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- noun religion A member of the Catholic order, the
Theatines . - adjective Of or belonging to the Theatines
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Examples
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In 1547 he became a novice in the Theatine House of St. Paul, at Naples.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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After the election of Julius III, Goldwell returned to Naples, and made his profession as a Theatine.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Many Christians devoted to the B.V. Mary, acting on the advice of the Theatine Regular Cleric Father Gaspar Olider, of blessed memory, make it a practice to deposit the said merits and suffrages as it were into the hands of the Bl. Virgin that she may distribute these favours to the souls in purgatory according to her own merciful pleasure.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Clement XI appointed him consultor of the Theatine Order, theologian of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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He took his vows as a regular clerk of the Theatine Order in 1630.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The chief liturgiologist of the seventeenth century is the Blessed Cardinal Tommasi, a Theatine
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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In 1805 it was enacted that the rectors should be taken from the Theatine Order which furnished many renowned professors, e.g., the astronomer Piazzi
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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He was a devoted friend of the Theatine monk Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres, and for thirty-seven years cooperated with him in many ways in his astronomical labours.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Fabrizio Gallo (1585) founded several charitable institutions; G.B. Lancellotti (1615-56), who was Apostolic nuncio to Poland from 1622 to 1627, did much for the diocese; Francis M. Carafa (1704), a Theatine, was zealous for the education of the clergy; Traiano Caracciolo (1738) constructed the new seminary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Father Chéron, a Theatine, gave to the public the "Exhortations sur les principaux devoirs de l'état religieux" (Paris, 1772).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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