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Pacandus
Pacca, Bartolommeo
Pachomius, Saint
Pachtler, George Michael
Pacificus
Pacificus of Ceredano, Blessed
Pacificus of San Severino, Saint
Pacioli, Lucas
Paderborn
Padilla, Juan de
Padua, University of
Padua
Paganism
Pagano, Mario
Page, Venerable Anthony
Pagi, Antoine
Pagi, Francois
Pagnino, Santes
Painting, Religious
Pakawa Indians
Palaeography
Palaeontology
Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de
Palasor, Venerable Thomas
Palatinate, Rhenish
Palatini
Palawan
Palencia, Diocese of
Paleopolis
Paleotti, Gabriele
Palermo, University of
Palermo
Palestrica, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina, Diocese of
Paley, Frederick Anthrop
Pall, Funeral
Pall
Palladio, Andrea
Palladius, Saint
Palladius
Pallavicino, Pietro Sforza
Pallium
Pallotti, Venerable Vincent Mary
Palm in Christian Symbolism
Palm Sunday
Palma Vecchio
Palmer, William
Palmieri, Domenico
Palmieri, Luigi
Palmyra
Palou, Francisco
Paltus
Paludanus, Peter
Pamelius
Pamiers, Diocese of
Pammachius, Saint
Pamphilus of Caesarea, Saint
Pamplona, Diocese of
Panama, Republic and Diocese of
Pancratius, Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and
Pandects
Pandulph
Panemotichus
Pange Lingua Gloriosi
Panigarola, Francesco
Pannartz and Konrad Sweingeim, Arnold
Pano Indians
Panopolis
Panpsychism
Pantaenus
Pantaleon, Saint
Pantheism
Panvinio, Onofrio
Panzani, Gregorio
Paoli, Venerable Angelo
Papacy
Papago Indians
Papal Arbitration
Papal Elections
Papal Mint
Papal Rescripts
Paphnutius
Paphos
Papias, Saint
Papiensis, Bernardus
Papini, Nicholas
Para du Phanjas, Francois
Parables
Parabolani
Paracelsus, Theophrastus
Paraclete
Paradise, Terrestrial
Paraetonium
Paraguay
Parahyba, Diocese of
Paralipomenon, Books of
Parallelism, Psycho-Physical
Parallelism
Paralus
Parana, Diocese of
Parasceve
Paray-le-Monial
Pardies, Ignace-Gaston
Pardons of Brittany
Pare, Ambroise
Paredes, Blessed Mary Anne de
Pareja, Francisco
Parents
Parenzo-Pola, Diocese of
Parini, Giuseppe
Paris, Alexis-Paulin
Paris, Gaston-Bruno-Paulin
Paris, Matthew
Paris, University
Paris
Paris Commune, Martyrs of
Parish
Parium
Park, Abbey of
Parkinson, Anthony
Parlais
Parlatore, Filippo
Parma, Diocese of
Parmentier, Antoine-Augustin
Parmigiano, II
Parnassus
Parochial Mass
Parochial Missions, Catholic
Paroecopolis
Parrenin, Dominique
Parsis
Particular Judgment
Partnership
Paruta, Paolo
Pascal, Blaise
Pascal Baylon, Saint
Pasch or Passover
Paschal Candle
Paschal I, Pope
Paschal II, Pope
Paschal III
Paschal Lamb
Paschal Tide
Paschasius, Saint
Paschasius Radbertus, Saint
Passaglia, Carlo
Passau, Diocese of
Passerat, Venerable Joseph
Passignano, Domenico
Passion Music
Passion of Christ, Commemoration of
Passion of Christ, Devotion to
Passion of Christ in Four Gospels
Passion Offices
Passion Plays
Passion Sunday
Passionei, Domenico
Passionists
Passions
Passiontide
Passos
Pasteur, Louis
Pasto, Diocese of
Pastor
Pastoral Staff
Pastoral Theology
Pastorals
Pastoureaux, Crusade of
Patagonia
Patara
Paten
Patenson, Venerable William
Pathology, Mental
Patmore, Coventry
Patmos
Patras
Patriarch
Patriarch and Patriarchate
Patrician Brothers
Patrick, Saint
Patrimonium Sancti Petri
Patrizi, Francis Xavier
Patrology
Patron and Patronage
Patron Saints
Patronage of Our Lady, Feast of
Patti, Diocese of
Paul, Saint
Paul, Saints John and
Paul-without-the-Walls, Saint
Paul Deacon
Paul Hermit, Saint
Paul I, Pope
Paul II, Pope
Paul III, Pope
Paul IV, Pope
Paul of Burgos
Paul of Cross, Saint
Paul of Middelburg
Paul of Samosata
Paul Peppergrass
Paul Simple, Saint
Paul V, Pope
Paula, Saint
Pauli, Johannes
Paulicians
Paulinus, Archbishop of York, Saint
Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, Saint
Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo
Paulinus II, Patriarch of Aquileia, Saint
Paulinus of Pella
Paulist Fathers
Paulists
Paulus Venatus
Pavia, Diocese of
Pavillon, Nicolas
Pavis, University of
Pax
Pax in Liturgy
Payeras, Mariano
Payne, Blessed John
Pazmany, Peter
Peace Congresses
Peace of Church
Peasants, War of
Peba Indians
Pecham, John
Pecock, Reginald
Pectoral
Pectorale
Pectorius of Autun
Pednelissus
Pedro de Cordova
Pelagia
Pelagius and Pelagianism
Pelagius I, Pope
Pelagius II
Pelargus, Ambrose
Pelisson-Fontanier, Paul
Pella
Pelletier, Pierre-Joseph
Pellico, Silvio
Pellissier, Guillaume
Pelotas, Diocese of
Pelouze, Theophile-Jules
Peltrie, Madeleine de la
Pelusium
Pembroke, Diocese of
Pena, Francisco
Penal Laws
Penalver y Cardenas, Luis Ignatius
Penance, Sacrament of
Penance, Virtue of
Pendleton, Henry
Penelakut Indians
Penitentes, Los Hermanos
Penitential Canons
Penitential Orders
Penitents, Confraternities of
Penne and Atri, Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Penobscot Indians
Pension, Ecclesiastical
Pentacomia
Pentapolis
Pentateuch
Pentecost
Pentecost (2nd entry)
Peoria
Peoria Indians
Pepin Short
Perboyre, Saint Jean-Gabriel
Percy, Blessed Thomas
Percy, John
Peregrinus
Pereira, Benedict
Perez, Juan
Perez de Hita, Gines
Perfection, Christian and Religious
Pergamus
Perge
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Pericui Indians
Perigueux, Diocese of
Periodi
Periodical Literature, Catholic
Perjury
Permandeder, Franz Michael
Pernter, Joseph Maria
Perpetua, Saints Felicitas and
Perpetual Adoration, Religious of
Perpetual Adoration, Religious of (2nd entry)
Perpetual Adoration, Sisters of
Perpetual Adoration
Perpetual Adorers of Blessed Sacrament
Perpetual Help, Sisters of Our Lady of
Perpetual Succour, Our Lady of
Perpetuus, Saint
Perpignan, Diocese of
Perpignan, University of
Perraud, Adolphe
Perrault, Charles
Perrault, Claude
Perreyve, Henri
Perrone, Giovanni
Perry, Stephen Joseph
Persecution
Persecutions, Coptic
Perseverence, Final
Persia
Persian Rite
Persico, Ignatius
Person, Ecclesiastical
Person
Personality
Persons, Robert
Perth
Pertinax, Publius Helvius
Peru
Perugia, Archdiocese of
Perugia, University of
Perugino
Peruzzi, Baldassare
Pesaro, Diocese of
Pescennius Niger
Pesch, Tilman
Pescia
Pessimism
Pessinus
Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism
Petau, Denis
Peter, Basilica of Saint
Peter, Chair of
Peter, Epistles of Saint
Peter, Prince of Apostles, Saint
Peter, Sarah
Peter, Tomb of Saint
Peter-Louis-Marie Chanel, Saint
Peter-Nolasco, Saint
Peter Baptist and 25 Companions, Saints
Peter Canisius, Blessed
Peter Cantor
Peter Cellensis
Peter Chrysologus, Saint
Peter Claver, Saint
Peter Comestor
Peter Damian, Saint
Peter de Blois
Peter de Honestis
Peter de Regalado, Saint
Peter de Vinea
Peter Faber, Blessed
Peter Fourier, Saint
Peter Fullo
Peter Gonzalez, Saint
Peter Igneus, Blessed
Peter Lombard
Peter Mongus
Peter of Alcantara, Saint
Peter of Alexandria, Saint
Peter of Aquila
Peter of Arbues, Saint
Peter of Auvergne
Peter of Bergamo
Peter of Mintboissier, Blessed
Peter of Poitiers
Peter of Sebaste, Saint
Peter of Verona, Saint
Peter Snow, Venerable
Peter the Hermit
Peter Urseolus, Saint
Peterborough, Diocese of
Peterspence
Peterssen, Gerlac
Petinessus
Petit-Didier, Matthieu
Petitions to Holy See
Petra
Petrarch, Francesco
Petre, Family of
Petrobrusians
Petronilla, Saint
Petronius, Saint
Petropolis
Petrus Alfonsus
Petrus Bernardinus
Petrus de Natalibus
Petrus Diaconus
Petun Nation
Peuerbach, George von
Peutinger, Conrad
Peyto, William
Pez
Pfanner, Franz
Pfefferkorn, Johannes
Pfister, Adolf
Pflug, Julius Von
Pforta
Phacusa
Pharao
Pharbaetus
Pharisees
Pharsalus
Phaselis
Phasga
Phenomenalism
Philadelphia, Archdiocese of
Philadelphia
Philanthropinism
Philastrius, Saint
Philemon
Philiip, Robert
Philip II
Philip II (2nd entry)
Philip IV
Philip of Blessed Trinity
Philip of Jesus, Saint
Philip Romolo Neri, Saint
Philip the Apostle, Saint
Philip the Arabian
Philippi
Philippi (2nd entry)
Philippians, Epistle to
Philippine Islands
Philippopolis
Philippopolis (2nd entry)
Philips, Peter
Philistines
Phillips, George
Philo Judaeus
Philomelium
Philomena, Saint
Philosophy
Philoxenus
Phocaea
Phoenicia
Photinus
Photius of Constantinople
Phylacteries
Physics, History of
Physiocrats
Physiologus
Piacenza
Pianciani, Giambattista
Piano Carpine, Giovanni da
Piatto Cardinalizio
Piatus of Mons
Piauhy, Diocese of
Piazza Armerina, Diocese of
Piazzi, Giuseppe
Pibush, Venerable John
Picard, Jean
Piccolomini, Alessandro
Piccolomini-Ammannati, Jacopo
Pichler, Vitus
Pichler
Pickering, Venerable Thomas
Piconio, Bernadine as
Picquet, Francois
Picture Bibles
Pie, Louis-Edouard-Desire
Pie Pelican, Jesu, Domine
Pieck, Saint Nicholas
Piedmont
Piel, Peter
Pierius
Pierre-Guillaume-Frederic Le Play
Pierre de Castelnau, Blessed
Pierre de Maricourt
Pierre Puget
Pierron, Jean
Pierson, Philippe
Pietism
Pighius, Albert
Pignatelli, Venerable Giuseppe Maria
Pike, Venerable William
Pilar, Nuestra Senora del
Pilate, Pontius
Pilchard, Venerable Thomas
Pileolus
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimages
Piligrim
Pillar of Cloud
Pima Indians
Pinar del Rio, Diocese of
Pinara
Pindemonte, Ippolito
Pineda, John de
Pinerolo, Diocese of
Pingre, Alexandre Guy
Pinna da Encarnacao, Mattheus
Pinto, Fernao Mendes
Pinturicchio
Pinzon, Martin Alonso
Piombo, Sebastiano del
Pionius, Saint
Pious Fund of Californias
Pious Society of Missions
Piranesi, Giambattista
Pirhing, Ernricus
Pirkheimer
Piro Indians
Pisa, Council of
Pisa, University of
Pisa
Pisano, Andrea
Pisano, Niccola
Piscataway Indians
Piscina
Pise, Charles Constantine
Pisidia
Pistoia, Synod of
Pistoia and Prato, Diocese of
Pistorius, Johann
Pithou, Pierre
Pitoni, Joseph
Pitra, Jean-Baptiste-Francois
Pitts, John
Pittsburgh
Pityus
Pius I, Pope Saint
Pius II, Pope
Pius III, Pope
Pius IV, Pope
Pius IX, Pope
Pius V, Pope Saint
Pius VI, Pope
Pius VII, Pope
Pius VIII, Pope
Pius X, Pope
Piusverein
Pizarro, Francisco
Placidus, Saint
Plagues of Egypt
Plain Chant
Plantagenet, Henry Beaufort
Plantin, Christophe
Plants in Bible
Plasencia, Diocese of
Plateau, Joseph-Antoine
Platina, Bartolomeo
Plato and Platonism
Plegmund
Plenarium
Plenary Council
Plessis, Joseph-Octave
Plethon, Georgius Gemistus
Plock, Diocese of
Plowden, Charles
Plowden, Edmund
Plowden, Francis
Plowden, Robert
Plowden, Thomas
Plowden, Thomas Percy
Plumier, Charles
Plunket, Blessed Oliver
Pluscarden Priory
Plymouth, Diocese of
Pneumatomachi
Poetry of Old Testament, Hebrew Poetry
Poggio Bracciolini, Giovanni Francesco
Poggio Mirteto
Pogla
Poitiers
Poland
Polding, John Bede
Pole, Blessed Margaret
Pole, Reginald
Polemonium
Poleni, Giovanni
Poles in United States
Policastro
Polignac, Melchior de
Polish Literature
Politi, Lancelot
Politian
Political Economy
Pollajuolo, Antonio and Piero Benci
Polo, Marco
Polybotus
Polycarp, Saint
Polycarpus
Polyglot Bibles
Polystylum
Polytheism
Pomaria
Pombal, Marquis de
Pomerania
Pompeiopolis
Pomponazzi, Pietro
Ponce, John
Ponce de Leon, Juan
Poncet, Joseph Anthony de la Riviere
Pondicherry, Archdiocese of
Pontefract Priory
Pontian, Pope Saint
Pontifical Colleges
Pontifical Decorations
Pontifical Mass
Pontificale
Pontificalia
Pontigny, Abbey of
Pontius Carbonell
Pontus
Pools in Scripture
Poona
Poor, Little Sisters of
Poor Brothers of Saint Francis Seraphicus
Poor by the Church, Care of
Poor Catholics
Poor Child Jesus, Sisters of
Poor Clares
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
Poor Laws
Poor of Saintt Francis, Sisters of
Poor Servants of Mother of God
Popayan, Archdiocese of
Pope, Alexander
Pope
Popes, Chronological Lists of
Popes, Election of
Popes, List of
Poppo, Saint
Popular Devotions
Population, Theories of
Porch
Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio
Pordenone, Odoric of
Pormort, Venerable Thomas
Porphyreon
Porphyrius, Saint
Porrecta, Serafino
Port-Au-Prince, Archdiocese of
Port-Royal
Port Augusta, Diocese of
Port Louis, Diocese of
Port of Spain, Archdiocese of
Port Victoria, Diocese of
Porta, Carlo
Porta, Giacomo della
Portable Altar
Portalegre
Porter, Doorkeeper
Porter, George
Portiuncula
Portland
Porto Alegre, Archdiocese of
Porto Alegre, Diocese of
Porto and Santa-Rufina, Diocese of
Porto Rico
Portoviejo
Portraits of Apostles
Portsmouth, Diocese of
Portugal
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese Literature
Portuguese West Africa
Positivism
Possenti, Blessed Gabriel
Possession, Demonical
Possevinus, Antonius
Possidius, Saint
Postcommunion
Postgate, Venerable Nicholas
Postulant
Postulation
Potawatomi Indians
Pothier, Robert Joseph
Pouget, Jean-Francois-Albert du
Pounde, Thomas
Poussin, Nicolas
Poverty
Poverty and Pauperism
Powel, Venerable Philip
Powell, Blessed Edward
Poynter, William
Pozzo, Andreas
Pozzuoli, Diocese of
Prades, Jean-Martin de
Prado, Jerome de
Praelatus Nullius
Praexedes and Prudentia
Pragmatic Sanction
Pragmatism
Prague, University of
Prague
Praxeas
Pray, George
Prayer, Lords
Prayer-Books
Prayer
Prayer of Christ, Feast of
Prayer of Quiet
Prayers for Dead
Preacher Apostolic
Preachers, Order of
Preadamites
Prebend
Precaria
Precedence
Precentor
Precept, Canonical
Precious Blood, Archconfraternity of Most
Precious Blood, Congregation of Most
Precious Blood, Congregations of
Precious Blood, Feast of Most
Precious Blood
Precipiano, Count Humbert-Guillaume de
Preconization
Predestination
Preface
