authentic · Theognostus, head of the catechetical school at Alexandria (second half of the 3rd century), wrote seven books of Hypotyposes. Most of what survives is quoted by Athanasius (already on this site inside his works), Photius (summary only) and Gregory of Nyssa. This work holds the one Greek fragment that is on the site nowhere else.
Standing
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Writer in the church of his time, not venerated by any of the three traditions.
Date
ca. 260–300 (approximate) · Philip of Side puts him after Pierius; Routh puts him before. Athanasius calls him one of the 'ancients'.
Written at
Alexandria, Egypt (probable)
Language
Greek
Genre
other
Reference system
fragment number in this collection (the one fragment is number 1; Routh prints it as an excerpt from the Hypotyposes)
SBL abbreviation
Frag.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPG number not yet checked
Text from
M. J. Routh, ed., Reliquiae Sacrae, 2nd ed., vol. 3 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1846), 412 (Printed edition in the public domain; OCR of a public-domain scan on the Internet Archive)