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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)…

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 (…

Brewer's: Augustine

(The Second). Thomas Aquinas, also called the Angelic Doctor. (1224–1275.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AugustiniansAugustan History A B C D E F G…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Daly, Thomas Augustine

Daly, Thomas Augustine[1871-1948](2)Born at Philadelphia, May 28, 1871, and educated at Fordham University. He was for some time reporter and editorial writer on the "Philadelphia Record",…

St. Augustine of Hippo

Name at birth: Aurelius AugustinusAugustine was born in a Roman province in 354 and educated at Carthage. As a young man he became interested in philosophy, with little interest in Christianity until…