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Anne Hanson Dorsey Novelist, born Georgetown, D.C., 1815 ; died Washington, 1896 . She was the daughter of a minister, was converted to the Catholic Faith, and thenceforth devoted herself to writing Catholic fiction. Among her best-known novels are “Tangled Paths,” “The Old House at Glenarra,” “Adrift,” “Warp and Woof,” “The Palms.” Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Anne Hanson Dorsey”

Anne de Xainctonge, Venerable Foundress of the Society of the Sisters of St. Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, born at Dijon, 21 November, 1567; died at Dôle, 8 June, 1621. She was the daughter of Jean de Xainctonge, councillor in he Dijon Parliament, and of Lady Marguerite Collard, both of noble birth and virtuous life. … Continue reading “Anne de Xainctonge, Venerable”

Anne de Beaupr, Sainte Devotion to Saint Anne, in Canada, goes back to the beginning of New France, and was brought thither by the first settlers and early missionaries. The hardy pioneers soon began to till the fertile soil of the Beaupré hillside; in the region which now forms the parish of Sainte Anne de … Continue reading “Anne de Beaupré, Sainte”

Anne d’Auray, Sainte A little village three miles from the town of Auray (6,500 inhabitants), in the Diocese of Vannes (Morbihan), in French Brittany, famous for its sanctuary and for its pilgrimages, or pardons, in honour of St. Anne, to whom the people of Brittany, in very early times, on becoming Christian, had dedicated a … Continue reading “Anne d’Auray, Sainte”

Anne Catherine Emmerich Augustinian nun, stigmatic and ecstatic , born Flamsche, near Coesfeld, Westphalia, 1774 ; died Dlmen, 1824 . Her piety was manifested at an early age and aroused some antipathy among the sisters in her convent, which she was obliged to leave when it was closed by order of Jerome Bonaparte in 1812 … Continue reading “Anne Catherine Emmerich”

annates First year’s revenue of a benefice paid to the papal Curia. They are now paid on the occasion of appointments to dioceses not subject to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Annates The first fruits, or first year’s revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice paid to the Papal Curia … Continue reading “Annates”

Annat, Pierre a French ecclesiastical writer, nephew of Frangois, was born in 1638 at Villecontat, in Rouergue. He was for a time professor of philosophy at Toulouse, and entered the Congregation of the Christian Doctrine, of which he was elected general in 1694. He was an excessively modest man, of perfect simplicity and honesty. He … Continue reading “Annat, Pierre”

Annat, Franccedil;ois French Jesuit, theologian, writer, and one of the foremost opponents of Jansenism, b. 5 January, 1590, at Rodes; d. in Paris, 14 June, 1670. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus, 16 February, 1607, was professor of philosophy for six, and theology for seven years, in the college of his order … Continue reading “Annat, Franccedil;ois”

Annat (Or Anats), Francois a French ecclesiastic, was born at Rodez, Feb. 5, 1590, and became a Jesuit in 1607. He was professor of philosophy at Toulouse six years, and of divinity seven years. He was invited to Rome to act as censor-general of the books published by the Jesuits and theologist to the general … Continue reading “Annat (Or Anats), Francois”

ANNAS A high priest of the Jews, Luk 3:2 ; Joh 18:13,24 ; Mal 4:6 . He is mentioned in Luke as being high priest along with Caiaphas, his son in-law. He was first appointed to that office by Cyrenius, or Quirinus, proconsul of Syria, about A. D. 7 or 8, but was afterwards deprived … Continue reading “Annas”