Pope Adrian I - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Tithe: Encyclopedia - Tithe
A tithe (from Old English teogotha "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 25: Encyclopedia - December 25
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. December 25 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 795: Encyclopedia - 795
795 - Events. Leo III becomes pope Earliest recorded Viking raid on Ireland. Places attacked include Iona, Inisbofin and Inismurray. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 772: Encyclopedia - 772
Events Pope Adrian I succeeds Pope Stephen IV. Adrian I turns to Charlemagne for support against king Desiderius of the Lombards. Charle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - The Mass
The chief authorities for the Gallican Mass are the letters of St. Germanus of Paris (555-576); and by a comparison of these with the ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lichfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Lichfield - History
At Wall, 3 miles to the south of the present city, there was a Romano-British village called Letocetum (from the Celtic for "grey wood"),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludger - Early Life To Ordination
Ludger's parents, Thiadgrim and Liafburg, were wealthy Christian Frisians of noble descent. In 753 Ludger saw the great Apostle of German...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mozarabic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Mozarabic Rite - Character Of Mozarabic Rite
While the liturgy used during the period of Islamic rule was very much like that to which St. Isidore put some finishing touches in the 7...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ravenna: Encyclopedia Ii - Ravenna - Early History
The origins of Ravenna are uncertain. The first settlement is variously attributed to the Tyrrhenians, the Thessalians, or the Umbrians. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tithe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tithe - Tithing In The Bible
The practice of regular tithes was not established until after Exodus. Tithes were common throughout the ancient Near East, as well as in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ravenna: Encyclopedia Ii - Ravenna - Medieval And Modern History
The Lombards, under King Liutprand, occupied Ravenna in 712, but were forced to return it to the Byzantines. However, in 751 the Lombard ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludger - Westphalia And Saxony
In 793 Charlemagne wished to make Ludger Bishop of Trier, but he declined, while declaring himself willing to undertake the evangelizatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludger - Veneration
The successive Vitae, beginning with the serious contemporary biographical work of Altfrid and passing through the Vita Secunda and Vita ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludger - Death And Relics
On Passion Sunday 809, Ludger heard mass at Coesfeld early in the morning and preached, then went to Billerbeck, where at nine o'clock he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludger - Later Life
At the request of Charlemagne, Ludger received episcopal consecration, from Hildebold, Archbishop of Cologne, on 30 March 805. His princi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludger - The Netherlands
After Ludger had been ordained at Cologne on 7 July 777 the missions of Ostergau (or Ostracha, i.e., East Frisia) were committed to his c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lichfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Lichfield - Economy
In the Middle Ages the main industry in Lichfield was making woollen cloth. There was also a leather industry in Lichfield. By the end of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - History And Origin
The name Gallican Rite is given to the rite which prevailed in Gaul from the earliest times of which we have any information until about ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tithe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tithe - Governmental Collection Of Religious Offerings
Tithe - England. The right to receive tithes was granted to the English churches by King Ethelwulf in 855. The Saladin tithe was a roya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - Manuscripts And Other Sources
There are no manuscripts (MSS.) of the Gallican Rite earlier than the later part of the seventh century, thought the descriptions in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - The Liturgical Year
The Luxeuil Lectionary, the Gothicum and Gallicum Missals, and the Gallican adaptations of the Hieronymian Martyrology are the chief auth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mozarabic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Mozarabic Rite - Muslims In Spain
A crisis within Visigoth rule facilitated the Muslim invasion; shortly after 711 only a remnant of Spain was left outside of Muslim contr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - The Divine Office
There is curiously little information on this point, and it is not possible to reconstruct the Gallican Divine Office from the scanty all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mozarabic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Mozarabic Rite - Preservation And Relevance Of The Mozarabic Rite
The Mozarabic rite is the second-best attested liturgy in the Latin Church in terms of preserved documentation. The Mozarabic rite was co...   » Read the article