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Fourth-century bishop in Asia Minor. Also called St. Nicholas of Bari because his relics were translated there in the eleventh century.
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- Neo-Pythagorean Philosophy - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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- Nicolas, Auguste - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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- Neckam, Alexander of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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- Nicholas Horner, Blessed - Short biography of the London tailor, a layman, who was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1590 for assisting a Catholic priest.
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- Nicaea, Second Council of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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- Nerinckx, Charles - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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- Norcia - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Names, Christian - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nacchiante, Giacomo - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Name of Mary, Feast of the Holy - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas Garlick, Blessed - Short biography of the English priest and martyr. n Also some information on fellow martyr Robert Ludlam. n They died in 1588.
- Nicaea, First Council of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Napoleon III - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicomedes, Saint - Roman martyr venerated since at least the fifth century.
- Neophyte - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- New Zealand - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Non Expedit - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nithard - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nazarius, John Paul - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neri, Antonio - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nathan - Identifies six men of that name mentioned in reference the Old Testament.
- Navarrete, Domingo Fernández - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Namur - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nottingham, Diocese of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Narni and Terni - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neugart, Trudpert - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nonconformists - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nugent, James - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Narthex - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas II, Pope - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- New Mexico - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nevers - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neusohl - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- New York, State of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint - Augustinian hermit, d. 1306.
- Nasoraeans - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nollet, Jean-Antoine - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Natal Day - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Necessity - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nilles, Nikolaus - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nihilism - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Noto - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nugent, Francis - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholson, Francis - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nevada - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nardo - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neo-Platonism - Article by William Turner covering this movement\\'s principal n figures and reference later influence.
- Nicolas, Armella - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nazareth, Sisters of Charity of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Newhouse, Abbey of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Naturalism - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nuyens, Wilhelmus - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Noris, Henry - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Natal - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nola, Giovanni Marliano da - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Notre-Dame de Namur, Institute of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Navarrete, Juan Fernández - (catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nova Scotia - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas Owen, Saint - A Jesuit lay brother, skilled in building hiding places for reference priests. He died under torture in 1606.
- Nazarite - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nemrod - An examination of this Old Testament figure, mentioned in Genesis catholic encyclopedia as "a mighty hunter before the Lord" and king of catholic encyclopedia Babylon.
- Nihus, Barthold - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nabuchodonosor - Commentary on the two Babylonian kings of that name, especially catholic encyclopedia the second, who is mentioned in Scripture.
- Nogaret, Guillaume de - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicomedia - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nature - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Northampton - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nacolia - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Negligence - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nanteuil, Robert - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nathinites - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nazarius and Celsus, Saints - St. Ambrose discovered the bodies of these martyrs.
- Noel Chabanel, Saint - Biographical profile of the Jesuit missionary and martyr.
- Nola - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicolo de' Tudeschi - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Niger, Peter George - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Niessenberger, Hans - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Norway - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicetius, Saint - Sixth-century bishop of Trier.
- Neale, Leonard - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nilus, Saint - Fifth-century monk at Mount Sinai.
- Names of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas of Lyra - Exegete, author of postillae, insisted that the literal sense of reference Scripture is the foundation for any spiritual interpretation.
- Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicolaus Germanus - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nashville - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nilus the Younger, Saint - Calabrian monk, hermit, founder, d. 1005.
- New Guinea - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Natchez - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nehemiah, Book of - Summary with some commentary.
- Nyassa - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Notre Dame, Sisters of (of Cleveland, Ohio) - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nepi and Sutri - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neumayr, Franz - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Numismatics - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neve - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Noah - A study of this Old Testament figure.
- Nueva Pamplona - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nantes - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Newport, Diocese of, in England - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nepveu, Francis - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Notker - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neum - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nails, Holy - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Niccola Pisano - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicosia (Titular Archdiocese in Cyprus) - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nardi, Jacopo - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicosia (City in Sicily) - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicole, Pierre - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Niagara University - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nominalism, Realism, Conceptualism - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nikon - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicastro - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- New Norcia - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicetas - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nider, John - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Notitia Dignitatum - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nebraska - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nothomb, Jean-Baptiste - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Newbattle - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nobili, Robert de' - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nuremberg - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nomocanon - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas I, Pope Saint - Biography of this pope, d. 867, who upheld catholic encyclopedia the authority of the papacy and the inviolability catholic encyclopedia of marriage.
- Nonantola - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- New Year's Day - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neve, Felix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Novara - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Norton, Christopher - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicolaus Steno, Blessed - Or Niels Steensen. Danish anatomist and geologist who converted to reference Catholicism. Was made a bishop. He died in 1686.
