Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

October (Latin: octo, eight; eighth month of the Roman year) Month of special devotion to the Holy Rosary. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Octavius, Pope Reigned from 16 December 955 to 14 May 964 . Born in Rome, Italy , c.937 as Octavius; died there. A son of Alberic II, his election was secured by his father. He opened his pontificate with an appeal to Otto I for aid against Berengarius, King of Italy. He crowned Otto emperor … Continue reading “Octavius, Pope”

Octavius – anti-pope Antipope, 1159-1164. Died Lucca, Italy. While papal legate to Germany he gained the reputation of being rapacious and overly ambitious. Upon the death of Pope Adrian IV he sought in vain to have himself elected, and at the imposition of Pope Alexander III he seized the papal mantle and rushed out to … Continue reading “Octavius – anti-pope”

Octavianus Or Octavius Roman emperor. SEE AUGUSTUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Octavian Antipope, was born at Rome about 1095. He was a descendant of the Frascati family, and was made cardinal by Innocent II in 1138. Pope Eugenius III appointed him his legate to Germany, and gave him a mission to the Diet at Ratisbon, which he was prevented from fulfilling by the death of the … Continue reading “Octavian”

octaves (Latin: octavus, eighth) Consists of a feast-day and the seven days following it. Only certain feasts, and those of higher rank, are placed by the Church on her calendar with the form of an octave. As the memory of the feast is more or less kept up during its octave, it is plain that … Continue reading “octaves”

Octave I. ORIGIN It is the number seven, not eight, that plays the principal rôle in Jewish heortology and dominates the cycle of the year. Every seventh day is a sabbath; the seventh month is sacred; the seventh year is a sabbatical year. The jubilee year was brought about by the number seven multiplied by … Continue reading “Octave”

Octavarium Romanum The Octavarium Romanum is a liturgical book which may be considered as an appendix to the Roman Breviary, but which has not the official position of the other Roman liturgical books. The first mention of this book dates from Sixtus V. In order to introduce a greater variety in the selection of lessons, … Continue reading “Octavarium Romanum”

Octava Infantium (eighth [day] of the babes) was a frequent designation of the first Sunday after Easter, so called in reference to the newly baptized as born of God. See Siegel, Christliche Alterthumer, 1:208 sq.; Riddle, Christian Antiquities, p. 677. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Octagonal Chapels Or Churches occur only at Stony Middleton, Wisby, Milan, Perugia, Ravenna, Hierapolis, and the modern St. Dunstan’s-in-the-West, London. There was formerly one at Ayot St. Peter’s. The form is mentioned by Eusebius at Antioch in the case of a church built by Constantine, and was a modification of the principle of the round … Continue reading “Octagonal Chapels Or Churches”