The West Gothic poetry-MS Par. Lat. 8093 (9th cent.) contains as Versus Agresti episcopi de fide ad Avitum episcopum the fragment of an epistle in hexameters preceded by an introduction in the style of a letter and personal profession of faith. The author is probably to be identified with Bishop A. of Lugo in Spain, whose opposition to the anti-Priscillianists Pastor and Syagrius is reported by Hydatius in the year 433 (chron. 93 Burgess = 102 Mommsen); Avitus of Braga is a potential addressee. As …
Agrestius(170 words)
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Smolak, Kurt (Vienna), “Agrestius”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e108690>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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