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Didymus the Blind

c. 313 – 398 · b. Alexandria
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Blind from childhood; head of the Alexandrian catechetical school. Wrote on the Holy Spirit and on the Trinity. Posthumously condemned for Origenism.

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Who was Didymus the Blind?
Didymus the Blind (313–398) — Blind from childhood; head of the Alexandrian catechetical school. Wrote on the Holy Spirit and on the Trinity. Posthumously condemned for Origenism.
Who did Didymus the Blind teach?
Jerome and Rufinus of Aquileia.

Sources for biography

  • Jerome, De Viris Illustribus 109 primary
  • Rufinus, Hist. Eccl. 11.7 primary

documented connections(3)

  • cited Origen of Alexandria
    Didymus's exegesis is heavily Origenist; he was condemned with Origen at Constantinople II (553).
    Jerome, De Viris Illustribus 109 · Rufinus, Hist. Eccl. 11.7
  • taught by (incoming) Jerome
    Jerome studied with Didymus at Alexandria c. 386.
    Jerome, De Viris Illustribus 109, 135
  • taught by (incoming) Rufinus of Aquileia
    Rufinus also studied under Didymus at Alexandria.
    Rufinus, Apologia 2.12

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