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Censorinus

Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer from the 3rd century AD
Person Human Q707449

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
250
Date of death
250
Country of citizenship
Ancient Rome[5]
Occupation
music theorist, writer
Languages spoken, written or signed
Latin[14]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[20]
Described by source
BEIC Digital Library, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa, New International Encyclopedia[9][10][11][12][13]
Different from
Censorinus, Pseudo-Censorinus[16][17]
Floruit
238, 300[7][8]
Name in native language
Censorinus[15]
Time period
Roman Empire[18]
Writing language
Latin[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Censorinus en Censorinus Grammaticus en Censorinus the Grammarian cs Censorini cs Pseudo-Censorinus el Κενσορίνος es Censorino fr Censorin fr Censorinus he סנסורינוס ja ケンソリヌス ru Цензорин uk Цензорін zh 肯索里努斯
🔖 Identifiers · 85
ISNI
0000000385522926
VIAF cluster ID
137161272018.1B (195.7M–1027145857143.5B, n=4)
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85215659
GND ID
118667661
Academy of Athens authority ID
164704
American Academy in Rome ID
12428217
Angelicum ID
83633
BIBSYS ID
90086673
BVMC person ID
60362
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11885953m
Biblissima authority ID
August 30
Bod-Inc Online author ID
1322
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CANTIC ID
981058513239706706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02141167, cnp01316135
CIRIS author ID
498
CONOR.SI ID
170734691
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11959242
Catalogue of the Capitular Library of Verona author ID
4582
CiNii Research ID
1140282266615277952
Corpus Corporum author ID
Censorinus
DDB person (GND) ID
118667661
DLL Catalog author ID
A5390
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118667661
DigilibLT author ID
000042
EBAF authority ID
30412
EDIT16 catalogue author ID
2908
FAST ID
164629
FES digital collections entity ID
430566
Freebase ID
/m/049xtb
Grove Music Online ID
05276
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/315879826558
IdRef ID
026652056
IntraText author ID
69
J9U entity ID
987007259418905171
KBR person ID
14722459
Levadia Library ID
59de6bd121c0c8f86d478793
Libris-URI
20dhmwml1xv6s9v
Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries person ID
195718548
Mirabile author ID
42744
Monumenta.ch ID
80
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00879390
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002153981
NNDB people ID
964/000104652
NSK (VIAF) ID
000118097
NSK ID
981005772323409366
NUKAT ID
n2009121788
National Library of Greece ID
92144
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001302585
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*345894;=BT
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810563847705606
National Library of Portugal ID
72477
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1257603
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069723540
Online Books Page author ID
Censorinus
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3884233
Open Library ID
OL673548A
OpenMLOL author ID
96811
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
1464
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095558164
PUG authority ID
124151
Parsifal cluster ID
262307, 293924
Perseus author ID
341
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
15021
Provenio UUID
cfa00a30-3e43-4889-aa0d-600e31e3cc5c, ab958680-3862-4054-90a3-bbb788058651
RERO ID (legacy)
A003086751
RILM ID
10077
RSPA ancient author ID
26f7db34d96af474ab9ad67882e71efaaabdbfca
SAIA authority ID
5a1d4d054ab9d081344c83c8
SBN author ID
RAVV079960
SEARCH on line catalogue ID
16211
SELIBR ID
305148
SHARE Catalogue author ID
203069
Sandrart.net person ID
3940
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
1234
Svenska Institutet i Rom ID
56272
The Latin Library author ID
censorinus
ToposText person ID
2605
Treccani ID
censorino
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
censorino
Trismegistos author ID
176
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
293317
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058513239706706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10253982
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/24155
Yale LUX ID
person/0ae22da8-7d07-4282-bbad-20ab3376534c

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 5
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Pauly–Wissowa, BEIC Digital Library
Occupation 2
writer, music theorist
Country of citizenship 1
Ancient Rome
Different from 1
Censorinus
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Latin
Named after 1
Censorinus
Sex or gender 1
male
Time period 1
Roman Empire
Writing language 1
Latin
← Different from 1
Censorinus
← FactGrid item ID 1
Velyke Ustia
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Summary

Censorinus was born on 250[1]. He died on 250[2]. He worked as a music theorist[3] and writer[4].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Censorinus include he[21], an impact crater[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Censorinus include he[21], an impact crater[22].

FAQs

What did Censorinus do for work?

Censorinus worked as a music theorist[3] and writer[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Culture. wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Culture. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64217: add GND as source to unsourced or imported statements"
  2. 6w ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: VIAF cluster ID: 1027145857143522922653, VIAF de-conflation, changed VIAF cluster ID (details)"
  3. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → August 30
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q2818, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  4. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 262307, 293924
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 293924, Matched to Censorinus secolo 3 (#295414927) in Parsifal per…"
  5. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 430566
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 430566, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
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