Doro'theus

6. Archimandrita of PALESTINE, lived about A. D. 600, and is said to have been a disciple of Joannes Monachus, on whom he waited during an illness, which lasted for several years. He is believed to have afterwards been made bishop of Brixia on account of his great learning.

Works

Three books on the Old and New Testament

He wrote a work, in three books, on obscure passages in the Old and New Testament, which however is a mere compilation made from the works of Gregory the Great.

Editions>

For this reason it is printed among the works of Gregory the Great, in the Roman edition of 1591, and the subsequent ones.

Further Information

Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p. 444; Fabr. Bibl. Gr. xi. p. 103.