Faustus of Riez

Faustus of Riez, Latin Faustus Reiensis, Faustus de Rhegio (* beginning of the 5th century in Britain; † about 495 ) was a Gallo- Roman abbot and bishop and a major theologian of the 5th century. He is a saint of the Catholic Church; His feast day is September 28.

Life

Faustus was a monk of the then flourishing Provencal Island Abbey Lerins. In the year 433, barely 25 years old, he was elected as the successor of St. Maximus the Abbot. His discipline and his preaching gift be praised. To 460 he was, as the next successor Maximus, Bishop of Riez.

Faustus wrote major theological writings. Its position in the doctrine of grace is attributed to the semi-Pelagianism, as he took to the salvation against a derived from sets of Augustine made ​​absolute predestination, human free will in terms even after the Fall. Some of the statements his De gratia Dei were condemned by the Council of Orange 529.

The Arian Visigothic king Eurich sales Faustus 477 of his bishopric. 485, according to Euric death, Faustus returned from exile. Soon after his death the people revered him as a saint. Over his grave in Riez, a church was built.

Writings

• De Spiritu Sancto, two books ( against the Pneumatomachi )
• De gratia Dei et Humanae mentis libero arbitrio, two books ( against the predestinarian presbyter Lucidus )
• Letters and sermons (obtained only edited )