Theophanes Kerameus
Theophanes Kerameus ( Middle Greek Θεοφάνης Κεραμεῦς ) was supposedly a bishop of Rossano in Calabria , Italy in the 12th century . He was considered the author of a number of homilies .
The ninety or so sermons that have come down to us in manuscripts are written in Greek and for the most part exegetical. They are simple and natural masterpieces of the art of speaking. Francesco Scorso SJ obtained the first edition in Paris in 1644. This edition was reprinted in the Patrologia Graeca .
F. Scorso, the first editor, assumed that Theophanes Kerameus had lived in the 9th century and was bishop of Taormina in Sicily . Even Pierre Batiffol suspected, however, that a large part of the homilies were written by the Calabrian monk Philagathos von Cerami , a student of Abbot Bartholomew von Simeri († 1130). This is now considered certain.
literature
- Lancia di Brolo: Storia della Chiesa in Sicilia. Palermo 1884, pp. 459-492.
- Lancia di Brolo: Sopra Teofano Cerameo ricerche e schiarimenti. In: Archivio storico Siciliano B., I. Palermo 1877, pp. 391-421.
- Michael Ott: Theophanes Kerameus . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 14, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.
- Albert Ehrhard: Tradition and existence of the hagiographic and homiletic literature of the Greek Church: from the beginnings to the end of the 16th century . Part 1. The Tradition, Vol. 3 (Texts and Investigations Vol. 52.1). Leipzig 1939/43, 631–681.
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Theophanes Kerameus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Θεοφάνης Κεραμεῦς (Greek); Teofan Kerameus (arcybiskup Taorminy); Theophanes Cerameus; Teofane Cerameo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Rossano |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1129 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1152 |