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Fragment 4

Gelasius papa Philippo et Gerontio episcopis.

... Et ideo, fratres carissimi, diversos ex omnibus saepe dicti loci paroeciis presbyteros, diaconos et universam turbam vos oportet saepius convocare....

(ed. Thiel 1868: 485)

Fragment 4

Pope Gelasius to Bishops Philip and Gerontius.

... Therefore, my dearest brothers, you should convoke more often the presbyters, deacons, and all the people from all the aforementioned place...

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

Gerontius was the bishop of Camerinum in Central Italy. We do not know where was the see of Philip. The first part of the letter, not quoted here, says the following history: there was a long vacancy after the death of the bishop of Civitanova Marche (Cluentum Vicus), and the people were unhappy with the candidate proposed by the neighbouring bishops. Therefore, Gerontius and his colleague, Philip, are charged by Gelasius with convoking all the clergy and people of the city to make a new choice. Eventually, the Deacon Gaudiosus was chosen (see PCBE Italie 1: Gerontius 5).

Place of event:

Region

Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia

City

Civitanova Marche

About the source:

Author: Gelasius I
Title: Epistulae, Letters
Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Gelasius I was the bishop of Rome between AD 492 and 496.

Edition:

Thiel A. ed., Epistulae Romanorum pontificum genuinae et quae ad eos scriptae sunt a S. Hilario usque ad Pelagium II, 1, Braunsberg 1868, 287-510.

Translation:

B. Neil, P. Allen edd., The Letters of Gelasius I (492-496): Pastor and Micro-Manager of the Church of Rome, Turnhout 2014.

Bibliography:

B. Neil, P. Allen edd., The Letters of Gelasius I (492-496): Pastor and Micro-Manager of the Church of Rome, Turnhout 2014.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ecclesiastical administration - Election of Church authorities

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and deacons

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2018, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2018