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Faustus, of Riez, ? 405-? 495 (bishop )

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: ? 405-? 495 - 0495

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Sermones by Caesarius of Arles, Eusebius Gallicanus, Eucherius of Lyon, Faustus of Riez, 15th century

 part
Identifier: MS 108/ff. 81r-100r
Scope and Contents A collection of seventeen sermons. The copyst presents them as addressed to monks and gives the alternative title Speculum monacorum ('Mirror for monks') in his rubric at the beginning of the text. The sermons are all attributed by the copyst to Caesarius (c. 468 - 542) who became Bishop of Arles and one of the most important religious authorities and influent preachers of Merovingian France. The collection contained in this manuscript, however, gather...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including five texts