Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, -798

found: Beatus Liebanensis et Eterius Oxomensis, Adversus Elipandum libri duo, 1984.

found: Sáenz-López Pérez, Sandra. The Beatus maps, 2014:jacket (Towards the end of the eighth century, Beatus of Liébana composed the Commentary on the Apocalypse in the monastery of San Martín de Turieno; numerous copies were made in succeeding centuries, especially acclaimed on account of their expressive illustrations. Among them stands out the marvellous mappa mundi that displays the evangelization of the world by the apostles) page 25 (Beatus is described as a presbyter by certain contemporary writers, but nonetheless, based on the accounts which can be garnered from his own works, one can apparently decipher that he was a monk, and moreover Alcuin of York, writing in Treatise against Felix of Urgel, gave him the title of abbot)

found: English Wikipedia, viewed April 14, 2022(Beatus of Liébana; Saint Beatus of Liébana; born circa 730; died circa 800; monk, theologian, and geographer from the former Duchy of Cantabria and Kingdom of Asturias, in modern Cantabria, northern Spain, who worked and lived in the Picos de Europa mountains of the region of Liébana; he is best remembered today as the author of the Commentary on the Apocalypse; he was also a strong opponent of the Adoptionist christology put forward by Elipandus, Bishop of Toledo)