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• Placidus, Saint: St. Placidus, disciple of St. Benedict, the son of the ...
• Plagues of Egypt: Ten calamities inflicted on the Egyptians to overcome ...
• Plain Chant: By plain chant we understand the church music of the early ...
• Plantaganet, Henry Beaufort: Cardinal, Bishop of Winchester, born c. 1377; died at ...
• Plantin, Christophe: Book-binder and publisher of Antwerp, b. 1514, at or near Tours ...
• Plants in the Bible: When Moses spoke to the people about the Land of Promise, he ...
• Plasencia: (PLACENTINA) Plasencia comprises the civil provinces of ...
• Plateau, Joseph-Antoine: Belgian physicist, b. at Brussels, 14 Oct., 1801; d. at Ghent, ...
• Platina, Bartolomeo: Originally named S ACCHI, b. at Piadena, near Mantua, in ...
• Plato and Platonism: I. LIFE OF PLATO Plato ( Platon , "the broad shouldered") was ...
• Play, Pierre-Guillaume-Frédéric Le: A French economist, born at La Rivière (Calvados), 11 ...
• Plegmund: Archbishop of Canterbury, died 2 August, 914. He was a ...
• Plenarium: A book of formulae and texts. Plenarium or Plenarius ( Liber ...
• Plenary Council: A canonical term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical ...
• Plessis, Joseph-Octave: Bishop of Quebec, born at Montreal, 3 March, 1763; died at ...
• Plethon, Georgius Gemistus: Born in Constantinople about 1355, died in the Peloponnesus, ...
• Plock: (PLOCENSIS) Located in Russian Poland, suffragan of ...
• Plowden, Charles: Born at Plowden Hall, Shropshire, 1743; died at Jougne, Doubs, ...
• Plowden, Edmund: Born 1517-8; died in London, 6 Feb., 1584-5. Son of Humphrey ...
• Plowden, Francis: Son of William Plowden of Plowden Hall, b. at Shropshire, 8 ...
• Plowden, Robert: Elder brother of Charles, born 27 January, 1740; died at ...
• Plowden, Thomas: ( Alias Salisbury). Born in Oxfordshire, England, 1594; ...
• Plowden, Thomas Percy: Born at Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, 1672; died at Watten, ...
• Plumier, Charles: (botanical abbreviation, Plum .) A French botanist, born ...
• Plunket, Blessed Oliver: [ Editor's Note: St. Oliver Plunkett was canonized by Pope ...
• Pluscarden Priory: Founded in 1230 by Alexander III , King of Scotland, six ...
• Plymouth: (PLYMUTHENSIS, PLYMUTHÆ) Plymouth consists of the ...

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