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PA
225 entries- 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
- Padua, University of
- Paganism
- Pagano, Mario
- Page, Venerable Anthony
- Pagi, Antoine
- Pagi, François
- Pagnino, Santes
- Painting, Religious
- Pakawá Indians
- Palæography
- Palæontology
- Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de
- Palasor, Venerable Thomas
- Palatinate, Rhenish
- Palatini
- Palawan
- Palencia
- Paleopolis
- Paleotti, Gabriele
- Palermo
- Palermo, University of
- Palestrina
- Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
- Paley, Frederick Apthorp
- Pall
- Pall, Funeral
- Palladio, Andrea
- Palladius
- Palladius, Saint
- Pallavicino, Pietro Sforza
- Pallium
- Pallotti, Vincent Mary
- Palm in Christian Symbolism
- Palm Sunday
- Palma Vecchio
- Palmer, William
- Palmieri, Domenico
- Palmieri, Luigi
- Palmyra
- Palou, Francisco
- Paltus
- Paludanus, Peter
- Pamelius
- Pamiers
- Pammachius, Saint
- Pamphilus of Cæsarea, Saint
- Pamplona
- Panama
- Pancratius and Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus, Saints
- Pandects
- Pandulph
- Panemotichus
- Pange Lingua Gloriosi
- Panigarola, Francesco
- Pannartz, Arnold
- Pano Indians
- Panopolis
- Panpsychism
- Pantænus
- Pantaleon, Saint
- Pantheism
- Panvinio, Onofrio
- Panzani, Gregorio
- Paoli, Venerable Angelo
- Papacy, The
- Pápago Indians
- Papal Arbitration
- Papal Elections
- Papal Mint
- Papal Rescripts
- Papal States
- Paphnutius
- Paphos
- Papias, Saint
- Papiensis, Bernardus
- Papini, Nicholas
- Paræcopolis
- Parætonium
- Para du Phanjas, François
- Parables
- Parabolani
- Paracelsus, Theophrastus
- Paraclete
- Paradise, Terrestrial
- Paraguay
- Parahyba
- Paralipomenon, Books of
- Parallelism
- Parallelism, Psycho-Physical
- Paralus
- Paraná
- Parasceve
- Paray-le-Monial
- Pardies, Ignace-Gaston
- Pardons of Brittany
- Paré, Ambroise
- Paredes, Blessed Mary Anne de
- Pareja, Francisco
- Parents
- Parenzo-Pola
- Parini, Giuseppe
- Paris
- Paris, Alexis-Paulin
- Paris Commune, Martyrs of the
- Paris, Gaston-Bruno-Paulin
- Paris, Matthew
- Paris, University of
- Parish
- Parium
- Park, Abbey of the
- Parkinson, Anthony
- Parlais
- Parlatore, Filippo
- Parma
- Parmentier, Antoine-Augustin
- Parmigiano, Il
- Parnassus
- Parochial Mass
- Parochial Missions, Catholic
- Parrenin, Dominique
- Parsis
- Particular Judgment
- Partnership
- Paruta, Paolo
- Pascal Baylon, Saint
- Pascal, Blaise
- Pasch
- Paschal Candle
- Paschal I, Pope
- Paschal II, Pope
- Paschal III (Antipope)
- Paschal Lamb
- Paschal Tide
- Paschasius Radbertus, Saint
- Paschasius, Saint
- Passaglia, Carlo
- Passau
- Passerat, Joseph, Venerable
- Passignano, Domenico
- Passion Music
- Passion of Christ, Commemoration of the
- Passion of Jesus Christ
- Passion of Jesus Christ in the Four Gospels
- Passion Offices
- Passion Plays
- Passion Sunday
- Passionei, Domenico
- Passionists
- Passions
- Passiontide
- Passos
- Passover
- Pasteur, Louis
- Pasto, Diocese of
- Pastor
- Pastoral Epistles (Timothy and Titus)
- Pastoral Staff
- Pastoral Theology
- Pastoureaux, Crusade of the
- Patagonia
- Patara
- Paten
- Patenson, Venerable William
- Pater Noster
- Pathology, Mental
- Patmore, Coventry
- Patmos
- Patras
- Patriarch
- Patriarch and Patriarchate
- Patrician Brothers
- Patrick, Saint
- Patrick’s Purgatory, Saint
- Patrizi, Francis Xavier
- Patrology
- Patron and Patronage
- Patron Saints
- Patronage of Our Lady, Feast of the
- Patti, Diocese of
- Paul and John, Saints
- Paul I, Pope
- Paul II, Pope
- Paul III, Pope
- Paul IV, Pope
- Paul of Burgos
- Paul of Middelburg
- Paul of Samosata
- Paul of the Cross, Saint
- Paul, Saint
- Paul the Deacon
- Paul the Hermit, Saint
- Paul the Simple, Saint
- Paul V, Pope
- Paul-without-the-Walls, Saint
- Paula, Saint
- Pauli, Johannes
- Paulicians
- Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo
- Paulinus II, Saint
- Paulinus of Pella
- Paulinus, Saint
- Paulinus, Saint
- Paulist Fathers
- Paulists
- Paulus Diaconus
- Paulus Venetus
- Pavia
- Pavia, University of
- Pavillon, Nicolas
- Pax
- Pax in the Liturgy
- Payeras, Mariano
- Payne, Blessed John
- Pázmány, Peter
PE
189 entries- Peace Congresses
- Peace of the Church
- Peasants, War of the (1524-25)
- Peba Indians
- Pecham, John
- Pecock, Reginald
- Pectoral
- Pectorale
- Pectorius of Autun
- Pednelissus
- Pedro de Cordova
- Pelagia
- Pelagius and Pelagianism
- Pelagius I, Pope
- Pelagius II, Pope
- Pelargus, Ambrose
- Pelisson-Fontanier, Paul
- Pella
- Pelletier, Pierre-Joseph
- Pellico, Silvio
- Pellissier, Guillaume
- Pelotas
- Pelouze, Théophile-Jules
- Peltrie, Madeleine de la
- Pelusium
- Pembroke
- Peña, Francisco
- Penal Laws
- Peñalver y Cardenas, Luis Ignatius
- Penance (as a Virtue)
- Penance, Sacrament 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 (Jewish Feast)
- Peoria
- Peoria Indians
- Pepin the Short
- Peppergrass, Paul
- Perboyre, Blessed Jean-Gabriel
- Percy, Blessed Thomas
- Percy, John
- Peregrinus
- Pereira, Benedict
- Pérez de Hita, Ginés
- Perez, Juan
- Perfection, Christian and Religious
- Pergamus
- Perge
- Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
- Pericui Indians
- Périgueux
- Periodi
- Periodical Literature — Austria
- Periodical Literature (Belgium)
- Periodical Literature (Canada)
- Periodical Literature, Catholic
- Periodical Literature (England)
- Periodical Literature (France)
- Periodical Literature (Germany)
- Periodical Literature (Holland)
- Periodical Literature — Ireland
- Periodical Literature (Italy)
- Periodical Literature — Mexico
- Periodical Literature (Poland)
- Periodical Literature (Portugal)
- Periodical Literature — Scotland
- Periodical Literature (Spain)
- Periodical Literature — Switzerland
- Periodical Literature (The United States)
- Perjury
- Permaneder, Franz Michael
- Pernter, Joseph Maria
- Perpetua and Felicitas, Saints
- Perpetual Adoration
- Perpetual Adoration, Religious of
- Perpetual Adoration, Religious of the
- Perpetual Adoration, Sisters of the
- Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament
- Perpetual Help, Our Lady of
- Perpetual Help, Our Lady of, Sisters 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
- Perseverance, Final
- Persia
- Persian Rite
- Persico, Ignatius
- Person
- Person, Ecclesiastical
- Personality
- Persons, Robert
- Perth
- Pertinax, Publius Helvius
- Peru
- Perugia
- Perugia, University of
- Perugino
- Peruzzi, Baldassare
- Pesaro
- Pescennius Niger
- Pesch, Tilman
- Pescia
- Pessimism
- Pessinus
- Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism
- Pétau, Denis
