268,
avopeias
Toù 'Elenuovos, Vita Sancti Joannis
269.
269.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
vol.
viii.
p.
321) ascribes the homily to Gracc.
vol.
vii.
p.
681, vol.
viii.
p.
318 ; Cave,
Leontius of Neapolis. (No. 20. ] A homily on Ilist. Litl. vol. ii. p. 90. )
the parable of the good Samaritan, printed among
7. Of CONSTANTINOPLE. [No. 5. ]
the supposititious works of Chrysostom (Operu, 8. Of CYPRUS. (No. 20. ]
vol. vii. p. 506, ed. Savill), is ascribed by Allatius 9. EPIGRAMMATICUS. [No. 27. ]
and Fabricius (Biblioth. Graec. vol. viii. p. 326, 10. EPISCOPUS. (Nos. 2, 16, 20. ]
vol. x. p. 304) to “ Leontius of Jerusalem," who is 11. FABULARUM SCRIPTOR. (No. 16. ]
perhaps the same as our Leontius. There are 12. GRAMMATICUS. (No. 16. ]
various homilies extant in MS. by " Leontius pres- 13. HAGIOPOLITA. (No. 20. ]
byter Constantinopolitanus. " (Photius and Niceph. 14. HIEROSOLYMITANUS, or of JERUSALEM.
Callisti, U. cc. ; Canisius, Vita Leontii, apud Biblioth. (No. 5. ]
Patrum, vol. ix. fol. Lyon, 1677, and Lectiones 15. Of LAMPSACUS. [Leo, No. 3. )
Antiquae, vol. i. pp. 527, &c. , ed. Basnage ; Cave, 16. LASCIVUS. Ausonius commemorates (Pro-
Hist. Litt. vol i. p. 543; Vossius, De Historicis fessor. Burdigal. Epigram. vii. ) among the teachers
Gruecis, lib. iv. c. 18; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. viii. of Bordeaux, Leontius, a grammaticus or gramma-
p. 309, 8C. , 318, vol. xii. p. 648 ; Oudin, de Scrip- rian, surnamed Lascivus, “ a name,” adds Auso-
torib. et Scriptis Eccles. vol. i. col. 1462 ; Mansi, nius, “ unworthy of the purity of his life," who
Concilia, vol. vii. col 797, &c. ; Galland. Biblioth. had been his friend and companion from early
Palrum, vol. xii. Prolegom. c 20. )
youth. Fabricius is in one place (Bibl. Gruec. vol.
6. Of BYZANTIUM. According to Labbe (De viii. p. 325) inclined to identify with this Leontius
Byzantinae Historiae Scriptoribus Protrepticon ; of Bordeaux a Leontius MYTHOGRAPHUS, or
Cutalogus Scriptorum, c. 28 ; and Delineatio Appa- SCRIPTOR FABULARUM, a writer of some merit,
ralus, Pars II. , all prefixed to the Paris edition of whose works were discovered and designed for
the Byzantine historians), the name of Leontius publication by Brassicanus; but the design was
has been given, but with very doubtful correctness, never executed, and the MS, has been either lost
to the otherwise anonymous continnator of the or destroyed. (Not. ad Petronii Arbitri Satyricon,
Chronographia of Theophanes. This writer, what- c. 121, p. 572, ed. Burmann, prima, or vol. i. p.
ever his name may have been, lived in the reign | 741, ed. secunda. ) Gesner also thought he had
of Constantine Porphyrogenitus [CONSTANTINUS somewhere read the work of one Leontius in which
VII. ), with whom he was intimate, and who some of the myths of the poets were related. Sido-
desired him to undertake the work, and supplied nius Apollinaris, a generation later than Ausonius,
him with the materials. The continuation, in its mentions a Pontius Leontius of Bordeaux or the
present form, comes down to the second year of neighbourhood (Epistol. lib. viii. 11, 12), whose
Romanus, son and successor of Constantine Por- castle at the confluence of the Garonne and Dor-
phyrogenitus, and probably reached, or was designed dogne he describes in one of his poenis. (Carmen
to reach, to a later period, for it is imperfect, and xxii. Burgus Pontii Leontii). This Pontius Leon-
breaks off abruptly. But the latter part of the tius is by Fabricius in another place (Bibl. Gruec.
history is an addition by a later hand. In fact the vol. iv. p. 94, note w. ) identified with the fabulist
work which is entitled Xpovoypapia, Chronographia, of Brassicanus. But the Leontii of Ausonius and
is composed of three parts, by three distinct writers : Sidonius, however doubtful
may be which (if
1. The History of the Emperors Leo V. the Arme either) of them is the tabulist, must be distin-
nian, Michael II. of Amorium, Theophilus the son guished from each other, as well as from two other
of Michael, and Michael III. and Theodora, the Leontii, bishops of Bordeaux, mentioned by Ve-
Bon and widow of Theophilus, by the so-called | nantius Honorius Fortunatus, bishop of Poitiers in
Leontius, from the materials supplied by Constantine the sixth century (Carmin. lib. iv. 9, 10); one of
Porphyrogenitus ; 2. The Life of Basil the Mace- whom is especially commemorated by him for bis
donian, by Constantine Porphyrogenitus himself | pious care in the restoration of ruined churches,
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and the founding of new ones. (Carmin. lib. i. ship ; and several passages, most of them identical
passim. ) Burmann identifies, but without any with those cited in the council, are given by
apparent reason, this Leontius of Venantius with Joannes Damascenus in his Oratio 111. de Imagi-
the Pontius Leontius of Sidonius, and supposes the nibus (Opera, vol. i. p. 373, &c. ed. Le Quien).
works mentioned by Brassicanus to have been A Latin version of another portion of one of these
written by him ; but we think the opinion that discourses of Leontius is given in the Lectiones
the fabulist was the Leontius Lascirus of Ausonius Antiquae of Canisius. (Vol. i. p. 793, ed Basnage. )
is the most probable. (Burmann, l. c. ; Fabric. ll. cc. , 2. Βίος του αγίου Ιωάννου αρχιεπισκόπου Αλεξ-
and Bibl. Ned. et Infim. Latinit. vol. iv. pp.
268, avopeias Toù 'Elenuovos, Vita Sancti Joannis
269. )
Archiepiscopi Alexandriae Cognomento Eleemonis
17. MECHANICUS, a Greek mathematical writer, B. Elecmosynarii. This John of Alexandria died
whose period is not exactly known. He was later, A. D. 616 [JOANNES, No. 55); and his life by
probably much later, than Claudius Ptolemaeus. Leontius, which was mentioned in the second
lle wrote his only known work for the gratification Nicene council (Concilia, vol. cit. col. 246, Labbe,
of his friend Theodorus, whose fellow-workman in 202, Hardouin, 896, Coleti, 53, Mansi), is extant
Rome mechanical pursuit he had been. It is in MS. in the Imperial Library at Vienna. An
doubted whether this Theodorus was the person ancient Latin version by Anastasius Bibliothecarius
of that name to whom Proclus inscribed his treatise is given by Rosweid (De l'itis Patrum, pars i. ),
De Providentia et Futo; or a later Theodorus, an Surius (Dé Probatis Sunctorum Vilis), and Bol-
engineer, who defended Dara in the war between landus (Acta Sanctor. Januar, vol. ii. p. 498, &c. ).
the emperor Justinian I. and the Persian king, The account of St. Vitalis or Vitalius given in
Chosroes I. (Procop. de Bell. Persico, ii. 13): more the Acta Sanctorum of Bollandus (Januar. vol.
probably it was the latter. Leontius also states i. p. 702) is a Latin version of a part of this Life
that he had constructed a sphere or celestial globe, of Joannes Eleemosynarius. 3. Βίος του οσίου
after the description of Aratus, for an Elpidius, Suuewn Toù oannù, Vita Sancti Symeonis Simplicis,
who was perhaps the Elpidius sent by the emperor | or Βίος και πολιτεία του αββά Συμεών του δια
Maurice (A. D. 583) on an embassy to the Chagan Xplotoù émovou ao Oévtos Zaloû, l'ita et Conversatio
of the Avars. (Theophan. Chronog. p. 214, ed. Paris, Abbatis Symeonis qui cognominatus est Stultus
p. 170, ed. Venice, vol. i. p. 390, ed. Bonn. ) It may propter Christum, also mentioned in the Nicene
then be considered that Leontius lived in the reign council (l. c. ), and published in the Acla Sanctorum
of Justinian and his successors, in the latter part of the Bollandists (Julii, vol. i. p. 136, &c. ), with
of the sixth century. Leontius wrote a disserta- a Latin version different from that which had
tion, which has come down in an imperfect form, been previously published by Surius (De Probatis
Liepl napao Keuns 'Apatelas opalpas, De Construc- Sanctor. Vitis, a. d. 1. Julii), and by Lipomannus.
tione Sphaerae Arati, commonly prefixed to the The other published works of Leontius are homi-
Scholir on the Phaenomena of Aratus, which are, lies. 4. Scrmo in Simeonem quando Dominum in
though incorrectly, ascribed to Theon. The dis Ulnas suscepit. 5. In Diem festum mediue Pente-
sertation of Leontius has been several times printed. costes ; both given, with a Latin version, in the
It is included in the collection of ancient astro- Novum Auctarium of Combéfis, vol. i. fol. Paris,
nomical treatises published hy Aldus, fol. Venice, 1648. Fabricius adds to these, as given by Com-
1499 ; and in the Astronomica Veterum Scripta béfis, another homily, In Diem festum mediae
Isagogica, 8vo. in Officina Sanctandreana, 1589 ; Pentecostes et in Caecum a Nativitate ; necnon in
and in the following editions of Aratus, 4to. Basel, illud : Nolile judicare secundum faciem: but this
1536, 4to. Paris, 1540 and 1559; and that of homily is said in the title to be by “ Leontius
Buhle, 2 vols. 8vo. Leipzig, 1793-1801. (Buhle, presbyter CPolitanus," and has been already
Proleg. in Arati Opera ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. noticed. [No. 5. ) Compare, however, Fabric.
iv. p. 91, &c. , vol. viii. p. 326. )
Bibl. Graec. vol. x. p. 309. As Leontius of Nea
18. MONACHUS, the Monk. [No. 5. ]
polis is recorded to have written many homilies in
19. MYTHOGRAPHUS. (No. 16. ]
honour of saints (éykula), and for the festivals of
20. Of Neapolis (or of HAGIOPOLIS, according the church (ravnyupirol Abyol), especially one on
to his own authority, cited by Cave) in Cyprus. the Transfiguration of our Saviour, it is not unlikely
He was bishop of that city, which Le Quien (Oriens that some of those extant under the name of Leon-
Christianus, vol. ii. col. 1061) identifies with the tius of Constantinople may be by him. He wrote
Nova Lemissus, or Nemissus, or Nemosia, which also Napallnawr Nóyou B', Parallelorum, &. Loca-
rose out of the ruins of Amathus. Baronius, Pos- rum communium Theologicorum Libri II. ; the first
sevino, and others, call Leontius bishop of Salamis book consisted Tv Selwy, the other twv dvopwa-
or Constantia ; but in the records of the Second Turrianus possessed the second book ; but
Nicene, or Seventh General Council, held a. D. whether that or the first is extant we know not:
787, Actio iv. (Concilia, vol. vii. col. 236, ed. neither has been published. It has been thought
Labbe ; vol. iv. col. 193, ed. Hardouin, vol. viii. col. that Joannes Damascenus, in his Parallela, made
884, ed. Coleti, and vol. xiii. col. 44, ed. Mansi), use of those of Leontius. Fabricius, on the authority
he is expressly described as bishop of Neapolis in of some MSS. , inserts among the works of Leontins
Cyprus. His death is said to have occurred in A. D. of Neapolis the homily Eis Tè Bata, In Festum (s.
620 or 630. His principal works are as follows: 1. Ramos) Palmarum, ascribed to Chrysostom, and
Λόγοι υπέρ της Χριστιανών απολογίας κατά Iου- | printed among the doubtful or spurious works in
daw kal tepi cikóvwv Tô áyiwv, Sermones pro the editions of that father. (Vol. vii. p. 334, ed.
Defensione Christianorum contra Judaeos ac de Savill, vol. x. p. 767, ed. Montfaucon, or vol. x.
Imaginibus Sanctis. A long extract from the fifth p. 915, and vol. xiii. p. 354, in the recent Parisian
of these Sermones was read at the second Nicene reprint of Montfaucon's edition. ) Maldonatus (ad
Council (Concilia, l. c. ), among the testimonies of Joan. vii. ) mentions some MS. Commentarii in
the fathers in support of the use of images in wor- | Joannem by Leontius; and an Oratio in laudern
:
vwy.
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!
4. Epiphani is mentioned by Theodore Studita | Theodosius II. of A. D. 425, Leontius, a jurist,
in his Antirrheticus Secundus, ap. Sirmond. Opera, was named among other professors at Constanti-
vol. v. p. 130. (Concilia, ll. cc. ; Fabric. Billioth. nople, and was honoured with a comitivu primi
Graec. vol. viii. p. 320, &c. ; Cave, Hist. Litt, vol. i. ordinis, a dignity which thenceforth was only to be
p. 550; Oudin, De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, vol. acquired by 20 years' service. (Cod. Theod. 6. tit.
