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Tabae	Titular see in Caria
Tabbora	A titular see in Africa Proconsularis
Tabernacle (in a church)	History of vessels for reserving the Eucharist
Tabernacle (Old Testament)	Treatment of the Old Testament predecessor to the Temple
Tabernacle Societies	Associations founded to promote perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tabernacle Society	Group in Philadelphia devoted to perpetual adoration
Tacana Indians	Group of Indians in Latin America
Tacapae	Titular see of Tripolitana in northern Africa
Tadama	A titular see in Mauretania Caesariensis
Tadeusz Kosciuszko	Polish patriot and soldier (1751-1817)
Taenarum	A titular see in Greece
Taensa Indians	Tribe living in North America
Tait Indians	Tribe living in North America
Takkali	Group of Indians in North America
Talmud	Collection of Jewish writings providing religious and legal norms as wellas commentaries on them
Tamanac Indians	Tribe living in Latin America
Tamassus	A titular see in Cyprus
Tametsi	Document of the Council of Trent dealing with clandestinely celebrated marriages
Tanagra	A titular see in Hellas
Tancred	Prince of Antioch, b. about 1072; d. at Antioch, Dec. 12, 1112
Tanis	A titular see, suffragan of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima
Tantum Ergo	The opening words of the penultimate stanza of the Vesper hymn of Corpus Christi
Taoism	The second of the three state religions of China
Taos Pueblo	Town in New Mexico
Tapestry	A fabric in which the two processes of weaving and embroidering are combined.
Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus, Saints	Martyrs of the Diocletian persecution (about 304)
Tarasius, Saint	Patriarch of Constantinople, date of birth unknown; d. February 25, 806
Targum	Aramaic translation or paraphrase of the Old Testament
Tarkin, Saint	Bishop of Sodor
Tarsicius, Saint	Lived in the third or fourth century
Tarsus	A metropolitan see of Cilicia Prima
Tassach, Saint	Irish saint, b. in the first decade of the fifth century; d. about 497
Tatian	A second-century apologist
Tatwin, Saint	Archbishop of Canterbury; d. July 30, 734
Tavistock Abbey	Benedictine abbey in England
Tavium	A titular see in Galatia Prima
Taxa Innocentiana	A Decree issued by Innocent XI, Oct. 1, 1678 regulating epicopal chancery fees
Te Deum	Hymn in rhythmical prose whose opening words are Te Deum laudamus
Te Lucis Ante Terminum	The hymn at Compline in the Roman Breviary
Tegernsee	Benedictine abbey of Bavaria

Teilo, Saint	'Archbishop' of Llandaff, d. probably before 560
Teleology	Branch of philosophy which deals with ends or final causes
Telepathy	The ability of one mind to impress or to be impressed by another mind otherwise than through the recognized channels
Telesphorus of Cosenza	Name assumed by one of the pseudo-prophets during the time of the Great Schism
Tell el-Amarna Tablets	Collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton
Telmessus	Titular see in Lycia
Temnus	A titular see in Asia
Temperance	One of the four cardinal virtues
Temperance Movements	Movements opposed to the use or abuse of alcohol
Temple	Treatment of temples in different times and religions
Temple of Jerusalem	Treatment of the Temple in Jerusalem
Temptation	Incitement to sin
Temptation of Christ	As described in the Bible
Ten Thousand Martyrs, The	Group referred to in the Roman Martyrology
Tenebrae	Name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week
Tenebrae Hearse, The	The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service
Tenedos	A titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades
Tennessee	Treatment of the American State
Tentyris	Seat of a titular suffragan see of Ptolemais in Thebaid Secunda
Teofilo Folengo	Italian poet, better known by his pseudonym of Merlin Coccalo or Cocal; b. at Mantua in 1496; d. at the monastery of Santa Croce in Campese in 1544
Teos	Titular see, suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor
Tepl	A Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia
Terce	Division of the day in the liturgy of the hours
Terence Albert O'Brien	Dominican; b. at Limerick, 1600; d. there, October 31, 1651
Terenuthis	Titular see, suffragan of Antinoe in Thebais Prima
Teresa Lalor	Co-foundress, with Bishop Neale of Baltimore, of the Visitation Order in the United States, b. in Ireland; d. Sept. 9, 1846
Teresa of Jesus (Avila), Saint	B. March 28, 1515; d. Oct. 4, 1582
Teresian Martyrs of Compiegne	Guillotined in Paris, July 17, 1794
Termessus	A titular see, suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia Secunda
Ternan, Saint	Bishop of the Picts, flourished in the sixth century
Terrasson	Name of two French brothers
Terrestrial Paradise	Name popularly given in Christian tradition to the scriptural Garden of Eden
Tertiaries	Persons who live according to the Third Rule of religious orders
Tertullian	Ecclesiastical writer in the second and third centuries
Testem Benevolentiae	An Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII addressing controversies in America
Teuchira	A titular see in Libyan Pentapolis
Teutonic Order	A medieval military order modelled on the Hospitallers of St. John
