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Gennadius Of Marseilles

French theologian
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Flourished:
5th century,, Marseille [now in France]
Flourished:
c.451 - c.500
France

Gennadius Of Marseilles (flourished 5th century, Marseille [now in France]) was a theologian-priest whose work De viris illustribus (“On Famous Men”) constitutes the sole source for biographical and bibliographical information on numerous early Eastern and Western Christian authors. Having read widely in Greek and Latin, Gennadius, between 467 and 480, drew up his continuation of the chronicle De viris illustribus, which had been initiated by St. Jerome after the identically titled classic model of the 2nd-century Latin historian Suetonius. Gennadius’ version comprised 91 biographies of late 4th- and 5th-century Greek and Latin theological writers; the work was augmented to 100 ...(100 of 165 words)

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