Querétaro, Diocese of - Located in Mexico; suffragan of Michoacan. Quiricus and Julitta, Saints - Martyrs in the Diocletian persecution. Quinctianus, Saints - Several saints named Quinctianus appear in martyrologies, but almost nothing is known about most of them. Quirinus, Saints - Article discusses several saints of this name. Quadragesima - Denotes a season of preparation by fasting and prayer, to imitate the example of Christ. Quiñones, Francis - Spanish Cardinal. (1482-1540) Quintana, Agustín - Missionary and Indian philologist. (d. 1784) Quirini, Angelo Maria - Cardinal and scholar. (1680-1755) Quebec, The Province of - Gives a brief history of this Canadian province and talks about Quebec at the beginning of the twentieth century. Article originally published in 1911. Quaresmius, Franciscus - Seventeenth-century writer and Orientalist. (1583-1650) Quito, Archdiocese of - Comprises two dioceses and four sees in Ecuador. Quilon, Diocese of - Indian diocese, suffragan of Verapoly. Quimper, Diocese of - French diocese, including the Department of Finistère. Quinquagesima - The period of fifty days before Easter. Quin, Michael Joseph - Irish journalist. (1796-1843) Quevedo, Juan de - Spanish Franciscan. (b. 1519) Quercia, Jacopo Della - Italian sculptor. (1374-1438) Quelen, Hyacinthe-Louis De - Archbishop of Paris. (1778-1839) Quebec, Archdiocese of - Comprises thirteen counties in Canada. Quarantines - A strict ecclesiastical penance of forty days. Quapaw Indians - An early tribe from the lower Mississippi region. Quadratus - Second-century Christian apologist. Quality - Various definitions of quality and its forms or divisions. Quantity - Interpretations of quantity as either a physical or theoretical abstraction. Quietism - Doctrine which declares that man's highest perfection consists in a sort of psychical self-annihilation and a consequent absorption of the soul into the Divine Essence even during the present life. Quichua Indians - Peruvian and Ecuadoran tribe. Quiche - Principal aboriginal tribe of Guatemala. Quamichan Indians - Small tribe attached to Cowachan agency, at the southeast end of Vancouver, British Columbia. Quam singulari - 1910 decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments on the age at which children are to be admitted to first Communion. Quem terra, pontus, sidera - Ancient hymn in honour of the Blessed Virgin. Queen's Daughters - American religious and charitable society, organized to supplement the work done by the members of the Conference of St. Vincent de Paul. Quesnel, Pasquier - French writer. (1634-1719) Quicumque Christum Quærtis - Opening line of the twelfth and last poem in the "Cathemerinon" of Prudentius. Quierzy, Councils of - Series of five councils held in a French village between 838 and 858. Quiet, Prayer of - A degree of contemplation in which the soul experiences an extraordinary peace and rest.