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Octavien de Saint-Gelais

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French bishop and poet

WritersLived 1468 to 1502 · aged 34
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Octavien de Saint-Gelais (1468-1502) was a French churchman, poet, and translator. He translated the Aeneid into French, as well as Ovid's Heroides.

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Frontispiece to a manuscript of Octavien's translation of Ovid's Heroides (Huntington Library, MS HM 60, folio 1r).Frontispiece to a manuscript of Octavien's translation of Ovid's Heroides (Huntington Library, MS HM 60, folio 1r).

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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1468 to 1502 · aged 34
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