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B Baader, Franz Xaver von Baal, Baalim Baalbek -- Town in Syria; also called Heliopolis Babel Babel, Tower of Babenstuber, Ludwig Babinet, Jacques -- French physicist (1794-1872) Babylas, Saint Babylon (Title) Babylonia Baccanceld Bacchus and Sergius -- Martyrs (d. 303) Bacchylus Bachelor of Arts Bachelot, Alexis John Augustine -- Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (1796-1837) Bachiarius Bachmann, Paul Backer, Augustin de Backx, Peter Hubert Evermode Bacon, David William -- First Bishop of Portland, Maine (1813-1874) Bacon, John Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon, Roger Baconian System of Philosophy, The Badajoz Baden Badia, Tommaso Badin, Stephen Theodore -- Pioneer missionary priest of Kentucky (1768-1853) Badius, Raphael Bæticus, Gregory Baegert, John Jacob Baert, François Bæumer, Suitbert Bagamoyo Bagdad Bageis Baglioni, Giovanni, Cavaliere Bagnorea Bagot, Jean Bagshaw, Christopher Bahama Islands, The Bailey, Thomas Baillargeon, Charles François Baillet, Adrien Bailloquet, Pierre -- French missionary to Canadian Indians (1612-1692) Baily, Thomas Bainbridge, Christopher Baines, Peter Augustine Baines, Ralph Baini, Abbate Giuseppe Baithen of Iona, Saint -- Irish monk and associate of St. Columba (d. 600) Baius, Michel -- Theologian (1513-1589) Baker, Venerable Charles -- English Jesuit martyr (1616-1679) Baker, David Augustine -- Benedictine mystic and ascetic writer (1575-1641) Baker, Francis Asbury -- American priest and convert (1820-1865) Baker City, Diocese of Bakócz, Thomas Balaam Balanaea Balbina, Saint Balbinus, Boleslaus Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de -- Explorer (1475-1517) Balbuena, Bernardo de Balbus, Hieronymus Baldachium of the Altar Balde, Jacob Balderic (Baudry) Balderic Baldi, Bernardino Baldinucci, Blessed Anthony Baldovinetti, Alesso Baldred, Saint Baldung, Hans Baldwin Baldwin, Francis Baldwin of Canterbury Balearic Isles Bales, Christopher, Venerable Ball, Mother Frances Mary Teresa Ballarat Ballerini, Antonio -- Jesuit theologian (1805-1881) Ballerini, Girolamo and Pietro Balme, Henry Balmes, Jaime Luciano Balsam Balsamon, Theodore Baltasar Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Plenary Councils of Baltimore, Provincial Councils of Baltus, Jean François Balue, Jean Baluze, Etienne Bamber, Ven. Edward Bamberg Banaias Bancel, Louis Bandello, Matteo Banduri, Anselmo Bañez, Domingo -- Spanish Dominican theologian (1528-1604) Bangor, Antiphonary of Bangor Bangor Abbey Banim, John & Michael Banjaluka Bankruptcy, Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy, Moral Aspect of Banns of Marriage Bapst, John Baptism Baptismal Font Baptismal Vows Baptista Mantuanus, Blessed Baptista Varani, Blessed -- Ascetical writer (1458-1527) Baptistery Baptistines Baptists Barac Baradæus, Jacob Baraga, Frederic Barat, Madeleine-Sophie Barat, Nicolas Barba, Alvaro Alonzo Barbalissos Barbara, Saint Barbarigo, Giovanni Francesco Barbastro Barbelin, Felix-Joseph Barber Family, The Barbieri, Giovanni Barbosa, Agostino Barbosa-Machado, Ignacio Barbour, John Barbus, Paulus Barca Barcelona Barcelona, University of Barcena, Alonzo de Barclay, John Barclay, William Barco Centenera, Martin del Barcos, Martin de Bard, Henry Bardesanes and Bardesanites Bar Hebræus Bari Barjesus -- False prophet mentioned in the New Testament Bar-Kepha, Moses -- Jacobite bishop and writer (813-903) Barkworth, Ven. Mark Barlaam and Josaphat -- Principal characters of an ancient Christian legend Barletta, Gabriel Barlings, Abbey of Barlow, Ven. Edward Ambrose Barlow, William Rudesind Barnabas, The Epistle of Barnabas, Saint Barnabas of Terni Barnabites Baroccio, Federigo -- Italian painter and engraver (1528-1612) Barocco Style Baron, Bonaventura Baron, Vincent