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41. [...] Λιβερίου γὰρ ἀποστείλαντος πρὸς βασιλέα Εὐτρόπιον πρεςβύτερον καὶ διάκονον Ἱλάριον μετὰ γραμμάτων, ὅτε καὶ οἱ περὶ Λουκίφερον ὡμολόγουν, τὸν μὲν πρεσβύτερον εὐθὺς ἐξώρισαν, τὸν δὲ διάκονον Ἱλάριον γυμνώσαντες καὶ τὰ νῶτα μαστίξαντες ἐξώρισαν ἐπιφωνοῦντες· ‘διὰ τί μὴ ἀντέστης Λιβερίῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρ' αὐτοῦ κεκόμικας γράμματα’; [...]

(ed. Opitz 1940: 206)

41. [...] When Liberius sent Eutropius, a Presbyter, and Hilarius, a Deacon, with letters to the Emperor, at the time that Lucifer and his fellows made their confession, they banished the Presbyter on the spot, and after stripping Hilarius the Deacon and scourging him on the back, they banished him too, clamouring at him, "Why did you not resist Liberius instead of being the bearer of letters from him?" [...]

(trans. M. Atkinson, A. Robertson, http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/28155.htm)

Place of event:

Region

Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia

City

Milan

About the source:

Author: Athanasius
Title: History of Arians, Historia Arianorum
Origin: Monasteries in Egypt (East)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

"The History of Arians" is a chronological description of the struggle of Athanasius with his opponents in AD 335–357. Athanasius wrote it during his exile to the Egyptian desert, probably in AD 357.

Edition:

H.G. Opitz ed., Athanasius Werke, II, 1, Berlin 1940, 183-230.

Bibliography:

P. Gemeinhardt ed., Athanasius Handbuch, Tuebingen 2011.

Categories:

Travel and change of residence

PR670.

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

PR670.

Ecclesiastical administration - Participation in councils and ecclesiastical courts

PR670.

Ecclesiastical administration - Ecclesiastical envoy

PR670.

Relation with - Deacon

PR670.

Relation with - Monarch and royal/imperial family

PR670.

Conflict - Violence

PR670.

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1454, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1454