San Francisco, California, diocese of Founded on 29 July 1853. Suffragen dioceses include Honolulu, Hawaii Las Vegas, Nevada Oakland, California Reno, Nevada Sacramento, California Salt Lake City, Utah San Jose, California Santa Rosa, California Stockton, California See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org archdiocese of San Francisco New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
San Francisco, California, city of
San Francisco, California, city of In 1776 the noted Franciscan Father Junipero Serra, founder of many of the California missions, ordered the founding of the mission San Francisco de Asis, also known as the Mision Dolores. This mission, destined to become the largest city on the Pacific Coast, was probably comprised of a church, a … Continue reading “San Francisco, California, city of”
San Francisco
San Francisco (SANCTI FRANCISCI) Archdiocese established 29 July 1853 to include the Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Salano, and Merced lying north of 37° 5′ N. lat. in the State of California, U.S.A.; an area of 16,856 square miles. Its suffragans are: the … Continue reading “San Francisco”
San Fagondez
San Fagondez Confessor , hermit, born Sahagun, Spain, 1419; died Salamanca, Spain, 1479. Educated at Salamanca and Burgos, he was ordained, 1445, and made canon in the cathedral at Burgos. Desiring a more thorough knowledge of theology, he entered the University of Salamanca, where he took his degree in divinity. Then joining the Order of … Continue reading “San Fagondez”
San Erdeni
San Erdeni in Lamaism, is one of the seven sacred objects which are placed before the idols in the temples of the Mongols, Kalmucks, and Tibetans. It represents a white elephant, an animal regarded with the utmost veneration by those peoples, insomuch that the loftiest title of the sovereigns of Burma, China, and India (the … Continue reading “San Erdeni”
San Diego, California, diocese of
San Diego, California, diocese of Founded on 11 July 1936. Suffrage of the archdiocese of Los Angeles. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of San Diego patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
San chiao
San chiao The three systems, doctrines, philosophies, or religions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
San cheng
San cheng The Three Rectifications, also called san t’ung, which means that in the scheme of macrocosmos — microcosmos relationship between man and the universe, the vital force (ch’i) underlying the correspondence should be so directed and controlled that, first of all, the germination of things, its symbolic color, black, and all governmental and social … Continue reading “San cheng”
San Carlos de Ancud
San Carlos de Ancud (Sancti Caroli Ancudiæ). The most southern of the Chilian dioceses. It extends from the River Cautín on the north to Cape Horn on the south; comprises the civil Provinces of Valdivia, Llanquihue, and Chiloé, part of the Province of Cautín and the Territory of Magallanes; has an area of more than … Continue reading “San Carlos de Ancud”
San Bernardino, California, diocese of
San Bernardino, California, diocese of Founded on 14 July 1978. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Los Angeles. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of San Bernardino patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary