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Also known as Rabanus Maurus Magnentius, Hrabanus, Rhabanus, Hrabanus Magnentius, Hrabanus Maurus, Raban Maur, Rhabanus Maurus

archbishop of Mainz and writer (d. 856)

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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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2,414
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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

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Rabanus Maurus
date of death
0856-02-04
date of birth
0784-00-00
Commons Creator page
Rabanus Maurus
nickname
primus praeceptor Germaniae
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Works in European collections

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

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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').

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