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G. Henry Wouters	Historian, b. at Oostham, Belgian Limburg, May 3, 1802; d. January 5, 1872
Gabala	A titular see of Syria Prima
Gabbatha	The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek name of Lithostrotos
Gabriel	One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible
Gabriel Barletta	Dominican preacher
Gabriel Biel	Scholastic (ca. 1425-1495)
Gabriel Bucelin	Benedictine historical writer, b. at Diessenhofen in Thurgau, December 29, 1599; d. at Weingarten, June 9, 1681
Gabriel Daniel	Historian and controversialist, b. at Rouen, France, Feb. 8, 1649; d. at Paris, June 23, 1728
Gabriel Druillettes	Missionary, b. in France, September 29, 1610; d. at Quebec, April 8, 1681
Gabriel Garcia Moreno	Ecuadorian patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, December 24, 1821; assassinated at Quito, August 6, 1875
Gabriel Gerberon	A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation; b. Aug. 12, 1628; d. March 29, 1711
Gabriel Lalemant	Jesuit missionary, b. at Paris, November 17, 1587; d. there, November 18, 1674
Gabriel Malagrida	A Jesuit missionary to Brazil, b. Sept. 18, or Dec. 6, 1689, at Menaggio, in Italy, d. Sept. 21, 1761, at Lisbon
Gabriel Possenti, Blessed	Passionist student; renowned for sanctity and miracles; b. at Assisi, March 1, 1838; d. February 27, 1862, at Isola di Gran Sasso, Province of Abruzzo, Italy
Gabriel Sionita	A learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the Parisian polyglot of the Bible; b. 1577, at Edden on the Lebanon; d. 1648, at Paris
Gabriel Tellez	Spanish priest and poet, better known by his pseudonym of Tirso de Molina, b. about 1571; d. March 21, 1648
Gabriel Vasquez	Theologian, b. at Villaescusa de Haro, near Belmonte, Cuenca, 1549 or 1551; d. at Alcala, Sept. 23, 1604
Gabriel-Auguste Daubree	French geologist, b. at Metz, June 25, 1814; d. at Paris, May 29, 1896
Gabriele Paleotti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, b. at Bologna, October 4, 1522; d. at Rome, July 22, 1597
Gabriello Chiabrera	Poet (1552-1638)
Gabriello Fallopio	Anatomist, one of the most important of the many-sided physicians of the sixteenth century (Haeser); b. at Modena, Italy, 1523; d. October 9, 1562, at Padua
Gad	A proper name which designates in the Bible, (I), a patriarch; (II), a tribe of Israel; (III), a prophet; (IV), a pagan deity
Gadara	A titular see of Palaestina Prima
Gaetano Capocci	Musical composer and maestro, b. in Rome, Oct. 16, 1811; d. there, Jan. 11, 1898
Gaetano Moroni	Author, b. at Rome, October 17, 1802; d. there, 3 Novenber, 1883
Gaetano Sanseverino	Restorer of the Scholastic philosophy in Italy, b. at Naples, 1811; d. Nov. 16, 1865
Gal, Saint	Of the ninety-eight bishops who have occupied the see of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) the sixteenth and the twenty-third bore the name of Gal, and both are numbered among the twenty-nine bishops of this church who are honoured as saints
Galeazzo Alessi	Italian architect, b. 1500; d. 1572
Galeazzo Campi	An Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1475; d. 1536
Galilee	The native land of Jesus Christ, where He began His ministry and performed many of His works, and whence He drew His Apostles
Galileo Galilei	Generally called Galileo, b. at Pisa, February 18, 1564; d. January 8, 1642
Gall Morel	Poet, scholar, aesthete, and educationist, b. at St. Fiden, Switzerland, on March 24, 1803; d. at the Abbey of Einsiedeln on December 16, 1872
Gall, Saint	An Irishman by birth, he was one of the twelve disciples who accompanied St. Columbanus to Gaul, and established themselves with him at Luxeuil
Galla Placidia	Queen of Rome, b. in 393; d. Nov. 27, 450
Galla, Saint	A Roman widow of the sixth century
Gallia Christiana	A documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupants
Gallican Rite, The	I. History and Origin; II. MSS. and Other Sources; III. The Liturgical Year; IV. The Divine Office; V. The Mass; VI. The Occasional Services
Gallicanism	A certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country
Gallicanus, Saints	Saints of this name
Gallus Jacob Baumgartner	Swiss statesman (1797-1869)

Gamaliel	A Pharisee and celebrated doctor of the Law
Gambling	The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance
Gangra	A titular see in the province of Paphlagonia
Garcia de Loaisa	Cardinal and Archbishop of Seville, b. in Talavera, Spain, c. 1479; d. at Madrid, April 21, 1546
Garcilasso de la Vega (historian of Peru)	Historian of Peru; b. at Cuzco, Peru, April 12, 1539; d. at Cordoba, Spain, c. 1617
Garcilasso de la Vega (Spanish lyric poet)	Spanish lyric poet; b. at Toledo, Feb. 6, 1503; d. at Nice, Oct. 14, 1536
Gargara	A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus
Garland	A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions
Gaspar de Carvajal	Dominican missionary, b. in Estremadura, Spain, c. 1500; d. at Lima, Peru, 1584
Gaspar de Crayer	Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp, 1582; d. at Ghent, 1669
Gaspar Druzbicki	Ascetic writer, b. at Sierady in Poland, 1589; entered the Society of Jesus, August 20, 1609; d. at Posen, April 2, 1662
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos	Spanish statesman (1744-1811)
Gaspar Schott	German physicist, b. Feb. 5, 1608, at Konigshofen; d. 12 or May 22, 1666, at Augsburg
Gaspard Mermillod	Bishop of Lausanne and cardinal, b. at Carouge, Switzerland, Sept. 22, 1824; d. in Rome, Feb. 23, 1892
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis	French mathematician (1792-1843)
Gaspare Del Bufalo, Blessed	Founder of the Missionaries of the most Precious Blood (C.P.P.S.); b. at Rome on the feast of the Epiphany, 1786; d. December 28, 1837
Gasparo Contarini	Venetian statesman and cardinal (1483-1542)
Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Spontini	Composer, b. at Magolati, near Jesi, Ancona, Nov. 14, 1774; d. there, Jan. 14, 1851
Gasparo Molo	Goldsmith and planisher, chiefly known as a medalist, b. in Italy; date of death unknown
Gaston Jean Baptiste de Renty	B. 1611 at the castle of Beni, Diocese of Bayeux in Normandy; d. April 24, 1649
Gaston-Bruno-Paulin Paris	A French philologist, son of Paulin, b. at Avenay (Marne), August 9, 1839; d. at Cannes, March 6, 1903
Gatianus, Saint	Founder and first Bishop of Tours; b. probably at Rome; d. at Tours, December 20, 301
Gaudentius of Brescia	Theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins; b. at Brescia in 1612; d. at Oriano, March 25, 1672
Gaudentius, Saint	Bishop of Brescia from about 387 until about 410; he was the successor of the writer on heresies, St. Philastrius
Gaudenzio Ferrari	Italian painter and the greatest master of the Piedmontese School, b. at Valduggia, near Novara, Italy, c. 1470; d, at Milan, January 31, 1546
Gaudete Sunday	The third Sunday of Advent
Gaudiosus	Bishop of Tarazona Spain, d. about 540
Gaul, Christian	The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connection with the persecution at Lyons under Marcus Aurelius.
Gavin Douglas	Scottish prelate and poet, b. about 1474; d. 1522
Gaza	A titular see of Palaestina Prima, in the a Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Gebhard (III) of Constance	Bishop of Constance, and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial encroachments during the Investitures conflict; b. about 1040; d. November 12, 1110
Gedeon	One of the Greater Judges of Israel
Gelasius O'Cullenan	Cistercian, Abbot of Boyle, Ireland, b. probably near Assaroe Abbey, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal; martyred, Nov. 21, 1580
Gelasius of Cyzicus	Ecclesiastical writer. He was the son of a priest of Cyzicus, and wrote in Bithynia, about 475, to prove against the Eutychians, that the Nicene Fathers did not teach Monophysitism
Gemblours	A suppressed Benedictine monastery
Genealogy (in the Bible)	In the Bible
Genealogy of Christ	It is granted on all sides that the Biblical genealogy of Christ implies a number of exegetical difficulties
General Chapter	The daily assembling of a community for purposes of discipline and administration of monastic affairs has always included the reading of a chapter of the rule, and thus the assembly itself came to be called the chapter and the place of meeting the chapter
General Chronology	Science of time-measurement; has two branches: (1) Mathematical Chronology and (2) Historical Chronology
General Sir William Francis Butler	B. at Suirville, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, Oct. 31, 1838; d. June 7, 1910, was the son of Richard and Ellen Butler

Generation	Definitions
Genesareth	The Lake of Tiberias
Genesis	The first book of the Pentateuch
Genesius	Five people of this name
Genevieve, Saint	Patroness of Paris, b. at Nanterre, c. 419 or 422; d. at Paris, 512
Gennadius I, Saint	Patriarch of Constantinople (458-471)
Gennadius II	Patriarch of Constantinople (1454-1456)
Gennadius of Marseilles	Priest whose chief title to fame is his continuation of St. Jerome's catalogue 'De Viris illustribus'.
Gentian Hervetus	A French theologian and controversialist; b. at Olivet, near Orleans, in 1499; d. at Reims, September 12, 1584
Gentile da Fabriano	Italian painter; b. probably about 1378 in the District of the Marches; d. probably 1427
Gentiles	The nations distinct from the Jewish people
Genuflexion (Genuflection)	To genuflect [Lat. genu flectere, geniculare (post-classic), to bend the knee; Gr. gonuklinein or kamptein] expresses (1) an attitude (2) a gesture: involving, like prostration, a profession of dependence or helplessness, and therefore very naturally adop
Geoffrey Chaucer	English poet (d. 1400)
Geoffrey Keating	Irish theologian, historian, and poet, b. at Burgess in the parish of Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary, about 1569; d. at Tubbrid about 1644
Geoffrey of Clairvaux	A disciple of St. Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and 1120, at Auxerre; d. some time after the year 1188, probably at the abbey of Haute Combe, Savoy
Geoffrey of Dunstable	Also known as Geoffrey of Gorham, Abbot of St. Alban's, d. at St. Albans, Feb. 26, 1146
Geoffrey of Monmouth	Bishop of St. Asaph and chronicler; b. at Monmouth about 1100; d. at Llandaff, 1154
Geoffrey of Vendome	Cardinal, b. in the second half of the eleventh century of a noble family, at Angers, France; d. there, March 26, 1132
Geoffroi de Villehardouin	Marechal de Champagne, warrior, and first historian in the French language, b. about 1150; d. at Messinople, 1213
Geography and the Church	The classic historians of geography, Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, and Oscar Peschel, never forgot to acknowledge how greatly their science was indebted to the Church.
Georg Friedrich Daumer	German poet and philosopher, b. at Nuremberg, March 5, 1800; d. at Wurzburg, December 14, 1875
Georg Hartmann	Mechanician and physicist; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, Feb. 9 1489; d. at Nuremberg, April 9, 1564
Georg Philipp Ludolf von Beckedorff	Theologian and doctor, b. at Hanover, April 14, 1778; d. at Grtinhof, February 27, 1858
Georg Raphael Donner	Austrian sculptor, b. at Essling, Austria, May 25, 1692; d. at Vienna, February 15, 1741
Georg Ratzinger	Political economist and social reformer, b. at Rickering, near Deggendorf, in lower Bavaria, April 3, 1844; d. at Munich, December 3, 1899
Georg Scherer	Pulpit orator and controversialist, b. at Schwaz, in the Tyrol, 1540, according to Duhr; d. at Linz, Nov. 30, 1605
Georg Witzel	Theologian, b. at Vacha, Province of Hesse, 1501; d. at Mainz, Feb. 16, 1573
George Agricola	Physician, mineralogist, historian, and controversialist, b. at Glauchau, in Saxony, 24 March, 1494; d. at Chemnitz, 23 October, 1555
George Allen	Educator, b. at Milton, Vermont, 17 December, 1808; d. in Worcester, Mass., 28 May, 1876
George Anselm Touchet	B. at Stalbridge, Dorset; d. about 1689. He was second son of Mervyn, twelfth Lord Audley, second Earl of Castlehaven, and a man of profligate life; his first wife was Elizabeth Barnham
George Ashby	English Cistercian monk (d. 1537)
George Augustus Henry Sala	Journalist, b. in London, Nov. 24, 1828; d. at Brighton, Dec. 8, 1895
George Beesley, Venerable	English martyr (d. 1591)
George Cassander	Flemish Humanist and theologian, b. August 15, 1513, at Pitthem in West Flanders; d. February 3, 1566, at Cologne
George D'Amboise	French cardinal, archbishop, and statesman (1460-1510)
George Day	Bishop of Chichester; b. in Shropshire, England, c. 1501; d. August 2, 1556
George Dering Wolff	Editor, b. at Martinsburg, West Virginia, Aug. 25, 1822; d. at Norristown, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29, 1894
George Deshon	Priest of the Congregation (or Institute) of St. Paul the Apostle, b. at New London, Conn., U.S.A., January 30, 1823; d. in New York, December 30, 1903
George Digby	Second Earl of Bristol, b. at Madrid, Spain, where his father, the first earl, was ambassador, 1612; d. at Chelsea, England, 1677
George Dowdall	Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, in 1487; d. at London, August 15, 1558

George Elder	Educator, b. August 11, 1793, in Kentucky, U.S.A.; d. Sept. 28, 1838
George Ellis Pugh	Jurist and statesman, b. at Cincinnati, O., November 28, 1822; d. there, July 19, 1876
George Gervase (Jervis)	Priest and Martyr; b. 1571; d. 1608
