Beatus

Beatus, meaning blessed in Medieval Latin, may mean: One who has been beatified, the stage before being declared a saint

==Biblical== The Commentary on the Apocalypse, (i.e. Book of Revelation), especially in illuminated manuscript form, written by Saint Beatus of Liébana Beatus initial, the B of "Beatus vir..." ("Blessed is the man..."), the start of Psalm 1 in Latin, usually given the most elaborate decoration in an illuminated psalter Beatus vir (from Psalm 112) is the title of many compositions including : Beatus vir (1641) from Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale Beatus vir, ZWV 75, 76, et 77, by Jan Dismas Zelenka Beatus vir, RV597 et RV598, by Vivaldi Beatus vir, MH 410, MH 398, by Michael Haydn Beatus Vir (Górecki), opus 38 (1979), by Górecki Beatus vir, Seibel 26, 27, and 28 by Johann David Heinichen