Leontius of Neapolis. (No. 20. ] A homily on Ilist. Litl. vol. ii. p. 90. )
the parable of the good Samaritan, printed among
7. Of CONSTANTINOPLE. [No. 5. ]
the supposititious works of Chrysostom (Operu, 8. Of CYPRUS. (No. 20. ]
vol. vii. p. 506, ed. Savill), is ascribed by Allatius 9. EPIGRAMMATICUS. [No. 27. ]
and Fabricius (Biblioth. Graec. vol. viii. p. 326, 10. EPISCOPUS. (Nos. 2, 16, 20. ]
vol. x. p. 304) to “ Leontius of Jerusalem," who is 11. FABULARUM SCRIPTOR. (No. 16. ]
perhaps the same as our Leontius. There are 12. GRAMMATICUS. (No. 16. ]
various homilies extant in MS. by " Leontius pres- 13. HAGIOPOLITA. (No. 20. ]
byter Constantinopolitanus. " (Photius and Niceph. 14. HIEROSOLYMITANUS, or of JERUSALEM.
Callisti, U. cc. ; Canisius, Vita Leontii, apud Biblioth. (No. 5. ]
Patrum, vol. ix. fol. Lyon, 1677, and Lectiones 15. Of LAMPSACUS. [Leo, No. 3. )
Antiquae, vol. i. pp. 527, &c. , ed. Basnage ; Cave, 16. LASCIVUS. Ausonius commemorates (Pro-
Hist. Litt. vol i. p. 543; Vossius, De Historicis fessor. Burdigal. Epigram. vii. ) among the teachers
Gruecis, lib. iv. c. 18; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. viii. of Bordeaux, Leontius, a grammaticus or gramma-
p. 309, 8C. , 318, vol. xii. p. 648 ; Oudin, de Scrip- rian, surnamed Lascivus, “ a name,” adds Auso-
torib. et Scriptis Eccles. vol. i. col. 1462 ; Mansi, nius, “ unworthy of the purity of his life," who
Concilia, vol. vii. col 797, &c. ; Galland. Biblioth. had been his friend and companion from early
Palrum, vol. xii. Prolegom. c 20. )
youth. Fabricius is in one place (Bibl. Gruec. vol.
6. Of BYZANTIUM. According to Labbe (De viii. p. 325) inclined to identify with this Leontius
Byzantinae Historiae Scriptoribus Protrepticon ; of Bordeaux a Leontius MYTHOGRAPHUS, or
Cutalogus Scriptorum, c. 28 ; and Delineatio Appa- SCRIPTOR FABULARUM, a writer of some merit,
ralus, Pars II. , all prefixed to the Paris edition of whose works were discovered and designed for
the Byzantine historians), the name of Leontius publication by Brassicanus; but the design was
has been given, but with very doubtful correctness, never executed, and the MS, has been either lost
to the otherwise anonymous continnator of the or destroyed. (Not. ad Petronii Arbitri Satyricon,
Chronographia of Theophanes. This writer, what- c. 121, p. 572, ed. Burmann, prima, or vol. i. p.
ever his name may have been, lived in the reign | 741, ed. secunda. ) Gesner also thought he had
of Constantine Porphyrogenitus [CONSTANTINUS somewhere read the work of one Leontius in which
VII. ), with whom he was intimate, and who some of the myths of the poets were related. Sido-
desired him to undertake the work, and supplied nius Apollinaris, a generation later than Ausonius,
him with the materials. The continuation, in its mentions a Pontius Leontius of Bordeaux or the
present form, comes down to the second year of neighbourhood (Epistol. lib. viii. 11, 12), whose
Romanus, son and successor of Constantine Por- castle at the confluence of the Garonne and Dor-
phyrogenitus, and probably reached, or was designed dogne he describes in one of his poenis. (Carmen
to reach, to a later period, for it is imperfect, and xxii. Burgus Pontii Leontii). This Pontius Leon-
breaks off abruptly. But the latter part of the tius is by Fabricius in another place (Bibl. Gruec.
history is an addition by a later hand. In fact the vol. iv. p. 94, note w. ) identified with the fabulist
work which is entitled Xpovoypapia, Chronographia, of Brassicanus. But the Leontii of Ausonius and
is composed of three parts, by three distinct writers : Sidonius, however doubtful
may be which (if
1. The History of the Emperors Leo V. the Arme either) of them is the tabulist, must be distin-
nian, Michael II. of Amorium, Theophilus the son guished from each other, as well as from two other
of Michael, and Michael III. and Theodora, the Leontii, bishops of Bordeaux, mentioned by Ve-
Bon and widow of Theophilus, by the so-called | nantius Honorius Fortunatus, bishop of Poitiers in
Leontius, from the materials supplied by Constantine the sixth century (Carmin. lib. iv. 9, 10); one of
Porphyrogenitus ; 2. The Life of Basil the Mace- whom is especially commemorated by him for bis
donian, by Constantine Porphyrogenitus himself | pious care in the restoration of ruined churches,
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and the founding of new ones. (Carmin. lib. i. ship ; and several passages, most of them identical
passim. ) Burmann identifies, but without any with those cited in the council, are given by
apparent reason, this Leontius of Venantius with Joannes Damascenus in his Oratio 111. de Imagi-
the Pontius Leontius of Sidonius, and supposes the nibus (Opera, vol. i. p. 373, &c. ed. Le Quien).
works mentioned by Brassicanus to have been A Latin version of another portion of one of these
written by him ; but we think the opinion that discourses of Leontius is given in the Lectiones
the fabulist was the Leontius Lascirus of Ausonius Antiquae of Canisius. (Vol. i. p. 793, ed Basnage. )
is the most probable. (Burmann, l. c. ; Fabric. ll. cc. , 2. Βίος του αγίου Ιωάννου αρχιεπισκόπου Αλεξ-
and Bibl. Ned. et Infim. Latinit. vol. iv. pp.
268, avopeias Toù 'Elenuovos, Vita Sancti Joannis
269. )
Archiepiscopi Alexandriae Cognomento Eleemonis
17. MECHANICUS, a Greek mathematical writer, B. Elecmosynarii. This John of Alexandria died
whose period is not exactly known. He was later, A. D. 616 [JOANNES, No. 55); and his life by
probably much later, than Claudius Ptolemaeus. Leontius, which was mentioned in the second
lle wrote his only known work for the gratification Nicene council (Concilia, vol. cit. col. 246, Labbe,
of his friend Theodorus, whose fellow-workman in 202, Hardouin, 896, Coleti, 53, Mansi), is extant
Rome mechanical pursuit he had been. It is in MS. in the Imperial Library at Vienna. An
doubted whether this Theodorus was the person ancient Latin version by Anastasius Bibliothecarius
of that name to whom Proclus inscribed his treatise is given by Rosweid (De l'itis Patrum, pars i. ),
De Providentia et Futo; or a later Theodorus, an Surius (Dé Probatis Sunctorum Vilis), and Bol-
engineer, who defended Dara in the war between landus (Acta Sanctor. Januar, vol. ii. p. 498, &c. ).
the emperor Justinian I. and the Persian king, The account of St. Vitalis or Vitalius given in
Chosroes I. (Procop. de Bell. Persico, ii. 13): more the Acta Sanctorum of Bollandus (Januar. vol.
probably it was the latter. Leontius also states i. p. 702) is a Latin version of a part of this Life
that he had constructed a sphere or celestial globe, of Joannes Eleemosynarius. 3. Βίος του οσίου
after the description of Aratus, for an Elpidius, Suuewn Toù oannù, Vita Sancti Symeonis Simplicis,
who was perhaps the Elpidius sent by the emperor | or Βίος και πολιτεία του αββά Συμεών του δια
Maurice (A. D. 583) on an embassy to the Chagan Xplotoù émovou ao Oévtos Zaloû, l'ita et Conversatio
of the Avars. (Theophan. Chronog. p. 214, ed. Paris, Abbatis Symeonis qui cognominatus est Stultus
p. 170, ed. Venice, vol. i. p. 390, ed. Bonn. ) It may propter Christum, also mentioned in the Nicene
then be considered that Leontius lived in the reign council (l. c. ), and published in the Acla Sanctorum
of Justinian and his successors, in the latter part of the Bollandists (Julii, vol. i. p. 136, &c. ), with
of the sixth century. Leontius wrote a disserta- a Latin version different from that which had
tion, which has come down in an imperfect form, been previously published by Surius (De Probatis
Liepl napao Keuns 'Apatelas opalpas, De Construc- Sanctor. Vitis, a. d. 1. Julii), and by Lipomannus.
