Sulpicius Severus: 3 books
by Sulpicius Severus
Language: German
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: German
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Sulpicius Severus (* um 363 in Aquitanien; † zwischen 420 und 425 in Südgallien) war ein aquitanischer Aristokrat, der für die Beamtenlaufbahn vorgesehen war. Er wurde in klassischer Weise erzogen, Rhetorik studierte er wahrscheinlich bei Ausonius. Er heiratete die Tochter einer Bassula,...
by Athanasius, Gregory, Hilarion
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 1998
Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite temptation...
by Sulpicius Severus
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
More popular during the Middle Ages was Severus's Life of St. Martin, as were also the dialogues and letters which relate to the same subject. These works did much to establish the great reputation which that wonder-working saint maintained throughout the Middle Ages. The book is not properly a biography,...