Sylvia of Aquitaine

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Sylvia of Aquitaine was a fourth century nun from Aquitaine; who was believed, based on an account attributed to her, to have gone on a pilgrimage sometime between 379 and 388 A.D. [1] This account, however, is now attributed to another nun named Egeria. [2]

She was the sister of Rufinus, the chief minister of the Byzantine Empire under Theodosius and Arcadius. [3] Palladius' Lausiac History tells she journeyed in the age of 60, and prided in her ascetic habits. [4]

Her feast day is celebrated on November 5. She should not be confused with Saint Silvia, the mother of Pope Gregory the Great.

References

  1. ↑ The Pilgrimage of S. Silvia of Aquitania to the Holy Places, "Introduction", (J. H. Bernard, trans.) Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1896
  2. ↑ M.L. McClure; C. L. Feltoe (1919). "Introduction". The Pilgrimage of Etheria. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
  3. ↑ Bardenhewer, Otto (1908). Patrology; the lives and works of the fathers of the church. trans. Thomas Joseph Shahan. B. Herder. p.  424.
  4. ↑ Palladius of Galatia (1918). The Lausiac History Of Palladius. W. K. Lowther Clarke. The Macmillan Company. Retrieved 2015-08-16. html
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