Brewer's: Father of his Country

Cicero was so entitled by the Roman senate. They offered the same title to Marius, but he refused to accept it.

Several of the Cæsars were so called—Julius, after quelling the insurrection of Spain; Augustus, etc. Cosmo de Medici (1389-1464).

G. Washington, the defender and paternal counseller of the American States. (1732-1799.)

Andrea Dorea (1468-1560). Inscribed on the base of his statue by his countrymen of Genoa. Andronicus Palæologus II. assumed the title (1260-1332).

(See also 1 Chron. iv. 14.)

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