Ministerium sermonis
International Colloquium on Saint Augustine’s Sermones ad populum
Turnhout and Leuven, May 29-31 2008

On May 29-31 2008, the research units History of Church and Theology and Literary Studies: Latin Literature of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in collaboration with the Academic Board of the Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina (Turnhout), the Revue bénédictine (Maredsous) and the Augustinian Historical Institute (Heverlee) housed an international conference on Augustine’s Sermones ad populum. The conference brought together scholars who have made important contributions to the study of Augustine’s work in general and his preaching in particular, as well as specialists in the field of Early Christian homiletics.

The colloquium took place in Leuven and at the new Corpus Christianorum premises, the ‘Sint-Annaconvent’ in the Turnhout beguinage. The proceedings will be published by Brepols Publishers in a volume of Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia. Publication is planned for Spring 2009.

The photo overview of the event is available here

Official opening of the Corpus Christianorum - Library & Knowledge Center

Currently, the premises house the Corpus Christianorum Library & Knowledge Center, including the specialized library, the editorial staff of Corpus Christianorum and the CTLO (center for computer assisted study of Latin texts). The official opening of the new site took place on Saturday 7 June 2008 in the presence of invited guests. Speeches by the Academic staff of Corpus Christianorum and other eminent figures in the field of academic studies and cultural heritage were combined with musical entertainment and refreshments in the charming context of the seventeenth-century Turnhout beguinage.

An open day for visitors followed on Sunday 8 June 2008.

New initiative within Corpus Christianorum: translations of Patristic and Medieval Latin and Greek texts

A new series has been launched comprising translations in five languages – English, French, German, Italian and Spanish – of texts which are available as Corpus Christianorum editions.
If you have completed a translation (or even a preliminary draft) of the text which you have edited or are editing, or indeed of any text previously published in one of our major Latin or Greek series (Series Latina, Continuatio Mediaevalis, Series Graeca) we would be happy to offer our assistance in undertaking its publication. You will find detailed guidelines concerning the new series elsewhere on this website: see the Author Information page or the Corpus Christianorum in Translation page.
For more information, please contact the editorial staff: Luc Jocqué, Bart Janssens, Paolo Sartori.

New address from 1 January 2007

New address from 1 January 2007 Nouvelle adresse à partir du 1er janvier 2007 Nieuw adres vanaf 1 januari 2007 Neue Adresse ab 1. Januar 2007 CORPVS CHRISTIANORVM Sint-Annaconvent Begijnhof 39 B-2300 Turnhout - Belgium tel. +32 (0) 14 71 10 50 fax +32 (0) 14 71 10 59 www.corpuschristianorum.org

The history of the beguinage of Turnhout (Belgium) goes back to the fourteenth century. From early on in that history, apart from individual beguine housesm one also finds so-called 'convents', communal houses for young or destitute beguines. Thus, in 1623 the 'Sint-Annaconvent' was erected. From the dedication to Saint Anne, patron saint of lace-workersm we can assume that the house accomodated a lace workshop and school. Currently, the premises house the CORPVS CHRISTIANORVM headquarters. In 1998 the Turnhout beguinage - together with twelve other beguinages - was registered on Unesco's official World Heritage List. L' existence d'un béguinage à Turnhout (Belgique) est attestée depuis le XIVe siècle. À côté des béguines on y trouve aussi des 'couvents' ou maisons communes destinées à des béguines jeunes ou nécessiteuses. Ainsi a été construit, en 1623, le 'Sint-Annaconvent'. La dédicace à sainte Anne, patronne des dentellières, fait supposer que la maison hébergeait un atelier et une école de dentelle. A présent on y trouve le siège de CORPVS CHRISTIANORVM. Depuis 1998, le béguinage de Turnhout, incontestablement l'un des plus pittoresques de Belgique, fait partie du patrimoine mondial reconnu par l'Unesco. Vermeldingen van een begijnhof in Turnhout vinden we vanaf de veertiende eeuw. Naast individuele begijnenwoningen is er ook reeds vroeg sprake van zogenaamde ‘conventen’, gemeenschapshuizen voor jonge of behoeftige begijnen. Het Sint-Annaconvent (1623) werd opgetrokken tijdens de heropbloei en uitbreiding van het begijnhof in de zeventiende eeuw. De toewijding aan Sint-Anna, patrones van de kantwerksters, doet veronderstellen dat er in het pand een kantwerkatelier en -school waren gevestigd. Het Sint-Annaconvent huisvest nu de hoofdzetel van CORPVS CHRISTIANORVM. In 1998 werd het Turnhoutse begijnhof, samen met twaalf andere begijnhoven, door de Unesco erkend als een waardevol geheel voor het werelderfgoed. Der Beginenhof von Turnhout (Belgien) ist seit dem 14. Jahrhundert bezeugt. Er umfasst neben individuellen Beginenhäusern auch einige ‘Konvente’ oder Gemeinschaftshäuser für junge und bedürftige Beginen. Die Errichtung des ‘Sint-Annaconvents’ geht auf den Aufschwung des 17. Jahrhunderts zurüück, der zu einer Erweiterung des Beginenhofes führte. Das Gebäude wurde der heiligen Anna, der Schutzpatronin der Spitzenklöpplerinnen geweiht, was vermuten lässt, dass in ihm eine Werkstatt und eine Fachschule für Spitzenklöppelei untergebracht waren. Das Haus beherbergt jetzt den Sitz des CORPVS CHRISTIANORVM. 1998 erklärte die Unesco den Beginenhof von Turnhout – zusammen mit zwölf anderen Beginenhöfen – zum Weltkulturerbe.