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  • 11Orosius (disambiguation) — Orosius may refer to: Paulus Orosius (b. circa 375, d. 418?), a Christian historian, theologian and student of Augustine of Hippo from Gallaecia Bobbio Orosius, an early 7th century manuscript of the Chronicon by Paulus Orosius Orosius… …

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  • 12OROSIUS, PAULUS° — (b. c. 385), Christian author of Historiarum adversum paganos libri septem ( Seven Books of Histories Against the Pagans ), a history of the world from the Creation to 417, written at the suggestion of St. Augustine as a supplement to the latter… …

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  • 13Orosius, Paulus — • Historian and Christian apologist (b. c. 380) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 14Orosius-Meister — Als Orosius Meister wird ein mittelalterlicher Buchmaler bezeichnet, der um 1400 in Frankreich in Paris oder Avignon tätig war. Der namentlich nicht bekannte Künstler erhielt seinen Notnamen nach seinen Illuminationen zur Histoires d’Orose, einem …

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  • 15Orosius, Paulus — ▪ Christian historian flourished 414–417, probably Braga, Spain       defender of early Christian orthodoxy, theologian, and author of the first world history by a Christian.       As a priest, Orosius went to Hippo about 414, where he met St.… …

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  • 16Orosius Paulus — (early fifth century)    Historian.    Orosius was a native of Spain, but in the face of the Vandal invasions of 414, he fled to Hippo in North Africa. He acted as a messenger for St Augustine to recruit jerome’s support against the Pelagians.… …

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  • 17Orosius — /aw roh zhee euhs/, n. Paulus /paw leuhs/, fl. 5th century A.D., Spanish theologian and historian. * * * …

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  • 18orosius — oro·sius …

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  • 19orosius — ȯˈrōzh(ē)əs, ōsh(ē)əs, ōzēəs, ōsēəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin : a genus of jassids of the Australian region that includes one (O. argentatus) which is a vector of several plant virus diseases * * * /aw roh zhee euhs/, n.… …

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  • 20OROSIUS, PAULUS —    Spanish Christian apologist of the 5th century, born at Terragona, a disciple of Augustine; wrote at his suggestion against the pagans a history of the world used as a text book in the Middle Ages …

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