Baronius, Venerable Cesare Barquisimeto Barradas, Sebastião Barral, Louis-Mathias, Count de Barrande, Joachim Barrasa, Jacinto Barre, Antoine-Lefebvre, Sieur de la Barreira, Balthasar Barrientos, Lopez de Barron, Edward -- Irish missionary (1801-1854) Barros, João de Barrow, John Barrow, William, Venerable Barruel, Augustin Barry, John -- U.S. Navy Captain (1745-1803) Barry, John -- Second Bishop of Savannah (1799-1859) Barry, Patrick Barry, Paul de Barthel, Johann Caspar Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques Bartholi, Francesco della Rossa Bartholomaeus Anglicus -- Thirteenth-century Franciscan encyclopedist Bartholomew, Saint -- One of the Twelve Apostles Bartholomew -- Called the "Apostle of Armenia" (d. 1333) Bartholomew of Braga, Venerable Bartholomew of Braganca Bartholomew of Brescia Bartholomew of Edessa Bartholomew of Lucca Bartholomew of Pisa Bartholomew of San Concordio Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Saint Bartholomites Bartoli, Daniello Bartolocci, Giulio Bartolommeo, Fra -- Italian Dominican painter (1475-1517) Bartolozzi, Francesco Barton, Elizabeth Baruch Barzynski, Vincent -- Polish-American priest (1838-1899) Basil the Great, Saint Basil, Liturgy of Saint Basil, Rule of Saint Basilians Basilica Basilides -- Alexandrian Gnostic (fl. 120-140) Basilides -- Martyrs Basilinopolis Basilissa Basil of Amasea Basil of Seleucia Basins, Ecclesiastical Use of Basle, Council of Basle-Lugano Bas-relief Bassein Bassett, Joshua Bassi, Matthew of -- Founder of the Capuchins (1495-1552) Bassianus Bastiat, Claude-Frédéric Baston, Guillaume-André-Réné Basutoland Batavia Bath Abbey Bath and Wells Bathe, William Bathilde, Saint -- Wife of King Clovis II (d. 680) Bathurst Battaglini, Marco Batteux, Charles Battista, Giovanni Giuda Giona Battle Abbey Bauberger, Wilhelm Baudeau, Nicolas Baudouin, Michel Baumgartner, Alexander -- Swiss poet and writer (1841-1910) Baumgartner, Gallus Jacob Baunard, Louis Bauny, Etienne Bausset, Louis-François de Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie Bautista, Fray Juan Bavaria, The Kingdom of Bawden, William Bayer, Adèle Bayeu y Subias, Francisco Bayeux Bayley, James Roosevelt Baylon, Saint Pascal Bayma, Joseph Bayonne Baysio, Guido de Bazin, John Stephen Beads, Use of, at Prayers Beards Beardsley, Aubrey Beatific Vision Beatification and Canonization Beatitudes, Mount of Beatitudes, The Eight Beaton, David Beaton, James (1473-1539) Beaton, James (1517-1603) Beatrix Beaufort, Lady Margaret Beaulieu Abbey Beaune, Renaud de Beauregard, Jean-Nicolas Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauvais Beauvais, Gilles-François-de Beauvais, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Bébian, Roch-Amboise-Auguste Bec, Abbey of Becan, Martin Beccaria, Giovanni Battista -- Physicist (1716-1781) Beccus, John Beche, Blessed John Beckedorff, George Philipp Ludolf von Becker, Thomas Andrew Becket, Saint Thomas Beckx, Pierre-Jean Becquerel, Antoine-César Bédard, Pierre Bede Bede, The Venerable Bedford, Gunning S. Bedford, Henry Bedingfeld, Frances Bedingfeld, Henry, Sir Bedini, Cajetan Bedlam Beelen, Ian Theodor Beelphegor Beelzebub Beesley, George, Venerable Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Composer (1770-1827) Begnudelli-Basso, Francesco Antonio Beguines & Beghards Behaim, Albert von Behaim, Martin Beirut Beja Belasyse, John Belchiam, Venerable Thomas Belem do Pará, Archdiocese of Belfry Belgium Belgrade and Smederevo Belgrado, Giacopo Belial Belief Belin, Albert (Jean) Bell, Altar Bell, Angelus Bell, Arthur, Venerable Bell, James Bellamy, Jerome Bellarini, John Bellarmine, St. Robert Bellasius, Edward Bellecius, Aloysius Bellenden, John Belleville Belley Bellings, Sir Richard Bellini Belloy, Jean-Baptiste de Bells Belluno-Feltre Belmont, François