Bank president Antonio Patuelli shores up his argument for a special law to remediate the flooding in Ravenna with a quote from Sidonius.
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BEEC Handed to the Pope
Yesterday, 18 September 2024, the editorial board of Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity presented the new print edition to the Pope. The work consists of six volumes and is also available online.
Ep. 3.12 in Titubanti testi
On 3 May (N.B. date has changed) at 18 h. Filomena Giannotti (Siena) and Simona Corso (Roma Tre) are due to discuss Sidonius’ Ep. 3.12 in the third series of Marco Formisano‘s Titubanti testi: Binomio di lettura.
Download the complete season (8 February – 21 June) here.
A Rich Sidonius Year 2020
2020 has been a year rich in Sidonius publications, second only to 2014: 81 individual pieces across articles, contributions to collective volumes (Lo specchio del modello, Leisure and the Muses, and the Companion), and related output. For comparison the distribution over the past decade (583 items in all):
Paul Mohr’s Life Finally Complete
Principally known to scholars of late antiquity as the editor of the 1895 Teubner edition of Sidonius’ works, Paul Mohr sank into oblivion after this publication and his appointment as Headmaster of the Gymnasium in Bremerhaven in the same year. With the help of the Archives of Bremerhaven and Bad Sooden-Allendorf, where he moved after his retirement in 1918, the rest of his life can now be reconstructed, including his death date 26 November 1939 at the age of 88. Special thanks go to the Keeper of the Archives of Sooden-Allendorf, Dr. Antje Laumann-Kleineberg.
Go to the Scholars page, entry Paul Mohr.
Formisano and Oppedisano Discuss Carmen 1
On 29 June, Marco Formisano and Fabrizio Oppedisano will discuss Sidonius’ Carmen 1 in the online series Titubanti testi: Binomio di lettura. To participate, drop Marco an email at marco.formisano@ugent.be. Here is the programme of the series (new speakers are welcome from September):
Visigothic Kingdom 419-2019
One can argue about dates and periods, but there is nothing like a good anniversary – for instance, in Toulouse. So here goes the 1.600th anniversary of the foundation of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse. Read on.