Evidence ID
E05894
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/Homilies
Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related texts
Major author/Major anonymous work
Hesychius of Jerusalem
Hesychius of Jerusalem, Homily 13, On Peter and Paul (CPG 6577 = BHG 1501f)
Brief summary:
1. Praise of Peter.
2-7. Paul the persecutor is called and won by Christ, and becomes a great apostle.
Liturgical ActivitiesService for the saint
Festivals
Service for the saint
Sermon/homily
FestivalsSaint’s feast
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
Hesychius lived as a monk and priest in Palestine and Jerusalem in the first half of the 5th century. A member of the clergy of the Holy Sepulchre, he was a leading theologian and author, flourishing from the 410s to perhaps after 451. He was a close associate of Juvenal (bishop of Jerusalem 422-458), and participated in the theological debate against Nestorius, supporting Cyril of Alexandria. The date of his death is uncertain. Theophanes reports that he died in the same year as Melania the Younger (ed. de Boor 92, 20: AM 5926), but he is also reported to have been alive when the Council of Chalcedon took place in 451, and to have opposed it.His surviving works include commentaries and homilies. He is known to have published an ecclesiastical history, which has not survived. The circulation of his works in the Middle Ages seems to have been geographically limited, since they tend to be found in manuscripts from Jerusalem and southern Italy, but hardly ever in Constantinopolitan ones. His homilies are important testimonies for the early stages of development of the liturgical traditions of the church of Jerusalem, and the appearance of a number of feasts with a strong Marian dimension like the 14 February feast of Hypapante (Candlemas) and 15 August.
On the manuscript tradition of Homily 13, see Aubineau 1978, 494-498:
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/9094/
Discussion
This homily is certainly related to the feast of the two apostles on 28 December, which is recorded by the Armenian and Georgian Lectionaries of Jerusalem (E05190; E03472). The venue of the feast is not mentioned by either of these sources, but is thought to have been the church of the Anastasis in Jerusalem.Bibliography
Text, French translation, and commentary:Aubineau, M., Les homélies festales d’Hésychius de Jérusalem I: les homélies I-XV (Subsidia Hagiographica 59: Brussels, 1978).
Record Created By
Efthymios Rizos
Date of Entry
30/06/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00008 | Paul, the Apostle | Παῦλος | Certain | S00036 | Peter, the Apostle | Πέτρος | Certain |
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