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Sa, Manoel de
Saavedra, Fajardo Diego de
Saavedra Remirez de Baquedano, Angel de
Saba and Sabeans
Sabaoth
Sabbas, Saint
Sabbatarians, Sabbatarianism
Sabbath
Sabbatical Year
Sabbatine Privilege
Sabina, Saint
Sabinianus
Sabran, Louis de
Sabrata
Sacchoni, Raneiro
Sacra Jam Splendent
Sacrament, Reservation of Blessed
Sacramentals
Sacraments
Sacred Heart, Brothers of
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Devotion to
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionaries of
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionary Sisters of
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration of Blessed Sacrament of Altar, Congregation of
Sacrifice
Sacrifice of Mass
Sacrilege
Sacris Solemniis
Sacristan
Sacristy
Sadducees
Sadler, Thomas Vincent Faustus
Sadlier, Mary Anne Madden
Sadoleto, Jacopo
Sagalassus
Sagard, Theodat-Gabriel
Sahagun, Bernardino de
Sahaptin Indians
Sahara, Vicariate Apostolic of
Sailer, Johann Michael
Sainctes, Claude de
Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Claude
Saint-Cosme, Jean-Francois Buisson de
Saint-Denis, Abbey of
Saint-Flour
Saint-John, Ambrose
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de
Saint Albans, Abbey of
Saint Albert, Diocese of
Saint Andrews, Priory of
Saint Andrews, University of
Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
Saint Asaph, Ancient Diocese of
Saint Bartholomews Day
Saint Benedict, Medal of
Saint Bonaventure, College of
Saint Cloud, Diocese of
Sainte-Claire Deville, Charles
Sainte-Claire Deville, Henri-Etienne
Sainte-Genevieve, Abbey of
Sainte Anne d'Auray
Sainte Anne de Beaupre
Saints, Communion of
Saints, Legends of
Sala, George Augustus Henry
Salamanca, University of
Salamanca
Salamis, Epiphanius of
Salamis
Salamon, Louis-Siffren-Joseph
Salazar, Domingo de
Sale
Salem
Salerno
Salesian Society
Salford
Salimbene degli Adami
Salisbury, Ancient Diocese of
Saliva Indians
Salle, Saint John Baptist de la
Salmanticenses and Complutenses
Salmas
Salmeron, Alphonsus
Salome
Salt
Salt Lake, Diocese of
Salta, Diocese of
Saltillo, Diocese of
Salto
Salutati, Coluccio di Pierio di
Saluzzo
Salvatierra, Juan Maria
Salvation
Salve Mundi Salutare
Salve Regina
Salvete Christi Vulnera
Salvianus
Salzburg
Salzmann, Joseph
Samar and Leyte
Samaria
Samaritan Language and Literature
Sambuga, Joseph Anton
Samoa
Samogitia
Samos
Samosata
Sampson, Richard
Samson, Saint
Samson
Samson (2nd entry)
Samuco Indians
San Antonio, Diocese of
San Carlos de Ancud
San Francisco
San Gallo
San Jose de Costa Rica
San Juan
San Leon del Amazonas
San Luis Potosi
San Marco and Bisignano
San Marino
San Martino al Cimino
San Miniato
San Salvador
San Salvador (2nd entry)
San Sepolcro, Piero da
San Severino
San Severo
San Xavier del Bac, Mission of
Sanchez, Alonzo
Sanchez, Alonzo Coello
Sanchez, Jose Bernardo
Sanchez, Thomas
Sanction, Pragmatic
Sanction
Sanctity
Sanctorum Meritis
Sanctuary
Sanctuary (2nd entry)
Sanctus
Sandals, Episcopal
Sandemanians
Sandeo, Felino Maria
Sander, Anton
Sander, Nicholas
Sandhurst
Sandomir
Sands
Sandwich Islands
Sandys, Venerable John
Sanetch Indians
Sanhedrin
Sankt Polten
Sannazaro, Jacopo
Sanseverino, Gaetano
Sansovino, Andrea Contucci del
Sant Angelo de Lombardi
Sant Angelo in Vado and Urbania
Santa Agata dei Goti, Diocese of
Santa Casa di Loreto
Santa Catharina
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Fe
Santa Fe (2nd entry)
Santa Lucia del Mela
Santa Maria
Santa Maria de Monserrato
Santa Marta
Santa Severina
Santander
Santarem
Santiago, University of
Santiago del Estero
Santifying Grace
Santini, Giovanni Sante Gaspero
Santo Domingo, Archdiocese of
Santos, Joao dos
