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Nags-Head Consecration designates the questionable way in which Roman Catholics assert that the apostolical succession was preserved in the Church of England. They aver that on the passing of the first Act of Uniformity in the first year of queen Elizabeth’s reign, fourteen bishops vacating their sees, and all the other sees excepting that of … Continue reading “Nags-Head Consecration”

Nagpur or Nagpore an extensive inland province of British India, belonging in its civil administration to the Bengal, and in its military to the Madras presidency, extends immediately north-east of the Nizam’s dominions, in lat. 170 15′- 23 5′ N., long. 78 3′-83 10′, and has an area of 76,432 square miles, with a population … Continue reading “Nagpur or Nagpore”

Nagpur, India, archdiocese of Comprises the districts of Nagpur and Bhandara in Maharashtra state, and the districts of Betul, Chhindwara, Seoni (except the tehsil of Lakhnadon) and Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh. Founded on 11 July 1887 by division from the diocese of Vizagapatam as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Madras. Entrusted to the French … Continue reading “Nagpur, India, archdiocese of”

Nagpur (Nagpurensis) Diocese in India, suffragan to Madras. Formerly the north-western portion of the Vicariate Apostolic of Vizagapatam, it was erected into a diocese on 29 July, 1887, and its boundaries finally readjusted on 10 July, 1895. It comprises the greater portion of the Central Provinces, Berar, a portion of the Indore State, a strip … Continue reading “Nagpur”

Nagot, Francois-Charles a French ascetic writer, was born at Tours, April 19, 1734. Admitted into the congregation of the priests of Saint-Sulpice, he was sent as professor of theology to the Seminary of Nantes. He was made superior of the house of the Robertins at Paris in 1769, afterwards of the small seminary of Saint- … Continue reading “Nagot, Francois-Charles”

Naglfar in Norse mythology, is the greatest ship of the world, built out of the nails of the dead, and designed to bring the inhabitants of Muspelheim to combat against the Asas, when Ragnarokr, the destruction of the world, begins. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nagle, Nano Foundress of the Presentation Order, born Ballygriffin, Ireland, 1728; died Cork, Ireland, 26 April 1784. She was educated in Ireland, and later in France where she entered a convent. Returning to Ireland, she went to Cork and fought against the ignorance and vice prevalent there. Later she established schools for boys and girls, … Continue reading “Nagle, Nano”

Nagle, Honoria Foundress of the Presentation Order, born Ballygriffin, Ireland, 1728; died Cork, Ireland, 26 April 1784. She was educated in Ireland, and later in France where she entered a convent. Returning to Ireland, she went to Cork and fought against the ignorance and vice prevalent there. Later she established schools for boys and girls, … Continue reading “Nagle, Honoria”

Nagge [rather Nanae] ( v.r. ; comp. Sept. for Nogah, , 1Ch 3:7), one of the ancestors of Christ in the maternal line, the son of Maath (rather of Semei), and father of Esli (Luk 3:25); corresponding to NEARIAH SEE NEARIAH (q.v.), the son of Shemaiah, and father of Elioenai in the Davidic lineage (1Ch … Continue reading “Nagge”

Naggai NAGGAI.An ancestor of Jesus, Luk 3:25 (= OT Nogah, 1Ch 3:7; 1Ch 14:6). Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels Naggai NAGGAI.An ancestor of Jesus (Luk 3:25); cf. the Heb. name Nogah. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Naggai nag, naga- (, Nagga; the King James Version Nagge): In Luk 3:25, the Greek … Continue reading “Naggai”