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Haarlem
Habacuc
Haberl, Francis Xavier
Habington, William
Habit
Habor
Haceldama
Hadewych, Blessed
Hadrian, Publius Aelius
Hadrian
Hadrumetum
Haeften, Benedict van
Hagen, Gottfried
Haggai
Haggith
Hagiography
Hague
Hahn-Hahn, Ida
Haid, Herenaus
Hail Mary
Haimhausen, Karl von
Hair
Hairshirt
Haiti
Haito
Hakodate
Hakon the Good
Halicarnassus
Halifax, Archdiocese of
Hallahan, Margaret
Haller, Karl Ludwig von
Hallerstein, August
Halloween
Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'Omalius
Halma, Nicholas
Ham, Hamites
Hamar, Ancient See of
Hamatha
Hambley, Venerable John
Hamburg
Hamilton, Diocese of
Hamilton, John
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von
Hammurabi
Hamsted, Adrian
Haneberg, Daniel Bonifacius von
Hanover
Hanse, Blessed Everald
Hansiz, Markus
Hanthaler, Chrysostomus
Hanxleden, Johann Ernest
Happiness
Haraldson, Saint Olaf
Harbor Grace
Hardee, William J.
Hardey, Mary Aloysia
Harding, Saint Stephen
Harding, Thomas
Hardman, Mary Juliana
Hardouin, Jean
Hardyng, John
Hare Indians
Harland, Henry
Harlay, Family of
Harlez de Deulin, Charles-Joseph de
Harmony
Harney
Harold, Francis
Harold Bluetooth
Harpasa
Harper, Thomas Morton
Harrington, Venerable William
Harris, Joel Chandler
Harrisburg, Diocese of
Harrison, James
Harrison, William
Harrowing of Hell
Hart, Blessed William
Hartford
Hartley, Venerable William
Hartmann, Georg
Hartmann von Aue
Hasak, Vincenz
Haschka, Lorenz Leopold
Haspinger, Johann Simon
Hassard, John Rose Greene
Hasslacher, Peter
Hatred
Hatto
Hatton, Edward Anthony
Hauara
Haudriettes
Haughery, Margaret
Haureau, Jean-Barthelemy
Hautecombe
Hautefeuille, Jean de
Hauteserre
Hauy, Rene-Just
Hauy, Valentin
Hauzeur, Mathias
Havana
Havestadt, Bernhard
Hawarden, Edward
Hawes, Stephen
Hawker, Robert Stephen
Hawkins, Sir Henry
Hay, George
Hay
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Haydn, Johann Michael
Haydock, George Leo
Haydock, Venerable George
Haymo
Haymo of Faversham
Haynald, Lajos
Hazaqiyahu
Hazart, Cornelius
Healy, George Peter Alexander
Hearse, Tenebrae
Heart of Jesus, Devotion to Sacred
Heart of Mary, Congregations of
Heart of Mary, Devotion to Immaculate
Heath, Venerable Henry
Heaven
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Language and Literature
Hebrews, Epistle to
Hebrides, New
Hebron
Hecker, Isaac Thomas
Hedelin, Francois
Hedonism
Hedwig, Saint
Heeney, Cornelius
Heereman von Zuydwyk, Freiherr von
Heeswijk
Hefele, Karl Joseph von
Hegelianism
Hegesippus, Pseudo
Hegesippus, Saint
Hegius, Alexander
Heidelberg, University of
Heiligenkreuz
Heilsbronn, Monk of
Heilsbronn
Heim, Francois Joseph
Heinrich der Glichezare
Heinrich von Ahaus
Heinrich von Laufenberg
Heinrich von Meissen
Heinrich von Melk
Heinrich von Veldeke
Heinz, Joseph
Heis, Eduard
Heisterbach
Helen of Skofde, Saint
Helena, Saint
Helena
Helenopolis
Heli
Heliae, Paul
Heliand
Helinand
Heliogabalus
Hell, Maximilian
Hell
Hello, Ernest
Helmold
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Helpers of Holy Souls, Society of
Helpidius, Flavius Rusticius
Helyot, Pierre
Hemmerlin, Felix
Henderson, Issac Austin
Hendrick, Thomas Augustine
Hengler, Lawrence
Hennepin, Louis
Henoch, Book of
Henoch
Henoticon
Henri de Saint-Ignace
Henrion, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste
Henriquez, Crisostomo
Henriquez, Enrique
Henry Abbot
Henry II, Saint
Henry II
Henry III
Henry IV
Henry IV (2nd entry)
Henry of Friemar
Henry of Ghent
Henry of Herford
Henry of Huntingdon
Henry of Kalkar
Henry of Langenstein
Henry of Nordlingen
Henry of Rebdorf
Henry of Segusio, Blessed
Henry Suso, Blessed
Henry the Navigator, Prince
Henry V
Henry VI
Henry VIII
Henryson, Robert
Henschen, Godfrey
Hensel, Luise
Henten, John
Heortology
Hephaestus
Heptarchy
Heraclas
Heraclea
Heraldry, Ecclesiastical
Herbart and Herbartianism
Herbert of Bosham
Herbert of Derwentwater, Saint
Herbert of Lea, Lady Elizabeth
Herbst, Johann Georg
Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Alejandro
Herder
Herdtrich, Christian Wolfgang
Heredity
Hereford, Ancient Diocese of
Hereswitha, Saint
Heresy
Hergenrother, Joseph
Heribert, Saint
Heribert
Heriger of Lobbes
Herincx, William
Hermann Contractus
Hermann I
Hermann Joseph, Blessed
Hermann of Altach
Hermann of Fritzlar
Hermann of Minden
Hermann of Salza
Hermanos Penitentes, Los
Hermas, Saint
Hermas
Hermeneutics
Hermengild, Saint
Hermes, George
Hermes, Saint
Hermite, Charles
Hermits
Hermits of Saint Augustine
Hermon
Hermopolis Magna
Hermopolis Parva
Herod
Herodias
Heroic Act of Charity
Heroic Virtue
Herp, Henry
Herrad of Landsberg
Herregouts
Herrera, Fernando de
Herrera, Francisco
Herrera Barnuevo, Sebastiano de
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de
Herrgott, Marquard
Hervas y Panduro, Lorenzo
Hervetus, Gentian
Hesebon
Hesse
Hessels, Jean
Hesychasm
Hesychius of Alexandria
Hesychius of Jerusalem
Hesychius of Sinai
Hethites
Hettinger, Franz
Heude, Pierre
Hewett, John
Hewit, Augustine Francis
Hexaemeron
Hexapla
Hexateuch
Hexham and Newcastle
Heynlin of Stein, Johann
Heywood, Jasper and John
Hibernians, Ancient Order of
Hickey, O.F.M., Antony
Hidalgo, Miguel
Hierapolis
Hierapolis (2nd entry)
Hierarchy
Hierarchy of Early Church
Hierocaesarea
Hieronymites
Hierotheus
Higden, Ranulf
High Altar
High Priest
Higher, Biblical Criticism
Hilarion, Saint
Hilarius of Sexten
Hilarus, Pope Saint
Hilary of Arles, Saint
Hilary of Poitiers, Saint
Hilda, Saint
Hildebert of Lavardin
Hildegard, Saint
Hildesheim
Hilduin, Abbot of St-Denis
Hill, Venerable Richard
Hillel
Hilton, Walter
Himeria
Himerius
Hincmar
Hincmar (2nd entry)
Hinderer, Roman
Hinduism
Hingston, Sir William Hales
Hippo Diarrhytus
Hippo Regius
Hippolytus, Saints
Hippolytus of Rome, Saint
Hirena
Hirschau, Abbey of
Hirscher, Johann Baptist von
Historical Criticism
History, Ecclesiastical
Hittorp, Melchior
Hladnik, Franz von Paula
Hobart, Archdiocese of
Hodgson, Sydney
Hofer, Andreas
Hofler, Konstantin von
Hogan, John Baptist
Hohenbaum van der Meer, Moritz
Hohenburg
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, Alexander Leopold
Holbein, Hans
Holden, Henry
Holiness
Holland, Venerable Thomas
Hollanders in the United States
Holmes, John
Holocaust
Holstenius, Lucas
Holtei, Karl von
Holy Agony, Archconfraternity of
Holy Alliance
Holy Child Jesus, Society of
Holy Childhood, Association of
Holy Coat
Holy Communion
Holy Cross, Congregation of
Holy Cross, Sisters Marianites of
Holy Cross, Sisters of
Holy Cross Abbey
Holy Faith, Sisters of
