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L'Enfant, Pierre-Charles
l'Epee, Charles-Michel de
L'Hopital, Guillaume-Francois-Antoine de
L'Hospital, Michael de
l'Orme, Philibert de
La Bruyere, Jean de
la Chaise, Francois d'Aix de
La Crosse
La Fontaine, Jean de
la Fosse, Charles de
La Harpe, Jean-Francois
La Haye, Jean de
la Hire, Philippe de
La Luzerne, Cesar-Guillaume
la Moriciere, Louis-Christophe-Leon Juchault de
La Paz
La Plata
La Plata (2nd entry)
La Richardie, Armand de
La Roche Daillon, Joseph de
La Rochedfoucauld-Liancourt, Duke of
la Rochejacquelein, Henri-Auguste-Georges-Du Vergier, Comte de
La Rochelle
La Rue, Charles de
La Salette, Missionaries of
La Salette
La Salle, Rene-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de
la Salle, Saint John Baptist de
La Serena, Diocese of
La Trappe
La Valette, Jean Parisot de
la Vergne, Marie Madeleine Pioche de
La Verna
Labadists
Laban
Labarum
Labat, Jean-Baptiste
Labbe, Philippe
Labour and Labour Legislation
Labour Unions
Labyrinth
Lac, Stanislas Du
Lace
Lacedonia, Diocese of
Lacordaire, Jean-Baptiste-Henri Dominique
Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus
Lacy, Blessed William
Laderchi, James
Ladislaus, Saint
Laennec, Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe
Laetare Sunday
Laetus, Pomponius
Lafarge, John
Lafitau, Joseph-Francois
Lafleche, Louis-Francois Richer
Laforet, Nicholas-Joseph
Lafuente y Zamalloa, Modesto
Lagania
Lagrene, Pierre
Lahore
Laibach, Diocese of
Laicization
Lainez, James
Laity
Lake Indians
Lalemant, Charles
Lalemant, Gabriel
Lalemant, Jerome
Lallemant, Jacques Philippe
Lallemant, Louis
Lalor, Teresa
Lamarck, Chevalier de
Lamartine, Alphonse de
Lamb, Paschal
Lamb
Lambeck, Peter
Lambert, Louis as
Lambert, Saint
Lambert Le Begue
Lambert of Hersfeld
Lambert of St-Bertin
Lamberville, Jacques and Jean de
Lambillotte, Louis
Lambin, Denis
Lambruschini, Luigi
Lambton, Venerable Joseph
Lamego
Lamennais, Felicite Robert de
Lamennais, Jean-Marie-Robert de
Lamoignon, Family of
Lamont, Johann von
Lamormaini, Wilhelm
Lamp and Lampadarii
Lampa
Lamprecht
Lamps, Early Christian
Lampsacus
Lamuel
Lamus
Lamy, Bernard
Lamy, Francois
Lamy, Thomas Joseph
Lana, Francesco
Lance, Holy
Lancelotti, Giovanni Paolo
Lanciano and Ortona, Archdiocese of
Land-Tenure in Christian Era
Lando, Pope
Landriot, Jean-Francois-Anne
Lanfranc
Lanfranco, Giovanni
Lang, Matthew
Langen, Rudolph von
Langenieux, Benoit-Marie
Langham, Simon
Langheim
Langhorne, Venerable Richard
Langley, Richard
Langres
Lanigan, John
Lanspergius
Lantern
Lanterns, Altar
Lanzi, Luigi
Laodicea
Laos
Laplace, Pierre-Simon
Lapland and Lapps
Lapparent, Albert Auguste de
Laprade, Victor de
Lapsi
Lapuente, Venerable Luis de
Laranda
Lares
Larino
Larissa
Larke, Blessed John
Larrey, Dominique-Jean
Larue, Charles de
Lasaulx, Ernst von
Lascaris, Constantine
Lascaris, Janus
Laski, John
Lassberg, Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von
Lassus, Orlandus de
Last Judgment
Last Supper
Lataste, Marie
Latera, Flaminius Annibali de
Lateran, Christian Museum of
Lateran, Saint John
Lateran Council, Fifth
Lateran Council, First
Lateran Council, Second
Lateran Council, Third
Lateran Councils
Latern Council, Fourth
Lathrop, George Parsons
Latin, Ecclesiastical
Latin Church
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Latin Literature in Christianity
Latin Literature in Church, Classical
Latin Literature in Early Christianity
Latini, Brunetto
Latreille, Pierre-Andre
