Prudentius Maran (14 October 1683, at
Sezanne,
Marne2 April 1762, at
Paris) was a French
Benedictine scholar of the
Maurist Congregation
The Congregation of St. Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known for their high level of scholarship. The congregation and its members were named after Saint Maurus (died 565), a ...
, known as a
patrologist.
Life
After studying humanities at Paris he became a Benedictine at the
abbey of St. Faron near
Meaux on 30 January 1703, and continued his studies at the
abbey of St. Denis. He was then sent to
Saint-Germain-des-Prés to collaborate with his confrere
Antoine-Augustin Touttée in the edition of the works of
Cyril of Jerusalem
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.
In 1734 he was forced to leave St. Germain-des-Pres at the instance of
Cardinal Bissy
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, who suspected him of keeping his confreres from accepting the Bull ''
Unigenitus''. After spending a year at the
abbey of Orbais
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History
...
, he was sent to
St. Martin de Pontoise and in 1737 he was transferred to the
abbey of Blancs-Manteaux
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The conc ...
, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Works
His knowledge of theology and patristics is attested by the introductions which he prefixed to his critical editions of Greek and Latin Fathers, as well as by other works.
His masterpiece is the edition of the works of
Justin Martyr: ''Justini philos. et martyris opera quae extant omnia necnon Tatiani, Athenagorae S. Theophili, Hermiae''. He further edited:
*the works of Cyril of Jerusalem which had been prepared by Touttée: "S. Cyrilli Hieros. opera";
*the works of
St. Cyprian which had been begun by
Étienne Baluze: "S. Cypriani opera", to which he prefixed a basic life of St. Cyprian;
*the third volume of the works of
St. Basil
Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great ( grc, Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, ''Hágios Basíleios ho Mégas''; cop, Ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ; 330 – January 1 or 2, 379), was a bishop of Ca ...
, the two first volumes of which had been completed by Garnier.
[Paris, 1730.]
His other works, all anonymous, are
*"Dissertation sur les Sémiariens"(Paris, 1722);
*"Divinitas domini nostri Jesu Christi manifesta in scripturis et traditione" (Paris, 1746, new ed., Würzburg,1859);
*"La divinite de Jesus Christ prouvée contre les hérétiques et les déistes", 3 vols. (Paris, 1751);
*"La doctrine de l'écriture et des pères sur les guérisons miraculeuses" (Paris, 1754);
*"Les grandeurs de Jésus Christ avec la defense de sa divinité" (Paris, 1756).
Notes
References
;Attribution
* The entry cites:
**
Tassin, ''Hist. litt. de la congreg. de Saint-Maur'' (Brussels, 1770), 741-9 (Germ. tr., Frankfurt, 1773), II, 541-553;
**Le Cerf, ''Bibliothèque hist. et crit. des auteurs de la congreg. de Saint-Maur'' (The Hague, 1726), 293-8;
**Lama, ''Bibl. des ecrivains de la Congreg. de Saint-Maur'' (Munich and Paris, 1882), 180-2;
**Hurter, ''Nomenclator Literarius'', IV, 3rd ed. (Innsbruck, 1810), 1452-5.
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1683 births
1762 deaths
French Benedictines