MUSAEUS.
MUSAEUS, or MUSSAEUS, a Priest of Marseille, was a Man mighty in the Holy Scriptures, who by continual Exercise had accustomed himself to find out unusal sences * 1.1 of it, and make very pertinent Applications. His Stile was very Polite. At the desire of Venerius Bishop of Milan, he selected out of Scripture [They are extant in Bern. Guido] pro∣per Lessons for all the Festivals of the Year, with Responses and Psalms suitable to the time, and to the Lessons. The Necessity of this Work is generally acknowledged by all Readers, because when they make use of it, it prevents confusion and delay, and is of great use in in∣structing the People, and rendering the Solemnization of the Feast more Venerable. He hath also composed and directed to Eustathius that Holy Man's Successor, a great and Elegant Treatise of the Sacraments, divided for conveniency sake into many parts, according to the different Offices, Times, Lessons, and Psalms, which are sung in the Church, but which all along inclines us to Pray to God, and thank him for his Benefits.
This Work shews him to be a Man of great Sence, and very Polite Eloquence. 'Tis said also that he Preached some Homilies, [they are lost, Dr. Cave,] which are, as I understand, in some Pious Men's Hands, but I have never read them. He Died in the Reign of the Empe∣rors Leo and Majorian, i. e. about the Year 460. This is what Gennadius tells us of this Author in Ch. 79. of his Book of Ecclesiastical Writers.