Augustinus-Lexikon

{{Short description|Christian encyclopedia}}

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| language = German, English, French

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| publisher = Schwabe AG for the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz

| release_date = 1986 to present

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The Augustinus-Lexikon is a trilingual scholarly encyclopedia under the editorship of Cornelius Petrus Mayer,{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1017/S0022046900039270|title = Augustinus-Lexikon, I: Fasc. 1/2. Aaron-Anima, animus. Edited by Cornelius Petrus Mayer and others. Pp. Lii, 320 cols. Basel/Stuttgart: Schwabe, 1986, Sw.Fr. 60/DM 74|journal = The Journal of Ecclesiastical History|volume = 39|pages = 140|year = 1988|last1 = Chadwick|first1 = Henry|authorlink1=Henry Chadwick (theologian)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.augustinus.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/extern/zfa/lexikon/index.html|title=Herausgeber & Redaktion|first=Förster|last=Guntram|access-date=2012-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012025555/http://www.augustinus.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/extern/zfa/lexikon/index.html|archive-date=2012-10-12|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jod/augustine/auglexreview.html|title=Augustinus-Lexikon: review from Augustinian Studies}}{{cite journal|jstor=1584185|title=Review of Augustinus-Lexikon|first=Johannes Van|last=Oort|authorlink=Johannes van Oort|date=1 January 1991|journal=Vigiliae Christianae|volume=45|issue=4|pages=376–387|doi=10.2307/1584185}}{{Cite journal|last1= Watson|first1= Gerard|authorlink1= Gerard Watson|date= September 1988|title= Book Review: Augustinus-Lexikon Vol. 1, Fasc. 1/2. Edited by C. Mayer et al. Basel/Stuttgart: Verlag Schwabe & Co. AG, 1986|journal= Irish Theological Quarterly|volume= 54|issue= 3|pages= 242–244|publisher= Sage Journals|issn= 0021-1400|oclc= 60626549|doi= 10.1177/002114008805400307|accessdate= 14 January 2025|url= https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002114008805400307?icid=int.sj-abstract.similar-articles.6 |url-access= subscription}} Robert Dodaro, and others{{cite web|url=http://www.augustinus.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/extern/zfa/lexikon/herausgeber.html|title=Herausgeber & Redaktion|first=Förster|last=Guntram|access-date=2012-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312020011/http://www.augustinus.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/extern/zfa/lexikon/herausgeber.html|archive-date=2013-03-12|url-status=dead}} that has as its subject matter the life and works of St Augustine of Hippo. It is a project of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz{{cite web|url=http://www.adwmainz.de/index.php?id=39&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=Augustinus|title=Augustinus-Lexikon : Informationen : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur - Mainz}} and is in the process of being published over a number of years by Schwabe AG, a publishing house in Basel the activities of which extend over five centuries.{{cite web|url=http://www.schwabe.ch/schwabe-verlag/buecher/titel-der-reihe/?tt_products%5Bline%5D=10007&cHash=34f78802709fbbe007857c7d77b208fb|title=Schwabe Verlag -Titel der Reihe|access-date=2012-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603235321/http://www.schwabe.ch/schwabe-verlag/buecher/titel-der-reihe/?tt_products%5Bline%5D=10007&cHash=34f78802709fbbe007857c7d77b208fb|archive-date=2014-06-03|url-status=dead}} Pope Benedict XVI was known to be among the admirers and users of this work.{{cite web|url=http://www.augustinus.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/extern/zfa/lexikon/entstehungsgeschichte.html|title=Augustinus-Lexikon|access-date=2012-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312015441/http://www.augustinus.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/extern/zfa/lexikon/entstehungsgeschichte.html|archive-date=2013-03-12|url-status=dead}}