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js his coadjutor the Right Rev. J. Silverio de 3ousa who succeeded him, having been consecrated itular Bishop of Bagis, 2 Feb., 1902. He was the au- hor of "Sitios e Personagens ", "O Lar Cathohco", 'Novenas do Natal e da Immaculada Concei^ao", 'Finezas de Mae e Pastoraes", all well known works Dublished in Brazil. The Catholic press in the dio- cese is represented by two periodicals "Estrella Polar" (official) of Diamantina, and "A Verd.ade", of VIontes-Claros. The latter is in charge of the Premon- jtratensian priests.

De Senna, Annuario Estdtistico e Illustrado de Minos Geraes Bello Horizonte. 1906 and 1907), I, 31, 36 and 460, II, 77 and h; Idem, iVotaseC/iroTOcas (Sab Paulo, 1907), 84, 88; Syrwpscs ios Kecenseamentos da Republica do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, LS98 and 1905), I, 47, 71, II. 43-48; Estrella Polar (Diainan- ina, 1905): D.v Veiga, Ephemerides Mineiras (Ouro Preto, 1897), II, 335, III, 223.

Nelson de Senna.

Diamper, Synod of. See Thomas, Saint, Chris- riAN.s of; Syro-Malabar Church.

Diana, Antonino, moral theologian, b. of a noble 'aniily at Palermo, Sicily, in 1.586; d. at Romp, 20 luly, l(i3. He took his vows as a regular clerk of the riicatine Order in 16.30. He became celebrated a.s a
 * asuist while he was yet a young man, and cases of con-

icicnco were sent to him for solution from all parts. His " Resohitiones Morales" met with universal es- teem and approbation. The brothers Prost, who wrought out the eighth edition of the first three parts >f this work at Lyons, in 1635, sent it forth, with a jlaj' on the author's name, as the Diana of him who night be hunting for truth in the woods of moral .hcology, and as the Diana of the cross-ways who ivould show the right path to anyone in doubt or per- ilexity. Popes Urban VIII, Innocent X, and Alex- mdrr'VII, esteemed him for his learning, and he w.os nndc a consultor of the Holy Office of the Kingdom of 5icily and an examiner of bishops. Diana himself ilaimeil that as a rule his solutions followed the milder jpinion. On the frontispiece of the volume just men- 'crro Kal ligno. According to St. Alphonsus and the nfrequently went too far in the direction of laxity. Elowever, his works may still be consulted with profit. Besides several editions of the unabridged works, epi- tomes and compcndiums of them began to appear even in the author's lifetime, in spite of his vigorous pro- tests that liis real meaning was being distorted by his too ardent admirers.
 * ioned round a figure of the Cross runs the legend Non
 * ommon opinion of modern theologians, Diana not

HtiRTEH, Nomcnclalor lit. (Innsbruck, 1892); Janneu in Kirchenlex., a. v.; Nauvelle Biog. Gen&rale (Pari.'i, 1855).

T. Slater.

Diano, Diocese of (Di.^nen.sis), a small city in the province of Salemo, Italy, the ancient Tegianuin and seat iif the Tcgyani, a tribe of Lucania. Pius IX es- hiblishcd thLs see 29 Sept., 1850, at the instance of King Ferdinand II of Naples, and ordered the Bishop >f ( apaccio to fix his residence in the town of Diano; lliciiccforth the see was to be known as Capaccio and Diano. But under the second bishop Domcnico Fan- fllo (185S-S3), Capaccio was again separated from Diano and unit(-(l with the Diocese of Vallo, in which town the bisliop now resides. In 1882 Diano received the name of Teggiano. The see is a suffragan of Salerno, has 44 parishes, about 250 secular priests, 3 religious hou.ses of men and one of women; the population is about 100,000.

AnniiaHo Ecrl. (Rome, 1908).

U. Benigni.

Diarbekir. S<'e .Vmida.

