Tyconius
Tyconius (also Ticonius , Tichonius and other spellings) was a Donatist bishop and church writer who lived in North Africa in the 2nd half of the 4th century.
life and work
Not much is known about the life of Tyconius, sources are the church historian Gennadius of Marseille and a letter from Parmenianus, a Donatist bishop of Carthage. This letter has come down to us through a refutation by Augustine . According to Augustine, Tyconius was expelled from the Donatist community after disputes with Parmenianus.
After Gennadius he wrote the writings De bello intestino (On the struggle in the womb, i.e. between Jacob and Esau , Gen 25,25-26 EU ) and Expositiones diversarum causarum (discussions on various matters). His commentary on the Revelation of John has not survived either, but can be largely reconstructed from quotations in other apocalypse commentaries, especially that of Beatus von Liébana .
His main surviving work is the seven books of the rules ( De septem regulis , in Patrologia Latina XVIII, 15-66), which are quoted by Augustine.
literature
- James S. Alexander: Tyconius . In: TRE 34,203-208 Google Booksearch
- Wilhelm Bousset : The commentary of Ticonius - Augustine and Hieronymus . In: The Revelation of Johannis , 6th edition, Göttingen 1906, p. 59.
- Charles Kannengiesser: Ticonius . In: LTHK 3 10.24.
- Winrich Löhr: Tychonius . In: RGG 4 8
- Klaus-Gunther Wesseling : Tyconius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 769-774.
Web links
- Literature by and about Tyconius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Latin text from De septem regulis (based on the edition of the Patrologia Latina )
- Latin text by Contra Epistolam Parmeniani des Augustine (based on the edition of the Patrologia Latina; PDF file; 6 kB)
- Latin text of the Doctrina christiana of Augustine (based on the edition of the Patrologia Latina; PDF file; 6 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ De viris illustribus 18
- ↑ Contra epistulam Parmeniani , in Patrologia Latina XLIII, 33-108
- ↑ De doctrina christiana III, 30:42
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tyconius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ticonius, Tichonius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Donatist theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century or 4th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | before 400 |