The Lives Of The British Saints Vol 4 Of 4

Author : Sabine Baring-Gould
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ISBN 13 : 9781331250661
Total Pages : 562 pages
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Download or read book The Lives of the British Saints, Vol. 3 of 4 written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lives of the British Saints, Vol. 3 of 4: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain As has been already stated, under the head of Edeyrn, it is not possible to identify Faustus of Riez with the Faustus or Edeyrn, born of incest, son of Gwrtheyrn or Vortigern, as is apparently done by Nennius. Sidonius Apollinaris says that Faustus was the son of a noble and saintly British mother. He might possibly have so described the daughter of Vortigern, if her after life was spent in penance and devotion; but the chronology of Faustus cannot be made to fit in with that of a son of the British prince. Sidonius says nothing as to who was the father of Faustus, but that may be explained by supposing that the father was dead when he came to make the acquaintance of the son. Faustus can hardly have been born earlier than 400. Whilst young he went to Lerins, and it was probably whilst there that he became intimate with a fellow-countryman, a Bishop Rioc, or Riocatus, as Sidonius calls him, who paid two visits to Southern Gaul and the Province. In 434 Maximus, Abbot of Lerins, ascended the episcopal throne of Riez, and Faustus was elected in his room to preside over the monastic community. He must have been full young for so important a position; but as he lived till after 484, it is not possible to set back his birth much earlier than 400. His mother, at an advanced age, lived near him at Lerins. He had a brother, a priest, Memorius, under him; and in the society was likewise a brother of his correspondent Sidonius Apollinaris. At Lerins Faustus led a very strict life, was devoted to study, and strove to imitate the lives of the fathers of the Egyptian deserts. He wrote a letter to a deacon, named Gratus, who was infected with Nestorian errors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.