Aventinus
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- Aventine HillAventine HillThe Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the twelfth rione, or ward, of Rome.-Location and boundaries:The Aventine hill is the southernmost of Rome's seven hills...
, named after Aventinus, king of Alba and Latium
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- Aventinus (mythology)Aventinus (mythology)Aventinus was a son of Hercules and the priestess Rhea mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid, Book vii. 656, as an ally of Mezentius and enemy of Aeneas :...
, son of Hercules and Rhea - Aventinus of Alba Longa, descendant of Aeneas, king of the Latins (future Rome site)
- Saint Aventinus (d. c 537), disciple of St. Loup
- Aventinus of ToursAventinus of ToursAventinus was a hermit and friend of St. Thomas Becket. Living the life of a hermit in Tours, France, before being ordained a deacon by St. Thomas Becket, and subsequently accompanied him to the Synod of Tours in 1163. After the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket in 1170, Aventinus settled in Touraine,...
(d. 1180), hermit and saint - Johannes AventinusJohannes AventinusJohannes Aventinus was a Bavarian historian and philologist. He wrote Annals of Bavaria, a valuable record of the early history of Germany...
, Bavarian historian and philologist
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- Aventinus (beer)Aventinus (beer)Aventinus is a strong, dark, wheat doppelbock made in Bavaria, Germany by the brewery company G. Schneider & Sohn.This beer was introduced in 1907 by Mathilde Schneider. This beer is named in honor of Johannes Aventinus, a Bavarian historian....
, a wheat doppelbock brewed by G. Schneider & Sohn, in Bavaria, Germany