Acacius of Caesarea

Acacius of Caesarea (Greek: Ἀκάκιος; date of birth unknown, died in 366) was a Christian bishop probably originating from Syria; Acacius was the pupil and biographer of Eusebius^[1] and his successor on the see of Caesarea Palestina. Acacius is remembered chiefly for his bitter opposition to Cyril of Jerusalem and for the part he was afterwards enabled to play in the more acute stages of the Arian controversy. The Acacian theological movement is named after him. In the twenty-first oration of St. Gregory Nazianzen, the author speaks of Acacius as being "the tongue of the Arians".^[2]

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wace, Henry; Piercy, William C., eds. (1911). "Acacius, bp. of Caesarea". Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (3rd ed.). London: John Murray.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1907). "Acacius, Bishop of Caesarea". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.