Crepieul, François
Jesuit missionary in Canada and vicar Apostolic for the Montagnais Indians; b. at Arras, France, 16 March, 1638; d. at Quebec in 1702.
Crescentius
The name of several leaders of the Roman aristocracy in the tenth century, during their opposition to the imperial government of the time.
Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario
Italian historian of literature, chronicler, and poet, b. in Macerata, 9 Oct., 1663; d. 8 March 1728.
Cresconius
A Latin canonist of uncertain date and place, flourished probably in the latter half of the seventh century, though it may have been at the end of the sixth or even in the eighth c…
Cressy, Hugh Paulinus Serenus
Doctor of Theology and English Benedictine monk, b. at Thorpe-Salvin, Yorkshire, about 1605; d. at East Grinstead, Sussex, 10 August, 1674.
Creswell, Joseph
Controversialist, b. 1577 of Yorkshire stock in London; d. about 1623.
Crime, Impediment of
Nullifies marriage according to ecclesiastical law, and arises from adultery and homicide separately or together.
Criticism, Higher
Biblical criticism in its fullest comprehension is the examination of the literary origins and historical values of the books composing the Bible, with the state in which these exi…
Criticism, Historical
The art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of the past.
Criticism, Textual
The object of textual criticism is to restore as nearly as possible the original text of a work the autograph of which has been lost.
Crivelli, Carlo
Italian painter. Little is known of his life, and his b. and d. are usually reckoned by his earliest and latest signed pictures, 1468-93.
Croagh Patrick
A mountain looking out on the Atlantic ocean from the southern shore of Clew Bay, in the County Mayo, and called "the Sinai of Ireland."
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