Vachon de -- French-Canadian Sulpician (1645-1732) Belson, Venerable Thomas Belsunce de Castelmoron, Henri François Xavier de Belzoni, Giambattista Belshazzar Bembo, Pietro Benadir Bénard, Laurent Benavides, Fray Alonzo Bench, Communion Benda Benedict I, Pope Benedict II, Saint, Pope Benedict III, Pope Benedict IV, Pope Benedict V, Pope Benedict VI, Pope Benedict VII, Pope Benedict VIII, Pope Benedict IX, Pope Benedict X -- Antipope Benedict XI, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Benedict XIII, Pope -- Reigned 1724-1730 Benedict XIV, Pope -- Reigned 1740-58 Benedictbeurn, Abbey of Benedict Biscop, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Benedict Levita Benedict of Aniane, Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saint Benedict, Medal of Benedict, Rule of Saint Benedicti, Jean Benedictine Order Benedictional Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Benedict of Peterborough Benedict of San Philadelphio, Saint Benedictus, The Benedictus Polonus Benefice Benefit of Clergy Benettis, Jeremiah Benevento, Archdiocese of Bengtsson, Jöns Oxenstjerna Bengy, Anatole de Benignus, Saint Benignus of Dijon, Saint Benin Benjamin Benkert, Franz Georg Benno II Benoît, Michel Benthamism Bentivoglio, Family of Bentley, John Francis Bentney, William Benziger, Joseph Charles Benzoni, Girolamo Berach, Saint Berard of Carbio, Saint Berardi, Carbo Sebastiano Bérault-Bercastel, Antoine Henri de Bercharius, Saint Bercheure, Pierre Berchmans, Saint John Berchtold, Blessed Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed Albert Berengarius of Tours Bérenger, Pierre Berenice Bergamo Bergen, Ancient See of Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre Berin, Saint Berington, Charles Berington, Joseph Berisford, Humphrey Berissa Beristain y Martin de Souza, José Mariano Berlage, Anton Berland, Pierre Berlanga, Fray Tomás de Berlin Berlioz, Hector -- French composer (1803-1869) Bernal, Agostino Bernard, Saint -- Archbishop of Vienne (778-842) Bernard, Alexis-Xyste Bernard, Claude -- French ecclesiastic (1588-1641) Bernard, Claude -- French physiologist (1813-1878) Bernard Guidonis -- Bishop and Inquisitor (1261-1331) Bernard of Besse Bernard of Bologna Bernard of Botone Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Bernard of Cluny Bernard of Compostella Bernard of Luxemburg -- Dominican theologian, controversialist, and Inquisitor (d. 1535) Bernard of Menthon, Saint Bernard of Pavia -- Canonist and bishop (d. 1213) Bernard Tolomeo, Saint Bernardine of Feltre, Blessed -- Friar Minor and missionary (1439-1494) Bernardine of Fossa, Blessed -- Historian and ascetical writer (1420-1503) Bernardine of Siena, Saint -- "Apostle of Italy" (1380-1444) Bernardines, The Berne Berni, Francesco Bernier, Etienne-Alexandre Bernini, Domenico -- Son of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo -- Italian architect and sculptor (1598-1680) Bernini, Giuseppe Maria Bernis, François-Joachim-Pierre de Berno (Abbot of Reichenau) Berno Bernold of Constance Bernward, Saint -- German bishop (d. 1022) Beroea Berosus Beroth Berrettini, Pietro Berruguete, Alonso Berruyer, Isaac-Joseph Berryer, Pierre-Antoine Bersabee Bertha Berthier, Guillaume-François Berthold Berthold of Chiemsee Berthold of Henneberg Berthold of Ratisbon Berthold of Reichenau Berti, Giovanni Lorenzo Bertin, Saint -- Abbot of St. Omer (615-709) Bertinoro Bertonio, Ludovico Bertrand, Louis, Saint Bertrand, Pierre Bertulf, Saint -- Abbot of Bobbio (d. 639) Bérulle, Pierre de Bervanger, Martin de Besançon Besange, Jerome Lamy, O.S.B Beschefer, Theodore Beschi, Costanzo Giuseppe Beseleel Besoigne, Jérôme Besoldus, Christopher Bessarion, Johannes -- Cardinal Bessel, Johann Franz Beste, Henry Digby Bestiaries Betanzos, Fray Domingo Betanzos, Fray Pedro de Betanzos, Juan