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Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo
Short Name: Saint Augustine
Full Name: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Birth Year: 354
Death Year: 430

St. Augustine, born in Africa; wrote six books on music, which were printed at Lyons, 1586, eleven hundred forty six years after his death, which took place A.D. 440.

A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876

Wikipedia Biography

Augustine of Hippo (/ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/ aw-GUST-in, US also /ˈɔːɡəstiːn/ AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.
Wikipedia Biography

TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Saint Augustine (14)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offendedS. Augustine (Author)English1
All my hope and consolationAugustine (Author)1
Jerusalem, my happy home, O how I long for theeAugustine of Hippo, 5th cent. (Author)English2
Jerusalem, my happy home, Name ever dear to meAurelius Augustine, 353-430 (Author)English11
Jesu! djupa såren dinaAur. Augustinus, d. 430 (Author)Swedish1
Light of the minds that know HimSt. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 (Author)English8
O matchless beauty of our GodSaint Augustine (Author)2
PrayersAugustine of Hippo (Author)English5
Rejoice, angelic choirs, rejoiceSt. Augustine (Author)1
Saa sandt jeg lever siger GudSt. Augustine (Author)Norwegian2
Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemurAugustinus (Author)Latin1
Tend your ailing onesSt. Augustine (Author)4
We shall reach the land immortal, bye and byeSt. Augustine (Author)2
What laws, my blessed Savior hast Thou brokenAugustine, 354-430 (Author)English1

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