Victor Bishop of Tunnunum (Tonnenna, Tunnuna) in Northern Africa and zealous supporter of the Three Chapters; died about 569, probably in confinement at a monastery in Constantinople. On account of his fanatical adherence to the three Chapters, which had been condemned by an edict of Justinian I in 544, he was first imprisoned in the … Continue reading “Victor (2)”
Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani
Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani The first stanza of the Easter sequence. Medieval missals placed it on various days within the octave, but the Roman Missal assigns it daily from Easter to the following Saturday inclusively. On the authority of an Einsiedeln manuscript of the eleventh century, its authorship has been ascribed to Wipo (q.v.). … Continue reading “Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani”
Vico, Francescoe de
Vico, Francescoe de Astronomer, b. at Macerata, States of the Church, 19 May, 1805; d. at London, England, 15 Nov., 1848. Entering the Society of Jesus at San Andrea, Rome, and showing peculiar aptitude for mathematics and astronomy, he was appointed professor of these branches at the Roman Collega and assistant to the director of … Continue reading “Vico, Francescoe de”
Vico, Francesco de
Vico, Francesco de (1805 -1848 ) Astronomer . Jesuit. Directed the Observatory at Rome and made valuable observations of the comets and Saturn. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Vico (Vighi, or Vicus), Enea
Vico (Vighi, or Vicus), Enea an eminent Italian engraver and medallist, was born at Parma about 1520. He studied under Giulio Romano, and after wards went to Rome, where he entered the school of Marc Antonio Raimondi. He made such progress that he was invited to Florence by the grand-duke, Cosmo I, where he engraved … Continue reading “Vico (Vighi, or Vicus), Enea”
Vick, Newet
Vick, Newet a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Southampton County, Va., March 17,1766. He began preaching in 1788 entered the Virginia Conference in 1790; married in 1791; removed to North Carolina in 1799, and three years later to Mississippi, where he labored until his decease, near Vicksburg, Aug. 5, 1819. See Sprague, Annals or … Continue reading “Vick, Newet”
Vick, J. O
Vick, J. O an English Congregational minister, was born at Emsworth, Nov. 11, 1803, and died June 7, 1862. He was occupied in business nearly the whole of his life, but frequently was engaged in preaching and for several years labored acceptably as pastor of the Church in Waterloo, Portsmouth. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1863, … Continue reading “Vick, J. O”
Vicious circle
Vicious circle A vicious circle in proof (circulus in probando) occurs if p1 is used to prove p2, p2 to prove p3, . . . , pn-1 to prove pn, and finally pn to prove p1 — p1,p2, . . . , pn being then taken as all proved. This is a form of the … Continue reading “Vicious circle”
Vici, Andrea del
Vici, Andrea del an Italian architect, was born at Arcevia, in the Marca d’Ancona in 1744. He was educated at Perugia, and then sent to Rome to study painting under Stefano Pozzi, and architecture under Carlo Murena, but he decided to follow the latter as a profession. In 1780 the court of Tuscany appointed him … Continue reading “Vici, Andrea del”
Vich, Diocese of
Vich, Diocese of (Vicensis, Ausonensis). Suffragan of Tarragona, bounded on the north by Gerona, on the east by Gerona and Barcelona, on the south by Barcelona and Tarragona, on the west by Tarragona and Lerida. It lies within the four Catalonian provinces, but the greater part of it in that of Barcelona. The capital has … Continue reading “Vich, Diocese of”