E04362: Augustine of Hippo delivers Latin sermons on feasts of martyrs, referring to their sufferings. Sermons 331-334, preached possibly in Hippo, at an unknown date between 391 and 430.
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons 331-334
Summary: These sermons are presented as preached on the yearly feasts of martyrs. They do refer to the martyrs and their sufferings, but do not name any specific person, place of martyrdom or form of cult.
These sermons cannot be dated with any certainty; they were possibly preached in Hippo, Augustine's episcopal see, or some other place in which some martyrs was venerated.
Bibliography
Text:
Migne, J.P., Patrologia Latina 38 (Paris, 1865).
Translation:
Hill, E. The Works of Saint Augustine. A Translation for the 21st Century, vol. III 9, Sermons 306-340A 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.