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Archelaus (bishop of Caesarea)

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Archelaus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέλαος) was bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia around the 5th century CE.

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Archelaus wrote a work against the heresy of the Messalians -- that is, the sect called the Euchites -- which is referred to by Photius.[1] Scholar William Cave places his time around 440 CE.[2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Photios I of Constantinople, Bibliotheca Cod. 52
  2. ^ William Cave, Hist. Lit. sub. ann.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, Philip (1870). "Archelaus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 261.