See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• XAVIER, FRANCISCO DE (1506-1552)

XAVIER DE See also:

• RAM
• PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE RAM (18o4-1865)

RAM (18o4-1865)  , Belgian churchman and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain in1804 . He took orders See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early, and was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• POETRY

poetry at the See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary of See also:

• MALINES (Flemish, Mechelen, called in the middle ages by the Latin name Mechlinia, whence the spelling Mechlin)

Malines, and archiviste of the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese . During the years immediately before the revolution of 1830, See also:

• RAM
• RAM, PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (18o4-1865)

Ram, who was much influenced by See also:

• LAMENNAIS, HUGUES

Lamennais, was active in bringing about a See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition of Liberals and Catholics against the Dutch See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government established by the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers on the fall of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, and in endeavouring to give a democratic See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character to the policy of his See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . He declined to stand as a member of the Belgian See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, and applied himself wholly to teaching and to editing or composing See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical books . As professor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at Malines he succeeded in bringing about the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic university, which was transferred to Louvain in 1834 . He was See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the university till his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1865 . The best known of his publications is the Documents relatifs aux troubles du pays de See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege '455—15o_5, published by the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission royale de l'Histoire de Belgique (See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, 1844) . A See also:

• NOTICE

Notice sur la See also:

• VIE

vie et See also:

• LES

les travaux de Mgr P . F . X. de Ram, by J . J . Thonissen, will be found in the Annuaire de l'Academie royale de Belgique (Brussels, 1866) .