Arlotto of

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(died 1286) was an Italian

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theologian. He became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor at the end of his life. Arlotto is known also for the ''Quaestio de Aeternitate Mundi,'' and as a Biblical scholar. He compiled a Bible concordance, of the Latin Vulgate. This is sometimes cited as the first such. It was in fact based on an earlier thirteenth century work of

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'' states that Arlotto's work was then used as a model for a Hebrew Bible concordance, by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arlotto of Prato 13th-century births 1286 deaths People from Prato Italian Friars Minor Franciscan theologians Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor 13th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians Italian biblical scholars