Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ponce, John A philosopher and theologian, born at Cork, 1603, died at Paris, 1670. At an early age he went to Belgium and entered the novitiate of the Irish Franciscans in St. Antony’s College, Louvain. He studied philosophy at Cologne, began the study of theology in Louvain, under Hugh Ward and John Colgan, was called … Continue reading “Ponce, John”

Ponce de Le#243;n, Juan Explorer, born at San Servas in the province of Campos, 1460; died in Cuba, 1521. He was descended from an ancient and noble family; the surname of León was acquired through the marriage of one of the Ponces to Doña Aldonza de León, a daughter of Alfonso IX. As a lad … Continue reading “Ponce de Le#243;n, Juan”

Ponce de la Fuente, Constantine a Spanish martyr to the Protestant cause, was a native of San Clemente de la Mancha, in the diocese of CuenDa. Possessing a good taste and a love of genuine knowledge, he evinced an early disgust for the barbarous pedantry of the schools, and an attachment to such of his … Continue reading “Ponce de la Fuente, Constantine”

Pomum Adami (Pomum Adami) The prominence in the fore part of the throat so called from the belief that a piece of the forbidden fruit lodged in Adam’s throat. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Pomps of the Devil a term used in the form of solemn renunciation which preceded baptism in the ancient Christian Church. The form referred to is given by the author of The Apostolical Constitutions in these words, I renounce Satan, and his works, and his pomps, and his service, and his angels and his inventions, … Continue reading “Pomps of the Devil”

Pomponius Laetus, Julius a distinguished Italian humanist, was born in 1425 at Amendolara, in Upper Calabria. He seems to have been a bastard of the illustrious house of Sanseverini, in the kingdom of Naples. So far from being proud of this relationship, he shunned every reference to it; and when, in later times, his parents … Continue reading “Pomponius Laetus, Julius”

Pomponia, Graecina the wife of Plautius, a Roman general who commanded in England in the year 45, is thought, from a sentence in the Annals of Tacitus (13, 32), to have been a Christian, and the first in Britain. Tacitus says: Also Pomponia Graecina, an illustrious woman, married to Plautils (who on his return from … Continue reading “Pomponia Graecina”

Pomponazzi, Pietro (POMPONATIUS, also known as PERETTO on account of his small stature) A philosopher and founder of the Aristotelean-Averroistic School, born at Mantua, 1462; died at Bologna, 1525. He taught philosophy at Padua, Ferrara, and Bologna. His pupils included eminent laymen and ecclesiastics, many of whom afterwards opposed him. At Padua, since 1300 the … Continue reading “Pomponazzi, Pietro”

Pomponatius, Peter SEE POMPONAZZI. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pompeiopolis A titular see in Paphlagonia. The ancient name of the town is unknown; it may have been Eupatoria which Pliny (VI, ii, 3), followed by Le Quien and Battandier, wrongly identifies with the Eupatoria of Mithridates. The latter was called Magnopolis by Pompey. Pompeiopolis was, with Andrapa-Neapolis, in 64 B. C. included by Pompey … Continue reading “Pompeiopolis”