Epiphanius Scholasticus was a sixth-century translator of

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works into

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. Little is known of his life, aside from his works. It seems he bore the name Scholasticus "not so much because of any devotion to literature or theology, but in the sense that that word frequently had in the Middle Ages, meaning a chaplain, amanuensis, or general assistant of any dignitary of the church." Under the direction of

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, in about 510, he compiled the ''

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'', or the ''Historia Tripartita'' ("Tripartite History"), a standard manual of church history through the Middle Ages. Epiphanius undertook the translations into Latin of the Greek church histories of

Socrates Scholasticus Socrates of Constantinople ( 380 – after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus ( grc-gre, Σωκράτης ὁ Σχολαστικός), was a 5th-century Greeks, Greek Christians, Christian church historian, a contemporary of Sozomen and Th ...

Sozomen Salamanes Hermias Sozomenos ( grc-gre, Σαλαμάνης Ἑρμείας Σωζομενός; la, Sozomenus; c. 400 – c. 450 AD), also known as Sozomen, was a Roman lawyer and historian of the Christian Church. Family and home He was born arou ...

and

Theodoret Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus ( grc-gre, Θεοδώρητος Κύρρου; AD 393 – 458/466) was an influential theologian of the School of Antioch, biblical commentator, and Christian bishop of Cyrrhus (423–457). He played a pivo ...

, written in the previous century. Epiphanius also translated the commentaries of Didymus on the '' Proverbs of Solomon'' and on the seven

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, as well as the commentaries of

Epiphanius of Salamis Epiphanius of Salamis ( grc-gre, Ἐπιφάνιος; c. 310–320 – 403) was the bishop of Salamis, Cyprus, at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He gai ...

upon ''

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''. His ''Codex Encyclicus'', compiled at the urging of Cassiodorus, collects and translates letters addressed by different synods to the Emperor

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in defence of the decrees of the

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against the

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Timotheus Aelurus Pope Timothy II of Alexandria (died 477), also known as Timothy Ailuros (from Greek Αἴλουρος, "cat," because of his small build or in this case probably "weasel"), succeeded twice in supplanting the Chalcedonian patriarch of Alexandria. ...

. The list was drawn up in 458 by the order of Leo I, although Epiphanius made several additions to it.

References

External links

* Henry Wace, editor, ''A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature''
Epiphanius Scholasticus
*Catholic Encyclopedia article o

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