HELLADIUS Bishop of Tarsus, MAXIMINUS Bishop of Anazarbum, and IRENAEUS Bishop of Phoenicia.
HELLADIUS Bishop of Tarsus, the Metropolis of the upper Cilicia, was deposed in the first Council of Ephesus. S. Cyril would not suffer him to be included in the Peace, * 1.1 and he himself was as averse to it. He resisted a long time, but at last he yielded. He hath * 1.2 7 Letters in 〈◊〉〈◊〉's Collection.
Maximinus, Bishop of A••••zal••••••, Metropolitan of the lower Cilicia, he stood out longer than Helladius; but at last seeing himself moles••ed with the Emperor's Order•• he followed his Example, he and all the Bishops of his Province. We have the Synodal Letters which he wrote pro and con, with three or four other Letters upon the same Subject in 〈◊〉〈◊〉's Collection.
Count Irenaeus, who was present at the Council of Ephesus in the place of the Emperour in ••••ality of a Commissioner, was afterward chosen Bishop of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by the Bishops of that Province; and ordain'd by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in 444. He did not enjoy that Bishoprick long▪ being de∣posed in 448. by the Emperour's Co••••and. We have made an Extract of Theodo••et's Let∣ter, where he speaks of the defects of his Ordination; and of another Letter, wherein that Father exhor•••• him to own▪ That the Virgin Mary is the Mother of God, but all in vain. He was too close linked to the D••••trine of Nest••rius to change. This firm adherence appears by the Work which he intitled▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ The Tragedy in which he hath written strongly in his own Defence and condemned noy only S. Cyril and the Aegyptians, but also John Bishop of Antioch, and all the Bishops of the East, who had joined in the Peace, commending none but those, who through unheard of 〈◊〉〈◊〉, remain'd in a separation from the Church. We have already observed▪ That 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hath ••ublished a Collection of that ancient Author, who hath translated and copied a part of the Letters, which he had gathered in that Work▪ and some 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