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Beatus is a Latin adjective meaning blessed. In Christian usage it serves as an honorific title for holy persons and as an epithet in hagiography. The masculine form is beatus, the feminine beata, and the plural beati or beatae; in liturgical and scholarly Latin, beatus often appears before the name of a saint, indicating veneration prior to formal canonization. In English translations, beatus is commonly rendered as Blessed.

Beatus of Liébana: Beatus of Liébana (c. 730–798) was a Benedictine monk at Santo Toribio de Liébana

Beatus manuscripts: The Beatus manuscripts are a notable group of illuminated codices produced mainly from the

in
Cantabria
(northern
Spain).
He
authored
the
Commentary
on
the
Apocalypse,
a
concise
exegetical
work
that
synthesizes
patristic
interpretation,
monastic
discipline,
and
local
eschatology.
The
text
circulated
widely
and
influenced
medieval
eschatology
and
monastic
study.
The
figure
is
traditionally
associated
with
the
Beatus
manuscripts,
a
corpus
of
illustrated
copies
of
Revelation
that
derive
from
his
commentary.
10th
to
the
13th
centuries
in
the
Iberian
Peninsula
and
surrounding
regions.
They
adapt
Beatus
of
Liébana’s
Commentary
to
present
the
Book
of
Revelation
with
extended
cycles
of
illustrations,
often
vivid
and
symbolic,
framed
by
elaborate
borders.
These
manuscripts
are
valued
for
their
artistic
and
documentary
contributions
to
medieval
biblical
illustration,
monastic
culture,
and
the
transmission
of
Revelation
in
medieval
Europe.
Notable
examples
include
the
Saint-Sever
Beatus
and
other
Iberian
versions
from
monasteries
such
as
Silos
and
Ripoll.