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- PABOsurnamed POST PRYDAIN, Welsh warrior and saint about the beginning of the _ 6th century, buried at Llanbabo in…
- PACATULA[Gavpenttus (10).]
- PACATUS(1), LATINUS DREPANIUS (otherwise Latinus Pacarus DREPANtus), a Gallic rhetorician of the 4th century, author of a…
- PACHO(Mayéy, Pacnomius in Cassiod.), a solitary in Scetis, from youth to extreme old age, in the latter part of the 4th…
- PACHOMIUS(1), ST., a monk of the Thebaid of Lower Egypt, inthe 4th century A.D., the founder of the famous monasteries of…
- PACIANUS, STMar. 9, bishop of Barcelona. All that is known of him is derived from St. Jerome (de Viris Ill.
- PADARN(Paternus, PaTero, PETERONE), founder and patron of Llanbadarn-Fawr, near Aberystwith, co, Cardigan, bishop of that see…
- PADDAa priest who assisted Wilfrid in the conversion of the South Saxons (Bed. H. L, iv. 13). [Pucu, s. f.] {C. H.}
- PAEANIUSa lay friend and correspondent
- PAEONIUSa prefect of Gaul, who, according to the somewhat malicious account of Sidonius Apollinaris, by whom he is nicknamed…
- PAESIS(1) (Midyois, Matois, Pavsts), March 24, Egyptian martyr with others in the second
- PAIR, ST[Parernus (9).]
- PALAEMONsolitary in the Thebaid, who directed Pachomius abbat of Tabenna, in the spiritual life. (Vit. Pachomii in Boll. AA…
- PALATINUSa Christian, perhaps of Hippo, who appears to have embraced a monastic life at an early age, and sent to St.
- PALCHONIUS(Batcontus), bishop of Braga (Bracara) in Lusitania from before 415
- PALLADIA(4), a lady of Cappadocia, a relative of Basil, whom for the excellence of her character he regarded as his mother…
- PALLADIUS(1), priest, correspondent of St. Athanasius about a.p. 371. He wrote to
- PALMASbishop of Amastris, in Pontus, towards theend of the second century.
- PAMBO(Mdufw, MawBos, Pampus, PAamBAS), a monk of Nitria, a friend of Macarius and Isidore; mentioned by Jerome (Zp. xxii…
- PAMMACHIUSa Roman senator of the Furian family (Jerome, Zp. Ixvi. 6, ed. Vall.) prominent in the church of Rome in the 4th and…
- PAMMO(Mdpper), anchoret, one of the solitaries around Antinoé, is said by St. Athanasius (Narratio ad Ammonium, Migne, Pat…
- PAMPHILUS(1), the celebrated presbyter of Caesarea, the founder of the famous library in that city, the intimate friend…
- PANor PANTA. In one form of the Valentinian system Jesus is the perfect fruit of all the Aeons, each of whom contributes…
- PANCARIUS(1), deacon of Side, addressed by St. Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium. (St. Amphil. Zxcerpt. in Migne, Patrol. Graec…
- PANCHARIUSan officer to whom Theodoret wrote in 449, exhorting him to contend earnestly for the maintenance of the apostolical…
- PANCRATIANUSbishop of Braga (Bra-cara) said to have presided over the council of Braga, 411, when ten bishops met to consult for…
- PANCRATIUS(1), (Sr. Pancras), May 12 martyr at Rome on the Via Aurelia, A.p. 304. He was a Phrygian by birth, but was baptized at…
- PANESNIUsometimes called Macarius, an ascetic deacon and martyr in Egypt in the year A.D. 306. He was born in the same village…
- PANODORUSan Egyptian chronologer, who wrote at the beginning of the 5th century.
- PANOLBIUSbishop of Hierapolis (Mabug) and metropolitan, succeeded Alexander the champion of Nestorius, on his deposition in 435.
- PANSOPHIUS(1), the subject of an alleged miracle wrought by St. Ambrose.
- PANTAENUSchief of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, in the latter part of the second century, and perhaps the early years…
- PANTALEON(1), July 17, a physician and martyr at Nicomedia, in the Diocletian persecution.
- PANULVIUSan Egyptian bishop, who assisted in the consecration of Timotheus Salophaciolus. (Leonis Dp. clxxiii.) [C. G.]
- PAPAS(Puapas), 8th catholicus of Seleucia on the Tigris, skilled in the Greek and Persian tongues. (Le Quien, Or. Christ…
- PAPGENcatholicus of Armenia a.p. 487- 492, (Saint-Martin, Mém. sur ? Arménie. 1. 437.) [S485
- PAPHNUTIUS(1), deacon of the church of Boou, a military station in Egypt, and martyr
- PAPIANILLAwife of Sidonius Apollinaris, and daughter of the Emperor Avitus.
- PAPIAS(1), bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (Euseb. H. H. iii, 36) in the first half of the second century. With regard to the…
- PAPINIANUSNov. 28, bishop of Vita and martyr in Africa by fire in the Vandal persecution, cent. v., with many other bishops…
- PAPISOUS[Jason (2)].
- PAPPOLUS(1), 19th bishop of Chartres, between St. Chaletricus and St, Bertharius, towards the close of the 6th century.
- PAPPUS(1), a Syrian bishop of an un-" named see, one of the four bishops deputed in' 404 to convey to pope Innocent the…
- PAPULA(Pappuna, PAPpoLA), left her father's house, and betook herself toa monastery, where for thirty years she lived as a…
- PAPYLUS(Parimius or Papyrius; as Rufinus, and Ado after him, write), April 13.
- PARACODES, ST7th bishop of Vienne, between St. Dionysius and St. Florentius I., about the commencement of the 3rd century, is said…
- PARALIUSbishop of Andrapa (Claudiopolis) a.p, 431-451 (Le Quien, Or. Chr. i. 539), subscribes Nestorius's condemnation at the…
- PARCENTIUSa Manichean leader discovered at Merida, in Spain, by Antoninus its bishop, in the Manichean persecution of A.D. 447…
- PARCHORClement of Alexandria (Strom. vi. 6) states that Isidore, the son of Basilides, wrote a book called Lwpositions of the…
- PARDUSbishop of Arpi, in Apulia, present at the Council of Arles A.D. 314, (Routh, Rel, Saer. iv. 94.) PEW
- PAREDRIa name by which those who professed the art of magic designated the familiar spirits through whose aid they claimed to…
- PAREGORIUS(1), Feb. 18, mart. with Leo about the time of the emperors Gallienus and Valerian, A.D. 260.
- PARERMENEUTALEheretics who perverted Scripture in a contentious spirit, putting aside the plainest and most unobjectionable…
- PARMENIANUSsuccessor to Donatus the Great, who followed Majorinus as Donatist bishop of Carthage. Optatus calls him " peregrinus,"…
- PARRH, ST[Parrocuus (2).]
- PARTENIUSa Catholic bishop, maligned by the Donatists. (Opt. 2,25.) _ [H. W. P.]
- PARTHENITUS(2), a priest, commissioned by Aurelius, bishop of Carthage, to inform St.
- PARTHENIUS(4), master of the offices. and' patrician, as he is called in the laudatory epistle of ARATOR, whom he led into the…
- PASCENTIUS(1), steward or controller of imperial property in Africa, comes domus regiae, very' severe in the execution of his…
- PASCHALISanti-pope, elected, but not ordained, in' opposition to Sergius, after the death of Conon in Sept. a.p. 687. Anastasius…
- PASCHASINUS(1), one of. the. leading supporters of the anti-pope Ursicinus. in. his struggle against | Damasus. [Damasus] |…
- PASCHASIUS(2), Nov. 13, a Catholic confessor under Genseric. (Victor. Vit. Opp. ed. Ruinart, p. 433.) [G. T.
- PASICRATESMay 25, mart. at Dorostorum in Moesia Inferior. He suffered with one Valentio.
- PASSALORHYNCHITAE_ Epiphanius, in his article on the Montanists (Haer. xviii. 14) treats of the Taseodrugitae, whom he counts as a…
- PASSARIONchorepiscopus and archimandrite of a monastery which was probably in Jerusalem, as well as superior of all the monks in…
- PASSERIUS(Possprius), priest, present at the council held at Jerusalem a.p. 415 (Labbe,
- PASTORThis name is connected with traditions of the Roman Church, which, though accepted as historical by Baronius and other…
- PATAPIUSsolitary of Constantinople, native of Thebes, the subject of three homilies written upon him by ANDREAS CRETENSIS.
- PATERIUSnotary, to whom Gregory the Great dictated a letter (v. 29), the same as the Paterius Secundicerius, mentioned in the…
- PATERMUTHIUSSep. 19, mart. in the eighth year of the Diocletian persecution.
- PATERNIANIheretics who, according to Augustine (Haer. 85; Cont. Julian. y. 26), taught that the lower half of man's body had been…
- PATERNUS(1), ASPASIUS, pro-consul of Africa A.D. 257, at the time of the persecution under Valerian and Gallienus. When St.
- PATIENS(1), ST., Jan. 8, bishop of Metz, according to the local legend, a Greek, and a disciple of St. John the Evangelist…
- PATRICIANI and PATRICIUS_Philaster (Haer. 62) enumerates a sect of heretics, taking their name from a Patricius who had taught at Rome, whose…
- PATRICIUS(1), first known bishop of Malaga, present at the council of Elvira in A.D. 306. ('Tejada y Ramiro, Col. de Can. de la…
- PATRIMUSmonk, addressed by Isidore of Pelusium (lib. i. ep. 14), who advised him to follow the spiritual life. (J. G.]
- PATRIPASSIANSOrigen, in his commentary on the Epistle to Titus, which we possess only in.
- PATROCLUS(1), legendary [Linus, Vol. I. p- 728]. A Greek version of the Passions of Peter and Panl has been published from a…
- PATRON SAINTS AND ANGELSThe worship of the saints in its later form originated in the honours paid to martyrs at the shrine of their relics…
- PATROPHILUS(1) of Scythopolis, one of the original Arian party, who took a leading part in all their principal acts, and proved…
- PATRUINUSbishop of Merida, succeeded Ipactus (1) c. 387, and presided at the first council of Toledo held in A.D. 400 against…
- PAULA(Cyp. Zp. 42.) A "sarcinatrix " excommunicated at Carthage as an adherent of Felicissimus by Rogatian.
- PAULIANISTS(Pauliani, Aug. Haer. xliv. Samosateniani, Fabric.; alias Samosatitae, Suicer. Thes. 8. V.; TlavAianorat, alias…
- PAULICIANTIan ancient sect of the Eastern church.* It originated in the 7th century on the south-western borders of Armenia, in…
- PAULINA(1), daughter of Paula the friend of Jerome, and wife of Pammachius (q.v.).
- PAULINIANUSyounger brother of Jerome. He was still young in 385 (adolescens, Jer. c, Ruf. iii.
- PAULINUS(J), a layman, allowed by Celsus, bishop of Iconium, to preach in his presence (Euseb. H. E. vi. 19). See NEo (4). [G…
- PAULUS(1), a bishop mentioned, together with Eutropius, by Orosius as having been disturbed by the errors of the…
- PAUSIANUSbishop in Thessaly, one of three bishops whom pope Boniface I. declared, A.D, 422, separated from his communion…
- PAUSICACUSblind man healed under the invocation of St. Thecla (Basil. Seleuc. Vit. S. Theclae, lib. ii. no. 8, ap. Boll. AA.SS…
- PAWL HEN(Paurinvus, Paunens, Por, PovLentus), Welsh saint, was probably a north Briton, disciple of St. Illtyd, and according…
- PAYSIOan Egyptian solitary in the fifth century (Rosweyd, V. P., v. 11, § 23). Tillemont (xv.
- PEADAson of Penda, king of Mercia, by his wife Cyneswitha (Flor. Wig. M. H. B. 630, 637), and apparently the eldest of the…
- PECTHELMthe first English bishop of Candida Casa, or Whitherne, in Galloway.
- PECTWINE(Prentwine, PECHTWIN), the third English bishop of Whitherne (Candida Casa) or Galloway.
- PECUSIUSpupil and friend of St. Pachomius at Tabenna (Migne, Pat. Lat. t. Ixxiii. 243 : Ceillier, Aut. Sacr. iii. 358), (J. GJ
- PEGA, ST(Pueay, Peer, Pret), Jan. 8, an anchoritess, sister of St. Guthlac of Crow-land, in whose Life by Felix (Boll. Acta SS…
- PEGASIUS(1), bishop of Troas about A.D. 350-360, His name has been found in a previously unknown letter of the emperor Julian…
- PEIRIOap Caw, Welsh saint of the 6th century, patron of Rhospeirio in Llanelian, Anglesey. (Rees, Welsh SS, 230, 254; Myv…
- PELAGIA(1), June 9, virgin and martyr at Antioch about A.D. 306, She drowned herself to avoid defilement, according to St…
- PELAGIANUSbishop of Luperciara, (Sentt. Epp. 44, Syn. Carth, sub Cyp. vii.) The name of his see is not found in the geographies…
- PELAGIUS(1), bishop of Laodicea in Syria Prima. While very young he became betrothed, and fulfilled his engagement, but-on his…
- PELAYO[Petactus (12).] [F. D.J
- PELEUSan Egyptian bishop and martyr in Palestine with Nilus and Patermuthius, in the eighth year of the Diocletian…
- PELUSIANUSa friend of Antony the hermit, who, with another monk, Isaac, shared the sepulchre of Antony. (Jerome, Vit, Hilarionis…
- PENDAking of the Mercians. (PANTHA, Nennius, UW. H. B. 75, 76.) Penda, according to the royal pedigrees preserved in the…
- PENTADIAa deaconess of the church of Constantinople, widow of the consul Timasius, "the master-general of the armies of Theodo-
- PEPUZIANIanother name for the Montanists (see MonTanus, VOL. III. pp. 939, 945).
- PERATAE(EupHrates (1).]
- PERATICIa heretical sect, anathematized in Actio x. of the sixth general couneil, a.p. 681 (Mansi, xi. 850), the same as the…
- PEREBIUS(PERREBIUS, PERREYIUS), bishop of Pharsalia, appealed to pope Boniface I.
- PEREGRINUS(1), called Proreus, an apostate from Christianity and a Cynic philosopher of the second century, whose history has…
- PERENNISpraetorian prefect and practical ruler of the Empire under Commodus. He condemned the Senator Apollonius to death as a…
- PERGAMIUS(1), a wealthy man in Egypt, to whom was attributed the wish to steal away the body of Antony, thus causing the friends…
- PERGENTINUSmartyr with his brother LAURENTINUS (2),
- PERIGENES(1), imaginary bishop of Argos, who, according to " Praedestinatus," ". 19, confuted the Sethites. [G. S.J
- PERISTERIAa pious lady, who had bequeathed large sums of money for distribution among the monasteries and charitable houses in…
- PERPETUA(1), martyr, Feb. 2 (Bas. Ven.), March 7 (Mart. us.; Vet. Rom.)
- PERSEUSa bishop, " Collega noster," sent on business from Rome to Carthage with Felician, (Cyp. Ep. 59.) [E. W. B.]
- PERTINAXP. HELVIUS, made emperor by the conspirators after the murder of Commodus, January 1, A.D.
- PERVINCUSdeacon of TurRipius of Astorga. (Leo, Epp. 15; Idatius, Chron., in Migne, Patr. Lat, liv. 678, li. 882.) [F.D.] |
- PETELMUSaddressed by archbishop Boniface. [PECTHELM.]
- PETILIANUSan eminent Donatist bishop, probably a native of Constantina or Cirta, chief town of Numidia, born of parents who were…
- PETRAIN(Perranivus, Perranus), Irish bishop of the third order of saints, abbat of Lusk, and died a.D, 616. (Ann, Ult. a.D…
- PETROCUS, STson of Clement, a Cornish prince (Rees's Welsh Saints, 266, Life of S.
- PETRONIAa lady, of Uzalis, mentioned by ' St. Augustine as having been cured of a diséase of long standing, for which she had…
- PETRONILLA(2), a Lucanian lady, had been induced by bishop Agne]lus to enter a nun-
- PETRONIUS(1), a monk in the coenobium of Pachomius at Tabenna in the Thebais, of eminent virtue.
- PETRUS(2), African bishop in Syn. Carth, sub Cyp. iv. de Basilide, a.p, 2545; vid. of Hippo Diarrhytus, Cyp. Zp. 67. [E. W…
- PETWIN([Prcrwine.]
- PEUCETIUS(Mevkérios: Valesius takes the name to be the Greek form of PIcENTIUs), chief favourite of the emperor Maximin Daza…
- PHACIDASbishop of Edessa, ruled ten years and abdicated in A.p. 409 (Assemanus, Bibl. Orient. i. 400, 424; Le Quien, Or. Chr…
- PHAEDIMUSbishop of Amasea in Pontus. According to the singular and not very probable story told by Gregory Nyssen, it had been…
- PHAGANUSMon. Angl. i. 1. [FAGANus.]
- PHANTASIASTAE= [Junraxvs (47) Vol. IL, p. 474%] PHARETRIUS, bishop of the Cappa-
- PHEBADIUS[Foreantus.]
- PHERBUTHAotherwise Tarbula, April 22, sister of St. Simeon, bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, who suffered under Sapor, April…
- PHIBIONITESgiven by Epiphanius (Hacer 25, p. 77) as the name of a Gnostic sect. Nothing is known as to their special tenets or as…
- PHILAGRIUS(1), prefect of Egypt A.D. 335-340. St. Athanasius brings all kinds of charges against him in his Mpistola Encyclica…
- PHILASTER(Purnasrrius), bishop of Brixia (Brescia), in the latter part of the 4th century.
- PHILEASFeb. 4. Bishop of Thmuis in Egypt, and martyr A.D, 306, He was a very learned man. He suffered under Calcianus, as told…
- PHILEMON(1), March 8. A flute player who was converted by the patience of the martyr Apollonius. He suffered torture with him…
- PHILETUSthe tenth bishop of Antioch, A.D. 218-229 (Clinton), the successor of Asclepiades, succeeded by Zebinus (Euseb. H. Z…
- PHILIBERTUS(Purtsertvs, FILIBERTUS), ST.,. founder and first abbat of Gemeticum (Jumiéges) in the diocese of Rouen and Herense…
- PHILIMATIA(Frnmatra), a Gallic lady of rank, whose epitaph was written by Sidonius Apollinaris. He eulogizes her as wife…
- PHILIMATIUSa friend"of Sidonius Apollinaris, who writes to advise him to accept the post of assessor of the prefect of Gaul which…
- PHILIPPICUS(Pumericus, originally called BARDANES), emperor of Constantinople from Dec.
- PHILIPPUS(1), of Tralles, Asiarch at the time of the martyrdom of PoLycaRP; see p- 429.
- PHILO(1) (#fAwy), better known as PHILO Jupanus (Hieron., de viris illustr. c.
- PHILOCALUSa subdeacon of Hippo, holding the first place in his order, of good family, born on the estate of Orontius, for whom St.
- PHILOGONIUSbishop of Antioch, 22nd in succession, followed Vitalis, c. A.D. 319.
- PHILOPONUS[Joannus (564).]
- PHILOROMUSFeb. 4,.a high treasury official in Egypt and martyr in the Diocletian persecution, A.D. 306 (Euseb. H. Z. viii. 9)…
- PHILOSTORGIUSa Cappadocian, born about A.D, 368, and author of a church history extending over the period between the year 300 and…
- PHILOSTRATUSOf the various writers of this name one alone is important in relation to Christian history; the author of the…
- PHILOTHEUS[Hreparcuus.] PHILOXENUS (4), bishop of Doliche in
- PHILOXENUS(2), presbyter, legate of pope Julius in 341 [Enprp1us (23)], and, with 'Archidamus, legate of Julius to the synod of…
- PHILUMENE(1), Marcionite prophetess [ApEtxgEs, Vol. I. p. 127].
- PHILUMENUS(1), Carthaginian subdeacon, who with the subdeacon Fortunatus and Fayorinusthe acolyte in the Decian persecution lapsed
- PHLEGONGreek writer in the second century, native of Tralles in Lydia, (For what is known concerning him and his writings, see…
- PHOCAS(1), of Sinope, a celebrated martyr, of whom very little is actually known, and. whose real date is uncertain.
- PHOCYLIDES[Smyruine Oractes.]
- PHOEBADIUS[Forcapius.]
- PHOENIXa young man of noble birth, probably a native of Antioch; left at an early age by the death of his father master of…
- PHOTINUS(1), a Galatian by birth, educated by Mareellus of Ancyra, and afterwards deacon and presbyter of his church, perhaps…
- PHOTIUS(1), a sophist at Constantinople, an intimate friend of St. Gregory Nazianzen, who in 382 or $83 addressed him in his…
- PHRONESISa mythological personage in the system of Basilides, as represented by Irenaeus (I. xxiv. 3). See Basrurpus, Vol. I. p…
- PHTHARTOLATRAE(p9aprordrpa), or Corrupticolae, the adherents of Severus the Monophysite patriarch of Antioch, A.D. 519. They were so…
- PHYSCO(icv, ovckwy), one of four brothers, the rest being Salamanes, Malchio, Crispio, highly trained ascetics, disciples of…
- PIALA, STsaid to have been the sister of St. Fingar or Gwinear (Vol. II. 517, Haddan and Stubbs, i.
- PIAMMONcalled Ammon by Palladius, a presbyter and monk of Dioleos in Egypt in the 4th century, who had visions of recording…
- PIAMONvirgin in Egypt, mentioned by Palladius (Laus. Hist. c. 37). (J. GJ
- PIATON, ST(Prat), Oct. 1, presbyter and martyr in Gaul, whither he came with SS. Denys, Quentin, and others.
- PIERIUS(1) (Hrertvs), commemorated on Noy. 4. An eminent presbyter of Alexandria, famous for his voluntary poverty, his…
- PILATUS, ACTSOF [Gosprets, ApocryPHAL], Vol. Il. p, 708.
- PIMENIUSbishop of Amalfi. Gregory the Great, in a letter (lib. vi. ind. xiv. 23 in Migne, Patr. Lat. \xxvii.
- PINIANUS(1), addressed, but without a title, by the emperor Valentinian II. in a letter dated Feb. 23 in 385, on the election…
- PINTAArian bishop, addressed in a letter pro fide Catholica, which is ascribed to Fulgentius of Ruspe (Migne, Pat. Lat. lxv…
- PINYTUSbishop of Cnossus, in Crete (Euseb. H. H. iv. 21, 23). See Dionysius or CorintH, Vol. I, p. 850. [G. S.J
- PIONIUS(1), martyr, suffered at Smyrna, in
- PIOR(ifwp), a priest and solitary of the Cells in Nitria, He embraced the desert life in early youth, and on leaving his…
- PIPPINUS(1) L, the founder of the Caro-
- PIRANUS, STThis name is identical with that of St. Kieran or Ciaran of Ireland, for p in Britain is the equivalent of the Irish 4…
- PIRMINIUS, STabbat and bishop, or chorepiscopus, famous as a founder and reformer of monasteries, and as a missionary preacher in…
- PIROOUmartyr, with Athom his brother, in the Diocletian persecution. His acts are given in Hyvernat's Les Actes des Martyrs…
- PISOURAan Egyptian bishop, who suffered, with three other bishops, in the Diocletian persecution, under the governor Culcianus.
- PISTIS SOPHIAA Gnostic book, known under this name, is one of the few remains of the old Gnostic literature which have come down…
- PISTUS(1), Arian priest. of the Mareotis,
- PITHIANL(t:6:avol), heretics in the list of Sophronius anathematised in the sixth synod (Mansi, xi. 850 0; Hard. iii. 291).
- PITHOmentioned by Theodoret as a disciple of Marcion. (Haer. Fab. i. 25.) [G. S.]
- PITHYRIONa monk who lived in a cave near the Thebaid in the 4th century.
- PITIRUM(Iurnpodpu, Prrertus, Prorerivs), a solitary in the country of Porphyrites in upper Egypt, directed, it is said, by an…
- PIUSI, bishop of Rome after Hyginus in the middle part of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus Pius.
- PLACIDIA(1), empress. [GALLA (5).]
- PLACIDIANUSa young man descended probably from Furius Placidianus, consul, A.D. 273. Placidianus died under Constantine the Great.
- PLACIDUS(1), a friend and admirer of the literary works of Sidonius Apollinaris. See the letter written to him at Grenoble…
- PLACILLUSof Antioch. [FLacrnius.]
- PLATO(1), July 22. Martyr at Ancyra, under a certain Agrippinus. He is only known bya letter of St.
- PLENIUS(Aquos, WAjvys), an Egyptian bishop banished by the Arians in 356 (Athan. Ap. de Fug. § 7; Hist. Ar. ad Mon. § 72…
- PLINIUS SECUNDUS[Trasanvs.]
- PLINTHAS(Aw6as, PuInTA in Marcellinus), commander of the army in the reign of Theo- dosius II., and consul in 419.
- PLOTINUSan' account of the 'philoso-
- PLUSIANUS(Maovoiavds), a Meletian bishop reconciled to the church (Athanas. Ap. c. Ar. § 69; Tillem. viii. 658, 664). [C. H.]
- PLUTARCHUSJune 28. Martyr at Alexandria with, Potamiaena and others in the persecution of. Severus.
- PNEUMATOMACHI[Hoty Guosr, p.
- PODDAthe sixth bishop of Hereford. He succeeded Cuthbert on his election to the see of Canterbury, in the year 741 (HB. 621…
- POEMEN(1), (Moy, Pastor), Aug. 27, a famous anchorite of Egypt. He retired when very young into the monasteries of Scete…
- POEMENIUS(1), a presbyter of Sebaste, who vehemently opposed Basil at the synod at Sebaste in 372 (Basil, Zp. 99 [187.]) [E.V.]
- POETRY, SACRED[Verse Weirers.]
- POLEMIUS(4) (todéuios), a disciple of Apollinaris and a founder of a branch of his sect, teaching that in the person of Christ…
- POLEMO(1) (MoAduwy), an Apollinarist, who wrote against Gregory Nazianzen (Phot. Cod. 230 in Pat. Gr. ciii. 1045; Tillem. ix…
- POLIANUSbishop of the colony of Milev, (Mileum, or Milevum), colonia Sarnensis Milevitana (the see of Optatus) in Numidia, near…
- POLITIANUSMelchite patriarch of Alexandria, a.D. 780. (Pagi). Being a physician he healed a daughter of the caliph Haroun al…
- POLLENTIUSa friend of St. Augustine, known through the treatise of St, Augustine, De Conjugiis Adulterinis, in two books. i. In…
- POLLIO(1) (Pottus, PuBLIUs, according to the Greek Menaea), proconsul of Pamphylia, _ under whom Nestor of Side or Magyda…
- POLLUX(Moaviedens), a Libyan bishop ordained by the deposed bishop Secundus of Ptolemais, and accused of some offence (Athan…
- POLYBIUS(2), a lay friend of Chrysostom's at Constantinople, to whom he wrote after his arrival at Cucusus in 404 (Chrys. Zp.
- POLYCARPUS(1), bishop of Smyrna, one of the most prominent figures in the church history of the second century.
- POLYCHRONIUS(2), martyr of Ancyra. (THEoporvs. |
- POLYCRATES(1), bishop of Ephesus in the last decade of the 2nd century. When Victor of Rome aimed at bringing the practice of the…
- POLYCRATIALaodicean virgin, daughter of Publius, and said by St. Athanasius (S. Ant. Vit. ap. Opp. i. 842) to have been cured by…
- POLYEUCTUSFeb. 13. Martyr in the Decian persecution at Melitina on the Kuphrates.
- POMERIUS[Jutranus (72).]
- POMPEIANA(1), matron at Thebaste in Numidia, who received the headless body of St. Maximilian a.p. 295 (Ruinart, Act. Mart.
- POMPEIANUS(2), abbat of one of the twelve monasteries founded by St. Benedict. (Gregorius, Dial. ii. 4.) LF. D.J
- POMPEIUS(1), African bishop in ii. Syn. Carth. (see Rettberg, 6) A.D. 252 sub Cyp.— almost certainly the same as Pompeius who…
- POMPONIA GRAKECINAa Roman lady, who is regarded as one of the earliest and most distinguished Roman converts. Tacitus, Annals, xiii.
- POMPONIUS(1), a deacon of Carthage, who with another named Tertius ministered to the martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas (Passio SS…
- PONTIANUS(1), martyr .p. 192. [EuszBIUS (108).]
- PONTICUS(1), a youth of the age of fifteen, who suffered with Blandina among the Martyrs of Lyons, A.D. 177 (Euseb. H. Z. v. 1).
- PONTIOCUS(2), an ecclesiastic, to whom, along with another named Caricus, Serapion bishop of Antioch addressed a letter (not…
- PONTITIANUSa soldier, perhaps of the praetorian guard, an African by birth, and a Christian, who indirectly contributed much…
- PONTIUS(1), May 14. Martyr under Valerian in Cimela, a city of Gaul. The acts are very corrupt, and have afforded much trouble…
- POPPAEHA([Sazrnvs.]
- PORCARIUS, STmartyr, an abbat of Lérins, who, with 500 of his monks, is said to have been massacred by the Saracens about the year…
- PORFIRIUS(Porruynrivs), PUBLILIUS OPTATIANUS, a Latin poet of the time of Constantine the Great.
- PORPHYRIANIa name affixed to the Arian party by the emperor Constantine immediately after the first general council.
- PORPHYRIUS(1) (Mopoipios), commonly called by English writers PoRpHYRY, was the most distinguished teacher of the Neo-Platonic…
- PORTIANUS(Pourgain), ST., abbat of the monastery which bore his name near Clermont in the first half of the 6th century.
- POSIDONIUSpriest and solitary at Bethlehem in the time of Palladius in the begin-~ ning of the 5th century. (Palladius, Laws…
- POSSESSOR(1), African bishop, driven into exile by the Arians, and much esteemed by pope Hormisdas for remaining true to the…
- POSSIDIUSbishop of Calama, a town of Numidia, to the south-west of Hippo, between it and Cirta, but nearer to the former place…
- POSSIDONIUS(), physician, in the reign of Valens and Valentinian [., was son of Philostorgius a physician, and obtained great fame…
- POSTHUMIANUS(1), prefect of the
- POTAMIAENA(June 28), one of the most celebrated of the martyrs at Alexandria in the persecution of Severus, being a virgin…
- POTAMIUS(2), bishop of Braga, was present at the eighth council of Toledo in November A.D. 653. At the tenth council of Toledo…
- POTAMO(1) (Morduwv), bishop of Heraclea in Egypt, and confessor. He became bishop there about a.p. 311, and in the persecution
- POTENTIANUSsecond bishop of Sens. [Porentinvs.]
- POTENTINUS(1) (PorentrIAnts), second bishop of Sens, is counted among the preachers that were sent into Gaul from Rome in the…
- POTENTIUSbishop in Mauritania Caesariensis, was sent by pope Leo I. c. a.p. 446, to
- POTHINUS(Puorints, Greg. Tur. Forts), wmartyr, first bishop of Lyons in the second century.
- POTITUSa Marcionite teacher, mentioned 'by Rhodo (ap. Euseb. H. FE. y. 13). See the article Marcion, Vol. III. 819a. [G. S.J
- POTOabbat of St. Vincent ad Vulturnum. All that is known about him is derived from two letters of pope Hadrian to Charles…
- PRAEDESTINATUSThe writer known under this name is the author of an anonymous work, first published in 1643 from a MS, in the…
- PRAEJECTUS(8) (Prim, Prizsr, Prrx, Progectrus), Jan. 25, elected c. 665 bishop of Clermont, son of Gondolenus and Helidia…
- PRAESIDIUSas a deacon, bearer of a letter from St. Jerome to St. Augustine, A.D. 403, afterwards, as a priest, requested by…
- PRAETEXTATUS(1), Donatist bishop of Assuris or Assurae, a municipal town of pro-consular Africa, thirty miles from Musti, and…
- PRAGMATIUS(1), a bishop in Gaul in the latter half of the 5th century, addressed in a letter by Sidonius Apollinaris (Zpist. vi…
- PRAPIDASa solitary of Cappadocia, a chorepiscopus, who at an advanced age presided over the hospital for the poor founded by…
- PRAXEASis a somewhat mysterious heretic, about whom various theories have been held. He was a Monarchian and Patripassian.
- PRAXEDIS, STHer cult, like that of her
- PRAYLIUS(PRAYLLUS), bishop of Jerusalem 416-425, 43rd in succession, succeeded John after December 415 (Clinton, #. #.)…
- PREDESTINATIONOf this. difficult subject, made doubly difficult by what has been written on it, and its opposite, reprobation, with…
- PREPONa disciple of Marcion, whose name has been preserved for us by Hippolytus (Ref, vii. 31).
- PRILIDANone of the three children martyred with BapyLas (1). [Erononus.] (Tillem. iti. 404.) [C. HJ
- PRIMAone of the martyrs with DaTURUS (3) and SATURNINUS, A.D. 304. She is by some called Primaeva, her name being joined to…
- PRIMAERIUSbishop of Nocera, to whom with other bishops Gregory the Great wrote in A.D.
- PRIMASIUSbishop of Adrumetum, or Justinianopolis, in the Byzacene province of North Africa, He flourished in the middle of the…
- PRIMIANUSDonatist bishop of Carthage, successor to Parmenian, A.D. 392. A general account of his quarrel with Maximian, and its…
- PRIMITIVUS(1) "compresbyter," bishop or presbyter of Carthage, sent to convey the letter and give personal explanations from…
- PRIMOGENIUSpatriarch of Aquileia. From the time of Candidianus the succession of the patriarchs of Aquileia had been twofold, a…
- PRIMOLUSconfessor at Carthage, A.D. 259, He died in prison, but unbaptized, and his confession was held equivalent to baptism…
- PRIMOSUS(1), Catholic bishop of Lemella in Mauritania, attended the Donatist council of Theveste, A.D, 362, and complained in…
- PRIMULUSDonatist bishop of Vaga, who in 411 had embraced catholic unity with all his people, both in town and country. (Gest…
- PRIMUS(1), 4th bishop of Alexandria, succeeded Cerdon in the eleventh year of Trajan (Euseb. Chron. H. E. iv. 1), i.e. in…
- PRINCIPIAa Roman lady who lived in virginity; the friend of Marcella (q.v.), and well known to Jerome.
- PRINCIPIUS(Prince), ST., 12th bishop of Soissons, was a brother of St. Remigius of Rheims, the apostle of the Franks [REMIGIUS…
- PRISCA(2), Jan. 18. Virg. and Mart. at Rome; date unknown, but Roman Mart. places her under Claudius: perhaps the second of…
- PRISCIANUS(1), a bishop, sent with two others, Eusebius and Cyriacus, by the council ot Constantinople in 381 to carry its…
- PRISCILLA[Monranvus (1) Vol. IIL.
- PRISCILLIANUS(1), governor of Bithynia in the persecution of Diocletiar. He succeeded HI£ROCLEs (1), and under both of them Donatus,
- PRISCUS(8), March 28. Martyr in the persecution of Valerian at Caesarea in Palestine with Malchus and Alexander, his friends…
- PRISTINUSa confessor who, previous to his examination, had been given by his friends medicated wine in order to deaden the pain…
- PRITANNIUSbishop of Treves. [PriscrtLIANUS, |
- PRIVATIANUSAfrican bishop. Cyp. Zp. 56, 57, superser. See AHIMNIUS. ([E. W. B.]
- PRIVATIONa young man who desired to be admitted into St. Augustine's monastery, A.D.
- PRIVATUS(1), bishop of Sufes, Colonia Sufetana, in Proy. Byzac. (suffectana male ley. Aug. Hp. 50) now Sbiba, 20th suffrage in…
- PRIX, ST[PRaxrsgxorvs.]
- PROAERESIUSa bishop of Lycia, condemned by Chrysostom in his Asiatic visitation, 401 a.p. (Phot. Cod. 59. p. 56.) (E. V.]
- PROASTIOI(apodoreio). A book with this title was, according to Hippolytus (Ref. v.
- PROBA[FALcONIA PROBA.]
- PROBIANUS(PETRONIUS PROBIANTS), pro-consul of Africa, successor to Aelianus. The council of Rome concerning the case of…
- PROBINUS(1), ANICIUS, second son of Prosus (4), consul with his brother Olybrius, 395 (Jerome, Hp. cxxx. 7, with Vallarsi's…
- PROBUS(4), Oct. 11. Martyr at Tarsus in Cilicia with Tarachus and Andronicus. [TaraCHUS. ] [G. TS.]
- PROCESSUSmartyr. [Marrinranvs (1).] PROCHOROS. Prochoros (Mpéxopos not
- PROCLIANITAEHeretics mentioned by Philaster (Haer, 56), but concerning whom, if they existed at all, we have no independent…
- PROCLIANUSbishop, who had assisted the Christians of Suedra in Pamphylia to resist the teachings of the Arian heretics, c, A.D…
- PROCLUS(1) (Procutus), a Montanist teacher, and probably the introducer of Montanism into Rome at the very beginning of the…
- PROCOPIUS(1), July 8. A native of Aelia (Jerusalem) and Martyr at Caesarea in the Diocletian persecution.
- PROCULA(1), daughter of Euchrocia, the Priscillianist, and Delpidius, an orator and poet of Gaul.
- PROCULEIANUSDonatist bishop of Hippo, having held his appointment for some years before that of St. Augustine as catholic bishop of…
- PROCULUS(1), proconsul of Asia. [QuINTILIANUS (1).]
- PRODICUSa Gnostic teacher of the second century, concerning whom trustworthy information is very scanty.
- PROFORUSa companion of St. Paulinus at Nola (vid. p. 238 a), [c. HJ
- PROFUTURUS(1), bishop of Cirta, in Numidia, previously to this an inmate of the monastery established at Hippo by St. Augustine.
- PROJECTUS(1), a bishop of North Africa in St. Augustine's time. Augustine informs us (De Civ. Dei, xxii.
- PROMOTUS(1), mentioned by Chrysostom, A.D, 404, in a letter to certain Gothic monks Tots éy Tots Mpouerou, i.e., as the Latin…
- PROMUS(or perhaps more correctly PRoBus), Dec. 19 (Bas. Men.), Egyptian martyr at Ascalon, in the Diocletian persecution…
- PROSDOCAvirgin martyr in Syria A.D. 305-306, daughter of Domnina and companion with her in martyrdom [DoMNINA (2)] (Ruinart…
- PROSDOCIMUS, STalleged first bishop of Padua. His Acta are unhistorical. He is commemorated on November 7 (AA. SS. Oct. iii. 790, 795…
- PROSPER(1), supposititious primate of Numidia, to whom, with the other bishops of Numidia, pope Damasus is said to have…
- PROTADIUS(Proruanprvs), ST., twenty-fourth bishop of Besancon between St. Nice- tius and St. Donatus (circ. A.D.
- PROTASIUS(1). [Gervasius.]
- PROTERIUS, STpatriarch of Alexandria, had been presbyter and church-steward under Dioscorus, and seems to have incurred his…
- PROTOCTETUSpresb. [ORIGENES, p. 101 a.)
- PROTOGENES(1), bishop of Sardica in Dacia, comes first before us in the question of slavery, as Constantine, in A.D, 316…
- PROTONICE[THApDEUvs.]
- PRUDENTIUS, MARCUS(@*) AURELIUS CLEMENS, the chief Christian poet of early times, was born A.D. 348 (Praef. 24, cf.
- PRUNIKOS(Mpodvixos, Ipovverxos). In the Gnostic system described by Irenaeus (I. xxx. see Opnites, p.
- PSAIS(Wdis), an Egyptian bishop at the synod of Tyre (Athan, Ap. c. Ar. § 79), one of the bishops driven from their sees by…
- PSALLIANTa reading for Massaliani, heretics. (Aug. Haer. 57 and Bened. note ; Tillem. viii. 528.) [C. H.]
- PSATHYRIANIa party among the Arians in the reign of Theodosius II., so-called after a certain Syrian confectioner (Ya@uporéans)…
- PSENOSIRIS(Yevédoupis), one of the Egyptian bishops banished by the Arians in 356. (Athan. Hist. Ar. ad Mon. § 72; Ap. de Fug. §…
- PSENTHESSUSfriend and pupil of St. Pachomius at Tabenna(Migne, Pat. Lat. t. Ixxiii, 243 ; Ceillier, Aut. Sacr. iii, 358). [J. 6)
- PSEUDEPIGRAPHAIN THE FATHERS.—In the present article we give references to notices occurring in the earlier Christian writers to a…
- PSEUDO-CHRYSOSTOMUS.—Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum. Among the works which have been ascribed to Chrysostom is a commentary on St. Matthew's…
- PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS[Dionysius (1)].
- PSYCHIOCIIn the New Testament a contrast is made .between the WuxiKoi and the muevunatirol, in the former of whom the mere…
- PTOLEMAEUS(2), Oct. 19. A martyr at Rome, mentioned by Justin Martyr in his Second Apology.
- PUBLIAOct. 9, deaconess and widow of Antioch, and confessor under Julian.
- PUBLICOLAson of Melania [MxnaNIA (1) Vol. III. p. 888], the only one remain- ing to her after the loss of two others, who from…
- PUBLIUS(4), bishop of Athens in the 2nd
- PUCHa "comes," residing at a township (" villa") about two miles from the monastery of Inderauuda (i.e.
- PUDENS(1), a pro-consul of Africa, who favoured the Christians and discouraged persecution at the end of the 2nd century…
- PUDENTIANA[Praxenis.]
- PUDENTIANUSbishop of Cuicul (if that is its name, for none but oblique cases occur) in Numidia, between Sitifis and Milevum…
- PULCHERIA(1), daughter of Theodosius I. She died in 385, aged six years. Gregory of Nyssa delivered an eloquent funeral oration…
- PUPPIANUS[FLorenrius (3).]
- PURPURIUSbishop of Limata, or Liniata, a place of unknown site in Numidia, a truculent ruffian, whose case is mentioned both by…
- PUSAthe name assigned to the fourth abbat of Medeshamstede (Mon. Angi. i. 346).
- PUSILLUSbishop of Lamasba (Lamasva) in Numidia, not far from Lambesae with which Fell confuses it apparently (Suffr. 75. Syn…
- PUSINNA, STa virgin, in Champagne, in the 5th century. According to her Acta, as published by the Bollandists (April iii, 166…
- PUTTAthe sixth bishop of Rochester and first bishop of Hereford (Bede, H. Z. iv. 2, 5, 12).
- PUTUBASTES(Porvunares, TlovrovBaorns, MovrovB8drns), an Egyptian solitary in the time of Antony (Soz, iii. 14, vi, 30), [C. H.]
- PYNUPHIUS(Pinurivs), presbyter and governor of a large coenobium near Panephysis, in the east of Lower Egypt, in the 4th…
- PYRAMUSsaid to have been one of the British bishops of York. Geoffrey tells us that he was king Arthur's chaplain, that he was…
- PYRRHUSpatriarch of Constantinople, succeeded his friend SeRarus at the end of A.D. 638, or beginning of A.D. 639. He had…