Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis This world-famous hymn, one of the grandest in the treasury of the Latin Church, was composed by. Fortunatus (q.v.) on occasion of the reception of certain relics by St. Gregory of Tours and St. Radegund, previously to the consecration of a church at Poitiers. It is therefore strictly and primarily … Continue reading “Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis”

Pange Lingua, Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium is one of the most famous and remarkable hymns of the Roman Breviary (q.v.). The Pange Lingua was written by St. Thomas Aquinas, the Doctor Angelicus, and is used in the Roman Catholic Church on the feast of Corpus Christi and in solemn masses. It was composed at the instance … Continue reading “Pange Lingua, Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium”

Pange lingua gloriosi [lauream] Hymn recited on Good Friday morning during the Adoration of the Cross. For Breviary use it is divided into two parts: “Pange lingua gloriosi,” hymn for Matins from Passion Sunday to the Wednesday of Holy Week (inclusive), and for Matins on 3 May and 14 September, Feasts of the Finding, and … Continue reading “Pange lingua gloriosi [lauream]”

Pange lingua gloriosi [corporis] Hymn for Vespers on the Feast of Corpus Christi, and used as a processional hymn on Holy Thursday, Corpus Christi, and during the Forty Hours’ Adoration. The two last verses, the “Tantum Ergo”, are sung at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, it has approximately twenty-five translations; … Continue reading “Pange lingua gloriosi [corporis]”

Pange Lingua Gloriosi The opening words of two hymns celebrating respectively the Passion and the Blessed Sacrament. The former, in unrhymed verse, is generally credited to St. Venantius Fortunatus (6 cent.), and the latter, in rhymed accentual rhythm, was composed by St. Thomas Aquinas (13 cent.). I. THE HYMN OF FORTUNATUS The hymn has been … Continue reading “Pange Lingua Gloriosi”

Panetti, Domenico an Italian painter, was born in 1460 at Ferrara. It is not known under whom he studied; but, according to Baruffaldi, he painted in the dry, formal style of the time, till his pupil, Benvenuto da Garofalo, returned from Rome after acquiring the new style under Raphael. The instructor now became the pupil … Continue reading “Panetti, Domenico”

Panemotichus A titular see of Pamphylia Secunda, suffragan of Perge. Panemotichus coined money during the Roman epoch (Head, “Historia numorum”, 591). A Bishop Faustus assisted at the Council of Nicaea, 325, when the city belonged to Isauria. Later it was part of Pamphylia Secunda. Another bishop, Cratinus, may have assisted at the Council of Chalcedon, … Continue reading “Panemotichus”

Panelled PANELLED.See Cieled. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Panel (through Fr. from Lat. pannus, a piece of cloth) is probably in its English form only a diminutive of pane; it wasn formerly often used for the lights of windows, but is now almost exclusively confined to the sunken compartments of wainscoting, ceilings, etc, and the corresponding features in stone-work, which are so abundantly … Continue reading “Panel”

Panegyris a term used by the ancient Greeks to denote a meeting of an entire nation or people for the purpose of uniting together in worship. It was a religious festival, in which the people engaged in prayer, sacrifices, and processions, besides games, musical contests, and other entertainments. At these meetings poets recited their verses, … Continue reading “Panegyris”