Taius
Taius (Taio, Tago, Tajo, Tajón, Tayon) (c. 600—c. 683) was a bishop of Zaragoza during the Visigothic period, from 651-664, succeeding his teacher Saint Braulius in this post. His surname was Samuel (Samuhel).[1]
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Life
Taius was ordained as a priest in 632, and later served as an abbot in an unknown monastery.[2]
At the request of Quiricus of Barcelona, Taius compiled a collection of extracts from the work of Gregory the Great in 653–654, when progress on the compilation was slowed by the revolt of Froia and the invasion of the Basques.[3] He traveled to Rome, where he was sent to procure the third part of Gregory's Moralia missing in Spain. He received this work from Pope Martin I. He worked as a compiler of others' works, and in a letter to Eugene II of Toledo, explained the plan of his writing and its relationship to Gregory’s model.[clarification needed]
During Froia's siege, Taius had been working at a revision of the Lex Visigothorum, unable to leave the city.
The result was what has been regarded as a “poorly organized”[4] book called Sententiarum libri V, which drew heavily upon the writings of Gregory and Saint Augustine, his only known work.[5]
He participated in the Eighth Council of Toledo, the Ninth Council of Toledo and the Tenth Council of Toledo.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Léopold Delisle, Inventaire des manuscripts de la Bibliothèque nationale: Fonds de Cluny (H. Champion, 1884) (Digitized August 29, 2007) 111.
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- ↑ Collins, Visigothic Spain, 84.
- ↑ Joseph F. O'Callaghan, A History of Medieval Spain (Cornell University Press, 1975), 87
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Sources
- Collins, Roger. Visigothic Spain, 409–711. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0-631-18185-7.
- García Villada, Z. “Fragmentos inéditos de Tajón.” RABM 30 (1914), 23–31.
- Madoz, J. “Tajón de Zaragoza y su viaje a Roma.” Mélanges Joseph de Ghellink 1:345–60.
- Palacios Martín, A. “Tajón de Zaragoza y la ‘Explicatio in Cantica Canticorum.’” AEF 3 (1980) 115–27.
- Robles, L. “Tajón de Zaragoza, continuador de Isidoro.” Saitabi 21 (1971), 19–25.
- Serratosa, R. “Osio de Córdoba. Tajón de Zaragoza.” Estudios 19 (1951), 85–95.
- Vega, A. C. “Tajón de Zaragoza. Una obra inédita.” CD 155 (1943) 145–77.
External links
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- España sagrada: Vol. 31 Ed. Enrique Florez. Madrid: 1770. Includes a reprint of the Sententiarum Libri V and associated material (pp 152–544).
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