1,513 articles
· 152 under Pi
·
English index · Indice italiano
Pia Foundation (Pious Cause)(FONDAZIONE PIA (CAUSA PIA))Vol. V, p. 878 PIOUS FOUNDATION (CAUSA PIA). SUMMARY: I. Concept of a foundation. - II. The so-called causae piae. - III. Benefices, chaplaincies, and legacies principally…
PiacentinoVol. IX, p. 793 PIACENTINO. — Jurist of the 12th century, born in Piacenza, one of the leading representatives of the school of Bologna. There is no reliable information…
PiacenzaVol. IX, p. 793 PIACENZA. – City and diocese, capital of the province of the same name. Of a population of 350,000 inhabitants, it has 348,000 Catholics. The diocese is…
Piaggio, AntonioVol. IX, p. 796 PIAGGIO, ANTONIO. - Piarist, b. in Genova on 8 Feb. 1713, d. in Napoli in 1797 or 1798. Of admirable ingenuity and patience in mechanical work, and possessed…
Piana dei Greci (degli Albanesi), Diocese of(PIANA DEI GRECI (DEGLI ALBANESI), DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 797 PIANA DEI GRECI (degli ALBANESI), DIOCESE of. – Since 1937, the seat of the eparchy or Greek diocese with jurisdiction over the territory of Piana detached…
Pianciani, GiambattistaVol. IX, p. 798 PIANCIANI, GIAMBATTISTA. — Physicist and philosopher, born in Spoleto on 17 October 1784, died in Rome on 23 March 1862. A Jesuit from 2 June 1805, from 1824…
Pianopsia (Πυανόψια)(PIANOPSIE (ΠΥΑΝΌΨΙΑ))Vol. IX, p. 800 PIANOPSIE (Πυανόψια). — From πύανος, “bean,” and ἔψω, “I eat.” A festival celebrated at Athens on the seventh day of the month Pyanepsion (22 October) in honor…
Piauí, Diocese of(PIAUÍ, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 803 PIAUÍ, DIOCESI di: v. TERESINA, DIOCESI di.
Piazza Armerina (Enna), Diocese of(PIAZZA ARMERINA (ENNA), DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 803 PIAZZA ARMERINA (ENNA), DIOCESE of. — In Sicily, with jurisdiction over 13 municipalities. It has an area of 2,003 sq. km and a population of 236,000, of whom…
Piazza, GiuseppeVol. IX, p. 803 PIAZZA, GIUSEPPE. - Priest, among the finest of nineteenth-century Rome, b. at Velletri on 18 March 1815, d. at Rome on 23 Apr. 1893. Ordained in 1837, in 1839…
Piazzetta, GiambattistaVol. IX, p. 803 PIAZZETTA, GIAMBATTISTA. — Painter, born in Venice on 13 February 1682, died there on 28 April 1754. Decisive for his formation was his lengthy sojourn in…
Piazzi, GiuseppeVol. IX, p. 804 PIAZZI, GIUSEPPE. — A religious of the Order of the Theatines, one of the most distinguished Italian astronomers of the early nineteenth century, born at Ponte…
Piccolomini, AlessandroVol. IX, p. 813 PICCOLOMINI, ALESSANDRO. – Philologist and man of letters, born in Siena on 13 June 1508, where he died on 12 March 1578, after having lived for a long time in…
Piccolomini, Family(PICCOLOMINI, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IX, p. 813 PICCOLOMINI, FAMIGLIA. - Originally from Siena. A MARTINO di Piccolomo is mentioned in a document of 1090. The P. enriched themselves in the 13th century…
Picenardi, Elisabetta, Blessed(PICENARDI, ELISABETTA, BEATA)Vol. IX, p. 813 PICENARDI, ELISABETTA, Blessed. - Mystic, born in Mantua in 1428, died there on 19 February 1468. She was admitted as a young girl to the local convent of
Pichler, AloysVol. IX, p. 814 PICHLER, ALOYS. - Church historian, b. 7 Nov. 1833 at Tüssling (diocese of Passavia), d. 3 June 1874 at Siegsdorf. Ordained priest in 1859, he was promoted…
Pico, Giovanni Francesco, Lord of the Mirandola(PICO, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, SIGNORE DELLA MIRANDOLA)Vol. IX, p. 815 PICO, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, lord of MIRANDOLA. - Nephew of Giovanni, born ca. 1469 and assassinated, owing to family disputes, in 1533. An admirer of his…
Pico, Giovanni, Count of Mirandola(PICO, GIOVANNI, CONTE DELLA MIRANDOLA)Vol. IX, p. 814 PICO, GIOVANNI, COUNT OF DELLA MIRANDOLA – P. d. M. between Angelo Poliziano and Marsilio Ficino. Fresco by Cosimo Rostelli (1488). Detail of the Miracle of…
Pico, Giovanni, Count of Mirandola and Concordia(PICO, GIOVANNI, CONTE DELLA MIRANDOLA E DI CONCORDIA)Vol. IX, p. 814 PICO, GIOVANNI, conte della MIRANDOLA e di CONCORDIA. – Philosopher and man of vast erudition (“the phoenix of intellects” of his time), b. at Mirandola…
Pie, LouisVol. IX, p. 815 PIE, LOUIS. — Apologist and cardinal, born at Pontgenin (diocese of Chartres) on 26 September 1815, died at Poitiers on 18 May 1880. A student of S. Sulpizio,…
Piedmont(PIEMONTE)Vol. IX, p. 816 PIEMONTE. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - It is the westernmost historical region of Italy (and thus includes its westernmost point, Rocca Chardonnet; 6° 32' 59'' E.…
Pienza, Diocese of(PIENZA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 827 PIENZA, DIOCESI di. - Diocese united with that of Chiusi, immediately subject, it belongs to the conciliar region of Etruria; it comprises 5 comuni in the…
Pier delle Vigne (de Vineis)Vol. IX, p. 834 PIER DELLE VIGNE (de Vineis). — Famous minister of Federico, born, apparently, in Capua around 1190, if it is true that he was about sixty years old at the…
Pier MatteoVol. IX, p. 782 PIER MATTEO. – Cardinal, born in Jesi on 20 May 1636, died there on 5 (fot. Alinari)
Pierantoni, LiviaVol. IX, p. 828 PIERANTONI, LIVIA. — In religion Sister Agostina, born at Pozzaglia (Perugia) on 27 March 1864, died at Rome on 13 November 1894. Having entered the Sisters of…
Pierin del Vaga, Pietro Buonaccorsi, called(PIERIN DEL VAGA, PIETRO BUONACCORSI, DETTO)Vol. IX, p. 835 PIERIN DEL VAGA, PIETRO BUONACCORSI, called so. — Painter, born in Florence in 1501, died in Rome on 19 October 1547. He belongs to the Roman school of…
PierioVol. IX, p. 835 PIERIO. — Presbyter in Alexandria, died c. 300. Head of the catechetical school. His place in the succession of teachers is not clear. It is certain that he…
Pierleoni, PietroVol. IX, p. 835 PIERLEONI, PIETRO: v. ANACLETO II, ANTIPAPA.
Pierling, PaulVol. IX, p. 835 PIERLING, PAUL. - Jesuit, b. at St Petersburg on 1 June 1840, d. at Brussels on 25 Feb. 1922. His family, of Bavarian origin and genuinely Catholic, had…
Piero della FrancescaVol. IX, p. 836 PIERO della FRANCESCA. — Born c. 1416 at Borgo S. Sepolcro, and died there in 1492, the very great artist came into contact with early fifteenth-century…
Piero di CosimoVol. IX, p. 836 PIERO di COSIMO. — Painter, born in Florence in 1462, died perhaps in 1521. He was one of the most singular personalities of the late Tuscan Quattrocento, on…
Piero di PuccioVol. IX, p. 838 PIERO di PUCCIO. - Umbrian painter, concerning whom little information is available. A document records him as an assistant to Ugolino di Prete Ilario in 1360…
Pietersburg, Abbey Nullius of(PIETERSBURG, ABBAZIA NULLIUS DI)Vol. IX, p. 839 PIETERSBURG, NULLIUS ABBEY of. - In the Union of South Africa; its territory was detached from the apostolic vicariate of the Transvaal and erected on 22 Dec.…
Pietism(PIETISMO)Vol. IX, p. 840 PIETISMO. – The name Pietism was given in derision to a reform movement that arose in the seventeenth century within German Lutheranism, and was apparently…
Pietrasanta, Jacopo daVol. IX, p. 842 PIETRASANTA, JACOPO da. – Architect active in Rome from 1452 to 1490. At first, it seems, he was simply a stonecutter and building contractor, that is, an…
Pietrasanta, SilvestroVol. IX, p. 842 PIETRASANTA, SILVESTRO. — Jesuit apologist and scholar, born in Rome in 1590, where he died on 8 May 1647. He subsequently taught Letters at Fermo, served as…
Piety (Theology)(PIETÀ (TEOLOGIA))Vol. IX, p. 838 PIETÀ (theology). – In biblical, theological, and common usage, the term p. may have a broader meaning, including one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (v.) and…
Pietà (Art)(PIETÀ (ARTE))Vol. IX, p. 839 PIETÀ (art). — It seems that the figurative model of the P., conceived as the Madonna’s lament over the Body of dead Christ, crowned with thorns and resting on…
PieveVol. IX, p. 884 PIEVE. — A name used in Italy for a parish, or even for hamlets or cities. Its origin is to be sought in the word plebs, used, with the advent of Christianity,…
Piffl, Friedrich GustavVol. IX, p. 885 PIFFL, FRIEDRICH GUSTAV. — Cardinal, born on 15 October 1864 at Landskron (diocese of Königgrätz, in Bohemia), died on 21 April 1932 in Vienna. In 1883 he…
Pigafetta, AntonioVol. IX, p. 885 PIGAFETTA, ANTONIO. – Navigator belonging to a noble family from Vicenza, born around 1480 or perhaps a few years later. Nothing is known of him until 1519,…
Piggott, Henry JamesVol. IX, p. 886 PIGGOTT, HENRY JAMES. - Founder of American Methodism in Italy, b. at Lowestoft (England) on 18 July 1831, d. at Rome on 30 Nov. 1917. Educated at the Wesleyan…
Pighi, Giovanni BattistaVol. IX, p. 886 PIGHI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Moral theologian and historian, b. at Parona in 1847, d. at Verona on 23 Feb. 1926. Having graduated in theology at the Gregorian…
Pighius (Pighi), Albert(PIGGHE (PIGHIUS), ALBERT)Vol. IX, p. 885 PIGGHE (PIGHIUS), ALBERT. — Theologian and controversialist, b. at Kempen, whence the name Campensis, in 1490, d. at Utrecht on 26 Dec. 1542. He studied…
Pignatelli, FrancescoVol. IX, p. 888 PIGNATELLI, FRANCESCO. - Cardinal, born in Napoli on 6 February 1652 and died there on 5 December 1734. Of the dukes of Monteleone, he entered the Theatine…
Pignatelli, GiacomoVol. IX, p. 888 PIGNATELLI, GIACOMO. - Canon lawyer, b. at Grottaglie (Taranto) on 8 Apr. 1625, d. at Rome in 1698. A priest and member of the chapter of the collegiate church…
Pignatelli, Giuseppe Maria, Blessed(PIGNATELLI, GIUSEPPE MARIA, BEATO)Vol. IX, p. 888 PIGNATELLI, GIUSEPPE MARIA, blessed. — Jesuit and first organizer of the restored Society of Jesus in Italy, born at Saragossa into the Italian family of the…
Pigneau de Behaine, Pierre-Joseph-GeorgesVol. IX, p. 889 PIGNEAU DE BEHAINE, PIERRE-JOSEPH-GEORGES. – Missionary, born at Origny-en-Thiérache (Aisne, France), he pursued his studies in Paris at the Collège des…
Pignotti, LorenzoVol. IX, p. 889 PIGNOTTI, LORENZO. - Poet and fabulist, b. at Figline on 9 Aug. 1739, d. at Pisa on 5 Aug. 1812. Having completed his studies at the Seminary of Arezzo, he…
PijjūtVol. IX, p. 889 PIJJŪT. – Hebrew synagogue poetry, cultivated by the “paetani” (from ποιητής), largely liturgical, in which the biblical Psalms, the body of precepts (v.…
Pilate, Pontius(PILATO, PONZIO)Vol. IX, p. 890 PILATO, PONZIO. — I. LIFE. — Roman procurator of Judea at the time of Jesus. Descendant of the family of the Ponzi, of Samnite origin, already famous in the…
Pilati, Carlo AntonioVol. IX, p. 890 PILATI, CARLO ANTONIO. - Political writer, b. at Tassullo, near Trento, 28 Dec. 1733; d. there, 27 Oct. 1802. Professor of civil law at Trento, he began his…
Pilcomayo, Apostolic Vicariate of(PILCOMAYO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)Vol. IX, p. 895 PILCOMAYO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — The mission of P., situated in the northwestern part of Paraguay and the southwestern part of Bolivia, was erected as a…
PileoVol. IX, p. 895 PILEUS. – A cap of leather or cloth, from the Greek πῦος, used by the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans. In ancient Christian monuments it is given to Orpheus, the…
Pileo of Prata(PILEO DI PRATA)Vol. IX, p. 895 PILEO di PRATA. - Cardinal, b. c. 1320–30, d. 1400. Count of Prata, descended from the noble Porcia family and related to the Carraresi of Padua through his…
Pilgram, FriedrichVol. IX, p. 896 PILGRAM, FRIEDRICH. – German thinker, sociologist, and lay theologian, born at Imbach near Solingen in 1819, died at Monheim on the Rhine on 21 November 1890.…
Pilgrim Brothers(FRATELLI PELLEGRINI)Vol. V, p. 1023 FRATELLI PELLEGRINI. - The designation in the Middle Ages for the missionary friars of the Order of S. Domenico. Since they did not belong to any particular…
Pilgrim Fathers(PILGRIM FATHERS (PADRI PELLEGRINI))Vol. IX, p. 896 PILGRIM FATHERS (PILGRIM FATHERS). - In England, in the 16th century, alongside the official Church, two dissenting groups arose: the Puritans (v.) and the…
Pilgrimage(PELLEGRINAGGIO)Vol. IX, p. 664 PELLEGRINAGGIO. — From the Latin peregrinatio, “journey in a foreign land,” it is a devotional practice consisting in going, collectively or individually, to a…
Pillio da MedicinaVol. IX, p. 896 PILLIO da MEDICINA. — Glossator and civil lawyer, born in the first half of the 12th century, a disciple of Oderico, and continuator and, according to some,…
Pimenio, Saint(PIMENIO, SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 896 PIMENIO, saint. — His true name was Poemen (= Shepherd); born in Egypt around 340. From his youth he devoted himself to the penitential life, and at the age of…
Pimodan, Georges-Auguste-Marie-Elie de Rarécourt de La Vallée, Marquis of(PIMODAN, GEORGES-AUGUSTE-MARIE-ELIE DE RARÉCOURT DE LA VALLÉE, MARCHESE DI)Vol. IX, p. 896 PIMODAN, GEORGES-AUGUSTE-MARIE-ELIE de RARÉCOURT de la VALLÉE, marquis of. — Papal general, born in Paris on 29 Jan. 1822, of an ancient family from the…
Pinacotheques(PINACOTECHE)Vol. IX, p. 897 PINACOTECHE: v. MUSEO E MUSEOLOGIA.
Pinamonti, Giovanni PietroVol. IX, p. 897 PINAMONTI, GIOVANNI PIETRO. - Jesuit, preacher, and writer on asceticism, b. at Pistoia on 27 Dec. 1632, d. during a mission, at Orta (diocese of Novara), on…
Pinar del Río, Diocese of(PINAR DEL RIO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 897 PINAR DEL RIO, DIOCESE of. – City of the Republic of Cuba in the Antilles, and seat of a diocese, suffragan of S. Cristoforo dell'Avana. It has an area of…
Pindemonte, IppolitoVol. IX, p. 897 PINDEMONTE, IPPOLITO. — Poet, b. in Verona on 13 November 1753, d. there on 18 November 1828. He studied in Modena. Little more than twenty years old, partly…
Pineda, Juan deVol. IX, p. 898 PINEDA, JUAN de. — Spanish exegete, born in 1558 at Seville, died there in 1637. A Jesuit from 1572, even before his ordination he lectured on Aristotle at…
Pinerolo, Diocese of(PINEROLO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 898 PINEROLO, DIOCESI di. — City and diocese of Piedmont, suffragan of the archdiocese of Turin. The diocese extends over an area of 100 sq. km., with a population…
Pingliang, Diocese of(PINGLIANG, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 899 PINGLIANG, DIOCESE of. - In the north-eastern part of the province of Kansu (northern China). Established as an apostolic prefecture with 17 civil…
PinheiroVol. IX, p. 899 PINHEIRO. – City and nullius prelature in the State of Maranhão in Brazil. The territory of the prelature extends over 44,463 sq. km between the Bay of São…
Pini, Giovanni DomenicoVol. IX, p. 899 PINI, GIOVANNI DOMENICO. — Assistant of Catholic Action, b. in Milan on 29 January 1871, d. at Arona on 11 April 1930. He attended the Universities of Pavia…
Pini, Michele, Blessed(PINI, MICHELE, BEATO)Vol. IX, p. 900 PINI, MICHELE, blessed. - Camaldolese recluse, born in Firenze in 1442, died at Camaldoli on 21 Jan. 1522. Raised at the court of the Medici, he was a…
Pinito, Bishop of Knossos, Saint(PINITO, VESCOVO DI CNOSSO, SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 900 PINITO, bishop of CNOSSUS, saint. — He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 10 October, but there is no evidence that he had a cult in antiquity.…
Pinot, Noël, Blessed(PINOT, NOËL, BEATO)Vol. IX, p. 900 PINOT, NOËL, blessed. - Martyr of the French Revolution, b. at Angers on 19 Dec. 1747, d. there on 21 Feb. 1794. Ordained priest in 1771, in the same year he…
Pinsk-Pinsk, Diocese of(PINSK-PINSK, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 900 PINSK-PINSK, diocese of. - City and diocese of Poland. Covering an area of 50,000 sq. km., it has 319,603 Catholics, distributed among 133 parishes, served by…
Pinto, HettorVol. IX, p. 900 PINTO, HETTOR. — Portuguese mystical writer, born at Covilhà around 1528, died in 1584, a knight of the Order of St John. He studied at Coimbra and Siguenza.…
Pinturicchio, Bernardino Betti (di Betto) detto IlVol. IX, p. 900 PINTURICCHIO, BERNARDINO BETTI (DI BETTO) detto il. – Painter, born in Perugia in 1454, died in Siena in 1513. Formed in the Umbrian milieu, perhaps under the…
Piny, AlexandreVol. IX, p. 901 PINY, ALEXANDRE. - Dominican mystical writer, b. at Allos (Provence) on 25 February 1640, d. at Paris on 20 January 1709. He took the religious habit at…
Pio da Carpi, Family(PIO DA CARPI, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IX, p. 901 PIO da CARPI, FAMIGLIA. — One may consider as its founder a PIO who was podestà of Modena in 1177. One of his descendants, EGIDIO, was expelled from Modena in…
Piombatore della Cancelleria ApostolicaVol. IX, p. 934 LEAD-SEALER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHANCERY. - Among the Chancery personnel assigned to the drafting and dispatch of papal bulls or to the collection of the related…
PiomboVol. IX, p. 939 LEAD. — Lead was employed in antiquity for the most varied purposes: for conduits, little crosses, weights, tokens, vials, plaques, fibulae, funerary urns,…
PionaVol. IX, p. 939 PIONA. - An ancient abbey in the diocese of Como, situated on a promontory almost at the mouth of the Adda. It was a Cluniac abbey in the 12th century, and…
Pionius(PIONIO)Vol. IX, p. 939 PIONIO. - He suffered martyrdom at Smyrna on the day of the feast (natale) of Polycarp, according to the Martyrdom of P., during the persecution of Decius;…
Pious Causes(CAUSE PIE)Vol. III, p. 693 CAUSE PIE: v. BENI ECCLESIASTICI; FONDAZIONE PIA.
Pious Daughters of Mary Most Holy(MAESTRE PIE FIGLIE DI MARIA S.MA)Vol. VII, p. 1074 MAESTRE PIE FIGLIE DI MARIA S.ma. — On the vigil of Corpus Christi in 1829 (19 June), Caterina Molinari (later Sister Maria Vittoria Crocifissa) withdrew,…
Pious Disciples of the Divine Master(PIE DISCEPOLE DEL DIVIN MAESTRO)Vol. IX, p. 816 PIE DISCEPOLE DEL DIVIN MAESTRO. – Founded at Alba in 1924 by Fr. Alberione. Purpose: to assist, through prayer and works, the two branches, male and female,…
Pious Legate(LEGATO PIO)Vol. VII, p. 628 LEGATO PIO. — The l. p. is a modal legacy in which the modus is a pious purpose of charity or religion. SUMMARY: I. Definition. — II. Various juridical and…
Pious Mothers of the Negroes(PIE MADRI DELLA NIGRIZIA)Vol. IX, p. 816 PIE MADRI DELLA NIGRIZIA. – Religious congregation dependent on Propaganda, founded in 1872 in Verona by the servant of God Daniele Comboni (v.) with the…
Pious Rural Catechists(PII OPERAI CATECHISTI RURALI)Vol. IX, p. 889 PII OPERAI CATECHISTI RURALI. — Congregation whose purpose is religious assistance in the countryside and the establishment of agricultural schools for the…
Pious Sisters of Redemption(PIE SUORE DELLA REDENZIONE)Vol. IX, p. 838 PIE SUORE DELLA REDENZIONE. – Institute founded at Cagliari in 1935 by Mother Anna di Gesù. It was elevated to an Institute of pontifical right in 1949. Its…
Pious Sisters of the Little Mission for the Deaf-Mute(PIE SORELLE DELLA PICCOLA MISSIONE PER LE SORDOMUTE)Vol. IX, p. 838 PIE SORELLE DELLA PICCOLA MISSIONE PER LE SORDOMUTE. — Institute founded in Bologna in 1890 by the two priest brothers Giuseppe and Cesare Gualandi. It is the…
Pious Union(UNIONE PIA)Vol. XII, p. 524 PIA UNION. — It is an association of the faithful established for a purpose of piety or charity. It is not strictly necessary for it to be a juridical person,…
Pious Union of Jesus, Mary and Joseph(PIA UNIONE DI GESÙ, MARIA E GIUSEPPE)Vol. IX, p. 803 PIA UNIONE DI GESÙ, MARIA e GIUSEPPE. — Religious congregation with simple vows, founded in 1880 by Sister Rita Amata di Gesù in Portugal and subsequently…
Pious Union of Saint Paul the Apostle(UNIONE DI SAN PAOLO APOSTOLO, PIA)Vol. XII, p. 514 UNIONE DI SAN PAOLO APOSTOLO, PIA. – A meritorious association founded in Rome in 1790 and canonically erected in 1797 in the archhospital of S. Maria della…
Pious Work(OPERA PIA)Vol. IX, p. 119 OPERA PIA: v. FONDAZIONE PIA; LEGATO PIO.
Pious Workers of the Immaculate Conception(PIE OPERAIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE)Vol. IX, p. 828 PIE OPERAIE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE. — Founded in 1744 by Msgr. Fr. A. Marcucci, bishop of Montaldo Marche. Its purpose is the instruction and civil and…
Pippin III, the Short(PIPINO III, IL BREVE)Vol. IX, p. 940 PIPINO III, il BREVE. — Born in 714, son of Carlo Martello and regarded as the adoptive son of Liutprando as a sign of friendship between Lombards and Franks,…
Piracicaba, Diocese of(PIRACICABA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 940 PIRACICABA, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in the State of S. Paulo in Brazil. It has an area of 1,400 sq. km. and a population of 167,000 inhabitants, of whom…
Pirandello, LuigiVol. IX, p. 940 PIRANDELLO, LUIGI. – Writer of short stories, novels, and dramas, b. in Agrigento on 28 June 1867, d. in Rome on 1 December 1930. Nobel Prize 1934. While still…
Piranesi, Giovanni BattistaVol. IX, p. 941 PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. — Architect and engraver, b. at Mojano di Mestre on 4 October 1720, d. at Rome on 9 November 1778. He anticipates certain aspects…
Pirhing, EhrenreichVol. IX, p. 941 PIRHING, EHRENREICH. - Canonist and moral theologian, b. at Siegarthing (Lower Bavaria) on 12 Apr. 1606, d. at Dillingen (Bavaria) on 15 Sept. 1679. A Jesuit…
Pirkheimer (Pirkheimer), CharitasVol. IX, p. 942 PIRKHEIMER (PIRKHEIMER), CHARITAS. - Poor Clare nun, b. at Eichstätt on 21 March 1466, d. at Nuremberg on 19 Aug. 1532. Sister of the humanist Willibald P.,…
Pirkheimer (Pirkheimer), WillibaldVol. IX, p. 942 PIRKHEIMER (PIRKHEIMER), WILLIBALD. - A renowned German humanist, b. at Eichstätt on 5 Dec. 1470, d. at Nuremberg on 22 Dec. 1530. He attended the University…
Piromalli, PaoloVol. IX, p. 942 PIROMALLI, PAOLO. - Dominican theologian and missionary, born at Siderno (Reggio Calabria) in 1591, died at Bisignano (Calabria) in 1667. He entered religious…
Pirot, LouisVol. IX, p. 942 PIROT, LOUIS — Exegete of the New Testament, b. at Châteauroux on 10 July 1881, d. at Lille on 5 Dec. 1939. He was professor of Sacred Scripture at the Major…
Pirro I, Patriarch of Constantinople(PIRRO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)Vol. IX, p. 942 PIRRO I, patriarch of COSTANTINOPOLI. - Successor of Sergio in the patriarchate (639), he died at Costantinopoli between 19 and 23 May 655. A changeable…
Pirroni, Carlo GiovanniVol. IX, p. 942 PIRRONI, CARLO GIOVANNI. - Piarist, born in Campi Salentina (Lecce) on June 7, 1640, died in Rome on April 13, 1685. Founder, together with Fr. Angelo Morelli,…
Pirrotti, Pompilio Maria, Saint(PIRROTTI, POMPILIO MARIA, SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 943 PIRROTTI, POMPILIO MARIA, santo: v. POMPILIO M. PIRROTTI.
Pisa, Archdiocese of(PISA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 943 PISA, ARCHDIOCESE of. – City and archdiocese of Tuscany. Its suffragan dioceses are Apuania, Livorno, Pescia, Pontremoli, and Volterra. The extent of the…
Pisacane, CarloVol. IX, p. 949 PISACANE, CARLO. — Patriot and writer, born in Naples on 22 August 1818, died at Sanza on 2 July 1857. Of noble family, he entered the Nunziatella College at…
Pisanello, Antonio Pisano, called Il(PISANELLO, ANTONIO PISANO, DETTO IL)Vol. IX, p. 949 PISANELLO, ANTONIO PISANO, so called. — Painter, draughtsman, and medallist, born in Pisa before 1395, died probably in Naples in 1450. Having moved with his…
Pisani, FrancescoVol. IX, p. 950 PISANI, FRANCESCO - Cardinal, born in Venice around 1494 to Alvise, procurator of St. Mark’s, and Cecilia Giustinian. At the doge’s request, he was created…
Piscetta, LuigiVol. IX, p. 950 PISCETTA, LUIGI. – Theologian, born in Comignano (Novara) on 12 February 1858, died in Turin on 25 October 1925. He made his profession in the Society of S.…
PiscinaVol. IX, p. 950 PISCINA : v. BATTISTERO; CANTARO.
Pisides, George (Γεώργιος ὁ Πισίδης)(PISIDES, GIORGIO (ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ Ὁ ΠΙΣΊΔΗΣ))Vol. IX, p. 950 PISIDES, GIORGIO (Γεώργιος ὁ Πισίδης). – A native of Pisidia, deacon and skeuophylax of Hagia Sophia, he lived under the emperor Heraclius (610–41) and the…
Pistelli, ErmenegildoVol. IX, p. 951 PISTELLI, ERMENEGILDO. - Philologist and writer, b. at Camaiore (Lucca) on 15 Feb. 1862, d. at Firenze on 14 Jan. 1927. A Piarist in 1884, after graduating in…
Pistis SophiaVol. IX, p. 951 PISTIS SOPHIA. – This is the title given by Schwartz to a Gnostic writing of the 3rd century in the Coptic language, contained in the Codex Askessianus of the…
Pistis, Saint(PISTIS, SANTA)Vol. IX, p. 951 PISTIS, Saint: v. SOPHIA, PISTIS, ELPIS and AGAPE, Saints.
Pistocchi, MarioVol. IX, p. 952 PISTOCCHI, MARIO. — Canonist, born at Meldola (Forlì) on 16 September 1874, died at Forlì on 10 December 1943. Ordained a priest in 1897, he obtained a degree…
Pistoia, Diocese of(PISTOIA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 952 PISTOIA, DIOCESI. — City and diocese, provincial capital in Tuscany. The diocese, already existing in the 5th century, was declared by Martin V in 1420 to be a…
Pistoris, Johann(PISTORIUS, JOHANN)Vol. IX, p. 954 PISTORIUS, JOHANN. – Polemicist and historian, born in Nidda on 14 February 1546 (hence the name Niddanus), died in Freiburg im Breisgau on 18 July 1608. Son…
Pitati, Bonifacio deVol. IX, p. 956 PITATI, BONIFACIO de: v. BONIFACIO VERONESE.
Pithom(PHITHOM)Vol. IX, p. 792 PHITHOM. - A city of northern Egypt (Heb. Pitōm; Egypt. pr-jtm; Coptic πεθομί or πειθομί; Septuagint Πειθώ). According to Ex. 1, 11, an Egyptian king,…
Pithou, PierreVol. IX, p. 956 PITHOU, PIERRE. — Jurist, born at Troyes on 1 November 1539, died at Nogent-sur-Seine on 1 November 1596. He pursued his legal studies together with his…
Pitigliano, Diocese of(PITIGLIANO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 956 PITIGLIANO, DIOCESI di: v. SOVANA E PITIGLIANO, DIOCESI di.
Pitra, Jean-BaptisteVol. IX, p. 956 PITRA, JEAN-BAPTISTE. – Benedictine, cardinal, librarian of the Holy Roman Church, born at Champforgeuil (department of Saône-et-Loire) on 1 August 1812, died…
Pitrè, GiuseppeVol. IX, p. 957 PITRÈ, GIUSEPPE. - The foremost scholar of popular traditions Italy has produced, and one of the most distinguished in Europe, b. at Palermo on 22 Dec. 1841,…
Pittoni, GiambattistaVol. IX, p. 957 PITTONI, GIAMBATTISTA. — Painter, born in 1687, perhaps in Venice, died there on 17 November 1767. He received the first rudiments of art from his uncle…
Pittsburgh, Diocese of(PITTSBURG, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 957 PITTSBURG, DIOCESI di. – City and diocese in the State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The diocese of P., suffragan of Philadelphia, today covers a territory of 7,238…
Piura, Diocese of(PIURA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 959 PIURA, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese of Peru, suffragan of Trujillo. It has an area of 43,588 sq. km. and a population of 500,000 inhabitants, of whom 498,975…
Pius I, Pope, Saint(PIO I, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 902 PIO I, POPE, saint. – In the Roman Martyrology he is commemorated on 11 July; it was Ado who first inserted him in his Martyrology. He succeeded Hyginus, but…
Pius II, Pope(PIO II, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 902 PIO II, PAPA. – Born in Corsignano in the Sienese territory on 18 October 1405; died at Ancona on 15 August 1464. I. THE YOUNG HUMANIST. — Enea Silvio…
Pius III, Pope(PIO III, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 904 PIO III, POPE. - Francesco Todeschini, born in Siena around 1440, died in Rome on 18 October 1503. Son of a sister of Pio II, he received from him the surname…
Pius IV, Pope(PIO IV, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 904 PIO IV, POPE. — For more than four months the three parties of the Sacred College—the Spanish, the French, and the group of cardinals attached to Paolo…
Pius IX, Pope(PIO IX, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 913 PIUS IX, POPE. – Descendant of the Mastai family of Cesena, which, for its merits, received the comital title from the Duke of Parma and added to its own…
Pius V, Pope, Saint(PIO V, PAPA, SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 905 PIO V, POPE, saint. – The last canonized Pope, born on 17 January 1504 at Bosco, near Alessandria, to Paolo Ghislieri and Domenica Augeria: he entered the…
Pius VI, Of Cesena, Giovanni(PIO VI, DI CESENA, GIOV)Vol. IX, p. 484 PIO VI, of Cesena, Giov. Angelo Braschi, 15, 22 Feb. 1775 – 29 Aug. 1799.
Pius VI, Pope(PIO VI, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 906 PIO VI, POPE. — Giannangelo Braschi, born in Cesena on 25 Dec. 1717 to Count Marc'Aurelio Tommaso and Anna Teresa Bandi. Educated by the Jesuits, he received…
Pius VII, Of Cesena, Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, 14, 21 March 1800(PIO VII, DI CESENA, BARNABA (GREGORIO) CHIARAMONTI, 14, 21 MARZO 1800)Vol. IX, p. 484 PIO VII, of Cesena, Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, 14, 21 March 1800 – 20 Aug. 1823. LEO XII, of Genga (Fabriano), Annibale della Genga, 28 Sept., 5 Oct. 1823…
Pius VII, Pope(PIO VII, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 908 PIO VII, PAPA. — Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti, born on 14 August 1740 (not 1742) at Cesena to Count Scipione and Marchioness Giovanna Ghini. Having completed…
Pius VIII, Pope(PIO VIII, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 912 PIO VIII, POPE. — Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, b. at Cingoli on 20 Nov. 1761, d. at Rome on 30 Nov. 1830. He studied at the Campana College of Osimo and then…
Pius X, Pope, Blessed(PIO X, PAPA, BEATO)Vol. IX, p. 920 PIO X, POPE, BEATUS. — Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, born in Riese, a village in the diocese of Treviso, on 2 June 1835 to Giovanni Battista Sarto, town…
Pius XI(PIO XI)Vol. IX, p. 930 bibliografia); E. Pellegrinetti, P. XI. L'uomo nel Papa e il Papa nell'uomo, Roma 1940, e tre importanti artt. in L'Oss. Romano, 4, 5-6, 7 maggio 1941 (periodo…
Pius XI, Pope(PIO XI, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 924 PIO XI, POPE. - Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, born in Desio on 31 May 1857 to Francesco and Teresa Galli, both of modest means, died in the Vatican City on…
Pius XII, Pope(PIO XII, PAPA)Vol. IX, p. 930 PIO XII, POPE. — Eugenio Pacelli, born in Rome on 2 March 1876 to the lawyer Filippo (v. PACELLI, famiglia) and Virginia Graziosi, received his education in…
PiusvereinVol. IX, p. 960 PIUSVEREIN. — Association founded in Mainz in 1848 by A. F. Lenning, a canon of the Cathedral, and G. Riffel, to organize the Catholics of Germany in defence…
PivialeVol. IX, p. 960 PIVIALE – P. of St Alboino of Bressanone parishes, 23 diocesan priests and 27 religious; 3 institutes of education for men and 3 for women (Ann. Pont., 1952,…
Pizarro, FranciscoVol. IX, p. 961 PIZARRO, FRANCISCO. — Spanish conquistador of Peru, born around 1475 at Trujillo (Cáceres, Extremadura), died on 26 June 1541 at Lima. The illegitimate son of…
Pizzicolli, Cyriacus de' (Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli)(PIZZICOLLI, CIRIACO DE' (KYRIACUS DE PICENI COLLIBUS))Vol. IX, p. 962 PIZZICOLLI, CIRIACO de' (Kyriacus de Piceni collibus). — One of the most singular figures of Humanism for versatility of intellect and breadth of learning:…
Pizzolo, NiccolòVol. IX, p. 962 PIZZOLO, NICCOLÒ. — Painter and sculptor, born around 1420, died in Padua in 1453. Unlike so many other contemporary Paduan artists, he did not attend…