Prefect Apostolic
Prefecture Apostolic
Prelate
Premare, Joseph Henri Marie de
Premonstratensian Canons
Premontre, Abbey of
Presbyterianism
Presbytery
Prescription
Prescription in Civil Jurisprudence
Presdestinarianism
Presence of Christ in Eucharist, Real
Presence of God
Presentation, Order of
Presentation, Religious Congregations of
Presentation, Right of
Presentation Brothers
Presentation of Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of
Presentation of Mary, Congregation of
Prester John
Preston, Thomas
Preston, Thomas Scott
Presumption
Presumption (2nd entry)
Pretorium
Pride
Priene
Priest, Assistant
Priest, High
Priest
Priesthood
Priestly Perseverence, Association of
Priests, Confraternities of
Priests Communion League
Priests Eucharistic League
Primacy
Primadicci, James
Primate
Prime
Primer
Primicerius
Primus and Felician, Saints
Prince Albert, Diocese of
Prior
Prioress
Priory
Priscia, Saint
Priscianus
Priscilla, Aquila and
Priscillianism
Prisons, Ecclesiastical
Prisons
Privilege
Privileged Altar
Privileges, Ecclesiastical
Proba, Faltonia
Probabilism
Probus, and Andronicus, Saints Tarachus
Probus, Marcus Aurelius
Processional, Roman
Processional Cross
Processions
Processus and Martinian, Saints
Proclus, Saint
Proconnesus
Procopius of Caesarea
Procter, Adelaide Anne
Procurator
Profession, Religious
Promise, Divine
Promotor Fidei
Promulgation
Proof
Propaganda, Sacred Congregation of
Propagation of Faith, Society for
Property
Property Ecclesiastical
Property in United States, Ecclesiastical
Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess
Prophecy
Proprium
Proschko, Franz Isidor
Prose or Sequence
Proselyte
Proske, Karl
Prosper of Aquitaine, Tiro
Protasius, Saints Gervasius
Protector, Altar
Protectorate of Missions
Protectories
Protestant Episcopal Church in Usa
Protestantism
Prothonotary Apostolic
Protocol
Protopope
Protus and Hyacinth, Saints
Prout, Father
Provancher, Leon Abel
Proverbs, Book of
Providence, Congregations of
Providence, Diocese of
Providence, Divine
Providence II, Congregations of
Providence III, Congregations of
Providence IV, Congregations of
Providence V, Congregations of
Province, Ecclesiastical
Provincial
Provincial Council
Provision, Canonical
Provisors, Statute of
Provost
Prudence
Prudentius, Aurelius Clemens
Prudentius
Prum
Prusias ad Hypium
Prussia
Przemysl, Sambor, and Sanok, Diocese of
Przemysl
Psalms, Alphabetic
Psalms
Psalterium
Psaume, Nicholas
Psellus, Michael
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Ptolemais
Ptolemais (2nd entry)
Ptolemy Gnostic
Public Honesty
Publican
Pueblo Indians
Pugh, George Ellis
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
Puiseux, Victor-Alexandre
Pulaski, Casimir
Pulati
Pulcheria, Saint
Pulci, Luigi
Pullen, Robert
Pullus, Robert
Pulpit
Punishment, Capital
Puno
Purcell, John Baptist
Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive, State or Way
Purgatorial Societies
Purgatory, Saint Patricks
Purgatory
Purification of Blessed Virgin
Purim
Puritans
Pusey and Puseyism
Pustet
Putative Marriage
Puteanus, Erycius
Putzer, Joseph
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre
Puyallup Indians
Pyrker, Johann Ladislaus von Oberwart
Pyrrhonism
Pythagoras and Pythaogreanism
Pyx

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