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consul Herodes, A.d. 395, in whicli suit his caasewas pleaded by Nummasius (Herodes (2), Vol.III. 5 (Aug. c. Cresc. iv. 5. 82; Ep. 108.13). Salvius, however, appears to have main-tained his ground, and when a further attemptwas made to intrude into buildings belongingto him as bishop, the matter was broughtbefore a subsequent pro-consul, Seranus (A.D.398), who, on the ground of the decree ofthe council of Bagai, decided against Salvius.The treatment with which Salvius met in conse-quence of this belongs to his own history. [SAL-VIUS (3).] Restitutus appears to have retainedpossession of the see as Donatist bishop, and tohave been present at the conference, A.D. 411(Carth. Coll. i. 133). His case is used by St.Augustine in his argument against the Donatists,to shew their inconsistency in complaining ofpersecution, of which, as in his case, they wereflagrantly guilty towards the Maximianists(Aug. c. Cresc. iv. 58: 82 : Ribbek, Aug. und Don .p. 227). ■ [H. W. P.]

RESTITUTUS (4), a Donatist presbyter ofYictoriana, a place in Numidia, about thirtymiles from Hippo Regius (Aug. C. D. xxii. 8. 7),who, having become convinced of the errors ofhis party, and returned to the Catholic church,was attacked by some clerical persons and Cir-cumcellions belonging to the sect,and having beentreated with extreme violence and indignity foreleven days, with difficulty obtained his release.Augustine complained of this outrage to Procu-leianus, Donatist bishop of Hippo, but with littlesuccess (Aug. c. Cresc . iii. 53; Ep. 88, 6; 105,2, 3). [H. W. P.]

RESTITUTUS (5), an African bishop, senttogether with Florentius also a bishop, perhapsof Hippo Diarrhvtus, by the council of Carthage,A.d. 408, to represent to the emperor the ex-cesses committed in Africa by Donatists andpagans (Aug. Ep. 97 to Olympius; Bruns, Cone.i. 188, Can. 106); Tillemont, vol. xiii. 175;Morcelli, Afr. Chr. i. 180; iii. 38).

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RESTITUTUS (6), bishop of Tagona, pro-bably the same as Thagura in Numidia (El-Matnainia), one of the four keepers of the docu-ments on the catholic side at the Carthaginianconference, A.D. 411 (Carth. Coll. i. 143; Morcelli,Afr. Chr . i. 301). [H. W. P,]

RESTITUTUS (7), a presbyter of Calama,mentioned by Augustine as having the power atpleasure to remain in a state of apparent insen-sibility (catalepsy), yet able, as he said after-wards, to hear the voices of those who spokeloudly, as if they came from a distance. Hegives the case as an instance of the variety exist-ing in human constitutions as the work of theCreator (Aug. Civ. D. xiv. 24, 2). [H. W. P.]

RESTITUTUS (8), a catholic presbyter, asit seems, of Hippo Regius, murdered by theDonatists, an outrage of which Augustine com-plained to Marcellinus the tribune, A.D. 412, andalso to Apringius the pro-consul (Ep. 133, i.;134, 2). [H. W. P.]

RESTITUTUS (9), a deacon, to whomAugustine wrote, recommending him to read,but with caution, the works of Tychonius, andto exercise forbearance and patience in respect

of evil existing in the church, which we lamentand condemn, but are unable to remove (AugEp. 249). [H. W.P.]

RETHUN (Raethun, Reathun, Hrethun),bishop. The Chronicle of Abingdon (i. 15 , e d!Stevenson) mentions him as a Mercian bishop*who, smarting under contumelious treatmentretired to the monastery of Abingdon, where hebecame abbat. It further relates (p. 21) ajourney he took to Rome, and his dealings withKenulf king of Mercia. Haddan and Stubbs(iii. 579) are of opinion that these statementsare for the most part legendary and false; thathe can be traced by the charters as abbat ofAbingdon as late as 814, and as a bishop from816 to 839. The Registrum Sacrum (10,162)gives him as Hrethun bishop of Leicester 816,subscribing as bishop down to 839. TheMonast. Anglic, (i. 505) makes him succeedConan abbat of Abingdon in 784, and assignshim the see of Dorchester 814-835. In thecharters of Kenulf we trace him within ourperiod as follows:—799, bishop (Kemble, C. 2).177 spurious); 811, abbat of Abingdon (C. D.208 spurious); 814, presbyter and abbat (C. D.201, 207); 816, bishop ( C . D. 209). [C. H.]

RETICIUS, ST. (Reticius, Rhoeticius),bishop of Autun, in the early part of the 4thcentury. An account is given of him, but morefrom a legendary than a historical point of view,by Gregory of Tours, who says that he was bornof noble parents, and that he became distin-guished when a boy as a scholar. He marriedyoung, but lived with his wife in a state ofvoluntary continence. When she died, shebegged that she might be buried in the samegrave with him. After this he became bishop ofAutun by the choice of the people, and wasgreatly endeared to them by his piety and kind-ness. When, after his death, his body wasplaced on the bier, the bearers found themselvesunable to move it, until an old man presentrehearsed to the company the wish of his de-ceased wife. When they reached the grave avoice was heard from the corpse addressing hiswife, and reminding her of the agreement be-tween them. He was buried in or near thecemetery of the town, and in the neighbouringparish church of St. Peter of the Stirrup, atomb may be seen beneath a small arch in thewall with the inscription of modern date.

S. tus Rheticius Ep. s. Aeduensis, cccxiv.(Greg. Turon. de Gloria Conf. 75, and note,ed. Migne). He is called a saint by Gregoryof Tours and others, and in the Breviaryof the church of Autun his memory as asaint is appointed to be observed on July19, but no mention of him is found in theRoman Martyrology. He died probably aboutA.D. 334. Besides some particulars of doubtfulauthority related by the Bollandists, we knowthat he was one of the three Gallic bishops whomet at Rome, a.d. 313, to discuss the case ofCaecilianus (Maternus (2), Vol. III. 362), andthat he also attended the council of Arles in thefollowing year (Optatus, i. 23 ; Routh, Rel. Sacr.iv. p. 94; Mon. Vet. Don. p. 201, ed. Oberthiir).He is spoken of by St. Augustine as a man ofgreat authority in the church, especially inGaul, and his opinion on the subject of baptism