Joshua Woods, Eliana Yonan and Joseph L. Rife, (eds.), "Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Church History 5.8.4-5.8.6" in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/154
  
    
      
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        Καισαρείας τῆς Παλαιστίνης, and Caesarea in Palestine are directly attested at Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Church History 5.8.4-5.8.6. This passage was written ca. ca. 449-458 C.E. possibly in Cyrrhus.
      Theodoret served as bishop of Cyrrhus in northwestern Syria in 423-457
            C.E. Following his wide education in both the Christian and the Greek traditions and a
            brief monastic devotion, he became a vigorous leader of his diocese, distinguished by
            his philanthropy, and a prominent theologian, particularly in opposition to Cyril of
            Alexandria as a staunch and lasting defender of Nestorius. He was a prolific writer, and
            his many extant works include exegesis, ecclesiastical history, and Christological
            treatises. In this passage from the Church History, Theodoret narrates
            the Second Ecumenical Council convened in 381 by Theodosius I in Aghia Eirene at
            Constantinople. Here he records the bishops attending from Asia Minor and the Near East,
            including Gelasius of Caesarea, who sided with Gregory Nazianzus.
      
        (4) ἦσαν δὲ ἄνδρες ἀξιάγαστοι καὶ ζήλου θείου καὶ σοφίας ἀνάπλεοι·
            Ἑλλάδιος μὲν ὁ τῆς τοῦ μεγάλου Βασιλείου προεδρίας διάδοχος, Γρηγόριος δὲ καὶ Πέτρος οἱ
            τοὺς αὐτοὺς Βασιλείῳ πατέρας αὐχήσαντες· Ἀμφιλόχιος δὲ Λυκαόνων ἡγεῖτο καὶ Πισιδῶν
            Ὄπτιμος καὶ Κιλίκων Διόδωρος. (5) παρὴν δὲ καὶ Πελάγιος ὁ Λαοδικείας καὶ Εὐλόγιος ὁ
            Ἐδέσσης καὶ Ἀκάκιος καὶ Ἰσίδωρος ὁ ἡμέτερος καὶ Κύριλλος ὁ τῶν Ἰεροσολύμων, καὶ Γελάσιος
            ὁ Καισαρείας τῆς Παλαιστίνης, λόγῳ καὶ βίῳ κοσμούμενος, καὶ
            ἕτεροι πλεῖστοι τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀθληταί. (6) τότε δὴ οὖν οὗτοι πάντες τῶν Αἰγυπτίων σφὰς
            αὐτοὺς ἀποκρίναντες, σὺν τῷ μεγάλω Γρηγορίῳ τὰς πανηγύρεις ἐπετέλουν τὰς θείας.
        
        
        Ed. Parmentier and Hansen 1998
      
      
        (4) (The assembled bishops) were admirable men and full of divine
            zeal and wisdom, such as Helladius, successor of the great Basil, Gregory and Peter,
            brothers of Basil, and Amphilochius from Lycaonia, Optimus from Pisidia, and Diodorus
            from Cilicia. Also present were Pelagius of Laodicaea, Eulogius of Edessa, Acacius, our
            own Isidorus, Cyril of Jerusalem, Gelasius of Caesarea in
               Palestine, celebrated for his learning and career, and many other
            athletes of virtue. All these then separated themselves from the Egyptians and
            celebrated divine service with the great Gregory.
        
        
        Adapted from
               Jackson 1892 and Parmentier, Hansen, and Bouffartigue 2009
      
      
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        Beroea
        Caesarea Mazaca
        Cilicia
        Cyprus
        Edessa
        Iconium
        Jerusalem
        Laodicaea
        Nyssa
        Pisidia
        Sebaste
      
      
        Acacius of Beroea
        Amphilochius of Iconium
        Basil of Caesarea
        Cyril of Jerusalem
        Diodorus of Cilicia
        Eulogius of Edessa
        Gelasius of Caesarea
        Gregory of Nyssa
        Helladius of Caesarea
        Isidorus of Cyprus
        Optimus of Pisidia
        Pelagius of Laodicaea
        Peter of Sebaste
      
      
        Christianity
        Education (sacred)
        Theology