Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 72

St Jerome (AD 345–420) · De viris illustribus · PL 23, 598–720

72 Archelaus the bishop PL 23, 683

Archelaus, bishop of Mesopotamia, composed in the Syriac language, a book of the discussion which he held with Manichaeus, when he came from Persia. This book, which is translated into Greek, is possessed by many.

He flourished under the Emperor Probus, who succeeded Aurelianus and Tacitus.

Archelaus, episcopus Mesopotamiae, librum disputationis suae, quam habuit adversum Manichaeum, exeuntem de Perside, Syro sermone composuit, qui translatus in Graecum habetur a multis. Claruit sub imperatore Probo, qui Aureliano et Tacito successerat.

Ἀρχέλαος, ἐπίσκοπος Μεσοποταμίας, λόγον οἰκείας διαλέξεως, κατὰ Μανιχαίου, ἀπὸ Περσίδος ἐξελθόντος, τῇ τῶν Σύρων διαλέκτῳ συνέθηκεν, ὅς μεταφρασθεὶς εἰς Ἑλληνικὸν, ἔστι παρὰ πολλοῖς. Διέπρεψε βασιλεύοντος Πρόβου τοῦ διαδεξαμένου Αὐρηλιανὸν καὶ Τάκιτον.

Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (eds.), New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1890-1900. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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