Augustine of Hippo Regius (North Africa) describes how a virgin of Hippo was cured of a demon when she anointed herself with oil mixed with the tears of a presbyter who was praying for her. "The City of God", Book 22, AD 417/427.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Book 22
8. [...] Hipponiensem quandam uirginem scio, cum se oleo perunxisset, cui pro illa orans presbyter instillauerat lacrimas suas, mox a daemonio fuisse sanatam. [...]
(ed. Dombart - Kalb 1955, 821)
Book 22
8. [...] I know a certain virgin in Hippo who was immediately cured of a demon when she anointed herself with oil into which had fallen the tears of a presbyter who was praying for her. [...]
(trans. W. Babcock, slightly altered)
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
City
Hippo Regius
About the source:
Author: Augustine of Hippo Title: The City of God, De civitate Dei, On The City of God Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
“The City of God” was meant by Augustine to provide the Christians with the arguments against the accusations, raised especially after the sack of Rome in 410 AD, that their religion was inferior to the pagan cults that protected the Roman state in a better way. The first ten books of the “City of God” are a critique of the Roman religion and philosophy. The next twelve discuss the relation between the eternal City of God and the Earthly City.
Augustine probably started writing this work in 412 AD. The books appeared gradually. Book 10 was finished by 417 AD, and the whole work by 426/427.
The last book deals with the eternal happiness of the saints and explains the resurrection of the body, hence numerous miracle stories are contained here.
Edition:
B. Dombart, A. Kalb edd., Sancti Aurelii Augustini De Civitate Dei libri XI-XXII, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 48, Turnhout 1955.
Translation:
Saint Augustine, The City of God XI-XXII, trans. W. Babcock, New York 2013.
Categories:
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Ritual activity - Presiding at prayer
Ritual activity - Anointment
Ritual activity - Exorcism
Relation with - Woman
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER890, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=890
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