Pontus - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Polyglot Bibles - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Perugino - Artist's biography. Poussin, Nicolas - An article about the artist, with bibliography. Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista - Notes his torn allegiances between sacred and secular music. Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore - Life and work of the architect. Physiocrats - Describes the origins of Physiocratic theory. Pray, George - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pontigny, Abbey of - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Painting, Religious - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pizarro, Francisco - Concise biographical article on the explorer. Polo, Marco - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Ponce de León, Juan - Concise biographical article on the explorer. Procopius of Caesarea - Biographical article providing an overview of the historian's life and major writings. Philip II - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pertinax, Publius Helvius - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pragmatism - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pierre de Maricourt - Article on this 13th-century theorist of optics and magnetism, written by Pierre Duhem. Paulus Venatus - Brief article on this thinker, by Francis E. Tourscher. Philo Judaeus - Article on his life, writings and doctrine, by Emile Brehier. Pomponazzi, Pietro - Short article on the philosopher, by U. Benigni. Plethon, Georgius Gemistus - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pascal, Blaise - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism - Concise summary of doctrines attributed to Pythagoras. Population, Theories of - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paracelsus, Theophrastus - Extensive biographical entry on the physician and alchemist. Pantheism - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Prudentius, Aurelius Clemens - Biographical article on the poet. Pange Lingua Gloriosi - Article on the two hymns of this name. The second is by Thomas Aquinas. The first is "generally credited" to Venantius Fortunatus, though some believe it is the work of Claudianus Mamertus. Pantaleon, Saint - Martyr, died in about 309. Peter of Alexandria, Saint - Became bishop of Alexandria in 300, and was martyred in 311. Peter of Sebaste, Saint - Brother of SS. Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Macrina the Younger. Peter was bishop of Sebaste, and died in 391. Processus and Martinian, Saints - Martyrs venerated since the fourth century at the latest. Perpetuus, Saint - Eighth bishop of Tours, d. 490 or 491. St. Perpetuus was greatly devoted to his predecessor St. Martin of Tours. Paulinus, Saint, Archbishop of York - Biographical article on the Roman monk sent by St. Gregory the Great to Kent. Pachomius, Saint - Hermit who founded a cenobitical community, d. 346. Some speculation on how and why St. Pachomius came up with the idea of the cenobitical life. Porphyrius, Saint - Bishop of Gaza, died in 420. Polycarp, Saint - Long article on what we can know about St. Polycarp, from ancient sources. Martyred in 155. Proclus, Saint - Patriarch of Constantinople, disciple of St. John Chrysostom, and died in 446 or 447. Pulcheria, Saint - Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire, staunch opponent of Nestorianism and Eutychianism, d. 453. Peter, Saint, Prince of the Apostles - Long article on his life. Possidius, Saint - Bishop of Calama, was a friend of St. Augustine for 40 years. Paul the Hermit, Saint - Fled into the Egyptian desert to escape the Decian persecution. Died at the age of 113. Paula, Saint - Widowed at the age of 32, Paula embarked on the monastic life in Bethlehem, along with her daughter Eustochium. Paula died in 404. Paulinus II, Saint - Patriarch of Aquileia, d. 802. Philastrius, Saint - Bishop of Brescia, died before 397. Catalogued heresies, and preached especially against Arianism. Philip the Apostle, Saint - Brief article on this New Testament figure in Scripture and Christian tradition. Placidus, Saint - An early follower of St. Benedict. Pontian, Pope Saint - He was exiled to the Sardinian mines in 235 and died there of privation. Papias, Saint - Thorough essay on what is known of this bishop, called by St. Irenaeus "a hearer of John." Also an exposition of the writings of Papias, who died around 120. Paschasius, Saint - A Roman deacon, and a faithful supporter of the antipope Laurentius. Paschasius died sometime between 511 and 514. Praexedes and Pudentiana, Saints - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Primus and Felician, Saints - Martyrs of the Diocletian persecution, in about 304. Pamphilus of Caesarea, Saint - Born in Beirut and studied at the Catechetical School in Alexandria. Priest, scholar, martyr. Beheaded in 309. Paul the Simple, Saint - Monk, disciple of St. Antony, d. around 339. Patrick, Saint - Lengthy biographical article on the Apostle of Ireland. Pammachius, Saint - Roman senator, widower, friend of SS. Augustine and Jerome, d. 409. Paul, Saint - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Protus and Hyacinth, Saints - Martyrs in the Valerian persecution (257-259). Pius I, Pope Saint - He excommunicated Marcion, and died in about 154. Paul I, Pope Saint - Biographical article on this eighth-century pontiff. Petronilla, Saint - Virgin, martyred at Rome, probably at the end of the first century. She has been venerated as a saint since at least the fourth century. Palladius, Saint - Sent from Rome to Ireland in the mid-fifth century as a bishop. Prisca, Saint - Roman martyr of unknown date. Peter Urseolus, Saint - The doge of Venice. He left his wife to become a Benedictine monk and later a hermit. Died in 987. Peter Chrysologus, Saint - Bishop of Ravenna, d. 450. Pious, zealous, and a renowned speaker--thus the name "Chrysologus". Pelagia - Discusses four saints of this name. Paschal I, Pope Saint - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Petronius, Saint - Bishop of Bologna, died sometime before 450. Paulinus, Saint, Bishop of Nola - Looked upon as a saint even in his own lifetime. He died in 431. Pionius, Saint - Martyred at Smyrna in 250. Plain Chant - Description and history of the precursor to Gregorian chant. Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Providence, Sisters of - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Precious Blood, Congregations of the - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Preachers, Order of - An extensive article about several branches of the Dominicans, including their history. Pelagius and Pelagianism - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Peter Baptist, Saint, and Twenty-Five Companions - Crucified in Nagasaki, 1597. Philippine-Rose Duchesne, Saint - Admiring biographical essay. Philip Howard, Saint - Biographical article on the Earl of Arundel, martyred in 1595. Pius IX, Pope Blessed - Biography of this pope, who died in 1878. Peter of Montboissier, Blessed - Better known as Peter the Venerable. General of the Cluniac order, prominent at the General Council of Pisa, commissioned the first Latin translation of the Koran. Renowned for his virtue and learning. Died in 1156. Philip of Jesus, Saint - Biography of the Mexican-born Franciscan martyr, the patron saint of Mexico City. Crucified in Nagasaki in 1597. Peter Igneus, Saint - So-called because he successfully underwent trial by fire. Vallombrosian monk, Cardinal of Albano, d. 1089. Pascal Baylon, Saint - Aragonese Franciscan lay brother, d. 1592. Peter Gonzalez, Saint - Spanish Dominican, d. 1246. Patron saint of Spanish and Portuguese sailors. Peter Fourier, Saint - Parish priest, founder of the Congregation of Notre-Dame, reformer, d. 1640. Philip Powel, Blessed - Short biography of the Benedictine priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in 1646. Pierre-Julien Eymard, Saint - Biographical article on the French priest and founder. Poppo, Saint - Cluniac Benedictine abbot and reformer. Died in 1048. Peter of Verona, Saint - The son of Manichæans, he became a Dominican. He was martyred in 1252, and canonized only one year later. Peter Faber, Saint - French priest, one of the first Jesuits, d. 1546. Peter of Arbues, Saint - More correctly called Peter Arbues, a Spanish canon. Was inquisitor provincial in the Kingdom of Aragon. He was assassinated in 1485. Pius X, Pope Saint - Long article on the pontiff. Peter the Hermit, Blessed - Article on a man wrongly named by later writers as the instigator of the Crusades. In later life, Peter founded an abbey. He died in 1115. Peter Claver, Saint - Biography of the Spanish Jesuit priest who for 33 years ministered to African slaves in the New World, and tried to stop the slave trade. Died in 1654. Pius V, Pope Saint - Biography of the sixteenth-century pontiff. Peter Nolasco, Saint - Biographical article on the founder of the Mercedarians. Paul of the Cross, Saint - Biographical essay on the Italian-born founder of the Passionists. He died in 1775. Pierre de Castelnau, Blessed - Cistercian, worked for the conversion of the Albigensians, was martyred in 1208. Peter Canisius, Blessed - Long essay on the Dutch Jesuit priest, who died in 1597. Peter Damian, Saint - Cardinal, Doctor of the Church. Died in 1072. Biographical article. Peter Snow, Blessed - Short biographical profile of the English martyr, who died in 1598. Peter de Regalado, Saint - Spanish Franciscan of the Observance, reformer, d. 1456. Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin Borie, Saint - Short biography of the nineteenth-century French missionary priest and martyr. Peter of Alcántara, Saint - Spanish Franciscan priest, reformer, and mystic. Died in 1562. Pacificus of Ceredano, Blessed - Franciscan Observant priest, d. 1482. Philomena, Saint - Skeptical article on St. Philomena, whose supposed relics were discovered at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Philip Romolo Neri, Saint - Biographical article on the Apostle of Rome, who died in 1595. Pacificus of San Severino, Saint - Italian Franciscan. Hampered by blindness, deafness, and lameness for almost 29 years. Died 1721. Peter-Louis-Marie Chanel, Saint - Two articles on the French Marist missionary. Martyred in 1841. Paschasius Radbertus, Saint - Biographical article on the deacon, Benedictine abbot, and theologian, who died in 860. Peter Wright, Blessed - English Jesuit and martyr, d. 1651. Priesthood - Brief yet thorough examination of this sacrament. Popes, List of - In chronological order. Links to a biographical essay on each. For popes up through Pope St. Pius X (d. 1914), entries are taken from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia. Information on later popes is taken from Joseph Brusher's "Popes Through the Ages." Popular