Aegean, Religion of

EGEA, RELIGIONE — Seal (engraved hard stone). Goddess Mistress of the animals between two lions — Kalkani (Mycenae).

with it, the restoration of the archiepiscopal and metropolitan title for his diocese. He founded a famous school, where he himself taught. He was a friend of s. Beda, Alcuino, and s. Bonifacio.

Various works are attributed to him, but scholars do not agree on their authenticity; some are certainly later reworkings. He is generally credited with the De iure sacerdotali (PL 89, 379–400). The Paenitentiale (op. cit., cols. 401–31; cf. J. H. Schmitz, Die Bussbücher, I, Mainz 1883, pp. 573–87; H. Düsseldorf 1898, pp. 661–74) may contain an authentic core, but is for the most part a summary of the work of Halitgarius, bishop of Cambrai. The De institutione ecclesiastica dialogus (PL 89, 433–42) and the Canones de remedia peccatorum (op. cit., 89, 443–54) are not by E.; B. Albers (in Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht, 81 [1901], pp. 393–420) attributes them to s. Beda. Finally, a Pontificale is attributed to E.; it may be his work and is now in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris, MS lat. no. 138 (cf. F. Cabrol, s. V. in DACL, IV, cols. 2211–20).

BIBL.: J. Mabillon, Acta Sanctorum Ord. S. Benedicti, IV, Venice 1734, p. 307; W. H., s. V. in Dictionary of National Biography, VI, p. 505 sq. Livario Ohger
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“EGEA, RELIGIONE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), p. 105. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/egea-religione.