{"slug":"tmp1001.tmp1001.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1001.tmp1001.opp-lat1","title":"Vigilius Tapensis. Notitia ex Cave","title_source":"Vigilius Tapensis. Notitia ex Cave","author":"Vigilius Tapsensis","genre":"other","date":"ANNO DOMINI 510 (Migne heading)","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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It summarizes Vigilius's role in the anti-Arian controversy under the Vandal king Huneric, notes the confusion of his identity with Vigilius of Trent, and describes the recovery of his corpus by the 17th-century scholar Francis Chifflet. The notice is a secondary compilation, not a primary source, and may contain outdated attributions. It serves as a preface to Vigilius's works in the Patrologia Latina edition, providing historical context rather than the full texts.","historical_context":"Vigilius was bishop of Tapsus (or Tapsilanus) in the Roman province of Byzacena, North Africa, during the late 5th century. The Arian Vandal king Huneric (r. 477–484) persecuted Catholic bishops, forcing many into exile. Vigilius wrote against Arianism, and his works were later used in anti-Arian polemics by medieval authors such as Bede and Florus of Lyon. The Notitia ex Cave, compiled by William Cave in the 17th century, reflects early modern efforts to catalog patristic authors. The heading date of 510 CE in the Migne edition likely refers to a manuscript or edition tradition, not Vigilius's floruit. The notice warns of confusion with Vigilius of Trent (d. 405), which obscured the African writer's identity. Francis Chifflet's 17th-century collection was key to attributing works to Vigilius of Thapsus, though some attributions remain uncertain.","significance":"The Notitia ex Cave is important for understanding the reception history of Vigilius of Thapsus and the challenges of patristic attribution. It highlights the confusion between African and Italian bishops named Vigilius and the role of early modern scholarship in recovering lost corpora. The notice also illustrates how anti-Arian literature from the Vandal period was transmitted and valued in later centuries, connecting North African Christianity to medieval and early modern theological debates.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 484","event":"Vigilius of Thapsus active as bishop; involved in anti-Arian controversy under Vandal king Huneric."},{"date":"late 5th c.","event":"Vigilius writes works against Arianism, possibly published under others' names to avoid persecution."},{"date":"1539","event":"Five books against Nestorius and Eutyches attributed to Vigilius of Trent printed at Zurich."},{"date":"1571–1575","event":"Editions of works attributed to Vigilius of Trent by Simler and Cassander."},{"date":"1688","event":"William Cave publishes Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Historia Literaria, including the Notitia on Vigilius."},{"date":"17th c.","event":"Francis Chifflet collects and attributes works to Vigilius of Thapsus, clarifying his identity."}],"relations":[{"work":"Vigilius of Thapsus, Contra Arianos","relation":"Primary work by the subject; the Notitia serves as a biographical preface.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"William Cave, Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Historia Literaria","relation":"Source of the Notitia; a 17th-century patristic reference work.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Vigilius of Trent","relation":"Often confused with Vigilius of Thapsus; the Notitia warns against this misidentification.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Francis Chifflet (Franciscus Chiffletius)","relation":"17th-century scholar who collected and attributed works to Vigilius of Thapsus.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Patrologia Latina","relation":"Modern edition that includes the Notitia as a preface to Vigilius's works.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The heading date of 510 CE in the Migne edition likely refers to a manuscript or edition tradition, not Vigilius's floruit; his activity is dated to c. 484.","The Notitia is a secondary compilation from the 17th century and may contain errors or outdated attributions.","The claim that Vigilius published works under others' names is based on Chifflet's conjecture and is uncertain.","Confusion with Vigilius of Trent has led to misattributions; modern critical editions are needed for verification."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.00055,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:07:17Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1001/tmp1001/tmp1001.tmp1001.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp1001.tmp1001.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":5,"translated":5,"commentary_passages":5,"commentary_units":24,"english_words":1082,"source_letters":4566,"commentary_kinds":6},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Vigilius of Thapsus (fl. c. 484) was a North African bishop who wrote against Arianism. His works are often confused with those of other Vigilii.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Notitia ex Cave is a biographical notice extracted from William Cave's Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Historia Literaria (1688), a standard reference for patristic authors.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Vigilius's activity is dated to the late 5th century, based on his involvement in the Arian controversy under the Vandal king Huneric (c. 484).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Vigilius's works were used in later anti-Arian polemics and were cited by medieval authors such as Bede and Florus of Lyon.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Notitia ex Cave is a secondary compilation; it may contain errors or outdated attributions. The reader should consult modern critical editions for verification.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This edition provides only the Notitia, not the full works of Vigilius. For his writings, see the PL or CCL series.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 5 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":5},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ANNO DOMINI DX VIII. VIGILIUS TAPSENSIS.\n\nNOTITIA EX CAVE.\n\nVigilius, gente Afcr, Tapsensis sive Tapsilanus in provincia Byzacena episcopus, claruit anno 484, quo Hunnerici regis præcepto Carthaginem evocatus, ut rationem fidei suæ redderet, Eugenii Carthaginensis professioni fidei subscripsit, et cum eo pro fide catholica constanter militavit. Sævientibus in catholicos Vandalis Arianis patriam suam deseruisse videtur. Constantinopolin profectum esse, atque ibi libros contra Eutycbem condidisse, prodit Theodulphus Aurelianensis, et Æneas Parisiensis. Vigilium sane inter Graecos demum versatum esse ex primo operis istius libro non obscure colligitur. Perperam cum Vigilio Tridentino confusus; Scriptorum istius ac superioris aevi notitiam diu fugit. Certe scripta ejus inter aliorum opera delituerunt, sub aliorum forasse nomine ab ipso Vigilio primum edita ac supposita, hac staltem ratione, uti accurate conjicit Chirnetius, ut Arianorum odium atque invidiam fugeret, tantisque nominibus prætensis sibi suffugium, scriptis auctoritatem pareret. Tandem opera ejus undique quæsita, et auctori suo vindicata, collegit Franciscus Chiffletius supra laudatus, et sequenti ordine disposuit.","english":"In the year of the Lord 518. Vigilius of Tapsus.\n\nNOTICE FROM CAVE.\n\nVigilius, an African by race, bishop of Tapsus or Tapsilanus in the province of Byzacena, was renowned in the year 484, when by the command of King Huneric he was summoned to Carthage to render an account of his faith, subscribed to the profession of faith of Eugenius of Carthage, and with him fought steadfastly for the Catholic faith. As the Arian Vandals raged against Catholics, he seems to have abandoned his homeland. That he set out for Constantinople and there composed books against Eutyches is reported by Theodulphus of Orleans and Aeneas of Paris. That Vigilius indeed finally lived among the Greeks is not obscurely gathered from the first book of this work. He was wrongly confused with Vigilius of Trent; the knowledge of writers of this and the previous age long escaped notice. Certainly his writings lay hidden among the works of others, perhaps published and substituted under another's name by Vigilius himself from the first, for this reason at least, as Chifflet accurately conjectures, that he might flee the hatred and envy of the Arians, and by such pretended names provide himself a refuge and lend authority to his writings. Finally, his works, sought from all sides and vindicated for their author, were collected by the above-mentioned Francis Chifflet and arranged in the following order.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ANNO DOMINI DX VIII","severity":"info","text":"The date 518 is given in the heading, but the notice describes events of 484 and later. 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The notice warns that this misidentification obscured the African writer's works and authorship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"opera ejus undique quæsita, et auctori suo vindicata, collegit Franciscus Chiffletius","severity":"info","text":"The works of Vigilius were collected and attributed to him by Francis Chifflet (Franciscus Chiffletius), a 17th-century scholar. This collection was a key step in recovering the author's corpus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"sub aliorum forasse nomine ab ipso Vigilio primum edita ac supposita","severity":"caution","text":"The notice suggests Vigilius may have published his own works under others' names to avoid Arian persecution. This claim, based on Chifflet's conjecture, is uncertain and should be treated as a hypothesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The heading date 518 conflicts with the narrative's focus on 484; the intended reference is unclear.","The claim that Vigilius published under pseudonyms is conjectural and lacks direct evidence."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Adversus Nestorium et Eutychem libri V pro defensione synodi Chalcedonesis, qui sub Vigilii Tridentini nomine aliquoties prodierunt, Tiguri, 1539, deinde a Cassandro edidi Colon., 1575, in-8°, et inter opera Cassandri, p. 514, emendatiores et auctiores a Josia Simlero editi Basileae, 1571, atque alibi.\n\nAltercatio sub nomine Athansii adversu, Arium, site Dialogi duo in concilio Nicæno inter Athanasium et Arium habiti, Probo judice.