Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Canterbury (Cantuaria Dorobernum) the capital of the county of Kent, a cathedral city and the seat of an archbishop, who is the metropolitan of all England. It is 56 miles from London, E.S.E., on the road to Dover. When Augustine became archbishop of this see, A.D. 597, king Ethelbert granted his palace here to the … Continue reading “Canterbury (Cantuaria Dorobernum)”

Canterbury (CANTUARIA—Roman name, DUROVERNUM, whence, in Anglo-Saxon times, DUROVERNIA; canonical name CANTUARIENSIS). The Ancient Diocese of Canterbury was the Mother-Church and Primatial See of All England, from 597 till the death of the last Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Pole, in 1558. FOUNDATION OF THE SEE When St. Augustine was sent to evangelize England by St. Gregory … Continue reading “Canterbury”

Cantella a French martyr, was a schoolmistress in Paris, who was burned in 1533, because she was opposed to mass. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, iv, 396. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Canteleu, Nicolas a French hagiographer of the Benedictine order, was born at Saint-Valery- sur-Somme, Picardy. He entered that order at Vendome in 1649, and was sent to Saint-Germain-des-Pres, where he became sacristan, and after distinguishing himself by his piety, died, June 29, 1662, leaving, Insinuationes Divince Pietatis, seu Vita et Revelationes S. Gertrudis Virginis et … Continue reading “Canteleu, Nicolas”

Cantel, Pierre Joseph a French Jesuit, was born at (Normandy), Nov. 1, 1645, and died Dec. 6,1684, ,at the Jesuits’ College at Paris, of an illness brought on by excessive study., He wrote, Metropolitanarumn Urbium Historia Civilis et Ecclesiastica: Tomus Primus, (Paris, 1684, 4to): – De Vocibus quce ad Ecclesice Administ. Pertinent: De Pallio et … Continue reading “Cantel, Pierre Joseph”

Cantate Sunday A name given to the fourth Sunday after Easter, from the first word of the Introit at Mass on that day — “Cantate Domino novum canticum”, Sing ye to the Lord a new song — similar to the names Gaudete and Laetare Sundays, assigned to the third Sunday of Advent and the fourth … Continue reading “Cantate Sunday”

cantata, Missa (Latin: sung Mass) Usually a Low Mass with the choir singing the Proper. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

cantata (Italian: story set to music) Musical term originally used for a vocal composition in the 17th century when instrumental music was coming into use. At first it connoted an arrangement for one or two voices, later a group of arias joined by recitative. It is now applied almost exclusively to choral music in general. … Continue reading “cantata”

Cantarini, Simone (also called Simone da Pesaro), an eminent Italian painter and engraver, was born at Oropezza, near Pesaro, in 1612, and studied first under Panidolfi, and afterwards under C. Ridolfi. He died at Venice in 1648. The following are some of his principal etchings: Adam and Eve Eating the Forbidden Fruit; The Repose in … Continue reading “Cantarini, Simone”

Cantarini, Isaac Vita a rabbi of Padua, who ,died in 1720, is the author of, , The Time of the Final Redemption (Amsterdam, 1710): , i.e. The Fear of Isaac, or a History of the Persecution of the Jews at Padua, August 10, 1684 (ibid. 1685): , a Refutation of the Charge Brought against the … Continue reading “Cantarini, Isaac Vita”