Dimissorial Letters
Letters given by an ecclesiastical superior to his subjects to have effect in territory outside his jurisdiction.
Dingley, Ven. Sir Thomas
Martyr, prior of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, found guilty of high treason 28 April, 1539, and beheaded on Tower Hill, 9 July, together with the Blessed Sir Adrian Fortesc…
Diocesan Chancery
That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government of a diocese.
Dioceses (Supplemental List)
Brief details of dioceses that were too new to have articles about them in 1914.
Diocletian
Roman Emperor and persecutor of the Church, b. of parents who had been slaves, at Dioclea, near Salona, in Dalmatia, A.D. 245; d. at Salona, A.D. 313.
Diodorus of Tarsus
Date of birth uncertain; d. about A.D. 392. He was of noble family, probably of Antioch. St. Basil calls him a "nursling" of Silvanus, Bishop of Tarsus, but whether this disciplesh…
Diognetus, Epistle to
An apology for Christianity cited by no ancient or medieval writer, and came from a single manuscript which perished in the siege of Strasburg (1870).
Dionysius Exiguus
According to his friend and fellow-student, Cassiodorus, though by birth a Scythian, he was in character a true Roman and thorough Catholic, most learned in both tongues i.e., Gree…
Dionysius of Alexandria, Saint
Also called Dionysius the Great. Bishop, d. 264 or 265.
Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite
Article on the identity of the mysterious Pseudo-Areopagite, his writings, and their influence.
Dionysius, Pope Saint
Elected towards the end of a wave of persecution. Dionysius opposed the errors of the Sabellians and Marcionites, and died in 268.
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