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Chasuble (Planeta, Casula, Amphibolus) (PIANETA (PLANETA, CASULA, AMPHIBOLUS))
A sacred outer vestment, proper to priests in the celebration of Mass. In current use, for two or three centuries, it has consisted of a scapular with two… -
Comb (PETTINE)
From the Latin pecten, it is an instrument of bone, ivory, boxwood or other material, fitted with one or two rows of close-set teeth, used for cleaning the… -
Fathers of the Church (PADRI DELLA CHIESA)
Ancient ecclesiastical writers who were distinguished for orthodox doctrine and holiness of life and are recognized by the Church as witnesses of divine… -
Lead (PIOMBO)
Lead was used in antiquity for the most disparate purposes: for conduits, small crosses, weights, tokens, ampullae, small plaques, fibulae, sepulchral urns… -
Pacca, Bartolomeo
Cardinal, b. at Benevento on 25 Dec. 1756, d. at Rome on 19 Apr. 1844. From an ancient patrician family (his father, Orazio, was marquis of Matrice and his… -
Pacca, Tiberio
Prelate, b. at Benevento on 31 Aug. 1786, d. at Naples on 29 June 1837. Nephew of Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca, who was most affectionate toward him, he followed… -
Pacelli, Family (PACELLI, FAMIGLIA)
Nobles of Acquapendente (1854) and of S. Angelo in Vado (1857). In 1929 the title of marquis was granted to Francesco by Pius XI, and in 1940 by the King of… -
Pacelli, Francesco
Jurist, b. in Rome on 27 Feb. 1874, to Filippo and Virginia Graziosi, d. in Rome on 22 Apr. 1935. Having graduated in civil and canon law, he devoted himself… -
Pacelli, Giuseppe
Priest, b. at Manduria (Taranto) on 31 Dec. 1763 to Pietro and Francesca Paola Viglietta, from a branch of the P. or De Pacelli family, d. at Lecce on 2 Dec.… -
Pachtler, Georg Michael
Jesuit, educationist, b. at Mergentheim (Württemberg) on 14 Sept. 1825, d. at Exaeten (Holland) on 12 Aug. 1889. A professor at Gorheim and at Feldkirch… -
Pachymeres, George (PACHIMERE, GIORGIO)
Byzantine historian and philosopher, b. at Nicaea in 1242, d. at Constantinople ca. 1310. He wrote a history of the Byzantine emperors Michael VIII Palaeologus… -
Pacian, Bishop of Barcelona, Saint (PACIANO, VESCOVO DI BARCELLONA, SANTO)
The few pieces of information we have about him are owed to St. Jerome (De vir. inl., 106). His testimony has value, thanks to his relationship with Dexter… -
Paciaudi, Paolo Maria
Theatine, scholar and librarian, b. 13 Nov. 1710 in Turin, d. 2 Feb. 1785 in Parma. He devoted himself to sacred oratory for a decade, until in 1750 he settled… -
Pacifico, Blessed (PACIFICO, BEATO)
Companion of St. Francis, a native of the March of Ancona. He was called "king of verses": in the secular state he was probably a juggler of renown, skilled… -
Pacifico of Cerano, Blessed (PACIFICO DA CERANO, BEATO)
Franciscan, also called P. da Novara, b. at Cerano (Novara) in 1426, d. at Sassari on June 4, 1482. He was left an orphan at a tender age and was entrusted for… -
Pacifico of San Severino, Saint (PACIFICO DA SAN SEVERINO, SANTO)
Born at S. Severino (Marche) on March 1, 1653, of the Divini family; died there, in the convent of the Madonna delle Grazie, on Sept. 24, 1721. After a… -
Pacifism (PACIFISMO)
Pacifism is both a doctrine and a movement. Under the first aspect it presents itself as the most open antithesis of militarism, to whose apology for… -
Pacioli and Giovanni da Firenze (PACIO E GIOVANNI DA FIRENZE)
Florentine sculptors, who are found active in Naples in 1343, engaged on the mausoleum of Robert I of Anjou the Wise, in the church of St. Clare. The… -
Pacioli, Luca
Franciscan, mathematician, b. at Borgo S. Sepolcro between 1445 and 1450, d. at Rome after 1514. He had a very eventful life: as a very young man he was in… -
Pacomius, Saint (PACOMIO, SANTO)
I. LIFE. - Founder of cenobitism, born in the Upper Thebaid to pagan parents around 290-92. A soldier at Esneh, he came to know Christians there and resolved… -
Pact of Proof (PROVA, PATTO DI)
The employment contract presupposes in the worker the existence of the technical capacity necessary for the duties he must perform. In order to ascertain… -
Padéloup (Pasdeloup) (PADELOUP (PASDELOUP))
A family of French bookbinders active between the 17th and 18th centuries, of whom at least 12 members working between the years 1635-1770 are remembered.… -
Paderborn, Archdiocese of (PADERBORN, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in Germany. It has an area of 39,228 sq. km. with a population of 9,382,323 inhabitants, of whom 2,345,344 are Catholics, distributed in… -
Padilla, Juan de
Spanish poet, b. at Seville in 1468, d. probably in 1522. He professed in his native city at the charterhouse of S. Maria de las Cuevas, whence the epithet "el… -
Padroado, Patronato
The complex of rights and obligations, formally granted and imposed by the pontiffs from the mid-15th century upon the crowns of Portugal and Spain to promote… -
Padrone
PADRONE: V. OCCUPAZIONE; PROPRIETÀ; SCHIAVITÙ. -
Padua, Diocese of (PADOVA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of the Veneto, suffragan of the patriarchate of Venice. It has an area of 2,929 sq km with a population of 839,024 inhabitants, of whom… -
Paez, Pedro
Jesuit, missionary, b. at Olmeida (diocese of Toledo), d. at Gorgorà (Ethiopia) on 20 May 1622. Having entered the Order in 1582 and being destined to take up… -
Pafnutius the Great, Saint (PAFNUZIO IL GRANDE, SANTO)
Bishop, d. ca. 360. The Copts celebrated his memory on February 9 and May 1. In the Roman Martyrology he is commemorated on September 11. Rufinus (Hist. eccl.… -
Paganalia
Festival of the pagi (rural districts) of ancient Rome, mentioned by Varro (paganicae feriae) and by later authors. It cannot appear in the calendars, because… -
Pagan Classics, Question of the (CLASSICI PAGANI, QUESTIONE DEI)
It is the problem of the advisability and lawfulness of the use of the p. c. in Christianity. SUMMARY: I. In the early times of the Church. - II. In the… -
Pagani, Giovanni Battista
Immediate successor of Rosmini (v.) in the direction of the Institute of Charity (v.), b. at Borgomanero (Novara) on 1 May 1806, d. at Rome on 26 Dec. 1860.… -
Paganism (PAGANESIMO)
From pagus, village, that is, a grouping of farms whose association constitutes a vicus. The Paganalia (v.) were the agricultural festivals that took place in… -
Paganuzzi, Giovanni Battista
A lawyer of the Venetian bar, Roman count, president of the Opera dei Congressi, born in Venice of a noble family in 1841, died there on 23 June 1923. From his… -
Pages of Honor of the Most Holy Sacrament (PAGGI D'ONORE DEL S.mo SACRAMENTO)
It is an association that gathers children as in a court of honor around the Most Holy Eucharist. Children of both sexes from five to fifteen years of age may… -
Pagi, Antonio
Friar Minor, b. at Rognes (Provence) on 31 March 1624, d. at Nice on 5 June 1699. He was elected provincial for France in 1652 and three more times thereafter.… -
Pagni, Antonio, Venerable (PAGNI, ANTONIO, VENERABILE)
A priest distinguished for piety and zeal, b. at Pescia (Lucca) on 21 Dec. 1556, d. there on 26 Jan. 1624. He first practiced the profession of legal… -
Pagnini, Santi (Sante)
A distinguished Orientalist and exegete, who was the first translator of the Bible from the original texts after St. Jerome, b. at Lucca on 18 Oct. 1470, d. at… -
Pain (DOLORE)
DOLORE: v. ATTRIZIONE; CONTRIZIONE; MALE, problema del; SOFFERENZA. -
Painting (PITTURA)
It can be defined as that complex of requirements and rules, subjective and objective, which an artist fulfills in order to translate onto a surface (panel… -
Paisiello, Giovanni
Musician, b. in Taranto on 9 May 1740, d. in Naples on 5 June 1816. He did his first studies in his homeland and then completed them in Naples at the… -
Paisij, Velichkovskij (PAISIJ, VELIČKOVSIJ)
Ukrainian monk, b. at Poltava in 1722, d. at Njamez in 1794. Having become a monk, he visited Mount Athos and finally settled at Njamez in Moldavia. His… -
Pakhoi [Beihai], Diocese of (PAKHOI, DIOCESI DI)
In China, on the extreme coast of the South China Sea, in the civil province of Kwangtung, on the border with Tonkin. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate… -
Pakistan
I. GEOGRAPHY. - A federal state established on 15 Aug. 1947, formally associated with the British Commonwealth. It comprises two separate territories: West P.… -
Pala
Commonly confused with ancona (v.), a term better used to indicate compositions in carved wood or glazed terracotta, the term p. serves to define a large… -
Palaeologi, Dynasty of the (PALEOLOGI, DINASTIA DEI)
They ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1259 until the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453. The P. family appeared at the court of the Comneni in the 12th… -
Palafox y Mendoza, Juan
Bishop and theologian, b. at Fitero (Navarre) on 24 June 1600, d. at Osma (Spain) on 1 Oct. 1659. After completing his studies at Salamanca, he was appointed… -
Palai
Syro-Malabar diocese, erected by the apostolic letters Quo ecclesiarum of 25 July 1950. It was detached from the diocese of Changanacherry and is a suffragan… -
Palamas and Palamism (PALAMA E PALAMISMO)
Gregory P., Byzantine theologian of the 14th century, founder of the new doctrinal movement called Palamism after him, born of a noble family around 1269 in… -
Palanco, Francisco
Theologian of the Order of Minims, b. at Campos Real in 1657, d. at Madrid on 20 Oct. 1720. He was primary lecturer in theology at Salamanca and then prefect… -
Palatine Catechism (CATECHISMO PALATINO)
CATECHISMO PALATINO: V. CONFESSIONI DI FEDE. -
Palatine Chapels (CAPPELLE PALATINE)
CAPPELLE PALATINE: v. PALATINE CHIESE e CAPPELLE. -
Palatine Chaplain (CAPPELLANO PALATINO)
CAPPELLANO PALATINO: v. PALATINE CHIESE e CAPPELLE. -
Palatine Churches and Chapels (CHIESE E CAPPELLE PALATINE)
CHIESE E CAPPELLE PALATINE: v. PALATINE, CHIESE E CAPPELLE. -
Palatine Churches and Chapels (PALATINE CHIESE E CAPPELLE)
These are those which, because they were destined to satisfy the religious needs of the Head of a State and of his household, or merely because of the powers… -
Palatine Guard of Honor (GUARDIA PALATINA D'ONORE)
It is one of the corps of the pontifical armed forces, an expression of the tribute of fidelity of the Roman people to the supreme pontiff. The institution of… -
Palawan, Apostolic Prefecture of (PALAWAN, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Located in the western part of the Philippine archipelago, it comprises the entire civil province of the same name, divided into eight municipalities, and was… -
Palazzolo Acreide
Akrai was a colony of Syracuse as early as the 7th century B.C.; it was situated 34 km west of Syracuse, where P. stands today. Four hypogea have been… -
Paleario, Aonio
Humanist and heretic (Antonio Paleari or Della Paglia), born at Veroli in 1503 to Matteo and Chiara Jannarilli, died on 3 July 1570. Having lost his parents… -
Páleč, Štěpán
Theologian, b. between 1360 and 1370 at Větší Páleč in Bohemia, d. after 1422 in Poland. At the University of Prague he took his degree in Arts (1390) and also… -
Palembang, Apostolic Vicariate of (PALEMBANG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
In the southern part of Sumatra (Indonesia). On June 30, 1911, the entire island was detached from the apostolic vicariate of Batavia (today Djakarta) and… -
Palencia, Diocese of (PALENCIA, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese of Castile, suffragan of the metropolis of Burgos; it is situated in the province of the same name, except for a few parishes belonging to the dioceses… -
Paleoanthropology (Human Paleontology) (PALEOANTROPOLOGIA (PALEONTOLOGIA UMANA))
It is the science that studies the human skeletal remains found as fossils in prehistoric sites, in the open air or in caves, and in Quaternary alluvial… -
PALEOGRAFIA, DIPLOMATICA ed ARCHIVISTICA, SCUOLA PONTIFICIA DI
PALEOGRAFIA, DIPLOMATICA ed ARCHIVISTICA, SCUOLA PONTIFICIA DI: v. VATICANO. -
Paleography (PALEOGRAFIA)
With this term, improperly coined by B. Montfaucon for a treatise on Greek scripts (Palaeographia graeca, Paris 1708) and by now sanctioned by usage, is… -
Paleontology (PALEONTOLOGIA)
From the Greek παλαιός "ancient," δυ "to be," and λόγος "discourse": it is the science that studies fossils, that is, the remains of animals (paleozoology) and… -
Paleotti, Gabriele
Cardinal, born in Bologna on 4 October 1522 to Alessandro and Gentile Volta; he received his doctorate in law on 14 May 1546; a canon in Bologna in 1549, he… -
Palermo, Archdiocese of (PALERMO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese on the island of Sicily. It has an area of approximately 1,416 sq km, with a population of 707,093 inhabitants, of whom 705,000 are… -
Pales and Parilia (PALE E PARILIA)
The Parilia festival of April 21 already appears in the most ancient Roman festal calendar. According to all the best authorities this festival was sacred to… -
Palestine (PALESTINA)
A region of the Near East, on the Mediterranean coast between Phoenicia and Egypt, which was conquered as the "Promised Land" by Israel in the time of Joshua… -
Palestine Exploration Quarterly
Journal of the English association "Palestine Exploration Fund," established in 1865 in London to promote the geographical, archaeological and topographical… -
Palestrina, Diocese of (PALESTRINA, DIOCESI DI)
In Latium, in the province of Rome, it is one of the seven suburbicarian sees held by a cardinal of the Order of Bishops. It measures an area of 370.06 sq km… -
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Musician, b. in Palestrina to Sante Pierluigi and Palma, of uncertain lineage; the majority of scholars, with well-founded arguments, have by now agreed to… -
Paliano, Cemetery of (PALIANO, CIMITERO DI)
Ancient Christian cemetery in the district of S. Quirico, near P., that is, at the 36th mile of the Via Prenestina. In 1914 an ancient underground Christian… -
Palimpsest (PALINSESTO)
A word taken from the Greek language, composed of the adverb πάλιν (= "again") and the verb φαίνω (= "to clean, wash away, shave, scrape"), to indicate a… -
Palingenesis (PALINGENESIA)
The word, from the Greek παλιγγενεσία, "rebirth", "renewal", as a technical term belongs to the philosophy of history (von Arnim, Stoicorum veterum fragmenta… -
Palladini, Giacomo
Theologian and bishop, b. in Teramo in 1349, d. in Poland in 1417. Archdeacon of Antwerp and, in Rome, secretary for Briefs and at the Penitentiary, promoted… -
Palladio, Andrea
Andrea di Pietro dalla Gondola, "monaro" (miller), b. on 30 Nov. (P. Gualdo) 1508 (as attested by three documents, of 1524, '28 and '34), d. at Vicenza on 19… -
Palladius, Bishop of Helenopolis (PALLADIO, VESCOVO DI ELENOPOLI)
Born in Galatia, he lived as a disciple of Evagrius Ponticus in Egypt and Palestine and became bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia. A fervent partisan of John… -
Palladius, First Bishop of the Scots (PALLADIO, PRIMO VESCOVO DEGLI SCOTTI)
By the name Scots (Scoti) are meant both the Celts of Ireland (Gaels) and those of Scotland (ancient Caledonia) and the Picts settled in the south of the… -
Palladius, Heretical Bishop of Ratiaria (PALLADIO, VESCOVO ERETICO DI RATIARIA)
Elected bishop, he initially fought among the Photinians, and was therefore deposed at the Council of Sirmium in 351. He recovered the see by converting to… -
Pallavicini (Pallavicino), Family (PALLAVICINI (PALLAVICINO), FAMIGLIA)
The first reliable reports refer to OBERTO, a follower of Henry V, who in 1143 divided among his sons the possessions extending from the Po to Liguria: from… -
Palliotto (PALIOTTO)
Covering of the altar table, formerly called vestis or pallium, after the 15th century p. (from palliare = to cover). In the ancient Church, on account of the… -
Pallium (PALLIO)
It is a band of white wool, 4-6 cm. wide, marked with 6 crosses of black silk, wrapped around the shoulders, with the two ends hanging, one over the chest, the… -
Pallotta, Antonio
Cardinal, b. in Ferrara on 23 February 1770, d. at Monte Cassiano (Macerata) on 19 July 1834. Having completed his studies at the Seminary of Frascati and at… -
Pallotta, Giovanni Evangelista
Cardinal, b. in 1548 at Caprarola, d. in Rome on 2 Aug. 1620. By Sixtus V, whose familiar he had already been, he was appointed secretary of the Memorials and… -
Pallotta, Maria Assunta, Venerable (PALLOTTA, MARIA ASSUNTA, VENERABILE)
Born at Force (Ascoli Piceno) on 20 Aug. 1878, died at Tung-Eul-Ken on 5 Apr. 1905. After a laborious and pious childhood, she entered the Franciscan… -
Pallottines (PALLOTTINI)
PALLOTTINI: v. SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO. -
Pallotti, Vincent, Blessed (PALLOTTI, VINCENZO, BEATO)
Born in Rome on 21 April 1795, died there on 22 January 1850. Ordained a priest on 16 May 1818, he began his apostolic work in associations for young men. In… -
Pallu, François
Born at Tours (Indre-et-Loire, France) on 29 Aug. 1626, died at Moyang (Fokien) on 29 Oct. 1684. While still very young, he was appointed canon of St. Martin… -
Palma
By their blood the martyrs merit from Christ the prize of eternal life, and therefore in the apocalyptic division they carry the palm (Rev. 7:9). Tertullian… -
Palma, Biagio
Barnabite spiritual writer, b. at Fara Sabina in 1577 and d. on 13 Jan. 1635 at the Roman College of S. Carlo ai Catinari. Among the various spiritual… -
Palma, Diocese of (PALMA, DIOCESI DI)
PALMA, DIOCESI di: v. MAIORCA, DIOCESI di. -
Palmas
City and nullius prelature in the State of Paraná in Brazil. It has an area of 32,729 sq km, with a population of 137,630 inhabitants, of whom 126,900 are… -
Palma the Elder (Giacomo Negretti, called) (PALMA IL VECCHIO (GIACOMO NEGRETTI, DETTO))
Painter, b. at Serina around 1480, d. at Venice in 1528. The scarcity of biographical information (from 1510 he is documented at Venice) and of paintings that… -
Palma the Younger (Jacopo Negretti) (PALMA IL GIOVANE (JACOPO NEGRETTI))
Painter, b. in Venice in 1544, d. there in 1628. Son of the painter Antonio P. and great-grandson of Giacomo P. the Elder (v.), he learned the art from his… -
Palmerston, Henry John Temple
English statesman, b. 20 Oct. 1784 in London, d. 18 Oct. 1865 at Brocket Hall (Hertfordshire). First PALMERSTON, HENRY JOHN TEMPLE Portrait - Rome, Museo del… -
Palmer, William
Anglican theologian, later a convert, b. in Dublin on 14 Feb. 1803, d. in > PALME, SUNDAY OF - Preparation of the P. that will be offered to the Holy Father on… -
Palmer, William
Anglican theologian, later a convert, b. 12 July 1811 at Mixbury, d. 4 April 1879 in Rome. He studied at Rugby and at Oxford and then became a lecturer at the… -
Palmieri, Aurelio
Italian Orientalist, b. at Savona on 4 May 1870, d. at Rome on 18 Oct. 1926. He first belonged to the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine (1885), whence he… -
Palmieri, Domenico
Jesuit, philosopher and theologian, b. at Piacenza on 4 July 1829, d. at Rome on 28 May 1909. He taught philosophy, theology and Sacred Scripture at the… -
Palmieri, Matteo
Man of letters, b. in Florence of a plebeian family on 13 Jan. 1406, d. there on 13 Apr. 1475. He held high offices in the Republic (prior, gonfalonier of… -
Palm Sunday (PALME, DOMENICA DELLE)
The Sunday that precedes Easter has been called, since the time of Isidore of Seville (d. 636), D. delle p. (dies palmarum). Previously, by the Latin Fathers… -
Palmyra (PALMIRA)
Oasis and ancient city in the Syrian desert, an important center of the trade route that led from the East, through the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates, to… -
Palos, Diocese of (PALO, DIOCESI DI)
In the Philippine Islands. The apostolic constitution of 28 Nov. 1937 separated the island of Leyte and the adjacent islands from the diocese of Calbayog, in… -
Pamelius (Jacques de Joigny de Pamèle)
Flemish priest, b. at Bruges on 13 May 1536, d. at Mons on 17 Sept. 1587. Master of arts on 27 March 1553; in 1561, still a subdeacon, he was appointed canon… -
Pamiers, Diocese of (PAMIERS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocesan see capital of the Ariège on the right bank of the Ariège river. It has an area of 4,903 sq km, with a population of 153,134 inhabitants, of… -
Pammachius, Saint (PAMMACHIO, SANTO)
A Roman senator descended from the Furii, born around the middle of the 4th century and died in 409, during the siege of Rome by Alaric. A cousin of St.… -
Pamphili, Family (PAMPHILI, FAMIGLIA)
Originally from Gubbio. IACOPO and FRANCESCO obtained from Frederick III in 1461 the title of counts of the Holy Roman Empire. GIROLAMO, a disciple of St.… -
Pamphilus (PANFILO)
Author of the writing falsely called Panoplia dogmatica, in which Severus of Antioch and Monophysitism are combated. The author relies on Leontius of Byzantium… -
Pamphilus Cemetery (PANFILO, CIMITERO DI)
Located in that stretch of the Via Salaria Vetere that today corresponds to the Via Giovanni Paisiello. The Notitia Ecclesiarum mentions only the martyr P., at… -
Pamphilus, Saint (PANFILO, SANTO)
Born in Berytus (Phoenicia), a disciple of Pierius of Alexandria, presbyter in Caesarea, died a martyr on 16 February 369 (Eusebius, De mart. Palaest., 11… -
Pamplona, Diocese of (PAMPLONA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Navarre, in Spain. An ancient tradition makes St. Firminus, a disciple of St. Saturninus, bishop of Toulouse in the 3rd… -
Pan (PAN (ΠΆΝ))
In Arcadia, where theriomorphism was pronounced, the cult of this deity originated, whom tradition depicts as the son of Hermes and the nymph Dryope; bearded… -
Panama
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The Republic of P., the southernmost of the Central American ones, having broken away from Colombia in 1903, occupies the narrow (70-100 km.)… -
Panama, Archdiocese of (PANAMA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
It has an area of 51,206 sq km with a population of 717,430 inhabitants, of whom 675,000 are Catholics; it has 70 parishes served by 38 diocesan priests and 75… -
Pan-Americanism (PANAMERICANISMO)
A term coined toward the end of the last century, on the occasion of the first International Conference of American States (1889), which entered the political… -
Panaretos, Matteo Angelo
Byzantine polemicist of the 14th century, of whose life it is known that he was probably born on Rhodes and that he lived in Constantinople, holding the office… -
Panathenaea (Panathēnaia) (PANATENEE)
Among the Athenian festivals the P. were the most ancient, celebrated in honor of Athena Polias, protectress of the city. The festival (which was said to have… -
Panattieri, Maddalena, Blessed (PANATTIERI, MADDALENA, BEATA)
Dominican tertiary, b. at Trino Vercellese in 1443, d. there on 13 Oct. 1503. From childhood she made a vow of virginity. In the convent of Trino, to whose… -
Pancharta
Name by which, in the medieval period, are designated the privileges issued by sovereign authority to confirm to churches or monasteries all previous… -
Pan-Christian Conferences (CONFERENZE PANCRISTIANE)
Protestants clearly distinguish three classes of conferences, called world, or pan-Protestant, conferences. Those that dealt with confronting social, economic… -
Pan-Christian Movement (PANCRISTIANO MOVIMENTO)
PANCRISTIANO MOVIMENTO: v. CONFERENZE PANCRISTIANE; ECUMENISMO. -
Pancras, Saint, Martyr (PANCRAZIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 12 May, and his tomb is indicated at the second milestone of the Via Aurelia. On the same date the… -
Pandects (PANDETTE)
PANDETTE: v. CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS. -
Pando, Apostolic Vicariate of (PANDO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the northern part of Bolivia, it was erected on 29 April 1942 with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Beni (v.), now Cuevo. It is… -
Panebianco, Antonio Maria (secular name: Niccolò), Cardinal (PANEBIANCO, ANTONIO MARIA (AL SECOLO NICCOLÒ), CARDINALE)
B. at Terranova di Sicilia on 23 Aug. 1808, d. at Rome on 21 Nov. 1885. Having entered the Order of the Conventuals at barely fifteen years of age, he was… -
Panevėžys, Diocese of (PANEVÉZYS, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Lithuania, suffragan of the diocese of Kaunas. It has an area of 12,000 sq km with a population of 450,000 inhabitants, of whom 420,000 are… -
Pange Lingua, Glorious (PANGE LINGUA, GLORIOSI)
Hymn of Vespers for the feast of Corpus Christi, composed by (per cortesia di mon. d. P. Frutas) PAMPHILUS, CEMETERY OF - Cinghiale infisso in un loculo come… -
Pan-Germanism (PANGERMANESIMO)
By this expression, used outside Germany in an essentially polemical sense, it is customary to designate a movement, at once doctrinal and political, tending… -
Pangkalpinang, Apostolic Vicariate of (PANGKALPINANG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
By decree of 8 February 1951 the apostolic prefecture of Banka and Billiton (v.) was elevated to the apostolic vicariate of P., the name of the city of… -
Panigarola, Francesco
Orator and controversialist of the Order of Observant Friars Minor, b. in Milan on 6 Jan. 1548, d. at Asti on 31 May 1594. Of a wealthy family, he studied law… -
Panizzi, Domenico
Publicist and poet, b. at Reggio Emilia on 3 July 1839, d. there on 16 Feb. 1896. Having left in 1869 his military career in the Austrian army, he returned to… -
Panlogism (PANLOGISMO)
From Gr. πᾶν, all, and λόγος, reason, it is "the doctrine according to which everything that is real is wholly intelligible and can be constructed by the… -
Pannier, Eugene
Exegete and orientalist, b. at Amicus in 1854, d. at Lille on 13 Jan. 1937. Substitute professor (1893) and holder (1896) of the chair of Sacred Scripture at… -
Pannychis
This word can designate several liturgical Offices in the Byzantine rite. 1) Today among the Greeks the p. is the divine Office that lasts the whole night and… -
Panpsychism (PANPSICHISMO)
It is the doctrine that attributes a soul to all things, including those of inorganic nature (πᾶν, all, ψυχή, soul), insofar as it is observed that every being… -
Panslavism (PANSLAVISMO)
The term "P.", in its common acceptation, has always signified a plurality of currents and tendencies which, more precisely, ought to figure under other… -
Pantaleoni, Diomede
Senator, b. at Macerata on 21 March 1810, d. there on 3 May 1885. A physician of great renown, he also engaged in considerable political activity, and in 1848… -
Pantaleoni, Maffeo
Italian economist, b. at Frascati on 2 July 1857, d. at Milan on 29 Oct. 1924, professor of political economy at the Universities of Camerino, Macerata… -
Pantaleon, Saint, Martyr (PANTALEONE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
He is commemorated in the Martirologio geronimiano on July 28; in the Romano and in the Greek Synaxaria on the preceding day. Venerated in antiquity and in the… -
Pantenus (PANTENO)
Eusebius (Hist. eccl., V, 10) relates that, in the time of Commodus, P. was the head of the school for biblical studies at Alexandria and that he took his… -
Pantheism (PANTEISMO)
A very ancient doctrine, but the introduction and use of the term are relatively recent. As R. Eucken (v.) noted, J. Toland (v.) was the first to use the word… -
Panvinio, Onofrio
Erudite historian, b. at Verona on 23 February 1530, d. at Palermo on 27 April 1568. He entered the Hermits of St. Augustine in 1544, where he changed his… -
Panziera, Ugo
Franciscan, writer, b. in Prato, the year is not known, d. in Tartary ca. 1330. Already a doctor of theology, he entered the Order of Friars Minor, and, out of… -
Panzini, Alfredo
Writer, b. at Senigallia on 31 Dec. 1863, d. at Rome on 10 Apr. 1939. A disciple of Carducci and of Acri at the University of Bologna, he was later a… -
Panziroli, Guido
Jurist, b. at Reggio Emilia on 17 April 1523, d. at Padua on 17 May 1599. Initiated into the study of law by his father Alberto, he followed the lectures of… -
Panzuti, Biagio
Redemptorist theologian, b. at Aieta (Cosenza) on 21 Oct. 1773, d. at Naples on 8 May 1846. A religious in 1792, he taught theology with success to the… -
Paoking [Shaoyang], Apostolic Prefecture of (PAOKING, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the southwestern part of the civil province of Hunan, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 9 February 1938 from 9 civil… -
Paoli, Angelo, Venerable (PAOLI, ANGELO, VENERABILE)
Carmelite, b. in Argigliano in 1642, d. in Rome in 1720. At the age of 18 he received the habit at Fivizzano and completed his studies in the convents of… -
Paolino da Venezia
Franciscan historian, bishop of Pozzuoli, b. in Venice around 1274, d. in Pozzuoli in June 1344. To the internal offices of the order (lector, custos… -
Paolino di San Bartolomeo
In the world Philip Weszdin, Discalced Carmelite, missionary and orientalist, b. 25 April 1748 at Hof an der Leitha (Lower Austria), d. at Rome 7 February… -
Paoli, Pasquale
Corsican patriot, b. at La Stretta di Morosaglia on 26 April 1725, d. in London on 5 February 1807. At the age of fourteen, once the island's revolt against… -
Paolo da Camerino (CAMERINO, PAOLO DA)
The first Italian Jesuit in the Foreign Missions. A priest of the diocese of Camerino (from which he took his customary surname, having no family name), he… -
Paolo (Manassei) da Terni
Capuchin, preacher, missionary in Rhaetia, spiritual writer, b. 21 Feb. 1587, d. in the province of Brescia in May 1620. He preached in his homeland, then in… -
Paolo Uccello
Paolo di Dono, called P. U., b. ca. 1397 at Pratovecchio (Casentino), d. 10 December 1475 at Florence. He is one of the most singular painters of the… -
Paolo Veneziano
Painter, b. at the end of the 1200s, d. in Venice between 1358 and 1362. The painting of P., the strongest artist of the Venetian 14th century, as he has come… -
Paolo Veronese
Painter, b. in Verona to Gabriele Caliari, a stonecutter of Lombard origin, in 1528, d. in Venice on 9 April 1588. His first master was Antonio Badile, whose… -
Paolucci di Calboli (Girolamo da Forlì)
Capuchin preacher, called "the Apostle of the Madonna", b. at Forlì in 1552, entered the Capuchins on 19 March 1591, d. at Parma on 19 March 1620. He was one… -
Paoting [Baoding], Diocese of (PAOTING, DIOCESI DI)
In northern China, in the central-western part of the province of Hopeh. It was erected as an apostolic vicariate, under the name of Central Celi, on 14… -
Papa Bar 'Aggaj (PAPÀ BAR 'AGGAJ)
Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, he occupied the see of the capital of Sassanid Persia at the time of Constantine. The sources attribute to him hegemonic… -
Papacy (PAPATO)
A term synonymous with the Roman Pontificate, used to indicate the permanent institution willed by Jesus Christ in the person of St. Peter and through him in… -
Papadopolos Comnenos, Nikolaos
Greek theologian and scholar, b. at Chandax on the island of Crete in 1651, d. at Padua on 25 January 1740. He studied at the Greek College in Rome, where he… -
Papadopoulos, Chrysostomos (PAPADOPOULOS, CRISOSTOMO)
Archbishop of Athens, b. at Madytos in Thrace on 1 July 1868, d. at Athens on 22 Oct. 1938. He pursued ecclesiastical studies at the Seminary of Constantinople… -
Papadopoulos-Kerameus, Athanasios (PAPADOPOULOS-KERAMEUS, ATANASIO)
Orientalist, b. in Dracia of Thessaly on 26 Apr. 1856, d. in St. Petersburg on 18 Oct. 1912. After completing his gymnasium studies at the evangelical school… -
Papal Ante-Chamber (ANTICAMERA PONTIFICIA)
L'A. P. - or rather, as it is read in the Annuario Pontificio, the Noble Secret A. - comprises all those offices whose function is immediate service to the… -
Papal Cavalcade (CAVALCATA PAPALE)
This was the general name for the cavalcade that accompanied the Pope when he moved from his ordinary residence to go to the various places in the city or when… -
Papal Ceremoniers (CERIMONIERI PONTIFICI)
CERIMONIERI PONTIFICI: V. FAMIGLIA PONTIFICIA. -
Papal Chapel (CAPPELLA PAPALE)
This name designates those solemn sacred functions: vespers, matins, pontifical Masses and other sacred ceremonies that are performed by the Pope in person or… -
Papal Court (CORTE PONTIFICIA)
A name introduced in the 12th century, since previously there existed no distinctions between: the Pontifical Court, the Court of Rome, the Holy See and the… -
Papal Diplomacy (DIPLOMAZIA PONTIFICIA)
PAPAL DIPLOMACY: V. VATICANA DIPLOMAZIA. -
Papal Letters (LETTERE PONTIFICIE)
A generic term used to indicate any kind of letter issued by the Roman Pontiff as a public person of the Church; the technical designation, used in the… -
Papal Registers (REGISTRI PONTIFICI)
By "r." are meant the books in which the chancery had copies made, for the record, of the letters it dispatched. The name gesta or regesta had already been… -
Papal Roman Numismatics (NUMISMATICA DI ROMA PAPALE)
Within the framework of the coinage of the Italian peninsula from the fall of the Roman Empire down to our own day, the coinage of papal Rome constitutes one… -
Papal Sediarists (SEDIARI PONTIFICI)
They are familiars of the Pope who perform service in the hall and for the transport of the Holy Father in the sedia gestatoria, on the occasion of solemn… -
