Pacian from Barcelona

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Pacian of Barcelona by Joan Roig - Barcelona Cathedral .

Pacian of Barcelona ( Latin Pacianus , * around 300 probably in Spain , † between 379 and 392 in Barcelona ) was a bishop of Barcelona and Christian writer.

Life

Pacianus came from a noble family. After a good education, also in theological terms, he initially embarked on a secular career and married. Pacianus became Bishop of Barcelona. He wrote u. a. the writings De baptismo ("On Baptism") and Libellus exhortatorius ad poenitentiam ("On Repentance"). He defended the Catholic doctrine on the forgiveness of all sins (except the sin against the Holy Spirit ) and on the key power of the Church against the Novatians , among other things in three letters to Symphronius. In contrast to the Novatians' claim to be the true “Catholici”, he stated in a famous saying: Christiano mihi nomen est, catholico vero cognomen - Christian is my name, but Catholic is my surname .

He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

progeny

His son was the Praetorian prefect Dexter, who in turn was friends with Hieronymus .

Namesake

According to St. Pacian is named the Catholic University Ateneo Universitario San Paciano in Barcelona. It was founded in 2015 and emerged from the merger of the Facultad de Teología de Cataluña , the Facultad Eclesiástica de Filosofía de Cataluña and the Facultad Antoni Gaudí de Historia de la Iglesia, Arqueología y Artes Cristianas .

literature

Web links

Commons : Pacian of Barcelona  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Creación del Ateneo Universitario San Paciano en Barcelona . In: Revista Ecclesia Digital , September 30, 2015, accessed November 25, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Pacian from Barcelona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Barcelona, ​​saint of the Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH at 300
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Spain
DATE OF DEATH between 379 and 392
Place of death Barcelona