The Catholic Encyclopedia B Franz Xaver von Baader Baal, Baalim Baalbek Babel Tower of Babel Ludwig Babenstuber Jacques Babinet St. Babylas Babylon Babylonia Baccanceld Sergius and Bacchus Bacchylus Bachelor of Arts Alexis John Augustine Bachelot Bachiarius Paul Bachmann Augustin de Backer Peter Hubert Evermode Backx David William Bacon John Bacon Nathaniel Bacon Roger Bacon The Baconian System of Philosophy Diocese of Badajoz Baden Tommaso Badia Stephen Theodore Badin Raphael Badius Gregory Bæticus John Jacob Baegert François Baert Suitbert Bæumer Bagamoyo Bagdad Bageis Cavaliere Giovanni Baglioni Bagnorea Jean Bagot Christopher Bagshaw The Bahama Islands Thomas Bailey Charles François Baillargeon Adrien Baillet Pierre Bailloquet Thomas Baily Christopher Bainbridge Peter Augustine Baines Ralph Baines Abbate Giuseppe Baini St. Baithen of Iona Michel Baius Ven. Charles Baker David Augustine Baker Francis Asbury Baker Diocese of Baker City Thomas Bakócz Balaam Balanaea St. Balbina Boleslaus Balbinus Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Bernardo de Balbuena Hieronymus Balbus Baldachinum of the Altar Jacob Balde Balderic (Baudry) Balderic Bernardino Baldi Bl. Anthony Baldinucci Alesso Baldovinetti St. Baldred Hans Baldung Baldwin Francis Baldwin Baldwin of Canterbury Balearic Isles Ven. Christopher Bales Mother Frances Mary Teresa Ball Ballarat Antonio Ballerini Girolamo and Pietro Ballerini Henry Balme Jaime Luciano Balmes Balsam Theodore Balsamon Baltasar Archdiocese of Baltimore Plenary Councils of Baltimore Provincial Councils of Baltimore Jean François Baltus Jean Balue Etienne Baluze Ven. 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Bernardine of Fossa St. Bernardine of Siena The Bernardines Berne Francesco Berni Etienne-Alexandre Bernier Domenico Bernini Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini Giuseppe Maria Bernini François-Joachim-Pierre de Bernis Berno (Abbot of Reichenau) Berno Bernold of Constance St. Bernward Beroea Berosus Beroth Pietro Berrettini Alonso Berruguete Isaac-Joseph Berruyer Pierre-Antoine Berryer Bersabee Bertha Guillaume-François Berthier Berthold Berthold of Chiemsee Berthold of Henneberg Berthold of Ratisbon Berthold of Reichenau Giovanni Lorenzo Berti St. Bertin Diocese of Bertinoro Ludovico Bertonio St. Louis Bertrand Pierre Bertrand St. Bertulf Pierre de Bérulle Martin de Bervanger Besançon (Vesontio) Jerome Lamy Besange, O.S.B Theodore Beschefer Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi Beseleel Jérôme Besoigne Christopher Besoldus Johannes Bessarion Johann Franz Bessel Henry Digby Beste Bestiaries Fray Domingo Betanzos Fray Pedro de Betanzos Juan de Betanzos Bethany Bethany Beyond the Jordan Betharan Bethdagon Bethel Bethlehem Bethlehem Bethlehem (as used in architecture) Bethlehemites Bethsaida Bethsan Bethulia Betrothal Bettiah Betting Count Auguste-Arthur Beugnot St. Beuno Beverley Minster Lawrence Beyerlinck Codex Bezae Giovanni Antonio Bianchi Francesco Bianchini Giuseppe Bianchini Charles Bianconi Pierre Biard Bibbiena St. Bibiana The Bible Authenticity of the Bible Coptic Versions of the Bible Editions of the Bible Inspiration of the Bible Manuscripts of the Bible Bible Societies Picture Bibles Rhymed Bibles Versions of the Bible Biblia Pauperum Biblical Accommodation Biblical Antiquities The Biblical Commission Biblical Introduction Gustav Bickell Ven. Robert Bickerdike Alexander Bicknor James Bidermann Gabriel Biel Biella Marcin Bielski Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville Bigamy (in Canon Law) Bigamy (in Civil