Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Santa Casa di Loreto (The Holy House of Loreto). Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the “Holy House” of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of Italy. Loreto is a small town a few miles south of Ancona and near the sea. Its most conspicuous building is the basilica. This … Continue reading “Santa Casa di Loreto”

Santa Casa (holy cottage). SEE LORETTO, HOLY HOUSE AT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Santa Agata dei Goti, Diocese of (S. AGATHAE GOTHORUM) In the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy; the city, situated on a hill at the base of Monte Taburno, contains an ancient castle. In the vicinity are many antiquities and inscriptions belonging to the ancient Saticula, a town taken from the Samnites by the Romans and … Continue reading “Santa Agata dei Goti, Diocese of”

Sant’ Angelo in Vado and Urbania (SANCTI ANGELI IN VADO ET URBANIENSIS). Diocese; S. Angelo in Vado is a city in the Marches, on the site of the ancient “Tifernum Metaurense”, a town of the Umbrian Senones, near the River Metaurus, believed to have been destroyed by the Goths. Later there arose a new burg … Continue reading “Sant’ Angelo in Vado and Urbania”

Sant’ Angelo de’ Lombardi (SANCTI ANGELI LOMBARDORUM ET BISACCIENSIS). Diocese in the Province of Avellino, Southern Italy. The city was established by the Lombards at an unknown period. There are sulphurous springs in its vicinity. In 1664 it was almost completely destroyed. It became an episcopal see under Gregory VII, but its first known bishop … Continue reading “Sant’ Angelo de’ Lombardi”

Sant’ Angelo, Castle of A huge circular edifice in Rome, 230 feet in diameter, built by Emperor Hadrian for his tomb in 136, and later converted into a citadel. It is connected with the Vatican quarter by the Bridge of San Angelo, also the work of Hadrian, and formerly contained the Archive of San Angelo … Continue reading “Sant’ Angelo, Castle of”

Sansovino, Andrea Contucci del Born at Monte San Sovino, Arezzo, 1460; died 1529. He was a sculptor of the transition period at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century, and showed the qualities of the transition in his style. He worked at first in his native town and in Florence, then … Continue reading “Sansovino, Andrea Contucci del”

Sansovino, Andrea Contucci An Italian sculptor and architect, was born in 1460 at Monte-Sansovino, in Tuscany. He was the son of a poor peasant, but was sent to Florence through the liberality of a fellow townsman, and studied under Antonio del Pollajuolo. At the age of thirty he was called to Portugal, where he remained … Continue reading “Sansovino, Andrea Contucci”

Sanson, Jacques A French ecclesiastical writer, was born at Abbeville, Feb. 10, 1596. He took orders as a Carmelite in 1619, under the name of Ignace-Joseph de Jesus-Marie. He was prior of the monastery at Paris, and afterwards had charge of the novices at Charenton and at Toulouse. While in the latter city he became … Continue reading “Sanson, Jacques”

Sansom, James Green A minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born near Bedford, Bedford Co., Pa., May 13, 1794. So destitute was the place of educational and religious advantages, that Mr. Sansom did not hear a sermon nor enter a school house until his thirteenth year. His early religious training was received from his … Continue reading “Sansom, James Green”