order in Lconbcrg, in Siiabia, and at another in Basle, lie was constantly inquired about and watched by one Satzy;pr, the provincial of the order. But as the senate of Baole interceded in Pellican's behalf, no measures of censure were put in force against him. Shorth' after he was, together with CEcolampadius, made lecturer in divinity, and as he dared to expound the Scriptures and to adopt refonnatorj' measures, he was sorely per- secuted and maligned, as were all Keformers. So long as he had remained a friar he had been universally es- teemed for his learning and integrity; but when it pleased God to convince him of the errors and absurd- ities of the papal Church, and he began publicly to ex- pose them, he was directly made the object of its hate and persecution. In lb'26, having at the request of Zwingli gone to Zurich for the purpose of hearing the lectures of Leo Judii on Hebrew, he there renounced poper)', and was soon after married. A little while later he was by Zwingli's interest made a professor of (ireek and Hebrew at Zurich, and he eviiced liis fitness for the position by the publication of an edition of the Hebrew Bible, with the comments of Aben-Ezra and R. Salamon (1527). In his first lectures on the 15th chap- ter of Exodus, he thanked God who had brought him out of the Egyptian and papistic captivity, helped him to pass the Red Sea, and sing the song of Miriam with joy — " Sing ye to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously." He diligently applied himself also to the study of the Turkish language, that he might be useful to some who had become his neighbors, by efforts for their conversion to the Christian faith. During the thirty years that he was professor at Zurich, he was universally admired for his extensive learning and un- wearied labors. He died in 1556, and was succeeded in his position by the illustrious Peter Martyr. His works consist principally of lectures and annotations upon the Scriptures, translations from the Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Chaldee ; also an exposition of several books of the Old and New Testaments, together with a trans- lation from Ludovicus Vives, designed to convince the Jews of the truth of Christianity. His most important publications are, Psalterium Dandis ad Ilebraicam ve- ritatem interpretalum cum schnliis hrevissimis (Stras- burg, 1527, 8vo); the Zurich edition of 1532, in 8vo, is more carefully prepared and more comi)lete: — Commen- tarii Bihliorum cum vulgata edilione, sed ad Ilebraicam lectioiiem accurate emendata (Zurich, 1531-3G, 5 vols. fol.). Richard Simon says of this work : " He keeps to the literal sense, and does not lose sight of the words of his text. Though well read in rabbinical authors, he seeks more to be useful to his readers than to display his rabbinical lore. He considers it safest to borrow nothing from the Jews but grammatical observations." The characteristics of Pellican wTre sincerity, candor, uprightness, and humility, rendering him eminent in public life, and in private most amiable. See, besides the chronicle of his life which he has himself written, Fa- bricius, Ora/lu kixf. de vita Pellicani (1G08); Hess, Fd- lican'sJuf/eiidf/cscfiirfite (1795) ; Hottinger, A Ites u. Neues aus der GehhrtiinrcU ; Merle d'Aubigne, Flist. of the Ref. in Switzerland : Adam, Vitm tkeol.^German. i, 126 sq. ; Ilagenbach, I'dtcr it. Ber/riimler der ref. Kirche ; Ersch u. (Jriiber, Al/f/emeine Enci/Mojmdie ; Middlcton, Ecun- (jd. ]iiu,,r. ii, GO. (J. H. W.)
Pellicia, Alexius Auuiji.ius, an Italian theologian of note, was born at Najiles in 1744, and was educated at the high school of his native place. When only twenty -one years old, anil shortly after graduation, he translated Tillcmont's Life of Christ into Italian, and enriclied it with learned notes. Two years later he was teacher of liturgy at the Confercnza, and at twenty- seven was appointed professor of ethics and archa?ologv at his alma mater. A year later he wrote a dissertation on the ol)ligation of the Ciiurch to the State. This was followed by other learned dissertations; but Ids chef- d'ceuvre is De Christiana; ecclesicc primcp, media;, et novis- simm ataiis politia libri iv (Naples, 1777, 3 vols. 8vo ;
new ed. by Ritter [Col. 1829], with add. by Brown, in 1838), which is one of the best archaeological works written by Romanists. He died in 1823.
Felling, EnwAun, D.D., an English divine, flour- ished in the second half of the 17th century. He was a graduate of Cambridge LTniversity, and was vicar of St. Helen's, London, in 1674 ; rector of St. INIartin's, Ludgate, in 1678; canon of Westminster in 1683, and subsequently rector of Petworth. He died about the opening of the 18th century. He published A Dis- couise, philusophic<d and practical, on the Existence of God (Lond. 1696-1705, 2 pts. 8v^o), and many occasional Sermons (1679-1703). some of which were in opposition to the doctrines of the Church of Rome. See Watts, Bibl. Brit. s. v. ; Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A u- thors, s. V.
Pellini, Andrea, an Italian painter, was born at Cremona probably near the opening of the 16th century. Very little is known of his personal history. He is supposed to have been a scholar of Bernardino Campi, Lanzi says that " Pellini, though unknown in his native city Cremona, is celebrated at IMilan for his Descent from the Cross, in the church of S. Eustorgio." This is a grand composition, correctly designed and well col- ored, dated 1595. See Spooner, Biocj. Hist, of the Fine A rts, ii, 669.