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Habacuc	The eighth of the Minor Prophets, who probably flourished towards the end of the seventh century B.C.
Habit	An effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as 'a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will to follow this or th
Habor	A river of Mesopotamia in Asiatic Turkey
Haceldama	The name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas
Hadewych, Blessed	Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre (Meer), near Buderich, in Rhenish Prussia; b. about 1150; d. April 14, about the year 1200
Hadrian	Martyr, d. about the year 306
Hadrumetum	A titular see of Byzacena
Haggith	One of David's wives (II Kings, iii, 4)
Hagiography	The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object
Hague, The	Capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland
Hail Mary	The most familiar of all the prayers used by the Universal Church in honour of our Blessed Lady
Hair	The subject of this article is so extensive that there can be no attempt to describe the types of head-dress successively or simultaneously in use in the Catholic Church
Hairshirt	A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance
Haiti	An island of the Greater Antilles
Haito	Bishop of Basle; b. in 763, of a noble family of Swabia; d. March 17, 836, in the Abbey of Reichenau, on an island in the Lake of Constance
Hakon the Good	King of Norway, 935 (936) to 960 (961)
Halicarnassus	A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis
Hamatha	A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea
Hamburg	A city supposed to be identical with the Marionis of Ptolemy, was founded by a colony of fishermen from Lower Saxony
Hammurabi	Hammurabi
Hanover	The former Kingdom of Hanover has been a province of the Prussian monarchy since September 20, 1866
Hans Baldung	Distinguished painter, engraver, and draughtsman on wood (1476-1545)
Hans Burckmair	Painter of the Swabian school, b. at Augsburg in 1473; d. in 1531
Hans Decker	German sculptor of the middle of the fifteenth century
Hans Holbein	A German painter; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in 1524
Hans Leonhard Schaufelin	German wood engraver, pupil of Durer, b. at Nuremburg in 1490; d. there in 1540
Hans Memling	Flemish painter, b. about 1430, d. at Bruges August 11, 1494
Hans Niessenberger	An architect of the latter part of the Middle Ages, whose name is mentioned with comparative frequency in contemporaneous literature
Happiness	The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening; but from a very early date in the history of Greek philosophy the conception became the center of keen specula
Hare Indians	A Dene tribe which shares with the Loucheux the distinction of being the northernmost Redskins in America, their habitat being immediately south of that of the Eskimos
Harmony	Concord of sounds, several tones of different pitch sounded as a chord; among the Greeks, the general term for music
Harney	(1) William Selby, soldier, convert; b. near Haysboro, Tennessee, U.S.A., August 27, 1800; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, May 9, 1889; (2) (2) John Milton, brother of foregoing, b. in Delaware, March 9, 1789; d. at Somerset, Kentucky, January 15, 1825
Harold Bluetooth	B. 911; d. November 1, 985 or 986; son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark and of Thyra, daughter of a nobleman of Schleswig
Harpasa	A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis
Harrowing of Hell	Term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell (or Hades) between the time of His Crucifixion and His Resurrection,
Hartmann Schedel	German Humanist and historian, b. at Nuremberg, February 13, 1440; d. there on November 28, 1514
Hartmann von Aue	A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; d. between 1210 and 1220
Hatred	A vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other
Hatto	Archbishop of Mainz; b. of a noble Swabian family, c. 850; d. May 15, 913
Hauara	A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra

Haudriettes	A religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Etienne Haudry, a private secretary of St. Louis, King of France
Hautecombe	A Cistercian monastery near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy, Diocese of Chambery (formerly Geneva)
Hauteserre	(1) Antoine Dadin D'; b. 1602, d. 1682; (2) Flavius, younger brother of the above, died about 1670
Hauy	(1) Rene-Just, mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), Feb. 28, 1743; d. at Paris, June 3, 1822; (2) Valentin Hauy, founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the endearing name of 'Father and Apostle of the Blind'; b. at Saint-Just, in the
Hay, Edmund and John	(1) Edmund, Jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1540?; d. at Rome, Nov. 4, 1591; (2) John Hay, kinsman and contemporary of Edmund, of the family of Hay of Dalgetty; b. 1546; d. at Pont-a-Mousson, 1608
Haymo	A Benedictine bishop of the ninth century; d. March 26, 853
Haymo of Faversham	English Franciscan and schoolman, b. at Faversham, Kent; d. at Anagni, Italy, in 1243, according to the most probable opinion; Wadding gives 1244
Heaven	(I) Name and Place of Heaven; (II) Existence of Heaven; (III) Supernatural Character of Heaven and the Beatific Vision; (IV) Eternity of Heaven and Impeccability of the Blessed; (V) Essential Beatitude; (VI) Accidental Beatitude; (VII) Attributes of Beati
Heber MacMahon	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland, and patriotic leader, born at Farney, County Monaghan, 1600; executed at Enniskillen in 1650
Hebrew Bible	As compared with the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with the exception of the seven deuterocanonical books
Hebrew Language and Literature	Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament
Hebrew Names	Detailed article on the history and significance of Hebrew names
Hebrew Poetry of the Old Testament	Since the Bible is divinely inspired, and thus becomes the 'written word' of God, many devout souls are averse from handling it as literature.
