Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Leo the Great/Introduction/Authorities and Materials

Authorities and Materials.

The chief ancient and medieval authorities for the life and times of Leo the Great are such works as Prosper&#8217;s, and Idatius&#8217; Chronicles, Iornandes de rebus Geticis, Anastasius Bibliothecarius Historia de vitis Romanorum Pontificum (9th cent.), the Historia Miscella (10th cent.), &amp;c.

Among lives may be mentioned the following:&#8212;(1) La vie et religion de deux bons papes L&#233;on premier et Gregoire premier par

(the younger:&#160; a protestant theologian), Sedan, 1650. 12mo.&#160; (2) valuable Dissertatio de vita et rebus gestis S. Leonis Magni, originally included in his edition of Leo and re-printed by Migne in Vol. ii. of his edition with the Ballerinii&#8217;s annotations and critical remarks, Paris, 1675, Lyons, 1700.&#160; (3) Histoire du Pontificat de Saint L&#233;on le Grand ''par Monsr. L. Maimbourg La Haye'', 1687.&#160; (4) The Bollandists&#8217; Life by Canisius (Acta Sanctorum), April, vol. ii. pp. 14&#8211;22.&#160; (5)  Vit&#230; Pontificum (Tom. 1, pp. 303&#8211;314), Rome, 1677, 4to.&#160; (6) Le Nain de Tillemont, Memoires pour servir &#224; l&#8217;histoire Ecclesiastique (vol. xv. pp. 414&#8211;832, 885&#8211;934), Paris, 1711.&#160; (7)

Breve Descrizione della vita di S. Leone Primo di (8) ''Memoire istoriche di Sa. Leone Papa da'' :&#160; Brescia, 1791, 8vo.&#160; (9), L. E., ''History of Ecc. writers (Eng Edn. vol. 1, pp. 464&#8211;480), Dublin, 1722.&#160; (10) C., de Scriptoribus Ecclesi&#230;'' (vol. 1, pp. 1271&#8211;5), Leipzig, 1722.&#160; (11) (Roman Catholic), Leo der Grosse und seine Zeit, Mainz, 1835, 8vo.&#160; (12) , Papst Leo&#8217;s I. Leben und Lehren, Jena, 1843, 8vo. (a counterblast to No. 11, and no less exaggerated and prejudiced in statement).&#160; (13) A., Histoire du pontificat de Saint L&#233;on le Grand, Paris, 1846.&#160; (14) F., die Kirche Xti und ihre Zeugen (vol. 1 part 4, pp. 170&#8211;309), Z&#252;rich, 1845.&#160; (15)  Life of Leo the Great (S.P.C.K.); also his article in Smith&#8217;s ''Dict. of Christian Biogr''.&#160; (16) The article in Real-Encyklop&#228;die of which a condensed English edition was edited by Dr. Philip Schaff at New York in 1883.&#160; Other more general accounts of his times will be found in (1) l&#8217;abb&#233; , Histoire du Xtianisme (vol. ii. pp. 384&#8211;480), Paris, 1836.&#160; (2) History of the Church from 313&#8211;451 (chaps. xiv., xv.), Oxford and London, 1860.&#160; (3) Latin Christianity (Book ii. chap. 4), London, 1864.&#160; (4) R. J. Histoire Universelle de l&#8217;Eglise catholique (15th edn., vol. 4, pp. 461&#8211;575), Paris, 1868.&#160; A short account of Leo&#8217;s writings is given in Grundriss der Patrologie, &#167; 78, pp.368&#8211;375:&#160; a most exhaustive one in Histoire g&#233;n&#233;rale des Auteurs sacr&#233;s (new edition) (vol. x., pp. 169&#8211;276), 1858&#8211;1869.&#160; Geschichte der ''R&#246;mischer Literatur-Supplement Band II. Abtheilung (pp. 354&#8211;362), im Abendland, vol. 1, p. 448, may also be consulted; and Allgemeine'' Geschichte der Literatur des Mittelalters.
 * &#160; Mantova, 1727.&#160;