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P. Coustant, O.S.B., Notitia altera de S. Zephyrino papa

Editors' preface

NOTITIA ALTERA.

A SECOND NOTICE.

(D. Coustant, Epistolae Rom. Pont., tom. I et unic., p. 107.)

(D. Coustant, Letters of the Roman Pontiffs, vol. I and only, p. 107.)

Licet hujus pontificis nomen in Bucheriano catalogo desideretur, in eo tamen tempus, quo illum Ecclesiae praefuisse arbitratus est catalogi hujus scriptor, sub Victoris nomine indicatur, scilicet a consulatu Saturnini et Galli usque Praesente et Extricato, hoc est ab anno Christi 198 ad 217. Eadem consulari nota mendose expressa initium ac finem pontificatus Zephyrini liber Pontificalis designat. In antiquo Corbeiensis codicis catalogo annos XVIII, menses VII, dies X, sedisse adnotatur. Eusebius vero lib. V Hist., c. 28, eum Severi imperatoris anno circiter nono, hoc est Christi circiter 202 ordinatum scribit: tum lib. VI, c. 21, eumdem, cum per annos octodecim sacerdotium obtinuisset, primo Antonini Heliogabali imp. anno vita functum tradit.

Although the name of this pontiff is wanting in the Bucherian catalogue, yet the time during which the writer of this catalogue judged him to have presided over the Church is indicated in it under the name of Victor, namely from the consulship of Saturninus and Gallus to Praesens and Extricatus, that is, from the year of Christ 198 to 217. The Liber Pontificalis marks the beginning and end of Zephyrinus's pontificate by the same consular date, expressed in error. In the catalogue of the ancient codex of Corbie he is noted to have sat XVIII years, VII months, X days. Eusebius, however, in Book V of the History, ch. 28, writes that he was ordained in about the ninth year of the emperor Severus, that is, in about the year of Christ 202; then in Book VI, ch. 21, he relates that the same man, when he had held the priesthood for eighteen years, ended his life in the first year of the emperor Antoninus Heliogabalus.

Editors' notes and page, col. 11

Footnotes

NOTE: Latin-only page (Zephyrinus, Epistola prima); there are no facing Greek columns. The source-notes (superior numerals 1–13) run across the full page width, and the editor's note (4) follows them in two columns. ¹ ‹anchor: EPISTOLA PRIMA› · call in col 11 Hæc cum seq. Ant. Aug. aliisque viris eruditis supposititia habetur.

This letter and the next are held to be spurious by Antonius Augustinus and other learned men.

² ‹anchor: memores esse debemus› · call in col 11 Hilari papæ sancti Leonis successoris ep. 3.

Letter 3 of Pope Hilarus, successor of Saint Leo.

³ ‹anchor: non exstinguit nox› · call in col 11 Distinct. 38 : Sicut stellas cœli.

Distinction 38: "Sicut stellas coeli".

⁴ ‹anchor: firmamento inhærentes› · call in col 11 Adhærentes.

Adhaerentes [variant reading for "inhaerentes"].

⁵ ‹anchor: mundana iniquitas› · call in col 11 Prosperi sentent. 120, ex S. Aug. in Ps. XCIII.

Prosper, Sentences 120, from Saint Augustine on Psalm 93.

⁶ ‹anchor: discutientes episcopum› · call in col 12 2. q. 4 : Primat. accusat.; et in Felicis I; et in decr. Ivon., lib. iv.

Causa 2, question 4: "Primates accusatum"; also in [the letters of] Felix I; and in Ivo's Decretum, book 4.

⁷ ‹anchor: convincatur testes› · call in col 12 Anianus in const. i, tit. 40, lib. ix Cod. Theod.

Anianus on constitution 1, title 40, book 9 of the Theodosian Code.

⁸·⁹ ‹anchor: Detractores quoque› · call in col 12 Adrian., coll. 68 ; 3. q. 4 : Detractores quoque.

Hadrian['s collection], chapter 68; Causa 3, question 4: "Detractores quoque".

¹⁰ ‹anchor: impetatur aut dispereat› · call in col 12 Desperet.

Desperet [variant reading for "dispereat"].

¹¹ ‹anchor: in re dubia› · call in col 12 Greg. ep. 30, lib. viii, et 52, xi.

Gregory, Letter 30 of book 8, and Letter 52 of book 11.

¹² ‹anchor: Absens vero› · call in col 12 3. q. 9 : Absens vero.

Causa 3, question 9: "Absens vero".

¹³ ‹anchor: careant suspicione› · call in col 12 Adrian. coll. 15.

Hadrian['s collection], chapter 15.

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(4) ‹anchor: ad fastigium sacerdotale› · call in col 11

Ad fastigium sacerdotale. Pontificatum summum intelligit, cui simul oves et agni (id est, episcopi, ut Patres exponunt), cum reliquis clericis et tota plebe commissi sunt, Joan. cap. xxi. Ideoque hic recte pontificatum suum sacerdotale fastigium nominat, cujus sacerdotium, dignitate et officio simul, supra omnium sacerdotum et episcoporum longe emineat. Sev. Bin.

"To the summit of the priesthood." He means the supreme pontificate, to which the sheep and the lambs together (that is, the bishops, as the Fathers explain) were entrusted, along with the rest of the clergy and the whole people, John, chapter 21. And so he rightly calls his pontificate here the summit of the priesthood, since his priesthood, in dignity and in office alike, stands far above that of all priests and bishops. Severinus Binius.

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running head: 11 S. ZEPHYR
marginal letters: A Licet hujus pontificis; B quitur, ut mors; C EPISTOLA PRIMA.; D sanctae Scripturae, non
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: Latin only, no Greek printed; full-width headings at top (NOTITIA... / (D. COUSTANT, Epistolae Rom....) and middle (S. ZEPHYR... / EPIST...) cut off at right edge, not set; editors' matter: Licet hujus pontificis nomen (Notitia altera), De judiciis episcoporum (argument to Epistola I)
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other: the column continues with EPISTOLA PRIMA. (another unit); not set here
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running head: 11 S. ZEPHYRINI PAPAE 12
marginal letters: A ‹Licet hujus pontificis nomen›; B ‹quitur, ut mors ejus anno Christi›
old-edition numerals: (none)

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Unde sequitur, ut mors ejus anno Christi 219 aut 220, quo anno re ipsa idem Eusebius in Chronico Callistum ei successisse notat, illiganda sit. Sed in hoc ipso Chronico primus Heliogabali imp. annus ad annum Christi 218 refertur. Et eum quidem 7 die Junii praedicti anni 218 imperatorem renuntiatum fuisse aliunde notum est. Denique Zephyrini mors in Hieronymi aliisque antiquioribus Martyrologiis Decembris 20 die, in caeteris 26 Augusti, quo nunc celebratur ipsius festivitas, recolitur. Si igitur ipsum cum Eusebio Antonini Heliogabali imp. primo anno, et cum vetustioribus Martyrologiis 20 Decembris die obiisse ponamus, sub exitum anni 218 mors ejus consignanda erit.

Hence it follows that his death must be tied to the year of Christ 219 or 220, the year in which the same Eusebius in the Chronicle notes that Callistus did in fact succeed him. But in this very Chronicle the first year of the emperor Heliogabalus is referred to the year of Christ 218. And indeed it is known from elsewhere that he was proclaimed emperor on the 7th day of June of the aforesaid year 218. Finally, the death of Zephyrinus is commemorated in the Martyrology of Jerome and in other more ancient Martyrologies on the 20th day of December, in the rest on the 26th of August, the day on which his feast is now celebrated. If, therefore, we suppose with Eusebius that he died in the first year of the emperor Antoninus Heliogabalus, and with the older Martyrologies on the 20th day of December, his death will have to be assigned to the end of the year 218.

Ad ejus epistolas quod attinet, nihil in eis est car a reliquis Isidori mercibus separentur.

As for his letters, there is nothing in them why they should be separated from the rest of Isidore's wares.

Editors' notes and page, col. 12

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running head: S. ZEPHYRINI PAPAE 12
marginal letters: A anno re ipsa; B (after reliquis Isidori mercibus separentur.); C impletores appareatis.; D nabiliter habitum teneatur.
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: Latin only, no Greek printed; full-width headings at top (...ALTERA. / ...Epistolae Rom. Pont., tom. I et unic., p. 107.)) and middle (...PHYRINI PAPAE / EPISTOLAE.) cut off at left edge, not set; editors' matter: anno re ipsa idem Eusebius (continuation of Notitia altera), Ad ejus epistolas quod attinet
other: the 2 paragraph(s) of this column above the full-width band are set under col 11 (reading order, moved on receipt)
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running head: 11 S. ZEPHYRINI PAPAE 12
marginal letters: C ‹impletores appareatis›; D ‹nabiliter habitum teneatur›
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: pointer: the title band NOTITIA ALTERA (Coustant, Epistolae Rom. Pont. I p. 107), printed across cols 11-12, is set in c11_a.md. This file continues the Notitia from "Unde sequitur" (printed at the foot of col. 11, running to "quo"; col. 12 begins "anno re ipsa"). UNSURE: "218" in "sub exitum anni 218" has a damaged 1 in the type; "car" (for cur) is read from the low-resolution image and should be confirmed at zoom. Margin letters C and D stand beside lines of Epistola prima (another unit, not set here).