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<p> ( ῾Ιμέριος ), a celebrated [[Greek]] sophist and rhetorician, was born at Prusa, in Bithynia, A.D. 315. He received his education of Proaeresius, whose rival he afterwards became. After traveling considerably in the East, he settled in [[Athens]] as teacher of rhetoric. He became very famous in his profession, having among his pupils Basil, [[Gregory]] of Nazianzen, and other distinguished men. The emperor Julian, during his visit at Athens, A.D. 355, attracted by his learning and eloquence, invited him to his court at Antioch, and made him his secretary (A.D. 362). After the death of his rival, Pro-aeresius, in A.D. 368, he returned to Athens and resumed his former calling. He became blind toward the close of his life, and died in a fit of epilepsy A.D. 386. [[Himerius]] was a pagan, but exceedingly kind towards the Christians. Of his works, only a part are now extant.. — Lardner, Works; Smith, Dict. Greek and Ron. Mythol.. 2; Pierer, Universal Lex. 8, 383; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gé neralé, 24. </p>
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<p> bishop of Tarragona, Spain, known by a; letter which was addressed to him by Siricius, bishop of Rome (385-398), and in which the latter arrogates supreme ecclesiastical authority, and seeks by flattery to gain Himerius's consent to his pretensions. See Hard, Concil. 1, 848; J. A. Cramer, additions to Bossuet, 4, 597. '''''—''''' Herzog, Real-Encyklop. 6, 98, 99. The Roman [[Catholic]] views may be seen in Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen-Lexikon, 5, 197 sq. (See [[Siricius]]). </p>
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Himerius [1]

bishop of Tarragona, Spain, known by a; letter which was addressed to him by Siricius, bishop of Rome (385-398), and in which the latter arrogates supreme ecclesiastical authority, and seeks by flattery to gain Himerius's consent to his pretensions. See Hard, Concil. 1, 848; J. A. Cramer, additions to Bossuet, 4, 597. — Herzog, Real-Encyklop. 6, 98, 99. The Roman Catholic views may be seen in Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen-Lexikon, 5, 197 sq. (See Siricius).

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  1. ↑ Himerius from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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