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Archelaus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέλαος) was bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia around the 5th century CE.

Works

Archelaus wrote a work against the heresy of the Messalians -- that is, the sect called the Euchites -- which is referred to by Photius. Scholar William Cave places his time around 440 CE.

See also

• List of Christian heresies

Notes

1. Photios I of Constantinople, Bibliotheca Cod. 52
2. William Cave, Hist. Lit. sub. ann.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, Philip (1870). "Archelaus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 261.

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