oratorians

  • 1oratorians — Oratory Or a*to*ry, n.; pl. {Oratories}. [OE. oratorie, fr. L. oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F. oratoire. See {Orator}, {Oral}, and cf. {Oratorio}.] A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set… …

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  • 2Oratory of Saint Philip Neri — The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri is a congregation of Catholic priests and lay brothers who live together in a community bound together by no formal vows but only with the bond of charity. They are commonly referred to as Oratorians. It should… …

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  • 3French Congregation of the Oratory —     French Congregation of the Oratory     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► French Congregation of the Oratory     Founded in Paris at the beginning of the seventeenth century by Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle, who, in Bossuet s words, made glisten in the… …

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  • 4education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 5Joseph Fouché — Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d Otrante (May 21, 1759 Le Pellerin, near Nantes, France December 25, 1820 Trieste, then Austria, now Italy) was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often… …

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  • 6Francois Bourgoing —     François Bourgoing     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► François Bourgoing     Third Superior general of the Congregation of the Oratory in France and one of the early companions of Cardinal de Bérulle, the founder of the French Oratorians, b. at… …

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  • 7Rhetoric — This article is about the art of rhetoric in general. For the work by Aristotle, see Rhetoric (Aristotle). Painting depicting a lecture in a knight academy, painted by Pieter Isaacsz or Reinhold Timm for Rosenborg Castle as part of a series of… …

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  • 8The Oratory School — is an all boys, Catholic, boarding public school in Great Britain. It has approximately 400 pupils and is located in Woodcote, Oxfordshire near Reading, United Kingdom. History The Oratory School was founded under the supervision of John Henry,… …

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  • 9Odorico Raynaldi — or Rinaldi (1595 – 22 January 1671), was an Italian historian and Oratorian. He is also known as Odericus Raynaldus, or just Raynald. Raynaldi was born at Treviso of a patrician family. He studied at Parma and Padua, joined the Oratorians in Rome …

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  • 10College of Juilly — The College of Juilly (French: Collège de Juilly is a Catholic private teaching establishment located on the commune of Juilly, in Seine et Marne (France). Directed by the French Oratorians, it was created in 1638 by the congregationists headed… …

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