RIMMON Pomegranate,1. A town of Palestine, near the frontier of Edom, Jos 15:21,32 Zec 14:10, in the region assigned to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:7 1Ch 4:32 Neh 11:29 .2. A town on a high chalky hill, a few miles east of Bethel, Jdg 20:45-47 21:13. A village called Rummon still exists there.3. A … Continue reading “Rimmon”
Rimini, Council of
Rimini, Council of The second Formula of Sirmium (357) stated thc doctrine of the Anomoeans, or extreme Arians. Against this the Semi-Arian bishops, assembled at Ancyra, the episcopal city of their leader Basilius, issued a counter formula, asserting that the Son is in all things like the Father, afterwards approved by the Third Synod of … Continue reading “Rimini, Council of”
Rimini, Clare of, Blessed
Rimini, Clare of, Blessed (Chiara Agolanti) (1282 -1346 ) Matron, Poor Clare, born Rimini, Italy ; died there. Having led a dissipated life, she repented, and as a Franciscan tertiary resolved to expiate her sins by penance. Later she became a Poor Clare and superioress at Rimini. Beatified, 1784 . Buried in cathedral of Rimini. … Continue reading “Rimini, Clare of, Blessed”
Rimini
Rimini DIOCESE OF RIMINI (ARIMINUM). Suffragan of Ravenna. Rimini is situated near the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient Ariminus) and Ausa (Aprusa). Coast navigation and fishing are the principal industries. The thirteenth-century cathedral (San Francesco) was originally Gothic, but was transformed by order of Sigismondo Malatesta (1446-55) according to the designs of Leone … Continue reading “Rimini”
Rimbert, Saint
Rimbert, Saint Archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, died at Bremen 11 June, 888. It is uncertain whether he was a Fleming or a Norman. He was educated at the monastery of Turholt near Brügge in Flanders. There St. Ansgar, first Archbishop of Hamburg, became acquainted with him, and later made him his constant companion. When Ansgar died … Continue reading “Rimbert, Saint”
Rimah
Rimah SEE WORM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Riley, Isaac
Riley, Isaac a minister of the Presbyterian Church, son of H.A. Riley, was born in the city of New York Feb. 2, 1835. After receiving a preparatory education he entered Yale College, and was graduated, having written the class poem. He next entered the Union Theological Seminary, and, after graduation, was admitted to the ministry. … Continue reading “Riley, Isaac”
Riley, Henry Augustus
Riley, Henry Augustus a Presbyterian minister, was born in the city of New York Nov. 21, 1801. In 1815 he was sent to the Jesuit College at Georgetown, D.C., but left in 1817, and, under a private tutor in Philadelphia, he was prepared for the University of Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated in July, … Continue reading “Riley, Henry Augustus”
Rigr
Rigr in Norse mythology, was a name of the god Heimdal, under which he became the ancestor of the four ranks of men servants, peasants, nobles, and princes. Two of his descendants likewise bear this name. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Rigorists
Rigorists a name given to the Jansenists by their adversaries. They made repentance to consist in the voluntary sufferings which the transgressor inflicts upon himself, in proportion to the nature of his crimes and the degree of his guilt. They went so far as to call those who had shortened life by excessive abstinence and … Continue reading “Rigorists”