Grueber, Johann
German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century.
Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal
Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 January, 1875.
Guérard, Robert
Writer, born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715.
Guérin, Anne-Thérèse
In religion, Mother Theodore. Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 October, 1798; died 14 May, 1856.
Guadalajara
Archdiocese in Mexico, separated from the Diocese of Michoacan by Paul III, 31 July, 1548.
Guadalupe, Shrine of
Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around.
Guadeloupe
Diocese in the West Indies, comprises the islands of Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the French portions of St. Martin and St Bartholomew.
Guadix, Diocese of
Diocese in Spain, comprises the greater part of the Province of Granada and a portion of the Province of Almeria.
Guaicuri Indians
A group of small tribes, speaking dialectic forms of a common language, probably of distinct stock, formerly occupying part of Lower California.
Guaranà Indians
A tribal group of South America, having the former home territory chiefly between the Uruguay and lower Paraguay Rivers, in what is now Paraguay and the Provinces of Corrientes and…
Guarantees, Law of
A law passed by the senate and chamber of the Italian parliament, 13 May, 1871, concerning the prerogatives of the Holy See, and the relations between State and Church in the Kingd…
Guardian Angels, Feast of
This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar.
Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence
A person intrusted by law with the interests of another whose youth, inexperience, mental weakness or feebleness of will, disqualifies him from acting for himself in the ordinary a…
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