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E00722: Anonymous Latin sermon preached at Lérins (southern Gaul) in the mid 5th century in commemoration of *Honoratus (founder of Lérins and bishop of Arles, ob. 429/430, S00438); insists that Honoratus' ability to help people spiritually was as valuable as the miracles of saints who heal the sick or raise the dead. Part of the collection of Gallic sermons known as 'Eusebius Gallicanus'.
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posted on 2015-09-21, 00:00 authored by dlambertEusebius Gallicanus, Sermon 72: On the Burial of the Holy Bishop Honoratus (De depositione sancti Honorati episcopi), § 11
Laudetur ab aliis quicumque sanctorum in opere uirtutum: qui daemones ex aliorum carne depulerit. Mihi uero iste laudandus est: qui spiritus immundos non de membrorum latibulis, sed de ipsis mentibus et cordibus effugabat – tot expellens daemones quot curauerat passiones. Laudetur, inquam, ab aliis: defuncta iam spiritu atque anima uacua corpora uitae reddit. Sed non minus iste laudandus est: qui mortuas saepe in corporibus animas suscitauit – nam, etsi minus in aliquem defunctum uisa est per eum haec fragilis uita reuocari, plus est quod perpetuam docuit inueniri.
'Let him be praised by others, whoever is among the saints in power of miracles who expels demons from other people’s flesh. For me that man is truly to be praised who drove out unclean spirits not from hiding places in people’s limbs but from their very minds and hearts – expelling demons as often as he cured suffering. Let him be praised, I say, by others, who returns to life bodies that are already dead in spirit and emptied of the soul. But no less is that man to be praised who often revived souls dead inside their bodies – for, even if this fragile life seemed to be called back less by him into some dead person, it is more that he taught perpetual life to be discovered.'
Text: Glorie 1971, 779. Translation: David Lambert.
Laudetur ab aliis quicumque sanctorum in opere uirtutum: qui daemones ex aliorum carne depulerit. Mihi uero iste laudandus est: qui spiritus immundos non de membrorum latibulis, sed de ipsis mentibus et cordibus effugabat – tot expellens daemones quot curauerat passiones. Laudetur, inquam, ab aliis: defuncta iam spiritu atque anima uacua corpora uitae reddit. Sed non minus iste laudandus est: qui mortuas saepe in corporibus animas suscitauit – nam, etsi minus in aliquem defunctum uisa est per eum haec fragilis uita reuocari, plus est quod perpetuam docuit inueniri.
'Let him be praised by others, whoever is among the saints in power of miracles who expels demons from other people’s flesh. For me that man is truly to be praised who drove out unclean spirits not from hiding places in people’s limbs but from their very minds and hearts – expelling demons as often as he cured suffering. Let him be praised, I say, by others, who returns to life bodies that are already dead in spirit and emptied of the soul. But no less is that man to be praised who often revived souls dead inside their bodies – for, even if this fragile life seemed to be called back less by him into some dead person, it is more that he taught perpetual life to be discovered.'
Text: Glorie 1971, 779. Translation: David Lambert.
History
Evidence ID
E00722Saint Name
Honoratus, founder of Lérins and bishop of Arles, ob. 429/30 : S00438Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/HomiliesLanguage
- Latin
Evidence not before
434Evidence not after
460Activity not before
429Activity not after
460Place of Evidence - Region
Gaul and Frankish kingdomsPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
LérinsPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Lérins Tours Tours Toronica urbs Prisciniacensim vicus Pressigny Turonorum civitas Ceratensis vicus CéréMajor author/Major anonymous work
Eusebius GallicanusCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Sermon/homily
Cult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast