Quodvultdeus
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| Saint Quodvultdeus | |
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| Died | ~450 AD, Naples |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 26 October (Roman calendar); 8 January (calendar of Carthage); 19 February (calendar of Naples) |
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Saint Quodvultdeus (died c. 450) was a fifth century church father and bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 AD. He corresponded with Saint Augustine of Hippo, who served as Quodvultdeus' spiritual teacher.[1] Augustine also dedicated some of his writings to Quodvultdeus.[2]
Quodvultus was exiled when Carthage was captured by the Genseric, who followed Arianism. Tradition states that he, along with other Catholic churchmen (such as Gaudiosus of Naples) were loaded onto leaky ships. The ships landed at Naples around 439 AD and Quodvultus established himself in Italy.[3]
His name means 'What God wants.'
One of the mosaic burial portraits in the Galleria dei Vescovi in the Catacombs of San Gennaro depicts Quodvultus.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Quodvultdeus
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Quodvultdeus
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Quodvultdeus
- ^ Gillian MacKie, Early Christian Chapels in the West (University of Toronto Press, 2003), 31.