- Peter Baptist, Saint, and Twenty-Five Companions
- Peter, Basilica of Saint
- Peter Canisius, Blessed
- Peter Cantor
- Peter Cellensis
- Peter, Chair of
- 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, Saint
- Peter Fourier, Saint
- Peter Fullo
- Peter Gonzalez, Saint
- Peter Igneus, Blessed
- Peter Lombard
- Peter-Louis-Marie Chanel, Saint
- Peter Mongus
- Peter Nolasco, Saint
- Peter of Alcántara, Saint
- Peter of Alexandria, Saint
- Peter of Aquila
- Peter of Arbues, Saint
- Peter of Auvergne
- Peter of Bergamo
- Peter of Montboissier, Blessed
- Peter of Poitiers
- Peter of Sebaste, Saint
- Peter of Verona, Saint
- Peter, Saint
- Peter, Saint, Epistles of
- Peter, Sarah
- Peter Snow, Venerable
- Peter the Hermit
- Peter, Tomb of Saint
- Peter Urseolus, Saint
- Peterborough
- Peterspence
- Peterssen, Gerlac
- Petinessus
- Petit-Didier, Matthieu
- Petitions to the 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
PF
5 entriesPH
44 entries- Phœnicia
- Phacusa
- Pharao
- Pharbætus
- Pharisees
- Pharsalus
- Phaselis
- Phasga
- Phenomenalism
- Philadelphia (Lydia)
- Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
- Philanthropinism
- Philastrius, Saint
- Philemon
- Philip II
- Philip II (Augustus)
- Philip IV
- Philip of Jesus, Saint
- Philip of the Blessed Trinity
- Philip Romolo Neri, Saint
- Philip the Apostle, Saint
- Philip the Arabian
- Philippi
- Philippi
- Philippians, Epistle to the
- Philippine Islands
- Philippopolis
- Philippopolis
- Philips, Peter
- Philistines
- Phillip, Robert
- Phillips, George
- Philo Judæus
- Philomelium
- Philomena, Saint
- Philosophy
- Philoxenus
- Phocæa
- Photinus
- Photius of Constantinople
- Phylacteries
- Physics, History of
- Physiocrats
- Physiologus
PI
89 entries- Piacenza
- Pianciani, Giambattista
- Pianô Carpine, Giovanni da
- Piatto Cardinalizio
- Piatus of Mons
- Piauhy
- Piazza Armerina
- Piazzi, Giuseppe
- Pibush, John
- Picard, Jean
- Piccolomini, Alessandro
- Piccolomini-Ammannati, Jacopo
- Pichler
- Pichler, Vitus
- Pickering, Ven. Thomas
- Piconio, Bernadine a
- Picquet, François
- Picture Bibles
- Pie, Louis-Edouard-Désiré
- Pie Pelicane, Jesu, Domine
- Pieck, Saint Nicholas
- Piedmont
- Piel, Peter
- Pierius
- Pierre de Castelnau, Blessed
- Pierre de Maricourt
- Pierron, Jean
- Pierson, Philippe
- Pietism
- Pighius, Albert
- Pignatelli, Venerable Giuseppe Maria
- Pike, William
- Pilar, Nuestra Señora del
- Pilate, Pontius
- Pilchard, Venerable Thomas
- Pileolus
- Pilgrimage of Grace
- Pilgrimages
- Piligrim
- Pillar of Cloud/Fire
- Pima Indians
- Pinar del Rio
- Pinara
- Pindemonte, Ippolito
- Pineda, John de
- Pinerolo
- Pingré, Alexandre Guy
- Pinna da Encarnaçao, Mattheus
- Pinto, Fernão Mendes
- Pinturicchio
- Pinzón, Martín Alonso
- Piombo, Sebastiano del
- Pionius, Saint
- Pious Fund of the Californias, The
- Pious Society of Missions, The
- Piranesi, Giambattista
- Pirhing, Ernricus
- Pirkheimer
- Piro Indians
- Pisa
- Pisa, Council of
- Pisa, University of
- Pisano, Andrea
- Pisano, Niccola
- Piscataway Indians
- Piscina
- Pise, Charles Constantine
- Pisidia
- Pistoia and Prato
- Pistoia, Synod of
- Pistorius, Johann
- Pithou, Pierre
- Pitoni, Joseph
- Pitra, Jean-Baptiste-François
- 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 Saint
- Piusverein
- Pizarro, Francisco
PL
27 entries- Placidus, Saint
- Plagues of Egypt
- Plain Chant
- Plantaganet, Henry Beaufort
- Plantin, Christophe
- Plants in the Bible
- Plasencia
- Plateau, Joseph-Antoine
- Platina, Bartolomeo
- Plato and Platonism
- Play, Pierre-Guillaume-Frédéric Le
- Plegmund
- Plenarium
- Plenary Council
- Plessis, Joseph-Octave
- Plethon, Georgius Gemistus
- Plock
- Plowden, Charles
- Plowden, Edmund
- Plowden, Francis
- Plowden, Robert
- Plowden, Thomas
- Plowden, Thomas Percy
- Plumier, Charles
- Plunket, Blessed Oliver
- Pluscarden Priory
- Plymouth
PN
1 entryPO
121 entries- Poetry, Hebrew, of the Old Testament
- Poggio Bracciolini, Giovanni Francesco
- Poggio Mirteto
- Pogla
- Poitiers
- Poland
- Polding, John Bede
- Pole, Blessed Margaret
- Pole, Reginald
- Polemonium
- Poleni, Giovanni
- Poles in the United States
- Poles in the United States (Table)
- Policastro
- Polignac, Melchior de
- Polish Literature
- Politi, Lancelot
- Politian
- Political Economy, Science of
- Pollajuolo, Antonio and Piero Benci
- Polo, Marco
- Polybotus
- Polycarp, Saint
- Polycarpus
- Polyglot Bibles
- Polystylum
- Polytheism
- Pomaria
- Pombal, Marquis de
- Pomerania
- Pompeiopolis
- Pomponazzi, Pietro
- Ponce de León, Juan
- Ponce, John
- Poncet, Joseph Anthony de la Rivière
- Pondicherry
- Pontefract Priory
- Pontian, Pope Saint
- Pontifical Colleges
- Pontifical Decorations
- Pontifical Mass
- Pontificale
- Pontificalia
- Pontigny, Abbey of
- Pontius Carbonell
- Pontius Pilate
- Pontus
- Pools in Scripture
- Poona
- Poor Brothers of St. Francis Seraphicus
- Poor, Care of, by the Church
- Poor Catholics
- Poor Child Jesus, Sisters of the
- Poor Clares
- Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
- Poor Handmaids of the Mother of God
- Poor Laws
- Poor, Little Sisters of the
- Poor, Sisters of the, of St. Francis
- Popayán
- Pope, Alexander
- Pope, The
- Popes, Chronological Lists of the
- Popes, Election of the
- Popes, List of
- Poppo, Saint
- Popular Devotions
- Population, Theories of
- Porch (or Vestibule, in Architecture)
- Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio
- Pordenone, Ordric of
- Pormort, Ven. Thomas
- Porphyreon
- Porphyrius, Saint
- Porrecta, Serafino
- Port-au-Prince
- Port Augusta
- Port Louis
- Port of Spain
- Port-Royal
- Port Victoria
- Porta, Carlo
- Porta, Giacomo della
- Portable Altar
- Portalegre
- Porter
- Porter, George
- Portiuncula
- Portland
- Porto Alegre
- Porto Alegre
- Porto and Santa-Rufina
- Porto Rico
- Portoviejo
- Portraits of the Apostles
- Portsmouth
- Portugal
- Portuguese East Africa
- Portuguese Literature
- Portuguese West Africa
- Positivism
- Possenti, Blessed Gabriel
- Possession, Demonical
- Possevinus, Antonius
- Possidius, Saint
- Postcommunion
- Postgate, Nicholas
- Postulant
- Postulation
- Potawatomi Indians
- Pothier, Robert Joseph
- Pouget, Jean-François-Albert du
- Pounde, Thomas
- Poussin, Nicolas
- Poverty
- Poverty and Pauperism
- Powel, Philip
- Powell, Blessed Edward
- Poynter, William
- Pozzo, Andreas
- Pozzuoli
PR
155 entries- Prades, Jean-Martin de
- Prado, Jerome de
- Praelatus Nullius
- Pragmatic Sanction
- Pragmatism
- Prague
- Prague, University of
- Praxeas
- Praxedes and Pudentiana
- Pray Brethren
- Pray, George
- Prayer
- Prayer-Books
- Prayer, Lord’s
- Prayer of Christ, Feast of the
- Prayer of Quiet
- Prayers for the Dead
- Preacher Apostolic
- Preachers, Order of
- Preadamites
- Prebend
- Precaria
- Precedence
- Precentor
- Precept
- Precious Blood
- Precious Blood, Archconfraternity of the Most
- Precious Blood, Congregation of the Most
- Precious Blood, Congregations of the
- Precious Blood, Feast of the Most
- Precipiano, Humbert-Guillaume de, Count
- Preconization
- Predestinarianism
- Predestination
- Preface
- Prefect Apostolic
- Prefecture Apostolic (Supplemental List)
- Prelate
- Prémare, Joseph Henri Marie de
- Premonstratensian Canons
- Prémontré, Abbey of
- Presbyterianism
- Presbytery
- Prescription
- Prescription in Civil Jurisprudence
- Presence of God
- Presence, Real
- Presentation Brothers
- Presentation, Feast of the
- Presentation of Mary, Congregation of the
- Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
- Presentation, Order of the
- Presentation, Religious Congregations of the
- Presentation, Right of
- Prester John
- Preston, Thomas
- Preston, Thomas Scott
- Presumption
- Presumption
- Pretorium
- Pride
- Priene
- Priest
- Priest, Assistant
- Priest, High
- Priesthood
- Priestly Perseverance, Association of
- Priests’ Communion League
- Priests, Confraternities of
- Priests’ Eucharistic League
- Primacy
- Primadicci, James
- Primate
- Prime
- Primer, The
- Primicerius
- Primus and Felician, Saints
- Prince Albert, Diocese of
- Prior
- Prioress
- Priory
- Prisca, Saint
- Priscianus
- Priscilla and Aquila
- Priscillianism
- Prisons
- Prisons, Ecclesiastical
- Privilege
- Privileged Altar
- Privileges, Ecclesiastical
- Proba, Faltonia
- Probabilism
- Probus, Marcus Aurelius
- Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus, Saints
- Processional Cross
- Processional, Roman
- 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 the Faith, The Society for the
- Property
- Property, Ecclesiastical
- Property, Ecclesiastical, in the United States
- Prophecy
- Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess
- Proprium
- Proschko, Franz Isidor
- Prose or Sequence
- Proselyte
- Proske, Karl
- Prosper of Aquitaine, Tiro
- Protasius and Gervasius, Saints
- Protector, Altar
- Protectorate of Missions
- Protectories
- Protestant Episcopal Church
- Protestantism
- Prothonotary Apostolic
- Protocol
- Protopope
- Protus and Hyacinth, Saints
- Prout, Father
- Provancher, Léon Abel
- Proverbs, Book of
- Providence, Congregations of (I)
- Providence, Congregations of (II)
- Providence, Congregations of (III)
- Providence, Congregations of (IV)
- Providence, Congregations of (V)
- Providence, Diocese of
- Providence, Divine
- Province, Ecclesiastical
- Provincial
- Provincial Council
- Provision, Canonical
- Provisors, Statute of
- Provost
- Prudence
- Prudentius
- Prudentius, Aurelius Clemens
- Prüm
- Prusias ad Hypium
- Prussia
- Przemysl
- Przemysl, Sambor, and Sanok
PS
8 entriesPT
3 entriesPU
31 entries- Public Authority
- Public Honesty (Decency)
- Publican
- Pueblo Indians
- Puget, Pierre
- 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 Way
- Purgatorial Societies
- Purgatory
- Purgatory, St. Patrick’s
- Purim
- Puritans
- Pusey and Puseyism
- Pustet
- Putative Marriage
- Puteanus, Erycius
- Putzer, Joseph
- Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre
- Puyallup Indians