Prudentius of Troyes
Saint Prudentius of Troyes | |
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Bishop of Troyes | |
Born | County of Aragon |
Died | 6 April 861 Troyes, West Francia |
Honored in | Anglican Communion Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 6 April |
Prudentius (? in
Life
Prudentius left Aragon in his youth and came to
At Troyes his feast is celebrated on 6 April as that of a
He is commemorated on 6 April in Martyrologium Romanum (2004)[4]
Theological views
In the controversy on predestination between
The same opinion he defends in his De prædestinatione contra Johannem Scotum, which he wrote in 851 at the instance of Archbishop
In his Epistola tractoria ad Wenilonem, written about 856, he again upholds his former opinion and makes his approval of the
He is also the author of Vita Sanctæ Mauræ Virginis[5] and some poems.
Hincmar of Reims wrote that Prudentius died "still scribbling away at many things that were mutually contradictory and contrary to faith."[6]
References
- Girgensohn, Prudentius und die Bertinianischen Annalene (Riga, 1875)
- Freystedt, Ueber den Prädestinationsstreit in Zeitschrift für wissenschaftl. Theologie (1893), 315 sq., 447 sq.
- Breyer, Les vies de St. Prudence Evéque de Troyes, et de St. Maura, vierge (Troyes, 1725)
- Meddeldorff, De Prudentio et theologia Prudentiana commentatio in Zeitschrift für histor. Theol., II (1832), 127-190
Notes
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Prudentius". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ISBN 0 7546 0124 2.
- ^ Acta Sanctorum, Apr. I, 531
- ^ "Martyrologium Romanum (2004) : Catholic Church : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ Acta SS. Sept. VI, 275-8
- ^ Story, Carolingian Connections p. 230, n. 77
External links
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Prudentius". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Prudentius". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.