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E01762: Augustine of Hippo, in a sermon preached in an unknown location, states that it is the feast of unnamed martyrs. Exposition on Psalm 63, written in Latin in North Africa, 392/417

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posted on 2016-07-24, 00:00 authored by robert
Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 63, ch. 1

Passionis sanctorum martyrum diem hodie festum habentes, in eorum recordatione gaudeamus, recolentes quid patiebantur, et intellegentes quid intuebantur.

'Today we have a feast of the passion of holy martyrs. We rejoice when recalling them, we recall what they suffered and understand what they cared about.'

Text: Dekkers and Fraipont 1956. Translation: Robert Wiśniewski.

History

Evidence ID

E01762

Saint Name

Martyrs, unnamed or name lost : S00060

Type of Evidence

Literary - Sermons/Homilies

Language

  • Latin

Evidence not before

392

Evidence not after

417

Activity not before

392

Activity not after

417

Place of Evidence - Region

Latin North Africa

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Carthage Carthago Karthago قرطاج‎ Qarṭāj Mçidfa Carthage

Major author/Major anonymous work

Augustine of Hippo

Cult activities - Liturgical Activity

  • Sermon/homily

Cult activities - Festivals

  • Saint’s feast

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Ecclesiastics - bishops

Source

The Expositions on the Psalms are based on Augustine's homilies preached either in Hippo or in other places in North Africa in the period from 392 to 417.

Discussion

We cannot identify the group of martyrs at whose feast Augustine preached this sermon.

Bibliography

Edition: Dekkers, E., and Fraipont, J., Enarrationes in psalmos (Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, 38, Turnhout: Brepols, 1956). About the text: La Bonnardière, M.A., "Les Enarrationes in Psalmos prêchées par saint Augustin à l'occasion de fêtes des martyrs," Recherches Augustiniennes 7 (1971), 73-104.

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