Presbyter Martinianus and Deacon Lollianus are sent by Pope Sixtus (Xistus) III to Illyricum. Sixtus III, Letter 7, AD 432/435
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Letter 7 (= Letter 11 in Collectio Thessalonicensis)
[....] Nam id sanctos fratres nostros Martinianum presbyterum, item et diaconum Lollianum egisse credas, quod et utilitatibus tuis, et sedis apostolicae auctoritati congrueret. [...]
(ed. Silva Tarouca 1937: 37)
Letter 7 (= Letter 11 in Collectio Thessalonicensis)
[...] Please believe that our holy brothers Presbyter Martinianus and Deacon Lollianus did what suited both your needs and the authority of the Apostolic See. [...]
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
Martinianus and Lollianus were sent by Sixtus III to Bishop Perigenes of Corinth (see [1784]) to persuade him to obey the papal vicar, bishop of Thessalonica, Anastasius.
Place of event:
Region
Rome
Danubian provinces and Illyricum
City
Corinth
About the source:
Author: Sixtus III Title: Epistulae, Letters Origin: Rome (Rome) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Sixtus (Xistus) III was the bishop of Rome between AD 432 and 440.
Edition:
C. Silva-Tarouca ed., Collectio Thessalonicensis : epistularum Romanorum Pontificum ad vicarios per Illyricum aliosque episcopo,Textus et Documenta. Series Theologica 23, Roma 1937, 36-43
Bibliography:
J.M. Kötter, "Autonomie der illyrischen Kirche? Die Sixtus-Briefe der Collectio Thessalonicensis und der Streit um das kirchliche Illyricum”, Millennium 9 (2012), 163–186.
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1848, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1848
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