Basil 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. Photius considered him a Nestorian.

Basil also wrote a work against John of Scythopolis, and one against Archelaus, bishop of Carrhae. 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.