Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cajetan, Saint (Gaetano, Saint) (1480 -1547 ) Confessor , founder of the Theatines , born Vicenza, Italy ; died Naples , Italy . He was made prothonotary Apostolic at the court of Pope Julius II in 1506 and was instrumental in effecting a reconciliation between the Holy See and the Republic of Venice. Retiring from … Continue reading “Cajetan, Saint”

Cajetan, Ottavio an Italian Jesuit, was born at Syracuse, in Sicily, Aug. 22, 1566; and died, as rector of the college at Palermo, March 8,1620. He wrote Vitce Sanctorum Siculorum ex Antiquis Graecis Latinisque Monumentis (edited by Peter Salernus, Palermo, 1657): -Isagoge ad Historiam Sacram Sicuke (ibid. 1707). See Alegambe, Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu; Jocher, … Continue reading “Cajetan, Ottavio”

Cajetan, Mario an Italian Capuchin of Bergamo, who died about 1746, at a very advanced age, and left a number of ascetical works, for which see Hoefer, Nouv Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cajetan, Constantino A Benedictine savant, born at Syracuse, Sicily, in 1560; died at Rome, 17 September, 1650. While his brothers, Ottavio and Alfonso, joined the Society of Jesus, Constantino became a Benedictine (29 October, 1586) at San Nicolò d’Arena in Catania, and was soon called to Rome by Clement VIII, who confided to the promising … Continue reading “Cajetan, Constantino”

Cajetan (Gaetano Tommaso Di Vio) cardinal, surnamed from Gabta, where he was born, Feb. 20,1469 (others say July 25,1470). His proper name was Jacob, but he assumed that of Thomas in honor of Thomas Aquinas. At fifteen he became a Dominican, and in 1508 he was made general of his order. In 1517 Leo X … Continue reading “Cajetan (Gaetano Tommaso Di Vio)”

Cajetan a cardinal, of Placentia, and legate of the pope in France, lived in the latter part-of the 16th century. He wrote Litterae ad Universos Regni Francice Catholicos, super Conventu quorundam Ecclesiasticorum ab Henrico Borbonico ad Oppidum S. Dionysii Indicto (Paris, 1593):-Exhortatio ad Catholicos qui in Regno Francice ab Hceretici Partibus Stant (ibid. eod.). See … Continue reading “Cajetan”

Caius, Saint, Pope Reigned 283 to 296 . Probably born in Salona, Dalmatia; died Rome, Italy. Little is known of his reign. Decreed that before a man could be bishop , he must first be porter, reader, exorcist , acolyte , subdeacon, deacon , and priest . Divided the districts of Rome among deacons . … Continue reading “Caius, Saint, Pope”

Caius, pope Caius (3). Pope from Dec. 17 (16?) a.d. 283 (9 or 10 days after the death of his predecessor Eutychianus), to Apr. 22, a.d. 296, i.e. for 12 years 4 months 1 week (Pontifical, Bucher, p. 272), but only for 11 years according to Anastasius (c. 24) and to most Latins, and for … Continue reading “Caius, pope”

Caius Or Gaius a presbyter of the Church of Rome, who flourished about 210, in the time of Zephyrinus and Callistus. Photius calls him , a designation the meaning of which is not clear. When at Rome, he held a celebrated disputation with Proclus, the head of a sect of Montanists, which he afterward reduced … Continue reading “Caius Or Gaius (2)”

Caius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius Roman emperor (249 -251 ), born near Sirmium, Pannonia. He was the first of the great soldier emperors from the Danubian provinces. His main efforts as ruler were devoted to repelling the Goths from the Balkans, but he was defeated in the marshes of the Dubrudscha where he lost his … Continue reading “Caius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius”