Carpathius

(Ἰωάννης Καρπάθιος), a bishop of the island of Carpathos, of uncertain date. Works πρὸς τοὺς ἀπὸ Ἰνδίας προτρέψαντας μοναχοὺς παρακλητικόν

At the request of the monks of India he wrote to them a consolatory work in 100 chapters, entitled πρὸς τοὺς ἀπὸ Ἰνδίας προτρέψαντας μοναχοὺς παρακλητικόν (Phot. Cod 201.) Editions

This work is still extant, and a Latin translation of it by J. Pontanus is printed at the end of his "Dioptrae Philippi Solitarii," Ingolstadt, 1654, 4to., and in the " Bibliotheca Patrum," xii. p. 535, &c.

The Greek original is still extant. Other ascetic works

Some other ascetic works of his are also still extant in MS. Further Information

Fabric. Bibl. Graec. x. p. 738, &c., xi. p. 173. [L.S]

[Philo.]