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168:St. Ambrose
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1432:Categories
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1211:Diligentia
1187:Temperance
1040:Temperance
841:Prudentius
463:References
410:Prudentius
366:Dittochæon
329:, against
311:Apotheosis
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164:Tertullian
1241:Humilitas
1231:Patientia
1221:Humanitas
1207:Diligence
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1051:Sources:
1034:Fortitudo
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370:quatrains
345:Symmachus
225:Influence
139:Calahorra
135:Tarragona
131:Saragossa
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349:pagan
335:vices
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249:Works
172:Bible
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