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E. xviii. 48) call the author of the De
26 ; Sozomen, H. E. ii. 20 ; Theodoret. 11. E. ii. Sectis a monk, and do not notice his earlier pro-
10, 24 ; Philostorg. H. E. iii. 15, 17, 18 ; Athanas. fession. Galland (Bibl. Patrum, vol. xii. Prolegom.
Apolog. de Fuga sua, c. 26, Hist. Arianor. ad c. 20) says that Leontius retired from the bar, and
Monachos, c. 28, Chron. Pusch, vol. i. pp. 270, embraced a monastic life in Palestine ; but we ap
289, ed. Paris, pp. 216, 231, ed. Venice, pp. 503, prehend this is only a supposition, intended to
535, ed. Bonn ; Cave, llistoria Litterariu, vol. i. account for the designation HIEROSOLYMITANUS
p. 211, ed. Oxon. 1740—43 ; Fabric. Bill. Graec. in the title of some of the works, which he ascribes
vol. viii. 324. )
to this Leontius. Oudin, who is disposed to iden-
2. Of ARALissus, in Cappadocia, of which town tify several of the Leontii, supposes that the ex-
he was bishop, an ecclesiastical writer of uncertain scholasticus became a monk and abbot of St. Saba
date. l'hotius has noticed two of his works:- 1. (comp. No. 26), near Jerusalem. (De Scriptorið.
Els try ktíow dóyos, Sermo de Crculione; and, Eecles. vol. i. col. 1462, &c. )
2. Eis tov na čapov, De Luzuro ; and gives a long The works which appear to be by this Leontius
extract from the former, and a shorter extract from are as follows:- 1. Exonia, Scholia, " taken down
the latter. (Photius, Cod. 272 ; Cave, Hist. Litt. from the lips of Theodorus, the most godly abbot
vol. i. p. 551; Fabric. Bibl. Gruec. vol. viii. p. 324, and wisest philosopher, accomplished alike in sacred
vol. x. pp. 268, 771. )
and profane learning. ” This work, which is more
3. Of ARELATE or Arles, was bishop of that commonly cited by the title De Sectis, consists of
city about the middle of the fifth century: Several ten divisions called a págels, Actiones : it was first
letiers were written to him by Pope Hilarius (A. D. published with a Latin version by Leunclavius, in
46]—467) which are given in the Concilia : and a volume containing several other pieces, 8vo. Basel,
a letter of Leontius to the pope (dated A. D. 462) 1578, and was reprinted in the Auctarium Biblia
is given in the Spicilegium of D'Achery (vol. v. p. thecae Patrum of Ducaeus, vol. i. fol. Paris, 1624 ;
578 of the original edition, or vol. iii. p. 302, in in the Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. xi. fol. Paris,
the edition of De La Barre, fol. Paris, 1723), and 1644 ; and in the Bibliotheca Patrum of Galland,
in the Concilia. eontius presided in a council at vol. xii. p. 625, &c. , fol. Venice, 1778. The Latin
Arles, held about A. D. 475, to condeinn an error version alone is given in several other editions of
into which some had fallen respecting the doctrine the Bibliotheca Patrum. 2. Contra Eutychianos et
of predestination. He appears to have died in Nestorianos Libri Tres. s. Confutatio utriusque Fic-
A. D. 484.
He is mentioned by Sidonius Apolli- tionis inter se contrariae : some speak of the three
nang. (Sidon. Apollin. Epist. vii. 6, Concilia, books into which this treatise is divided as dis-
vol. iv. col. 1039, 1044, 1041*, 1828, ed. Labbe ; | tinct works. 3. Liber adversus eos qui proferunt
Cave, Hist. I. itt. vol. i. p. 449; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. nobis quaedam Apollinarii, fulso inscripta nomine
vol. viii. p. 324, vol. xii. p. 653, Bibl. Med. et Infim. Sanctorum Patrum s. Adversus Fraudes Apollina-
Latinitatis, vol. v. p. 268, ed. Mansi ; Tillemont, ristarum. 4. Solutiones Argumentationum Sereri.
Mémoires, vol. xvi. p. 38. )
5. Dubitationes hypotheticae et definientes contra eos
4. BURDEGALENSIS or of BORDEAUX. [No. qui negant in Christo post Unionem duas reros
16. ]
Naturas. These pieces have not been printed in
5. Of BYZANTIUM or CONSTANTINOPLE, an the original, but Latin versions from the papers of
ecclesiastical writer of the latter part of the sixth Franciscus Turrianus were published by Canisius in
and the commencement of the seventh century, his Lectiones Antiquae, vol. iv. (or vol. i. p. 525, &c.
sometimes designated, from his original profession, ed. Basnage), and were reprinted in the Bibliotheca
SCHOLASTICus, i. e. the pleader. Several works of Patrum, vol. ix. fol. Lyon, 1677, and in the
about the same period bear the name of Leontius, above mentioned volume of the Bibliotheca of
distinguished by the surnames of BYZANTINUS, Galland. 6. Apologia Concilii Chulcedonensis.
