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See also:ENNODIUS, See also:MAGNUS See also:FELIX (A.D. 474–521) , See also:bishop of See also:Pavia, Latin rhetorician and poet. He was See also:born at Arelate (See also:Arles) and belonged to a distinguished but impecunious See also:family. Having lost his parents at an See also:early See also:age, he was brought up by an aunt at See also:Ticinum (Pavia); according to some, at See also:Mediolanum (See also:Milan). After her See also:death he was received into the family of a pious and wealthy See also:young See also:lady, to whom he was betrothed. It is not certain whether he actually married this lady; she seems to have lost her See also:money and retired to a See also:convent, whereupon Ennodius entered the 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, and was ordained See also:deacon (about 493) by See also:Epiphanius, bishop of Pavia. From Pavia he went to Milan, where he continued to reside until his See also:elevation to the see of Pavia about 515. During his stay at Milan he visited See also:Rome and other places, where he gained a reputation as a teacher of See also:rhetoric. As bishop of Pavia he played a considerable See also:part in ecclesiastical affairs. On two occasions (in 515 and 517) he was sent to See also:Constantinople by See also:Theodoric on an See also:embassy to the See also:emperor See also:Anastasius, to endeavour to bring about a reconciliation between the Eastern and Western churches. He died on the '7th of See also:July 521; his See also:epitaph still exists in the See also:basilica of St See also:Michael at Pavia (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, v. pt. ii. No. 6464).
Ennodius is one of the best representatives of the twofold (See also:pagan and See also:Christian) tendency of 5th-See also:century literature, and of the Gallo-See also:Roman See also:clergy who upheld the cause of See also:civilization and classical literature against the inroads of barbarism. But his anxiety not to fall behind his classical, models—the See also:chief of whom was Virgil—his striving after elegance and grammatical correctness, and a See also:desire to avoid the See also:commonplace have produced a turgid and affected See also:style, which, aggravated by rhetorical exaggerations and popular barbarisms, makes his See also:works difficult to understand. It has been remarked that his See also:poetry is less unintelligible than his See also:prose.
The numerous writings of this versatile ecclesiastic may be divided into (I) letters, (2) miscellanies, (3) discourses, (4) poems. The letters on a variety of subjects, addressed to high church and See also:state officials, are valuable for the religious and See also:political See also:history of the See also:period. Of the miscellanies, the most important are: The See also:Panegyric of Theodoric, written to thank the Arian See also:prince for his tolerance of Catholicism and support of See also:Pope See also:Symmachus (probably delivered before the 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 on the occasion of his entry into See also:Ravenna or Milan) ; like all similar works, it is full of flattery and exaggeration, but if used with caution is a valuable authority; The See also:Life of St Epiphanius, bishop of Pavia, the best written and perhaps the most important of all his writings, an interesting picture of the political activity and See also:influence of the church; Eucharisticon de Vita Sua, a sort of " confessions," after the manner of St See also:Augustine; the description of the enfranchisement of a slave with religious formalities in the presence of a bishop; Paraenesis didascalica, an educational See also:guide, in which the claims of649
See also:grammar as a preparation for the study of rhetoric, the See also:mother of all the sciences, are strongly insisted on. The discourses (Dictiones) are sacred, scholastic, controversial and ethical. The discourse on the anniversary of See also:Laurentius, bishop of Milan, is the chief authority for the life of that See also:prelate; the scholastic discourses, rhetorical exercises for the See also:schools, contain eulogies of classical learning, distinguished professors and pupils; the controversial See also:deal with imaginary charges, the subjects being chiefly borrowed from the Controversiae of the See also:elder See also:Seneca; the ethical harangues are put into the mouth of mythological personages (e.g. the speech of See also:Thetis over the See also:body of See also:Achilles). Amongst the poems mention may be made of two Itineraria, descriptions of a See also:journey from Milan to Brigantium (See also:Briancon) and of a trip on the Po; an See also:apology for the study of profane literature; an See also:epithalamium, in which Love is introduced as execrating See also:Christianity; a dozen See also:hymns, after the manner of St See also:Ambrose, probably intended for church use; epigrams on various subjects, some being epigrams proper—inscriptions for tombs, basilicas, baptisteries—others imitations of See also:Martial, satiric pieces and descriptions of scenery.
There are two excellent See also:editions of Ennodius by G. Hartel (vol. vi. of Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, See also:Vienna, '882) and F. See also:Vogel (vol. vii. of Monumenta Germaniae historica, 1885, with exhaustive prolegomena). On Ennodius generally consult M. Fertig, Ennodius and See also:seine Zeit (1855–186o) ; A. See also:Dubois, La Latinite d'Ennodius (1903) ; F. Magani, Ennodio (Pavia, '886) ; A. See also:Ebert, Allgemeine Geschichte der Litt. See also:des Miltelalters See also:im Abendlande, i. (1889) ; M. Manitius, Geschichte der christlich-lateinischen Poesie (1891); See also:Teuffel, Hist. of Roman Literature, § 479 (Eng. tr., 1892). See also:French See also:translation by the See also:abbe S. Leglise (See also:Paris, 1906 See also:foil.).
End of Article: ENNODIUS, MAGNUS FELIX (A.D. 474–521)
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