Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Rattoone, Elijah, D. D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1787; was ordained deacon, January 10, 1790; soon after tools charge of St. Ann’s Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.; in 1792 became professor in Columbia College of Latin and Greek, and in 1794 was made professor of Grecian and Roman antiquities; … Continue reading “Rattoone, Elijah, D. D.D”

Rattles (Fr. crecelle, tarturelle, rattelle; Lat. crotalum). Prior to the introduction of bells (q.v.), rattles of wood or of iron were struck or shaken by the hand to summon the people to worship. The Celtic cloc, which preceded the use of bells. was a board with knockers. The Greeks used the (sacred iron), a mallet … Continue reading “Rattles”

Ratte, Guitard De a French prelate, was born at Montpellier in 1552. He was advisory clerk in the Parliament of Toulouse. When imprisoned with the president, Duranti, he showed so much opposition to the government that his house and library were pillaged, and he was condemned by Parliament to be executed. Henry IV indemnified Ratte … Continue reading “Ratte, Guitard De”

Ratramnus Of Corbey an Aquitanian monk of the first half of the 9th century, is noted in ecclesiastical history as the controversialist of Paschasius Radbertus on the subject of the holy eucharist (q.v.). Ratramnus’s personal history is scarcely known, except that he was the personal friend of Godeschalcus, and was regarded in his day as … Continue reading “Ratramnus Of Corbey”

Ratramnus (Rathramnus) A Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Corbie, in the present Department of Somme, one of the most important ecclesiastical authors of the ninth century, d. after 868. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His best known work is a treatise on the Holy Eucharist, entitled “De corpore et sanguine Domini”. It … Continue reading “Ratramnus”

Ratisbonne, Maria Theodor Catholic priest, preacher, and writer. Director of the Arch-confraternity of Christian Mothers. Brother of Maria Alphonse Ratisbonne. Born in 1802 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine; died in 1884 in Paris , France . Converted from Judaism, he embraced Catholicism in 1826, and was ordained in 1830. He obtained permission from Pope Gregory XVI to … Continue reading “Ratisbonne, Maria Theodor”

Ratisbonne, Maria Alphonse Catholic priest, visionary and missionary. Born in 1814 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine; died in 1884 at Ain Karim, near Jerusalem. Born Jewish, by 1842 he had completely lost his faith. He was converted to Catholicism by a miraculous apparition of the Blessed Virgin at the church of San Andrea delle Fratte at Rome, … Continue reading “Ratisbonne, Maria Alphonse”

Ratisbonne, Alfonso Maria head of the Roman Catholic religious Society of Zion, at Jerusalem, was born at Strasburg, of a respectable Jewish family, his father being the president of the Israelitish Consistory. According to the Notizia sulla sua Conversione (Venice, 1842), Ratisbonne owed his conversion to the apparition of the Virgin Mary, which took place … Continue reading “Ratisbonne, Alfonso Maria”

Ratisbon, Germany 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 739 it … Continue reading “Ratisbon, Germany”

Ratisbon 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 “Ratisbon”