331 n.;
  Palestrina’s commission, 331;
  the three Masses in competition, 332;
  the award by the Congregation and the Pope, 334;
  Palestrina’s connection with S. Filippo Neri, 334;
  Arie Divote composed for the Oratory, 335 sq.;
  character of the new music, 335;
  influence of Palestrina on Italian music, 336;
  estimate of the general benefit derived by music from him, 337 sq.

PALLAVICINI, on Paul IV.’s seal for the Holy Office, i. 107 n.

PALLAVICINO, Matteo, murder of, by Marcello Accoramboni, i. 358.

PALLIANO, Duchess of, see CARDONA, VIOLANTE DE.

—–­Duke of (nephew of Paul IV.), murders committed by, i. 379;
  his execution, 380.

PANCIROLI, Guido, Tasso’s master in the study of law, ii. 20.

PAPACY, the, its position after the sack of Rome, i. 13;
  tyranny of, arising from the instinct of self-preservation, 54;
  dislike of, for General Councils, 90;
  manipulation of the Council of Trent, 97 sqq., 119 sqq.;
  its supremacy founded by that Council, 131;
  later policy of the Popes, 149 sqq., 226.

PAPAL States, the: 
  their condition in 1447, i. 5;
  attempts to consolidate them into a kingdom, 6.

PARMA and Piacenza, creation of the Duchy of, by Paul III., i. 86.

PARMA, Duchy of, added to the States of the Church, i. 7.

PARMIGIANINO, Il, painting of Charles V. by, i. 42.

PARRASIO, Alessandro, one of the assassins of Sarpi, ii. 212.

PART-SONGS, French Protestant, influence of, on Palestrina, ii. 324.

PASSARI, Pietro, amours of, with the nuns of S. Chiara, Lucca, i. 340 sq.

‘PASTOR Fido,’ Guarini’s, critique of, ii. 252 sqq.

PAUL III., Pope, sends Contarini to the conference at Rechensburg, i. 78;
  receives a memorial on ecclesiastical abuses, 79;
  establishes the Roman Holy Office, 80;
  sanctions the Company of Jesus, ib.;
  his early life and education, 81;
  love of splendor, 82;
  peculiarity of his position, ib.;
  the Pope of the transition, 84;
  jealous of Spanish ascendency in Italy, 85;
  creates the Duchy of Parma for his son, 86 sqq.;
  members of the moderate reforming party made Cardinals, 88;
  his repugnance to a General Council, 90;
  indiction of a Council to be held at Trent, 97;
  difficulties of his position, 100;
  his death, 101;
  his connection with the founding of the Jesuit Order, 245.

PAUL IV., Pope, see CARAFFA, GIOV.  PIETRO.

PAUL V., Pope: 
  details of his nepotism, i. 157 n.;
  places Venice under an interdict, ii. 198.

PAVIA, the battle of, 13.

PELLEGRINI, Cammillo, panegyrist of Tasso, ii. 72.

PEPERARA, Laura, Tasso’s relations with, ii. 31.