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	Bapst, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02258a.htm Jesuit missionary and educator. (1815-1887)
	Baptistines - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02277a.htm I. Hermits of St. John the Baptist. II. Missionaries of St. John the Baptist. III. Sisterhood of St. John the Baptist.
	Barac - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02281a.htm The deliverer of the Israelites from the power of the Chanaanites under the judgeship of Debbora.
	Baraga, Frederic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02282b.htm First Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, U.S.A. (1797-1868)
	Barat, Nicolas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02284a.htm A French Orientalist, born at Bourges during the first quarter of the seventeenth century; died in 1706 at Paris.

	Barba, Alvaro Alonzo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02284b.htm A secular priest and writer.
	Barbalissos - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02284c.htm A titular see of Mesopotamia.
	Barbastro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02285b.htm Suffragan diocese of the Spanish province of Huesca.
	Barbelin, Felix-Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02286a.htm Styled the "apostle of Philadelphia", b. at Luneville, Province of Alsace, France, 30 May, 1808; d. in Philadelphia, 8 June, 1869.
	Barber Family, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02286b.htm Daniel Barber, soldier of the Revolution, Episcopalian minister and convert. (1756-1834) Virgil Horace Barber, son of Daniel. (1782-1847)

	Barbieri, Giovanni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02287a.htm A famous painter of religious subjects. (1591-1666)
	Barbosa, Agostino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02287b.htm A noted canonist, b. at Guimaraens, Portugal, in 1589; consecrated in Rome, 22 March, 1649, Bishop of Ugento in Otranto, Italy, died seven months later.
	Barbosa-Machado, Ignacio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02288a.htm A Portuguese historian, born at Lisbon in 1686; died in 1734.
	Barbour, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02288b.htm Scottish ecclesiastic and author of "The Bruce", a historical poem in the early Scottish or Northern English dialect, b. about 1320; d. 1395.
	Barbus, Paulus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02288c.htm Italian philosopher and theologian, died at Cremona, 4 August, 1494.

	Barca - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02288d.htm A titular see of Cyrenaica in Northern Africa.
	Barcelona - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02288e.htm One of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Tarragona.
	Barcelona, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02290a.htm An outgrowth of the ecclesiastical schools founded in the eleventh century.
	Barclay, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02291b.htm Author of the political novel "Argenis" and other Latin works in prose and verse. (1582-1621)
	Barclay, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02291c.htm Scottish jurist, b. 1546; d. at Angers, France, 3 July, 1608.

	Barco Centenera, Martin del - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02292a.htm A secular priest, in 1572 accompanied as chaplain, the expedition of Juan Ortiz de Zárate to the Rio de La Plata.
	Barcos, Martin de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02292b.htm French theologian of the Jansenist School. (1600-1678)
	Bard, Henry - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02292c.htm An English soldier and diplomat, b. 1604; d. 1660.
	Bardesanes and Bardesanites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02293a.htm Syrian Gnostic or, more correctly, a Syrian poet, astrologist, and philosopher, d. 222, at Edessa.
	Bari - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02295a.htm An archdiocese situated in the province of the same name, in Apulia, Southern Italy.

	Barletta, Gabriel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02297b.htm Sometimes called Barlete, De Barolo, or Barolus.
	Barnabites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02302a.htm The popular name of a religious order which is canonically known by the title, given to it by Pope Paul III in 1535, of Regular Clerics of St. Paul.
	Bull-Fight, The Spanish - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03051a.htm Includes details of three kinds of bull-fights: (1) caballerescas, (2) populares, and (3) gladiatorias.
	Balanaea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02215a.htm A titular see of Syria.
	Balbus, Hieronymus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02217b.htm Humanist, poet, diplomatist, and Bishop of Gurk in Carinthia, b. about 1450 at Venice; d. there, probably 1535.