de Bethany Bethany Beyond the Jordan Betharan Bethdagon Bethel Bethlehem -- Titular see of Palestine Bethlehem -- Birthplace of Our Lord Bethlehem -- Architectural term Bethlehemites -- Military and hospitaller orders Bethsaida Bethsan Bethulia Betrothal Bettiah Betting Beugnot, Auguste-Arthur, Count Beuno, Saint -- Welsh abbot (d. 660) Beverley Minster Beyerlinck, Lawrence Bezae, Codex Bianchi, Giovanni Antonio Bianchini, Francesco Bianchini, Giuseppe Bianconi, Charles Biard, Pierre Bibbiena Bibiana, Saint Bible, The Bible, Authenticity of the Bible, Coptic Versions of the Bible, Editions of the Bible, Inspiration of the Bible, Manuscripts of the Bible Societies Bibles, Picture Bibles, Rhymed Bible, Versions of the Biblia Pauperum Biblical Accommodation Biblical Antiquities Biblical Commission, The Biblical Introduction Bickell, Gustav -- Orientalist (1838-1906) Bickerdike, Robert, Venerable Bicknor, Alexander Bidermann, James Biel, Gabriel Biella Bielski, Marcin Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bigamy (in Canon Law) Bigamy (in Civil Law) Bigne, Marguerin de la Billart, Saint Julie Billick, Eberhard Billy, Jacques de Bilocation Bination Biner, Joseph Binet, Etienne Binet, Jacques-Philippe-Marie Binius, Severin Binterim, Anton Joseph Biogenesis and Abiogenesis Biology Biondo, Flavio Biot, Jean-Baptiste -- Physicist and mathematician (1774-1862) Birds (in Symbolism) Biretta Birinus, Saint Birkowski, Fabian Birmingham Birnbaum, Heinrich Birth, The Defect of Birtha Bisarchio, Diocese of Biscop, Saint Benedict Bishop Bishop, Auxiliary Bishop, William Bishop's Crook Bismarck, Diocese of Bisomus Black Fast, The Blackburne, Robert Blackfoot Indians Blackwood, Adam Blaise, Saint Blanc, Anthony Blanchard, Jean-Baptiste Blanchet, Franç Norbert Blanchet, Augustin Magloire Blandina, Saint Blane, Saint -- Bishop and Confessor in Scotland (d. 590) Blasphemy Blastares, Matthew Blathmac, Saint Blemmida, Nicephorus Blenkinsop Blessed, The Blessed Sacrament, The Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the -- Founded in 1889 by Katharine Drexel Blessed Sacrament, Visits to the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Blessing Blessing, Apostolic Blind, Education of the Blois Blomevenna, Peter Blood Indians Blosius, François-Louis Bluetooth, Harold Blyssen, Heinrich Blyth, Francis Bobadilla, Nicolaus Bobbio, Abbey and Diocese of Bobola, Saint Andrew Boccaccino Boccaccio, Giovanni Böcken, Placidus Bocking, Edward Bodey, Ven. John Bodin, Jean Bodone Boece, Hector Boeri, Petrus Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Bogotá Bohemia Bohemian Brethren Bohemians of the United States Boiano Boiardo, Matteo Maria Boileau-Despréaux, Nicholas Boise Boisgelin, Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisil, Saint Bois-le-Duc Bokenham, Osbern Bolanden, Conrad von Bolgeni, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolivia Bollandists, The Bollig, Johann Bologna Bologna, Giovanni da Bologna, University of Bolsec, Jérôme-Hermès Bolton, Edmund Bolzano, Bernhard Bombay Bommel, Cornelius Richard Anton van Bona, Giovanni Bonagratia of Bergamo Bonal, François de Bonal, Raymond Bonald, Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Vicompte de Bonald, Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bona Mors Confraternity, The Bonaparte, Charles-Lucien-Jules-Laurent Bonaventure, Saint Bonaventure, College of Saint Boncompagni, Balthasar Bonet, Juan Pablo Bonet, Nicholas Bonfrère, Jacques Boniface, Saint Boniface I, Pope Saint -- Reigned 418-422 Boniface II, Pope Boniface III, Pope Boniface IV, Pope Saint Boniface V, Pope Boniface VI, Pope Boniface VII, Antipope Boniface VIII, Pope Boniface IX, Pope Boniface Association Boniface of Savoy Boni Homines Bonizo of Sutri Bonn, University of Bonnard, Ven. Jean Louis -- French martyr (1824-1852) Bonnechose, Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonne-Espérance, The Abbey of Bonner, Edmund Bonnetty, Augustin Bonosus Bon Secours, Institutes of Bonvicino, Alessandro Book of Common Prayer Book of Kells Book of Martyrs, Foxe's Books, Index of Prohibited Bordeaux Bordeaux, University of Bordone, Cavaliere Paris Boré, Eugène -- French Orientalist (1809-1878) Borgess, Caspar Henry Borgia, Stefano Börglum, Ancient See of Borgo San-Donnino Borgo San-Sepolcro Borgognone, Ambrogio Borie, Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin Borneo Borras, Francisco Nicolás Borromeo, Andrea Borromeo, Saint Charles Borromeo, Federico Borromeo, Society of Saint Charles Borromini, Francesco Borrus, Christopher Bosa, Diocese of Bosch, Peter van der Bosco, Saint Giovanni (John) Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe -- Dalmatian Jesuit and mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (1711-1787) Bosio, Antonio Bosnia and Herzegovina Boso Boso (Breakspear) Bossu, Jacques le Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne -- Famous French bishop and orator (1627-1704) Boste, Saint John Boston Bostra Bothrys Botticelli, Sandro -- Famous Florentine painter (1447-1510) Botulph, Saint -- Abbot (d. 680) after whom Boston was named Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo Boucher, Pierre Bougaud, Louis-Victor-Emile Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe -- French Jesuit (1690-1743) Bouhours, Dominique -- French Jesuit author (1632-1702) Bouillart, Jacques Bouillon, Cardinal de Bouix, Marie Dominique Boulainvilliers, Henri, Count of Boulanger, André de Boulay, César-Egasse du Boulogne, Etienne-Antoine Bouquet, Martin Bouquillon, Thomas Bourassé, Jean-Jacques Bourchier, Thomas Bourdaloue, Louis -- Famous French Jesuit preacher (1632-1704) Bourdeilles, Hélie de Bourdon, Jean Bourgade, François Bourges Bourget, Ignace Bourgoing, François Bourke, Ulick Joseph -- Irish scholar and writer (1829-1887) Bourne, Gilbert Bouvens, Charles de Bouvet, Joachim -- Jesuit missionary (d. 1732) Bouvier, Jean-Baptiste Bova Bovino Bowyer, Sir George Boy-Bishop Boyce, John Boycotting Boyle Abbey -- Irish Cistercian house Bracken, Thomas Bracton, Henry de Bradley, Denis Mary Bradshaigh, Edward Bradshaw, Henry Brady, William Maziere Braga, Archdiocese of Braga, Councils of Bragança-Miranda, Diocese of Brahminism Braille, Louis Bralion, Nicolas de Bramante, Donato Brancaccio Brancati, Francesco -- Jesuit missionary to China (1607-1671) Brancati di Lauria, Francesco Lorenzo Branch Sunday Brandenburg Branly, Edouard -- Nineteenth-century French physicist Brant, Sebastian Brantôme, Seigneur de Bourdeille, Pierre de Brasses, Memorial Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne, Abbé Brassicanus, Johann Alexander Brassicanus, Johann Ludwig Braulio, Saint Braun, Placidus Braunschweig Bravo, Francisco Brazil Bread, Liturgical Use of Breadboxes, Altar Breads, Altar Breast, Striking of the Brébeuf, Jean de Breda Bréhal, Jean Brehon Laws, The Bremen Brenach, Saint -- Fifth-century Irish missionary Brenan, Michael John -- Irish Church historian (1780-1847) Brendan, Saint Brentano, Klemens Maria Brescia Breslau Bressani, Francesco Giuseppe -- Italian missionary to the Indians (1612-1672) Brest, Union of Brethren of the Lord, The Breton, Raymond Bretton, Venerable John Breviary Breviary, Aberdeen Breviary, Reform of the Roman Brewer, Heinrich Briand, Joseph Olivier Briant, Saint Alexander Bribery Briçonnet Bridaine, Jacques Bridge-Building Brotherhood, The Bridget of Sweden, Saint Bridgett, Thomas Edward Bridgewater, John Bridgewater Treatises Briefs and Bulls Brieuc, Saint Brigid of Ireland, Saint -- Irish nun (451-525) Brigidines, Institute of the Brigittines Brignon, John Bril, Paulus Brillmacher, Peter