Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Maestro di Camera del Papa Title of one of the four palace prelates, actual chief chamberlain of the Vatican. His jurisdiction is limited exclusively to the reception rooms of the pope and he supervises all matters concerning the daily personal service of the pontiff, e.g., household affairs, Vatican guards, petitions for audiences, etc. Fuente: New … Continue reading “Maestro di Camera del Papa”

Maerlant, Jacob van The greatest Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291. Of his life little is known. His name he seems to have derived front Maerlant on the island of Voorne, where he lived for some time employed as a sexton, whence his surname “de Coster”. Later he resided … Continue reading “Maerlant, Jacob van”

Maelus ( v. r. ,Vulg. Michelus), given (1Es 9:26) as the name of an Israelite whose posterity returned from Babylon, in place of the MIAMIN (q.v.) of the Hebrew text (Ezr 10:25). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Maelus MAELUS (1Es 9:26) = Mijamin, Ezr 10:25. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Maelus … Continue reading “Maelus”

Maelrubha, Saint (MA-RUI, MOLROY, ERREW, SUMMARYRUFF, also SAGART-RUADH) An abbot and martyr, founder of Abercrossan, b. 642; d. 21 April, 722. He was descended from Niall, King of Ireland, on the side of his father Elganach. His rnother, Subtan, was a niece of St. Comgall the Great, of Bangor. St. Maelrubha was born in the … Continue reading “Maelrubha, Saint”

Maelruan, Saint (Maolruain, Melruan, Molruan). Founder and first Abbot of Tamalcht (Tallacht), in the County of Dublin, Ireland. Nothing seems to be known of St. Maelruan before the foundation of Tamlacht, which took place in the year 769. The church, which was dedicated to St. Michael, was built on land given by Donnchadh, King of … Continue reading “Maelruan, Saint”

Maelmhaedhoc O’Morgair Confessor, archbishop of Armagh, born Armagh, Ireland, 1094; died Clairvaux, France, 1148. After ordination he studied liturgy and theology at Lismore, and was Abbot of Bangor, Bishop of Connor (1124), and Archbishop of Armagh (1132), where he restored church discipline, which had become relaxed through the system of lay abbots, and, on resigning … Continue reading “Maelmhaedhoc O’Morgair”

Maedoc, Saint (MOEDHOG, MOGUE, AEDDAN FOEDDOG, AIDUS, HUGH) First Bishop of Ferns, in Wexford, b. about 558, on an island in Brackley Lough, County Cavan; d. 31 January, 626. He was the son of Sedna, a chieftain of Connaught, and of his wife, Eithne. Even in his early years the fame of his sanctity was … Continue reading “Maedoc, Saint”

Maecenatism Patronage of the arts (from Maecenas, the patron of Horace and Virgil). — L.V. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Maduwa the place in which the Bana, or sacred books of the Buddhists, are publicly read. It is usually a temporary structure, the roof having several breaks or compartments, gradually decreasing in size as they approach the top, in the form of a pagoda, or of a pyramid composed of several platforms. There is one … Continue reading “Maduwa”

Madura Mission As shown in the “Atlas Geographicus S.J.”, the ancient Jesuit missions in India under the Portuguese were divided into two provinces — that of Goa comprising the west coast down to Calicut exclusive, and the interior districts of the Deccan and Mysore, while the Malabar province occupied the south of the peninsula, that … Continue reading “Madura Mission”