Proclus of Constantinople composes his Homily 34, On All the Saints (S01151), which he delivers during a night vigil celebrated on a feast day in Constantinople. Written in Greek in the early 5th c.
Evidence ID
E05456
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/Homilies
Major author/Major anonymous work
Proclus of Constantinople
Proclus of Constantinople Homily 34, On All the Saints (CPG 5833 = BHG 1617d)
The text contains general rhetorical praise for all martyrs and their suffering.
Liturgical Activities
Sermon/homily
FestivalsSaint’s feast
Source
The life and career of Proclus of Constantinople (c. 380-446) are closely tied into the vibrant intellectual life and tumultuous ecclesiastical politics of Constantinople under the Theodosian dynasty. He was born around AD 380 in Constantinople, where he was trained in rhetoric. An associate of John Chrysostom, his clerical career started under bishop Atticus of Constantinople (406-425) whom he served as a secretary and author of his sermons, and by whom he was ordained to the priesthood. He was elected bishop of Cyzicus in 426, but never took up residence at his see, and continued to reside at Constantinople. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the episcopal throne of Constantinople in 426, 427, and 431, till he was appointed to it at the death of bishop Maximian (431-434). Proclus’ main claim to fame was his celebrated sermons on the Virgin Mary, which he delivered during the episcopate of Nestorius, and which became fundamental texts for the Christology and Mariology of the Council of Ephesus (431). Most of his surviving works are homiletic, on the major feast days of the Church of Constantinople, whose liturgical tradition and calendar were then taking their shape. The relatively small corpus of his genuine works has not been fully assembled yet, and there are a number of dubious or spurious works ascribed to him.Preserved in one manuscript, on which see Leroy 1967, 252-253, and:
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/6912/
Discussion
The text provides no evidence as to its date and venue.Bibliography
Text, French translation, and commentary:Leroy, F.J., L'homilétique de Proclus de Constantinople (Studi e Testi 247; Città del Vaticano, 1967), 252-256.
Further reading:
Constas, N.P., Proclus of Constantinople and the Cult of the Virgin in Late Antiquity: Homilies 1-5, Texts and Translations (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 66; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2003).
Record Created By
Efthymios Rizos
Date of Entry
17/05/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01151 | All Saints | Certain |
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