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Saint Asterius of Amasea (c. 350 – c. 410 AD)〔 was made Bishop of Amasea between 380 and 390 AD, after having been a lawyer.〔 "Writers from the time of Augustine", Villanova.edu. (''see below:'' References). 〕〔 "Asterius of Amasea, Sermons (1904). Preface to the online edition", Roger Pearse (translator), Ipswich, UK, December 2003, webpage: ( ECWritings-Aste ). 〕 He was born in Cappadocia and probably died in Amasea in modern Turkey, then in Pontus. Significant portions of his lively sermons survive, which are especially interesting from the point of view of art history, and social life in his day. Asterius, Bishop of Amasea is not to be confused with the Arian polemicist, Asterius the Sophist.〔 ==Life and work== Asterius of Amasea was the younger contemporary of Amphilochius of Iconium and the three great Cappadocian Fathers.〔 Little is known about his life, except that he was educated by a Scythian slave. Like Amphilochius, he had been a lawyer before becoming bishop between 380 and 390 AD, and he brought the skills of the professional rhetorician to his sermons.〔(Introduction to his sermons )〕 Sixteen homilies and panegyrics on the martyrs still exist, showing familiarity with the classics, and containing an unusual concentration of details of everyday life in his time. One of them, ''Oration 4: Adversus Kalendarum Festum'' attacks the pagan customs and abuses of the New Years feast, denying everything that Libanius had said supporting it - see Lord of Misrule for extensive quotations. That sermon was preached on January 1, 400 AD, which provides the main evidence, with a reference in another to his great age, to the dating of his career.〔(Introduction )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asterius of Amasea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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