Gerontius (; Latinized Greek for 'old man') can refer to:
Music and literature
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The Dream of Gerontius
''The Dream of Gerontius'', Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment b ...
'', a 1900 choral work by
Edward Elgar, a setting of
a poem of the same name by
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican ministry, Anglican priest and later as a Catholi ...
* ''
The Dream of Gerontius
''The Dream of Gerontius'', Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment b ...
'', the poem by
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican ministry, Anglican priest and later as a Catholi ...
People
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Gerontius (bishop of Milan)
Gerontius ( it, Geronzio, died 5 May 465) was Archbishop of Milan from 462 to 465. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is 5 May.
Life
Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Gerontius. He was a ...
, bishop of Milan (462-465)
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Gerontius of Cervia, 6th-century Italian bishop
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Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1473-1489
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Gerontius (magister militum)
Gerontius (died 411) was a general of the Western Roman Empire (with the rank of ''magister militum''), ''PLRE'' 2 pp. 508–509 who initially supported the usurper Constantine III but later opposed him in favour of another usurper, Maximus of Hi ...
, early 5th-century Roman general
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Gerontius (commander) Gerontius (; Latinized Greek for 'old man') can refer to:
Music and literature
* ''The Dream of Gerontius'', a 1900 choral work by Edward Elgar, a setting of a poem of the same name by John Henry Newman
* ''The Dream of Gerontius'', the poem by ...
, early 4th-century Roman commander of
Tomis
Fiction
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Gerontius, a 1989 novel by
James Hamilton-Paterson
James Hamilton-Paterson (born 6 November 1941) is a poet and novelist.
He is one of the most reclusive of British literary exiles, dividing his time between Austria, Italy and the Philippines.
Early life
James Hamilton-Paterson was born on 6 No ...
* Gerontius, the given name of the Old Took, a hobbit mentioned in
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...
's fantasy series ''
The Lord of the Rings
''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's b ...
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See also
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Geraint (given name) (the Welsh form of Gerontius)
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