The Catholic Encyclopedia

Volume 10: Mass Music–Newman

• Music of the Mass
• Nuptial Mass
• Sacrifice of the Mass
• Massa Candida
• Diocese of Massa Carrara
• Massachusetts
• Guglielmo Massaia
• Diocese of Massa Marittima
• Enemond Massé
• Bequests for Masses (Canada)
• Bequests for Masses (England)
• Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States)
• Jean-Baptiste Massillon
• Massorah
• Antoine Massoulié
• René Massuet
• Quentin Massys
• Master of the Sacred Palace
• Bartholomew Mastrius
• Mataco Indians
• Mater
• Materialism
• Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Mathathias
• Theobald Mathew
• François-Désiré Mathieu
• Mathusala
• St. Matilda
• Matilda of Canossa
• Matins
• Matricula
• Matteo da Siena
• Matteo of Aquasparta
• Matter
• Carlo Matteucci
• St. Matthew
• Gospel of St. Matthew
• Sir Tobie Matthew
• Matthew of Cracow
• St. Matthias
• Matthias Corvinus
• Matthias of Neuburg
• Maundy Thursday
• Auguste-François Maunoury
• St. Maurice
• Maurice
• Maurists
• St. Maurus
• Sylvester Maurus
• Jean-Siffrein Maury
• Joannes Maxentius
• Marcus Aurelius Maxentius
• Ven. Thomas Maxfield
• Maximianopolis
• Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus
• Maximilian
• Maximilian I
• St. Maximinus
• Caius Valerius Daja Maximinus
• Caius Julius Verus Maximinus Thrax
• Maximopolis
• St. Maximus of Constantinople
• St. Maximus of Turin
• William Maxwell
• Winifred Maxwell
• Maya Indians
• Christian Mayer
• Edward Mayhew
• Bl. Cuthbert Mayne
• Maynooth College
• School of Mayo
• Mayo Indians
• John Mayor
• Mayoruna Indians
• Prefecture Apostolic of Mayotte, Nossi-Bé, and Comoro
• Beda Mayr
• Francis Mayron
• Jules Mazarin
• Mazatec Indians
• Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod
• Diocese of Mazzara del Vallo
• Camillo Mazzella
• Lodovico Mazzolini
• Sylvester Mazzolini
• Pietro Francesco Mazzuchelli
• Mbaya Indians
• Thomas Francis Meagher
• Diocese of Meath
• Diocese of Meaux
• Mecca
• Mechanism
• Mechitar
• Mechitarists
• Archdiocese of Mechlin
• Johann Mechtel
• St. Mechtilde
• Mechtild of Magdeburg
• Mecklenburg
• Jean Paul Medaille
• Devotional Medals
• St. Medardus
• Medea
• Archdiocese of Medellín
• Media and Medes
• Mediator (Christ as Mediator)
• Hieronymus Medices
• House of Medici
• Maria de' Medici
• History of Medicine
• Medicine and Canon Law
• Bartholomew Medina
• Juan de Medina
• Miguel de Medina
• Francisco Medrano
• Andreas Medulic
• Charles Patrick Meehan
• Megara
• Megarians
• Antoine-Joseph Mège
• Mehrerau
• Guillaume-René Meignan
• Jean-Baptiste Meilleur
• Bl. Meinwerk
• Meissen
• Ernest Meissonier
• Philipp Melanchthon
• St. Melania (the Younger)
• Archdiocese of Melbourne
• Paul Melchers
• Melchisedech
• Melchisedechians
• Melchites
• Juan Meléndez Valdés
• Meletius of Antioch
• Meletius of Lycopolis
• Diocese of Melfi and Rapolla
• Giovanni Meli
• Pius Melia
• Melissus of Samos
• Melitene
• St. Melito
• Abbey and Congregation of Melk
• Melleray
• Abbey of Mellifont
• St. Mellitus
• Diocese of Melo
• Melos
• Melozzo da Forlí
• Abbey of Melrose
• Chronicle of Melrose
• Francesco Melzi
• Memberton
• Zenobius Membre
• Hans Memling
• Memory
• Memphis
• Juan de Mena
• Menaion
• Léon Ménard
• Nicolas-Hugues Ménard
• René Ménard
• St. Menas
• Mencius
• Alvaro de Mendaña de Neyra
• Diocese of Mende
• Mendel, Mendelism
• João Mendes de Silva
• Vicariate Apostolic of Méndez and Gualaquiza
• Manuel de Mendiburu
• Mendicant Friars
• Jerónimo Mendieta
• Diego Hurtade de Mendoza
• Francisco Sarmiento de Mendoza
• Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza
• Osorio Francisco Meneses
• Diocese of Menevia
• Gregorio Mengarini
• Anthon Rafael Mengs
• Mennas
• Mennonites
• Giovanni Stefano Menochio
• Men of Understanding
• Menologium
• Menominee Indians
• Mensa, Mensal Revenue
• John Mensing
• Mental Reservation
• Johannes Mentelin
• Benedetto Menzini
• Eustache Mercadé
• Mercedarians
• Louis-Honoré Mercier
• Geronimo Mercuriali
• Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
• Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
• Sisters of Mercy
• Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo
• Edward Meredith
• Diocese of Mérida
• Merit
• Gaspard Mermillod
• Merneptah I
• Frédéric-François-Xavier Ghislain de Mérode
• Marin Mersenne
• Mesa
• Delegation Apostolic of Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Armenia
• Mesrob
• Messalians
• Messene
• Messias
• Antonello da Messina
• Archdiocese of Messina
• Thomas Messingham
• Metal-Work in the Service of the Church
• Symeon Metaphrastes
• Metaphysics
• Pietro Metastasio
• Edward Metcalfe
• Metellopolis
• Metempsychosis
• Sir Thomas Metham
• Methodism
• Methodius I
• St. Methodius of Olympus
• Methymna
• Metrophanes of Smyrna
• Metropolis
• Metropolitan
• Prince Klemens Lothar Wenzel von Metternich
• Metz
• Jean Clopinel de Meun
• Mexico
• Archdiocese of Mexico
• Francis, Joseph, and Paul Mezger
• Giuseppe Mezzofanti
• Miami Indians
• Military Orders of St. Michael
• Michael Cærularius
• St. Michael de Sanctis
• Michael of Cesena
• Michael Scotus
• St. Michael the Archangel
• Joseph-François Michaud
• Micheas (Micah)
• Jean Michel
• Michelians
• Edward Michelis
• Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
• Michigan
• Archdiocese of Michoacan
• Adam Mickiewicz
• Micmacs
• Micrologus
• Jakob Middendorp
• Middle Ages
• Diocese of Middlesbrough
• Midrashim
• Midwives
• Christoph Anton Migazzi
• Pierre Mignard
• Jacques-Paul Migne
• Migration
• Archdiocese of Milan
• Vinzenz Eduard Milde
• George Henry Miles
• Diocese of Mileto
• Miletopolis
• Miletus
• Vitus Miletus
• Milevum
• Jan Milic
• Military Orders
• Millennium and Millenarianism
• Ferdinand von Miller
• Jean-François Millet
• Pierre Millet
• John Milner
• Ven. Ralph Milner
• Milo Crispin
• Milopotamos
• Pope St. Miltiades
• Karl von Miltiz
• Diocese of Milwaukee
• Mind
• Diocese of Minden
• John Ming
• Minimi
• Minister
• Jean-Pierre Minkelers
• Minnesota
• Minor
• Diocese of Minorca
• Minor Orders
• Diocese of Minsk
• Papal Mint
• Minucius Felix
• Mirabilia Urbis Romæ
• Miracle
• Miracle Plays and Mysteries
• Gift of Miracles
• Aubert Miraeus
• Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola
• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
• Abbey of Miridite
• Miserere
• Congregation of the Sisters of Misericorde
• Prefecture Apostolic of Misocco and Calanca
• Missal
• Congregation of Priests of the Mission
• Congregation of Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo
• Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy
• Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle
• Mission Indians (of California)
• Catholic Missions
• Catholic Indian Missions of Canada
• Catholic Indian Missions of the United States
• Catholic Parochial Missions
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Mithraism
• Mitre
• Nicola Giacomo Mittarelli
• Mitylene
• St. George Jackson Mivart
• Mixe Indians
• Mixteca Indians
• Moab, Moabites
• Diocese of Mobile
• Mocissus
• Mocoví Indians
• Archdiocese of Modena
• Modernism
• Diocese of Modigliana
• Modra
• Mohammedan Confraternities
