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a Greek ecclesiastical writer of the 5th century (supposed to have died about A.D. 434). Consecrated priest by the patriarch of Constantinople against his wishes, he spent the remainder of his life in that city. This is about all that is known with any certainty concerning his life. He appears to have enjoyed great reputation, and wrote a number of books, the principal of which are, In Leviticum Libri septem (Latin only, Basle, 1527, foloi; Paris, 1581, 8vo; and in Bibliotheca Patrum, 12, 52: Óôé÷çñὸí (or ÊåöÜëáéá ) ôῶí ðñïöçôῶí êáὶ ᾿Çóáú v ïõ , Sticheron (or Capita) in duodecimprophetas minores et Esaiam, published by David Hoeschel with Adrian's Isagoge (Augsburg, 1602, 4to), and inserted in the Critici Sacri (London, 1660), 8, 26: — Á᾿íôéῤῥçôéêÜ or ÅýôéêÜ , published with Marcus Eremita's Opuscula (Paris, 1563, 8vo), and reprinted in the Bibliotheca veterum Patrum of Fronton Ducueus (Paris, 1624, fol.), 1, 985. A Latin translation of this work was inserted in the Biblioth. Patrum, 12:194, under the title Ad Theodulun Sermo compendiosus animae perutilis de Temperantia et Virtute, etc.: — Homiliae de Sancta Maria deipara, published by F. du Duc in Biblioth. veterum Patrum, 2, 417: — Ôὸ åἰò ôὸí ἃãéïí Á᾿íäñÝáí ἐã÷ώìéïí , Oratio demonstrativa in S.Andream Apostolunt: a Latin translation of this work was inserted in the Biblioth. Patr. 12, 188: — De Resurrectione Domini nostri Christi, and De Hora tertia et sexta quibus Dominus fuisse crucifixus dicitur, in Combefis, Novum Auctarium: — Åἰò É᾿Üêùïí ôὸí ἀäåëöὸí ôïῦ êõñßïõ êáὶ Äáéä ôὸí èåïðñÜôïñá , of which extracts are given in Photius (cod. 275): — Ìáñôýñéïí ôïῦ ἁãßïõ êáὶ ἐõäüîïõìÜñôõðïò ôïῦ ×ñéóôïῦ Ëïããßíïõ ôïῦ ἐêáôïíôÜñ÷ïõ , in Bollandus, Acta Sanct. March, vol. 2, Appendix, p. 736: — ῾Ç åὐáããåëéêὴ óõìöùíßá , in Combefis, 1, 773; an extract of it was inserted in Cotelier, Eccles. Grcec. Monument. 3, 1, under the title Óõíáãùãὴ ἀðïñéῶí êáὶ ἐðéëýóåùí ἐêëåãåῖóá ἐí ἐðéôïìῇ ἐê ôῆò Å ù áããåëéêῆò Åõìöùíßáò . Part of the extant writings of Hesychius are given in Migne's Patrologia Graeca, vol. 93. See Photius, Bibliotheca; Cave, Hist. Liter. 1, 571; Tillemont, Memoires Ecclesiastiques, 14, 227; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, 24, 589.