JÃbaro Indians
An important tribal group of Ecuador, comprising a great number of small subtribes speaking a common language with dialectic variants, and together constituting a distinct linguist…
Jaca, Diocese of
Located in the Spanish province of Huesca. Jaca, the chief town of the mountain district of Sobrarbe.
Jacob of Jüterbogk
Theologian and canonist, born of poor parents near Jüterbogk, Brandenburg, Germany, 1381; died at Erfurt in 1465.
Jacobus de Teramo
Canonist and bishop, born in 1349 at Teramo in Italy; died in 1417 in Poland.
Jacopo de Voragine, Blessed
Became a Dominican at a very early age, was a renowned preacher, provincial, and then Archbishop of Genoa. He died in about 1298. Biographical article.
Jacopone da Todi, Blessed
More properly called Jacopo Benedetti. Biographical article on the lawyer, widower, Franciscan poet sympathetic to the Spirituals, who died about 1306.
Jacotot, Joseph
French educator, b. at Dijon, March, 1770; d. at Paris, 30 July, 1840.
Jacques de Vitry
Historian of the crusades, cardinal Bishop of Acre, later of Tusculum, b. at Vitry-sur-Seine, near Paris, probably about 1160; d. at Rome, 1240.
Jacquier, François
French mathematician and physicist, born at Vitry-le-Francois, 7 June, 1711; died at Rome, 3 July, 1788.
Jaffna, Diocese of
Situated in the northern portion of Ceylon, Jaffna comprises the northern and north-central provinces of the island.
Jamay, Denis
Franciscan, missionary, date and place of birth unknown; died in France, 1625; an important figure in the early history of the Church in Canada.
James Bell, Blessed
Ordained priest in Mary's reign, served the Established Church under Queen Elizabeth, but returned to the Catholic Church and became a missionary. He was martyred along with a laym…
James Duckett, Blessed
Convert to Catholicism, publisher and bookseller, martyred in 1601.
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