Loyola University (New Orleans)
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, was (in 1912) the only Catholic university in what is popularly designated "The Old South".
Loyola University, Chicago
The outgrowth of St. Ignatius College, founded by the Jesuits in 1869 for the higher education of the Catholic youth of Chicago, and empowered by the Legislature of Illinois (30 Ju…
Luca, Giovanni Battista de
A Cardinal and Italian canonist of the seventeenth century, b. at Venusia, Southern Italy, in 1614; d. at Rome, on 5 February, 1683.
Lucas, Frederick
A member of Parliament and journalist, b. in Westminster, 30 March, 1812, d. at Staines, Middlesex, 22 Oct., 1855.
Lucian of Antioch
Biographical article on the presbyter famed for his sanctity and scholarship, who died a martyr in 312.
Lucic, John
Croatian historian, b. early in the seventeenth century, at Trojir, or Tragurion, in Dalmatia; d. at Rome, 11 January, 1679.
Lucifer of Cagliari
A bishop, who must have been born in the early years of the fourth century; died in 371.
Lucina, Crypt of
The traditional title of the most ancient section of the catacomb of St. Callistus.
Lucius I, Pope Saint
Biographical article on this pope, exiled for a time, who reigned less than one year, and died in 254.
Lucius III, Pope
Died 1185. Innocent II created him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede on 23 February, 1141, and afterwards sent him as legate to France.
Ludger, Saint
Also known as St. Lüdiger, or Liudger. Biography of this missionary, the first bishop of Munster, who died in 809.
Ludmilla, Saint
Bohemian duchess, grandmother of St. Wenceslaus. Strangled to death by assassins hired by her pagan daughter-in-law in 921.
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