa, of which it had previously formed a part, by the Bull "Pro excellenti praeeminentia" of Paul IV, 4 February, 1558.
Cochin, Pierre-Suzanne-Augustin
Author of religious, pedagogical, and sociological works. (1823-1872)
Cochlaeus, Johann
Humanist and Catholic controversialist, b. 1479; d. 11 Jan., 1552, in Breslau.
Codex Alexandrinus
Greek manuscript of the Old and New Testaments, so named because it was brought to Europe from Alexandria and had been the property of the patriarch of that see.
Codex Amiatinus
Manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, kept at Florence in the Bibliotheca Laurentiana.
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