The ''Augustinus-Lexikon'' is a trilingual scholarly
encyclopedia
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under the editorship of
Cornelius Petrus Mayer,
, and others that has as its subject matter the life and works of
St Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berbers, Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia (Roman province), Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced th ...
. It is a project of the
Academy of Sciences and Literature
The Academy of Sciences and Literature () is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to support science and literature, and in doing so to help preserve and pro ...
in
Mainz
Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...
and is in the process of being published over a number of years by
Schwabe AG, a publishing house in
Basel
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the activities of which extend over five centuries.
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...
was known to be among the admirers and users of this work.
See also
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Augustinian Studies
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Augustinianum
References
External links
Augustinus-LexikonThe Center for Augustinian StudiesAugustinus-Lexikon project websiteAugustinus-Lexikon/herausgegeben von Cornelius Mayer in Verbindung mit Erich Feldmann and others; Redaktion, Karl Heinz Chelius.
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