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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 321 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARATOR , of See also:

Liguria, a See also:Christian poet, who lived during the 6th See also:century. He was an See also:orphan, and owed his See also:early See also:education to See also:Laurentius, See also:archbishop of See also:Milan, and See also:Ennodius, See also:bishop of See also:Pavia, who took See also:great See also:interest in him. After completing his studies, he practised with success as an See also:advocate, and was appointed to an influential See also:post at the See also:court of See also:Athalaric, See also:king of the See also:Ostrogoths. About 540, he quitted the service of the See also:state, took orders and was elected sub-See also:deacon of the See also:Roman See also:Church. He gained the favour of See also:Pope See also:Vigilius, to whom he dedicated his De Actibus Aposlolorum (written about 544), which was much admired in the See also:middle ages. The poem, consisting of some 2500 hexameters, is of little merit, being full of mystical and allegorical interpretations and See also:long-winded digressions; the versification, except for certain eccentricities in See also:prosody, is generally correct. See also:Text by See also:Hubner, 185o. See Leimbach, " Der Dichter Arator," in Theologische Studien and Kritik (1893); Manitius, Geschichte der christlich-lateinischen Poesie (1891).

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