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" At seventeen he received the habit of S. Domenico at Naples. His mother, the Countess Teodora, tried to prevent his taking the final vows, and he fled from her towards Paris. "
The Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints ... - Page 48
by Alban Butler - 1798
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The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume 1

Alban Butler - 1857 - 950 pages
...masters usually seek to distinguish themselves, and display their science, will give to so uncommon a humility its due praise. But the brightness of his...as will be heard all over the world." This applause mado no impression on the humble saint. He continued the same in simplicity, modesty, silence, and...
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Dante's Divina Commedia, Volume 3

Dante Alighieri - 1863 - 396 pages
...answers to some difficult questions propounded by his master, that Albert, delighted, exclaimed : " "We call him the dumb ox, but he will give such a bellow as will be heard all over the world." He afterwards returned to Paris, where his lectures on the Sentences...
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Days Near Rome, Volume 2

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1875 - 410 pages
...nickname of " the dumb ox," but his tutor Albertus Magnus, after some answers on difficult subjects, said — " We call him the dumb ox, but he will give such a bellow in learning as will astonish the whole world." At seventeen he received the habit of S. Domenico at Naples. His mother,...
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Days Near Rome, Volumes 1-2

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1875 - 706 pages
...nickname of " the dumb ox," but his tutor Albertus Magnus, after some answers on difficult subjects, said — " We call him the dumb ox, but he will give such a bellow in learning as will astonish the whole world." At seventeen he received the habit of S. Domenico at Naples. His mother,...
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Cities of Southern Italy

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1911 - 332 pages
..." the dumb ox," but his celebrated tutor Albertus Magnus, after some answers on difficult subjects, said, " We call him the dumb ox, but he will give such a bellow in learning as will astonish the whole world." At seventeen he received the habit of S. Domenico at Naples. His mother,...
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