Patrick, Saint <br/><br/>
De Duodecim Abusionibus Sæculi 
 De Duodecim Abusionibus Saeculi 

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<br/><br/> Also has been attributed to Saint Cyprian or Saint Augustine.  Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_duodecim_abusivis_saeculi  Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_duodecim_abusivis_saeculi  Release date is 2024-10-04 
<br/><br/> "De Duodecim Abusionibus Sæculi" by Saint Patrick is a Hiberno-Latin treatise written between 630 and 700 by an anonymous Irish author. This influential work examines social and political morality through twelve specific abuses that threaten the proper order of society. Though attributed to various Church Fathers in medieval manuscripts, the text draws extensively from biblical sources and shaped political thought throughout Europe. Its ninth abuse, concerning the unjust king, proved particularly influential on Carolingian mirrors for princes and later medieval political literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800 Vices -- Early works to 1800 Christian life -- Early works to 1800 
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