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Pygmies (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 race, who… -
Pyong-Yang, Apostolic Vicariate of (PYONG-YANG, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
Located in the north-western part of Korea and separated from Manchuria by the Yalu River, it was erected as an apostolic prefecture of Hpeng-yang on 27 March… -
Pyrker von Hohenwart, Johann Bapt
Cistercian monk, b. at Nagy-Lángh (Hungary) on 2 Nov. 1772, d. at Vienna on 2 Dec. 1847; successively parish priest of Türnitz, bishop of Zips, patriarch of… -
Pyrrhonism (PIRRONISMO)
It is the school of thought that traces back to the skeptical doctrine of Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360-270 B.C.). It was summed up in the thesis that nothing can be… -
Pyrrhus I, Patriarch of Constantinople (PIRRO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
Successor of Sergius in the patriarchate (639), died at Constantinople between 19 and 23 May 655. A fickle spirit, he began by favoring the Ekthesis of… -
Pythagoras (PITAGORA)
The historical figure of P., philosopher and founder of the school that bears his name, was so distorted by later legends that it is difficult, amid the… -
Pyxides (PISSIDE)
A liturgical vessel for the reservation of the Eucharist for Communion, from πυξις, πύξος, Latin pyxis, a box, a small round or polygonal jar for medicines…