Sao Carlos do Pinhal
Sao Luiz de Caceres
Sao Luiz de Maranhao
Sao Paulo
Sao Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos
Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro
Sao Thiago de Cabo Verde
Sappa
Sara
Sarabaites
Saragossa, University of
Saragossa
Sarayacu Mission
Sarbiewski, Mathias Casimir
Sardes
Sardica, Council of
Sardica
Sardinia
Sarepta
Sarkander, Blessed John
Sarnelli, Januarius Maria
Sarpi, Paolo
Sarsfield, Patrick
Sarsina
Sarto, Andrea del
Sarum Rite
Sasima
Saskatchewan and Alberta
Sassari
Sassoferrato, Giovanni Battista Salvi da
Satala
Satolli, Francesco
Saturninus, Saint
Sauatra
Saul
Sault Sainte Marie
Sault Saint Louis
Savannah
Savaric
Savary
Savigny, Abbey of
Savigny, Karl Friedrich
Savona and Noli
Savonarola, Girolamo
Savoy
Saxe, Jean de
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Weimer-Eisenach
Saxo Grammaticus
Saxony, Albert of
Saxony
Scala Sancta
Scaliger, Julius Caesar
Scalimoli
Scammon, Ellakim Parker
Scandal
Scannabecchi, Filippo
Scapular
Scaramelli, Giovanni Battista
Scarampi, Pierfrancesco
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Scarron, Paul
Scepticism
Schadow, Friedrich Wilhelm
Schaepman J.A.M., Herman
Schaftlarn
Schall von Bell, Johann Adam
Schannat, Johann Friedrich
Schatzgeyer, Caspar
Schaufelin, Hans Leonhard
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schazler, Constantine Baron von
Schedel, Hartmann
Scheeben, Matthias Joseph
Scheffmacher, John James
Scheiner, Christopher
Schelble, Johann Nepomuk
Schelstrate, Emmanuel
Schenkl, Maurus von
Schenute
Scherer, Georg
Scherer-Boccard, Theodore, Count von
Schinner, Matthaeus
Schism, Eastern
Schism, Western
Schism
Schlegel, Friedrich von
Schleswig
Schlor, Aloysius
Schlosser, John Frederick Henry
Schmalzgrueber, Francis Xavier
Schmid, Christoph von
Schmidt, Friedrich von
Schneemann, Gerard
Schoenberg, Matthias von
Schoffer, Peter
Schola Cantorum
Scholasticism
Scholliner, Herman
Schols, Charles Mathieu
Scholz, John Martin Augustine
Schonborn
Schongauer, Martin
Schoningh
Schools, Apostolic
Schools, Clerks Regular of Pious
Schools
Schorlemer-Alst, Burghard Freiherr von
Schott, Gaspar
Schottenkloster
Schrader, Clement
Schram, Dominic
Schrank, Franz Paula von
Schraudolph, Johann
Schubert, Franz
Schwane, Joseph
Schwann, Theodor
Schwanthaler, Ludwig von
Schwarz, Berthold
Schwarzenberg, Friedrich, Prince of
Schwenckfeldians
Schwind, Moritz von
Science and Church
Scillium, Martyrs of
Scillium
Scopia
Scotism and Scotists
Scotland, Established Church of
Scotland
Scoto-Hibernian Monasteries
Scots College
Scott, Venerable Motford
Scotus, Blessed John Duns
Scranton, Diocese of
Screen, Altar
Scribes
Scriptorium
Scripture
Scruple
Scrutiny
Sculpture
Scutari, Archdiocese of
Scythopolis
Seal
Seal of Confession, Law of
Seattle
Sebaste
Sebastia
Sebastian, Saint
Sebastian Newdigate, Blessed
Sebastopolis
Sebenico
Secchi, Angelo
Sechlet Indians
Sechnall, Saint
Seckau
Second Books of Kings, First and
Secret, Discipline of
Secret
Sect and Sects
Secular Clergy
Secularism
Secularization
Sedgwick, Thomas
Sedia Gestatoria
Sedilia
Sedilius
Seduction
Sedulius Scotus
Seekers
Seelos, Francis X
Seerth
Seez
Seghers, Charles John
Segneri, Elder, Paolo
Segni
Segorbe
Segovia
Segur, Louis Gaston de
Segur, Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de
Sehna, Diocese of
Seidl, Johann Gabriel
Seitz, Alexander Maximilian
Sejny, Diocese of
Sekanais
Seleucia Pieria
Seleucia Trachea
Seleucians
Seleucids
Self-Defense
Selgas y Carrasco, Jose
Selge
Selinus
Selvaggio, Giulio Lorenzo
Selymbria
Sem
Semiarians and Semiarianism
Seminary, Ecclesiastical
Semipelagianism
Semites
Semitic Epigraphy
Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp
Semmes, Raphael
Sena, Balthasar
Senan, Jose Francisco de Paula
Senan, Saint
Senanque
Seneca Indians
Senefelder, Aloys
Senegambia
Sennen, Saints Abdon and
Sens, Councils of
Sens
Sentence
Sept-Fons, Notre-Dame de Saint-Lieu
Septimius Severus
Septuagesima
Septuagint Version
Sepulchre, Holy
Sequence, Prose or
Serajevo, Archdiocese of
Seraphic Rosary
Seraphim
Seraphin of Montegranaro
Seraphina Sforza, Blessed
Serapion, Saint
Serena, Diocese of La
Sergeant, John
Sergeant, Venerable Richard
Sergiopolis
Sergius and Bacchus
Sergius I, Pope Saint
Sergius II, Pope
Sergius III, Pope
Sergius IV, Pope
Seripando, Girolamo
Seroux d'Agincourt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George
Serpieri, Alessandro
Serra, Junipero
Serrae
Servants of Mary
Servants of Most Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of
Servia
Servites, Order of
Servus servorum Dei
Sessa-Aurunca
Sestini, Benedict
Setebo Indians
Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann
Seton, William
Settignano, Desiderio da
Settlement, Act of
Seven-Branch Candlestick
Seven Deacons
Seven Robbers
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
Severian
Severinus, Pope
Severus, Alexander
Severus Sanctus Endelechus
Sevigne, Madame de
Seville, University of
Seville
Sexagesima
Sexburga, Saint
Sext
Sexton
Sfondrati, Celestino
Shakespeare, Religion of
Shamanism
Shammai
Shan-Si, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
Shan-Si, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern
Shan-Tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern
Shan-Tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
Shan-Tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern
Sharpe, James
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary
Shea, Sir Ambrose
Sheil, Richard Lalor
Sheldon, Edward
Shelley, Richard
Shen-Si, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
Shen-Si, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern
Shepherd, John
Sherborne Abbey
Sherbrooke
Sheridan, Philip Henry
Sherson, Martin
Shert, Blessed John
Sherwin, Blessed Ralph
Sherwood, Blessed Thomas
Sherwood, William
Shewbread
Shi-Koku
Shields, James
Shire
Shirley, James
Shrewsbury
Shrines of Our Lady and Saints in Great Britain and Ireland
Shroud, Holy
Shrovetide
Shuswap Indians
Siam
Sibbel, Joseph
Siberia
Sibour, Marie-Dominique-Auguste
Sibylline Oracles
Sicard
Sicca Veneria
Sichem
Sicilian Vespers
Sicily
Side, Altar
Sidon
Sidon (2nd entry)
Sidonius Apollinaris
Sidyma
Siena, University of
Siena
Sieni, Cyril
Sierra Leone
Sigebert of Gembloux
Siger of Brabant
Sigismund
Sign of Cross
Signorelli, Luca
Siguenza
Sikhism
Silandus
Silence
Silesia
Siletz Indians
Siloe
Silveira, Venerable Goncalo da
Silverius, Pope Saint
Silvester, Francis
Silvia, Saint
Simeon, Canticle of
Simeon, Holy
Simeon
Simeon of Durham
Simeon Stylites the Elder, Saint
Simeon Stylites the Younger, Saint
Simla
Simon Apostle, Saint
Simon Magus
Simon of Cascia, Blessed
Simon of Cramaud
Simon of Cremona
Simon of Sudbury
Simon of Tournai
Simon Stock, Saint
Simone da Orsenigo
Simonians
Simony
Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice
Simplicius, Pope Saint
Simpson, Richard
Sin
Sinai
Sinaiticus, Codex
Sinaloa
Singing, Congregational
Sinigaglia
Sinis
Sinope
Sion
Sion (2nd entry)
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Sioux Indians
Sipibo Indians
Sirach, Book of
Siricius, Pope Saint
Sirleto, Gugliemo
Sirmium, Diocese of
Sirmond, Jacques
Sisinnius, Pope
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
Sisters of Little Company of Mary
Sistine Choir
Sitifis
Sitjar, Buenaventura
Siunia
Six Days Creation
Sixtus I, Pope Saint
Sixtus II, Pope Saint
Sixtus III, Pope Saint
Sixtus IV, Pope
Sixtus V, Pope
Skara, Ancient See of
Skarga, Peter
Skoda, Josef
Slander
Slavery, Ethical Aspect of
Slavery and Christianity
Slaves
Slavonic Language and Liturgy
Slavs
Slavs in America
Slomsek, Anton Martin
Slotanus, John
Sloth
Slythurst, Thomas
Smalkaldic League
Smaragdus, Ardo
Smith, James
Smith, Richard
Smith, Richard (2nd entry)
Smith, Thomas Kilby
Smits, William
Smyrna
Snow, Venerable Peter
Sobaipura Indians
Sobieski, John
Social Contract
Socialism
Socialistic Communities
Societies, American Federation of Catholic
Societies, Catholic
Societies, Secret
Society, Catholic Church Extension
Society
Society of Blessed Sacrament
Society of Foreign Missions of Paris
Society of Jesus
Society of Sacred Heart of Jesus
Socinianism
Sociology
Socorro, Diocese of
Socrates
Socrates (2nd entry)
Sodality
Sodom and Gmorrha
Sodoma
Sodor and Man, Ancient Diocese
Soissons
Soladity (2nd entry)
Solanus, Saint Francis
Solari
Solemnity
Solesmes, Abbey of Saint
Soli
Solicitation
Solimoes Superiore
Solomon, Psalms of
Solomon
Solomon Islands, Northern
Solomon Islands, Southern
Solsona
Somaliland
Somaschi
Somerset, Thomas
Son of God
Son of Man
Song, Religious
Songish Indians
Sonnius, Franciscus
Sonora, Diocese of
Sophene
Sophists
Sophonias
Sophronius
Sora
Sorbait, Paul de
Sorbonne
Sorin, Edward
Sorrento
Sorrows of Blessed Virgin Mary, Feasts of Seven
Soter, Saints and Popes, Caius and
Soto, Dominic
Soul, Faculties of
Soul
South American College in Rome
South Carolina
South Dakota
Southerne, Venerable William
Southwark
Southwell, Venerable Robert
Southworth, Saint John
Sovana and Pitigliano
Sozomen, Salminius Hermias
Sozopolis
Sozusa
Space
Spagni, Andrea
Spain
Spalato-Macarsca
Spalding, Martin John
Spallanzani, Lazzaro
Spanish-American Literature
Spanish-American Universities
Spanish Armada
Spanish Language and Literature
Sparta
Species
Speckbacher, Josef
Speculation
Spedalieri, Nicola
Spee, Friedrich Von
Speed, Blessed John
Spencer, The Honorable George
Spenser, John
Spenser, Venerable William
Speyer, Johann and Wendelin von
Speyer
Spillmann, Joseph
Spina, Bartolommeo
Spinda, Alphonso de
Spinola, Christopher Royas de
Spinoza, Benedict
Spire
Spirit, Holy
Spirit
Spiritism
Spirito Santo, Diocese of
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius
Spiritualism
Spirituals
Spokan Indians
Spoleto
Spondanus, Henri
Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico
Spoons, Apostle
Sporer, Patritius
Sportelli, Venerable Caesar
Springfield
Sprott, Venerable Thomas
Squamish Indians
Squiers, Herbert Goldsmith
Squillace
Saint-Denis
Saint-Die
Saint-Jean-De-Maurienne
Saint-Ouen, Abbey of
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism
Saint-Sulpice, Society of
Saint-Sylvester, Order of
Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de
Saint-Victor, Abbey of
Saint-Victor, Achard de
Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Abbey of
Saint Augustine, Abbey of
Saint Boniface
Saint Francis Mission
Saint Francis Xavier's College, University of
Saint Gall
Saint George's
Saint George, Orders of
Saint Hyacinthe
Saint Isidore, College of
Saint James of Compostela, Order of
Saint John
Saint John's University
Saint Joseph, Diocese of
Saint Joseph's College, University of
Saint Louis, University of
Saint Louis
Saint Lucius, Monastery of
Saint Mark, University of
Saint Omer, College of
Saint Paul-without-the-Walls
Saint Paul
Saint Peter, Basilica of
Saint Peter, Prince of Apostles
Saint Peter, Tomb of
Saint Petersburg
Saint Thomas, Diocese of
Saint Thomas, University of
Saint Thomas Christians
Saint Thomas of Guiana
Saint Thomas of Mylapur
Saint Vincent de Paul, Society of
Stabat Mater
