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| Severus the presbyter.
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Chapter XIX.
Severus2604
| 2604 Sulpicius Severus born after 353, died about 410. | the presbyter,
surnamed Sulpitius, of the province of Aquitania, a man distinguished by his
birth, by his excellent literary work, by his devotion to poverty and
by his humility, beloved also of the sainted men Martin bishop of Tours
and Paulinus Nolanus, wrote small books which are far from despicable.
He wrote to his sister many Letters exhorting to love of God and
contempt of the world. These are well known. He wrote two to the above
mentioned Paulinus Nolanus and others to others, but because, in some,
family matters are included, they have not been collected for
publication. He composed also a Chronicle, and wrote also to the
profit of many, a Life of the holy Martin, monk and bishop, a
man famous for signs and wonders and virtues.2605
He also wrote a Conference between Postumianus and Gallus, in
which he himself acted as mediator and judge of the debate. The subject
matter was the manner of life of the oriental monks and of St.
Martin—a sort of dialogue in two divisions. In the first of these
he mentions a decree of the bishops at the synod of Alexandria in his
own time to the effect that Origen is to be read, though cautiously, by
those who are wise, for the good that is in him, and is to be rejected
by the less able on account of the evil. In his old age, he was led
astray by the Pelagians, and recognizing the guilt of much speaking,
kept silent until his death, in order that by penitent silence he might
atone for the sin which he had contracted by speaking.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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