Mermillod, Gaspard
Bishop of Lausanne and cardinal, born at Carouge, Switzerland, 22 September, 1824; died in Rome, 23 February, 1892.
Merneptah I
The fourth king of the nineteenth Egyptian dynasty and the supposed Pharaoh of the Exodus, was the thirteenth son of Rameses II whom he succeeded in or about 1234 B.C., being then …
Mersenne, Marin
Article by C.A. Dubray reviewing the intellectual career of this learned Minim friar.
Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Armenia
Created by Gregory XVI on 17 Dec., 1832. Mgr. Trioche, Archbishop of Babylon or Bagdad, became its first titular; he resided habitually in Bagdad.
Messalians
An heretical sect which originated in Mesopotamia about 360 and survived in the East until the ninth century.
Messingham, Thomas
An Irish hagiologist, born in the Diocese of Meath, and studied in the Irish College, Paris, proceeding to the degree of S.T.D.
Metalwork in the Service of the Church
From the earliest days the Church has employed utensils and vessels of metal in its liturgical ceremonies. This practice increased during the Middle Ages.
Metaphrastes, Symeon
The principal compiler of the legends of saints in the Menologia of the Byzantine Church.
Metaphysics
That portion of philosophy which treats of the most general and fundamental principles underlying all reality and all knowledge.
Metcalfe, Edward
Born in Yorkshire, 1792; died a martyr of charity at Leeds, 7 May, 1847.
Metempsychosis
The doctrine of the transmigration of souls, teaches that the same soul inhabits in succession the bodies of different beings, both men and animals.
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