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Gerontius
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 John Henry Newman People * Gerontius (bishop of Milan), bishop of Milan (462-465) * Gerontius of Cervia, 6th-century Italian bishop * Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1473-1489 * Gerontius (magister militum), early 5th-century Roman general * Gerontius (commander), early 4th-century Roman commander of Tomis Fiction * Gerontius, a 1989 novel by James Hamilton-Paterson * Gerontius, the given name of the Old Took, a hobbit mentioned in J. R. R. Tolkien'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 childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Of Gerontius (poem)
''The Dream of Gerontius'' is an 1865 poem written by John Henry Newman consisting of the prayer of a dying man, and angelic and demonic responses. The poem, written after Newman's conversion from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism, explores his new Catholic-held beliefs of the journey from death through Purgatory, thence to Paradise, and to God. The poem follows the main character as he nears death and then reawakens as a soul, preparing for judgment, following one of the most important events any human can experience: death. Newman uses the death and judgement of Gerontius as a prism through which the reader is drawn to contemplation of their own fear of death and sense of unworthiness before God. His depiction of the overwhelmed Gerontius in Phase Seven of the poem, who begs to be taken for purgatorial cleansing rather than diminish the perfection of God and his courts of Saints and Angels by his continued presence, has become a popular expression of humanity's desire for healing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 before God and settling into Purgatory. Elgar disapproved of the use of the term "oratorio" for the work (and the term occurs nowhere in the score), though his wishes are not always followed. The piece is widely regarded as Elgar's finest choral work, and some consider it his masterpiece. The work was composed for the Birmingham Music Festival of 1900; the first performance took place on 3 October 1900, in Birmingham Town Hall. It was badly performed at the premiere, but later performances in Germany revealed its stature. In the first decade after its premiere, the Roman Catholic theology in Newman's poem caused difficulties in getting the work performed in Anglican cathedrals, and a revised text was used for performances at the Three Choir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the ''Enigma Variations'', the ''Pomp and Circumstance Marches'', concertos for Violin Concerto (Elgar), violin and Cello Concerto (Elgar), cello, and two symphony, symphonies. He also composed choral works, including ''The Dream of Gerontius'', chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924. Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe. He felt himself to be an outsider, not only musically, but socially. In musical circles dominated by academics, he was a self-taught composer; in Protestant Britain, his Roman Catholicism was regarded with suspicion in some quarters; and in the class-consci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Hispania. Life Usurpation of Constantine III Gerontius, probably a Briton by birth, was one of the supporters of Constantine III, a Roman general who revolted against the Western Roman Emperor Honorius in 407, conquering Britain, Gaul, Germania and Hispania. In 408 he followed the son of Constantine, the newly appointed caesar Constans II, to Spain. This province was under Constantine's rule, but here some members of the House of Theodosius, the cousins of Honorius, Didymus and Verenianus, had rebelled. Gerontius, who was the actual commander-in-chief of the troops, fought the rebels in two battles. In the first he was defeated, but in the second he won an important victory in Lusitania, where he had recalled some troops from Gaul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 John Henry Newman People * Gerontius (bishop of Milan), bishop of Milan (462-465) * Gerontius of Cervia, 6th-century Italian bishop * Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1473-1489 * Gerontius (magister militum), early 5th-century Roman general * Gerontius (commander), early 4th-century Roman commander of Tomis Fiction * Gerontius, a 1989 novel by James Hamilton-Paterson * Gerontius, the given name of the Old Took, a hobbit mentioned in J. R. R. Tolkien'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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerontius (novel)
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 John Henry Newman People * Gerontius (bishop of Milan), bishop of Milan (462-465) * Gerontius of Cervia, 6th-century Italian bishop * Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1473-1489 * Gerontius (magister militum), early 5th-century Roman general * Gerontius (commander), early 4th-century Roman commander of Tomis Fiction * Gerontius, a 1989 novel by James Hamilton-Paterson * Gerontius, the given name of the Old Took, a hobbit mentioned in J. R. R. Tolkien'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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 pupil of the previous bishop Eusebius who suggested his name as his successor. Thus Gerontius was elected bishop of Milan in about 462. According to the writings of Ennodius, bishop of Pavia in early 6th-century, Gerontius was distinguished for his generosity and charity during the difficult years of reconstruction after the devastating invasion of the Huns occurred in 452. Gerontius during his episcopate went on rebuilding many secondary churches destroyed by the Huns. Gerontius died on 5 May 465 and his remains were interred in the city's Basilica of St. Simplician. His feast A banquet (; ) is a formal large meal where a number of people consume food together. Banquets are traditionally held to enhance the prestige of a host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Catholic priest and Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and Canonisation of John Henry Newman, was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019. Originally an Evangelical Anglicanism, evangelical academic at the University of Oxford and priest in the Church of England, Newman became drawn to the high-church tradition of Anglicanism. He became one of the more notable leaders of the Oxford Movement, an influential and controversial grouping of Anglicans who wished to return to the Church of England many Catholicity, Catholic beliefs and liturgical rituals from before the English Reformation. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerontius, Metropolitan Of Moscow
Gerontius (''Геронтий'' in Russian) (died 1489) was Metropolitan of Moscow from 1473 until 1489. He was the fourth Metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed by the civil authority without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm. Gerontius was the Bishop of Kolomna. In 1473, he was appointed Metropolitan of Moscow. In the late 1470s, he was in conflict with Ivan III over, among other things, the consecration procedures of the new churches. During the Great standing on the Ugra river in 1480, Gerontius spoke for resisting the Golden Horde to the very end. He adhered to a moderate position in dealing with heresies, which had already plagued Moscow and Novgorod. In 1482, Gerontius left his post, though he would later return at the request of the Grand Prince. Gerontius died in 1489, and was buried in Dormition Cathedral, Moscow The Cathedral of the Dormition (russian: Успенский собор , translit = Uspensky sobor), al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 November 1941 in London, England. His father was a neurosurgeon who treated the Aga Khan and provided the inspiration for the poem "Disease", for which Hamilton-Paterson was awarded the Newdigate Prize. He was educated at Windlesham House, Sussex, Bickley Hall, Kent, King's School, Canterbury and Exeter College, Oxford. Having worked as a hospital orderly at St. Stephen's Hospital between 1966–1968, Paterson earned his first break as a writer in 1969, when he began working as a reporter for the ''New Statesman''. This continued until 1974, when he became features editor for ''Nova'' magazine. Literary career Hamilton-Paterson is generally known as a commentator on the Philippines, where he has lived on and off since 1979. His novel '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerontius Of Cervia
Gerontius of Cervia (Gerontius of Ficocle) (died 501 AD) was an Italian bishop of Cervia who is venerated as a saint. Life The first known Bishop of Cervia is Gerontius. He was returning with Viticanus, Bishop of Cagli, from the Roman council held in 501 to treat accusations made against Pope Symmachus, when he was assaulted and killed by bandits on the Via Flaminia at Cagli, near Ancona. (The legend says "heretics", perhaps Goths, or more probably Heruli, of the army of Odoacer.) His relics are venerated at Cagli. He was venerated as a martyr. His feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context do ... is May 9. References Bishops in Emilia-Romagna People from the Province of Ravenna Medieval Italian saints 501 deaths 6th-century Christian saints 6th-century Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraint (given Name)
Geraint is a Welsh name derived from the Latin name Gerontius. The original Geraint is a figure of Welsh history and legend. Geraint may also refer to: People *Geraint of Dumnonia (died 710), Celtic king * Geraint Anderson (born 1972), British newspaper columnist and son of Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea *Geraint Davies (Plaid Cymru politician) (born 1948), Welsh politician * Geraint Davies (Labour politician) (born 1960), British politician * Geraint Davies (rugby league) (born 1986), Welsh rugby player *Geraint Talfan Davies (born 1943), Welsh journalist *Geraint Wyn Davies (born 1957), Welsh actor and director *Geraint Evans (1922–1992), Welsh singer * Geraint Gruffydd (born 1928), Welsh scholar *Geraint Howells (1925–2004), British politician * Geraint H. Jenkins (born 1946), historian of Wales *Geraint Jones (born 1976), English cricketer * Geraint F. Lewis (born 1969), British astrophysicist * Geraint Lewis (born 1974), former Welsh international rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
