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<p> in the island of Lesbos, was present at the [[Synod]] of [[Constantinople]] (A.D. 536) which deposed Anthimus, the patriarch of Alexandria. [[Zacharias]] had studied philosophy at Alexandria, and for some time practiced as an advocate at Berytus. He is the author of Amnmosius sive de Mundi Opificio, a dialogue in which he defends the [[Christian]] view of creation and government of the world against objections to it raised from the point of view of the Greek philosophy. It was first published at [[Paris]] in 1619. The best edition is that by Jean Fr. Boissonade, AEneas Gazaeus et Zacharias Mityleniaeus, de Immortalitate Animae et Mundi Consummatione (Paris, 1836). He also wrote, [[Disputatio]] contra Ea, quae de Duobus Principiis a Manichaeo quodam Scripta et Projecta in Viam Publicam Reperit Justinianus Imperator (Latin interpretation by Turriano, in Bibl. Pat. Max. Lugd. 9:794). See Brucker, Hist. Crit. Philos. 2:528; Ritter, Geschichte der christl. Philosophie, 2:495, Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s.v. (B.P.) </p>

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