Nemesius of Emesa

Nemesius was bishop of Emesa in Syria at the end of the fourth century. His treatise On the Nature of Man, which joins Christian teaching to the philosophy and medicine of his day, is his only surviving work. It was long attributed to Gregory of Nyssa.

Dates

fl. ca. 390-400 (approximate)

See or city

Emesa

Region

Syria

Notes

Bishop of Emesa (modern Homs). Little is known of his life beyond the title of his one surviving work; he is not honoured as a saint in the Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant calendars.

Works

• On the Nature of ManDe natura hominis · ca. 390-400 · CPG 3550 (unverified)