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ASTERIIIS , See also: bishop of See also: Amasia, in See also: Pontus, c
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400
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He was partly contemporary with the emperor Julian (d
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363) and lived to a See also: great age
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His fame rests chiefly on his Homilies, which were much esteemed in the Eastern See also: Church
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Most of these have been lost, but twenty-one are given in full by
See also: Migne (Patrol
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See also: Ser
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Gr. xl
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164-477), and there are fragments of others in See also: Photius (See also: Cod
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271)
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Asterius was a See also: man of much culture, and his See also: works are a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the See also: history of preaching
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