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But it ought to be said that the name Golias occurs principally in English MSS., where the Goliardic poems are ascribed to _Golias Episcopus.
Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Various 1866
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Lewes told me that once, having gone with a party of archaeologists to visit a ruined church, he found on a twelfth-century tombstone some illegible letters which he persuaded the others to believe formed the name Golias, probably having in mind the poems of Walter de
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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Giraldus Cambrensis, during whose lifetime the name Golias first came into vogue, thought that this father of the Goliardic family was a real person. [
Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Various 1866
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Paris was an important centre of these itinerant poets, particularly in the time of Abelard (1079-1142), and it was probably thence that they derived the name of goliards, Abelard having been called Golias by St. Bernard.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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He was called Golias, and his flock received the generic name of Goliardi.
Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Various 1866
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French ultra - "Progressive" religious weekly Golias reports on possible replacements for some important heads of dicasteries who have reached the age limit or will reach it soon.
Rumour Watch: Cardinal Pell to Head Congregation for Bishops? 2009
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Other rumors are included in the article, but none so interesting as this one: Golias reports that it "should be known that one of the most mentioned names for the Congregation for Bishops is that of the ultra-Conservative [sic] Cardinal George Pell, of Sydney".
Rumour Watch: Cardinal Pell to Head Congregation for Bishops? 2009
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Via Rorate Caeli, in turn via the French paper Golias, comes this rumour:
Rumour Watch: Cardinal Pell to Head Congregation for Bishops? 2009
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French ultra-"Progressive" religious weekly Golias reports on possible replacements for some important heads of dicasteries who have reached the age limit or will reach it soon.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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UPDATE 3 Jan. 22, 1700 GMT Interesting excerpts of the article posted today by the ultra-"Progressive" French religious website Golias, with confirmation of informations already known and some new data.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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