Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pittsburgh DIOCESE OF PITTSBURG/PITTSBURGH (PITTSBURGENSIS). Suffragan of Philadelphia, in the United States of America. It comprises the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania, an area of 7238 square miles, the total population of which is 1,944,942 (U.S. Census, 1910). About 24.42 per cent … Continue reading “Pittsburgh”

Pitts, John Born at Alton, Hampshire, 1560; died at Liverdun, Lorraine, 17 Oct., 1616. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, where he remained, 20 March, 1578-1580. He was admitted to the English College, Rome, 18 Oct., 1581, ordained priest 2 March, 1588, became professor of rhetoric and Greek at the English College, … Continue reading “Pitts, John”

Pittori, Lodovico Bigi (in Latin, Pictorius), a modern Latin poet, was born in 1454 at Ferrara. He cultivated with some success philosophy and theology, but his favorite study was Latin poetry. The only defect of his Latin poems is a kind of monotonous facility, we mention of his works, Candida, a poem (Modena, 1491, 4to): … Continue reading “Pittori, Lodovico Bigi”

Pittoni, Giambattista an Italian canonist, was born at Venice in 1666. He took holy orders and was a priest, and resided in turns at Rome and Venice. He died Oct. 17, 1748. He compiled with great order a collection of the pontifical constitutions and of the decisions of the different Roman congregations (Viterbo, 1745 and … Continue reading “Pittoni, Giambattista”

Pitt, Christopher an English divine, noted especially as a poet, was born in 1699 at Blandford, Dorsetshire; was educated at Winchester and at New College, Oxford; and, after taking holy orders, obtained the family living at Pimperne, where he passed his life, beloved and respected for his suavity of manners and general benevolence. He died … Continue reading “Pitt, Christopher”

Pits (or Pitseus), John, D.D an English divine, noted as a biographer, was born at Alton, in Hampshire, A.D. 1560. He received his early education at Winchester School, whence, at the age of eighteen, he was elected a probationer fellow of New College. Oxford; but in less than two years he left the kingdom as … Continue reading “Pits (or Pitseus), John, D.D”

Pitri (Sanskrit, i.e. father) is the name affixed in Hindai mythology to the deified progenitors of mankind, supposed to inhabit the orbit of the moon. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pitra, Jean Baptiste Franois Cardinal, archaeologist, and theologian. Born in 1812 in Champforgeuil, France; died in 1889 in Rome, Italy. Joining the Benedictine Order, he entered the Abbey of Solesmes in 1842, and was collaborator of Abbe Migne in the latter’s Cursus patrologire. He was created cardinal in 1863, and appointed librarian of the Vatican … Continue reading “Pitra, Jean Baptiste François”

Pitra, Jean-Baptiste-Fran#231;ois Cardinal, famous archæologist and theologian, b. 1 August, 1812, at Champforgeuil in the Department of Saône-et-Loire, France; d. 9 Feb., 1889, in Rome. He was educated at Autun, ordained priest on 13 December, 1836, and occupied the chair of rhetoric at the petit séminaire of Autun from 1836 to 1841. From his early … Continue reading “Pitra, Jean-Baptiste-Fran#231;ois”

Pitoni, Joseph A musician, born at Rieti, Perugia, Italy, 18 March, 1657; died at Rome, 1 Feb., 1743, and buried in the church of San Marco, where he had been choirmaster, in the Pitoni family vault. His biography, by his pupil Girolamo Chiti, is in the library of the Corsini palace. At five years he … Continue reading “Pitoni, Joseph”