Orosius

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Orosius was a 5th-century Christian historian and theologian, best known for his work "Historiarum Adversus Paganos," which defended Christianity by interpreting Roman and world history through a providential lens.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Orosius canonical 8
Paulus Orosius 2
Orosius (Old English translation) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian apologist ⓘ
Christian historian ⓘ
Late Antique historian ⓘ
Latin writer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
approximateDateOfBirth late 4th century ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath after 418 CE ⓘ
associatedWith Bethlehem ⓘ
Hippo Regius ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 5th century ⓘ
chronologicalScopeOfMainWork from Creation to his own time ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
educatedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
floruit early 5th century ⓘ
fullName Paulus Orosius ⓘ
linked to: Orosius
genre Christian apologetic history ⓘ
universal history ⓘ
givenName Paulus ⓘ
hasInfluenced Bede ⓘ
linked to: Venerable Bede

Isidore of Seville ⓘ
later universal chronicles ⓘ
medieval Christian historiography ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Christian biblical tradition ⓘ
Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
movement Latin Church Fathers ⓘ
notableWork Historiae adversus paganos ⓘ
Historiarum Adversus Paganos ⓘ
numberOfBooksInMainWork 7 ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
priest ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
purposeOfWork defense of Christianity against pagan critics ⓘ
to show that disasters were not caused by Christianity ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
theologicalView Christian interpretation of Roman history ⓘ
providence guides history ⓘ
titleOfWork Historiarum Adversus Paganos Libri VII ⓘ
tradition Western Christianity ⓘ
workSubject Christian apologetics ⓘ
Roman history ⓘ
providence in history ⓘ
world history ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Saxon literature → notableWork → Orosius (Old English translation) ⓘ
linked to: Orosius
Battle of Aquae Sextiae → primarySource → Orosius’s Histories ⓘ
linked to: Orosius
Orosius → fullName → Paulus Orosius ⓘ
linked to: Orosius
Serena → sourceMention → Orosius ⓘ
Ataulf → describedBySource → Orosius ⓘ
Historiarum Adversus Paganos → author → Paulus Orosius ⓘ
linked to: Orosius
Gildo → historicalSource → Orosius ⓘ