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Chapter XLII.
Petronius,2646
bishop of
Bologna in Italy2647
| 2647 in Italy A 30 31 a e; omit T 25 21
Her. | a man of holy
life and from his youth practised in monastic studies, is reputed to
have written the Lives of the Fathers, to wit of the Egyptian
monks, a work which the monks accept as the mirror and pattern of their
profession. I have read a treatise which bears his name On the
ordination of bishops, a work full of good reasoning and notable
for its humility, but whose polished style shows it not to have been
his, but perhaps, as some say, the work of his father Petronius,2648
| 2648 Petronius A 25 30 31; omit T
a? | a man of great eloquence and learned
in secular literature. This I think is to be accepted, for the author
of the work describes himself as a prætorian prefect. He died in
the reign of Theodosius and Valentinianus.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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