Latria
Latrocinium
Latter-Day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of
Lauda Sion
Lauds
Laura
Laurentie, Pierre-Sebastien
Lausanne and Geneva
Lauzon, Jean de
Lauzon, Pierre de
Lavabo
Laval, Francois Montmorency de
Laval University of Quebec
Lavant
Laverdiere, Charles-Honore
Laverendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de
Laverlochere, Jean-Nicolas
Lavigerie, Charles-Martial-Allemand
Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent
Law, Canon
Law, Cemeteries in
Law, Common
Law, Influence of Church on Civil
Law, International
Law, Moral Aspect of Divine
Law, Natural
Law, Roman
Law
Lawrence, Saint
Lawrence, Saint (2nd entry)
Lawrence Justinian, Saint
Lawrence O'Toole, Saint
Laws, Penal
Lay Abbot
Lay Brothers
Lay Communion
Lay Confession
Lay Tithes
Laymann, Paul
Lazarists
Lazarus
Lazarus of Bethany, Saint
Lazarus of Jerusalem, Order of St
Le Blant, Edmond-Frederic
Le Camus, Emile-Paul-Constant-Ange
Le Camus, Etienne
Le Caron, Joseph
Le Coz, Claude
Le Fevre, Jacques
Le Gobien
Le Gras, Venerable Louise de Marillac
Le Hir, Arthur-Marie
Le Loutre, Louis-Joseph
Le Mans
Le Mercier, Francois
Le Moyne, Simon
Le Moyne
Le Nourry, Denis-Nicolas
Le Puy
Le Quien, Michel
Le Sage, Alain-Rene
Le Tellier, Charles-Maurice
Le Tellier, Michel
Le Verrier, Urbain-Jean-Joseph
Lead, Diocese of
League, German
League
League of Cross
Leander of Seville, Saint
Leavenworth
Lebanon
Lebedus
Lebrun, Charles
Lebwin, Saint
Lecce
Leclerc du Tremblay, Francois
Leclercq, Chrestien
Lecoy de la Marche
Lectern
Lectionary
Lector
Ledge, Altar
Ledochowski, Miecislas Halka
Leeds
Lefebvre, Camille
Lefevre, Family of
Lefevre d'Etaples, Jacques
Lefevre de la Boderie, Guy
Legacies
Legate
Legends, Literary or Profane
Legends of Saints
Leghorn
Legio
Legipont, Oliver
Legists
Legitimation
Legrand, Louis
Lehnin, Abbey of
Leibniz, System of
Leigh, Venerable Richard
Leipzig, University of
Leipzig
Leitmeritz
Lejeune, Jean
Lelong, Jacques
Lemberg
Lemcke, Henry
Lemercier, Jacques
Lemos, Thomas de
Lennig, Adam Franz
Lenormant, Charles
Lenormant, Francois
Lent
Lentulus, Publius
Leo, Brother
Leo Diaconus
Leo I, Pope Saint
Leo II, Pope Saint
Leo III, Pope Saint
Leo IV, Pope Saint
Leo IX, Pope Saint
Leo V, Pope
Leo VI, Pope
Leo VII, Pope
Leo VIII, Pope
Leo X, Pope
Leo XI, Pope
Leo XII, Pope
Leo XIII, Pope
Leocadia, Saint
Leodegar, Saint
Leon, Luis de
Leon
Leon (2nd entry)
Leonard of Chios
Leonard of Limousin, Saint
Leonard of Port Maurice, Saint
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonidas, Saint
Leontius, Saint
Leontius Byzantinus
Leontopolis
Leopoldine Society
Lepanto
Leprosy
Leptis Magna
Lerida
Lerins, Abbey of
Leros
Leroy-Beaulieu, Anatole
Lesbi
Lescarbot, Marc
Lescot, Pierre
Lesina
Leslie, John
Lessius, Leonard
Lessons in Liturgy
Lestrange, Louis-Henri de
Lesueur, Francois Eustache
Lesueur, Jean-Francois
Lete
Letourneux, Nicolas
Letters, Ecclesiastical
Leubus
Leuce
Levadoux, Michael
Levau, Louis
Levites
Leviticus
Lex
Lezana, Juan Bautista de
Libel
Libellatici, Libelli
Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum
Liber Pontificalis
Liber Septimus
Libera Me
Libera Nos
Liberal Arts, Seven
Liberalism
Liberatore, Matteo
Liberatus of Carthage
Liberia
Liberius, Pope
Libermann, Venerable Francis Mary Paul
Libraries
Libri Carolini
Lichfield
Lidwina, Saint
Lieber, Ernst Maria
Lieber, Moriz
Liebermann, Bruno Franz Leopold
Liege
Liesborn, Master of
Liesborn
Liessies
Life
Ligamen
Lights
Liguge
Liguori, Saint Alphonsus
