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ID
ER 176
DRAFT: Presbyter Constantius, nephew of bishop Boniface of Ferentis, witnesses the latter performing a miracle. Account of Gregory the Great, "Dialogues", Rome, AD 593/594.?????? SEE ABOVE
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Presbyter Constantius, nephew (nepos) of bishop Boniface of Ferentis, witnesses the latter performing a miracle.
 
(ed. de Vogüé 1979: 78-80)

Discussion:

The word nepos may also be translated as grandson, or, more generally, as descendant, thus making the relation between Constantius and Boniface more intimate.

Place of event:

Region
  • Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia
City
  • Ferento

About the source:

Author: Gregory the Great
Title: Dialogues, Dialogorum Gregorii Papae libri quatuor de miraculis Patrum Italicorum, Dialogi
Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Gregory the Great wrote his Dialogues between 593 and 594 in Rome when he was the Bishop of this city. They were written in order to present lives and miracles of Italian saints, many of them contemporary to Gregory, and the greatest of them, saint Benedict of Nurcia. The Dialogues are divided into four books in which Gregory tells the stories of various saints to Peter, who was a deacon and a friend of Gregory, and is also known from the Gregory`s private correspondence.
Edition:
Grégoire le Grand, Dialogues, ed. A. de Vogüé, Sources Chretiennes 251, 260, 265, Paris 1978-1980.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Relation with - Other relative
Devotion - Supernatural experience
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER176, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=176