Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Clavus is a band of arabesque embroidery or rich stuff of purple or other brilliant colors, worn on ecclesiastical vestments. The laticlave of the colobium was usually a wide band, reaching from the neck to the feet. In the chasuble it was pall-shaped, and called the pectoral, dorsal, onophorion, auriclave, and orphrey. It also occurs … Continue reading “Clavus”

Clavius, Claudius (Or NICHOLAS NIGER.) The latinized form of the name of the old Danish cartographer Claudius Claussön Swart, born in the village of Salling, on the Island of Fünen, 14 September, 1388; date of death unknown. He was the first man to make a map of North-Western Europe, which, moreover, included the first map … Continue reading “Clavius, Claudius”

Clavius, Christopher Jesuit astronomer and mathematician , born Bamberg , Bavaria , 25 March 1538; died Rome, Italy , 12 February 1612. Known as the “Euclid of the 16th century ,” he distingnished himself in mathematical research at Coimbra and was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the Collegium Romanum. He devised a method … Continue reading “Clavius, Christopher”

Clavigny, Jacques De La Mariouse De a French theologian, was a native of Bayeux. He became canon in his native town, where he died in 1702, leaving, Vie de Guillaume le Conquerant. (Bayeux, 1675, 12mo):Prieres Tirees des Psaumes (1690, 12mo):-Du Luxe Selon Tertullien, Basile et Augustin (12mo) :-L’Esprit des Psaumnes. See Biog. Universelle, s.v. Fuente: … Continue reading “Clavigny, Jacques De La Mariouse De”

Clavigero, Francisco Saverio Born at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 9 September, 1731; d. at Bologna, Italy, 2 April, 1787. At the age of seventeen he entered the Society of Jesus. Father José Rafael Campoi, S.J., at the College of St. Peter and St. Paul in Mexico, directed his attention to the valuable collection of documents on … Continue reading “Clavigero, Francisco Saverio”

Claviger (key-bearer) is a canon who keeps the keys of the chapter seal and chests. There are usually two or three such officers at a time. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Claveson, Charles De a French religious poet, lived in 1615. He was knight of the order of the king and sublieutenant of Hostun, Mercurol, and Mureil. He took the names of Philostaure, Ami de la Croix, and Vieux Papiste. He left Oraisons pour les Dimanches et Fetes :-Sonnets in quatrain. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, … Continue reading “Claveson, Charles De”

Claver, Saint Peter The son of a Catalonian farmer, was born at Verdu, in 1581; he died 8 September, 1654. He obtained his first degrees at the University of Barcelona. At the age of twenty he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona. While he was studying philosophy at Majorca in 1605, Alphonsus Rodriguez, the saintly … Continue reading “Claver, Saint Peter”

Claver, Peter, Saint Confessor; apostle of the Negroes; born Verdu, Catalonia, 1580; died Cartagena, South America, 1654. After graduating from the university of Barcelona, he became a Jesuit, 1601, and by the advice of Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez volunteered for the South American mission. Landing at Cartagena, in 1610, he was ordained there, 1616, and devoted … Continue reading “Claver, Peter, Saint”

Claver, Pedro a Spanish missionary of the order of the Jesuits, was sent in 1610 to the East Indies, where he devoted himself entirely to the relief of the colored slaves, prisoners, and poor. He died at Carthagena, Sept. 8,1654. Benedict XIV declared, by. a decree of 1747, that Claver possessed the divine, and cardinal … Continue reading “Claver, Pedro”