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Chapter L. Sextus in the Reign of the Emperor Severus Wrote a Book on the Resurrection · Chapter LXVIII Pontius, deacon of Cyprian, sharing his exile until the day of his death, left a notable volume On the life and death of Cyprian

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Pacianus,2535 bishop of Barcelona, in the Pyrenees Mountains, a man of chaste eloquence, and as distinguished by his life as by his speech, wrote various short works, among which are The Deer,2536 and Against the Novatians, and died in the reign of Emperor Theodosian, in extreme old age.

Notes

  1. 2535

    Bishop about 360, died about 390.

  2. 2536

    Deer,This title has given rise to a good deal of conjecture. Fabricius's conjecture that it referred to certain games held on the Kalends of January is doubted by Vallarsi, but appears to have been really acute, from the fact that two mss. read "The deer [Cervulus] on the Kalends of January and against other pagan games."

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 3, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.