Asterius the Sophist

When did Asterius die?

Asterius the Sophist is dated d. c. AD 341 in the archive, which places Asterius in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

What did Asterius write?

Asterius the Sophist has 1 catalogued writing in the archive: The Syntagmation (fragments).

Which early sources mention Asterius?

Asterius the Sophist is named in 3 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Athanasius of Alexandria, Jerome of Stridon and Philostorgius. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Asterius from?

The archive associates Asterius the Sophist with Cappadocia, the Eastern synods. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.

For the Father is other, who begat from himself the only-begotten Word. (via On the Councils 18–19)

Earliest witness · Athanasian corpus manuscripts (10th c. onward)

Asterius by name, a sophist of Cappadocia, who sacrificed in the former persecution — he wrote a little book, and the Eusebians used it as a defence, carrying it round the synods.

Asterius, a philosopher of the Arian party, wrote during the reign of Constantius commentaries on the Epistle to the Romans, on the Gospels and on the Psalms.