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Ampurias (or CASTELSARDO and TEMPIO) An Italian diocese in Sardinia, suffragan of Sassari. The Right Rev. Antonio Maria Contini, born 6 Nov., 1839, was appointed Bishop of Ogliastra, 26 Sept., 1882, and transferred to this diocese, 16 Jan., 1893. Ampurias was erected in 1113; Cività, now Tempio, in 304 by St. Simplicius. Cività was united … Continue reading “Ampurias”

Ampulling Cloth a cloth used to wipe away the oil used in extreme unction; so called because originally kept in an ampulla. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ampullianus was, according to Praedestinatus (1, 63), a Bithynian heresiarch who taught that all the wicked, with the devil and evil spirits, are purified by fire and restored to their primitive innocence; and, when his doctrine was impugned by the Church, alleged the authority of Origen, De Principiis. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Ampullianus”

Ampullaelig; Among the smaller objects discovered in the catacombs are a number of fragments of vessels ordinarily used for domestic purposes. Some of these fragments are, probably, portions of the drinking Cups used in the celebration of the funeral agape, or banquet, while others again are the remains of vases which contained the unguents that … Continue reading “Ampullaelig;”

ampullae (Latin: bottles) Jars found in the catacombs, used for holding holy oils, or burial unguents; some are supposed to have held the blood of a martyr . In the Middle Ages they were carried by pilgrims and filled with oil from lamps in a martyr ‘s shrine. Usually they bore the symbol of a … Continue reading “ampullae”

Ampulla 1. the name, among Roman ecclesiastical writers, of one of the vessels used at the altar to hold the wine. 2. The vessel for holding the oil in chrismation, consecration, coronation, etc., which frequently appears in the inventory of church furniture, was also called ampulla. The ampulla is used in the coronation of the … Continue reading “Ampulla”

Ampthill, Odo Russell, Baron (1829 -1884 ) British diplomatist and ambassador, born Florence; died Potsdam. He was secretary of legation at Florence and resident in Rome till 1870 , where he was the real, though unofficial representative of England at the Vatican, and rendered Archbishop Manning great service by preventing any outside interference in the … Continue reading “Ampthill, Odo Russell, Baron”

Ampodius is commemorated as a Christian saint in Jerome’s martyrology on Oct. 11. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ampliatus ( [Rom 16:8 ABFG], a common Lat. name of which Authorized Version Amplias [, DELP] is a contraction) Saluted by St. Paul and described as my beloved in the Lord ( ). The only other persons described in Romans 16 as my beloved are Epaenetus (Rom 16:5) and Stachys (Rom 16:9). A woman is … Continue reading “Ampliatus”

Ampliative (Lat. ampliare, to make wider; Ger. Erweiterungsurteil) Synthetic; serving to expand. In an ampliative judgment the predicate adds something not already contained in the meaning of the subject-term. Contrasted with analytic or explicative. — O.F.K. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy