Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Urbino, Salomon ben-Abraham a Jewish writer who flourished in 1480, is the author of a lexicon on the synonyms of the Old Test., entitled , The Tabernacle of the Congregation in allusion to Exo 33:7, because therein are congregated expressions which differ in sound, but are like in essence ( ). The synonyms are divided … Continue reading “Urbino, Salomon ben-Abraham”

Urbino (URBINATENSIS) Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy. The city of Urbino is situated on a hill between the valleys of the Metaurus and Foglia, in a mountainous but well-cultivated country. The cathedral, near the ducal palace, was designed by Count Federico da Montefeltre; but was completely transformed in the nineteenth century, as the cupola … Continue reading “Urbino”

Urbi et Orbi The term Urbi et Orbi (which means “for the city and for the world”) signifies that a papal document is addressed not only to the City of Rome but to the entire Catholic world. This phrase is applied especially to the solemn blessing with plenary indulgence which, before the occupation of Rome, … Continue reading “Urbi et Orbi”

Urbanus, bishop of Sicca Veneria Urbanus (6), bp. of Sicca Veneria, a town of proconsular Africa (Kaff) 22 miles from Musti (Ant. Itin. xli. 4; Shaw, Trav. p. 95; Aug. Ep. 229). Apparently a member of Augustine’s monastic society at Hippo (Aug. Ep. 139. 34), he had occasion to remove from his office for grave … Continue reading “Urbanus, bishop of Sicca Veneria”

Urbanus, bishop of Rome Urbanus (1), bp. of Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus, from 223 (or 222) to 230. The Liberian Catalogue gives 8 years 11 months and 11 days as the length of his episcopate. Nothing certain is known of his life. The Acta S. Urbani cannot be relied on. The discovery by … Continue reading “Urbanus, bishop of Rome”

Urbanus (, a Latin name, common among slaves and found in inscriptions of the Imperial household) Urbanus is saluted by St. Paul in Rom 16:9 and described as our fellow-worker in Christ ( ). Prisca and Aquila are saluted in Rom 16:3 as my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus, and Timothy is referred to in Rom … Continue reading “Urbanus”

Urbanis, Guilio an Italian painter, of San Daniello, studied with Pompoieo Amalteo, and followed his manner. Lanzi mentions a fresco by him at San Daniello representing the Virgin with the Infant Christ, seated upon a throne, surrounded by Thomas the apostle, Valentine, and other saints, signed Opus Julii Urbanis, 1574.’: See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of … Continue reading “Urbanis, Guilio”

Urbanenses one of the numerous small sects of the Donatists in Numidia, mentioned by Augustine (Crescom. 4:70). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Urbane [some Ur’bane others Urba’ne] or rather URBAN (, Grsecized from the Lat. Urbanus, i.e. of the city, or urban), a Christian at Rome saluted by Paul as having been his associate in labor ( ) in the list of those addressed (Rom 16:9). A.D. 55. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Urbane … Continue reading “Urbane”

Urban VIII, Pope Maffeo Barberini, born at Florence in April, 1568; elected pope, 6 August, 1623; died at Rome, 29 July, 1644. His father Antonio Barberini, a Florentine nobleman, who died when Maffeo was only three years old, his mother, Camilla Barbadoro, brought him to Rome at an early age. He lived with his uncle, … Continue reading “Urban VIII, Pope”