Tewdrig	A Welsh saint, flourished probably in the sixth century
Tewkesbury Abbey	Abbey in England
Thabraca	A titular see of Numidia

Thacia Montana	A titular see in Africa Proconsularis
Thaddeus Amat	Second Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1810-1878)
Thaenae	A titular see in Africa Byzacena
Thagaste	A titular see in Numidia
Thagora	Titular see in Numidia
Thais, Saint	A penitent in Egypt in the fourth century
Thangmar	Historian, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. after 1022
Thanksgiving before and after Meals	Historical treatment of saying grace at mealtime
Thanksgiving Day	A civil holiday observed annually in the United States of America on the last Thursday in November
Thapsus	A titular see in Byzacene Africa
Thasos	A titular see in Macedonia
Thaumaci	A titular see in Thessaly
The Social Contract	Work written by Rousseau and published in 1732
Theatines	A religious order of men
Theatre	Historical treatment of the drama
Thebaid	The upper part of the valley of the Nile
Thebes (Egypt)	Titular see of Thebais Secunda
Thebes (Greece)	Metropolitan titular see of Achaia Secunda
Thecla, Saint	Benedictine Abbess of Kitzingen and Ochsenfurt; d. about 790 or later
Thecla, Saints	The name of several saints
Theft	Secret taking of another's property against the reasonable will of the owner
Thegan of Treves	Chronicler, d. about 850
Thelepte	A titular see in Byzacene
Themiscyra	A titular see, suffragan of Amasea in the Hellespont
Themisonium	A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana
Thennesus	A titular suffragan see of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima
Theobald	Archbishop of Canterbury; d. April 18, 1161
Theobald Mathew	Apostle of Temperance, b. Oct. 10, 1790; d. Dec. 8, 1856
Theobald Stapleton	Priest, b. in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Theobald, Saint	B. in 1017; d. June 30, 1066
Theocracy	A form of civil government in which God himself is recognized as the head
Theodard, Saint	Archbishop of Narbonne, b. about 840; d. May 1, 893
Theodat-Gabriel Sagard	Recollect lay brother, missionary, and historian, b. in France at the end of the sixteenth century; d. towards the close of the seventeenth
Theodicy	Study of how the existence of evil can be reconciled with God's known attributes; more generally, the study of how we can have knowlege of God
Theodor Schwann	German physiologist and founder of the theory of the cellular structure of animal organisms; b. at Neuss, December 7, 1810; d. at Cologne, January 11, 1882
Theodore (Archbishop of Canterbury)	Seventh Archbishop of Canterbury, b. about 602; d. September 19, 690
Theodore (Bishop of Mopsuestia in Cilicia)	Bishop of Mopsuestia in Cilicia and ecclesiastical writer, b. about 350; d. 428
Theodore Abucara	A bishop of Caria in Syria; d., probably, in 770
Theodore Augustine Mann	English naturalist and historian, b. in Yorkshire, June 22, 1735; d. at Prague in Bohemia, Feb. 23, 1809
Theodore Balsamon	Canonist of the Greek Church (d. 1195)

Theodore Beschefer	Jesuit missionary (1630-1711)
Theodore Coelde	Friar Minor and missionary (1435-1515)
Theodore J Van Den Broek	Priest and missionary, b. at Amsterdam, Holland, Nov. 5, 1783; d. at Little Chute, Wisconsin, Nov. 5, 1851
Theodore James Ryken	Founder of the Xaverian Brothers, b. at Elshout, North Brabant, Holland, August 30, 1797; d. at Bruges, 1871
Theodore O'Hara	B. in Danville, Kentucky, U.S.A., February 11, 1822; d. in Guerryton, Alabama, June 6, 1867
Theodore of Amasea, Saint	Martyr of the fourth century
Theodore of Gaza	A fifteenth-century Greek Humanist and translator of Aristotle; d. in 1478
Theodore of Studium, Saint	A zealous champion of the veneration of images and the last great representative of the unity and independence of the Church in the East, b. in 759; d. November 11, 826
Theodore von Scherer-Boccard	Swiss Catholic journalist and politician; b. at Dornach in the canton of Solothurn, May 12, 1816; d. at Solothurn, Feb. 6, 1885
Theodore William Achtermann	German sculptor, was born in 1799, died at Rome in 1884
Theodoret	Bishop of Cyrus and theologian, b. about 393; d. about 457
Theodoric of Chartres	A Platonist philosopher of the twelfth century
Theodoric the Great	King of the Ostrogoths, b. A.D. 454 (?); d. Aug. 26, 526
Theodoric Vrie	Historian of the Council of Constance. He describes himself as a brother of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine, and a lector in sacred theology in the Province of axony
Theodorich Canisius	B. at Nimwegen, Holland, 1532; d. 27 Sept., 1606, at Ingolstadt
Theodorus and Theophanes, Saints	Champions of the veneration of images during the second Iconoclastic controversy in the ninth century
Theodorus Lector	A lector attached to the Church of St. Sophia of Constantinople in the early part of the sixth century
Theodosiopolis	A. titular metropolitan see of Thracia Prima
Theodosius Florentini	B. May 23, 1808; d. Feb. 15, 1865
Theodosius I	Roman Emperor, b. about 346; d. January 17, 395
Theodotus of Ancyra, Saint	Fourth-century martyr
Theodulf	Bishop of Orleans, a writer skilled in poetic forms and a learned theologian, b. about 760; d. Dec. 18, 821
Theological Aspects of Avesta	Theological aspects of the religious and spiritual life of the ancient Persians
Theological Censures	Doctrinal judgments by which the Church stigmatizes certain teachings detrimental to faith or morals
Theological Definition	An irrevocable decision, by the supreme teaching authority in the Church, on a question appertaining to faith or morals; binds the whole Church
Theology	Treatment of the types of theology and their subject matter
Theonas	Bishop of Alexandria from about 283 to 301
Theophane Venard	French missionary, b. 1829; martyred Feb. 2, 1861
Theophanes Kerameus	Archbishop of Rossano in Calabria (1129-52)
Theophanes, Saint	Chronicler, b. at Constantinople, about 758; d. in Samothracia, probably March 12, 817
Theophilanthropists	Deistic sect formed in France during the latter part of the French Revolution
Theophile Raynaud	Theologian and writer, b. at Sospello near Nice, Nov. 15, 1583; d. at Lyons, Oct. 31, 1663
Theophile-Jules Pelouze	Scientist, b. at Valognes, La Manche, Feb. 26, 1807; d. in Paris, May 31 or June 1, 1867
Théophile-Louis-Henri Wyart	Abbot of Meaux and Abbot-General of the Order of Reformed Cistercians, b. at Bouchain, Department of Nord, France, Oct. 12, 1839; d. in Rome, Aug. 18, 1904
Theophilus of Alexandria	Patriarch of Alexandria (385-412)
Theophilus of Antioch	Bishop of Antioch in the second century
Theophraste Renaudot	B. at Loudun, 1586; d. at Paris, October 25, 1653
Theophrastus Paracelsus	Celebrated physician and reformer of therapeutics, b. at the Sihlbrucke, near Einsiedeln, in the Canton of Schwyz, Nov. 10, 1493; d. at Salzburg, Sept. 24, 1541
Theories of Population	Down to the end of the eighteenth century, very little attention was given to the relation between increase of population and increase of subsistence.
Theosophy	Term used in general to designate the knowledge of God supposed to be obtained by the direct intuition of the Divine essence

Thermae Basilicae	A titular see in Cappadocia Prima
Thermopylae	A titular see and suffragan of Athens in Achaia Prima
Thessalonica	Titular metropolis in Macedonia
Theveste	Titular see of Numidia
Thibaris	Titular see in Byzacena (Africa)
Thibaut de Champagne	Count of Champagne and King of Navarre, a French poet, b. 1201; d. July 8, 1253
Thierry of Freiburg	Philosopher and physician of the Middle Ages, and a member of the Order of Saint Dominic
Thierry Ruinart	Church historian and theologian, b. at Reims June 10, 1657; d. at the Abbey of Hautvillers near Reims, September 27, 1709
Thignica	Titular see in Numidia
Third and Fourth Books of Kings	Two books of the Old Testament (also known and First and Second Kings)
Third Orders	Men and women who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order.
Thirty Years War	European war fought between 1618 and 1648
Thmuis	A titular see in Augustamnica Prima
Thomas à Jesu	Discalced Carmelite, writer on mystical theology, b. 1564; d4 (or 27) May, 1627
Thomas a Kempis	Author of the 'The Imitation of Christ'; b. in 1379 or 1380; d. July 25, 1471
Thomas Abel	Priest and martyr, b. about 1497; d. July 30, 1540
Thomas Abington	An English antiquarian, b. 1560; d. 1647
Thomas Alfield	Priest; martyred July 6, 1585
Thomas Anderton	English Benedictine (1611-1671)
Thomas Andrew Becker	Sixth Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. 29, 1899
Thomas Aquinas, Saint	Philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church, patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools, b. 1225 or 1227; d. March 7, 1274
Thomas Arthur	Physician (1593-1666)
Thomas Arundel	Sixtieth Archbishop of Canterbury (1353-1414)
Thomas Arundell	First Lord Arundell of W Wardour (1560-1639)
Thomas Ashby	English martyr, suffered at Tyburn, March 29, 1544
Thomas Atkinson, Venerable	Priest, martyr (d. 1616)
Thomas Augustine Arne	English composer (1710-1778)
Thomas Bailey	Controversialist (d. 1657)
Thomas Baily	Catholic clergyman; b. in Yorkshire, England; d. at Douai, France, October 7, 1591
Thomas Bakocz	Cardinal and statesman (1442-1521)
Thomas Becket, Saint	Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, b. Dec. 21, 1118 (?); d. Dec. 29, 1170
Thomas Belchiam, Venerable	Franciscan martyr (d. 1537)
Thomas Belson, Venerable	English martyr (d. 1589)
Thomas Bouquillon	Belgian theologian (1840-1902)
Thomas Bourchier	Cardinal (1406-1486)
Thomas Bracken	Poet, journalist, politician (1843-1898)
Thomas Bullaker, Venerable	Friar Minor and English martyr, b. at Chichester about the year 1604; d. at Tyburn, October 12, 1642
Thomas Burke	Bishop of Ossory, b. at Dublin, Ireland, about 1709; d. at Kilkenny, September 25, 1776
Thomas Canon Flanagan	B. in England in 1814, though Irish by descent; d. at Kidderminster, July 21, 1865
Thomas Carve	Historian, b. in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1590; d. probably in 1672

Thomas Ceva	Mathematician, b. at Milan, Dec. 21, 1648; d. there, Feb. 23, 1737
Thomas Chisholm Anstey	Lawyer and politician (1816-1873)
Thomas Christians, Saint	An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas
Thomas Codrington	Catholic divine (d. 1691?)
