Jerome – Letter 52
| Document: | Letter 52 |
| Incipit: | Petis {a me} Nepotiane carissime |
| Addressee: | Nepotian |
| Date: | 394 (Kelly p. 190) |
| Earliest ms.: | Paris, France: Bibliotheque Nationale, Nouv.acq.lat. 446, f. 1-4v. 6th century. (Lambert, I: p. 605) |
| Latin Text: | CSEL 54, pp. 413-441; Wright, pp. 188-228; Duff, pp. 195-206. |
| English Translation: | Greenslade, pp. 312-29, Wright, pp. 189-229; Fremantle, pp. 89-96 |
| Notes: | Nepotian, the nephew of Heliodorus (for whom see Letter 14), had, like his uncle, abandoned the military for the clerical calling, and was now a presbyter at Altinum, where Heliodorus was bishop. The letter is a systematic treatise on the duties of the clergy and on the rule of life which they ought to adopt. It had a great vogue, and called forth much indignation against Jerome. (Fremantle) |
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