Texts

Vita sancti Germani

Constantius of Lyon

Latin
Non-Celtic texts

Life of St Germanus of Auxerre, written by Constantius of Lyon

First words (prose)

Merito inter omnes virtutes oboedientia vindicat principatum, quae facit plerosque temptare, quod nequeunt

Author

Constantius of LyonConstantius of Lyon

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Language

Latin

Date

5th century

Classification

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Subjects

Germanus of Auxerre

(Saint) Germanus of Auxerre

(d. c. 448 or c. 437)

bishop of Auxerre (Gaul), who was sent to Britain in c. 429/430 to oppose Pelagianism; commemorated as a saint.

Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Borius, René, Constance de Lyon: Vie de Saint Germain d'Auxerre, Sources Chrétiennes, 112, Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 1965.

Critical edition with a French translation

[ed.] Levison, Wilhelm, “XI: Vita Germani episcopi Autissiodorensis auctore Constantio”, in: Bruno Krusch, and Wilhelm Levison (eds), Passiones vitaeque sanctorum aevi Merovingici (V), 7, Hanover and Leipzig, 1920. 225–283.

Digital MGH: <link>

[tr.] Hoare, F. R., “Constantius of Lyon: The Life of Saint Germanus of Auxerre”, in: Thomas F. X. Noble, and Thomas Head (eds), Soldiers of Christ: saints and saints' lives from Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. 75–106.