MARAN, PRUDENCE. - Benedictine patrologist and theologian of the Congregation of St. Maur, b. at Sézanne (Marne) on 14 Oct. 1683, d. at Paris on 2 Apr. 1762. Transferred from Paris to Orbais (1734) and to St-Martin-de-Pontoise (1735) because of his opposition to the bull Unigenitus, he returned to Paris in 1737, where he spent the last twenty-five years of his life.
M.'s learning and critical sense are amply demonstrated by the learned prefaces and notes to the patristic editions he prepared: S. Cyrilli Hieros. opera (Paris 1720: PG 33), in collaboration with A. A. Toutte. He prefaced with an introduction and a critical biography the edition of S. Cypriani ep. Carth. et mart. opera (ibid. 1726: PL 4), prepared by E. Baluze. He completed the edition of S. Basilii Caesar. opera (ibid. 1730) begun by J. Garnier. He published Justini opera necnon Tatiani, Athenogorae, s. Theophylli et Hermiae (ibid. 1742). Other works: Divinitas D. N. I. Chr. (ibid. 1746), against the Socinians (also published in French); La doctrine de l'Écriture et des Pères sur les guérisons miraculeuses (ibid. 1754), against the Abbé de Prades; Les grandeurs de Jésus Christ (ibid. 1756; Italian trans., Rome 1756).