Hebron	An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David
Hector Berlioz	French composer (1803-1869)
Hector Boece	Chronicler, co-founder of University of Aberdeen (ca. 1465-1536)
Hector St. John de Crevecoeur	A French agriculturist, b. at Caen, France, 1731; d. at Sarcelles, near Paris, 1813
Hedonism	The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with various modifications, that feelings of pleasure or happiness are the highest and final aim of conduct; that, consequently, those actions which increase the sum of pleasure are thereby constit
Hedwig, Saint	Duchess of Silesia, b. about 1174, at the castle of Andechs; d. at Trebnitz, 12 or October 15, 1243
Heeremann von Zuydwyk	Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. Aug. 26, 1832, at Surenburg near Riesenbeck, Westphalia; d. March 23, 1903, at Berlin
Heeswijk	A village in the Diocese of Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Holland, in which the dispersed religious of the confiscated Norbertine Abbey of Berne have created a new abbey and college
Hegelianism	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born at Stuttgart in 1770; died at Berlin in 1831
Hegesippus, Saint	A writer of the second century, known to us almost exclusively from Eusebius, who tells us that he wrote in five books in the simplest style the true tradition of the Apostolic preaching
Heiligenkreuz	An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of Baden in Lower Austria
Heilsbronn	Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle Franconia
Heinrich Bernhard Freiherr von Andlaw	Famous Catholic statesman (1802-1871)
Heinrich Birnbaum	Carthusian monk (1403-1473)
Heinrich Blyssen	Jesuit theologian and missionary (1526-1586)
Heinrich Brewer	German historian (1640 - ca. 1713)
Heinrich Bruck	Ecclesiastical historian and bishop, b. at Bingen, October 25, 1831; d. November 4, 1903
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim	B. 14 September, 1486, at Cologne; d. at Grenoble or Lyons in 1534 or 1535
Heinrich der Glichezare	A Middle High German poet
Heinrich Freiherr von Ferstel	Architect; with Hansen and Schmidt, the creator of modern Vienna; b. July 7, 1828, at Vienna; d. at Grinzing, near Vienna, July 14, 1883
Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger	One of the leading theologians of the modern Catholic German school and author of the 'Enchiridion' universally used, b. Oct. 10, 1819, at Liege; d. June 19, 1883, at Wurzburg
Heinrich Joseph Wetzer	Learned Orientalist, b. at Anzefahr in Hesse-Cassel, March 19, 1801; d. at Freiburg in Baden, November 5, 1853
Heinrich Klee	German theologian, exegete (1800-1840)
Heinrich Roth	Missionary in India and Sanskrit scholar, b. of illustrious parentage at Augsburg, December 18, 1620; d. at Agra, June 20, 1668
Heinrich Seuse Denifle	Palmographer and historian, born at Imst in the Austrian Tyrol, Jan. 16, 1844; d. at Munich, June 10, 1905
Heinrich von Ahaus	Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany, b. in 1371; d. at Munster, 1439
Heinrich Von Dissen	A celebrated divine and vice-chancellor of the university, he became a monk in the Carthusian monastery; b. 18 Oct., 1415, at Osnabruck, in Westphalia; d. at Cologne, 26 Nov., 1484

Heinrich von Laufenberg	A German poet of the fifteenth century, d. at Strasburg in 1460
Heinrich von Meissen	A Middle High German lyric poet; b. at Meissen about 1250; d. at Mainz, 1318
Heinrich von Melk	German satirist of the twelfth century
Heinrich von Veldeke	A medieval German poet; b. about the middle of the twelfth century
Heinrich Wangnereck	Theologian, preacher, author, b. at Munich in July, 1595; d. at Dillingen, November 11, 1664
Heinrich Weber	German Church historian, b. at Euerdorf in the Diocese of Wurzburg, June 21, 1834; d. at Bamberg, January 18, 1898
Heisterbach	A former Cistercian monastery in the in the Archdiocese of Cologne
Helen More	Benedictine nun of the English Congregation; b. at Low Leyton, Essex, England, March 25, 1606; d. at Cambrai, France, August 17, 1633
Helen of Skofde, Saint	Martyr in the first half of the twelfth century
Helena Tarabotti	Nun and authoress, b. at Venice, 1605; d. there 1652
Helena, Saint	The mother of Constantine the Great, b. about the middle of the third century; d. about 330
Helenopolis	A titular see of Bithynia Prima
Heli	Judge and high-priest, whose history is related in I Kings
Heliand	The oldest complete work of German literature
Helie de Bourdeilles	Cardinal-Archbishop of Tours (ca. 1423-1484)
Helinand	A celebrated medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer; b. c. 1150; d. February 3, 1223, or 1227, or 1237
Heliogabalus	The name adopted by Varius Avitus Bassianus, Roman emperor (218-222)
Hell	Treatment of the doctrine of hell
Helmold	Historian, b. in the first half of the twelfth century; d. about 1177
Hendrik Conscience	Flemish novelist (1812-1883)
Henoch	Name of several individuals in Scripture
Henoticon	Unsuccessful law made by the Emperor Zeno in order to conciliate Catholics and Monophysites
Henri and Jules Desclee	Natives of Belgium, founders of a monastery and a printing establishment
Henri Boulainvilliers	French historian (1658-1722)
Henri de Saint-Ignace	A Carmelite theologian, b. in 1630, at Ath in Hainaut, Belgium; d. in 1719 or 1720
Henri Didon	Preacher, writer, and educator, b. March 17, 1840, at Touvet (Isere), France; d. March 13, 1900, at Toulouse
Henri Faraud	Titular Bishop of Anemour and first Vicar Apostolic of Athabasca-Mackenzie, Canada; b. March 17, 1823, at Gigondas, France; d. at St. Boniface, Manitoba, September 26, 1890
Henri Francois Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron	Bishop of Marseilles (1671-1755)
Henri Perreyve	B. at Paris, April 11, 1831; d. there, June 18, 1865
Henri Raymond Casgrain	Author in French Canadian literature, b. at Riviere Ouelle, September 16, 1831; d. at Quebec, February 2, 1904
Henri Spondanus	Convert from Calvinism, Bishop of Pamiers, and one of the continuators of Baronius, b. January 6, 1568; d. May 18, 1643
Henri Valois	Philologist, b. at Paris, Sept. 10, 1603; d. at Paris, May 7, 1676
Henri Victor Regnault	Chemist and physicist, b. at Aachen, July 21, 1810; d. in Paris, Jan. 19, 1878
Henri, Duc de Joyeuse	Capuchin (1563-1608)
Henri-Alexandre Wallon	Historian and statesman, b. at Valenciennes (Nord), in 1812; d. at Paris, in 1904. Fellow of history and professor at the Lycee Louis le Grand
Henri-Auguste-Georges Du Vergier La Rochejacquelein	French politician; b. at the chateau of Citran (Gironde), on September 28. 1805; d. on January 7, 1867
Henri-Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville	Chemist, b. at St. Thomas, West Indies, March 11, 1818; d. at Boulogne, July 1, 1881
Henri-Francois Daguesseau	Chancellor of France, b. at Limoges, November 27, 1668; d. at Paris, February 5, 1751
Henri-Joseph Crelier	Swiss Catholic priest, Hebrew scholar and Biblical exegete; b. at Bure, October 16, 1816; d. at Bressancourt, France, April 22, 1889
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose	Cardinal and senator (1800-1883)

Henricus Canisius	Canonist and historian, b. at Nymwegen in Geldern ; d. 2 Sept., 1610, at Ingolstadt
Henry Abbot	Layman, martyred at York, 4 July, 1597
Henry Augustus Rawes	Oblate of St. Charles, hymn-writer and preacher, b. at Easington near Durham, England, Dec. 11, 1826; d. at Brighton, April 24, 1885
Henry Balme	Franciscan theologian (d. 1439)
Henry Bard	English soldier and diplomat (1604-1660)
Henry Beaufort Plantagenet	Cardinal, Bishop of Winchester, B. C. 1377; d. at Westminster, April 11, 1447
Henry Bedford	Writer and educator (1816-1903)
Henry Bedingfeld	Knight (1509-1583)
Henry Bradshaw	English Benedictine and poet (d. 1513)
Henry Chichele	Archbishop of Canterbury (1362-1443)
Henry Cole	Confessor of the Faith (d. 1579 or 1580)
Henry Conwell	Second Bishop of Philadelphia (1745-1842)
Henry Cosgrove	Second Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A., b. December 19, 1834, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania; d. at Davenport, December 23, 1906
Henry de Bracton	English juridical writer (twelfth century)
Henry Digby Beste	Author (1768-1836)
