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The Second Catalog: the Expositors Distributed by Method

Second Catalog — the Expositors Distributed by Method

ANOTHER CATALOG, in which the expositors of divine Scripture are distributed into various classes, according to the variety of the methods which the sacred expositors used in expounding the holy letters.

Abridgers [Abbreviatores], who abridged the prolix commentaries of the expositors:

Aretas; Bede; Euthymius; Jerome of Stridon; Odo of Cluny; Peter Ximenius; Simon of Afflighem; Theodoret; Theophylact.

Annotators [Annotatores]:

Apollinaris the Younger; Anselm of Laon; Aurelius Augustine; Bernardino Gadolo; Francesco Marone; Francesco Titelmann; Jerome of Stridon; Hugh of St Victor; John Benedictus; Nicholas Zigenus; Origen; Peter Auriol [Verberius]; Richard of St Victor.

Chronographers [Chronographi]:

Bede; Eusebius; Hermann Contractus; John Driedo; Julius Africanus; Joseph of Jerusalem; Philo Judaeus; Richard of St Victor.

Compilers [Coacervatores]:

Alfonso Tostado; Gregory the Pope; Henry of Langenstein; Sixtus of Como; Thomas Hasselbach; Vincent of Beauvais.

Collectors — rhapsodists and cento-makers [Collectores, Rapsodi Centonarii]:

Alalphus; Aloysius; Arethas; Augustine of Ancona; Bartholomew of Urbino; Bede; the Greek Catena on Job; the Greek Catena on the Psalms; the Greek Catena on the Gospels; Dominicus Nannus; Epiphanius Scholasticus; Eucherius; Euthymius; Eudocia; Francesco Puteanus; Gottfried Tilmann; Werner of Paris; Haymo; Henricus Helmesius; Paterius; Patricius; Peter of Tripoli; Peter of Herentals; Primasius; Proba; Rabanus; Santes Pagninus; Seclubius; Theodolus; Thomas Aquinas.

Commentators [Commentatores]: Since there are very few expositors of divine scripture who have not elaborated something in the method of commentary; and again, since (as we advised in the third book of this work) it has come about that whatever [are] the labors of the sacred expositors are called “commentaries,” we have judged it superfluous to append here a Catalog of commentators.

Compendium-makers [Conpendiarii], who drew the divine scriptures into a compendium:

Alan of Lille; Aurelius Cassiodorus; John the Monk; Peter Bersuire.

Dialogue-writers [Dialogistae]:

Apollinaris the Younger; Aurelius Augustine; Jacopo Sadoleto; John Gerson; Paduanus; Salonius; Zacharias.

Dictionary-makers [Dictionarii]:

Andreas Placus; Bede; Epiphanius; Eucherius; Francisco Ximénez; John Benedictus; John Pratus; Isidore of Seville; Mammotretus; Marcus of Ulm; Origen; Philo; Santes Pagninus.

Disputants — question-writers [Disputatores Quaestionarii]:

Aegidius; Alfonso Tostado; Albinus; Apollinaris; Antonio Gislandi; Aurelius Augustine; Bede; Cyril; Eucherius; Eusebius of Caesarea; Francesco Giorgio; Jerome; Hugh of St Victor; John Arboreus; Justin; Matthew Döring; Methodius; Paul of Burgos; Philip of Side; Philo Judaeus; Richard of Cluny; Serafino Cumirano; Tatian; Theodoret; Thomas Aquinas.

Eclogue-writers / excerptors [Eglogistae]:

Arlottus; Aurelius Augustine; Cyprian of Carthage; Defensor; John Mentolonius; John Niuecellensis; Melito; Nicholas Hanapus; Peter, bishop of Città Nuova.

Letter-writers [Epistolarii]:

Ambrose; Aurelius Augustine; Jerome; Isidore of Pelusium.

Geographers [Geographi]:

Adamnan; Albert the Patriarch; Bede; Burchard; Callisto of Piacenza; Eusebius of Caesarea; William of Aachen; Ludolf von Suchen; Matthaeus Aurogallus; Oronce Finé; Peter Apian; Rudolph Lange; Roger Bacon.

Harmony-makers [Harmonici]:

Ammonius of Alexandria; Antonius Bruichius; Diego de Deza; Dominicus Nannus; Eusebius of Caesarea; Gerard Lorich; John Gerson; Robert Goullet; Simon Corroy; Sixtus of Siena; Tatian; Theophilus of Alexandria; Victor.

Homilists & Expounders [Homiliastae & Enarratores]:

Albinus; Ambrose of Milan; Amphilochius; Anastasius; Anselm of Canterbury; Antiochus; Antonio Pucci; Aurelius Augustine; Basil; Bede; Bernard; Candidus; Cyril of Alexandria; Cyril of Jerusalem; Ericus; Eusebius of Emesa; Francesco Visdomini; Friedrich Nausea; Fulgentius; Gilbert the Cistercian; Gregory Nazianzen; Gregory of Nyssa; Gregory the Pope; Guerric; Haymo; Hilary; Hippolytus; Hugh of St Victor; Jacob Schöpper; John Chrysostom; Ioan-

John Eck; John Ferus; John Hoffmeister; John Justus; John Maria Verattus; Isidore Clario; Jodocus; Maximus of Turin; Origen; Peter Chrysologus; Peter of Edessa; Philip the Chancellor; Severianus; Zeno; Peter Comestor; Philo Judaeus; Rainerius Snoy of Gouda.

Isagogics [Isagogici]:

Alanus Lymna; Alard of Amsterdam; Ambrose of Conza; Aurelius Augustine; Aurelius Cassiodorus; Bede; Bonaventure; Eucherius; Francesco Rinzius; Georg Witzel; Werner of Paris; Guido of Évreux; William Gregory; Hermann Schild; Hugh of St Victor; Jacob Gouschelius; Jaime Pérez of Valencia; John Bertramus; John Driedo; John Gerson; John Hagen; Othmar Nachtgall; Peter Bersuire; Rabanus; Santes Pagninus; Theodorus; Tyconius.

Index-makers [Indicistae]:

Conrad of Halberstadt; Euthalius; Gabriel Brunus; Hugh of Cher.

Meditators [Meditatores]:

Bernard; Bonaventure; Dionysius the Carthusian; Henry Herp; Girolamo Savonarola; John Gerson; John Louis Vives; Ludolph the Carthusian; Ninian; the bishop of the Picts; Peter of Ailly.

Paraphrasers [Paraphrastae]:

Christianus Ischirius; Francesco Titelmann; Gregory of Neocaesarea; Hegesippus; John Torquemada; Joseph of Jerusalem; Justus of Tiberias.

Partitioners [Partitores], who — the books of divine scripture being divided into parts — imposed on each of the parts its summaries and arguments:

Alexander Dolensis; Bonaventure; Cyrus Prodromus; Francesco Gothus; John Benedictus; Nicephorus.

Poets [Poetae]:

Alexander of Villedieu; Álvaro Gómez; Angelo Sangrini; Apollinaris the Elder; Arator; Avitus; Aurelius Prudentius; Bonaventure; Bonino Mombrizio; Caedmon; Cornelius Magnanus; Dracontius; Dominic Mancini; Eudocia; Eulalius; Ezechiel; Francesco Bonadus; Francesco Gothi; Francesco Spinola; Gerard of Breda; Gregory Nazianzen; Godfrey; Godelbert; Guido of Ferrara; Girolamo Fracastoro; Hieronymus Patavinus; Jerome of Stridon; Girolamo Vida; Hilary of Arles; Jacobus Furnius; Jacopo Sannazaro; John Francesco Quintiano; John Gagny; John Neouillanus; Iovita Rapicio; Iuvencus; Louis the Younger; Maffeo Vegio; Marbod; Marius Victorinus; Matthias Vindonicensis; Nicephorus; Patricius; Peter of Edessa; Peter Riga; Peter of Rosenheim; Proba; Salvian; Sedulius; Sigebert; Theodolus; Theodore the Abbot; Tertullian.

Sciographers [Sciographi]:

Albrecht Dürer; Aurelius Cassiodorus; Bede; Callisto of Piacenza; Damiano Maraffi; Eusebius of Caesarea; Jerome of Stridon; John Buteo; Oronce Finé; Peter Apian; Richard of St Victor.

