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Lucillus, a presbyter in Noricum and a companion of the monk Severinus, is sent to the king of the Alemanni to retrieve prisoners; between 454-82. Eugippius, Life of Severinus, written at Castellum Lucullanum near Naples in Italy, AD 511.
Eugippius first tells a story about the meeting between Severinus and King Gibuldus of Alemanni near Batavis. The king is impressed by Severinus' authority and promises him whatever he wants. Severinus asks him to return prisoners. The king agrees and Severinus sends the deacon Amantius. Amantius, with supernatural help, presumably from Severinus himself, manages to free seventy prisoners.
 
19. (5) [...] Pro qua re postmodum sancus Lucillus presbyter destinatus magnam miserorum copiam a captiuitate reuocauit.
 
(ed. Régerat 1991: 232, 234)
Eugippius first tells a story about the meeting between Severinus and King Gibuldus of Alemanni near Batavis. The king is impressed by Severinus' authority and promises him whatever he wants. Severinus asks him to return prisoners. The king agrees and Severinus sends the deacon Amantius. Amantius, with supernatural help, presumably from Severinus himself, manages to free seventy prisoners.
 
19. (5) [...] In that affair the holy priest, Lucillus, was dispatched afterwards; he recovered a great number of unfortunate people from captivity.        
 
(trans. L. Bieler 1965: 78; summary M. Szada)
 

Place of event:

Region
  • Danubian provinces and Illyricum
City
  • Quintanis

About the source:

Author: Eugippius
Title: Life of Severinus, Life of saint Severinus, Vita Severini, Commemoratorium
Origin: Castellum Lucullanum (Italy south of Rome and Sicily)Naples (Italy south of Rome and Sicily),
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Eugippius was originally from Noricum, where he was a monk in the monastery founded by Severinus (died 482). He left Noricum in 488 with other monks and the body of Severinus as part of the evacuation to Italy ordered by Odoacer. They settled in Castellum Lucullanum near Naples, a Roman villa offered to them by the noblewoman Barbaria. In 511, Eugippius wrote the "Life of Severinus." He also composed an anthology of excerpts from the works of Augustine, dedicated to the virgin Proba of the powerful Roman family, the gens Anicia, see [2047]. He also maintained relations with the Roman clergy (as evidenced by his familiarity with Paschasius) and with the African clerics exiled by the Vandals.
 
The Life can be safely dated to 511, because in the letter to the deacon Paschasius that accompanies the Life, Eugippius mentions that the year of Inportunus' consulship (509) was two years ago, see [2401] and [2402].
 
Eugippius was still alive in 532 when he corresponded with Ferrandus of Carthage [...].
Edition:
Ph. Régerat (ed.), Eugippe, Vie de saint Séverin, Paris 1991 (Sources Chrétiennes 337)
 
English translation:
Eugippius, Life of St. Severin, trans. L. Bieler, The Fathers of the Church, Washington D.C. 1965
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Categories:

Travel and change of residence
Relation with - Secular authority
Relation with - Barbarian
Relation with - Monk/Nun
Pastoral activity - Ransoming and visiting prisoners and captives
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2411, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2411
Record by: Marta Szada
last edited: 2022-08-02 14:08:29
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