Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna, preaches a sermon (Sermon 133) for the feast of *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288). Delivered in Latin at Ravenna (northern Italy), c. 450.
E02979
Literary - Sermons/Homilies
Peter Chrysologus
Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 133, De natale sancti Andreae apostoli ('On the feast of saint Andrew the Apostle')
§ 1: Beatus Andreas merito natus hodie credatur, quando non ad praesentem vitam materno est effusus ex utero, sed conceptu dei, martyrii partu, caelestem noscitur generatus ad gloriam ...
‘Today is rightly considered St. Andrew’s birthday. He did not come to birth from his mother’s womb today, but we recognize that through the conception of faith and the childbirth of martyrdom he was brought into heavenly glory.’
The sermon continues, praising Andrew, briefly referring to his deeds and way of death, and noting that he is second to only Peter in dignity.
Text: Olivar 1982, 815-816.
Translation: Ganss 1953, 219-220.
Summary: M. Pignot.
Sermon/homily
FestivalsSaint’s feast
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - bishops
Theorising on SanctityConsiderations about the hierarchy of saints
Source
Peter Chrysologus was bishop of Ravenna in the second quarter of the 5th century. The chronology of his life remains uncertain: he is attested as bishop in 448/449 and he died before 458 when there is evidence of his successor Neo receiving a letter from pope Leo the Great: see PCBE 2, 'Petrus Chrysologus 9', pp. 1728-9. While most of Peter's sermons were transmitted in a collection put together by bishop Felix of Ravenna in the 8th century, the current body of sermons attributed to him has been established and critically edited by Olivar, who rejected a number of sermons from Felix's collection as spurious and added 15 sermons not transmitted in the collection but which he considered authentic. All the sermons were preached in Ravenna, generally on specific topics or liturgical feasts that can be identified. Most, however, do not bear indications of their date, although Olivar has attempted to find chronological units within Felix' collection.For an overview of these sermons and hypotheses on their chronology, see A. Olivar, Los sermones de San Pedro Crisologo: estudio critico (Montserrat, 1962); F. Sottocornola, L’anno liturgico nei sermoni di Pietro Crisologo (Cesena, 1973); V. Zangara, “I silenzi nella predicazione di Pietro Crisologo”, Rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa 32 (1996), 225-265, and further bibliography in W.B. Palardy, Peter Chrysologus: Selected Sermons, vol. 2, (Fathers of the Church 109; Washington DC, 2004), xiii-xvi.
Discussion
For another sermon by Peter preached on the feast of Andrew see E02975.Bibliography
Edition:Olivar, A., Petrus Chrysologus, Sermones (Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 24B; Turnhout, 1982), 815-816
Translation:
Ganss, G.E., Saint Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons, and Saint Valerian, Homilies (Fathers of the Church 17; New York, 1953), 219-220.
Matthieu Pignot
13/6/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00288 | Andrew, the Apostle | Andreas | Certain |
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