E05486: Leo the Great, writing in Latin in Rome in 460, rebukes the bishops of Campania, Samnium and Picenum (southern Italy) for performing baptisms on the feast days of martyrs (S00060).
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Leo the Great, Letter 168
Summary:
Leo rebukes these bishops for performing baptism without proper preparation or cause on the feast days of martyrs (natalis martyrum). The appropriate times for baptism are Easter and Whitsuntide.
Condemnation of other activity associated with cult
Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Ecclesiastics - bishops
Unbaptized Christians
Other lay individuals/ people
Source
A letter from Leo the Great to the bishops of several regions in Italy, composed in 460. This letter was transmitted as part of Leo the Great's letter collection.
Bibliography
Text:
Leo the Great, Epistolae, Patrologia Latina 54.
Translation:
Lett Feltoe, C., Leo the Great. Gregory the Great (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 12; New York, 1895).
Further Reading:
Wessel, S., Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of Rome (Leiden, 2008).