Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael
Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at Vienna, 29 Sept., 1800.
Denis, Joseph
The first Canadian to join the Recollects of the Friars Minor. (1657-1736)
Denis, Saint
Bishop of Paris, martyred along with his deacons Rusticus and Eleutherius in about 275.
Denman, William
Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 12 September, 1870.
Denonville, Seigneur and Marquis de
Governor of New France, born in 1638 at Denonville in the department of Eure-et-Loir, France; died 1710.
Dens, Peter
Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, 15 February, 1775.
Denys the Carthusian, Blessed
Sometimes called the last of the Schoolmen, devoted to prayer, avid reader whose favorite author was Pseudo-Dionysius. Author of commentaries, sermons, and theological and philosop…
Denza, Francesco
Italian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Naples, 7 June, 1834; d. at Rome, 14 December, 1894.
Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus
Theologian of the modern Catholic German school and author of the "Enchiridion" universally used, b. 10 Oct., 1819, at Liege; d. 19 June, 1883.
Deo Gratias
An old liturgical formula of the Latin Church to give thanks to God for graces received.
Deposition
An ecclesiastical vindictive penalty by which a cleric is forever deprived of his office or benefice and of the right of exercising the functions of his orders.
Deprés, Josquin
Article about his life and work, especially the religious dynamic in his compositions.
Dereser, Anton
Discalced Carmelite, born at Fahr in Franconia, 3 February, 1757; died at Breslau, 15 or 16 June, 1807.
Derogation
The partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law.
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