person
Prosper of Aquitaine
Also known as Prosper Tiro
medium
- born. c. 390medium · Wikidata P569
- died. c. 463medium · Wikidata P570
Lay theologian (d. c. 455) who defended Augustine on grace and later served Leo I; his Chronicle records Palladius' mission to Ireland in 431.
Wikipedia extract
Prosper of Aquitaine, also called Prosper Tiro, was a Christian writer and disciple of Augustine of Hippo, and the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle. Particularly, Prosper is identified with the (later) axiom 'lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi'—'the law [or those things] we pray is the law we believe is the law we live.
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- Prosper of Aquitaine · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q454652 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912) article · Various (Catholic Encyclopedia)Accessed 2026-11-12 · 1907-1912 text public domain in the US; dated and confessional, use for history of reception
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- Q454652
- VIAF 52485706
- Library of Congress n88252807
- Trismegistos author 723
- Pinakes 2408
- Catholic Encyclopedia 12487a
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