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THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

Volume 9: Laprade–Mass Liturgy

Victor de Laprade
Lapsi
Ven. Luis de Lapuente
Laranda
Lares
Armand de La Richardie
Diocese of Larino
Larissa
Joseph de La Roche Daillon
The Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
Henri-Auguste-Georges du Vergier, Comte de la Rochejacquelein
Diocese of La Rochelle
Dominique-Jean Larrey
Charles de Larue
Charles de La Rue
La Salette
Missionaries of La Salette
René-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Ernst von Lasaulx
Constantine Lascaris
Janus Lascaris
John Laski
Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von Lassberg
Orlandus de Lassus
Marie Lataste
Flaminius Annibali de Latera
Christian Museum of Lateran
Saint John Lateran
Lateran Councils
Ecclesiastical Latin
Latin Church
Christian Latin Literature
Classical Latin Literature in the Church
Brunetto Latini
La Trappe
Pierre-André Latreille
Latria
Lauda Sion
Lauds
Laura
Pierre-Sébastien Laurentie
Diocese of Lausanne and Geneva
Jean de Lauzon
Pierre de Lauzon
Lavabo
Diocese of Laval
François de Montmorency Laval
Jean Parisot de La Valette
Laval University of Quebec
Lavant
Charles-Honoré Laverdière
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de Lavérendrye
Jean-Nicolas Laverlochère
Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
Law
Canon Law
Influence of the Church on Civil Law
Common Law
Moral Aspect of Divine Law
International Law
Natural Law
Roman Law
St. Lawrence (2)
St. Lawrence (1)
St. Lawrence Justinian
St. Lawrence O'Toole
Lay Abbot
Lay Brothers
Lay Communion
Lay Confession
Paul Laymann
Lay Tithes
Lazarus
Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
St. Lazarus of Bethany
Diocese of Lead
The League
German (Catholic) League
League of the Cross
St. Leander of Seville
Diocese of Leavenworth
Lebanon
Lebedus
Edmond-Frederic Le Blant
Charles Lebrun
St. Lebwin
Emile-Paul-Constant-Ange Le Camus
Etienne Le Camus
Joseph Le Caron
Diocese of Lecce
François Leclerc du Tremblay
Chrestien Leclercq
Lecoy de La Marche
Claude Le Coz
Lectern
Lectionary
Lector
Miecislas Halka Ledochowski
Diocese of Leeds
Camille Lefebvre
Family of Lefèvre
Jacques Le Fèvre
Guy Lefèvre de la Boderie
Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples
Legacies
Legate
Literary or Profane Legends
Legends of the Saints
Diocese of Leghorn
Legio
Oliver Legipont
Legists
Legitimation
Charles Le Gobien
Louis Legrand
Ven. Louise de Marillac Le Gras
Arthur-Marie Le Hir
Abbey of Lehnin
The System of Leibniz
Ven. Richard Leigh
Leipzig
University of Leipzig
Diocese of Leitmeritz
Jean Lejeune
Jacques Lelong
Louis-Joseph Le Loutre
Diocese of Le Mans
Lemberg
Henry Lemcke
François Le Mercier
Jacques Lemercier
Thomas de Lemos
Le Moyne
Simon Le Moyne
Pierre-Charles L'Enfant
Adam Franz Lennig
Charles Lenormant
François Lenormant
Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry
Lent
Publius Lentulus
Pope St. Leo I (the Great)
Pope St. Leo II
Pope St. Leo III
Pope St. Leo IV
Pope Leo V
Pope Leo VI
Pope Leo VII
Pope Leo VIII
Pope St. Leo IX
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo XI
Pope Leo XII
Pope Leo XIII
Brother Leo
St. Leocadia
St. Leodegar
Leo Diaconus
Diocese and Civil Province of Leon
Diocese of León
Luis de León
Leonard of Chios
St. Leonard of Limousin
St. Leonard of Port Maurice
St. Leonidas
St. Leontius
Leontius Byzantinus
Leontopolis
Lepanto
Leprosy
Leptis Magna
Diocese of Le Puy
Michel Le Quien
Diocese of Lérida
Abbey of Lérins
Leros
Alain-René Le Sage
Lesbi
Marc Lescarbot
Pierre Lescot
Diocese of Lesina
John Leslie
Leonard Lessius
Lessons in the Liturgy
