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Peter, presbyter from Spain, living in Mauretania Caesariensis ca AD 418/419, possesses a book by Augustine of Hippo. Augustine, "Retractions", AD 426/427.
Book 2, Chapter 56
 
Eodem tempore quidam Vincentius Victor in Mauritania Caesariensi inuenit apud Hispanum quendam presbyterum Petrum nonnullum opusculum meum [...]
 
Subsequently, Vincentius Victor, a layman, wrote to Peter (who came from Spain, but was probably settled in Mauretania) a book against Augustine's thesis on the immateriality of soul. Augustine wrote in response "The Nature and Origin of the Soul".
 
(ed. Mutzenbacher 1984: 135; summary by S. Adamiak)
Book 2, Chapter 56
 
At the same time a certain Vincentius Victor in Mauretania Caesariensis came upon one of my works in the possession of a certain Peter, a Spanish presbyter. [...]
 
Subsequently, Vincentius Victor, a layman, wrote to Peter (who came from Spain, but was probably settled in Mauretania) a book against Augustine's thesis on the immateriality of the soul. Augustine wrote in response "The Nature and Origin of the Soul".
 
(trans. B. Ramsey; summary by S. Adamiak)
 
 

Discussion:

For "The Nature and Origin of the Soul", see [801]. It is not certain whether Peter was ordained in Spain and then served as a presbyter in Mauretania or the word ''Hispanus'' refers only to his origin.

Place of event:

Region
  • Latin North Africa
  • Iberian Peninsula
City
  • Hippo Regius

About the source:

Author: Augustine of Hippo
Title: Retractions, Retractationes, Revisions
Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
In about AD 426/427 Augustine, 72 years old at the time, wrote “Retractions”: a kind of an annotated bibliography of his own works.
Edition:
A. Mutzenbacher ed., Sancti Aurelii Augustini Retractationum libri II, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 57, Turnhout 1984.
 
Translation:
Saint Augustine, Revisions, trans. B. Ramsey, New York 2000.

Categories:

Travel and change of residence
Ecclesiastical transfer
    Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
    Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
    Relation with
    Education - Theological interest
    Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER800, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=800
    Record by: Stanisław Adamiak
    last edited: 2018-07-30 11:51:37
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