Died 450 AD, Naples, Italy Name Quodvultdeus Quodvultdeus | ||
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Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church Feast 26 October (Roman calendar); 8 January (calendar of Carthage); 19 February (calendar of Naples) Books Quodvultdeus of Carthage: The Creedal Homilies : Conversion in Fifth-century North Africa Similar People Caterina Volpicelli, Patricia of Naples, Januarius Maria Sarnelli, John Joseph of the Cross, Giuseppe Moscati | ||
Quodvultdeus (Latin for "what God wills", died c. 450 AD) was a fifth-century church father and bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 AD. He corresponded with Augustine of Hippo, who served as Quodvultdeus' spiritual teacher. Augustine also dedicated some of his writings to Quodvultdeus.
Quodvultdeus was exiled when Carthage was captured by the Vandals led by King Genseric, who followed Arianism. Tradition states that he and other churchmen (such as Gaudiosus of Naples) were loaded onto leaky ships that landed at Naples around 439 AD and Quodvultdeus established himself in Italy. He would go on to convert dozens of Arian Goths to Orthodoxy in his lifetime.
One of the mosaic burial portraits in the Galleria dei Vescovi in the Catacombs of San Gennaro depicts Quodvultdeus.
Writings
Some of his writings have survived, including On the Symbol, a book that has been translated into English.