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July 9: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and 119 Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial

1648–1930
Invoked for the people of China
Canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000
Liturgical Color: Red
Version: Full – Short

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Today the Church is grateful to her Lord, who blesses her and bathes her in light with the radiant holiness of these sons and daughters of China. Is not the Holy Year the most appropriate moment to make their heroic witness shine resplendently? Young Ann Wang, a 14-year-old, withstood the threats of the torturers who invited her to apostatize. Ready for her beheading, she declared with a radiant face:  “The door of heaven is open to all,” three times murmuring:  “Jesus.” And 18-year-old Chi Zhuzi, cried out fearlessly to those who had just cut off his right arm and were preparing to flay him alive:  “Every piece of my flesh, every drop of m

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Possidius, Life of St. Augustine (1919) pp.1-37.  Translator's Introduction.

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SANCTI AUGUSTINI VITA SCRIPTA A POSSIDIO EPISCOPO

EDITED WITH REVISED TEXT, INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND AN ENGLISH VERSION

BY
HERBERT T. WEISKOTTEN

A Dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON
LONDON; HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 
1919

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Accepted by the Department of Classics, 1918. Published 1919. Printed in the United States of America.

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SANCTI AUGUSTINI VITA
SCRIPTA A POSSIDIO EPISCOPO

EDITED WITH REVISED TEXT, INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND AN ENGLISH VERSION

ERRATA.

p. 24, I 7, For substitution read substitutions, p. 32,1. 8, col. 2, Insert 1188⁶⁶. p. 32, 1. 21, col. 3, Insert 51v-62^v.

p. 38,1. 25, For Inspirante 60, 23, read Inspirante... .60, 23.

p. 42, 1. 33, For 24 medullis read 21 medullis.

p. 44, next to last line For congitando read cogitando.

p. 50,1. 31, For pententes read petentes

p. 64,1. 26, For 2 multa read 1 multe

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Augustine

by

Giovanni Catapano

• LAST REVIEWED: 22 September 2021
• LAST MODIFIED: 22 September 2021
• DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0422

Catapano, Giovanni. Agostino. Rome: Carocci Editore, 2010.

A comprehensive profile of Augustine’s thought, based on a textual approach. Indicates and expounds the main topics of philosophical interest found in all of Augustine’s works, presented in chronological order and in their biographical and cultural context.

Flasch, Kurt. Augustin: Einführung in sein Denken. 4th ed. Nördlingen, Germany: Reclam, 2013.

Fourth edition of the book originally released in 1980. A historical-genetic treatment and a critical evaluation of Augustine’s philosophical doctrines. Identifies in the theology of grace contained in the Ad Simplicianum (396 CE) the fundamental turning point of his thought.

Fuhrer, Therese. Augustinus. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftiche Buchgesellschaft, 2004.

A clear and useful presentation of the life and works of Augustine. In German.

Fuhrer, Therese. “Augustinus (§144).” In Ph