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Ossory, Ireland, diocese of The Diocese includes most of County Kilkenny and portions of Counties Laois and Offaly. There are 42 parishes in the diocese, covering an area of 1,972 square kilometres with a total Catholic population of 76,790 (2005). Suffragan of the archdiocese of Dublin. Early missionaries were Saint Kieran and Saint Canice. Interesting … Continue reading “Ossory, Ireland, diocese of”

Ossory, Diocese of (Ossoriensis.) In the Province of Leinster, Ireland, is bounded on the south by the Suir, on the east by the Barrow, on the west by Tipperary and King’s County, and on the north by Queen’s County. It has an area of 600,000 acres, and corresponds geographically with the ancient Kingdom of Ossory, … Continue reading “Ossory, Diocese of”

Ossitinian Version SEE RUSSIA, VERSIONS OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ossipaga (bone-fastener), an ancient Roman deity, whose office it was to harden and consolidate the bones of infants. Gardner, Faiths of the World, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ossilegium (os, a bone, and legere, to gather), the act of collecting the bones of the dead. It was customary among the ancient Greeks, when the funeral pyre was burned down, to quench the dying embers with wine, after which the relatives and friends collected the bones of the deceased. This last practice received the … Continue reading “Ossilegium”

Ossilago (bone-hardening). SEE OSSIPAGA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

OSSIFRAGE Bone-breaker; in Hebrew Peries, to break; an unclean bird of the eagle family, Lev 11:13 Deu 14:12 . Some interpreters think the vulture is intended; others, a mountain bird like the lammergeyer of the Alps, which breaks the bones of wild goats by hunting them over precipices. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Ossifrage … Continue reading “Ossifrage”

OSSENIANS A denomination of the first century, which taught that faith may and ought to be dissembled. 1. Notes 2. PACIFICATION 3. PAEDOBAPTISTS 4. PAGANISM 5. PAGODA 6. PALM SUNDAY 7. PANTHEISM 8. PANTHEOLOGY 9. PAPIST 10. PARABLE 11. PARACLETE 12. PARADISE 13. PARAPHRASE 14. PARDON 15. PARENTS 16. PARSIMONY 17. PARSON 18. PASAGINIANS 19. … Continue reading “Ossenians”

Ossat, Arnaud d’ French cardinal, diplomat, and writer, b. at Larroque-Magnoac (Gascony), 20 July, 1537; d. at Rome, 13 March, 1604, was the son of a blacksmith. He was sent to the College of Auch as tutor to the sons of a nobleman, then to Paris, where he became the pupil and friend of the … Continue reading “Ossat Arnaud D”

Ossa a Homeric female deity, the messenger of Zeus. She was worshipped at Athens, and seems to have corresponded to the Latin goddess Fama. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature