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• Ubanghi - Vicariate Apostolic; formerly part of the Vicariate of reference French Congo, erected on 14 Oct., 1890.
• Usuard, Martyrology of - A Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prxs, catholic encyclopedia Paris.
• Universe - Presents a history of astronomy.
• Usury - Defines the church's view on money lending.
• Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, Society of the Sisters of Saint - Religious congregation of women founded in 1606 by u the Venerable u Anne de Xainctonge. (1587-1612)
• Unitarians - A Protestant sect which holds as it distinctive catholic encyclopedia tenet u the belief in a uni-personal instead of catholic encyclopedia a tri-personal u God.
• Ughelli, Ferdinando - Historian. (1595-1670)
• Ubanghi-Chari - Prefecture Apostolic in Equatorial Africa.
• Urban V, Pope Blessed - Benedictine monk, canonist, diplomat, elected to the papacy in 1362, reference d. 1370.
• Unity - Characterizes the one Church founded by Christ.
• Ulloa, Antoine de - Naval officer and scientist. (1716-1795)
• Ulrich, Saint - Bishop of Augsburg, died 973.
• Ubertino of Casale - Leader of the Spirituals, born at Casale of catholic encyclopedia Vercelli, reference 1259; died about 1330.
• Ulenberg, Kaspar - Convert, theological writer and translator of the Bible. reference (1549-1617)
• Urgel - Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Tarragona.
• Ubaghs, Casimir - Born at Bergélez-Fauquemont, 26 November, 1800; died at Louvain, 15 February, 1875.
• Urban VII, Pope - Giambattista Castagna, born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1521; reference elected pope, 15 September, 1590; died at Rome, reference 27 September, 1590.
• Ursulines of Quebec, The - The oldest institution of learning for women in North America.
• Utopia - A term used to designate a visionary or an ideally catholic encyclopedia perfect state of society first used by Sir Thomas More.
• Union of Christendom - Includes the Catholic Church together with the many reference other religious u communions which have either directly or reference indirectly, separated from it.
• Ultramontanism - A term used to denote integral and active Catholicism.
• Urdaneta, Andrés - Augustinian, born at Villafranca, Guipúzcoa, Spain, 1498; died u in the City of Mexico, 1568.
• Urmiah - A residential see in Chaldea, in the Province catholic encyclopedia of Adherbaidjan, Persia.
• Uberaba - Suffragan diocese of Marianna, in Brazil.
• Universities - The principal Catholic foundations have been treated in reference special articles; here the general aspects of the reference subject are presented.
• Ursulines, The - Founded by St. Angela de Merici.
• Ursula, Saint, and the Eleven Thousand Virgins - This history rests on ten lines, and these catholic encyclopedia are u open to question.
• Ujejski, Cornelius - Polish poet. (1823-1897)
• Ugento - Situated in the Province of Leece, in Apulia, catholic encyclopedia on the Gulf of Tarentum.
• Usilla - A titular see of Byzacena in Africa.
• Upper Rhine - Ecclesiastical province; includes the Archdiocese of Freiburg and the suffragan Dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, Limburg, and Rottenburg.
• Urban IV, Pope - Reigned 1216-64.
• Uccello - Painter, born at Florence, 1397; died there, 1475.
• Urbs Beata Jerusalem dicta pacis visio - The first line of a hymn of probably the seventh catholic encyclopedia or eighth century, comprising eight stanzas together with a doxology.
• Utrecht, Archdiocese of - Situated in the Netherlands, includes the Provinces of u Utrecht, Friesland, reference Overyssel, Drenthe, Groningen, the larger part u of Gelderland, and a reference small part of North u Holland.
• Ullerston, Richard - From 1403 held the prebend of Oxford in Salisbury cathedral, u and from 1407 the rectory of Beeford in Yorkshire.
• University College (Dublin) - A constitutional college of the National University of catholic encyclopedia Ireland.
• Ubiquitarians - A Protestant sect started at the Lutheran synod catholic encyclopedia of catholic encyclopedia Stuttgart, 19 December, 1559, by John Brenz.
• Upsala, Ancient See of - History of an episcopal see established at Old Upsala, the center of idolatrous worship not only for Sweden but for all Scandinavia.
• Urim and Thummim - The sacred lot by means of which the u ancient Hebrews reference were wont to seek manifestations of u the Divine will.
• Udine - The capital of a province and archdiocese in Friuli, northern u Italy.
• United States of America, The - Provides geographic, historic, and statistical information.
• Ulloa, Francisco de - Accompanied Hernan Cortés to California.
