Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

C.F.A. = Alexian Brothers Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Ceylon Island, self-governing colony of the British Empire , in the Indian Ocean; area, 25,332 square miles. Catholicity was introduced into Ceylon in 1518 by Franciscans , who built churches and monasteries , preached the Faith, and made thousands of converts. Saint Francis Xavier visited the island about 1542 and converted many of the northern … Continue reading “Ceylon”

Cewydd-ab-law a Welsh saint of the 6th century, was founder of Aberedw and Diserth, in Radnorshire, and of Llangewydd, an extinct church near Bridgend, in Glamorganshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, p. 230). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cevallerius SEE CHEVALIER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ceva, Thomas (1648-1737) Jesuit mathematician, born Milan; died there. He was a prolific writer, and is best known for his geometrical theorem. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Ceva, Thomas Mathematician, born at Milan, 21 December, 1648; died there, 23 February, 1737. In 1663 he entered the Society of Jesus. He was a prolific writer on a … Continue reading “Ceva, Thomas”

Cetumbria SEE CETHUBERIS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cetubim (the usual Anglo-Latin form of the Heb term , Kethubim, the Writings), one of the three large divisions of the Old Test. used by the Jews, and thus distinguished from the Law and the Prophets (the other divisions), as being, in the first instance, committed to writing, and not orally delivered. Hence the Book … Continue reading “Cetubim”

Ceti SEE CIETI. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cethuberis was a virgin whom Joceline (Life of St. Patrick, c. 79) thus calls, and afterwards (c. 188), Ethembria; and whose name assumes a great multiplicity of forms, as Ceatsamaria, Cectumbria, and perhaps Edhmair, etc. She is said to have been the first who received the veil in Ireland from St. Patrick, at her monastery … Continue reading “Cethuberis”

Cethites A people of Asia Minor, descendants of Chanaan (Genesis 10), occupying the territory between Chaldea and Egypt, one of the richest commercial countries in the East. When Abraham came to Chanaan, he found a Hethite colony clustered around Hebron (Genesis 23; 26). Little is known of their language and religion. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary