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133. Amphilochius the bishop
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references EECh 2, 833, G. Ladocsi CXXXII. DEXTER, SON OF PACIAN, NOW PRAETORIAN PREFECT exter, son of pacian,1 of whom we have already spoken, a man of social distinction and a devotee of the Christian faith,2 is said to have composed a Universal History3 dedicated to me, which I have not yet read. notes 1. Pacian: see DVI Preface and 106. 2. In Adv. Rufinum 23 we are told that Dexter was in charge of the praetorian guard. 3. No trace left. references Q 4, 135 — EECh 1, 232–33, U. Dionisi — LThK 3, 316, H. Rahner — LThK 33 , 175, C. Brever-Winkler — PLRE 1, 251 — Rebenich, 214 CXXXIII. AMPHILOCHIUS THE BISHOP mphilochius, bishop of Iconium, lately read to me a book, On the Holy Spirit,1 arguing that He is God and that He is to be worshipped, and that He is omnipotent .2 notes 1. The reading occurred at the Council of Constantinople in 381; cf. Courcelle, LLW, 121. Nothing of it survives. ON ILLUSTRIOUS MEN 165 ...