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
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
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
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
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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