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Augustinus, Aurelius Augustinus, Aurelius. A. EARLY LIFE.- 1, 2, Name, Materials for biography; 3. Early life; 4. Manicheism; 5. Philosophical period; 6. Conversion; 7. Early Christian life: (a) as layman, (b) as presbyter. B. EPISCOPATE.- 8. Donatism: (a) Origin, (b) Early history, (c) Augustine and the schism; 9. Paganism and the de Civitate Dei; 10. … Continue reading “Augustinus, Aurelius”

Augustinus, archbp. of Canterbury Augustinus, St., archbp. of Canterbury. The materials for the life of the first archbp. of Canterbury are almost entirely comprised in the first and second books of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, with some additional points in Gocelin’s Life of St. Augustine, Thorn’s Chronicles of St. Augustine’s Abbey; a few letters of Gregory … Continue reading “Augustinus, archbp. of Canterbury”

Augustinus, Antonius Historian of canon law and Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, born at Saragossa 26 February, 1517, of a distinguished family; died at Tarragona, 31 May, 1586. After finishing his studies at Alcalá and Salamanca, he went to Bologna (1536), to Padua (1537), and to Florence (1538) in which latter place he examined the … Continue reading “Augustinus, Antonius”

Augustinus is the name of several Christian saints. (1.) Martyr at Nicomedia, commemorated May 7. (2.) Bishop of Canterbury and confessor, apostle of England, May 26. (3.) Commemorated at Rome Aug. 22. (4.) Bishop of Hippo, confessor, Aug. 28. (5.) Presbyter, Oct. 7. (6.) Bishop in Cappadocia, Nov. 17. SEE AUGUSTINE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Augustinus”

AUGUSTINS A religious order, who observed the rule of St. Augustin, prescribed them by pope Alexander IV. in 1256. This rule was to have all things in common; the rich who enter among them to sell their possessions, and give them to the poor; to employ the first part of the morning in labouring with … Continue reading “AUGUSTINS”

Augustino (Properly Augustin) Antonio, a Spanish prelate, was born at Saragossa, Feb. 25, 1516, of noble parents. He studied at various universities both in Spain and Italy, and acquired a high reputation in the civil and canon law, in languages, ecclesiastical history, and antiquities. Paul III made him auditor of the Rota, and in 1554 … Continue reading “Augustino (Properly Augustin)”

Augustino (Or Agostino), Giuseppe a Jesuit of Palermo, born in 1573, left Nucleus Casuum Conscientia, etc. (Palermo, 1638, 16mo), and two volumes of Commentaries on the Summa of St. Thomas. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Augustino (Agostino), Ottavio D a priest of Palermo, doctor in theology and apostolic prothonotary, was born in 1615. He refused the bishoprics of Lipari, Massa, and Ischia, but held, among other appointments, that of consulter of the Congregation of the Index at Rome. He died in 1682, leaving some works in Italian and Latin of … Continue reading “Augustino (Agostino), Ottavio D”

Augustinism Term used sometimes to designate the entire group of philosophical doctrines of Saint Augustine , but often used exclusively to designate his explanation reconciling the theories of the Fall, grace, and free will in the solution of the problem of freedom and grace, i.e., of the part taken by God and man in the … Continue reading “Augustinism”

Augustinians, The Discalceated Or Barefooted (Observants, Recollects) owe their origin to the Portuguese monk Thomas a Jesu de Andrade (died in 1582), though their first convent was not organized until after his death, in 1588, by order of the king of Spain. They adopted a rule which in strictness surpasses the primitive one, and were … Continue reading “Augustinians, The Discalceated Or Barefooted”