	Balde, Jacob - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02218a.htm A German poet. (1604-1668)
	Balderic (Baudry) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02218b.htm A monk of Liège, a writer and teacher of the twelfth century, b. date unknown, at Florennes in Belgium; d. about 1157.
	Balderic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02218c.htm Bishop of Dol, in France, chronicler, b. about 1050; d. 7 January, 1130.
	Baldi, Bernardino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02219a.htm An Italian poet and savant, b. at Urbino, 5 June, 1553; d. at the same place, 10 October, 1617.
	Baldovinetti, Alesso - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02219c.htm A notable Florentine painter, b. in Florence, 14 October, 1427; d. there, 29 August, 1499.

	Baldung, Hans - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02220b.htm Known as Grien or Grun, from his fondness for brilliant green, both in his own costume and in his pictures, a vigorous and distinguished painter, engraver, and draughtsman on wood, b. at Gmund, Swabia, about 1476; d. at Strasburg, 1545.
	Baldwin, Francis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02221a.htm Jurist. (1520-1573)
	Balearic Isles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02221c.htm A group in the western part of the Mediterranean belonging to Spain and consisting of four larger islands, Majorca, Minorca, Iviza, and Formentera, and eleven smaller islands of rocky formation.
	Ball, Mother Frances Mary Teresa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02222b.htm Born in Dublin 9 January, 1794; died 19 May, 1861; foundress of the Irish Branch of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
	Ballarat - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02223a.htm One of the three suffragan dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Melbourne, Australia.

	Ballerini, Girolamo and Pietro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02223b.htm Celebrated theologians and canonists, the sons of a distinguished surgeon of Verona.
	Balme, Henry - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02224a.htm A Franciscan theologian, born at Genera, date uncertain; d. 23 February, 1439.
	Balmes, Jaime Luciano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02224b.htm Philosopher and publicist, b. at Vich, Spain, 28 August, 1810; d. there, 9 July, 1848.
	Baltimore, Provincial Councils of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02239a.htm These councils have a unique importance for the Church in the United States, inasmuch as the earlier ones legislated for practically the whole territory of the Republic, and furnished moreover a norm for all the later provincial councils of the country.
	Balue, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02241b.htm A French cardinal, b. probably c. 1421, in Poitou; d. 5 October, 1491, at Ripatransone.

	Baluze, Etienne - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02242a.htm French scholar and historian. (1630-1718)
	Bamberg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02242c.htm Includes history and statistics for the Archdiocese of Bamberg, in the kingdom of Bavaria.
	Banaias - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02246a.htm The name of several men mentioned in the Bible.
	Bancel, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02246b.htm Born at Valence, 1628; died at Avignon, 1685.
	Bandello, Matteo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02246c.htm Writer, born at Castelnuovo di Scrivia in Piedmont, Italy, in 1480; died Bishop of Agen, France, in 1565.

	Banduri, Anselmo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02246d.htm Archaeologist and numismatologist. (1671-1743)
	Bangor, Antiphonary of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02249a.htm The codex, found by Muratori in the Ambrosian Library at Milan.
	Bangor - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02249b.htm Diocese; anciently known as Bangor Vawr, situated in Carnarvonshire on the Menai Straits.
	Bangor Abbey - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02250a.htm The name of two famous monastic establishments in Ireland and England.
	Banim, John and Michael - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02251a.htm Brothers and writers from Kilkenny, Ireland.

	Bassein - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02343a.htm The birthplace of St. Gonsalo Garcia, the only Indian saint, who was a companion of St. Philip de las Casas, the first native of America to be canonized.
	Bassett, Joshua - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02344a.htm Convert and controversialist, Master of Sidney Sussex College, born about 1641, at Lynn Regis, where his father was a merchant; died in London, in 1720.
	Bassianus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02345a.htm Bishop of Ephesus (444-448).
	Bastiat, Claude-Frédéric - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02345b.htm A French economist, b. at Mugron, a small city in the Department of Landes, 29 June, 1801; d. at Rome, 24 December, 1850.
	Baston, Guillaume-André-Réné - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02345c.htm A French theologian, b. at Rouen, 29 November, 1741; d. at Saint-Laurent, 26 September, 1825.

