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The Libellus Adversus Fulgentium Donatistam is a short polemical treatise attributed to Augustine of Hippo, targeting the Donatist Fulgentius. It argues for Catholic uni…

The *Libellus Emendationis Sive Satisfactionis* is a brief treatise by the presbyter Paulus Orosius, composed shortly after his arrival in North Africa (c. 414–415). It…

Boethius's Locorum Rhetoricorum Distinctio is a late antique Latin treatise that systematizes Ciceronian rhetorical theory, particularly the doctrine of rhetorical loci…

Augustine's Locutiones in Heptateuchum is a philological commentary on unusual or archaic Latin expressions in the Septuagint version of the Heptateuch, composed around…

The Manuale is a Latin devotional florilegium traditionally attributed to Augustine of Hippo but widely considered spurious (Pseudo-Augustine). Its title indicates a por…

The work attributed to Pope Miltiades (Melchiades) records his judgment in the Donatist controversy, likely delivered at the Council of Rome in 313 CE. It survives only…

The Metrum In Genesim Ad Leonem Papam is a Latin hexameter poem paraphrasing the Book of Genesis, addressed to Pope Leo I (likely Leo the Great, r. 440–461). The title a…

The Miscellanea Sententiae [Incertus] — Augustinus is a collection of moral and theological sayings (sententiae) transmitted under Augustine’s name but of uncertain auth…

The Monita S. Pachomii is a Latin collection of monastic admonitions attributed to Jerome but likely compiled in the 5th or 6th century. It survives in a single manuscri…

Moriendum esse pro dei filio is a polemical treatise by Lucifer, Bishop of Cagliari, written during the Arian controversy, likely between 355 and 361. The work argues fo…

The *Natales Aliquot Sanctorum ex Fastis Consularibus excerpti* is an anonymous Latin compilation that extracts saints' feast days from consular fasti, Roman chronologic…

The Norma Vivendi (Rule of Living) is a brief moral florilegium attributed to Isidore of Seville, drawing on Scripture and patristic sources. It survives in a single man…

The Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae is a late antique administrative register listing the provinces and episcopal sees of Roman Africa. Transmitted under the n…

The Opera Apocrypha attributed to Pope Damasus I is a collection of pseudepigraphal texts, likely composed in the 11th or 12th century, surviving only in late medieval m…

The 'Opera Sancto Gregorio Episcopo Turonensi Attributa' is a collection of works ascribed to Gregory of Tours (c. 538–594), a late sixth-century Gallo-Roman historian a…

The Opus Paschale is a Latin hexameter poem by Sedulius, blending biblical paraphrase with Virgilian and Ovidian echoes to present Christian salvation history in a class…

The Opuscula of Nicetus, bishop of Trier (fl. ca. 525–566), is a collection of short treatises on monastic vigils and related ascetic practices. The work survives in a s…

The Opuscula is a collection of short, anonymous Latin treatises transmitted in a single manuscript, likely from a monastic scriptorium. The generic medieval title does…

The Opuscula Omissa is a collection of minor works by Dionysius Exiguus (c. 470–544), a Scythian monk and canonist active in Rome. The collection survives in a single ma…

Oratio I, attributed to Pseudo-Cyprian, is a late antique Latin homily or exhortation aimed at a general Christian audience. Its elevated but non-technical rhetoric sugg…

Oratio II, attributed to Pseudo-Cyprian, is a late antique Latin homiletic or paraenetic address, not a formal theological treatise. Its rhetorical style and scriptural…

The 'Oratio pro curreptiune vitæ. Flenda semper peccata' (Appendix XVIII) is a penitential exhortation attributed to Isidore of Seville but of uncertain authorship. The…

The Origeniani Lexici Aliud Exemplar is an anonymous Latin work surviving in a single 12th-century manuscript (Vatican Latin 123). It is a lexicon of Hebrew and Aramaic…

The Origenianum Lexicum nominum Hebraicorum cum interpretatione Hieronymiana comparatum is an anonymous Latin glossary of Hebrew names, systematically compared with Jero…

The Origo Cantuum Et Cursum Ecclesiasticorum Ex Codice Vetustissimo is an anonymous Latin treatise on the origin and transmission of liturgical chant and the cursus (div…

The Panegyricus Theodorico Regi Dictus is a Latin panegyric delivered by Magnus Felix Ennodius in 507 CE, praising Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, shortly a…

Pacianus of Barcelona's Paraenesis, sive Exhortatorius Libellus, ad Poenitentiam is a late fourth-century Latin exhortation to repentance, blending biblical exempla with…

Paucae Quaedam Sententiae Piam Interpretationem Desiderantes is a brief pastoral and exegetical work attributed to John Cassian, likely composed in early 5th-century Gau…

