Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Peter, Sarah Philanthropist; born Chillicothe, Ohio, 1800; died Cincinnati, Ohio, 1877. A Catholic convert in Rome (1855) and founder of the School of Design for Women in Philadelphia. She was a patron of art, and active in charitable and philanthropic works in Cincinnati. In 1862 she volunteered as a nurse in the Civil War. Fuente: … Continue reading “Peter, Sarah”

Peter, Saint, Epistles of These two epistles will be treated under the following heads: I. Authenticity; II. Recipients, occasion, and object; III. Date and place of composition; IV. Analysis. FIRST EPISTLE A. Authenticity The authenticity, universally admitted by the primitive Church, has been denied within the past century by Protestant or Rationalist critics (Baur and … Continue reading “Peter, Saint, Epistles of”

Peter, Saint The life of St. Peter may be conveniently considered under the following heads: I. Until the Ascension of Christ II. St. Peter in Jerusalem and Palestine after the Ascension III. Missionary Journeys in the East; The Council of the Apostles IV. Activity and Death in Rome; Burial-place V. Feasts of St. Peter VI. … Continue reading “Peter, Saint”

Peter Rubens Flemish painter. Born on 28 June 1577 in Siegen, Westphalia, Germany; died on 30 May 1640 in Antwerp, Nederlands. He was born while his family were in exile on account of the father’s Calvinism. His mother was a Catholic, and he was first taught by the Jesuits in Cologne. After his father’s death … Continue reading “Peter Rubens”

Peter Regulato (St.) a mediaeval saint, appears in the later Italian and Spanish paintings of the Franciscans, to whose order he belonged. He is noted in ecclesiastical annals for his “sublime gift of prayer.” He died March 30, 1456. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Peter Philips Composer; born England, c.1560; died probably Belgium, c.1633. Having left England before 1590, he settled in the Netherlands, becoming organist to the Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella. After taking orders, he received a canonry at Soignies, 1610, and in 1623 one at Bethune. Most of his works were printed by Phalese at Antwerp … Continue reading “Peter Philips”

PETER-PENCE Was an annual tribute of one penny paid at Rome out of every family at the feast of St. Peter. This, Ina, the Saxon king, when he went in pilgrimage to Rome, about the year 740, gave to the pope, partly as alms, and partly in recompence of a house erected in Rome for … Continue reading “Peter-pence”

Peter of Verona, Saint Born at Verona, 1206; died near Milan, 6 April, 1252. His parents were adherents of the Manichæan heresy, which still survived in northern Italy in the thirteenth century. Sent to a Catholic school, and later to the University of Bologna, he there met St. Dominic, and entered the Order of the … Continue reading “Peter of Verona, Saint”

Peter of Sebaste, Saint Bishop, b. about 340; d. 391. He belonged to the richly blest family of Basil and Emmelia of Caesarea in Cappadocia, from which also sprang St. Macrina the Younger (q.v.) and the two great Cappadocian doctors, Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. He was the youngest of a large family, … Continue reading “Peter of Sebaste, Saint”

Peter Of Sebaste an Eastern prelate, was born at Caesarea, in Cappadocia. before A.D. 349. He was the youngest of the ten children of Basil and Emmelia, who numbered among their children those eminent fathers of the Church, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. Peter’s early education was conducted by his sister, St. Macrina, … Continue reading “Peter Of Sebaste”