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ΜΠΡΕΣΣΑ (Πόλη) ΛΟΜΒΑΡΔΙΑ
Gaudentius, the pupil and friend of Philastrius, was, upon the death of his master,
elected to the vacant see of Brescia by the united voice of both clergy and laity.
laving received intelligence of his elevation while travelling in the east, he
sought to decline the responsibility of the sacred office. But being warmly pressed
by Ambrose, and threatened at the same time with excommunication by the oriental
bishops in case he should persist in a refusal, his scruples were at length overcome.
The most remarkable event of his subsequent career was the embassy which he undertook
to the court of Arcadius, in A. D. 405, in behalf of Chrysostom, who has commemorated
with eloquent gratitude this mark of attachment, although it was productive of
no happy result. The year in which Gaudentius was born is unknown, as well as
that in which he was raised to the episcopate, and that in which he died. Tillemont
fixes upon A. D. 410 as the period of his decease, while by others it is brought
down as low as 427.
The extant works of Gaudentius consist of twenty-one discourses (sermones),
simple in style, but devoid of all grace or felicity of expression, deeply imbued
with allegorical phantasies and farfetched conceits, exhibiting little to please
or to instruct. Of these ten were preached during Easter (Paschales), and were
committed to writing at the request of Benevolus, a distinguished member of the
congregation, who had been precluded by sickness from being present; five are
upon remarkable texts in Scripture, but not connected with each other; one is
the address delivered on the day of his ordination (De Ordinatione sui) before
St. Anbrose, who officiated on that occasion; one is on the dedication of the
church (De Dedicatione Basilicae) built to receive the relics of forty martyrs;
two are in the form of epistles; the first Ad Germinium on the obligation of almsgiving,
the second Ad Paulum Diaconum on the words of St. John's Gospel, " My father
is greater than I," misinterpreted by the Arians; the remaining two, De Petro
et Paulo, and De Vita et Obitu Philastrii, were first added in the edition of
Galeardus.
The Rythmus de Philastrio, Liber de Singularite Clericorum, and the
Commentarii in Symbolum, which have been ascribed to various fathers, certainly
tainly do not belong to Gaudentius.
The collected writings of Gaudentius were first published in the Patrum
Monumenta Orthodoxographa of J. J. Grynaeus, fol. Bas. 1569, will be found also
in the Bibl. Patr. Max. fol. Lug. Bat. 1677, vol. v. p. 942, and under their best
form in the edition of Philastrius by Galeardus, fol. Brix. 1738.
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Nov 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Dorotheus, Archimandrita of Palestine, lived about A. D. 600, and is said to have been a disciple of Joannes Monachus, on whom he waited during an illness, which lasted for several years. He is believed to have afterwards been made bishop of Brixia on account of his great learning. He wrote a work, in three books, on obscure passages in the Old and New Testament, which however is a mere compilation made from the works of Gregory the Great, for which reason it is printed among the works of the latter, in the Roman edition of 1591, and the subsequent ones. (Cave, Hist. Lit. i.; Fabr. Bibl. Gr. xi.)
ΑΚΟΥΙΛΕΙΑ (Χωριό) ΒΕΝΕΤΟ
Chromatius, a Latin writer and bishop of Aquileia, flourished at the close of the fourth century
and the commencement of the fifth. The circumstance of his baptizing Rufinus,
about A. D. 370, shews, that he properly belongs to the former. The year and place
of his birth are alike unknown. It is supposed, that he was a Roman ; but nothing
certain can be ascertained respecting his native place. Though he condemned the
writings of Origen, his friendship for Rufinus continued unabated. Rufinus also
dedicated to him some of his works, especially his Latin translation of Eusebius's
ecclesiastical history. That Jerome had a great esteem for him may be inferred
from the fact that he inscribed to him his commentaries on the prophet Habakkuk
and some other writings. He urged Jerome to translate the Hebrew Scriptures into
Latin. Being afterwards displeased with this father, he advised him in a letter
to cease attacking Rufinus, and thus to put an end to the quarrel subsisting between
those who had formerly been friends. He was a strenuous defender of Chrysostom's
cause in the West, for which he received the thanks of the latter. Chromatius
is supposed to have died about 410. Jerome styles him, most learned and holy;
but he seems to have been a man of judgment and determination rather than of great
abilities. When Anastasius, the Roman pontiff, condemned both Origen and Rufinus,
and signified his decision to Chromatius, the bishop of Aquileia was so far from
coinciding with the pontifical decree, that he received Rufinus into the communion
of the church. Of his works there are extant Homilies and some Tracts on the beatitudes,
on the remainder of Matthew's Gospel, chap. v., part of chap. vi., and on Matth.
iii. 14. A few epistles also remain. The best edition of these pieces is that
in the Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. v., Lugd. 1677. They had been previously published
at Basel, 1528; at Louvain, 1646; and at Basel, 1551. The epistle to Jerome respecting
Rufinus, and one addressed to the emperor Honorius in defence of Chrysostom, have
been lost. Among Jerome's works there is an epistle concerning the nativity of
the blessed Mary addressed to Jerome under the names of Chromatius and Heliodorus,
and another bearing the same names directed to the same father. Both are spurious.
Several epistles addressed to Chromatius by Jerome are extant among the voluminous
works of the latter.
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Nov 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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