The Petitorium quo Absolutus est Gerontius Puer Agapiti is a late antique Latin petition composed by Magnus Felix Ennodius, a deacon in Milan (c. 500–513). The document…

The Praeceptio Tertia is a brief moral or administrative precept attributed to Theodoric the Great, Ostrogothic king of Italy (r. 493–526). Written in Latin, it prescrib…

The Praeceptum Ad Episcopos Post Bellum Gothicum is a Latin directive attributed to Clovis I, king of the Salian Franks, issued after his Gothic War (likely the Vouillé…

The Praeceptum Quando Iussi Sunt Omnes Episcopi Cellulanos Habere is a letter by Magnus Felix Ennodius (ca. 473–521), bishop of Pavia, likely composed in the early 6th c…

The Praefatio is the preface to the Breviarium causae Nestorianorum et Eutychianorum, a historical account of the 5th-century Christological controversies written by Lib…

The Precationes Duae Hactenius Ambrosio Attributae are two Latin prayers traditionally ascribed to Ambrose of Milan (c. 339–397) but now considered of uncertain authorsh…

The 'Preces Et Justiniani Praedicti Principis' is a Latin liturgical text transmitted under the name of Pope Boniface II (530–532) but likely a later compilation. It con…

Augustine's *Principia Rhetorices* is a late antique Latin handbook on rhetoric, likely composed for classroom use. Its register is technical and didactic, with definiti…

The Privilegium Abbatiae Cantauriensis A Sancto Augustino Datum, also known as the privilege of St. Augustine for Canterbury Abbey, is a Latin text purporting to grant r…

The Privilegium Monasterii Sancti Germani, attributed to Germanus of Paris (c. 496–576), is a legal grant issued during his episcopate (555–576) that confers privileges…

The Professio Fidei is a brief creedal statement attributed to Bachiarius, a 5th-century Spanish monk. It defends Nicene orthodoxy against Priscillianist and other heter…

The Proverbia Aliqua is a collection of proverbs attributed to Saint Patrick, though this ascription is not supported by internal evidence. The style and content suggest…

The Psalterium attributed to Augustine is a liturgical psalter, not a commentary or homily, used in monastic and cathedral offices, especially in the Gallican and Roman…

The Quaestionum Septemdecim In Evangelium Secundum Matthaeum is a set of seventeen exegetical questions on the Gospel of Matthew, traditionally attributed to Augustine o…

Sacrae Scripturae Lectiones is a liturgical lectionary attributed to Germanus of Paris (c. 496–576), containing biblical readings for the Mass within the Gallican Rite.…

Sanctus Martinus. Prolegomena — Martinus Episcopus Turonensis is a hagiographical prologue to the life of St. Martin of Tours, likely composed by Sulpicius Severus short…

Dracontius' Satisfactio is a formal poetic appeal addressed to the Vandal king Gunthamund from prison, blending legal argument with rhetorical persuasion to seek pardon.…

The Scripta Falso Attributa, spuriously attributed to Chromatius of Aquileia (d. ca. 407), is a Latin work of uncertain genre, likely composed in the early medieval peri…

The Scripta Dubiae Auctoritatis — SS Marcus is a Latin pseudepigraphical work attributed to Pope Mark (reigned 336), surviving only in a single heavily corrected 9th-cen…

The 'Scripta Quae Exstant' of Hadoinudus, bishop of Le Mans (c. 832–c. 860), is a collection of writings preserved in a single 11th-century manuscript (Paris, BnF lat. 1…

The Selecta Ex Officio Zenonis Loca is a collection of liturgical or homiletic texts attributed to Zeno of Verona (d. ca. 380), preserved in the Old Latin tradition. Its…

The Sententia ad Colossenses is a brief doctrinal exposition on the Epistle to the Colossians by Avitus of Vienne (c. 450–518), a Gallo-Roman bishop and theologian. Like…

The Sententia Ad Corinthios Primae is a letter by Avitus of Vienne (c. 450–518) on 1 Corinthians, composed during his episcopate (c. 490–518). It survives in a single 9t…

The Sententia Ad Corinthios Secundae of Avitus of Vienne (d. ca. 518) is a Latin theological treatise that paraphrases and expounds 2 Corinthians, composed during his ep…

The Sententia ad Ephesios is a brief doctrinal statement by Avitus of Vienne (c. 450–518) on the two natures of Christ, composed in Latin during his episcopate in the Bu…

The Sententia ad Hebraeos is a brief theological treatise by Avitus of Vienne (c. 450–518), addressing the interpretation of Hebrews in light of anti-Arian and anti-Nest…

The Sententia ad Philippenses is a brief Christological treatise by Avitus of Vienne (c. 450–518), written during his episcopate in the late 5th or early 6th century. Th…

The Sententia ad Thessalonicenses primae is a brief theological treatise by Avitus of Vienne (c. 450–518), likely composed between 500 and 518 during his episcopate in t…

The Sententia Ad Timotheum Primae is a pastoral letter by Avitus of Vienne (c. 450–518), addressed to a bishop or monastic leader named Timothy. It offers guidance on mo…

The Sententiae of Evagrius Monachus is a collection of moral and ascetic sentences, likely composed in the 5th or 6th century, surviving only in Latin translation. Its g…

The Soliloquiorum Adscriptorum Caput Postremum is a spurious chapter appended to Augustine's Soliloquies, composed by an unknown author likely in the 5th or 6th century.…

The Speculum [Incertus] is a spurious work transmitted under the name of Augustine of Hippo, likely originating in the early medieval period (7th–9th century). It belong…

The Speculum Peccatoris is a penitential treatise addressed to a solitary, urging self-examination and moral reform through a hortatory and ascetical register. It surviv…

This work is a spurious text transmitted under the name of Hilary of Poitiers (d. 367) but not by him. It survives in a single manuscript tradition within the CSEL editi…

The Statuta of Archbishop Sonniatus of Rheims is a set of episcopal capitularies regulating clerical conduct, liturgy, and diocesan administration. Issued during Sonniat…

The Symbolum Theodori Mopsuesteni Et Ejus Refutatio is a Latin polemical work by Marius Mercator, a 5th-century controversialist, containing the creed of Theodore of Mop…

The Testamentum of Perpetuus, bishop of Tours (c. 460–490), is a late 5th-century episcopal will that survives in a single manuscript tradition, likely copied at Tours.…

The 'Testimonia Divinae Scripturae Et Patrum' is a Latin florilegium of biblical and patristic testimonies, traditionally attributed to Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) b…

This work, transmitted in Latin and attributed to Theodoret of Cyrus (5th century), is a collection of excerpts, as indicated by the headings 'Excerpta Theodoreti' and '…

This work, attributed to Theodoretus Mopsuestenus (Theodore of Mopsuestia), survives only in a Latin translation of a lost Greek original. Theodore, a prominent Antioche…

The work is a collection of Latin fragments attributed to Theodore of Mopsuestia, preserved through conciliar or patristic florilegia. The original Greek is lost, and th…

Theodori Mopsuesteni Excerpta is a Latin translation of excerpts from a lost Greek work attributed to Theodore of Mopsuestia (c. 350–428). The text survives in a single…

The Tractatus Duo is a pair of short Latin treatises attributed to Potamuius, a bishop of uncertain see. The text survives in a single 9th-century manuscript (Bibliothèq…

Hilary of Poitiers's Tractatus mysteriorum is an early Latin allegorical commentary on the Old Testament, composed during his episcopate (c. 350–367), likely after his e…

The 'Trinae Unitatis Et Trinitatis Confessio' is a short Latin theological text attributed to Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), but this attribution is unsupported by contem…

The Varia Dubiae Auctoritatis Scripta — SS Silvester I is a collection of texts of uncertain authorship attributed to Pope Silvester I (314–335), including decretals, le…

Versus Ad Gratiam Domini is a Latin poem attributed to Pomponius, likely a hymn or prayer in verse addressing divine grace. Its liturgical or para-liturgical register su…

The *Veteres Litaniae Anglicanae* is an anonymous collection of Latin litanies from pre-Conquest England, preserved in a single manuscript. Its compilation reflects loca…

The Notitia ex Cave is a biographical notice on Vigilius of Thapsus, a North African bishop active around 484 CE, extracted from William Cave's Scriptorum Ecclesiasticor…

The Viginti Unius Sententiarum is a brief collection of twenty-one theological sentences traditionally attributed to Augustine of Hippo, though this attribution is insec…

The Vita Sulpicii Bituricensis is a hagiographic account of Sulpicius, a 6th-century bishop of Bourges (ca. 584–591), emphasizing his asceticism and pastoral care. Compo…

The Vita Germani Parisiensis Episcopi is a hagiographic account of Germanus, bishop of Paris (c. 555–576), composed shortly after his death, likely in the late 6th or ea…

The Vita Sancti Desiderii is a hagiographic life of Saint Desiderius, bishop of Langres, composed by his successor Warnaharius. It follows conventional hagiographic topo…

The Vita Sancti Marii, attributed to Dynamus Patricius, is a hagiographic account of Saint Marius, a figure associated with early Merovingian monasticism. The sole witne…

The Vita Sancti Maximi, attributed to Dynamus Patricius, is a hagiographic account of Maximus, a fifth-century Gallic saint. The work survives in a single twelfth-centur…