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Alphege, Saint (Or ALPHEGE). Born 954; died 1012; also called Godwine, martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, left his widowed mother and patrimony for the monastery of Deerhurst (Gloucestershire). After some years as an anchorite at Bath, he there became abbot, and (19 Oct., 984) was made Bishop of Winchester. In 994 Elphege administered confirmation to Olaf … Continue reading “Alphege, Saint”

Alpheea (Also Alpheonia) in Greek mythology, was a surname of Diana, derived from Alpheus, god of the river from whose persecution she was compelled to hide among the nymphs of Letrina, and blacken her face with mud, that the god might not find her. A temple was erected here in her name, and also a … Continue reading “Alpheea (Also Alpheonia)”

Alphanus an Italian ecclesiastic, was successively a monk of Monte-Casino, abbot of St. Benedict at Salerno, and archbishop of that city. He attended a council, held by Nicolas II, at Beneventum, and subscribed his own name immediately below his. Peter the deacon mentions some of his writings, as an Account of the Martyrdom of St. … Continue reading “Alphanus”

Alphage or Elphegus archbishop of Canterbury, distinguished for humility and piety. Being infected with the views of the age, he took the habit in the monastery of the Benedictines, and afterward shut himself up in a cell at Bath. Here he remained until, the see of Winchester being vacated by the death of Ethelwold, Dunstan, … Continue reading “Alphage or Elphegus”

ALPHAEUS 1. Father of James the Less, Mat 10:3 Luk 6:15, and husband of the Mary usually regarded as sister to the mother of Christ, Joh 19:25 . See MARY, 1 and 3. By comparing Joh 19:25 with Luk 24:18 and Mat 10:3, it is evident that Alphaeus is the same as Cleophas; Alphaeus being … Continue reading “Alphaeus”

Alphabetical Poems SEE ABECEDARIAN HYMNS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alphabetic Psalms So called because their successive verses, or successive parallel series, begin with the successive letters of the alphabet. Psalm 18, “Blessed are the undefiled,” comprises 22 stanzas of 8 verses each, beginning with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order. Another example of alphabetic arrangement in Hebrew poetry is found in … Continue reading “Alphabetic Psalms”

alphabet, Cyrillic The special alphabet accredited to Saint Cyril , Apostle of the Slavs, in order to express the sounds of the Slavonic language as spoken by the Bulgars and Moravians of his time. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Alphabet, Christian Use of the The Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets have been variously made use of in Christian liturgy. During Holy Week the Hebrew alphabet is sung, each of its letters preceding one of the verses of the Lamentations of Jeremias at Matins; having here, however, merely a numerical value, they might be replaced … Continue reading “Alphabet, Christian Use of the”

Alphabet (from the first two Greet letters, alpha and beta), the series of characters employed in writing any language. The origin of such written signs is unknown, having been ascribed by some to Adam and other antediluvians (Bangii Exercitationes de ortu et progressu literarum, Hafniae, 1657, p. 99 sq,), and, lately to an astronomical observation … Continue reading “Alphabet”