Pellegrini, Andrea, a Jlilanese painter, who flourished in the last part of the IGth century, is com- mended b}' Lomazzo. Pellegrini executed some works for the churches, particularly the choir of S. (iirolamo. See Spooner, Bior;. Hist, of the Fine, Arts, ii,GG9.
Pellegrini, Felice, an Italian painter, was born at Perugia in 15G7. He studied under Federigo Baroc- cio, under whose able instruction he became a correct and skilful designer. He was invited to Home by pope Clement VIII to assist in the works going ou in the Vatican. On his return to his native city he executed some good works for the churches. He died in 1G30. See Spooner, Biocj. IFut. of the Fine A }-ts, ii, GC8.
Pellegrini, Francesco, an Italian painter men- tioned by Baretti, tlnurished about 1740 at Ferrara, and had studied luidcr (iiovanni Battista Cozza. Pellegrini executed a number of works for the churches of Fer- rara, among which is a picture of the Last Stipjier, in S. Paolo ; and another of St. Bernardo, in the cathe- dral. See Spooner, Bior/. [list, of the Fine Arts, ii, GG8.
Pellegrini, Girolamo, an Italian painter, flour-
ished at Rome, according to Zanetti, in 1674. None of his works are mentioned at Rome, but he was employed at Venice, where he executed several frescos on a large scale for the churches, which Lanzi says indicate a painter sufficiently elevated, though not very select, varied, or spirited in his forms. See Spooner, Bioy. Hist, of the Fine A rts, ii, 6G9.
Pelleprat, Pierrk, a French missionarj', was born in 1606 at Bordeaux. Admitted to the Society of Je- sus, he taught pliilosophy and theology in several col- leges of the order. At Paris his talents in the pulpit soon gained him a reputation. In 1639 he embarked for the missions, and, after having visited several houses of the society, went to jMexico, where he sojourned elev- en years. He died April 21, 16G7, at La Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico). We have of his works, Prolusiones orato7-icB (Paris, 1644, 8vo), a collection of discourses : — Relation des Missions des .Jesuites dans les iles et dans la terre ferme de VAmerique meridionale (ibid. 1G55, 8vo) : — Introduction a la lanyue des (jalihis, sauvaffes de VAnih-ique meridionale (ibid. 1655, 8vo), a rare work. See Sottwell, Bibl. scriptor. Soc. Jesu ; Brunet, Manuel du lib?: ; A. et A. de Backer, Biblio^h. des ecriv. de la Comparjnie de .Jesus, 3= serie. — Hoefer, Kouv. Bior/. Ge- nh-ale, xxxix, 49-1.
Peller'woinen, the god of plants among the Finns.
Pellew, George, D.D., dean of Norwich and rec- tor of Chart, was born in Cornwall, England, in 1793. He was a son of admiral Sir Edward Pellew, G.C.B. He was educated at Eton and at Corpus Christi Col- lege, Oxford; received holy orders in 1817; became in 1823 dean of Norwich ; and later, in 1829, rector of Chart. His death took place at Great Chart, Kent, Oct. 13, 1866. He was an accomplished scholar, and published among other works The Life of Lord Sidnwu'h, and several volumes of Sermons. See Appleton's Ame?: Cyclop, vi, 599.
Pellican, Koxrad KIirsner, a noted German di- vine of the Reformation period, was born .it liuffljach, in the Rhenish province of Alsatia, in 1478. He was kept at school in his native place until he was fifteen years old, when his parents, who were poor, sent him to an uncle at Heidelberg to study there. But in 1493 he was deprived of all help, and he entered the Order of Cordeliers. Some time after he returned to Heidel- berg, and thence went to Tubingen, where his success in study commanded great admiration. His proficiency in Hebrew was indeed surprising. He was a great favorite of the learned Franciscan -general Paul(us) Scriptoris, and while travelling found a companion in the converted Jew Pfedersheim, who presented him with a copy of the Hebrew prophets Isaiah, Ezekiel, and the minor ones. Although he had never studied Hebrew, he yet, by the aid of Reuehlin's rules on He- brew conjugations simply, applied himself to its ac- quisition with such zeal that by the end of three months he had finished reading it, selected the roots, and arranged them in the form of a concordance. In the last-named work, however, he had the help of a Jew from Spain, Mattha;us Adriani. In the year 1501 Pellican was ordained presbyter. In that year he lost liis parents, and on the occasion he transcribed the sev- en penitential psalms in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, to which he subjoined many appropriate prayers. The year following he received the degree of D.U. at Pasle, and was made divinity lecturer at the Minorite convent. About this time he assisted in the preparation of Au- gustine's works for the press. In 1517 he went to Rome on business for his order, and was in that city impressed with the corrupt condition of the papacy, just as Luther had been, whose reformatory steps Pellican could there- fore most heartily ai)prove. Returning to Basle, he as- sumed again, in 1519, the guardianship of his Francis- can cloister there. In 1522 he became actpiainted with (Ecolampadius, and was soon suspected of reformatory tendencies. Thus in this very year, at a chapter of the
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