Grün, Anastasius
Pseudonym for Anton Alexander (Maria), Count von Auersperg, a nineteenth-century Austrian poet.
Grace at Meals
One of the most ancient formulae of prayer at meals is found in a treatise of the fourth century, attributed without foundation to Saint Athanasius.
Grace, Actual
A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation.
Grace, Controversies on
These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will.
Grace, William Russell
Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904.
Gradwell, Robert
Bishop; b. at Clifton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, 26 Jan., 1777; d. in London, 15 March, 1833.
Graham, Patrick
First Archbishop of St. Andrews and Metropolitan of Scotland, date of birth uncertain; d. 1478.
Grail, The Holy
The name of a legendary sacred vessel, variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist or the dish of the Pascal lamb, and the theme of a famous medieval cycle of romance.
Gramont, Eugénie de
Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at Paris, 19 November, 1846.
Granada, University of
The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, which, when the city was captured by St. Ferdinand in 1236, was removed to Granada and there continued.
Grancolas, Jean
Doctor of the Sorbonne, theologian, liturgist; b. near Chateaudun, about 1660; d. at Paris, 1 August, 1732.
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