Orientius
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- Works
- 3
Top works
- Carme esortativo
- Orientii Commonitorium
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Orientius
- Saint.death_date
- 5th century
- Saint.feast_day
- 1 May
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic Church
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.death_place
- Rome
- Saint.titles
- Martyr
- Saint.canonized_date
- Pre-congregation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Auch
- Sibling
- Lawrence of Rome
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- archbishop
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Igrexa de Santo Ourente de Entíns - imaxe de santo Ourente.jpg
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- canonization status
- saint
- date of birth
- 0302-00-00
- date of death
- 0444-00-00
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- name in native language
- Orens d'Auch
- feast day
- May 1
- writing language
- Latin
- end of work period
- 0500-00-00
- start of work period
- 0400-00-00
- Commons category
- Orentius of Auch
- subject has role
- bishop
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography and work
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Orientius was a Christian Latin poet of the fifth century.
== Biography and work == He wrote the elegiac poem Commonitorium of 1036 verses (divided into two books) describing the way to heaven, with warnings against its hindrances. He was a Gaul (II, 184), who had been converted after a life of sin (I, 405 sq.), was evidently an experienced pastor, and wrote at a time when his country was being devastated by the invasion of barbarians.
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