Eugippius (circa 460 – circa 535,
Castellum Lucullanum) was a disciple and the biographer of
Saint Severinus of Noricum.
After the latter's death in 482, he took the remains to
Naples
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and founded a
monastery
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on the site of a 1st-century
Roman
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villa, the Castellum Lucullanum (on the site of the later
Castel dell'Ovo).
In 511 Eugippius wrote to Paschasius and asked his venerated and dear friend, who had great literary skill, to write a biography of St. Severinus from the accounts of the saint which he (Eugippius) had put together in crude and inartistic form. Paschasius, however, replied that the acts and miracles of the saint could not be described better than had done by Eugippius.
While at Naples, Eugippius compiled a 1000-page
anthology of the works of
St. Augustine
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and
and was probably involved in the revision of the Vulgate text of the Gospels. He also produced other scholarly works of high quality. There is a monastic rule which is ascribed to Eugippius, but it was early superseded by that of St. Benedict
''The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature''. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.); Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880
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References
Sources
at the University of Evansville
External links
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6th-century Christian clergy
540s deaths
6th-century Latin writers
Latin letter writers
6th-century Italian writers
Year of birth uncertain
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