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E02979: Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna (attested 448/449, died before 458), preaches a Latin sermon in Ravenna, for the feast of *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288).

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Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 133, De natale sancti Andreae apostoli ('On the feast [literally, birthday] of saint Andrew the Apostle')

§ 1: Beatus Andreas merito natus hodie credatur, quando non ad praesentem vitam materno est effusus ex utero, sed conceptu dei, martyrii partu, caelestem noscitur generatus ad gloriam ...

‘Today is rightly considered St. Andrew’s birthday. He did not come to birth from his mother’s womb today, but we recognize that through the conception of faith and the childbirth of martyrdom he was brought into heavenly glory.’

The sermon continues, praising Andrew, briefly referring to his deeds and way of death, and noting that he is second to only Peter in dignity.

Text: Olivar 1982, 815-816. Translation: Ganss 1953, 219-220.

History

Evidence ID

E02979

Saint Name

Andrew, the Apostle : S00288

Saint Name in Source

Andreas

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Andrew_the_Apostle/13729909

Type of Evidence

Literary - Sermons/Homilies

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

426

Evidence not after

458

Activity not before

426

Activity not after

458

Place of Evidence - Region

Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Ravenna

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

Ravenna Sardinia Sardinia Sardegna Sardinia

Major author/Major anonymous work

Peter Chrysologus

Cult activities - Liturgical Activity

Sermon/homily

Cult activities - Festivals

Saint’s feast

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Ecclesiastics - bishops

Source

Peter Chrysologus was bishop of Ravenna in the second quarter of the 5th century. The chronology of his life remains uncertain: he is attested as bishop in 448/449 and he died before 458 when there is evidence of his successor Neo receiving a letter from pope Leo the Great: see PCBE 2, 'Petrus Chrysologus 9', pp. 1728-9. While most of Peter's sermons were transmitted in a collection put together by bishop Felix of Ravenna in the 8th century, the current body of sermons attributed to him has been established and critically edited by Olivar, who rejected a number of sermons from Felix's collection as spurious and added 15 sermons not transmitted in the collection but which he considered authentic. All the sermons were preached in Ravenna, generally on specific topics or liturgical feasts that can be identified. Most, however, do not bear indications of their date, although Olivar has attempted to find chronological units within Felix' collection. For an overview of these sermons and hypotheses on their chronology, see A. Olivar, Los sermones de San Pedro Crisologo: estudio critico (Montserrat, 1962); F. Sottocornola, L’anno liturgico nei sermoni di Pietro Crisologo (Cesena, 1973); V. Zangara, “I silenzi nella predicazione di Pietro Crisologo”, Rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa 32 (1996), 225-265, and further bibliography in W.B. Palardy, Peter Chrysologus: Selected Sermons, vol. 2, (Fathers of the Church 109; Washington DC, 2004), xiii-xvi.

Discussion

For another sermon by Peter preached on the feast of Andrew see E02975.

Bibliography

Edition: Olivar, A., Petrus Chrysologus, Sermones (Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 24B; Turnhout, 1982), 815-816 Translation: Ganss, G.E., Saint Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons, and Saint Valerian, Homilies (Fathers of the Church 17; New York, 1953), 219-220.

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