	Basutoland - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02346a.htm A mountainous district of South Africa, bounded on the north and west by the Orange River Colony, on the easy by Natal, and on the south by Cape Colony.
	Batavia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02346b.htm Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia.
	Bathurst - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02349a.htm Diocese situated in New South Wales, Australia, in the ecclesiastical Province of Sydney.
	Battaglini, Marco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02349b.htm A historian of the councils, b. at Rimini, Italy, 25 March, 1645; d. at Cesena, 19 September, 1717.
	Batteux, Charles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02350a.htm Abbé and writer on philosophy and aesthetics, b. near Vouziers, France, 6 May, 1713; d. at Paris, 14 July, 1780.

	Battista, Giovanni Giuda Giona - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02350b.htm Original name, Jehuda Jona Ben-Isaac.
	Battle Abbey - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02350c.htm Founded by William the Conqueror on the site of the Battle of Senlae or Hastings (1066).
	Bauberger, Wilhelm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02350d.htm German physician, novelist, and poet, b. at Thannhausen in Swabian Bavaria, 3 March, 1809; d. at the same place, 8 February, 1883.
	Baudeau, Nicolas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02351a.htm Regular Canon and economist, b. at Amboise, France, 25 April, 1730; d. in 1792.
	Baumgartner, Gallus Jacob - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02351c.htm A Swiss statesman, b. 18 October, 1797, at Altstätten, Switzerland; d. 12 July, 1869, at St. Gallen.

	Baunard, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02352a.htm Educator, b. at Bellgarde (Loiret), France, in 1828.
	Bauny, Etienne - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02352b.htm Theologian, b. in 1564 at Mouzon, Ardennes, France; d. 3 December, 1649, at Saint Pol de Léon.
	Bausset, Louis-François de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02352c.htm A French cardinal, writers, and statesman. (1748-1824)
	Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02353a.htm Philosopher and theologian. (1796-1867)
	Bautista, Fray Juan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02353b.htm Franciscan, who taught theology and metaphysics at the convent of St. Francis of Mexico.

	Bavaria, The Kingdom of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02353c.htm Named after the German tribe called Boiarii.
	Bayer, Adèle - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02357b.htm Eldest daughter of Andrew Parmentier, b. in Belgium, 4 July, 1814, and d. in Brooklyn, New York, 22 January, 1892.
	Bayeu y Subias, Francisco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02358a.htm Born at Saragossa, 9 March, 1734; died Madrid, 4 August, 1795, a distinguished religious and historical painter.
	Bayeux - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02358b.htm Coextensive with the Department of Calvados, is suffragan to the Archbishopric of Rouen.
	Bayley, James Roosevelt - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02359a.htm First Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.; eighth Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland. (1814-1877)

	Bayonne - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02360b.htm Diocese comprising the Department of Basses-Pyrenees.
	Baysio, Guido de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02361a.htm An Italian canonist, b. about the middle of the thirteenth century of a noble Ghibelline family; d. at Avignon, 10 August, 1313.
	Bazin, John Stephen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02361b.htm Third Bishop of Vincennes (now the Diocese of Indianapolis). (1796-1848)
	Baron, Bonaventura - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02303c.htm Irish Franciscan theologian, philosopher, and writer of Latin prose and verse. (1610-1696)
	Baron, Vincent - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02304a.htm Dominican theologian and preacher. (1604-1674)

	Barquisimeto - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02307a.htm Diocese in Venezuela, South America.
	Barre, Antoine-Lefebvre, Sieur de la - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02308b.htm Tenth French Governor-General of Canada, b. at Paris in 1622; d. in 1690.
	Barrientos, Lopez de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02308d.htm Spanish Dominican bishop, patriot, and diplomat. (1382-1469)
	Barrow, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02309b.htm Priest, descended from a family of stanch Catholic yeomen. (1735-1811)
	Bibiana, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02542b.htm Female Roman martyr, d. 483 at the latest. Also called Vibiana.