Thomas Conecte	Carmelite reformer (d. 1433)
Thomas Cottam	Martyr, b. 1549; executed May 30, 1582
Thomas D'Arcy McGee	Editor, politician, and poet, b. at Carlingford Co. Louth, Ireland, April 13, 1825; assassinated at Ottawa, Canada, April 7, 1868
Thomas de Lemos	Spanish theologian and controversialist, b. at Rivadavia, Spain, 1555; d. at Rome, Aug. 23, 1629
Thomas de Vallgornera	Dominican theologian and ascetical writer, renowned for his learning and piety, b. in Catalonia about 1595; d. Sept. 15, 1665
Thomas Dease	Priest; b. in Ireland, 1568; d. at Galway, 1651
Thomas Dempster	Savant, professor, and author; b., as he himself states, at Cliftbog, Scotland, August 23, 1579; d. at Bologna, Italy, September 6, 1625
Thomas Dorman	Theologian, b. at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, date uncertain; d. at Tournai, 1572 or 1577
Thomas Downes	Jesuit and chaplain to the Duke of York b. in 1617; d. December 21, 1678
Thomas Dwight	Anatomist, b. at Boston, 1843; d. at Nahant, Sept. 8, 1911
Thomas Ebendorfer	German chronicler, professor, and statesman, b. August 12, 1385, d. Jan. 8, 1464
Thomas Edward Bridgett	Priest and author (1829-1899)
Thomas Ewing	Jurist and statesman, b. in West Liberty, Virginia, U.S.A., December 28, 1789; d. at Lancaster, Ohio, October 26, 1871
Thomas Eyre	First president of Ushaw College; b. at Glossop, Derbyshire, in 1748; d. at Ushaw, May 8, 1810
Thomas Falkner	Surgeon; b. Oct. 6, 1707; d. Jan. 30, 1784
Thomas Fitz-Simons	American merchant, b. in Ireland, 1741; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., Aug. 26, 1811
Thomas Fitzherbert	B. 1552, at Swynnerton, Staffs, England; d. Aug. 17, 1640, at Rome
Thomas Fleming	Archbishop of Dublin, son of the Baron of Slane, b. in 1593; d. in 1655
Thomas Ford	Martyr, d. May 28, 1582
Thomas Francis Meagher	Soldier, politician, b. at Waterford, Ireland, August 3, 1823; accidentally drowned in the Missouri River, U.S.A., July 1, 1867
Thomas Garnet, Venerable	Protomartyr of St. Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College; b. at Southwark, c. 1575; executed at Tyburn, June 23, 1608
Thomas Godden	B. 1624, d. 1688.
Thomas Goldwell	Last survivor of the ancient hierarchy of England; b. between 1501 and 1515; d. 1585
Thomas Grant	First Bishop of Southwark; b. 1816; d. 1870
Thomas Griffiths	B. June 2, 1791; d. August 12, 1847
Thomas Harding	Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516; d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572
Thomas Holland	English martyr, b. 1600, at Sutton, Lancashire; martyred at Tyburn, December 12, 1642
Thomas Hussey	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at Tramore, Co. Waterford, July 11, 1803
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster	Astronomer and naturalist, b. at London, Nov. 9, 1789; d. at Brussels, Feb. 2, 1860
Thomas Johnson	Carthusian martyr, d. Sept. 20, 1537
Thomas Joseph Lamy	Priest, biblical scholar and orientalist, b. at Ohey, in Belgium, Jan. 27, 1827; d. at Louvain, July 30, 1907
Thomas Joseph Talbot	B. February 14, 1727; d. April 24, 1795
Thomas Kilby Smith	Major-General for gallant and meritorious military service, journalist, b. at Boston, Mass., Sept. 23, 1820; d. at New York, Dec. 14, 1887
Thomas Lewis Brittain	Catholic convert, Dominican (1744-1827)
Thomas Linacre	English physician and clergyman, founder of the Royal College of Physicians, London, b. at Canterbury about 1460; d. in London, October 20, 1524
Thomas Lister	Jesuit writer, b. in Lancashire, about 1559; d. in England, probably shortly before 1628

Thomas Louis Green	English priest and controversialist; b. 1799; d. 1883
Thomas Malvenda	Exegete and historical critic, b. at Jativa, Valencia, 1566; d. May 7, 1628
Thomas Maria Mamachi	Dominican theologian and historian, b. December 4, 1713; d. June 7, 1792
Thomas Maxfield	English priest and martyr, b. about 1590, martyred July 1, 1616
Thomas Messingham	Irish hagiologist, probably died in 1638
Thomas Moore	Poet and biographer, b. May 28, 1779, at Dublin, Ireland; d. February 26, 1852, at Devizes, England
Thomas More, Blessed	Knight, Lord Chancellor of England, author and martyr, b. February 7, 1477-1478; executed July 6, 1535
Thomas Morton Harper	Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London Sept. 26, 1821, of Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the City; d. Aug. 29, 1893
Thomas Murner	Greatest German satirist of the sixteenth century, b. at Oberehnheim, Alsace, Dec. 24,1475; d. there, 1537
Thomas Netter	Theologian and controversialist, b. at Saffron Walden, Essex, England, about 1375; d. at Rouen, France, Nov. 2, 1430
Thomas Nicholas Burke	Dominican orator, b. September 8, 1830, in Galway; d. July 2, 1882
Thomas O'Hagan	First Baron of Tullyhogue, b. at Belfast, May 29, 1812; d. February 1, 1885
Thomas O'Herlahy	Bishop of Ross, Ireland, d. 1579
Thomas Occleve	Little is known of his life beyond what is mentioned in his poems. He was b. about 1368; d. in 1450. The place of his birth and education is unknown
Thomas of Beckington	Bishop of Bath and Wells, b. about1390; d. Jan. 14, 1465
Thomas of Bradwardine	B. about 1290; d. August 26, 1349
Thomas of Cantimpre	Medieval writer, preacher, and theologian, b. 1201; d. May 15, 1272
Thomas of Celano	Friar Minor, poet, and hagiographical writer, b. about 1200; d. about 1255
Thomas of Dover, Saint	Martyr; d. 2 or Aug. 5, 1295
Thomas of Eccleston	Thirteenth-century Friar Minor and chronicler, dates of birth and death unknown
Thomas of Hereford, Saint	B. about 1218; d. August 25, 1282
Thomas of Jesus	Reformer and preacher, b. 1529; d. April 17, 1582
Thomas of Jorz	Theologian and cardinal; d. December 13, 1310
Thomas of Strasburg	A fourteenth-century scholastic of the Augustinian Order; d. 1357
Thomas of Villanova, Saint	Educator, philanthropist, b. 1488; d. Sept. 8, 1555
Thomas Palasor, Venerable	English martyr, b. at Ellerton-upon-Swale, parish of Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire; d. at Durham, August 9, 1600
Thomas Percy	Earl of Northumberland, martyr, b. in 1528; d. August 22, 1572
Thomas Percy Plowden	Jesuit; b. at Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, 1672; d. at Watten, Sept. 21, 1745
Thomas Pickering, Venerable	Lay brother and martyr, a member of an old Westmoreland family, B. C. 1621; executed at Tyburn, May 9, 1679
Thomas Pilchard, Venerable	Martyr, b. at Battle, Sussex, 1557; d. at Dorchester, March 21, 1586-7
Thomas Plowden	B. in Oxfordshire, England, 1594; d. in London, Feb. 13, 1664
Thomas Pormort, Venerable	English martyr, b. at Hull about 1559; d. at St. Paul's Churchyard, Feb. 20, 1592
Thomas Pounde	Lay brother, b. at Beaumond (or Belmont), Farlington, Hampshire, May 29, 1538 or 1539; d. there, Feb. 26, 1612-13; eldest son of William Pounde and Helen, sister or half-sister to Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton
Thomas Preston	Benedictine, d. in the Clink prison, April 5, 1640
Thomas Rolph	Surgeon, b. 1800; d. at Portsmouth, Feb. 17, 1858
Thomas Sanchez	Jesuit, b. at Cordova, 1550; d. in the college of Granada, May 19, 1610
Thomas Scott Preston	Vicar-General of New York, prothonotary Apostolic, chancellor, distinguished convert, author, preacher, and administrator, b. at Hartford, Connecticut, July 23, 1824; d. at New York, Nov. 4, 1891
