Suspension (in Canon Law)
Usually defined as a censure by which a cleric is deprived, entirely or partially of the use of the power of orders, office, or benefice.
Sutton, Sir Richard
Co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford, date of birth unknown; d. September or October, 1524.
Sutton, Ven. Robert
Priest, martyr, b. at Burton-on-Trent; quartered at Stafford, 27 July, 1587.
Swan, Order of the
A pious confraternity, indulgenced by the pope, which arose in 1440 in the Electorate of Brandenburg, originally comprising, with the Elector Frederick at their head, thirty gentle…
Swedenborgians
The believers in the religious doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. As an organized body they do not call themselves Swedenborgians, which seems to assert the human origin of th…
Swetchine, Sophie-Jeanne Soymonof
Writer, b. at Moscow, 22 Nov., 1782; d. in Paris, 10 Sept., 1857.
Swinomish Indians
A tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely connected with the Skagit. They formerly held the territory about the mouth of the river Skagit together with the adjacent portion of …
Swithin Wells, Saint
A married lay schoolmaster, hanged opposite his house in 1591 for the crime of attending mass.
Swithin, Saint
Bishop of Winchester (d. 862). One of the two trusted counsellors of Egbert, King of the West Saxons.
Switzerland
A confederation in the central part of Western Europe, made up of twenty-two cantons, three of which are divided into half-cantons.
Sydney Hodgson, Blessed
Was martyred in 1591 for having assisted priests and for being a convert to Catholicism.
Sylvester I, Pope Saint
In office for 21 years, while Constantine was emperor. St. Sylvester died in 335.
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