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Dear Meg,
Thank you for correcting my error. It was St Stephen and not St Sebastian.
Oops!
Jim Bugslag
On 14 Oct 2003 at 10:51, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
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> I don't know about St. Sebastian, but there is discussion of cures at
> the shrine(s) and in association of the relics of St. Stephen in
> City of God book 22 chs. 8-10
> Meg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Izbicki [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:39 AM
> To: Cormack, Margaret Jean
> Subject: Re: Augustine and the Cult of Saints
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> The only references to Sebastian I found in the Patrologia Latina Database
> in works attributed to Augustine were to notes on the sermons, not in the
> texts themselves.
> Tom Izbicki
>
> At 07:03 PM 10/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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> > > I am trying to analyse Augustine's attitude not to the category of
> > > saints
> > > but to the utility of saintly intercession.
> > > This strikes me as a different attitude to the cult from, say, Ambrose
> > > of
> > > Milan.
> >
> >I am not familiar enough with St Augustine's writings to know where he
> >mentioned
> >the arrival of relics of St Sebastian to north Africa, but this is
> >potentially of interest
> >for your question, particularly in relation to St Ambrose, who was one of
> >the earliest
> >churchmen to be active in the translation of relics.
> >Sorry to be so vague, but maybe someone else can direct you more
> >specifically to
> >this passage.
> >Cheers,
> >Jim Bugslag
> >
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