Avitus of VienneAlcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne from c.494 to c.518, is known for his poetic works, but his Latin prose style has led to some neglect of his letters. This first complete translation of the letters into English gives access to an important source for the history of the Burgundian Kingdom in the early sixth century. |
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Contents
the Historical Context | 3 |
Manuscripts Papyrus and Editions of AvitusLetters | 28 |
Literary Aspects of Avitus LetterCollection | 58 |
The Acacian Schism | 89 |
The Laurentius File | 134 |
Sigismund and the Emperor | 141 |
Relics of the True Cross | 154 |
Theological Letters | 163 |
What to do with Heretics? | 295 |
Legal Matters involving Burgundian Bishops | 306 |
LAYMEN IN BURGUNDIAN TERRITORY | 315 |
Other Laymen | 324 |
Festal Letters to Laymen in Burgundian Territory | 331 |
THE VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM | 337 |
EXTERNAL MATTERS | 350 |
A Good Medical Man is Hard to Find | 357 |
Personal and Legal Matters | 208 |
TheologicalReligious Matters | 220 |
SecularTemporal Matters | 233 |
CLOSE EPISCOPAL CONNECTIONS | 243 |
Avitus Poetry and Another Literary Connection | 259 |
Viventiolus of Lyons | 266 |
Maximus of Genevas Table | 276 |
PASTORAL LETTERS TO GALLIC BISHOPS | 285 |
on the Martyrs of Agaune | 377 |
Avitus Use of Honorific Forms of Address | 391 |
Textual Changes to Peipers Edition | 407 |
Listing of Letters in the Order of Peipers Edition | 416 |
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Common terms and phrases
addressed allusion Anastasius Ansemundus Apollinaris of Valence apostle appears Arian Arigius Arles Avitus bishop Avitus king Avitus of Vienne Avitus the bishop baptism bishop of Lyons bishop of Vienne brother Burckhardt Burgundian kingdom Byzantine Caesarius Caesarius of Arles Catholic Chilperic Christ church clear clearly Clovis Constantinople death divine emendation emperor Ennodius Epaon episcopal episcopum faith father Faustus feast festal letters Floater Gaul Gemellus Godegisel Goelzer Greg Gregory of Tours Grenoble Gundobad Heraclius heretics Holy homilies honorific Hormisdas imply Introduction lacuna Latin Laurentius Leonianus Letter-Collections Lord Mamertus Mathisen Maximus Ostrogothic papyrus passage patriarch Peiper perhaps person PLRE pope Pope Symmachus quam refers Roman Rome Ruricius Sapaudus seems sent sentence Shanzer Short festal Sidonius Sigismund Sirmond spirit Stein-Palanque suggests Symmachus theological translated Trishagion vestra Apollinaris Victorius Viennensis vir illustris vir illustrissimus Visigothic Vita Viventiolus word writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | Avitus of Vienne Volume 38 of Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians Series Liverpool University Press Series Volume 38 of Translated texts for historians, ISSN 0963-6234 |
| Authors | Avit ((saint ;), Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, Saint Avitus, Bishop of Vienne |
| Editors | Danuta Shanzer, Ian N. Wood, Ian Wood |
| Translated by | Danuta Shanzer, Ian N. Wood, Ian S. Wood, Ian Wood |
| Contributors | Danuta Shanzer, Ian N. Wood, Ian Wood, Liverpool University Press |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0853235880, 9780853235880 |
| Length | 450 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Letters |
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