Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius
A short work composed by St. Ignatius of Loyola and written originally in Spanish.
Spiritualism
The term has been frequently used to denote the belief in the possibility of communication with disembodied spirits, and the various devices employed to realize this belief in prac…
Spirituals
A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second half of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, who, in opposition to the main …
Spokan Indians
An important tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely cognate with the Colville, Coeur d'Aléne, Kalispel, and Flathead, and formerly holding the country upon Spokane River in E…
Spondanus, Henri
A convert from Calvinism, Bishop of Pamiers, and one of the continuators of Baronius, born at Mauléon, 6 January, 1568; died at Toulouse, 18 May, 1643.
Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico
Composer, born at Magolati, near Jesi, Ancona, 14 Nov., 1774; died there, 14 Jan., 1851.
Sporer, Patritius
Moral theologian, born at Passau, Bavaria; died there, 29 May, 1683.
Sportelli, Venerable Caesar
Lawyer and priest, born at Nola in Bari, Italy, 29 March, 1702; died at Pagani, 19 April, 1750.
Springfield
Diocese of Springfield (Campifontis) in Massachusetts, erected in June, 1870.
Squamish Indians
A considerable tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, speaking a distinct language, holding the territory about Squamish River and Howe Sound, above Fraser River in South-western Brit…
Squiers, Herbert Goldsmith
Army officer and diplomatist; b. at Madoc, Canada, 20 April, 1859; d. at London, 19 Oct., 1911.
Stöckl, Albert
A neo-Scholastic philosopher and theologian, born in Bavaria, 1823, and died 1895.
Stabat Mater
The opening words of two companion hymns, one of which (Stabat Mater Dolorosa) is in liturgical use, while the other (Stabat Mater Speciosa) is not.
Stadler, John Evangelist
Bavarian hagiographer, b. at Parkstetten, in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 24 Dec., 1804; d. at Augsburg, 30 Dec., 1868.
Stanbrook Abbey
An abbey of Benedictine nuns, midway between Malvern and Worcester, England.
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