Sylvester I pope, was born in Rome about the year 270, and was the son of Rufinus and St. Justa. At thirty years of age he is said to have been ordained by bishop (pope) Marcellinus, and on Jan. 31, 314, he was chosen to succeed Melchides in the pontificate. His administration is celebrated for … Continue reading “Sylvester I”
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Sylvester Hunter
Sylvester Hunter Jesuit educator, born Bath, England , 1829; died Stonyhurst, England , 1896. Graduating at Cambridge with high mathematical honors, he subsequently adopted the legal profession, becoming rapidly noted as a practitioner and author. He embraced Catholicity in 1857 and four years later joined the Jesuits. He modernized the course of studies in Stonyhurst … Continue reading “Sylvester Hunter”
Sylvester Gozzoloni
Sylvester Gozzoloni SEE SYLVESTRIANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint
Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble family of the Gozzolini at Osimo, 1177; d. 26 Nov., 1267. He was sent to study jurisprudence at Bologna and Padua, but, feeling within himself a call to the ecclesiastical state, abandoned the study of law for that of theology and Holy Scripture, giving … Continue reading “Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint”
Sylvester, Bernard, of Chartres
Sylvester, Bernard, of Chartres (More properly, of Tours.) A twelfth-century philosopher of Neo-Platonic tendencies. Little is known about him. Between the years 1145 and 1153 he composed a work called “De Mundi Universitate”, which he dedicated to Thierry (Theodoric) of Chartres with the words “Terrico veris scientiarum titulis Doctori famosissimo Bernardus Sylvestris opus suum”. From … Continue reading “Sylvester, Bernard, of Chartres”
Sylphs
Sylphs in the fantastic system of the Paracelsists, are the elemental spirits of the air, who, like the other elemental spirits, hold an intermediate place between immaterial and material beings. They eat, drink, speak, move about, beget children, and are subject to infirmities like men; but, on the other hand, they resemble spirits in being … Continue reading “Sylphs”
Syllogismus; or, Omission of the Conclusion
Syllogismus; or, Omission of the Conclusion Syl-lo-gis-mus. Greek, , a reckoning altogether, a bringing of all the premisses; and, the conclusion before the mind. From (sun), together, and (logizesthai), to reckon. (Hence the word logic). The regular form of every argument consists of three propositions of which the first two are called premisses (the first … Continue reading “Syllogismus; or, Omission of the Conclusion”
Syllogism
Syllogism See Antilogism; Figure (syllogistic); and Logic, formal, 2, 5. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Sylliturgus
Sylliturgus (), a Greek term to designate the assistant during the offering of the Christian sacrifice. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Syllis
Syllis in Greek mythology, was a nymph beloved by Apollo, and the mother by him of Xelxippus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature