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Augustine, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Augustine, SaintAugustine, Saintôˈgəstēn, –tĭn; ôgŭsˈtĭn [key], Lat. Aurelius Augustinus, 354–430, one of the Latin Fathers of the Church and a Doctor of the Church, bishop of Hippo (…

Annaba

(Encyclopedia) Annaba Annaba ăn-näbˈə [key], formerly Bône (bōn), city, capital of Annaba prov., extreme NE Algeria, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. One of the country's…

Brewer's: Hippo

Bishop of Hippo. A title by which St. Augustine is sometimes desigated. (354-430.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HippocampusHipper-switches A B C D E…

Boniface

(Encyclopedia) BonifaceBonifacebŏnˈəfās [key], d. 432, Roman general. He defended (413) Marseilles against the Visigoths under Ataulf. Having supported Galla Placidia in her struggle with her brother…

Brewer's: Bishop of Hippo

St. Augustine. (354-430) is often so referred to. He held the See for many years. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bishop's ApronBishop in Partibus A B C D…

Augustine of Canterbury, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Augustine of Canterbury, SaintAugustine of Canterbury, Saintôˈgəstēn, –tĭn; ôgŭsˈtĭn [key], d. c.605, Italian missionary, called the Apostle of the English, first archbishop of…

Augustine Island

(Encyclopedia) Augustine IslandAugustine Islandôˈgəstēn, –tĭn; ôgŭsˈtĭn [key], unihabited volcanic island, S Alaska, in Kamishak Bay at mouth of Cook Inlet. The active Augustine (or St. Augustine)…

Augustinians

(Encyclopedia) Augustinians, religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. The name derives from the Rule of St. Augustine (5th cent.?), which established rules for monastic observance and common…

Orosius, Paulus

(Encyclopedia) Orosius, PaulusOrosius, Paulusōrōˈshēəs [key], c.385–420, Iberian priest, theologian, and historian, b. Tarragona, Spain or Braga, Portugal. He went to see St. Augustine (c.413) and…

Saint Augustine

(Encyclopedia) Saint AugustineSaint Augustinesānt ôˈgəstēn [key], city (1990 pop. 11,692), seat of St. Johns co., NE Fla.; inc. 1824. Located on a peninsula between the Matanzas and San Sebastian…