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  1. Caesarius of Arles (Latin: Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 – 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (Cabillonensis or Cabellinensis) from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingian Gaul.

  2. Saint Caesarius of Arles ; feast day August 27) was a leading prelate of Gaul and a celebrated preacher whose opposition to the heresy of Semi-Pelagianism (q.v.) was one of the chief influences on its decline in the 6th century.

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  3. Jul 29, 2016 · Caesarius of Arles is one of these, in good part perhaps because the established mold for writing and teaching about the tradition of spirituality and intellectuality which Roman culture contributed to early medieval Europe had its heroes defined for it early.

  4. On the death of the bishop Caesarius was unanimously chosen his successor (502 or 503). He ruled the See of Arles for forty years with apostolic courage and prudence, and stands out in the history of that unhappy period as the foremost bishop of Gaul.

  5. The Abbey of St Caesarius (French: Abbaye Saint-Césaire), at first called the abbey or monastery of St John (French: monastère Saint-Jean), was a nunnery in the city of Arles in the south-eastern corner of the rampart. It was founded in 512 AD by Saint Caesarius of Arles, after whom it is now named. The abbey was suppressed in the French ...

  6. Despite of the extreme brevity of his entry in the Pilgrim’s Guide, through his many writings and celebrated life, Saint Caesarius was remembered as the leading man of the church during one of its most defining periods in the first half of the sixth century.

  7. Caesarius of Arles, Saint, bishop, administrator, preacher, theologian, b. at Chalons in Burgundy, 470-71, d. at Arles, August 27, 543, according to Malnory. He entered the monastery of Lerins when quite young, but his health giving way the abbot sent him to Arles in order to recuperate.

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