Roman Letters

Palladius

correspondent (composite of several late-antique men named Palladius)
Palladius is a common late-antique name attached here to letters from four collections that span more than five centuries and cannot belong to a single person: Basil of Caesarea and Libanius (4th c.), Isidore of Pelusium (early 5th c.), and Gregory the Great (late 6th-early 7th c.). This database record therefore most likely conflates several distinct men named Palladius rather than describing one individual. Genuinely attested figures who bore the name in this milieu include Palladius of Galatia/Helenopolis, the bishop and author of the Lausiac History (c. 363-c. 431), and various provincial officials and clergy who corresponded with these authors; but the eight letters merged under this record do not securely identify which Palladius is meant. As a correspondent, he (or they) appears only as a recipient, and no single coherent biography, set of dates, or office can be honestly assigned to this composite entry.
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Libanius3Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)1Basil of Caesarea1Pope Gregory the Great1

All letters (6)

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From Libaniusc. 340 AD

Save those long and elaborate defenses for those who want to bring charges.

libanius #282←
From Libaniusc. 353 AD

We long for a letter from you.

libanius #413←
From Libaniusc. 355 AD

When I saw Clematius, I was pleased -- and yet the pleasure was not without pain.

libanius #445←
From Basil of Caesareac. 374 AD

The one-half of my desire has God fulfilled in the interview He granted me with our fair sister, your wife. The other half He is able to accomplish; and so with the sight of your excellency I shall render my full thanks to God. And I am the more desirous of seeing you, now that I hear you have been adorned with that great ornament, the clothing ...

basil caesarea #292←
From Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)c. 594 AD

For the dedication of the four altars in your church, I am sending the relics you require.

gregory great #4049←
From Pope Gregory the Greatc. 595 AD

Gregory to Palladius, Bishop of Santones in Gaul (Saintes). Leuparic your presbyter, the bearer of these presents, when he came to us informed us that your Fraternity has built a church in honour of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and also of the martyrs Laurentius and Pancratius, and placed there thirteen altars, of which we learn that fou...

gregory great #6049