Panegyricon (, flattering) is the title of an Eastern Church collection of sermons by the most approved authors of the Christian Church on different festivals. Almost every province in the East has a separate collection, and the consequence is that the book remains in MS. form. Sometimes on very high festivals the sermon for the … Continue reading “Panegyricon”
Panegyric
Panegyric (Lat. panegyricoe orationes) is the name of the orations pronounced upon the graves of the early Christian martyrs. They were especially a labor of love with the Church fathers, who thus came to compose some of their most praised homilies (q.v.). Among the ablest were those by Chrysostom. Basil the Great, the Gregories of … Continue reading “Panegyric”
Paneas
Paneas SEE CAESAREA PHILIPPI. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pane
Pane is the name, in ecclesiastical architecture, for a bay in a cloister; the side of a tower; a panel or compartment of wainscoting or ceilings. SEE PANEL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pandulph(us)
Pandulph(us) a Roman cardinal, flourished in the first half of the 13th century. He was an- Italian by birth, and is spoken of as a man of consummate ability. Pandulph was high in the confidence of pope Innocent III, and was employed by the pontiff as legate to king John of England to bring about … Continue reading “Pandulph(us)”
Pandulph
Pandulph Papal legate and Bishop of Norwich; born Rome, Italy; died there, 1226. Papal envoy to England, 1213, King John surrendered his crown to him and received it back as fief of the Holy See; during the minority of Henry III he was practically ruler of England. (1219-1221). Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Pandulph A papal … Continue reading “Pandulph”
Pandu
Pandu (literally, white) is the name in Hind mythology of the father of the Pandavas (q.v.), and the brother of Dhritarashtra. Although the elder of the two princes, he was rendered by his pallor implying, perhaps, a kind of disease incapable of succession, and therefore obliged to relinquish his claim to his brother. He retired … Continue reading “Pandu”
Pandours
Pandours SEE SERVIANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pandora
Pandora (i.e. the All-endowed), according to Grecian myth, was the first woman on the earth. When Prometheus had stolen fire from heaven, Zeus instigated Hepheestus to make woman out of earth to bring vexation upon man by her graces. The gods endowed her with every gift necessary for this purpose, beauty, boldness, cunning, etc.; and … Continue reading “Pandora”
Pandolfi, Giovanni Giacomo
Pandolfi, Giovanni Giacomo an Italian painter; flourished at Pesaro about 1630. He was a scholar of Frederigo Zuccaro. Lanzi says, His works are celebrated in his native city, and do not yield the palm to those of Zuccaro, as seen in his pictures of S. Giorgio and S. Carlo in the cathedral. He also decorated … Continue reading “Pandolfi, Giovanni Giacomo”