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'''Paulus Orosius''' (''c.'' 375 - ''c.'' 418)<ref>David Rohrbacher, "Orosius," in ''The Historians of Late Antiquity'' (Routledge, 2002), [http://books.google.com/books?id=TLvK-_fk8TkC&pg=PA135&dq=Orosius+life+OR+biography+OR+born+OR+birth&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U2atlXMBUN45DliVbnt_fLlckZInw pp. 135–137]</ref> wæs cristencrīsten stærwriterestǣrwrītere, dryhtweorþ writerewrītere, wita and [[Augustinus of Hippo|Scte. Augustines]] læringmannlǣringmann. He wæs of [[SpeonlandSpēonland|Hispanie]], geleāflicewēnunga fram Bracara Augusta<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11322a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia - Paulus Orosius]</ref>. He lifde and wrāt æt þæmþǣm ende þæs [[Rōmānisc Rīce|Rōmāniscan Ricum]].
Orosius is mæst cūþcūþost for his bēc ''Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII'' ("Seofen Stærbēc wiþymb þæmþā HæþnumHǣðnas"), þa wrāt he tōgeanesongēan þæmþone gelēafan on folce þe þæs Rōmāniscan Rīces āmolsnungamolsnung wæs þyþȳ hit hæfde onfangononfangen Cristendōm.
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ÆfterSiþþan Orosius wearþ [[preostprēost]], āspyredeaspyrede hehē þeþā [[Priscillianist]]as on Spēnum. ÞaÞā eodeēode hehē totō [[Augustinus of Hippo|Scte Augustine]] æt [[Hippo]] in Norþ [[Affrica|AffriceNorþaffrice]] in þǣm 413. gēare oððe þǣm 414. ÆfterSiþþan þe hehē hæfde abidden forabiden sume tīmeþrāge in Affrice swatō Augustines leornung-cnihtleornungcnihte, wæs Orosius in þǣm 415. begēare of Augustine gesended totō [[Palestine]] mid pistole him totō inlædennegecȳðenne Orosius totō [[Ieromus|Ierome]], se wunede in [[Bethlehem]]e. His ærendeǣrend wæs þe Orosius meahte habban fyrþermā lārlāre from Ierome on þaraymb wenumþā þarawēna þāra Priscillianista and [[Origen]]ista. Nōþylæs, man secgðsegeð þe in sōþsōþe wæs his bisgo fullæstfullǣst for Ierome and oþrumōþrum wið [[Pelagius|Pelagie]], se, siððanfram þæmþǣm [[Cartaina]] [[synoð]]e in þǣm 411. gēare, wunede in Palestine and þæreþǣr fundefand friendfrīend.
Æfter Orosies tocymetōcyme, wæs persuadedoferstǣled Iohannes, Biscop of [[Ierusalem]]e, to ābannenneabannenne synoð in Ærreþǣm LyðaǢrran Līðan þæs 415. Æt þisþissum synoðsynoðe getealde Orosius Cartaine rædnessarǣdnessa and he rēd missenlice Augustines writunge wiþ Pelagie. Mære ascode Pelagius ''Et quis est mihi Augustinus?'' ("Hwa me is Augustine?"). Sige nadde Orosius on Crēcum, þa ne understōd Orosies [[Læden]]. Orosius gewonne Iohannes biscopes word to sendenne pistolas and menn to þæm biscope of [[Rōm|Rombyrige]] beforan cwōm he ongean to Affrice
Paulus Orosius forþfērde geleāflice on Affrice oððe on Ispanie.