	Boniface, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02656a.htm Born Winfrid, a native of England, Benedictine monk, the Apostle of Germany, martyred in 755.
	Barry, Patrick - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02312a.htm Horticulturist. (1816-1890)
	Barthel, Johann Caspar - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02312c.htm A German canonist. (1697-1771)
	Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02312d.htm French numismatologist and writer, b. at Cassis (Provence), 1716; d. in Paris, 1795.
	Bartholomew of Braga, Venerable - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02314b.htm Born at Verdela, near Lisbon, May, 1514; died at Viana, 16 July, 1590.

	Bartholomew of Braganca - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315a.htm Born about 1200; died 1 July, 1271.
	Bartholomew of Brescia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315b.htm Italian canonist, b. probably in the second half of the twelfth century at Brescia; d. 1258.
	Bartholomew of Edessa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315c.htm Syrian apologist and polemical writer.
	Bartholomew of Lucca - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02316a.htm Historian, b. about 1227 at Lucca; d. about 1327.
	Bartholomew of Pisa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02316b.htm Friar Minor and chronicler.

	Bartholomew of San Concordio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02316c.htm Canonist, and man of letters, b. at San Concordia, near Pisa about 1260; d. at Pisa, 11 June, 1347.
	Bartholomites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02317a.htm The name given to Armenian monks who sought refuge in Italy after the invasion of their country by the Sultan of Egypt in 1296.
	Bartolocci, Giulio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02317c.htm A Cistercian monk and learned Hebrew scholar, b. at Celleno in the old kingdom of Naples, 1 April, 1613; d. at Rome, 19 October, 1687.
	Bartolozzi, Francesco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02319a.htm An engraver, etcher, and painter, b. at Florence, 1727; d. at Lisbon, 1815.
	Basilians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02324a.htm Priests of the Community of St. Basil.

	Basilides - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02326a.htm The earliest of the Alexandrian Gnostics, a native of Alexandria and flourished under the Emperors Adrian and Antoninus Pius, about 120-140.
	Basilides - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02329a.htm Martyrs bearing this name are mentioned in the old martyrologies on three different days, namely, on 10, 12, and 28 June.
	Basilissa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02329c.htm Several saints of this name appear in martyrologies. Next to nothing is known about any of them except place of martyrdom, and sometimes the names of their spouses or companions in martyrdom.
	Basil of Amasea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02329d.htm Bishop and Martyr.
	Basil of Seleucia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02330a.htm Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, date of birth uncertain; d., probably, between 458 and 460.

	Basle-Lugano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02338a.htm Composed of the two Dioceses of Basle and Lugano which are united only by having a bishop in common.
	Buffier, Claude - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03040a.htm Philosopher and author. (1661-1737)
	Buglio, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03040b.htm Jesuit missionary to China. (1606-1682)
	Buil, Bernardo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03040c.htm Spanish Franciscan.
	Buildings, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03041a.htm This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever be the name given to them, church, chapel, oratory, and basilica.

	Bulgaria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03046a.htm A European kingdom in the northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula.
	Bulla Aurea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03048a.htm A fundamental law of the Holy Roman Empire; probably the best known of all the many ordinances of the imperial diet.
	Bullarium - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03048c.htm A term commonly applied to a collection of bulls and other analogous papal documents.
	Bullion, Angélique - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03052a.htm Born in Paris, at commencement of the seventeenth century. An unknown benefactress of several charities.
	Briefs and Bulls - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03052b.htm A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its resemblance in form to a bubble floating upon water.

	Bunderius, Joannes - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03059a.htm Flemish theologian and controversialist. (1482-1557)
	Buonarroti, Michelangelo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03059b.htm Italian sculptor, painter, and architect. (1475-1564)
	Burchard of Basle - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03063a.htm Belonged to the family of the counts of Neuenburg, or Neuchatel, was born towards the middle of the eleventh century, and died 12 April, 1107.
	Burchard of Worms - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03064a.htm Bishop of that see, born of noble parents in Hesse, Germany, after the middle of the tenth century; died 20 August, 1025.
	Burckmair, Hans - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03064c.htm Painter of the Swabian school. (1473-1531)

	Burgis, Edward Ambrose - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03065a.htm Dominican historian and theologian. (1673-1747)
	Burgoa, Francisco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03065b.htm Historical and geographical writer. Born at Oaxaca about 1600; d. at Teopozotlan in 1681.
	Burgundy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03068a.htm In medieval times respectively a kingdom and a duchy, later a province of France.
	Burial, Christian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03071a.htm The interment of a deceased person with ecclesiastical rites in consecrated ground.
	Buridan, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03078a.htm French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, b. at Béthune, in the district of Atois towards the end of the thirteenth century; date of death unknown.