Papal States (STATO PONTIFICIO)
The first nucleus of the P. S. was the Duchy of Rome. The duke, who represented Byzantine supremacy and resided on the Palatine, disappeared under the… -
Papantla, Diocese of (PAPANTLA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of Mexico, suffragan of the archdiocese of Vera Cruz. It has an area of 19,559 sq km with a population of 280,000 inhabitants, of whom 225,000… -
Papebroch (Papenbroeck), Daniel von
Bollandist, b. at Antwerp on 17 March 1628, d. there on 28 June 1714. Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1646, he was, from 1659 until his death, a… -
Paphos (Pafos) (PAFO (ΠΆΦΟΣ, PAPHOS))
City of Cyprus, at present Baffa, a small port on the western coast of the island, which, together with the nearby center of Ktinia, has about 5,000… -
Papia, Diodoro and Claudiano, Saints, Martyrs (PAPIA, DIODORO E CLAUDIANO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
In the Roman Martyrology they are commemorated on 26 February together with St. Nestor, who are said to have preceded him in martyrdom at Perge, in Pamphylia.… -
Papianus or Lex Romana Burgundionum (PAPIANUS O LEX ROMANA BURGUN-DIORUM)
PAPIANUS o LEX ROMANA BURGUN-DIORUM: v. LEGGI ROMANO-BARRARE. -
Papias of Hierapolis (PAPIA DI GERAPOLI)
Lived around 130; author of a work in 5 books that also bore the title: 5 books of exposition of the words of the Lord (Eusebius, Hist. eccl., III, 39, 1). The… -
Papilo, Saint, Martyr (PAPILO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
PAPILO, santo, martire: v. CARPO, PAPILO, AGATONICE, saints. -
Papinian (Aemilius Papinianus) (PAPINIANO (AEMILIUS PAPINIANUS))
Roman jurist, b. probably in Syria, d. in Rome in 212. He pursued a most brilliant career in the imperial administration: assessor to the praetorian prefect in… -
Papini Tartagni, Niccolò
Historian of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at S. Giovanni Valdarno in Dec. 1751, d. at Terni on 16 Dec. 1834. He entered the Order at a very young age and… -
Papisco Altercatio
PAPISCO ALTERCATIO: v. ARISTONE di PELLA. -
Papyrology (PAPIROLOGIA)
It is the science that studies papyri (v.) both from the paleographic point of view and from the point of view of their content; leaving aside medieval papyri… -
Papyrus (PAPIRO)
Writing material obtained from the filaments enclosed in the stalk of the cyperus papyrus, a plant of the order Cyperaceae, which grows in hot and humid places… -
Paquet, Louis-Adolphe (PÂQUET, LOUIS-ADOLPHE)
Theologian and canonist, b. at St-Nicolas de Levis (Quebec) on 4 Aug. 1859, d. at Quebec in 1943. Having obtained his degree in theology in 1883 following a… -
Parable (PARABOLA)
A literary genre not unknown to Greek and Roman authors (cf. Aristotle, Rhetoricorum libri, II, 20; Cicero, De inventione, I, 30; Epist. ad Lucil., 59,6… -
Paracatù
City and prelature "nullius" in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil. It has an area of 70,000 sq km with a population of about 80,000 inhabitants, all… -
Paracelsus (Theophrast Bombast von Hohenheim) (PARACELSO (THEOPHRAST BOMBAST VON HOHENHEIM))
Physician, naturalist, theosopher, b. at Einsiedeln (Switzerland) on 10 Nov. 1493, d. at Salzburg on 24 Sept. 1541. Having taken his degree in medicine and… -
Paraclete (PARACLITO)
Attribute of the Holy Spirit. It means literally "he who is called near" (παράκλητος, from παρακαλέω = "I call near"), especially in judgment, hence advocate… -
Paradise (PARADISO)
In the New Testament, P. is the place of beatitude in heaven, the glorious and radiant seat of God, where the just will enjoy eternal happiness (Lk. 23:43; II… -
Paraguay
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The less vast (407,000 sq. km.) of the two landlocked states of South America, enclosed between Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia. The territory… -
Paraíba, Diocese of (PARAÍBA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of P. in Brazil. It has an area of 64,000 sq km with a population of 679,087 inhabitants, of whom 645,132 are Catholics… -
Parakou, Apostolic Prefecture of (PARAKOU, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
The territory was detached on 13 May 1948 from the apostolic prefecture of Niamey (v.), which passed to the Redemptorist fathers; the new apostolic prefecture… -
Paralipomena (PARALIPOMENI)
Biblical book, the last in the Hebrew canon (kethubhim); in the Septuagint and the Vulgate it is placed before Ezra and Nehemiah. Originally it constituted a… -
Paralogism (PARALOGISMO)
PARALOGISMO: V. SOFISMA. -
Paralytic (PARALITICO)
St. John the Evangelist (5:1-15) relates that Jesus, having come to Jerusalem, stopped at a place near the present-day church of St. Anne, where there was a…