Religious Communities of the Name of Jesus
Feast of the Holy Name of Mary
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
United Dioceses of Narni and Terni
Catholic Young Men's National Union
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancratius
Felix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Nève
Vicariate Apostolic of New Caldonia
Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides
Vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania
Republic and Diocese of Nicaragua
Nicene and Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
Diocese of Nicopolis (Nicopolitana)
Titular Archdiocese of Nicosia
Diocese of Nicotera and Tropea
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg y Otin
Nominalism, Realism, Conceptualism
Prefecture Apostolic of the Northern Territory
Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae
(NORSIN).
A diocese and city in Perugia, Italy, often mentioned in Roman history. In the ninth century it was a republic. The Dukes of Spoleto often contended with the popes for its possession; when, in 1453, the communes of Spoleto and Cascia declared war against Norcia, it was defended by the pope's general Cesarini. It was the birthplace of St. Benedict; the abbots St. Spes and St. Eutychius; the monk Florentius; the painter Parasole; and the physician Benedict Pegardati. The chief industry is preserving meats. The first known bishop was Stephen (c. 495). From the ninth century, Norcia was in the Diocese of Spoleto, as it appears to have been temporarily in the time of St. Gregory the Great. The see was re-established in 1820, and its first bishop was Cajetan Bonani. Immediately dependent on Rome, it has 100 parishes; 28,000 inhabitants; 7 religious houses of women; 3 schools for girls.
CAPPELLETTI, Le Chiese d'Italia, IV.
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