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Thomas of Villanova - 450 years and Nicholas of Tolentine - 700 years
An Exhibit commemorating two Augustinian Saints
Villanova University, Falvey Memorial Library, August 15-September 30, 2005
Cornelius Curtius, OSA. St. Nicolaus Tolentinus aliique aliquot eiusdem Ordinis Beati. Antwerp: Joannes Cnobbarus, 1637. (Augustinian Historical Institute)
This work contains a life of St. Nicholas composed by Curtius and based on the life by Pietro da Monterubbiano. It also reproduces an epic poem in Latin, “Nicolaus Tolentinus,” composed by the Carmelite poet, Baptista Mantuanus and first published in 1509.