Salvian the Presbyter

Salvian, presbyter of Marseilles, well read in both secular and sacred literature and, if I may say so without giving offense, a master among bishops, wrote many things in a scholarly and clear style. Of these I have read the following: four books On the Excellence of Virginity, to Marcellus the presbyter; three books Against Avarice; five books On the Present Judgment; one book On Punishment according to Desert, addressed to Salonius the bishop; one book of Commentary on the Latter Part of the Book of Ecclesiastes, addressed to Claudius, bishop of Vienne; and one book of Letters. He also composed one book in verse in the Greek manner, a sort of Hexaemeron, covering the period from the beginning of Genesis to the creation of man; also many homilies delivered to the bishops; and I really do not know how many On the Sacraments. He is still living, at a good old age. [a]