MAGNUS OF SENS. - Archbishop and theologian, b. in the second half of the 8th century, d. at Sens in 818. Having come to Rome with Charlemagne, he was consecrated archbishop of Sens by Leo III; he received honorary offices (missus dominicus at Orléans, Langres and elsewhere) from the Emperor, to whom he dedicated his Notae iuris (PL 102, 983-94).
When Charlemagne put a question to all the archbishops of the Empire about the rites of Baptism, M. replied with a libellus de mysteriis Baptismatis (PL 102, 981-83), in which he briefly set out the symbolic meaning of the three Sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist): some hints on the Mystical Body are to be noted in it.
Piolanti, Antonio. “Magno di Sens.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1846. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/magno-di-sens.
MLA
Piolanti, Antonio. “Magno di Sens.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1846. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/magno-di-sens.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_magno_di_sens,
author = {Piolanti, Antonio},
title = {Magno di Sens},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1846},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/magno-di-sens}
}
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