Methodius the Bishop

Methodius, bishop of Olympus in Lycia and afterward of Tyre, wrote books Against Porphyry in a polished and logical style; also a Banquet of the Ten Virgins; an excellent work On the Resurrection, against Origen; and On the Pythoness, and On Free Will, also against Origen. He also wrote commentaries On Genesis and On the Song of Songs, and many others that are widely read. At the end of the recent persecution, or, as others say, in the reign of Decius and Valerian, he was crowned with martyrdom at Chalcis in Greece. [a]