Henry Edward Manning	Cardinal Priest of Sts. Andrew and Gregory on the Coelian Hill and second Archbishop of Westminster, b. July 15, 1808; d. January 14, 1892
Henry Essex Edgeworth	Confessor of Louis XVI, and vicar-general of the Diocese of Paris b. 1745; d. May 22, 1807
Henry Fitzalan	Twelfth Earl of Arundel, b. about 1511; d. in London, Feb. 24, 1580
Henry Fitzsimon	Jesuit, b. 1566 (or 1569), in Dublin, Ireland; d. Nov. 29, 1643 (or 1645), probably at Kilkenny
Henry Foley	B. at Astley in Worcestershire, England, Aug. 9, 1811; d. at Manresa House, Roehampton, Nov. 19, 1891. His father was the Protestant curate in charge at Astley
Henry Formby	B. 1816; d. at Normanton Hall, Leicester, March 12, 1884
Henry Garnet	English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606
Henry Glarean	Swiss Humanist; b. 1488, d. 1563
Henry Harland	Novelist, b. of New England parentage, at St. Petersburg, Mar. 1, 1861; d. at San Remo, Dec. 20, 1905
Henry Heath	English Franciscan and martyr, son of John Heath; christened at St. John's, Peterborough, December 16, 1599; executed at Tyburn, April 17, 1643
Henry Herp	A fifteenth century Franciscan of the Strict Observance and a distinguished writer on mysticism
Henry Holden	English priest; b. 1596; d. March, 1662
Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder	English Oratorian priest and controversialist, b. Jan. 3, 1837; d. at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Oct. 7, 1907
Henry II	B. 1133; d. July 6, 1189
Henry II, Saint	German King and Roman Emperor, b. 972; d. July 13, 1024
Henry III	German King and Roman Emperor; b. 1017; d. at Bodfeld, in the Harz Mountains, Oct. 5, 1056
Henry IV (German King and Roman Emperor)	German King and Roman Emperor, b. at Goslar, November 11, 1050; d. at Liege, August 7, 1108
Henry IV (King of France and Navarre)	King of France and Navarre, b. December 14, 1553, in the castle of Pau; d. May 14, 1610
Henry James Anderson	Scientist and educator (1799-1875)
Henry James Coleridge	Writer and preacher (1822-1893)
Henry Knighton	Chronicler (fourteenth century)
Henry Lemcke	Missionary in the United States, b. at Rhena, Mecklenburg, July 27, 1796; d. at Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1882
Henry Moore Jackson	Knight (1849-1908)
Henry More	Great-grandson of the martyred English chancellor; b., 1586; d. at Watten in 1661
Henry Morse, Venerable	Martyr; b. 1595 in Norfolk; d. at Tyburn, February 1, 1644

Henry Noris	Cardinal, b. at Verona, August 29, 1631, of English ancestry; d. at Rome, Feb. 23, 1704
Henry Nutcombe Oxenham	English controversialist and poet, b. at Harrow, Nov. 15, 1829; d. at Kensington, March 23, 1888
Henry of Friemar	German theologian; b. about the end of the thirteenth century; d. about 1355
Henry of Ghent	Scholastic philosopher and theologian of the thirteenth century; d. at Paris or Tournai, 1293
Henry of Herford	Friar and chronicler; date of birth unknown; died at Minden, Oct. 9, 1370
Henry of Huntingdon	Historian; b. probably near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, between 1080 and 1085; d. 1155
Henry of Kalkar	Carthusian writer, b. at Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d. at Cologne, December 20, 1408
Henry of Langenstein	Theologian and mathematician; b. about 1325; d. at Vienna, Feb. 11, 1397
Henry of Nordlingen	A Bavarian secular priest, of the fourteenth century
Henry of Rebdorf	Alleged author of an imperial and papal chronicle of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
Henry of Segusio	An Italian canonist of the thirteenth century, d. at Lyons, October 25, 1271
Henry Pendleton	Controversialist, b. at Manchester; d. in London, Sept., 1557
Henry Robert Stephens	Belgian theologian, b. August 5, 1665; d. June 15, 1623
Henry Rutter	Professor, writer, b. Feb. 26, 1755; d. September 17, 1838, near Dodding Green, Westmoreland
Henry Stuart	Cardinal, Duke of York, known by the Jacobites as Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland; b. at Rome, March 11, 1725; d. at Frascati, July 13, 1807
