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... Devonian by Prince , was associated with St. Boniface in his missionary work , and died one year before him . His claim to our notice rests on some sermons still preserved at Wurzburg ( where he was the first bishop ) , portions of ...
... Devonian by Prince , was associated with St. Boniface in his missionary work , and died one year before him . His claim to our notice rests on some sermons still preserved at Wurzburg ( where he was the first bishop ) , portions of ...
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... Devonian ( Fuller , i . 251 ) and Bishop of Hereford , it is reported by Pits ( 236 ) that he wrote De Sacramentis antiquæ et nouæ legis ; Concionum ; and another work , of which the titles alone have DR . BRUSHFIELD'S PRESIDENTIAL ...
... Devonian ( Fuller , i . 251 ) and Bishop of Hereford , it is reported by Pits ( 236 ) that he wrote De Sacramentis antiquæ et nouæ legis ; Concionum ; and another work , of which the titles alone have DR . BRUSHFIELD'S PRESIDENTIAL ...
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... Devonian , on the authority of Hooker . He wrote a metrical abridgement , in French , of the Consolations of Boethius , or The Romance of Dame Fortune , as a MS . copy in the Bodleian Library is named . He was a great friend of Giraldus ...
... Devonian , on the authority of Hooker . He wrote a metrical abridgement , in French , of the Consolations of Boethius , or The Romance of Dame Fortune , as a MS . copy in the Bodleian Library is named . He was a great friend of Giraldus ...
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... Devonian , according to Hooker , Abbot of Buckfastleigh , and Rector of Exeter College . At Buckfastleigh he is reported to have left " behind him xiii . books of his own penning . " 19 WALTER OF EXETER ( A. 1301 ) , a Cluniac monk , is ...
... Devonian , according to Hooker , Abbot of Buckfastleigh , and Rector of Exeter College . At Buckfastleigh he is reported to have left " behind him xiii . books of his own penning . " 19 WALTER OF EXETER ( A. 1301 ) , a Cluniac monk , is ...
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... Devonian , and a member of the family of Ralegh , of Pilton . " He wrote a chronicle from Hengistus the Saxon , to the year of our Lord , 1348 , done indeed fide Historica . " ( Fuller , i . 263. ) 24 The publication of the letters and ...
... Devonian , and a member of the family of Ralegh , of Pilton . " He wrote a chronicle from Hengistus the Saxon , to the year of our Lord , 1348 , done indeed fide Historica . " ( Fuller , i . 263. ) 24 The publication of the letters and ...
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