Damasus I, Pope Saint
Damasus, who had to contend with an antipope, condemned Apollinarianism, and persuaded St. Jerome to undertake the revision of the Latin Bible, died in 384.
Damasus II, Pope
A native of Bavaria and the third German to be elevated to the See of Peter.
Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand
Church historian, born 1 March, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria; died 1 April, 1859, at Schäftlarn.
Damien, Father (Joseph de Veuster)
Biography of the Belgian missionary priest to the leper colony on Molokai.
Dance of Death
Originally a species of spectacular play akin to the English moralities. It has been traced back to the middle of the fourteenth century.
Dandolo, Enrico
Doge of Venice from 1192 to 1205; died, aged about a hundred years, in 1205.
Daniel Comboni, Saint
Short biographical profile of this nineteenth-century Italian missionary to Africa.
Daniel of Winchester
Bishop of the West Saxons, and ruler of the See of Winchester from 705 to 744; died in 745.
Daniel, Book of
In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant versions, the Book of Daniel is limited to its proto-canonical portions. In the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and many other ancient a…
Daniel, Charles
Founded the "Etudes de théologie et d' histoire", a magazine with monthly publication. (1818-1893)
Daniel, Gabriel
Historian and controversialist, born at Rouen, France, 8 Feb., 1649; died at Paris, 23 June, 1728.
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