Louis-Henri de Lestrange
François Eustache Lesueur
Lete
Charles-Maurice Le Tellier
Michel Le Tellier (1)
Nicolas Letourneux
Ecclesiastical Letters
Leubus
Leuce
Michael Levadoux
Louis Levau
Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier
Levites
Leviticus
Lex
Juan Bautista de Lezana
Michel de L'Hospital
Libel
Libellatici, Libelli
Liberalism
Libera Me
Libera Nos
Matteo Liberatore
Liberatus of Carthage
Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum
Liberia
Pope Liberius
Ven. Francis Mary Paul Libermann
Liber Pontificalis
Liber Septimus
Liber Sextus Decretalium
Libraries
Ancient Diocese of Lichfield
St. Lidwina
Ernst Maria Lieber
Moriz Lieber
Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann
Diocese of Liège
Liesborn
The Master of Liesborn
Liessies
Life
Ligamen
Lights
Ligugé
Lilienfeld
Aloisius Lilius
Lille
Lillooet Indians
Archdiocese of Lima
Limbo
Pol de Limbourg
Diocese of Limburg
Diocese of Limerick
Diocese of Limoges
Limyra
Thomas Linacre
Archdiocese of Linares
Diocese of Lincoln
Diocese of Lincoln (Ancient)
William Damasus Lindanus
Justin Timotheus Balthasar, Freiherr von Linde
Wilhelm Lindemann
Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne
Abbey of Lindores
Anne Line
John Lingard
Linoe
Pope St. Linus
Diocese of Linz
Lippe
Filippino Lippi
Filippo Lippi
Luigi Lippomano
Lipsanotheca
Justus Lipsius
Patriarchate of Lisbon
Diocese of Lismore
School of Lismore
Thomas Lister
Franz Liszt
Litany
Litany of Loreto
Litany of the Holy Name
Litany of the Saints
Lithuania
Litta
Little Office of Our Lady
Diocese of Little Rock
Paul-Maximilien-Emile Littré
Liturgical Books
Liturgical Chant
Liturgy
Liutprand of Cremona
Diocese of Liverpool
Livias
Llancarvan
Diocese of Llandaff
Llanthony Priory
Ven. John Lloyd
Garcia de Loaisa
Vicariate Apostolic of Loango
Loaves of Proposition
Benedictine Abbey of Lobbes
Ann Lobera
Loccum
Lochleven
Stephan Lochner
Loci Theologici
Matthew Locke
William Lockhart
Ven. John Lockwood
Diocese of Lodi
Logia Jesu
Logic
The Logos
Johann Lohel
Tobias Lohner
Diocese of Loja
Lollards
St. Loman
Peter Lombard (1)
Lombardy
Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne
London
Diocese of London (Ontario)
James Longstreet
Félix Lope de Vega Carpio
Francisco Lopez-Caro
The Lord's Prayer
Lorea
Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana
Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti
St. Lorenzo da Brindisi
Lorette
Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross
Claude de Lorrain
Lorraine
Lorsch Abbey
Loryma
Karl August Lossen
Lot
Lottery
Antonio Lotti
Lorenzo Lotto
Loucheux
St. Louis IX
Louis XI
Louis XIV
Bl. Louis Allemand
St. Louis Bertrand
Sister Louise
Louisiana
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
Ven. Louis of Casoria
Louis of Granada
St. Louis of Toulouse
Diocese of Louisville
Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes
Notre-Dame de Lourdes
University of Louvain
Love (Theological Virtue)
Low Church
Low Sunday
Lübeck
Diocese of Lublin
Giovanni Battista de Luca
Frederick Lucas
Archdiocese of Lucca
Diocese of Lucera
Lucerne
Lucian of Antioch
John Lucic
Lucifer
Lucifer of Cagliari
Crypt of Lucina
Pope St. Lucius I
Pope Lucius II
Pope Lucius III
Diocese of Luçon
St. Lucy
St. Ludger
St. Ludmilla
Ludolph of Saxony
Ludovicus a S. Carolo
Karl Lueger
Diocese of Lugo
Francisco de Lugo
John de Lugo
Diocese of Lugos
Bernardino Luini
Gospel of Saint Luke
Lulé Indians
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Lumen Christi
Luminare
Lummi Indians
Gottfried Lumper
Pedro de Luna
Lund
Lunette
Diocese of Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato
Lupus
Christian Lupus
