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Augustine of Hippo — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 12:12-19

Patristic A.D. 430

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430

“(Tr. li. 2) Hosanna is a simple exclamation, rather indicating some excitement of the mind, than having any particular meaning; like many interjections that we have in Latin.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 12:12-19 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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