Patriarch of Venice - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Of Grado: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Of Grado - Patriarchs Of Grado 6th Century-1451
a schism cause the creation of the Patriarchate of Aquileia in 606 Candidianus 606-612 Epiphanius 612-613 Ciprianus 613-627 Primogenius ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angelo Cardinal Scola: Encyclopedia - Angelo Cardinal Scola
Angelo Cardinal Scola (born November 7, 1941) is the Patriarch of Venice and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, with the titular ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch: Encyclopedia - Patriarch
Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - College Of Cardinals: Encyclopedia - College Of Cardinals
The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The body plays two roles for the church: part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii
Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963), reigned as the 261st Pope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Three-chapter Controversy: Encyclopedia - Three-chapter Controversy
The Three Chapters (trîa kephálaia), a phase in the Monophysite controversy, was an attempt to reconcile the Christians of Syria and Eg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Church Hierarchy: Encyclopedia - Catholic Church Hierarchy
In its application to the Catholic Church, the term hierarchy originally referred to the "holy ordering" of the entire People of God. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1914: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1914 - Political Context
With Europe facing World War I whoever was selected would face the difficulty of leading the Holy See through the war to end all wars, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1903: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1903 - Favoured Candidate Vetoed By Francis Joseph Of Austria
When the cardinals assembled in the Sistine Chapel attention focused on Count Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, Leo's Secretary of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1846: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1846 - Conclave Divided Over How To Rule The Papal States
It was the issue of the government of the Papal States that was to prove central to the 1846 conclave. The College of Cardinals was split...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1978 August: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1978 August - Eligibility To Vote And Alleged Results
Several authors have provided what they claim to be the vote totals at the conclave. Although this evidence must be viewed as questionabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Pius X's Pontificate
The pontificate of Pope St. Pius X was noted for its conservative agenda and as one of the most controversial modern papacies. In what be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Patriarch Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Patriarch Of Jerusalem - List Of Latin Patriarchs Of Jerusalem
(Jerusalem lost in 1187; seat of the Patriarch moved to Acre) (Vacant 1191-1194) Aymar the Monk (1194-1202) Soffred (1202-1204) Albert A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilica Di San Marco Venezia: Encyclopedia Ii - Basilica Di San Marco Venezia - The Present Building
The church is based on a Greek cross floorplan, based in part on the Hagia Sophia and the Basilica of the Apostles, both in Constantinopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - Health
As the youngest pope elected since Pope Pius IX in 1846, John Paul II entered the papacy as a healthy, relatively young man who hiked, sw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St Mark's Basilica: Encyclopedia Ii - St Mark's Basilica - The Present Building
The church is based on a Greek cross floorplan, based in part on the Hagia Sophia and the Basilica of the Apostles, both in Constantinopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1922: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1922 - Aftermath
Ratti himself was less easy to categorise in terms of the conservative/liberal divide than most of his immediate predecessors. Most regar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angelo Cardinal Scola: Encyclopedia Ii - Angelo Cardinal Scola - Biography
Scola was born in Malgrate, Italy to Carlo Scola, a truck driver, and Regina Colombo. He was the younger of two sons; Pietro, his elder b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Three-chapter Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Three-chapter Controversy - The Subscription
The leading Eastern bishops were coerced, after a short resistance, into subscribing. Mennas, Patriarch of Constantinople, first proteste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch - Other Patriarchs Of The One Holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church
Patriarch - Latin Rite. The Patriarch of the East Indies The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem The Patriarch of Lisbon The Patriarch of Ven...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Church Hierarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Catholic Church Hierarchy - Ecclesiastical Offices In The Hierarchy Of The Catholic Church
Catholic church hierarchy - Patriarchs. Patriarch is the title for the highest-ranking bishop of an autonomous church or federation of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Xxiii - Modern Conspiracy Theories
A fringe of conservative Catholics—those who disagree with Vatican II—have derided Pope John's influence in calling the council, seei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don Lorenzo Perosi: Encyclopedia Ii - Don Lorenzo Perosi - Biography
Despite many sources who erroneously give December 20th as Perosi's birthdate (include Grove), Mario Rinaldi, in the definitive biography...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - College Of Cardinals: Encyclopedia Ii - College Of Cardinals - Members Of The College Of Cardinals
The following is the list of Cardinals as of December 2005. Cardinals are shown in order of precedence, based on seniority by date of app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - University