• Ulrich of Bamberg - A cleric of the cathedral church of Bamberg.
• Unam Sanctam - The Bull on papal supremacy issued 18 November, u 1302, by u Boniface VIII during the dispute with u Philip the Fair, King u of France.
• Ultan of Ardbracca - Collected a life of the Irish saint for his pupil, catholic encyclopedia St. Brogan Cloen of Rostuirc, on Ossory.
• Ucayali - Prefecture Apostolic in Peru.
• Upsala, University of - The oldest university of Sweden.
• Urban I, Pope Saint - Died 230. Very little is known about his catholic encyclopedia life, and even his burial place was in catholic encyclopedia doubt for some time.
• Uruguayana - Diocese; suffragan of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• Universals - Those ideas which, while excluding whatever constitutes the difference of reference things of the same genus or species, represent that which reference is necessary to their constitution, is essential, and is therefore reference common to all, remaining fixed in all vicissitudes.
• Uniformity Acts - Statutes passed in an effort to secure uniformity reference in public u worship throughout England.
• Urban VI, Pope - Bartolomeo Prignano, the first Roman pope during the u Western Schism.
• Ubanghi, Belgian - In Belgian Congo, separated on 7 April, 1911, catholic encyclopedia from catholic encyclopedia the Vicariate of the Belgian Congo and catholic encyclopedia entrusted to catholic encyclopedia the Capuchins.
• Uthina - A titular see of Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of u Carthage.
• Urban III, Pope - Reigned 1185-87, born at Milan; died at Ferrara, 19 October, 1187.
• Utraquism - The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of catholic encyclopedia the Calixtines or Hussites.
• Urráburu, Juan José - Article on this Jesuit thinker, by Antonio Nadal.
• Universalists - A liberal Protestant sect whose distinctive tenet is catholic encyclopedia the belief in the final salvation of all catholic encyclopedia souls.
• Ungava - A Canadian territory lying north of the Province catholic encyclopedia of reference Quebec.
• Union of Brest - 1596. The union of the Ruthenians with Catholicism.
• Unyanyembe - Vicariate apostolic in German East Africa.
• Uruguay - The smallest independent state in South America.
• Urban II, Pope Blessed - Long article on the canon and later Cluniac prior, assistant to Pope Gregory VII. Urban was elected unanimously to the papacy in 1088, but was forced to spend years wandering southern Italy. He died in 1099.
• Ulfilas - Apostle of the Goths, missionary, translator of the Bible, and reference inventor of an alphabet.
• Urbi et Orbi - Signifies that a papal document is addressed not only to catholic encyclopedia the City of Rome but to the entire Catholic world.
• Ushaw College - A combined college and seminary for the six dioceses that reference were comprised in the old Northern Vicariate of England.
• Unigenitus - A celebrated Apostolic Constitution of Clement XI, condemning reference 101 propositions u of Pasquier Quesnel.
• Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris - The first line of a hymn in honour u of St. John the Baptist.
• Utilitarianism - A modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches catholic encyclopedia that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that catholic encyclopedia consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and catholic encyclopedia wrong is pleasure and pain.
• Ubaldus, Saint - Confessor, Bishop of Gubbio, born of noble parents u at Gubbio, u Umbria, Italy, towards the beginning of u the twelfth centry; died u there, Whitsuntide, 1168.
• Urban VIII, Pope - Maffeo Barberini. (1568-1644)
• Utah - The thirty-second state admitted to the Union, takes its name catholic encyclopedia from an Indian tribe known as the Utes.
• Ursus, Saint - Member of the Theban Legion, martyr, commemorated from catholic encyclopedia very u early times.
• Ulrich of Zell - Wulderic; called also of Cluny, and of Ratisbon.
• Uranopolis - A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ancyra in u Galatia Prima.
• Upper Nile - Vicariate apostolic; separated from the mission of Nyanza, reference 6 July, reference 1894, comprises the eastern portion of reference Uganda.
• Ursperger Chronicle - A history of the world in Latin that begins with u the Assyrian King Ninius and extends to the year 1229.
• Ullathorne, William Bernard - English Benedictine monk and bishop. (1806-1889)
• Unions of Prayer - Details of four unions of prayer.
• Ulrich of Richenthal - Chronicler of the Council of Constance.
• Urbino - Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy.
• Utica - A titular see in Africa Proconsularis.
• Uhtred - An English Benedictine theologian and writer.
• Urubamba - This prefecture apostolic was created by a Decree u of the reference Holy See in 1899 at the u request of the Peruvian reference Government.

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