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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Defensor
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(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.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Defensor'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/defensor.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Defensor'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/defensor.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