Henry Suso	German mystic, b. at Constance on March 21, about 1295; d. at Ulm, January 25, 1366
Henry the Navigator	Prince, b. March 4, 1394; d. November 13, 1460;
Henry V	German King and Roman Emperor, ; b. in 1081; d. at Utrecht, May 23, 1125
Henry VI	German King and Roman Emperor, b. in 1165; d. September 28, 1197
Henry VIII	King of England, b. June 28, 1491; d. January 28, 1547
Henry Walpole, Venerable	English Jesuit martyr, born at Docking, Norfolk, 1558; martyred at York, April 7, 1595
Henry Weedall	B. in London, Sept. 6, 1788; d. at Oscott, Nov. 7, 1859
Henry William Wilberforce	B. at Clapham, Sept. 22, 1807; d. at Stroud, Gloucestershire, April 23, 1873. He was third son of the famous William Wilber-force, and younger brother of Robert Wilberforce
Heortology	The science of sacred festivals
Hephaestus	A titular see of Augustamnica Prima
Heptarchy	Division of Anglo-Saxon Britain into seven kingdoms
Heraclas	Bishop of Alexandria from 231 or 232; to 247 or 248
Heraclea	A titular see of Thracia Prima
Herbart and Herbartianism	Treatment of the influence of Johann Friedrich Herbart
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers	Army officer and diplomatist; b. at Madoc, Canada, April 20, 1859; d. at London, Oct. 19, 1911
Herbert of Bosham	Biographer of St. Thomas Becket
Herbert of Derwentwater, Saint	Anchorite, date of birth unknown; d. March 20, 687
Herbert Vaughan	Cardinal, and third Archbishop of Westminster, b. at Gloucester, April 15, 1832; d. at St. Joseph's College, Mill Hill, Middlesex, June 19, 1903
Herder	German publishing house
Heredity	Tendency of offspring to resemble the parents
Herenaus Haid	Catechist, b. in the Diocese of Ratisbon, February 16, 1784; d. January 7, 1873
Hereswitha, Saint	Wife of King Aethelhere of East Anglia
Heresy	Treatment of the phenomenon of heresy
Heribert	Archbishop of Milan (1018-1045)
Heribert, Saint	Archbishop of Cologne; b. at Worms, c. 970; d. at Cologne, March 16, 1021

Heriger of Lobbes	Medieval theologian and historian; b. about 925; d. October 31, 1007
Herman Schaepman J.A.M	Orator, poet, and statesman, b. at Tubbergen, Holland, March 2, 1844; d. at Rome, Jan. 21, 1903
Herman Scholliner	Theologian and historian, b. at Freising in Bavaria, January 15, 1722; d. at Welchenberg, July 16, 1795
Hermann Busembaum	Moral theologian, b. at Notteln; Westphalia, 1600; d. at Munster, January 31, 1668
Hermann Cohen	Discalced Carmelite (1820-1871)
Hermann Contractus	Chronicler, mathematician, and poet; b. February 18, 1013; d. September 21, 1054
Hermann Huffer	Historian and jurist; b. March 24, 1830, at Munster in Westphalia; d. at Bonn, March 15, 1905
Hermann I	Landgrave of Thuringia (1190-1217)
Hermann Joseph	Premonstratensian monk and mystic; b. at Cologne about 1150; d. at Hoven, April 7, 1241
Hermann of Altach	A medieval historian; b. 1200 or 1201; d. July 31, 1275
Hermann of Fritzlar	Author of two works on mysticism written in German.
Hermann of Minden	Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date; d. shortly after 1294
Hermann of Salza	Fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, b. 1180 at Langensalza in Thuringia; d. March 19, 1239
Hermann Rolfus	Catholic educationist, b. at Freiburg, May 24, 1821; d. at Buhl, near Offenburg, October 27, 1896
Hermann Streber	Son of Franz Seraph Streber, b. at Munich, Sept. 27, 1839; d. at Tolz, Aug. 9, 1896
Hermann Thyraus	German Jesuit, b. 1532; d. October 26, 1591
Hermann von Kerssenbroch	Teacher, historian (ca. 1520-1585)
Hermann von Mallinckrodt	German parliamentarian; b. Feb. 5, 1821, at Minden, Westphalia; d. May 26, 1874, at Berlin
Hermann von Vicari	Archbishop of Freiburg in Baden, b. at Aulendorf in Wurtemberg, May 13, 1773; d. at Freiburg, April 14, 1868
Hermas	First- or second-century author of the book called The Shepherd
Hermas, Saint	Martyr; the Roman Martyrology sets down for August 18
Hermeneutics	The interpretation or exegesis of Sacred Scripture
Hermengild, Saint	Date of birth unknown; d. April 13, 585
Hermes, Saint	Martyr, Bishop of Salona (Spalato), in Dalmatia
Hermits	Men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement.
