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Zaacute;dori, János (DREXLER). Ecclesiastical writer, born at Katloez, County of Neutra, Hungary, 6 March, 1831; died at Gran, 30 Dec., 1887. He studied at the Pazmaneum of the University of Vienna. His favourite branches were modern languages, literature, and the natural sciences. Ordained priest in Dec., 1854, he was chaplain at Balassa-Gyarmat for ten years, … Continue reading “Zaacute;dori, János”

Yvonetus a Dominican who was supposed to be the author of a tract of the 13th century, entitled Tractatus de Haeresi Pauperum de Lugdumio, and given in Martone and Durand’s Thesaurus Novus Anecdot. volume 5, page 1777, of whom nothing else is known. Pfeiffer has proved that the tractate is the production of the Franciscan … Continue reading “Yvonetus”

Yvon, Peter the friend and successor of Labadie (q.v.), was born at Montauban in 1646. At the age of five he already listened to Labadie’s sermons, and his association with him was only severed by the master’s death in 1674. He now became the head and leader of the Labadists, settled at Wiewert, in West … Continue reading “Yvon, Peter”

Yves, Saint Confessor , born Kermartin, Brittany, 1253; died Louannec, 1303. Educated at Paris, he practised law at Rennes and Treguier, and later joined the Franciscan tertiaries. Ordained, 1284 , he was appointed to the parish of Tredrez and later to Louannec, where he served as bishop ‘s judge, and lawyer of the poor. Patron … Continue reading “Yves, Saint”

Yves of Chartres, Saint (YVO, YVES). One of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture struggles and the most important canonist before Gratian in the Occident, born of a noble family about 1040; died in 1116. From the neighbourhood of Beauvais, his native country, he went for his studies first … Continue reading “Yves of Chartres, Saint”

Yves (IVES DE RER-MARTIN, known by the name of Saint) was born at the manor of Rer-Martin, parish of Menehi, Bretagne, October 17, 1253. Sprung from a noble family of the diocese of Treguier, he was son of Heelor, or Helori, and Azo of Kenquis. Being sent to Paris, he devoted ten years to the … Continue reading “Yves”

Yuracar Indians A Bolivian tribe living between Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba in the wooded regions and plains adjoining the mountains, on the Eastern slopes of the Andes, close to the Río Beni and Rio Marmoré. They are tall, and the women are very handsome. They have oval countenances, aquiline noses, very dark … Continue reading “Yuracaré Indians”

Yung Courage, one of the universally recognized moral qualities of man (ta te), especially of the superior man. — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy Yung (a) Harmony. (b) What is common, ordinary, universal. To the Confucians this is “the eternal law of the universe.” See chung yung. To Chuang Tzu (between 399 and 295 … Continue reading “Yung”

Yun-nan The Mission of Yun-nan includes the whole Province of Yun-nan which is situated in the southwestern corner of China. It adjoins Tonkin, Burma, Tibet, and the Chinese provinces of Sz-Chuen, Kwei chou, and Kwang-si. It is mountainous and its climate is like that of France. It has about 18,000,000 inhabitants, mostly Chinese, divided into … Continue reading “Yun-nan”

Yule Mass a name for the three masses of Christmas-day. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature