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Early Christian biographies : lives of St. Cyprian / by Pontius. St. Ambrose / by Paulinus. St. Augustine / by Possidius. St. Anthony / by St. Athanasius. St. Paul the First Hermit, St. Hilarion, and Malchus / by St. Jerome. St. Epiphanius / by Ennodius : with a sermon on the life of St. Honoratus / by St. Hilary / translated by Roy J. Deferrari ... [et al.] ; edited by Roy J. Deferrari.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pontius, Saint, Deacon of Carthage, -approximately 260.
- Series:
- Fathers of the church ; v. 15.
- The fathers of the church : a new translation ; v. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers of the church.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (422 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2001, c1952.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most of the saints' lives presented here, though the volume is entitled Early Christian Biographies, belong in reality to quite another category, hagiography.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHY""; ""PONTIUS""; ""Life of St. Cyprian""; ""PAULINUS""; ""Life of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan""; ""POSSIDIUS""; ""THE LIFE OF ST. AUGUSTINE""; ""ST. ATHANASIUS""; ""THE LIFE OF ST. ANTHONY""; ""ST. JEROME""; ""THE LIFE OF PAUL THE HERMIT""; ""THE LIFE OF HILARION OF GAZA""; ""THE LIFE OF MALCHUS, THE CAPTIVE MONK""; ""ENNODIUS""; ""THE LIFE OF ST. EPIPHANIUS""; ""ST. HILARY""; ""THE LIFE OF ST. HONORATUS""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""INDEX""
- Notes:
- First short-run reprint.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Contains:
- Paulinus, 4th/5th cent.
- Possidius, Saint, active 370-437.
- Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373.
- Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
- Ennodius, Magnus Felix, Saint, 474-521.
- Hilary, Saint, Archbishop of Arles, 401-449.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1115-8
- OCLC:
- 867796558
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