Stadler, John Evangelist
Staff, Pastoral
Stained Glass
Stalls
Stanbrook Abbey
Stanfield, William Clarkson
Stanislas Kostka, Saint
Stanislaus of Cracow, Saint
Stanislawow
Stanley Falls
Stansel, Valentin
Stanyhurst, Richard
Stanza
Stapf, Joseph Ambrose
Staphylus, Friedrich
Stapleton, Theobald
Stapleton, Thomas
Starowolski, Simon
Starr, Eliza Allen
State and Church
State or Way
States of Church
Station Days
Stations of Cross
Statistics, Ecclesiastical
Statistics of Religions
Stattler, Benedict
Staudenmaier, Franz Anton
Staupitz, Johann Von
Stauropolis
Stavanger, Ancient See of
Stedingers
Stefaneschi, Giacomo Gaetani
Steffani, Agostino
Steinamanger, Diocese of
Steinle, Eduard Von
Steinmeyer, Ferdinand
Steno, Nicolaus
Stephen, Saint
Stephen, Saint (2nd entry)
Stephen Harding, Saint
Stephen I, Pope Saint
Stephen II, Pope
Stephen III, Pope
Stephen IV, Pope
Stephen IX, Pope
Stephen of Autun
Stephen of Bourbon
Stephen of Muret, Saint
Stephen of Tournai
Stephen V, Saint
Stephen VI, Pope
Stephen VII, Pope
Stephen VIII, Pope
Stephen X, Pope
Stephens, Henry Robert
Stephens, Thomas
Steps, Altar
Steuco, Agostino
Stevenson, Joseph
Stevin, Simon
Stifter, Adalbert
Stigmata, Mystical
Stipend
Stockholm
Stockl, Albert
Stoddard, Charles Warren
Stoics and Stoic Philosophy
Stolberg
Stole, Altar
Stole
Stolz, Alban Isidor
Stone, Altar
Stone, Blessed John
Stone, Corner
Stone, Marmaduke
Stone, Mary Jean
Stones in Bible, Precious
Stoning in Scripture
Stonnes, James
Stonyhurst College
Story, Blessed John
Stoss, Veit
Stradivari, Antonio
Stradivari Family
Strahov, Abbey of
Strain, John
Stransham, Venerable Edward
Strasburg
Stratonicea
Streber, Franz Ignaz Von
Streber, Franz Seraph
Streber, Hermann
Strengnas, Ancient See of
Striking of Breast
Stripping of Altar
Strossmayer, Joseph Georg
Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement
Studion
Stuhlweissenburg
Sturluson, Snorri
Stylites
Styria
Suarez, Francisco
Subdeacon
Subiaco
Subreption
Subsidies
Substance
Suburbicarian Dioceses
Sudan, Vicariate Apostolic of
Sufetula
Sugar, Venerable John
Suger
Suicide
Suidas
Suitbert, Saint
Sullivan, Alexander Martin
Sullivan, Peter John
Sully, Maurice de
Sulpicians in United States
Sulpicius Severus
Sulpitius
Sumatra, Prefecture Apostolic of
Summae
Summer Schools, Catholic
Sunday
Superior Diocese of
Supernatural Adoption
Supernatural Gift
Supernatural Order
Superstition
Supper, Last
Suppression of English Monasteries Under Henry VIII
Suppression of Monasteries in Continetal Europe
Supremi Disciplinae
Sura
Surin, Jean-Joseph
Surius, Laurentius
Surplice
Susa, Diocese of
Susa
Susanna, Saints Tiburtius and
Suso, Blessed Henry
Suspension
Sutton, Sir Richard
Sutton, Venerable Robert
Swan, Order of
Sweden
Swedenborgians
Sweinheim, Arnold Pannartz and Konrad
Swetchine, Sophie-Jeanne Soymonof
Sweynheim, Konrad
Swinomish Indians
Swithin, Saint
Switzerland
Sydney
Syene
Sykes, Edmund
Syllabus
Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint
Sylvester I, Pope Saint
Sylvester II, Pope
Sylvester of Chartres, Bernard
Sylvestrines
Sylvius, Francis
Symbolism
Symmachus, Pope Saint
Symmachus Ebionite
Symphorian, Saints Timotheus and
Symphorosa, Saint
Synagogue
Synaus
Synaxarion
Synaxis
Synceli
Syncretism
Synderesis
Syndic, Apostolic
Syndicalism
Synesius of Cyrene
Synnada
Synod
Synods, National
Synoptics
Syntagma Canonum
Syon Monastery
Syra
Syracuse
Syracuse (2nd entry)
Syria
Syriac Hymnody
Syriac Language and Literature
Syrian Rite, East
Syrian Rite, West
Szanto, Stephan
Szatmar
Sze-Ch'wan Eastern
Sze-Ch'wan Northwestern
Sze-Ch'wan Southern
Szentivanyi, Martin
Szepes, Diocese of
Szujski, Joseph
Szymonowicz, Simon

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