Theognostus
(
*Qeo/gnwstos).
1. A Christian writer, a native of Alexandria, the author of a work entitled
τοῦ μακαρίου Θεογνώστον Ἀλεξανδπέως καὶ ἐξηγητοῦ ὑποτυπώσεις. Photius, who speaks in very disrespectful terms of him, gives a brief account of the contents of the work. (
Cod. 106.) It seems. from what he says, that Theognostus gnostus closely followed Origenes.
The style is described by Photius as being of a very inferior Description. Athanasius. However, speaks in much higher terms of Theognostus. (Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. vol. x. p. 709.)