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THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

M
Maassen-Mysticism

Friedrich Bernard Christian Maassen
Jean Mabillon
Mabinogion
Diocese of Macao
Macarius
St. Macarius
Macarius Magnes
Macarius of Antioch
Edward McCabe
Hugh MacCaghwell
Bartholomew MacCarthy
Denis Florence MacCarthy
Justin McCarthy
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
Heber MacMahon
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
Marchese Francesco Scipione Maffei
Raffaelo Maffei
Antoine-Dominique Magaud
Magdala
Magdalens
Magdeburg
Mageddo
Ferdinand Magellan
Magi
Magin Catalá
Edward Maginn
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
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve
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
Malling Abbey
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
Giovanni de' Marignolli
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
Mixed Marriage (supplement)
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
Enrico Martín
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
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
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
Gospel of Saint Matthew (Biblical Commission)
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
Meaux
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
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
Osorio Francisco Meneses
Claude-François Menestrier
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
Mino di Giovanni
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
Christóbal 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
John O'Kane Murray
Patrick Murray
Christian Museums
Mush
John Mush
Ecclesiastical Music
Musical Instruments in Church Services
Cornelius Musso
Musti
Markos Musuros
José Celestino Mutis
Alfonso Muzzarelli
Mylasa
Myndus
Myra
Myrina
Myriophytum
Diocese of Mysore
Mystery
Mystical Body of the Church
Mysticism







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