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E00997: Quodvultdeus tells a story of a man in Naples, in the 440s, who claimed to have the merits and power of *Sossius (martyr of Pozzuoli, S00621) and was arrested by local clerics. Account in the Book of Promises written in Latin, most probably in Naples in 440/454.
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posted on 2015-12-16, 00:00 authored by robertQuodvultdeus, Book of Promises (Liber promissionum), Dimidium temporis 6.81
In Italia quoque, nobis apud Campaniam constitutis, dum uenerabilis et apostolico honore nominandus papa Leo manichaeos subuerteret et contereret pelagianos et maxime Iulianum ambientem, quidam Florus nomine, spiritu seductionis adreptus, uirtutem et meritum sibi sancti Sossi martiris adsignans, haud procul a Neapolitana ciuitate in subuersionem animarum quaedam promitteret faceretque inlicita, a germano uenerabilis Nostriani episcopi Etherio presbytero simul cum clericis praedictae ecclesiae detentus et coercitus, digne a praefatae prouinciae liminibus pulsus est.
'Also in Italy, when we had already settled in Campania, and when the venerable pope Leo, worthy to be spoken of with apostolic honour, destroyed the Manicheans and crushed the Pelagians, and especially the sinful Julian [of Eclanum], a man named Florus, seized by the spirit of seduction, not far from the city of Naples, claimed to have the merits and power of St Sossius the martyr, and was promising and doing illicit things for the destruction of souls. He was arrested and punished by the presbyter Etherius, brother of the venerable bishop Nostrianus, and by clerics from the named church, and justly expelled from the limits of the aforementioned province.'
Text: Braun 1976. Translation: Robert Wiśniewski.
In Italia quoque, nobis apud Campaniam constitutis, dum uenerabilis et apostolico honore nominandus papa Leo manichaeos subuerteret et contereret pelagianos et maxime Iulianum ambientem, quidam Florus nomine, spiritu seductionis adreptus, uirtutem et meritum sibi sancti Sossi martiris adsignans, haud procul a Neapolitana ciuitate in subuersionem animarum quaedam promitteret faceretque inlicita, a germano uenerabilis Nostriani episcopi Etherio presbytero simul cum clericis praedictae ecclesiae detentus et coercitus, digne a praefatae prouinciae liminibus pulsus est.
'Also in Italy, when we had already settled in Campania, and when the venerable pope Leo, worthy to be spoken of with apostolic honour, destroyed the Manicheans and crushed the Pelagians, and especially the sinful Julian [of Eclanum], a man named Florus, seized by the spirit of seduction, not far from the city of Naples, claimed to have the merits and power of St Sossius the martyr, and was promising and doing illicit things for the destruction of souls. He was arrested and punished by the presbyter Etherius, brother of the venerable bishop Nostrianus, and by clerics from the named church, and justly expelled from the limits of the aforementioned province.'
Text: Braun 1976. Translation: Robert Wiśniewski.
History
Evidence ID
E00997Saint Name
Sossius, martyr from Misenum, ob. c. 303 in Puteoli (Puzzoli) : S00621Saint Name in Source
SossiusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - OtherLanguage
- Latin