Maestro
del Codex 167 Isidori libri originum. Obispo Braulio de Zaragoza e Isidoro
de Sevilla,
segunda
mitad del siglo X.
Saint Braulion de
Saragosse, évêque
Evêque de Saragosse et
disciple de saint Isidore de Séville, il rétablit l'unité dans l'Église
d'Espagne jusqu'alors divisée par l'arianisme et joua un grand rôle dans les
conciles de son temps, par son éloquence et sa science. Il mourut en 646.
Saint Braulion de Saragosse
Évêque (+ 646)
Confesseur.
Evêque de Saragosse et disciple de saint Isidore de Séville, il rétablit l'unité dans l'Église d'Espagne jusqu'alors divisée par l'arianisme.
À Sarragosse en Espagne, l’an 651, saint Braulion, évêque. Ami intime de saint
Isidore, il lui apporta son concours pour établir dans toute l’Église d’Espagne
une discipline uniforme, et joua un grand rôle dans les conciles tenus de son
temps, par son éloquence et sa science.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/865/Saint-Braulion-de-Saragosse.html
SAINT BRAULE, EVÊQUE ET CONFESSEUR.
VIIe Siècle. —
Braule, évêque de Saragosse, donna dès l'âge le plus tendre des marques
insignes de ce qu'il serait un jour par sa sainteté et sa doctrine : car, entre
les mains de ses excellents parents, qui lui donnaient une éducation chrétienne
et distinguée, il fit tant de progrès dans la pratique de la vertu, que, par la
gravité de ses moeurs et par sa chasteté, il paraissait déjà un homme parfait.
Confié ensuite à saint Isidore, évêque de Séville, pour être formé à la
connaissance des lettres, il obtint d'abord la faveur d'être regardé par lui
comme un fils bien aimé; et plus tard il se concilia l'estime de son maître au
point qu'Isidore s'en rapportait á lui du soin de corriger ses ouvrages et de
les mettre en ordre. L'opinion qu'on avait partout de la sainteté de Braule
croissant de jour en jour, il fut promu au rang d'archidiacre, fonction
dont il s'acquitta en digne vicaire de l'évêque, et avec tant de zèle et de
sagesse, qu'il fut jugé digne de recevoir le sacerdoce. Après la mort de Jean
son frère, lequel était devenu d'abbé évêque de Saragosse, et qui avait brillé
sur ce siège par sa science et sa piété, Branle, sur qui Dieu lui-même prit
soin de réunir les suffrages unanimes du clergé et du peuple, fut élu pour lui
succéder. Il mit au nombre des soins les plus importants de son ministère un
zèle et nue ardeur extrêmes à conserver et à défendre la foi, ainsi que la
discipline. On .le vit au quatrième concile de Tolède, où t'ut réglée pour la
suite la forme dans laquelle devaient être tenues ces assemblées. Il y parut au
milieu des pères les plus illustres, et s'y distingua par son application à
partager les travaux de son ancien maitre Isidore. Ayant survécu à ce saint
évêque, il fut la lumière du cinquième et du sixième concile de Tolède, et
mérita d'être chargé de la rédaction des actes et des canons. La célébrité
qu'il acquit par ce travail et par ses autres oeuvres lui a mérité les éloges
de saint Ildephonse. Branle ne fut pas moins utile à son église par ses
exemples que par l'excellence de sa doctrine. Juge sévère de sa personne, il
soumit son corps à une mortification continuelle, et préserva son àme de tous
les vices, et principalement de l'orgueil. Il était d'une si profonde humilité,
que, dans le temps même où il s'attirait tous les regards par l'éclat de ses
hautes vertus, il se croyait le plus grand des pécheurs, et n'attribuait qu'à
son indignité les guerres, la famine, la peste et toutes les autres calamités
de son époque. Au milieu de tant de soins et des maux les plus accablants,
rempli d'une force invincible, il n'interrompit jamais ses saints travaux, et
se livra toujours au ministère de la prédication de la parole de Dieu. Dans les
temps les plus difficiles il rebàtit de fond en comble unie ancienne basilique
appelée autrefois l'église des Saintes-Masses. Enfin, accablé de vieillesse et
comblé de mérites à cause des services qu'il avait rendus à l'église, il quitta
ce monde pour le ciel, après environ vingt ans d'épiscopat. Six siècles après
sa mort, son corps fut re. trouvé dans la basilique de
Sainte-Marie-de-la-Colonne, d'après une révélation du saint évêque Valère, et
traits, porté sous l'autel principal, où il est encore pour les peu.. pies
l'objet d'une très-grande vénération. (Espagne).
PRATIQUE. — Nous ne nous tromperons jamais en pensant que nous sommes de
très-grands pécheurs.
PRIÈRE. — Seigneur, accordez votre éternelle protection h l'Église, que vous
avez voulu fortifier par le zèle, la science et les exemples du bienheureux
Branle , votre confesseur et votre pontife Ainsi soit-il.
SOURCE : http://jesus-passion.com/saint_braule_FR.htm
Also
known as
Braulio
Profile
Son of Gregory of Osma, a
Hispano-Roman bishop. Monk at Saint Engratia’s monastery, Zaragoza, Spain.
Studied in Seville, Spain under Saint Isidore. Ordained in 624 by
his brother John, archbhishop of Zaragoza. Archdeacon to
John. Bishop in 631,
and archbishop of Zaragoza.
Noted scholar, writer,
correspondent, and exceptional hagiographer. Advisor to kings of Spain.
Fought Arianism,
and converted the
Visigoths from the heresy.
Attended councils in Toledo in 633, 636 and 638.
Collaborated with Saint Isidore to
create his encyclopedic work, the Etymologies,
which partially led Isidore to be proferred as the patron of computers and
the Internet.
His eyesight became extremely poor as he aged;
we have letters in which he complained bitterly of the loss, as it put a stop
to his studies.
Born
c.590
c.651 at Zaragoza, Spain of
natural causes
buried in
the church of Nuestra Senora Merced del Pilar
University of Zaragoza
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Braulio of
Saragossa“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 November 2021. Web. 14 March 2022.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-braulio-of-saragossa/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-braulio-of-saragossa/
Article
BRAULIUS (Saint) Bishop
(March 27) (7th century) Braulius or Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa in Spain, and
one of the Patrons of the Kingdom of Aragon, assisted at three Councils of
Toledo. He was a disciple of Saint Isidore of Seville, and part of their correspondence
is still extant. Together they laboured at regularising Ecclesiastical
discipline in Spain, and after the death of Saint Isidore, Saint Braulio
completed some unfinished works he had left. Saint Braulio is one of the most
celebrated Saints of the Spanish Church. He died A.D. 646, after over twenty
years of Episcopate.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Braulius”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 6
September 2012.
Web. 14 March 2022. <http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-braulius/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-braulius/
Braulio of Saragossa B
(RM)
Born c. 590; died in Saragossa, Spain, c. 646-651. Saint Braulio, son of a
Hispano-Roman bishop, Gregory of Osma, became a monk of Saint Engratia's
monastery in Saragossa, in 610. He was sent to Seville to study under Saint
Isidore, who became his close friend. In 624, he was ordained by Isidore, but
the following year he returned to Saragossa. Braulio was ordained to the
priesthood by his own brother, John, whom he succeeded to the see of Saragossa
in 631.
Braulio was a learned
bishop and important reformer of his time, who followed only Saint Isidore as
the most influential and respected bishop in Spain. Like so many monks who
became bishop, Braulio continued to live an austere life of prayer, almsgiving,
and frequent preaching. He participated in the councils of Toledo in 633, 636,
and 638, and helped to convert the Visigoths from Arianism to orthodoxy. He
also answered Pope Honorius I's charge that the Spanish bishops had been
unnecessarily lenient towards the Jews who had converted to Christianity but
subsequently lapsed.
Also like Isidore, he was
devoted to learning; a number of his letters are still extant, which show
familiarity with classical authors of Roman antiquity, as well as his desire to
extend his knowledge of Christian writers. He excelled chiefly as a
hagiographer of the Spanish saints. It was Saint Braulio who convinced Isidore
to undertake his encyclopedic work called Etymologies, and after Isidore's
death he polished the book to its final form.
In 650, he became half
blind and the same year. His cultus was almost immediately approved locally.
Pictures of him survive in Saragossa and Seville (Attwater, Attwater2,
Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Husenbeth, Lynch).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0326.shtml
St. Braulio
Bishop of Saragossa, date of birth
unknown, d. at Saragossa c. 651. In 631 he succeeded his brother John,
whose archdeacon he
had been, in the episcopal See of Saragossa. His
influence extended not only to the bishops, but also to the
Kings of Spain.
In one of his letters (no. xxxvii) he urged King Chindaswinth to appoint a
co-regent in the person of
his son Receswinth. To his insistence with his friend Isidore of Seville, is
due the inception and completion of the latter's "Libri
Etymologiarum". Braulio was present at the synods held in
Toledo in 633, 636, and 638. The members of the last-mentioned council selected
him to write an answer to Pope Honorius I, who had
reproached the Spanish bishops with
negligence in the performance of their pastoral duties. Braulio in his
letter (no. xxi) cleverly and fearlessly defended the conduct of the Spanish
episcopate. Towards the end of his life, he complained bitterly of the loss of
his eyesight. He was buried in
the church of Nuestra Senora Merced del Pilar, where his tomb was discovered
in 1290. His feast is
celebrated in Spain on
18 March, while the Roman Martyrology has it on the 26th.
Braulio is the author (1)
of a life of St. Emilian (Æmilianus Cucullatus, or San Millan de la Cogolla),
a priest of
the Diocese of Turiasso, now Tarazona, and the writer of a hymn in honour of the same
saint. (2) A collection of forty-four letters, of which there is no mention in
antiquity, was discovered in the eighteenth century in the Spanish city
of Leon. They
form a valuable addition to our knowledge of the
history of Spain under
the Visigoths and
were first published in the "Espana Sagrada" of Florez (XXX, 1775).
(3) The division and titles of the "Etymologiarum Libri 20" of St. Isidore and a
eulogistic notice of the latter's life, together with an enumeration of his
writings, are also Braulio's work. This notice and catalogue he added to the
"De Viris Illustribus" of Isidore. It is found printed in Migne, P.L. (LXXXI,
15-17). (4) Braulio's authorship of the "Acts of the Martyrs of
Saragossa" is usually admitted. He may also have written the "Passio
S. Leocadiae". His works are accessible in P.L., LXXX, 639-720.
Sources
GAMS, Kirchengesch. von
Span (Ratisbon, 1862-79), I, 320-329, 344; II, ii, 145-149, 224-227; VENABLES
in Dict. Christ. Biog., s.v.; CHEVALIER, Rep. bio-bib. (Paris, 1905), I, 692;
Anal. Boll. (1905), XXIV, 153.
Weber,
Nicholas. "St. Braulio." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 14 Mar.
2022 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02744c.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Joseph E. O'Connor.
Ecclesiastical
approbation. Nihil Obstat. 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John
M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2021 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02744c.htm
St. Braulio, Bishop of
Saragossa, Confessor
HE was the great
assistant of St. Isidore of Seville, in settling the discipline of the Church
of Spain, and is one of those holy pastors to whose zeal, learning, and labours
it has always professed itself much indebted. He died in 646, in the twentieth
year of his episcopacy. He has left us two letters to St. Isidore, an eulogium
of that saint, and a catalogue of his works: also a hymn in Iambic verse in
honour of St. Emilian, and the life of that servant of God, who after living
long a hermit, was called to serve a parish in the diocess of Tarragon, where a
famous monastery now bears his name.
Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). Volume
III: March. The Lives of the Saints. 1866
SOURCE : https://www.bartleby.com/210/3/262.html
Saint Braulio
Feast day March 26
St. Isidore recognized
the young nobleman Braulio as an outstanding graduate of his college at Seville
in Spain and took him under his wing. He made Braulio his colleague, a peer to
whom he submitted his books for editing. Isidore ordained him and appointed him
bishop of Saragossa in 631.
St. Braulio maintained
the pattern of life he had learned earlier as a monk. He lived simply, dressed
in rough clothes, ate sparingly, and gave alms generously. He collaborated with
Isidore in completing the conversion of the Visigoths from Arianism and in
renewing church order in Spain.
Forty-four of Braulio’s
letters that have survived give us a good picture of the saint and his
ministry. He counseled priests on liturgical and pastoral questions. Sometimes
he discussed complex theological matters like the resurrection of the body.
Often he consoled relatives and friends on the death of loved ones. In his most
famous letter he defended the Spanish bishops to Pope Honorius I, who had
accused them of laxity. Braulio’s sense of humor bursts forth in letters
requesting manuscripts, teasing friends who failed to visit, and lightly
reprimanding an arrogant young priest who was to succeed him.
