Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ohaloth SEE TALMUD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

O’Hagan, Thomas First Baron O’Hagan of Tullxhogue; born Belfast, Ireland, 1812; died 1885. After editing the “Newry Examiner,” he made rapid progress at the Bar, and, 1868, was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the first Catholic to hold that office since the days of James II. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary O’Hagan, Thomas First Baron of … Continue reading “O’Hagan, Thomas”

O’Hagan, John Lawyer and writer; born Newry, County Down, Ireland, 1822; died Dublin, Ireland, 1890. His brilliant career at the bar was crowned by his elevation to the High Court of Justice by Gladstone. In his earliest manhood he was one of the leading poets of “The Nation” group, and late in life wrote the … Continue reading “O’Hagan, John”

Ohad (Heb. id. ‘, power; Sept. v. r. ), the third named of the six sons of Simeon, and head of a family in Israel (Gen 46:10; Exo 6:15). B.C. cir. 1870. His name is omitted from the lists in 1Ch 4:24, Num 26:14, though in the former passage the Syriac has Ohor. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Ohad”

Oh come and mourn with me a while Hymn written by Reverend F W Faber in the 19th century. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

O.H. = Hospitallers Brothers of Saint John of God Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

O’Growney, Eugene Priest and scholar, born Ballyfallon, County Meath, Ireland, 1863; died Los Angeles, California, 1899. Ordained, 1888, he taught Irish at Maynooth College. As editor of the “Gaelic Journal” and one of the founders of the Gaelic League, he played a leading part in the movement to save the Irish language from extinction, especially … Continue reading “O’Growney, Eugene”

OGorman, James, D.D. a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in America. of whose early history we are uninformed, flourished in recent times as vicar-apostolic of Nebraska, the territories of Montana and Wyoming, and part of Dakota, to which he was appointed May 8, 1859, having been previously consecrated bishop of Raphanea, a nominal see. … Continue reading “OGorman, James, D.D.”

Ogoa a name applied to Zeus by the Carians at Mysala, in whose temple a sea- wave was occasionally seen. The Athenians alleged the same thing in regard to their own citadel. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ogliastra DIOCESE OF OGLIASTRA (OLEASTRENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia. It was formerly under the Archbishop of Cagliari, but Leo XII, at the petition of King Charles Felix, by a bull of 11 November, 1824, erected Ogliastra into a diocese, suffragan of Cagliari, with the Capuchin Serafino Carchero for its first prelate. In … Continue reading “Ogliastra”