Devotions - Brief explanation of the spiritual practices collectively called "devotions" or "popular devotions." Pacificus - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paderborn - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pagnino, Santes - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Palatini - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Perez, Juan - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Property Ecclesiastical - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Providence, Divine - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Putative Marriage - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pacioli, Lucas - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Prose or Sequence - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pagano, Mario - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Promulgation - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pacandus - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Provost - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Priory - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pacca, Bartolommeo - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pachtler, George Michael - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pax - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Promise, Divine - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Palawan - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Prosper of Aquitaine, Tiro - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pyrrhonism - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paganism - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pamplona, Diocese of - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Processions - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Provision, Canonical - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Palm Sunday - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Panzani, Gregorio - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Publican - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pulaski, Casimir - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Preston, Thomas - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Papago Indians - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Panpsychism - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Purgatory - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Papiensis, Bernardus - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parabolani - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parallelism, Psycho-Physical - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Papacy, The - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pallium - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paraclete - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Papal Elections - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Provancher, Leon Abel - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pagi, François - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parents - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Panvinio, Onofrio - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Panemotichus - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Promotor Fidei - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Palladio, Andrea - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Punishment, Capital - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pare, Ambroise - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Park, Abbey of the - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Purim - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parish - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paleotti, Gabriele - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paris, Matthew - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parium - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pasch or Passover - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parochial Mass - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paschal III, Pope - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parenzo-Pola - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pagi, Antoine - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Prothonotary Apostolic - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paray-le-Monial - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Passion Music - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pamelius - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Paschal Candle - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parallelism - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Passion Sunday - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pareja, Francisco - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Parsis - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pasteur, Louis - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pasto, Diocese of - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Pastor - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Peru - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Patmore, Coventry - (Catholic Encyclopedia) Protestantism - Discussion of Protestant beliefs and doctrines. 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Short lists of some national patrons and patron saints of professional occupations. 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