Historical Dictionary

• Pacca, Cardinal Bartolomeo

  Bartolomeo Pacca was born at Beneventum on December 25, 1756. He studied under the Jesuits in Naples, […]

• Pachiaudi, Pierre

  Born at Marseilles, August 5, 1811 Taking of the habit at Saint-Just, July 10, 1834 Ordination to the priesthood at […]

• Paillier, Antoine

  Born: Pompey (Meurthe-et-Moselle) France, December 9, 1827. Took the habit: Nancy, September 27, 1848. Vows: Nancy, September 8, […]

• Palle, Pierre

  Born at Marseilles, May 27, 1821 Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, June 14, 1842 Oblation at Notre-Dame […]

• Pallium

  When Pius IX was compelled to leave Rome for Gaeta toward the end of 1848, Bishop de […]

• Pallotta, Cardinal Antonio

  Born at Ferrara, February 23, 1770, Antonio Pallotta studied at the seminary of Frascati and the Nazareno […]

• Pamunugama, Sri Lanka

  The Western Province of Sri Lanka is now the most densely populated province of Sri Lanka. It […]

• Pandosy, Charles

  Born: Marseilles, November 21, 1824. Took the habit: N.-D. de l’Osier, August 14, 1844. Vows: N.-D. de […]

• Paris, Balthazar Joseph, Henri

  Born in Marseilles, March 21, 1804 Taking of the habit, Marseilles, October 28, 1827 Ordination to the priesthood, May […]

• Paris, General House, Saint-Pétersbourg Street

  The Foundation Wanted by the Founder in 1859 On June 24, 1856, the Emperor Napoleon III made […]

• Parish Missions

  In the first article of the Rules of 1818 and those of 1825-1826, Father de Mazenod had […]

• Parisot, Pierre

  Born: Ambacourt (Vosges), May 20, 1827. Took the habit: N.-D. de l’Osier, February 25, 1850. Vows: N.-D. […]

• Parménie (1842-1856)

  For fifteen years the Oblates served at the chapel of Notre-Dame de la Croix, about twenty kilometres […]

• Pasqualini, Paul, Jean

  Born at Campile (Corsica), January 12, 1825. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, July 15, 1848. Oblation at […]

• Pavy, Louis Antoine Augustin, Bishop of Algiers

  Louis Antoine Augustin Pavy was born in Roanne (Loire) on March 18, 1805. After completing his studies […]

• Pedicini, Cardinal Carlo Maria

  Carlo Maria Pedicini was born on November 2, 1769 in Beneventum near Naples. After having embraced the […]

• Peillon, Honoré

  Born at Grasse (Var), on June 19, 1832. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier on June 30, […]

• Pélissier, Jacques Antoine André

  orn at Embrun (Hautes-Alpes), May 26, 1805 Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame du Laus, December 1, 1831 Oblation at […]

• Pélissier, Léon

  Born: Rians (Var), France, July 8, 1827. Took the habit: N.-D. de l’Osier, November 20, 1850. Vows: […]

• Pellarin, Jules-Marie

  Born at Cruseilles (Haute-Savoie), June 26, 1827 Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, May 12, 1847 Oblation at […]