Ottmar Luscinius
Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan
Melchior Lussy
Lust
Martin Luther
Lutheranism
Aloys Lütolf
Diocese of Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz
Luxemburg
Abbey of Luxeuil
Lycopolis
Lydda
John Lydgate
Lying
John Lynch
William Lyndwood
Archdiocese of Lyons
Councils of Lyons
First Council of Lyons (1245)
Second Council of Lyons (1274)
Lyrba
Lysias
Lystra
Friedrich Bernard Christian Maassen
Jean Mabillon
Mabinogion
Diocese of Macao
St. Macarius
Macarius Magnes
Macarius of Antioch
Edward McCabe
Hugh MacCaghwell
Denis Florence MacCarthy
Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy
John McCloskey
William George McCloskey
John MacDonald
Alexander Macdonell
Mace
Francisco Macedo
José Agostinho de Macedo
United Sees of Macerata and Tolentino
Francis Patrick McFarland
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
James MacGeoghegan
Machabees
Books of Machabees
John MacHale
Nicolò Machiavelli
Machpelah
St. Machutus
Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie
John McLoughlin
Marie-Edmé-Patrice-Maurice de MacMahon
Martin Thomas McMahon
James Alphonsus McMaster
William James MacNeven
Ancient Diocese of Mâcon
Bernard John McQuaid
Macri
Macrina
James McSherry (1)
James McSherry (2)
Richard McSherry
Mactaris
Madagascar
Madaurus, or Madaura
Carlo Maderna
Stefano Maderno
Madianites
Archdiocese of Madras
Diocese of Madrid-Alcalá
Christopher Madruzzi
Madura Mission
Madura Mission
St. Maedoc
St. Maelruan
St. Maelrubha
Jacob van Maerlant
Maestro di Camera del Papa
Bernardino Maffei
Francesco Maffei
Raffaelo Maffei
Antoine-Dominique Magaud
Magdala
Magdalens
Magdeburg
Mageddo
Ferdinand Magellan
Magi
Magin Catalá
Simone de Magistris
Antonio Magliabechi
Magna Carta
Magnesia
Alphonse Magnien
Magnificat
St. Magnus
Olaus Magnus
Valerianus Magnus
John Macrory Magrath
Magydus
Ven. Charles Mahony
Angelo Mai
Emmanuel Maignan
Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de Mailla
Antoine-Simon Maillard
Olivier Maillard
Louis Maimbourg
Teaching of Moses Maimonides
Maina Indians
Maine
François-Pierre-Gonthier Maine de Biran
Françoise, Marquise de Maintenon
Mainz
Maipure Indians
Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre
Xavier de Maistre
Diocese of Maitland
Benedetto da Majano
Diocese of Majorca and Iviza
Majordomo
Majority
Paul Majunke
Malabar
Malabar Rites
Diocese of Malacca
Malachias
St. Malachy
Diocese of Malaga
Gabriel Malagrida
House of Malatesta
Malchus
Juan Maldonado
Nicolas Malebranche
Malediction (in Scripture)
François Malherbe
Maliseet Indians
Ernest-François Mallard
Hermann von Mallinckrodt
Pauline Mallinckrodt
Stephen Russell Mallory
Mallus
Malmesbury
Monk of Malmesbury
William Malone
Sir Thomas Malory
Marcello Malpighi
Malta
Claude Maltret
Thomas Malvenda
Malvern
Thomas Maria Mamachi
Alfred-Henri-Amand Mame
Mameluco
Mamertine Prison
St. Mamertus
Mammon
Man
Manahem
St. Manahen
Manasses
Jeanne Mance
Diocese of Manchester
Manchuria
Mandan Indians
Jean de Mandeville
Archdiocese of Manfredonia
Diocese of Mangalore
James Clarence Mangan
Manharter
Manichæism
Manifestation of Conscience
Archdiocese of Manila
Manila Observatory
Maniple
Manitoba
Theodore Augustine Mann
Manna
Henry Edward Manning
Robert Mannyng of Brunne
Mansard
Gian Domenico Mansi
Andrea Mantegna
Mantelletta
Diocese of Mantua
Laws of Manu
Manuel Chysoloras
Manuscripts
Illuminated Manuscripts
Manuscripts of the Bible
Manuterge
Aldus Manutius
Alessandro Manzoni
Walter Map
Maphrian
Prudentius Maran
Marash
Carlo Maratta
Marbodius
Pierre de Marca
St. Marcellina
Pope St. Marcellinus
Flavius Marcellinus
Marcellinus Comes
Marcellinus of Civezza, O.F.M.
