Nueva Caacute;ceres (NOVA CACERES) Diocese created in 1595 by Clement VIII; it is one of the four suffragan sees of the Archdiocese of Manila, Philippine Islands. It comprises the provinces of Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Albay, and Tayabas in the southern part of Luzon, the islands Ticao, Masbate, Burias, and Cantanduanes, also numerous smaller islands … Continue reading “Nueva Caacute;ceres”
Nuestra Señora del Pilar
Nuestra Seora del Pilar A celebrated church in Baroque style (1681), and a shrine at Saragossa, Spain, containing a miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin, the object of very special devotion throughout the kingdom. The image stands on a marble pillar and was crowned, 1905, with a crown designed by the Marquis of Grilli. Fuente: … Continue reading “Nuestra Señora del Pilar”
Nudipedes Or Excalceati
Nudipedes Or Excalceati is the name of a superstitious sect mentioned generally by the ancient heresiologists under the name of Excalceati. They thought it a duty of religion to walk barefoot, pleading in support of their notion the command given to Moses and Joshua. and the example of Isaiah (Philostorgius, De Haeres. lxxxi; Augustine, De … Continue reading “Nudipedes Or Excalceati”
Nudipedalia
Nudipedalia (Lat. nudus, bare, and pes, pedis, a foot), a procession and ceremonies observed at Rome in case of drought, in which the worshippers walked with bare feet in token of mourning and humiliation before the gods. This practice was followed at Rome in the worship of Cybele, and seems also to have been adopted … Continue reading “Nudipedalia”
Nucci, Alvanzino
Nucci, Alvanzino an Italian painter, was born at Citta di Castello in 1552. After studying in his native place he went to Rome, and became the pupil of Niccolo Circigano, and was his ablest scholar. Nucci assisted his master in almost all the works he executed in the Vatican. Nucci also painted many works by … Continue reading “Nucci, Alvanzino”
Nucci, Allegretto
Nucci, Allegretto an old Italian painter of the 14th century, is noted as the author of several works of ecclesiastic art. There are, e.g., in the church of St. Antonio in Fabriano some histories of that saint, divided into pictures in the early style, resembling the school of Giotto, inscribed Ahegrettus Nutius de Fabriano hoc … Continue reading “Nucci, Allegretto”
Nubian Version Of The Scriptures
Nubian Version Of The Scriptures From the annual report of the British and Foreign Bible Society for 1885 we learn that an edition of five hundred copies of the gospel of Mark has been published for the benefit of the Mohammedans in and around Dongola, East Africa. This version, made in the Fadidja dialect, was … Continue reading “Nubian Version Of The Scriptures”
Nubia
Nubia Located in North-eastern Africa, extending from Sennar south to beyond Khartoum and including the Egyptian Sudan. The southern section includes Sennar with Dschesireh-el Dschesire (Island of Islands), the ancient Meroe; the western, Bahr el Abiad, Kordofan, and Darfur; the eastern, Tarka; the central, Dongola; and the northern, Nubia proper. The various tribes belong to … Continue reading “Nubia”
Ntoupi
Ntoupi a name which is given to excommunicated persons by the Greek Christians, because (as the uneducated and superstitious among them pretend) the bodies of the Ntoupi do not rot in the earth, but swell and sound like a drum whenever they are touched or, moved. In confirmation of this ridiculous notion, they tell the … Continue reading “Ntoupi”
N.T.
N.T. = New Testament Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary