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Quadragesima: ( Latin, the fortieth). Quadratus: The first of the Quakers: The official designation of an Anglo - American religious sect originally styling ... Quality: (Greek poistes -- Plato, Quam singulari: A decree of ... Quamichan Indians: The largest of the numerous small bands attached to Cowichan agency, at the ... Quantity: (Greek poson ; Latin quantitas , quantum , correlate to tantum ) ... Quapaw Indians: A tribe now nearly extinct, but formerly one of the most important of the lower ... Quarantines: "Quarantines" is an expression frequently used in the grants of indulgences, and ... Quaresmius, Franciscus: A writer and Orientalist of the seventeenth century, born at Quebec, Archdiocese of: (QUEBECENSIS) The Quebec, The Province of: GEOGRAPHY The province of Quebec occupies mainly the two slopes of the ... Queen's Daughters: (DAUGHTERS OF THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN, FILIÆ REGINÆ COELI) Quelen, Hyacinthe-Louis De: Archbishop of Paris, born at Paris, 8 Oct., 1778; died there 31 Dec., 1839. He ... Quem terra, pontus, sidera: An ancient Querétaro, Diocese of: (DE QUERETARO) Located in Mexico; suffragan of Michoacan. ... Quercia, Jacopo Della: Sculptor, born (it is said) at Quercia Grossa, near Siena, 1374; died 20 October, ... Quesnel, Pasquier: (PASCHASE) Pasquier Quesnel, born in Paris, 14 July, 1634; ... Quevedo, Juan de: Franciscan, native of Bejori, Old Castile , Quiñones, Francis: (Quignonez.) Cardinal, born in the Kingdom of Leon, Spain, c. ... Quiche: (UTLATECA) The principal aboriginal tribe or nation of ... Quichua Indians: Quichua Indians, formerly the dominant people of the Empire of Peru, and still the ... Quicumque Christum Quærtis: The opening line of the twelfth (in Quierzy, Councils of: (Kierzy, Carisiacum) Several councils were held at Quierzy, a ... Quiet, Prayer of: The Prayer of Quiet is regarded by ... Quietism: Quietism ( ... Quilon, Diocese of: (QUILONENSIS) Diocese of Quilon, in Quimper, Diocese of: (CORISOPITENSIS) Diocese of Quimper includes the Department ... Quin, Michael Joseph: Originator of the "Dublin Review", born at Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1796; ... Quinctianus, Saints: (1) Under the date 1 April the present "Roman Quinquagesima: (Fiftieth.) The period of fifty days before Easter. It begins ... Quintana, Agustín: Missionary and Indian philologist, born at Antequera, the capital of Oaxaca, ... Quiricus and Julitta: Martyred under Diocletian. The names of these two martyrs, who in the early ... Quirini, Angelo Maria: (Querini). Cardinal and scholar, born at Venice, 30 March, ... Quirinus, Saints: Several martyrs of this name are mentioned in the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" ... Quito, Archdiocese of: (QUITENSIS) The city of Quito, formerly known as Qur'an, The: The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the Search the Catholic Encyclopedia:
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