Marcus Diadochus () was a Christian writer of the fourth century.
His name is at the head of a "Sermon against the Arians" (Greek τοῦ μακαρἰoυ Mάρκου τοῦ Διάδοχου κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν λόγος, Latin Beati Marci Diadochi Sermo contra Arianos). It was discovered by
Johann Rudolf Wettstein in a manuscript
codex
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of
St. Athanasius
Athanasius I of Alexandria ( – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius I ...
at
Basel
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and published by him at the end of his edition of
Origen
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. Another version of the same work was lent by Galliciolli to
Andrea Gallandi
Andrea Gallandi (born at Venice, 7 December 1709; died there 12 January 1779, or 1780) was an Italian Oratorian and patristic scholar.
Life
He pursued his theological and historical studies under two Dominicans, Daniello Concina, a moralist, ...
and published in the ''Veterum Patrum Bibliotheca'', V (Venice, 1765–1781). This is the text in ''
Patrologia Graeca
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''.
['']Patrologia Graeca
The ''Patrologia Graeca'' (''PG'', or ''Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca'') is an edited collection of writings by the Church Fathers and various secular writers, in the Greek language. It consists of 161 volumes produced in 1857–18 ...
'' LXV. 1141–1212
The sermon quotes and expounds the usual biblical texts, and answers difficulties.
Diadochus, Bishop of Photike in Epirus in the fifth century, is a different person, author of a "Sermon on the Ascension" and of a hundred "Chapters on Spiritual Perfection";
[ whom ]Victor Vitensis
Victor Vitensis (or Victor of Vita; born circa 430) was an African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called Vitensis from his See of Vita). His importance rests on his ''Historia persecutionis Africanae Provinciae, temporibus Genserici et Hunir ...
praises in the prologue of his history of the Vandal persecution.[ Ruinart's edition, Paris, 1694, not. 3.] The two are often confused, as Migne
Jacques Paul Migne (; 25 October 1800 – 24 October 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias, and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a ...
does.
References
Further reading
* Jungmann-Fessler, ''Institutiones Patrologiae'' (Innsbruck, 1896), IIb, 147–148;
* Ulysse Chevalier
Cyr Joseph Ulysse Chevalier (24 February 1841 – 27 October 1923) was a French Catholic priest, bibliographer, and historian who specialized in the European Middle Ages. He is principally remembered for his ("Repertory of historical source ...
''Bio-Bibliographie'', s.v.
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Attribution
4th-century writers
Church Fathers
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