Prńsdoces, Saint, Martyr(PRŃSDOCE, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. X, p. 111 PRŃSDOCE, holy martyr: v. BERNICE, PRŃSDOCE E DOMININA, sante, martiri.
Psalmody(SALMODIA)Vol. X, p. 999 SALMODIA. — I. DEFINITION. — The singing of the psalms and canticles of the Church is called s. The liturgical tradition indicates three ways of singing the…
Psalms(SALMI)Vol. X, p. 998 SALMI. - Poetic compositions, of prayer or instruction, employed in both Israelite and Christian worship, whose collection of 150 forms in the Bible the book…
Psalms of S.(SALMI DI S)Vol. X, p. 1003 SALMI DI S. — An apocryphal work comprising a group of 18 brief religious compositions, inserted among the “Solomonic” books in certain manuscripts of the…
Psalter (Psaltery)(SALTERIO (SALTERO))Vol. X, p. 1009 PSALTER (SALTERO). This is what was called (from ψαλτήριον, psalterium, a stringed musical instrument, and hence by analogy the collection of hymns to be sung…
Psellos (Psēllas), Constantine (Michael)(PSELLO (ΨΈΛΛΑΣ), COSTANTINO (MICHELE))Vol. X, p. 152 PSELLO (Ψέλλας), COSTANTINO (MICHELE). — Political figure at the court of Byzantium and polymath, b. in 1018 at Constantinople, d. in 1078 (?). Endowed with an…
Pseudepigrapha(PSEUDEPIGRAFI)Vol. X, p. 152 PSEUDEPIGRAPHA. — This is the name given by Protestants (Greek φεσθειάγραφος, “with a false title”) to the books called apocrypha (v.) of the Old Testament by…
Pseudo-BoccaccinoVol. X, p. 153 PSEUDO-BOCCACCINO. — Name created by critics to designate an unknown Lombard painter, whose only dated work, from 1500, is the Lavanda dei piedi, in the…
Pseudo-Egesippus(EGESIPPO, PSEUDO)Vol. V, p. 109 PSEUDO-HEGESIPPUS. — Under the name of E. there has been transmitted a very free translation of Flavius Josephus’s Jewish War, written in the 4th century. The…
Pseudo-Isidore(PSEUDO-ISIDORO)Vol. X, p. 153 PSEUDO-ISIDORE. — This name conceals a person or, rather, a group of persons of the 9th century, whose identity has still not been established and to whom one…
Psichari, ErnestVol. X, p. 157 PSICHARI, ERNEST. - French writer, b. 29 Sept. 1883 in Paris, d. in the war on 22 Aug. 1914 at Rossignol (Belgium), nephew of Ernest Renan. An essentially…
Psychasthenia(PSICASTENIA)Vol. X, p. 157 PSICASTENIA: V. PSICOSI OSSESSIVA.
Psychic Abnormals(ANORMALI PSICHICI)Vol. I, p. 848 ANORMALI PSICHICI: v. FRENASTENICI; MINORATI PSICHICI.
Psychic Dissociation(DISSOCIAZIONE PSICHICA)Vol. IV, p. 1009 DISSOCIAZIONE PSICHICA: v. SCHIZO-FRENIA.
Psychic Minors(MINORATI PSICHICI)Vol. VIII, p. 635 MINORATI PSICHICI. – The term m. p. (or psychically abnormal persons) has a medico-pedagogical meaning and is used in school medicine and remedial pedagogy.…
Psychoanalysis(PSICANALISI)Vol. X, p. 155 PSICANALISI. – It is a system of dynamic psychology, that is, one which studies especially the forces propelling and directing psychic activity, conceived and…
Psychologism(PSICOLOGISMO)Vol. X, p. 163 PSYCHOLOGISM. — In general, this indicates “the tendency to make the psychological point of view (that is, the empirical analysis and scientific observation of…
Psychology(PSICOLOGIA)Vol. X, p. 157 PSYCHOLOGY. — From the Greek ψυχή, λόγος, it is the “doctrine or science of the soul,” of its nature and operations. The term p. derives from C. Wolff (v.),…
Psychology of Jesus Christ (Psychological Consciousness of G.)(PSICOLOGIA DI GESÙ CRISTO (COSCIENZA PSICOLOGICA DI G.))Vol. X, p. 160 PSYCHOLOGY OF JESUS CHRIST (PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF G.). — In the generic sense, psychological consciousness is the perception that an intelligent being…
Psychoneuroses(PSICONEVROSI)Vol. X, p. 164 PSICONEUROSES. – A term first used by Dubois (1904) to designate, within the broad group of neuroses, the forms involving a predominant intervention of mental…
Psychopathic Personalities(PSICOPATICHE, PERSONALITÀ)Vol. X, p. 164 PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITIES. - Thus are understood those abnormal personalities who suffer and cause society to suffer (K. Schneider). In the last century there…
Psychophysics(PSICOFISICA)Vol. X, p. 157 PSICOFISICA: V. PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE.
Psychosomatic Medicine(PSICOSOMATICA, MEDICINA)Vol. X, p. 169 PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. — At the basis of psychosomatic medicine is the conception that emotional states can condition particular somatic manifestations of a…
Psychotechnics(PSICOTECNICA)Vol. X, p. 170 PSYCHOTECHNICS. — P. is, as it were, the synthesis of all that has been done by physicians, psychologists, and sociologists, focusing on the human factor, to…
Psychotherapy(PSICOTERAPIA)Vol. X, p. 172 PSYCHOTHERAPY. — Psychotherapy is therapy by psychological means. Its field of action is essentially represented by those psychic and somatic disorders in…
Ptolemais(TOLEMAIDE)Vol. XII, p. 149 TOLEMAIDE. – Maritime city of northern Palestine, 16 km northwest of Caifa, situated on a rocky promontory that limits its bay to the north. Its primitive name…
Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), Claudius(TOLOMEO (TOLEMEO), CLAUDIO)Vol. XII, p. 155 TOLOMEO (TOLEMEO), CLAUDIO. — Astronomer, geographer, and mathematician, born perhaps at Ptolemais in the Thebaid around 100 A.D., he lived in Alexandria in…
Ptolemy of Lucca(TOLOMEO DA LUCCA)Vol. XII, p. 157 TOLOMEO da LUCCA: v. BARTOLOMEO da LUCCA.
Ptolemy, Claudius(TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO)Vol. XII, p. 155 TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO — Map of the Italian peninsula in cod. Urb. gr. 82, ff. 70v–71r (71v–72r), from the 12th century — Vatican Library. ff. — Among others, the…
Puberty(PUBERTÀ)Vol. X, p. 178 PUBERTÀ : v. ADOLESCENZA.
Public Finance(FINANZA PUBBLICA)Vol. V, p. 820 PUBLIC FINANCE. — The etymology of finanza is usually derived from the medieval term “finatio,” “financia” (a corruption of “finire”), and is understood as the…
Public Honesty(PUBBLICA ONESTÀ)Vol. X, p. 175 PUBLIC HONESTY. — It is a bond analogous to affinity (v.), which, unlike the latter, does not arise from a valid marriage, but either from an invalid marriage…
Public Morality(MORALITÀ PUBBLICA)Vol. VIII, p. 838 MORALITÀ PUBBLICA. – Morality is understood as the manner of behaving in accordance with the laws governing conduct, and it is accepted as a premise that the…
Public Official(FUNZIONARIO PUBBLICO)Vol. V, p. 1084 FUNZIONARIO PUBBLICO: V. PUBBLICO OFFICIALE.
