Didymus the Blind

Didymus the Blind taught at Alexandria for about half a century. He wrote commentaries on Scripture and works against the Arians, Manichaeans, and Macedonians. Much of his Greek was lost after his posthumous condemnation; his work on the Holy Spirit survives in Jerome's Latin translation.

Dates

ca. 313-398 (approximate)

See or city

Alexandria

Region

Egypt

Also known as

Didymus of Alexandria; Didymus Alexandrinus

Notes

Blind from early childhood, he became head of the catechetical school of Alexandria and was admired by Athanasius, Jerome, and Rufinus. His Origenist views were condemned after his death, at the Second Council of Constantinople (553).

Works

• On the Holy Spirit (in Jerome's Latin translation)De Spiritu Sancto · Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391