Hermits of St. Augustine	A religious order which in the thirteenth century combined several monastic societies into one, under this name
Hermon	A group of mountains in Israel
Hermopolis Magna	A titular see of Thebais Prima
Hermopolis Parva	A titular see of AEgyptus Prima
Hernando Cortes	Conqueror of Mexico (1485-1547)
Hernando de Soto	Explorer and conqueror, b. at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; d. on the banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542
Herod	Name of many rulers mentioned in the New Testament
Herodias	Daughter of Aristobulus
Heroic Act of Charity	A decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences dated Dec. 18, 1885
Heroic Virtue	Virtues that greatly outdistance those of ordinary good people
Herrad of Landsberg	A twelfth-century abbess, author of the Hortus Deliciarum, b. about 1130; d. 1195
Herregouts	Name of three related artists
Herrera	Name of two related painters
Hersfeld	Ancient imperial abbey of the Benedictine Order
Herve-Auguste-Etienne-Albans Faye	Astronomer, b. at Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (Indre, France), Oct. 1, 1814; d. at Paris, July 4, 1902

Hesebon	A titular see of the province of Arabia
Hesse	The name of a German tribe
Hesychasm	Mystic movement in the Orthodox Church
Hesychius of Alexandria	Grammarian and lexicographer in the later fourth or earlier fifth century
Hesychius of Jerusalem	Presbyter and exegete, probably of the fifth century
Hesychius of Sinai	Ascetic author of the Byzantine period
Hethites	One of the many peoples of North-Western Asia, styled Hittim in the Hebrew Bible
Hexaemeron	Signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days' work of creation
Hexapla	Name given to Origen's edition of the Old Testament in Hebrew and Greek
Hexateuch	A name commonly used by the critics to designate the first six books of the Old Testament
Heywood	Name of two related literary figures
Hierapolis	Titular, archdiocese, metropolis of the Province of Euphrates
Hierapolis (titular see of Phrygia Salutaris)	A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris
Hierarchy	The totality of ruling powers in the Church
Hierarchy of the Early Church	Denotes the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon
Hierocaesarea	A titular see of Lydia
Hieronymites	Fourth-century women religious under the direction of St. Jerome
Hieronymus Balbus	Humanist, poet, diplomatist, and Bishop of Gurk in Carinthia (1450-135)
Hieronymus Emser	Ardent literary opponent of Luther, b. March 20, 1477; d. Nov. 8, 1527
Hieronymus Fabricius	A distinguished Italian anatomist and surgeon, b. in the little town of Acquapendente (Aquae-Taurinae), twelve miles from Orvieto, in 1537; d. at Padua, May 21, 1619
Hieronymus Medices	Scholastic, b. 1569
Hierotheus	Character in the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius
High Altar	The chief altar in a church
High Priest, The	In the Old and New Testaments
Highest Good, The	We always act with a view to some good
Hilarion, Saint	Founder of anchoritic life in Palestine: b. at Tabatha, south of Gaza, Palestine, about 291; d. in the island of Cyprus about 371
Hilarius of Sexten	Moral theologian; b. 1839,; d. October 20, 1900
Hilary of Arles, Saint	Archbishop, b. about 401; d. May 5, 449
Hilary of Poitiers, Saint	Bishop, b. at the beginning of the fourth century; d. November 1, 368
Hilda, Saint	Abbess, b. 614; d. 680
Hildebert of Lavardin	Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours, and celebrated medieval poet; b. about 1056; d. December 8, 1133 or 1134
Hildegard, Saint	B. at Bockelheim on the Nahe, 1098; d. on the Rupertsberg near Bingen, 1179
Hilduin	D. November 22, 840
Hillel	Famous Jewish rabbi, b. around 70 B.C.; d. about A.D. 10
Himeria	A titular see in the province of Osrhoene
Himerius	Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, 385
Hincmar (Archbishop of Reims)	Archbishop of Reims; b. in 806: d. at Epernay on December 21, 882
Hincmar (Bishop of Laon)	Bishop of Laon, d. 879
Hinduism	Major religion of India
Hippo Diarrhytus	A titular see of Northern Africa

Hippo Regius	A titular see of Numidia
Hippolyte Delaroche	Painter, b. at Paris, July 17, 1797; d. November 4, 1856
Hippolytus, Saints	Name of several saints and martyrs
Hippos	A titular see of Palestina Secunda
Hirena	A titular see of southern Tunis
Historical Criticism	The art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of the past
History of Marriage	Historical treatment of the institution
History of Medicine	Treatment of the history of medicine
History of Physics	History of the science of physics
History of the Christian Altar	History of the elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the sacrifice of the Mass is offered
History of Toleration	Treatment of religious toleration in history
Hohenburg	A suppressed nunnery
Holiness	Treatment of the concept
Holland	The conventional designation of the country more properly called the Netherlands
Hollanders in the United States	Information about Dutch immigrants to the United States
Holocaust	Form of Old Testament sacrifice
Holy Alliance	Nineteenth-century alliance between Austria, Prussia, and Russia
Holy Coat	Artifact claimed to be the seamless garment of Christ
Holy Communion	Treatment of hte reception of the Eucharist
Holy Cross Abbey	Monastery in Ireland
Holy Cross, Sisters of the	Religious association in Indiana
Holy Ghost	The Third Person of the Holy Trinity
Holy Grail, The	The name of a legendary sacred vessel
Holy Innocents	The children in the area of Bethlehem slain by Herod
Holy Lance	Spear that produced the wound in Christ's side
Holy Nails	Commentary on the long debated question as to whether Christ was crucified with three or with four nails
Holy Name of Jesus	Treatment of the reverence given to the name of Jesus
Holy Oils	Treatment of blessed oils
Holy Orders	The sacrament
Holy Saturday	The Saturday before Easter
Holy See	The episcopal seat of the bishop of Rome
Holy Sepulchre	The tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death
Holy Shroud	Name is primarily given to a relic now preserved at Turin, for which the claimis made that it is the actual
Holy Simeon	One of the pious Jews who received a premonition from the Holy Ghost that he would not die before he had seen the expected Messias
Holy Synod	The council by which the Church of Russia and many other Orthodox Churches are governed
Holy Water	Treatment of the use of holy water
Holy Water Fonts	Vessels intended for the use of holy water
Holy Week	The week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday
Holy Year of Jubilee	A special Church anniversary or the celebration of it
Holyrood Abbey	Abbey in Scotland

Holywell	A town in North Wales; location of St. Winefride's Well, to which miraculous cures are attributed
Homes	Treatment of institutions devoted to the care of particular kinds of individuals
Homicide	The killing of a human being
Homiletics	Science that treats of the composition and delivery of a sermon or other religious discourse
Homiliarium	A collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels
Homily	Treatment of the history of homilies in liturgy
Homoousion	Word used by the Council of Nicaea to express the Divinity of Christ.
