Lawrence O'Toole, Saint
Confessor, abbot, and the first Irish-born bishop of Dublin, d. 1180.
Lawrence, Saint
Successor of St. Augustine of Canterbury as archbishop of that see, and died in 619.
Lay Brothers
Religious occupied solely with manual labour and with the secular affairs of a monastery or friary.
Lay Communion
Speaking generally, the expression "lay communion" does not necessarily imply the idea of the Eucharist, but only the condition of a layman in communion with the Church.
Lay Confession
This article does not deal with confession by laymen but with that made to laymen, for the purpose of obtaining the remission of sins by God.
Lay Tithes
Ecclesiastical tithes, which in the course of time became alienated from the Church to lay proprietors.
Laymann, Paul
A famous Jesuit moralist, b. in 1574 at Arzl, near Innsbruck; d. of the plague on 13 November, 1635, at Constance.
Lazarus of Bethany, Saint
Reputed first Bishop of Marseilles, died in the second half of the first century.
Lazarus of Jerusalem, Order of Saint
The military order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem originated in a leper hospital founded in the twelfth century by the crusaders of the Latin Kingdom.
Le Blant, Edmond-Frederic
French archeologist and historian, born 12 August, 1818; died 5 July, 1897 at Paris.
Le Camus, Emile-Paul-Constant-Ange
Preacher, theologian, scripturist, Bishop of La Rochelle and Saintes, b. at Paraza, France, 24 August, 1839; d. at Malvisade, near Castelnaudary, France, 28 September, 1906.
Le Caron, Joseph
One of the four pioneer missionaries of Canada and first missionary to the Hurons (q.v.), b. near Paris in 1586; d. in France, 29 March, 1632.
Le Coz, Claude
French bishop, b. at Plouévez-Parzay (Finistère), 1740; d. at Villevieux (Jura), 1813.
Le Fèvre, Jacques
A French theologian and controversialist, b. at Lisieux towards the middle of the seventeenth century; d. 1 July, 1716, at Paris.
Le Gobien, Charles
French Jesuit and founder of the famous collection of "Lettres édifiantes et curieuses", one of the most important sources of information for the history of Catholic missions, b. …
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