Bishop Ptolemais Synesius

Synesius (375-414) was a Greek bishop in Ptolemais, an ancient city in Libya, and hence called Bishop Ptolemais Synesius. He is also known as Synesius of Cyrene, because he was born at Cyrene. He was a philosopher and sophist. He served in Ptolemais, became a pupil of Hypatia and was to the last a disciple, "a father of the Church without having been her son," and is styled by Kingsley "the squire bishop," from his love of the chase. "Books and the chase," on one occasion he writes, "make up my life". He wrote one or two curious books, and several hymns expressive of a longing after divine things.

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