Pacian of Barcelona

Pacian was bishop of Barcelona in the later fourth century and the father of Dexter, to whom Jerome dedicated De viris illustribus. His surviving writings are three letters to a Novatianist, Sympronianus, defending the name and the penitential discipline of the Catholic church, an exhortation to penitence, and a sermon on baptism.

Dates

d. before 392 (approximate)

See or city

Barcelona

Region

Spain

Also known as

Pacianus

Notes

Jerome (De viris illustribus 106) says he was bishop of Barcelona under Theodosius and wrote the Cervus and a work against the Novatians; the Cervus is lost.

Works

• Three Letters to SympronianusEpistolae tres ad Sympronianum Novatianum · ca. 360-390
• Paraenesis, or Exhortation to PenitenceParaenesis sive Exhortatorius libellus ad poenitentiam · ca. 360-390
• Sermon on BaptismSermo de baptismo · ca. 360-390