"We have a contemporary documentary portrait of a great Gallo-Roman ecclesiastical legislator and reformer whose Christian code aimed at and obtained two things, a firm but merciful and humane discipline of clergy and people, and stability and decency of ecclesiastical life both clerical and monastic."
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Thomas Joseph Shahan, St. Caesarius of Arles (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
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Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius of Arles (– 27 August 542) was a prelate of the Catholic Church.
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