Sulpicius Severus

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Sulpicius Severus was a late 4th- to early 5th-century Christian writer and historian best known for his influential hagiographical and historical works in Latin.

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Sulpicius Severus canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian writer ⓘ
Late Antique author ⓘ
Latin prose author ⓘ
hagiographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
approximateDateOfBirth 4th century ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath early 5th century ⓘ
associatedWith Gaul ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
describedAs elegant stylist among Latin Christian authors ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
familyName Severus ⓘ
genre Christian history ⓘ
biography ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
theological literature ⓘ
givenName Sulpicius ⓘ
influenced Latin Christian biography ⓘ
Western monastic tradition ⓘ
medieval hagiography ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Jerome ⓘ
Martin of Tours ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
literaryStyle classical Latin ⓘ
mainSubject Martin of Tours ⓘ
movement Latin Church Fathers tradition ⓘ
notableFor early Latin Christian historiography ⓘ
writing the Life of Saint Martin of Tours ⓘ
notableWork Chronica ⓘ
Dialogi ⓘ
linked to: Dialogues

Historia Sacra ⓘ
Letters ⓘ
Life of Saint Martin ⓘ
Vita Sancti Martini ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf research on early Christian historiography ⓘ
scholarly studies on Latin hagiography ⓘ
timePeriod early 5th century ⓘ
late 4th century ⓘ
writingFocus Christian moral teaching ⓘ
biblical history ⓘ
saints' lives ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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Life of St Martin → author → Sulpicius Severus ⓘ
Paulinus of Nola → correspondedWith → Sulpicius Severus ⓘ