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Headword:
*)epifa/nios
Adler number: epsilon,2742
Translated headword: Epiphanios, Epiphanius
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Bishop of Constantia, formerly [called] Salamine,[1] in
Cyprus. He wrote treatises against all heresies, which are called
Panaria, and many other works. Educated people read these because of their content, but ordinary people read them because of their language. He died in extreme old age.[2]
*)epifa/nios, *kwnstantei/as th=s *ku/prou e)pi/skopos, th=s pro/teron *salami/nhs. e)/graye kata\ pasw=n tw=n ai(re/sewn lo/gous, a(\ *pana/ria le/gontai, kai\ e(/tera polla/: a(/tina para\ me\n tw=n pepaideume/nwn dia\ ta\ pra/gmata, para\ de\ tw=n i)diwtw=n dia\ ta\ r(h/mata a)naginw/sketai. teleuta=| e)sxato/ghrws.
Notes:
C4; see Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. Epiphanius' works appear in PG 41-43.
[1] Or more usually
Salamis; present-day Ammokhostos; cf. Barrington Atlas map 72 grid D2.
[2] Jerome,
On Illustrious Men 122 (chapter 114 at web address 2). Jerome reports Epiphanius as still living, but very old.
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Keywords: biography; Christianity; ethics; geography; medicine; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 17 December 2002@18:08:50.
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