Public Official(UFFICIALE, PUBBLICO)Vol. XII, p. 438 UFFICIALE, PUBBLICO. – Officialis, ab officio is generally the natural person who holds a public office. His relationship with the State or, more generally,…
Public Opinion(PUBBLICA OPINIONE)Vol. X, p. 175 PUBLIC OPINION. — I. NOTION. — Public opinion is not simply the sum of individual opinions, but rather a set of ideas, sentiments, judgments, and practical…
Public Powers(POTERI PUBBLICI)Vol. IX, p. 1104 PUBLIC POWERS. - The notion of p. p., in modern public-law scholarship, appears closely linked to the theory of the “classification of the functions of the…
Public Sinners(PECCATORI PUBBLICI)Vol. IX, p. 642 PUBLIC SINNERS. — These are those who seriously and publicly offend against the moral order; or, more precisely, those who, by an act known to the community,…
Publicans (Telōnai)(PUBLICANI (ΤΕΛΏΝΑΙ))Vol. X, p. 178 PUBLICANI (τελώναι). – Persons charged, under a contract for the farming of taxes, with collecting the taxes of the State. At Rome a distinction was made…
Publius, Saint, Martyr(PUBLIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)Vol. X, p. 179 PUBLIO, saint, martyr. — Bishop of Athens in the 2nd century; it is not established that he received a cult in antiquity. Florus was the first to introduce him…
Pucci, Antonio Maria, Blessed(PUCCI, ANTONIO MARIA, BEATO)Vol. X, p. 179 PUCCI, ANTONIO MARIA, blessed. — Servite, Eustachio in the world, b. at Poggiola di Vernio (diocese of Pistoia) on 16 Apr. 1819, d. at Viareggio (diocese of…
Puccini, GiacomoVol. X, p. 179 PUCCINI, GIACOMO. - Composer, b. at Lucca on 22 Dec. 1858, d. at Brussels on 19 Nov. 1924. He descended from a family of musicians from Lucca. His…
Puchi, Diocese of(PUCHI, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 179 PUCHI, DIOCESE of. - In the southern part of the province of Hupeh, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 12 Dec. 1923 from four civil…
Pudens and Pudentiana (Pudens, Poúdēs or Spoudēs)(PUDENTE E PUDENZIANA (PUDENS, ΠΟΎΔΗΣ O ANCHE ΣΠΟΎΔΗΣ))Vol. X, p. 179 PUDENTE and PUDENZIANA (Pudens, Πούδης or also Σπούδης). — A member of the Roman community, mentioned by St. Paul in II Tim. 4:21, during his second Roman…
Pueblo, Diocese of(PUEBLO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 183 PUEBLO, DIOCESI di. - Diocese and city in the State of Colorado (U.S.A.). The diocese has an area of 51,289 square miles, with a total population of 388,017…
Puente, Luis de la, Venerable(PUENTE, LUIS DE LA, VENERABILE)Vol. X, p. 184 PUENTE, LUIS de la, Venerable. – Jesuit, ascetical and mystical writer, born at Valladolid on 11 November 1554, died there on 16 February 1624. Having entered…
Puerto Maldonado, Apostolic Vicariate of(PORTO MALDONADO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. IX, p. 1083 PORTO MALDONADO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — In Peru, it was erected as the apostolic prefecture of S. Domenico di Urubamba on 5 February 1900, together with the…
Puerto Montt, Diocese of(PUERTO MONTT, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 184 PUERTO MONTT, DIOCESI di. — Diocese of Chile in South America, suffragan of S.ma Concezione. The diocese has an area of 25,000 sq. km and a population of…
Puerto Rico(PORTORICO)Vol. IX, p. 1084 PORTORICO. – Island of the West Indies, belonging to the group of the Greater Antilles, discovered by Cristoforo Colombo on 17 September 1493 and by him called…
Puerto RicoVol. X, p. 184 PUERTO RICO: v. SAN GIOVANNI DI PORTOBICO.
Puerto Viejo, Diocese of(PORTO VECCHIO (PUERTO-VIEJO), DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 1085 PORTO VECCHIO (Puerto-Viejo), DIOCESE of — Diocese and capital city of the province of Manabii in Ecuador. It has an area of 18,923 sq. km. and a population of…
Puerto Viejo, Prelature Nullius of(PORTO VECCHIO, PRELATURA NULLIUS DI)Vol. IX, p. 1085 PORTO VECCHIO, PRELATURA NULLIUS of — City and prelatura nullius in the State of Amazonas in Brazil. It has an area of 270,000 sq km with a population of…
Pufendorf, Samuel vonVol. X, p. 184 PUFENDORF, SAMUEL von. — Historian, philosopher, and jurist, born at Dorfchemnitz in Saxony on 8 January 1632, died at Berlin on 26 October 1694. Having…
Puginier, Paul-FrançoisVol. X, p. 191 PUGINIER, PAUL-FRANÇOIS. - B. on 4 July 1835 at Saix (Tarn, France), he entered the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris on 1 July 1854. Ordained priest…
Pujati, Giuseppe MariaVol. X, p. 195 PUJATI, GIUSEPPE MARIA. – Jansenist, born in Polcenigo on 3 August 1733, died in Venice on 5 February 1824. Having entered the Somaschi at a young age, in 1748…
Pula, Diocese of(POLA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 997 POLA, DIOCESI di: v. PARENZO, DIOCESI di.
Pulati, Diocese of(PULATI, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 196 PULATI, DIOCESE of. - It is situated in the interior of northern Albania, suffragan to Scutari. From 877 to 1032 it was subject to the archdiocese of Dioclea.…
Pulcheria, Saint(PULCHERIA, SANTA)Vol. X, p. 196 PULCHERIA, saint. — She is commemorated by the Greek and Latin Martyrologies on 10 September. Daughter of the emperor Arcadius, born on 19 January 399, she…
Pulci, LuigiVol. X, p. 196 PULCI, LUIGI. – Poet, b. in Florence on 15 August 1432, d. in Padua in November 1484. He soon entered into personal relations of affectionate clientage with…
Puliti, AlessandroVol. X, p. 197 PULITI, ALESSANDRO. - Piarist, born in Florence on July 10, 1679, died there on July 25, 1752. Educated (photo Istituto Arti Grafiche, Bergamo) PULPITO - P.…
Pulpit(PULPITO)Vol. X, p. 197 PULPITO. – I. ARCHAEOLOGY. – The pulpit, also called tribunal, pyrgus, or analogius, was introduced very early into places of worship, after the model of the…
PulvinoVol. X, p. 199 PULVINO. — The name itself (cushion) indicates its function; it is a marble element generally placed above the capital to support the weight of the architraves…
Pumbeditā(PUMBÉDITÀ)Vol. X, p. 199 PUMBÉDITÀ. - A city in Babylonia, near the Euphrates; for approximately eight centuries it was the seat of a celebrated Talmudic academy, founded around A.D.…
Punctuation, Signs of(INTERPUNZIONE, SEGNI DI)Vol. VII, p. 89 PUNCTUATION, MARKS of. - References to the punctuation of texts are already found in ancient grammarians, but in the literary codices transmitted to us from…
Punishment And Reward(PUNIZIONE E PREMIO)Vol. X, p. 200 PUNISHMENT AND REWARD. — Punishment is the penalty or chastisement inflicted for the violation of a duty. Reward is the recognition of a service rendered or of…
Puno, Diocese Of(PUNO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 202 PUNO, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in the department of the same name in Peru (South America), suffragan of the archdiocese of Arequipa. It has an area of…
Punta Arenas, Diocese Of(PUNTA ARENAS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 202 PUNTA ARENAS, DIOCESI of. — City and diocese of Chile, capital of the province of Magallanes, suffragan of the archdiocese of S.ma Concezione. It has an area…
Puntasecca(PUNT'ASECCA)Vol. X, p. 202 PUNT'ASECCA. — P. is understood to mean an engraving obtained by the artist working directly on the metal plate with a burin having a conical point or,…
Puntatori(PUNT'ATORI)Vol. X, p. 202 PUNT'ATORI. - This is the name given to those who, in each Cathedral or collegiate Chapter, are to be elected with the task of marking those members of the…
Pupieno (Marcus Clodius Pupienus), Roman Emperor(PUPIENO (M. CLODIUS PUPIENUS), IMPERATORE ROMANO)Vol. X, p. 202 PUPIENO (M. Clodius Pupienus), ROMAN EMPEROR. — Concerning his life before his election as emperor, it is known that he was praetor, suffect consul, ordinary…
Purcell, John BaptistVol. X, p. 203 PURCELL, JOHN BAPTIST. – American prelate, born at Mallow (County Cork, Ireland) on 26 February 1800, died at the Ursuline convent in Brown County (Ohio,…
Pure Love, Controversy On(AMORE PURO, CONTROVERSIA SULL')Vol. I, p. 679 AMORE PURO, CONTROVERSIA sull’. — A celebrated theological-mystical debate concerning one of the most important subjects of Catholic spirituality. For the…
Pure Nature(NATURA PURA)Vol. VIII, p. 999 NATURA PURA. - A theological expression used at least from the sixteenth century onward, signifying the hypothetical state in which God could have created and…
Purgation Of The Moor(PURGAZIONE DELLA MORA)Vol. X, p. 208 PURGATION OF DEFAULT. – The culpable delay in performing an obligation is commonly called default. It is therefore spoken of only when the obligation remains…
Purgatory(PURGATORIO)Vol. X, p. 203 PURGATORIO. – A state of the afterlife, lasting until the Last Judgment, in which the souls of those who have died in Grace, but with imperfections or venial…
Purification(PURIFICAZIONE)Vol. X, p. 209 PURIFICATION. - It has the same general meaning as lustration (v.) and, like the latter, has the purpose of rendering things and persons fit to come into…
Purification (Candlemas), Feast Of The(PURIFICAZIONE (CANDELORA), FESTA DELLA)Vol. X, p. 209 PURIFICAZIONE (CANDELORA), FEAST of the. - A Marian solemnity, celebrated on 2 Feb. as a double feast of the second class, to which is added the blessing of…
Purificatorio (Abstensorium, Exstorsorium)Vol. X, p. 208 PURIFICATORIO (abstensorium, exstorsorium). - A small rectangle of linen (25/30 × 40/50 cm.) used at Mass to dry the fingers, the lips, and the chalice after…
Purism(PURISMO)Vol. X, p. 213 PURISMO. — The term and the designation p. and purist were transferred to the field of the figurative arts from the literary sphere, in which they undoubtedly…
Puritans And Puritanism(PURITANI E PURITANESIMO)Vol. X, p. 214 PURITANI E PURITANESIMO. - I. HISTORY. - The Puritans never formed a church, but a party, representing a psychological attitude within the various confessions…
Purity And Legal Impurity(PURITÀ E IMPURITÀ LEGALE)Vol. X, p. 213 RITUAL PURITY AND IMPURITY. — From the ritual or legal point of view, most non-Christian religions consider “pure” whatever they regard as close to God and…
Purpose(PROPOSITO)Vol. X, p. 99 RESOLUTION. — Here it is to be understood as the penitent’s act, namely, the will not to sin in the future. It must therefore be neither a mere wish nor, on…
Purwokerto, Apostolic Vicariate Of(PURWOKERTO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. X, p. 217 PURWOKERTO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - Situated in the central part of the island of Java (Indonesia), it comprises the civil districts of Tegal, Pekalongan,…
Purāṇa(PURĀŅA)Vol. X, p. 202 PURĀṆA. - The P., "ancient stories," are encyclopedic works which, according to a tradition handed down by the most important P., should deal with these five…
Pusey, Edward Bouverie, Called(PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE, DETTO)Vol. X, p. 217 PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE, so called. — Anglican theologian, born at P. (Berkshire, southwest of Oxford) on 12 August 1800, died at the priory of Ascot (Oxford)…
Pusillanimity(PUSILLANIMITÀ)Vol. X, p. 218 PUSILLANIMITY. — Etymologically (animus pusillus), the term denotes a weak mind, a small spirit; it is sometimes used in a morally good sense (Is. 35:4; I…
PutifareVol. X, p. 218 PUTIFARE. - The name of two Egyptian figures who occur in the history of the patriarch Giuseppe. It corresponds to a double Hebrew name: Pōṭlphar and…
Puvis De Chavannes, PierreVol. X, p. 219 PUVIS de CHAVANNES, PIERRE. - Painter, born in Lione on 14 Dec. 1824, died in Parigi on 24 Oct. 1898. Having grown up in an environment dominated by the great…
Pygmies(PIGMEI)Vol. IX, p. 886 PIGMEI. — This is the name given, from a Greek term (πυγμῶς = men as tall as a fist) already known to Homer, to the representatives of a highly primitive human…
Pyong-Yang, Apostolic Vicariate of(PYONG-YANG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. X, p. 219 PYONG-YANG, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — Situated in the northwestern part of Korea and separated from Manchuria by the Yalu River, it was erected as an apostolic…
Pyrker von Hohenwart, Johann BaptVol. X, p. 219 PYRKER von HOHENWART, JOHANN BAPT. LADISLAV. - Cistercian monk, b. at Nagy-Lángh (Hungary) on 2 Nov. 1772, d. at Vienna on 2 Dec. 1847; successively parish…
Pyrrhonism(PIRRONISMO)Vol. IX, p. 943 PYRRHONISM. — This is the tendency that took its inspiration from the sceptical doctrine of Pyrrho of Elis (ca. 360–270 B.C.). It was summed up in the thesis…
Pythagoras(PITAGORA)Vol. IX, p. 955 PITAGORA. — The historical figure of P., philosopher and founder of the school that bears his name, was so distorted by later legends that, amid the…
Pyxides(PISSIDE)Vol. IX, p. 950 PISSIDE. — A liturgical vessel for the preservation of the Eucharist for Communion, from πυξις, πύξος, Lat. pyxis, box, a round or polygonal little container…
Páleč, ŠtěpánVol. IX, p. 360 PÁLEČ, ŠTĚPÁN. - Theologian, born between 1360 and 1370 at Větší Páleč in Bohemia, died after 1422 in Poland. At the University of Prague he took his degree in…
Pázmány, PeterVol. IX, p. 626 PÁZMÁNY, PETER. – Cardinal, theologian, and controversialist, restorer of Catholicism in Hungary, b. at Nagyvárad (Gran Varadino) on 4 October 1570, d. at…
Pègues, ThomasVol. IX, p. 659 PÈGUES, THOMAS. — Dominican theologian, born at Marcillac (Aveyron) on 2 August 1866, died at Dax on 28 April 1936. He entered religious life in 1888 and was…
Pécs, Diocese of(PECS, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 646 PECS, DIOCESI di: v. CINQUECHIESE, DIOCESI di.
Péguy, CharlesVol. IX, p. 659 PÉGUY, CHARLES. – Writer, b. at Orléans on 7 Jan. 1873, d. in combat at Villeroy on 5 Sept. 1914. In 1894, as a first-year student at the École Normale in…
Pérez Bayer, FranciscoVol. IX, p. 712 PÉREZ BAYER, FRANCISCO. - Spanish scholar and polymath, b. at Valenza in 1711, d. there in 1794. After brilliant studies at Gandia and Salamanca, he taught…
Pérez de Montalbán, JuanVol. IX, p. 712 PÉREZ de MONTALBÁN, JUAN. – Spanish poet and dramatist, born in Madrid in 1602, died there on 25 June 1638. He studied theology at Alcalá and became a priest…
Pérez Di Valenza, JaimeVol. IX, p. 712 PÉREZ di VALENZA, JAIME. - Augustinian theologian, b. c. 1408, d. 30 Aug. 1490. A religious at Valenza (1436), he taught theology at that University from 1459.…
Pérez Florido, AnnaVol. IX, p. 712 PÉREZ FLORIDO, ANNA. - In religion, Piera di S. Giuseppe, foundress of the Madrì degli abbandonati, b. at Valle de Abdelajis (diocese of Malaga) on 6 Dec.…
Pérez Galdós, BenitoVol. IX, p. 712 PÉREZ GALDÓS, BENITO. — Writer, b. at Las Palmas (Canary Islands) on 10 May 1843, d. at Madrid on 4 January 1920. He lived almost always in Madrid, whose life…
Pérez, AntonioVol. IX, p. 712 PÉREZ, ANTONIO. - Benedictine writer and theologian, archbishop, b. at S. Domenico di Silos on 2 May 1559, d. at Madrid on 1 May 1637. Abbot of S. Vincenzo di…
Périer, Casimir-PierreVol. IX, p. 717 PÉRIER, CASIMIR-PIERRE. - French statesman, b. 1 October 1777 in Grenoble, d. 16 May 1832 in Paris. Deputy from 1817 until his death and president of the…
Périer, GilberteVol. IX, p. 717 PÉRIER, GILBERTE. — Older sister of B. Pascal, born in Clermont in 1620, died in Paris in 1687. In 1641 she married a magistrate from Clermont, Florin Périer;…
Périgueux, Diocese of(PÉRIGUEUX, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 717 PÉRIGUEUX, DIOCESI di. — City and diocese, capital of the prefecture of the Dordogne department, in south-western France. The city is situated in a valley on…
Périn, Charles-Henry-XavierVol. IX, p. 718 PÉRIN, CHARLES-HENRY-XAVIER. – Economist, born in Mons (Belgium) on 29 August 1815, died in Ghlin, near Mons, on 4 April 1905. After practising law, from 1844…
Pöllmann, AnsgarVol. IX, p. 1018 PÖLLMANN, ANSGAR. — German Benedictine writer, b. on 21 Sept. 1871 at Hechingen (Hohenzollern), lived for many years in the monastery of Beuron, d. at Eltville…
Pēsiqthā'Vol. IX, p. 766 PĒSIQTHĀ'. – Title of homiletic midrashic works (v. MIDHRĀŠ). The P. dē-rabh Kahanā', previously known only through fragmentary citations, was edited by S.…
Płock, Diocese of(PLOCK, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 981 PLOCK, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in Poland, founded in 1000–50. Now a suffragan diocese of Warsaw, until 1818 of Gnesna. The first (certain) bishop was…
Pūrīm (from Pûr «lot»: Esther 9, 26)(PŪRĪM (DA PÛR « SORTE »: ESTH. 9, 26))Vol. X, p. 213 PŪRĪM (from pûr, “lot”: Esth. 9:26). - A semi-festival celebrated by the Jews on the 14th of the month of 'ādhār in remembrance of Israel’s deliverance from…
