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Rabanus Maurus
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archbishop of Mainz and writer (d. 856)
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Rabanus Maurus was a male theologian, writer, philosopher, and Catholic priest who lived in the Carolingian Empire. Born in Mainz, he died there on February 4, 856. He held positions as a head teacher and abbot within the Benedictine religious order. His notable work includes *De laudibus sanctae crucis*, and he is recognized as a saint with a feast day on February 4.
Maurus wrote in Latin and was a student of Eigil of Fulda and Alcuin. He taught several students, including Walafrid Strabo, Otfrid of Weissenburg, Rudolf of Fulda, and Lupus Servatus. He is referred to by the nickname *primus praeceptor Germaniae*.
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Person · Open Library
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- Hrabanus Magnentius Maurus, eine Historische Monographie
- Louanges de la sainte croix (Collection L'Image et le mot)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 780
- Active to
- 856
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Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, the archbishop of Mainz in Germany and a theologian. He was the author of the encyclopaedia De rerum naturis (On the Nature of Things). He also wrote treatises on education and grammar and commentaries on the Bible. He was one of the most prominent teachers and writers of the Carolingian age. On the Roman calendar (Martyrologium Romanum, 2001, pp. <a href="https://www.last.fm
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Quotes
- “Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita, Imple superna gratia, Quae tu creasti pectora. Qui Paraclitus diceris, Donum Dei altissimi Fons vivus, ignis, caritas, Et spiritalis unctio.”
- “Tu septiformis munere, Dexterae Dei tu digitus, Tu rite promissum Patris, Sermone ditans guttura.”
- “Accende lumen sensibus: Infunde amorem cordibus: Infirma nostri corporis Virtute firmans perpeti.”
- “Gloria Patri Domino, Natoque qui a mortuis Surrexit, ac Paraclito, In saeculorum saecula. Amen.”
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 780, Mainz
- Died
- 4 February 856 (aged 75 – 76), Winkel
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church , Eastern Orthodox Church
- Feast
- 4 February
- Influences
- Alcuin
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Rabanus Maurus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Commentarii in Geneseos lib. I-IV (editing)
In Ecclesiasticum commentarii.
Fragment: In Genesim, Lib.III
![[Mediation, prayers and epistles]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FBNDPL_-BNDPL_ALC_37______2LZRSL9-pt%2Fidalc-37_0000_capa-capa_t24-C-R0150_000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Mediation, prayers and epistles]
[Glossarium latinum
[Expositio in Tobiam;
Vitae sanctorum
Homiliae sanctorum patrum
Homiliae
Rabani Mauri ... Commentaria in Hieremiam prophetam ..
In Ieremiam - BSB Clm 6223
![De institutione clericorum libri duo, quorum alter conflatus ex libris II et III [u.a.] - BSB Clm 14405](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdaten.digitale-sammlungen.de%2F~db%2F0004%2Fbsb00046499%2Fimages%2Fbsb00046499_00001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
De institutione clericorum libri duo, quorum alter conflatus ex libris II et III [u.a.] - BSB Clm 14405
In librum Numerorum - BSB Clm 6261
In Genesin - BSB Clm 6260
In Matthaeum - BSB Clm 6268
De musica - BSB Clm 14523
Commentarii in libros Paralipomenon - BSB Clm 6262
In libros Regum - BSB Clm 14384
Rabani Mauri ... Commentaria antehac nunquam typis excusa in Genesim libri IIII in Exodum libri IIII
Rabani Mauri ... Commentaria antehac nunquam typis excusa in Numeros libri IIII, Deuteronomium lib. IIII
Rabani Mauri Moguntinensis Archiepiscopi De clericorum institutione & ceremoniis Ecclesiae ex Veteri & Nouo Testamento ... libri III
Rabanus Maurus, Expositio in Apocalypsim.
![Hrabanus über die Bücher Samuelis 1.2 (Regum 1.2). [Cod. Guelf. 53 Weiss.]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fmss%2F53-weiss%2Fthumbs%2F00021.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Hrabanus über die Bücher Samuelis 1.2 (Regum 1.2). [Cod. Guelf. 53 Weiss.]
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Encyclopedic overview
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. He was the author of the encyclopaedia De rerum naturis ("On the Natures of Things"). He also wrote treatises on education and grammar and commentaries on the Bible. He was one of the most prominent teachers and writers of the Carolingian age, and was called "Praeceptor Germaniae", or "the teacher of Germany". In the most recent edition of the Roman Martyrology (Martyrologium Romanum, 2004, p. 133), his feast is given as 4 February and he is qualified as a Saint ('sanctus').
Life
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