Crusade, Bull of the
A Bull granting indulgences to those who took part in the wars against the infidels.
Crutched Friars
An order of mendicant friars who went to England in the thirteenth century from Italy.
Cruz, Ramón de la
Poet, b. at Madrid, Spain, 28 March, 1731; d. in the same city, 4 November, 1795.
Cuernavaca
Erected 23 June, 1891, comprises all the State of Morelos in the Republic of Mexico, and is bounded on the north and the west by the Archdiocese of Mexico, on the east by the Archd…
Cullen, Paul
Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, born at Prospect, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 29 April, 1803; died at Dublin, 24 October, 1878.
Cummings, Jeremiah Williams
Publicist, b. in Washington, U.S.A., April, 1814; d. at New York, 4 January, 1866.
Cuncolim, Martyrs of
On Monday, 25 July, 1583 (N.S.), the village of Cuncolim in the district of Salcete, territory of Goa, India, was the scene of the martyrdom of five religious of the Society of Jes…
Cunegundes, Saint
A niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Cunegundes married Boleslaus, Duke of Cracow, later King of Poland. Once widowed, she became a Poor Clare. She died in 1292.
Cuoq, André-Jean
Philologist, b. at LePuy, France, 1821; d. at Oka near Montreal, 1898.
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