(Hosius, Osius). Bishop of Corduba (from c. AD 295), born c. 256, died in the winter of AD 357/8 [3. 43ff.; 525ff.]. Participated in the Council of Elvira (306/9). Confessor under Maximianus [3. 128-133]. At the beginning of the Donatist dispute (AD 313), he was sent by Constantine [1] I to Caecilianus [1]. In 324, O. tried without success to mediate between Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, and Arius [3] [2. 16f.]. … (Ulrich Heider (Cologne), ‘Ossius,’ Brill’s New Pauly. Brill Online, 2013. Reference: http://brillonline.nl/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/ossius-e902070. See also J. Quasten, Patrology, vol. 4 (Notre Dame IN: Christian Classics, 1983) 61–62.)
Works
- [Clavis 537] Epistula ad Constantium Imperatorem
- Edition: PL 8,1327-1332. — Athanasius’ Werke, ii,1 (ed. H. Opitz; Berlin, 1940/1) 207-209.
- [Clavis ] Epistula ad Iulium papam
- Edition: CSEL 65 (ed. A. Feder; 1916) 126-140.
- [Clavis ] Ossii sententiae siue Canones sanctorum Patrum qui Serdicae conuenerant
- Edition: PL 8,1317-1327. — Ecclesiae occidentalis monumenta iuris antiquissima, I,ii,3 (ed. G. H. Turner; Oxford, 1930) 452-544.
- [Clavis ] De obseruatione disciplinae dominicae Spuria
- Edition: Analecta sacra et classica, i (ed. J. Pitra; Paris, 1888) 117.
Secondary references
- V.C. De Clercq, Ossius of Cordova; a contribution to the history of the Constantinian period, Catholic University of America. Studies in Christian antiquity 13 (Washington, 1954).
- H. Chadwick, ‘Ossius of Cordoba and the Presidency of the Council of Antioch 325’, The Journal of Theological Studies 9 (1958) 292-304.
- M. Aubineau, ‘La vie grecque de “saint” Ossius de Cordue’, Analecta Bollandiana. Société des Bollandistes 78 (1960) 356-361.
- G.S.M. Walker, ‘Ossius and the Nicene Faith’, Studia Patristica 9 (1966) 316-320.
- W. Tietze, Lucifer von Calaris und die Kirchenpolitik des Constantius II.: zum Konflikt zwischen dem Kaiser Constantius II. und der nikänisch-orthodoxen Opposition (Lucifer von Calaris, Athanasius von Alexandria, Hilarius von Poitiers, Ossius von Córdoba, Liberius von Rom und Eusebius von Vercelli), Diss. Tübingen 1974 (Stuttgart, 1976).
- K. M. Girardet, ‘Kaiser Konstantius 2. als “Episcopus episcoporum” und das Herrscherbild des kirchlichen Widerstandes (Ossius von Cordoba und Lucifer von Calaris)’, Historia 26 (1977) 95-128.
Online resources
- Myers, Edward. ‘Hosius of Cordova’, The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7 (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910). (New Advent)
- ‘Ossius of Cordova’. (Fourth Century Christianity)