Clerical Exile in Late Antiquity

285 Pages·2016·2.92 MB·English

by  Julia Hillner

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the Department of History at the University of Sheffield, the Seminar für Kirchen-
geschichte at the University of Halle, and the Department of Culture and Society
at Aarhus University. Ten chapters of the volume are revised versions of papers de-
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livered at the XVII International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford
in 2015. The three chapters of the first part of the volume discuss the question of
“Clerical Exile and Social Control”. The second part offers five selected case stud-
ies from the 3rd to the 6th centuries. The final part deals with discourses, memories,
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Clerical Exile in Late Antiquity
EARLY CHRISTIANITY
IN THE CONTEXT
OF ANTIQUITY

Edited by Anders-Christian Jacobsen,
Christine Shepardson,
Jörg Ulrich

Advisory board:
Hanns Christof Brennecke, Ferdinand R. Prostmeier
Einar Thomassen, Nicole Kelley
Jakob Engberg, Carmen Cvetkovic
Ellen Muehlberger, Tobias Georges

Volume 17

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Names: Hillner, Julia, editor. | International Conference on Patristic Studies
(17th : 2015 : Oxford, England)
Title: Clerical exile in late antiquity / Julia Hillner, J?org Ulrich, Jakob Engberg (eds.).
Description: 1 [edition]. | New York : Peter Lang, 2016. | Series: Early Christianity in
the context of antiquity, ISSN 1862-197X ; Volume 17 | Some chapters are "revised
versions of papers delivered at the XVII International Conference on Patristic Studies
held in Oxford from 10 to 14 August 2015"–Preface. | "Present volume results from the
international research project The Migration of Faith: Clerical Exile in Late Antiquity
(325-ca.600)"–Preface.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016029337 | ISBN 9783631665978
Subjects: LCSH: Church history–Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. | Church
controversies. | Clergy–History.
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Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................7
Introduction
Julia Hillner
Approaches to Clerical Exile in Late Antiquity: Strategies,
Experiences, Memories and Social Networks ..........................................11
Part I: Clerical Exile and Social Control
Éric Fournier
Constantine and Episcopal Banishment: Continuity and Change in
the Settlement of Christian Disputes ........................................................47
Harry Mawdsley
Mapping Clerical Exile in the Vandal Kingdom (435–484) .....................67
Dirk Rohmann
Enforced Career Changes, Clerical Ordination and Exile in
Late Antiquity .........................................................................................95
Part II: Clerics in Exile
Jörg Ulrich
Dionysius of Alexandria in Exile: Evidence from His Letter to
Germanus (Eus., h.e. 7.11) ....................................................................115
David M. Reis
Exile, Identity and Space: Cyprian of Carthage and the Rhetoric of
Social Formation ...................................................................................129
Jakob Engberg
Exile and the Dissemination of Donatist Congregations ........................145
Uta Heil
From Hippolytus to Fulgentius: Sardinia as a Place of Exile in the
First Six Centuries .................................................................................165
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Margarita Vallejo Girvés
Banished Bishops Were Not Alone: The Two Cases of Theodoros
Anagnostes, Guardian and Assistant .....................................................193
Part III: Discourses, Legacies and Memories of Clerical Exile
David M. Reis
Tracing the Imaginary in Imperial Rome ...............................................213
Éric Fournier
Amputation Metaphors and the Rhetoric of Exile: Purity and
Pollution in Late Antique Christianity ...................................................231
Jennifer Barry
Receptions of Exile: Athanasius of Alexandria’s Legacy ........................251
David Natal
“I Will Never Willingly Desert You”: Exile and Memory
in Ambrose of Milan .............................................................................263
List of Contributors ..............................................................................283
Preface
The present volume results from the international research project “The Mi-
gration of Faith: Clerical Exile in Late Antiquity (325–c.600)”. The project
is a collaboration between the Department of History at the University of
Sheffield, the Seminar für Kirchengeschichte at the University of Halle, and the
Department of Culture and Society at Aarhus University, with the Abteilung
Byzanzforschung at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the HRI Digital at
the Humanities Research Institute and the German Historical Institute in
London as further project partners. It is funded by the Arts and Humanities
Research Council from 2014 to 2017. Ten chapters of this volume are revised
versions of papers delivered at the XVII International Conference on Patristic
Studies held in Oxford from 10 to 14 August 2015. For the publication of
this volume we commissioned three further chapters (the two chapters by
David M. Reis and Éric Fournier’s chapter on amputation metaphors). We
have been very fortunate to work with such inspiring and diligent contribu-
tors and are pleased to present our findings to a wider audience so swiftly. In
addition, a number of colleagues have supported the volume’s development
and we would like to take this occasion to express our warmest gratitude to
all of them.
At the University of Sheffield, we would like to thank John Drinkwa-
ter, Katie Hemer, Joseph Lewis, Simon Loseby, Máirín MacCarron, Harry
Mawdsley, Dirk Rohmann, Giulia Vollono and Meredith Warren for reading,
responding to and discussing draft versions of several chapters in this volume
in the “Late Antique Reading Group”. Their feedback has been invaluable.
Special thanks go to Harry Mawdsley and Jan Rausch for English proofread-
ing, and to James Pearson for technical help.
An der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg danken wir herzlich
den Hilfskräften am Lehrstuhl für Ältere Kirchengeschichte für ihre zuver-
lässige Arbeit. Beate Gienke, Franziska Grave, Juliane Müller und Malina
Teepe haben sich mit großem Engagement der Aufgabe angenommen, den
Fußnotenapparat und die Texte nach den Richtlinien für die Reihe ECCA
zu bearbeiten. Ferner danken wir den Mitherausgebern von ECCA, Anders-
Christian Jacobsen (Aarhus) und Christine Shepardson (Knoxville), für die
Zustimmung zur Aufnahme des Bandes in die Reihe. Hermann Ühlein (Essen)
vom Verlag Peter Lang danken wir für die freundliche und geduldige Betreu-
ung bei der Entstehung des Buches.
Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond takkes for støtte til bogens udgivelse.
Tak også til Nicholas Marshall og andre medlemmer af Center for Studiet af
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Antikken og Kristendommen. Fra Datahistorisk Forening takkes Finn Verner
Nielsen og Knud Viuf for at gøre en elektronisk database udarbejdet i 1989
af Merete Harding tilgængelig.
Sheffield / Halle / Aarhus, in June 2016
Julia Hillner / Jörg Ulrich / Jakob Engberg
Introduction