Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cethech an Irish saint, bishop of Cill-garadh, is commemorated June 16. He is usually known as St. Patrick’s bishop. His father belonged to Meath, and his mother was of the race of Olildus or Tirellil. He was born at Donnagh Sarige, near Duleek and when St. Patrick was going westward through Roscommon, he gave the … Continue reading “Cethech”

Cetab (, Vulg. Celtra), given (1Es 5:30) as one of the “servants of the Temple” whose “sons” returned from Babylon; but the Hebrews lists (Ezr 2:46; Neh 7:48) do not contain any correspending name. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Cetab setab. See KETAB. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Cestra A titular see of Asia Minor, Hierocles (709), Georgius Cyprius (ed. Gelzer, p. 836), and Parthey (Notitiae episcopatuum), place this city in Isauria, as a suffragan of Seleuccia. Bishop Epiphanius was present at Chalcedon in 451, and subscribed the letter to Emperor Leo in 458 (Lequien, II, 1025). Another, Elpidius, was a partisan of … Continue reading “Cestra”

Cestius Gallus son of C. Cestius Gallus Cameronus, was governor (legatus) of Syria A.D. 64, 65, when the Jews broke out into the rebellion which ended in the destruction of their metropolis and Temple by Titus. Maddened by the tyranny of Gessius Florus (q.v.),they applied to Gallus for protection; but, though he sent Neapolitanus, one … Continue reading “Cestius Gallus”

Cessoles (Lat. De Cessolis, Cassolis, Or Casulis), Jacques De a French theologian and moralist, who lived at Rheims in the 13th century, was, as is supposed, a native of the village of Cessoles, in Picardy, whence his name. He took monastic orders, and about 1290 wrote a book in Latin on the Morality of Chess … Continue reading “Cessoles (Lat. De Cessolis, Cassolis, Or Casulis), Jacques De”

Cession is a term employed in the Church of England, when a benefice has become void in consequence of the incumbent being promoted to a bishopric. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cessation is an act of discipline in the Church of Rome, technically styled cessatio a divinis, by which, for any notorious injury or disobedience to the Church, a stop is put to all divine offices and the administration of the sacraments, and the dead are deprived of Christian burial. The only privilege allowed is to … Continue reading “Cessation”

Cespedes, Pablo (called in Italian Cedaspe), a very eminent Spanish painter, was born at Cordova in 1538. He visited Rome twice for improvement, and derived great advantage from the study of the productions of. Michael Angelo. While there he executed several paintings, among them an Annunciation and a Nativity, in the Trinita dei Monti; also … Continue reading “Cespedes, Pablo”

Ceslaus, Saint Born at Kamien in Silesia, Poland (now Prussia), about 1184; died at Breslau about 1242. He was of the noble family of Odrowatz and a relative, probably a brother, of St. Hyacinth. Having studied philosophy at Prague, he pursued his theological and juridical studies at the University of Bologna, after which he returned … Continue reading “Ceslaus, Saint”

Cesi, Bartolommeo an eminent Italian painter, was born at Bologna in 1556, and studied under Gio. Francesco Bezzi, but afterwards adopted the style of Pellegrino Tibaldi. His works are quite numerous at Bologna. The principal are in San Giacomo Maggiore, The Virgin and Infant in the Clouds, with a Glory of Angels; also St. John; … Continue reading “Cesi, Bartolommeo”