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Octavien Bringuier
Octavien is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: *Octavien de Saint-Gelais Octavien de Saint-Gelais (1468–1502) was a French churchman, poet, and translator. He translated the ''Aeneid'' into French language, French, as well as Ovid, Ovid's ''Heroides''. Born in Cognac, France, Cognac, Charente, he studied theolog ... (1468–1502), French churchman, poet, and translator * Steve Octavien (born 1984), American football player See also * Octavian (other) {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavien De Saint-Gelais
Octavien de Saint-Gelais (1468–1502) was a French churchman, poet, and translator. He translated the ''Aeneid'' into French language, French, as well as Ovid, Ovid's ''Heroides''. Born in Cognac, France, Cognac, Charente, he studied theology at the Collège de Navarre, and became a member of the court of Charles VIII of France. A terrible sickness led him to abandon a formerly frivolous lifestyle and he took holy orders. Charles appointed him bishop of Angoulême in 1494. In this capacity, he reformed the monastic rules, visited the poor, decorated churches, and composed original poems, besides translating the works of the ancients. His poetic compositions include ''Tout m'est dueil, tout m'est desplaisir'' and ''Plus n'ay d'actente au bien que j'espéroye''. An outbreak of the Bubonic plague, plague forced him to abandon his post as bishop in 1502, and he died the same year. The French poet Clément Marot praised his work, and wrote that Saint-Gelais had made his birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Octavien
Steven Octavien (born November 25, 1984) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns. He played college football at the University of Nebraska. Early years Octavien is of Haitian descent, and attended Lely High School. He became a starter at linebacker as a sophomore. In his last 2 years he was used as a two-way player. In his junior season, he won the state title in the discus throw and finished second as a senior. In 2003, his personal-best throw of 193-7 was the tenth-best prep mark in the nation. College career Octavien enrolled at Harper College. As freshman, he posted 124 tackles (15 for loss), 8 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 blocked field goals and one blocked punt, while contributing to a 10-1 record. In 2004, he played in only four games because of an injury. He also was a track standout, running the second leg on the school’s 2004 national champion 4 × 400 metres relay team an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |