Theodosios

Theodosios (Theodosius) is known only as a recipient of six letters from Isidore of Pelusium, the Egyptian monk and priest (c. 360-c. 435) who composed roughly two thousand short letters of biblical exegesis and moral and clerical counsel from his monastery near Pelusium in the eastern Nile Delta. Beyond these letters he is otherwise unattested, and his office, dates, and exact identity cannot be established; the name was extremely common in the period. He was probably a cleric, monk, or correspondent within Isidore's circle in Roman Egypt in the late fourth or early fifth century, the surviving letters most likely concerning points of scripture or ecclesiastical conduct. He should not be confused with the contemporary emperor Theodosius, with whom this correspondent has no demonstrated connection.