PRESBYTER CONSTANTINOPOLITANUS, CIPRIUS, | This was printed with a Latin version and notes,
HIEROSOLYMITANUS, MONACHUS, NEAPOLITA- by Antonio Bongiovanni, in the Concilin, vol.
NUS, and PRESBYTER et ABBAS ST. SABAE ; and vii. p. 799, ed. Mansi, fol. Florence, 1762, and
as there is difficulty in determining how many was reprinted by Galland, I. c. In the title Le-
individuals are designated by these various epithets, ontius is called Monachus Hierosolymitanus, but
and which of the various works ascribed to them the word Hierosolymitanus is possibly an error of
should be assigned to each, it will be desirable to the transcriber. At any rate Galland identifies
compare the present article, which refers to the the writer with our Leontius; and the subject of
author of the work De Sectis, with Nos. 20 and 26. the work makes it probable that he is right. 7.
According to Cave, Leontius, having given up Adversus Eutychianos (s. Sererianos) et Nestorianos,
the exercise of his profession as a scholasticus, in octo libros distinctum. This work is described
retired to the monastery which had been founded by Canisius as being extant in MS. at Munich,
by St. Saba near Jerusalem, but was rejected by and by Fabricius as occurring in the catalogue of
that saint for his adherence to the obnoxious tenets the Palatine library. 8. Liber de Duplici Natura
of Origen. But Cave is manifestly in error, and in Christo contra Haeresin Monophysitarum.
Labbe
has confounded two different persons of the same and Cave speak of this as extant in MS. at Vi-
name and place. The Leontius of Byzantium, who enna ; and they add to it Disputatio contra Philo-
was excluded by St. Saba for Origenism, died in sophum Arianum, but this last piece seems to be
the reign of the emperor Justinian I. (Cyril. Scy- an extract from Gelasius of Cyzicus (GELASIUS,
ibopolit. Vita S. Sabae, c. 86, apud Coteler. Eccles. No. 3), and is probably one of the discussions be


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tween the holy bishops ” of the orthodox party | (though Labbe and Cave would assign this also to
and the philosophers " who embraced the opposite Leontius); and 3. The Lives of Leo VI. and
side. If so, the Leontius who took part in it was Alexander, the sons of Basil, and of Constantine
not our Leontius, but a much older person, bishop Porphyrogenitus and the cominencement of the reign
of the Cappadocian Caesareia, contemporary of of Romanus II. , by an unknown later hand. This
Athanasius, by whom he is mentioned, and author third part is more succinct than the former parts, and
of several works not now extant. 9. According to is in a great degree borrowed, with little variation,
Nicephorus Callisti (l. c. ), our Leontius wrote also from known and existing sources. The first edition
an admirable work” in thirty books, in which he of the Chronographiu was in the Paris edition of the
entirely overthrew the tritheistic hercsy of Joanncs Byzantine historians. It was prepared for publi-
Philoponus, and firmly established the orthodox cation by Combétis, and a Latin version was made
doctrine ; but this work, if Nicephorus has cor- by him ; but the work was not actually published
rectly described it, is lost.
till 1605, some years after the editor's death. It
A bomily, entitled Oratio in mcdium Pentecostem forins part of the volume entitled Oi ferd Otoçá-
et in Caecum a Nativitate, necnon in illud: Nolite vy, Scriptores post Theoplanem, and is in folio.
iwlicare sccundum fucien, by " Leontius presbyter it was again published in the Venetian reprint
Constantinopolitanus," was published by Combefis, of that series, fol. a. D. 1729, and again under the
with a Latin version, in his Aucturium Norum, editorial care of Bekker, 810. Bonn, 1838, with the
vol. i. fol. Paris, 1648. The editors of the Biblio-Latin version of Combetis.
The life of Basil, by
theca Patrum (vol
. ix. fol. Lyon, 1677), by placing Constantine Porphyrogeritus, was printed sepa-
this piece among the works of our Leontius, appear rately as early as 1653, in the Luupikta of Allatius,
to identify the writer with him ; and Cave, though Ivo. Cologn. [CONSTANTINUS VII. ] (Theophan.
with hesitation, ascribes the homily to him. But Continuat. Prooem; Labbe, ll. cc. ; Vossius, De
it is not given by Galland ; and Fabricius (Bill. Historicis Graecis, lib. iv. c. 21 ; Fabric. Bill.
Graec. 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.