Jurisprudence) Marguerin de la Bigne St. Julie Billiart Eberhard Billick Jacques de Billy Bilocation Bination Joseph Biner Etienne Binet Jacques-Philippe-Marie Binet Severin Binius Anton Joseph Binterim Biogenesis and Abiogenesis Biology Flavio Biondo Jean-Baptiste Biot Birds (In Symbolism) Biretta Fabian Birkowski Birmingham Heinrich Birnbaum The Defect of Birth Birtha Diocese of Bisarchio Bishop Auxiliary Bishop William Bishop Crosier Diocese of Bismarck Bisomus The Black Fast Robert Blackburne Blackfoot Indians Adam Blackwood St. Blaise Anthony Blanc Jean-Baptiste Blanchard François Norbert Blanchet Augustin Magloire Blanchet St. Blandina St. Blane Blasphemy Matthew Blastares St. Blathmac Nicephorus Blemmida Blenkinsop The Blessed The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Visits to the Blessed Sacrament The Blessed Virgin Mary Blessing Apostolic Blessing Education of the Blind Blois Peter Blomevenna Blood Indians François-Louis Blosius Harold Bluetooth Heinrich Blyssen Francis Blyth Nicolaus Bobadilla Abbey and Diocese of Bobbio St. Andrew Bobola Boccaccino Giovanni Boccaccio Placidus Böcken Edward Bocking Ven. John Bodey Jean Bodin Bodone Hector Boece Petrus Boeri Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Bogotá Bohemia Bohemian Brethren The Bohemians of the United States Boiano Matteo Maria Boiardo Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Boise Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin St. Boisil Bois-le-Duc Osbern Bokenham Conrad von Bolanden Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni Bolivia The Bollandists Johann Bollig Bologna Giovanni da Bologna The University of Bologna Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec Edmund Bolton Bernhard Bolzano Bombay Cornelius Richard Anton van Bommel Giovanni Bona Bonagratia of Bergamo François de Bonal Raymond Bonal Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Vicompte de Bonald Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald The Bona Mors Confraternity Charles-Lucien-Jules-Laurent Bonaparte St. Bonaventure College of Saint Bonaventure Balthasar Boncompagni Juan Pablo Bonet Nicholas Bonet Jacques Bonfrère St. Boniface Pope St. Boniface I Pope Boniface II Pope Boniface III Pope St. Boniface IV Pope Boniface V Pope Boniface VI Boniface VII (Antipope) Pope Boniface VIII Pope Boniface IX Boniface Association Boniface of Savoy Boni Homines Bonizo of Sutri University of Bonn Ven. Jean Louis Bonnard Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose The Abbey of Bonne-Espérance Edmund Bonner Augustin Bonnetty Bonosus Institutes of Bon Secours Alessandro Bonvicino Book of Common Prayer Book of Kells Foxe's Book of Martyrs Index of Prohibited Books Bordeaux University of Bordeaux Cavaliere Paris Bordone Eugène Boré Caspar Henry Borgess Stefano Borgia Ancient See of Börglum Borgo San-Donnino Borgo San-Sepolcro Ambrogio Borgognone Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin Borie Prefectures Apostolic of Borneo Francisco Nicolás Borras Andrea Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo Federico Borromeo Society of St. Charles Borromeo Francesco Borromini Christopher Borrus Diocese of Bosa Peter van der Bosch St. Giovanni Melchior Bosco Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich Antonio Bosio Bosnia and Herzegovina Boso Boso (Breakspear) Jacques Le Bossu Jacques-Benigne Bossuet St. John Boste Boston Bostra Bothrys Sandro Botticelli St. Botulph Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci Pierre Boucher Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant Dominique