Cerameus, Theophanes
Θεοφάνης Κεραμεύς
(Θεοφάνης Κεραμεύς), archbishop of Tauromenium in Sicily during the reign of Roger (A. D. 1129-1152), was a native of this town or of a place in its immediate vicinity.
Works
Homilies
He wrote in Greek a great number of homilies, which are said to be superior to the majority of similar productions of his age.
Editions
Sixty-two of these homilies were published by Franciscus Scorsus at Paris, 1644, fol., with a Latin version and notes. There are still many more extant in manuscript.
Further Information
Fabric. Bibl. Graec. xi. p. 208, &c.
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