Braulio is remembered as
an eloquent preacher. We can almost hear the power of his voice in this letter
to his brother Frominian, who wanted to resign his office as abbot:
I am shocked that you are
so upset by all these routine scandals that you prefer to spend your life in
silence rather than to stay in the duties entrusted to you. Where will your
blessed perseverance be if your patience fails? Remember the apostle who said:
“All who want to live piously in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (see 2
Timothy 3:12). Endurance exists not only in confessing the name of Christ by
sword and fire and various punishments. But differences in customs, insults of
the disobedient and barbs of wicked tongues and various temptations are also
included in this kind of persecution. There is not a single occupation that is
without its dangers…Who will guard against wolves if the shepherd does not
watch? Or who will drive away the robber if the watchman sleeps? You must stick
by the work entrusted to you and the task you have undertaken. You must hate
the sins, not the people. Even though tribulation brings us more than we can
endure, let us not be afraid as if we were resisting with our own strength. We
must pray with the apostle that God give us “the way out with the temptation”
(see 1 Corinthians 10–13)…
He prepared a list of the
works of St. Isidore and reportedly completed some of his master’s unfinished
works. St. Braulio went partially blind in 650 and died in the same year.
SOURCE : https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-braulio/
San Braulio Vescovo
590 circa - 651
Martirologio
Romano: A Saragozza in Spagna, san Braulio, vescovo, che diede aiuto a
sant’Isidoro, di cui fu grande amico, nel rinnovare la disciplina ecclesiastica
in tutta la Spagna e ne fu degno successore per eloquenza e dottrina.
Secondo le fonti, Braulio appartenne a stirpe illustre, probabilmente di origine ispano-romana, mescolata a sangue germanico. Suo padre, Gregorio, fu vescovo quasi certamente di Osma e il fratello maggiore, Giovanni, dopo essere stato superiore del celebre monastero dei XVIII Martiri, chiamato pure di Sant' Engrazia, nel 619 divenne vescovo di Saragozza. L'altro fratello, Frunimiano, fu abate del monastero fondato da sant'Emiliano alla Rioja; anche la sorella Pomponia raggiunse la dignità di badessa, sebbene non si sappia di quale monastero, mentre l'altra sorella, Basilia, andò sposa a un uomo di buona condizione che abitava non lontano da Saragozza.
Nel 610, a venti anni circa, Braulio entrò nell'abbazia di Sant'Engrazia, dove compì gli studi primari e dove fu iniziato dal fratello Giovanni alla vita ascetica. Dieci anni più tardi si recò a Siviglia per perfezionarsi nella più importante scuola di Spagna di quel tempo, diretta da sant'Isidoro, alla quale accorrevano giovani chierici, monaci e nobili da ogni parte. Più che discepolo, però, egli fu amico del santo Dottore, da cui, nel 624, fu aggregato al clero della città. Dalla loro corrispondenza apprendiamo che la grande opera di Isidoro, le Etymologiae, fu composta per sollecitazione di Braulio, il quale, insieme con la minuta, ebbe poi dallo stanco maestro l'incarico di completarla, ordinarla e pubblicarla, cosa che, sembra, si verificò nel 637.
Rientrò verso il 625 a Saragozza e quando, nel 631, morì il vescovo Giovanni, che lo aveva nominato arcidiacono e gli aveva affidato l'amministrazione degli affari ecclesiastici, egli ne prese il posto. Il momento difficile, segnato da guerre, pestilenze, carestie e altri flagelli, mise in risalto le sue doti eccezionali di uomo di governo, mostrandolo degno di sostituire Isidoro (636) nella guida della Chiesa spagnola. A Braulio, infatti, cominciarono a rivolgersi in numero sempre maggiore preti, abati, vescovi e principi, chiedendogli consiglio e aiuto. Prese parte al quarto (633), quinto (636) e sesto (638) concilio di Toledo: mentre quest'ultimo si stava svolgendo, giunse una lettera di Onorio I, il quale disapprovava l'indulgenza usata dai vescovi verso quegli ebrei che, dopo essersi convertiti alla religione cristiana, tornavano al giudaismo. Il rilievo, almeno in quelle circostanze, non appariva fondato, e Braulio, ricevuto dai padri l'incarico di rispondere, lo fece con tanto tatto da riuscire, da un lato, a giustificare la condotta dei suoi confratelli e, dall'altro, a glorificare il successore di Pietro.
Verso il 650 era quasi cieco e logorato completamente dalle fatiche e dalle penitenze: morì, infatti, l'anno dopo. Il suo culto è stato approvato dalla Chiesa.
