Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pichler, Aloys, Dr one of the most prominent Roman Catholic theologians of Germany, was born in 1833 at Burgkirchen, in the diocese of Passau. He studied at the Passau Lyceum and at Munich, and in 1857 he received the prize for an essay on Polybius. Two years later he was made a priest; in 1861 … Continue reading “Pichler, Aloys, Dr”

Pichler A renowned Austrian family of gem-cutters who lived and died in Italy. ANTONIO (JOHANN ANTON) born at Brixen, Tyrol, 12 April, 1697; died in Rome, 14 Sept., 1779. He was the son of a physician and had been a merchant until, travelling in Italy, he resolved to devote himself to art, He went to … Continue reading “Pichler”

Picenardi, Carlo (1) (called The Elder), an. Italian painter who accordilng to Zaist, flourished at Cremona about 1600. He was of a patriciani family, and a faIvorite pupil of Lodtovica Caracci. He executed somne works for the churches of his native city, and painted some burlesque histories which gained him considerable reputation. He died young. … Continue reading “Picenardi, Carlo (2)”

Piccolomini, Francesco an Italian philosopher, father of the preceding, was born in 1520 at Siena. At Padua, Where he pursued his studies, he was condisciple of Felix Peretti, who became pope under the name of Sixtus V, and who boasted of having worsted him in public disputation. He professed philosophy,at Siena, Macerata, Perugia (1550), and … Continue reading “Piccolomini, Francesco”

Piccolomini-Ammannati, Jacopo A cardinal, born in the Villa Basilica near Lucca, 1422; died at San Lorenzo near Bolsena, 10 Sept., 1479. He was related to the Piccolomini of Siena. His literary and theological education he acquired in Florence. Under Nicholas V he went to Rome, where, for a while, he lived in extreme penury. In … Continue reading “Piccolomini-Ammannati, Jacopo”

Piccolomini, Alessandro Littérateur, philosopher, astronomer, b. 13 June, 1508; d. 12 March, 1578. He passed his youth in the study of literature and wrote several comedies (“Amor costante”, “Alessandro”, “Ortensio”), translated into Italian verse Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, part of the “Æneid”, Aristotle’s “Poetics” and “Rhetoric”, composed a hundred sonnets (Rome, 1549), and other rhyme. He repudiated … Continue reading “Piccolomini, Alessandro”

Piccola, Niccola (or Niccola Lapicola) a Sicilian painter, was born at Crotona, in Calabria Ultra, in 1730. He studied under Francesco Alancini at Rome, and acquired considerable repultation. He executed several works for the churches in that city, and decorated the cupola of a chapel in the Vaticaln, which was so much esteemed that it … Continue reading “Piccola, Niccola (or Niccola Lapicola)”

Piccioni, Matteo a painter and enoraver, was born at Ancona according to Nagler, in 1615. Little is known of him as a painter, save that he flourished at Rome, and was elected a member of the Acadlemy of St. Luke in 1655. Lanzi says he was a fellow-student of Giiovanmi Antonlio Galli. Bartsch gives a … Continue reading “Piccioni, Matteo”

Piccini, Giacomo an Italian engraver, was born at Venice in 1617. It is not known by whom he was instructed. He engraved a set of thirty portraits of the principal painters of the Venetian schlool, for the account of their lives by Ridolfi, published inl 1648. He also engraved a few plates after the Italian … Continue reading “Piccini, Giacomo”

Piccinardi, Serafino an Italian theologian of some note, was born at Padua in 1634. He embraced the rule of St. Dominic; professed theology at Bologna, Verona, Genoa, and Milan and was called upon, in 1669, to occupy the chair of metaphysics at the universitv of his native place. According to Papadopoli, he died in 1686 … Continue reading “Piccinardi, Serafino”