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Reginald Thomas Foster OCD (November 14, 1939 – December 25, 2020) was an American Catholic priest and friar of the Order of Discalced Carmelites.From 1970 until his retirement in 2009, he worked in the Latin Letters section of the Secretariat of State in the Vatican.
The word "priest", is ultimately derived from Latin via Greek presbyter, [2] the term for "elder", especially elders of Jewish or Christian communities in late antiquity. The Latin presbyter ultimately represents Greek πρεσβύτερος presbúteros, the regular Latin word for "priest" being sacerdos, corresponding to ἱερεύς hiereús.
Jerome (/ dʒ ə ˈ r oʊ m /; Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Ancient Greek: Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; c. 342–347 – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.
Priest, Founder, Marian Movement of Priests [1] [2] Pierre Lambert de la Motte: January 16, 1624 June 15, 1679 France Vietnam: Phan Thiết: Heroic Virtues Bishop, Member, Paris Foreign Missions Society [3] [4] Luís Cecchin December 11, 1924 March 26, 2010 Italy Brazil: Nazaré: Heroic Virtues Professed Priest [5] [6] Cecilia María de la ...
Ignatius of Loyola SJ (/ ɪ ɡ ˈ n eɪ ʃ ə s / ig-NAY-shəs; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; c. 23 October 1491 [3] – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Basque Spaniard Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of ...
Hidalgo was ordained as a priest in 1778 when he was 25 years old. [18] [20] From 1779 to 1792, he dedicated himself to teaching at the Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo in Valladolid (now Morelia); it was "one of the most important educational centers of the viceroyalty." [21] He was a professor of Latin grammar and arts, as well as a theology ...
A Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr in the Late Roman Empire. Aldred the Scribe: before and after 970 Tenth-century priest, otherwise known only as Aldred, who was a provost of the monastic community of St. Cuthbert at Chester-le-Street in 970. Alexis Bachelot: 22 February 1796 – 5 December 1837
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, [a] and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order.