tione Sphaerae Arati, commonly prefixed to the The other published works of Leontius are homi-
Scholir on the Phaenomena of Aratus, which are, lies. 4. Scrmo in Simeonem quando Dominum in
though incorrectly, ascribed to Theon. The dis Ulnas suscepit. 5. In Diem festum mediue Pente-
sertation of Leontius has been several times printed. costes ; both given, with a Latin version, in the
It is included in the collection of ancient astro- Novum Auctarium of Combéfis, vol. i. fol. Paris,
nomical treatises published hy Aldus, fol. Venice, 1648. Fabricius adds to these, as given by Com-
1499 ; and in the Astronomica Veterum Scripta béfis, another homily, In Diem festum mediae
Isagogica, 8vo. in Officina Sanctandreana, 1589 ; Pentecostes et in Caecum a Nativitate ; necnon in
and in the following editions of Aratus, 4to. Basel, illud : Nolile judicare secundum faciem: but this
1536, 4to. Paris, 1540 and 1559; and that of homily is said in the title to be by “ Leontius
Buhle, 2 vols. 8vo. Leipzig, 1793-1801. (Buhle, presbyter CPolitanus," and has been already
Proleg. in Arati Opera ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. noticed. [No. 5. ) Compare, however, Fabric.
iv. p. 91, &c. , vol. viii. p. 326. )
Bibl. Graec. vol. x. p. 309. As Leontius of Nea
18. MONACHUS, the Monk. [No. 5. ]
polis is recorded to have written many homilies in
19. MYTHOGRAPHUS. (No. 16. ]
honour of saints (éykula), and for the festivals of
20. Of Neapolis (or of HAGIOPOLIS, according the church (ravnyupirol Abyol), especially one on
to his own authority, cited by Cave) in Cyprus. the Transfiguration of our Saviour, it is not unlikely
He was bishop of that city, which Le Quien (Oriens that some of those extant under the name of Leon-
Christianus, vol. ii. col. 1061) identifies with the tius of Constantinople may be by him. He wrote
Nova Lemissus, or Nemissus, or Nemosia, which also Napallnawr Nóyou B', Parallelorum, &. Loca-
rose out of the ruins of Amathus. Baronius, Pos- rum communium Theologicorum Libri II. ; the first
sevino, and others, call Leontius bishop of Salamis book consisted Tv Selwy, the other twv dvopwa-
or Constantia ; but in the records of the Second Turrianus possessed the second book ; but
Nicene, or Seventh General Council, held a. D. whether that or the first is extant we know not:
787, Actio iv. (Concilia, vol. vii. col. 236, ed. neither has been published. It has been thought
Labbe ; vol. iv. col. 193, ed. Hardouin, vol. viii. col. that Joannes Damascenus, in his Parallela, made
884, ed. Coleti, and vol. xiii. col. 44, ed. Mansi), use of those of Leontius. Fabricius, on the authority
he is expressly described as bishop of Neapolis in of some MSS. , inserts among the works of Leontins
Cyprus. His death is said to have occurred in A. D. of Neapolis the homily Eis Tè Bata, In Festum (s.
620 or 630. His principal works are as follows: 1. Ramos) Palmarum, ascribed to Chrysostom, and
Λόγοι υπέρ της Χριστιανών απολογίας κατά Iου- | printed among the doubtful or spurious works in
daw kal tepi cikóvwv Tô áyiwv, Sermones pro the editions of that father. (Vol. vii. p. 334, ed.
Defensione Christianorum contra Judaeos ac de Savill, vol. x. p. 767, ed. Montfaucon, or vol. x.
Imaginibus Sanctis. A long extract from the fifth p. 915, and vol. xiii. p. 354, in the recent Parisian
of these Sermones was read at the second Nicene reprint of Montfaucon's edition. ) Maldonatus (ad
Council (Concilia, l. c. ), among the testimonies of Joan. vii. ) mentions some MS. Commentarii in
the fathers in support of the use of images in wor- | Joannem by Leontius; and an Oratio in laudern
:
vwy.
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!
4. Epiphani is mentioned by Theodore Studita | Theodosius II. of A. D. 425, Leontius, a jurist,
in his Antirrheticus Secundus, ap. Sirmond. Opera, was named among other professors at Constanti-
vol. v. p. 130. (Concilia, ll. cc. ; Fabric. Billioth. nople, and was honoured with a comitivu primi
Graec. vol. viii. p. 320, &c. ; Cave, Hist. Litt, vol. i. ordinis, a dignity which thenceforth was only to be
p. 550; Oudin, De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, vol. acquired by 20 years' service. (Cod. Theod. 6. tit.