George Gobat	French moral theologian; b. 1600; d. 1679
George Hamartolus	A monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the author of a chronicle of some importance
George Hay	Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, Aug. 24, 1729; d. at Aquhorties, Oct. 18, 1811
George Haydock, Venerable	English martyr; b. 1556; executed at Tyburn, February 12, 1583-84
George Henry Miles	Dramatist and man of letters, b. in Baltimore, Maryland, July 31, 1824; d. near Emmitsburg, July 23, 1871
George Hermes	Philosopher and theologian, b. at Dreierwalde near Rheine (Westphalia), April 22, 1775; d. at Bonn on the Rhine, May 26, 1831
George J. Wigley	D. in Rome, January 20, 1866. By profession he was an architect, but subsequently devoted himself to journalism in Paris
George Joseph Camel	Botanist, b. at Brune, in Moravia, April 21, 1661; died in Manila, May 2, 1706
George Joseph Vogler	Theorist, composer, and organist, b. at Wurzburg, June 15, 1749, d. at Darmstadt, May 6, 1814
George Leo Haydock	Priest and Biblical scholar; b. April 11, 1774, at Cottam, near Wood Plumpton, Lancashire; d. November 29, 1849, at Penrith, Cumberland
George Martinuzzi	Monk, bishop, cardinal, b. at Kamicac, Dalmatia, 1482; d. December 16, 1551
George Michael Pachtler	Controversial and educational writer, b. at Mergentheim, Wurtemberg, Sept. 14, 1825; d. at Exaten, Holland, Aug. 12, 1889
George Michael Wittmann	Bishop-elect of Ratisbon, b. near Pleistein, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, 22(23?) Jan., 1760; d. at Ratisbon, March 8, 1833
George Napper, Venerable	English martyr, b. at Holywell manor, Oxford, 1550; executed at Oxford November 9, 1610
George Nichols, Venerable	English martyr, b. at Oxford about 1550; executed at Oxford, October 19, 1589
George of Trebizond	A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance; b. in Crete (a Venetian possession from 1206-1669), 1395; d. in Rome, 1486
George Oliver	Priest; b. at Newington in Surrey in 1781; d. at Exeter in 1861
George Parsons Lathrop	Poet, novelist, b. at Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 25, 1851; d. at New York, Apr. 19, 1898
George Peter Alexander Healy	An American portrait and historical painter, b. at Boston, July 15, 1808; d. at Chicago, June 14, 1894
George Phillips	Canonist, b. at Konigsberg, Sept. 6, 1804; d. at Vienna, September 6, 1872, was the son of James Phillips, an Englishman who had acquired wealth as a merchant in Konigsberg, and of a Scotchwoman nee Hay
George Pisides	A Byzantine poet, lived in the first half of the seventh century
George Porter	Archbishop of Bombay, b. 1825 at Exeter, England; d. at Bombay, September 28, 1889
George Pray	Abbot, canon, librarian of the University library of Buda, and important Hungarian historian, b. at Ersekujvar, Sept. 11, 1723; d. in Pesth, Sept. 23, 1801
George the Bearded	Also called The Rich, Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, August 27, 1471; d. in the same city, April 17. 1539
George von Peuerbach	Austrian astronomer, b. at Peuerbach near Linz, May 30, 1423; d. in Vienna, April 8, 1461
George, Saint	Martyr, patron of England, suffered at or near Lydda, also known as Diospolis, in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine
George-Barthelemy Faribault	Archaeologist, b. at Quebec, Canada, Dec. 3, 1789; d. Dec. 22, 1866
Georges Chastellain	Burgundian chronicler (1403-1475)
Georges D'Armagnac	French cardinal and diplomatist (1501-1585)
Georges Darboy	Archbishop of Paris and ecclesiastical writer, b. at Fayl-Billot, near Langres, 1813
Georges-Etienne Cartier	French Canadian statesman; b. at St. Antoine, on the Richelieu, 16 Sept., 1814; d. in London, May 20, 1873
Georgetown University	In Washington, District of Columbia
Georgetown Visitation Convent, The	In the District of Columbia, United States of America
Georgia	The state
Georgius Gemistus Plethon	B. in Constantinople about 1355, d. in the Peloponnesus, 1450
Georgius Syncellus	D. after 810; the author of one of the more important medieval Byzantine chronicles
Gerald Griffin	Novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. December 12, 1803; d. June 12, 1840

Gerald Molloy	Theologian and scientist, b. at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, Sept. 10, 1834; d. at Aberdeen, Oct. 1, 1906
Gerald, Saint (Bishop of Mayo)	Bishop of Mayo, an English monk, date of birth unknown; d. March 13, 731
Gerard (Archbishop of York)	Archbishop of York, date of birth unknown; d. at Southwell, May 21, 1108
Gerard Groote	Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life, b. 1340; d. Aug. 20, 1384
Gerard Majella, Saint	Italian Redemptorist, b. 1726: d. 1755
Gerard Manley Hopkins	Jesuit and poet, b. at Stratford, near London, July 28, 1844; d. at Dublin, June 8, 1889
Gerard of Cremona	Arabic translator; b. d. 1187
Gerard Schneemann	Jesuit, teacher, b. at Wesel, Lower Rhine, Feb. 12, 1829; d. at Kerkrade, Holland, Nov. 20, 1885
Gerard, Saint (Abbot of Brogne)	Abbot of Brogne, b. at Staves in the county of Namur, towards the end of the ninth century; d. at Brogne or St-Gerard, Oct. 3, 959
Gerard, Saint (Bishop of Toul)	Bishop of Toul, b. at Cologne, 935; d. at Toul, April 23, 994
Gerardus Odonis	Medieval theologian and Minister General of the Franciscan Order; b. date unknown; d. at Catania, Sicily, 1348
Gerasa	A titular see in the province of Arabia
Gerhard of Zutphen	Mystical writer, b. 1367; d. 1398
Gerhoh of Reichersberg	Gerhoh of Reichersberg: provost and Austin canon; b. 1093; d. 1169
Gerlac Peterssen	B. at Deventer, 1377 or 1378; d. Nov. 18, 1411
Germain, Saint	Saint Germain, Bishop of Paris; b. near Autun, d. at Paris, May 28, 576
Germain, Saint (bishop)	Bishop of Auxerre c. 380; d. at Ravenna, July 31, 448
Germaine Cousin, Saint	Saint, shepherdess; b. in 1579 at Pibrac, d. 1601
German Gardiner	Engilsh blessed, martyr; d. 1544
German League	Duke Maximilian started negotiations with the spiritual electors and some of the Catholic states of the empire, with a view to the formation of a union of the Catholic states
German Literature	The earliest record of any Germanic language dates back to the fourth century
German Roman Catholic Central Verein of North America	Catholic benevolence society
Germanicia	Germanicia; a titular see in the province of Euphratensis and the patriarchate of Antioch;
