Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Regina Caeli laetare, alleluia Antiphon of Our Lady said, standing, instead of the Angelus, and also after the Divine Office, from Compline on Holy Saturday until None of the Saturday after Pentecost, inclusively. The indulgences are the same as for the Angelus. It may be found in 14th-century manuscripts, but it is not known who … Continue reading “Regina Caeli laetare, alleluia”

Regina DIOCESE OF REGINA (REGINENSIS) A newly created (4 March, 1910) ecclesiastical division, comprising the southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, as far north as the 30th township, or about 51°30′ lat. The Catholic population amounts to 58,771, of whom 19,563 are of French descent, 16,318 Germans, about 13,000 Galicians following the Ruthenian … Continue reading “Regina”

Regicide Of Ehud Jdg 3:16-23 Of Saul 2Sa 1:16 Of Ish-Bosheth 2Sa 4:5-8 Of Nadab 1Ki 15:27-29 Of Elah 1Ki 16:9-11 Of Joram 2Ki 9:24 Of Ahaziah 2Ki 9:27 Of Joash 2Ki 12:20-21 Of Amaziah 2Ki 14:19-20 Of Zachariah 2Ki 15:10 Of Shallum 2Ki 15:14 Of Pekahiah 2Ki 15:25 Of Pekah 2Ki 15:30 Of Sennacherib … Continue reading “Regicide”

Reggio, Isaac Samuel a Jewish writer, was born Aug. 15, 1784, at Gorz, in Illyria. As the son of a rabbi, he received a thorough Jewish education, and with his brilliant powers he soon became master of Jewish literature, and acquired an extraordinary knowledge of Hebrew. His talents and fame secured for him the appointment … Continue reading “Reggio, Isaac Samuel”

Reggio di Calabria ARCHDIOCESE OF REGGIO DI CALABRIA (RHEGIENSIS). Archdiocese in Calabria, southern Italy. The city is situated on the slope of the Aspromonte, at the extreme end of the peninsula, communicating with Messina by a line of ferries. Grain, olives, wine, fruit, fishing, the silk trade, and the manufacture of furniture have rendered Reggio … Continue reading “Reggio di Calabria”

Reggio dell’ Emilia DIOCESE OF REGGIO DELL’ EMILIA (REGINENSIS) Suffragan of Modena in central Italy. The city is situated just where the ancient Via Æmilia is crossed by the small River Crostolo, which flows into the River Po, through a very fertile territory. The principal industries are silk, straws, and osiers. The cathedral is Romanesque, … Continue reading “Reggio dell’ Emilia”

regesta, papal (Latin: regerere, to inscribe) The copies, generally entered by the papal chancery in special registry volumes, of papal correspondence and official documents, both ancient and modern. This custom probably antedates Constantine, and can be positively proved for the 4th century and onwards, althovgh nearly all the copies up to the end of the … Continue reading “Regesta, Papal”

Regensburg, Germany, diocese of Founded in 739 by Saint Boniface . Over the years its bishops received much property, including several imperial domains and the administration of a few places in Lower Bavaria; they enjoyed secular powers such as the right of coinage and were made princes of the empire in the 17th century. Suffragen … Continue reading “Regensburg, Germany, diocese of”

Regensburg, Germany, city of German city; capital of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, and former state of the Holy Roman Empire. Originally the Celtic Radasbona, in Roman days Castra Regina, a frontier fortress, Ratisbon was the seat of the apostolic labors of Saint Rupert, c.697, Saint Emmeran, c.710, who founded a monastery, and Saint Erhard, 720. In … Continue reading “Regensburg, Germany, city of”

Regensburg DIOCESE OF RATISBON (RATISBONENSIS), also called REGENSBURG. Suffragan of Munich-Freising. It embraces the greater portion of the administrative district of Oberpfalz, and portions of the districts of Upper and Lower Bavaria, and Upper Franconia (see GERMANY, map), an area of about 5340 square miles. It is divided into the three episcopal commissariates of Ratisbon, … Continue reading “Regensburg”