- Flavius Lucius Dexter
Flavius Lucius Dexter was a figure of the late fourth century [ [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf203.v.iii.cxxxiv.html NPNF2-03. Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, & Rufinus: Historical Writings | Christian Classics Ethereal Library ] ] , reported as a historian, and a friend of
St Jerome . He was the son ofSt Pacian , an imperial office-holder, and dedicatee of a work of Jerome, the "De Viris Illustribus" [ Paul Burns, "Butler's Lives of the Saints" (2000), p. 83.] .He was the supposed author of a chronicle, now called the "Chronicon of Pseudo-Dexter". It was in fact a forgery, one of a number of
Román de la Higuera (1538-1611) including the continuation attributed toMarcus Maximus , as scholars now agree. The suspect authorship has been widely known since the work of the Spanish bibliographerNicolás Antonio , the "Censura de historias fabulosas", published in 1742.Doubts were already cast on these "falsos chronicones" before 1600, but controversy continued late into the eighteenth century [Roberto GonzálezEchevarría (editor), "Cervantes' Don Quixote: A Casebook" (2005), p. 151.] . The Cistercian
François de Bivar (Bivarius) published a commentary and strong defence (Lyon, 1627) [Amédée Fleury, "Saint Paul et Sénèque" (1853), p. 256.] . Later references to the "Chronicon" as genuine abound [E.g. its inclusion in part in "Patrologia Latina ", http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/areopagite_02_preface.htm] .Notes
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