Gaudentius of Brescia

Gaudentius succeeded Philastrius as bishop of Brescia. Twenty-one sermons survive, many of them preached to the newly baptized in Easter week and explaining the Passover lections of Exodus and the Gospel, together with a preface addressed to Benivolus.

Dates

d. after 410 (approximate)

See or city

Brescia (Brixia)

Region

Northern Italy

Also known as

Gaudentius of Brixia

Notes

Successor of Philastrius as bishop of Brescia (consecrated about 387-397; the date is uncertain). He was a friend of Ambrose and, according to Rufinus, was sent to Constantinople in 405 to support John Chrysostom, which Gaudentius's own preface does not mention.

Works

• TractatesTractatus · ca. 397-410