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under Abbot Nicetas, became a place of study; its li- brary was nearly all bought by Bcssarioii. The first known bishop of this see was Petrus, to whom 8t. Ciregory the tireat refers in 596; and there is record of his two successors; they were Sabinus (599) and Pe- trus (001); Hishop Marcus (about 870) is believed to be the author of the office for Holy Saturday; Petrus (95^s; was raised to the dignity of nietroiiolilan by Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople (950-70), with the obligation to establish the Greek Rite throughout the province. The Latin Rite was intro- duced again after the Norman conquest, but the Cireek Kite remained in use in several towns of the archdiocese and of its suffragans, until the sixteenth century. Bishop Jacob IV (1378), also Patriarch of Jerusalem, had a part in the schism of the West, for which reason lie was imprisoned by Charles of Anjou, and compelled to abjure publicly; after that, however, he betook himself to Avignon; Peter Anthony of Capua (1530) distinguished himself at the Council of Trent; Francis M. dall'Aste (1590) was author of "MemorabiUa Hydruntinse Ecclesis".

In ISIS Castro, formerly a suffragan of Otranto, was united to it. Castro's bishops are known from 1137; among them was John Parisi, killed in 1296 by Canon Hector, of Otranto.

The suffragans of Otranto are Gallipoli, Lecce, and Ugento; the archdiocese has 50 parishes, 100,200 in- habitants, 4 religious houses of men, 11 of women, 2 schools for boys, and 9 for girls.

Cappelletti, Le Chuse d'ltalia; XXI.

U. Benigni.

Ottawa, Archdiocese of (Ottawiensis), in Can- ada, originally comprised the Ottawa Valley, traversed by the river of the same name. The northern portion of this diocese was, in 1882, made the Vicariate Apos- tolic of Pontiac, and then became the Diocese of Pem- broke, itself dismembered in 1908 to form the Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskamingue. Ottawa still has an area of 10,000 square miles, extends into the Counties of Carleton, Russell, Prescott, and Lanark of the Province of Ontario, and into those of Wright, La- belle, Argenteuil, Terrebonne, and Montcalm of the Province of Quebec. The Dominion official census of 1901 gave the population of the archdiocese as 158,000 Cathohcs, 128,000 of whom are French-speaking and 30,000 English-speaking. A few hundreds more speak other languages.

Ottawa, metropolitan see and capital of the Domin- ion, was founded in 1827 simultaneously with the opening of works on the Rideau Canal, and took its first name of Bytown from Colonel By, a British officer and engineer, who had charge of the construc- tion of the canal. With its water power and admirable position at the foot of the Chaudiere Falls and at the mouth of two rivers, Bytown soon came to the front as a centre of industry. In 1848 its prospects were such that Rome raised the thriving little town to the rank of an episcopal see. In 1854 Bytown was granted city incorporation, and took the name of Ottawa. When the Canadian Confederation was definitively established in 1807, Ottawa was chosen as capital, and has been ever since the residence of the governor- general and the headquarters of Canadian federal politics.

Joseph-Eug&ne-Bruno Guigues, first Bishop of Ot- tawa (1848-74) gave his incipient diocese a solid or- ganization; churche.s and schools were built, and the college, seminary, and hospital soon followed. Gifted with keen foresight. Bishop Guigues formed a diocese with the slender resources at his disposal. At his death the Catholic population of the diocese had in- creased from 32,0(X) to 93,000, and the number of priests from 15 to 80.

Joseph-Thomas Duhamcl, second bishop and first Archbishop of Ottawa, whose episcopate of thirty-four

years brought the diocese to its present prosperous state, will figure in the ecclesiastical hi.story of Canada, as a prudent, saintly, and indi'faligablc worker. A country parisii-|)riest before asiciiding the episc(ij)al tluciMi', he continued to lead the lalxirious hfe of an ordinary i)riesl. His epi.sc(p|):il visitation was his (inly liiiliday. On thes<' uiiasinns he would preach several times in the day, preside at the usu.ai cere- monies of the visitation, anil investigate can fully the administration of the parish. Though slric^ken with angina jiectoris two years before his death, he re- mained at his post and died in one of his country parishes while making his visitation, 5 June, 1908. He had been made an archbishop in 1886.

Archbishop Gauthier has been translated from the See of Kingston, Ontario to Ottawa, 6 Sejit., 1910.

The Catholic University is Ottawa's foremost seat of learning (see Ottawa, I'mversitv of). Higher education for young ladies is in the hands of the Grey Nuns of the Cross and of the Sis- ters of the Congregation of Notre Dame (q. v.). Each of these communities has a large institute re- ceiving hundreds of boarders and day pu])ils. The elementary schools are established in conformity with the Separate School Laws of Ontario and the Public School Laws of Quebec. Catholic elementary schools are, therefore, maintained by government taxation. Catholic ratepayers have nothing to pay for other ele- mentary schools. The Catholic schools are efficient and well equipped. In the mind of Archbishop Duha- mcl, Ottawa, situated on the borders of two great provinces and possessing government libraries and museums, was destined to be an educational centre. Hence the numerous houses of studies established by religious orders in the capital.

Orders of Men: Oblates of Mary Immaculate, with five parishes, the university, a scholasticate, and juniorate; Dominicans with parish and scholasticate; the Capuchins, with parish and juniorate; Fathers of the Company of Mary, with five parishes, scholasticate, and juniorate ; Regular Canons of the Immaculate Conception, w-ith five parishes and college; Redemptor- ists, with house of studies; Fathers of the Holy Ghost, with agricultural college.

The most important charitable institutions are (1) four orphanages directed by the Sisters of Wisdom, the Grey Nuns, and the Sisters of Providence; (2) three homes for the aged, directed by the Grey Nuns and the Sisters of Providence; (3) one house of correc- tion for girls, under charge of the Sisters of Charity; (4) one Misericordia Refuge for fallen women; (5) three hospitals conducted by the Grey Nuns of the Cross. The Ottawa General Hospital, the largest of the three, was founded in 1845 and has been enlarged at different times. The Youville Training School for Nurses is attached; (6) St. George's Home, the Cana- dian headquarters of the Catholic Emigration Society of England. The Sisters of Charity of St. Paul receive there the emigrant Catholic children and distribute them in Canadian families.

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, usually called the Basilica, since it has received the title of minor basilica, is a vast Gothic structure with twin towers two hundred feet high, and a seating capacity of 2000. The parishes of St. Joseph, the Sacred "Heart, St. John the Baptist, and St. Bridget have also beautiful churches.

Alexis, Histoire de. la Province eccUsiaslique d' Ottawa (Ottawa,

F. X. Brunei

Ottawa, University of, conducted by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, founded in 1848. It was in- corporated in 1849 under the title of the "College of Bytown," thus taking the original name of the city chosen in 1866 as the capital of the Dominion of Canada, and now known as Ottawa. The title in