E02738: Augustine of Hippo (North Africa), preaches in Latin a sermon for the feast of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037). Sermon 305, preached possibly in c. AD 413, in Carthage, in the shrine of *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411).
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 305
[In solemnitate martyris Laurentii. Habitus ad mensam s. Cypriani
'On the feast day of the martyr Laurence. Preached at the table of Saint Cyprian']
In the sermon Augustine comments upon readings, but does not mention Laurence.
Text: Patrologia Latina 38, 1397. Translation: Hill 1994, 320. Summary: Robert Wiśniewski.
History
Evidence ID
E02738
Saint Name
Laurence, martyr of Rome, ob. 258 : S00037
Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (Africa) and martyr, ob. 258 : S00411
Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Ecclesiastics - bishops
Source
The sermon is tentatively dated to 413 on the basis of intertextual references and its place in the collection of Augustine's sermons.
Bibliography
Text:
Migne, J.P., Patrologia Latina 38 (Paris, 1865).
Translation:
Hill, E., The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century III/8. Sermons 273-305A for 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.