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Boethius

Also known as Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (; Latin: Boetius; 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, and, along with Cassiodorus, one of the two leading Christian scholars of the 6th century. The local cult of Boethius in the Diocese of Pavia was sanctioned by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1883, confirming the diocese's custom of honouring him on the 23 October

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Boethius (480–524 AD) was a Roman senator, philosopher, and scholar who played a crucial role in translating Greek classics into Latin and bridging ancient learning with the Early Middle Ages. His work helped preserve classical knowledge and laid important groundwork for the Scholastic movement, making him one of the most influential Christian intellectuals of the 6th century.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 36

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Italy
Active from: 480
Active to: 525

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 49
Total plays: 535

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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De consolatione philosophiae. Opuscula theologica
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Quotes

“Qui cecidit, stabili non erat ille gradu.”
“Quae ubi poeticas Musas uidit nostro assistentes toro fletibusque meis uerba dictantes, commota paulisper ac toruis inflammata luminibus: Quis, inquit, has scenicas meretriculas ad hunc aegrum permisit accedere, quae dolores eius non modo nullis remediis fouerent, uerum dulcibus insuper alerent uenenis? Hae sunt enim quae infructuosis affectuum spinis uberem fructibus rationis segetem necant hominumque mentes assuefaciunt morbo, non liberant.”
“Si operam medicantis exspectas, oportet vulnus detegas.”
“Unde haud iniuria tuorum quidam familiarium quaesiuit: 'si quidem deus', inquit, 'est, unde mala? Bona uero unde, si non est?”
“Nec speres aliquid nec extimescas,exarmaueris impotentis iram;at quisquis trepidus pauet uel optat,quod non sit stabilis suique iuris,abiecit clipeum locoque motusnectit qua ualeat trahi catenam.”
“Nam in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum est genus infortunii fuisse felicem.”

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Key facts

Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Boethius
Saint.image: Boethius.jpeg
Saint.caption: Medieval illustration of Boethius
Saint.titles: Martyr
Saint.birth_date: 480
Saint.feast_day: 23 October
Saint.venerated_in: Catholic Church
Saint.birth_place: Rome, Kingdom of Odoacer
Saint.death_place: Pavia, Ostrogothic Kingdom
Saint.major_shrine: San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia
Saint.patronage: Diocese of Pavia
Philosopher.embed: yes
Philosopher.region: Western philosophy
Philosopher.era: Medieval philosophy
Philosopher.school_tradition: Neoplatonism
Philosopher.notable_works: On the Consolation of Philosophy

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.:ILG:. - Czytelnia: 23 października - Św. Seweryn Boecjusz

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Commons category: Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius
date of birth: 0475-00-00
date of death: 0524-01-01
name in native language: Boetius
Commons Creator page: Boethius
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birth name: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
P12749: Morgan Tsvangirai
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Boethius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Anitii Manlii Severini Boethi, Inter Latinos Aristotelis interpretes, & ætate primi, & doctrina præcipui Dialectia. In Qva Qvidem Emendanda Tantam Adhibvit Martianvs Rota diligentiam ... addiderit; multa, quæ deprauata erant emendarit; totum denique opus in meliorem formam redigerit, ac planè illustrarit

Arithmetica duobus Arita libris: adjecto commentario, mysticam numerorum applicationem perstringent, declarata

Expositiones in B. Ioannis Apocalypsim, Quinque Libros Boetii De Consolatione Philosophiae; Commentarium in tractatum eiusdem Boetii de Scholarium disciplina

Consolationis Philosophia libros V interpretatione et notis illustravit Petrus Callyus

De disciplina scholarium cum notabili commento

Boecius De consolatione

De consolatione philosophiae. Mit Kommentar des Pseudo-Thomas de Aquino

Tractatus varii

De consolatione philosophiae

Boethii arithmetica

Boethius De consolatione philosophiae

Boethius De consolatione philosophiae characteribus longobardis script

Boethii geometria

Boethii de Bometica

Boethii Definitione

Boethius De consolatione philosophiae

Boet. De philos. consolation

Boethius De consolatione, sine principio

Boethius De consolatione philosophiae

Boethius

Boethii arithmetica

Boethii Expositio in librum Perihermeneias Aristotelis

Boethius De consolatione philosophiae

Boethius De scholastica disciplina

De la consolación filosófica [Manuscrito]

Consolaçion [Printed Text]

Consolation [Printed Text]

Consolaçion [Printed Text]

Book of natural consolation

De consolacion [Manuscrito]

Della Consolazione Della Filosofia. Tradotto di lingua latina, in volgare Fiorentino, Da Benedetto Varchi

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Article

22 sections

Contents

Early life
Rise to power
Downfall and death
Major works
''De consolatione philosophiae''
''De topicis differentiis''
''De arithmetica''
''De institutione musica''
''Opuscula sacra''
Dates of works
Legacy
Veneration
In popular culture
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links
Works
On Boethius' life and works
On Boethius' logic and philosophy

Boethius was born in Rome a few years after the forced abdication of the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus. A member of the Anicii family, he was orphaned following the family's sudden decline and was raised by Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, a later consul. After mastering both Latin and Greek in his youth, Boethius rose to prominence as a statesman during the Ostrogothic Kingdom, becoming a senator by age 25, a consul by age 33, and later chosen as a personal advisor to Theodoric the Great.