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Placare Christe Servulis
Hymn of Vespers for the feast of All Saints, by an unknown author; it is found in manuscripts from as early as the 10th century. It is a succession of… -
Place, Charles-Philippe
Cardinal, b. 14 February 1814 in Paris, d. 5 March 1893 in Rennes. (phot. Geb. fot. una.) PIZZOLO, NICCOLÒ. - Madonna in throne among various saints.… -
Placet
PLACET (REGIO): v. EXEQUATUR E PLACET. -
Placid, Eutychius and Companions, Saints, Martyrs (PLACIDO, EUTICHIO E CONSOCI, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They probably perished in the Diocletianic persecution (303-13). The Hieronymian Martyrology commemorates them on 5 October as Sicilian martyrs: « in Sicilia… -
Placid, Saint (PLACIDO, SANTO)
Disciple of St. Benedict. His only biographical source is the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great (II, 3-7: PL 66, 140-46; critical edition by U. Moricca, Rome… -
Plagues of Egypt (PIAGHE DI EGITTO)
Punitive portents wrought by God through Moses and Aaron in Egypt following Pharaoh's repeated refusals to let the people of Israel go free. There are ten of… -
Plain Chant Music (PLAIN CHANT MUSICAL)
In 1669 Henri Du Mont published five masses that have become universally famous. It seems that he was also the inventor of the term by which are designated… -
Planck, Gottlieb Jakob
Lutheran theologian, b. 15 Nov. 1751 at Nürtingen in Württemberg, d. at Göttingen on 31 Aug. 1833. He was an eminent figure both in his territorial church (he… -
Planck, Max
Thinker and scientist, b. in Kiel on 23 April 1858, d. in Göttingen on 4 October 1947. > (from J. Demers, Oud nederlandsche Kunstmakers in betrekking met… -
Planets (PIANETI)
PIANETI: v. ASTRALI DIVINITÀ. -
Planning and Planism (PIANIFICAZIONE E PIANISMO)
There is economic planning when, in a nation, the functions of economic life are, for particular needs, programmed and controlled by the State in order to… -
Plant, Cult of the (PIANTA, CULTO DELLA)
The sacred value of the plant, whether herb or tree, is documented among all peoples, whether the plant is part of a forest, or stands solitary in the middle… -
Plantin, Christophe
One of the most distinguished and active printers of the 16th century, creator of a typographic-publishing enterprise that lasted over 3 centuries and, from… -
Planudes, Maximos
Byzantine theologian and humanist of the 13th-14th centuries, whose deeds were handed down almost exclusively in his own letter collection. Born at Nicomedia… -
Plasencia (Placentin), Diocese of (PLASENCIA (PLACENTIN), DIOCESI DI)
A city and diocese in Spain, whose territory extends not only into the civil province of Cáceres, but in part also into those of Salamanca, Badajoz and Avila.… -
PLATA (la) o CHARCAS, DIOCESI di
PLATA (la) o CHARCAS, DIOCESI di: v. SUCRE, DIOCESI di. -
Platina, Bartolomeo Sacchi detto Il
Humanist, b. at Piadena (whence his name), near Cremona in 1421, d. at Rome of the plague on 21 Sept. 1481. For four years he served as a soldier under… -
Plato Levšin (PLATONE LEVŠIN)
In the world Pyotr Georgievich Levshin, Metropolitan of Moscow, celebrated as a preacher, writer and ecclesiastical administrator, b. at Tschachinikowa, near… -
Platonia
From platoma or platomum: marble slab. The term is found used in the Liber Pontificalis, in the biography of Liberius, of whom it is said that "he adorned with… -
Platonism (PLATONISMO)
For ancient Greek Platonism, see the entry ACCADEMIA (I. Greek Platonism). Here we shall treat: I. Platonism in the Fathers; II. Platonism in the Middle Ages… -
Plato (ΠΛΆΤΩΝ) (PLATONE (ΠΛΆΤΩΝ))
Greek philosopher of the 5th-4th century B.C., among the greatest thinkers of humanity. SUMMARY: I. His life. - II. The works: authenticity and chronology. -… -
Pleasure (PIACERE)
In general, in classical usage it indicates the "joy" of the senses when they are satisfied and therefore also the physical well-being that derives from it… -
Plebiscite (PLEBISCITO)
In Roman public law "p." indicated a resolution adopted by the concilia plebis on the proposal of the tribunes, and was therefore distinct from a law, in the… -
Pledge, Right of (PEGNO, DIRITTO DI)
I. NOTION. - It is the ius in re by which the creditor has a special guarantee over a movable good and constitutes one of the legitimate causes of preference.… -
Plekhanov, Georgi Valentinovich (PLECHANOV, GEORGI VALENTINOVIČ)
Born in 1856, died on May 31, 1918, one of the most important theorists of Russian Marxism and, more generally, of international Marxism. Originally a follower… -
Pleroma (ΠΛΉΡΩΜΑ)
Technical term of the gnosis of Valentinus and his followers (Marcus, Ptolemy, Pistis Sophia, etc.). The word, which was also in use outside gnosis (e.g., Rom.… -
Pliny the Elder (PLINIO IL VECCHIO)
Scholar, b. at Como in 23 A.D., d. near Misenum on 24 Aug. 79 A.D. during the eruption of Vesuvius that buried Stabiae, Herculaneum and Pompeii. He studied at… -
Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) (PLINIO IL GIOVANE (CAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS))
A nephew on his sister's side of the naturalist Pliny the Elder (v.), born at Como in 62 A.D., he came to Rome where he had Quintilian as his teacher, was… -
Plombières, Congress of (PLOMBIÈRES, CONVEGNO DI)
The personal policy of Napoleon III, tending on the one hand to ensure the triumph of the principle of nationality in Italy and desirous on the other of… -
Plotinus (PLOTINO)
Greek philosopher, b. at Lycopolis (Egypt) in 205 A.D. A disciple, for eleven years, of Ammonius Saccas in Alexandria, he followed the emperor Gordian III in… -
Plumier, Charles
Minim, naturalist-botanist, b. at Marseille on 20 Apr. 1646, d. at Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz) on 16 Nov. 1704. He professed among the Minims at Marseille in… -
Plunkett, Oliver, Blessed, Martyr (PLUNKET, OLIVER, BEATO, MARTIRE)
Of a noble Irish family, b. at Loughcrew (county Meath) in 1629, d. in London on 11 July 1681. Having gone to Rome in 1645 with Cardinal Legate P. F. Scarampi… -
Pluntēria (Πλυντήρια) (PLINTERIE (ΠΛΥΝΤΉΡΙΑ))
From πλύνω "I wash," a purification festival celebrated - probably on 25 Thargelion (May-June) - in honor of Athena as the second cleansing of the temple in… -
Pluralism (PLURALISMO)
In opposition to monism (v.), it is the doctrine according to which reality is constituted of multiple and diverse entities. Aristotelian philosophy can be… -
Plutarch and Companions, Saints, Martyrs (PLUTARCO E COMPAGNI, SANTI MARTIRI)
Commemorated together on 28 June although they did not die on the same day. The entry in the Hieronymian Martyrology was certainly taken from Eusebius'… -
Plutarch of Chaeronea (PLUTARCO DI CHERONEA)
Greek philosopher and historian, b. in Chaeronea (Boeotia) between 46 and 50 A.D. He studied philosophy and mathematics in Athens. He stayed for a long time in… -
Pluteo
This refers to an element mostly of marble or also of wood (in Syria) used as a screen. Famous were the p. of Trajan (anaglypta Traiani) in the loggia of the… -
Plutocracy (PLUTOCRAZIA)
In the etymological sense, p. (from πλοῦτος = "wealth" and κράτος = "power") means the dominion of wealth or of the men who possess it — industrialists… -
Plymouth Brethren (PLYMOUTH, FRATELLI DI)
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Plymouth, Diocese of (PLYMOUTH, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in England established as a separate see in 1850; it comprises the counties of Devonshire, Cornwall, Dorsetshire and the Isles of Scilly. It…