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AQUILEIA (Village) VENETO
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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