Asterius Urbanus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Extant Writings of Asterius Urbanus… (1885)
“ Asterius is a mere name embedded in Eusebius, and in his fragments there preserved is embedded the yet obscurer name of Aviricius Marcellus, which the reader will find, with its various spellings, in one of the translator’s notes. [2] Who could have supposed that even the learning and ingenuity of Lightfoot could fish out of very dark waters such shining booty as fills the network about “Abercius of Hierapolis?” ”