Hon. George Spencer	Passionist, b. at the Admiralty, London, Dec. 21, 1799; d. at Carstairs, Scotland, Oct. 1, 1864
Honduras	Territory in Latin America
Honoratus a Sancta Maria	Discalced Carmelite; b. at Limoges, July 4, 1651; d. at Lille, 1729
Honoratus, Saint	Archbishop of Arles; b. about 350; d. 429
Honore Fabri	Jesuit, theologian, b. about 1607 in the Department of Ain, France; d. at Rome, March 8, 1688
Honore Tournely	Theologian, b. at Antibes, Provence, August 28, 1658; d. at Paris, Dec. 26, 1729
Honorius of Autun	Theologian, philosopher, and encyclopedic writer who lived in the first half of the twelfth century
Honorius, Saint	Archbishop of Canterbury, fifth in succession from St. Augustine, elected 627
Honour	Deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or station
Hood	A flexible, conical, brimless head-dress, covering the entire head, except the face
Hope	The desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it
Hopi Indians	Group of Pueblo Indians in Arizona
Horacio Carochi	B. in Florence, c. 1586; d. in Mexico in 1666
Hortulus Animae	A prayer book which both in its Latin and German forms was exceedingly popular in the early years of the sixteenth century
Hosanna	Joyful acclamation used in the Bible and the liturgy
Hosius of Cordova	The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; b. about 256; d. about 358
Hospice	Shelter for the sick, the poor, the orphans, the old, the travelers, and the needy of every kind
Hospice-Anthelme Verreau	A French-Canadian priest, educator, and historian, b. at L'islet, P. Q., Sept. 6, 1828, of Germain V. and Ursule Fournier; d. at Montreal in 1901
Hospital Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus	Group of religious founded in the thirteenth century
Hospitality	Duty incumbent on religious orders
Hospitallers	Religious orders devoted to the care of the sick
Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem	The most important of all the military orders
Hospitals	Treatment of the history of hospitals
Hospitius, Saint	Recluse, b. according to tradition in Egypt, towards the beginning of the sixth century; d. on May 21, 581
Host (Archaeological and Historical)	Archaeological and historical treatment of the Eucharistic host
Host (Canonical and Liturgical)	Canonical and liturgical treatment of the Eucharistic host
Hottentots	Tribal group in South Africa
House of Guise	A branch of the ducal family of Lorraine, played an important part in the religious troubles of France during the sixteenth century
House of Malatesta	An Italian family prominent in the history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
House of Medici	A Florentine family which rose in a few generations to be first the unofficial rulers of the republic of Florence
Hroswitha, Saint	A celebrated nun-poetess of the tenth century, b. probably between 930 and 940; d. about 1002
Huajuápam de León	Diocese in Mexico
Hubert and Jan Van Eyck	Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of all the schools of painting in the North of Europe

Hubert Walter	Archbishop of Canterbury; d. July 13, 1205
Hubert, Saint	Confessor, bishop, apostle of the Ardennes, b. about 656; d. May 30, 727 or 728
Hubert-Andre Dumont	Belgian geologist, b. Feb. 15, 1809; d. Feb. 28, 1857
Hucbald of St-Amand	A Benedictine monk; b. in 840; d. in 930 or 932
Huelgas de Burgos	The royal monastery founded by Alfonso VIII at the instance of his consort, Dona Leonor of England, about the year 1180
Hugh and Leo Etherianus	Brothers, Tuscans by birth, employed at the court of Constantinople under the Emperor Manuel I
Hugh Capet	King of France, founder of the Capetian dynasty, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. about 996
Hugh Faringdon	English martyr; b. probably at Faringdon, Berkshire, date unknown; d. at Reading, November 15, 1539
Hugh Green	English Martyr; b. about 1584; d. 1642
Hugh MacCaghwell	Archbishop and theologian, b. at Saul, Co. Down, 1571; d. Sept. 22, 1626
Hugh O'Neill	Earl of Tyrone, b. 1540; d. at Rome, 1616
Hugh O'Reilly	Archbishop of Armagh, head of the Confederates of Kilkenny, b. 1580; d. on Trinity Island in Lough Erne
Hugh of Digne	Friar Minor and ascetical writer; b. at Digne, southeast France, date uncertain; d. at Marseilles about 1285
