Abstract

Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemais (d. 407?) is a little studied author. The analysis of the few pages that survive of his oeuvre shows that he was at the crossroads between Antioch and Cappadocia, but largely under the influence of the latter in his terminology and theological tenets. He shows strong links with both Severian of Gabala, an author somehow acquainted with the Cappadocian positions, and a Cappadocian Pseudo-Chrysostom active in Constantinople around the year 390. His predication may have contributed to shape the mariology in Proclus of Constantinople (both authors certainly knew each other). The Excursus evokes the connection between the unique unidentified fragment of the florilegium transmitted by ms. Paris, BnF, grec 1491 and the pseudo-chrysostomic homily In natale Redemptoris (CPG 5068).