\n\nDialogi sive Altercatione. III, ab Athanasio contra Arium, Sabellium et Photinum coram Probo judice habitæ. Idem cum priore opus censendum est, hoc tantum discrimine distinctum: quod prius in Africa a Vigilio, dum Vandalos adhuc timeret, et ab iis agnosci nollet, scriptum fuerit; ac ab Africa egresso demum recognitum praefatione mutilatum, locis pie. risque elimatum, et integro libro tertio Probi judicis sententiam complexo auctum. Utrumque in unum \"pus compaginatum sub Vigilii Tridentini nomine edidit Georg. Cassander una cum libris adversus Eutycheten, Colon., 1575, et inter opera sua pag. 460. Dialogi priores duo inter Athanasii opera locum male obtinere solent.","english":"Against Nestorius and Eutyches, five books in defense of the synod of Chalcedon, which several times appeared under the name of Vigilius of Trent, at Zurich, 1539, then edited by Cassander at Cologne, 1575, in octavo, and among the works of Cassander, p. 514, more correct and augmented, edited by Josias Simler at Basel, 1571, and elsewhere.\n\nAn altercation under the name of Athanasius against Arius, or two dialogues held in the Council of Nicaea between Athanasius and Arius, with Probus as judge.\n\nThree dialogues or altercations, held by Athanasius against Arius, Sabellius, and Photinus before Probus as judge. The same is to be considered as the earlier work, distinguished only by this difference: that the former was written in Africa by Vigilius, while he still feared the Vandals and did not wish to be recognized by them; and after leaving Africa, it was finally revised, mutilated in the preface, purged of pious and other passages, and augmented by a complete third book containing the judgment of Probus the judge. Both were combined into one work under the name of Vigilius of Trent, edited by George Cassander together with the books against Eutyches, Cologne, 1575, and among his works, p. 460. The first two dialogues are often wrongly given a place among the works of Athanasius.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"Adversus Nestorium et Eutychem libri V","severity":"info","text":"The five books against Nestorius and Eutyches, attributed to Vigilius of Trent, were printed at Zurich in 1539 and later edited by Cassander (Cologne, 1575) and by Simler (Basel, 1571). The attribution to Vigilius of Trent is a known confusion with Vigilius of Tapsus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Altercatio sub nomine Athansii adversu, Arium","severity":"info","text":"The altercation under Athanasius's name against Arius, with Probus as judge, is a pseudepigraphical work often misattributed to Athanasius. The note indicates it was actually composed by Vigilius of Tapsus, who disguised his authorship out of fear of the Vandals.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Dialogi sive Altercatione. III","severity":"info","text":"The three dialogues are described as a later revision of the earlier two-dialogue work. The revision added a third book containing Probus's judgment, mutilated the preface, and purged certain passages, all after Vigilius left Africa.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Vigilii Tridentini nomine","severity":"caution","text":"The repeated attribution to 'Vigilius of Trent' (Vigilius Tridentinus) is a persistent error in early modern editions. The author is Vigilius of Tapsus, an African bishop, not the 4th-century bishop of Trent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Vandalos adhuc timeret","severity":"info","text":"Vigilius's fear of the Vandals reflects the persecution of Nicene Christians under the Arian Vandal kings, especially Huneric (reigned 477–484). This context explains why Vigilius initially wrote under pseudonyms and later revised his works after leaving Africa.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact relationship between the two-dialogue and three-dialogue versions is unclear; the text says the former was written in Africa and later revised, but the latter may be a separate recension.","The phrase 'locis pie. risque elimatum' is corrupt; likely 'locis pii[s] risque elimatum' meaning 'purged of pious and other passages', but the precise reading is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"De Trinitate, sive de unita Trinitate Deitatis contra Marivadum Arianum libri XII. Neapoli in Campania scripti, et Athanasio suppositi; sub cujus etiam nomine septem priores libri in editione Athanasii Heidelbergensi prodierunt; integri vero duodecim in editione Parisiensi, in undecim tamen male divisi, duobus posterioribus libris in unum conflatis.\n\nLiber de Unitate Trinitatis ad Optatum, sive Dialogus inter S. Augustinum et Felicianum Arianum a Vigilio confictus: inter Augustini ofcra haberi solet.\n\nDe Trinitate adversus Varimadum, seu literarum Metathesi Marivadum, sectæ Arianae diaconum, et Ilunnerico regi admodum gratiosum, libri tres sub Idacii Clari nomine a Vigilio olim evulgati, et sub ejusdem nonine typis sæpius impressi.