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Amador, Riebello a Portuguese Jesuit, was born at Mezao Frio, in the bishopric of Oporto, in 1539, and died at Lisbon in 1622. He wrote, Alguns Capitulos Tirados das Cartas que Vieram este Anno de 1588 dos Padres da Companhia de Jesu que andam nas Partes da India, China, Japao, e Reino de Angola, Impressos … Continue reading “Amador, Riebello”

Amadia and Akra This double title designates two Catholic dioceses of the Chaldean Rite in Kurdistan, Turkey in Asia. The Diocese of Amadia existed originally under another title; it received its actual name after the foundation of the city of Amadia. In the beginning of the nineteenth century it was subdivided into three dioceses: Amadia, … Continue reading “Amadia and Akra”

Amadeus VIII (Latin: love God) Duke of Savoy. Anti-pope with the name Felix V from 5 November 1439 to 7 April 1449. Born in 1383 in Chambery, France ; died on 7 November 1451 in Geneva , Switzerland. Married to Mary of Burgundy, with whom he had nine children; she died in 1422. In 1439 … Continue reading “Amadeus VIII”

Amadeus, or Pope Felix V is also reckoned among the antipopes by Roman writers; but, having been elected in the Council of Basle, lawfully assembled, in which Eugenius IV had been previously deposed, he cannot justly be regarded in that light. Felix renounced the pontificate in 1449. See Dialogus de Diversarum Religionum Origine; Mar-. tene, … Continue reading “Amadeus, or Pope Felix V”

Amadeus of the Heart of Jesus, Mother Mary Ursuline missionary among the Indians, born Akron, Ohio, 1846; died Seattle, Washington, 1920. Elected superior at Toledo, 1874, she founded twelve Indian missions in Montana and the missions of Yukon Delta, Saint Michaels, and Valdez, in Alaska, and was appointed provincial superior of the northern United States. … Continue reading “Amadeus of the Heart of Jesus, Mother Mary”

Amadeus (Or Amedius) Of Portugal was a Franciscan, whose real name was Joao de Mendez, son of Rodrigo Gomez de Sylva and Isabella, his wife, both of high birth. He was born about 1420, and married at eighteen, but left his bride the instant he was married, and went into Spain, where he fought against … Continue reading “Amadeus (Or Amedius) Of Portugal”

Amadeus SEE BASLE, COUNCIL OF. Amadeus bishop OF LAUSANNE, was born at Cote-Saint-Andre, a little village in Dauphine. His father, Amadeus was a relative of the emperor Henry V, and became a Cistercian monk in 1119; his son entered the same order at Clairvaux, where he studied under St. Bernard. In 1139 he was appointed … Continue reading “Amadeus”

Amadesi, Giuseppe Luigi an Italian canonist, was born, at Leghorn, Aug. 28, 1701. He was keeper of the celebrated records of the archbishoprio of Ravenna. These he compiled, and he arranged and indexed a large number of writings which he emploved in getting up his learned works. He became one of the important citizens of … Continue reading “Amadesi, Giuseppe Luigi”

Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio (Also spelled Omodeo). An Italian architect and sculptor, born near Pavia in 1447; died 27 August, 1522, at Milan. In 1466 he was engaged as a sculptor, with his brother Protasio, at the famous Certosa, near Pavia. He was a follower of the style of Bramantino of Milan, and he represents, like … Continue reading “Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio”

Amadeo (Or Amadei), Giovanni Antonio an Italian sculptor, was born at Pavia in 1400. His principal works are the monuments of the Venetian general, Bartolomeo Colleoni, in. a church at Basella, near Bergamo. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature