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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Vigilantius |
(v j´´l n´sh s) (KEY) , fl. 400, Christian priest of Gaul who was violently opposed by St. Jerome. Jerome’s letters and a tract, Liber contra Vigilantium, declare that Vigilantius denied the efficacy of relics, prayers to the saints, almsgiving, celibacy of the clergy, and monasticism. His works are not extant. |
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