Lilienfeld
Lilius, Aloisius
Lille
Lillooet Indians
Lima, Archdiocese of
Limbo
Limbourg, Pol de
Limburg
Limerick
Limoges
Limyra
Linacre, Thomas
Linares
Lincoln
Lincoln (2nd entry)
Lindanus, William Damasus
Linde, Justin Timotheus Balthasar, Freiherr von
Lindemann, Wilhelm
Lindisfarne, Ancient Diocese and Monastery of
Lindores, Benedictine Abbey of
Line, Saint Anne
Linens, Altar
Lingard, John
Linkoping, Ancient See of
Linoe
Linus, Pope Saint
Linz
Lippe
Lippi, Filippino
Lippi, Filippo
Lippomano, Luigi
Lipsanotheca
Lipsius, Justus
Lisbon, Patriarchate of
Lismore, Diocese of Waterford and
Lismore, School of
Lismore
Lister
Liszt, Franz
Litany
Litany of Holy Name
Litany of Loreto
Litany of Saints
Literature, English
Lithuania
Lithuanians in United States
Litta
Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi
Little Office of Our Lady
Little Rock, Diocese of
Littre, Paul-Maximilien-Emile
Liturgical Books
Liturgical Chant
Liturgy
Liturgy of Hours
Liturgy of Jerusalem
Liutprand of Cremona
Liverpool
Livias
Llancarvan
Llandaff
Llanthony Priory
Lloyd, Saint John
Loaisa, Garcia de
Loango
Loaves of Proposition
Lobbes, Benedictine Abbey of
Lobera, Ann
Loccum
Lochleven
Lochner, Stephen
Loci Theologici
Locke, Matthew
Lockhart, William
Lockwood, Venerable John
Lodi, Diocese of
Logia, Jesu
Logic
Logos
Lohel, Johann
Lohner, Tobias
Loja, Diocese of
Lollards
Loman, Saint
Lombard, Peter
Lombard, Peter (2nd entry)
Lombardy
Lomenie de Brienne, Etienne-Charles de
London
London Ontario
Longstreet, James
Lope de Vega Carpio, Felix de
Lopez-Caro, Francisco
Lords Prayer
Lorea
Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio de
Lorenzetti, Pietro and Ambrogio
Lorenzo da Brindisi, Saint
Loreto, Santa Casa di
Lorette
Lorrain, Claude de
Lorraine
Lorsch Abbey
Loryma
Los Angeles, Monterey and
Lossada, Luis de
Lossen, Karl August
Lot
Lottery
Lotti, Antonio
Lotto, Lorenzo
Loucheux
Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Saint
Louis Allemand, Blessed
Louis Bertrand, Saint
Louis IX, Saint
Louis of Casoria, Ven
Louis of Granada, Ven
Louis of Toulouse, Saint
Louis XIV
Louise, Sister
Louisiana
Louisville, Diocese of
Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Notre-Dame de
Louvain, University of
Love
Low Church
Low Sunday
Lower California, Vicariate Apostolic of
Loyola, Saint Ignatius
Loyola University, Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Lubeck
Lublin
Luca, Giovanni Battista de
Lucas, Frederick
Lucca
Lucera
Lucerne
Lucian of Antioch
Lucic, John
Lucifer
Lucifer of Cagliari
Lucina, Crypt of
Lucius
Lucius I, Pope Saint
Lucius II, Pope
Lucon
Lucy, Saint
Ludger, Saint
Ludmilla, Saint
Ludolf of Saxony
Ludovicus a S. Carolo
Lueger, Karl
Lugo, Francisco de
Lugo, John de
Lugo
Lugos
Luini, Bernardino
Luke, Gospel of Saint
Lule Indians
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Lully, Raymond
Lumen Christi
Luminare
Lummi Indians
Lumper, Gottfried
Luna, Pedro de
Lund
Lunette
Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato
Lupus, Christian
Lupus
Luscinius, Ottmar
Lusignan, Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse
Lussy, Melchior
Lust
Luther, Martin
Lutheranism
Lutolf, Aloys
Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz
Luxemburg
Luxeuil, Abbey of
Lycopolis
Lydda
Lydgate, John
Lying
Lynch, John
Lyndwood, William
Lyons, Councils of
Lyons, First Council of
Lyons, Second Council of
Lyons
Lyrba
Lysias
Lystra

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