Caesarius of Arles

Caesarius of Arles (c. 470 in Chalon -sur -Saône; † August 27 542 in Arles ), also called Caesarius of Chalon, was Archbishop of Arles and one of the leading men of the Church in Gaul his time.

Life

Caesarius occurred at a young age in the Abbey of Lérins at Cannes, where his ascetic way of life his health was said to be so detrimental that they sent him to recover from Arles. Here he became a deacon, presbyter and then finally stood in front of the Abbey of Arles. The Archdiocese of Arles held at this time Aeonius, after his death, it was decided in the year 502 for Caesarius as his successor. Caesarius ran into political difficulties, as a Licinianus the Visigoth king Alaric II brought behind, Caesarius of Arles, the city would deliver the Burgundians. Caesarius was subsequently relieved of his command and transferred to Bordeaux. After it became clear his innocence, but he was allowed to return. 506 he convened the Synod of Agde, which took important decisions with respect to the canonical church law. After the Provence fell to the Ostrogoths, Caesarius was again accused of treason and sent to Ravenna 513. Now, the Ostrogoth Theodoric the Great began for him and he was set free. Caesarius then went to Rome to Pope Symmachus, who gave him the pallium for the Arelater archbishopric.

As a result, Caesarius called five councils: 524 in Arles, 527 in Carpentras, 529 in Orange and Vaison and 533 in Marseille. He sat down heavily and for the Catholic orthodoxy and against semipelagianistische trends; so he made sure that the doctrine that there are people who are predestined by the divine omnipotence of evil, was condemned at the Synod of Orange. He was a champion of strict churches and monastic discipline, which is also expressed in the written by him regularized ad monachos or the regularized ad virgines. 512 he consecrated the nunnery of St. John in Arles, probably the earliest convent in the west at all, and continued his sister Caesaria as the first abbess.

Caesarius died in years in Arles; of his death, August 27, is also the Protestant and Roman Catholic feast day of remembrance of the archbishop, who was known not least for its folk sermons. The Roman Catholic Church venerates him as a saint.

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