authentic · Atticus wrote in Greek; only the Latin text of the canon collections survives.
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Catholic, Orthodox.
Date
419 (probable) · Sent to Aurelius and the African bishops after the Council of Carthage (419), with a copy of the Nicene canons brought by the subdeacon Marcellus.
Written at
Constantinople, Thrace
Addressed to
Aurelius of Carthage and the African bishops
Language
Latin
Genre
letter
Reference system
single section
SBL abbreviation
Ep. Afr.Not yet checked
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca, vol. 65 (Paris, 1864), cols. 649-650, from Labbe, Concilia 2.1673 (ancient Latin version) (Printed edition (Migne, 1857-1866) in the public domain; Greek text from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek OCR of a library copy)