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Prosper z Akwitanii

390 – 463

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Prosper of Aquitaine, also called Prosper Tiro, was a Christian writer and disciple of Augustine of Hippo, and the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle. Particularly, Prosper is identified with the (later) axiom 'lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi'—'the law [or those things] we pray is the law we believe is the law we live.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
January 1, 390
Limoges
Date of death
January 1, 463
Rome
Citizenship

Ancient Rome

Occupations & fields
theologianhistorianwriter
Notable works
epitaphium haereseonAd coniugem suamLiber epigrammatumcarmen de providentiaCarmen de ingratis
Field and occupation
Mnich a básník, autor spisů v próze. Publikuje v oblastech: apologie; básně didaktické; literatura krásná antická; literatura krásná latinská.
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