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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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.
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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.