	Burigny, Jean Lévesque de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03079a.htm Historian, b. at Reims, 1692; d. at Paris, 1785.
	Burkard, Franz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03079b.htm The name of two celebrated German jurists.
	Burleigh, Walter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03081a.htm Friar Minor and medieval philosopher, b. in 1275 and d. in 1337.
	Burlington - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03081b.htm Diocese established 14 July, 1853; comprises the whole State of Vermont, U.S.A.
	Burma - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03082a.htm Before its annexation by the British, Burma consisted of the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu.

	Burnett, Peter Hardeman - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03083a.htm First American Governor of California. (1807-1895)
	Burse - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03084b.htm A receptacle in which, for reasons of convenience xnd reverence, the folded corporal is carried to and from the altar.
	Bursfeld, The Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03084c.htm One of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries in Germany in the Middle Ages. Founded in 1093 by Duke Henry of Nordheim and his wife Gertrude.
	Brumidi, Constantino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03008a.htm An Italian-American historical painter, celebrated for his fresco work in the Capitol at Washington. (1805-1880)
	Brumoy, Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03008b.htm French Jesuit humanist. (1704-1742)

	Brunellesco, Filippo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03008c.htm An architect and sculptor, born at Florence, 1377; died there 16 April, 1446.
	Brunetière, Ferdinand - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03010a.htm French critic and professor, born at Toulon, 19 July, 1849; died at Paris, 9 December, 1906.
	Brunforte, Ugolino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03011a.htm Friar Minor and chronicler, born c. 1262; died c. 1348.
	Basil the Great, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02330b.htm Biographical article on the Bishop of Caesarea, who is one of the Cappadocian Fathers, Doctor of the Church, and brother of St. Gregory of Nyssa.
	Bruni, Leonardo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03011b.htm Article by Edmund Burke, summarizing the humanist's life and career.

	Brunner, Francis de Sales - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03012a.htm Founder of the Swiss-American congregation of the Benedictines. (1795-1859)
	Brunner, Sebastian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03013a.htm A versatile and voluminous writer. (1814-1893)
	Bruno the Saxon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03018b.htm German chronicler of the eleventh century and author of the "Historia de Bello Saxonico".
	Braunschweig - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03019a.htm A duchy situated in the mountainous central part of Northern Germany, comprising the region of the Harz mountains.
	Brusa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03020b.htm A titular see of Bithynia in Asia Minor.

	Brussels - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03021a.htm Capital of the Kingdom of Belgium.
	Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03024a.htm First Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, (now Indianapolis). (1779-1839)
	Bruyas, Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03024b.htm French missionary to the Iroquois. (1635-1712)
	Bryant, John Delavau - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03025a.htm Physician, poet, author, and editor. (1811-1877)
	Bubastis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03025b.htm A titular see of Lower Egypt.

	Bucelin, Gabriel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03025c.htm Benedictine historical writer. (1599-1681)
	Bucer, Martin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03025d.htm One of the leaders in the South German Reformation movement. (1491-1551)
	Buck, Victor De - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03026a.htm Bollandist. (1817-1876)
	Buckfast Abbey - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03027a.htm Foundation date unknown, but long before the Norman Conquest.
	Bulstrode, Sir Richard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03058a.htm A soldier, diplomatist, and author, born 1610; died 1711.

