Author: Gaudentius of Brescia, Saint.
Title: Sancti Gaudentii Brixiae episcopi Sermones qui exstant nunc primum ad fidem mss. codd. recogniti, et emendati. Accesserunt Ramperti, et Adelmanni venerabilium Brixiae episcoporum opuscula.
Description: Recensuit, ac notis illustravit Paulus Galeardus ... Patavii : Excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1720. Contemp. blindstamped vellum binding. [16], l, 330, [2] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Titlepage printed in red and black with vignette. Large printer's vignette on last page. Binding sl. soiled & stained. Library stamp on French title-page. Small paper tickets on cover & spine. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Saint Gaudentius (Italian: San Gaudenzio di Brescia; died 410) was Bishop of Brescia from 387 until 410. There are twenty-one genuine tractates by Gaudentius. The first ten are a series of Easter sermons, written down after delivery at the request of Benivolus, the chief of the Brescian nobility, who had been prevented by ill health from hearing them delivered. In the preface Gaudentius takes occasion to disown all unauthorized copies of his sermons published by shorthand writers. These pirated editions seem to have been known to Rufinus, who, in the dedication to St. Gaudentius of his translation of the pseudo-Clementine Recognitions, praises the intellectual gifts of the Bishop of Brescia. This edition by Galeardi ((Padua, 1720) is the best edition of his works.

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