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Ponso Alegre, Diocese of (Pousalegrevsis; Prague, Universitt of; (cf.C.E., XII — ^342b). —
cf. Porto Aleg^, C. E., XII — ^289(1; where for Porto On the establifihment of the Czechoslovakian Repub-
read Pouao)^ in the State of Minas Geraes, Brazil, lie the name of the University of Prague was changed
erected in 1900. At present it is being ruled by its to "Universitas Carolina/' its original title. In 1920
third bishop; the first. Rt. Rev. Jofio Baptista the professors of the natural sciences withdrew from
Correa Nery, was transferred to Pampinas in 1908; the faculty of philosophy and established a new
the second Rt. Rev. Antonio Augusta de Assis was facultv from which the Rector for the year 1921-22
transferred to Guaxupe in 1916, these two dioceses was chosen. The proposal to separate the theological
having been created in theyear mentioned by separa- faculty from the university which was made in 1919
tion from Pouso Alegre. The third and present oish- is remaining in abeyance until the question of the
op, Rt. Rev. Octavio Chagas de Miranda, b. at Cam^ separation of the Church and State is decided,
pmas on 10 August, 1881, ordained on 30 December, The Bohemian theological faculty was separated
1908, nominate to the see on 14 February, 1916, was from the German university in 1892, and united to
consecrated on 4 June following. He founded and the Bohemian university. At present the schedule
directed the Catholic paper of Campinas, O Men- of the theolo|pcal faculty calls for lectures in: Old
sageiro". The episcopal city b Pouso Alegre. Atpres- Testameiit sciences, 9 hours per week, philosophy 4.
ent there are in the diocese 350.000 inhabitants; 34 fundamental theol€)gy 5, New Testament 9, special
?arishes; 164 churches and chapels; 33 secular priests, dogmatics 9, moral theolo^ 9, church history and
regular priests and 8 lay brothers; 2 convents, 65 patrology 9, canon law 7, sociology 2. pastoral
sisters; 1 ecclesiastical seminary, 22 students; 1 dio- theology, homiletics and liturgy 9, methoaology and
cesan college, 150 students; 2 girls' schools; 2 normal pedago^ 3, Oriental languages (Arabic, Syriac,
schools, 25 professors, 250 students: 1 trade school for Aramaic, Assjrrian, Ethopic and Coptic) 5. vetero-
orphans, 3 teachers, 20 pupils^ y hospitals. The slavic liturgy and palseoslavic versions of the Bible
Government aids one of' the diocesan institutions, 5^ Christian art and archseology 5, ethics 3, and
and in eighttheadministrationof the dermis allowed, history of religions 3. Only those who have passed
There are 103 sodalities and Catholic societies among through the gymnasium and received their testi-
the laity. There is a Catholic press issuing the fol- numium maturitatis, as it is called, rank as ordinary
lowing publications: **Semana religiosa", weekly, students and they alone are admitted to degrees.
"O Santuario," monthly; and two reviews "Archivio To obtain a degree the candidate must pass a satis-
diocesano" and "O Levita." factory test in Arabic, Aramaic and Syrian^ and
higher exegesis, and submit a dissertation on a Biblical
Poszuoli, Diocese of (Puteolana; cf. C. E., XII subject, or on moral or pastoral theology or on
—331), in Italy, suffragan of Naples, is governed by church history and canon law; those who pass these
Mgr. Guiseppe Petrone, b. in Naples on 27 August, tests must stand an oral examination for two hours in
1872; appointed to thiis see 23 Sept., 1921. The general and speculative dogniatic theology; if still
diocese ot Pozzuoli has 10 parishes; 98 churches and successful the candidate having taken the oath in
chapels; 2 monastic houses for men, 5 for women presence of the chimcellor of the faculty is admitted
2 convents for men, 5 for women; 85 priests, of whom solemnly to the doctorate with the consent of the 5 are regulars; 25 sisters; 1 seminary with 12 students; chancellor, the dean of the faculty and the pro- 4 boys' colleges, with 15 teachers and 500 pupils; motor. In addition since 1901 seminary examinations
3 girls* colleges with 10 teachers and 400 pupils; are held in the Bible, philosophy, apologetics, church 20 elementary schools with 100 teachers; 1 refuge; history, palseoslavic studies and recently Christian 2 asylums; 1 hospital; 1 day nursery; 9 organizations art. The number of students in 1910 was 116 and associations for the laity, and 1 among the clergy; ordinary and 8 special students in the theological 1 Catholic weekly and 1 monthly magazine; the minis- faculty, but in 1920 as a sequel to the war there were trations of the priests are allowed in two public only 31 ordinary and 10 special students. Moreover institutions Among those who died recently was; there are thi«e diocesan institutes where theological Salvatore Lopex, a noted musician, director of the students can attend the same lectures, orchestra of the Royal Palace, Naples. The remains Re^tly Benedict XV sent an evangelical letter of Giambattista Pergolesi, whose "Stabjat Mater" to the bishops of the Czechoslovakian Republic is famous, have been placed in a m ag nifi cent new emphasizing the necessity of a two years* course in chapel of the cathedral erected by the Government, philosophy and a four years' course in theolo^.
,^ _, ToiCBK, GeachiehU der Praoer Uniterniat (1840); Wnmw.
Prague, ArCHDIOCBSE op (PrAGENSIS; cf. C. E., D«je vyiokyeh »kol Praitkych 140»-16it ilS97).
XII— 338b), in Bohemia. On 26 June, 1918, Pope
Benedict XV declared blessed the 64 Servite mar- Preachers, Order op (cf. C. E., XII— 354d).7-
tyrs of Prague. These holy men had endeavored to There are three divisions of the Order of St. Dommic:
stay the progress of the Hussite heresy in Bohemia the Order of Friars Preachers (First Order): the
at the beginning of the fifteenth century. So many cloistered Dominican Nuns (Second Order); and the
were the conversions that they excited the enmity Brothers and Sisters of Penance (Third Order),
of the revolutionists at whose head was John Ziska. Although this last branch of the institute does not
When assembled in general chapter in 1420 the Ser- seem to have had any juridical confirmation, or to
vites were locked in their monastery and given a have been formally affiliated to the First Order until
choice between apostasy and death. "^ ' *""" *' -- - » .--x.j _•_ xi__ j r o* rk martyrdom, and 64 were thereupon fa
the monastery. Part of their remains. ...v^..^^ -* — r — — ^rr
the presbytery of the Church of the Annunciation minded persons had begun to gather around his
at Prague, were exhumed by Cardinal Schwarzen- priories, to place themselves under the guidance of
burg and deposited in a magnificent reliquary. The the Fathers, and to assimilate the spirit <rf the in-
S resent administrator of the archdiocese b Francis stitute. The Third Order of Penance living in the
lordac, b. 1852, elected 1919. The Catholics in world was most probably the parent stem out of
the archdiocese number 2,438,109, Protestants 77,895, which grew the Conventual Third Order of Sisters.
Jews 48,330, others 613, those without creed 3786. Some have traced this branch of the Third Order back
There are: 689 parishes, 1343 secular priests of to 1266; yet its beginnings seem shrouded in no
whom 91 belong to other dioceses, and 407 regular little obscurity (C. E.. XII— 369d); XIV— 638b;
priests. Manual of the Third Order of St . Dominic," London ,