- Norfolk, Catholic Dukes of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Norbert, Saint - Biography of the founder of the Premonstratensians.
- Novatian and Novatianism - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Navarre - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas of Strasburg - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neville - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Navarrete, Martín Fernández - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nazarius, Saint, and Companions - Roman martyrs of the Diocletian persecution.
- Natchitoches - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas of Cusa - Lengthy article on the life and writings of the fifteenth-century reference canon lawyer, diplomat, and philosopher.
- Nicotera and Tropea - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neo-Scholasticism - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nemore, Jordanus (Jordanis) de - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicolaites - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Niche - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Netter, Thomas - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nilopolis - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nausea, Frederic - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nerses of Lambron - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nisibis - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Noailles, Louis-Antoine de - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Name of Jesus, Religious Communities of the - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neocaesarea - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nero - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nazarene - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicopolis (Armenia Prima) - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nusco - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Newton, John - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nave - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Novena - Article on the different kinds of novenas and reference their place in the spiritual life of the reference Church.
- Nicholas Postgate, Blessed - Brief profile of the English priest and martyr, n who died catholic encyclopedia at York in 1679.
- Novice - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicaea - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicephorus, Saint - Long article on the stormy career of the Patriarch of reference Constantinople, who died in 829.
- Notre-Dame de Sion, Congregation of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Newfoundland - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancratius, Saints - Roman martyrs who shared a feast day on reference 12 May.
- Nubia - A detailed history of Nubia, with emphasis on catholic encyclopedia the religious aspects (primarily Christian and Catholic) of catholic encyclopedia its culture.
- Nelaton, Auguste - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicolai, Jean - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neumann, Johann Balthasar - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Naples - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas IV, Pope - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Northmen (Vikings) - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Numbers, Use of, in the Church - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nueva Cáceres - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nabor and Felix, Saints - Martyrs in the Diocletian persecution.
- Niceron, Jean-Pierre - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nestorius and Nestorianism - Biography of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and examination catholic encyclopedia of reference the unacceptable implications of his doctrine.
- Navajo Indians - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nieremberg y Otin, Juan Eusebio - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Newark - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Ninian, Saint - British by birth, St. Ninian evangelized the southern Picts in n Scotland.
- Nicholas Justiniani, Blessed - Benedictine monk, dispensed from his vows, never formally n beatified.
- Nicholas III, Pope - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- North Dakota - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nocturns - The convoluted history of this nighttime prayer.
- Necrologies - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Notre Dame, University of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nancy - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nussbaum, Johannn Nepomuk von - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nahum - Essay on the Old Testament prophet and the book which n bears his name.
- Nebo, Mount - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicene Creed - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nazarius, Saint - Fourteenth abbot of Lérins.
- Nicholas of Flüe, Saint - Soldier, husband and father, became a hermit and reference was known n as Brother Klaus.
- Notburga, Saint - Cook noted for generosity in feeding the poor.
- Nazianzus - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Napoleon I (Bonaparte) - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nice, Diocese of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Noble, Daniel - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- National Union, Catholic Young Men's - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- None - Essay on the daytime canonical hour recited in reference mid-afternoon.
- Necromancy - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Norris, Sylvester - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nuncio - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nocera dei Pagani - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- New Orleans - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas of Gorran - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicopolis (Bulgaria) - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nueva Segovia - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Naturism - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Northcote, James Spencer - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Normandy - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nirschl, Joseph - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Netherlands, The - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nagasaki - History of Catholicism in this Japanese city.
- Nomination - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nephtali - A look at the son of Jacob and the tribe of Nephtali.
- Notre Dame, School Sisters of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nonnotte, Claude-Adrien - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- New Pomerania, Vicariate Apostolic of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Non-Jurors - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicolet - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas of Myra, Saint - Fourth-century bishop in Asia Minor. Also called catholic encyclopedia St. catholic encyclopedia Nicholas of Bari because his relics were catholic encyclopedia translated there catholic encyclopedia in the eleventh century.
- Nunez, Pedro - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas Pieck, Saint - Franciscan, studied at Louvain, was ordained a priest. He was catholic encyclopedia martyred in 1572.
- Newman, John Henry - Lengthy and admiring biography of Newman as a n thinker, author, leader, and illustrious convert to Catholicism.
- New York, Archdiocese of - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Novatus, Saint - Son of St. Pudens and brother of SS. reference Praxedes and Pudentia.
- Nigeria, Upper and Lower - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Nicholas of Osimo - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neher, Stephan Jakob - (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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