	Buckley, Sir Patrick Alphonsus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03028a.htm Irish soldier, lawyer, statesman, and judge. (1841-1896)
	Buddhism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03028b.htm The religious, monastic system, founded c. 500 B.C. on the basis of pantheistic Brahminism.
	Butler, Sir William Francis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16015a.htm Irish general and writer. (1838-1910)
	Budé, Guillaume - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03034a.htm Article by M. de Moreira, reviewing the key points of this thinker's career.
	Bathilde, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02348b.htm A runaway slave who became the wife of King Clovis II. Upon widowhood, she founded monasteries and proved herself a capable regent. She died in 680.

	Budweis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03034b.htm A diocese situated in Southern Bohemia, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Prague.
	Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02442a.htm Frenchman, longed to be a monk but spent the last thirteen years of his life as a pilgrim. He died in 1783.
	Benedict of Aniane, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467a.htm St. Benedict was a Goth, served in the Frankish court, then became a Benedictine monk. His monastery of Aniane was the model for monastic reform in France and the Empire. He died in 821.
	Benedict of Nursia, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467b.htm Long article on the founder of Western monasticism, and on his Rule.
	Benedict, Rule of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02436a.htm Lengthy article on the text of the Rule and its composition, some analysis, and practical application.

	Benignus of Dijon, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02479c.htm Third-century martyr.
	Berach, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02485a.htm A disciple of St. Kevin. Abbot of Cluain Coirpthe, now called Kilbarry or Termonbarry in the saint's honor. St. Berach died in 595.
	Benignus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02479b.htm Known as "Patrick's psalm-singer," Irish missionary, musician, bishop, legislator, d. 467.
	Berard of Carbio, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02485b.htm Franciscan martyr, d. 1220.
	Bercharius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02486b.htm Abbot of Hautvillers, founder, stabbed to death by one of his monks in 696.

	Babylas, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02178c.htm Bishop of Antioch, martyr in the Decian persecution, died in prison.
	Baradæus, Jacob - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02282a.htm A Syrian Monophysite bishop, born in Tella, towards the end of the fifth or the beginning of the sixth century, died in 578.
	Barnabas of Terni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02301a.htm Friar Minor and missionary, d. 1474 or 1477.
	Barradas, Sebastião - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02307b.htm A Portuguese exegete and preacher, born at Lisbon in 1543; died at Coimbra in 1615.
	Bartholomew, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02313c.htm Mentioned in the lists of apostles in the Synoptic Gospels and in Acts, thought to be identical with Nathaniel (mentioned only in the Gospel of John).

	Brendan, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02758c.htm Article on St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, also known as Brendan the Voyager. Monastic founder, d. 577. About half of the article is devoted to St. Brendan's famous voyage.
	Brentano, Klemens Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02759a.htm German poet. (1778-1842)
	Brogan, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02795a.htm Article discusses several saints of this name.
	Briçonnet - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02779a.htm Includes three people with this name.
	Brieuc, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02784a.htm Celtic monk and priest, companion of St. Iltud. Brieuc died in about 502.

	Brück, Heinrich - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03004a.htm Ecclesiastical historian and bishop, born at Bingen, 25 October, 1831; died 4 November, 1903.
	Brindholm, Ven. Edmund - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02787d.htm Martyr and parish priest of Our Lady's Church at Calais, accused of being concerned in a plot to betray Calais to the French.
	Bromyard, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02797b.htm Theologian, d. about 1390.
	Brunn - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03011c.htm Suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Olmutz, embracing the south-western part of Moravia.
	Bruno of Querfurt, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03018a.htm Courtier, monk, missionary archbishop, hagiographer, martyr. Called the Second Apostle of the Prussians.

	Bruno, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03014b.htm Biographical article on the founder of the Carthusians.
	Bucharest - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03045a.htm Comprises the Kingdom of Rumania.
	Bruno, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03014a.htm Bishop of Segni, reformer, Benedictine abbot, author of commentaries on Scripture, d. 1123.
	Buenos Aires - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03035a.htm The federal capital of the Argentine Republic.
	Bury St. Edmund's, The Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03085a.htm The first religious foundation there was established by Sigebert, King of the East Angles, who resigned his crown to found a monastery about 537.

