an assault upon heresy in the very stronghold of its power. For this purpose he repaireil to the Nether- lands, and burled from several pulpits the most virulent imprecations against the doctrines and practici - of the ministers. But his success was not equal to his cour- age ; he returned to Tours in 1568. His enemi< a quoted
this amusing passage from one of Ins sermons. "We hear with sorrow that, there are people abandoned
enough to commit adultery while they have in their bouses ui\es so good-looking that we. tor our part, should he quite contented with them." In 1582 a dif- ference arose between the general of the Franciscans and the monks of the monastery of Paris on account of the election of the brother guardian. Porthaise had ointed by the general to preside at this elec- tion: but hi- powers had been recognised neither by the king nor by the superior oftbe monastery : thus, in the absence -t the commissary-president, the monks chose a ci rtain I . Duret, The nuncio of the pope ex- pressed his dissatisfact ion. hut the Parliament supported the Franciscans oi Paris, Their superior was suspend- ed. At last the general Ol the order came to Paris to
conclude a compr ise. But Porthaise continued in
Ids violent protestations, lie was summoned before
Parliament, hut did not appear. S moncd a second
time, he appeared, only to inveigh ogainBl the court. lie was ordered to leave Paris. Nevertheless he wa-
in the ensuing year elected provincial of his order. In 1594 he was theological instructor at Poitiers. He mixed in the disorders of the League, which conduct heexpiato d
subsequently by public penance. Alter the rendition of Paris he went to Saumur. solicited from iHiplc.-.-i.--
Momay the pardon of his past error-, and obtained per- mission to celebrate in the church of St. Peter the vir- tues of the king against whom he had uttered Buch violent imprecations, lie hit. Les Cathcliques, Demon- strations sur certains Discoursed /•/ Doctrim ecclesias- tiqm (Paris, 1567, 8vo) : /'■ Verbis Domini: "Hoc Jacite in iiniiin commemorationem" \ Antwerp, L567, 8vo), a pamphlet .,n the Lord'- Supper: ( h i tienm Declaration d< TEglist et d* FEucharistii (ibid. 1567, 8vo) :— 2>e la Vaniii et Verite di la vrait et/aussi Astrolugit contre les Abuseurs di notrt Siecl (Poitiers, 1578): Defensi a la Reponse/aitt ■ rfi Bernard d< Pardieu
par les Ministres di la >:• ■ reformee
(ibid.8vo):- In F Imitation dt I'Euckarisli (ibid.1602, 8vo): Parasevt general* a Vexact Examen d Vln- dt VEucharistu (ibid. 1602, 8vo) :— Trails dt Flmagi et <b YIdole (ibid. 1608). See Wadding, Script, ord. Minorum; Scaligerana (2d ed.), p. 192; I. iron. Singularites hist. <i litter. iii,84; I tesportes, Bibliogr. du Maim ; Haureau, Hist. lift, du Maim. i. 306. Boefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s. v.
Portico is an architectural term designating a range of columns in the front of a build- ing. When of four columns it is called ietrasiylt ; when of -i\. h i xastyle : of eight, octostyh ; of ten, decantyle. The Latin porticus, how- ever, from which the Italian portico and the French portique are derived, has a more extended sig- nification in mediae- val writers: compre- hending, in fact, ev- ery kind of covered ambulatory of which one or more sides are opened to the air, by rows of columns or arches, whether it he attached to the front of a building or to its sides, or to the inner Bides of an area, so as to form a cloister. Parker. Glossary of
A rr/ii/i rill/; . s. \ . Ill an a noi cut church
the porticos w< re the cloisl its about the ana. otht rwise call- ed the exterior nartkex (q. v.)i and the place of the
mourners. See PORCH.
Portier, Michael, D.D., an American Roman < ath- olic prelate, was horn near the opening of our century, and was of French descent. He was educated in this country and at the Propaganda at Rome, and was con- secrated to the priesthood Nov. 5, 1826. After holding
various ecclesiastical appointment-, he was made bishop
of Mobile. He died .May 11. 1859. As an ecclesiastic he was greatlj beloved by his own denomination, and as a citizen he was highly respected by all classes. lie was more tolerant towards tho-e who differed from
him in religious belief than is apt to he the case a ig
Romanists. Portifoiium, otherwise called the Pu (q.v. . is a
Temple of Vesta, Tivoli.
PORTIO CANONICA
431
PORT-ROYAL
book of rubrical directions to instruct the clergy as to the due performance of divine service and the adminis- tration of the sacraments. Sometimes, however, the ■word is used to signify a Breviary. This was made the title of the Breviary in England as soon as the latter title was used abroad. See Proctor, Comment, on Book of Common Prayer, p. 11. See Pobtesse.
Portio Canonica is an ecclesiastic term applied to different things: (1) the share which falls to the members of a congregation in the daily distributions in money or in kind; (2) the funeral tax (quota fura ralis, or mortuarium) which, at the death of an ecclesiastic in office, must be paid to the bishop ; finally (3), the casu- alty paid to the curate for the funeral service of a parish- ioner. If the funeral has not taken place in the paro- chial church, part of the profit which by it has accrued to the church chosen by the deceased must be paid to the parochial church. This also is callcdjwrlio canonica or qaarta funeraria.