Bouhours Jacques Bouillart Cardinal de Bouillon Marie Dominique Bouix Henri, Count of Boulainvilliers André de Boulanger César-Egasse du Boulay Etienne-Antoine Boulogne Martin Bouquet Thomas Bouquillon Jean-Jacques Bourassé Thomas Bourchier Louis Bourdaloue Hélie de Bourdeilles Jean Bourdon François Bourgade Bourges Ignace Bourget François Bourgoing Ulick Joseph Bourke Gilbert Bourne Charles de Bouvens Joachim Bouvet Jean-Baptiste Bouvier Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon Bova Bovino Sir George Bowyer Boy-Bishop John Boyce Boycotting Boyle Abbey Thomas Bracken Henry de Bracton Denis Mary Bradley Edward Bradshaigh Henry Bradshaw William Maziere Brady Archdiocese of Braga Councils of Braga Diocese of Bragança-Miranda Brahminism Louis Braille Nicolas de Bralion Donato Bramante Brancaccio Francesco Brancati Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria Branch Sunday Brandenburg Edouard Branly Sebastian Brant Pierre de Brantôme, Seigneur de Bourdeille Memorial Brasses Charles Etienne, Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg Johann Alexander Brassicanus Johann Ludwig Brassicanus St. Braulio Placidus Braun Brunswick (Braunschweig) Francisco Bravo Brazil Liturgical Use of Bread Altar Breadboxes Altar Breads Striking of the Breast Jean de Brébeuf Breda Jean Bréhal The Brehon Laws Bremen St. Brenach Michael John Brenan St. Brendan Klemens Maria Brentano Brescia Breslau Francesco Giuseppe Bressani Union of Brest The Brethren of the Lord Raymond Breton Ven. John Britton Breviary The Aberdeen Breviary Reform of the Roman Breviary Heinrich Brewer Joseph Olivier Briand Blessed Alexander Briant Bribery Briçonnet Jacques Bridaine The Bridge-Building Brotherhood St. Bridget of Sweden Thomas Edward Bridgett John Bridgewater Bridgewater Treatises Bulls and Briefs St. Brieuc St. Brigid of Ireland Institute of the Brigidines Brigittines John Brignon Paulus Bril Peter Michael Brillmacher Ven. Edmund Brindholm Brindisi Stephen Brinkley Jacques-Charles de Brisacier Jean de Brisacier Archdiocese of Brisbane Johann Nepomucene Brischar Ancient Diocese of Bristol Richard Bristow British Columbia Francis Britius Thomas Lewis Brittain Blessed John de Britto Diocese of Brixen St. Brogan Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie Jacques-Victor-Albert, Duc de Broglie Maurice-Jean de Broglie Jean-Allarmet de Brogny John Bromyard John Baptist Brondel Anthony Brookby James Brookes Diocese of Brooklyn Jean-Baptiste de la Brosse Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God Richard Broughton Christoph Brouwer William Brown Charles Farrar Browne Orestes Augustus Brownson Sarah M. 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Thomas Bullaker Bullarium The Spanish Bull-Fight Angélique Bullion Sir Richard Bulstrode Joannes Bunderius Michelangelo Buonarroti Burchard of Basle Burchard of Worms St. Burchard of Würzurg Hans Burckmair Edward Ambrose Burgis Francisco Burgoa Burgos Burgundy Christian Burial Jean Buridan Jean Lévesque de Burigny Franz Burkard Edmund Burke Thomas Burke Thomas Nicholas Burke Walter Burleigh Burlington Burma Peter Hardeman Burnett James Burns Burse The Abbey of Bursfeld The Abbey of Bury St. Edmund's Venerable César de Bus Pierre Busée Hermann Busembaum Busiris Buskins Franz Joseph, Ritter von Buss Carlos María Bustamante Thomas Stephen Buston John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of Bute Jacques Buteux Alban Butler Charles Butler Mary Joseph Butler General Sir William Francis Butler Buttress Ven. 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