Claridge, Richard an English clergyman, and an eminent writer among the Quakers, was born in October, 1649, at Farmboroulgh, in Warwickshire, where he received his early education. In 1666 he entered Balliol College. Oxford, but removed to St. Mary’s Hall, where he took his bachelor’s degree in 1670. He received ordination soon after, and in … Continue reading “Claridge, Richard”
Claret y Claraacute;, Saint Antonio María
Claret y Claraacute;, Saint Antonio María Spanish prelate and missionary, born at Sallent, near Barcelona, 23 Dec., 1807; d. at Fontfroide, Narbonne, France, on 24 Oct., 1870. Son of a small woollen manufacturer, he received an elementary education in his native village, and at the age of twelve became a weaver. A little later he … Continue reading “Claret y Claraacute;, Saint Antonio María”
Claret y Clara, Antonio Maria, Venerable
Claret y Clara, Antonio Maria, Venerable (1807 -1870 ) Prelate and missionary, born SalIent, Spain; died Fontfroide, Narbonne, France . He engaged in missionary work in Catalonia and the Canary Islands. Returning in 1849 to Vich, where he had been ordained, he established the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary … Continue reading “Claret y Clara, Antonio Maria, Venerable”
Clarentius, Saint
Clarentius, Saint bishop of Vienne, in France, lived in the early part of the 7th century, and is commemorated on his birthday, April 25. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Clarenines
Clarenines a monastic order founded in the neighborhood of Ancona in 1302 by Angelo di Cordova, after the suppression of the Celestins (q.v.), of which he had been a member. Angelo was cited before pope John XXII as a separatist in 1317, but was acquitted, He died at Naples 1340. After his death the Clarenines … Continue reading “Clarenines”
Clarendon, Constitutions of
Clarendon, Constitutions of At a council held at Clarendon, Wiltshire, England , 1164 , Henry II forced Thomas Becket and the English bishops to accept 16 constitutions, encroaching upon the rights of the Church, which he alleged to be customs of the realm. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Clarendon Constitutions
Clarendon Constitutions 1164. A struggle between the crown and the hierarchy in England began with the elevation of Thomas Becket to the archiepiscopal chair (June, 1162). The pomp-loving courtier, brave warrior, and powerful statesman, the favorite and confidant of Henry II, had become a severe ascetic, a zealous hierarch, and the opponent of the king. … Continue reading “Clarendon Constitutions”
Clarenbach
Clarenbach SEE KLARENBACH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Clarehue, William
Clarehue, William a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1700; appointed to the living at Culsalmond in 1711; ordained in 1712; transferred to Kindar in 1719, but returned. He died May 13, 1733. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticance, iii, 579, 663. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Clare, St., Nuns Of
Clare, St., Nuns Of an order sometimes called Clarisses or Clarissines. from their founder St. Clara (q.v.). The reputation of St. Clara soon gained her a large number of followers, for whom several monasteries were built in various parts of Italy. In the year 1219 the order passed into Spain, and soon after into France. … Continue reading “Clare, St., Nuns Of”