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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 792 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASTERIIIS  , See also:

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

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