Origin: Imola Historical identity: Latin-speaking Roman Italian Affiliation: Secular clergy / no religious order
Life and work
Bishop of imperial Ravenna, remembered for short and doctrinally concentrated sermons. His surviving preaching offers a window into fifth-century pastoral instruction and the court setting of northern Italy.
Often dated c. 380-c. 450; older accounts give birth in 406, and the death date is not secure. Broad uncertainty bounds are retained.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.
Publisher catalogue of primary texts, rather than free full text.
Older reference, with a birth date of 406 rather than the common c. 380. Use for Imola/Ravenna associations; the chronological disagreement is retained in the biography.