Julianus Pomerius

Who is Julianus Pomerius?

Julianus Pomerius was a Christian priest in fifth century Gaul. He wrote five treatises, only one of which, De Vita Contemplativa, survives.

He appears to have fled from North Africa to Gaul to escape the Vandals, towards the end of the century. He became a teacher of rhetoric at Arles, where Cesarius, a great conservator of Augustine of Hippo's teachings, is thought to have been his pupil. We know from their titles that at least two probably emphasized the ascetic ideal.