Hymn to *Severinus (hermit and monk of Noricum, S00848) for his feast day. Based on episodes told in Eugippius' Life of Severinus (E02347), it praises the saint for the miracles he performed, the help he gave to people oppressed by war, and his writing of a monastic rule. Written in Latin, presumably in Naples, at an uncertain date, possibly late antique.
Evidence ID
E02789
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related texts
Anonymous hymn to Saint Severinus
Summary:
Praises Severinus on the day of his death (hunc diem festum celebremus omnes, quo Severinus penetravit almus), and recounts miracles performed, in particular protection of cities through prayer, apparition of heavenly light, multiplication of oil, healing, the resurrection of Silvinus. It also refers to the rule for monks prepared by Severinus. The hymn directly addresses the city of Naples, the likely intended audience.
Text: Knöll 1886, 71-73.
Summary: M. Pignot.
Liturgical ActivitiesComposing and translating saint-related texts
MiraclesMiracle during lifetime
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesForeigners (including Barbarians)
Chant and religious singing
FestivalsSaint’s feast
Non Liturgical ActivityComposing and translating saint-related texts
Prayer/supplication/invocation
MiraclesMiracle during lifetime
Miracles causing conversion
Power over elements (fire, earthquakes, floods, weather)
Healing diseases and disabilities
Freeing prisoners, exiles, captives, slaves
Miraculous sound, smell, light
Miraculous interventions in war
Miraculous protection - of communities, towns, armies
Power over life and death
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesForeigners (including Barbarians)
Ecclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits
Pagans
Source
This anonymous hymn is transmitted in a number of manuscripts of the Life of Severinus by Eugippius (E02347), the earliest being of 10th century; see Knöll (1886), xiii.Discussion
The hymn is of uncertain date: it was clearly composed for the feast day of Severinus, and was presumably produced for celebrations in the city of Naples.Bibliography
Edition:Knöll, P., Eugippius, Vita sancti Severini (Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 9/2; Vienna, 1886), 71-73.
Record Created By
Matthieu Pignot
Date of Entry
10/5/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00848 | Severinus, hermit and monk in Noricum, ob. 482 | Severinus | Certain |
|---|
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
Matthieu Pignot, Cult of Saints, E02789 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E02789