Gennadius of Massilia
Also: Gennadius of Marseille, Gennadius Scholasticus
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died perhaps between 492 and 505; the place is not known.
Priest of Marseille who carried on the list of Christian writers that Jerome began.
Wrote in Latin.
Places lived
- 470 to 496Massilia (now Marseille, France)priestyears not sure, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- Lives of Illustrious MenAbout a hundred short notes on Christian writers from about 392 to 495, added to the book of Jerome.13,727 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- E. C. Richardson, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series 2 vol. 3 (1892), Gennadius with notes (the text in the corpus)
- Place of birth not known
- E. C. Richardson, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series 2 vol. 3 (1892), Gennadius with notes (the text in the corpus)
- Died not sure
- E. C. Richardson, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series 2 vol. 3 (1892), Gennadius with notes (the text in the corpus): he sent a work to Pope Gelasius (492-496); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadius_of_Massilia : about 496
- Place of death not known
- E. C. Richardson, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series 2 vol. 3 (1892), Gennadius with notes (the text in the corpus)
- Massilia, years not sure
- E. C. Richardson, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series 2 vol. 3 (1892), Gennadius with notes (the text in the corpus)
- Massilia, place probable
- On Illustrious Men, last chapter (the note on himself): priest of Massilia; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/148127