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Patrick Joseph Hayes Quotes

1867–1938

Patrick Joseph Hayes (November 20, 1867 – September 4, 1938) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York.

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The preservation of the fragments of Greek and Roman classics now extant is largely due to the monasteries, which for twelve centuries from the fall of the Western Empire were the custodians, not only of sacred codices but also of manuscripts of the ancient Greek philosophers and the Latin rhetoricians. A medieval monastery was often rich in archives.

Ecclesiastical Archives Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)

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