Maximus the Bishop

Maximus, bishop of the church at Turin, was a man fairly diligent in the study of the Holy Scriptures and good at teaching the people without preparation. He composed treatises In Praise of the Apostles and of John the Baptist, and a Homily on All the Martyrs. He also wrote many sharp comments on passages from the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. He wrote two treatises as well, On the Life of Saint Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli and Confessor, and On Saint Cyprian, and he published a short work On the Grace of Baptism. I have read his works On Avarice; On Hospitality; On the Eclipse of the Moon; On Almsgiving; On the Saying in Isaiah, “Your Wine Dealers Mix Wine with Water”; On Our Lord’s Passion; a general treatise On Fasting by the Servants of God; On the Fast of the Forty Days in particular; That There Should Be No Jesting on a Fast Day; On Judas the Betrayer; On Our Lord’s Cross; On His Tomb; On His Resurrection; On the Accusation and Trial of Our Lord before Pontius Pilate; On the Kalends of January; a homily On the Day of Our Lord’s Nativity; and homilies On Epiphany, On the Passover and On Pentecost. There are many also On Having No Fear of Enemies in the Flesh; On Giving Thanks after Meals; On the Repentance of the Ninevites; and other homilies of his, published on various occasions, whose names I do not remember. He died in the reign of Honorius and Theodosius the Younger. [a]