Caesarius of Arles - Authorities

Authorities

There are several authorities for ascertaining the facts of his career.

  1. The biography, written by his admiring disciple, St. Cyprian, bishop of Toulon (Tolonensis) with the aid of other ecclesiastics has been edited and translated by W.E. Klingshirn, Caesarius of Arles: Life, Testament, Letters. Translated Texts for Historians 19 (Liverpool, 1994).
  2. His will, first published by Baronius (Annales Ecclesiastici vi, under the year 508) from archives preserved at Arles; also given by Surius, l.c.; a document of some interest for the student of Roman law, but thought by Brugsch (archives of the Society of Ancient History) to be a forgery by Hincmar of Rheims.
  3. Acts of various councils over which Caesarius presided (Philippe Labbe, Concilia, vol. ii. pp. 995–1098, (Paris, 1714).
  4. The Regula ad Monachos and Regula ad Virgines, drawn up by him for a monastery and a convent of his own foundation (edited by Holstenius in his Codex Regularum; and by P. de Cointe in his Annales Ecclesiastici Francorum). Trithemius, fixing the date of Caesarius much too late, fell into the error of supposing him to be a Benedictine.
  5. Of his sermons a recent edition is M.-J. Delage, Césare d'Arles: sermons au peuple 1, Sources Chrétiennes 175 (Paris, 1971).

The only modern assessment of Caesarius, setting him in context, is William E. Klingshirn, Caesarius of Arles: The Making of a Christian Community in Late antique Gaul (Cambridge University Press) 1994.

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