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St Jerome, NPNF II.3; with Gennadius’ continuation
Jerome, 104. Apollinarius the bishop
Apollinarus,1 bishop of Laodicea, in Syria, the son of a presbyter, applied himself in his youth to the diligent study of grammar, and afterwards, writing innumerable volumes on the Holy Scriptures, died in the reign of the Emperor Theodosius. There are extant thirty books by him Against Porphyry, which are generally considered as among the best of his works.2
Notes
- Apollinaris the younger, Bishop 362, died about 390.
- Works “generally recognized as authentic” Matougues.