Basil of Cilicia

This article is about the late 5th century historian of Christianity. For the 12th century Armenian Catholicos sometimes called "Basil of Cilicia", see Parsegh of Cilicia.

Basil or Basilius (Ancient Greek: Βασιλείος) or Βασίλιος) of Cilicia was the author of a history of the Church in three books, called Ecclesiastical History, of which Photios I of Constantinople gives a short account.[1] Photius considered him a Nestorian.[2][3]

Basil also wrote a work against John of Scythopolis,[4] and one against Archelaus, bishop of Carrhae.[5] He lived under the emperor Anastasius I Dicorus, was presbyter at Antioch about 497 CE, and afterwards bishop of Irenopolis.

References

  1. ^ Photios I of Constantinople, Codices 42
  2. ^ Rorem, Paul; Lamoreaux, John C. "John of Scythopolis on Apollinarian Christology and the Pseudo-Areopagite's True Identity". Church History. 62 (4). Cambridge University Press: 469–82. JSTOR 3168072. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  3. ^ Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, s.v. Basil of Cilicia
  4. ^ Photios I of Constantinople, Bibliotheca 107
  5. ^ Suda, s.v. Βασιλείος

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, Philip (1870). "Basilius (3)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 468.

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