Justiniani, Nicholas

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• Nicholas Justiniani — was an Italian Benedictine monk and Venetian nobleman. Born to a noble family of Venice, Justiniani entered the monastery of San Niccoló del Lido there in 1153. When all other members of the Justiniani family died in the Aegean Sea, near Chios,… …   Wikipedia

• Nicholas Justiniani — • Benedictine monk, dispensed from his vows, never formally beatified Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nicholas Justiniani     Blessed Nicholas Justiniani      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• List of Thomist writers (13th–18th centuries) — This list of Thomist writers runs from the 13th to the 18th century, stopping short of neo Thomism. It includes writers who engaged with the thought of Thomas Aquinas, but might not strictly be considered Thomist thinkers. Source : The Catholic… …   Wikipedia

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• Thomism — • In a broad sense, the name given to the system which follows the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas in philosophical and theological questions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Thomism     Thomism …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Biblical Exegesis —     Biblical Exegesis     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Biblical Exegesis     Exegesis is the branch of theology which investigates and expresses the true sense of Sacred Scripture.     The exegete does not inquire which books constitute Sacred… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Lawrence Justinian —     St. Lawrence Justinian     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Lawrence Justinian     Bishop and first Patriarch of Venice, b. in 1381, and d. 8 January, 1456. He was a descendant of the Giustiniani, a Venetian patrician family which numbered… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• DOMINICANS — DOMINICANS, Roman Catholic religious order, whose official name is Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum, the Order of Friar Preachers. Often referred to as Jacobins, after their Saint Jacques Monastery in Paris, they were also popularly known as domini… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Hospitals — • Originally, hospital meant a place where strangers or visitors were received; in the course of time, its use was restricted to institutions for the care of the sick Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hospitals     Hospitals …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Book of Tobias —     Tobias     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Tobias     We shall first enumerate the various Biblical persons and then treat the book of this name.     I. PERSONS     A. Tobias (II Par., xvii, 8). Heb. tobyyahu Yahweh is good ; Sept. Tobias, one …   Catholic encyclopedia