	Busée, Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03086b.htm Jesuit theologian. (1540-1587)
	Busembaum, Hermann - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03086c.htm Jesuit moral theologian. (1600-1668)
	Busiris - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03087a.htm A titular see taking its title from one of the many Egyptian cities of the same name.
	Buskins - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03087b.htm Ceremonial stockings of silk, sometimes interwoven with gold threads, and even heavily embroidered, worn by the celebrant of a pontifical Mass.
	Buss, Franz Joseph, Ritter von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03088a.htm Jurist, b. 23 March, 1803 at Zell in Baden; d. 31 January, 1878, at Freiburg im Breisgau.

	Bustamante, Carlos María - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03088b.htm Mexican statesman and historian. (1774-1848)
	Buston, Thomas Stephen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03089a.htm Jesuit missionary and author. (1549-1619)
	Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03089b.htm Born at Mountstuart, Bute, 12 September, 1847; d. at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 9 October, 1900.
	Buteux, Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03089c.htm French Jesuit missionary in Canada. (1600-1652)
	Butler, Alban - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03090a.htm Seventeenth-century English Catholic.

	Butler, Charles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03090b.htm English lawyer. (1750-1832)
	Butler, Mary Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03091a.htm Irish Abbess. (1641-1723)
	Buttress - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03092a.htm A pilaster, pier, or body of masonry projecting beyond the main face of the wall and intended to strengthen the wall at particular points.
	Byblos - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03092c.htm Titular see of Phoenicia.
	Bye-Altar - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03092d.htm An altar that is subordinate to the central or high altar.

	Byllis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03092e.htm Titular see of Albania.
	Byrd, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03092f.htm Article examining life, sacred and secular music, and related composers.
	Byrne, Andrew - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03093a.htm Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas. (1802-1862)
	Byrne, Richard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03093b.htm U.S. Civil War hero. (1832-1864)
	Byrne, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03093c.htm Missionary and educator. (1780-1833)

	Byzantine Architecture - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03094a.htm A mixed style, i.e. a style composed of Graeco-Roman and Oriental elements which, in earlier centuries, cannot be clearly separated.
	Byzantine Art - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03095a.htm The art of the Eastern Roman Empire and of its capital Byzantium, or Constantinople.
	Byzantine Empire, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03096a.htm Term employed to designate the Eastern survival of the ancient Roman Empire.
	Byzantine Literature - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03113a.htm The four cultural elements included are the Greek, the Christian, the Roman, and the Oriental.
	Bede, The Venerable - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02384a.htm Benedictine monk, priest, historian, Doctor of the Church, d. 735.

	Belchiam, Venerable Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02394b.htm A Franciscan martyr in the reign of Henry VIII, date of birth uncertain; d. 3 August 1537.
	Benedict II, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02427d.htm A Roman, he was pope for a little less than eleven months, and died in 685. Account of his pontificate.
	Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02599a.htm Founded in 1889 by Katharine Drexel.
	Blois - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02602b.htm Coextensive with the civil department of Loir-et-Cher and a suffragan of Paris.
	Blomevenna, Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02602c.htm Carthusian, b. at Leyden, in Holland in 1466; d. 30 September, 1536.

	Blyth, Francis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02604c.htm English Carmelite, reviser of the Douay Bible, born c. 1705; d. in London, 11 December 1772.
	Boccaccino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02606a.htm Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1460, and d. probably in 1525 rather than in 1518, the date usually given.
	Boecken, Placidus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02608a.htm A German Benedictine, canonist, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salzburg. (1690-1752)
	Boeri, Petrus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02610a.htm A french benedictine canonist and bishop, b. during the first quarter of the fourteenth century at Laredorte.
	Bogotá - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02612a.htm Capital of the republic of Colombia.

