Quodvultdeus
Quodvultdeus was a fifth-century church father and bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 AD. He corresponded with Augustine of Hippo, who served as Quodvultdeus' spiritual teacher. Augustine also dedicated some of his writings to Quodvultdeus.
Quodvultdeus was exiled when Carthage was captured by the Vandals led by King Genseric, who followed Arianism. Tradition states that he and other churchmen were loaded onto leaky ships that landed at Naples around 439 AD and Quodvultdeus established himself in Italy. He would go on to convert dozens of Arian Goths to Orthodoxy in his lifetime.
One of the mosaic burial portraits in the Galleria dei Vescovi in the Catacombs of San Gennaro depicts Quodvultdeus.Writings
Twelve sermons by Quodvultdeus survive:
- Three De symbolo
- Two De tempore barbarico
- Two De accedentibus ad gratiam
- Adversus quinque haereses
- De cataclismo
- De ultima quarta feria
- De cantico novo
- Contra iudaeos, paganos et arrianos
He also wrote:
- Liber promissionum et praedicatorum Dei
