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

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.)