Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Notman, John a noted architect, deserves a place here for his distinguished labors on ecclesiastic structures. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 22, 1810. In 1831 he came to the United States, and settled at Philadelphia, where he died, March 3, 1865. In ecclesiastical architecture he stands among the best representatives of modern times. … Continue reading “Notman, John”

Notker of Liege Born c.940; died 1008. Monk of Saint Gall. Bishop of Liege. Introduced the study of Greek into the School of Liege and laid the foundation of its great scholastic fame. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Notker Labeo Born c.950; died 1022. Monk of Saint Gall. Translated several works from Latin into German (a thing till then unheard of), including Vergil’s “Bucolica,” and Aristotle’s “De categoriis”. Wrote treatises in German on music and rhetoric. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Notker Balbulus, Blessed Born Jonswil, Saint Gall, c.840; died 912. Monk. He composed a martyrology, and a metrical biography of Saint Gall, and is probably the author of the “Gesta Caroli Magni,” a collection of legends. He introduced the sequence, a new kind of religious lyric, into Germany . Beatified , 1512. Feast , 6 … Continue reading “Notker Balbulus, Blessed”

Notker Among the various monks of St. Gall who bore this name, the following are the most important: (1) Blessed Notker Balbulus (Stammerer) Monk and author, b. about 840, at Jonswil, canton of St. Gall (Switzerland); d. 912. Of a distinguished family, he received his education with Tuotilo, originator of tropes, at St. Gall’s, from … Continue reading “Notker”

Notitire Episcopatuum Official documents for eastern countries giving the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a Church. The hierarchical order included the patriarch, greater metropolitans, archbishops, exempt bishops, and suffragan bishops. Among these documents are the “Ecthesis of pseudo-Epiphanius,” and “Notitia of Basil the Armenian.” Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Notitiae Episcopatuum The name given to official documents that furnish for Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a Church. Whilst, in the Patriarchate of Rome, archbishops and bishops were classed according to the seniority of their consecration, and in Africa according to their age, in the Eastern … Continue reading “Notitiae Episcopatuum”

Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae (List of the Provinces and Cities of Africa). A list of the bishops and their sees in the Latin provinces of North Africa, arranged according to provinces in this order: Proconsularis, Numidia, Byzacena, Mauretania Caesariensis, Mauretania Sitifensis, Tripolitana, Sardinia. The cause of its preparation was the summoning of the episcopate … Continue reading “Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae”

Notitia Dignitatum (Register of Offices). The official handbook of the civil and military officials in the later Roman Empire. The extant Latin form belongs to the early fifth century. The last addenda concerning the Eastern Empire point to the year 397 as the latest chronological limit, while supplementary notices concerning the Western Empire extend into … Continue reading “Notitia Dignitatum”

Notitia the name given to the record or chart of the great divisions or provinces, etc., of the empire and the Church. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature