Name Prudentius Maran | Died 1762 | |
Prudentius Maran (born 14 October 1683, at Sezanne, Marne; d. 2 April 1762, at Paris) was a French Benedictine scholar of the Maurist Congregation, known as a patrologist.
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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-Pres to collaborate with his confrere Antoine-Augustin Touttee in the edition of the works of Cyril of Jerusalem.
In 1734 he was forced to leave St. Germain-des-Pres at the instance of Cardinal Bissy, who suspected him of keeping his confreres from accepting the Bull Unigenitus. After spending a year at the abbey of Orbais, he was sent to St. Martin de Pontoise and in 1737 he was transferred to the abbey of Blancs-Manteaux, 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:
His other works, all anonymous, are