Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Aegidius of Viterbo Cardinal, theologian, orator, humanist, and poet, born at Viterbo, Italy; died at Rome, 12 November, 1532. He entered the Augustinian Order at an early age and became its general. Ægidius is famous in ecclesiastical history for the boldness and earnestness of the discourse which he delivered at the opening of the Fifth … Continue reading “Aegidius Of Viterbo”

Aegidius of Assisi, Blessed One of the original companions of St. Francis. He is also known as Blessed Giles, and holds the foremost place among the companions of St. Francis, “The Knight of our Round Table” St. Francis called him. Of his antecedents and early life nothing certain is known. In April, 1209, moved by … Continue reading “Aegidius of Assisi, Blessed”

Aegidius Leodiensis or Giles of Liege, a monk of the Vallde d’ Or, a monastery of the Order of Citeaux. in the duchy of Luxemburg, lived in the early part of the 13th century. He wrote a history of the bishops of Liege, from the time of Theodwin, successor of Wason, to Henry III, sixty-ninth … Continue reading “Aegidius Leodiensis”

AEgidius De Presentatione a Portuguese scholastic, was born at Castel Branco in 1539, and died in 1626, professor of theology at Coimbra and provincial of the Portuguese Augustinian-Eremites. Besides the writings in praise of his order (Primas Augustinianaeus [Cologne, 1627] and Apologia seu Defensorium Ordinis S. Aug.), he wrote, Disputationes ad Priores V Quaestiones 1, … Continue reading “AEgidius De Presentatione”

AEgidius A Lessinia (also DE LESSINIS), a Dominican, who flourished about 1278, was a contemporary with Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas. He took an active part in the controversies against Averroism, and wrote many philosophical, theological, and chronological works, of which only a few fragments are extant. He also wrote De Usuris, which is generally … Continue reading “AEgidius A Lessinia”

Aegidius (martyr) an Anabaptist who appeared at Aix-laChapelle about the end of the 16th century, and was condemned to death at Antwerp : Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aegidius (Bishop) Of Tusculum in the 10th century, was sent by pope John XIII, accompanied by many Italian, French, and German priests, into Poland in 965, to assist in instructing the Poles in Christianity. See Mosheim, Hist. of the Church, bk. iii, cent. 10:pt. i, ch. i. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

AEgidius an eminent prelate, was born at Rome, A.D. 1247, of the illustrious race of Colonna, and carefully educated under Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventura. He became an Augustinian Eremite monk. Philip the Bold brought him to Paris to be tutor to his son. He afterward taught philosophy and theology for many years in the university … Continue reading “Aegidius”

Aegeates, John a Nestorian priest, lived, according to Vossius, about 483; but Cave thinks that he lived some years later, as he continued his history five books after the deposition of Peter the Fuller. This was an Ecclesiastical History from the reign of Theodosius the Younger, and ending with the deposition of Peter the Fuller … Continue reading “Aegeates, John”

Aegea in Greek mythology, was a surname of Venus, from her extraordinary worship on the islands of the AEgean Sea. She was also called ” the inhabitant of the island,” for she was worshipped more than any other deity. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature