Les circoncellions. Un mouvement ascétique itinérant dans l’Afrique du Nord des IVe et Ve siècles
Contenu
- Titre
- Les circoncellions. Un mouvement ascétique itinérant dans l’Afrique du Nord des IVe et Ve siècles
- Créateur
- Pottier, Bruno Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2008
- Dans
- Antiquités africaines Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
- This article re-examines the circumcelliones phenomenon, notably concerning their origins, their nature and the interpretations of their actions in Numidia during the 340’s. The agonistici, as they call themselves, seem to originate from donatist groups devoted to voluntary martyrdom from as early as 315. Circumcelliones were wandering ascetics from the first half of the fourth century, as it was shown in the book by a donatist bishop of Rome, Macrobius, devoted to the asceticism of confessores and virgins, and in the Contra Gaudentium of Augustine. The agonistici, as ascetics and martyrs, challenged the donatist bishops’ authority. Their actions can be interpreted as a kind of usurped ecclesiastical jurisdiction against those who they defined as pessimi homines. These people were publicly struck by rods which were called Israel. The circumcelliones formed a new Christian rural elite in Numidia, a region organized by imperial and private estates, which were infrequently promoted to city status.
- Langue
- fre
- volume
- 44
- numéro
- 1
- pages
- 43-107
- Titre abrégé
- antaf
- doi
- 10.3406/antaf.2008.1469
- issn
- 0066-4871
Pottier, Bruno, “Les circoncellions. Un mouvement ascétique itinérant dans l’Afrique du Nord des IVe et Ve siècles”, 2008, bibliographie, consulté le 19 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/8210
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