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Some five or six centuries later, in section XIV.vi.11 of his encyclopedic Etymologies, Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) repeated much the same information: "Chryse and Argyre are islands situated in the Indian Ocean, so rich in metal that many people maintain these islands have a surface of gold and silver; whence their names are derived."
In 1643, to fulfil a vow made during the plague epidemic that struck the city in 1630, Venetians funded the building of a new chapel, modelled on the Holy House of Loreto, inside the San Clemente church. This “church in a church” is still a main feature of the construction. Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona purchased the island in 1645 ...
In the time of Hesiod, the Fortunate Isles were associated with the concept of Elysium, a utopian location in the Greek underworld thought to be found in the Western ocean on the margin of the known world. [4] [5] The number of the islands would later be reduced to one by the poet Pindar. [5]
Incunabulum of De mirabilibus published at Utrecht in 1473 or 1474 by the printers Nicolaes Ketelaer [fr] and Gerard de Leempt. De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae is a Latin treatise written around 655 by an anonymous Irish writer and philosopher known as Augustinus Hibernicus or the Irish Augustine. The author's nickname is in reference to the philosopher Augustine of Hippo. This pseudo ...
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine or Saint Austin, [38] is known by various cognomens throughout the many denominations of the Christian world, including Blessed Augustine and the Doctor of Grace [20] (Latin: Doctor gratiae). Hippo Regius, where Augustine was the bishop, was in modern-day Annaba, Algeria. [39] [40]
Rising sea levels are endangering America's oldest city located in the state of Florida.
Augustine's argument continued, according to Niebuhr, by proposing that humans have a tendency to sin because of a biologically inherited nature and rejected the Pelagian view that human will could overcome sin on its own. [57] Niebuhr believed Augustine's argument placed sin in the human will, which was corrupted by Adam's original sin.
Google cofounder Larry Page has purchased another private island, this time in Puerto Rico.. In 2018, Page, whose net worth is estimated to be approximately $127 billion, bought the island of Cayo ...