Anianus (sometimes Annianus) of Celeda was
deacon
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of the church at a place called Celeda in the early fifth century and a supporter of
Pelagius
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. It is not known where Celeda was: candidates include Pannonia, Northern Italy, Campania, Syria, and Cyrenaica.
[Kate Cooper, "An(n)ianus of Celeda and the Latin Readers of John Chrysostom", ''Papers presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Patristic Studies'', Oxford 199]
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He translated two collections of homilies by John Chrysostom into Latin, including the first 25 of Chrysostom's 90 homilies on the Gospel of Matthew and seven homilies in praise of the apostle St. Paul. These translations were known to Augustine of Hippo
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, Pope Leo I
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, Cassiodorus
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, and Bede
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A critical edition of Anianus' Letter to Orontius, which serves as the preface to his translations of Chrysostom's Homilies 1–25 on Matthew, has been published by Adolf Primmer.
A study of the manuscript tradition of Anianus' Latin translation of Chrysostom's ''Commentary on Matthew'' and the critical edition of homily 9 have been published by Emilio Bonfiglio.
A digital transcription of Anianus' prefatory letter to his Latin translations of Chrysostom's homilies 1–25 on Matthew and the first eight homilies from PG 58, 975–1058, as well as Chrysostom's homilies ''De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli'' from PG 50, 473–514, are provided online among the Auxiliary Resources o
The Electronic Manipulus florum Project
website, which also provides a digital transcription of Anianus' Latin translations of Chrysostom's homilies 1–25 on Matthew and his prefatory letter from the 1503 Venice ''editio princeps''. Note that the versions in Migne's edition of ''De laudibus Pauli'' in PL 50 and the 1503 Venice edition are significantly different.
The '' Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum'' (Pseudo-Chrysostom) is sometimes attributed to Anianus.[James A. Kellerman, Thomas C. Oden, ''Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus Imperfectum)'', InterVarsity Press, 2010, p. x]
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