Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

portable altar (portable altar) A small, flat slab of natural stone, consecrated ordinarily by a bishop , containing in a stone-covered cavity relics of two canonized martyrs , inserted in the center of the table of an altar which is not entirely consecrated. The host and chalice are placed on this stone during the Sacrifice … Continue reading “Portable Altar”

Porta, Simon an Italian philosopher of the first half of the 16th century, was a pupil of Pomponatius, and is celebrated especially as the author of Magia Natureolis (Naples, 1589, and since). In 1512 the Lateran Council condemned both those who taught that the human soul was not immortal and those who asserted that the … Continue reading “Porta, Simon”

Porta-Leone ( ), ABRAHAM, also called Arje Abraham, a Jewish savant, was born in the year 1542. He belonged to a family which excelled in medical science to such a degree that one of the members of the family was employed as physician in the service of king Ferdinand I of Naples and duke Galeazzo … Continue reading “Porta-Leone”

Porta, Guglielmo della an Italian sculptor of the 16th century, was a noted follower of Michael Angelo. His most important work was the monument to Paul III in the tribune of St. Peter’s. Two statues, of Peace and Abundance, which formerly made a part of this work, are now in the Farnese Palace. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Porta, Guglielmo della”

Porta, Giacomo della Architect and sculptor, b. at Porlizza on Lake Lugano 1541; d. 1604. He was a pupil of Michelangelo and succeeded Vignola as architect of St. Peter’s. Here he removed the temporary choir built by Bramante and with the aid of Domenico Fontana finished the dome and lantern by 1590 or 1592. He … Continue reading “Porta, Giacomo della”

Porta, Egidio di a Roman Catholic monastic, flourished in the period of the great Reformation movement of the 16th century. He had early taken the black cowl of the Augustinians, moved thereto, as he himself tells us, under the impulse of a certain religious feeling, but not according to knowledge. For seven years he discharged … Continue reading “Porta, Egidio di”

Porta, Conrad a Lutheran divine, as born in 1541 at Osterwick, near Halberstadt having completed his studies, he was called in 1566 as rector to Osterwcick. In 1567 he went as conrector to Eisleben; in 1569 he was made deacon of St. Nicolai; in 1575, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul and assessor of the … Continue reading “Porta, Conrad”

Porta, Carlo Poet, b. at Milan in 1775; d. there 5 January, 1821; educated by the Jesuits at Monza and in the seminary at Milan. Finding uncongenial the mercantile pursuits for which his family had destined him, he obtained posts in the treasury department first at Venice and later at Milan. He served under the … Continue reading “Porta, Carlo”

Porta, Baccio della more generally known as Frat Bartolomeo, an Italian monastic of the Dominican order, distinguished as a painter of the Florentine school, and much noted for his intimate relation to Raffaelle and the other Umrbrian painters of his time, was born at Savignano, not far from Florence, in 1469. He was a pupil … Continue reading “Porta, Baccio della”

Port-Vila, Vanuatu, diocese of Founded as the Prefecture Apostolic of New Hebrides, Oceania on 9 February 1901. Elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides on 22 March 1904, and entrusted to the Marist Fathers. Elevated to the diocese of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on 21 June 1966. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Nouma. See also Catholic-Hiearchy.Org … Continue reading “Port-Vila, Vanuatu, diocese of”