Fontana, Felice
Italian naturalist and physiologist, b. at Pomarolo in the Tyrol, 15 April, 1730; d. at Florence, 11 January, 1805.
Fontbonne, Jeanne
Mother St. John, second foundress and superior-general of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons. (1759-1843)
Fonte-Avellana
A suppressed order of hermits, which takes its name from their first hermitage in the Apennines.
Fontenelle, Abbey of
A Benedictine monastery in Normandy (Seine-Inférieure), near Caudebec-en-Caux.
Fontevrault, Order and Abbey of
The monastery of Fontevrault was founded by Blessed Robert d'Arbrissel about the end of 1100.
Forbin-Janson, Comte de Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph
A Bishop of Nancy and Toul, founder of the Association of the Holy Childhood. (1785-1844)
Forcellini, Egidio
Latin lexicographer, b. at Fener, near Treviso, Italy, 26 Aug., 1688; d. at Padua, 4 April, 1768.
Fordham University
Developed out of Saint John's College, founded by Bishop Hughes upon the old Rose Hill Farm at Fordham, then in Westchester County, and formally opened on St. John the Baptist's Da…
Forer, Laurenz
Controversialist, b. at Lucerne, 1580; d. at Ratisbon, 7 January, 1659.
Forgery, Forger
The deliberate untruthfulness of an assertion, or in the deceitful presentation of an object, and is based on an intention to deceive and to injure while using the externals of hon…
Formularies
Medieval collections of models for the execution of documents (acta), public or private; a space being left for the insertion of names, dates, and circumstances peculiar to each ca…
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