• Jacopone da Todi, O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria. He wrote several laude (songs in praise of the Lord)...
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    in Italian, as well as a number of devotional verses (laude) in the style of Jacopone da Todi. His Vita was written by the Augustinian Hermit Giovanni...
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    eulogies. In late medieval Italy, poets such as Jacopone da Todi wrote praises of Mary called laude, and Dante's prayer to the Virgin takes inspiration...
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  • Lauda and Drama, music for orchestra, soloists and choir, with text by Jacopone da Todi. The hymn "Holy Mary, Mother of Peace" was written on express request...
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    transformation into a dialogic drama is a result of Donna de Paradiso by Jacopone da Todi, where the dialogue between John the Baptist, the Mary and Jesus is...
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    nobility. Around this time, he praised them in his Liber ad milites templi de laude novae militiae. Bernard's influence was soon felt in provincial affairs...
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    baccalauréat with the distinction "mention bien" (equivalent to magna cum laude). Charles was sent to the Sainte-Geneviève school (now located in Versailles)...
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    Phenomenologically) was awarded a doctorate in philosophy with the summa cum laude honor. Stein then became a member of the faculty at Freiburg, where she...
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  • ascetical theology. Noteworthy are his works: "De vanitate mundi", "De laude caritatis", "De mode orandi", "De meditatione". His pupil, Richard of St...
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