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Rabanus Maurus
Rabanus Maurus (c.780–856), poet, teacher, and archbishop. He entered the abbey of Fulda as an oblate, became master of the school (818) and abbot (824–42). In 847 he became Abp. of Mainz.
As a schoolmaster he wrote books on grammar and the reckoning of time, commentaries on nearly every Book of the Bible, and many hymns. As abbot he wrote treatises on ecclesiastical law and practice, including the De institutione clericorum, a manual for clergy; as archbishop he addressed specific issues of discipline (e.g. chorepiscopi) and theology (notably in his De praedestinatione, against Gottschalk). The De rerum naturis, written c.842, is an encyclopedic work. Over 50 of his letters and c.100 poems survive. The ‘Veni Creator’ has sometimes been attributed to him. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Rabanus Maurus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Rabanus Maurus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-RabanusMaurus.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Rabanus Maurus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-RabanusMaurus.html |
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Rabanus Maurus Magnentius
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius , c.780–856, German scholar and theologian. His name appears also as Hrabanus and Rhabanus. A student under Alcuin , he was later abbot of Fulda (822–42); his zeal for learning and his excellent administration made the school and library at Fulda an outstanding source of intellectual light. He retired from Fulda but in 847 was made bishop of Mainz. His immense stock of knowledge was encyclopedic rather than original. Among his works are De universo, an encyclopedic dictionary, and De institutione clericorum, a course of study for clerics. Rabanus had an eminent role in spreading the Carolingian revival. Gottschalk and the poet Walafrid Strabo were his students. |
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"Rabanus Maurus Magnentius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rabanus Maurus Magnentius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-RabanusM.html "Rabanus Maurus Magnentius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-RabanusM.html |
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