Michael Brindholm, Ven. Edmund Brindisi Brinkley, Stephen Brisacier, Jacques-Charles de Brisacier, Jean de Brisbane Brischar, Johann Nepomucene Bristol, Ancient Diocese of Bristow, Richard British Columbia Britius, Francis Brittain, Thomas Lewis Britto, Blessed John de Britton, Venerable John Brixen Brogan, Saint Broglie, Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, Jacques-Victor-Albert, Duc de Broglie, Maurice-Jean de Brogny, Jean-Allarmet de Bromyard, John Brondel, John Baptist Brookby, Anthony Brookes, James Brooklyn Brosse, Jean-Baptiste de la Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God Broughton, Richard Brouwer, Christoph -- Historian (1559-1617) Brown, William Browne, Charles Farrar Brownson, Orestes Augustus Brownson, Sarah Brownsville Bru, Saint Brück, Heinrich Bruel, Joachim Brueys, David-Augustin de Brugère, Louis-Frédéric Bruges Brugière, Pierre Brugman, John Brumidi, Constantino Brumoy, Pierre -- French Jesuit humanist (1704-1742) Brunellesco, Filippo Brunetière, Ferdinand Brunforte, Ugolino Bruni, Leonardo Brünn Brunner, Francis de Sales Brunner, Sebastian Bruno, Saint -- Bishop of Segni (1048-1123) Bruno, Saint -- Founder of the Carthusian Order (1030-1101) Bruno, Giordano -- Italian philosopher (1548-1600) Bruno of Querfurt, Saint Bruno the Saxon Brunswick Brus, Anton Brusa Brussels Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel Bruyas, Jacques -- French missionary to the Iroquois (1635-1712) Bryant, John Delavau Bubastis Bucelin, Gabriel -- Benedictine historical writer (1599-1681) Bucer, Martin Bucharest Buck, Victor De -- Bollandist (1817-1876) Buckfast Abbey Buckley, Venerable John Buckley, Sir Patrick Alphonsus -- Irish soldier, lawyer, statesman, judge (1841-1896) Buddhism Budé, Guillaume -- French Hellenist (1467-1540) Budweis Buenos Aires Buffalo Buffier, Claude -- Philosopher and author (1661-1737) Buglio, Louis -- Jesuit missionary to China (1606-1682) Buil, Bernardo -- Spanish Franciscan Buildings, Ecclesiastical Bukarest Bulgaria Bulla Aurea Bullaker, Ven. Thomas -- Friar Minor and English martyr (1604-1642) Bullarium Bull-Fight, The Spanish Bullion, Angélique Bulls and Briefs Bulstrode, Sir Richard Bunderius, Joannes Buonarroti, Michelangelo -- Italian sculptor, painter and architect (1475-1564) Burchard of Basle Burchard of Worms Burchard of Würzurg, Saint Burckmair, Hans Burgis, Edward Ambrose Burgoa, Francisco Burgos Burgundy Burial, Christian Buridan, Jean Burigny, Jean Lévesque de Burkard, Franz Burke, Edmund Burke, Thomas Burke, Thomas Nicholas Burleigh, Walter Burlington Burma Burnett, Peter Hardeman -- First American Governor of California (1807-1895) Burns, James Burse Bursfeld, The Abbey of Bury St. Edmund's, The Abbey of Bus, Venerable César de Busée, Pierre -- Jesuit theologian (1540-1587) Busembaum, Hermann -- Jesuit moral theologian (1600-1668) Busiris Buskins Buss, Franz Joseph, Ritter von Bustamante, Carlos María Buston, Thomas Stephen -- Jesuit missionary and author (1549-1619) Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of Buteux, Jacques -- French Jesuit missionary in Canada (1600-1652) Butler, Alban -- Seventeenth-century English Catholic Butler, Charles -- English lawyer (1750-1832) Butler, Mary Joseph -- Irish Abbess (1641-1723) Butler, Sir William Francis -- Irish general and writer (1838-1910) Buttress Buxton, Ven. Chrisopher -- English priest and martyr (d. 1588) Byblos -- Titular see of Phoenicia Bye-Altar Byllis -- Titular see of Albania Byrd, William -- English composer (1542-1623) Byrne, Andrew -- Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas (1802-1862) Byrne, Richard -- U.S. Civil War hero (1832-1864) Byrne, William -- Missionary and educator (1780-1833) Byzantine Architecture Byzantine Art Byzantine Empire, The Byzantine Literature Byzantine Rite