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CXXI. PRISCILLIAN THE BISHOP riscillian, bishop of Avila,1 who, at the instigation of the faction of Hydatius and Ithacius, was killed at Trier by Maximus2 the tyrant, published many works, some of which survive to the present day.3 2. To this day he is accused by some of being a follower of the heresy of Gnosticism, that is, of Basilides and Marcion, about whom Irenaeus wrote,4 although others defend him as not sharing the views that are ascribed to him.5 notes 1. Sulpicius Severus, Chron. 2.46–51; H. Chadwick, Priscillian of Avila (Oxford, 1976); J. E. Merdinger, Rome and the African Church, 145–46, 174–76; J. Matthews, Western Aristocracies, 134 n. 1, 166f. 2. Hydatius was bishop of Merida; Ithacius, bishop of Ossonuba. Priscillian was condemned by the Emperor Magnus Maximus, usurper of Gaul, in a.d. 385 for allegedly practicing magic and fornicating with some of his followers ; cf. Dihle, Greek and Latin, 436, 540; H. Chadwick, “Magnus Maximus and the Persecution of Heresy,” Bull. J. Rylands Lib. 66, 1 (Manchester , 1983): 13–43. On Hydatius: C. Molè, “Uno Storico del V secolo, il Vescovo Idazio,” Siculorum Gymnasium 27, 2 (1974): 279–351; 28, 1 (1975): 58–139. See also V. C. de Clerq, “Ossius of Cordova and the Origins of Priscillianism,” StudPat 1 (= TU 63 [Berlin, 1957]), 601–6. 3. CPL 785–796. 4. Irenaeus, Adv. haer. 1.24 (Basilides), 1.27 (Marcion); cf. ACW 55, 84–87, 91–92. 5. Jerome is much more negative about him in ep. 133: “Then there is Priscillian in Spain, whose infamy makes him as bad as Manichaeus .l.l.l. But why do I speak of Priscillian who has been condemned by the whole world?” (NPNF 6, ser. 2, 273–74). Cf. A. Ferreiro, “Jerome’s Polemic against Priscillian in his Letter to Ctesiphon (133, 2),” REA 39 (1993): 309–32. Priscillian’s defenders included St. Martin of Tours. references Q 4, 126–130 — CPL 785–787 — Cath 11, 1039–41, P.-Th. Camelot — DSp 12, 2, 2353–69, H. Chadwick — EEC 22 , 949–50, P. M. Bassett — EECh 2, 711–12, M. Simonetti — NCE 11, 790–91, J. N. Hillgarth — Dihle , Greek and Latin, 540–41 — Rebenich, 209, 213, 214, 217 156 ST. JEROME ...

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