Background
Concerning his life there is little known, but some information may be gathered from his contemporaries, Epiphanius, Jerome, and Rufinus. His episcopate witnessed a time of strife in the Church, and of the 35 years of his bishopric 16 were spent in exile. Extant are his Catechetical Lectures (among the most precious Christian remains of the period, with interesting local allusions), a sermon on the Pool of Bethesda, a letter to the Emperor Constantius, and three small fragments. His feast is March 18. He was made a Doctor of the Church in 1882.
