23. MONACHUS S. HIEROMONACHUS. Various MSS. bear the name of Symeon Hieromonachus or Monachus as their author. (Comp. Fabric. Biblioth. Graec. vol. xi. p. 299; Cave, Hist. Litt. vol. ii. ; Dissertat. Prima, p. 18). A Symeonius Monachus et Presbyter is mentioned by Photius (Biblioth. Cod. 231) as flourishing in the reign of Justinian I. (See also Nos. 24, 25.)