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AQUINO

Volume 2 · 112 words · 1810 Edition

Philip D', in Latin Aquinas or Aquinius, having turned from Judaism, had a pension from the clergy of France; and acquired much reputation by his knowledge of the Hebrew language, which he taught at Paris, in the reign of Louis XIII. and by the books he published, among which is his Dittionario Hebraico-Chaldee-Thalmudico-Rabbinicum. His grandson, Anthony D'Aquin, was first physician to Louis XIV.

a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and Terra di Lavora; a bishop's see, but ruined by the emperor Conrade, and now containing of about 35 houses. It was the birthplace of the poet Juvenal, and of Thomas Aquinas. E. Long. 14° 30' N. Lat. 41° 32'.