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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…