Germanicopolis	A titular see in the province of Isauria
Germans in the United States	Germans, either by birth or descent, an important element in the population of the United States, number not less than twelve million
Germanus I, Saint	Saint Patriarch of Constantinople, b. 610-41; d. 733 or 740
Germany	From the first, Germans showed elements of unchecked individualism
Germia	Already an autocephalous archdiocese by 650
Geronimo Mercuriali	Famous philologist and physician, b. at Forli, September 30, 1530; d. there, November 13, 1606
Gerrha	A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima
Gertrude of Aldenberg	Blessed Premonstratensian abbess of the convent of Aldenberg, near Wetzlar; b 1227; d. 1297
Gertrude of Hackeborn	Cistercian Abbess of Helfta; b. 1232; d. 1292
Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint	Benedictine abbess; b. 626; d. 659
Gertrude the Great, Saint	German Benedictine mystic; b. 1256; d. 1301
Gertrude Van Der Oosten, Venerable	Dutch Discalced Carmelite; d. 1358
Gervase of Canterbury	(Gervas us Dorobornensis) English chronicler; b. 1141; d. 1210
Gervase of Tilbury	Writer; b. about 1150; d. about 1220
Gervasius and Protasius, Saints	Martyrs of Milan; d. 162-168
Gery, Saint	Bishop of Cambrai-Arras; d. c. 623-626
Gesellenvereine	Priest who founded German Catholic societies for young men; b. 1813, d. 1865

Gesta Dei per Francos	Historian of the First Crusade; d. 1124
Gesta Romanorum	Medieval collection of anecdotes
Gethsemani	The place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner
Gezireh (or Djezireh)	Seat of a Chaldean and Syrian see
Gheeraert David	Painter and illuminator, b. at Oudewater, South Holland, c. 1450, d. August 13, 1523
Ghirlandajo (Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi)	Florentine Painter; b. 1449; d. 1494
Ghislain, Saint	Belgian confessor and anchorite; d. c. 680
Ghost Dance	Nevada Indian ceremonial rite
Giacinto Placido Zurla	Cardinal Vicar of Rome, writer on medieval geography, b. at Legnano, of noble parents, April 2, 1769; d. at Palermo, Oct. 29, 1843
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola	A theoretical and practical architect of the Transition Period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles; b. at Vignola in 1507; d. in 1573
Giacomo Bellini	Artist (ca. 1400-1471)
Giacomo Carissimi	Italian composer, b. in 1604 at Marino in the Papal States; d. 12 Jan., 1674, in Rome
Giacomo Della Porta	Architect and sculptor, b. at Porlizza on Lake Lugano 1541; d. 1604
Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi	Cardinal deacon, b. at Rome, about 1270; d. at Avignon, June 23, 1343
Giacomo Margotti	A Catholic publicist, born May 11, 1823; died May 6, 1887
Giacomo Maria Airoli	Jesuit Orientalist and Scriptural commentator; b. at Genoa, 1660; d. in Rome, 27 March, 1721
Giacomo Nacchiante	Dominican theologian, b. at Florence; d. at Chioggia, May 6, 1569
Giacomo Rho	Missionary, b. at Milan, 1593; d. at Peking April 27, 1638
Giacopo Belgrado	Italian Jesuit and natural philosopher (1704-1789)
Giambattista Belzoni	Egyptian explorer (1778-1823)
Giambattista Pianciani	Scientist, b. at Spoleto, Oct. 27, 1784; d. at Rome, March 23, 1862
Giambattista Piranesi	An Italian etcher and engraver, b. at Venice, 1720; d. in Rome, Nov. 9, 1778
Gian Domenico Mansi	Italian prelate and scholar, b. Feb. 16, 1692; d. Sept. 27, 1769
Gian Paolo Oliva	Jesuit; b. at Genoa, October 4, 1600; d. at Rome, at Sant' Andrea Quirinale, November 26, 1681
Giangiorgio Trissino	Italian poet and scholar, b. of a patrician family at Vicenza in 1478; d. at Rome, December 8, 1550
Gibail and Batrun	A Maronite residential see
Gift of Miracles	Extraordinary graces of the Holy Ghost
Gift of Tongues	A supernatural gift recorded in Scripture
Gil de Albornoz Alvarez Carillo	Cardinal, general, and statesman; b. about 1310; d. Aug. 23, 1367, near Viterbo, in Italy
Gil of Santarem, Blessed	Portuguese Dominican blessed; b. about 1185; d. 1265
Gil Vicente	Portuguese dramatist, b. about 1470; he was living in 1536
Gilbert Bourne	Last Catholic Bishop of Bath and Wells, England (d. 1569)
Gilbert Choiseul Du Plessis-Praslin	French bishop (1613-1689)
Gilbert de la Porree	Bishop of Poitiers; philosopher; theologian, b. 1076; d. 1154
Gilbert Genebrard	Learned Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. December 12, 1535, at Riom, in the department of Puy-de-Dome; d. Feb. 16, 1597, at Semur, department of Cote-d'Or
Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint	Founded of the Order of Gilbertines in 1131
Gilbertines	Order founded by St. Gilbert about the year 1130
Gildas, Saint	Surnamed the Wise; b. about 516; d. at Houat Brittany
Giles de Coninck	Jesuit theologian (1571-1633)
Giles, Saint	Abbot (seventh century)

Gilles-Francois de Beauvais	Jesuit writer and preacher, b. at Mans, France, July 7, 1693; d. probably at Paris about 1773
Gilles-Marie Oppenordt	A celebrated rococo artist, known as the 'French Borromini' b. in Paris, 1672; d. there, 1742
Gillespie	Brother and sister, both religious, in 19th century America
Gindaru	A titular see of Syria Prima in the Patriarchate of Antioch
Gines Perez de Hita	Spanish writer, b. at Murcia
Gino Capponi, Count	Historian and litterateur; b. at Florence, Italy, September 13, 1792; d. February 3, 1876
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini	Chief operatic composer of his time, but also a great innovator, b. Feb. 29, 1792, at Pesaro in the Romagna; d. Nov. 13, 1868, at Passy, near Paris
Giordano Ansaloni	Domincan missionary (d. 1634)
Giordano Bruno	Italian philosopher, b. at Nola in Campania, in the Kingdom of Naples, in 1548; d. at Rome, 1600
Giorgio Clovio	Famous Italian miniaturist (1498-1578)
Giorgio Vasari	Painter, architect, and writer, b. at Arezzo, 1511; d. at Florence, 1574
Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli Zorzo da Castelfranco)	Italian painter, b. 1477; d. 1510
Gioseffe Zarlino	Italian musical theorist, b. at Chioggia in 1517; d. at Venice, Feb. 4, 1590
Giotto di Bondone	Founder of the Italian School of painting, b. 1266; d. 1337
Giovanni Andrea Cortese	Cardinal and monastic reformer, b. 1483 at Modena; d. 21 Sept., 1548
Giovanni Animuccia	Italian composer, choirmaster (1500-1571)
Giovanni Antoniano	Domincan patrologist (d. 1588)
Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (or Omodeo)	Italian architect and sculptor (1447-1522)
Giovanni Antonio Bianchi	Franciscan theologian (1686-1768)
Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi	Capuchin friar of the province of Bologna, date of birth uncertain; d. at Genoa, 1692
Giovanni Antonio Pordenone	Italian painter, b. at Pordenone, 1483; d. at Ferrara, January, 1539
Giovanni Aurispa	Famous Italian humanist and collector of Greek manuscripts (1369-1459)
Giovanni Barbieri	Famous painter of religious subjects (1591-1666)
Giovanni Battista Audiffredi	Dominican, expert antiquarian (1734-1794)
Giovanni Battista Beccaria	Physicist, b. at Mondovi, October 3, 1716; d. at Turin, May 27, 1781. At the age of sixteen he entered the Order of Clerks Regular of St. Joseph Calasanctius
Giovanni Battista Caprara	Statesman and cardinal, b. at Bologna, May 29, 1733; d. at Paris, July 27, 1810
Giovanni Battista Casali	Musician, b. at Rome in 1715; d. there 1792
Giovanni Battista Castello	Italian painter, sculptor, and architect; b, 1509 (some writers state 1500 or 1506); d. at Madrid, in 1579. Commonly called Il Bergamasc.
Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano	Venetian painter (1459 or 1460-1517 or 1518)
Giovanni Battista de Luca	Cardinal and Italian canonist of the seventeenth century, b. at Venusia, Southern Italy, in 1614; d. at Rome, on February 5, 1683
Giovanni Battista de Rossi	Distinguished Christian archeologist, best known for his work in connection with the Roman catacombs, b. at Rome, February 23, 1822; d. at Castel Gandolfo on Lake Albano, September 20, 1894
Giovanni Battista Franco	Italian historical painter and etcher, b. at Udine in 1510; d. at Venice in 1580
Giovanni Battista Gaulli	Called Baciccio, an Italian painter; b. at Genoa, 1639; d. at Rome, 1709
Giovanni Battista Giraldi	Italian dramatist and novelist; b. 1504; d. 1573
Giovanni Battista Guglielmini	Scientist, b. August 16, 1763; d. December 15, 1817
Giovanni Battista Morgagni	Distinguished Italian physician and investigator in medicine; b. at Forli, February 25, 1682; d. at Bologna, December 6, 1771
Giovanni Battista Moroni	Painter, b. between 1520 and 1525; d. at Bergamo, in 1578
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi	B. at Naples, Jan. 3, 1710; d. March 16, 1736, at Pozzuoli, near Naples
Giovanni Battista Riccioli	Italian astronomer, b. at Ferrara April 17, 1598; d. at Bologna June 25, 1671
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini	Archbishop of Fermo and advocate in the ecclesiastical courts, b. at Rome, 1592; d. at Fermo, 1653

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato	Painter, b. at Sassoferrato in the March of Ancona, 1609; d. at Rome, 1689
Giovanni Battista Scarmelli	Ascetical writer, b. at Rome, Nov. 24, 1687; d. at Macerata, Jan. 11, 1752
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo	B. in 1696; d. March 27, 1770
Giovanni Battista Viotti	Founder of the modern school of violinists, b. at Fontanetto, Piedmont, May 23, 1753; d. March 3, 1824
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione	Painter and etcher, b. at Genoa, Italy, 1616; d. at Mantua, 1670
Giovanni Bernardo de Rossi	Theologian and historian; b. at Cividale del Friuli, Jan. 8, 1687; d. at Venice, Feb. 2, 1775
Giovanni Boccaccio	Italian novelist (1313-1375)
Giovanni Bona	French cardinal and author (1609-1674)
Giovanni Clericato	Canonist (1633-1717)
Giovanni Contarini	Italian painter of the Venetian School (1549-1605)
Giovanni Croce	Composer, b. at Chioggia near Venice in 1557; d. May 15, 1609
Giovanni D'Andrea	Canonist (1275-1348)
Giovanni da Bologna	Flemish Renaissance sculptor (ca. 1524-1608)
Giovanni da Piano Carpine	B. at Pian di Carpine (now called della Magione), near Perugia, Umbria, 1182; d. probably in 1252
Giovanni da Verrazano	Navigator, b. about 1485, of good family, at Val di Greve, near Florence; executed at Puerto del Pico, Spain, November, 1527
Giovanni De' Marignolli	B. at Florence about 1290; place and date of death unknown. When quite a youth he received the Franciscan habit at the convent of Santa Croce, Florence
Giovanni Devoti	Canonist, b. at Rome, July 11, 1744; d. there Sept. 18, 1820
Giovanni Domenico Cassini	Astronomer b. at Perinaldo (Nice, Italy), June 8, 1625; d. at Paris, September 14, 1712
Giovanni Domenico Costadoni	Known as Dom Anselmo, Italian Camaldolese monk, historian, and theologian; b. October 6, 1714, at Venice; d. January 23, 1785, in the same city
Giovanni Dominici	Cardinal, statesman, and writer, b. at Florence, 1356; d. at Buda, July 10, 1420
Giovanni Dossi	Italian painter, b. about 1479; d. at Ferrara in 1542
Giovanni Dupre	Sculptor, b. of remote French ancestry at Siena, Mar. 1, 1817; d. at Florence, Jan. 10, 1882
Giovanni Francesco Anerio	Italian composer, choirmaster (1567-1620)
Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo	Italian Cardinal, nephew of Blessed Gregorio Barbarigo (1658-1730)
Giovanni Francesco Commendone	Cardinal and Papal Nuncio (1523-1584)
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi	Eclectic painter of the Bolognese school; b. 1606; d. 1680
Giovanni Francesco Pico Della Mirandola	Italian philosopher, b. about 1469; d. 1533
Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini	Italian humanist and historian; b. at Terranuova, near Arezzo, in 1380; d. at Florence, Oct. 10, 1459
Giovanni Giocondo	Italian architect, antiquary, b. 1445; d. 1525
Giovanni Giuda Giona Battista	Jewish rabbi and convert to Catholicism (1588-1668)
Giovanni Giustino Ciampini	Ecclesiastical archaeologist (1633-1698)
Giovanni Inghirami	Italian astronomer, b. at Volterra, Tuscany, April 16, 1779; d. at Florence, August 15, 1851
Giovanni Lanfranco	Decorative painter, b. at Parma, 1581; d. in Rome, 1647
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini	Italian architect and sculptor (1598-1680)
Giovanni Lorenzo Berti	Italian theologian (1696-1766)
Giovanni Maria Cornoldi	Jesuit professor, author, and preacher (1822-1892)
Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni	Italian historian of literature, chronicler, and poet, b. in Macerata, 9 Oct., 1663; d. March 8, 1728
Giovanni Marliano da Nola	Sculptor and architect, b., it is said, of a leather merchant named Giuseppe, at Nola, near Naples, 1488; d. 1558 (?)
Giovanni Melchior Bosco, Venerable	Founder of the Salesians (1815-1888)
Giovanni Meli	Sicilian poet, b. at Palermo, March 4, 1740; d. Dec. 20, 1815

Giovanni Morone	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, b. at Milan Jan. 25, 1509; d. at Rome, Dec. 1, 1580
Giovanni Paolo Colonna	Composer, musician (1637-1695)
Giovanni Paolo Lancelotti	Canonist, b. at Perugia in 1522; d. there, September 23, 1590
Giovanni Perrone	Jesuit theologian, b. at Chieri, Italy, March 11, 1794; d. at Rome, Aug. 28, 1876
Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola	Italian philosopher and scholar, b. February 24, 1463; d. November 17, 1494
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina	The greatest composer of liturgical music of all time, b. at Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) in 1514 or 1515, according to Baini, Riemann, and others, according to Haberl, in 1526; d. at Rome, February 2, 1594
Giovanni Poleni	Marquess, physicist, and antiquarian; b. at Venice, Aug. 23, 1683; d. at Padua, Nov. 14, 1761; son of Marquess Jacopo Poleni
Giovanni Sante Gaspero Santini	Astronomer, b. at Caprese, in Tuscany, Jan. 30, 1787; d. at Padua, June 26, 1877
Giovanni Stefano Menochio	Jesuit Biblical scholar, b. at Padua, 1575; d. in Rome, Feb. 4, 1655
Giovanni Villani	Florentine historian, b. about 1276; d. of the plague in 1348
Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni	Theologian and controversialist (1733-1811)
Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald de Barry)	English writer, historian; b. 1147; d. 1216-1220
Giraud de Borneil	Twelfth-century French troubadour
Girba	A titular see in the province of African Tripoli.
Girgenti	Diocese in Sicily
Girolamo and Pietro Ballerini	Celebrated theologians and canonists
Girolamo Benzoni	Writer (b. ca. 1519)
Girolamo Campagna	B. in Verona, 1552; d. about 1623 or 1625
Girolamo Cardan	Italian physician and mathematician, b. at Pavia, September 24, 1501; d. at Rome, September 21; 1576
Girolamo Casanata	Cardinal, b. at Naples, July 13, 1620; d. at Rome, March 3, 1700
Girolamo Degli Angeli	Jesuit missionary of Japan (1567-1623)
Girolamo Francesco Tornielli	Italian Jesuit, preacher and writer, b. February 1, 1693; d. April 6 or May 12, 1752
Girolamo Genga	Painter, born at Urbino in 1476 died at the same place, 1551
Girolamo Savonarola	Dominican reformer, b. at Ferrara, September 21, 1452; d. at Florence, May 23, 1498
Girolamo Seripando	Italian theologian and cardinal, b. at Troja (Apulia), May 6, 1493; d. at Trent, March 17, 1563
Girolamo Tiraboschi	Italian scholar, b. 1731; d. June 3, 1794
Giuliano Cesarini	Cardinal, b. at Rome, 1398; d. at Varna, in Bulgaria, November 10, 1444
Giulio Alberoni	Cardinal and statesman; b. 30 May, 1664, at Firenzuola in the duchy of Parma; d. 26 June, 1752, at Piacenza
Giulio Alenio	Chinese missionary and scholar, b. at Brescia, in Italy, in 1582; d. at Fou-Tcheou, China, in August, 1644
Giulio Bartolocci	Cistercian monk and learned Hebrew scholar (1613-1687)
Giulio Carlo De' Toschi di Fagnano	Mathematician, b. at Sinigaglia, Italy, September 26, 1682; d. there May 18, 1766
Giulio Cesare Cordara	Jesuit; historian and litterateur (1704-1785)
Giulio Lorenzo Selvaggio	Canonist and archaeologist, b. at Naples, August 10, 1728; d. there, November, 1772
Giulio Romano	Roman architect and painter; b. 1492; d. 1546
Giuseppe Agnelli	Author of catechetical and devotional works, b. at Naples, 1621; d. in Rome, 8 October, 1706
Giuseppe Agostino Orsi	Cardinal, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian, b. at Florence, May 9, 1692, of an aristocratic Florentine family; d. at Rome, June 12, 1761
Giuseppe Bianchini	Italian Oratorian, scholar (1704-1764)
Giuseppe Campani	An Italian optician and astronomer who lived in Rome during the latter half of the seventeenth century
Giuseppe Catalani	A Roman liturgist of the eighteenth century
Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi	Italian savant, Abbot of the Basilian monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome; b. 24 Dec., 1837, at Bolsena in the Province of Rome: d. there June 1, 1905

Giuseppe D'Annibale	Cardinal, theologian (1815-1892)
Giuseppe Giusti	Poet and patriot; b. 1809; d. 1850
Giuseppe Marchi	Archaeologist, b. Feb. 22, 1795; d. Feb. 10, 1860
Giuseppe Maria Bernini	Capuchin missionary (d. 1753)
Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, Venerable	B. December 27, 1737, in Saragossa, Spain; d. November 11, 1811
Giuseppe Maria Tommasi	Sicilian cardinal, blessed; b. 1649; d. 1713
Giuseppe Mezzofanti	Cardinal, the greatest of polyglots, b. September 19, 1774; d. March 15, 1849
Giuseppe Parini	Italian poet, b. at Bosisio, May 23, 1729; d. at Milan, Aug. 15, 1799
Giuseppe Piazzi	Astronomer, b. at Ponte in Valtellina, July 16, 1746; d. at Naples, July 22, 1826
Giuseppe Tartini	Violinist, composer, and theorist, b. April 12, 1692; d. Feb. 16, 1770. He resisted the earnest desire of his parents that he enter the Franciscan Order, and matriculated at the University of Pa
Giuseppe Toaldo	Priest and physicist, b. at Pianezze, 1719; d. at Padua, 1797
Giuseppe Zamboni	Priest and physicist, b. at Venice, June, 1776; d. there, July 25, 1846
Glagolitic	Slavonic glagol, a word
Glebe	Technical term in ecclesiastical law
Glendalough School	Monastic school founded by St. Kevin
Gloacchino Ventura di Raulica	Italian pulpit orator, patriot, philosopher, b. at Palermo, Dec. 8, 1792; d. at Versailles, Aug. 2, 1861. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1808
Gloria in Excelsis Deo	Great doxology (hymnus angelicus) in the Mass
Glory	The ethical and religious significance of the word
Glossaries Glosses	In Canon Law
Gluttony	Excessive indulgence in food and drink
Gnosticism	The doctrine of salvation by knowledge.
