A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

7. ELIAS, called "the MONK." Leo Allatius in his De Symeconum Scriptis Diatriba (p. 101 ) mentions a discourse προεόρτιον, on the Nativity, by Elias the Monk. (Cave, Hist. Lit. vol. ii. Diss. i. p 7, ed. Oxford, 1740-43.)