On Illustrious Men

95. Lucifer the bishop

XCIV. ASTERIUS THE PHILOSOPHER sterius, a philosopher of the Arian sect,1 in the reign of Constantius,2 wrote commentaries On the Epistle to the Romans, On the Gospels,3 and On the Psalms,4 and many other works5 which are studiously read by those who belong to his sect. notes 1. W. Kinzig, “Asterius Sophista oder Asterius ignotus? Eine Antwort,” VigChr 45 (1991): 388–98. 2. Constantius, 337–361. 3. Neither work survives. 4. M. Richard, ed., Asterii Sophistae Comm. in Psalmos (Oslo, 1956); W. Kinzig, In search of Asterius: Studies on the Authorship of the Homilies on the Psalms (Göttingen, 1990). For excerpt from 6th Homily on Psalm 5, see R. Cantalamessa, Easter in the Early Church, trans. Quigley and Lienhard, 70, 166–67. 5. See CPG 2816–2819. references Q 3, 194–97 — CPG 2, 2815–19 — Cath 1, 969, G. Bardy — DHGE 4, 1167–68, G. Bardy — EEC 12 , 136, R. Lyman — EECh 1, 92, M. Simonetti — LThK 13 , 1101, W. Kinzig — NCE 1, 984, M. R. P. McGuire XCV. LUCIFER THE BISHOP ucifer, bishop of Cagliari,1 who had been sent, with Pancratius and Hilarion, clerics of the church of Rome, as a delegation in defense of the faith, by Bishop Liberius2 to the emperor Constantius,3 was exiled to Palestine4 beON ILLUSTRIOUS MEN 127 ...