Holy Family, Archconfraternity of
Holy Family, Congregations of
Holy Ghost, Orders of
Holy Ghost, Religious Congregations of
Holy Ghost
Holy Grail
Holy House of Loreto
Holy Humility of Mary, Institute of Sisters of
Holy Infancy, Brothers of
Holy Innocents
Holy Name, Feast of
Holy Name, Litany of
Holy Name, Society of
Holy Name of Jesus
Holy Oils, Vessels for
Holy Oils
Holy Orders
Holy Saturday
Holy See
Holy Sepulchre, Canonesses Regular of
Holy Sepulchre, Fathers of
Holy Sepulchre, Knights of
Holy Sepulchre
Holy Stairs
Holy Synod
Holy Thursday
Holy Water
Holy Water Fonts
Holy Week
Holy Year of Jubilee
Holyrood Abbey
Holywell
Holywood, Christopher
Holywood, John
Holzhauser, Bartholomew
Homes
Homicide
Homiletics
Homiliarium
Homily
Homoousion
Honduras, British
Hong-Kong, Vicariate Apostolic of
Honoratus, Saint
Honoratus a Sancta Maria
Honorius, Flavius
Honorius, Saint
Honorius I, Pope
Honorius II, Pope
Honorius III, Pope
Honorius IV, Pope
Honorius of Autun
Honour
Hontheim, Johannes Nicolaus von
Hood
Hoogstraten, Jacob van
Hooke, Luke Joseph
Hope-Scott, James Robert
Hope
Hopi Indians
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Hormisdas, Pope Saint
Horner, Nicholas
Horns, Altar
Hornyold, John Joseph
Hortulus Animae
Hosanna
Hoshea
Hosius, Stanislaus
Hosius of Cordova
Hospice
Hospital Sisters of Mercy of Jesus
Hospitality
Hospitallers
Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem
Hospitals
Hospitius, Saint
Hossche, Sidron de
Host, Johann
Host
Hottentots
Houbigant, Charles Francois
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
Houdry, Vincent
Houghton, Blessed John
Houghton, William
Hours, Canonical
Hours, Liturgy of
Hove, Peter van
Howard, Philip Thomas
Howard, Venerable Philip
Howard, Venerable William
Howard of Holy Cross, Mary
Hroswitha
Huajuapam de Leon
Huanuco
Huaraz
Huber, Alphons
Hubert, Jean-Francois
Hubert, Military Orders of Saint
Hubert, Saint
Hubert Walter
Hubner, Count Alexander
Huc, Evariste Regis
Hucbald of St-Amand
Huddleston, John
Hudson, James
Hueber, Fortunatus
Huelgas de Burgos
Huesca, Diocese of
Huet, Pierre-Daniel
Huffer, Hermann
Hug, Johann Leonhard
Hugh, Saint
Hugh Capet
Hugh Faringdon, Blessed
Hugh of Digne
Hugh of Flavigny
Hugh of Fleury
Hugh of Lincoln, Saint
Hugh of Remiremont
Hugh of St-Cher
Hugh of St. Victor
Hugh of Stasburg
Hugh the Great, Saint
Hughes, John
Hugo, Charles-Hyacinthe
Huguccio
Huguenots
Hulshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Baroness von
Human Acts
Humanism
Humbert of Romans
Humeral Veil
Humiliati
Humility
Humphrey Middlemore, Blessed
Humphreys, Laurence
Hungarian Catholics in America
Hungarian Literature
Hungary
Hunolt, Franz
Hunt, Venerable Thurston
Hunter, Sylvester Joseph
Hunting, Canons on
Huntington, Jedediah Vincent
Hunyady, Janos
Huron Indians
Hurst, Richard
Hurtado, Caspar
Hurter, Family of
Hus, Jan
Husenbeth, Frederick Charles
Hussey, Thomas
Hussites
Hutton, Peter
Huysmans, Joris Karl
Hyacinth, Saint
Hyacinth, Saints Protus and
Hyacintha Mariscotti, Saint
Hydatius of Lemica
Hyderabad-Deccan, Diocese of
Hyginus, Pope Saint
Hylozoism
Hymn
Hymnody and Hymnology
Hypaepa
Hypnotism
Hypocrisy
Hypostatic Union
Hypsistarians
Hyrtl, Joseph
Hyssop

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