Latin Life of *Floridus (bishop of Città di Castello, ob. end of 6th c., S01754). Written probably in Rome in the early 7th c. but known only through an 11th c. recension. Skeleton entry
Evidence ID
E08149
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Lives
Vita Floridi (BHL 3062)
There is a Life of Floridus, written in Arezzo in 1077/1087 by a certain deacon Arnulphus. In the 1988 publication of this text, the editors argue that Arnulphus added a prologue and some concluding chapters, but otherwise reproduced substantially unaltered a much earlier text, which they attribute to the circle of Gregory the Great at the very beginning of the seventh century (Haussig, Maaz and Spitzbart 1988).
We have not examined this Life, but there is a useful summary of its content in Pietri and Pietri 1999.
Non Liturgical Activity
Composing and translating saint-related texts
Discussion
Floridus is also known from the Dialogues of Gregory the Great, but there he appears as a source for some of Gregory's information, not as a 'saint' with miracle-working powers.Città di Castello (ancient Tifernum Tiberinum) is in central Italy, in Umbria to the west of Arezzo.
Bibliography
Edition:Haussig, H.W., Maaz, W. and Spitzbart, G., "Vita S. Floridi (BHL 3062)", Analecta Bollandiana, 106 (1988), 391-443.
Further reading:
Pietri, Ch. and Pietri, L., Prosopographie chrétienne du bas-empire, 2 Prosopographie de l'Italie chrétienne (313-604), 2 vols (Rome 1999-2000: École française de Rome), vol. 1, 847-9, 'Floridus'.
Record Created By
Bryan Ward-Perkins
Date of Entry
27/5/2021
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01754 | Floridus, bishop of Città di Castello, ob. end of 6th c. | Floridus | Certain |
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