Hugh of Flavigny	Benedictine monk and historian; b. about 1064, probably at Verdun (Lorraine); d. before the middle of the twelfth century
Hugh of Fleury	Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer; d. not before 1118
Hugh of Lincoln, Saint	B. about the year 1135 at the castle of Avalon, near Pontcharra, in Burgundy; d. at London, 16 Nov 1200
Hugh of Remiremont	Cardinal, born of a noble family, probably in Lorraine, died soon after 1098
Hugh of St-Cher	Dominican cardinal of the thirteenth century; b. at St-Cher, near Vienne, in Dauphine (France), about 1200; d. at Orvieto (Italy), March 19, 1263
Hugh of St. Victor	Medieval philosopher, theologian, and mystical writer; b. 1096 in Saxony; d. March 11, 1141
Hugh of Strasburg	Theologian, flourished during the latter half of the thirteenth century
Hugh Oldham	Bishop of Exeter, b. in Lancashire, either at Crumpsell or Oldham; d. June 25, 1519
Hugh Paulinus Serenus Cressy	Doctor of Theology and English Benedictine monk, b. at Thorpe-Salvin, Yorkshire, about 1605; d. at East Grinstead, Sussex, August 10, 1674
Hugh Taylor	English martyr, b. 25 (not 26) November, 1585
Hugh the Great, Saint	Abbot of Cluny, b. at Semur (Brionnais) in the Diocese of Autun, 1024; d. at Cluny, April 28, 1109
Hugh Tootell	Commonly known as Charles Dodd, historian, b. in 1671 or '72; d. Feb. 27, 1743
Hugh Ward	Hagiographer, b. in Donegal, about 1590; d. Nov. 8,1635
Hugh, Saint	B. about 1246; d. in 1255
Huguccio	Italian canonist, b. at Pisa, date unknown; d. in 1210
Huguenots	A name by which the French Protestants are often designated
Hulst, Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'	Prelate, writer, orator; b. at Paris, Oct. 10, 1841; d. there, Nov. 6, 1896
Human Acts	Acts that are proper to man as man; a key concept in moral theology
Human Race	Mankind exhibits differences which have been variously interpreted.
Humanism	Name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries
Humbert of Romans	Fifth master general of the Dominican Order, b. at Romans in the Diocese of Vienne about 1194; d. July 14, 1277, or January 15, 1274
Humeral Veil	Name given to a cloth of rectangular shape used in the liturgy
Humiliati	Penitential order dating back, according to some authorities, to the beginning of the eleventh century
Humility	Lowliness or submissiveness
Humphrey Berisford	Confessor (ca. 1588)
Humphrey Middlemore	English Carthusian martyr, date of birth uncertain; d. at Tyburn, London, June 19, 1535
Hungarian Catholics in America	Information about Hungarian immigrants in the United States

Hungarian Literature	Treatment of literature written in Hungarian
Hungary	Hungary
Huron Indians	Treatment of the Huron Indians of North America
Hurter	Name of several noted Catholic individuals
Hus	The name of three persons and a land mentioned in the Old Testament
Hus and Hussites	Treatment of Jan Hus and his followers
Hyacinth, Saint	Dominican, called the Apostle of the North, b. 1185; d. Aug. 15, 1257
Hyacintha Mariscotti, Saint	A religious of the Third Order of St. Francis and foundress of the Sacconi; b. 1585; d. January 30. 1640
Hyacinthe de Valroger	French Oratorian, b. at Caen, Jan. 6, 1814; d. Oct. 10, 1876
Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil	Cardinal, theologian; b. 1718; d. 1802
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen	Archbishop of Paris, b. at Paris, Oct. 8, 1778; d. there Dec. 31, 1830
Hydatius of Lemica	Chronicler and bishop, b. at the end of the fourth century ; d. shortly after 468
Hylozoism	The doctrine according to which all matter possesses life
Hymn	Treatment of the concept of hymns
Hymnody and Hymnology	Treatment of the study of hymns
Hypaepa	Titular see of Asia Minor
Hypnotism	Treatment of the concept of hypnotism
Hypocrisy	Treatment of the concept of hypocrisy
Hypostatic Union	A theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth that in Christ one person subsists in two natures
Hypsistarians	Jewish-pagan sect which flourished from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 400,
Hyssop	A plant which is referred to in a few passages of Holy Writ

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