Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 78
78 Phileas the bishop PL 23, 687
Phileas a resident of that Egyptian city which is called Thmuis, of noble family, and no small wealth, having become bishop, composed a finely written work in praise of martyrs and arguing against the judge who tried to compel him to offer sacrifices, was beheaded for Christ during the same persecution in which Lucianus was put to death at Nicomedia.
Phileas, de urbe Aegypti quae vocatur Thmuis, nobili genere, et non parvis opibus, suscepto episcopatu, elegantissimum librum de Martyrum laude composuit, et disputatione actorum habita adversum Judicem, qui eum sacrificare cogebat, pro Christo capite truncatur; eodem in Aegypto persecutionis auctore, quo Lucianus Nicomediae.
Φιλέας, ἀπὸ πόλεως Θμούεως τῆς Αἰγύπτου, περιφανὴς τῷ γένει, καὶ οὐ μικρᾶς περιουσίας, ἐπισκοπὴν δεξάμενος, εὐφυέστατον λόγον περὶ τῶν ἐπαίνων τῶν μαρτύρων συνεγράψατο, καὶ διάλογον τῆς γενομένης πράξεως ἐπὶ τοῦ ἄρχοντος καταναγκάζοντος αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ θύειν. Οὗτος ὑπὲρ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀποτέμνεται, διωγμοῦ ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ὄντος, κᾀκείνου αὐθεντοῦντος τοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ Λουκιανοῦ ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ.