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<p> a presbyter of Antioch, mentioned by [[Eusebius]] as "a man of fine taste in sacred literature, who was much devoted to the study of the [[Hebrew]] language, so that he read the Hebrew [[Scriptures]] with great facility. He also was of a very liberal mind, and not unacquainted with the preparatory studies pursued among the Greeks, but in other respects a eunuch by nature, having been such from his birth; so that the emperor, on this account, as if it were a great miracle, received him into his house and family, and honored him with an appointment over the purple dye establishment of Tyre. Him we have heard in the church expounding the Scriptures with great judgment." As Eusebius says that he flourished under Cyril, who is supposed to have been bishop of [[Antioch]] from A.D. 280 to 300, the date of [[Dorotheus]] may be given as about A.D. 290. '''''''''' Eusebius, Hist. Ecclesiastes book 7, c. 32; Lardner, Works (10 volumes, 8vo), volume 3, 159. </p>
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<p> '''(1)''' [[Martyr]] with [[Castor]] at Tarsus, in Cilicia; commemorated March 28. </p> <p> '''(2)''' Martyr with Gorgonius at Nicomedia, under Diocletian; commemorated September 9. There are two other saints of the same name commemorated on this day '''''—''''' one, an anchorite of Thebes, in Egypt, cir. A.D. 395; the other, a founder of a monastery at Trebizond. in the 11th century, over which he is said to have presided many years; but there appears to be some confusion in the name, perhaps by an identification with one or more of the four archimandrites of [[Palestine]] who are reported under this name. </p> <p> '''(3)''' First abbot of Lyons, in France, in the 3d century. </p> <p> '''(4)''' A deacon of Antioch, A.D. 372. </p> <p> '''(5)''' A presbyter sent by [[Basil]] to seek help from the Roman bishops, A.D. 373. </p> <p> '''(6)''' An Arian bishop (also called ''Theodorus)'' of [[Antioch]] 'during' the Melitian schism, A.D. 376. </p> <p> '''(7)''' [[Abbot]] of a nunnery in Athribia (Egypt), cir. A.D. 431. </p> <p> '''(8)''' A monk of Alexandria; banished by the emperor Anastasius, cir. A.D. 502, for writing a book in favor of the decrees of the [[Council]] of Chalcedon. </p> <p> '''(9)''' [[Bishop]] of Thessalonica, A.D. 515-20. </p> <p> '''(10)''' A monk (also called ''Droctovaeus)'' of great virtue, appointed abbot of St. Vincent (France) A.D. 559. </p>
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Dorotheus [1]

(1) Martyr with Castor at Tarsus, in Cilicia; commemorated March 28.

(2) Martyr with Gorgonius at Nicomedia, under Diocletian; commemorated September 9. There are two other saints of the same name commemorated on this day one, an anchorite of Thebes, in Egypt, cir. A.D. 395; the other, a founder of a monastery at Trebizond. in the 11th century, over which he is said to have presided many years; but there appears to be some confusion in the name, perhaps by an identification with one or more of the four archimandrites of Palestine who are reported under this name.

(3) First abbot of Lyons, in France, in the 3d century.

(4) A deacon of Antioch, A.D. 372.

(5) A presbyter sent by Basil to seek help from the Roman bishops, A.D. 373.

(6) An Arian bishop (also called Theodorus) of Antioch 'during' the Melitian schism, A.D. 376.

(7) Abbot of a nunnery in Athribia (Egypt), cir. A.D. 431.

(8) A monk of Alexandria; banished by the emperor Anastasius, cir. A.D. 502, for writing a book in favor of the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon.

(9) Bishop of Thessalonica, A.D. 515-20.

(10) A monk (also called Droctovaeus) of great virtue, appointed abbot of St. Vincent (France) A.D. 559.

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