The dates of the ordination of Paulinus of Bordeaux and of his departure for Nola

J. Desmulliez's 1985 revision of the chronology of Paulinus of Nola's life and works during the mid-390s is untenable. Paulinus Carmina Natalicia and Jerome's previously unappreciated epp.53 and 58 persuasively argue that Paulinus was ordained priest at Barcelona on 25 December 394 and moved to Nola...

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Author:Dennis E. Trout
Published: S.n., s.l., 1991
Pages:237-260
Periodical:Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes
Edition:XXXVII
Number:2
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Person and Life > Chronology & Journeys > chronology
- Biography > Person and Life > Augustin, shepard of souls > ordination of Augustine
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Latin Christian writers
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:J. Desmulliez's 1985 revision of the chronology of Paulinus of Nola's life and works during the mid-390s is untenable. Paulinus Carmina Natalicia and Jerome's previously unappreciated epp.53 and 58 persuasively argue that Paulinus was ordained priest at Barcelona on 25 December 394 and moved to Nola in the summer 395, not one year earlier respectively. In consequence, Augustine's episcopal ordination, which occurred the year after Paulinus'arrival at Nola, should be dated to 396 and not 395, the unreliable date recorded by Prosper of Aquitaine and commonly accepted