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- 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.
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- Padua - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Palawan - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Palermo - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pall - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Palladius, Saint - - Sent from Rome to Ireland in the mid-fifth century as a bishop.
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- Pallium - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Palmyra - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Paltus - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pammachius, Saint - - Roman senator, widower, friend of SS. Augustine and Jerome, d. 409.
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- Pamphilus of Caesarea, Saint - - Born in Beirut and studied at the Catechetical School in Alexandria. Priest, scholar, martyr. Beheaded in 309.
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- 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.
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- Paphos - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- 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.
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- Paralus - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Parents - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Paris - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Parish - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Parium - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Parlais - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Parsis - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Paschasius, Saint - - A Roman deacon, and a faithful supporter of the antipope Laurentius. Paschasius died sometime between 511 and 514.
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- Passerat, Venerable Joseph - - A Frenchman, he joined the Redemptorists in Poland. As vicar-general, he founded many houses in Europe and the United States. Died in 1858.
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- Passos - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pastor - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Patara - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Paten - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Patmos - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Patras - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Patrick, Saint - - Lengthy biographical article on the Apostle of Ireland.
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- Patron Saints - - Statistics on popular titular patrons of churches in Rome, Belgium, and English-speaking countries. Short lists of some national patrons and patron saints of professional occupations.
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- Paul the Hermit, Saint - - Fled into the Egyptian desert to escape the Decian persecution. Died at the age of 113.
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- 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.
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- Paulus Venatus - - Brief article on this thinker, by Francis E. Tourscher.
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- Pax - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pelagia - - Discusses four saints of this name.
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- Pella - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Peoria - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Perge - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Periodi - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Perjury - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Perpetuus, Saint - - Eighth bishop of Tours, d. 490 or 491. St. Perpetuus was greatly devoted to his predecessor St. Martin of Tours.
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- Persia - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Person - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Perth - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Peru - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pescia - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Peter Chrysologus, Saint - - Bishop of Ravenna, d. 450. Pious, zealous, and a renowned speaker--thus the name "Chrysologus".
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- 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.
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- Peter Fourier, Saint - - Parish priest, founder of the Congregation of Notre-Dame, reformer, d. 1640.
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- Peter Igneus, Saint - - So-called because he successfully underwent trial by fire. Vallombrosian monk, Cardinal of Albano, d. 1089.
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- Peter Lombard - - Biobibliographical essay on the Master of the Sentences.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Peter of Verona, Saint - - The son of Manichæans, he became a Dominican. He was martyred in 1252, and canonized only one year later.
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- 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.
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- Peter Urseolus, Saint - - The doge of Venice. He left his wife to become a Benedictine monk and later a hermit. Died in 987.
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- Petra - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- 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.
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- Pez - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pforta - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Phacusa - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pharao - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Phasga - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Philastrius, Saint - - Bishop of Brescia, died before 397. Catalogued heresies, and preached especially against Arianism.
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- Philip of Jesus, Saint - - Biography of the Mexican-born Franciscan martyr, the patron saint of Mexico City. Crucified in Nagasaki in 1597.
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- Philip Powel, Blessed - - Short biography of the Benedictine priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in 1646.
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- Philo Judaeus - - Article on his life, writings and doctrine, by Emile Brehier.
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- Philomena, Saint - - Skeptical article on St. Philomena, whose supposed relics were discovered at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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- Phocaea - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Physiocrats - - Describes the origins of Physiocratic theory.
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- Pichler - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pierius - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pierre de Maricourt - - Article on this 13th-century theorist of optics and magnetism, written by Pierre Duhem.
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- Pietism - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pinara - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pisa - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Piscina - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pisidia - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pityus - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Plain Chant - - Description and history of the precursor to Gregorian chant.
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- Pogla - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Poland - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Polycarp, Saint - - Long article on what we can know about St. Polycarp, from ancient sources. Martyred in 155.
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- Pomaria - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Pontian, Pope Saint - - He was exiled to the Sardinian mines in 235 and died there of privation.
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- Pontus - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Poona - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- 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..
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- Poppo, Saint - - Cluniac Benedictine abbot and reformer. Died in 1048.
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- Popular Devotions - - Brief explanation of the spiritual practices collectively called "devotions" or "popular devotions..
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- Porter - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Possidius, Saint - - Bishop of Calama, was a friend of St. Augustine for 40 years.
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- Poverty - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Prague - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Praxeas - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Prayer - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Preachers, Order of - - An extensive article about several branches of the Dominicans, including their history.
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- Prebend - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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- Precept - - (Catholic Encyclopedia.
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