Di Braulio, che fu il migliore scrittore spagnolo del tempo dopo sant'Isidoro, rimangono ventiquattro Lettere, scoperte nel sec. XVIII in un codice di León. Sull'autenticità di alcune di esse esprime dubbi M. Alamo. Inoltre, sono giunte a noi anche la Vita di sant'Emiliano, anacoreta spagnolo del sec.; la Vita dei ss. Vincenzo, Sabina e Cristeta; la Passione dei martiri di Saragozza, di dubbia autenticità, e altri scritti minori.
Autore: Pietro Burchi
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/45890
Braulio de Zaragoza,
San. ?, c. 585 − Zaragoza, 651. Obispo de Zaragoza (631-651),
escritor y bibliófilo.
Fue la personalidad más
eminente de la Zaragoza visigoda, e incluso la más relevante de la Iglesia
hispana después de la muerte de su maestro y amigo Isidoro de Sevilla.
Pertenecía por nacimiento a una familia noble y episcopal de ascendencia
hispanorromana, aunque vinculada con magnates visigodos por lazos de
parentesco.
Su padre, Gregorio, era
obispo de Osma en 610, y tres de sus hermanos, Juan —que además le precedió en
la sede episcopal de Zaragoza—, Fronimiano y Pomponia, llegaron a ser abades y
abadesa, respectivamente, de otros tantos monasterios. Una cuarta hermana,
Basila, también era monja. Se ignora su lugar exacto de nacimiento, aunque algunas
referencias contenidas en su correspondencia apuntan a la propia Zaragoza, a
Osma y Gerona como posibles patrias.
Precisamente de su padre
y, sobre todo, de su hermano Juan, de quien Ildefonso de Toledo alaba el
talento, recibió su primera instrucción. Después se trasladó a Sevilla (hacia
610), con el fin de formarse en su escuela episcopal bajo la dirección de Isidoro.
Fue entonces cuando Braulio sugirió a su maestro que compendiase toda su
sabiduría en las Etimologías. Tras ser elegido su hermano Juan obispo de
Zaragoza (619), regresó a la ciudad para auxiliarle como arcediano. A su muerte
(631), le sucedió al frente de la diócesis zaragozana.
El descubrimiento en el
siglo XVIII de su Epistolario en los archivos de la catedral de León
ha permitido ponderar, tanto por el contenido de la correspondencia como por
los destinatarios de las misivas —entre los que se cuentan el propio Isidoro,
Tajón, el papa Honorio y los reyes Chindasvinto y Recesvinto, además de
obispos, presbíteros y piadosos laicos—, la relevancia política, religiosa y
cultural que alcanzó durante su episcopado. En el ámbito político-religioso
actuó como consejero real con Chindasvinto y Recesvinto.
Al primero le asesoró en
la preparación de la sucesión al trono (648) en beneficio de su hijo; con el
segundo colaboró en la corrección del primer borrador del Liber
Iudicum (Libro de los jueces). Ejerció con sutileza el poder de la
influencia en la decisiva sede episcopal de Toledo, a la que Recesvinto había
elevado a uno de sus discípulos predilectos, su arcediano Eugenio. Además,
intervino activamente en los concilios IV (hacia 633), V (hacia 636) y VI (hacia
638) de Toledo, y dejó en las correspondientes actas la impronta de su
pensamiento teológico y cristológico, incluso es posible que redactase el
símbolo de fe aprobado en el último de los Concilios citados. Al concluir la
asamblea episcopal fue elegido por los padres reunidos para dirigirse, en
nombre de todos, al obispo de Roma, Honorio I, en defensa de los prelados
hispanos, a quienes el Papa había reprochado su descuido en relación con los
judíos, un encargo que pone de manifiesto la autoridad moral que ejercía en el
seno de la Iglesia hispana.
Junto al Epistolario, en
el que imita brillantemente a Jerónimo, escribió varios opúsculos, entre los
que sobresalen la Vita sancti Aemiliani, su mayor contribución a la
liturgia de su tiempo, y Praenotatio Librorum D. Isidori, que contiene el
elogio de Isidoro y un apreciado catálogo de sus obras. Pero su verdadera
aportación a la historia de la cultura deriva del docto magisterio que ejerció
en Zaragoza, tanto desde la biblioteca episcopal —
SOURCE : https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/15923/san-braulio-de-zaragoza
Voir aussi : http://orthodoxievco.net/ecrits/vies/synaxair/mars/braulion.pdf
