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Chapter XLI.
Maximus,2643
| 2643 Maximus of Vercelli, bishop of Turin about 415, died
466–470. | bishop of the
church at Turin, a man fairly industrious in the study of the Holy
Scripture, and good at teaching the people extemporaneously, composed
treatises In praise of the apostles and John the Baptist, and a
Homily on all the martyrs. Moreover he wrote many acute comments
on passages from the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. He wrote
also two treatises, On the life2644
of Saint Eusebius, bishop of
Vercelli, and confessor, and On Saint Cyprian, and published a
monograph On the grace of baptism. I have read his On
avarice, On hospitality, On the eclipse of the moon, On almsgiving, On
the saying in Isaiah, Your winedealers mix wine with water, On Our
Lord’s Passion, A general treatise On fasting by the
servants of God, On the quadragesimal fast in particular, and
That there should be no jesting on fast day, On Judas, the
betrayer, On Our Lord’s cross, On His sepulchre, On His
resurrection, On the accusation and trial of Our Lord before Pontius
Pilate, On the Kalends of January, a homily On the day of Our
Lord’s Nativity, also homilies On Epiphany, On the
Passover, On Pentecost, many also, On having no fear of carnal
Foes, On giving thanks after meat, On the repentance of the
Ninivites, and other homilies of his, published2645
| 2645 published T 30 21 Her.;
delivered A 25 31 a e. | on various occasions, whose names I do
not remember. He died in the reign of Honorius and Theodosius the
younger.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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