Diario Romano (It. for "Roman Daybook"), a liodklct publislicd aimually at Rome, with pai)al au- thorization, giving the routine of feasts and fasts to be oliservcd in Koine and the ecclcsia-stical functions to be performed in the city.

The Diario for 1908 gives the days on which the

Roman Congregations — Index, Rites, Propaganda, etc. — hold their sessions. A table is then given for the ringing of the bell for evening Angelus, which varies with the time of sunset, and ranges from 5.15 p. m. to 8.15 p. m. In quoting the time of day at which an exercise is to take place, the Diario uses the regular style for the morning hours, but says, "before" or "after the Angelus", for the afternoon. The Dia- rio notes the phases of the moon, the eclipses, the movable feasts, the ember days, the ecclesiastical cycles, the time for the solemnization of marriage, a list of days on which certain specially honoured unages of the Blessed Virgin are exposed for veneration, and a list of saints and blessed honoured on each day of the year and of the churches at which the feast is cele- brated. In the body of the work the statement is frequently made that images and relics of Christ and of the saints, ordinarily veiled, are uncovered and put in a prominent place. Such relics are: the table on which Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist; the manger or crib in which Clirist is said to have been placed after his birth; the lieads of Sts. Peter and Paul; the Chair of St. Peter (Cathedra Petri). Next are given the various functions as follows: —

(1) Ordinary — (a) Daily. — In all churches where canons or religious communities reside the canonical Hours of the Breviary are recited and conventual Mass is sung. Mass is said in all the churches, the earliest at 5 o'clock, and the latest at 12, the latter at S. Maria della Pace and always a votive Mass in honour of the Holy Trinity in thanksgiving for the favours conferred by the Blessed Virgin. At S. Giu- seppe alia Lungara dei Pii Operai a daily foundation Mass with sermon and " Libera" is offered for the souls in purgatory. The Exposition of the Blessed Sacra- ment takes place daily at S. Gioacchino ai Monti, at S. Claudio dei Borgognoni, at S. Croce of the convent of S. Maria Riparatrice, at S. Brigida, at the church of Corpus Domini, in the chapel of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart. In these churches and chapels special devotions are held during the day and are always well attended. The recitation of the Rosary is a favourite practice of the Romans; it takes place at Mass in twenty-one churches in which Bencfliction is then given with the pyx; in the afternoon the Rosary, or, in some instances, the beads of the Seven Dolours or of the Precious Blood, is said daily in thirty-seven churches and chapels, in some of which ,a ser- mon is added. On feast days Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is held in the morning in six churches, Rosary and Benediction in the afternoon in eight; in five also a sermon is preached, and in five others the chaplet of the Sacred Heart is added. — (b) Weekly. — In the pari.sh churches high Mass and sermon are held at eight or nine o'clock on Sundays, and in the after- noon Christian tloetrine is taught. At ,St. John Lat- eran there is a procession before Ma,ss; at S. Gioac- chino the Blessed Sacrament is exposed at Ma.ss and prayers of reparation are said, in the afternoon Bene- diction is given after the Rosary has been recit cil before the Blessed Sacrament. In nine other churches there is Exposition in the monn'ng, to which, at S. Pr.issede, prayers for a good death are added. Beneilictioi\ is given in many churches at various times of the day, together with an explanation of the Holy Scriptures, an instruction, a sermon. Rosary, etc. The Way of the Cross is made in four churches. The Diario notes the following devotions to be held for Monday: Ex- position during Mass at Santi XII Apostoli and Ara Coeli, in the evening at four churches, with special prayers to St. Jude Tliatldeus at S. Eusebio. Tues- day: Exposition in the morning for four churches and for the same number in the evening, a devotion to St. Anne, and a meditation. Wednesday: for five churches Exposition in the forenoon; for four in the afternoon, Rosary, chaplet of the Immaculate, chaplet of Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph, prayers to the