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
Dialogues
surface form: Dialogi

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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hagiography "Life of St Martin" by Sulpicius Severus author Sulpicius Severus
subject surface form: Life of St Martin
Paulinus of Nola correspondedWith Sulpicius Severus