Serapion the Bishop

Serapion, bishop of Thmuis, who for his cultivated mind was found worthy of the surname Scholasticus, “the Scholar,” was a close friend of Antony the monk. He published an excellent book Against the Manichaeans, another On the Titles of the Psalms, and valuable Letters to various people. In the reign of the emperor Constantius he was famous as a confessor. [a]