Thomas Sedgwick	Regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, 1557, rector of Stanhope, Durham, and vicar of Gainford, Durham, both in 1558; d. in a Yorkshire prison, 1573
Thomas Sherwood	Martyr, b. 1551; d. February 7, 1578
Thomas Slythurst	English confessor, b. in Berkshire; d. in the Tower of London, 1560

Thomas Somerset	Confessor, b. about 1530; d. in the Tower of London, May 27, 1587
Thomas Sprott	English martyr, b. at Skelsmergh, near Kendal, Westmoreland; suffered at Lincoln with Thomas Hunt, July 11, 1600
Thomas Stapleton	Controversialist, b. at Henfield, Sussex, July, 1535; d. at Louvain, Oct. 12, 1598
Thomas Stephen Buston	Jesuit missionary and author, b. 1549, in the Diocese of Salisbury, England; d. at Goa, 1619
Thomas Stephens	B. about 1549; d. in 1619
Thomas Tallis	English composer, b. about 1514; d. Nov. 23, 1585
Thomas Tamburini	Moral theologian, b. at Caltanisetta in Sicily, March 6, 1591; d. at Palermo, 10 October, 1675
Thomas the Apostle, Saint	Apostle
Thomas Thwing	Martyr, b. in 1635; suffered Oct. 23, 1680
Thomas Tichborne	B. 1567; martyred April 20, 1602
Thomas Tunstall, Venerable	Martyred at Norwich, July 13, 1616
Thomas Vane	The place and time of his birth and death are not known; but he was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, and took the degree of Doctor of Divinity in that university
Thomas Vavasour	English Catholic physician, pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, b. about 1536-7; d. at Hull, May 2, 1585
Thomas Vincent Faustus Sadler	Convert, Benedictine, b. 1604; d. at Dieulward, Flanders, Jan. 19, 1680-1
Thomas Walsh	B. in London, October, 1777; d. there, February 18, 1849
Thomas Walsingham	Benedictine historian, d. about 1422
Thomas Ward	B. at Danby Castle near Guisborough, Yorkshire, April 13, 1652; d. at St-Germain, France, 1708
Thomas Welbourne, Venerable	Martyred at York, Aug. 1, 1605
Thomas Whitaker, Venerable	B. at Burnley, Lancashire, 1614; martyred at Lancaster, August 7, 1646
Thomas Whitbread	Alias Harcourt, b. in Essex, 1618; martyred at Tyburn, June 30, 1679
Thomas White	B. in Essex, 1593; d. in London, July 6, 1676
Thomas William Allies	English writer b. 12 February, 1813; d. 17 June, 1903
Thomas William Croke	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, b. near Mallow, Co. Cork, May 24, 1824; d. at Thurles, July 22, 1902
Thomas William Marshall	Controversial writer, b. 1818; d. Dec. 14, 1877
Thomas Wingham	B. in London, Jan. 5, 1846; d. there, March 24, 1893
Thomas Wolsey	Cardinal, Archbishop of York, b. at Ipswich, the usually accepted date, 1471, being probably three or four years too early; d. at Leicester Abbey, November 29, 1530
Thomas Wood	Priest and confessor, b. about 1499; d. in Wisbech Castle before 1588
Thomas Woodhouse	Martyred June, 1573
Thomas Worthington	Third President of Douai College, b. 1549 at Blainscough Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire; d. at Biddulph Hall, Staffordshire in 1627
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset	French cardinal and theologian; b. 1792; d. 1866
Thomism	Treatment of the theological and philosophical system stemming from St. Thomas Aquinas
Thompson	The name of two English converts Thompson
Thompson River Indians	Tribe in North America
Thorney Abbey	Abbey in England
Three Chapters	Propositions anathematizing: (1) the person and writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia; (2) certain writings of Theodoret of Cyrus; (3) the letter of Ibas to Maris
Throne	Seat the bishop uses when not engaged at the altar
Thuburbo Minus	A titular see in Africa Proconsularis
Thugga	Titular see of Numidia
Thundering Legion	Legendary expedition in the second century
Thuringia	The name given to a large part of Central Germany

Thurstan Hunt	An English martyr (March, 1601)
Thyatira	A titular suffragan see of Sardes in Lydia
Thynias	A titular see, suffragan of Nicomedia, in Bithynia Prima
Thyrsus Gonzalez de Santalla	Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus; b. at Arganda, Spain, January 18, 1624; d. at Rome, October 27, 1705. He entered the Society of Jesus March 3, 1643, and taught philosophy and theology
Tiara	The papal crown formerly used
Tiberias	Titular see in Israel
Tiberiopolis	Titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana
Tiberius	The second Roman emperor (A.D. 14-37)
Tibet	A vast plateau in Asia
Tiburtius and Susanna, Saints	Roman martyrs
Ticelia	Titular see, suffragan of Cyrene, in the Libya Pentapolis
Ticonius	An African Donatist writer of the fourth century
Ticuna Indians	A tribe in Lain America
Tighernach O'Braein	Irish annalist and Abbot of Roscommon and Clonmacnoise, d. 1088
Tigris, Saint	Irish saint, sister of St. Patrick
Tillmann Riemenschneider	One of the most important of Frankish sculptors, b. at Osterode am Harz in or after 1460; d. at Wurzburg, 1531
Tilmann Pesch	A Jesuit philosopher, b. at Cologne, Feb. 1, 1836; d. at Valkenburg, Holland, Oct. 18, 1899
Timbrias	A titular see in Pisidia
Time	Treatment of the concept
