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wrote a short treatise against the Manichaeans, printed in Galland, Biblioth. Veterumt Patru, 4, 73-87. Its title is Á᾿ëåîÜíäñïõ Ëõëïðïëßôïõ ἐðéóôñÝøáíôïò ἐî ἔèíùí , ðñὸò ôὰò Ìáíé÷áßïõ äüîáò . Photius (Contra Man. i, 11) calls him the archbishop of Lycopolis. He must have flourished early in the 4th century, as he says (c. 2) that he derived his knowledge of Manes' doctrines - ἀðὸ ôῶí ãíùñßìùí ôïῦ áíäñüò . It has been disputed whether he was a Christian when he wrote the book, or even became one afterwards; but the testimony of Photius seems to settle the latter point.