Meaning of mandriarch | Babel Free

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A leader or founder of a monastic order.

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“Then as increased the nation mendicaunt In following him, whose wondrous life they would Better in empyrean glory chaunt, The course that holy Mandriarch pursued Through Pope Honorius with a crown more late Was gifted by the eternal […] those who believed in Christ before and after His Coming, one Extremity of the Line of Demarcation, which on the opposite Side of the Rose, is continued through St. Austin and other holy Mandriarchs, up to St. John the Baptist.”

“On the other side, opposite S. Mary, S. John the Baptist forms the head of the second dividing line, which consists of holy Mandriarchs; S. Francis, S. Benedict, S. Augustine being alone named. To the right of the Blessed Virgin ...”

“[…] an idealized attempt made along standard, stylized iconographic conventions used in contemporary portrayals, attributing to his stature, dignity and splendour fitting for a founding figure or a mandriarch of a leading hegemony.”

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