	Boiano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02622a.htm Diocese in the province of Benevento, Italy, suffragan to the Archbishopric of Benevento.
	Boiardo, Matteo Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02622b.htm An Italian poet, b. about 1434, at, or near, Scandiano (Reggio-Emilia); d. at Reggio, 20 December, 1494.
	Boileau-Despréaux, Nicholas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02623a.htm French poet. (1636-1711)
	Boise - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02623b.htm Diocese created by Leo XIII, 25 August, 1893.
	Bois-le-Duc - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02625b.htm Diocese lies within the Dutch province of Brabant, and is suffragan to Utrecht.

	Bokenham, Osbern - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02625c.htm English Augustinian friar and poet, b. 1393, d. probably in 1447.
	Bolanden, Conrad von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02626a.htm A German novelist, son of a rich merchant, b. 9 August, 1828, at Niedergeilbach, a village of the Palatinate.
	Bolivia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02627a.htm Includes history, geography, education, church, and government information.
	Bologna - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02639b.htm The principal city in the province of the same name, Italy.
	Bologna, Giovanni da - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02641a.htm Flemish Renaissance sculptor, b. at Douai, in Flanders, about 1524; d. at Florence in 1608.

	Bologna, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02641b.htm A tradition of the thirteenth century attributed the foundation of this university to Theodosius II (433); but this legend is now generally rejected.
	Bolsec, Jérôme-Hermès - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02643a.htm A theologian and physician, b. probably at Paris, date unknown; d. at Lyons c. 1584.
	Bolton, Edmund - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02643b.htm Historian, antiquary, and poet, born c. 1575; died c. 1633.
	Bombay - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02644a.htm The Archdiocese of Bombay comprises the Island of Bombay with several outlying churches in the neighbouring Island of Salsette.
	Bommel, Cornelius Richard Anton van - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02645a.htm Bishop of Liège, born at Leyden, in Holland on 5 April, 1790; died 7 April 1852.

	Bona, Giovanni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02645b.htm Cardinal and author. (1609-1674)
	Bonagratia of Bergamo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02646a.htm Friar Minor, theologian, and canonist, date of birth unknown; d. at Munich, 1343.
	Bonal, François de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02646b.htm Bishop of Clermont, b. 1734 at the castle of Bonal, near Agen; d. at Munich, 1800.
	Bonal, Raymond - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02646c.htm French theologian and founder of the Congregation of the Priests of St. Mary.
	Bibbiena - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02542a.htm Bernardo Dovizi, an Italian Cardinal and comedy-writer, known best by the name of the town Bibbiena, where he was born 4 Aug., 1470; d. at Rome, 9 Nov., 1520.

	Bible Societies - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02544a.htm Established for the purpose of publishing and propagating the Bible in all parts of the world.
	Biblical Commission, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02557a.htm A committee of cardinals at Rome who, with the assistance of consultors, have to secure the observance of the prescriptions contained in the Encyclical "Providentissimus Deus" for the proper interpretation and defence of Sacred Scripture.
	Bicknor, Alexander - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02558b.htm Archbishop of Dublin, date of birth unknown; d. 1349.
	Biel, Gabriel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02559a.htm Lengthy article on the last of the Scholastics. Biel, the first professor of theology at Tübingen, was a nominalist. He died in 1495.
	Biella - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02559b.htm The city of Biella, the see of the diocese of that name, is an important industrial centre (anciently called Bugelia) of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Novara.

	Bielski, Marcin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02560a.htm Polish chronicler. (1495-1575)
	Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02560b.htm French Governor of Louisiana and founder of New Orleans. (1680-1767)
	Bigamy (in Civil Law) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02564a.htm In civil jurisprudence, and especially in criminal law, is a "formal entering into of a marriage while a former one remains un-dissolved".
	Bigne, Marguerin de la - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02566a.htm French theologian and patrologist, b. about 1546 at Bernières-le-Patry, Normandy; d. about 1595.
	Billy, Jacques de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02567b.htm French patristic scholar, theologian, jurist, linguist, and a Benedictine abbot. (1535-1581)

	Bination - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02568b.htm The offering up of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass twice on the same day by the same celebrant.
	Biner, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02569a.htm Canonist, historian, and theologian. (1697-1766)
	Binius, Severin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02570b.htm