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Gaudentius of Ossero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (358 words) |
 | Gaudentius of Ossero (Gaudentius Auxerensis) was a bishop of Ossero (Croatian: Osor), on the island of Lussino in Istria in 1030. |
 | Gaudentius was born in Tržić in the vicinity of Osor. |
 | It is believed that his reforms did not comply with the wishes of some noble men from Osor, who took advantage of the instability within the papal state and attacked him. |
| St. Gaudentius (588 words) |
 | The first ten are a series of Easter sermons, written down after delivery at the request of Benivolus, the chief of the Brescian nobility, who had been prevented by ill health from hearing them delivered. |
 | These pirated editions seem to have been known to Rufinus, who, in the dedication to St. Gaudentius of his translation of the pseudo-Clementine "Recognitions", praises the intellectual gifts of thne Bishop of Brescia, saying that even his extempore speaking is worthy of publication and of preservation by posterity. |
 | The style of Gaudentius is simple, and his matter is good. |