\n\nLiber contra Palladium Arianum episcopum, duabus constans partibus, quarum prior pro concilii Aquileiensis ann. habiti actis exhibita est in collectionibus conciliorum, quae post annum prodierunt; altera binas habet editiones, utramque, ut videtur, a Vigilio, evulgatam. Prima eadem est cum Ambrosii libro de Fide seu de Consubstantialitate Filii cum Patre: secunda, quæ auctior est, eadem est cum Gregorii Nazianzeni Oratione 59. Operi subjiciuntur duae concilii Aquileiensis epistola;, altera ad episcopos Galliæ, altera ad Gratianum et Valentinianum impp., quae concilii actis annumerandæ sunt.","english":"Concerning the Trinity, or On the United Trinity of the Godhead against Marivadus the Arian, twelve books. Written at Naples in Campania, and attributed to Athanasius; under whose name also the first seven books appeared in the Heidelberg edition of Athanasius; but the complete twelve in the Paris edition, though poorly divided into eleven, the last two books having been conflated into one.\n\nThe Book on the Unity of the Trinity to Optatus, or a Dialogue between St. Augustine and the Arian Felicianus, fabricated by Vigilius: it is usually counted among the works of Augustine.\n\nOn the Trinity against Varimadus, or by transposition of letters Marivadus, a deacon of the Arian sect and very favored by King Huneric, three books formerly published by Vigilius under the name of Idacius Clarus, and often printed under the same name.\n\nThe Book against Palladius, an Arian bishop, consisting of two parts, of which the former, for the acts of the Council of Aquileia held in the year [missing], was presented in the collections of councils which appeared after that year; the latter has two editions, each, as it seems, published by Vigilius. The first is the same as Ambrose's book On the Faith or On the Consubstantiality of the Son with the Father: the second, which is fuller, is the same as Gregory of Nazianzus's Oration 59. To the work are appended two letters of the Council of Aquileia, one to the bishops of Gaul, the other to the emperors Gratian and Valentinian, which are to be numbered among the acts of the council.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Vigilius of Tapsus (fl. late 5th century) was a North African bishop who wrote against Arianism under Vandal rule. His works often circulated under pseudonyms, as noted here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"De Trinitate, sive de unita Trinitate Deitatis contra Marivadum Arianum libri XII","severity":"info","text":"The twelve-book work against Marivadus was attributed to Athanasius; the first seven books appeared in the Heidelberg edition of Athanasius, while the complete twelve were printed in Paris, though poorly divided into eleven.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Liber de Unitate Trinitatis ad Optatum, sive Dialogus inter S. Augustinum et Felicianum Arianum","severity":"info","text":"This dialogue, fabricated by Vigilius, is usually counted among Augustine's works, indicating a common misattribution in manuscript tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"De Trinitate adversus Varimadum, seu literarum Metathesi Marivadum","severity":"info","text":"The work against Varimadus (a name formed by metathesis from Marivadus) was published by Vigilius under the name Idacius Clarus and later often printed under that same pseudonym.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Liber contra Palladium Arianum episcopum","severity":"info","text":"The first part of this work was included in conciliar collections after the Council of Aquileia; the second part has two editions, one identical to Ambrose's De Fide and the other to Gregory of Nazianzus's Oration 59.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"concilii Aquileiensis ann. habiti actis","severity":"caution","text":"The year of the Council of Aquileia is missing in the text, leaving the chronology of the acts uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The year of the Council of Aquileia is omitted, making precise dating of the acts unclear.","The relationship between the two editions of the second part of the Liber contra Palladium is not fully specified."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Quod ad priorem altinet, confictam esse a Vigilio hanc disputationem sub actorum synodi Aquileiensis nomine, longo conjecturarum, potius quam argumentorum, agmine contendit Chiffletius: quod quidem mihi nequaquam verisimile videtur: neque tantae sunt, quas affert, ratiunculae; ut in iis refellendis immoremur. Certe genuinus hisce concilii Aquileiensis Actis nemo movebit litem, quin eadem ratione, et iisdem fere argumentis aliarum synodorum Acta in dubium vocare possit.\n\nSolutiones objectionum Arianorum, quas primo Dialogo sub nomine Athanasii contra Arianos a Vigilio, antequam secundam dialogorum istorum editionem moliretur, adjectas esse conjicit Chiffletius.\n\nOpera ista supra enumerata in unum collegit, ac notis et dissertationibus illustrata edidit Petrus Franciscus Chiffletius, Divione, 1664, in-4°. Exinde habentur Bibliothecae Patr. tom. VIII, p. 722.","english":"As for the former, Chifflet contends that this disputation was fabricated by Vigilius under the name of the Acts of the Synod of Aquileia, with a long train of conjectures rather than arguments; this indeed seems to me by no means probable, nor are the little reasonings he brings forth of such weight that I should dwell on refuting them. Certainly no one will raise a dispute over the genuineness of these Acts of the Council of Aquileia, unless by the same reasoning and with nearly the same arguments he could call into doubt the Acts of other synods.\n\nChifflet conjectures that the Solutions of the Objections of the Arians, which in the first Dialogue under the name of Athanasius against the Arians, were added by Vigilius before he undertook the second edition of those dialogues.