• Mohammed and Mohammedanism
• Archdiocese of Mohileff
• Johann Adam Möhler
• Christian Mohr
• Joseph Mohr
• François-Napoléon-Marie Moigno
• Jacques de Molai
• Notre-Dame de Molesme
• Diocese of Molfetta, Terlizzi, and Giovinazzo
• Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière
• Alonso de Molina
• Antonio de Molina
• Juan Ignacio Molina
• Luis de Molina
• Molinism
• Miguel de Molinos
• Wilhelm Molitor
• Francis Molloy
• Gerald Molloy
• Gasparo Molo
• Moloch
• Molokai
• Sir Caryll Molyneux
• Bonino Mombritius
• Principality and Diocese of Monaco
• Monad
• Monarchians
• Monarchia Sicula
• Double Monasteries
• Suppression of Monasteries
• Canonical Erection of a Monastery
• Monasticism
• Francisco de Moncada
• Mondino dei Lucci
• Diocese of Mondoñedo
• Diocese of Mondovi
• Franz Mone
• Moneta
• Mongolia
• St. Monica
• Monism
• Monita Secreta
• Monk
• Monogram of Christ
• Monomotapa
• Monophysites and Monophysitism
• Diocese of Monopoli
• Moral Aspects of Monopoly
• Monotheism
• Monothelitism and Monothelites
• Archdiocese of Monreale
• James Monroe
• Jacques-Marie-Louis Monsabré
• Monseigneur
• William Monsell, Baron Emly
• Monsignor
• Enguerrand de Monstrelet
• Bartolomeo Montagna
• Montagnais Indians (Quebec)
• Montagnais Indians (Chippewayans)
• Michel-Eyquen de Montaigne
• Diocese of Montalcino
• Charles-Forbes-René, Comte de Montalembert
• Diocese of Montalto
• Montana
• Juan Martínez Montañés
• Montanists
• Diocese of Montauban
• Xavier Barbier de Montault
• Bl. Peter of Montboissier
• Marquis de Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon
• Abbey of Monte Cassino
• Diocese of Montefeltro
• Diocese of Montefiascone
• Jorge de Montemayor
• Montenegro
• Diocese of Montepulciano
• Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles
• Military Order of Montesa
• Antonio Montesino
• Luis de Montesinos
• Montes Pietatis
• Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
• Claudio Monteverde
• Monte Vergine
• Archdiocese of Montevideo
• Bernard de Montfaucon
• Simon de Montfort
• Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
• Special Devotions for Months
• Charles Huault de Montmagny
• John de Montmirail
• Anne, First Duke of Montmorency
• Alexis-François Artaud de Montor
• Diocese of Montpellier
• Archdiocese of Montreal
• Montreuil
• Montreuil Abbey
• Mont-St-Michel
• Antoine-Jean-Baptiste-Robert Auget, Baron de Montyon
• Arthur Moore
• Michael Moore
• Thomas Moore
• Mopsuestia
• Antonis Van Dashorst Mor
• Ambrosio Morales
• Juan Bautista Morales
• Luis de Morales
• Moralities
• Morality
• Leandro Fernandez de Moratín
• Moravia
• Stefano Antonio Morcelli
• Helen More
• Henry More
• Gall Morel
• Juliana Morell
• José María Morelos
• Louis Moréri
• Augustín Moreto y Cabaña
• Giovanni Battista Morgagni
• Ven. Edward Morgan
• Raffaello Morghen
• David Moriarty
• Michelangelo Morigi
• Abbey of Morimond
• Jean Morin
• Mormons
• Morocco
• Giovanni Morone
• Gaetano Moroni
• Giovanni Battista Moroni
• John Morris
• John Brande Morris
• Martin Ferdinand Morris
• Morse
• Ven. Henry Morse
• Mortification
• Mortmain
• John Morton
• Ven. Robert Morton
• Mosaic Legislation
• Mosaics
• Johannes Moschus
• Moscow
• Moses
• Moses Bar Cephas
• Moses of Chorene
• Mossul
• Dioceses of Mostar and Markana-Trebinje
• Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary
• Mosynoupolis
• Motet
• Toribio de Benavente Motolinia
• Motu Proprio
• Antoine de Mouchy
• Franz Christoph Ignaz Moufang
• Diocese of Moulins
• Congregations of Mount Calvary
• Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• Mount St. Mary's College
• Franz Karl Movers
• Moxos Indians
• Karl Ernst, Freiherr von Moy de Sons
• Ven. John Martin Moye
• Francis Moylan
• Stephen Moylan
• Mozambique
• Mozarabic Rite
• Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Mozetena Indians
• Mozzetta
• Luigi Mozzi
• Ignatius Mrak
• Albert Anton Von Muchar
• Engelbert Mühlbacher
• Michael George Mulhall
• St. Clair Augustine Mulholland
• John Mullanphy
• Adam Heinrich Müller
• Johann Müller
• Johann Müller (Regiomontanus)
• Karl Müller
• John T. Mullock
• Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen
• Fintan Mundwiler
• Archdiocese of Munich-Freising
• Diocese of Munkács
• Diocese of Münster
• University of Münster
• Eugène Müntz
• St. Mura
• Luigi Antonio Muratori
• Muratorian Canon
• Marc-Antoine Muret
• Muri
• Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
• Thomas Murner
• Diocese of Muro-Lucano
• Daniel Murray
• Patrick Murray
• Christian Museums
• Mush
• John Mush
• Ecclesiastical Music
• Musical Instruments in Church Services
• Musti
• Markos Musuros
• José Celestino Mutis
• Alfonso Muzzarelli
• Mylasa
• Myndus
• Myra
• Myrina
• Myriophytum
• Diocese of Mysore
• Mystery
• Mystical Body of the Church
• Mysticism
• Nabo (Nebo)
• Sts. Nabor and Felix
• Nabuchodonosor
• Giacomo Nacchiante
• Nacolia
• Diocese of Nagasaki
• Diocese of Nagpur
• Nahanes
• Nahum
• Holy Nails
• Naim
• Religious Communities of the Name of Jesus
• Feast of the Holy Name of Mary
• Christian Names
• Hebrew Names
• Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
• Diocese of Namur
• Diocese of Nancy
• Diocese of Nantes (Nannetes)
• Robert Nanteuil
• Naples
• Napoleon I (Bonaparte)
• Napoleon III
• Ven. George Napper
• Jacopo Nardi
• Diocese of Nardò
• United Dioceses of Narni and Terni
• Narthex
• Diocese of Nashville
• Nasoræans
• Vicariate Apostolic of Natal
• Natal Day
• Diocese of Natchez
• Diocese of Natchitoches
• Nathan
• Nathanael
• Nathinites
• Catholic Young Men's National Union
• Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Naturalism
• Nature
• Naturism
• Frederic Nausea
• Navajo Indians
• Navarre
• Domingo Fernández Navarrete
• Juan Fernández Navarrete
• Martín Fernández de Navarrete
• Nave
• Nazarene
• Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
• Nazareth
• Nazarite
• St. Nazarius
• John Paul Nazarius
• Sts. Nazarius and Celsus
• St. Nazarius and Companions
• Nazianzus
• Leonard Neale
• Mount Nebo
• Nebraska
• Necessity
• Alexander of Neckam
• Necrologies
• Necromancy
• Nectarius
• Negligence
• Book of Nehemias
• Stephan Jakob Neher
• Auguste Nélaton
• Jordanus (Jordanis) de Nemore
• Nemrod
• Neocæsarea (1)
• Neocæsarea (2)
• Neophyte
• Neo-Platonism
• Neo-Pythagorean Philosophy
• Neo-Scholasticism
• Nephtali
• Nepi and Sutri
• Francis Nepveu
• Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancratius
• Antonio Neri
• Charles Nerinckx
• Nero
• Nerses I-IV
• Nerses of Lambron
• Nestorius and Nestorianism
• Netherlands
• Thomas Netter
• Trudpert Neugart
• Neum
• Johann Balthasar Neumann
• Ven. John Nepomucene Neumann
• Franz Neumayr
• Diocese of Neusohl
• Diocese of Neutra
• Nevada
• Neve
• Felix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Nève
• Diocese of Nevers
• Edmund Neville
• New Abbey
• Diocese of Newark
• Newbattle
• Vicariate Apostolic of New Caldonia
• Newfoundland
• New Guinea
• New Hampshire
• Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides
• Abbey of Newhouse
• New Jersey
• John Henry Newman

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