Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pol SEE BEAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Poki, Jehuda, Ben-Elieser (Tshelebi ben-Isaak Puli), a Jewish writer of some note, who belonged to the sect of the Karaites, was born and educated at Constantinople in the first half of the 16th century. He made extensive travels through Palestine, Egypt. Irak, and Persia in order to become acquainted with the Karaite literature. But having … Continue reading “Poki, Jehuda, Ben-Elieser”

Poix, Louis De a French monastic, was born Oct. 18, 1714, at Croixrault (diocese of Amiens). He devoted himself for some years to the study of the Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, and Syriac languages, and conceived the design of a Polyglot Bible, to the redaction of which several of his confraternity (the Capuchin monks) promised to … Continue reading “Poix, Louis De”

Poitiers, France, archdiocese of Founded in the 3rd century, and for centuries was a suffragen of the archdiocese of Bordeaux. Elevated to an archdiocese on 16 December 2002. Suffragen dioceses include Angoulme La Rochelle (-Saintes) Limoges Tulle Notable bishops include Saint Anthemius See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Poitiers, Councils Of (Concilium Pictaviense), were convened here at different times in the Middle Ages. I. The first of these was held in 593, and was provoked by a rebellion of nuns, under the leadership of Chrodielde, a Frankish princess and nun at Poitiers, who had rebelled against Leubovera, abbess of St. Croix. She was … Continue reading “Poitiers, Councils Of”

Poitiers DIOCESE OF POITIERS (PICTAVENSIS) The Diocese of Poitiers includes the Departments of Vienne and Deux-Sèvres, and is suffragan of Bordeaux. The Concordat of 1802 added to the see besides the ancient Diocese of Poitiers a part of the Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes (see LA ROCHELLE). Mgr Duchesne holds that its earliest episcopal … Continue reading “Poitiers”

Poitier, Pierre Louis a French religious writer, was born Dec. 26, 1745, at Havre. As soon as he had taken holy orders, he was appointed superior of the seminary of Rouen, by cardinal La Rochefoucauld, archbishop of that city. After submitting to the law which exacted the constitutional oath of clergymen, he recalled it, and … Continue reading “Poitier, Pierre Louis”

Poissy, Conference of an ecclesiastical colloquy held September, 1561, is of very great importance in the reformatory history of the French Church. It has been somewhat spoken of in the article HUGUENOTS SEE HUGUENOTS (q.v.). It was called by Catharine de’ Medici, and was composed of all bishops and archbishops, and the representatives of the … Continue reading “Poissy, Conference of”

Poissons Law This rule, which is also called Poisson’s Law of Small Numbers, is an elaboration of Bernouilli’s Theorem dealing with the difference between the actual and the most probable number of occurrences of an event. 1. In cases of Random Sampling, the Poisson Exponential Limit is used in place of the Normal Probability Function … Continue reading “Poissons Law”

Poisson, Nicolas Joseph a French ecclesiastic, noted as a writer of philosophy, was born in 1637 at Paris. He entered the Congregation of the Oratory at the age of twenty- three (1660), and undertook to propagate the principles of Descartes by writing a general commentary on all the works of that philosopher; but after publishing … Continue reading “Poisson, Nicolas Joseph”