Magnus Felix Ennodius: A Gentleman of the Church

by S.A.H. Kennell

Magnus Felix Ennodius (474-521), deacon of Milan and bishop of Pavia in the turbulent years after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, was a prolific writer of letters, poetry, speeches, and pamphlets on the controversies that beset the church in his day. In the Middle Ages, he was read as a model of style and source of canon law. More recently, however, Ennodius' writings have been denigrated as the vapid product of a frivolous mind more concerned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472109170
• ISBN13: 9780472109173
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"