, an ancient Greek commentator on the Scriptures, was bishop of Trica
, an ancient Greek commentator on the
Scriptures, was bishop of Trica in Thessaly in the tenth
century, but of his personal history nothing is known.
His commentaries upon the Acts of the Apostles, and the
fourteen epistles of St. Paul, and the seven Catholic
episties, contain, besides his own remarks and notes, a cornpilation of the notes and observations of Chrysostom, Cyril
of Alexandria, Gregory Nazianzen, Theodoret, and others.
He is thought also to have written a commentary upon the
four gospels, but this is not now extant. The works of
Oecumenius were first published in Greek at Verona in
1532, and in Greek and Latin at Paris in 1631, in two
volumes folio. To the second volume of the Paris edition
is added the “Commentary
” of Arethas upon the book of
Revelation.