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Thus the hospital built by the monks of Innisfallen in 869 is merely called nosocomium although it is usually reckoned an early foundation for lepers in Ireland.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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"She first of all", says St. Jerome, "established a nosocomium to gather in the sick from the streets and to nurse the wretched sufferers wasted with poverty and disease" (Ep. LXXVII; "Ad
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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