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ARAUNAH A Jebusite, residing on Mount Moriah after the Jebusites were dispossessed by David, 2Sa 5:6 24:18. In 1Co 16:24, he is called ORNAN. The divine choice of his land for the temple site, 2Ch 3:1, and his readiness to give it freely for this purpose, suggest the probability that he was a convert to … Continue reading “Araunah”

Araujo, Francisco de Spanish theologian, b. at Verin, Galicia, 1580; d. Madrid, 19 March, 1664. In 1601, he entered the Dominican Order at Salamanca. He taught theology (1616-17) in the convent of St. Paul at Burgos, and in the latter year was made assistant to Peter of Herrera, the principal professor of theology at Salamanca. … Continue reading “Araujo, Francisco de”

Araujo, Duarte De a Portuguese, was for six years general of the military Order of Christ. He was employed for fifteen years at the court of Rome by king Philip II, and wrote the Life of St. Irene (Coimbra, 1579). He died in 1599. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Araujo, Antonio de Brazilian missionary, born at St. Michael’s in the Azores; died 1632. He entered the Society of Jesus in Babia, and was for nine years Superior of the Missions of Brazil. He wrote a catechism in the native language of Brazil. Southweil says of it: “This catechism, begun by others in Brazilian, he … Continue reading “Araujo, Antonio De”

Araujo a name common to some theologians of the Society of Jesus: 1. ALPHONSO (or ILDEFONSO DE PENAFIEL), was born at Riobambo, in Peru (now Ecuador), in 1594. He joined his order in 1610, was professor of theology and philosophy at Cusco and Lima, and died at Guanca-Velica, November 18, 1657. He wrote, Cursus Inteqgri … Continue reading “Araujo”

Araucanians (Also Araucans, Moluches, Mapuches). The origin of the word is not yet fully ascertained. A numerous tribe of warlike Indians in southern Chile, ranging originally (in the early part of the sixteenth century) from 36° S. lat. to about 42° S. lat., and from the Andes in the East (70° W. Long) to near … Continue reading “Araucanians”

Araucania Located in Chile, established by Leo XIII in 1901, and confided to the Capuchins, It has twenty-eight missionaries. ———————————– BATTANDIER, Ann. Pont. Cath. (Paris, 1906), 343. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal … Continue reading “Araucania”

Aratus See Quotations. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Aratus (), the author of two astronomical poems in Greek, about B.C. 270, fragments and Latin translations of which are alone extant (Fabric. Bibl. Grave. 4:87; Schaubach, Gesch. d. griech. Astronomic, p. 215; Delambre, Hist. de l’Astron. Ancienne). (For an account of his works and their … Continue reading “Aratus”

Arator A Christian poet of the sixth century, probably of Ligurian origin. He studied at Milan under the patronage of the Bishop Laurentius and of Ennodius, then went to Ravenna by the advice of Parthenius, nephew of Ennodius. He took up the career of a lawyer. Treated with distinction by Theodoric on account of his … Continue reading “Arator”

Arati a Hindu ceremony designed to avert the effect of evil glances, consists in placing upon a plate of copper a lamp made of paste of rice flour; and when it: has been supplied with oil and lighted, the women take hold of the plate with. both hands, and, raising it as high as the … Continue reading “Arati”