Christine A. E. M. Mohrmann (1 August 1903 – 13 July 1988) was a specialist in early Christian Greek and

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and vulgar and medieval Latin who was born in

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and died in

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. She was honorary professor at

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and at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (now Radboud University) where most of her teaching and research was conducted. Early researches involved her with amongst other writers

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Cyprian Cyprian (; ; to 14 September 258 AD''The Liturgy of the Hours according to the Roman Rite: Vol. IV.'' New York: Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1975. p. 1406.) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berbers, Berber descent, ...

and particularly

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. She wrote mainly in Dutch, English French, German and Latin and was particularly known in the English-speaking world for her studies on

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's Latin and for establishing the journal ''

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'' (1947).

Selected works

*''Liturgical Latin'' (1957) *''The Latin of Saint Patrick: Four Lectures'' (1961) *''Etudes sur le Latin des Chrétiens'' (4 volumes, Rome, 1958–77)

Sources

In memoriam Christinae Mohrmann, cuius anima in pace. Drie voordrachten, uitsgespoken tijdens de herdenkingsbijeenkomst te Nijmegen op 31 maart 1989 door L.J.Engels, G.J.Bartelink en A.A.R.Bastiaensen c m., Nijmegen 1989 René Braun
NECROLOGIE, Christine Mohrmann
''Cahiers de civilisation médiévale'', 1989, Volume 32,Numéro 126, p. 189 1903 births 1988 deaths People from Groningen (city) Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen {{Netherlands-academic-bio-stub