Major Orders

Major Orders

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The term major orders was a part of the clerical terminology of the Roman Catholic Church until shortly after the Second Vatican Council, when the...
Giacomo Antonelli

Giacomo Antonelli

male, deceased (1876)
"His Eminence" Giacomo Cardinal Antonelli (April 2, 1806 - November 6, 1876), Italian lay cardinal, was born at Sonnino. He was educated for the...

Godric Of Finchale

male, deceased (1170)
Godric of Finchale (c. 1065-May 21, 1170) was an English hermit and popular medieval saint, although he was never formally canonized. He was born...
Francesco Zabarella

Francesco Zabarella

male, deceased (1417)
Francesco Cardinal Zabarella (10 August, 1360 - 26 September, 1417) was an Italian cardinal and canonist. Born in Padua, he studied jurisprudence...

Henry Nutcombe Oxenham

male, deceased (1888)
Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (15 November 1829 -23 March 1888) was an English ecclesiologist and author. He was originally ordained in the Church of...

Karl-August von Reisach

male, deceased (1869)
Karl-August von Reisach (born at Roth, Bavaria, 7 July1800; died in the Redemptorist monastery of Contamine, France, 22 December1869) was a German...

Acislo Antonio Palomino De Castro Y Velasco

male, deceased (1726)
Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco, Spanish painter and writer on art, was born of good family at Bujalance, near Córdoba, in 1653, and s...
Anton Joseph Cardinal Gruscha

Anton Joseph Cardinal Gruscha

male, deceased (1911)
"His Most Reverend Eminence" Anton Joseph Cardinal Gruscha S.T.D. (3 November 1820 - 5 August 1911) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and...
Paul Joseph Nardini

Paul Joseph Nardini

male, deceased (1862)
Paul Joseph Nardini (July 25, 1821-January 27, 1862) was a diocesean priest and the founder of the religious order the Franciscan Sisters of the...
William Of Tudela

William Of Tudela

male
William of Tudela was the author of the first part of the "Chanson de la Croisade Albigeoise" or "Song of the Albigensian Crusade", an epic poem in...