Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Capsarium is the room in which the capsce containing relics were placed. Perpetuus of Tours (cir. A.D. 490), in his will, distinguishes a reliquary which be left to a friend from another gilded theca” which was in his capsariam, and which he left to the Church. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Capsa (Capstila, Or Capsella) is a name applied to several kinds of receptacles for ecclesiastical use: (1) The casket used to contain the unconsecrated elements. According to the direction of the Ordo Romanus I, c. 8, two acolytes bear in the procession before the pope, when about to celebrate, “capsas cum sanctis apertas.” (2) The … Continue reading “Capsa (Capstila, Or Capsella)”

Capsa A titular see of North Africa. The city, said to have been founded by the Libyan Hercules, belonged to King Jugurtha, who had deposited his treasures there; it was captured by Marius in 106 B.C. and destroyed, but later became a Roman colony. When Africa was divided into two provinces by Justinian, it was … Continue reading “Capsa”

Caprona, Arcange Lo De an Italian Franciscan and preacher, was born at Palermo, Sicily. At the age of eighteen he entered a Capuchin convent, in spite of the opposition of his family. He preached with ability in the principal cities of Sicily, and founded, at Trapani, three brotherhoods of his order and a public hospital. … Continue reading “Caprona, Arcange Lo De”

Capron, William Banfield a Congregational minister and missionary, was born at Uxbridge, Mass., April 14, 1824. Having pursued a preliminary course at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., he graduated at Yale College in 1846, and became a private tutor at Baltimore, Md., for one .ear. Afterwards, for six years, he was principal of the Hopkins Grammar-school, … Continue reading “Capron, William Banfield”

Caprioli (Lat. Capreolus), Andrea an Italian theologian and canonist, born at Brescia in the beginning of the 16th century, wrote a Treatise on Ecclesiasticalt Cases- (Brescia, 1571.). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. .. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Caprini (Lat. Caprinus), Giovanni Antonio a Neapolitan theologian and philosopher, was born in Aquila in 1614. He belonged to the society of the Jesuits, and became professor of philosophy and belles-lettres in several houses of his order, as well as rector of various colleges. He published, under the pseudonym of Siderius Leo, the following: Apes … Continue reading “Caprini (Lat. Caprinus), Giovanni Antonio”

Capricorn a sign of the Zodiac, consisting of twenty-eight stars in the form of a goat. Some say Pan assumed this form when terrified at the giant Typhon, and was transferred by Jupiter to the heavens; while others assert that the constellation was the goat. Amalthea, which nourished Jupiter. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Capricorn”

Capreta (Or Capretta), Gaudenzio Erico an Italian canonist, was born at Venice, Nov. 22, 1730. He taught’ theology at Florence, a’ Pavia, and finally at Parma, and died at the last- named place, Nov. 11, 1806. He wrote, Gustavus III, Suecie’ Rex, etc. (Parma, 1784). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Capreta (Or Capretta), Gaudenzio Erico”

Capreolus, John A theologian, born towards the end of the fourteenth century, (about 1380), in the diocese of Rodez, France; died in that city 6 April, 1444. He has been called the “Prince of Thomists”, but only scanty details of his personal history are known. He was a Dominican affiliated to the province of Toulouse, … Continue reading “Capreolus, John”