\n\nThe works enumerated above were collected into one volume and published with notes and dissertations by Peter Francis Chifflet, at Dijon, 1664, in quarto. Hence they are found in the Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. VIII, p. 722.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Chiffletius (Pierre-François Chifflet, 1592–1682) was a Jesuit scholar who edited the works of Vigilius of Thapsus in 1664. His edition is the basis for the later Bibliotheca Patrum inclusion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage defends the authenticity of the Acts of the Council of Aquileia (381) against Chifflet's claim that Vigilius fabricated them. The author argues that doubting these Acts would undermine other synodal records.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The 'Solutiones objectionum Arianorum' were added by Vigilius to the first Dialogue under Athanasius' name before the second edition of those dialogues, according to Chifflet's conjecture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Chifflet's 1664 Dijon edition collected Vigilius' works with notes and dissertations; this edition was later reprinted in the Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. VIII, p. 722.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the author of this Notitia ex Cave is not specified; it may be a later editor or Cave himself."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Altercatio sive Dialogus S. Augustini cum Pascentio Ariano coram judice Laurentio, a Vigilio couficla, et a Patribus Benedictinis novissimæ operum S. Augustini editionis curatoribus primum in lucem eruta, et epistolarum ejus appendici subnexa.\n\nSymbolum fidei sub Athanasii nomine circumlatum, et inter illius opera vulgatum. Id Vigilio, nos non invita, uti credimus, veritate,ascribendum censemus. Vide plura in Athanasio.\n\nCæterum a Vigilio quodam. Africano episcopo, luculentum de mille annorum, qui in Apocalypsi prædicuntur, intelligentia tractatum confectum esse prodil Cassiodorus ( Divin. Lect. 1. I, c. 9). Utrum is Vigilius noster fuerit plane incertum est. ld certum, opus, ua lecunque fucrit, interiisse.\n\nDenique mirari licet, quid sibi velit Casimirus Ondin, qui non uno in loco Arnobii Junioris cum Serapione conflictum Vigilio nostro tribuat, nulla, quod sciam, ratione ductus, nullius auctoritate fultus. De hac enim re nc ypv quidem habet, qui. omnia Vigilii opera corrasit, sæpe dictus Chiffletius; quamvis illum in paries vocare velle videatur.","english":"The Altercation or Dialogue of St. Augustine with Pascentius the Arian before the judge Laurentius, composed by Vigilius, and first brought to light by the Benedictine Fathers, the editors of the most recent edition of the works of St. Augustine, and appended to his letters.\n\nThe Creed circulated under the name of Athanasius and published among his works. We judge that this is to be ascribed to Vigilius, not unwillingly, as we believe, with truth. See more under Athanasius.\n\nMoreover, Cassiodorus reports (Divin. Lect. 1. I, c. 9) that a certain Vigilius, an African bishop, composed a luculent treatise on the understanding of the thousand years which are foretold in the Apocalypse. Whether this is our Vigilius is entirely uncertain. What is certain is that the work, whoever wrote it, has perished.\n\nFinally, one may wonder what Casimir Ondin means, who, in more than one place, attributes the conflict of Arnobius the Younger with Serapion to our Vigilius, led, as far as I know, by no reason, supported by no authority. For on this matter, the often-mentioned Chifflet, who has gathered all the works of Vigilius, does not have even a scrap; although he seems to wish to call him to witness.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Altercatio sive Dialogus S. Augustini cum Pascentio Ariano","severity":"info","text":"The Altercatio is a pseudo-Augustinian work, likely composed by Vigilius of Thapsus, not by Augustine. The Benedictine editors of the Maurist edition of Augustine's works first published it.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Symbolum fidei sub Athanasii nomine circumlatum","severity":"info","text":"The Creed attributed to Athanasius (the Athanasian Creed) is here ascribed to Vigilius, a claim not generally accepted. The note refers the reader to the entry on Athanasius for further discussion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"Cassiodorus (Divin. Lect. 1. I, c. 9)","severity":"info","text":"Cassiodorus records a treatise on the millennium by a Vigilius, an African bishop. The present author doubts this is the same Vigilius and notes the work is lost.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Cassiodorus"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Casimirus Ondin","severity":"caution","text":"The author criticizes Casimir Ondin for attributing Arnobius the Younger's conflict with Serapion to Vigilius, noting no evidence supports this. Chifflet's collection of Vigilius's works contains no such text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Vigilius quidam Africanus episcopus' mentioned by Cassiodorus is uncertain; the author leaves open whether this is the same Vigilius of Thapsus."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}