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Aurora soli praevia Hymn for Lauds on 11 February , feast of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin. It is not known when and by whom it was written. There are two translations. The English title given is by the Benedictines of Stanbrook. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Aurora Lucis Rutilat This is one of the Ambrosian hymns, but its author is unknown. It has been revised and separated into three hymns for the Roman Breviary. The first sixteen lines form the hymn for Lauds from Low Sunday to the Ascension, and begin in the revised form, Aurora Caelum Purpurat. There are many … Continue reading “Aurora Lucis Rutilat”

Aurora jam spargit polum (The Dawn is Sprinkling in the East) Hymn for Lauds on Saturday; Ambrosian school, fourth or fifth century. It has twelve translations. The English title given is by Edward Caswall . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Aurora caelum purapurat (The Morn Had Spread Her Crimson Rays) Hymn for Lauds from Low Sunday to the Ascension ; Ambrosian school, fourth or fifth century. It has 27 translations. The English title given is by R. Campbell. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Aurora (Gr. ), in Greek and Roman mythology, is the goddess of twilight, who brings up the light of day from the east. She was the daughter of the Titan Hyperion and. his sister Theia, or his sister Euryphaeessa. She was sister to Helios (God of the Sun) and to Selene (goddess of the moon). … Continue reading “Aurora”

Aurogallus, Matthius a German philologist, who died at Wittenberg, Nov. 11,1543, is the author of, Cobnpeindium Grammaticae Hebrceae et Chaldae (Wittenberg, 1525, 1531): De Ebrcis Turbium, Regionum, Populorum, Fluminum, Montium et aliorum Locorum Nominibus (ibid. 1526; enlarged ed. Basle, 1539). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Steinschneider, Bibliographisches Handbuch, s.v. (B. P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Aurogallus, Matthius”

Aurnauld De Verdala born of an ancient family of Carcassonne, and bishop of Maguelone (or Montpellier) in 1339, died in; 1351, leaving a Commentary or History of the Bishops of Maguelone, printed by P. Gariol in his work on the bishops of Maguelone and Montpellier (Toulouse, 1665, 2 vols. fol.). See Cave, Hist. Lit. ii, … Continue reading “Aurnauld De Verdala”

Aurmt in Norse. mythology, is one of the streams called Eliwagar enclosing the Poison River. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aurivillius, Magnus a Swedish theologian, was born in 1673. He accompanied Charles XII to Pultowa and to Bender .as chaplain, and was witness of the famous resistance which the Swedes offered to the Turks. He was also a member of the tribunal which condemned the baron of Gortz to capital punishment as the accomplice of … Continue reading “Aurivillius, Magnus”

Aurispa, Giovanni A famous ltalian humanist and collector of Greek manuscripts, born about 1369 at Noto, in Sicily; died at Ferrara in 1459. It is not known where he first studied. In 1418 he went to Constantinople to learn Greek and to collect codices. So industrious was he that he was accused to the Greek … Continue reading “Aurispa, Giovanni”