Claudianus Mamertus
Claudianus Mamertus († 474 ) was presbyter in Vienne (Isère) , active in the parish of his brother, Bishop Mamertus , as well as a poet and Christian philosopher .
Life
Two sources report about his life: Gennadius von Marseille included him in his work De viris illustribus (Chapter 83) and describes him as a powerful author. Sidonius Apollinaris , with whom he was in correspondence, appreciates not only his philosophical knowledge, but also his energetic, charitable work in the community of his brother (Briefe, IV, 11).
Works
Apart from two short letters to Sidonius, only his treatise De statu animae has survived . Claudianus Mamertus deals with the Christian doctrine of the soul and makes arguments for the incorporeal nature of the soul. He argues with the help of the ancient philosophers, the Latin church fathers and also draws on the Bible . Primarily he is to be regarded as a spiritual student of Augustine of Hippo .
The work was inspired by a letter from Faustus von Reji , in which the latter took the position that the soul is physical. However, this letter circulated anonymously, which caused Claudius Mamertus to get excited: si bene conscius disputas, cur nomen occultas ( if you know how to dispute, why do you hide the name?, Book I, 2).
The work had a major influence on the writing of Cassiodorus De anima (added to the variae (epistulae) ) and played an essential role in the field of soul metaphysics for the continuation of Augustinian ideas in the 5th century.
Text output
- Augustus Engelbrecht : Claudiani Mamerti Opera , Vienna 1885.
literature
- Adolf Jülicher : Claudianus 10 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2660 f.
- W. Schmid: Claudianus Mamertus in Reallexikon für antiquity and Christianity .
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Jülicher: Claudianus 10. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswwissenschaft (RE). Volume VI, 2, Stuttgart 1909, Col. 2660 f.
- ↑ August Engelbrecht: Claudiani Mamerti Opera , Index Scriptorum .
- ^ W. Schmid: Claudianus Mamertus in Reallexikon für Antike und Christianentum , p. 176.
- ↑ Roger John Howard Collins: Faustus von Reji. In: Theological Real Encyclopedia . Volume 11. Berlin / New York 1983, pp. 63-67.
- ^ W. Schmid: Claudianus Mamertus in Reallexikon für Antike und Christianentum , p. 176.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mamertus, Claudianus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Presbyter in Vienne (Isère), poet and Christian philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century or 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 474 |