A DICTIONARY

of

CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHY

LITERATURE, SECTS AND DOCTRINES:

during

THE FIRST EIGHT CENTURIES

being

A CONTINUATION OF ‘THE DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE’

edited by

WILLIAM SMITH, D.C.L., LL.D.

and

HENRY WACE, M.A., B.D., D.D.,

professor of ecclesiastical history in king’s college, london

chaplain of lincoln’s inn.

principal of king’s college, london; preacher at lincoln’s inn, etc. etc.

prebendary of st. paul’s; principal of king’s college, london; preacher of lincoln’s inn; hon. chaplain to the queen, and chaplain to the archbishop of canterbury

VOLUMES I–IV

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

1877–1887

The right of Translation is reserved

LIST OF WRITERS

IN THE DICTIONARIES OF CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES.

Chr. W. Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, M.A.,

Rector of Glaston, and Prebendary of Lincoln; formerly Fellow of Peterhouse, and Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge.

De Pressensé. Rev. E. De Pressensé, Of Paris.

R. St. J. T. Rev. Richard St. John Tyrwhitt, M.A.,

Formerly Student and Rhetoric Reader of Christchurch, Oxford.

A. B. C. D. Miss A. B. C. Dunbar.

A. B. Most Rev. Alfred Barry, D.D.,

Lord Bishop of Sydney.

A. C. M. Arthur Cornwallis Madan, Esq., M.A.,

Senior Student of Christ Church, Oxford.

A. E. Rev. A. Edersheim, D.D., Ph.D.,

Formerly Vicar of Loders, Bridport, and Warburtonian Lecturer at Lincoln’s Inn.

A. H. D. A. Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, Esq., M.A., M.P.,

Of Christ Church, Oxford.

A. J. M. Rev. Arthur James Mason, M.A.,

Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Canon of Truro; Rector of All Hallows, Barking.

A. N. Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., F.S.A.,

Oldlands, Uckfield.

A. P. F. The late Right Rev. Alexander Penrose Forbes, D.C.L., Bishop of Brechin.

A. P. Rev. Alfred Plummer, M.A., D.D.,

Master of University College, Durham.

A. P. S. Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D.,

Dean of Westminster.

A. W. H. The late Rev. Arthur West Haddan, B.D.,

Rector of Barton-on-the-Heath; Hon. Canon of Worcester; sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.

A.H.D.A. Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, M.A.,

Of Christ Church, Oxford.

B. F. W. or W. Rev. Brooke Foss Westcott, D.D.,

Canon of Westminster; Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge; Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; formerly Fellow of Trinity College.

B. S. The late Benjamin Shaw, Esq., M.A.,

Of Lincoln’s Inn; formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

C. A. S. The late Rev. Charles Anthony Swainson, D.D.,

Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge; Canon of Chichester Cathedral; Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge.

C. B. Rev. Churchill Babington, D.D., F.L.S.,

Disney Professor of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge; Rector of Cockfield, Suffolk; formerly Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge.

C. D. G. Rev. Christian D. Ginsburg, LL.D.,

British Museum.

C. D. Rev. Cecil Deedes, M.A.,

Rector of Wickham St. Paul; formerly Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford.

C. E. H. Rev. Charles Edward ...