In the summer of 1938, Karol Wojtyła and his father left Wadowice and moved to Kraków the former capital of Poland where the young Wojt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - Early Life
Karol Józef Wojtyła was born on 18 May 1920 in Wadowice in southern Poland, son of a former officer in the Austrian Habsburg army whose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1846: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1846 - Aftermath
Pope Pius IX was crowned with the Papal tiara on 21 June 1846. He became the longest reigning pope since St. Peter, sitting on the papal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Three-chapter Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Three-chapter Controversy - The Schism In The West
The bishops of Aquileia, Milan, and of the Istrian peninsula all refused to condemn the Three Chapters, and excommunicated the Popes for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - The Young Priest
Karol Wojtyła was ordained a priest on 1 November 1946, by the Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha. He then travelled to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Xxiii - Earlier Life
Angelo Roncalli was born on November 25, 1881, in Sotto il Monte, a small town in the Province of Bergamo, Italy. The fourth in a family ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - A Pope From Poland
In August 1978, following Paul's death, he voted in the Papal Conclave that elected Albino Luciani, the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice, as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don Lorenzo Perosi: Encyclopedia Ii - Don Lorenzo Perosi - Famous Works
Don Lorenzo Perosi - Oratorios. La Passione di Cristo (1897) La Trasfigurazione di Cristo (1898) La Risurrezione di Lazzaro (1898) La ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - Death
On 31 March 2005 the Pope developed a "very high fever caused by a urinary tract infection" (BBC News, 1 April 2005 link), but was not ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Three-chapter Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Three-chapter Controversy - Background
At a very early stage of the controversy the incriminated writings themselves came to be spoken of as the "Three Chapters". In consequenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - Assassination Attempts
On 13 May 1981, John Paul II was shot and nearly killed by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman, as he entered Saint Peter's Square to addr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - Bishop And Cardinal
On 5 August 1958, while on a two-week Środowisko kayaking trip on the river Lyne in north-eastern Poland Karol Wojtyła received a lette...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Xxiii - Papacy
Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was, to his own great surprise, elected Pope. For the longest time, Archbishop Mon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Cardinal & Patriarch
Pope Leo XIII made him a cardinal in a secret consistory on June 12, 1893. He was named Cardinal-Priest of Saint Bernardo alle Terme. Thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Papal Election
On July 20, 1903, Pope Leo XIII died, and subsequently (by August) the conclave convened to elect a new Pope. According to historians, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Bishop Of Mantua
Six years after being elected to the position of Vicar-Capitular of Treviso, and four after leaving that post, Giuseppe Sarto was, on Nov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Early Life And Ministry
Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto was born June 2 1835 in Riese, Province of Treviso, in Venice, Italy. He was the second born of ten children of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - College Of Cardinals: Encyclopedia Ii - College Of Cardinals - Choosing The Pope
Since January 1, 1971, cardinals over the age of 80 have not had a vote in papal election, under the terms of Pope Paul VI's motu proprio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Church Hierarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Catholic Church Hierarchy - Origin And Use Of The Term Hierarchy
Pseudo-Dionysius is credited as the first to attribute a specific hierarchy to the church. Christians were found in one of three orders: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Death & Burial
In 1913, Pius X suffered a heart attack, and subsequently lived in the shadow of ill health. On 15 August 1914, Pius X fell ill on the Fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Xxiii - Legacy
Known affectionately as "Good Pope John" and "the most loved Pope in history" to many people, in 2000 John was declared "Blessed" by Pope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1914: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1914 - New Pope
The conclave itself itself assembled in the Sistine Chapel on 31 August. On 3 September 1914, on the tenth ballot, Giacomo Cardinal della...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Patriarch Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Patriarch Of Jerusalem - Crusader Patriarchate
In 1099 Jerusalem was captured by Crusaders, inaugurating the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which endured almost 200 years. A Roman Catholic hier...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Papal Coat Of Arms
The papal arms of Pius X are composed of the traditional elements of all papal heraldry prior to Pope Benedict XVI: the shield, the papal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius X: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius X - Canonization
Although Pius X's elevation to sainthood took place in 1954, the events leading up to it began immediately with his death. A letter of 24...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Xxiii - Earlier Life
Angelo Roncalli was born in a hospital (Province of Bergamo), Italy, on November 25, 1881. The fourth in a family of 13, his family worke...   » Read the article