Carpa'thius, Joannes
(
Ἰωάννης Καρπάθιος), a bishop of the island of Carpathos, of uncertain date.
Works
At the request of the monks of India he wrote to them a consolatory work in 100 chapters, entitled
πρὸς τοὺς ἀπὸ Ἰνδίας προτρέψαντας μοναχοὺς παρακλητικόν (Phot.
Cod 201.)
Editions
This work is still extant, and a Latin translation of it by J. Pontanus is printed at the end of his "Dioptrae Philippi Solitarii," Ingolstadt, 1654, 4to., and
in the " Bibliotheca Patrum," xii. p. 535, &c.
The Greek original is still extant.
Other ascetic works
Some other ascetic works of his are also still extant in MS.
Further Information
Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. x. p. 738, &c., xi. p. 173.
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