Karnkowski, Stanislaw
Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland, born about 1526; died at Lowicz,in the Government of Warsaw, 25 May (al., 8 June), 1603.
Kassai, Upper
Erected as a simple mission in 1901, and detached, as a prefecture Apostolic, from the Vicariate of Belgian Congo since 20 August, 1901.
Kateri Tekakwitha, Blessed
Biographical article on the "Lily of the Mohawks," who died in 1680. Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha or Takwita.
Kaufmann, Alexander
Poet and folklorist, born at Bonn, 14 May, 1817; died at Wertheim, 1 May, 1893.
Kaufmann, Leopold
Chief Burgomaster of Bonn, brother of the poet and folklorist Alexander Kaufmann, born 13 March, 1821; died 27 Feb., 1898.
Kaulen, Franz Philip
Scriptural scholar, born 20 March, 1827, at Düsseldorf; died at Bonn, 11 July, 1907.
Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton
An Austrian prince and statesman, born at Vienna 2 February, 1711; died there 27 June, 1794.
Kavanagh, Edward
American statesman and diplomat, born at Newcastle, Maine, 27 April, 1795; died there, 21 Jan., 1844.
Kavanagh, Julia
Novelist and biographer, born 7 Jan., 1824, at Thurles, Ireland; died 28 October, 1877, at Nice, France.
Kearney, Diocese of
By Decree of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation of 8 March, 1912, Pius X divided into two parts the territory of the Diocese of Omaha, erecting the western part into a new and di…
Keating, Geoffrey
Irish theologian, historian, and poet, b. at Burgess in the parish of Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary, about 1569; d. at Tubbrid about 1644.
Keewatin, Vicariate Apostolic of
Includes the northern half of the Province of Saskatchewan.
Kehrein, Joseph
Educator, philologist, and historian of German literature, born at Heidesheim, near Mainz, 20 October, 1808; died at Montabaur, Hesse-Nassau, 25 March, 1876.
Keller, Jacob
Controversialist, born at Sackingen, Baden, Germany, in 1568; died at Munich, Bavaria, 23 February, 1631.
Kellner, Lorenz
Educationist, born at Kalteneber in the district of Eichsfeld, 29 January, 1811; died at Trier, 18 August, 1892.
Kells, Book of
An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, and the Eusebian canons, known also as the "Book of Columba".
Kells, School of
Kells (in Gaelic Cenannus) was the chief of the Irish Columban monasteries.
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