Daily Medieval

Even during all the political troubles that Anselm of Bec was having with William Rufus because of Anselm's role as Archbishop of Cant...

When Alaric and the Goths sacked Rome in the first years of the 5th century, the empire was shocked out of complacency. St. Jerome said “the...

The Emperor Theodosius I (347 - 395) embraced Christianity, so much so that he was ruled by Bishop Ambrose over the Massacre at Thessalonica...

Priscillian (c.340 - 385) was a good enough theologian that he was made Bishop of Ávila Spain in 380, but controversial enough that he had m...

Much of the history of the second half of the 5th century is known to us because of a disciple of Augustine of Hippo named Prosper. Born ab...

The Germanic tribe the Vandals made their way across Europe, into the Iberian Peninsula, and then to North Africa. There they clashed with ...

Isidore of Seville (c.560 - 636) wrote Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum ("History of the Kings of the Goths, Vanda...

St. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) was one of the most influential writers in Christianity in its first few centuries. He believed that Jews...

Folklores from all over the world include tales of dog-headed humanoids. The phenomenon is referred to as cynocephaly, from the Greek words ...

Ephesians 1:11 says "In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all thin...

There were two Councils of Orange. The first was held 8 November 441, presided over by Hilary of Arles.  He and 17 bishops established rules...

Although Donatus Magnus ' appeal at the Council of Arles failed, and  he was exiled to Gaul until his death, Donatism did not die out. A...

They call themselves the Amazigh, but history knows them as Berbers, who inhabited northwestern Africa since at least 10,000BCE. The etymolo...

One Latin form of Augustine was "Austinus" Augustine of Hippo (354-430), pious man and brilliant theologian, has been mention...

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) had very strong feelings about the difference between spiritual and temporal authority and structures. In his...

Yesterday's post on St. Menas and the flasks of water leads to a discussion of oleum martyris , literally "oil of martyrs" bu...

Arius was not the only early writer whose ideas were superseded by other theologians, making him a heretic. One of the next great disruptio...

Anselm of Laon (d.15 July 1117) studied under one of the great names of the day, St. Anselm of Bec, whom I teased about here . He became a m...

Today is the feast day of Augustine of Hippo (354-28 August 430). He was born into a noble family in Thagaste, in what is now Algeria. We kn...

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not: yet I say boldly that I know, that i...