Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

R.N.D.M. = Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions; Religieuses de Notre Dame Missions Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

R.M.I. = Religious of Mary Immaculate Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Rladegunda, Saint SEE BRADSOLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

R.J.M. = Religious of Jesus and Mary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

RIZPAH A concubine of Saul, taken after his death by the ambitious Abner. Her two sons were afterwards hung, with five other sons of Saul, to avenge the wrongs he had inflicted on the Gibeonites. With the most devoted maternal affection, Rizpah watched over their remains day and night, apparently from May to October; and … Continue reading “RIZPAH”

Rizia RIZIA.An Asherite (1Ch 7:39). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Rizia rizi-a (, ricya’): An Asherite (1Ch 7:39). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Rizal, Jos Mercado Filipino hero, physician, poet, novelist, and sculptor; b. at Calamba, Province of La Laguna, Luzon, 19 June, 1861; d. at Manila, 30 December, 1896. On his father’s side he was descended from Lam-co, who came from China to settle in the Philippines in the latter part of the seventeenth century. His mother … Continue reading “Rizal, José Mercado”

Rixa i.e. strife, in Roman mythology, is the same as the Greek Eris, the goddess of discord. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rivington, Luke Controversialist. Born in London, England in 1838; died there in 1899. After receiving Anglican orders he joined the Cowley Fathers, and became Superior of their house in Bombay. In 1888 he entered the Catholic Church and was ordained, 1889. His writings deal chiefly with the weakness of the Anglican position. Among the more … Continue reading “Rivington, Luke”

Rivet, Andre a celebrated French Protestant theologian, was born at Saint-Maxent, Aug. 5, 1573. He studied theology at the Academy of Orthez under Lambert Daneau, and afterwards at La Rochelle under Rotan. He was ordained in 1595, and went to Thouars as chaplain to the duke de la Tremoille. After the death of his patron … Continue reading “Rivet, Andre”