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2 unusual facts about Optatus


Johann Franz Bessel

Besides several comparatively unimportant works, such as "Mararita pretiosa", "Curiae Romanae praxis", and "Austriae ritus", he published (Vienna, 1732) two letters of Augustine of Hippo to Optatus, Bishop of Mileve, which had been until then unknown.

Optatus

The best edition is that of Ziwza (CSEL, XXVI, Vienna, 1893), with description of the manuscripts.


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