Paulinus of Milan
Paulinus of Milan was a deacon, secretary and biographer of Bishop Ambrose of Milan .
Life
Paulinus was a deacon and secretary to Ambrose before he served as an administrator for church property in North Africa. There he wrote the contemporary report on the life of Ambrose, presumably in 422 at the instigation of Augustine of Hippo .
Against the Pelagians
In 411, Paulinus opposed the theologian Caelestius , a representative of Pelagianism . He put forward six theses that highlighted the Pelgian views as heresy. Caelestius gave up trying to become presbyter in Carthage and went to Ephesus . In 417 Paulinus was called to Rome to justify himself.
plant
- Vita sancti Ambrosii
literature
- Th. Builder: Paulinus v. Milan . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 6, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , Sp. 1815.
Individual evidence
- ↑ brillonline.nl , accessed on October 17, 2013
- ^ Rudolf Schieffer: From Milan to Canossa. A contribution to the history of the Christian penance by Theodosius the Elder. Size up to Heinrich IV. In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages, Vol. 28 (1972), p. 341.
- ^ Serge Lancel: Saint Augustine. London 2002, p. 27.
- ^ " Pelagius and Pelagianism " at newadvent.org, accessed October 17
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paulinus of Milan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Deacon, secretary and biographer of Bishop Ambrose of Milan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century |