E02466: Augustine of Hippo preaches in Latin a sermon on the feast of *John the Baptist (S00020). Sermon 293C, preached c. 397/405, possibly in Hippo Regius (North Africa).

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Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 293C

1. Per ecclesiam Christi longe late que diffusam natalis hodie Iohannis Baptistae, amici sponsi et praecursoris Domini, celebratur: debeo huic sollennitati sermonem, debetis et uos intentionem, debemus omnes deuotionem.

'Throughout the Church of Christ, spread far and wide in the world, the birthday (natalis) is being celebrated today of John the Baptist, friend of the bridegroom and forerunner of the Lord. I owe a sermon for this solemn occasion, you also owe your attention, we all owe our devotion.'

In the following Augustine comments upon the relation between Christ and John the Baptist and shows John as an example of humility.

Text: Morin, 351-352. Translation: Hill 1994, 168-170. Summary: Robert Wiśniewski.

History

Evidence ID

E02466

Saint Name

John the Baptist : S00020

Saint Name in Source

Iohannes Baptista

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/John_the_Baptist/13729156

Type of Evidence

Literary - Sermons/Homilies

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

397

Evidence not after

430

Activity not before

397

Activity not after

430

Place of Evidence - Region

Latin North Africa

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Hippo Regius

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

Hippo Regius Carthage Carthago Karthago قرطاج‎ Qarṭāj Mçidfa Carthage

Major author/Major anonymous work

Augustine of Hippo

Cult activities - Liturgical Activity

Service for the Saint

Cult activities - Festivals

Saint’s feast

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Ecclesiastics - bishops

Source

This sermon is tentatively dated to the early period of Augustine's episcopacy on the basis of its relations with his other writings. It was possibly delivered in Hippo, Augustine's episcopal see.

Bibliography

Text: Morin, G., Sancti Augustini Sermones post Maurinos reperti (Miscellanea Agostiniana, vol. 1; Rome: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, 1930). Translation: Hill, E., The Works of Saint Augustine. A Translation for the 21st Century, vol. III 9, Sermons 273-305A on the Saints (New York: New City Press, 1994). Dating: Kunzelmann, A., "Die Chronologie der sermones des hl. Augustinus," Miscellanea Agostiniana, vol. 2 (Rome: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, 1931), 417-452.