Phileas
2. Bishop of Thmuitae in Egypt, in the third century of the Christian aera, and a martyr, wrote a work in praise of martyrdom. (Hieronym. Script. Ill. 78; Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 8.10; Niceph. 7.9; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. vii. p. 306.)
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