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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

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Texts by Saint Augustine (15)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offendedS. Augustine (Author)English1
All my hope and consolationAugustine (Author)1
Jerusalem, my happy home, Name ever dear to meSt. Augustine (Author)English18
Jerusalem, my happy home, O how I long for theeAugustine of Hippo, 5th cent. (Author)English2
Jesu! djupa såren dinaAur. Augustinus, d. 430 (Author)Swedish1
Light of the minds that know HimSt Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 (Author)English7
O matchless beauty of our GodAugustine of Hippo 354-430 (Author)2
PrayersAugustine of Hippo (Author)English5
Rejoice, angelic choirs, rejoiceSt. Augustine (Author)English0
Saa sandt jeg lever siger GudSt. Augustine (Author)Norwegian1
Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemurAugustinus (Author)Latin1
Tend your ailing onesSt. Augustine (Author)3
ReadingsAugustine (Author)English2
We shall reach the land immortal, bye and byeSt. Augustine (Author)1
What laws, my blessed Savior hast Thou brokenAugustine, 354-430 (Author)English1

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