Event Factoid

https://spear-prosop.org/3115-24
Event Factoid: In response to Caesarea's desire to leave her marriage to live a sanctified life, Severus encourages her to remain in her marriage, stating that to leave her husband even for pure reasons would be a grave sin, and that great glory is given to God by faithful wives and mothers.

Sources:

  • Ernest Walter Brooks,The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, in the Syriac Version of Athanasius of Nisibis. Translation, Part II: Letters III.1-XI.1, vol. 2.2 (London: Williams and Norgate, 1904), part: 10.07, p: 450-55.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Samuel Young, https://spear-prosop.org/3115-24, in The Letters of Severus of Antioch: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.