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'''Prudentius Maran''' (14 October 1683, at [[Sezanne]], [[Marne (department)|Marne]] 2nd April 1762, at [[Paris]]) was a French [[Benedictine]] scholar of the [[Maurist Congregation]], known as a [[patrologist]].

==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-Prés]] to collaborate with his confrere [[Antoine-Augustin Touttée]] 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''.[1] He further edited:

*the works of Cyril of Jerusalem which had been prepared by Touttée: "S. Cyrilli Hieros. opera";[2]
*the works of [[St. Cyprian]] which had been begun by [[Étienne Baluze]]: "S. Cypriani opera", to which he prefixed a basic life of St. Cyprian;[3]
*the third volume of the works of [[St. Basil]], the two first volumes of which had been completed by Garnier.[4]

His other works, all anonymous, are

*"Dissertation sur les Sémiariens"(Paris, 1722);
*"Divinitas domini nostri Jesu Christi manifesta in scripturis et traditione" (Paris, 1746, new ed., Würzburg,1859);
*"La divinite de Jesus Christ prouvée contre les hérétiques et les déistes", 3 vols. (Paris, 1751);
*"La doctrine de l'écriture et des pères sur les guérisons miraculeuses" (Paris, 1754);
*"Les grandeurs de Jésus Christ avec la defense de sa divinité" (Paris, 1756).

==Notes==
* 1. Paris, 1742; ''[[Patrologia Graeca]]'', IV.
* 2. Paris, 1720, P.G., XXXIII.
* 3. Paris, 1726, ''[[Patrologia Latina]]'' IV.
* 4. Paris, 1730.

==References==

;Attribution
**[[René-Prosper Tassin|Tassin]], ''Hist. litt. de la congreg. de Saint-Maur'' (Brussels, 1770), 741-9 (Germ. tr., Frankfurt, 1773), II, 541-553;
**Le Cerf, ''Bibliothèque hist. et crit. des auteurs de la congreg. de Saint-Maur'' (The Hague, 1726), 293-8;
**Lama, ''Bibl. des ecrivains de la Congreg. de Saint-Maur'' (Munich and Paris, 1882), 180-2;
**Hurter, ''Nomenclator Literarius'', IV, 3rd ed. (Innsbruck, 1810), 1452-5.

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