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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.

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Person.name: Arator
Person.image: Аратор_со_своей_поэмой_и_Флориан_(настоятель_монастыря_рядом_с_Миланом).jpg
Person.caption: Illustration from a 10th-century manuscript of subdeacon Arator (right) with the abbot Florian, to whom his Historia Apostolica is dedicated. Florian is depicted with a halo, possibly due to confusion with Saint Florian, a much earlier figure.
Person.birth_place: Liguria
Person.death_date: after 544
Person.occupation: poet, statesman
Person.notable_works: De Actibus Apostolorum

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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.