Anato'lius(Ἀνατόλιος), Bishop of LAODICEA (A. D. 270), was an Alexandrian by
birth. Eusebius ranks him first among the men of his age, in literature, philosophy, and
science, and states, that the Alexandrians urged him to open a school of Aristotelian
philosophy. (H. E. 7.32.) He was of great service to the Alexandrians
when they were besieged by the Romans, A. D. 262. From Alexandria he
went into Syria. At Caesarea he was ordained by Theotechnus, who destined him to be his
successor in the bishopric, the duties of which he discharged for a short time as the vicar of
Theotechnus. Afterwards, while proceeding to attend a council at Antioch, he was detained by
the people of Laodicea, and became their bishop. Of his subsequent life nothing is known; but
by some he is said to have suffered martyrdom.
Works
Volumen de PaschateHe wrote a work on the chronology of Easter, a large fragment of which is preserved by
Eusebius. (l.c.) The work exists in a Latin translation, which some
ascribe to Rufinus, under the title of
Volumen de Paschate, or
Canones Paschales.Editions
This was published by Aegidius Bucherius in his Doctrina
Temporum, Antverp., 1634.
Treatise on Arithmetic
He also wrote a treatise on Arithmetic, in ten books (Hieron. de Vir.
Illust. 100.73), of which some fragments are preserved in the Θεολογούμενα τῆς Ἀριθμετικῆς.
Editions
Some fragments of his mathematical works are printed in Fabric. Bib. Graec. iii. p. 462.
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