E01120: Augustine of Hippo, in his City of God (22.8), tells how a dead boy in Hippo Regius (North Africa), anointed 'with oil of the martyr' *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), was brought back to life. Written in Latin in Hippo, c. 426/427.
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posted on 2016-02-14, 00:00 authored by robertAugustine of Hippo, City of God 22.8
Rursus ibidem apud nos Irenaei cuiusdam collectarii filius aegritudine extinctus est. Cum que corpus iaceret exanime atque a lugentibus et lamentantibus exequiae pararentur, amicorum eius quidam inter aliorum consolantium uerba suggessit, ut eiusdem martyris oleo corpus perungueretur. Factum est, et reuixit.
'There [sc. in Hippo], too, the son of a man, Irenaeus, one of our tax-gatherers, took ill and died. And while his body was lying lifeless, and the last rites were being prepared, amidst the weeping and mourning of all, one of the friends who were consoling the father suggested that the body should be anointed with the oil of the same martyr [sc. Stephen]. It was done, and he revived.'
Text: Dombart and Kalb 1955. Translation: Dods 1887.
Rursus ibidem apud nos Irenaei cuiusdam collectarii filius aegritudine extinctus est. Cum que corpus iaceret exanime atque a lugentibus et lamentantibus exequiae pararentur, amicorum eius quidam inter aliorum consolantium uerba suggessit, ut eiusdem martyris oleo corpus perungueretur. Factum est, et reuixit.
'There [sc. in Hippo], too, the son of a man, Irenaeus, one of our tax-gatherers, took ill and died. And while his body was lying lifeless, and the last rites were being prepared, amidst the weeping and mourning of all, one of the friends who were consoling the father suggested that the body should be anointed with the oil of the same martyr [sc. Stephen]. It was done, and he revived.'
Text: Dombart and Kalb 1955. Translation: Dods 1887.
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Evidence ID
E01120Saint Name
Stephen, the First Martyr : S00030Saint Name in Source
StephanusRelated Saint Records
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Literary - OtherLanguage
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