Timoleon Cheminais de Montaigu	Jesuit; pulpit orator (1652-1689)
Timotheus and Symphorian, Saints	Martyrs during the pontificate of Melchiades (311-13)
Timothy Warren Anglin	Canadian journalist and member of Parliament (1822-1896)
Timucua Indians	Tribe in North America
Tingis	A titular see of Mauretania Tingitana
Tintern Abbey	Abbey in England
Tipasa	A titular see of Numidia
Tithes	Generally defined as the tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support or devoted to religious or charitable uses
Titian	Venetian painter, d. Aug. 27, 1577
Titopolis	Titular see, suffragan of Seleucia Trachea in Isauria
Titular Archdiocese of Nicosia	In the Province of Cyprus
Titular see of Birtha	Ecclesial territory near Euphrates River
Titular see of Bodone	Ecclesial territory in Albania
Titular see of Bothrys	Ecclesial territory in Phoenicia
Titular See of Sitifs	Located in Mauretania Sitifensis
Titulus	Form of ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Titus (Bishop of Bostra)	Bishop of Bostra, b. about 362-371
Titus (Roman Emperor)	Roman Emperor 79-81
Tius	Titular see, suffragan of Claudiopolis in Honorias
Tlaxcala	Former diocese of the colony of New Spain
Tlos	Titular see in Lycia

Toba Indians	Tribe in Latin America
Tobias	The name of several persons in the Bible
Tobias Lohner	Writer and preacher, b. March 13, 1619, d. 26 (probably) May, 1697
Tokyo (Tokio)	Diocese in Japan
Tomas Camara y Castro	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain, b. at Torrecilla de Cameros, Logrono, September 19, 1847; d. at Villaharta, May 17, 1904
Tomas de Berlanga	Bishop of Panama (d. 1551)
Tomas de Torquemada	First Grand Inquisitor of Spain, b. in 1420; d. Sept. 16, 1498
Tomb	A memorial for the dead at the place of burial
Tomb of Saint Peter	History of the relics of the Apostles Peter and Paul
Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Venerated in the Valley of the Kidron at Jerusalem
Tomi	A titular metropolitan see in the Province of Scythia, on the Black Sea
Tommasina Vernazza	B. at Genoa, 1497; d. there, 1587
Tommaso Badia	Cardinal, b. at Modena, 1483; d. at Rome, 6 September, 1547
Tommaso Cajetan	Dominican cardinal, philosopher, theologian, and exegete; b. 20 Feb., 1469 at Gaeta, Italy; d. 9 Aug., 1534 at Rome
Tommaso Campanella	Dominican philosopher and writer, b. 5 Sept., 1568, at Stilo in the province of Calabria, Italy; d. at Paris, May 21, 1659
Tommaso Giordani	Italian composer, b. 1738; d. 1806
Tommaso Maria Zigliara	Cardinal, theologian, and, philosopher, b. at Bonifacio, a seaport town of Corsica, toward the end of October, 1833; d. in Rome, May 11, 1893
Tonica Indians	Tribe in North America
Tonkawa Indians	Tribal confederacy in North America
Tonsure	Rite instituted by the Church by which a baptized and confirmed Christian is received into the clerical order by the shearing of his hair and the investment with the surplice
Torah	The Law of Moses or first five books of the Bible
Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo, Saint	Archbishop of Lima; b. 1538; d. March 23, 1606
Toribio de Benavente Motolinia	Franciscan missionary, b. at Benavente, Spain, at the end of the fifteenth century; d. in the City of Mexico, August 10, 1568
Torlogh O'Carolan	Usually spoken of as the 'last of the Irish bards', b. in the County Meath, Ireland, in 1670; d. at Ballyfarnon, 1737
Torone	Titular see in Macedonia
Torquato Tasso	Italian poet, b. in 1544; d. in 1595
Tosephta	A compilation of halakhic-haggadic character, which judged by its contents belongs essentially to the era of the Tanna'im (Teachers), and which is modeled on the plan of the Mishna
Totemism	The group of superstitions and customs of which the totem is the center
Totonac Indians	One of the smaller cultured nations of ancient Mexico
Tower of Babel	The building mentioned in Gen., xi, 1-9
Tradition and Living Magisterium	Tradition (Greek paradosis) in the ecclesiastical sense--which is the only one in which it is used here--refers sometimes to the thing (doctrine, account, or custom) transmitted from one generation to another, sometimes to the organ or mode of the transmi
Traditionalism	A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude
Traducianism	The doctrine that, in the process of generation, the human spiritual soul is transmitted to the offspring by the parents
Trajan	Emperor of Rome (A.D. 98-117), b. at Italica Spain, September 18, 53; d. August 7, 117
Trajanopolis (titular metropolitan see of Rhodope)	Titular metropolitan see of Rhodope
Trajanopolis (titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana)	Titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana
Tralles	A titular see, suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor
Transcendentalism	As a rule, that which is antithetical to experience or the empirical order
Transept	A rectangular space inserted between the apse and nave in the early Christian basilica
Transfiguration	The Transfiguration of Christ is the culminating point of His public life, as His Baptism is its starting-point, and His Ascension its end.

