CASIPHIA The home of many of the exiled Jews, was probably in the vicinity of the Caspian sea, Ezr 8:17 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Casiphia silver, a place between Babylon and Jerusalem, where Iddo resided (Ezra 8:17); otherwise unknown. Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Casiphia On the road between Babylon and Jerusalem (Est … Continue reading “Casiphia”
Casino, Monte (Or Monte-Cassino)
Casino, Monte (Or Monte-Cassino) is a celebrated abbey in Italy, founded by St. Benedict, and situated on a mountain immediately behind the city of Casino. It was here that St. Benedict established the order which bears the name of this place. The abbey of Monte Casino was destroyed by the Lombards in 580, when St. … Continue reading “Casino, Monte (Or Monte-Cassino)”
Casina
Casina was martyred, together with her husband, Melasippus, and her son, Antony, at Ancyra, by order of Julian the Apostate. According to Menol. Basil, they are commemorated Nov. 7. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Casimir, Saint
Casimir, Saint (Slavic: show forth peace) (1458 -1484 ) Prince of Poland , died Grodno, Russia. He was made grand-duke of Lithuania in 1471 . Elected King of Hungary, he refused to exercise the power. He died of consumption. Patron of Poland ; invoked against the plague, and Turks. Emblems : crown , lily. Buried … Continue reading “Casimir, Saint”
Casimir (2)
Casimir patron saint of Poland, was grand-duke of Lithuania, and third son of Casimir IV, born Oct. 5, ,1458, and was educated by John Dugoff, a canon of Cracow, commonly called Longinus. Casimir, in early youth, devoted himself to piety and self-denial. When the nobles of Hungary, dissatisfied with Matthias Corvinus, their king, entreated the … Continue reading “Casimir (2)”
Casillac, Bernard de
Casillac, Bernard de a French prelate, was provost of Saint Cecile of Albi and prior of Fargues, when he was elected by the chapter, Dec. 9, 1434, in place of Pierre Neveu; but pope Eugenius IV gave the bishopric to Robert Dauphin, bishop of Chartres. De Casillac applied to the Council of Basle, which recognized … Continue reading “Casillac, Bernard de”
Casiana
Casiana was a deaconess, to whom Theodoret wrote his Epist. 17. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cashmerian Version of the Scriptures
Cashmerian Version Of The Scriptures Of late the work of translation into this dialect has again been resumed, for the annual report of the British and Foreign Bible Society for 1884 states that the Reverend T.R. Wade, formerly of Trinagar, now of Amritsar, has completed the translation of the New Test., on which he has … Continue reading “Cashmerian Version of the Scriptures”
Cashel, Ireland, archdiocese of
Cashel, Ireland, archdiocese of Comprises the greater part of Tipperary and part of Limerick counties and has perpetual administration of the Diocese of Emly. Saint Patrick converted Aengus, King of Cashel, c.450 ; Saint Ailbe established his see at Emly, where a great school flourished in the 5th century . In 1101 O’Dunan was made … Continue reading “Cashel, Ireland, archdiocese of”
Cashel
Cashel A town in the County Tipperary, Ireland, which is also a Catholic archbishopric and the see of a Protestant bishop. The Rock of Cashel, to which the town below owes its origin, is an isolated elevation of stratified limestone, rising abruptly from a broad and fertile plain, called the Golden Vein. The top of … Continue reading “Cashel”