Arator
Arator ( – after 544) was a sixth-century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy. His best known work, De Actibus Apostolorum, is a verse history of the Apostles.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- active 513
- Died
- 544
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Qvae hoc libro continentvr
- Arator poeta Christianissimus In Actus Apostolorum
- Aratoris, subdiaconi, De actibus apostolorum libri duo, et Epistolae tres ad Florianum, Vigilium et Parthenum
- Aratoris poetae Christianissimi Acta Apostolica, carmine heroico descripta
- Acta apostolica carmine heroico descripta
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- 35
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Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to Arator, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Arator ( – after 544) was a sixth-century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy. His best known work, De Actibus Apostolorum, is a verse history of the Apostles.
==Biography== Arator was probably of Ligurian origin. An orphan, he studied at Milan under the patronage of the Bishop Laurentius and of Magnus Felix Ennodius, then went to Ravenna by the advice of Parthenius, nephew of Ennodius. He took up the career of a lawyer.
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