Benedetto Marcello
Pope St. Marcellus I
Pope Marcellus II
Marcellus of Ancyra
Auzias March
Jean Baptiste Marchand
Peter Marchant
Pompeo Marchesi
Giuseppe Marchi
Marcian
Marciane
Marcianopolis
Marcionites
Marcopolis
Marcosians
Joseph Marcoux
Marcus
Marcus Diadochus
Marcus Eremita
Mardin
Ambrose Maréchal
Marenco
Luca Marenzio
St. Margaret
Bl. Margaret Colonna
Margaret Haughery
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
St. Margaret of Cortona
Bl. Margaret of Hungary
Bl. Margaret of Lorraine
Bl. Margaret of Savoy
St. Margaret of Scotland
Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament
Bl. Margaret Pole
Margaritae
Antonio Margil
Giacomo Margotti
Maria-Laach
Xantes Mariales
Juan Mariana
Archdiocese of Mariana
Prefecture Apostolic of Mariana Islands
Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill
Marian Priests
Marianus of Florence
Marianus Scotus
Maria Theresa
Marie Antoinette
Bl. Marie Christine
Marie de France
Bl. Marie de l'Incarnation
Ven. Marie de l'Incarnation
Marienberg
Marini
Luigi Gaetano Marini
Pope Marinus I
Pope Marinus II
Edme Mariotte
Sts. Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum
Adam de Marisco
St. Marius Aventicus
Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus Marius Maximus
Marius Mercator
St. Mark
Pope St. Mark
Gospel of Saint Mark
Sts. Mark and Marcellian
Mark of Lisbon
Paul Maroni
Maronia
Maronites
Vicariate Apostolic of Marquesas Islands
Diocese of Marquette
Jacques Marquette
Marquette League
Civil Marriage
History of Marriage
Mixed Marriage
Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage
Mystical Marriage
Ritual of Marriage
Sacrament of Marriage
Florence Marryat
Diocese of Marseilles (Massilia)
Thomas William Marshall
Vicariate Apostolic of the Marshall Islands
Diocese of Marsi
Diocese of Marsico Nuovo and Potenza
Luigi Ferdinando, Count de Marsigli
Marsilius of Padua
Edmond Martène
St. Martha
St. Martial
John Martiall
Jean Martianay
Martianus Capella
Joseph-Alexandre Martigny
Pope St. Martin I
Pope Martin IV
Pope Martin V
Martin
Felix Martin
Gregory Martin
Konrad Martin
Paulin Martin
St. Martina
Antonio Martini
Martino Martini
Simone Martini
Diocese of Martinique
St. Martin of Braga
St. Martin of Leon
St. Martin of Tours
Martin of Troppau
Martin of Valencia
John Martinov
Martinsberg
George Martinuzzi
Luis Martin y Garcia
Martyr
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
Martyrology
Martyropolis
Acts of the Martyrs
Japanese Martyrs
The Ten Thousand Martyrs
Martyrs in China
St. Maruthas
Mary of Cleophas
Little Brothers of Mary
Missionaries of the Company of Mary
Servants of Mary (Order of Servites)
Society of Mary (Marist Fathers)
Society of Mary of Paris
Name of Mary (1)
Bl. Mary Anne de Paredes
Mary de Cervellione
Ven. Mary de Sales Chappuis
St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
Maryland
St. Mary Magdalen
St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi
St. Mary of Egypt
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Tudor
Masaccio
Mascoutens Indians
Masolino da Panicale
Richard Angelus a S. Francisco Mason
Masonry (Freemasonry)
Maspha
Chapter and Conventual Mass
Liturgy of the Mass







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