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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108590" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108590" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A defender. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_36941" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_36941" /> == | ||
<p> (1) the first bishop of Angers. Nothing is known of his birth or age. (2) A monk of the monastery Ligutge, which St. | <p> (1) the first bishop of Angers. Nothing is known of his birth or age. (2) A monk of the monastery Ligutge, which St. Martin founded on the river Calin, not far from Poitiers. He lived about the end of the: 7th century or the beginning of the 8th. He was a diligent student of the fathers, and by his scholarly habits acquired the title of "Grammarian." He made extracts and compiled a book entitled Scintillaruni, seu Sententiarum Catholicorum Patrum. The work is divided into eighty chapters, and treats of the principal [[Christian]] virtues. It has appeared, according to Possevin, in three editions: Antwerp, 1550; Venice, 1552; Cologne, 1554. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:12, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A defender.
(2): ( n.) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
(3): ( n.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(1) the first bishop of Angers. Nothing is known of his birth or age. (2) A monk of the monastery Ligutge, which St. Martin founded on the river Calin, not far from Poitiers. He lived about the end of the: 7th century or the beginning of the 8th. He was a diligent student of the fathers, and by his scholarly habits acquired the title of "Grammarian." He made extracts and compiled a book entitled Scintillaruni, seu Sententiarum Catholicorum Patrum. The work is divided into eighty chapters, and treats of the principal Christian virtues. It has appeared, according to Possevin, in three editions: Antwerp, 1550; Venice, 1552; Cologne, 1554.