Transylvania	The south-eastern part of Hungary
Trapezopolis	A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan to Laodicea
Trappists	The common name by which the Cistercians who follow the reform inaugurated by the Abbot de Rance (b. 1626; d. 1700) in the Abbey of La Trappe, were known; and often now applied to the entire Order of Reformed Cistercians
Trasilla and Emiliana, Saints	Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century
Trebnitz	A former abbey of Cistercian nuns, situated north of Breslau in Silesia
Tremithus	Titular see, suffragan of Salamis in Cyprus
Tricca	Titular see, suffragan of Larissa in Thessaly
Tricomia	Titular see, suffragan of Caesarea in Palaestina Prima
Triduum	A time frequently chosen for prayer or for other devout practices, whether by individuals in private, or in public by congregations or special organizations in parishes, in religious communities, seminaries, or schools
Trinity	I. Dogma of the Trinity; II. Proof of the Doctrine from Scripture; III. Proof of the Doctrine from Tradition; IV. The Trinity as a Mystery; V. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Greek Theology; VI. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Latin Theology.
Trinity College	An institution for the higher education of Catholic women, located at Washington, D.C.
Trinity Sunday	The first Sunday after Pentecost, instituted to honour the Most Holy Trinity
Triple-Candle-Stick	A name given along with several others (e.g. reed, tricereo, arundo, triangulum, lumen Christi) to a church ornament used only in the office of Holy Saturday
Tripolis	A Maronite and Melchite diocese, in Syria
Tritheists	Heretics who divide the Substance of the Blessed Trinity
Troas	A suffragan of Cyzicus in the Hellespont
Trocmades	Titular see of Galatia Secunda, suffragan of Pessinus
Trope	A collective name which, since about the close of the Middle Ages or a little later, has been applied to texts of great variety (in both poetry and prose) written for the purpose of amplifying and embellishing an independently complete liturgical text
Truce of God	A temporary suspension of hostilities, as distinct from the Peace of God which is perpetual
Trudo, Saint	Apostle of Hasbein in Brabant; d. 698 (693)
Trudpert Neugart	Benedictine historian, b. at Villingen, Baden, February 23, 1742; d. at St. Paul's Benedictine abbey, near Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria, December 15, 1825
Trudpert, Saint	Missionary in Germany in the seventh century
Trumwin, Saint	D. at Whitby, Yorkshire, England, after 686
Trustee System	In the exercise of her inherent right of administering property, the Church often appoints deputies who are responsible to herself.
Trusts and Bequests	A trust has been defined, in its technical sense, as the right enforceable solely in equity to the beneficial enjoyment of property of which the legal title is in another
Truth	A relation which holds (1) between the knower and the known--Logical Truth; (2) between the knower and the outward expression which he gives to his knowledge--Moral Truth; and (3) between the thing itself, as it exists, and the idea of it, as conceived by
Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha	Martyrs
Tubunae	A titular see in Mauretania Casariensis
Tunic	A vestment shaped like a sack, which has in the closed upper part only a slit for putting the garment over the head, and, on the sides, either sleeves or mere slits through which the arms can be passed
Tunis	French protectorate on the northern coast of Africa
Tunkers	A Protestant sect thus named from its distinctive baptismal rite
Turin	The City of Turin is the chief town of a civil province in Piedmont and was formerly the capital of the Duchy of Savoy and of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Turin, The University of	Founded in 1404, when the lectures at Piacenza and Pavia were interrupted by the wars of Lombardy
Turkestan	I. Chinese Turkestan; II. Russian Turkestan
Turkish Empire	Created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, from the caliphate of Bagdad and independent Turkish principalities
Turpin, Archbishop of Reims	Date of birth uncertain; d. Sept. 2, 800
Tuscany	A division of central Italy
Twelve Apostles of Erin, The	Twelve holy Irishmen of the sixth century
Twiketal	Of Croyland, d. July, 975
Tyana	A titular metropolitan see of Cappadocia Prima

Tychicus, Saint	A disciple of St. Paul and his constant companion
Tynemouth Priory	On the east coast of Northumberland, England
Types in Scripture	A person, a thing, or an action, having its own independent and absolute existence, but at the same time intended by God to prefigure a future person, thing, or action
Tyrannicide	The killing of a tyrant, and usually is taken to mean the killing of a tyrant by a private person for the common good
Tyre	Melchite archdiocese and Maronite diocese

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