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[English Version] (Anfang 4.Jh. – vor 393), Bf. von Barcelona. Von seinem Leben ist bis auf einige Notizen bei Hieronymus (v.a. vir.ill. 106) nichts bekannt. P. war verheiratet (ein Sohn Dexter); die Bischofswahl fällt zw. 343 und 373. An Echtem erhalten sind drei Briefe an den Novatianer Sympronianus (I 4 der Ausspruch »Christiano mihi nomen est, catholico vero cognomen«), die den Novatianismus im Anschluß an Tertullian und Cyprian von Karthago bekämpfen, die »Paraenesis sive exhortatorius libellus ad paenitentiam« und die Predigt …

[English Version] (um 363 – um 420), aus aquitanischem Adel, nach rhetorischer Ausbildung als Anwalt tätig, früh verwitwet, verzichtete unter dem Einfluß Martins von Tours nach dem Vorbild des Freundes Paulinus von Nola 394 auf sein Vermögen und kultivierte, ab 399 in der eigenen Gründung Primuliacum, asketische Lebensweise (vgl. Paulinus, ep.5 und Gennad. vir.ill. 19). Die weniger hist. als erbaulichen Martinsschriften (»Vita S. Martini«, ergänzt durch drei Briefe und zwei Bücher »Dialogi«) zeige…

[German Version] (early 4th cent. – before 393), bishop of Barcelona. Nothing is known of his life apart from a few notes in Jerome (esp. Vir. ill. 106). He was married, and had a son called Dexter. He was elected bishop between 343 and 373. Considered genuine are three letters to the Novatian Sympronianus (I 4 contains the saying Christianus mihi nomen est, catholicus vero cognomen), following on from Tertullian and Cyprian of Carthage in attacking Novatianism, the Paraenesis sive exhortatorius libellus ad paenitentiam, and the sermon De baptismo. These writings are important evid…

[German Version] (c. 600 – before 675, Montélios near Braga, Spain) promoted monasticism in Spain and Portugal. According to his contemporary Vita, Fructuosus received his education from bishop Conantius (of Palencia?) and sold his family's property in order to found the monastery of Compludo near Astorga. His guidance there alternated with phases of eremitic life as well as journeys to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, during which further monasteries were founded. The ideal of strict asceticism guaranteed Fructuo…

[German Version] (c. 363 – c. 420). Born to noble Aquitanian parents, Sulpicius worked as a lawyer after training in rhetoric. Widowed at an early age, under the influence of Martin of Tours and following the example of his friend Paulinus of Nola, in 394 he relinquished his wealth and led an ascetic life, after 399 in his own estate at Primuliacum (Paulinus Ep. 5 and Gennad. ¶ Vir. ill. 19). His works on St. Martin ( Vita S. Martini, with three letters and two books of Dialogi) are less historical than edifying; they reveal him as an admirer of Martin, a defender of monasticism, …