Florentius
Florentius appears 5 times in this collection as a correspondent in the late Roman letter network. Whether a bishop, official, or aristocrat, his repeated appearance in the correspondence of major figures suggests a person of some standing in the ecclesiastical or secular hierarchy of the late empire.
The letters involving Florentius contribute to our understanding of the broader social networks that sustained late Roman communication — the web of relationships that kept information, influence, and favors flowing across the Mediterranean world.
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Total letters
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All letters (14)
←libanius #44←libanius #57←libanius #67←libanius #81←libanius #109←libanius #120←libanius #242←libanius #505←cyprian carthage #68←libanius #93←jerome #4←jerome #5←theodoret cyrrhus #89←theodoret cyrrhus #117
From Libanius
From Libanius
From Libanius
From Libanius
From Libanius
From Libanius
From Libanius
From Libanius
From Cyprian of Carthagec. 256
From Libaniusc. 359
From Jeromec. 371
Sent to Florentius along with the preceding letter, which Jerome requests him to deliver to Rufinus. This Florentius was a rich Italian who had retired to Jerusalem to pursue the monastic life. Jerome subsequently speaks of him as a distinguished monk so pitiful to the needy that he was generally known as the father of the poor.
From Jeromec. 371
1. Your letter, dear friend, finds me dwelling in that quarter of the desert which is nearest to Syria and the Saracens. And the reading of it rekindles in my mind so keen a desire to set out for Jerusalem that I am almost ready to violate my monastic vow in order to gratify my affection.
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440