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

6. Of PELUSIUM, a Christian exegetical writer, at the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth century.

He was a native of Alexandria (Phot. Biblioth. Cod. 228, p. 247. a. 3, ed. Bekker), but lie spent his life in a monastery near Pelusium, of which he was the abbot, and where he practised the most severe asceticism. He was a great admirer of Chrysostom, in defending whom he vehemently attacked the patriarchs Theophilus and Cyril of Alexandria. (Phot. Bibl. Cod. 232, p. 291a. 42--b. 3.) He died about B. C. 450.