Goar, Saint	An anchorite of Aquitaine; b. about 585; d. near Oberwesel (Germany), 6 July, 649
Gobban Saer	Irish architect; b. about 560
Gobelinus	Westphalian historian and monastic reformer; b. in 1358; d. 1421
God	Name of the supreme, infinite personal being
Godard, Saint	Bishop of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony; b. 960; d. 1038
Godeberta, Saint	B. in France about 640, d. around 700
Godelina, Saint	B. in France around 1049; d. 1070
Godfrey Giffard (Bishop of Worcester)	Bishop of Worcester, b. about 1235; d. Jan. 26, 1301
Godfrey Goodman	Anglican bishop; b. 1582, d. 1656
Godfrey Henschen	Jesuit, hagiographer; b. at Venray (Limburg), June 21, 1601; d. at Antwerp, Sept. 11, 1681
Godfrey of Bouillon	Duke of Lower Lorraine and first King of Jerusalem b. 1060; d. 1100
Godfrey of Fontaines	French scholastic philosopher and theologian; b. within the first half of the thirteenth century
Godfrey of Viterbo	German writer of the twelfth century
Godric	The name of two Abbots of Croyland
Gog and Magog	Names, respectively, of a king and of his supposed kingdom
Golden Calf	An object of worship for a time among the Hebrews
Golden Rose	A gold ornament confered upon churches by the pope
Gondulphus	The name of three saints
Gonsalo Garcia, Saint	B. of a Portuguese father and a Canarese mother in Bassein, East India, about the year 1556 or 1557; d. Feb. 5, 1597

Gonvalo da Silveira, Venerable	Pioneer missionary of South Africa, b. Feb. 23, 1526, at Almeirim, about forty miles from Lisbon; martyred March 16, 1561
Gonzaga	Cardinal; b. 1542; d. 1593.
Gonzalo de Berceo	Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242
Good	A primary idea that must be specified
Good Faith	A phrase to designate the mental and moral state of honest conviction as to the truth or falsehood of a proposition
Good Friday	The English designation for the day of the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ
Good Hope, Cape of (Eastern Vicariate)	Eastern Vicariate established in 1847
Good Hope, Cape of (Western Vicariate)	The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are virtually one
Gordian	Three Roman emperors of this name, who reigned between A.D. 237-44,
Gordianus and Epimachus, Saints	Martyrs, under Julian the Apostate, 362
Gordon Riots	English riots of 1780
Gordos	Titular see in the province of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis.
Gorgonius, Saint	Suffered martyrdom in 304 at Nicomedia during the persecution of Diocletian.
Gortyna	Titular see, and in the Greek Church metropolitan see, of the Island of Crete.
Görz	Capital of the Austrian crown-land Gorz and Gradiska
Goscelin	Benedictine biographical writer; d. about 1099
Gospel and Gospels	Designate a written record of Christs words and deeds.
Gospel in the Liturgy	From antiquity an important element in Liturgy
Gossaert	Flemish painter; b. about 1472; d. about 1533.
Gothic Architecture	History of the style
Gottfried Hagen	Town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne 'Reimchronik' (rhymed chronicle); d. 1299
Gottfried von Strasburg	German epic poet:
Gottschalk of Orbais	Medieval theologian; b. about 805; d. after 866
Gottschalk, Saint	Martyr, Prince of the Wends; d. 1066.
Göttweig, Abbey of	Benedictine abbey in Lower Austria
Goyaz	Diocese in Brazil
Gozo	Diocese comprising the Island of Gozo, Malta
Grace	Supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels)
Grace at Meals	Early formula dates to the fourth century
Gradual	The oldest and most important chants at Mass
Gradual Psalms	Fifteen psalms
Graffiti	Class of rude inscriptions scratched on the walls of ancient monuments
Gran	Archdiocese in Hungary
Grand Duchy of Baden	Situated in the south-western part of the German Empire
Grand Duchy of Finland	A department or province of the Russian Empire
Grand Rapids	Diocese created May 12, 1882, out of the Diocese of Detroit
Granderath, Theodor	German Jesuit theologian; b. 1839: d. 1902
Grandmont	French Abbey and Order
Gratianoplis	Titular see in Caesarea mauretania, Africa.
Gratry, Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse	French priest and writer; b. 1805; d. 1872

Gravina and Montepeloso	Diocese in the Province of Bari (Southern Italy)
Graz	German University located in the capital of the Province of Steiermark,
Great Falls	Diocese in eastern Monatana, created in 1904
Great Otto I, The	Roman emperor and German king, b. in 912; d. at Memleben, May 7, 973; son of Henry I and his consort Mathilda
Greece	History of country and church
Greek Catholics in America	Includes history and statistics
Greek Church	History an varous divisions
Greek Orthodox Church in America	Those not in communion with Rome
Greek Rites	Treatment of rite, language and religion
Greenland	Island stretching from within the Arctic Circle south
Gregor Aichinger	Organist and composer of sacred music, b. probably at Ratisbon in 1565; d. at Augsburg, 21 January, 1628
Gregor Reisch	B. at Balingen in Wurtemberg, about 1467; d. at Freiburg, Baden, May 9, 1525
Gregor Zallwein	Canonist, b. at Oberviechtach, Oberpfalz, October 20, 1712; d. at Salzburg, 6 or August 9, 1766
Gregorian Antiphonary	Primitive Christian antiphonary
Gregorian Chant	Treatment of history and description
Gregorio Allegri	Member of the same family which produced the painter Correggio, b. at Rome c. 1580; d. 1652
Gregorio Mengarini	Pioneer missionary of the Flathead tribe and philologist of their language, b. in Rome, July 21, 1811; d. at Santa Clara, California, September 23, 1886
Gregorio Nunez Coronel	Augustinian; theologian, writer, and preacher (1548-1620)
Gregorio Panzani	Bishop of Mileto, d. early in 1662
Gregorius Thomas Ziegler	Bishop of Linz, b. at Kirchheim near Augsburg, March 7, 1770; d. at Linz, April 15, 1852
Gregory Baeticus	Bishop of Elvira, Spain: d. about 392
Gregory IV	Pope, elected near the end of 827; d. Jan., 844
Gregory Martin	Translator of the Douai Version of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate; d. October 28, 1582
Gregory of Heimburg	Humanist and statesman, b. around the beginng of the fifteenth century; d. 1472
Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint	B. c. 325; d. c. 389.
Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint	B. about 213; d. 270-275
Gregory of Nyssa, Saint	Date of birth unknown; d. after 385 or 386
Gregory of Rimini	Augustinian theologian; b. in the second half of the thirteenth century; d. 358
Gregory of Tours, Saint	B. in 538 or 539, d. 593 or 594
Gregory of Utrecht, Saint	Abbot; b. about 707 or 708; d. 775 or 780
Gregory of Valencia	Professor of the University of Ingolstadt, b. 1550 (1540, 1551?); d. 1603
Gregory the Great, Saint	Pope, Doctor of the Church; b. at Rome about 540; d. March 12, 604
Gregory the Illuminator, Saint	B. 257?; d. 337?
Gregory V	Pope; b. 970; d. 999
Gregory VI (Antipope)	Antipope
Gregory VIII	Antipope
Gregory X	Pope; b. 1210; d. 1276
Gregory XI	Pope; b. in 1331, d. 1378
Gregory XII	Angelo Corrari, legal pope during the Western Schism; b. 1327; d. 1417
Gregory XIII	Pope (Ugo Buoncompagni), b. 1502; d. 1585

Gregory XIV	Pope (Niccolo Sfondrati), b. 1535; d. 1591
Gregory XV	Pope (Alessandro Ludovisi), b. 1554; d. 1623
Gregory XVI	Pope (Mauro, or Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari), b. 1765; d. 1846
Greifswald	The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456
Gremiale	A bishop's square or oblong lap cloth
Grenoble	Diocese of Gratianopolitana
Grey Nuns	The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hopital General of Montreal
Grey Nuns of the Cross	A community founded in 1745 at Montreal by Madame d'Youville
Grimm Campi	An Italian painter and architect, b. at Cremona about 1500; d. there, 1572
Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von	German novelist of the seventeenth century
Guaicuri Indians	Group of tribes in Baja California
Guarani Indians	Group of tribes in Latin America
Guardian Angel	Treatment of the concept of guardian angels
Guardianship	Condition or fact of being a guardian; the office or position of guardian
Guarino da Verona	Humanist, b. 1370; d. 1460
Guastallines	Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. Oct. 29, 1559 or 1569
Gudula, Saint	B. in the seventh century; d. at the beginning of the eighth century
Guelphs and Ghibellines	Two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages
Guerin	Name of two French literary figures
Guglielmo Agnelli	Sculptor and architect, b. at Pisa, probably in 1238; d. probably in 1313
Guglielmo Audisio	Priest, teacher of sacred eloquence, and devoted to historical studies (1801-1882)
Guglielmo Massaia	Cardinal, b. June 9, 1809; d. August 6, 1889
Guglielmo Sirleto	Cardinal and scholar, b. at Guardavalle near Stilo in Calabria, 1514; d. at Rome, October 6, 1585
Guiana (Guayana)	Treatment of the country
Guibert of Ravenna	Antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100
Guido de Baysio (or Baisio)	Italian canonist (d. 1313)
Guido Görres	Historian, publicist, poet; b. 1805; d. 1852
Guido of Arezzo	A monk of the Order of St. Benedict, b. arund 995; d. 1050
Guido Reni	Guido Reni
Guigues du Chastel	Fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse, legislator of the Carthusian Order and ascetical writer, b. at Saint-Romain in Dauphine in 1083 or 1084; d. July 27, 1137 (1136 and 1138 are also given)
Guilds	Voluntary associations for religious, social, and commercial purposes
Guillaume Briconnet	French Cardinal (d. 1514)
Guillaume Bude	French Hellenist, b. at Paris, 1467; d. there, August 22, 1540
Guillaume de Nogaret	B. about the middle of the thirteenth century at St. Felix-en-Lauragais; d. 1314
Guillaume Delisle	Reformer of cartography, born February 28, 1675, in Paris; died there January 25, 1726
Guillaume Dubois	French cardinal and statesman, b. at Brive, in Limousin, 1656; d. at Versailles, 1723
Guillaume Dupuytren	French anatomist and surgeon, b. October 6, 1777, d. February 8, 1835
Guillaume Fillastre	French cardinal, canonist, humanist, and geographer, b. 1348 at La Suze, Maine, France; d. at Rome, November 6, 1428
Guillaume Pellissier	B. at Melgueil in Languedoc, about 1490; d. at the castle of Montferraud, 1568
Guillaume-Andre-Rene Baston	French theologian (1741-1825)

Guillaume-Francois Berthier	Jesuit professor and writer (1704-1782)
Guillaume-Francois-Antoine de L'Hopital	French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at Paris, February 2, 1704
Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant	French Jesuit scholar (1690-1743)
Guillaume-Rene Meignan	Cardinal Archbishop of Tours, French apologist and Scriptural exegete, b. at Chauvigne, France, April 12, 1817; d. at Tours, January 20, 1896
Guillen de Castro y Bellvis	Spanish dramatist, b. of a noble family at Valencia in 1569; d. at Madrid in 1631
Guiseppe Verdi	Composer, b. at Le Roncole, Parma, Italy, October 10, 1813; d. at S. Agata, near Busseto, January 27, 1901
Guitmund	Bishop of Aversa, a Benedictine monk, theologian, and opponent of Berengarius; b. at an unknown place in Normandy during the first quarter of the eleventh century; d. between 1090-95, at Aversa, near Naples
Gunning S. Bedford	Medical writer and teacher (1806-1870)
Gunpowder Plot, The	Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605
Gunther of Cologne	Archbishop of that city, d. July 8, 873
Gunther, Blessed	A hermit in Bohemia in the eleventh century; b. about 955; d. at Hartmanitz, Bohemia, Oct. 9, 1045
Gustav Bickell	Orientalist, b. at Cassel, July 7, 1838; d. at Vienna, Jan. 15, 1906
Gustave Xavier Lacroix de Ravignan	French Jesuit, pulpit orator, and author, b. at Bayonne (Basses-Pyrenees), Dec. 1, 1795; d. at Paris, Feb. 26, 1858
Guthlac, Saint	Hermit; b. about 673; d. at Croyland, England, April 11, 714
Guy Lefevre de la Boderie	French Orientalist and poet; b. near Falaise in Normandy, August 9, 1541; d. in 1598
Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de	Senor de Batres, Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458)

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