Scholastics [Scholastici]:

Aegidius of Viterbo; Alan of Lille; Alanus Lymna; Alan of la Roche; Albert Magnus; Albert of Padua; Alexander Dolensis; Alexander of Hales; Alexander Neckam; Alfonso Tostado; Anthony of Bitonto; Antoninus of Florence; Ascensius the Franciscan; Augustine of Ancona; Augustinus Romanus; Bartholomew of Bologna; Benedict Stendal; Bernardino of Siena; Bonaventure the Cardinal; Clement Araneus; Conrad of Halberstadt; Conrad of Hirsau; Crisostomo Javelli; David; Dionysius the Carthusian; Eccardus; Egbert; Francesco Marone; Gabriel Brebia; Geoffrey Allieuant; Walter Disseus; Gerard of Bologna; Gerard of Savona; Gerard of Stredam; Gilbert of Paris; Gilbert of Poitiers; Gilbert the Englishman; Werner of Paris; Guido of Évreux; Guido of Perpignan; William Alconas; William of Auvergne; William of Aachen; William of Paris; William Pepin; William Vellis; Gregory of Rimini; Henry Arnoldi; Henricus Consueldius; Henry Gulpen; Henry of Kalkar; Henry of Langenstein; Henry Vichingen; Henri-

Henry of Friemar; Hermann Petra; Hermann Schild; Hubert Leonardo; Ubertino of Casale; Hugh of Cher; Jacobus Anglicus; Jacobus, Bishop of Christopolis; Jacobus, Archbishop of Genoa; Jacobus Lusanensis; Jacobus Magnus; Jacobus Martinus; Jacob of Stralen; Ludolf von Suchen; Innocent III; Innocent V; John Annius; John Baconthorpe; John Balbus; John Beethz; John Duns; John of Frankfurt; John of Wales; John Gauuer; John Gerson; John Hagen; John Haiton; John Nider; John Noblet; Leonard of Giffoni; Ludolph the Carthusian; Matthew Döring; Matthew of Évreux; Michael Aiguani; Michael of Cesena; Michael of Massa; Nicholas Alsentia; Nicholas of Gorran; Nicholas of Lyra; Nicholas Trivet; Paul of Burgos; Peter Bersuire; Peter Gottfried; Peter of La Palud; Peter Riga; Peter Scala; Peter Auriol; Philip the Chancellor; Richard Ampolus; Richard of Exeter; Richard Lavinan; Richard Middleton; Rupert Holcoth; Rupert de Regno; Rupert Walsingham; Sancho de Porta; Sertorius; Simon of Cremona; Simon of Speyer; Stephen the Englishman; Sylvester Prierias; Thomas Aquinas; Thomas Hasselbach; Thomas Cajetan; Thomas of Wales; Thomas Sperman; Thomas Walden; Werner de Laer; Hubert Leonardo; Ubertino of Casale.

Supplers [Suppletores], who supplied and completed the imperfect commentaries of the expositors:

Gilbert the Monk; Gregory of Nyssa; Jodocus; Eudocia.

Thematics [Thematici]:

Ambrose; Gregory of Nyssa; Philo Judaeus; Vincent of Beauvais.

Translators [Translatores]:

Aquila of Sinope; Augustine, Bishop of Nebbio; Edward Leigh; Eusebius of Caesarea; Felix of Prato; Francisco Ximénez; William, Abbot of Hirsau; Hesychius the Monk; Jerome of Leopolis [Lviv]; Jerome of Stridon; James the Apostle; Jacobus, Archbishop of Genoa; John, King of Aragon; John Chrysostom; John Dietenberger; John Eck; Diego López de Zúñiga [Stunica]; John Poccanus; John Cinqarbres; Joseph of Tiberias; the Italian [Old-Latin] edition; Lucian the Martyr; Michael Adam; Origen; Patrophilus of Scythopolis; Peter Sutor; Robert Olivétan; Rudolph Agricola; Santes Pagninus; the Seventy-two Interpreters; Simon Atumano; Sophronius; Symmachus; the Syriac edition; Theodotion; Thomas Cajetan; Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths.

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Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “The Second Catalog: the Expositors Distributed by Method,” in The Catholic Expositors of the Divine Volumes, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta-iv/022-the-second-catalog-the-expositors-distributed-by-method/.

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